On this day, Yuan Xi took Xu Chu and his servants to Zhuque Street and met Cao Ang, who came out to walk his horse.

Cao Ang shouted from afar: "Xianyi, you want to go with me to race horses outside the city." ”

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "My horse can't compare to your Xiliang good horse." ”

Cao Ang was quite complacent and said: "Another day, let's go to the Xiliang vendor to see what else there is, and let Yuan Zhongjun buy you a horse too, okay?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "If you don't work hard at home, how can you come out and wander around." ”

Cao Ang said with a bitter face: "Xianyi, you are good, the family never restricts your access, my brother-in-law Pi is making a lot of trouble at home, this is not looking for a vacancy to sneak out Alas, why don't we go to the 'Drunken Immortal Building' to sit down?" ”

"Are you doing the East?" Cao Ang looked at Xu Chu behind Yuan Xi and said, "It's time for you to be the east?" ”

"Why?"

Cao Ang got off the horse and pulled Yuan Xi aside, and said a little ambiguously: "In the past, when I was in Gao Langzhong's house, how did I look at Xian Yi You always look at that cousin Yue'er, I heard that Master Gao actually planned to marry Gao Yuexu to you, I said why do you care about people like this, hehe." ”

Yuan Xi's face turned a little red, pushed Cao Ang away and said, "If you want me to be the east, you don't have to be so far-fetched, please do it once." Today this son is happy. He knew that this would get darker and darker the more he talked about it, so he simply diverged it.

Cao Ang smiled and said to Xu Chu: "You want to let go of my belly to eat and drink, do you know?" Xu Chu touched his stomach and said, "Master Cao, didn't you say it earlier, I just ate dim sum at Mr. Wang's house." Several people laughed obediently.

When they arrived at the Zuixian Building, their own men led the horse to the manger, and Cao Ang and Yuan Xi naturally wanted to go upstairs to the private room where they always went.

But the shopkeeper who didn't want to wait for them often, said to the two of them with a look of embarrassment: "The two sons forgive me, the upstairs was covered by a guest master, or the two sons will go to the back hall, and today's wine and food will be regarded as a villain to invite the two sons." ”

Yuan Xi didn't have anything, but Cao Ang immediately became angry when he heard this, "What kind of person is it, isn't it an adult in Beijing?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "It looks like two sons from other places, but he behaves like a famous and powerful person." Cao Angwei smiled strangely: "Which prince should I be, it turns out to be two boys from other places." ”

After that, he had to force himself upstairs. He and Yuan Xi and other generations of family sons were already arrogant in Luoyang, if the children of other families in Luoyang were okay, but they were ridden on the head by people from other places, and their faces would not look good.

Yuan Xi heard that people from other places did not stop Cao Ang, and his life was a little boring, but these two people were unwilling to be lonely.

Cao Ang went upstairs despite the shopkeeper's persuasion, and Yuan Xi and others followed behind. As soon as he reached the hallway on the second floor, two sturdy men in samurai uniforms blocked Cao Ang." I'll wait for the boy above, please go back. The two samurai were not very polite.

Cao Ang laughed angrily: "Then don't you know that there is a room set by your Uncle Cao?" After saying that, he stepped forward.

A warrior stretched out his hand to stop Cao Ang, but Cao Ang grabbed his wrist and threw him behind him.

Another warrior immediately stepped forward, sideways and hit Cao Ang with his shoulder, Cao Ang had to reach out to bear the collision, when the two were wrestling, the warrior who had been thrown out earlier had already gotten up, holding Cao Ang's shoulders with both hands, and the two worked together to hold Cao Ang down, and they cooperated very tacitly, obviously not an ordinary guard.

Yuan Xi, who came later, saw that Cao Ang had suffered a loss, and immediately ordered Xu Chu to come forward to help. Xu Chu stepped forward and turned his palm into a knife and slashed at a warrior.

The warrior was also alert, and he had already paid attention to the noise behind him, and when he heard the footsteps, he retreated sideways behind the other person, and the other person also pushed Cao Ang towards Xu Chu and the two of them put on a defensive posture.

Xu Chu caught Cao Ang, took him behind him with his left hand, and struck forward with his right fist, just opposite the punch that a samurai took advantage of to sneak in. Hearing a muffled snort, the warrior lowered his hand, it turned out that he had never thought that the other party's strength was so great, and one hand had been dislocated.

Xu Chu stepped forward again and kicked the injured warrior away, nullifying his combat effectiveness. This was followed by a straight punch that didn't have any fancy, knocking another samurai away, and it was just three moves before and after.

At this moment, two young men of about twenty years old came out of the private room, one of whom was wearing a fine samurai costume and was quite heroic. The other person was also wearing a gorgeous Confucian robe, with a polite and morbid face.

Yuan Xi didn't expect it to be these two people, and Huangfu Li knew that they were the servants of the famous Huangfu Song. Because he followed his father to fight abroad, he just came back, and he is a young hero, and he is familiar with him in the capital, but it is not the time to talk.

And Wei Zhongdao knows even more, it is this thing that has been competing with him for a high moon recently, the husband of the future talented woman Cai Yan is a short-lived ghost, a generation of talented women who were widowed in vain, and were driven back to their parents' house by the Wei family, and finally fell into the plug.

Since it is these two people, Yuan Xi is not afraid of anything. Sad, seeing the outside, the eyes are red.

The Wei family in Hedong has declined into an ordinary family at this time, Wei Zhongdao has always been arrogant, and he can't look at the children of the family who rely on power to bully and oppress, he thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Feelings have been in Hedong for a long time, but I have never heard of two such characters in the world." ”

His mouth is vicious, after all, most literati have the so-called arrogance, and if they don't get along, they will turn their faces and ridicule.

The children of the family have the most important face and reputation, and without waiting for Cao Ang to exit Yuan Xi smiled and said: "That's that, how could people in remote places in Hedong hear that I am waiting for Luoyang Junjie." ”

"That's it, that's it." Ignoring Wei Zhongdao's increasingly pale face, Cao Ang waved his hand and smiled. Huangfu Li didn't want to make a big deal out of it, and was about to reconcile, but Wei Zhongdao lost his temper and ridiculed Yuan Xi and Cao Ang.

Wei Zhongdao waved his hand to stop the emperor who wanted to persuade him, and sneered: "Brother Jing reminded me like this, it seems that Luoyang does have a descendant of the founding minister Xiangguo Cao Shen, but it is said that he was a regular attendant in the first emperor's dynasty. There are also four worlds and three dukes, but I don't know if they are all vanity people who rely on some beautiful poems to act as a façade. ”

When Huang Fu Li heard this, he thought that this time he had completely torn his face, this Wei Zhongdao's brain was hot, and these two dared to provoke it. There is no way, Yuan Xi and Wei Zhongdao have already torn their faces in Gaofu, so they have no scruples at the moment.

Cao Ang was furious and wanted to hit someone, but Yuan Xi grabbed him and said, "Zixuan, have you ever heard of the great general Wei Qing?" "That's nature!" Cao Ang didn't have a good airway.

Yuan Xi sighed: "I want the great general Wei Gong to go deep into Hu for thousands of miles, beheading countless people, and his military achievements are unmatched, don't you want Wei Gong's descendants to be able to bind chickens now?" ”

Cao Ang laughed, "What a good An can bind a chicken!" I'm going to ask you to drink three times another day. Wei Zhongdao was almost angry, and his face flushed strangely.

In the end, Huangfu Li said: "I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding today, and the two of you hope that we can release our suspicions another day, so we will leave first." ”

After that, he led the indignant Wei Zhongdao downstairs. In the corridor, Wei Zhongdao suddenly turned around and glared at Yuan Xi and Cao Ang and said, "The second humiliation will never be forgotten!"

He didn't notice the cold glint that flashed in Yuan Xi's eyes the moment he turned around. Yuan Xi has long seen that Wei Zhongdao is not pleasing to the eye, so don't blame him for being ruthless.

Cao Ang happily asked the store to serve the best wine and food, and simply pulled Xu Chu and Yuan Xi's servant Yuan He, as well as his own servants, together to drink freely.

At sunset, after repeated resignations, Cao Ang was willing to let Yuan Xi go back.

March 20, 189, the sixth year of Hanzhongping, the General's Mansion, the front hall.

The general He Jin knelt on the couch directly above, and sat on the left and right sides of the middle military academy Yuan Shao, the military academy captain Cao Cao, the cavalry captain Bao Xin, the right captain Chun Yuqiong, the envoy Wang Kuang, and the Huangmen squire Xun You.

Although the general He Jin is a military attaché, he looks like a rich and wealthy person, he coughed lightly, and asked without worry: "Your Majesty's dragon body is becoming more and more unwell, and the position of the crown prince has not been decided for a long time, and there are rumors in the palace that Your Majesty wants to establish the prince Liu Xie, what do you think of this?" ”

Cao Cao, who was thin but had bright eyes, said: "The general doesn't have to worry, since ancient times, there have been descendants and concubines, and the eldest son of the prince argues that the eldest son should inherit the unification, whether it is Situ, Taiwei or me, etc., they are all in the same position, and it is impossible for Your Majesty to disobey the ancestral system and our ministers." What we have to worry about now is the question of how to deal with the ten permanent servants in case of a change. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in approval, He Jin said helplessly: "The original intention of setting up the eighth captain of the West Garden was to hold the military power in order to fight against the ten permanent servants and others, but I didn't want Jian Shuo to become a military captain, not only the other seven captains, but even the general was subject to him, without His Majesty's edict and Jian Shuo's permission, those soldiers and horses could not be transferred without authorization."

Huangmen Squire Xun Yu said: "Actually, this is not a problem, as long as the new monarch is enthroned, you don't have to listen to Jian Shuo's order to dispatch soldiers and horses, but the ten permanent servants usually make it difficult to deduct food and salary soldiers, and the soldiers and horses in Xiyuan are inferior to the soldiers and horses of other states and counties in the border pass, if the ten permanent servants collude with the ambitious people of other states and counties, I am afraid that the consequences are unpredictable." ”

Yuan Shao said: "This won't, who dares to risk the world's condemnation?" ”

"Otherwise, the world is not full of loyal and disciplined gentlemen like Zhujun, there were many signs of collusion between the Ten Standing Servants and the traitors during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, don't you see the example of the prince and the emperor Song Yizhen?." Cao Cao said, in fact, he looked down on He Jin and Yuan Shao in vain.

"How can I deal with this?" He Jin asked.

Xun You Shi Ran said: "I think that you can let you go back to your hometown to recruit some capable soldiers, so that you can help the community when you enter, and you can protect your whole family when you retire, and you don't have to hinder others." ”

He Jin thought about it and said: "It is reasonable, Yuncheng and Gongjie, you two can go back to your hometown to recruit soldiers." "Bao Xin, Wang Kuang, made a promise.

Yuan Shao thought below, when He Jin's hand is used to get rid of the ten permanent servants, then it is time to deal with He Jin, a "relative", and he has to control some capable soldiers and horses, but now he belongs to his own forces, that is, the Chinese army and Chun Yuqiong, it seems that he has to take the opportunity to expand his strength.

In the North Palace of Chang'an, ten people kneeling on the ground in a dark and partial hall are the "ten permanent servants" who are currently in power.

Zhao Zhong said quietly: "According to the news from the imperial doctor in private, the emperor may not last long, and we should prepare as soon as possible." ”

An exclamation sounded from all the attendants, although all the eunuchs knew about it, but as soon as Zhao Zhongzhi said it, they couldn't help but feel panic in their hearts, and a sense of unease faintly rose.

Zhang Rang shouted in a sharp voice: "What are you panicking about, it's not certain who will kill the deer now, just the butcher and the gang of party members." ”

Sun Zhang said: "The current situation is that in case the emperor dies, who are we supporting to take the throne." ”

Guo Sheng continued: "Of course, we chose someone who is beneficial to us, our family feels that the Prince Association is young and has no foreign aid, and it is easier to control than the prince to argue." The remaining few attendants applauded.

"Nonsense! Although the prince is in control, and His Majesty also intends to pass on to him, but if you think about it, not to mention the distinction between the princes and the concubines, will the generals and the party members let the prince argue so easily? When the time comes, He Jin and the party members will completely collude together, and they will come to a 'Qingjun side' military admonition, and you and I will have no place to die! Zhang Rang said angrily.

Only then did the regular attendants realize the seriousness of the matter, and Duan Jue asked, "Then support the prince's debate, and we can continue to enjoy the previous glory?" I'm afraid the general won't be able to tolerate me waiting. ”

Zhang Rang said gloomily: "No, the general and the party members may not be of the same mind, those party ministers are also very dirty towards him, the 'imperial relatives', if we are defeated, those pretentious party members will deal with him next, don't forget that it is the party members who are equal to me and not the general." ”

Zhao Zhong praised: "Wonderful, we are waiting to support the prince to take the throne, He Jin and Queen He must be grateful, those scholars are attached to him just to deal with us, we just take this opportunity to make friends with He Jin, as long as I know him, I believe he will not embarrass us again." ”

Zhang Rang decided: "In this way, we will send someone to persuade He Jin, at least he should remain neutral between us and the party, and we can use more gold silk to make friends with He Jin's mother Wuyangjun, and let them help stir up trouble with He Miao." ”

"But we may not be single-minded here." Zhao Zhongyin said with a smile.

"You're talking about Jian Shuo? He is of the same mind as His Majesty, and he doesn't want to think that if we fall, we can have his good fruit to eat! Zhang Rang was also a little dissatisfied.

It turned out that although Jian Shuo was a party of eunuchs, he was still very loyal to Emperor Ling, and although Jian Shuo held military power, he was very afraid of He Jin, and worked with the eunuchs to persuade Emperor Ling to send He Jin to attack Bian Zhang and Han Sui. Just like Jia Chong's political enemies persuaded Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty to send Jia Chong to attack Xianbei, he transferred He Jin from the bottom of the central kettle to draw salary.

"It seems that we are going to knock him, this support has been the cornerstone of the rapid prosperity since ancient times." Zhao Zhong said.

In the North Palace of Luoyang, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was lying on the dragon couch.

The emperor, who was lucky enough to ascend to the throne and loved to collect money and have fun, and did some ridiculous things such as naked tours, flowing incense canals, selling official shops, and the palace market, now also feels that he is weak and powerless, and his already weak body has been hollowed out by the wine-colored life over the years.

Emperor Ling waved his hand and asked the eunuchs and palace maids to retreat, leaving only his henchmen behind.

From the outside, Jian Shuo has nothing to do with eunuchs at all, he is strong and strategic, and he is particularly loyal to Liu Hong, so he became the head of the eight captains of the West Garden, in order to control the generals He Jin and Yuan Shao and other gate lords.

Jian Shuo knelt down on the side of the dragon couch and leaned towards the Spirit Emperor.

Emperor Ling's voice was a little hoarse and weak, and said: "I told Qing directly, since the incident of Wang Meiren, I have the determination to abolish the He family, but my father and those old ministers are all opposed, I know that my time is running out......"

Saying that, Emperor Ling waved his hand, stopping Jian Shuo, who was thinking about words, and continued: "My only wish now is to let Xie'er inherit the throne, I know that neither the general nor the old minister will agree, and now the only person who can be trusted is Aiqing."

Jian Shuo nodded and said: "The minister must fulfill His Majesty's wish, but I don't know if His Majesty will allow the minister to kill the general's party at the appropriate time, otherwise I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve this." ”

Jian Shuo has a deep contradiction with Empress He, and he also knows that Empress He's brother He Jin is in power. Under the hereditary system of the eldest son, Liu Wei is the eldest son and the natural heir to the throne, and it is contrary to common sense to abolish the heir and establish a concubine now. For this reason, Jian Shuo decided to strike first, kill He Jin, and then set up Liu Xie.

Emperor Ling's face flushed, and after coughing, he took out an edict from his body and said, "I have granted you the edict to support the Emperor's Association, kill He Jin, and abolish the edict of the He family." Jian Shuo took the edict with trembling hands, weeping and kowtowing.

Luoyang, Yuan's house

Yuan Xi looked up and saw a scribe in his thirties beside him. Yuan Xi has seen it, this is Xu Yu and Xu Ziyuan, who have the name of greedy for money.

Yuan Xi retracted his heart and smiled: "Uncle Xu Shi, don't make fun of your nephew, why did Uncle Shi come here to make fun of me when he didn't go on business with his father?" ”

Xu You also smiled and said, "Brother Ben asked me to ask you to go to the study to discuss matters." ”

Yuan Xi followed Xu You to the study, he took out a small golden beast with exquisite workmanship from his arms, held it to Xu You with both hands and said: "This is what my nephew bought in the gold market a few days ago, it is said that it is a thing from the Warring States Period, Uncle Xu Shi likes antiques, so my nephew deliberately kept it." "Xu You is a close minister of Yuan Shao, and his status is comparable to Liu Wenjing of Li Yuanzhi.

Xu You's eyes were sharp, and he could see that this was a delicate and valuable antique, and after pretending to shirk it three times, he reluctantly accepted it, and his expression towards Yuan Xi became more and more kind.

Xu You, who has a close relationship with Yuan Shao, is a person who is more familiar with Yuan Shao, he has occasionally sent some goods to Xu You in the past, and he is also very polite to him on the surface, after all, Xu You is also an important strategist who can decide Yuan Shao's decision in the future, so I should try my best to win over those who can be won over for my use.

In the study, Yuan Xi saw Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and a few of Yuan Shao's henchmen.

Yuan Xi knelt down and sat at the end of the banquet after bowing his hand, he knew that there was generally nothing for him to do on this occasion, but Yuan Shao intended to cultivate, and he could learn some things about the palace from him.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao said to him: "Xianyi, let's talk about some things in the palace today." ”

Yuan Xi came out and said: "Since last month, Your Majesty's health has become increasingly depressed, according to the ancestral system, the prince should have been elected as the prince to prevent accidents, but there are many rumors that Your Majesty let Jian Shuo support the Prince Association, and recently the schoolwork of the two princes has also stopped, Your Majesty ordered the two princes to serve in front of the bed, and the arrogance of the eunuchs such as the Ten Standing Servants, especially Jian Shuo, has also become increasingly arrogant, and almost completely controlled the palace. ”

After Yuan Xi finished speaking, Yuan Shao looked around at everyone for a week, and said: "I originally wanted to use the hand of the general to get rid of the tumor of the Great Han Dynasty, but I didn't want the general to be afraid of many fears and refuse to start, what should you do with us?" ”

Yan Liangwen Chouchun Yu Qiong and others are martial artists, and they will not come up with any way except to use the sword, and the two who can come up with ideas are Guo Tu and Xu You now.

Guo Tu replied: "What the general is worried about is just that after the removal of the ten permanent servants, our scholars sit on the big threat to his position, and he is not without serious conflicts with the eunuchs, if the prince argues that he will ascend the throne, then the new emperor is still young, should the future government listen to the general or the ten permanent servants?" ”

Xu Yu said: "Yes, so we should provoke and intensify their contradictions, I think the general does not want to get rid of the ten permanent servants, but he is looking forward and looking backwards." ”

Yuan Shao heard some signs and asked, "Couldn't the two of you have a countermeasure?" Come on. ”

Guo Tu Xu You looked at each other and nodded, and Guo Tu said: "In fact, we only need to give the general a confidence, when the new monarch ascends the throne, Yuan Gong can tell the general that he can mobilize the fierce generals from all over the world, lead the troops to the capital, and admonish the new monarch and the queen mother. ”

Yuan Shao worried: "It's good, but if the foreign general county guard is in trouble in Beijing, what should I do?" We don't have control over these out-of-town heroes. ”

Xu You explained: "Heroes from other places can hinder each other when they enter Beijing, and they will not sit big as a family, as long as the ten permanent servants and He Jin are removed, whose reputation is as prosperous as you were at the beginning?" Coupled with the fourth generation and three princes of the Yuan family, protégés are all over the world, and as long as you wait for the first time, the heroes will inevitably be attached. ”

Yuan Shao heard this, and after completely entering the beautiful scenery depicted by Xu You, it seemed that he could immediately purge the court and the opposition and surrender the heroes and the supreme ministers, and he kept saying yes.

Guo Tu hit the railway while it was hot: "When Yuan Gong arrives, except for Jian Shuo, he must control the soldiers and horses of the West Garden as capital." ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will let them belong to me, otherwise I will collect their soldiers and horses." ”

Yuan Xi listened to the two of them in front of the analysis of the head of the Tao, but the back was really a bad idea, and the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty originated from this.

The intentions of the two were not bad, but they didn't expect Dong Zhuo's ambition, strength and means. What they planned was no different from what Zhang Hongyue had analyzed for Yuan Xi a month ago.

But now he is soft-spoken, it is impossible to disobey Yuan Shao's intentions, all he can do is to try his best to get capital for the Yuan family and himself in this turmoil, and it is best to be able to lead a team when Yuan Shao collects the soldiers and horses of the eighth captain of Xiyuan.

A few days later, Yuan's house

Cao Cao ran to smash the door early in the morning, and Yuan Si, who was in the porter, opened the door, saw that it was him, and hurriedly said; "It turned out to be the captain, I didn't know what was important so early." Cao Cao was in a lawsuit, and only said lightly; "Inform Captain Yuan, and say that Cao Cao is visiting. There is something important to discuss. ”

Yuan Si saw his solemn expression, and knew that he had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, of course he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran into the inner courtyard and reported outside the window; "My lord, Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, came to visit and said that there is something important to discuss with you."

Yuan Shao hurriedly sat up from the bed, put on his clothes, and walked out of the door, Yuan Xi knew that He Jin, the first fool in the ages, was going to be unlucky.

No, the bad idea seems to have come from Daddy Yuan Shao. It is not a pity that He Jin died, but it seems that it is not necessary to lead Dong Zhuo into Luoyang.

Soon, the quarrel between Cao Cao and his father Yuan Shao clearly reached the ears of Yuan Xi in the inner hall.

Cao Cao angrily accused his father Yuan Shao and said; "Originally, the world was not chaotic, but stupid people messed it up, and you didn't have enough to plan."

Yuan Shao was also anxious, and slapped the table loudly and said; "What do you mean by this, my Yuan family is not a place for you to go wild."

Cao Cao sneered and said; "A few eunuchs, only you and I need to bring a hundred Janissaries, you can kill them all, why bother to let the general issue an edict and recruit Dong Zhuo to lead foreign soldiers into Beijing, Dong Zhuo's personality I have always known, this person is extremely ambitious, I am only afraid that it is easy for you to invite God to send God."

Yuan Shao also sneered and said; "I think it's Mengde, you are too worried." Cao Cao sneered again and again, pointed at Yuan Shao and said; "Okay, I dare to assert that in the chaotic world, it must be He Jin and you Yuan Shao. Believe it or not, we'll see. ”

The two were originally childhood playmates and confidants of each other, but Yuan Xi knew that from the beginning of today's battle, although the two would not turn against each other, they would be like fire and water, but they also had a dislike.

Yuan Xi sighed, this big man is really going to mess up!