In the afternoon of the same day, the General's Palace.

Li Su, who had just officially entered Beijing for less than two hours, was arranged to meet He Jin informally.

The young emperor was only fourteen years old, and he did not ask about government affairs, and was ruled by the Empress Dowager He. In fact, the affairs reported by the state did not need to be conveyed by the court, and He Jin directly disposed of it in advance in the general's mansion.

"Make Zhonglang General Li Su, see the general!"

Li Su also had no choice but to follow the customs, and after saluting, he roughly described Liu Bei's achievements such as beheading Zhang Lu, Ping Hanzhong, chasing the enemy to Brazil, and Shangyong.

It's just that after finishing speaking, Li Su still had to pretend to be sad: "...... Please forgive the General! General Zhenxi had already killed Zhang Lu in May, and he had slightly settled on Brazil, and the above table had heard of this feat. He also let me take the Han Waterway down the river and go to Nanyang through Shangyong to enter Beijing.

It is all blamed for the negligence of the last general and General Zhenxi, and the performance is too serious, but he didn't expect that there are still Zhang Lu's remnants in Shangyong County, and after hearing that Zhang Lu was beheaded, he has already resisted stubbornly. The Qinling Mountains were rugged and difficult to travel, so it took more than a month for the last general to fight out of the Qinling Mountains and reach Jingzhou.

After arriving in Jingzhou, I was shocked to hear that the first emperor had ...... The mountain has collapsed. However, the Han waterway cannot be traced backstream, and then from Wuguan Road, Chang'an, and Chencang all the way back to Hanzhong to get the recital, I am afraid that it will be delayed for several more months, so I can only use this recital to the first emperor, please forgive me and other light enemies to report the mistake first! ”

Li Suqing was sincere, and said that the reason why he couldn't wait and see and delayed entering Beijing until now was that the road was delayed, and explained "why Emperor Ling has been dead for more than three months, and Liu Bei's recital is still written to Emperor Ling".

He Jin is a heartless person with no sensitivity to details, and when Li Su really made a mistake, he waved his hand lightly: "What's the big deal, Shu Road is dangerous, if it weren't for Liu Zhenxi to pacify Zhang Lu, it wouldn't be delivered in half a year, so don't care." Moreover, Liu Zhenxi, in addition to pacifying Zhang Lu, actually exterminated the Ban Yuman who temporarily colluded with him, which was already an unexpected joy, and the court would definitely reward him heavily.

Well, it's the end of July now, so you can wait for it, when the court talks on the first day of August, there will be a discussion of rewards, and you don't have to come. When it is announced on the sixth day of the eighth month, you will go to the court again. ”

Li Su was a little unwilling to "throw his eyes to the blind", but he didn't reveal anything on the surface: "General Xie is considerate!" General Xie cultivated! ”

However, He Jin is rough himself, and there are also fine people around him.

Today was a very casual private reporting occasion, and there were other guests next to He Jin, and one of the guests was keenly helpful to Liu Bei to say good things.

As soon as the man spoke, Li Su's heart was full of joy, because he was a little familiar with this voice, so he hurriedly looked at it out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he was not mistaken-it was Cao Cao!

I haven't seen him for more than a year, and now Cao Cao is already a military captain.

Li Su took the opportunity to take a peek a few more times, there are several guests today, including Yuan Shao and Chen Lin, who he also knows, and some elderly civil officials, Li Su doesn't recognize, they should all be.

I only heard Cao Cao say: "General! I see that General Zhenxi's request for merit was actually written to the first emperor, which just shows that General Zhenxi is loyal, and always keeps in mind that he will return to the court immediately after using soldiers to quell thieves, so that he will write this recital soon after killing Zhang Lu.

The general thinks about it, now the generals in Xizhou, not to mention the death of the first emperor, from the time when the first emperor was bedridden, who is not ordered by the imperial court to ask for thieves, exterminate and return the military power, but in fact, the sun and the moon are delayed, and the patrol is not moving? ”

Cao Cao didn't say who he was targeting, but He Jin, Yuan Shao and others have been immersed in this context all year round, so of course they knew what Cao Cao meant

"Even Huangfu Song is in Chencang, under the pretext that Han Sui still has the strength to fight back, and he doesn't want to come back to hand over the right to the army. And Dong Zhuo was supposed to go north to attack the White Wave Thieves and Black Mountain Thieves and recover the Shangdang County Hoard, but in fact he stayed in Hedong since March and has stayed until the end of July, and he has not moved his nest for four months."

To tell the truth, there was a clear watershed in the attitude of the generals sent by the imperial court in the matter of delaying the return of military power, and it began to change from the end of February to March this year. Previously, the generals didn't dare to delay the return of military power, and Emperor Ling's death began to delay one by one.

And Li Su listened to Cao Cao's words, on the one hand, he was surprised that Cao Cao would actually say good things for Liu Bei, which was simply an unexpected surprise.

On the other hand, Li Su's negotiator's nature of figuring out people's hearts began to attack again, and he couldn't help but start to review why Cao Cao said these good things - Li Su definitely didn't believe in any nonsense that "Cao Cao and Liu Bei cherish each other", Cao Cao must also have his own interests, or at least to support his own views.

Fortunately, it is now the end of July, and combined with the well-known events that have happened during this time in history, it is not difficult for Li Su to figure out a possibility.

Cao Cao reminded He Jin to pay attention to details in order to elevate Liu Bei's loyalty, which was definitely not helping Liu Bei. So on the other hand, he may want to use Liu Bei to contrast how selfish Huangfu Song or Dong Zhuo or other generals are......

That's mostly for Dong Zhuo! Why did Cao Cao give Dong Zhuo eye medicine in front of He Jin? Could it be that He Jin had already revealed to Cao Cao the idea of 'wanting to summon foreign soldiers into Beijing to help kill the eunuchs', but it had not been officially finalized, so Cao Cao took Liu Bei as an example of comparison out of his public desire to oppose Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing? ”

After all, Li Su can be regarded as having read through the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, and he even knows a little bit about Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju at the beginning of the crossing.

With a little thought, it's easy to lean in this direction.

Cao Cao probably didn't know in his dreams, and if he said a few good words for Liu Bei, it would attract so many reversals in Li Su's heart.

Of course, Li Su was not a reckless person, in order to confirm his guess, he secretly observed the expressions of the other people present.

When Li Su saw that Yuan Shao actually showed an expression similar to "disgusting the other party and getting in the way" when he heard Cao Cao praise Liu Bei's loyalty and slander Dong Zhuo's delay, Li Su knew that he had guessed seven or eight without leaving ten.

Hehe, Yuan Shao dislikes Cao Cao and gets in the way? What else can it be to dislike it? It must be that Cao Cao is hindering him from persuading He Jin to summon foreign soldiers into Beijing!

In an instant, Li Su had a deep understanding of the environment he was in in Luoyang now - He Jin was not far from death, and his delaying tactics had dragged on to an excellent and perfect time.

It is possible that before the reign of the young emperor and the emperor was not controlled by Dong Zhuo, he would get the latest round of rewards for Liu Bei and himself, so that Liu Yan could not come up with a reason to "be close to the monarch and resist the rebellion of the young emperor who was held hostage by Dong Zhuo".

can also do it, in fact, drag it out until He Jin's death, and then officially loot a wave of departures from Beijing.

The issuance of the edict and the departure of the body from Beijing hit a perfect time difference.

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Cao Cao and Yuan Shao didn't know that Li Su was secretly observing them,

After talking about the question of "who is the most loyal and reliable to the imperial court" and helping Liu Bei brush up a wave of good reputation, the topic quickly entered the discussion of the follow-up issues after Zhang Lu's extermination.

He Jin also saw for the first time Liu Bei's secret performance, about how Zhang Lu and Liu Yan colluded.

To be honest, if it weren't for Cao Cao's help just now to brush a wave of endorsement of Liu Bei's loyalty in front of He Jin, when He Jin saw Liu Bei's sue for Liu Yan at this moment, I am afraid he would have to be two more points more vigilant.

But who made the foreshadowing do a good job, comparing the past historical credits of Liu Bei and Liu Yan, no one wants to doubt the suspicion of "whether Liu Bei wants to replace Liu Yan".

He Jin's face was solemn, and he discussed a few words with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and another civil official, Li Su listened attentively next to him, and it took a long time to catch He Jin mentioning the civil official's expression "Zishi".

Li Su's heart moved, and after thinking about it, he realized that this person was Wang Yun.

After some internal discussions, He Jin asked Li Su to present to him the confessions of the people around Zhang Lu, as well as all the letters seized from Zhang Lu, and they read them for themselves first.

It seems that the three charges of "usurping the Son of Heaven Luan Yu and Liuyuan Jingen Che", "Yizhou has the spirit of the Son of Heaven", and "Wu's unspeakable preciousness" are very appropriate and delicate, which makes people have to believe it.

When talking about "Wu's unspeakably expensive", Li Su also noticed that He Jin was a little hesitant, and Yuan Shao was a little indignant, as if he wanted to wear small shoes in a low voice, Li Su knew that they were thinking of Wu Kuang, one of the two specific front-line leading generals in Beijing today.

He Jin whispered at Yuan Shao's whispering report, obviously protecting Wu Kuang.

After a long time, He Jin slapped the table, obviously a little upset by the opinions of all parties, and shouted loudly: "Come on, invite Uncle Zong!" Let him come to my house as soon as possible! Shut up, all of you! ”

Li Su sat in the lower seat from afar, and he couldn't hear what they were talking about, looking at his nose and nose, looking like he didn't care about himself.

Please Dazong is in need of time, and He Jin will not let the guests be idle, so he announced that the banquet will be opened first, and everyone will be invited to drink and talk about things.

Li Su thanked him, sat in his seat, drank a few glasses, ate some fruits and meat, and waited for more than half an hour before he saw Dazong Zheng Liu Biao coming in a hurry.

"General Meng is urgently summoned, I don't know what's going on?" As soon as Liu Biao stepped into the lobby, he walked quickly and asked each other.

He Jin: "Jingsheng came just in time, there are some letters here, involving the clan, and I also ask Jingsheng to judge how true or false it is-I think it is quite credible, but I am also afraid that when Liu Bei was the Shaoqing of Zongzheng at the end of last year, he checked the relationship between Zhang Lu and Liu Yan, and I am afraid that Liu Bei will misjudge his preconceived ideas." ”

Liu Biao took a closer look and smiled proudly: "This matter is easy to hear!" Some of these letters are forbidden, some are purely homely, but the handwriting is similar. Therefore, as long as it is proved that the handwriting of the part of the daily family letters is true, and the other part is naturally true, if someone wants to forge it, it will not take the trouble to forge so much. ”

He Jin: "Then how to prove the authenticity of the handwriting of those daily family letters?" ”

Liu Biao: "It's very simple, didn't Xuande's celebration table say, 'Zhang Weixian, the brother of the thief chief Zhang Lu, was captured and sent to Beijing'?" Interrogated that Zhang Wei, we copied a few of the daily family letters that did not involve important matters in advance, transcribed some specious handwriting, and forced Zhang Wei to pick out the authentic handwriting. If Zhang Wei picks out the authentic handwriting, it means that those fonts are indeed Zhang Lu's. ”

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he was still a little proud, and did not tell He Jin and the others how he came up with this criminal investigation method.

Of course, he would not say that this hand was another small case of dealing with clan family affairs more than ten days ago, when he was working on a family letter that could prove whether a distant Han clan prince was born or not, when it was difficult to determine the authenticity of his old friend Cai Yong, a famous person, came to visit him.

Then when Liu Biao mentioned the case, Cai Yong taught him to judge the font according to the identification method. Liu Biao knew that Cai Yong was a master of calligraphy in the world, and his research on handwriting was the best in the world, so of course he believed it, and then successfully solved the case.

I didn't expect that the tricks I learned from Cai Yong could be used once today, and I just showed my hand in front of General He Jin!

With such a good opportunity to perform, Liu Biao certainly has to appear to be capable of doing things by himself.

He Jin really didn't doubt him, and praised: "Brother Jingsheng really knows how to do it, let you be this sect uncle, it can be said that no one in the clan can hide treachery!" ”

Then he immediately ordered the control team to be arranged in this way and Zhang Wei to be arraigned, and finally confirmed that Zhang Lu's letter was true.

After He Jin got the result, he was so angry that he shouted: "Liu Yan Liu Junlang!" I didn't expect this person to be so wolf-like, and the first emperor treated him like this, and he dared to be disobedient and greasy! ”

Li Su secretly rejoiced in his heart: It seems that in the more than half a month that he has been pretending to be sick in Nanyang, his father-in-law Cai Yong has not been able to cooperate with the bureau in Luoyang, and he is also very successful! has actually implanted such an investigation idea in Liu Biao's heart in advance.

Fortunately, he and Cai Yan's secret marriage was done secretly enough, and so far no outsiders have known that he has an additional hardcore relationship with the Cai family, otherwise, I am afraid that Cai Yong will be suspected of colluding with him.

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