Nanyang, Luyang.

Zhang Liao has been a little confused recently, and Cao Ren seems to have a tendency to turn offense into defense recently, rarely taking the initiative to attack, but building dock forts around him, it seems that he intends to fight a war of attrition with him for a long time.

Could it be that there is fraud in it?

Zhang Liao was most worried about Cao Ren's collusion with Jingzhou, and while he was fighting hard with Cao Ren here, he let Jingzhou soldiers attack Nanyang from the rear, so Zhang Liao has always been vigilant about the movements of Jingzhou, and there are scouts and sentinels all over Xinye to check the movements of the Jingzhou army.

Recently, Zhang Liao naturally knew what happened in Jingzhou, Liu Biao died of illness, Liu Qi was shot by Mrs. Liu Biao in the palace, and then Liu Bei took the opportunity to seize power, this series of changes is not exciting, but now Sun Ce is still fighting with Liu Bei for territory, Jingnan Guan Yu tried to cross the river and was almost killed by Sun Ce in the river, it stands to reason that no matter what, Liu Bei has no spare strength to covet Nanyang.

But other than that, Zhang Liao couldn't think of a reason why Cao Ren suddenly switched from offense to defense.

"General!" A general came in and saluted Zhang Liao.

"It's Wen Chang." Seeing the person coming, Zhang Liao smiled and said, the person who came was Wei Yan.

Before Lu Bu left, Wei Yan had just entered the army and became a military marquis, which was the first step for the disciples of Nanyang Academy, but without waiting for Wei Yan to make contributions, Lu Bu chose to belong to the Luoyang Imperial Court, and also took away a lot of old departments, this is what Lu Bu meant, but it is also Chen Mo's meaning, Lu Bu's imprint in Nanyang is too heavy, Chen Mo wants a general like Zhang Liao to guard Nanyang for himself, but he doesn't want Nanyang to leave too much Lu Bu's imprint.

It's not that he is afraid, but that Lu Bu has left too many imprints, and it is difficult for Nanyang to recruit scholars, after all, it is not comprehensive for Lu Bu to follow Chen Mo at the beginning, just the scholars who died in the hands of his generals do not know how many, to govern Nanyang, you must first remove these hateful people, so that Nanyang can be governed, otherwise the government office and the local gentry hate each other, unless you continue to be like Lu Bu with a strong wrist to suppress, otherwise don't want Nanyang to return to its former prosperity.

However, Lu Bu left with a large number of generals, leaving a problem, Zhang Liao had no one around him, for a long time, Zhang Liao was personally involved, more tired than when he was under Lu Bu, and later promoted many disciples from Nanyang Academy, and gradually freed.

And Wei Yan, who is one of the best, is also a general that Zhang Liao is very optimistic about, and has been promoted to the imperial court several times, and Wei Yan has also been promoted from a military marquis to a general of Yamen, which can be regarded as Zhang Liao's right-hand man today.

"Sit!" Zhang Liao motioned for Wei Yan to sit down, and after sitting down with his own hands, Zhang Liao asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"There's a letter from Luoyang." Wei Yan handed a roll of bamboo paper sealed with fire paint to Zhang Liao and said, "It's an urgent document, and the last general won't dare to read it privately." ”

"I know more rules than before." Zhang Liao said with a smile.

"The lord is now fighting a decisive battle with Cao Jun in Guandu, but I don't know if the letter sent by the imperial court at this time is an edict?" Wei Yan frowned.

"Where are all those pretentiousness? With the power of the lord, ......" Zhang Liao said in the end, but he didn't say any more, dismantled the fire paint, opened the bamboo slips, and looked, but his expression gradually became solemn.

"What happened?" Wei Yan saw that Zhang Liao's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked.

Zhang Liao sighed, handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Wei Yan, stood up and frowned in thought.

Wei Yan hurriedly looked at the bamboo slips, there was not much content on the bamboo slips, it was to ask Zhang Liao to send an elite to take over Yique Pass, and then someone would present a token, after arriving at Yique Pass, if the Yique Pass guard would be willing to listen to the order, it could be idle, and if the other party did not answer the order, it could be killed.

Inscribed...... Luoyang Heavenly Prison!?

Wei Yan looked at Zhang Liao blankly, when, Luoyang Heavenly Prison has this right!? In Wei Yan's opinion, this edict was a joke at all, but Zhang Liao's expression was solemn, making Wei Yan realize that things were not as simple as he thought, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Liao and opened his mouth: "General, this Luoyang Heavenly Prison ......"

"Before the lord set out on the expedition, he sent his cronies to come, and when the lord was not in Luoyang, if he encountered a military order from the prison, he must respect it!" Zhang Liao said in a deep voice.

Wei Yan only felt that his cognition exploded.

"Wen Chang! Do you remember who the Ique Keeper will be? Zhang Liao turned his head and looked at Wei Yandao.

"Yang Wei, who was originally Dong Zhuo's general, was later voted for when the lord entered the customs." Wei Yan nodded.

"Immediately mobilize two thousand elites, and on the day the token is delivered, immediately set off for Yique Pass, remember, enter the customs first, and then go to see Yang Wei, if Yang Wei is willing to take the order and hand over the defense of Yique Pass, you can ignore it, but if Yang Wei dares to resist, immediately kill people and seize the pass, remember, find out what happened to Yique Pass during this time, and report it to me." Zhang Liao and Yang Wei are not too familiar with each other, although they were considered robes back then, but they don't have much contact with each other, and they know even less.

"Whoa!" Wei Yan nodded, got up to say goodbye and left, and went to prepare.

……

The sky has darkened, Luoyang is as quiet and peaceful as in the past, this is Chen Mo's efforts for many years, although it can not be compared with before the chaos, but today's Luoyang, but it is more comfortable, the gap in identity will not be as depressing as it was at the beginning, the lively scene between the markets, the sound of the warbler in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, has added a lot of vitality to this ancient city.

It's just that under this vigorous vitality, the undercurrent that is gradually surging up can be seen by a few people.

The prison, in the dark corridors, can hear the moans and screams of the prisoners from time to time, since Chen Mo took power, except for the first few years, the usage is relatively relaxed, as the highest level of the Han Dynasty, can be imprisoned here, all of them are extremely evil people, there is no shortage of former high-ranking officials, prominent families.

"Sir! Captain Tingwei is here. Yang Qing took Man Chong to the innermost prison, and bowed to the prison in his stunned gaze.

When Yang Qing suddenly came to him with Chen Mojinling, he felt that something big would happen, but he didn't expect that the other party would be in a prison, which ......

"Berning is here? Come on in. ”

The voice in the cell was somewhat familiar, but Man Pet couldn't remember whose voice it was for a while.

"Tingwei, please!" Yang Qing saluted to Man Pet, opened the cell door that was not locked at all, and said to Man Pet.

"There is labor." Full Pet nodded, took a deep breath, and stepped into the prison.

The cells were neat and tidy...... Or maybe luxury.

There are bookshelves, beds, tables, if it weren't for the fact that he was in a cell, he would have thought that he had entered the study of a great Confucian, the windows in the room were very large, the lighting was good, and the whole room did not have the gloom of the cell.

The faint aroma of wine permeated the room, and a middle-aged man who was a little fat was looking through a book, and from time to time he picked up a soybean from the plate on the table and threw it into his mouth, and then took a sip of wine, and he was a little envious of the full pet.

Is this the life of a prisoner?

When the middle-aged man raised his head, he was stunned and said, "Mr. Wenhe? ”

Jia Xu was also an important staff member under Chen Mo back then, but for some reason, Liu Xie died that year, Chen Mo and Cao Cao demarcated the boundary between the two sides, and after he quit his words and returned to the dynasty, Jia Xu was expelled from the court by Chen Mo in anger because of his absenteeism for days, and he was also imprisoned, and he has never appeared again.

This reason is actually very nonsense, after all, Chen Mo's criteria for several strategists around him have always been to be able to do things, and it is a bit too much to punish Jia Xu like this, and some people pleaded for Jia Xu at that time, but what is somewhat abnormal is that Chen Mo, who has always been gentle to others, is extremely ruthless this time.

Later, Jia Xu seemed to have evaporated from the world, and after a long time, many people even forgot Jia Xu's existence, and they never dreamed that when they saw Jia Xu again, they would be in Luoyang Prison.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I've got a lot of life." Jia Xu smiled and added a glass of wine to Man Chong, and motioned for Man Chong to sit down.

"Sir, ...... you" Man Chong looked at the wine in a daze, looked up at Jia Xu, but didn't know what to say for a while, he hadn't seen him for many years, he wasn't too close, and now he saw him again, he really had nothing to say, Man Chong wanted to ask Jia Xu why he was here, but he felt a little abrupt.

"Bo Ning is a court lieutenant, ranked Jiuqing, there is no need to be so polite with me, counting, Xu is still a prisoner of the order, and he should not be like this." Jia Xu smiled.

"Sir, what do you want me to do?" Full of pets is no longer polite, he is not stupid, Jia Xu enjoys such treatment in the prison, the prison door is not even locked, which also means that Jia Xu has the freedom to come and go at any time, coupled with Yang Qing's attitude, as well as the token that Yang Qing showed before, how can he not know that Jia Xu is Chen Mobu's secret son in Luoyang?

Moreover, recently, the Luoyang court has been treacherous, and several of Chen Mo's ministers who stayed in Chang'an have been impeached by Yushitai, including Henan Yin Zhongyun and Hu Ben Zhonglang General Gao Shun, these people want to eradicate Chen Mo's power in the court while Chen Mo is not in the court, which is naturally noticed by Manzhong.

Man Pet has always been very strange, with Chen Mo's habits, it is impossible to really leave no back at all, let these people make waves, the moment he saw Jia Xu, Man Pet understood, Chen Mo had already been today, and even began to lay out several years ago.

"Grab a few people." Jia Xu smiled and put the book in his hand on the table: "The evidence of the crime is here." ”

It turned out that the book Jia Xu read was not a sage book, but evidence of the crimes of officials in the DPRK and China.

Man Zhong took a look at the evidence of the crime, and his brows gradually wrinkled: "Sir, these are all high-ranking officials in the DPRK and the central government, and I am afraid that I will not be able to convict them based on these criminal evidence." ”

Although these people listed in the books are not the three princes and nine ministers, they are also important ministers of the court, and they cannot be arrested according to the rules without conclusive evidence of crimes.

"Without convictions, Berning only needs to arrest them." Jia Xu smiled: "There is no need to interrogate, after arresting them, there is no need to care about them." ”

Man Zhong didn't understand, looked at Jia Xu and said, "Sir, can the lord give orders?" ”

If Chen Mo asked him to do this, Man Zhong would not hesitate, but Jia Xu couldn't.

"Is there enough for this?" Jia Xu smiled and took out a token from under the table and handed it to Man Chong, which was a bronze order.

"Pet obedience!" When Man Pet saw this, his face was solemn, and he bowed down.