When people reach middle age, every day is a struggle, and they may be able to fight against fate, but they can't fight against time. When people reach middle age, it is a time to laugh, to please the big guy, to be a role model for children, and to pay attention to the face of the wife and the dynamics of the surrounding colleagues. When people are middle-aged, they are in the rivers and lakes, for the sake of their family, face, power, and money, they always have to be left and right, on the one hand, they want to keep their loyal name, and on the other hand, they must put down their bodies and do a good job.

Liu Biao looked at himself in the bronze mirror, and felt that if he was a play, he must be the most handsome, but a play is a play, and no matter how handsome he is, he can't get on the stage.

can be on the stage, it must not be just a play.

Originally, Liu Biao didn't have many cards in his hand, so he had been involved by the Jingxiang clan, but he didn't expect that the set of cards that he had unintentionally sent to his hand was so big!

It's so big that it's almost killing all sides!

At least that's the case around Jingxiang. This made Liu Biao more confident.

If the big guy doesn't have a few double-roller safflower that he can handle, can he be called a qualified big guy?

After Liu Biao inspected Gan Ning's quality, he threw down the reward as if he didn't need money, and forcibly promoted Gan Ning from an ordinary military marquis to a general of Weinan.

"Weinan", naturally, this meaning could not be clearer.

Liu Biao looked at his figure with satisfaction, and then reluctantly shrunk his increasingly prominent abdomen, Shi Shiran walked forward and arrived in the front hall.

In the front hall, Yi and Fu Xun were sitting, and when they saw Liu Biao coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

Not to mention the Yi nationality, the first to follow Liu Biao, Liu Biao is also a confidant. Fu Xun has a magnificent appearance and has seen Boda, who used to worship Shang Shulang in the imperial court, and later came to Jingzhou because of the chaos in Guanzhong, and became a guest of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao. Yi is his own person, Fu Xun has no foundation in Jingxiang, and can only be attached to Liu Biao, so he can enter the front hall today.

Liu Biao sat down, then waved his hand to let the attendant retreat far away, and then slowly exhaled a breath and said, "I received news that General Yuan has gone down to Yijing!" General Gongsun committed suicide by raising fire! ”

Yi Ji and Fu Xun were both surprised.

Liu Biao can't hold this news for long, after all, although he has got the news now, it doesn't mean that other people don't have additional news channels at all, thinking about such a major thing, sooner or later it will still be known by others, and what Liu Biao can do is to see if he can stand in a more advantageous position and obtain more benefits before this news spreads.

"So far, the battle of Yijing has suffered a lot of damage, and I haven't known ...... yet" Liu Biao said slowly, as if to give Yi Ji and Fu Xun some time to buffer and think, "However, after this battle, Ji Yu is one, and Yanqing is attached to the wings......"

Fu Xun is in his forties, with a thin body, high cheekbones, bright eyes, a stern demeanor, and an unsmiling look, which is a bit daunting. He is a person from Niyang in the north, a person from Liangzhou, a good writer, famous for studying the "Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn Period", when he was a teenager, he entered Luoyang Piyong, and was raised to filial piety when he was in his twenties, but he insisted on resigning, and was finally recruited into the general's mansion by the general He Jin, and later served as Shang Shulang.

After the death of the general, Fu Xun lost his foundation, and Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, life was also very difficult, so he took advantage of the time to move the capital, escaped, and came to Jingxiang, just when Liu Biao carried out what Jingxiang Taixue under Fei Qian's suggestion, Fu Xun stood out, first served as a doctor of the palace, and later became Liu Biao's guest of the scene, and now serves as the position of Dong Cao Peng.

"Now the general is in the middle of the ......day," Fu Xun stroked his beard and said slowly, "Jingxiang is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the four wars are also, the lord has the world in mind, and he also has the ambition to support the Han family. ”

Liu Biao glanced at Fu Xun and didn't speak.

As an old man who has followed Liu Biao for many years, Yi naturally understood what Liu Biao was thinking, so he followed directly and said: "The words of the public are very true, but the situation is like this, how should we deal with it?" "Everyone understands the truth, and no one is worse than anyone else, but the question is whether it can be done well in the specific operation, or how to do it correctly?

Fu Xun nodded and said, "Does Duke Ming have any contact with General Pingdong?" ”

"General Pingdong?" Liu Biao frowned. Perhaps because of the fact that Yuan Da General Zhuyu was in front, Cao Cao did not change anything in the general position after receiving the Han Emperor Liu Xie.

Liu Biao didn't agree very much with Cao Cao's private sending troops to meet the Han Emperor Liu Xie, so he didn't approve of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao has always appeared as a lackey under Yuan Shao, so when Fu Xun said that he contacted General Pingdong, Liu Biao naturally felt a little pimple in his heart.

Fu Xun looked at Liu Biao's expression, and roughly speculated Liu Biao's thoughts in his heart. As the relationship with Liu Biao gradually deepened, Fu Xun gradually realized what the essence of Liu Biao was.

It can be said that Liu Biao's identity as a relative of the Han family is still very confusing, but when the Han Emperor Liu Xie was in Luoyang, Fu Xun repeatedly persuaded Liu Biao to go north to give support to the Han Emperor, but Liu Biao shirked it with various excuses.

Perhaps because General Zhengxi held a Zen sealing ceremony in Yinshan before to stimulate Liu Biao, in the winter of last year, Liu Biao took the civil and military, borrowed a reason, under the pretense of auspiciousness, in the suburbs of Xiangyang to worship heaven and earth.

As for that auspicious rui, it is just three ears of wheat that grow in heaven and earth.

Regardless of whether the three ears of wheat were real or not, the matter of sacrificing heaven and earth alone was dissuaded by Fu Xun and others, among whom Han Song was the most intense.

But Liu Biao still insisted, and even some could not be said.

If it were an ordinary person, he might not care about anything, but for people who pay attention to etiquette such as Fu Xun and Han Song, Liu Biao's behavior exposes his true ambition.

Sacrifice may have gradually faded in modern society, but in the Han Dynasty, this kind of thing was not sloppy at all......

Sheji, "She" refers to the earth god, "Ji" refers to the god of grain, the ancient monarchs all sacrificed Sheji, and later used "Sheji" to represent the country, which shows the importance of sacrifice in ancient times. In the eyes of the ancient ancestors, heaven and earth nurture all living beings and are the highest gods. Therefore, the sacrifice to heaven and earth is the communication situation between man and heaven and earth, and the Son of Heaven has personally presided over the ceremony of worshipping heaven in all dynasties.

"The Legend of the Ram" is clearly written, "Why is Lu Jiao rude? The Son of Heaven sacrifices to the sky, and the princes sacrifice to the earth. ”

If you are truly loyal to the Han Dynasty, why do you sacrifice to the sky?

So from that time on, although Fu Xun was still normal on the surface, he had actually made a great discount to Liu Biao in his heart.

Of course, Yuan Shao's Yuan Shu is not a good thing, this has been shown from the beginning, so Fu Xun nodded and said: "Now that the Han family is collapsing, only the Ming Duke and General Pingdong are concerned about the imperial court...... However, the court has fallen to the point where it is today, all because of the dispute between the Yuan brothers, if the two of them fight for a long time, they will inevitably be ruined, there will be no one in a hundred, and the Han family will also be in danger! ”

Speaking of this, Fu Xun's meaning is very clear.

Is it difficult for the little brother of the rivers and lakes to be willing to be a little brother all his life? If you want to come out, you want to sit in the hall to collect money independently, but the two bigwigs are stuck left and right and can't move, what should I do? And the key is that after these two big guys finished eating the meat in their mouths, they naturally stared at the bowl on the table......

If you kill one, won't there be space and a place to come out? And in such a situation, even if Liu Biao doesn't make trouble, can he be alone?

Yi thought for a while and said, "The words of the public are the right way. ”

Be sure to make trouble!

You may not be able to live if you do something, but you definitely can't live if you don't do things!

Liu Biao raised his head and touched the proud long hair, and he couldn't help but feel a little stunned in his heart. He is obviously a beautiful man, and he originally hoped to be reasonable, but the reality forced him to become a shrew......

The junior wants to be on top, but he doesn't know how to tear up!

Liu Biao said in a deep voice: "With the meaning of the public, who is the one who makes it?" ”

"Degao is a humble person, knows etiquette and observance, and knows the past and the present, and thinks it is the best." Fu Xun gave an answer without hesitation.

Yi Ji glanced at Fu Xun and blinked, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw Liu Biao's expression in a blink of an eye, he swallowed back what he was about to say......

Bystander Qing, with a Gan Ning, can it mean that you can have the strength to compete with the Jingxiang clan? Yi Yuan thinks that it may not be, and the concession of the Jingxiang clan in front of him may not be a good thing, but Liu is full of ambition, and even if he says it, he may not be able to listen to it......

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Cao Cao touched his old waist, grinning a little uncomfortable, and developed some new postures with Mrs. Huan last night, but he had more than enough strength and flashed to his waist.

No wonder Comrade Cao Cao is a little juvenile, it is indeed because since receiving the Han Emperor Liu Xie, it has indeed been a lot smoother, with the banner of the Han Emperor Liu Xie, it is simply easy to recover these scholars in Yanzhou, just like the mercy of Mrs. Huan, you can be at the mercy of how you want, compared to before, it is simply a world of difference.

In the past, Cao Cao asked for money and food, but now it is different, it is to pay the imperial grain!

Non-paying?

Is it to rebel?

Long live long

Therefore, the scholars here in Yanzhou quickly recognized it, and lowered their heads obediently like a little daughter-in-law, so that Cao Cao was so cool......

But happy times are always short-lived, and unhappy times always come inadvertently.

In the Battle of Youzhou in Northern Hebei, the final defeat of Gongsun Chan was expected by everyone, but they didn't expect it to be so fast, and Gongsun Chan was so completely defeated......

Compared with Liu Biao, Cao Cao, as the person standing in front of Yuan Shao, naturally got more information. After Yuan Shao captured Yijing, he immediately took advantage of the momentum of victory, and did not stop at all, attacking Liaodong all the way and Qingzhou all the way......

Which way to attack Liaodong, according to Cao Cao's analysis, is mostly oppressive and contained, after all, the cold winter is coming, and everyone understands that place in Liaodong, so the battle in Liaodong will not be too long, and it may end soon. It is very likely that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du will tacitly create a no-man's land in the Liaodong region, and then they will go back to their respective homes.

And Qingzhou is the focus of Yuan Shao's next clean-up, and the Gongsun Zan branch that has lost its foundation in Qingzhou, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai, under the single tree, how much time can it support?

So after Qingzhou, who will Yuan Shao's next target be?

Although Cao Cao did want Yuan Shao to turn his eyes to the west and not embarrass himself, the question is, who can guarantee that Yuan Shao will be willing to be a striker? Overcoming obstacles to open the way for the little brother?

On the contrary, Cao Cao believes that it is more likely that Yuan Shao will in turn direct him as a pioneer!

Isn't that what Yuan Shao is doing now?

Could it be that when Yuan Shao's momentum is greater, he will become hands-on, and think about everything for the younger brother?

Therefore, when it was impossible to ensure that Yuan Shao would definitely attack westward, how to avoid becoming Yuan Shao's pawn crossing the river in the next step became something that Cao Cao had to consider carefully.

Yuan Shao's next attitude determined the fate of Cao Cao in the future, and also determined whether there would be a major war in the Central Plains, and even whether the Han dynasty could continue to exist......

pinning his net worth and life on a person's thoughts, this extreme sense of uncertainty made Cao Cao feel as if there was a war knife hanging above his head every day, and if he was not careful, this knife would hit down like thunder!

Therefore, when Liu Biao's envoy came, it was for Cao Cao to see a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

Cao Cao was afraid of the situation, and Liu Biao was also afraid. If Cao Cao succumbs to Yuan Shao's stick, how long can Liu Biao support himself?

So from a certain point of view, Liu Biao doesn't want Yuan Shao to become an unshakable behemoth, if Yuan Shao's power really swells to that extent, then no matter what Liu Biao did before, it will eventually become Yuan Shao's meal. Therefore, Liu Biao had to throw a wink at Cao Cao, hoping to get together and keep warm......

In the face of Liu Biao's **, oh, flattering, Cao Cao was naturally in a happy mood, and naturally agreed in principle, but just like what needs to be set up in the archway, pretending to be pure can always be sold at a good price, Cao Jian Ran is already willing in his heart, but still did not immediately reply to Liu Biao's messenger Han Song, but pretended to be very aggrieved and reluctant, and secretly summoned Xun Yu and Guo Jia to discuss how to operate in the future.

"Lian but not all......" Xun Yu said slowly, word by word, "This matter is also ......."

Cao Cao rubbed his old waist, glanced at Xun Yu, groaned, and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, feeling that Xun Yu was talking nonsense. and Liu Biao must join forces, and they must not let Yuan Shao know, just think about it, it is clear that if Yuan Shao knows that his little lover Hongxing is out of the wall, he begins to hook up with outsiders, and even publicly declares that he wants to marry others forever, can Yuan Shao bear it?

Therefore, it must only be a secret hook-up, just like the envoy sent by Liu Biao did not dare to claim that he was here to find Cao Cao, but said that he came to pay tribute to the Han Emperor Liu Xie......

However, Xun Yu's next words almost made Cao Cao jump up all of a sudden!