"Brother, how many years have you followed me?" Guan Yan asked.

"Major General, it's been seven years." Xiao Qi listened to the "brother" in Guan Yan's mouth, and his heart was quite moved.

"It's been seven years! I still remember the scene when I took you to Xuzhou with fifty yellow turban wrestlers, bumpy road, overcoming thorns and thorns, and it was not easy to reach this status! Guan Yan raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Qi: "Now there is an important matter to entrust, or you will fight with your life, do you dare?" ”

Guan Yan looked at himself with a serious face, and Xiao Qi suddenly remembered that when he was a teenager, he was poor and miserable, and it was difficult to keep food and drink, and he was preached by the Yellow Turban; Because of his cleverness and bravery, he was selected into the Yellow Turban Force, and within two years, he went to Xuzhou with Guan Yan to buy grain, and then changed his face with the major general Guan Yan and fought in all directions. I have seen a lot of things, and I also have the idea of making contributions that a man should have, and now Guan Yan has important things to arrange, and he should be the first!

Thinking of this, Xiao Qi was determined to die: "Why don't you dare? Xiao Qi and Zhou Cang and Dian Wei have been treated a lot, although the force is not as good, but this force is still very strong: "The young general gave an order, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, he will not give up!" ”

"Good!" Guan Yan stretched out his hand, hooked Xiao Qi's shoulder, and whispered in his ear.

After Xiao Qi heard it clearly, he bowed to Guan Yan's order: "Young General, if it doesn't work out, Xiao Qi should apologize with death!" ”

"Alas!" Guan Yan shook his head: "This matter is extremely dangerous, and it is as difficult as climbing to the sky, you plan for it; If it doesn't work, don't give your life in vain, remember to remember! ”

Guan Yan opened the door and took a deep breath: "Without further ado, you should go and prepare, select a few credible people, and rush there overnight!" ”

"Whoa! Xiao Qi said goodbye to Xiao Qi and came out, and Guan Yan was left alone in the study, thinking alone: If Xiao Qi is successful, the war in the north will start, and during this period, if Huang Zhong is surrendered, it will be a big help! Thinking of this, Guan Yan immediately asked someone to invite Xi Zhicai and the study to discuss the matter.

"Two, I want to go to Jingzhou to seek a talent in secret, and the matter of Luoyang needs to be bothered by the two of you!" Guan Yan got straight to the point.

Guan Yan's cold announcement of his travel plan really caught Xi Zhicai and Fu Zhi off guard.

"No!" Frustrated, he immediately objected: "The lord is in danger of the world, and today is in turmoil, and there are not a few people who want to get rid of the lord, if there are talents, the lord can be recruited by the order of the court, and you must not take risks!" ”

Guan Yan shook his head: "My intention has been decided, Mr. Fu don't say more!" ”

When frustrated and playful heard this, they glanced at each other, and their hearts were secretly shocked; Especially Xi Zhicai, who has also followed Guan Yan for several years, in the impression of Xi Zhicai, Corporal Guan Yan Lixian, obedient to his words, has never seen such a way today, and is assertive and arbitrary.

Frustration is upright, but no matter what Guan Yan's face is, he thinks it is right, he must speak up, and when he was about to speak, Xi Zhicai pressed Frustration's arm, shook his head slightly, and looked as if he was saying: Listen to me!

Xi Zhicai said in an orderly manner: "A certain person lives in Yingchuan, and there are many Confucians in Jingzhou when he was young. ”

"This person's surname is Huang, his name is Zhong, and his name is Hansheng. Nanyang people, do you know? ”

"Well......" Xi Zhicai thought for a moment: "I haven't heard of this person, maybe Zhicai is lonely and unheard!" Can the lord let his wife know about this? ”

Xi Zhicai is scheming, he looks at Guan Yan's appearance today and knows that he can't persuade Guan Yan just by himself and frustration, he knows that Guan Yan is a person who is very affectionate, especially the two children who are about to be born, and he is always stumbling on Guan Yan, and at this time, he brought out the two ladies to let Guan Yan estimate the danger of this trip. Although Changsha is not far away, the nearby Yingchuan River is fighting with Cao Cao. Moreover, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Liu Bei of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu of Runan, including Lu Bu, who fought with Cao Cao, are more or less contradictory to Guan Yan.

Sure enough, mentioning Cai Yan and Diao Chan, Guan Yan also thought of the two children who were still in the womb, and his face couldn't help but leak a tender color, but after a while, Guan Yan looked at Xi Zhicai firmly: "Huang Hansheng, I will get it!" ”

Guan Yan is iron-hearted! Xi Zhicai sighed and offered a plan: "If the lord has to go, he can lead two thousand elite people to inspect Jingzhou on behalf of the emperor in the name of the imperial court, so that we can rest assured!" ”

Guan Yan shook his head: "With a large number of people, it is too conspicuous, now I have divided my troops into Xuzhou and Yingchuan, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left in Luoyang, Luoyang is my foundation, and I must not lose it; And this trip is fast to go back, there is a burden drag, it will inevitably affect the time, the two gentlemen rest assured, I brought Dian Wei and dozens of personal guards to go, and I will return within half a month! ”

Guan Yan instructed Ji Ling and Zang Ba again to say goodbye to Cai Yan and Diao Chan, took Dian Wei and twenty personal guards to dress up in disguise, and hurriedly left Luoyang and went straight to Changsha.

Xushi, Luoyang, Chenliu Wang's Mansion.

"King Qiyu, Mrs. Yuan asks to see you!"

"Oh!?" Liu Xie put down the bamboo slip in his hand: "Hurry up, please!" ”

Yuan Kui, dressed in a long robe, hurriedly entered, and when he saw Liu Xie, who was standing at the door of the study, he hurriedly saluted: "The old minister sees King Chen Liu!" ”

"The old lady is very polite!" Liu Xie hugged Yuan Kui and led him to the high seat: "This is not the court, the Taifu is an old minister of the three dynasties, and the assistant should be the gift of the juniors!" ”

The two were hypocritical, and Liu Xie asked, "Why did the old lady come here late at night?" ”

"There's something big to discuss!" Yuan Kui looked at the servant at the door mysteriously, and Liu Xieyi ordered all the subordinates to retreat and sit beside Yuan Kui.

"What does the king think of Guan Yan?" Yuan Kui first asked.

"Guan Yan?" Liu Xie frowned, thought for a moment, and said word by word: "Protecting the country is meritorious, and it is a crime to abuse power!" ”

Liu Xie's serious application at the moment is not at all like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-grown child, I have to say that Liu Xie's mind is indeed more mature than Liu Bian, when Dong Zhuo was about to snatch the emperor, Liu Biao was frightened by the material, but Liu Xie, who was only seven or eight years old at the time, was able to speak properly and behave properly, so that Dong Zhuo, who wanted to rob Guan Yan by force, to welcome the emperor. Over the years, as Liu Xie grew older, he became more and more worried about the Han Dynasty, and the imperial brother Liu Wei was weak and relied on Guan Yan, but Liu Xie felt that Guan Yan would inevitably be a Dong Zhuo-like existence in the future, but Guan Yan was powerful, and now the best way is to unite with the party led by Yuan Kui to resist the further expansion of Guan Yan's power.

Hearing Liu Xie's words, a glimmer of luster appeared in Yuan Kui's old eyes: "There is a good opportunity today, you can get rid of Guan Yan, this is the king of heaven!" ”