I wish you all a happy New Year and all the best.

The old wolf rested for two days, and from today, resumed one chapter a day.

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On June 19 of the third year of the Han Dynasty, Kang Peng and his entourage finally arrived in Luoyang, in addition to the 6,000 men and horses brought out by Kang Peng from Chang'an, plus the Zhang Xiujun who rendezvous, the size of the army has reached 11,000.

As Kang Peng chatted, as soon as the news of his return to Luoyang reached Luoyang, the officials and people in Luoyang City were immediately in chaos, especially the scholars in Luoyang, on the day the news reached Luoyang, they packed up the gold and silver and prepared to run away, even the ordinary people of Luoyang were panicked, and they felt that the end was coming. But Kang Peng had already prepared for this, first asked Lu Bu to protect Cai Wenji to return to his parents' house, and by the way, he took over the defense of Luoyang City, and strictly forbade the officials and people of Luoyang to escape. lest he face the embarrassing situation of the entire city being empty after returning to Luoyang.

After Kang Peng's order was passed to Lu Bu, Lu Bu, who had been cultivated by a group of old foxes such as Jia Xu and Li Ru, also used his brains, he led a small number of soldiers and horses to protect Cai Wenji and his party, and at the same time sent most of the iron cavalry to Luoyang first, directly controlling the Luoyang city defense, and although Luoyang City was named the capital, there were only a few troops to defend it, and most of them were poorly equipped, hungry, and unclothed. After Dong Zhuojun took over Luoyang, the first thing was to control the city gate, the people of Luoyang City were allowed to enter but not to go out, and the people of Luoyang, who really wanted to go out of the city, also had to be searched and checked to confirm that they did not carry the items that traveled far before they could be released, and their families were detained, and their return to the city was stipulated. Fortunately, these Dong Zhuo military officers were strictly ordered by Lu Bu to control military discipline, and in addition to restricting the entry and exit of the people, there were no military-civilian conflicts.

Although he had already learned about the ruins of Luoyang City in the intelligence, when Kang Peng really returned to Luoyang City, he was still stunned by everything in front of him, there was still half a mile away from the city gate, and Kang Peng, who had excellent eyesight, saw from a distance that the majestic Luoyang City Tower had broken and decayed when he left, and the city wall that was once as high as more than ten zhang also collapsed and was much lower, and there were dark green weeds growing on the wall, which were scattered on the wall in dots or in pieces, contrasting with the gray and yellow city wall, which looked decayed and desolate.

After the army entered the city, the scene in the city was even more shocking, the prosperous and rich streets of Luoyang in the past disappeared, the towers carved with dragons and phoenixes, and the pavilions with gold and silver turned into ruins, and the previously neat and clean houses have been covered with dust and spider silk, and the tall weeds poked out of the collapsed courtyard walls and swayed with the summer wind. There are broken walls everywhere, hungry people everywhere, and occasionally some Luoyang people pass by, all of them have vegetables, their clothes are not covered, and their eyes are dull, not far behind beggars, as if a gust of wind can blow them down.

"How did you do that?" Kang Peng saw that Lu Su, who had arrived in advance, brought his two old fathers-in-law and Ma Ridan's old stubbornness to meet him, jumped off the horse and did not salute, and directly cut his head and covered his face and asked: "Luoyang City is the capital of my Han Dynasty, and it is also the face of my Han Dynasty, the old man handed over the power of auxiliary government to you, you actually made it like this, where is the majesty of my Han Dynasty?" Where is the face of the Son of Heaven? ”

I haven't seen him for two years, Taifu Ma Ridan's silver hair is sparse and has aged a lot, and his trembling Kang Peng made a salute, "Taishi, the old man is incompetent, and he has no skills in governance, so that the Son of Heaven has no face, and the majesty of the Han is swept away, and the old man is guilty of death." Speaking of this, Ma Ridan wiped away the cloudy tears from the corners of his eyes and choked up: "The old man has been thinking about it these days, Luoyang City has become like this, and I don't know how to face the ancestors of the Han family after death in the future." ”

Kang Peng was furious, and roared at Ma Riyan: "I just paid a tribute of 50,000 gold coins and 100,000 grains to the imperial court last month to maintain the livelihood of the imperial court. This is not that Kang Peng has any loyalty to the king, but that he wants the Luoyang Imperial Court to continue to be his shield before the iron rooster plucks his feathers, but when he thinks that the money and food he has accumulated so hard will be wasted, Kang Peng is still extremely angry.

Cai Yong, Fu Wan, Zhu Xi, Dong Cheng and others were full of shame, Cai Yong stubbornly explained to Kang Peng, who was more than ten years older than him: "Virtuous son-in-law, don't blame Mrs. Ma, he has done his best, but it's a pity that ......" Cai Yong shook his head and refused to speak again with a sigh.

Kang Peng took a closer look at these old ministers of the Han Dynasty, except for Cai Yong and Fu Wan, who were better dressed, the other old ministers were all in shabby clothes, and there were even patches on their official uniforms, all of them were skinny and listless. Kang Peng sighed, and couldn't bear to accuse them again, Kang Peng knew the difficulties of these old ministers, when he evacuated Luoyang, Luoyang's money and grain reserves were looted by him, Luoyang City has become a veritable empty shelf, and later there was the rebellion of Yuan Kui and Wang Xin secretly directed by Kang Peng, which made Luoyang even worse, it is no exaggeration to say that the decline of Luoyang was caused by him Kang Peng. And Kang Peng received information, the growing up Emperor Han Xian also began to contact government affairs, for the imperial court, this is a good thing, but the bad is bad in this Han Xian Emperor inherited his father's favor to the eunuchs, newly appointed two big and small yellow doors, in the court as a prestige, encroaching on the power of the old ministers, and greedy for money and lustful, only thirteen years old to widely select Luoyang beauties into the palace, although Ma Ridan and other old ministers died to stop the Cambodia, but two months ago, Emperor Han Xian still insisted that the old ministers take out money and grain to renovate the palace, in order to show his supreme imperial authority, And the people of Luoyang, who were already on the verge of bankruptcy, were taxed, and there were signs of a new palace.

At this time, Fu Yu also stepped out of the carriage with the support of Da Qiao, threw himself into Fu Wan's arms and cried bitterly, describing the feelings of not coming, Kang Peng also took the opportunity to find a step for himself, waved his hand to the back, and five luxury carriages full of money, food and clothes immediately rushed forward. Kang Peng pointed to the carriage and said: "Several adults, two fathers-in-law, this is a little bit of the heart, please smile." ”

Cai Yong and Fu Wan are nothing, although they have a hard life in Luoyang, they have Chang'an's daughter to help, and their lives are barely passable. Although Zhu Xi and Dong Cheng shirked on their lips, they were already smiling in their hearts - their family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot. Only Ma Ridan resolutely refused to accept it, "Taishi, although you and I are ministers of the same dynasty, but we have no merit and no merit, these things Taishi should pay tribute to the saint." ”

Zhu Xian, Dong Cheng and others also knew that Ma Ridan's family was poorer than themselves, and they also persuaded Ma Ridan to accept it, "Ma Taifu, this is also a mood of Dong Taishi, it doesn't hurt to be honest, you still have to accept it, your family has the largest population, talk about supplementing the family, and let the family eat a few full meals." ”

Cai Yong also persuaded: "Mrs. Ma, even if you don't accept it, I'm afraid that most of these tributes will fall into the hands of those two eunuchs, so why bother to cheapen those two eunuchs?" ”

"Eunuch?" Kang Pengqi said: "Are they the two big and small yellow doors newly appointed by the emperor?" What did they do to make their father-in-law hate them so much? ”

Referring to the two eunuchs, this group of old ministers were all full of anger, Ma Ridan gritted his teeth and said: "Taishi, do you still remember that on the first morning after you returned triumphantly from the Tiger Prison Pass, you once killed two eunuchs on the spot, but for some reason, those two eunuchs did not die, and escaped from the palace. ”

Kang Peng suddenly realized, and was about to speak, Cai Yong said again: "Virtuous son-in-law, the money and grain you paid tribute last month, we wanted to learn the method of the virtuous son-in-law's tuntian, and take out seventy percent of them to recruit hungry people and cultivate the wasteland of Luoyang, but those two eunuchs insisted on instigating the holy general to collect all the money and grain into the palace. If it was really used to worship the saint, we would not have much to say, but I waited and quietly checked the accounts in the palace, and they dared to price the same new money for an egg used by the saint, and the others were even more shocking, and it was estimated that most of the money and grain had fallen into the pockets of the two eunuchs. ”

Fu Wan, who was exchanging farewells with his daughter, also interjected: "What is the estimate? If they weren't thieves, why did Wen Hou want to flee from Luoyang as soon as he came to Luoyang? If it weren't for Wen Hou's army blocking them in the city, I am afraid that they would have fled again and disappeared. ”

Kang Peng rubbed his beard, thinking in his heart, it was easy to kill those two eunuchs, but they actually had such potential for corruption, why not use them to make the Han Dynasty royal family further lose the hearts of the people? Thinking of this, Kang Peng turned his head to Lu Bu beside him and said, "Feng Xian, send a few people to arrest those two eunuchs to see me." ”

Lu Bu said with a grin: "Father-in-law, what are you going to do with this eggless thing?" The child sent someone to chop them up. ”

Kang Peng glanced at Lu Bu, and pretended to be serious: "Fengxian, how many times has my father told you?" We are all Han courtiers, we must be loyal to the king and love the king, although those two eunuchs are hateful, but after all, they are holy neighbors, we must ask about the situation before making a decision, so as not to wronged people. With Lu Bu's intelligence, although he couldn't guess what Kang Peng's idea was, he knew that the treacherous father-in-law was going to fight again, grinned, turned around and went to do something.

After Lu Bu left, Kang Peng had a few polite words with a few old stubborns, seeing that the sun was moving westward, Cai Yong said cheekily: "Virtuous son-in-law, I already know about you and Wen Ji, it is indeed Wen Ji who is wrong, since she returned to Luoyang these days, the old man has taught her many times, she also has a heart of repentance, your mother-in-law has been at home to rectify the banquet, clean the house, all of you please come to my house together, for the master to pick up the wind and wash the dust." ”

Kang Peng pouted in his heart, and said in his heart, old man, who are you fooling? Will that savage girl have a heart of repentance? Before I entered the city, I received a report from Sister Zhen, how could she say that she was going to let me go to the door to kowtow to her and ask for guilt before she was willing to forgive me? Your old man was just forced by your wife who was afraid that I would really divorce my daughter, and you were also afraid that I would really divorce my daughter, which would damage your face as a great Confucian in the world.

Kang Peng coughed, put Cai Yong aside, turned his head to Fu Wan and said: "Father-in-law, since I married Yu'er, I haven't visited the door, this time the son-in-law (?) How about a stay at your home? Yu'er is sick again, so I can take care of her by the way. ”

Cai Yong's face changed immediately, and he said in his heart that his baby daughter wouldn't make it true, so she was really going to be divorced, right? Ma Ridan, Zhu Xi and Dong Cheng also wondered, and they all said in their hearts, could it be that Lao Cai's daughter has fallen out of favor? If it's true, then Lao Cai Ke will be miserable. After the end, he couldn't be happy at all, and blurted out sweating: "It's not good! ”

Kang Peng was a little strange, Fu Wan's relationship with himself had improved greatly, and he went to stay at his house, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't object. But Fu Yu also seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Tai ......, Xianggong, you better go to Sister Cai's house to live, don't let Sister Cai be too sad." ”

Kang Peng glanced at Fu Yu, and saw a sickly flush on her pale face, which seemed to be in a hurry, Kang Peng was even more strange, could it be that there was anything strange about Fu Wan's house? Kang Peng was about to send someone to investigate, but Lu Su pulled him aside and whispered in his ear: "Taishi, it's better for you to choose another place to live, Fu Wan's second daughter Fu Shou is one of the candidates for the queen, you have a ...... reputation in this regard, that ......, in short, it is not very good for the Fu family." ”

Kang Peng suddenly realized, no wonder the age gap between Fu Yu and Emperor Han Xian is so big, it turns out that Fu Yu's sister is the authentic queen, but Kang Peng is even more depressed, he pays so much attention to his reputation, he can't even believe his wife. The more Kang Peng thought about it, the more angry he became, waved his hand, and said angrily: "Since this is the case, anyway, there is a lot of open space in Luoyang City now, so I will choose a piece of land to build a camp, and I will live in a tent." After speaking, Kang Peng ignored these old ministers and left with the generals and personal soldiers.

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It's night, Kang Peng is still sulking after dinner, she and Fu Yu have been married for two years, but she is still cold to herself, never take the initiative to ask for pleasure, these are not counted, she has a sister who only found out today, it can be seen that she is wary, the Fu family once moved the family to Chang'an, and her sister did not show up, obviously Fu Yu's family is also careful about themselves. Stealing a spot to know the whole leopard, and the Fu family, who is related to him, is like this to himself, so what other people in Luoyang think of themselves can also be imagined. Freezing three feet, not a day's cold! If he really regains control of Luoyang now, I am afraid that it will still be difficult to win the hearts of the people.

Kang Peng shook his head and smiled bitterly, trying to put these worries away, and said to his own soldiers: "Bring those two eunuchs in." ”

On the day of Wang Yun's ambush, Feng Bin and Feng Guo two brothers escaped, but they also became frightened birds, and since then they have been hiding incognito in the folk life, the luck of the two brothers is not only generally good, Luoyang has not hurt them a single hair in several turmoil, after the Wang Xin rebellion at the beginning of this year, the palace re-recruited the eunuchs who were separated from the turmoil, and the two brothers were unwilling to be lonely and took the opportunity to mix into the palace, and quickly became popular in the palace with the housekeeping skills of shaving and patting horses, and became the eunuchs of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, two months ago, These two brothers have finally returned to their long-cherished position as the big and small yellow gate, and they are getting closer and closer to their godfather Zhang Rang's permanent attendant. This time Dong Zhuojun returned to Luoyang, the first reaction of the two brothers was to escape, but they didn't want to be blocked in the city by Dong Zhuojun, and Ma Ridan and others also suggested that Lu Su send someone to monitor them.

"The master spares his life, the master spares his life." As soon as they entered the big tent, the two brothers Feng Bin and Feng Guo threw themselves down in front of Kang Peng, kowtowed and said: "Taishi, the villains know that they deserve to die, please Taishi, for the sake of the villains who served you wholeheartedly before, spare the villains' lives." ”

Kang Peng didn't say a word, got up and gave a kick to Feng Bin and Feng Guo, and said directly: "Do you want to die or live?" ”

"I want to live, I want to live." As soon as the Eunuch Feng brothers heard that they had a chance to live, they didn't care about being kicked by Kang Peng and bleeding all over their faces, so they immediately kowtowed and said, "Taishi, the villains want to live, and the villains listen to the Taishi for everything." Feng Bin also had the courage to add, "Taishi, the villain has taken the opportunity of selecting beauties for the emperor to register the beauties of Luoyang, and the villain wants to dedicate this roster to the Taishi." ”

Kang Peng was angry, and when he heard the word beauty, he was even more furious, and grabbed Feng Bin with his hand, and slapped him twice, "Don't talk nonsense, Lao Tzu wants you to do something for Lao Tzu, if you do it well, not only will you be able to live, but Lao Tzu can also give you a little reward." ”

"Master, please do not hesitate to command." Feng Bin spit out a tooth that was broken by Kang Peng, and said with a smile full of blood: "Even if the villains go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, they will definitely do it." ”

Kang Peng slapped him twice again, "You don't need to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, aren't you close to the Son of Heaven?" Tomorrow morning, no matter what Lao Tzu plays, you have to ask the little emperor to agree. ”

Eunuch Feng's brothers were overjoyed, "This is easy, don't hide it from the Taishi, that little emperor has been at the mercy of our two brothers, even if the Taishi wants to dig his ancestral grave, the villains are sure that he will agree." ”