In Luoyang, Kyoto, in one of Taichang Liu Yan's mansions, he was discussing something with a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe. Liu Yan is a descendant of King Han Lu Gong, who served in the state and county when he was young, and was awarded the position of Langzhong because of his clan status, and later resigned due to the death of his teacher Zhu Tian. In Yangcheng Mountain, he lectured and professor. He was promoted as a virtuous and upright, and was requisitioned by the Situ Mansion, and successively served as officials such as Luoyang Ling, Jizhou Thorn History, Nanyang Taishou, and Zongzheng. Because Liu Yan is sleek and sophisticated, in Luoyang, where the eunuch forces compete with He Jin, Liu Yan is not guilty of both sides, so that he was awarded the official position of Taichang a few years ago and became the nominal head of Jiuqing.

And at this time, the person who can talk and laugh with Liu Yan is naturally not an ordinary man. This person's name is Dong Fu, a disciple of Confucianism and Yang Hou, who is a famous scholar and scholar at this time, and is now recommended by He Jin to worship as a servant.

Liu Yan served as the Taishou of Nanyang in his early years, and Nanyang, as the imperial hometown of the Eastern Han Dynasty, has always been entrenched in a powerful family. It was at this time that Dong Fu met him, Liu Yan was very appreciative of this famous man, and Dong Fu also took a fancy to Liu Yan's identity and style of acting, and became a good friend since then.

And because Liu Yan did not compete with the local family for power, the entire Nanyang County actually maintained the apparent national peace and security, and a few years later he was promoted and transferred to the capital to serve as Zongzheng, and suddenly became one of the central members of the imperial court. After Dong Fu entered Beijing as an official, he naturally re-got in touch with him, and when the two came back from the court, Dong Fu came to visit Liu Yan's mansion.

"Have you noticed that there seems to be something unusual about the people in Taiping Dao in Luoyang City recently?" Dong Fu asked Liu Yan.

When Liu Yan heard this, he first ordered all his subordinates to retreat, and then he led Dong Fu to the study. After entering the study, the two sat separately, and Liu Yan asked, "What did Mao An find?" ”

"My lord still remembers that Fu once said that the Han Dynasty will have a catastrophe this year. This calamity started from the grass, but it can shake the Huanghuang Han, I speculate that this calamity should be in Taiping Road. Dong Fu said.

"Remember, I just didn't expect it to come so quickly, according to Mao'an's suggestion, how should this official act?" Although Liu Yan was frightened, he still calmed down, but what he didn't expect was not to report to the court immediately, but to ask Dong Fu for advice.

"Then it depends on whether the adult wants to be King Wen or Guangwu?" King Wen was a model of the world's famous ministers since the Three Emperors, and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was the center of Guangwu who realized the Han Dynasty. One of the two is a minister, and the other is a king, Dong Fu asked at this time, which shows that the intimacy of the relationship between the two is mainly because Liu Yan, as a clan relative, has the right to inherit the throne.

Liu Yan looked around, although the doors and windows of the study were all closed, and there were also Gao Pei, who had been following him, guarding the door outside, but what they were talking about was not a trivial matter after all, so he still subconsciously looked at it. Then he said to Dong Fu: "What should these two be?" ”

"If the lord wants to be the king of Wen, he will naturally assist the court to survive this catastrophe, and then seize power with military exploits and expel the eunuch forces from the court. Now His Majesty is only in his early thirties, but the lower officials are around him, and he feels that His Majesty's body is not as good as day by day. Dong Fu said slowly.

"What if not?" Out of the habit of being implicit at this time, Liu Yan did not directly say that hope was the second choice.

"Then you can learn that Shen Sheng died inside, and the heavy ears were safe outside, and adults could request to be transferred to the outside to become an official, and continue to accumulate strength. According to a certain calculation, the Han Dynasty experienced this catastrophe, although it did not collapse, but the number of qi was greatly injured, and in the next few years, the heavenly machine was disordered, and the heroes rose up to chase the possible supreme position. Adults are relatives of the Han family, and with the blessing of the great Han spirit, they will naturally have more advantages than others. Dong Fu, as an official of the imperial court, talked about this kind of thing close to rebellion at this time, but he didn't feel inappropriate at all, which shows that although there are still many hardcore loyal ministers in the Han family at this time, careerists have also begun to emerge in endlessly.

Liu Yan thought about it, and did not immediately reply to Dong Fu, and Dong Fu was not in a hurry, after so many years of understanding, he knew that Liu Yan had great ambitions. Although he didn't fight for power and profit when he was in Nanyang, because of his good relationship with various families, once something happened, all parties would give him some support in his face as a county guard.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Liu Yan said to Dong Fu: "This is not in a hurry in advance, but according to Mao'an's opinion, for the recent Taiping Dao incident, should we just wait and see what happens?" ”

"For Taiheita outside of Kyoto, it is natural to let him do what he wants, let's just sit and wait. However, Luoyang is the capital of the Han Dynasty and cannot fall into the hands of thieves, so you need to send someone to pay attention to the Taiping Taoists in Kyoto to prevent them from colluding with the outside. Otherwise, once the capital falls into the hands of Taiping Dao, the adults will also become swords and fish, and they will not be free. Dong Fu replied.

"That's right, then the official should notify the lieutenant of Sili and ask them to arrest the Taiping Dao leaders in Beijing." Liu Yan said immediately.

"Don't worry, my lord, I don't need to notify the Sili Lieutenant's Mansion about this matter, I just need to send some trustworthy subordinates to let them follow and pay attention to the principals of Taiping Dao in the capital, and then quietly arrest them. This is not only to not startle the snake and let the Taiping Road go with the flow, but secondly, the adults sent someone to catch the other party, and the court will naturally take credit for the adults, so it can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Dong Fu explained.

"Mao'an is a great talent, I don't know if I can assist me, and in the future, I will be the third prince and the ninth secretary!" Liu Yan stood up and bowed to Dong Fu and said.

"Therefore, if you wish, you will not do it. Worship the Lord! When Dong Fu heard this, he guessed Liu Yan's plan, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and made a big gift to Liu Yan.

"Haha, with Mao'an's help, I am very relieved." Liu Yan pulled Dong Fu up and said with a laugh. Liu Yan already likes to make friends with celebrities, especially Taoist scholars such as Huang Lao, while Dong Fu is a celebrity, although he is from Confucianism, he does like metaphysics, which is just in line with Liu Yan's preferences. Now I feel that Dong Fu is still good at strategy, and in Liu Yan's heart, Dong Fu may be his own marquis.

In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of others, Liu Yan and Dong Fu agreed that the two would still be commensurate with their official positions in public. After refusing Liu Yan's offer to keep him for dinner, Dong Fu made some suggestions on how to deal with the details of Taiping Dao, and left in a hurry.

Liu Yan listened to Dong Fu's suggestion, and after Dong Fu left, he instructed his family general Gao Pei to quietly investigate in the capital these days to find out who they were in charge of in the capital, how many small leaders there were, and so on.

Gao Pei was Liu Yan's guard commander when he served as the assassin of Jizhou, and he followed him all the time and became Liu Yan's general. He listened to Liu Yan's instructions and didn't ask why, but after answering, he was ordered to find someone to investigate.

Liu Yan didn't care about how Gao Pei went to explore the power of Taiping Dao in the capital, he believed in Gao Pei's ability. As soon as he was transferred to the capital as an official, he has been an official for seven or eight years, and Gao Pei, as a general, must know the capital very well, and he will also have his own way. And the more than 1,000 private soldiers he usually raised, these people are all led by Gao Pei, except for the three hundred elites who have been following him, the others are all local snakes, so he is not worried that Gao Pei will not be able to complete the task at all.

And not long after Dong Fu left, Dong Fu sent his subordinates to negotiate with Liu Yan's mansion for an hour, and the news was sent to Sikong Yuan Feng. Yuan Feng is the current head of the Yuan family, the third prince of the fourth world, and after he learned the news, he asked Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao to be called.

Yuan Shao has outstanding ability and is also famous among the children of the family in the capital. And Yuan Shu, as the concubine of the Yuan family, has a noble status, if it weren't for the Ling Emperor, there are only two princes, and his status is relatively high. If he is just an ordinary prince, his status is not as good as Yuan Shu.

The two of them are now the role models of the younger generation of the Yuan family, and now they are gradually participating in the affairs of the family, and the Yuan family has given each of them the position of a Lang official, which can be regarded as announcing that the two of them can begin to act on behalf of the Yuan family outside.

After the two arrived, Yuan Feng told them the news they had just gotten, and then said: "According to the news, the disciples of Taiping Dao in the capital have been acting abnormally recently, and the two of you will see if Dong Fu will go to Taichang Mansion to see if it will have anything to do with this matter." ”

"Father, one of them is just a small servant, and Liu Yan is just too often, living under his father. Why do you pay too much attention to their movements, do they dare to disadvantage us? Yuan Shu said nonchalantly.

"Bastard, although the official position of the servant is not big, but he can get a lot of information by his majesty's side. And Taichang Liu Yan is a relative of the Han family, if these two people have a heart, they will inevitably have an impact on the court, and maybe they will shake our status. Our Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third duke, is not arrogant, if you have always been this character, how dare I pass on the Yuan family to you. Yuan Feng was furious when he heard this, and scolded Yuan Shu, quite a bit angry.

"I don't think they can do anything anyway." Yuan Shu was still unconvinced, and whispered beside him.

"You...., that's it. Originally, what did you think about this? Yuan Feng heard Yuan Shu's muttering, wanted to scold but didn't know what to think of and endured it, turned his head to look at Yuan Shao and asked.

Yuan Shao has always looked down on his half-brother, and thinks that he is just a superficial gentleman, but he is only a concubine, and his status is not as good as Yuan Shu, who is a sister-in-law, so he can only hide his contempt in his psychology.

Hearing his uncle's question, he thought for a while and said: "What the eldest brother said is not bad, our Yuan family is the fourth generation and the third prince, and the tree is kind to the world, and the status is naturally not something that ordinary people can shake." ”

As soon as Yuan Shao said this, Yuan Shu immediately applauded next to him and said, "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing." ”

Yuan Feng didn't think so, he saw that Yuan Shao hadn't finished speaking. Sure enough, Yuan Shao continued: "Although our Yuan family is not afraid, it is not a bad thing to be careful. This time, Dong Fu and Taichang sent their subordinates to discuss, combined with the news of Taiping Dao, it must be that the two of them have some opinions about the affairs of Taiping Dao that outsiders do not know. Combined with the fact that I have heard that all Taiping Dao is acting in a flamboyant manner, I am afraid that something big will happen, so we may be able to prepare early. ”