Chapter 55 The Jade Seal of the Country

After Cao Cao told Yuan Shao about the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao also knew that there had been changes in Luoyang, otherwise Dong Zhuo would never have let them into the customs so easily.

Immediately, Yuan Shao ordered the whole army to enter the customs and march to Luoyang.

At this time, Sun Jian had already come to Luoyang City, except for the sporadic Dong Zhuo soldiers who were still collecting property in various houses, there was no Dong Zhuo's army here.

"Han Dang, Huang Gai, the two of you quickly take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to fight the fire, and Cheng Pu will follow me to the palace."

Fortunately, Dong Zhuo's soldiers started to light the fire from the residence, and by the time Sun Jian arrived, the palace had not been completely burned down, but nearly half of it had already been burned.

Looking at the dilapidated palace, Sun Jian couldn't help but feel sad, this is the palace of the Han Dynasty, the place where the Son of Heaven lives, and now it has become like this.

Just when Sun Jian touched the scene, Cheng Pu quietly came to Sun Jian's side.

"There is a five-colored glow in a dry well in the harem, please go and check it out quickly, I have ordered someone to block that area."

Hearing Cheng Pu's words, Sun Jian immediately followed Cheng Pu to the harem.

It was a cold palace, a place where the emperor's disgusted concubines were imprisoned, and there were no valuables in it, so it was not much damaged.

When Sun Jian came to the place that Cheng Pu said, he saw a five-colored glow appearing at the mouth of a well overgrown with withered grass, but it quickly disappeared.

Sun Jian ordered people to guard the surroundings, so he let his henchmen go down to check.

At the bottom of the dry well, the soldiers found a female corpse, and it was impossible to distinguish the appearance, but it should be a palace maid.

There was a red lacquer brocade box in the arms of the palace maid, and Sun Jian asked him to quickly take the brocade box.

There was only a small lock in the brocade box, and Sun Jian easily picked the lock.

Inside the brocade box, there was a boxy jade seal, on which a real dragon was coiled, and there was a corner that was defective, which had been repaired with gold.

At the bottom of the jade seal, the eight characters of "Ordered by the Heavens, Longevity and Yongchang" are written in seal script.

"What is this?" Sun Jian asked Cheng Pu beside him in disbelief.

Cheng Pu was also excited, and said to Sun Jian: "This is the Han Dynasty jade seal, congratulations to the lord, this is the will of heaven." ”

The Han jade seal is not only the jade seal of the Qin Dynasty, but the material of this jade seal is a piece of beautiful jade found by Bian He, a native of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later dedicated to the King of Chu, known as Heshi Bi.

He Shibi came to Zhao State, and after hearing about it, the King of Qin wanted to exchange fifty cities for this jade, and finally because of the relationship between Lin Xiangru, he was finally able to "return to Zhao".

However, in the end, Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng still snatched the He's Bi, and after Qin Shi Huang called the emperor, he ordered Li Si to make the "Jade Seal of the Country" with He's Bi as the material.

When Ziying surrendered to Liu Bang, he presented the jade seal of the country, which was regarded by Liu Bang as the "Han jade seal" and has been handed down.

Although Sun Jian was also excited, he still restrained himself and immediately ordered the people around him to strictly guard the secret of the jade seal of the country, and at the same time let the army continue to extinguish the fire in Luoyang, pretending that nothing had happened.

The alliance of princes soon came to Luoyang City, and their army also joined the operation to extinguish the fire.

Soon the fire in Luoyang City was extinguished, and Luoyang City at this time also ushered in the first ray of sunshine.

"The spies came to report that Dong Zhuojun was fleeing to Chang'an, please give the order of the alliance leader, pursue quickly, and be sure to catch up before they escape into Tongguan."

After the fire was extinguished, Cao Cao hurriedly suggested to Yuan Shao.

"Our army fought fires overnight, and we are already sleepy and tired, how can we fight again, and make plans after resting."

Yuan Shao said, and the rest of the leaders also agreed.

Cao Cao could only look at Sun Jian, who was one of the few people in the coalition who Cao Cao fancied.

But Sun Jian had already obtained the jade seal of the country, how could he still want to fight again, and directly said that he was sick and left the big tent.

"The erector is not enough and the plan."

Cao Cao left the big tent disappointed and led his own troops and horses to pursue Dong Zhuo, hoping to save the Son of Heaven before Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an.

The leaders in the big tent turned ugly after hearing Cao Cao's words, and finally did not say anything more, and returned to the camp separately.

Cao Cao went to chase Dong Zhuo alone, but he didn't want to fall into Li Ru's ambush, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong, but fortunately his generals rescued him, which saved his life.

However, only more than 1,000 of the 8,000 troops brought out returned to the camp.

Cao Cao, who was originally defeated, was in a bad mood, and he didn't want to return to the camp and was laughed at by the rest of the leaders, so he directly led more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to Chenliu in anger.

Sun Jian, who got the jade seal of the country, also moved his mind to return, and directly said that he was sick and asked Yuan Shao to resign.

But what Sun Jian didn't expect was that one of his personal soldiers had a grudge against Sun Jian, and after learning that Sun Jian had obtained the jade seal of the country, he came to Yuan Shao overnight to complain.

"Wentai is in such a hurry to leave, could it be that he has done something unseemly?"

Hearing Yuan Shao say this, Sun Jian immediately chuckled in his heart, but he still quickly adjusted his mentality and said to Yuan Shao: "What do you mean by this, I, Sun Jian, have died several times in order to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and my illness today is also caused by fighting with Dong Zhuojun, and I am very cold when the alliance leader speaks like this." ”

Yuan Shao listened to Sun Jian's sincerity, and couldn't help but believe it.

But thinking of the importance of the jade seal, he still decided to find out.

Under Yuan Shao's order, Sun Jian's personal soldier was brought over.

"This person's name is Quan Yi, can Wentai know him?"

When he saw Quan Yi, Sun Jian immediately understood what the problem was.

Suddenly pulled out the long knife at his waist, and cut off the head of the right wing with a knife when Yuan Shao was stunned.

"Report to the alliance leader, this person was originally my personal soldier, and I was punished for violating military law, I didn't expect him to come to the alliance leader to tell the truth. No matter what he says, the alliance leader must not believe it, it is all slander. ”

"You..."

Yuan Shao didn't expect Sun Jian to be so bold and reckless, and actually kill people in front of him.

Soon Yuan Shao adjusted his mentality and said to Sun Jian: "This person said that you obtained the heirloom jade seal in the palace, but he didn't say it, and wanted to keep it for himself.

This thing is a symbol of the Son of Heaven, and I ask Wentai to hand it over to me, and I will return it to Your Majesty in the future. ”

"Nonsense."

Sun Jian immediately became excited, pointed at the right wing and said to Yuan Shao: "This person has a vicious mind, I have no secret jade seal, if I lie, I will die under the arrows." ”

Seeing Sun Jian make such a heavy oath, coupled with his appearance as if he was going to eat people, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a little frightened by his reputation as the Tiger of Jiangdong, and finally allowed Sun Jian to return to Changsha.

But the day after Sun Jian left, the more Yuan Shao thought about it, the more wrong it became, he thought that the jade seal must be on Sun Jian.

It's just that Sun Jian has been gone for a long time, and he can't catch up, so Yuan Shao wrote a letter to Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, telling Liu Biao about the jade seal on Sun Jian, hoping that he would go to intercept Sun Jian.

When Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an safely, the alliance of the princes really began to fall apart as Li Ru said.

Except for Cao Cao and Sun Jian, who had already left, the coalition forces stopped after occupying Luoyang.

Gongsun Zhan said to Liu Bei: "I look at Yuan Shaolu's incompetent, and it is useless to continue to stay. He then led his headquarters back to the Northland.

Liu Dai, the pastor of Gunzhou, borrowed grain from the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, but Qiaomao did not allow it, so Liu Dai led the army to attack the Qiaomao military camp, killed Qiaomao, and collected all his people.

As the coalition army occupied Luoyang, the leaders became less and less concerned about Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, and some people left one after another.

Yuan Shao couldn't do anything about this, and finally before the New Year of 189, the mighty coalition army against Dong actually fell apart and left one after another.

Only a ghostly Luoyang City was left behind.