Chapter 18 It is necessary to believe that there is truth in the heart

The world is in turmoil, people's hearts are uncertain, and General Wei Gongsun Xun returned all the way north, after all, he set off a lot of waves.

First of all, his departure made his old department a little uneasy, but fortunately, when Gongsun Xun was at the foot of Wangwu Mountain, he sent many letters to him, pacifying everyone and letting them do their jobs.

Secondly, it was the high-level personnel in Luozhong who were a little troubled.

It must be known that Gongsun Xun abandoned his post and took the position like this, not to keep filial piety, nor to be demoted, but to directly take advantage of the window period of appointment to pick a son...... In any case, it is somewhat unreasonable to still hang the position of general after all. But if it is for no reason to take away the general's seal in exchange for other people's military exploits, it seems to be a little unreasonable, because compared with the position and title, the non-permanent thing of the general itself is a little unclear.

The so-called is not a position, not a rank, not a knighthood...... And the concept of military rank, which was derived from later generations, has not yet been formed at this time, and it is simply a confused account.

Of course, no matter how unclear the confused accounts are, as long as the Son of Heaven recognizes them, it is not impossible, because the general or something was invented by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

However, just a few days after Gongsun Xun left, an accident suddenly occurred, which made the originally unclear and confused things in the past take a turn for the worse - Zhu Jun, the general of the right chariot, suddenly lost his mother, and then invited himself to return home.

He is a serious and filial piety, and he can't take any official position. And after the DPRK and the Central Committee took back the seal of Zhu Jun's right car cavalry general, they couldn't avoid the topic of Gongsun Xun after all. So, after some discussion in the center, the Son of Heaven sent a messenger again, and finally caught up with Gongsun Xun in Zhao State, and gave him an empty duty to pacify the bandits in Youzhou, and continued to hold the seal of General Wei in charge of the expedition.

To be honest, at this time, Gongsun Xun was really helpless, but could only hand over his Wei General Seal...... There is no way, this is a political gesture, if you accept this responsibility, even if you don't pay the money, it is a fake seclusion, and the world does not recognize it, and the previous drama will be done in vain.

However, it seems that no one can be blamed for this, at least Zhu Jun's death of his mother is definitely not intentional.

I can only consider myself unlucky.

And the chain reaction of this matter is not over, Huangfu Song saw that the two former comrades-in-arms handed over the general's seal for various reasons, and they were extremely helpless. In addition, he really didn't have the face to continue to stay in Jizhou, so he stepped up his activities in Luozhong.

Soon, as the situation in Liangzhou deteriorated further, and even rebels attacked the Fufeng area directly under Si Li (the county west of Chang'an, the Longxi region, and the tomb of Emperor Mao of the Han Dynasty was there), the center finally pushed the boat down the river, relieved the emperor of Song and Jizhou, and let the half-grizzled and half-helpless left-hand cavalry general lead 20,000 troops out of the town of Guanxi to defend the Chang'an mausoleum.

As for the post of Jizhou Assassin, he was replaced by Wang Fen, a former party member and one of the eight chefs. At the same time, Dong Zhuo, the speaker of the Lang, was worshiped as a Zhonglang general, and he also went out of the town of Kansai with Huangfu Song.

However, this did not have a direct effect on the situation, and by May, the situation in the world had completely collapsed.

On the one hand, as Huangfu Song led his 20,000 elites out of Jizhou, the entire Jizhou was in chaos, and bandits from all over the country became more active.

Most of Hebei was immediately out of order, and it is said that there were millions of thieves alone, and the situation even had a tendency to spread towards the Central Plains...... It can't be helped, it's the inevitable consequence of when it's more destructive than constructive, and everything snowballs to get worse.

On the other hand, the Liangzhou rebels continued to grow, and five or six counties responded, and the Han army could only barely hold a few fortified cities in Liangzhou to deal with it, and even Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo could only barely maintain a defensive position on the Fufeng side.

At this time, there was another brainchild in the center who began to discuss the issue of giving up Liangzhou...... In particular, Cui Lie and other Hebei scholars were the mainstay, and they generally supported the abandonment of Liangzhou and recognized the independence of the Liangzhou rebels, with the aim of mobilizing elites in time to stabilize Hebei, which was no longer what it was.

However, Cui Lie, the leader of the first-class clan in Hebei, is destined to be used as a stepping stone. After being sprayed by Gongsun Xun once at the ferry, this time at the court meeting, he was Gongsun Xun's little brother Fu Xie Fu Nanrong, and he directly asked to be beheaded to settle the world!

Fu Nanrong was impassioned, and refuted the ridiculousness of giving up Liangzhou, and the Son of Heaven was not a fool after all, how could he go wrong in this kind of major matter related to his own life and death? In the end, the Son of Heaven made up his mind on the spot, while letting Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo continue to defend Fufeng County, which was directly under the division, in the front, and at the same time doing his best in Luoyang, preparing to organize a huge westward expedition in order to completely recover Liangzhou.

There was another episode - someone suggested that Gongsun Xun could recruit Wuhuan soldiers and horses in Youzhou and turn around to participate in the western expedition plan, but it was immediately denied, because the distance was too far and the gains outweighed the losses.

Correspondingly, some people proposed to recruit Xianbei soldiers, on the grounds that since the death of Tanshihuai, the Xianbei people have split into multiple tribes, and they have long lost the concept of political entities of a large country of thousands of miles, which can be used. However, after some discussion, the central authorities thought that Xianbei also needed to be vigilant, and they could not casually lead Hu people into the Han land.

Then, at this time, someone proposed that he still want to keep the name of General Gongsun Xunwei, at least he is in Youzhou, which can deter the Xianbei people and Wuhuan people.

The Son of Heaven was as good as a stream, so he sent a messenger to chase Gongsun Xun for the second time, and then he still caught up with the other party in Zhao State, and wanted to return General Wei's seal to this guy.

However, Gongsun Xun still did not accept it, the reason was that even if he was idle at home, he would definitely try his best to keep his hometown safe, and he didn't need this general's seal.

The messenger returned in a huff.

However, as soon as he returned, the Son of Heaven sent a new envoy with General Wei's seal to chase Gongsun Xun for the third time...... The reason is very simple, there are too many thieves in Hebei, and at this time, Zhang Yan, a thief in the Purple Mountain, took the initiative to surrender, saying that he was willing to guard the mountains of Hebei for the Han family. After thinking about it, the center was really helpless, so he could only accept the other party's request to surrender, and prepared to pardon him as a general in peace, allowing him to show filial piety and send officials to the imperial court to report the situation every year.

At this time, because Zhang Yan was once a subordinate of Gongsun Xun, someone proposed that Gongsun Xun should be asked to add a seal ribbon to General Guard, and go to surrender and appease the other party...... Of course, there must still be a layer of things that have not been said, that is, even people like Zhang Yan can magically change from a county magistrate to a thief and then to a Zhonglang general in a few months, why do Gongsun Xun, a general Wei who is already preparing to return to his hometown, have to talk about any rules? When is this all going on?!

In fact, when things have come to this point, everyone can see that the authority of the Han family has directly dropped a lot, except that the center can still maintain the superficial structure, and when it comes to local and military issues, there are no systems and rules.

In other words, the world has really begun to be in chaos!

And just as a group of important ministers of the state sighed, Shang Shulang Zhong Xuan, who was holding the festival, once again caught up with Gongsun Xun in Zhao State.

That's right, it's Zhao again, Gongsun Xun is still in Zhao State!

It's not that he doesn't want to go, it's that he can't...... He had just entered the Zhao State in late April, and it was also the first time that the imperial envoys caught up with and took back the seal of General Wei, and at that time Huangfu Song was still in Jizhou, and the situation in Jizhou had not yet gotten out of control. But when he walked to Xiangguo County, Zhao State, Huangfu Song was hurriedly transferred. Then when he walked to Bairen County, the northernmost part of Zhao State, the entire Jizhou was completely out of control!

Some people went to the northern section of Taihang Mountain to defect to the purple mountain thief Zhang Yan, some people went to the southern section of Taihang Mountain to defect to the Black Mountain thief Yu Poison, and some people pulled the pole to raise troops by themselves...... The roads and fields were full of vagrants and small bands of bandits, who were in groups, dragging their families and families, robbing others, conquering cities and conquering each other, and then themselves under constant threat of hunger and disease.

Gongsun Xun took his family, several of whom were only a few years old, and could only move forward slowly, so he really didn't dare to leave the city easily.

After all, once he moves, there will inevitably be a battle, and Gongsun Xun really doesn't want his heavily armed cavalry to attack these people who are half bandits and half homeless...... It's not just that they pity them, but that in terms of the current situation, if you really kill them, when will they be killed? What's the point of killing?

It happened to be in May, and the weather was hot, so Gongsun Xun stopped at Bairen on the grounds that he was worried about the epidemic, and prepared to wait.

And this wait, just wait for the third wave of court envoys, that is, Zhong Xuanyuan Chang, who came with the festival.

"Is Yuan Chang safe on the way here?" In the hot summer, Gongsun Xun, who was still the Marquis of Purple Silk Jinyin County, stood on the head of the hot Bairen County to receive the will, and after figuring out the will, Gongsun Xun did not express his position directly, but greeted Zhong Xuan, who had not seen him for a long time.

"It's not very good to go back to the northernmost part of Hanoi." Under the dazzling afternoon sun, Zhong Miao respectfully saluted and replied at the head of the city. "The northernmost black mountain thief in Hanoi has been particularly rampant recently, and countless homeless people have gone to join him, if it weren't for Chao Ge Ling Guan Yu Guan Yunchang to lead troops across the border to escort us, we would hardly dare to move......"

"Where is that not the case?" Gongsun Xun raised his head and sighed. "My face-to-face road was also defected to Chu ...... Zhang Yan's bandits were blocked, and when they heard that the bandits on this side of Hebei had gathered millions, they had to stop and wait for the situation to improve before going on the road. ”

"So it's time to be appeased." Zhong Xuan also hurriedly responded. "The world is in danger, bandits are everywhere, but there is a priority in things. For example, most of the bandits in Hebei are naturally formed by the disdain of the displaced people, and they have no intention of rebellion, but Liangzhou has directly threatened the safety of Si Li...... Therefore, there is a trade-off. ”

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?" Gongsun Xun looked at the camp where the five hundred righteous soldiers were stationed outside the city, and couldn't help but sneer, because it was originally a good seedling land, but now it has already been trampled by homeless bandits.

Zhong Xuan immediately shut up.

"That's fine." Gongsun Xun sighed. "You're right, now that Hebei is empty, there is no way to deal with so many bandits and homeless people, so even if it is just to appease for a while, it is time to appease it...... Did Zhang Yan take the initiative to surrender? ”

"Not bad." Zhong Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's going to be easy." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically. "I will let Yigong accompany you, and then take some officials and wealthy families who got along well with him when he was an official in Zhao State, and go to the purple mountain in the north, and give him the seal of the general in the middle of the difficulty. In fact, not only Zhang Yan, but also those bandit leaders in the mountains, are either strong or civilian, and they are not people with big ideas, if you put on an angel shelf, they will be willing to accept it. ”

Zhong Xuan became more and more relaxed.

But......

"But the prince, what about the seal of General Wei?" Yuan Chang finally couldn't help but continue to ask. "Are you...... Pick it up as well? ”

"Forget it, Marquis." At this moment, Xi Zhong, who had been avoiding the honor guard of angels, suddenly interjected from the shade under the city wall. "The seal of a general Wei, this center is given and taken, and it is snatched, like teasing people...... I took it today, what if Brother Chang came over again with a festival to take it away? Isn't that going to make the world laugh at the prince? ”

"That's a good point." Gongsun Xun smiled at the voice where he couldn't see the figure at all. "Won't Zhicai come up to meet your old friends in the county?"

"What's visible?" Xi Zhong still hid in the shade of the city, and joked non-stop. "Yuan Changfu became Shang Shulang as soon as he entered the court, and his future is very good. And I'm a prodigal, so far I have been the shogun of the Shogunate at most, and I have been dismissed, wouldn't it be embarrassing if I met? It's better not to see each other than to see each other! ”

Zhong Miao and Xi Zhong have known each other for a long time, and they don't know each other's prodigal and narrow-mindedness, so they just keep their mouths shut and let them talk nonsense.

"I also don't think the prince needs to be sealed." Lou Zibo, who was hiding in the shade with Xi Zhong, spoke seriously, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he made Lu Yuanchang's back slightly sticky. "The prince has returned to his hometown this time, and he can be virtuous to appease the township, so why should he care about a general's seal? Besides, if you are swaying today, people like Han Sui and Zhang Yan can rise to the wind, so why should the prince care about what he wants to do? ”

A gust of wind blew suddenly, and Zhong Xuan, who was under the big sun, only felt a chill behind his back, but he could only stop talking.

"What about Ziheng and Shuzhi?" Under the scorching sun, Gongsun Xun turned around and asked. "Do you two think I should take this seal?"

"I thought I could." Lu Fan, who was standing behind Gongsun Xun, was simply direct. "If the name is not right, the words are not good, and the world is chaotic like this, even if you have to do things at home."

"Shuji." Gongsun Xun urged.

"I don't know." Wang Xiu shook his head helplessly. "As Brother Ziheng said, the world is in chaos like this, even if it is just studying in the township, it should appease the township; But as Uncle Zi said, since the prince is returning to his hometown, no matter what he does, he can act with his own virtue and family strength, and he doesn't need to care about a general's seal...... Therefore, the general is free to be. ”

"It's still deserved." Chang Bohuai, as always, did not have any scruples, and directly persuaded Gongsun Xun without waiting for Gongsun Xun to ask. "The turmoil in the world may soon get better, but it may continue to worsen, the prince is in the township, and he needs to be prepared to do big things! With General Wei in his hand, at least the officials in Youzhou will not be too elbowed. ”

Gongsun Xun slowly bowed his head, and then looked at Zhong Xuan, who was sweating profusely: "Did Yuan Chang hear it?" The words of my five wise strategists are different. ”

"I hear you." Zhong Xuan became more and more nervous.

"Two people think they don't have to pick up, two people think they should pick up, and one person thinks it's okay to pick it up or not, and the rest are like righteous fathers and they are not good at it, so I won't ask." Gongsun Xun stared at Zhong Xun and said slowly. "Yuan Chang, you and I are old friends, I don't need to say much about my appreciation of you...... And when things get to a point, I'm also very embarrassed, why don't you make a decision for me! ”

Zhong Xuanden sweated profusely: "I am a messenger, how can I ......?"

"But you're also my old friend." Gongsun Xun didn't care at all. "Good life thinks about it for me, should I take this seal or not...... You say I'll answer when you pick it up, and if you don't answer it, you won't answer it! After thinking about it, they came to the pavilion in the city to look for me, the weather is hot, I want to go back to take care of the children! ”

After that, this thistle marquis with 6,000 households in the food town actually walked away directly, and threw Zhong Xuan, a group of attendants from Luozhong, and the scepter representing the authority of the Son of Heaven on the head of the Bairen City under the direct afternoon sun.

Zhong Xuan, who had just been Shang Shulang for half a month, instinctively followed the other party for a few steps, but found that with the silent Han Dang's order, there were suddenly several more samurai crossing the sword at the stairs of the lower city, and he couldn't help but sweat. And when he turned around, he saw that the hundreds of white-horse cavalry stationed outside the city were even more speechless.

At this time, Zhong Xun didn't understand, it was obvious that Gongsun Xun couldn't figure out the attitude of the court towards him, so he hesitated. Then it must be that Xi Zhicai, who knows his roots, disregarded his feelings, and directly offered such a vicious strategy, forcing himself to explain in this way...... However, although he understood, he was helpless, he sighed, and actually sweated profusely and asked the warriors under the city for a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, plus a pot of cold boiled water.

A pot of cold boiling water, half a pot of drinking, half a pot of grinding ink, and then Yuan Yuan Chang splashed ink, and wrote a big book on the city, and finally finished writing, and actually took out the flint and burned the words he wrote, so please see Gongsun Xun.

"In my opinion, the last time I seized the seal, I am afraid that someone in the court did intend to take action against the prince." In the pavilion, Ju Yuan, who asked for a private meeting, bowed down under the corridor in the courtyard and bowed, and then sat down and said calmly, but it was straight to the point...... I don't know why he was so energetic when he drank water, finished his words and burned paper in the city under the scorching sun before. "I really don't know who this person is. But when it comes to the general's seal, I still think that the prince deserves it. ”

"Why?" Sitting cross-legged under the porch, but turned his head to look at Gongsun Xun, whose children were playing in the courtyard, with a disapproving expression.

"Under the general trend, it is difficult to determine repeatedly, people live in it, like a flat boat sailing on the lake and sea, today is good, tomorrow is bad. At this time, the prince doesn't care about the opinions of outsiders and the actions of some villains in Luozhong, because their actions will also be shaken by the general trend, and maybe they will be self-defeating. "At this point, Ju Yuan often bows down and bows again." The only thing the prince should do at this time is to fix his own weight and put a few more ballast stones on his ship...... And although this general's seal is imaginary, when the wind and rain come, it can be thrown down to the ballast after all. ”

"That's right!" Gongsun Xun should have personally helped the other party up, or called the other party to get up, but at this time, he just stood up straight and turned to look into the courtyard. "During the days I stayed in Kashiwa, I actually felt a lot...... Don't hide it from Yuan Chang, I guessed that the world was going to be chaotic, otherwise I wouldn't have abandoned my post and returned to my hometown, but I really didn't expect the turmoil to be so fast. However, it is precisely because I saw this kind of chaos that I understood a little, the foundation of the world lies in the place, the place is broken, Luozhong can barely maintain the situation, but it is just a high-rise building on the sand, a high platform on the silt, in vain...... This is a question of name and reality, and if you have to choose only one between name and reality, you have to choose reality. ”

"What the prince said is very true." Zhong Xuan looked up at the other party's figure and said. "Compared with the princes, those who rely on Luoyang to play with power are the ones who have fallen into the bottom."

"That's a good point." Gongsun Xun didn't look at Zhong Xuan, but continued to say with emotion to the courtyard. However, it is not so simple to be famous, although there is a real name, but being famous is not necessarily not impossible to be real. Luoyang still needs to pay more attention, and the province doesn't know if someone has been killed...... Yuan Chang, are you right? ”

Zhong Xuan leaned over and faced it, sweating again.

But Gongsun Xun only looked at his children in the courtyard with his hands in his hands, and he didn't mean to call the other party up.

"Silk, ...... I wish to pay attention to the changes in the name of Luozhong for the prince. Zhong Miao didn't know how he said this, but after saying this sentence after a year, he was actually a little relaxed, and the sweat seemed to gradually dissipate with the evening breeze.

"Yuanchang, please get up." Gongsun Xun smiled and immediately walked up to help the other party. "Things in the future will depend on you a lot!"

Zhong Xuan collapsed and could only take a long breath.

"The last time he dealt with me, it was Yuan Benchu." Gongsun Xun let go of his hand and continued to speak calmly. "This matter has already been told to me, you are not my two brothers, you are not valued by him, and it is ...... to pay attention to his actions for me."

Zhong Xuan heard this, and only felt that there was too much information in it for a while, so he followed his feet and softened, but he finally stood still.

"Let's go!" Gongsun Xun still smiled and smiled. "Fetch my General Wei's seal for me!"

He often bowed and retreated.

Zhong Xuan turned to leave, but a short and fat person suddenly flashed out from the opposite side of the eaves of the pavilion, and he spared the four sisters and brothers of Gongsun Li, Gongsun Ding, Gongsun Ping, and Gongsun Zhen who were playing in the courtyard, and came directly to the corridor, and said to Gongsun Xun: "The prince is a good means!" ”

"Forcing people onto a thief ship...... Didn't you learn this trick from you, Dong Gongren? Gongsun Xun seemed to be smiling.

"I have repented." Zhao Guo's lieutenant Dong Zhao sighed. "How did I think that Zhang Yan would be able to gather millions of people in a few months, can I really calmly coerce him at this time?"

"It may not be possible at this time, but if there is a general trend in hand, it can still be forced to comply." Gongsun Xun is still facing each other. "Just like this Yuan Yuanchang, I don't expect to really be able to win his heart, but if one day in the future Mount Tai is lowered, his people will definitely make a decision."

"What the prince said is very true." Dong Gong bowed his head and said.

"That being said." Gongsun Xun suddenly took a step forward and said condescendingly with his height. "But Gongren, you need to understand that the reason why I don't blame you for making your own decisions is not because your strategy will have remedies in the future, but because of the mistakes, with Zhang Yan, the purple mountain thief who is willing to surrender, as the leader, how much can the people of Jizhou survive a little more...... Gongren's treacherous strategy doesn't mean that it can't be done, but before you think about it next time, you should at least test me before doing it, you know? ”

"Zhao ...... Ashamed. Dong Zhao replied helplessly.

"Is Xu Ziyuan's family gone?" Gongsun Xun continued to ask.

"It's gone." Dong Zhao nodded hurriedly, but couldn't help but ask. "The hundred pounds of gold he asked for were really going to be given to him? It's just an attitude of Yuan Benchu, and we will know sooner or later. And besides, as Zhong Xuan said just now, the world is turbulent, the general trend is turning over and over, Yuan Benchu himself can't stabilize himself, and he still wants to suppress the prince and marquis, I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking. ”

"No matter what, since there is merit, there must be a reward." Gongsun Xun patted the other party on the shoulder, but he was actually a little sad. "I'm a border boy, if I can't even do this, how can I compete with the people of the fourth and third princes? The only sad thing is that the local government has collapsed to this point, but the nobles of the court and the central government are still thinking about these things...... Why bother? ”

Dong Zhao bowed to each other, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

In the second year of Zhongping, the summer was in full swing, and the world suddenly became a mess, and people's hearts were uncertain, but in the face of the current situation, what about Gongsun Xun alone?

In the pavilion outside the old city of Wei Township, Dongjun, Cao Mengde, who came down from Jinan and was about to go to Luozhong to accept the new appointment, although the heat was unbearable, he still took advantage of the summer sun to study in the pavilion. However, the good times didn't last long, and as there was a huge movement outside the pavilion again, he was already upset, and he simply dropped the new Amway book he had just bought in Puyang:

"What's going on outside, it's just daytime, why is it so disturbing in the evening?"

"Mengde doesn't have to worry." Xiahoudun sweated profusely and ran into the courtyard from outside the house. "There are bandits attacking each other outside on the road, and Le Wenqian has already led his companions to clean them up."

Cao Cao immediately fell silent.

"Mengde." Seeing this, Xiahoudun couldn't help but ask curiously. "The court let you enter the court as a councilor, and then transferred to other county governors...... This is also a resume in the past, and it is the only way to be promoted to a prominent position, why are you depressed along the way? ”

"Yuan Rang." Cao Cao shook his head for a moment, but leaned over and picked up the scroll from the ground. "I don't have to hide it in your presence...... To tell you the truth, I can't feel at ease on this trip! ”

"But because I heard that Gongsun Xun took the initiative to abandon and return to his hometown, I am worried that the situation in Luozhong is serious?" Xiahoudun asked.

"There are some." Cao Cao replied frankly. "But I, Cao Mengde, will not be shaken by what others are, it is really what I have seen along the way, which is overwhelming."

Xiahoudun reacted immediately, and also sighed: "It's really a mess along the way...... In particular, Dongjun, which suffered a military disaster last year, has only felt that there are bandits and homeless people everywhere since entering the country, and sometimes it is impossible to distinguish between bandits and homeless people. However, there is no way to do it, although the Son of Heaven has suspended the money for repairing the palace, he still has to step up the collection and calculation of taxes in various places, levy and issue levies, and set Liangzhou, so many people have died here before, and so many people have seen the benefits of swords and soldiers, can it not be chaotic? ”

"That's the problem." Cao Cao held the scroll and sat on the horse in the courtyard. "This time the Son of Heaven wants to pacify Liangzhou, it is always a serious matter, and from the overall situation, it is understandable that he needs money and food. But it's also too bitter locally...... If I go to Luozhong, it's good if I can go to a peaceful place for a Taishou, but if I am still in this place in the Central Plains, what do you think I should do? In office, do you force the people to serve the conscription in Liangzhou, or not persecution? Is it levied or not? Besides, the money for repairing the palace is only a postponement after all, if there is a reminder during the term of office, what should I do? ”

Xiahoudun was also speechless, so he had to comfort him reluctantly: "It's not a good place to go!" ”

Cao Cao still shook his head again and again: "In this world, where is the best place to go?" I'm just deceiving myself, just hoping that it's not convenient for a place like Dongjun. ”

Xiahoudun immediately shut up.

Oh, as the sun gradually set, there was a sudden cheer outside the hall, as if Le Jin led Cao Cao's personal guards to easily clean up the bandits fighting on the road, and returned victoriously.

"Cao Jun!" Le Jin rushed back from outside, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he couldn't help but speak out. "You said that it was a coincidence, I actually rescued your family in Luozhong from those two thieves, and he said that he came from Luozhong to find Cao Jun from Luozhong on the order of Cao Jun and your father."

Cao Cao and Xiahoudun were inexplicable together, but after seeing the people brought in by Le Jin, they couldn't help but laugh for a while, because the other party was really Cao Song's cronies...... What a coincidence.

"What are you going to do?" Xiahoudun knew that Cao Cao and Cao Song had a bad relationship, so he took the initiative to speak up for Cao Cao. "The place is in such chaos, how dare you go on the road alone?"

"It's true that I didn't expect there to be so many thieves in Dongjun, and I thought I would meet the two of them in Chenliu." The family collapsed on the ground, helplessly explaining. "But no matter what, seeing Shaojun is a disgrace after all...... The old master sent me to send a message to Shaojun, saying that he had already arranged for you to go to a large county close to his hometown. ”

"Is it Chen Liu? It can't be Dongjun, right? Cao Cao felt bad when he heard it.

"It's Dongjun." The family hurriedly replied, but they also felt helpless. "But the old master didn't know that there were so many bandits in Dongjun in Luozhong, or maybe he felt that with Shaojun's ability, he should be able to easily settle Dongjun!"

"Easy fart!" Cao Cao snorted coldly, his squinted eyes widened, and the courtyard instantly became cold.

And at this moment, the outside of the pavilion suddenly became lively again.

"Cao Jun!" Lejin is excited to report. "The people over there in Wei Township saw that we had defeated the bandits, and they heard that it was Cao Jun, the cavalry commander who used to settle the local area, who was here, and was led by the three local elders, and they came to meet us one after another!"

"Hold them off for me for a quarter of an hour!" Hearing this, Cao Cao didn't hesitate any longer, and got up and gave an inexplicable order to Le Jin.

And although Lejin didn't know why, he still hurried out.

"Mengde." Xiahoudun asked helplessly. "So, what can I do about it?"

"No more!" Cao Cao tightened his belt, threw down the seal ribbon in his arms, and then ignored the family members on the ground, and walked to the wall next to the corridor in the courtyard of the pavilion.

"What do you mean when you quit?" Xiahoudun picked up the seal ribbon and asked helplessly.

"If you don't do it, it's what it means to learn from Sun Xun to go home and study!" Cao Cao suddenly turned around and pointed at Xiahoudun and said angrily. "Yuan asked you to say, last year's Yellow Turban Rebellion, I pacified Dongjun with Gongsun Xun, right? However, in the past, Gongsun Xun asked for a decree to exempt Dongjun from money and grain for one year, but today I want to be the Taishou of Dongjun to chase and issue conscription, collect money and grain, and maybe have to be added? At this point, Cao Cao pointed directly at the family and said sharply. You give him the seal ribbon and ask him to go back and tell my father, he lost this face as a father, but I can't afford to lose it! ”

After saying that, Cao Cao actually wanted to turn around and walk over the wall, as if he didn't want to face the group of local villagers in Dongjun outside.

However, his stature was short and he couldn't climb over, but Xiahoudun was helpless when he saw this, threw down the seal ribbon and the stunned Cao Teng's cronies, and then went over to carry the other party, so that Cao Mengde could run into the stable next door.

As the sun set, Cao Mengde, who was originally designated as the Taishou of Dongjun, rode parallel to Xiahoudun, and actually went to his hometown Peiguo County on the way to the official position!

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”I am the dividing line of the people's heartsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

"Taizu abandoned his post and left, so he left the guard general seal in Luo. Emperor Ling obeyed the discussion and sent an envoy to chase after him. Whoever receives three times. β€”The Book of Old Swallows. Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

PS: It's night...... Something to do at night...... Stayed up late and coded out. Send it out in advance, I hope you will forgive me.