In the hall, Cao Yu raised the wine glass in his hand. [ ] opened his mouth and said: "Heroes, I Cao Yu salute you with a cup, and I wish you all success!" ”

Below, the ten dead men raised their glasses together and drank all the wine in the glasses, and from their eyes, they could perceive the resolute temperament of forging ahead.

Cao Yu put down his wine glass, and then said: "This king has already found out, Gongsun Yuan has recruited a group of musicians, and is ready to pay tribute to Liu Chan together, and then you will be mixed in among those musicians, and when Liu Chan lets the musicians play, you can easily approach Liu Chan and do great things." ”

"King, but we don't know how to understand the law!"

"Yes, we are all martial arts practitioners, it's okay to dance knives and guns, but we can't use this instrument."

"Hehehe......" Cao Yu smiled, and then said, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to play a musical instrument. As far as I know, Gongsun Yuan will probably recruit more than 20 musicians, and when the music is played, you only need to go in and fill up the numbers. ”

"I see." Everyone nodded. When this music is played, it must be an ensemble, although the gap between the twenty-person music and the ten-person music is still quite large, but these people were originally there to assassinate Adou, and it doesn't matter if they fill up the number indiscriminately.

……

Xiangping City.

In the coffin shop, in front of the old man of the Goguryeo remnants, there were two stunning women.

"Gongsun Yuan's envoy group is about to leave. Do you remember what I said? ”

"Don't worry, old man, we all remember."

"Okay, with your appearance, you will definitely be able to stand out from the ten women, and when the time comes, find the right time to assassinate Liu Chan. Don't forget, no matter whether you succeed or not, you have to blame Gongsun Yuan. ”

……

On the avenue, a horse-drawn carriage approached slowly, surrounded by ten men of various ages.

These people are Gongsun Yuan who invited musicians.

Musicians are not a profession to be taken seriously, and they are not much better than peddlers. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, in this chaotic era, it was even more difficult for musicians to survive. After decades of war, musicians have become a very scarce profession, except for a small number of court musicians in the palace of the Three Kingdoms, it is difficult for the people to see a trace.

The Gongsun family has been a martial artist for generations, and they don't know anything about music. So this time, Gongsun Yuan spent a lot of effort to find twenty musicians from the people. Ten of them were assassins inserted by Cao Yu.

The ten assassins planted by Cao Yu have already arrived in Xiangping, and the remaining ten musicians are also rushing to Xiangping.

In the distance, billowing smoke rose from the end of the horizon, and a group of cavalry appeared in front of them.

When these musicians saw the cavalry coming from afar, they consciously dodged a path and prepared to let the cavalry pass.

The "......" cavalry rushed over at a gallop, and soon came close to everyone, but these cavalry did not pass, but stopped.

One of the cavalrymen looked at the ten musicians in front of him, pointed with a horsewhip, and asked, "Are you the musicians recruited by Gongsun Yuan?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and the last musician, who was a little older, stood up and said, "My lord, what you said is very true, I don't know what you have to do. ”

"Well, it's really you, that's right. Brothers, kill me, not one of them will be left! ”

The cavalry behind immediately rushed over with a shout, waving their swords and waving them at the musicians.

"It's not good, run, I've met a thief!" As soon as the musicians saw the cavalry on the opposite side rushing towards them, they knew that something was wrong, and they scattered and fled.

The feet of the man could outrun the four hooves of the horse, and in the blink of an eye, ten musicians were caught up, and then the cavalry was cut to the ground.

A young man walked out of the cavalry group, and the knights around him bowed respectfully to the young man. This young man is Liu Yuan, the son of Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian of the Southern Xiongnu.

"King Zuoxian, everything has been done, ten musicians, not one less, all of them have been killed."

Liu Yuan nodded, and then said, "Let's go, change into these musicians' clothes with me, and let's go to Xiangping!" ”

"King Zuo Xian, have you thought about one thing, none of us can play music!"

"What are you afraid of, I heard that Gongsun Yuan has found a total of twenty musicians this time, and in addition to the ten of us, aren't there ten real musicians! The Han people have a saying called indiscriminate refill, and this time we will also go to recharge the number. ”

……

Luoyang.

Pang Tong strode into the main hall.

"Knock on Your Majesty!"

"Teacher. Excuse me, there are no outsiders here. Adou waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong has sent a messenger, and he is already on his way, and he will arrive in Luoyang soon!" Pang Tongchui said.

"Gongsun Yuan? I have never had anything to do with him, I heard that Gongsun Yuan has some dealings with Sun Quan, and the merchant ships of the Sun family often come and go to Liaodong. ”

"Your Majesty, if what I expected is right, this Gongsun Yuan is playing with the idea of left and right." Pang Tong said slowly.

"Left and right? Let's hear it. ”

"Your Majesty, it is true that Gongsun Yuan befriended Dongwu. I heard that in the early years, Sun Quan had promised Gongsun Yuan to be the king of Yan, and also promised Youzhou to Gongsun Yuan. If Gongsun Yuan really occupies Youzhou, does Your Majesty think we can seize it? ”

"Well, the hundreds of thousands of Liaodong iron cavalry under the command of Gongsun Yuan are powerful, but the land in Youzhou is thin, and he definitely can't afford to raise these hundreds of thousands of cavalry. As long as the trade route in Youzhou is cut off, it won't take a few years for Gongsun Yuan to trap himself to death. Adou said.

"Your Majesty said yes." Pang Tong nodded, and then said: "Gongsun Yuan wants to run Youzhou under the noses of us and Dongwu, which is undoubtedly a tiger's mouth, so Gongsun Yuan is the idea of this left and right. ”

"Heh, this Gongsun Yuan is a good idea. Presumably Sun Deng's side. Gongsun Yuan has also made arrangements. In this way, once our troops attack Youzhou, Gongsun Yuan will inevitably ask Sun Deng for help, and if Sun Deng has the idea of attacking Youzhou, Gongsun Yuan will also come to us. Gongsun Yuan is sure that neither I nor Sun Deng will let the other party seize Youzhou. By the way, teacher, should we see this messenger of Gongsun Yuan? ”

"See, of course! Your Majesty, this Gongsun Yuan has spent a lot of money this time. Fifty catties of Liaodong ginseng, and ten beauties from three Koreas! Pang Tong said and laughed.

"Teacher, don't make fun of me. These fifty catties of ginseng and ten beauties. It's not that easy to take. ”

"Your Majesty, it's actually okay to take it. Gongsun Yuan wants to meet the source left and right, but there is a necessary condition for this left and right source. ”

"What are the necessary conditions?"

"Qingzhou!"

"Please teach me."

"Your Majesty, Qingzhou is only a sea away from Liaodong, and if you sail with the wind, you can go from Qingzhou to Liaodong day and night. If Sun Quan occupies Qingzhou, he can speak out about Liaodong at any time. On the contrary, if His Majesty occupies Qingzhou, Sun Quan wants to support Liaodong, but it will take a lot of trouble. Therefore, as long as His Majesty can capture Qingzhou, cut off the connection between Gongsun Yuan and Eastern Wu, and then deal with Gongsun Yuan, Sun Deng wants to rescue, but he is also powerless. ”

"Qingzhou? Where is Jiang Wei attacking now? Has the East County ever taken it? ”

"There is news from Yuanzhi's side, it should be possible to capture the entire Yanzhou within a month, and then it will be able to conquer Qingzhou." Pang Tong replied.

"Qingzhou Thorn Shi is Zang Ba's son Zang Ai! It is also after the gate. I heard that the Qingzhou soldiers recruited by the Cao family in recent years were all trained by Zang Ai, and Zang Ai is also quite talented. To win Qingzhou, it takes some effort! ”

"Your Majesty! Huaibei Emergency! Huang Chong hurriedly ran in.

"But the Huaibei camp was captured by Sun Deng, which was faster than I imagined. What about Sima Yi? Is it life or death? Adou hurriedly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Sima Yi has surrendered!"

"Down? He actually descended! He has such a high official position, why did he fall down! Pang Tong looked at Huang Chong with some surprise.

"Hmph, that Sun Deng is so courageous, even Sima Yi dares to accept it, isn't he afraid of being bitten back?" Adou sneered.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, Lord Xu Shu brought a letter." Huang Chong took out a letter and handed it over.

Adou opened the letter, his brows immediately furrowed, and he muttered: "Unexpectedly, Xuzhou Thorn Shi turned out to be Sima Yi's protégé!" It seems that Xuzhou will soon fall into the hands of Sun Deng, and this plan to attack Qingzhou must be accelerated! Sent an edict to Jiang Wei, after capturing Dongjun, he would go directly eastward and approach Qingzhou as soon as possible. Be sure to be one step ahead of Sun Deng. ”

……

Gongsun Yuan's delegation traveled all the way west, entered Bingzhou, and then, escorted by Ma Qiu, went south, and arrived in Luoyang in a few days.

Adou also knew that people were here to call the ministers a tribute, and no matter who they were, they would feel very face-saving, so Adou generously gave Gongsun Yuan the title of King Yan, and according to the custom, a banquet was held to entertain Gongsun Yuan's envoy.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone gradually became interested, and with the accompaniment of the court musicians, several barbarian warriors danced in the middle. The generals and courtiers from Shu in the field watched it with relish, but the other officials were a little drowsy. In the eyes of these officials, this group of shirtless and painted muscular men jumping in the middle is really meaningless.

After a dance, the barbarian warrior bowed to Adou and retreated. At this time, the messenger sent by Gongsun Yuan stood up.

"Your Majesty, the ten Sanhan women that my lord has offered to His Majesty, each of them can sing and dance, and the minister thinks that it is better to let these Sanhan women come up and dance a song to help the wine?"

Adou nodded, seeing that the envoy looked confident, he should have a lot of confidence in these three Korean women, and wanted to deliberately show off here. Since people have brought it up, Adou is not easy to refute people's face.

"In that case, bring them in and help the fun!" Adou spoke.

The eunuch next to him hurriedly walked out and shouted loudly: "It is rumored that the three Han women and Liaodong musicians will enter the palace to perform!" ”