Cao Jie's funeral was held a few days later. Liu Hong, Cao Cao and even Suning were all invited. The mourning behind the civil and military officials lined up to send each other off, in fact, few eunuchs could enjoy it.

After surviving, several days passed, and even Mrs. Zhuge 's condition had improved greatly.

In this way, the time to return to Liangzhou is basically ripe, Suning has begun to organize people to pack up, and even those who are more anxious have set off in advance.

Cao Cao has sent away three groups of people in succession, and when he was leaving, this guy expressed his feelings of attachment and parting, as if they would never see each other in the future, but in fact, this guy will go to Liangzhou soon to take up his new position, and those who set off in advance will not look up and look down.

"This old man is really not authentic, the rabbit still doesn't eat the grass next to the nest, this guy actually attacked the person I was holding right under my nose." Suning sat at the stone table under the big locust tree and teased intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhou Qun on the side deeply felt his teachings in the past few days, and couldn't help but feel unfair for him: "This old Cao is too self-righteous, even he himself is the target of your recruitment, he didn't even realize it, and thought that he had a good opportunity to meet heroes all over the world." ”

This sentence is full of hard irony, with a strong angular youthful atmosphere that belongs to young people.

In this regard, Suning only smiled slightly gratefully, and then reminded in a low voice: "Don't let Lao Cao hear it, be careful that he targets you in the future." ”

Zhou Qun didn't think so, but instead persuaded Suning: "Teacher, aren't you really worried?" ”

"I'm not worried!" Now at the level of winning people's hearts, he may indeed be inferior to Cao Cao. But the skill of releasing personality charm, he has been practicing for 46 years, how could he lose to the young Cao someone.

So he said to Zhou Qun: "You don't have to worry about me, people who are destined for me will naturally stay in Liangzhou, and people who are not related to me, even if they can keep him, they can't keep his heart." Instead of letting him wander around the Liangzhou territory like a walking corpse all day long, it is better to send him back to a familiar place. ”

He said this in all fairness, but when he heard Zhou Qun's ears, it was inevitable that there was a sense of helplessness that everyone was willing to obey their destiny. This once again made him feel uneven: "Wei Boru ran through most of the Han Dynasty before bringing them together, if he cheapened others, or let them leave on their own, he would inevitably be too sorry for the effort." ”

The hard work he said was naturally Suning's plan, but to Suning's ears, it seemed to be talking about Wei Qi's suffering.

For his dedication, Suning could only nod in affirmation. After all, there is not much deep friendship between the two, so he can run all over the country for himself. This kind of affection, of course, cannot be disappointed.

"Don't worry, I'll do everything I can to keep them. I will definitely not let Brother Wei waste his efforts. ”

When Zhou Qun heard this, he smiled a little embarrassedly. The teacher didn't seem to understand what he meant, but that didn't matter, as long as the teacher didn't maintain that negative attitude.

The communication between their master and apprentice has expanded to a new extent after this incident. Whether it is doubts in learning or difficulties in life, the two of them are of the same age, but in fact they are thirty or forty years apart, they will get together from time to time to have some exchanges, and over time, the friendship between them has become the best among this group of people.

A few days later, Suning became the penultimate group of people to leave Luoyang for Liangzhou. Behind him, only Cao Cao and Liu Hong, who had not yet completed the handover of work, remained.

Interestingly, when bidding farewell to them, Cao Cao actually put on a deep affection for others, and cried with tears and snot in his eyes, which made Suning want to shout: "Teacher Bao Guoan, you will spend your makeup if you cry again." ”

Of course, he didn't shout out in the end, in fact, even if he shouted, no one could understand it, and at most it was regarded as a whisper.

In fact, Cao Cao's mood today is not the same as before. When he said goodbye to others, he may just be acting on the spot, but when he said goodbye to Suning, he was really a little emotionally out of control.

Suning is a rare confidant for him. However, some of the things he was going to do next couldn't even tell this confidant.

Cao Jie was dead, and the eunuch forces had been dealt a heavy blow. Although this cunning old guy had already arranged a successor before he died, Cao Cao still felt that this was the best opportunity to deal with them.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, the two successors, at this juncture, if they follow the old guy, then the entire eunuch force is likely to fall into a power struggle. In this way, people like him and Yuan Shao who are interested in eradicating eunuchs will have the opportunity to uproot the entire eunuch power.

So after saying goodbye to Suning, Cao Cao returned to Fuzhong and was drunk for three days. He was not a proper Assassin, so he had to be brave before he acted.

Of course, this is just a psychological effect, and when he woke up, he actually didn't feel much bolder than usual. But he still gritted his teeth and took advantage of the night to touch Zhang Rang's mansion.

After narrowly evading several patrolling guards, the amateur assassin finally managed to get into the bedroom of the old thief. I saw him pull out his dagger and stab it into the bed.

Then there was a scream, and blood burst out of the wound, almost spraying him in the face.

Of course, even if it did, he wouldn't care, because his plan succeeded. Zhang Rang, one of Cao Jie's successors, has been successfully assassinated by him.

But is that really the case? Just when he excitedly pulled out his dagger and prepared to go to Zhao Zhong's house overnight to continue the assassination. But I suddenly realized that something was wrong, the scream just now, the voice was a little shriek, it felt like a woman's voice!

He quickly turned around and lifted the futon to see that the person lying there was Zhang Rang's concubine. And the old Zhang Rang heard that miserable howl, and was surrounding this side with the family guards.

Cao Cao had already heard their footsteps, he only felt that today was really unlucky, he didn't think that the old eunuch still had the habit of letting the concubine warm the bed, and he really regretted that he should have carefully checked it before starting.

However, regret is useless after all, for the sake of the future, in the face of the surging guards who came to round him up, Cao Cao's only choice was to fight a bloody way and escape at night.

So he mustered up all his blood and courage, rushed out, and fought with the people. Fortunately, he is agile and can keep up with his nutrition on weekdays, so he will not be affected by night blindness, and even without the help of lights, he can see the direction of his opponent's moves.

After knocking down a few family guards, Cao Cao successfully grabbed a long weapon. It was a long halberd, which was originally used by a general with good martial arts, but now it became a weapon in Cao Cao's hands after Cao Cao threw a dagger and shot the general to death.

Cao Cao's strength was not even a second-rate master, and he knew that using such a long weapon would consume his physical strength faster. Unless he dares to fight his way out before his physical strength is exhausted, he will definitely die here today.

Under the persecution of such a life-and-death situation, Cao Cao's brave and ruthless aura was finally forced out. He swung his halberd and rushed into the courtyard as if he were mad. During this period, he didn't even look at the position of his opponent, but just blindly waved the weapon in his hand to drive away the enemy who tried to get closer.

Due to the frequency with which he wielded his weapon, the guards who surrounded him could not find a gap to attack him, but were dispersed by his tiger-like onslaught, allowing him to rush to the courtyard wall soon after.

The cunning Cao Cao finally saw the hope of escape, and he threw the weapon in his hand at the guards who were chasing him, and he jumped over the wall and walked straight to the north gate.

When Zhang Rang saw that the assassins had successfully escaped, he immediately ordered a pursuit. So in Luoyang City, which had been curfewed, it instantly triggered a burst of chickens and dogs that could not be ignored.

Liu Hong, who was on night duty in the city gate building, soon observed this in the reminder of his subordinates.

When Cao Cao ran to the city gate, he also happened to recognize Cao Cao, and immediately guessed that this bastard was causing some trouble. However, their friendship has improved by leaps and bounds in the past few days, and if they want him Liu Hong to die and not save him, it will never be possible.

"Open the gates!" Liu Hong knew that the consequences of opening the gate of the capital at night were very serious, and he knew that releasing Cao Cao privately might bring him death, but he still resolutely did so.

Not only did he want to let Cao Cao go, but he was also ready to flee with him.

When his soldiers learned of this, they dissuaded him. But he insisted on doing so, so much so that some of the soldiers immediately changed their position and demanded to die with him.

But Liu Hong rejected the offer. He said: "I was originally from the Han clan, and thanks to His Majesty's wrong love, he called me an imperial uncle." Even if you flee tonight, the children in the family will not be easily involved, but you are different from me, for the sake of your parents and brothers at home, you still don't want to go with me. ”

Eventually, the soldiers on the city walls saw off their amiable commander with tears in their eyes.

But they had not escaped far before Zhang Rang's pursuers rushed over. Some of them pursued non-stop, while others climbed the walls and asked which bastard dared to open the gates at night.

The soldiers faced the vicious minions of the eunuchs, and they had to tell the truth. So Zhang Rang immediately ordered the arrest of Cao Cao's accomplice Liu Hong. and sent people to surround Liu Hong's mansion.

The minions of the eunuchs who took the lead originally wanted to rush in, but they were reprimanded by the servants inside: "This is the current emperor's uncle's mansion, you dare to make a mistake." "I was scared back.

Zhang Rang also knew very well in his heart that he could not openly ask for Liu Hong's life based on the charge of releasing Cao Cao privately. But he can kill him in private, and on the road to death, after all, there will be many accidents.

Since such a thought has already been born, it is not possible to do anything to his subordinates and his family, otherwise it will be too revealing.

At this juncture, it is better not to leave too many excuses for opponents to attack.

Based on this idea, Zhang Rang threw all his forces into pursuit.

The poor saint Liu Hong is already 50 years old, and he was suddenly affected by such a situation. He held the horse's neck and galloped all the way, but was finally chased closer and closer by the pursuers.

He only felt that his life could disappear at any time, and he had even begun to think about how to write his last words. Although he has a lot of regrets in his life, the biggest one in recent times seems to be that he has set foot on Liangzhou Road, but he can't see those profound knowledge in Liangzhou.

This made him feel sorry, so he said to Cao Cao: "Mengde, the old man is too old to run. You can help the old man bring a message to Suning, and say that in my life, I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to see those profound knowledge. I hope that in the next life, I will have the opportunity to meet in Liangzhou. ”

When Cao Cao heard his words, he couldn't help hiding his face and crying bitterly, and then shouted repeatedly: "It's me who has affected you, it's me who has affected you!" ”

Liu Hong patted him on the shoulder like an elder and comforted: "People are inherently dead, and today I want to know whether my life is Mount Tai or Hongmao." ”

With that, the old scholar turned his horse, drew his sword, and brandished it and charged towards his pursuers!

Seeing this, Cao Cao was entangled in his heart. Let him go back and fight to the death with Liu Hong against the pursuers, he doesn't have the guts. But he fled alone, and he felt sorry for Liu Hong's anger.

At this time, he suddenly remembered the Suning who dared to pop out his claws in front of Cui Yan and threaten the other party with force. If he had been here, maybe things would have been different.

So Cao Cao looked up to the sky and shouted: "Suning! Suning! Suning! ”

Before the words fell, I saw a young general in a white robe, holding a spear, coming on horseback.

Cao Cao couldn't believe his eyes. According to common sense, Suning has been away from this place for more than three days, and I am afraid that he has already walked not far away, how can he appear here?

Could it be that it was really the manifestation of God, he delayed the trip for some reason, so he has been stranded here, and happened to encounter them in distress, so he came out to rescue.

In this way, it is really endless for me Cao Cao.

However, he couldn't help but think too highly of himself, and saw the white-robed young general, all the way forward, chasing after Liu Hong, the sage, and asked loudly: "Dare to ask the elder, but do you want to go to Liangzhou Su Youpeng?" ”

Liu Hong has already made up his mind to die, and at this moment, he is full of enthusiasm and wants to pull a few cushions on his back before he dies, where will he have the extra energy to deal with his inquiry.

Seeing that he didn't react, the white-robed young general had no choice but to ask again, and this one finally got into the ears of Liu Hong, a saint, and successfully got a positive answer.

"I really want to go to Liangzhou to meet Su Youpeng, who are you?"

The white-robed young general immediately replied loudly: "Zhao Zilong, in Xiachangshan, was ordered by the family teacher Tong Yuan to go to Liangzhou to assist Su Youpeng." ”

When Liu Hong heard this, he sighed softly. I didn't think that there was a fish that slipped through the net of Suning's talent plan here.

However, they didn't have time to sigh now, the head-on charge during this period of time had brought them very close to the pursuers.

Seeing this, Liu Hong continued to urge the horse forward, and refused to stop without killing him. But he didn't want his reins to be grabbed by the young man on the side. I saw Zhao Zilong smile faintly and said, "The elder might as well go first, Zilong will break it for you!" ”

Liu Hong glanced at the other party in surprise and asked, "I see that you are only 20 years old, how can you withstand the impact of thousands of troops." In such a good year, let's go to Liangzhou to learn more. The old man is old, and he is already a dying man, so what does it matter if he leaves this life here today? ”

Zhao Yun shook his head secretly and persuaded: "The way of learning, that is something that only the elders here will ponder. I waited for the mountain village husband, and what I originally did was to take the head of the general in the army of ten thousand people. Seniors should not worry. I'll come when Zilong goes. ”

Before Liu Hong could say something, he saw that he had already galloped into the enemy's formation.

Now he is a chasing soldier colonel, he can't measure his strength, and he wants to compete with Zhao Zilong with a long knife. It's a pity that before the long knife was rounded, he was stabbed in the abdomen by Zhao Zilong with a shot, and he fell to death on the spot.

There were a few more deficiencies, and from Zhao Zilong's side, they shot and stabbed together. But they were all blocked by Zhao Zilong's hard wave, and even they were unstable on their feet and fell to the ground one after another.

Another cold arrow came and went straight to Zhao Zilong's head, but seeing that he just lightly pulled out the gun, the feather arrow deviated from the original track and slammed into the chest of a lieutenant next to him.

Similar situations happened one after another, some were picked up by his spear, some were trampled by his horses, some were poked by him, and some were knocked to the ground by him. The spear was in his hand, and it was unleashed with great power. Whether it is the tip of the gun, the barrel of the gun, or the tail of the gun, it has become a sharp weapon that can kill the enemy.

Liu Hong in the distance was stunned, and Cao Cao in the distance was already dumbfounded.

In this world, there is such a strong marksmanship. In these four seas, there are such brave generals.

After Zhao Zilong's several back-and-forth killings, Zhang Rang's chasing army was already crushed. The follow-up troops were intimidated by the bravery of this fierce general, and no one dared to come forward to fight.

When Zhang Rang saw this situation, he was so angry that he scolded them, but unfortunately they would rather be scolded in front of the eunuch than send them to death in front of Zhao Yun.

So in this situation, they had an absolute advantage in strength, and they actually watched the other three leave.

Cao Cao saw Liu Hong and the white-robed young general returning together, and when he stepped forward to thank Suning, when he approached, he found that the appearance of the white-robed young general was very different from Su Youpeng.

Cao Cao couldn't help but exclaim: "It turns out that you are not Suning!" ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but snort lightly, someone actually mistook him for Suning, could it be that the skill of the Liangzhou boy was comparable to himself.

It was even more interesting to him.

As for Cao Cao's misunderstanding, of course he also has to explain, this just needs to introduce himself: "Of course it's not Suning." My surname is Zhao, my name is Yun, and my name is Zilong. Like you, you're going to Liangzhou. ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed, with this fierce general along the way, his life could be regarded as saved.

So the three of them went on the road together, but the pursuers behind them did not dare to act rashly, but only followed behind, refusing to give up the pursuit or go out easily. They are more willing to take chances and look for opportunities for the other party to be unguarded before making a move.

Zhang Rang felt that such a strategy was too negative, and he needed a stronger army to confront the young fierce general just now.

The Changshui Camp stationed in Changshui may be a good choice.