In the middle of summer in June, Yanmen County, the Yin Pavilion of the Governance Institute.

The heat has risen, the bustling merchants gather in this city, you can see people everywhere inside and outside, wine shops, resting inns, street singing, juggling, probably not too many people are interested, since April, the war in Taihang has blocked the main trade routes in the north and south, resulting in a large number of merchants stranded, in addition to the local wealthy merchants, or the local people, these traders from the south to the north, in this period of time is the most difficult.

Of course, there are also some merchants from Shanggu County who come here, and Xu Rong from Yanmen County is released by a certain number every day, although there are few, but there is always a way to clear the customs to Bingzhou, and there will be a long queue every day, and then go out of the customs in turn.

The businessmen who go to Xufu every day to give gifts don't know how much, but in the past two months, they no longer accept gifts, and most of them have been turned away, which makes many people worry that there may be a war in Bingzhou, but the time of release every day is still on time, and there is no sign of the transfer of the Xiliang army in the military camp outside the city.

However, there are occasional exceptions.

Just like at this time, the Xu Mansion behind the official office, a lively curtain came to an end, several armored Xiliang generals were leading dozens of soldiers into the mansion, and at the end of the opposite side, there was the main hall, with a smile on his face, a thin middle-aged scribe, slowly put down the cup, he was opposite two tall and strong Xiliang generals, one of them had fallen to the ground, the red blood was slowly flowing out of the corner of his mouth, and the other companion pinched the wine cup in his hand and did not mean to drink, but his expression was quite painful.

"Originally, Confucianism still missed the old love, and said that he couldn't let him go." Li Ru's smile gradually retracted, and his eyes turned cold, "But ..... is really used to being a thief, so I can't change it, I and other people who did evil at the beginning, and now we finally have a place to live, how can it be destroyed in his hands, General Guo, you say yes?" ”

“…… Be. Guo Yan put down his wine glass and arched his hand.

Outside the door, Li Ying, Li Huan, and Hu Feng, the three Xiliang generals, walked into the hall and bowed their hands: "The army has been controlled, please give orders next." ”

These three people are Li Dao's younger brothers, and nephews, since Li Ru came to Yanmen County to deal with this matter, he has already put his hand into this Xiliang army of more than 10,000 people, and these cumbersome tactics of wooing and dividing him have long been familiar to him, of course, he has also done some things for everyone to see, such as Li Dao still wants to sack Yanmen County, capture Dai County, Dingyang and other places, so that other Xiliang generals are naturally disappointed in their hearts, and they don't feel sad about his death, but they are to blame.

"How are Li Dao's three nephews?"

Li Ru patted the dust on his robe, stood up, stepped over the fallen corpse with his hands, and looked at the three people outside the door, "If they are indignant in their hearts, they will be killed together." ”

"Only Li Xian is on our side, and the other two have all taken it."

"When you go back, kill the remaining two." Li Ru said in a flat tone, waved his robe sleeves at the figure outside the door: "By the way, take Li Dao's corpse away." ”

The general named Hu Feng beckoned back, and several soldiers dragged the corpse on the ground all the way out of this side, and then, the three people at the door took the order and walked out of the mansion.

"General Guo, I'm almost drunk with wine, why don't you take a walk with Lao Xu and Ru?" The scribe turned his face slightly and smiled at him, the latter got up and followed the other party quickly, and while walking out of the main hall, Li Ru's voice sounded in front of him: "In the near future, I will return to Shanggu County, how about General Guo being Lao Xu's deputy general for the time being?" ”

"How fast?" The first to speak was Xu Rong.

Walking in the courtyard, the heat wave was blowing, the scribe looked at the green shade in the distance, walked a few steps, and turned back suddenly: "Shanggu County, Dongfang Sheng's body is sick, the news came two days ago, and he can't go to the ground anymore, there are things piling up, and someone needs to go back to deal with them. Now there is a credit in front of you, you two, who sent all the soldiers and horses to make a feint attack on Taiyuan and force the high-ranking cadres to withdraw their troops? ”

"Then let General Guo go." Xu Rong also had an idea in his heart, but in the end, he still gave this credit to the newcomer Guo Yan, who was silent for a moment, his face was finally moved, and he spoke: "I'm Guo Aduo...... There is nothing to say, when Lao Xu was under the command of Dong Gong in the past, Ado also made it difficult, and he will compensate you today. ”

"No, no, now you and I still have Wen You, all of whom are generals under the command of Gongsun Dudu, and if you want to discuss it in detail, it is also a series of its own." Xu Rong smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "In the future, we have to help each other, and we can't be bullied by the Youzhou Department and the Governor's henchmen." ”

The three of them laughed and talked about the past in the courtyard, then they said goodbye and left, and after seeing off Li Ru and Guo Yan, Xu Rong sighed and shook his head back to the backyard, and his wife walked down the eaves and grabbed his arm: "The military advisor and General Guo are gone?" ”

"Gone." Xu Rong glanced back at the direction of the gate again, patted the back of her hand, "In the future, remember that Li Wenyou with a knife in his eyeball, if he comes uninvited one day, it means that our family will suffer misfortune......"

The monotonous chirping of cicadas continued to sound in the courtyard. Our vision rose to the cloudless sky, to the south, over the Central Plains, the clouds were overcast, the warm sun could not penetrate the thick clouds, and the heavy rain was still falling on this huge city for a night.

The sky is gradually brightening, the sight of the rainy day still looks a lead blue, in the queen's bedroom, Gongsun Zhi on the phoenix couch has already sat up, the girl with a numb look below, and the tear-stained girl on her cheeks squatted there to help him put on his boots, and then put on the cumbersome robe neatly and tied the silk belt.

“.…… Just do your duty as a queen in the future, you can't calculate Prime Minister Cao, and you will die then, don't blame me for not reminding you today. ”

Fu Shou's body stiffened for a moment, and his delicate hand tied the ribbon behind his back, and nodded: "Remember......"

"Be obedient and obedient, don't mess around behind our backs......" Gongsun Zhi stood in front of a bronze mirror and straightened his appearance, turned to look at the girl who helped him dress, and said a few more words.

Fu Shou didn't have much anger on his face, probably because of the humiliation and blow he received last night, if he wanted to forget it overnight, I'm afraid it would be difficult in this life, after all, sleeping on the same bed with a strange man, or the relationship between the monarch and the minister, the contrast brought by the status made a girl who was a queen couldn't accept it at all, and the pretty face that was tight and dull was a lot more haggard.

Gongsun Zhi looked at the expression of the girl in the bronze mirror, tilted his head, and there was not much emotion in his eyes. color, "Yesterday's events will not be passed on, at most they will enter the ears of Cao Cao and his group of strategists, if you are in the palace, you can settle it yourself, do you think that if I enter the palace, you can deal a blow to my reputation?" Queen, have you forgotten that I was born as a thief, even if I slept on the dragon couch yesterday, to this day, I still eat and sleep well, understand?! ”

Behind him, the hand that turned over the collar for the other party retracted, and the slender girl looked at the back of Gongsun Zhi's head hatefully, and did not speak, turned around and took off the tulle on her body, revealing her seductive body, and went to wear her own skirt.

In fact, for her, she naturally hated the person in the house, but this was also caused by her own sin, in other words, she played with it. But for the court left by her deceased husband, there is no way to compromise in front of a courtier who was born as a horse thief, and there is almost no truth in the palace who can really help her, and she endures such sadness and suffering, only when she thinks of the dead Liu Xie, her heart is better.

"Okay, I should say, I already told you on the bed last night, if you want to die, you can try again, if you want to think about it again one day, send someone to recruit me into the palace."

Gongsun Zhi smiled at the corner of his mouth, a little hideous, and after straightening his clothes, he turned around and left this dull dormitory, the sky was dark, but it was already bright outside, and the rain mixed with the wind ran through the corridor, with a chill.

Around, Dian Wei, who had been guarding for a night, and all the guards gathered to follow behind, in a room not far from the eaves, the door opened suddenly, and a woman's figure rushed out, and now in the sound of footsteps, Ren Hongchang gritted his teeth, and waved his hand to hit Gongsun Zhi with a punch, she had no experience after all, and she was in a hurry, and she shouted loudly when she swung her fist, "Ahh

Raise your hand.

With a snap, the fist stopped in mid-air, and the woman was slapped directly to the ground by the raised hand, and when she raised her head, her left cheek was printed with red five fingers, and her hair was scattered messily, staring at each other with red eyes: "Gongsun Zhi, you dare to stay in the queen's bedroom overnight, the world will scold you——"

Between the field of vision, the footsteps crossed the past, Gongsun Zhi didn't look at her, walked straight ahead, and after a few steps, he stopped abruptly and turned his back to the woman on the ground: "If you want to die, don't be in such a hurry, it will be you soon." ”

After speaking, he continued to move forward, away from the woman's sight.

Ren Hongchang sat slumped on the ground, looking at a group of people in the distance, his hand unconsciously touched the face that was hot and painful, his red and full lips opened slightly, and what he made was a ...... Groan. Yin, I didn't bother to pay attention to the chaos of crackling and smashing things in the queen's palace over there.

……

When the light gradually opened and the heavy rain was a little lighter, in Cao Fuzhong, some of the strategists who heard the news, such as Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You and others had already gathered, except for Guo Jia drinking wine slowly and methodically, and a few people on the other side scolded Cao Cao in a noisy and noisy voice.

"Prime Minister, Gongsun Zhi is too presumptuous......"

"Wen Ruo is right, it's just a matter of entering the harem at night...... How dare you stay in the Queen's palace room...... It's just too chaotic, if this is spread, the majesty of the royal family is still there, and the prestige of the lord and the Son of Heaven is not as good as before. "It was Xu Duling who spoke, a man named Man Favor.

Xun Yu, who has always respected the Han family, was also disappointed, sitting on the seat, for insulting the emperor, making him feel distressed, and soon, another group of civil officials headed by Kong Rong also came to Caofu, and the whole hall was noisy and shouted, and the words were probably filled with righteous indignation, but there were not many people who really wanted to punish them.

The real one who can make up his mind is to look at Cao Cao, who is sitting in the first place with a gloomy and serious face, like an active volcano, silent there.

After a while, before the matter was discussed, Gongsun Zhi had already returned to the house, and the first figure on the top closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Gongsun, did you really stay in the queen's room last night?" ”

"I slept on the same bed."

Over there, Cao Cao took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and opened his pursed lips slightly, "....... That...... Have you ever slept with a queen? That feels...... How does it compare to a human woman? ”

Gongsun Zhi was a little stunned.