The sky is turning white, and the frost on the ground is melting.

The first ray of light has not yet bloomed from the clouds, and in the cold air, Gongsun Zhi stood under a tree in the courtyard and chopped the knife light, the cold sweat covered his shoulders and back, and slowly slid down with the movement of muscles.

When he fell to the ground, behind the person, a slight sound of footsteps came by.

Li Ke put the mace aside, holding a neatly folded plush robe and a crown

Stopped a few steps away: "Chief, the hour is almost up, it's time to change into a robe and enter the palace to face the saint." ”

"Li Ke ....."

The heavy blade used to boil up the strength was thrown to the ground with a thud, Gongsun Zhi reached out and took a clean and warm cloth and wiped the sweat stains on his face and neck, the tall body full of scars and sturdy was still rising with white gas, he lowered his face and looked at the first ray of sunlight cast by the clouds, "You said that if I am locked up in Xudu, how many people in the north will risk rebellion?" ”

"Chief, there are some adventures, and people's hearts cannot be tempted at will." The silly boy of the past is no longer so stupid, he untied his robe, stretched it in his hand and put it on Gongsun Zhi: "The temptation will only make the leader sad." ”

The thick robe overshadowed the vigorous muscles, Gongsun shook his cuffs, looked at the young man who was busy tying his belt under him, and smiled: "But you have to try, otherwise in the future, these people will be cheaper, go and inform Yan Rou of the news and recruit them, and make a real play." ”

"Yes." Li Ke bowed.

The bright winter sun shone down, Gongsun Zhi put on a cumbersome robe, inserted a scimitar into the sheath, turned to leave, and Dian Wei outside the courtyard had been waiting for a long time, he turned on the horse: "Go, kill someone." ”

.......

Drive!

Dozens of horsemen rushed up from the street outside the courtyard gate and headed towards the palace. The Xuchang Imperial Palace follows the establishment of Chang'an and Luoyang, facing the pattern of the back market, the palace is in the south, and the residences and markets are outside the north gate of the palace. At this time, the Chengguang Palace has been opened, and the civil and military who are waiting for the court know that something must happen today, and they will inevitably take off their steps and enter the main hall with some trepidation.

Cao Cao walked in front of the tiger and whispered to a group of civil and military ministers behind him: "Today's discussion, what should be said and what should not be said, keep your mouth shut, remember what I said just now?" ”

"Remember!" Behind him, there were voices of the ministers who responded, and some people bowed their heads and were silent.

Among the ministers, Dong Cheng, the general of the chariot and cavalry, hung his head, his eyes kept staring at Cao Cao's back, and when he heard the words of the other party, it might be related to Gongsun's entry into Xu Du, so he didn't say much, but there was an inexplicable depression in the main hall that was spreading and spreading, which made him feel uncomfortable, but he was also a person who had seen the big wind and waves from the pursuit of Guo and Li, and he was not scared.

.......

"Come and get off the horse!"

Dozens of horsemen came to the south gate of the palace, the soldiers shouted, Zhige stepped forward to intercept, after the front of a horse threw a token, Qi Qi dismounted and guarded Gongsun Zhi strode into this new imperial city, the general of the guard looked at the token in his hand and handed it to the other party, waved his hand, and separated the hundreds of people guarding the palace gate, and stared nervously at the dozens of cavalry on foot, and the general who was responsible for guarding the palace gate was sweating in his palms, holding the handle of the knife tightly.

Dozens of people from the line of sight, if he has no bad experience, these people are all at the level of a hundred generals, and they all crawled out of the corpses, if the other party goes crazy and attacks the palace gate, whether the hundreds of people here can stop the other party is two words.

Especially in that team, the villain with a huge body and a huge body looked at him from time to time, making him feel that the pores all over his body were shrunk to the extreme, and after the other party disappeared from view, he relaxed and found that he was in a cold sweat.

Chengguang Temple.

"Shang Chao—"

A loud noise broke the oppressive atmosphere in the council hall, and the hundred officials had already lined up and stood in turn in the hall, hearing the loud noise, Liu Xie, the son of heaven in the field of vision, walked out with the help of the eunuch in a red dragon robe, his face was quite stiff, and even there was a slight tremor in his walk, after he sat down, a group of civil and military parties below sat down.

Cao Cao, who ranked first among the ministers, gave his hand: "The minister has something to do." ”

Cao ..... Cao Sikong, please speak. On the top of the four steps, Liu Xie looked nervously at the expressionless man, and moved his kneeling legs, "No..... No...... Use to get up. ”

Dressed in a black rain cloud pattern suit, under the bun crown, Cao Cao didn't seem to care about the emperor's words, still got up, glanced at the kneeling ministers around him with a gloomy expression, and spoke: "Since the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu are weak, or flee to the Tianshan Mountains, or surrender to the border, starting from Emperor Huan, there are Xianbei Hu people taking advantage of the situation, Tanshi Huai led four thousand horsemen in the second year of Yongshou to dare to violate the border of my Han Dynasty, after the first year of Yanxi to the sixth year of Yanxi many times to invade my Han Dynasty, to the ninth year of Yanxi is even more rampant, every year the horse herder killed my Han people, to the Emperor Ling, Xiping only sent troops for six years before he wanted to fight a decisive battle with Tanshi Huai, but unfortunately what was the result? Everyone knows that seven or eight out of ten Han soldiers died in battle, which is a great shame after the Han Dynasty! ”

The old things of the past, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee naturally knew, and when they heard this time, they probably guessed what they were going to do, thinking about it, the voice of the figure walking over there was slow and heavy, and it continued to reach their ears.

"There is a person named Gongsun Zhi in the north, although he was born as a horse thief, he dared to fight in Xianbei, and successively killed the Xianbei Lord of Liaoxi Budugen, Ke Bineng, and fought with the Great Qin people who committed the border, although this son is not very old and has a bad background, but after all, he has made great contributions to my Han Dynasty, and the court is now weak, it is the time to use people, don't let the people who fight for the country chill!"

After speaking, Cao Cao turned around and bowed to the Son of Heaven who was in the upper seat, and his voice was sonorous and powerful: "Minister Cao Cao begs to reward this son." ”

Around, the civil and military forces who were originally partially attached to Cao Cao also bowed down, and one voice after another echoed: "Please reward the Son of Heaven—"

Liu Xie pinched his fingers, trembling and trembling forward, remembering the etiquette taught by someone in the past, he waved his sleeves and sprinkled it, "Since...... Sikong said so..... Then ..... Then reward it, Xuangong Sun Zhi to the palace! ”

"Hustle and noodle the grandson to go to the palace—" The eunuch who announced the decree sounded outside the door.

On the stone steps below the Chengguang Palace, Gongsun Zhi, who was standing there, closed his eyes and opened his eyes, raised his hand and said, "You are waiting here." It is to let Dian Wei and other dozens of people wait in place, raise their steps and stride on the stone steps, the nearby palace guards have also heard of this person, and they can't help but look at it slightly, and when they arrived at the palace gate, they took off their shoes, and some eunuchs disarmed their weapons, searched their bodies, and retreated.

In the main hall, it is quiet and weird, countless figures kneeling on both sides of the eyes are focused on the door, Gongsun Zhi passed through the wind and waves much greater than this, the pace is simple, the face is calm, and he does not look at the red and black civil and military ministers on both sides, and walks straight when the middle of the court stands down, glances at the emperor sitting on the stone steps, and arches his hand.

"Minister, the history of the assassin of Youzhou, the protection of the Huns, the general Gongsun Zhi to see Your Majesty."

"Excuse me." After Liu Xie raised his hand and said a word, he looked at the other side, and glanced at each other, he quickly deviated his gaze, forgetting what to say next, and anxiously looked at Cao Cao over there, who folded his hands in front of his abdomen, thought for a moment, laughed, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, now that the five counties on the northern border of the Governor of Gongsun Thorn Shi are resisting the foreign races of Xianbei from all sides, and he is only a Zhonglang general, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the people." ”

"Cao Sikong thinks that he can give Gongsun an assassination."

Cao Cao glanced at Gongsun Zhi beside him, and said with a smile: "It is better to give the post of governor of the northern land, take charge of all the soldiers and horses of the five counties, allow him to open a government and set up a mansion, and attack the throne of his father, Gongsun Zhan." ”

"The ministers also think it is feasible!"

Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was already restless, and he couldn't wait to end the torment quickly, and nodded: "Since all the secretaries think it's okay, then so be it, remove Gongsun and stop protecting the position of the Hun Zhonglang General, change the governor of the five counties, and seal the Marquis of Yi." ”

Chrysostom Yuyan down, today's court discussion is settled, after the dispersal of the court, send Liu Xie away, all the civil and military parties have withdrawn from the hall one after another, naturally many people came to congratulate this young man who is only twenty-five or six, most of them are Cao Cao's party, or Cao's family, to fill some vacancies in the court, the relationship is obvious, a figure came over, and gave his hand to Gongsun Zhi: "In the lower emperor Fu Jianshou, I have seen the governor." ”

However, Gongsun Zhi just looked at him and asked coldly: "Do you know which one is Wei Qi?" ”

At this moment, among the crowd of people with clear intimacy, a young figure in a small circle heard the words, was stunned for a moment, and when he took a step back, he suddenly felt pushed on his back, and suddenly stumbled out, which was quite conspicuous.

"That person is ....." Huangfu Jianshou subconsciously opened his mouth and looked over.

In the line of sight, Gongsun Zhi's figure had already crossed over, and Wei Qi, who had stumbled out of the crowd, raised his head, "Dudu.... You..... What to do......"

"Last winter, you sent someone to Shanggu County to assassinate you, right?"

The figure strode over, the coldness of the blade crossed everyone's stunned sight, fell, and drove on Wei Qi's neck, Cao Cao squinted, someone wanted to go over to dissuade him, but he waved his hand to block it, but someone still rushed over and shouted: "This is the palace land, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, don't mess around-"

The sound of chaotic exclamation buzzed around noisily, Wei Qi's face turned pale, his legs trembled involuntarily, the whole person was a little unsteady on his feet, feeling the coldness of death on the blade, and suddenly remembered the words of the woman in the room that day: What if he killed someone in the court? Cao Sikong still needs to maintain the majesty of the imperial court, what do you say next...... Rest assured, everything is managed by concubines in the palace.

....... It was only then that he realized that he was the one to be killed.

"Not me..... It's not ......" The calm and elegant appearance of the past became trembling and earnest, waving his hand, and the words of regret did not wait for him to be spoken.

- Over there, the blade pulled down, and the blinding blood splattered.