Cao Cao's return to Luoyang this time was recruited by the general He Jin, and he entered the general's palace to report on his work, and was promoted to the rank of councilor, which can be regarded as a flat adjustment, but judging from the current political structure, the local government has not really been divided and divided, and being an official in Luoyang is more promising than being an official in a local area.

After Yuan Shu left, after Cao Cao told Ye Zhao to be careful, he also took his leave, Ye Zhao looked at the man who was saved by him and smiled: "Look at your burly body, strong physique, and faint evil qi on your body, you should have killed someone, right?" ”

"Back to the envoy, the grass people once accompanied the army to fight for the Yellow Turban." The man nodded.

"I see, then why didn't you fight back just now?" Ye Zhao looked at the man curiously.

"The grass people came to Luoyang to ask for a livelihood, if they provoke the Yuan clan of Runan, I am afraid that there is no place for me to live in Luoyang." The man bowed.

"It was originally a good intention, but now it seems that it has harmed you." Hearing this, Ye Zhao looked the man up and down a few times, and sighed.

Originally, after being beaten, Yuan Shu's anger disappeared, so he naturally wouldn't bother with him, but because of Ye Zhao's move, with Ye Zhao's understanding of Yuan Shu, I am afraid that even the man who spoke out at that time would also hold a grudge, but the eight-foot man was forced to act like this for his livelihood, which is also sighing.

"Who else is in the family?" Ye Zhao looked at the man and asked.

If it weren't for his concern, I'm afraid he wouldn't have made a majestic man cower like this.

"There is still an old mother, this time she also came to Luoyang with me to seek medical treatment, and her family wealth is scattered, and now she is looking for a place to stay." The man bowed.

"Seeing that you are strong and healthy, I don't know how martial arts are? Do you know the art of war? Ye Zhao looked at the man's conversation, not like a country man, so he asked this question.

"My ancestor was a general, and if I know some military strategies, I can't be considered proficient." The man bowed.

"Now that I have annoyed Yuan Shu, for a while, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Luoyang, why don't you temporarily enter my mansion and become a general, if you have the opportunity in the future, how about recommending you to join the army?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"Thank you for your cultivation!" The man hurriedly bowed.

"This matter, there is also some responsibility for me, look at your appearance, there is no place to live, so I will take your old mother to my house, it is also convenient to take care of it, Chengxi Ye Mansion, it is not difficult to find, you go with my token, someone will receive you!" Ye Zhao casually took off a jade pendant from his body and handed it to Han Zidao.

"Thank you!" The man thought that the future was bleak, but he didn't expect it to be bright, and thanked him again.

"By the way, I don't know the name of the strong man, who is it?" Ye Zhao stopped the strong man who was anxious to go back to pick up his mother.

"Lang Evil Ji Ling!" The strong man turned around and looked at Ye Zhaodao.

"Go pick up your mother." Ye Zhao nodded, looking at the back of Ji Ling leaving, the smile on his face suddenly became cheerful, and he seemed to have inadvertently lost Yuan Shu's future general.

"Scoundrel, what are you laughing at? Why are you laughing so weirdly? Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao's smile and shuddered, why did she suddenly feel that Ye Zhao's smile was a little obscene?

"Is it weird?" Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Liu Wei and Liu argued.

"It's weird." Liu Wei nodded.

Seeing Ye Zhao looking at him, Liu Wei thought seriously for a moment and said, "Ye Qing just smiled, which made Gu feel a little chill down his spine. ”

Ye Zhao shook his head helplessly, maybe he inadvertently revealed his true feelings? actually let the two little guys see through it, and it seems that their vigilance has been lowered.

"This gambling matter, the princess and Her Royal Highness had better mention it in front of Your Majesty, if this matter can be handled by Your Majesty." Ye Zhao said with a smile, he is ready to sit on this matter, Yuan Shu is not without brains, what he said before is also a word of righteousness, maybe he will regret it when he goes back, even if he doesn't regret it, those old foxes of the Yuan family will let him learn to regret it, what he has to do now is to implement this matter, it is best to have the Son of Heaven involved, when the time comes, no matter what the gambling is, the Yuan family will have to bleed, this kind of opportunity is not very common, after all, most of the children of the family, especially those who are qualified to fight for the heir of the family, There aren't many chances of committing two and getting bumped into by yourself.

"Do you really want to compare yourself to him? If you lose, you will have to leave Luoyang. Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao with a little worry on her face.

"The princess is afraid that I will lose?" When Ye Zhao heard this, he looked at Liu Wei with a smile.

"After all, Yuan Highway is a member of the Yuan family, I heard my father and the eunuchs say that he is now under the command of the general, and he is quite trusted by the general, if it is really compared, I am afraid that the general will help him." Liu Wei said worriedly.

"This military duel, although there will be certain external factors, but in the case of the advantages and disadvantages are not obvious, the ability of the commanders of the two sides is the key to determining the victory, although Yuan Highway is a little brave, but if it is against him, the minister still has a few chances of winning." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

This is not blind self-confidence, how to say that it can be regarded as having fought with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu can lead the troops, but to say that the qualifications of famous generals are almost, it can only be said that it is decent, according to the knowledge in the books to arrange the troops, there is some experience in leading troops, but if it is purely based on ability, it is only one of the countless generals of the Han Dynasty, not brilliant, but not too bad, the aura of the intellectual family, so that Yuan Shu looks better than others, this is an era that can largely determine the future, Yuan Shu is a standard product of this era.

"And if you win, what would you want?" Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao curiously, she didn't understand why Ye Zhao wanted to do his best to facilitate this.

"What I want, it depends on how much blood the Yuan family is willing to letlet." Ye Zhao smiled: "You only need to report this matter to Your Majesty, as for the rest, you and I don't have to ask." ”

He believes that if Liu Hongken is willing to arbitrate, even if the Yuan family is for the sake of their own face, it will be impossible for them to come up with something too inferior to bet on their future.

"Whatever you want!" Liu Wei glared at Ye Zhao a little angrily, and said sullenly.

On the other side, after Yuan Shu returned to the house with Yu Shi and a group of servants, he did not immediately report the matter.

"Lord, why don't you say it?" Yu Shi followed Yuan Shu back to the room in confusion.

"Say what? If you let your uncle know, won't you just beat me? Yuan Shu said angrily: "Who is Ye Zhao?" I bet with him to fight with the commanders, can I have a chance of winning? ”

Hearing this, Yu Shi nodded unconsciously, he had worked under Ye Zhao, and he knew Ye Zhao's ability better, almost without his knowledge, even if he didn't even count the outnumbered people, he let the enemy collapse on his own, this ability, even if he thought about it at this time, it made him shudder a little, and it was by no means a pleasant thing to really fight against this kind of person, even if it was not a real battlefield duel.

"The gambling ......" Yu Shi looked at Yuan Shu and asked cautiously, now Yuan Shu's mood is obviously not too good.

"Gambling?" Yuan Shu looked at Yu Shi blankly: "What kind of gambling fight?" What is the general talking about? ”

"Lord...... Wise! Yu Shi suddenly, at this time, it is better not to touch Ye Zhao, so as not to be humiliated, but in his heart, he still has some disdain for Yuan Shu's cheating behavior.

If you didn't want to fight, you would admit it at that time and turn around and leave, at most you will be ridiculed by Ye Zhao, but now that you have already admitted it, you are cowardly and cheating, this kind of behavior is even more despised.

Yuan Shu didn't know what Yu Shi was thinking, and he was a little smug, saying that Ye Zhao was smart, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

Just when Yuan Shu was complacent, he didn't know that the content of the gambling fight between Yuan Shu and Ye Zhao was already spread all over the city on the second day, Ye Zhao secretly had a lot of shops in Luoyang City, some of these shops were under the banner of the Ye family, and some were secretly controlled, and they did not play Ye Zhao's banner on the surface, not to mention all over the city, but in some places with dense crowds, there were Ye Zhao's shops, and these shops helped to publicize, plus one of the protagonists of the gambling fight is Ye Zhao, who has a good reputation among the people. The other is the famous gentleman in Luoyang.

Almost no need for Ye Zhao to push it, the next day various versions have been derived and circulated in the streets and alleys, and after Yuan Shu learned about this, he almost smashed everything that could be smashed at home, and he was particularly angry.

On the third day, the time of the pilgrimage.

After dealing with some government affairs, Liu Hong did not announce the dissolution of the dynasty as in the past, but looked at the Manchu Dynasty and said with a smile: "Recently, I have heard some interesting things and want to share them with the princes. ”

The ministers were already preparing to leave, but when they heard the words at this moment, they had to sit down on their knees again and listen, after all, no one could not give the face of the Son of Heaven.

"Speaking of this matter, it is related to Taiwei, has the Taiwei heard of the matter of Yuan Shu and Luoyang Ling Ye Zhao gambling on the street?" Ye Zhao looked at Yuan Kui and asked with a smile.

"But the old minister has heard about this." Yuan Kui nodded and said, "It's just a battle of will, why should Your Majesty take this matter to heart." ”

"No way, the world has not been peaceful recently, the Xiliang war has been repeated, there is no good news, I can only find some fun by myself, besides, this matter is not small, then if Ye Zhao loses, he will resign and leave Luoyang, and gamble with the official position of the imperial court, is this also a trivial matter?" In the end, Liu Hong's face had become unkind.

The Xiliang War Bureau originally thought that it could be suppressed quickly, but who knew that Zhang Wen, Huangfu Song, and Dong Zhuo, who was born in the Xiliang wealthy family, could not suppress the rebellion, but there was a tendency to intensify, that Dong Zhuo was ambitious and refused to send troops, Huangfu Song and Zhang Wen were also old and committed, and they refused to do it for a long time, but Liu Hong still had to rely on them, and he was very aggrieved.

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Yuan Kui hurriedly bowed down and said: "The old minister is not strict in discipline, and after returning home, he will order the evil obstacle to be grounded and reflect on his own mistakes." ”

"That's not necessary, young people are hot-blooded and impulsive, it's a common thing, and besides, this matter is also related to the reputation of the Yuan family, why don't you do this, how about I come to witness this? The general set the time and rules of the gambling fight, and when the time comes, I will personally see the winners and losers, as for the lottery...... The position of Captain is now vacant, and these two are both young and handsome, if anyone wins in the end, he will take the position of Captain, what do you think? ”

Yuan Kui was going to refuse, but he was secretly pulled by Zheng Tai on the side, Wei Wei is ranked among the Jiuqing, and it is an important position in the Jiuqing to control the military power, if they can get the post of Wei Wei in their hands, why should they rely on He Jin, look at his eyes?

Yuan Kui also reacted, but he thought more, this is not just a battle between the party and the general, I am afraid it will also count the Son of Heaven.

looked up at Liu Hong, but saw Liu Hong smiling and looking at the ministers, waiting for him to reply.

After quickly thinking about the gains and losses and the probability of success in his heart, Yuan Kui bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister has no disagreement!" ”