In the winter of the first year of Yonghan (189 AD), the Wei general Ye Zhao led the deployment to leave Luoyang and returned to Hanoi in the name of returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

Yonghan is the name of the era used by Liu Xie's accession to the throne, which undoubtedly represents the good wish for the eternal stability of the Han family, but this year is not peaceful.

With Ye Zhao leaving, no one in the Si Li area could no longer restrain Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's power became more and more powerful, and his behavior became more and more unscrupulous, and he even stayed on the dragon bed at night and defiled the palace.

But these are just rumors, with Ye Zhao's observation during this time, Dong Zhuo may swell, but he should not do this kind of thing, saying that he is arrogant, but this kind of thing is staying in the dragon bed at night and messing up the palace, not to mention that with the current situation, how can Dong Zhuo have the heart to do this kind of thing, even if he has this heart, with Dong Zhuo's obesity and his body of nearly fifty years a day, he is also powerless.

With an average life expectancy of 35 to 40 years old in this era, Dong Zhuo, who is nearly fifty years old, can indeed be regarded as entering old age.

And with the spread of these news, it seems that it has also given the Kwantung princes an excuse to crusade against Dong Zhuo, although the slogan of punishing Dong Zhuo has not yet been played, but the imperial court decree has been difficult to get out of Luoyang, and the Kwantung princes have begun to directly reject the imperial decree, and the chaos in the world has appeared!

However, all this, for the time being, does not have much to do with Ye Zhao.

Huai County, Taishou Mansion.

"Ye Zhao is stationed in Huai County at this time, what do you want?" Wang Kuang looked at the staff in the palace with a somewhat flustered expression.

At the beginning, when Ye Zhao entered Luoyang, because he was friendly with Cai Yong when he was young, and Ye Zhao and Yuan Shao were in the honeymoon period at that time, Wang Kuang also took good care of Ye Zhao.

It's just that later, as the contradiction between Ye Zhao and the Yuan family gradually deepened, Wang Kuang naturally stood on Yuan Shao's side to reject Ye Zhao, which also made the relationship between the two much worse than before.

Now the times have changed, He Jin is dead, although Wang Kuang is the Taishou of Hanoi, but almost all of the Ding Zhuang in Hanoi have been recruited by the Ye family, either for the Ye family's private soldiers, or with the Ye family's caravan to do business in the world, after Wang Kuang took office, although he actively developed the military, but has been seized by Ye Zhao, to this day, the official army in Hanoi is less than 4,000, not even as many as Ye Zhao's private soldiers, not to mention that now Ye Zhao has 30,000 soldiers outside Huai County, practicing day and night.

Not to mention the combat strength, just the soldiers and horses that Ye Zhao can mobilize in Hanoi now, plus the Ye family's private soldiers, there are nearly 40,000 people, and the strength is ten times that of him, not to mention the war, ten Wang Kuang tied together may not be Ye Zhao's opponent, although after Ye Zhao returned from crossing the river, he did not embarrass Wang Kuang, but it was like a sharp sword hanging over his head, which made Wang Kuang panic all day.

Since Ye Zhao came back, he hadn't had a good night's sleep, every time he closed his eyes, it was as if he saw Ye Zhao breaking into the door and cutting off his head, which was more torturous than coming up directly to cut him, and finally couldn't help but gather the staff in the house to discuss Ye Zhao's affairs.

"The prince of the mansion is friendly with the Bohai Sea, why don't you ask him to be an intermediary, and please move the Jizhou assassin Han Fu to kill Ye Zhao?" One of the staff members bowed down and said, "On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?" That Ye Zhaotun is heavily armed in Hanoi, how can Han Fu feel at ease? It's better to unite with Han Fu and Yuan Bohai to get rid of it! ”

"That Han Fu is timid, I heard that Ye Zhao crossed the river and came, and he had already laid down heavy troops in the Muye area." Wang Kuang smiled bitterly: "Besides, Han Fu is staring at the original at this time, preventing him from raising troops, how can he help?" ”

"Not necessarily!" The staff said with a smile: "The so-called time and that time, although Han Fu is afraid of Yuan Bohai, but the land of Bohai is vast and sparsely populated, Yuan Bohai has no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Ye Zhao has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, how important and light, even if Han Fu doesn't know, but Jizhou people are outstanding and there are many wise men, how can he not know this reason?" ”

When Wang Kuang heard this, he was a little hesitant, the circle of the family is so big, what virtue Han Fu has, he has already seen through it, with his forward-looking nature, even if he agrees to deal with Ye Zhao, I'm afraid it's not a temporary change of hexagram, or just talking, but at this time, he can't take care of it so much, Ye Zhao is on the side, it really makes him toss and turn, and he nodded at the moment and said: "Then two letters, hand them to Ben Chu and that Han Fu." ”

There is really no way to withdraw, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, he never thought of having a hard bar with Ye Zhao, the local wealthy family, I'm afraid no one will support him, after all, this Hanoi is Ye Zhao's homeland, with the local complex of this era, even if the Hanoi family is not used to Ye Zhao, they will never help themselves to deal with Ye Zhao, when it comes to influence, he is really not as good as Ye Zhao, let alone in the nest of others.

Compared with Wang Kuang's panic, Ye Zhao is much more comfortable these days, although it is winter, he talks about the past and the present with Xi Zhicai every day, that is, he trains soldiers and horses with a cadre of soldiers, or accompanies Liu Wei and Xin'er to relax.

Liu Wei was weak after giving birth, and during the time when she was pregnant with a child, Ye Zhao was mostly not around, and she was worried all day long, and the news from Luoyang, although the family tried not to talk about it, but it was inevitable that some news would come to her ears, if it weren't for Xin'er's careful service every day, I am afraid that she would not be able to get out of that shadow, and therefore, after giving birth to Lin'er, Liu Wei and Xin'er became more and more intimate, and now they are even reluctant to separate from each other, which also makes Ye Zhao taste the blessing of Qi people.

Ye Zhao's eldest son, who was finally named Ye Zheng by Ye Zhao, was born in this era of smoke, and is likely to be Ye Zhao's heir in the future, destined to be accompanied by Rong Ma in this life.

The little guy is delicate, inherits the genes of his parents, and is very cute.

"What does the husband want to do with that Wang Kuang?" Just after the heavy snow that day, Liu Wei knew that Ye Zhao liked this kind of weather, so she took the initiative to ask Ye Zhao to come out to enjoy the snow, leaned against Ye Zhao with Xin'er left and right, and asked.

"How?" Ye Zhao smiled: "Those barbarians saw that I couldn't succeed, and hit you with the idea?" ”

Since Ye Zhao returned to Hanoi, Xiahou Lan, Ji Ling, Xu Rong, and Guan Hai have all expressed similar meanings one after another, after all, this Hanoi is Ye Zhao's territory, and now if he wants to raise an army, how can he not have a territory?

"Husband is angry?" Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao carefully, before marriage, because of the encounter in Cai's Mansion that night, she had some fear of Ye Zhao, although Ye Zhao loved her in every way after marriage, that fear faded a lot, and occasionally sprinkled the princess's rude and willful little temper on weekdays, but as long as Ye Zhao was serious, Liu Wei would be unconsciously cautious.

"Not really." Ye Zhao said with a smile: "If it was before, women interfered in military and political affairs, and their husbands would be dissatisfied, but now ......"

The matter of the Nivan camp touched Ye Zhao a lot, even in this era, women may not really be all vassals of men, they can also go on horses to kill enemies, participate in political affairs, and sometimes, maybe they are more effective than men.

"That Wang Kuang is a snob, and he has embarrassed his husband many times when he was in Luoyang, and now that his husband is in military power, why should he be polite to him?" Liu Wei said unpleasantly.

"Standing in the position of you and me, we can no longer use personal grievances to influence behavior, you and I every move is too wide-ranging." Ye Zhao caressed Liu Wei's back, took her in his arms and said with a smile: "Madame wants to take care of this, and her husband will not stop her, but Madame knows that there is a saying that teachers are famous?" ”

"This concubine naturally knows." Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.

"I don't know why I know it, I don't know it." Ye Zhao looked into the distance and sighed: "A Wang Kuang, whether it is life or death, is all in my thoughts, and kill Wang Kuangyi, but if he moves, it will attract the hostility and even attack of the entire northern princes, such as today's general trend, the Kwantung heroes are about to ask Dong Zai, and Wang Kuang is Yuan Shao's confidant, if we kill him at this time, we will be considered Dong Zhuo's camp, Dong Zhuo has a tiger prison and is in danger, I don't, if the princes take advantage of this to make things difficult and want to come to take my sacrifice flag, I am afraid that we will run away in a hurry again, And your husband and I have no interest in running to Dong Zhuo's command to be at the mercy of others, so this is definitely not the opportunity to seize Hanoi. ”

Looking at Liu Wei's expression that seemed to understand whether he understood or not, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "One leads the whole body with one hair; The two divisions are nameless, and if they act by force, they will only usher in the hostility and rejection of the Kwantung princes, and the wise will not take it. ”

"Madame can discuss matters with me if she wants, but you need to read through the art of war and political strategy first, otherwise, sometimes, good intentions will do bad things." Ye Zhao said with a smile, it was probably the first time in his life that he had explained these things to people so patiently.

"Husband, big man...... Really ......" Liu Wei's mood suddenly fell a little, and she was a little distracted.

"Qin lost its deer, the world chased it, and so did Han! I don't want to lie to you. Ye Zhao stopped Liu Wei's shoulder and said with a smile: "Madame, don't worry, my husband promised the first emperor, I am in one day, and the blood of the Baohan family is endless!" ”

"National events, if it is not a woman, can participate." Liu Wei lost her mind.

"It's good if your wife is happy, whether you want to participate in politics or live happily, you should be your husband." Ye Zhao touched Liu Wei's hair and said with a smile: "Since you have entered the door of my Ye family, it is my husband's responsibility to make you prosperous and worry-free." ”

"Hmm~" Liu Wei heard these love words, only felt that her heart was a little sour, leaning on Ye Zhao's arms, and she was reluctant to come out for a long time.

"Lord...... Uh......" Dian Wei rushed over, and when he saw the scene in front of him, his voice stopped abruptly.

"Didn't you take a vacation to let you make out with the Liu family?" Ye Zhao looked at Dian Wei angrily.

"Uh...... My mother-in-law was pregnant, and she threw me out to do things, and I had nowhere to go, so I went back to the barracks to exercise, and then I was deceived by Xu Rong's house, and I met a scout who intercepted two letters, so I brought them to the lord to see. Dian Wei scratched his head in embarrassment.

"It's only been a few days since you've been back? You've had a lot of experience. Ye Zhao was amused by Dian Wei, let go of Liu Wei, who was reluctant, and took two letters from Dian Wei's hands and said, "Since you have nothing to do, you will go to the Nivan Camp with me tomorrow and train with the girls." ”

"This ...... Not okay? Dian Wei was a little embarrassed.

"It's not just you going alone, tomorrow the army will drill in the army, and all the armies will assemble in the Nefan camp, if you don't go, go home and accompany your daughter-in-law, Zilong can accompany me." Ye Zhao unfolded the letter and scolded with a smile.

"Go." Dian Wei hurriedly said.

Ye Zhao finished reading the two letters, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin with a hint of mockery: "Wang Kuang, that's all there is to it." ”

"What happened?" Liu Wei said curiously.

"The name is here, Dian Wei, send me an invitation to Wang Kuang's mansion, tomorrow the school will be a military exercise, and he will be 'invited' to me." Ye Zhao was extremely heavy on the word please.

"Whoa!" Dian Wei understood, promised and left.

"Wait, I haven't picked up the invitation yet!"