Changshan, really fixed.

Looking at the tombstone in front of him, Ye Zhao took out the wine bag, poured half a bag of wine on the snow in front of the tombstone, and then raised his head to drink the remaining half of the bag, I don't know when he started, he also fell in love with the things in this cup, the wine of this era is not as sweet and fierce as the liquor of later generations, and it is not easy to get on the head, occasionally drink some, but it will make the mind clearer.

"Zihao is a real soldier." Ye Zhao sighed and said to himself: "It's a pity that there are not many such pure soldiers. ”

Behind him, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan stood behind Ye Zhao, silent.

After Ye Zhao bowed to Zhao Rong's tombstone three times, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yun: "Although what Brother Zihao said is not bad, a boy was born in this world, and his merits will be taken immediately, so why rely on others?" But as a robe in the past, if I didn't know about it, it would be fine, but now that I know, I can't ignore it. ”

"Zilong, this time you and Zichun have the merit of saving the driver, that is, in terms of merit, and you are qualified to be a military marquis under me, how does Ye govern the army, Zi Hao told you, if you are incompetent, you are my own brother, Ye will never have half a point of preferential treatment, this time the third colonel of the brigade under the command of the captain and the Yulin Army have suffered a lot of losses, it is the time to employ people, you two are extraordinary in martial arts, and you also have the ability to lead the army, I want to recommend you two to join our army as a military marquis, there is a law to follow, I don't know what you two want?" Ye Zhao looked at Zhao Yun and Xiahou Landao.

"This ......" Zhao Yun hesitated, he wanted to follow his brother and go to the border pass to join the army, but what Ye Zhao said was not unreasonable, not to mention that Ye Zhao is now a guard lieutenant, and he already attaches great importance to the two of them when he is invited like this, and he can't think of any reason to refuse, not to mention, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan have not heard of Ye Zhao's deeds in the past few years, if they are not impressed, it is false.

"Zilong, what are you hesitating about?" Seeing that Zhao Yun was silent, Xiahou Lan on the side couldn't help but instigate: "Didn't Zilong often say that he hated to join the army with his eldest brother and fight side by side with the general?" ”

"Thanks to the general's wrong love, Yun is willing to give it a try." Zhao Yun glanced at Xiahou Lan, took a deep breath, bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "As long as the general doesn't give up." ”

"Good!" Ye Zhao smiled, smiled very happily, stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yun's shoulder and said: "I can get Zilong and Zichun to help, and Yizhao is lucky, then clean up and prepare to go back to Luoyang with me, do you still have relatives at home?" ”

Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan shook their heads, Zhao Rong joined the army when Zhao Yun was a child, and rarely came back, his father also died when Zhao Yun was twelve years old, and Xiahou Lan was an orphan.

"Then pack your bags, and I'll leave tomorrow!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Whoa!" The two bowed and watched Ye Zhao leave.

Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan glanced at each other, and could see the undisguised surprise and excitement in Xia Houlan's eyes, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook their heads, their own little hair worshiped Ye Zhao tightly, and this time he worshiped Ye Zhao's door, for Xia Houlan, it could be said that he had fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Ye Zhao took the two of them to join the personal guards led by Dian Wei and Guan Hai, and left Changshan all the way south to Hanoi to join the army.

Because Wang Fen and other party members conspired to kill the Son of Heaven, Liu Hong's plan to patrol the river this time was stranded, Liu Hong returned to Luoyang, but Ye Zhao did not have to rush back, and he had nothing to do when he went back at this moment, so after Ye Zhao returned to his hometown in Hanoi, he ordered the army to be stationed and lived in the old mansion.

Luoyang is afraid that Liu Hong will go back this time to set off a bloody storm, this kind of thing, Ye Zhao is unwilling to get involved now, the contradiction between him and the scholars is already very sharp, especially this time, it can almost be said that he destroyed the plan to assassinate Wang Fen, although Wang Fen has been executed, but looking at the murderous appearance when Liu Hong left that day, this matter is obviously impossible to end so easily, even if Liu Hong does not have direct evidence of the Yuan family's involvement in this matter, plus Wang Fen is dead, Xu Yu fled, Liu Hong has no way to clean up the Yuan family, I'm afraid that the vassal forces of the Yuan family will shrink a lot during this time, and this hatred will probably be remembered by the Yuan family, and when I go back at this time, I will give those scholars an outlet and spread their anger on themselves, although Ye Zhao is not afraid, he doesn't want to touch this brow.

In Luoyang, Liu Hong's safety is no problem, Ye Zhao is not in a hurry to go back, he lives in the old house in Huai County, reads books on weekdays, practices martial arts, and occasionally trains Jia Ding with Ding Li.

It wasn't until mid-February of the fifth year of Zhongping that Ye Zhao had to get up and go back to Luoyang.

But it was the war report from Xiliang, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo pacified the chaos in Xiliangqiang, Dong Zhuo received the Liangzhou herdsman who made Liu Hong angry, and at the same time felt that the military power in his hands was insufficient, and ordered Ye Zhao to return to Luoyang as soon as possible to reorganize the brigade, and at the same time, the women's barracks of Beigong Wei have also been rebuilt, and they have been expanded from the original 700 people to 1,200 people.

At the same time, Liu Hong also vaguely mentioned in the secret edict that he was preparing to set up a new army, hoping that Ye Zhao could return to the court to help him suppress the various parties that were ready to move, intending to meddle in the forces of the new army.

Liu Hong: This is basically going to divide the military power of He Jin, the general!

He Jin held the fifth school of the Northern Army and controlled the actual military power in Luoyang, but he did not help Liu Hong do his business, but mixed with a group of scholars.

Even if Ye Zhao set off immediately after receiving the secret edict, when the army arrived in Luoyang, it was already early March.

Re-entering Luoyang, Ye Zhao could clearly feel that Luoyang was much more depressed than before.

After Liu Hong returned to Beijing at the end of the year, he sacrificed the butcher's knife.

In Luoyang City, hundreds of scholars were imprisoned, and all those who had correspondence or close relations with Wang Fen, Xu You and others were taken down by Tingwei one by one, Luoyang Prison was almost overcrowded, and even the Yuan family was implicated in this matter, Yuan Shao was dismissed from the post of Si Li's lieutenant, and in the absence of Ye Zhao in Luoyang, Ye Zhao was concurrently served as Si Li's lieutenant.

In addition to Yuan Shao, many people in the Yuan family have been implicated, and even Yuan Kui has recently claimed that he is not sick and has not participated in politics in the DPRK for many days.

These are just scholars who have no direct evidence, and they were imprisoned, but the scholars who can find evidence directly or indirectly are immediately guilty of raiding their homes and destroying their homes, and in just a few months, tens of thousands of heads were swept away in the moat outside Luoyang City, and Ye Zhao also knew after returning to Beijing that for a while, Luoshui was dyed red.

The Son of Heaven was angry, and in Luoyang City alone, tens of thousands of corpses were ambushed, and I don't know how many wealthy families in the past were ruined and perished in Liu Hong's anger.

Ye Zhao thought to himself, if it weren't for his ability to save the driver this time, with his relationship with Wang Fen, there would be enough reason for Liu Hong to order Tingwei to send him to prison.

When Ye Zhao went to see Liu Hong, he was told that Liu Hong had been in poor health for the past few days and had been ill for several days.

This is not an excuse, but Liu Hong was frightened during this northern tour, and after returning to Beijing, he was furious and killed tens of thousands of people in one go, until everything came to an end, and his mind was relieved, and after giving Ye Zhao a secret edict, he fell ill the next day.

Zhang Rang asked Ye Zhao to wait patiently for a few days, and after the Son of Heaven's condition improved, he would officially crown Ye Zhao as a marquis in the court.

Ye Zhao was not in a hurry about the matter of the marquis, and after inquiring about Liu Hong's condition, he took his leave and left.

On the second day after returning to the house, he was approached by Cao Cao and dragged to the Drunken Immortal Tower.

"How could Mengde be so generous today that he was willing to invite me here?" Leaning on the soft cushions, Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao with a smile, the consumption of this drunken immortal building is not cheap, although the Cao family is rich, but it is also Cao Song's, even if Cao Cao is the heir of the Cao family, it is impossible to squander it at will, with Ye Zhao's understanding of Cao Cao, I am afraid that this goods will be so generous if they ask for something, otherwise, according to the style of eating and drinking on weekdays, how could he invite him here alone.

"It was also Ben Chu who touched Yuan Gong's eyebrows recently, and was grounded by Yuan Gong, which made him lose his gold lord in the first building, and I will have the opportunity to sit in this Sihai Pavilion to watch the song and dance, otherwise, even if I have the heart to invite you, I am afraid that I will not be able to compete with Ben Chu." Cao Cao laughed.

"Yes, if you can't fight, Meng De will go directly to sit with Ben Chu." Ye Zhao teased.

"Those who know me, cultivate Ming." Cao Cao looked at Ye Zhao with a smile, and said without blushing: "I haven't congratulated Xiu Ming yet, this time I have made a great contribution, not only have I won the position of Si Li's lieutenant, but I heard that when His Majesty comes to the court, he will be a marquis for you, if this is really the case, not counting those hereditary marquises, Xiu Ming will be the youngest marquis in the dynasty!" ”

Ye Zhao is only twenty-five years old this year, nearly ten years younger than Cao Cao, Cao Cao's father Cao Song has sat in the Taiwei, but Cao Cao has not been crowned marquis, Yuan Shao is the fourth and third dukes, and he is already nearly thirty years old when he is a marquis.

Seeing that his former friends were marquis one by one, it is impossible to say that Cao Cao is not envious and jealous in his heart.

"Brother Mengde's ability is above me, and what is lacking is only a chance." Ye Zhao smiled and added a glass of wine to Cao Cao and said, "This time I robbed Yuan Benchu of the position of lieutenant, I am afraid that it will be difficult to drink as in the past with Benchu in the future." ”

Cao Cao was silent when he heard this, looked at Ye Zhao, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Xiuming, you tell me the truth, is this matter really related to the beginning?" ”

"The matter has passed, and His Majesty will no longer pursue it, so why should you and I worry?" Ye Zhao shook his head and sighed, the Yuan family was damaged a lot this time, but it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, Liu Hong killed a large group of Yuan family's protégés and former officials, but he only dismissed Yuan Shao's official position, and only punished Yuan Kui, which made Ye Zhao a little regretful.

Don't look at the history of the final domination of the Central Plains was Cao Cao, but at this time, the Yuan family's power is so huge that once it targets someone, even if the other party is the Son of Heaven, it can make the other party breathless.

When Cao Cao heard this, he didn't say much, but looked at Ye Zhao and said with a smile: "This time I invited Xiu Ming to come, I really have something to ask for." ”