Chapter 24 The Jade Seal of the Country

It is not strange for Gao Ye to hear it, after all, the same is true of Cao Cao in history. www.biquge.info After Dong Zhuo fled west, Cao Cao marched all the way to pursue him, but when he reached Bianshui, he was ambushed and defeated, and even his life was almost sent somewhere. Cao Cao, who later returned to the camp, urged the princes to divide their troops to the west and besiege Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately the generals of Kwantung refused, and Cao Cao was disappointed in these people. It didn't take long for the alliance to fall apart, and Cao Cao also went to Yanzhou to develop.

Therefore, Gao Ye did not have a shocked expression at all about the news of Cao Cao's troops. Such a reaction shocked Guo Jia and Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun opened his mouth and asked, "Big brother, aren't you surprised at all?" Only one of the princes of Shandong, Cao Mengde, went to pursue Dong Zhuo. ”

"What's so strange about this, it's just Meng De, who still has a trace of fantasy about the big man." Gao Ye shook his head and smiled.

"But if you want to take refuge in Cao Cao, it's better to save him." Guo Jia said with a smile on the side, "When the time comes, you will have a life-saving grace with him, and no matter how suspicious he is, he will not do anything to you easily." ”

"Fengxiao, did you find that Cao Cao was very suspicious?"

"Haha, when I heard that Cao Cao killed Lu Boyu's family, I knew that he was very suspicious, otherwise, who would have slipped through the wall at night and heard the conversation of those unlucky ghosts."

Gao Ye couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "Do you think I should go and save him?" ”

"Yes, since you want to take refuge in Cao Cao, eldest brother, it is also the right thing to save him. You respect Li Ru under Dong Zhuo, so you are not afraid that Cao Cao will be ambushed by Li Ru and die there? At that time, there is really no one who can take refuge in you, is it impossible for you to take refuge in an unknown Liu Bei? ”

Gao Ye nodded and said, "In that case, Zilong is willing to come with me?" ”

"Whoa." Zhao Yun arched his hand, but was slapped off by Gao Ye's hand, and said with a smile: "Between our brothers, don't come to this set, it's annoying to me." Zhao Yun put down his hand when he heard this, shook his head and smiled: "Okay, my good big brother, not next time." ”

"Every time you say that!" Gao Ye shook his head and said, "You are not like Fengxiao, you can't do without wine, so I don't even have a way to punish you." Alright, go get ready, you and I will leave in a moment. Fengxiao, the soldiers are in danger and fierce, you just stay here. When Zhao Yun and Guo Jia heard this, they both agreed with a smile, and Guo Jia even smiled: "I, a weak scholar, am not suitable for the battlefield, thank you for your understanding." ”

said that Gao Ye was reorganizing the army and preparing to set off, and Sun Jian, who had already gone to Luoyang, was a completely different scene. Although it was already night, the fire in Luoyang still stained half of the sky red. As far as the eye can see, the scorched earth is full of broken walls, and there are countless ruins. Only the city tower, probably because it is the imperial capital, is extremely strong, so although it has been burned by fire, it is still standing.

Sun Jian still took the lead in ordering people to immediately extinguish the fire in Luoyang, which had been burning all night, and by now, the fire had slowly begun to decrease. The main thing is that this huge Luoyang City really has nothing to burn. Sun Jian, who extinguished the fire, couldn't let the sergeants be stationed in the city, after all, Luoyang City was full of dead bodies, and there was a scorched earth everywhere, even a battlefield veteran like Sun Jian couldn't help but want to vomit when he saw the tragic situation in the city, let alone other soldiers.

Cleaning up Luoyang City took Sun Jian's 5,000 soldiers and horses a whole day to barely collect the dead bodies. Only then did he put the army in the city, and he even set up a tent on the foundation of the Jianzhang Palace. As for the Jianzhang Palace, it has long since disappeared with this fire.

Sun Jian's soldiers did not stop cleaning up Luoyang City, especially when Sun Jian saw the imperial tomb being excavated, the whole person's face was even darker. Thinking of Sun Jian's dignified Han loyalty, seeing this situation, how can he not be angry! But anger was useless, Dong Zhuo took an army of 300,000, and the emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials, plus hundreds of thousands of people, fled to Luoyang together, and he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to. I had to sigh and order people to cover up all these mausoleums.

Not long after, another small school came to report, saying that there was a light in a well in the south of the palace, and asked the lord to go over and take a look. Sun Jian couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly followed the little school to look, only to find that sure enough, there was a faint light flashing in the well. I couldn't help but look up, a bright moon was above my head, and I secretly said in my heart, maybe it's just this moonlight reflection, but it's nothing unusual.

However, Sun Jian held the attitude of having dates and not hitting three poles, so he still let his soldiers salvage it to see what was in this well. Looking at the degree of decay of the corpse, I am afraid that it has not been soaked in water for a year! I guess there are still many people drinking water in this well, and I don't know if these people have any strange diseases.

But what really made Sun Jian care was actually the burden in the arms of the female corpse, and he didn't know what kind of valuable thing it was, but he was actually held by her. It's really a dead hold, because even when she died, she didn't let go of her hand. Sun Jian asked the two pawns to bring him the burden, and as soon as Sun Jian got his hands on it, he felt that this thing was quite heavy, but he didn't know what it was.

Sun Jian hurriedly opened the cloth bag, and when he saw it in the moonlight, it turned out to be a mahogany box with a golden lock on it. At this time, who would think about such a magical thing as finding the key, Sun Jian took out his knife, split the lock in half at once, opened it and saw that it was actually a seal.

On the moonlight, carefully look at it, this square seal is four inches in circumference, engraved with five dragons and buttons, missing a corner, and inlaid with gold. There are eight characters on the seal, but it's a pity that I don't know the seal, and I really don't know what is written on it.

However, Cheng Pu on the side couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly pressed the seal back into the box, and then said in a low voice: "Lord, this is the jade seal of the country!" ”

"Huh? How do you know? ”

"It is rumored that this jade seal is engraved by Baoyu and Shibi in the past, and there are eight characters written by Qin Xiang Li Si himself, 'Ordered by Tianji Shou Yongchang'. Later, Ziying dedicated the jade seal to Gaozu, which became the seal of my Han dynasty. Later, Wang Mang usurped the government, and the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan was forced to be in a hurry, and hit Wang Xun and Su Xian with this jade seal, and then Wang Mang ordered people to inlay it with gold. All kinds of deeds, none of them conform to this jade seal! ”

"I heard that He Jin died that day, and there was chaos in the palace, and the jade seal of the country was lost, but I didn't expect to be found here today!" Sun Jian couldn't help laughing.

"My lord, now the jade seal is the lord of heaven, and I think he will be able to ascend the throne as the emperor one day. In that case, you must not stay here for long! Anyway, Dong Zhuo has retired, we have already done something, it is better to return to Jiangdong as soon as possible, don't try to make a big deal! ”

"That's exactly what I mean!" Sun Jian couldn't help but nod and said, "I'll ask Yuan Shao to resign tomorrow." Sun Jian said, he couldn't help but look at the people around him, although the murderous intent in his eyes was naked, but he was still reluctant to restrain him. Although it is said that only by killing these people can today's matter be kept secret, it is extremely difficult to carry out here. If you escape one or two, you're done. Therefore, Sun Jian just asked everyone to keep it a secret, and then took everyone back to the camp together. Sun Jian was going to wait until the evening to find a way to attack these people. It's just that what he didn't expect was that one of them didn't wait for Sun Jian to kill him at all, so he went to Yuan Shao's camp early to inform.

Gao Ye knew all these things, but Gao Ye didn't take it to heart at all. It's just a jade seal of the country, as an atheist, how can he believe that whoever gets it can be on the Ninth Five-Year Plan such a miraculous thing. Not to mention anything else, a few days after Sun Jian got the jade seal, he was shot to death by Huang Zu's random arrows. A few days after Yuan Shu got the jade seal, he ascended the throne and became the emperor, and finally died in a foreign land. With so many living examples in front of you, why do you have to look for this jade seal? Then Sun Jian will get it if he gets it, who let him be in Luoyang now.

Therefore, Gao Ye didn't say anything about this matter to anyone, he just waited for Zhao Yun to finish his preparations, and then went to the big tent to tell Yuan Shao. After all, Yuan Shao is still the leader of the coalition in name, and it is also the right thing to tell him himself.

However, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Gao Ye come to tell him about sending troops, and then said strangely: "Mingxi also wants to pursue that Dong Zhuo?" ”

"Definitely. I heard that Meng De had a big quarrel with you, and I hurriedly pursued it. So how capable is Li Ru, how can he be defenseless? I'll send troops to save Mengde's life. Gao Ye sighed and said, "Meng De is still impatient, not as calm as you." Gao Ye secretly sent Yuan Shao a sycophant, which also made Yuan Shao's originally gloomy face better. After all, Guo Jia and his 3,000 men are still here, and he is not here, in case this Yuan Shao uses any small means for himself, it will not be good.

Now it's just a gentle slap in the face, which is enough to make Yuan Shao feel fluttering. According to his understanding of Yuan Shao, he can not be affordable, but he can't lose face! For those who make him lose face, Yuan Shao has always had no good intentions.

Mingxi's words are also reasonable. It was my fault that I didn't stop Mengde. ”

"It didn't have to be like this at the beginning, you and I both know Meng De's temper, fortunately, I have a lot of cavalry under my account, so I'll go after him, hoping to catch up."

"Alas, it's a pity that my men are all foot soldiers, and the cavalry led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou will only arrive tomorrow, otherwise I can help you." Yuan Shao said with a difficult face. Gao Ye didn't care much, after all, Yuan Shao was just talking, even if his cavalry arrived now, he wouldn't help Gao Ye in the slightest. This kind of thing that depletes strength and has no benefit, so he won't do it.

Then Yuan Shao said: "I don't know Mingxi, have you heard, that Sun Jian salvaged the heirloom jade seal in the palace?" ”

Gao Ye couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "No, there is still such a thing?" It can't be a rumor, right? ”

"There is a fellow villager under his tent who is with me, and he has come to report to me, saying that he has taken the jade seal of the country and is going to return to Jiangdong tomorrow. How important is the jade seal of the country, how can he be the son of a merchant who can take it? ”

"You'll know about this matter tomorrow when you see him, I'd better hurry up and chase Mengde, I'm afraid I'll never see him again if it's too late." Gao Ye made it clear that he didn't want to wade into the troubled waters, but Yuan Shao was also happy, but he just arched his hand and said: "In this way, then Meng De will ask you." ”