Jibei City is in trouble, and Cao De's goal now is to go to Luoyang Miansheng to receive the reward. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Due to the slow marching speed of the infantry, Cao De divided the army into two routes. One way, Cao Ren rushed back to Hanzhong with the slow infantry first; On the other hand, Cao De rushed to Luoyang with a faster cavalry.

Jibei City is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north, and Cao De could originally take a boat to go up the Yellow River, but considering that war horses are not suitable for boarding. Therefore, Cao De led the cavalry along the Yellow River to Wuchao. Prepare to cross the river from Wuchao to Guandu on the other side.

Previously, Cao De crossed the Yellow River from Guandu to Wuchao, and now he is returning the same way.

If only a thousand cavalry wanted to cross the river, it would definitely be faster than Cao De crossing the river with a large army earlier, not to mention that it was December, the flood season of the Yellow River had already passed, and the already small amount of water had already frozen. Cao De sent people to find a place where the ice was relatively solid, and directly led people across the river from the ice.

After Cao De arrived at Guandu, he repaired his troops. A thousand cavalry directly spread their hooves and rushed to Luoyang. But just when Cao De arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, the soldiers guarding the pass stopped Cao De. Any soldier or horse is not allowed to pass without the customs clearance document issued by Luoyang. Even if Cao De reported his name and said the reason, the answer he got was still two words, no.

In desperation, Cao De had no choice but to take Xu Shu and twenty guards to Luoyang alone. And the 1,000 cavalry could only be taken by Zhou Cang to stay in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

These thousand cavalry are Cao De's baby bumps. When Cao De left Hanzhong, there were only about 1,000 cavalry, and when he set out from Hanzhong, Cao De brought out 300 cavalry. After these days of hard work, Cao De finally created such a cavalry that truly belonged to him. Can Cao De not offer them as treasures? Originally, Cao De wanted to take this thousand cavalry to Luoyang to show off, but who would have thought that he would be stopped before he reached the gate of Luoyang.

Abandoning the large army, the speed of Cao De's group of twenty-two people suddenly became faster again. But Cao De had just left the Tiger Prison not far from Cao De when Cao De stopped. After thinking about it, he felt that his cavalry was not like that. When you get the reward and leave, if you come back to pick up the cavalry, it will be a detour again. Now the time has reached the twentieth of the lunar month, and there are still ten days to celebrate the New Year, and Cao De has to rush home to celebrate the New Year with Ren Hongchang and his son. If you don't go around like this, you'll have to go a long way again.

Immediately, Cao De immediately ordered a personal guard and turned around to tell Zhou Cang that he didn't have to wait for him. Take the cavalry directly around Yingchuan and go back to Hanzhong in Nanyang.

In this way, even if Cao De left, the speed of the team of only twenty-one people would definitely not be slow. In this way, Cao De rushed to Luoyang with Xu Shu and nineteen personal guards, oh, by the way, there was also a big box.

Let's say that Huangfu Song and others returned to the dynasty the day after Cao De left.

In fact, it's not just Cao De who is in a hurry to go home for the New Year, Huangfu Song, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others also want to. For the Chinese New Year, there is no special situation, who is like wandering outside.

Therefore, Huangfu Song and others also rushed back to Luoyang with more than 2,000 cavalry. Let the rest of the soldiers go their own way. What's more, there are not many soldiers who need to follow Huangfu Song back to Luoyang at all, most of them come from which battalion and then go back to which battalion. As for Liu Hong's reward, Huangfu Song will receive it on his behalf first, and then distribute them one by one according to the roster. However, as for whether Huangfu Song will be issued, it is unknown.

Therefore, when Cao De arrived at the meeting place agreed with Huangfu Song outside Luoyang City, a military camp had already been built.

Huangfu Song is indeed much faster than Cao De. When Cao De crossed the Yellow River with his cavalry, he spent a lot of effort. In fact, Cao De's choice to walk directly on the ice was also a last resort. The surface of the Yellow River has frozen, and it is certainly not easy for boats to walk. If you wait for the ice to break slowly, you don't know how much time it will be delayed. Therefore, in order to save time, Cao De had to take risks and stride onto the ice. What's more, Cao De, a little Taishou, actually wanted to take a thousand cavalry to Luoyang, which was really a big joke. Just the cities and checkpoints he encountered on the road also wasted a lot of time. And the emperor Fu Song is the commander-in-chief of the three armies personally appointed by the emperor. Even if they bring a million people, they still have the green light all the way. Therefore, it is not surprising that Huangfu Song arrived before Cao De.

After Cao De arrived, he first went to report to Huangfu Song, and then used the reason that the road was far away and people were sleepy and lacking. He didn't stay long in Huangfu Song and returned to his tent.

There was nothing to say all night, and the second day was not yet the end of the day. Cao De was shouted by Xu Shu. When Cao De got up, he found that there were many more people in the camp. They were basically all dressed in palace clothes. Xu Shu didn't give Cao De a chance to observe the visitors carefully, so he pulled Cao De to Huangfu Song's camp.

After Cao De entered the tent, he found that a person dressed in eunuch clothes was sitting tall on the main seat, and Huangfu Song, who was supposed to be on the main seat, was actually standing on the side. Under Huangfu Song still stood Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others. After Cao De entered the account, the number of people was full.

When Huangfu Song saw that Cao De was coming, he hurriedly greeted Cao De, "Anbang, come and meet Zhang Changshi." At this time, Cao De reacted, it turned out that this person was the famous Zhang Rang.

Cao De hurriedly saluted, "The lower official pays a visit to Zhang Changshi." Zhang Rang, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and didn't even raise his eyelids, but simply gave him a thanks.

Then, Cao De looked at Huang Fu Song embarrassedly, Huang Fu Song waved his hand to Cao De, and Cao De hurriedly walked behind everyone. Afterwards, Huangfu Song respectfully said to Zhang Rang: "Zhang Changshi, everyone is here." ”

Zhang Rang thanked again, closed the bamboo slip in his hand, and finally raised his eyelids. Zhang Rang looked around, stood up, and stood with his hands in his hands, "All the generals are here." Then our family won't be verbose. Today, three o'clock in the afternoon. Your Majesty will receive you at the palace gate. We're here today to remind you of the old man. Don't think you'll be able to your tail if you win the battle ahead. This is Luoyang, not your barracks, so be careful with our family. It is now nearly four hours before His Majesty receives you. Whether you will be able to see Your Majesty or not is still unknown. Listen, when you go back, hide your tails first, take a clean bath, polish the armor you are wearing, and then decide whether you can see Your Majesty after our family has reviewed it. Oh, by the way, someone from our family will explain the etiquette to the generals later. You can all remember it for our family, losing our family's face is a small matter, and losing your life is a big thing. Okay, we don't have a lot to say, let's go and prepare. ”

Zhang Rang is Liu Hong's father, and his words can be said to be half a holy decree. Now that Zhang Rang has made it very clear, all the people in the tent except Huangfu Song immediately saluted and said goodbye to prepare.

Cao De walked quickly to his tent, and Xu Shu followed Cao De closely behind. Cao De whispered in Zhang Rang's tone as he walked: "Fortunately, our family is prepared. Otherwise, you will really suffer a loss. For Cao De's boring actions, Xu Shu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. You must know that the people in the camp are basically Zhang Rang's people, and if someone makes a small report, then the two of them will have to walk around without eating. Fortunately, Cao De's voice was small enough. Except for Xu Shu, who happened to be behind, he could hear it, and the rest of the people were really hard to hear.

Cao De turned into the tent, just took out his armor, and wiped it carefully. From outside the tent came a small eunuch. At this time, Cao De was concentrating on wiping his armor, and suddenly felt that someone came in. So when he was about to tell someone to help him get a basin of water, he looked up and saw a little eunuch wearing eunuch clothes. Cao De hurriedly put down the armor in his hand and greeted him with a smile on his face. Cao De didn't notice it, and directly shouted "Father-in-law." ’

"Father-in-law, you're here. Zhang Changshou said that the guild came to explain the etiquette, and it was really a father-in-law, and he had some heart to show respect. As he spoke, Cao De took out a piece of silver ingot and handed it to the little eunuch who came in.

The little eunuch didn't care about what Cao De called him when he saw the silver ingot that Cao De handed over. nodded, and said in a childish voice: "A little thing, not enough to worry about." Since the general is so enthusiastic, then our family is disrespectful. ”

Immediately, the two bribe-givers laughed in unison. "Actually, there aren't many things that the general needs to pay attention to, the general just needs to be like this. ……”

Then, the little eunuch told Cao De about some things that needed to be paid attention to later, and Cao De kept it firmly in his heart. After the little eunuch finished explaining, he was ready to say goodbye to Cao De and leave. Cao De hurriedly handed over another silver ingot of the same size as the previous one. The little eunuch said with a blooming face: "The general is really temperamental. The general, this friend, our family has made a deal. Now that the generals are clear, our family still needs to report to Zhang Changshi. Then our family will leave. ”

Cao De hurriedly got up and clenched his fists and said, "It's an honor for the lower officials to be friends with my father-in-law." Since the father-in-law is leaving, then the official will not be far away. Father-in-law go well. ”

After the little eunuch left, Cao De spat viciously into the ground, "Vampire! Then, Xu Shu immediately got into Cao De's tent. And Xu Shu happened to see a mouthful of fresh thick phlegm on the gorgeous carpet. Xu Shu wiped it with his foot and said to Cao De: "Lord, everything is ready." ”

Cao De nodded and shouted, "Second Li!" ”

When a guard outside Cao De's tent heard this, he immediately came in, "What does the general command?" ”

"I'm going out and polishing this armor of mine. Later, I will wear it to meet Your Majesty. Don't lose my face. ”

"Don't worry, General. The subordinates did not dare to guarantee how bright it was. But the subordinates of Liang who are more confident than others. Liu Lao Er said with a smile on his face.

Cao De nodded and then got out of the tent. Walking towards a tent in the camp, one of Cao De's personal guards followed Cao De's pace with a delicate small box.

What did Cao De do, of course, he went to give gifts. So who to give it to, do you still need to ask, of course it's Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang's tent was easy to find, and the largest group of tents was the one with the most little eunuchs coming in and out.

Cao De walked quickly to Zhang Rang's tent and asked the eunuch guarding outside, "Dare to ask, is Zhang Chang here to wait?" After a while, Hanzhong Taishou Cao De Cao Anbang asked to see. ”

The little eunuch guarding the door nodded and got into the tent after seeing the silver handed over by Cao De. After a while, the little eunuch came out again and said, "Go in, but your guards can't go in."

Cao De turned around and took the small box from the hands of the guards, and ordered: "Wait here quietly, I will come when I go." Then Cao De held the small box in one hand and opened the curtain of the tent with the other.

After Cao De entered, he was able to carefully observe the appearance of Xia Zhang Rang. If this Zhang Rang takes off the skin of the eunuch outside, he will only be an old man who is nearly fifty years old, but because Zhang Rang has been in contact with a high position for a long time, he has developed a momentum that changes his face quickly.

"Who's coming?" Zhang Rang said with a singing voice.

Cao De hurriedly saluted and said, "Xiaguan Hanzhong County is too guarded by Cao De and Cao Anbang." This time I came to visit Zhang Changshi. ”

"Oh, Caode. Oh, I remember. Cao Song, the son of Taiwei Cao! Our family is just a person who serves by His Majesty's side, what does the son of Taiwei Cao mean when he comes to visit our family. Cao De can be sure that this one is really pretending to be confused.

Cao De hurriedly said: "Zhang Changzhi laughed. Previously, Xia Guan was fortunate to serve as the Taishou of Hanzhong County, thanks to Zhang Chang serving by His Majesty's side, replacing Xia Guan's good words. Xia Guan is not an ungrateful villain, how can he forget the great kindness of Zhang Changshi. Now that the lower officials are fortunate enough to lead the troops to recruit the Yellow Turban Army and get some treasures, they quickly picked some valuable ones to come to honor you. I also hope that Zhang Changshou will smile! Cao De said as he presented the small box in his hand. By the way, the lid was also opened.

A dazzling light suddenly made Zhang Rang's face even uglier.

Zhang Rang looked at the gift sent by Cao De and nodded, "I have a heart, since Cao Taishou is enthusiastic and difficult to refuse, our family will be disrespectful." Okay, we understand your intentions. We're still very busy, so let's leave if we don't have anything to do. Cao Taishou has to behave well. Strive for Your Majesty to know you. ”

As soon as Cao De heard that this was an order to expel guests, Cao De immediately saluted again and said, "Since Zhang Changzhi has something to do, then the lower officials will not bother." With that, Cao De slowly withdrew from Zhang Rang's tent.

After walking out of the tent, Cao De said secretly, "Old man Zhang, you don't have a few days to jump, my Cao De's things are not so easy to take." ’

After Zhang Rang waited for Cao De to leave, he lifted the small box sent by Cao De with a smile, walked behind the screen behind him, and put Cao De's box on the top of a pile of boxes. "It's really worth the trip, our family is rich again!"

Feelings are not only Cao De's gifts. The most important problem is that accepting bribes is a courtesy for Zhang Rang. This is only Zhang Rang's first income, if these generals still have some ideas, Zhang Rang can have another harvest.

Although Cao De was a human being in two lives, he also stayed in Luoyang for several years. But this is really the first time for Cao De to pay bribes.

When Cao De returned to his tent, Li Lao Er was still carefully wiping his armor. Cao De sat in his seat with a butt, "With this moth, the big man is really dangerous." ”

The eunuchs themselves are incomplete people, and four and a half of the ten eunuchs are psychologically distorted and perverted. And almost all of these eunuchs were from the grassroots, and they didn't know a single word of Douda before entering the palace. Let such a person be powerful in the government and government, and the world of the Han Dynasty will be a mess sooner or later by them. It is precisely history that has indeed proved that as long as the eunuch has great power, it is not far from destruction.