Cao Cao sank his face and said angrily: "If the father does not take revenge, what is the son of man?" ”

Xun arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, this revenge will naturally be avenged, but there is no need to be in a hurry." Yuan Shao in the north and Liu Xin in the south are the henchmen of the lord. Liu Xin's January date is coming, but the culprit he is asking for, I don't know if the lord is ready? Whether it is Yuan Shao of the Northern Expedition or Tao Qian of the Eastern Expedition, Liu Xin must be stabilized first! ”

Since Yuan Shao rejected the proposal for cooperation between the two sides, Cao Cao knew that a battle with Yuan Shao was inevitable, and he also began to make various preliminary preparations. But it wasn't because there were too many things to deal with that Cao Cao was negligent for a while and forgot about handing over the "culprit" to Liu Xin. Instead, Cao Cao listened to Xun's words and knew that Liu Xin had suffered too much loss in the battle with Dong Zhuo and was temporarily unable to launch a large-scale campaign against him, so he had the intention to delay.

Cao Cao did this, in addition to trying to test Liu Xin's reaction, he also had the intention of saving some face for himself, otherwise, if Liu Xin asked him for the "culprit", he couldn't wait to hand it over, wouldn't it make the heroes of the world laugh.

Even without Xun's reminder, Cao Cao knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer. Although Liu Xin suffered relatively large losses in the battle against Dong Zhuo, it may be difficult to launch a big battle, but if Liu Xin wants to take advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou to carry out a surprise attack, he still has this ability.

Besides, Puyang's city defense is absolutely impossible to compare with Xiangyang, and if there are not enough troops left, it will not be able to stop Liu Xin's offensive at all. If too many troops are left in Puyang, there is no guarantee that there will be enough forces to attack Xuzhou.

Although Cao Cao was bitter about his father's murder, he was not impulsive, and soon understood the priority of the matter, and muttered: "If Wen Ruo's words are reasonable, so let's do it, you immediately send five hundred soldiers to surround Wang Yun's mansion, get into the prisoner car, and escort him to Xiangyang day and night." ”

As soon as these words were said, it showed that Cao Cao had decided that the person who acted as the "culprit" was none other than Wang Yun.

Xun is a gentleman, and he values credibility more than life. When he returned from Xiangyang, he was also bent on facilitating a reconciliation and even an alliance between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to fight against Liu Xin. However, when all this came to naught, Xun had to seriously consider his promise to Liu Xin. For Xun, it doesn't matter who the "culprit" is, the important thing is to hand over this "culprit" to Liu Xin on time.

Hearing Cao Cao's order, Xun was very relieved, and arched his hand and said, "The lord is wise!" With Wang Yun, Liu Xin should be fine, but if he wants to use troops against Xuzhou, Yuan Shao must not be unguarded. ”

Chen Qun, who was standing on the side, suddenly smiled and said: "Wen Ruo doesn't need to worry, Yuan Shao is a resourceful and less decisive person, after he learns the news that the lord sent troops to Xuzhou, he will definitely gather the civil and military to discuss." The lord can send someone to send a generous gift to Xu You, Xu Yu is insatiable, and if he gets money, he will definitely help the lord to speak and persuade Yuan Shao not to send troops. ”

Cao Cao bowed his head and said: "Cao and Xu You have always been friendly, this plan is feasible. Changwen, this matter will be left to you in charge, and now arrange for someone to go to Yecheng secretly. ”

Chen Qun hesitated: "As long as you are willing to give up your money, it is not difficult to make friends. However, now that winter has begun, it is difficult to navigate the roads in case of heavy snowfall, which is a great inconvenience for the use of troops. ”

Xun arched his hand and said: "Although the plan of the long article can make Yuan Shao suspicious and temporarily not send troops, but it can be concealed for a while, but it cannot be concealed for a lifetime, and it will eventually be noticed by Yuan Shao." If the lord wants to use troops against Xuzhou, it is important to be fast. If it snows heavily, the Lord can use this as a cover and win by surprise! ”

Since Wang Yun came to Puyang, although he is still his Situ and is one of the three dukes, he has no real power, and he is under Cao Cao's surveillance everywhere, and even the guards in his house are all sent by Cao Cao, which is like house arrest.

Losing power is not a big deal for Wang Yun, when Dong Zhuo was in power, he had no power, and he was always on guard, not knowing when the demon king would kill him. As for freedom, he was also closely monitored by Dong Zhuo in the past, but now he is replaced by Cao Cao, Wang Yun has long been accustomed to it, and he doesn't care.

The only thing that made Wang Yun feel uncomfortable was that in the past, his mansion had many talented and good-looking kabuki dancers, who could entertain themselves when they were bored. Now, these kaki dancers are all separated, and it is estimated that they have become Liu Xin's captives. And Wang Yun didn't have much money left around him, and the distribution of Yulu was not timely, he was no longer able to raise beautiful maids, and even those two maids were planted by Cao Cao, maybe they were also sent to monitor him.

However, what Wang Yun didn't know was that even with such a life, Cao Cao didn't intend to let him continue to live. Just when Wang Yun was sitting in the courtyard, looking up at the sky in a daze, a team of wolf-like soldiers broke in.

I think that when he was in Luoyang, Cao Cao was qualified to sit in front of him, but now his soldiers broke into his home and didn't even say hello. Wang Yun felt that he had been bullied by Cao Cao and had no way out, so he stood up unconsciously and said angrily: "Wang is a dignified Han Situ, how dare you trespass on Wang's mansion!" Don't get out of here yet! ”

The captain of the personal army headed by him is called Wang Tu, when Cao Cao was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang, he was Cao Cao's subordinate, and later after Cao Cao was promoted, he also recommended him to be the captain of the northern part of Luoyang. After several tosses, Wang Tu defected to Cao Cao again. Because he was his old ministry and handsome, Cao Cao appointed him as the captain of his own soldiers, but in fact, in terms of ability and martial arts, this Wang Tu was very limited.

All villains have a penchant for rampant ambition, and this Wang Tu is no exception, he has Cao Cao's trust and grace, even if Cao Cao did not order Wang Yun's arrest, he would not take this three princes of the court who have no real power in his eyes. Now that he has Cao Cao's order, Wang Tu is even more fearless.

Hearing that Wang Yun was angry with him, Wang Tu was a slap in the face. Wang Yun is just a literati, and he is over fifty years old, although Wang Tu's strength is not very big, this slap also made Wang Yun's eyes burst into Venus, and half of his face was already swollen. Wang Yungang wanted to scold, but with a mouth, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and there were two broken teeth in the blood foam.

But Wang Tu didn't give up, grabbed a step, followed Wang Yun's leg is kick, and shouted: "You old immortal thing, kneel down for Lao Tzu!" ”

Wang Yun couldn't bear the pain, his legs were weak, and he had already fallen to one knee on the ground.

Wang Tu sneered, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on Wang Yun's face, waved his big hand, and shouted: "Come on, strip Wang Yun off his clothes and put him in the prisoner car!" ”

Even when Dong Zhuo was in power, Wang Yun had never been insulted like this, he couldn't help but be angry and fainted on the spot.

I don't know how long it was, Wang Yun was awakened by a sharp pain, he opened his eyes blankly, only to find that he was being flailed on top of a prison car, the sharp pain just now was caused by the car passing through a bumpy dirt road, his arm hit the wooden fence of the cage.

The elderly man had shortness of breath, Wang Yun didn't feel a little anxious, and wanted to shout "stop", but he could only make a "woo" sound, and then he knew that his mouth had been blocked by a dirty and smelly rag.

Wang Yun looked around, and it turned out that he was no longer in Puyang City, but walking in the fields, and he didn't know where they were going to get him. The prisoner's cart was tethered to a war horse, and the soldiers who escorted him were about five hundred men, and all of them were cavalrymen. From time to time, the cavalry raised the whips in their hands and drove the war horses to gallop quickly, and the prisoner cart naturally couldn't slow down, and the road was bumpy, and Wang Yun felt that the bones in his body seemed to be about to fall apart.

What made Wang Yun unbearable the most was that his urinating was getting thicker and thicker, and his mouth was so stuffed that he couldn't speak at all. In fact, even if he could shout, these soldiers would not stop for his convenience. Wang Yun's old face turned red, and the five fingerprints on his left cheek were particularly clear. Finally, Wang Yun couldn't hold it anymore, closed his eyes, and let the warm liquid fall on the prisoner car.

In Xiangyang City, the two grand weddings presided over by Liu Xin himself have ended, and some of the civil and military generals who came to attend the wedding banquet have returned to their stations one after another, and some are still waiting for Liu Xin's reception. At this time, Liu Xin was sitting in the study, listening to the report of Fu Zhu and Yu Chuan on the situation in the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

At that time, the entire Han Dynasty, whether economic or cultural, the center was in the north, and the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River were relatively backward, and the lives of the people were relatively poor, especially in the past few years, Wang Lang, Yan Baihu and others wantonly levied all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, plundering the people's fat and ointment, resulting in many people having no way to live, and could only choose to fall into the grass. Although the strength of these thieves is large and small, it has always been a headache for the local government. Liu Xin knew that if these thieves were not wiped out, there would be no way to restore the production in the three counties south of the Yangtze River, and the people would not be able to feel at ease.

After Yu arrived in Jiangnan, he took many measures, including vigorously providing relief to the victims, distributing high-quality rice seeds, building water conservancy, pardoning bandits who were willing to lay down their arms, and opening government-run medical centers in various counties and counties.

After the implementation of so many measures, it has indeed achieved good results, the people have gradually calmed down, and there are many fewer thieves than in the past, but it is not an overnight achievement to completely restore peace in Jiangnan. At this time, the planting season has passed, and the planting effect of these rice seeds will not be seen until next autumn. And some thieves are accustomed to the days of bloody knives, and would rather continue to live such a parasitic life without work than surrender to the government. Therefore, the Han naval army stationed in the south of the Yangtze River almost never rested well, and had to deal with thieves from all over the country from time to time.

These news originally only needed to be reported by Yu Fu alone, but Liu Xin still called Fu Zhu over, in addition to showing his importance to the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River, there was another purpose in it.