Inheriting Liu Yan's excellent genes, while the two brothers Liu Fan gambled on Ma Chao, how could they not leave a way back for themselves?

Their roots in Luoyang City are indeed not deep, after all, the Eastern Han Dynasty is a dynasty in which relatives and eunuchs alternately dominate, on the contrary, the survival situation of the royal family is relatively much more difficult, and some of the children of the royal clan still need to rely on the original mud to support the wall of the royal forest army to obtain some sources of livelihood, you can imagine how bad the situation is, it can be said that the people in the Eastern Han Dynasty are not like those hereditary kings who are divided into various places or Liu Yan and Liu Biao, who take the opportunity to divide one side, Whether you want to be an official in the DPRK and climb to a high position, or you are promoted in the army, it is not so easy.

And sometimes not to mention these, even some of the basic enjoyments of being a nobleman may not be there, except for that completely meaningless title, and this title is sometimes easy to become a burden on the body, and it is not for nothing that people starve to death for the sake of face.

Of course, the two Liu Fan brothers are not like this, in addition to the face problem, the most fundamental reason is that their ability is not good, such as Liu Fan and the two even if they do not rely on the father behind them, they will naturally not be able to live, but now that the emperor has gradually become a symbol, and more people want to take the opportunity to erase more of its meaning, Liu Fan and their relatives, as the royal family and nobles, not only do not get much benefit from their own background, but also often make people reject and exclude.

For example, Liu Ye was able to mix well under Cao Cao, except for his unique and excellent means of operating agriculture and fiddling with equipment, few people in the world except Ma Jun could stand out. His relationship with the royal family was too estranged, which was enough to greatly reduce Cao Cao's wariness of him, which was also an important reason; Brother Liu Fan is obviously not good, their father is still the emperor's uncle, they have been in Luoyang for so long, their ability is not to say that they can't do it, and it is impossible to be stingy with gifts, but so far they have been promoted slowly, and now they are the lower officials among the two Jiuqing, which has to be said to have a lot to do with their background.

In this case, although the two Liu Fan brothers are good at handling things. But on the one hand, my father was far away in the southwest and could not help. And with Liu Yan's character, he didn't offend many enemies at the beginning, and it was already good to leave them with the aftermath, so how could he expect him to leave any connections for them? On the other hand, their position is indeed a little awkward, which is also the fundamental reason why they seek an external force like Ma Chao to pray for a breakthrough, so it can be said that the only thing the two brothers can rely on here is themselves.

But it's precisely this with the help of itself. Let them be in the period of Luoyang, they are constantly groping and hitting walls. Found a path of your own.

The so-called snake has a snake path, and rats have a rat path. Since it can't get through at the top, let's take another path, anyway, the two Liu Fan brothers are rich enough to use this to set up a network among the people. And in fact, they also succeeded, the major forces in Luoyang City are intertwined, not to mention the complicated relationship between the families, the people are also mixed with dragons and snakes, and there are many strangers, but there are many people who just lack an opportunity, and Liu Fan can just give them such an opportunity, so another secret intelligence network is spread out in Luoyang, a place of right and wrong, which is also the result of the negotiation between the two brothers.

In fact, their initial idea was just that they thought that there was nothing to do anyway, and that it was good to do this, maybe they would have the opportunity to find out some useful news for their father, but that was their last way out in this world, and it was impossible to overdo it.

However, everything in the world is not completely transferred by people, some developments will slowly deviate from the track, some good and some bad, and obviously for the Liu Fan brothers, the development of this secret strength greatly surprised them, giving them a lot of surprises, although they are not a strong combat force, it is difficult to rely on them to fight like soldiers, but in terms of listening to news, spying intelligence and even infiltrating, it is really pervasive, where they can come into contact with the level, For them, there was no secret from the beginning.

It's just that until the last resort, the two brothers will not be willing to use it lightly, this is their lifeline, and it is also their last means of saving their lives, if they didn't come into contact with it before, it's just that, now after contact, the deeper the contact, the more they feel the horror of this aspect, they just inadvertently developed for so long It has been like this, you can imagine how many other such forces in Luoyang City are terrifying, Especially according to rumors, there is a dark force under Na Lu Bu's hands that is all over Luoyang and most of the north, and it seems that the murder of Li Yu and the other four people that happened in Yuzhou before is related to them, maybe the movements on his side are also in the ears and eyes of others, so once you want to use it, it is best to be prepared to leave this place directly.

And now, without a doubt, is the right time, so why not wait any longer?

Liu Dan acted decisively and was a fiery person, since it had been decided, Liu Fan had no objections, so he immediately went down to make arrangements.

Although he is not stable enough, Liu Dan can know the severity at the critical moment, and he can rest assured that he will do it, and Liu Fan himself is not sitting back and enjoying it, he also needs to do something, whether it is Liu Dan's family or his own family, it must be arranged in advance, at least to ensure their safety.

The difficulty of this matter is not high, you must know that although the other party is extremely strict with the supervision of the two of them, they are not even restricted from entering and leaving freely like the two of them, but they will follow and secretly monitor, but after so many days, if Ma Chao and Pang De do not have further new orders from their side, the vigilance of these secret monitors will inevitably relax a little, and the two of them may not change, but the other people in the house, even their wives and children, It may not be so tight and strict anymore, as long as it is planned properly, it will not be difficult to escort them out.

Of course, it's easy to say, but it's still a bit of trouble to operate, especially with so many people in the house, a stir may be known, in case anyone wants to ventilate the news, then they are ready to be stillborn.

Liu Fan first raised a plan in his heart. Feeling that it was almost enough, he called a few of his henchmen, and after whispering to them like and so on, he asked them to do as he was told.

At this time, Liu Fan was able to feel a little more relaxed, but his face was relaxed, but his heart was still very heavy, as he said to Liu Dan, this time the risk is really a bit big, if it is said that although the current situation is difficult and unwilling, but the bad life is still retained. Then if this time it fails. I'm afraid they don't even have a chance to live, but in life, if they don't want to do nothing, why fight?

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Luoyang City was the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty. The outline of the city is huge. There are 12 gates. There are two on the north, four on the south, and three on the east and west. And each side of this naturally has a main gate, and the rest is a small gate, such as the east side, the middle gate in the very center, which is the main gate of the three gates, is the highest and most important gate.

Entering from the Middle East Gate, a street in a straight line until the end is the compound road connecting the North and South Palaces of the Luoyang Palace, and Yuan Tan led his troops under Xun Chen Jian yì to take this road.

As for the matter of opening the city gate, it is really easy for Xun Chen, a little bit to hide people's eyes, where can those soldiers in the city be suspicious? What's more, at this time, Pang De and Xu Rong were mostly focused on the palace, and they must not have imagined that Xun Chen would choose to come in at this time, so naturally they didn't have time to remind these soldiers guarding the city to pay more attention, and they were induced by the other party under slackness, and the plan was also reasonable.

In fact, even if Pang De and Xu Rong are here, or if they have other explanations, Xun Chen also has another way to achieve the same effect, so in fact, Yuan Tan and his party at this city gate are settled.

And along the planned road, after entering the Middle East Gate, on the right side of the street is exactly the nobles, ministers, these upper echelons of the imperial capital live in Buguangli and Yongheli, it is also a coincidence, that is, when they pass through here, it is almost the time when they finish the side to lead the people to leave and go to the direction of the palace, but unlike them who plan to enter the North Palace along the East Gate after the East Gate, they take the road from the East Gate to the West Gate of the North Palace, and the routes of the two sides happen to become two parallel lines. Naturally, there was no intersection.

When he entered the west gate of the North Palace, Yuan Tan's side had just entered the Fu Dao, because Dong Cheng had transferred most of the garrison troops in the palace to fight against the Pang Dejun and protect the little emperor, so the situation was originally heavily guarded, almost five steps and one sentry, and ten steps and one post, but this time it was completely different, at least when Yuan Tan and they entered it, they didn't feel much obstacle, and they easily followed this road, so as to go straight to the North Palace Suzaku Gate (South Gate).

However, after entering here, he could clearly feel that there were more secret whistles, after all, he was getting closer and closer to the little emperor's bedroom, and Yuan Tan was also in a very uncalm mood at this time.

"The lord doesn't need to be so nervous......"

Xun Chen next to him looked calm, as if they didn't rely on him to get to this point, and in fact, his mood at the moment is indeed very calm, far from being as excited as Yuan Tan and them, after all, what they are entering at the moment is the palace, which is an incomparably mysterious and majestic place in the hearts of the subjects in the entire Han Dynasty, not to mention that no one can enter the place, Yuan Tan also thought that he might have such a day, but he didn't think that it would be in this way, This feeling is really complicated and difficult to explain.

But no matter what, in the face of Xun Chen's words, Yuan Tan still subconsciously said forcefully: "I'm not nervous, but I didn't think that I could enter it like this, and it's a little unbelievable that our journey is so smooth." ”

What he said was also true, not only him, at this time, the soldiers under him were all a little dazed, like Jiang Qi even began to fantasize about the scene of himself walking in a military uniform, what a wonderful longing it should be.

Xun Chen smiled faintly, but at this time his heart was a little tight, the more relaxed the palace guards were, the more it proved that the withdrawal of Na Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and others was greasy before, but at this time, although he had a glimmer of light, he always couldn't catch it, and he couldn't figure out what the other party's idea was, but one thing is for sure, although this may be a huge opportunity in front of him, it will also be a huge crisis and trap. Pang De's side had already jumped in first, Xu Rong didn't know where he was at this time, and how did they choose?

In the end, Xun Chen gritted his teeth, anyway, this time he was all about to block his own qiē and prepare to fight, what is there to hesitate at this time?

"Lord, let's go quickly, then Xu Rong still doesn't know where at this time, if he finds out before he finds the little emperor, although he is not afraid, it will also be a trouble......"

Xun Chen's words made Yuan Tan nod for a while, he is now obedient to Xun Chen, where is there no reason to allow it at this time. Nodding, he began to command the generals behind him. Let the soldiers under him speed up, not slack off in the slightest, and be sure to rush to the emperor's side as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, not long after doing it again, Yuan Tan suddenly turned his head and asked Xun Chen softly: "I don't know how sure Mr. is this time - please don't hide it and tell ...... completely."

Xun Chen couldn't help but be stunned. But it quickly reacted. There was a sense of relief in my heart. It was also at this time that his mentality had changed a lot, and he really taught Yuan Tan as if he were half a disciple of his own. And now that he can ask this question, it shows that Yuan Tan has made progress, and his first reaction is that from the perspective of being a teacher, he will naturally feel gratified.

But then he was shocked in his heart, because he still didn't want Yuan Tan to know so much, after all, if he really let the other party know that he was dragging them over to accompany him, then I am afraid that with the confidence he has cultivated now and the courage he has slightly exercised, he is likely to have the psychology of retreating immediately.

After thinking about it, Xun Chen smiled quietly and asked, "What does the lord mean by this, is it suspected that Chen has bad intentions?" ”

His eyes looked at Yuan Tan, and the meaning of the words was not fully finished, but he believed that Yuan Tan could understand it now, and Yuan Tan did understand it, Xun Chen meant that if there was no him, when they were in Jizhou before, they might have been defeated by Lu Bu in one fell swoop and annihilated by the whole army, and he Yuan Tan may not know where he is at this time, after all, a risky plan like this time, if it is not for a person like Xun Chen who is strategic, and has the courage and carefulness, he can't think of it and can't control it. In this way, Xun Chen has actually saved them once, is it specifically to save them and then just to harm them?

But then Yuan Tan woke up in his mind again, this question can actually be divided into two perspectives, one of which is naturally the previous one, and if you look at it the other way around, is Xun Chen purposeless to save them? If he is looking for a force to show his ambitions, Yuan Tan has the self-knowledge that he is not the best choice for Xun Chen, who has proven his worth, then Xun Chen's true purpose has to be doubted.

However, at this time, Yuan Tan has also matured a lot, although he immediately understood that Xun Chen may have hidden many things from himself, but he also couldn't figure out what he had in him, and in fact, Xun Chen's purpose was indeed difficult to imagine with his thinking, and besides, things had come to this point, and now even if he figured it out and regretted wanting to go, it was not so easy, and it was easy to lead to unstable morale, which was an extremely dangerous thing in the current situation. So he also kept quiet and continued to say softly: "Where did the military advisor say, it's just that the military advisor also said before, if there is anything that Tan doesn't understand, he will answer it carefully, this is a doubt in Tan's heart, not to mention just let the military advisor guess, the military advisor is too sensitive." ”

Xun Chen smiled, but he knew in his heart that there might be some rift between the two sides at some point, and today Yuan Tan finally couldn't help but say it, so he put this issue on the table, but now he can't care about it so much, at least for the time being, this issue has no impact, as for the future problem, now he can't think about it so far.

Even after entering Luoyang City, the ominous premonition in Xun Chen's heart has become stronger and stronger, maybe he and them will not be that far......

The north of Luoyang City is the mountain, and the two city gates on the back, among which the valley gate is directly adjacent to the mountain, almost from the mountain out of the mountain, it is not far in front of the valley gate.

And to say which side of the city and the city gate of Luoyang City are the thinnest guards, it is naturally not surprising that it is in the north, because there are mountains to block, it is difficult for the army to march here, even if they come, there is no place outside the city gate for their army to gather in formation, not to mention that there is the Luojiang River flowing through here, forming a natural moat, which can be said to form the best guard terrain.

However, thousands of troops and horses are easy to block, but they can't prevent the world's number one military general, the tiger prison god of war Lu Bu's tongguò, and in fact, Lu Bu is followed by two or three people at this time, less than when he went to find Zhang Liao before, because the rest of the people were either arranged to go to Jia Xu's side to report the news, or stay on Zhang Liao's side to do some things, in short, there are other arrangements, and with Lu Bu's self-confidence, if it weren't for the needless worry of Zhang Liao a little, they would have simply come over alone, The more people you save, the more cumbersome it becomes.

In fact, Lu Buzhen is not so arrogant that he is so arrogant that he has no one in his eyes at all, although he is very confident in his strength, but he is not the kind of person who is stupid enough to joke about his safety, and he will regret it until something happens, it is already too late, but it is not wrong to say that Zhang Liao's worries are meaningless.

Although Jia Xu and Zhang Liao had withdrawn all the troops under his command before, the members of the spy team secretly distributed in Luoyang were still there, and they infiltrated all parts of the city, up to the inner courtyard of the palace, down to the slums, and beggars' houses.

The reason why Lu Bu is confident that his safety is guaranteed is also all pinned on them, with them, it is not simple to help Lu Bu disguise an identity and blend in, even in the current Luoyang City, there is actually a chaos, everyone is in danger, I am afraid that no one will pay attention to him, a face that is very unfamiliar to some people, so even if Lu Bu does not hide it and swaggers out on the street, there is nothing.

Of course, he is not such a flamboyant person, and he is not so boring, just to verify that no one can recognize him, and deliberately make that kind of attempt, besides, he entered Luoyang here, it is also another important matter.

The two or three people who followed Lu Bu are, of course, also the absolute leaders in the army, although they are all unknown in the world, but they have at least second-rate strength close to first-class generals at hand, they dare not slack off on Lu Bu's safety issues, but they also seem to be very "professional", after entering the city, they did not deliberately keep vigilant around or were too respectful to Lu Bu to circle around him, but they were communicating with him very calmly, if they looked at it on the surface, they might feel that they were just some good men at a glance, nothing special, unless they have an extraordinary vision like Lu Bu, they can see that they are instinctively wary of their surroundings, and when they walk, they will try to surround Lu Bu in the middle into a protective layer without moving.

Lu Bu actually felt uncomfortable about this, and he didn't like it very much, but he was helpless, because it was not easy to refuse, after all, when he told Jia Xu that he was going to come here, he had repeatedly promised that he would definitely bring people and let them protect him, and he would not do it lightly, even if others were not here, Lu Bu still kept his promise.

They entered the city of Luoyang from the valley gate, and they didn't go far but they passed through the Taicang and the location of the treasury in the city, that is, the two places where food and weapons were hoarded, of course, they thought that they had sent people to loot these two places, and they came back to see it after many years, but they also thought it was interesting, after all, he would not come to this place without special circumstances when he was in Luoyang a few months ago, let alone pass through here, so it was the first time he saw this place again in these years.

Of course, at this time, these two places have been repaired, and the food and weapons have been restocked inside, but it is not so easy to make up for the original losses, not to mention that Lu Bu did not bother to invest in this area, just let Xun Yu pay attention.

And a little further from here, it is Yong'an Palace, which is also the place where Liu Xie, the young son of heaven, once lived. (To be continued......)