From Xiangyang Nanyang all the way north, it was Zhang Xiu's sphere of influence, Zhang Xiu was attached to Cao Cao at this time, and naturally respected Sun Lang and Wang Pu, and even sent troops to escort all the way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info walked hundreds of kilometers further, and in less than a day, it had already come to the boundary of Xudu.

This Xudu is the later Xuchang, which was originally an ordinary city and county. But this city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is by the water, more than 100 miles in the north is the Yellow River, the northwest relies on the Songshan Mountain Range, the west is blocked by Shiren Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, Funiu Mountain and other mountain ranges, the south has Dabie Mountain, Boshan and other mountain ranges horizontally, only the east is an open plain. In the era of cold weapons, such terrain was undoubtedly a strategic location that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After Cao Cao held the Son of Heaven hostage, he did not want to be contaminated with the decay of Luoyang, Chang'an, which had been ravaged by He Jin, Dong Zhuo and others, so he set up a new capital and built a palace here, which became the last capital in the Jian'an period at the end of the Han Dynasty.

After entering the outer city of Xudu and walking through the market for a long time, the people saw that it was the official honor guard, so they all avoided left and right. After half an hour, he finally came to the outside of a majestic palace. From a distance, majestic and grandiose, magnificent, one by one treasure beast cornices, one side of the glazed golden tile, May Day does not faintly reveal a layer of royal spirit, a good style of the Han Forbidden Palace.

The last puppet son of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, lived in this palace at this time, and the traitorous male Cao Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, who were famous for thousands of years, must be eyeing this place at this moment, ready to dominate the world day and night. When Sun Lang thought of this, he couldn't help but churn with blood in his chest and abdomen, and a sense of "who killed the deer, or it is unknown" was born, and even the hand holding the reins trembled violently.

However, Wang Pu led the group not to go to the palace, but made a detour, turned the road to the east, and came to the gate of a large mansion. The wall of the courtyard of this house occupies the width of a street, and the door of the house is very wide, and there is a large plaque with gold characters on a black background, on which the word "Cao Fu" is written. The vermilion lacquer gate covered with copper nails is ajar, and through a subtle crack in the door, you can vaguely see that there are pavilions and pavilions in layers, and at the door are guarded by a large group of soldiers with solemn faces and spears, at first glance, it is even more magnificent than the imperial palace just now.

A military academy at the gate stepped forward and said, "Who entered the mansion?" Get your name in! ”

Wang Pu stepped forward with a smile and said: "Disturb the general to go in and talk to Cao Gong, and say that Wang Pu went to Yangzhou to read the edict of the Son of Heaven on the order of Cao Gong, and now he has brought Sun Jian's son Sun Lang to wait outside the palace gate, and wants to see Cao Gong." When he had said this, he took out a silver ingot the size of a quail egg from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the cadet.

The military academy shook it in his hand and said, "Wait here, let me go in and tell Cao Gong!" Then he went into the house.

Sun Lang was not happy when he saw this, and asked Wang Pudao: "I am here to complete the marriage by the edict of the Son of Heaven, why don't you see the Son of Heaven first, but come to see Cao Gong in Baba?" ”

"Seeing Cao Gong is seeing the Son of Heaven, not seeing Cao Gong, seeing the Son of Heaven is also in vain! Childe is a smart person, why can't he even figure out this little truth? Wang Pu winked at Sun Lang, who was frowning, and whispered while signaling him not to be too loud.

Yes! Cao Mengde coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, named Han Chen, to be Han thieves, which is known to everyone in the world. But Sun Lang couldn't have expected that this Cao Mengde would be rude to this point, as if he had established another ****** outside the palace, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty only knew that there was Cao Gong, but did not know that there was an emperor, it was really the anger of people and gods, and heaven did not tolerate it!

However, how can you not bow your head when you are under a low wall? Although Cao Apu is a traitor, how can I, Sun Lang, be a general? One day, let me return to the sea, and the eagle will strike the sky, and I will definitely make a comeback, in order to help the Han family, except for you, a traitor!

Thinking of this, Sun Lang could only suppress the evil anger in his heart, and smiled indifferently: "Hahaha...... Cao Gong has a meritorious service in saving the Jingjing, but he is a loyal minister of my Han Dynasty, and he should indeed come to see Cao Gong first. ”

Wang Pu was happy, and stood respectfully at the door and waited. After a while, the military academy swaggered back and said, "Unfortunately, Gong Cao is not in the mansion today, this son surnamed Sun, let's go to the post house to rest first, and come back in a few days!" ”

When the man had finished speaking, he swaggered back. Only Wang Pu was left with an embarrassed face, so he could only smile at Sun Lang and say: "Yo, this is too unlucky, it seems that the son can only go to the post house to rest for a few days, hahaha......"

Although Sun Lang was angry in his heart, he could only follow Wang Pu's arrangement and live in a post house not far from the palace of Xudu. Although this Wang Pu was a minister under Duke Cao, he received a lot of gold and silver from Sun Ce and Liu Biao, and he was also extremely flattering and flattering to Sun Lang, not only arranging the best guest rooms for him to live in, but also selecting a few servants from his own family who were quick to serve Sun Lang's diet and daily life.

Two days later, Wang Pu came to the post house again to invite Sun Lang and took him to Cao's Mansion to meet Cao Gong again. Like last time, the military academy received a small ingot of silver, and then went to the mansion to ask for instructions, and when he went out, he pouted his face and said: "Unlucky, unlucky, Cao Gong went to the Son of Heaven to worship the Son of Heaven today, and he is still not in the mansion, you better come again next time!" ”

Sun Lang and Wang Pu could only return again in vain. After another three days, I went to Cao Mansion to pay a visit, and the result was still the same.

As the saying goes, again and again, two and no more, three times in a row was rewarded with a closed door, Rao is Sun Lang no matter how self-contained, at this time he can no longer bear it. On the way back, Sun Lang and Wang Pu rode side by side, while Dong Xi followed behind with an iron sword on his back. The more Sun Lang thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't suppress the resentment and anger in his heart anymore, so he said angrily to Wang Pu: "Since I came to get married, Lord Wang will take me directly to Cao Ren's house, and it will be over after marrying his daughter, why do you have to see that Cao Mengde?" Hum! As long as you become a parent, you will receive the edict and complete your mission. At that time, I will take Miss Cao to the south and return to Jiangdong, who cares if he sees it or not? ”

When Wang Pu heard this, as if he was frightened, he hurriedly motioned to Sun Lang to stop his voice with a panicked face, and lowered his voice and said, "Childe, don't say such rebellious words again!" Do you know that this capital is full of Cao Gong's eyes and ears? And all the generals of the forbidden army only obey Cao Gong's orders? You don't see him? You can't think about it! He doesn't have time to see you, so you can only wait honestly! Although marrying Miss Cao is an edict of the Son of Heaven, it is actually the meaning of Cao Gong, and he wants to get married if he doesn't see him? There's no such door! Want to go out of the city without a warrant from Gong Cao? Don't even think about it! ”