"I really didn't expect that the virtuous brother only took less than two years to rebuild such a scale of Luoyang New City on the ruins, the new layout of the city and the outside of the city, it is shocking, a piece of orderly large neighborhoods and markets, a number of reasonably distributed schools and medical centers, as well as the magnificent central square in front of the palace, and the wide streets together with the square city gates, everywhere shows the majestic and powerful extraordinary bearing, all aspects are far above the original Luoyang Imperial City, breathtaking!"

Cao Cao, who was holding the cold female wall, praised from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Cun still smiled calmly: "This is the credit of Lord Shixie, the late Lord Liu Yu and other feudal ministers and all the soldiers and civilians of Qingzhou. ”

"Hehe, your lords are meritorious, but if it weren't for Zijian's persistence, there would be no current Luoyang City!"

Cao Cao shook his head and smiled, and then he didn't say anything about it, but pointed to the endless convoy under the city tower, full of grain, grass and weapons, and asked:

"From the morning to now, the convoy full of food and weapons out of the city still shows no sign of stopping, I wonder if Zijian intends to empty Taicang and the arsenal in the north of the city?"

Liu Cun proudly explained: "Don't worry, Brother Meng De, a year ago, I Qingzhou secretly prepared for the western expedition to Chang'an, and the grain stored in Taicang totaled 1.5 million stones, and the new weapons and armor that were secretly transported into the three major arsenals in the northwest corner of the palace can easily equip 50,000 soldiers. ”

"The grain, grass and weapons that have been continuously transported to the camp in the west of the city since today are less than half of the inventory, which is enough for 100,000 soldiers of our army to go west to Chang'an to rescue the emperor and the minister of civil and military affairs."

Cao Cao was silent for a moment, then slowly turned around. Staring into Liu Cun's eyes: "Do you really want to rescue the emperor and that group of Chinese martial artists who are greedy for life and afraid of death?" You're not afraid to tie your hands and feet......"

"It's not afraid to say it's a frame. But—"

Liu Cun had a resolute look on his face: "I promised the first emperor." Even if there are many troubles, I must keep my promise. ”

After a long time, Cao Cao sighed unwillingly, lowered his head and thought about it for a long time, and looked at Liu Cun again: "For a long time, there have been many rumors about the first emperor summoning Zijian alone, some people say that the first emperor knew that his time was limited, and passed on to Zijian a secret edict related to the fate of the Han Dynasty and the inheritance of the royal bloodline. Some people also say that when the first emperor summoned Zijian alone, he entrusted the deceased queen and the current young emperor to Zijian, I don't know what the truth is? ”

"Of course, Zijian can be regarded as a foolish brother without any explanation."

Liu Cun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "So far, what can't I tell Brother Meng De?" Alas...... Regarding the secret edict, it is true, but there is nothing about Tuogu, it is completely the support of the first emperor for the new policy of Qingzhou! ”

"As for the situation on the day of the summons. Indeed, as rumored by the outside world, the first emperor introduced me to the deceased queen and the young young emperor. Let the young emperor recognize me, the imperial uncle who originated in the market, and officially confirmed the identity and status of my royal family, sat around, and chatted about family life for an hour. ”

"Now that I think about it, the first emperor at that time seemed to realize that his days were numbered, laughing from time to time, crying from time to time, and there was a little bit of support in his words, but the first emperor didn't say it explicitly, and it is estimated that he still has little confidence in me and Qingzhou in his heart."

Cao Cao was quite surprised after hearing this, and he also deeply admired Liu Cun's honesty: "Zijian is really open-minded!" The first emperor would be very pleased to see what Zijian was doing now in the Nine Heavens. ”

Liu Cun was quite surprised by Cao Cao's rapidly changing attitude, thought for a while and asked, "Brother Meng De finally believes that I Liu Cun is not a thief?" ”

Cao Cao laughed, and patted Liu Cun's arm cordially after laughing: "So far, do I Cao Cao still have the qualifications not to believe it?" ”

Liu Cun shook his head again and again after hearing this: "Hey, in the end, you still don't believe the fuck!" ”

"Haha-"

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't stop laughing, and the helpless Liu Cun couldn't help laughing, the two of them were like drunk madmen, laughing so much that tears were about to flow out.

Finally stopped laughing, Cao Cao wiped away the tears that he didn't know whether they were sad or happy, took Liu Cun's hand, and continued to walk slowly along the city wall:

"Zijian, since you sprung up and pacified the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, I have regarded you as the biggest opponent in my life in my heart, and on the day you became the Qingzhou Thorn History, I predicted that you Liu Zijian is far more terrible and respectable than the Yuan brothers......"

"In the years since, Qingzhou, which you ruled, has become rich and prosperous step by step in an incredible way and speed, and has become strong, not only have you taken in millions of displaced people, but you have also tried your best to recruit talents through Langya Academy, successfully controlled public opinion, and firmly occupied the orthodoxy and morality of the world as a member of the Han clan, so that Cao Cao, who was struggling for a long time, could not sleep at night and was worried!"

"But in the end, no matter how hard I try, I Cao Cao can't stop you Liu Zijian and the whole Qingzhou from becoming stronger and stronger, especially after you have successfully absorbed more than 100,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans after several wars, I finally know that I have lost the biggest opportunity in my life, so that when I attacked Xuzhou in the last fight, I was also bluffing and did not have any confidence."

"There are still unconvinced among my henchmen, even if Yuan Benchu, who came from the third prince of the fourth world and has an army of more than 200,000 people, was defeated by you in a blink of an eye, they still think that I Cao Cao has more than 80,000 soldiers in a hundred battles, and I can still fight with you Liu Zijian to dominate the world, only Xun Wenruo, Xun Gongda and Guo Fengxiao, the three great talents who are rare in a hundred years, are still self-aware, although they never say it, but I know that they have determined that this world is your Liu Zijian."

Liu Cun listened silently, carefully discerning the true meaning of Cao Cao's words, and did not say a word except for a wry smile.

Cao Cao, who was fluctuating in his heart, continued to confide: "To say something from my heart, until now I still look down on you Liu Zijian, I don't know if you are as you said, take the revival of the Han Dynasty as your own responsibility, and devote your life to the stability and happiness of my Han people and the stability and happiness of the people of the Han Dynasty and the generations to come, I don't want to dwell on these ethereal things anymore, I just want to ask Zijian: Do you believe that the Han Dynasty, which has fallen apart, can be passed on for thousands of generations?" ”

Liu Cun finally waited for what he was waiting for, finally saw Cao Cao's truest position and deep worries hidden in his heart, and at the same time keenly felt Cao Cao's helplessness, sadness and hesitation at this time, and knew that if he could not give Cao Cao a satisfactory answer, he would never have a chance to recover Cao Cao from now on. (To be continued......)