Du Bo was in awe: "It turned out to be Lord Commander of the Northern Governor, and the last general has seen Lord Commander!" "Cao Cao is a fellow boss, and this boss is amazing.

In the third year of Xiping (that is, in 174 AD, the year before the novel), the twenty-year-old Cao Cao was promoted to filial piety and entered Luoyang, Kyoto. Last year, Cao Cao was recommended to be the lieutenant of northern Luoyang. As soon as he took office, he ordered to make "five-colored sticks" and hang them around the yamen, and all the powerful and powerful people would be killed if they violated the criminal law.

At that time, the uncle of the eunuch Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo, who was favored by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, was forbidden to walk at night, and Cao Cao showed no mercy and executed Jian Tu with a five-colored stick. His strict law enforcement and iron-faced selflessness made the overbearing and idle dignitaries and nobles in the capital of Luoyang under the emperor's nose shocked, and the social order was greatly purged.

Cao Cao was famous for this incident, but he also offended Jian Shuo and some other powerful people in the dynasty, because of the relationship between his father Cao Song, he did not rectify him, but now he is basically suspended, and he is idle at home, and it is said that the imperial court is going to prepare to transfer him out of Beijing.

Cao Cao took a look at the Du Bo in front of him, with a strong body, his eyes were bright, quite strange, but he didn't know him, it seemed that he was a newcomer who had just taken office, but he encountered such an unlucky thing, and it was estimated that he was in a worrying situation.

"What is this brother called? I've never seen you before. ”

"In Xia Bichuan, not long after taking office, the captain didn't know." Duber said respectfully.

At this time, Yuan Shao, who was beside him, calmed down and saluted deeply to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, if it weren't for you tonight, I would have died here." ”

"Originally, you and I don't have to be so polite." Cao Cao hurriedly returned the salute, and then his eyes shot fiercely, and he said coldly: "What kind of person is it, who is so lawless that even the first brother dares to assassinate him." ”

"Who else can it be, and it is naturally Zhang Rang who has a grudge against me." Yuan Shao sneered, looked at the corpse on the ground again, and said in a lamented voice: "It's a pity that my loyal servant has blocked a disaster for me." ”

"This first festival mourns and changes, and this righteous man also died a well-deserved death." Cao Cao comforted.

Yuan Shao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in confusion: "Meng De, how did you expect that someone would set up an ambush to assassinate me here?" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Do you remember the three cuckoo calls that suddenly sounded on the road? ”

Yuan Shao thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Naturally remember." ”

"Although the cuckoo has a loud call, day and night, it is timid and rarely appears in crowded places, and it chirps non-stop, how can it only call three times? Such a strange thing naturally can't be careless......"

Cao Cao didn't say any more, Yuan Shao understood what he meant, since he knew that there was danger ahead, let his own slaves go to meet the enemy, hide in the dark, and wait for it to change is the best way, although it is quite cruel to let his house slaves go to death, but it is very likely that he will not be able to escape with his house slaves together.

"Everyone in the world says that Cao Cao is smart and profound, and it is true." Yuan Shao said with a smile, his mood was a lot lighter, he was not dead in this catastrophe, and his heart was full of gratitude to Cao Cao.

Then he saluted the Dubo and said, "Thank you Dubo for saving me, and please be a witness, those men in black can't be counted as this when they assassinate me." ”

Seeing that he didn't pursue his intentions, Bi Chuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Naturally, this is the duty of the subordinates. "Bow your head, thinking in your heart.

Cao Cao's eyes were sharp, and when he saw his expression of wanting to speak, he said: "Brother Bi Chuan, if you have anything to say, I can have a discussion." ”

Bi Chuan hesitated for a moment before he said, "Those few black clothes may not have been sent by the eunuchs. ”

"Oh? Does this brother know the origin of those men in black? Cao Cao's eyes lit up and asked, and Yuan Shao also looked at him.

Bi Chuan said: "That group of black-clothed people are as light as swallows, and the eaves are like walking on the ground, and those who have this ability in this world are afraid that only the disciples of the Immortal Sect who have stayed for a long time have them." ”

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao glanced at each other, both frowned, Yuan Shao sighed: "In the past two months, the most heard is the Changliu Xianmen, I heard that Zhang Rang that eunuch, went to Zhuo County, and brought back a lot of so-called fairy world immortal weapons, hehe, let His Majesty be overjoyed, a few days ago let Zhang Rang run to invite the demon to come out of the mountain, if this person comes to Luoyang, and the eunuch party is angry, I will never have a bright future." Cao Cao also nodded in agreement.

Bi Chuan was displeased, and said categorically: "It is impossible for the immortals to be in the same stream as the eunuchs. My lord, in my opinion, Shangxian is noble and arrogant, otherworldly, and absolutely disdainful of being in the company of eunuchs, if he can come to the imperial capital, it will be a blessing. ”

Yuan Shao saw that his tone was abrupt and displeased, but Cao Cao didn't care, and asked curiously: "Oh, what about that demon below...... The immortals don't know much, can Your Majesty tell you? ”

"Naturally! Under is the people of Youzhou, a few months to come to this imperial capital, although I have not seen the immortal Xianyan, but I have heard a lot of his strange things, Bai Shangxian came from overseas immortal mountain, at the order of the master to come to the mortal world to experience practice, in Zhuo County for the first time to meet the great Confucian Lu Zhi's eldest son Lu Min......"

Du Bo said a lot of Bai Ziyun's various rumors, some are true and some are false, some are weird and exaggerated, and some are really happening, in short, Bai Ziyun is a man among immortals, how can an immortal be in the same stream with a eunuch?

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao didn't think so when they heard this, they didn't recognize Bai Ziyun if they were immortals, even if he was an immortal, he didn't care about eunuchs colliding with him, and he couldn't stop his disciples.

At this time, there was a commotion not far away, and it turned out that it was Tiqi who informed Yuan Shao's family, and the family finally arrived with the guards. Yuan Shao was too frightened tonight, didn't dare to stay out, said goodbye to Cao Cao, and returned home with the guards at home.

Yuan Shao returned home, and remembered Bi Chuan's words, if according to him, it was not the eunuch party, why did the people who stayed in the Xianmen come to assassinate themselves, thinking that he had always been self-disciplined, and he was bold and generous, and he did not offend the people of Youzhou who were so far away, could it be that someone in his family did not follow the rules and acted indiscriminately, offending the Changliu Xianmen?

With this idea, Yuan Shao decided to put the slaves in the house in order tomorrow to see if there were any slaves with bad deeds.

Yuan Shao had such a big thing, naturally it was inevitable that the family would know, and after his uncle Yuan Kui knew, it didn't take long for him to run over, and after some inquiry, Yuan Shao told the matter.

Hearing that his nephew was assassinated, Yuan Kui was shocked and said angrily: "You are confused, our Yuan family is very strict, the servants are humble, and the children are modest, who doesn't know this Luoyang City, how can they do evil things?" What's more, Youzhou is so far away from Luoyang, how can we offend the immortal gate for a long time, it must be that Zhang Rang promised some benefits to that demon dao, and that demon dao sent a disciple to assist the rebel eunuch. You and that Cao Apu protect the party, and the rebel is narrow-minded, and there are strangers around you to have the courage to do this kind of thing. ”

Yuan Shao suddenly realized, and said: "Uncle is reasonable, but it's a pity that those people's martial arts are too high, and they can fly the eaves and walk the wall, and we can't catch them." ”

"Well, I also heard that the demon Dao is good at practicing qi, and the saint got a set of qi training methods from this person, and he has practiced for two months, and now his complexion is ruddy, his complexion is radiant, and he is no longer as pale and weak as before, and his qi and blood are gloomy, it seems that the demon Dao is quite good at health preservation." Yuan Kui frowned and said.

"I heard that Bai Ziyun is a true immortal, who came down from the immortal world last year and came to my Han to enter the world to practice."

Yuan Kui said disdainfully: "Immortal God Miao Miao, how can mortals see it, that demon Dao is just a skilled monk who deceives fools, and Li Shaoweng is just a man who is a scholar and a cow." ”

Yuan Shao nodded in agreement, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "It's just that that person's disciples and grandchildren are so powerful, even if he himself is not a god, he should have obtained some inheritance of the immortal god, so he can have such a miracle, such a strange art should be in the hands of the imperial court, how can it fall into the hands of a wild dao." Uncle might as well go to Youzhou and let Liu Zhijun (that is, Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou) arrest this demon. ”

Yuan Kui shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm afraid it won't work, Your Majesty has asked Zhang to let the eunuch go to Zhuo County again and make him a long-term general." This person is already a scholar and can't be dealt with by ordinary means. (The Han Dynasty did not have such a thing as a national teacher, and the immortal master was generally named a general, such as Zhang Jiao who proclaimed himself "General Tiangong" during the Yellow Turban Uprising)

He was worried again: "Those people are so powerful, you can't stay in Luoyang, you will go elsewhere tomorrow and hide for a while." ”

"This ...... The nephew is preparing to return to his hometown to make up for his father's funeral, and it is not suitable to go out. Yuan Shao hesitated. (The ancients had to return to their roots, so Yuan Shao's mourning should generally be in his hometown of Ruyang, Runan, and the previous article said that Yuan Shao was mourning in Luoyang, which was written wrong, so change it here.) ）

"I am in a hurry, and I can't take care of this matter, since it is to make up for the funeral, I will make up for it later."

"No!"