Although his wife did not say it explicitly, Xu Ji faintly felt that things were not so simple, if it was just because Cai Yan missed his family, there was obviously no need to deliberately appear in front of him, obviously he could order his father and daughter to meet in private, which would not only save him embarrassment, but also avoid the current trouble.

Xu Ji couldn't help but turn around, only to see that his wife still had an inexplicable smile on her delicate face, and there was some incomprehensible meaning in her eyes, Xu Ji couldn't help frowning, but he still suppressed the doubts in his heart and didn't ask more. But Xu Ji still couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, the changes in the wife around him, the once brutal girl has now lost the arrogance she had at the beginning, but has become more calm under her own influence, but Xu Ji is not happy about it, which means that Yining is forced by the environment around her, which is obviously her own problem.

Thinking of this, the years in Luoyang in the past have come to life: Emperor Han Ling, Wang Yue, He Jin...... One by one, people who have an inextricable relationship with themselves pass by in front of their eyes, and they can't help but feel a lot of emotion for a while.

However, at this time, Xu Ji also knew that Lu Dao was not talking about these sad things, and when the father and daughter saw each other freely, they had something to say, and Xu Ji simply ordered everyone to go to the side hall to discuss matters. And Yining naturally stayed here, after all, she was a princess, and it was not suitable for outsiders to know, of course, it was impossible to show her face.

Among the people present, Xu Ji's most curious person is, of course, Xi Zhicai, although he rarely writes to Xu Ji, but he still specifically mentions this talent that he is full of praise. Therefore, Xu Ji naturally wants to personally understand this Jin Liang, of course, this is not a question of Xi Zhicai, in fact, Xu Ji still has full confidence in Xi Zhicai's vision. It's just that if you can't understand the abilities of these guys under your hands, how can you make the best use of your resources and make the best use of your talents?

After everyone sat down in the side hall. Xu Jicai said to Xi Zhicai: "Yuan Zhi, I don't know something. Why have you cut off correspondence with me since last year, and I am so worried that something has happened to you? Xi Zhicai saw Xu Ji's concerned expression, although he had been listening to Xi Zhicai say how Xu Ji was before, but he had been worried about it, he was also warm in his heart, and said with a smile: "We have no choice about this matter, only the lord is worried." ”

Later, Xi Zhicai explained that it was because of the big incident caused by Xu Ji in Yanzhou and Jizhou, which caused traffic jams and blocked traffic everywhere, so that the news could not be transmitted. And in fact, Xu Ji could also think that when Chen Liu instructed Liang Xi to reform the system, he encountered huge obstacles, and even blocked the news from the outside world.

And Xu Ji immediately asked the question he really wanted to know: "That's it." I understand. Zhicai, in the past two years, what happened to Chang'an? Why does Shi Ah say that he only has an inch of merit? Of course, Xi Zhicai, who had been watching Xu Ji subdue Xi Zhicai, was not surprised by Xu Ji's question, and when he heard Xu Ji ask, Shi Ran got up and saluted: "Back to the lord, this is a lot of interesting things." Let's talk about Dong Zhuo first, this person is really lustful, everything in the emperor's inner palace that he can see has been raped by him, even the young princess will not let go, as for the witch goddess who was given to the first emperor in Jinan, it has become a hot item. was assigned to Dong Zhuo's right-hand man. Everyone was happy. Xu Ji nodded when he heard this, which was not unexpected by him.

Seeing Xu Ji nodding, Xi Zhicai also smiled and continued: "Actually, there are more interesting things, recently, for some reason, Dong Zhuo heard that his subordinate general Zhang Ji's wife Zou is very beautiful. I was moved by lust and wanted to ask Zhang Ji for someone, but I couldn't open my mouth. However, I heard that the Zou family itself is not a good person, and he has a leg with many people. just made Zhang Ji fascinated, and regarded her as a treasure to the point of not even believing the rumors from the outside world. There are quite a few people who say. In fact, Dong Zhuo has already been with this Zou family for several years, and he is an old acquaintance. ”

Xu Ji's heart moved when he heard Zhang Ji's name, originally in the memory of his previous life, Dong Zhuo had actually died in Wang Yun's calculations this year, when his arrival obviously changed history, this year Dong Zhuo not only did not die, but many interesting things happened in Chang'an City. This Zhang Ji himself is not famous, but his nephew is a famous figure, and his chief bodyguard Dian Wei died in the hands of Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, of course, this Zou Xu Ji is also knowledgeable, is this the woman Cao Cao played with when he subdued Zhang Xiu in history? That is, Zhang Xiu's aunt. For this, Cao Cao also lost his eldest son. I heard that this Zou is not too young than Zhang Ji, and it seems that he is younger than Zhang Xiu.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but smile, this matter is even more interesting, it would be good if you used this Zou family to play with beauty, so as not to harm Cao Ling's innocent little girl.

Xu Ji thought of this and suddenly asked, "It is said that this Zhang Ji's nephew is very powerful?" Is it called Zhang Xiu? When Xi Zhicai heard this, he also smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid that this lord has made a mistake, this Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's subordinate, not a nephew." However, this person is indeed a character, not very old, but he has the meaning of being the second in Chang'an City. ”

Xu Ji was really stunned when he heard this, and then he questioned: "The second master? Before Xi Zhicai on the side could speak, he was snatched up by Xi Zhicai, who was listening to the conversation between the two: "As Mr. Xi said, Zhang Xiu is indeed good, this person has a silver gun, fast to chase the wind and electricity, and fight all over Chang'an, except for Lu Bu who can have the upper hand, the rest of the people are not his opponents, Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong have been defeated, I have also secretly watched this person fight with others, and he is indeed invincible in Dong Zhuo's army." ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei behind Xu Ji snorted coldly, martial artists have always been like this, there has never been a second statement, and this embroidery is called the second in Dian Wei's eyes. But Xu Ji smiled slightly, although this Zhang Xiu's ability was beyond his expectations, but there were no people around him who could fight with him on this trip, whether it was Dian Wei or Chen Zhi, they obviously had such ability. Especially Chen Zhi, since he transferred him back to his side, Xu Ji had to praise Guo Jia's influence on him, and now Chen Zhi is no longer the hot-blooded and warlike young man Xu Ji when he was young, with the condensation of his bearing and the habit of using his brain that Guo Jia has developed for a long time. Today's Chen Zhi is no longer a general, but a commander.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chen Zhi and said, "Uncle Zhi, you didn't catch up with Lu Bu head-on. Now I see that I have a chance, how about it. Are you interested? Hearing this question, Chen Zhi took it easy, touched his short beard under his chin and said: "Then we have to see if there is any benefit, if there is no benefit, I have no interest in working with this reckless man." ”

Xu Ji also smiled approvingly when he heard this, Chen's maturity speed was a little beyond his expectations, but this was obviously a good thing rather than a bad thing for Xu Ji. Instead, Dian Wei said with a dissatisfied face: "Lord, this Lu Bu is so famous, when you wanted to enter Luoyang, you said that you would keep me to take care of Chen Liu, now that you are here, you will never ask him to try who is the first in the world!" I'd like to see how many capable people there are in this long press city! ”

Of course, Xu Ji was not interested in dealing with this honest rough man. He casually patted Dian Wei's shoulder and said, "Yes, yes, Junqing, don't worry, there is always a chance, and Uncle Zhi won't rob you." When he said this, everyone present laughed.

But at this time, Xu Ji remembered one thing again: "By the way, I haven't said Shi Ah yet, has this kid ever contacted you?" ”

Xi Zhicai slapped his forehead when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Why did you forget him?" Shi A, this kid is indeed a bit unfathomable, but he came to see me once when he first arrived in Chang'an, but he never saw him again. It's just that there is a saying in Chang'an. said that this Shi A is making rapid progress every day, if you ask me to see, when Shi A first came to Chang'an, he would definitely not be able to beat Zhang Xiu. As for now, it's impossible to say. It is said that even Lu Bu is very optimistic about Shi Ah now, thinking that it will not take long for Shi Ah to surpass Naishi. Become the first swordsman of the new generation of my Han dynasty. ”

Xu Ji was enthusiastic when he heard this, and said in his heart that this Chang'an is really a stormy meeting now. There are many masters, including Lu Bu, Chen Zhi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang Xiu, Shi A, Zhang Liao, and Hua Xiong. If Xiliang Ma Teng sends his son Ma Chao again, this lineup will be too strong. It's basically a collection of super generals of the Three Kingdoms. There are countless second-level generals, and Wen Ping, Yu Ban and Hu Che'er are just one of them. It would be a great pleasure to have the opportunity to fight these people, but this matter can only be thought about, after all, I have more important things to do.

It seems that Chang'an should be handed over to Chen Zhi to be in the limelight here, anyway, he will train him into a new generation of military god of war. Although Xu Ji also has a regret that he can't fight with these characters, he really has no talent for martial arts.

Chen Zhi was naturally impressed by Shi A, and couldn't help but ask at this time: "By the way, how is Shi A here?" ”

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Shi A can be described as smooth sailing, since he brought the letter to us, although he has been in secret contact with us, but on the surface we pretend not to know, Shi A is now serving as a holy teacher in the palace, guiding the emperor's swordsmanship, that is, Dong Zhuo is very polite when he sees him, but the relationship between Shi A and Lu Bu has always been tense, but this is also a matter of no way, who let them have a grudge against each other?" Xu Ji nodded, Shi A is an orphan, his feelings for Wang Yue are father and son, Wang Yue's death is a knot in Shi A's heart, and no one can help him resolve this matter except Shi A himself.

Xi Zhicai saw that Chen Zhi's eyes were still flashing at this time, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhi seems to be really concerned about Zhang Xiu." However, I think it is impossible for Shu Zhi to fight Zhang Xiu in a short period of time. ”

Chen Zhi was surprised when he heard this: "Why is this? Xi Zhicai replied with a smile: "Didn't I say it, Zhang Ji's wife Zou is a water-based Yanghua person, it is said that Zhang Xiu has an unclear relationship with his aunt, this matter is very powerful, so Zhang Xiu in order to avoid suspicion, he took an army to practice outside last month, I don't know when Lu Dao will come back." ”

Xu Ji also nodded secretly when he heard this, and said in his heart, if it weren't for Zhang Xiu and his aunt who had a special relationship, why did Cao Cao sleep with the Zou family, and Zhang Xiu would be so angry? You must know that in this era, it is a normal thing to give a woman to others to sleep, not to mention that this woman was originally the wife of her uncle, it stands to reason that the relationship between Zhang Xiu and his aunt should be very weak, and Cao Cao slept with Zou, although Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth with hatred, but he didn't mention his uncle, this matter is obviously not Zhang Xiu's thought that Cao Cao disgraced his uncle. On the contrary, it should be thought that Cao Cao took advantage of him. And Jia Xu's statement at the time was also very strange, he didn't stop Zhang Xiu's behavior at all. On the contrary, he actively offered advice to him, apparently finding that even if he was against it. Zhang Xiu wouldn't listen to him, but fortunately, he went with the flow. Hah, it's getting more and more interesting. Xu Ji found that this mission to Chang'an was really wonderful.

Xi Zhicai saw Xu Ji with a smile on his face, and said: "Since Dong Zhuo kidnapped the emperor and came to Chang'an, the people under him have been doing nonsense. Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others acted nonsense one by one, but Dong Zhuo thought it was funny, and everyone in the ministers looked sideways, and they were afraid of Dong Zhuo's obscenity. Of course, I dare not speak out. ”

Xi Zhicai snorted coldly on the side at this time: "I think the most excessive ones are Li Su and Hua Xiong, the former is under the protection of Lu Bu, and the latter is a master himself, so he is unscrupulous in Chang'an City, and I really want to kill them." ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "This is true, but because of their flying and domineering, there are also crises within Dong Zhuojun now, one by one like black-eyed chickens, you don't accept me." I'm not convinced of you. Xu Ji sneered when he heard this: "Isn't this situation extremely normal? For example, Zhang Xiu's case is obviously the result of infighting. To put it bluntly, it is a struggle between Jia Xu and Li Ru. ”

A look of admiration flashed in Xi Zhicai's eyes, and he said with a smile: "It's still the lord's cleverness, and it's true." As far as I know, since the fight between the Lü Bu army and the Allied army. Jia Xu's name began to spread among Dong Zhuojun, and everyone knew that Jia Xu was a man who could play with the allies in the palm of his hand, and he faintly had the posture of the first wise man in Chang'an. Of course, Li Ru, a narrow-minded person, felt very uncomfortable, so he began to rectify Zhang Ji a long time ago. hopes that by doing this, Jia Xu can be forced to come out, so that he can take the opportunity to deal with Jia Xu. Unexpectedly, this Jia Xu was so calm, no matter how Li Ru provoked it, this Jia Xu was pretending to be stupid, watching Zhang Ji being scolded and Zhang Xiu running away from home, he just didn't say a word, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Xu Ji nodded when he heard this, this kind of result is normal, in history, Jia Xu is such a person who only loves himself, he doesn't care about the life or death of others, and anyone is his tool.

It seems that this time in Chang'an, not only to fight strength, but also to fight wits is even more exciting: Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Li Ru, Chen Deng, Cheng Yu, plus himself and Cao Cao, it is really exciting!

By the way, there is also a Wang Yun, why didn't he use a beauty trick? Xu Ji really wanted to know about Lu Dao.

Xu Ji looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Yuan Zhi, in the past three years, Dong Zhuo has been so wreaking havoc in Chang'an, and the people are prey, aren't there people with lofty ideals who have risen up to resist?" ”

Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly: "Chang'an is Dong Zhuo's world, who dares to do anything to him?" After a pause, he said: "But it's not nothing, Situ Wang Yun is probably one." ”

Xu Ji nodded and smiled: "If someone dares to fight Dong Zhuo's idea, then this person must also be Wang Yun." And it must be a beauty trick. ”

Xi Zhicai raised his eyebrows and said: "The lord is clever, that's exactly the case." However, we have already been ordered by the lord, and we have closely monitored Wang Yun according to the lord's wishes, and we must not let anyone threaten Dong Zhuo before the war in the Central Plains is over. ”

Immediately talked about his own sabotage of Wang Yun's strategy, it turned out that the group that was hijacked by Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an not long ago, Xi Zhicai and others found out about Wang Yun's abnormal movements, but at this time, Cai Yong was unable to communicate with Wang Yun because of the matter of the original emperor, so in desperation, he made a letter to Wang Yun, in which he debunked what Wang Yun was going to do, and told him that there was Jia Xu on the enemy's side, and his strategy would definitely fail. Wang Yun was shocked when he saw the letter, and naturally stopped his actions.

In fact, this is just Xu Ji's intimidating words to Xi Zhicai early on, if Jia Xu can stop this matter, Wang Yun's plan in history will not succeed.

Xi Zhicai looked at Xu Ji and admired: "The lord is clever and clever, but I don't know how the lord of the Dao knows that Wang Yun will attack Dong Zhuo?" ”

Xu Ji complained bitterly in his heart, it can't be said that it is written in the history books, right? On the surface, he said calmly: "This thing is easy to guess, when Cao Mengde went to assassinate Dong Zhuo, the seven-star knife was Wang Yun's home, without Wang Yun's consent, where did Cao Cao get this knife?" Xi Zhicai suddenly realized: "I see." But he didn't ask Xu Ji how he knew about Lu Dao, a secret matter that even Dong Zhuo didn't know, of course, he thought it was the credit of Qingzhou's intelligence agency.

At this time, Dian Wei muttered on the side: "Dong Zhuo is just a national thief, it is not a pity to die, what can you do if you kill him?" Is the Lord afraid that the situation will be difficult to manage? Even if Dong Zhuo dies, with the strength of the lord, why is it difficult to sweep away Guanzhong? Chen Zhi and the others shook their heads and smiled, it seems that over the years, this Dian Wei's temperament has not changed in the slightest.

Xu Ji and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and smiled, Xu Ji smiled: "Junqing is so arrogant, the question is that we are really as invincible as Zhong Kang said?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Three years ago, there were less than 8,000 regular troops under the command of the lord, and there were Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zhan, and Han Fu outside, and Chen Liu's wealthy family worries inside, and it was necessary to comprehensively restructure, where would he have the strength to deal with the chaotic situation brought about by Dong Zhuo's death?" Dian Wei was obviously asked open-mouthed, in fact, he didn't know this, but the ordinary life in the past three years has made this peerless general powerful but nowhere to vent, this kind of depression of course makes him full of complaints, but this is not for Xu Ji, but there is no fighting, and the signs of itchy hands are just a problem.

Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "It's still Zhicai who knows me, hum!" Dong Zhuo brought disaster to the country and the people, how could I let him go? It's just that for the sake of my strategy, I have to use the strategy of Qin's foreign policy of 'distant friendship and close attack' during the Warring States Period. It is undeniable that this strategy has played a great role in three years, and people's eyes have only been fixed on the Central Plains, but they have not seen what consequences will be brought to us if Guanzhong is unstable. Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "That's true, there are not a few people who want to control the emperor, if we are at war with Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo is dead, I am afraid that Guanzhong will be cheap, and others can't say." Xu Ji nodded and said, "That's the way it is." Sometimes we can't rush if we want to, but now that we have the opportunity, Junqing must show his talents! Dian Wei replied with a bang.

Xi Zhicai looked at Xu Ji and said with a smile: "I knew that the lord saw through this kind of consequence, so he asked us to stay in Chang'an, it turned out that the lord knew that Wang Yun would make a move, but I think it should not be Wang Yun who the lord is afraid of, I don't know who the lord will take advantage of the void to enter?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said: "It's hard to say about this matter, if Dong Zhuo dies, I think even Yuan Shao may come to kidnap the emperor he has never recognized, after all, after losing the battle with our side, what Yuan Shao needs is a foothold, if there is no one in Guanzhong, what if Yuan Shao occupies Guanzhong?" Do you admit that the emperor is not in his words? (To be continued......)