Thinking of this, Xu Ji thought about a little headache, a gust of wind blew, looking at the flowers in the garden, Xu Ji's spirit was lifted, no matter how he said that he still has some advantages in Chang'an, at least today he planted the seeds of disturbing Chang'an in Cao Ling's heart, and the five thousand ghost elites under his command will definitely play the role of a miracle soldier in key matters, and Cai Yong, a great Confucian, has been the internal response, in the court, he has more smoothly installed Shi A as the emperor of the Han Emperor, if the plan is careful and the arrangement is appropriate, The certainty of his own success is quite large. It's just that Xu Ji doesn't want to be hard, if he goes outside the city, there is a ghost elite who is good at field battles, he is naturally not afraid, if he is in Chang'an City and the other party is hard, then the gains outweigh the losses, calculated, although his own strength is strong, there are Chen Zhi, Dian Wei, Shi A The three top masters, but the other party also has Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu, Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao It is difficult to say whether the victory or defeat of the four people, at least one Lu Bu will give everyone a headache, as for the second-level generals, they only have Wen Ping and Yu Ban, Although Xi Zhicai heard Xi Zhicai say that he has some skills, he is afraid that he is between himself and Bozhong, and the other party is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and he has to leave with Emperor Han Xian and Cai's father and daughter, if he can't get out of the city in time, the consequences can be known, but he can't guarantee that he can leave quietly, and now he can only find a way to divide these people and make them fall apart, so that once he has to fight hard, there will not be too many enemies to stop him. If you think about it, it seems that the goal of dividing the enemy is not difficult to achieve.

"The horse is so good that he will walk here alone. It's just that I don't know how the princess feels when she's alone? A touching female voice came, and Xu Ji came to his senses. Turn your head and follow the prestige. saw Cai Wenji floating over, and saw Cai Wenji hanging down a swallowtail-shaped bun today. Wearing a step-shake, wearing a plain white Luo Yi gown, the hem is also ingenious printed with a hazy light ink landscape that is extremely elegant, especially a pair of light gauze ethereal wide sleeves hanging on both sides between walking, swaying lightly with the wind, not sticking to a leaf in the thousands of flowers like a dragonfly passing by the water, but also set off the peerless posture of thousands of manners, the posture is elegant and noble as if the beautiful fairy who came down from the heavens. This dress brought out Cai Wenji's transcendent fairy beauty to the extreme, and Xu Ji's eyes lit up. I can't help but admire in my heart.

Xu Ji saw Cai Wenji coming to his side, suppressed the fluctuations in his heart, and said with a smile: "Miss Cai, it's really a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Miss here." ”

Cai Wenji glanced at Xu Ji deeply, and her beautiful eyes showed the strange look of that day, and said indifferently: "The horse is right, it is really a strange thing to meet the general here?" I didn't expect that adults, who had bloody hands, would come to enjoy the flowers. Aren't you afraid of smoking this garden full of flowers? ”

When Xu Ji heard this, his heart was cold, he didn't expect Cai Wenji to make such a bad comment on him, it seems that he is really self-inflicted. First Cao Ling, and now Cai Wenji, she is really self-absorbed. But he has no way to blame Cai Wenji, after all, feelings can't be forced. And a person like Cai Wenji, who is deeply educated in Confucian orthodoxy, will certainly not have a good impression of a character like himself. It seems that he doesn't have to think about it anymore, and it will be over if he rescues Cai Wenji from Chang'an in the future so that she doesn't suffer an accident in history, thinking of this, Xu Ji nodded and said: "Miss Cai is right, a person like me who is full of slaughter really shouldn't do this kind of vassal and elegant thing, but let Cai everyone laugh, don't leave it at that." ”

Seeing that Xu Ji was leaving, Cai Wenji smiled and said: "The horse turned out to be such a serious person, and he couldn't even hear Cai Yan's jokes. Xu Ji looked at Cai Wenji and laughed so much that he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he couldn't speak for a while. The heart that was originally a little cold came back to life, you must know that Cai Wenji rarely laughs with people, and now this kind of behavior is obviously looking at herself differently. To be honest, Xu Ji is not without ideas about this talented woman, but he is busy with official business and has Yining's wife, he has long been unable to expect more, but after Cao Cao asked him to take care of Cai Yan all these years, Xu Ji can't say what he thinks in his heart. However, only from Cai Yan's name for himself as "concubine", Xu Ji could also guess the other party's thoughts, so Xu Ji simply regarded the other party as an ordinary friend.

Seeing Xu Ji like this, Cai Wenji's pretty face was slightly red, and she coughed lightly, and the latter was shocked at this time, and hurriedly laughed: "Miss is a very serious person, Xu Ji doesn't dare to be abrupt in front of Miss, so I will believe whatever Miss says." Cai Wenji laughed when she heard this: "Then should I have a drink for this?" Celebrate that you can deceive Xu Ji, who has no last resort. As soon as these words came out, Xu Ji couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly. I didn't expect that I, who has always liked to attack, would be swayed by others.

Cai Wenji put away her smile, looked at Xu Ji, and said solemnly: "Actually, the little woman has a sentence that she wants to ask the horse. ”

Xu Ji saw Cai Wenji's solemn expression, and said solemnly: "Miss Cai, please ask, Xu Ji must know everything." ”

Cai Wenji pondered for a long time before she spoke: "Horse, may I ask, who does the 'gentleman' in your 'Five Virtues' refer to?" ”

Xu Ji was shocked when he heard this, and only felt that he was in a cold sweat: this Cai Wenji is too powerful, since Liang Xi proposed this new "Five Virtues Beginning to Say", no one has ever asked various questions, and the subtext of Cai Wenji's words to herself now is actually to ask herself again, in the end, does this "gentleman" refer to Emperor Han Xian or to him Xu Ji. In other words, Cai Wenji was the first to see through her final intentions.

This Cai Wenji is really a scholar of scripture, and he can analyze his "ambition" from an academic point of view.

How do you answer yourself?

Xu Ji looked at Cai Wenji and was a little stunned, of course he couldn't tell the truth, but Cai Wenji had clearly noticed something, and if he answered casually, of course it would not be in line with Cai Wenji's mind. It also casts a shadow on the future relationship between the two, but do you want to tell Cai Wenji that she wants to replace him? That seems even less to do. Cai Wenji's education has made her loyal to Dahan, and her own thoughts will only break the relationship between the two. For the first time, Xu Ji discovered that there was a different consciousness problem between himself and Cai Wenji. Although he also knew that there would be no deeper connection between himself and this Cai Yan. But as a friend who can understand himself, Xu Ji is still unwilling to lose, which is why he is so embarrassed.

looked at Xu Ji's embarrassed look. Cai Wenji, who was smart, sighed lightly and said, "Needless to say, I already know the answer in the horse's heart." When Xu Ji heard this, he was stunned.

The two were silent for a long time, Xu Ji only felt that this period of time was as long as a century, and it was even more strange in his heart, since Cai Wenji had already seen through her intentions, why didn't she turn around and leave immediately?

Xu Ji was thinking about it, Cai Wenji raised his head, looked at Xu Ji and said, "Donkey." Cai Yan has a word to tell: Among the many characters Cai Yan has seen in his life, Xu Jinai is a real hero, and the general did not deal with Cai Yan's unreasonable questions today or laughed at them, Cai Yan was very moved in his heart, and it was easy to sweep away the troubled times with the talent of the general. If you cultivate more, it is a generation of Ming Jun, and the general has the community and the people in his heart, so why not the Duke of Zhou? What's more, isn't the purpose of the general's coming to Chang'an to save the saint from the dire situation? As long as the general can raise the power of the three states to assist the saint. Then the world can be determined, what does the general think? ”

Xu Ji was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Cai Wenji meant. In an instant, Xu Ji keenly grasped Cai Wenji's ambivalence. On the one hand, Cai Wenji saw that she was indeed a person who could sweep away the troubled times. People who give peace to the world, but on the other hand, Cai Wenji doesn't want to change the dynasty, the problem is that Cai Wenji knows that Xu Ji's talent is much better than others, as for Emperor Han Xian, of course, there is no way to compare with Xu Ji, if it is an emperor, Xu Ji is definitely an excellent good emperor, but unfortunately Cai Wenji is difficult to accept this, even if Xu Ji is from the royal family, Cai Wenji can accept the fact that Xu Ji is the emperor, Because there were many emperors in the Han Dynasty, who were elected from other royal families by the empress of power. Of course, Xu Ji is actually a royal family, but his surname is Xu instead of Liu, which is the root of Cai Yan's disacceptance, and the lord of the country she believes is the Liu family.

In this contradictory mood, Cai Wenji had this proposal, asking Xu Ji to be the Duke of Zhou and assist Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to restore the majesty of the Han Dynasty. Xu Ji smiled bitterly in his heart, this Cai Wenji will really give herself a problem, but she must admit that Cai Wenji is extremely accurate, and it is difficult for her to refuse her request, or in other words, it is a rare opportunity to win Cai Wenji's favor by agreeing to Cai Wenji's request, the problem is that Cai Wenji only knows one and does not know the other. Emperor? Are you so rare? If it weren't for the centuries-old division of China, then he might as well go to Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji already knew how to deal with Cai Wenji, and said with a wry smile: "I have taken to heart the words of everyone Cai, Xu Ji's arrival this time was to take the emperor out of Chang'an, but I also want to ask, who do you think is a gentleman with 'five virtues'?" Now it's not what I Xu Ji want to do, but the arrow is on the string, I have to make an ear, my Han today's situation is definitely not as simple as having a strong prince to assist the emperor to sweep away the troubled times, has Miss ever thought that my Han today's chaos is simply caused by the local strength is too strong, and if you don't solve the power problem of the Han Dynasty for a day, everything will be empty talk. You must know that the 'gentleman' is beyond the five virtues, but to hold the five virtues, all the people in the world are within the five virtues, and the people who are admired by all the people are the real gentlemen, and they are not toys that children let them pass. ”

Cai Wenji was stunned when she heard this, obviously she didn't expect Xu Ji to think so far, Xu Ji looked at Cai Wenji and said in a deep voice: "Miss can say this to me today, obviously she doesn't regard me Xu Ji as an ambitious person, but Miss also has to know that there are many things that can't be promised at all, just like when we discuss the question of who is a 'gentleman' today." Only one step is counted as one step. How much more will he see what is to come? Maybe I, Xu Ji, will also die on this road of conquest, and then everything will naturally be over, what does Miss think? ”

After a pause, Xu Ji said to Cai Wenji in a sincere tone: "Cai, there is one thing I want you to understand, I, Xu Ji, founded the new 'Five Virtues' not for my own selfish interests, but really want to find a gentleman for this world." Cai Wenji's delicate body trembled when she heard this. looked at Xu Ji, but saw Xu Ji bowing deeply to himself. Turned around and took his leave. After only taking a few steps, Xu Ji turned around again. looked at Cai Wenji and said softly: "There is one more thing, that is, I took you out of Luoyang a few years ago, it was just an expedient measure, please don't take it to heart." ”

After Xu Ji said this, he also sighed secretly in his heart, then felt relaxed again, and then turned around and left.

Forget it, human life is inherently colorful, especially for those who are human beings in these two lives. The love of children is just a dispensable embellishment. Maybe he and Cai Wenji really have no fate, this Cai Wenji is too different from other women, with her own unique opinions and opinions, more similar to the strong women of her time, for this kind of girl, of course Xu Ji admires it very much, but the gap between the two is too big, and he asked himself that he couldn't give up his dream for a woman, only to give up Cai Wenji.

looked at Xu Ji's back as he quickly moved away. Cai Wenji's beautiful eyes were confused, and she suddenly realized that she really didn't understand the thoughts of the man in front of her at all. Is it a sage or a careerist?

After Xu Ji and Cai Wenji finished talking, they were in a bad mood. hurriedly returned to the room, only to arrive at the door, but saw Chen Zhi and Xi Zhicai coming together. Xu Ji greeted the two and let the two into the room.

Chen Zhi saw that Xu Ji's face was not good-looking. Curious: "The lord's face is very bad, what happened?" He finished asking. Chen Zhi felt that his foot under the table was kicked hard, of course it was Xi Zhi's talent, Chen Zhi was about to speak, and immediately understood, but heard Xu Ji confess: "It's nothing, I just talked to Miss Cai, and I was in a bad mood." ”

Chen Zhi and Xi Zhicai were stunned, but Xu Ji smiled and said, "Don't talk about this, what's the matter with the two of you here?" ”

Xi Zhicai glanced at Xu Ji and found that Xu Ji was not unusual, so he relieved himself and said to Xu Ji: "Dong Zhuo just sent an invitation to invite envoys from all over the country to Chang'an to come to the mansion for a banquet tonight. Xu Ji nodded and said, "This was expected, nothing unusual." By the way, who are the envoys who come to Chang'an now? ”

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "In addition to us, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Chen Deng, there are also Liu Yan's envoy Xue Li, Liu Yan's envoy Zhang Ren, by the way, and Xiliang Ma Teng, who will come in person." As for the magnates in Chang'an, I don't know who will be there in Ludao, but I think everything that should be there will be there, right? ”

Xu Ji's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Ma Teng? Did his son Ma Chao come? Xi Zhicai and Chen Zhi glanced at each other, and they didn't know who this Ma Chao was.

Xu Ji saw the two of them like this, and then remembered that Ma Chao was still an unknown person now, of course the two didn't know each other, and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that even Ma Teng would come, and that Liu Yan would also send a messenger to Chang'an, and it would be Zhang Ren!" Ha, it's getting more and more lively. Now that there is nothing to do, how about we go together at night? ”

The two nodded, Xu Ji shot an expectant look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm worried that I don't have a chance to provoke the major forces to fight each other, but I didn't expect God to send one to me right away." ”

In the evening, Xu Ji took Xi Zhicai, Chen Dao, and Xu Chu to Dong Zhuo's mansion, and saw Dong Zhuo's mansion from a distance, with colorful lights, full of guests, and a warm atmosphere.

Xu Ji got out of the car, but saw that it was Chen Deng and Cao Bao who entered the mansion in front of him, and when Xu Ji and the four of them stepped into the mansion, Chen Deng and Cao Bao were greeted by a large group of people, and the two of them greeted the admiring Chang'an magnates one by one, attracting everyone's attention. Xu Ji was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Cao Ling's matter had been known to everyone in Chang'an City, and judging from the situation in front of him, this Cao Ling seemed to have begun to charm Dong Zhuo, and it was only one afternoon, Dong Zhuo was a little fascinated, otherwise the enthusiasm of the group of people in front of him would not be able to explain.

The arrival of Xu Ji's fake Lejin naturally attracted another burst of attractive exclamations, after all, the name of Xu Ji, the Yanzhou Thorn Horse, was too big, and he was a first-class prince in the Central Plains, of course, no one could despise the envoys he sent, and immediately someone took Xu Ji and the four of them to the hall where the banquet was held. When Xu Ji walked into the hall where the banquet was held, he saw that the scene was chaotic and lively to the extreme, and the place was already in a commotion, and suddenly he saw that at least 70 people had come, most of whom did not know each other at all, including Chen Deng, Liu Bei and others, divided into more than 10 groups to chat and greet.

"Hehe, Mr. Lejin, I didn't expect you to be late." When Xu Ji was observing, a male voice came, and Xu Ji followed the prestige. Seeing Li Su staggering over, Xu Ji hurriedly greeted him. smiled and said, "Lord Li Su, hello." Li Su had already seen Xu Ji's unfamiliar look. Zhilu said that this "Lejin" was a newcomer to officialdom, of course, he didn't know anyone, so he pulled Xu Ji up, pulled Xu Ji inside, and said as he walked: "Come on, let me introduce Mr. Lejin." Xu Ji secretly rejoiced in his heart, this is exactly what he wants, if he wants to sow discord, how can he do it if he doesn't know these famous stupid people from the Three Kingdoms?

Between words. Li Su brought Xu Ji to the two of them, only to see that these two people were richly dressed, the person on the left was tall and thin, and he was weak when he spoke, but he had a sharp voice, which made people very uncomfortable to hear, and the person on the right was stout, and the bones of his body were thicker than ordinary people, and everything was developing horizontally. The chest is broad and the back is thick, the neck is particularly thick, and the back muscles form an impressive triangular muscle, and the complexion is dark. The body seems to be filled with endless strength, and the gestures have their own power and bearing, and the cheekbones of this person's face are exposed. The square face is like a cast iron, and this person can be regarded as a talent. But because of a pair of slender eyes on his face, it was completely destroyed. When Xu Ji and Li Su came to the two, the two were talking and laughing. Apparently a close friend.

When Li Su saw the two, he respectfully saluted the two of them and said, "Lord Li, Lord Guo." The two of them had seen him a long time ago, but they had been putting on an official show, pretending to ignore Li Su's aura. It can be seen that Li Su spoke to the two, and the big man on the right said arrogantly: "It turned out to be Li Su." Li Su laughed with him and said to the two: "Two adults, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's really hard for the two to lead the troops outside......" Seeing that the two were a little impatient, Li Su quickly stopped being polite and said with a smile: "Let the lower officials introduce the two, this is the envoy Lejin sent by Xu Ji, the assassin of Yanzhou." As soon as these words came out, the expressions of these two people immediately became solemn, and they all turned their heads to look at Xu Ji, showing a careful look, and their expressions were very wary of this Yanzhou envoy.

When Xu Ji heard Li Su's name for the two, he knew that these two people were Li Dao and Guo Yan. Sure enough, Li Su turned his head and smiled at Xu Ji: "Mr. Lejin, these two are the left and right arms of Prime Minister Dong Cheng, Lord Li Ji and Lord Guo Yan. Xu Ji clenched his fists and saluted: "It turned out to be Lord Li and Lord Guo, and the Yanzhou envoy Lejin has seen two adults." ”

Li Ji, who was weak, looked at Xu Ji and said with a smile: "Mr. Lejin doesn't need to be polite. Guo Yan, who looked like a hero, said on the side: "What official position does Mr. Lejin have in Yanzhou?" ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "The villain has not joined the Yanzhou Army for a long time, and it is just a soldier under Lord Gao Shun, which is not enough to worry about." A look of contempt flashed in Guo Yan's eyes, obviously because the official position of Lejin in front of him was too small, so he didn't take it to heart. Li Wei on the side flashed a strange light in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lejin is really extraordinary, I didn't expect to get the opportunity to send to Chang'an just as a soldier, but I am afraid that Mr. Lejin will soar in the future, and it is unlimited." After Li Wei finished speaking, Guo Yan's expression became solemn.

Xu Ji looked at the two people in front of him, and knew that Li Ji was much smarter than Guo Yan. However, Xu Ji knew that this was just a kind of cleverness, if it weren't for this kind of cleverness, I was afraid that it would not be easy for these two people to fight each other in history. Ha, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xu Ji's brain began to move, thinking about how to use these two people.

At this moment, two more people came over, Guo Yan saw it at a glance, and said with a smile: "Zhang Ji, you kid haven't seen you for a long time, do you stay at home all day long and accompany your wife." ”

Xu Ji heard that the person was Zhang Ji, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look, but saw that the person opposite was dressed in a dark gray samurai uniform, and he looked elegant, not like a person who danced a knife and a gun. However, the young man next to Zhang Ji who was the same age as himself was very eye-catching. This person is particularly majestic, half a head taller than Xu Ji, with a lofty demeanor, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a pair of white hands are slender and powerful, somehow, those hands actually bring out a feeling of tranquility to the extreme in the swing of walking, this person has a kind of domineering aura from the bones, very rare, but it is undeniable that this person is too murderous, so that there is a faint killing breath between the eyebrows, looking at this person's expression, Xu Ji immediately judged that this person is Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu. Chen Zhi, who was beside Xu Ji, obviously also thought of this, and for a while, the light in the tiger's eyes flickered, obviously very excited about this embroidery.

Zhang Ji was obviously used to others making fun of his wife, so he nodded and smiled: "That's not it, it's just that I'm sick at home these days, so I can't go out to see the two eldest brothers." ”

Guo Yan pursed his lips and said, "Will you get sick?" Don't tease me," Zhang Ji grinned and said, "It's true, just because the two of you rushed back from outside, I haven't seen the two sisters-in-law for many days, how can I not get sick?" ”

Li Ji laughed, but displeasure flashed in Guo Yan's eyes, but he couldn't say anything, just laughing on the side, Xu Ji saw it in his eyes, knowing that Guo Yan was a narrow-minded person, it seems that this Guo Yan takes his wife very seriously, which is an extremely useful news for himself.

Talking and laughing, Zhang Ji and Xu Ji met the courtesy, Xu Ji responded lightly, as if there would be no more connection with Zhang Ji, and immediately remembered something, Xu Ji turned his head and glanced at Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi was well-behaved, knew what Xu Ji meant, smiled, and stopped looking at Zhang Xiu. Of course, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu will not have the slightest feeling that Chen is wrong, Zhang Ji asked Li Dao and Guo Yan still came back from Henan, why did they not see Fan Chou, Li Ji said that the general Niu Fu knew about the major events that happened in Chang'an, but he had no way to get out, so he sent two people back to Chang'an, and Fan Chou followed Niu Fu to guard Henan, and said that the two would return to Henan. Only then did Xu Ji know why he met the two of them here, it turned out that the two were Niu Fu's subordinates. For a long time, Xu Ji thought that Li Dao and Guo Yan were leading the troops alone.

"Chen arrives!" Suddenly, someone was calling Chen Zhi's name, and there was a unique metallic texture in the voice that others would not have, and without turning his head, Xu Ji knew who the person who came from Lu Dao: the god of war of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu. I couldn't help but feel a shock in my heart, and the blood in my whole body became hot.

Everyone turned their heads one after another, and saw Lu Bu, who had the appearance of a dragon and a tiger, walking out of the inner hall of this hall.

Seeing that Lu Bu's demeanor was superior to the past, Dian Wei, who had been standing sideways behind Xu Ji, snorted and expressed his disbelief.

Xu Ji and Chen Zhi's eyes lit up at the same time. (To be continued......)