Liu Wei is indeed one of the variables that Xu Ji did not expect, to be honest, he is more optimistic about this prince Xu Ji, but Liu Hong's mind is not something he can change. Although I haven't seen Liu Xie yet, it is not difficult for Xu Ji to guess Liu Xie's temperament from what he has heard, I am afraid that there is no such thing as Liu Bian, which is quite an ironic thing, Huang Zibian's mother is Queen He, and he has such an arrogant relative as his maternal uncle He Jin, but Liu Bian himself does not have such a bad character, which is also something that Xu Ji is quite interested in.

And the next thing is even more interesting, after meeting Liu Wei, Liu Hong summoned him again soon after, Xu Ji of course knew why Liu Hong wanted to summon him, but he was at ease.

"Wen Lie, I heard that Wei'er invited you to get together yesterday, but is there such a thing?" Liu Hong went straight to the point and asked his question, Xu Ji could see the hidden brain under Liu Hong's calmness, but Xu Ji was very calm: "How did Your Majesty know about it?" This is indeed the case. ”

Xu Ji deliberately asked this rather offensive question, as a subordinate, he really did not have the authority and qualifications to ask such a question, and Xu Ji's intention to ask this question was only to test what kind of attitude Liu Hong had towards him. After hearing Xu Ji's answer, Liu Hong immediately changed color a little, seeing this, Xu Ji couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in Liu Hong, joy and anger are taboo for the superiors, this is obviously not Liu Hong's reaction, and then Liu Hong said: "Where do I know that it doesn't matter, I only ask you why you invited you?" There was already undisguised dissatisfaction in his tone.

Xu Ji didn't take Liu Hong's dissatisfaction to heart, to be honest, Xu Ji didn't worry about what Liu Hong would do to him at all, Liu Hong lost himself, which was equivalent to burying all his previous hard work. In this way, Xu Ji naturally replied indifferently: "The prince invited the princess to go with the minister, but there are many affairs in the minister's mansion. The princess has been busy with affairs today, so she did not go with her, so she went alone. All the prince did was meet the princess. ”

After saying this, Liu Hong's expression eased visibly, Xu Ji guessed that Liu Hong was afraid that Liu Hong knew everything about it, and he just questioned himself to see if he was right. Sure enough, Liu Hong then spoke: "I see, I taught Bian'er what contact he had with the courtiers, and this kid really invited Wen Lie alone, and I almost blamed Wen'er and Wen Lie." Xu Ji naturally scoffed at this, Liu Hong was just looking for a step down for himself, Xu Ji was naturally very disdainful in his heart, but he didn't react on the surface. Xu Ji knew very well that Liu Hong definitely didn't come to him for such a thing.

And then Liu Hong did change the topic: "Wen Lie, what is the situation of the Northern Army now?" Do you need any support from my side? Xu Ji sneered in his heart when he heard this, the support he asked for from Liu Hong had already made the emperor feel painful, and it would be a joke to say anything more support, Liu Hong asked the core purpose of these is to remind Xu Ji to stabilize the morale of the Northern Army for him as soon as possible, and then train a strong Praetorian Guard for him.

"Everything is going on as usual, but the subordinate officials under Zhijinwu have a lot of complaints about the minister, probably because the minister's qualifications are not enough to serve the public, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely not live up to Your Majesty's expectations!" Anyone can say big things. Xu Ji is naturally no exception, even if Xu Ji doesn't think that he will be able to recover the Northern Army that was hollowed out by He Jin in a short period of time, but after all, he has to pick and choose something to say. After hearing Xu Ji's words, Liu Hong also smiled with relief and said: "In this way, I can rest assured, Wen Lie doesn't have to care about some small sections, your ability is clear." Where is the affairs of the Jinwu Mansion that are difficult to turn down? Well, if you really have any trouble, you can come and find me. ”

Xu Ji naturally nodded in agreement, and said a thousand ways and ten thousand Liu Hong's meaning was very clear. He didn't care what trouble Xu Ji was in, what he said was just An Xu Ji's heart. But Liu Hong probably never expected that Xu Ji was actually the most unstable variable in his entire plan, and Xu Ji never showed his serious intentions.

After seeing Xu Ji nodding, Liu Hong said again: "Wen Lie." In the future, don't have too close a relationship with the people in the palace, I know the loyalty of Lu Dao Wenlie, but it is inevitable that someone will chew the root of the tongue, and it will be difficult for me to deal with it at that time. Xu Ji didn't believe in this seemingly well-intentioned reminder at all, even if there were people who chewed the root of the tongue, there wouldn't be too many, in the final analysis, Liu Hong's own suspicion was too serious. Isn't the so-called person in the palace talking about Liu Bian? This is an undoubted thing, but Xu Ji is also very curious about how Liu Hong wants to assist Liu Xie himself?

Soon Xu Ji got the answer, Liu Hong continued: "Wen Lie, Xie'er has also reached the age of increasing experience, if you have time, you might as well enter the palace to guide one or two, after all, you are the most famous young hero of the Han Dynasty today, Xie'er's age is the age of the most admired heroes, and it may be better for you to guide." ”

These few words of compliment are not important at all, Xu Ji knew when he heard it that Liu Hong's plan was good, once he guided Liu Xie, he would be detained on Liu Xie's side, so that he could not break away from Liu Xie, which was equivalent to tying himself to Liu Xie's side, it was the so-called relationship between glory and loss, and the most absolute thing was that Xu Ji couldn't refuse these at all, Liu Hong was determined that he couldn't refuse to dare to do so.

After thinking about the stakes in this, Xu Ji naturally understood Liu Hong's plan, he wanted to form a team for Liu Xie first, and he was obviously the best choice, it goes without saying that eunuchs are not trustworthy, and eunuchs cannot be in charge of military power is always the biggest shortcoming, if you want to support Liu Xie as the emperor, you naturally need the support of a person with real power in his hands, and although Xu Ji can't be compared with He Jin now, he is the only possible candidate, so Liu Hong will choose to do so.

But Liu Hong owes some consideration after all, it is good that Xu Ji is the best choice, but Liu Hong takes it for granted that he will definitely be loyal to him, even if Xu Ji is loyal to Liu Hong, he will not necessarily be loyal to Liu Xie, this is not the same thing. Taking a step back, Liu Hong imagined the situation and situation too beautifully, and Xu Ji himself didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to fight with He Jin, because it was not He Jin who really threatened Liu Hong. This is enough to make Liu Hong fail.

But although Xu Ji saw through this, he didn't say anything to remind him, for Xu Ji, this is not something worth his time and energy to pay attention to at all. He has never been the one who is advertised as a loyal minister, and he has no good impression of Liu Hong. It's not about planning for Liu Hong, but more importantly, Liu Hong made it clear that he was calculating him, so Xu Ji didn't need to say more, so he just replied: "Obey the order, don't dare to teach, if it can benefit the prince, it will naturally be better." ”

Liu Hong was naturally relieved, and then signaled that Xu Ji could go back to be busy, Xu Ji naturally left immediately, to be honest, he didn't want to get along with Liu Hong for too long, this person was too fake. When he was alone with Liu Hong, Xu Ji always felt uncomfortable. Liu Hong always makes Xu Ji feel like facing a poisonous snake, even if this is indeed a faint king, but his scheming and ruthlessness are really not a joke, which is probably why Liu Hong has been in this position for so long.

At that time, Xu Ji still had more things to deal with at this time, so the rest of the things were not so important, most of the problems in the Northern Army were indeed solved, but the affairs in the Zhijinwu Mansion were far from being as simple as Xu Ji had imagined before, at least He Jin could not let go of his intentions for the position of Zhijinwu so easily, so these subordinate officials naturally did not get any better. And Xu Ji was really upset about this.

Luoyang City is complicated and not to mention, but this variables really makes Xu Ji a little big, and the influence of the staggered forces has caused Xu Ji to deal with it more scruples, and He Jin has Zhang Rang to deal with it, which can indeed make Xu Ji breathe a sigh of relief. But these subordinate officials are from different families, and the power behind these guys is not easy to deal with as a joke, at least for Xu Ji, who is from a humble family, it is too difficult.

There is indeed a solution. But the price paid is not proportional to the gain, and this is obviously not the way Xu Jihui chooses. And once the impasse is broken, it is undoubtedly Xu Ji's disadvantage, and this may also be the situation that the clan behind He Jin is happy to see. And if he can't solve these troubles for a while, Xu Ji simply ignored them for the time being, as long as the northern army can operate normally, he himself doesn't care much about these subordinate officials under the jurisdiction of Jinwu making trouble, after all, he also has Liu Hong's support behind him, and no matter how much trouble he makes, it will obviously be disadvantageous to them.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Ji has also put his eyes back on the West Garden Army, since Yuan Shao gave up his intention to take charge of the West Garden alone, Xu Ji is even the most powerful person in the West Garden, and where does Chun Yuqiong dare to provoke Xu Ji? He was already very glad that Xu Ji didn't trouble him, but there was still a variable after Xiyuan, and this person was Cao Cao.

Xu Ji has never underestimated Cao Cao, and even from the beginning in the West Garden, Cao Cao was regarded as Xu Ji's biggest opponent, regardless of the background, Cao Cao and him are too similar, they are all promoted by military achievements, and Xu Ji can have today's status is a matter of luck, and Cao Cao's achievements as an official in addition to the convenience brought to him by his family background are definitely not to be underestimated. And Cao Cao has great ambitions, which Xu Ji has already made clear since Wancheng, such an opponent is the opponent in Xu Ji's imagination, but now Cao Cao's seemingly depressed appearance not only makes Xu Ji feel at ease, but is even more uneasy.

Cao Cao's scheming ability is first-class, and Xu Ji has no certainty of victory against Cao Cao, but now it is true that Xu Ji has more advantages, so it does not rule out that Cao Cao can avoid Xu Ji's limelight, which means that Cao Cao may not be as depressed as he shows.

As for saying that Cao Cao owes Xu Ji a favor, then if Cao Cao doesn't help Yuan Shao and embarrass him, he will already pay it back, at least Xu Ji sees it this way, not to mention what is a favor for people like Xu Ji and Cao Cao? Once this favor becomes an obstacle in their path, it is nothing more than a small thing that can be ignored casually. Even in Xu Ji's heart, Cao Cao is a more ruthless and decisive person than himself, and you can get a glimpse of one or two from his stick killing diagram.

And Cao Cao actually has more convenient conditions than Xu Ji, after he is more powerful, there is always someone to support him, but Xu Ji is different. What makes Xu Ji most uneasy is that there has been a new argument in the court recently, the party and Qingliu are more and more dissatisfied with the eunuchs, and the family naturally makes a big fuss about it, He Jin's attitude above the court is also becoming more and more powerful, it is difficult to say how long Zhang Rang can still block He Jin, once He Jin temporarily suppresses Zhang Rang, he will inevitably be disposed of by He Jin immediately. This is by no means good news.

Xu Ji is not alone now, and he is not so casual and free. Even if he had to give up his power in Luoyang, he would at least keep his wife and these soldiers safe to leave, which was already on Xu Ji's agenda. The limelight in Luoyang has changed. From the time Liu Hong began to plot to regain his authority by his own ability, the whole of Luoyang seemed not so stable, this place of right and wrong Xu Ji still did not want to stay for a long time, he had to find a chance to get out of this damn place as soon as possible.

Although Xu Ji did not participate in the chaos in Luoyang, he himself was the center of the whirlpool, or Liu Hong put him in this position, although everything around Xu Ji did not seem to have changed much, but he was already keenly aware of the crisis, and this time Xu Ji did not have any strength to resist, except to avoid Xu Ji had no way. The dispute is becoming more and more intense, and the contradiction between He Jin and Zhang Rang is also more intensified, Xu Ji is unwilling to act as the unstable variable between the two, for both of them, Xu Ji is a matter that will be dealt with, once the matter is slightly stabilized, his position is the key point pointed out by Qianfu, Xu Ji does not think that Liu Hong will keep himself at that time.

Things have developed to this point, Xu Ji has no other choice, either he will be crushed into powder, or he can only follow one of them with an iron heart, but if so, Liu Hong will not be able to tolerate himself. And Xu Ji obviously couldn't choose either of the two sides. Liu Hong is no longer within the scope of Xu Ji's consideration, and this faint monarch may not know when he will sacrifice himself in exchange for greater benefits, so Xu Ji has only one choice left to leave.

But this choice is not as easy as imagined, don't forget that Liu Hong will never let Xu Ji get out like this now. The situation on the bright side also limited Xu Ji's movements, and the key was that Xu Ji had no choice at this time. Liu Hong's series of plans were also revealed at this time, and Xu Ji was his victim at all. In exchange for the intensification of the conflict between He Jin and Zhang, he sought benefits from it and took the opportunity to regain his authority. Even Xu Ji suspected that Liu Hong's purpose was greater, and he even wanted to use this to fight the increasingly arrogant clan.

It's just for Liu Hong's plan. Xu Ji felt ridiculous, Liu Hong overestimated his ability, and the shortcomings of the Han were no longer something that he could undo alone, not to mention that Liu Hong's fundamental purpose was only to regain his authority, so Liu Hong's plan was even more ridiculous. Liu Hong was too naïve to think that as long as he could regain power, he would be able to properly solve all these problems, but Liu Hong probably didn't think that the core and fundamental problem was because of the family, and this misjudgment naturally led to the inevitable failure of Liu Hong's plan.

And Xu Ji knew very well that even if Zhang Rang was able to resist the strength of the clan no matter how capable he was, how could the clan that was more and more dissatisfied with what he had obtained be able to resist by a few people? If they can't break the current division of interests, these clans will definitely not be satisfied, and although Xu Ji sees this clearly, he can't do anything about it.

Xu Ji was very annoyed, so he left the palace and went back to the house, he needed to think about all this quietly, these troubles in Luoyang are just the troubles between the upper echelons of the imperial capital, there is actually no difference for the people, and it has little impact on the Central Plains outside Luoyang, as long as Xu Ji can leave Luoyang, he can naturally avoid it, but how to leave? Is there any way to get Xu Ji to leave this place justifiably?

Just when Xu Ji was upset, the study room was knocked open, and it was none other than Xu Ji's newly married wife, Yining. Since marrying Xu Ji, the princess has simply stopped using Liu Ning's name, to put it bluntly, she still has a grudge against Liu Hong, and now that she is no longer in the palace, there are only people around her who she loves, so she simply does it as she likes.

"Husband, why have you been locked in your study since you returned home? Can't you tell me what's bothering? The concern on Yining's face did warm Xu Ji's heart, to be honest, Xu Ji's habit has been around for a long time, and it has been Chen Zhi reminding Xu Ji that he should eat for so long, but a big man Xu Ji was really not moved at all, and it was even more so when he was replaced by Dian Wei. But the person in front of him is his wife, and the meaning is naturally different.

Xu Ji chuckled and beckoned to Yin Ning to come over, Yin Ning stepped forward, Xu Ji put her on his lap and hugged her, and replied a little tiredly: "It's a bit annoying, Ning'er, how do you say that the catastrophe is coming?" ”

Yining turned her head to see Xu Ji's face full of tiredness, she couldn't help but feel a little distressed, it seemed that it was rare to see him smile since Xu Ji entered Luoyang: "Ning'er doesn't know the big thing that the husband is worried about, but no matter what the husband decides, Ning'er will support it." ”

She knew that what Xu Ji needed at this time was not for her to tell him how to do it, what he needed was temporary rest and a support, and it just so happened that all she could do for him was this. (To be continued......)