Zu Zhao has obtained Ma Yuan, Su De, Yiwen and Wu, two generals, and he is very happy in his heart, and now when he needs talents, there are two such generals, it can not be said that the sky is going to descend on him.

However, Ma Yuan's brute force Zu Zhao has been taught, and as for Su De's talent, he only listens to his empty talk, and I don't know if he can really only talk on paper in practical application. Zu Zhao decided to find a chance to try him, after all, if he was a man of horses, Zu Zhao didn't want to appoint him. I came with a plug-in, I know who will happen and when, and I am naturally more shrewd and cautious in appointing people.

The three of them drank heartily, and Zu Zhao took the two to Cao Cao's mansion. He didn't do this to introduce the two to Cao Cao, but now that he is alone in Luoyang, it is not a bad thing to have Cao Cao to take care of, mainly because of the consideration of the identity of the two of them. If anyone knows that Su De is the former military advisor of the Golden Thieves, I am afraid that there will be some chaos. Z

Moreover, Ma Yuan beat the bearded officer, this matter will inevitably cause a series of aftermaths, Zu Zhao didn't want to add trouble at this time, so it was a very wise choice to bring them into Cao Cao's location.

When the three of them arrived at the door of Cao Cao's mansion, they saw a palace carriage and horse galloping by, and Zu Zhao's eyes saw at a glance that the person in the car was the subordinate of Song Dian, the tenth permanent servant. Apparently they had just come out of Cao Cao's mansion. Zu Zhao wondered, Cao Cao and Song Dian had no intimate contacts, how could his subordinates come here.

With doubts, Zu Zhao directly asked to meet Cao Cao. After some informing, Zu Zhao and Ma Yuansude quickly saw Cao Cao, but looking at Cao Cao's face, there was a bit of melancholy. Zu Zhao knows that Cao Cao is a generation of traitors in history, he already has a magnificent heart in his heart at this moment, he is a man who wants to do great things, such a melancholy look will only appear when he is worried about the country and the people, I don't know what he is worried about at the moment, could it be that there is really something big to happen in Luoyang.

Zu Zhao looked back on the history of the Three Kingdoms, and at this moment it was the spring of 186 in the park, and there were no major events in Luoyang City worthy of being recorded in history. Suddenly, his eyebrows twisted, and suddenly he remembered something, isn't Cao Cao worrying about that matter at the moment?

When Cao Cao saw Zu Zhao come in, the sorrow on his face eased a lot, but it was still difficult to hide a trace of melancholy between his eyebrows.

"Liechen, you came just in time, I have something to discuss with you?" Cao Cao came to Zu Zhao crying, and saw that there were two strange men behind him, one strong and one thin, the contrast was very strong, and they stood together, which seemed a little funny.

"Who are these two?" Cao Cao looked at Ma Yuan and Su De and asked.

"This is Ma Yuan, the word Pingyi, a person from Youzhou; This is Su De, the word Shide, and also a person from Youzhou. They are all the bold people I just made in Luoyang City, because I came to Luoyang alone, and there was no good place to go, so I brought them here, I hope Cao Gong doesn't mind. Zu Zhao said.

Cao Cao took a closer look at the two, Ma Yuan was tall and strong, and at first glance he was a person with infinite strength, if he could cultivate some of the skills of a captain, he would be a brave and good general on the battlefield. Looking at Su De, although he is relatively thin, his face is delicate, and he is a shrewd person at first glance, and although his face is unruly, the arrogance revealed between his eyebrows shows that he is a rich strategist. He laughed, took the hands of the two and said: "Meng De loves to make friends with heroes, and it is my great luck to be able to make friends with the two today." ”

Zu Zhao couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, this Cao Ah really has a set of tricks to win people's hearts, no wonder there are so many loyal and brave people who are willing to follow him to the death. He hasn't shown much ambition yet, but as time goes on, he will surely dominate the North, and then he will be his worst enemy. As a human being in the world, it is really a great pleasure to be able to come to the Three Kingdoms and compete for the world with Cao Cao and others.

Ma Yuan and Su De had also heard of Cao Cao's name for a long time, and Su De had had a head-to-head confrontation with the army led by Cao Cao before. Su De couldn't help but look at Cao Cao carefully at this moment, thinking back to that time, although Cao Cao was small, the Yellow Turban Army still couldn't take any advantage, it seems that this Cao Cao is really capable.

"Exiles in a foreign land, just want not to cause trouble for Cao Gong, how dare they climb Cao Gong." Sud said faintly.

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Mr. spoke politely, I, Cao Mengde, am not a person of immeasurable merit, now I am a petty official in the court, and I have taken off this hat on my head, and I am also an ordinary person, how can Mr. say that it is Gao Pan and me." Our friendship lies in our heart-to-heart. ”

"This is a very good word, I like it, it seems that Cao Mengde is really a bold person, you are a friend, I have made a deal with Ma Yuan." Ma Yuanle took a step forward, laughed and nodded at Cao Cao.

Zu Zhao didn't see it right, if he continued like this, if Cao Cao was a trick to keep these two people by his side, it would be his own loss, and the most hateful thing was that he would become an enemy in the future. He hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "I saw that Cao Gong's face was a little melancholy before, and I don't know why I was worried, can I tell me?" ”

Cao Cao suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said, "By the way, there is something important to say." Please sit inside, everyone is their own person, and it is not more important to pay attention to any red tape. As he spoke, he invited Zu Zhao and the others into the inner room.

Zu Zhao laughed secretly in his heart, this Cao Mengde is really interesting, he can stumble out barefoot to greet the strategist, whether it is true or false, this kind of behavior can really make people of insight work for him. At this moment, he didn't know the details of Ma Yuansude, but he didn't shy away from talking to them when he saw that they were with him, it seemed that this Cao Cao really had a good mind.

After entering the inner room, Cao Cao ordered his subordinates to serve some tea, and then he said what he was depressed about. It turned out that what Cao Cao was worried about was not surprising from what Zu Zhao thought. In this world, Emperor Han wanted to rebuild the West Palace and ordered Song Dian to be responsible. And that Song Dian was a greedy man for money, and he naturally wanted to salvage a sum at this moment, he waved the banner of the Son of Heaven, and did not put the ministers in the court in his eyes at all, so that his subordinates went to the courtiers' homes to say the edict of the Son of Heaven, so that they could try to take out the gold and silver that was measured, so that the Son of Heaven could only use it to rebuild the West Palace.

And what really worries Cao Cao is that the overhaul of the West Palace, it is impossible to rely on the treasury alone, Song Dian has sent people to various states and counties to collect heavy taxes, and in the end it must be the people who suffer, so that many people must be separated from their wives and families.

"As far as I know, Song Dian has placed the key collection site in the Liaodong area, and he has already sent people to Youzhou." Cao Cao said.

When Zu Zhao heard this, he was very angry in his heart, Liaodong is the location of his base camp, and now is the period of development. No, you must not let Song Dian pay attention to Liaodong. Moreover, many of the new-style institutions he opened there will be nonsense in the court once a treacherous villain like Song Dian knows about it, and he is afraid that the Son of Heaven will directly send troops to destroy everything there.

Cao Cao saw Zu Zhao's worries, but he didn't really know what he was worried about, thinking that he was worried about Huangpu Song, Lu Zhi and others, and said: "Liechen, now your master's side also needs you, although I hope you will stay here to help, but I know that I can't keep you." ”

"Cao Gong, I think I have to leave Luoyang, the situation in Youzhou has not been good, and now the people's lives are finally getting better, if the people of Song Dian are messed up, the golden remnants there will definitely take advantage of the situation to make trouble. I can't help but be worried. Zu Zhao said.

Cao Cao nodded in agreement, he knew that Zu Zhao was a genius through the ages, and he always had strange tricks in dealing with things, and at this moment Song Dian was ordered by the Son of Heaven to repair the West Palace, this fact could not be changed, and how to make the local people not implicated, this requires the strategy of the magistrate.

took a night in Cao Cao's mansion, and early the next morning, Cao Cao arranged carriages and horses for Zu Zhao, Ma Yuan, and Su De. He originally wanted to keep Ma Yuansude and the others by his side, but after a few hints, the two of them showed that they wanted to follow Zu Zhao, and Cao Cao was helpless, so he could only tell himself secretly in his heart that if Zu Zhao was included in his command in the future, wouldn't his people be his own people.

It's just that he doesn't know, how could Zu Zhao be recruited by him, Zu Zhao must be his biggest enemy in this mess. At that time, Cao Cao will know that Jiangdong and Hanzhong are not a matter at all, and Zu Zhao is the biggest opponent.

Zu Zhao took Ma Yuan and Su De and rushed back to the state capital where Huangfu Song was located. On the way, they passed through a small county, and the sun was already setting in the west, so the three of them entered the city and stayed overnight, intending to set off again the next day.

After a tiring journey and fatigue, the three of them ate something at random, drank some wine, found a restaurant to live in, and talked about their ideals in the room.

In the rest room, they suddenly heard that there was chaos downstairs and was noisy, Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan immediately turned over and got up, went out of the building to look, and Su De also got up and followed, but the speed was not as fast as Zu Zhao and Su De.

Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan came to the platform and looked down, but it was a team of sergeants who were robbing a woman, and they were scolding and scolding, the woman was crying and begging for mercy, but the sergeant insisted on taking her away. There was an old man kneeling on the ground, whose head had been broken, but he kept banging his head on the ground, begging the sergeant to spare them.

"Master Jun, please let us go, I'm such a granddaughter, you can't take her away, please." The old man banged his head straight at him.

A military man with a scar on one side kicked the old man to the ground and scolded, "What a thing that doesn't know whether to live or die." Now the Son of Heaven wants to build a palace and collect taxes from the whole country, you can't take out the silver taels, so naturally you can only buy your granddaughter to make up the amount, if the Son of Heaven blames it, our entire county will be implicated. ”

"Master Jun, the Son of Heaven wants to build the palace, and we naturally want to contribute. But we barely had enough to eat, and where did we get the silver taels to pay the taxes? Please let us go, my granddaughter is still young, you can't sell her. The old man was weeping and weeping, and kept kowtowing to the ground.

The sergeant laughed, pinched the woman's face, and said with a wicked smile: "Small? Where is it small? Selling her into the Qinglou is an endless happiness, she is just the right age, not young at all. ”

"No, I don't want to be sold into the Qinglou." The woman cried and begged, but the sergeant did not listen, scolded twice, and was about to leave with the woman.

The old man was reluctant to cling to the sergeant, clinging to his legs, and begging them to let him and his granddaughter go. The sergeant tried several times, but he couldn't get out, his face suddenly burned with anger, and he pulled out the Pu knife at his waist with a bang, cursed in his mouth, and slashed at the old man.

All the people present were stunned, but no one came forward to stop them, but they just hid farther away, for fear of hurting themselves. Seeing such a murderous thing, how could Zu Zhao sit idly by, he just wanted to stop it loudly, but his eloquence opened slightly, but he found that the figure around him flashed, and something fell from the second floor.

He was shocked in his heart, and when he looked again, there was no figure of Ma Yuan beside him, at this moment he had jumped downstairs, shouted, took a few steps forward, and kicked off the Pu knife in the hands of the military.

All this came too suddenly, not to mention that the military did not know what was going on, and even the onlookers on the side could not see what was going on. Everyone looked at the bright knife in a daze, and then looked at the military in surprise, only to find that there was a strong man in front of him, who was looking at him angrily.

The other soldiers beside the sergeant were stunned for a moment when they saw such a man suddenly appear, and then they all drew their knives and surrounded Ma Yuantuan.

"Where did you pop out of the wild man, and you dare to interfere in the affairs of the government, are you tired of living?" The military shouted loudly.

Ma Yuan looked up to the sky and roared, and said: "The people of the government do not protect the people, but they want to kill the people, what kind of bird soldiers are you?" ”

Everyone heard Ma Yuan's voice as loud as thunder, the shadowless and invisible kick before, but as fast as lightning, couldn't help but be a little afraid, the people who watched the excitement all retreated, and the soldiers with knives raised their vigilance, lest the knife in their hands be snatched away in the blink of an eye.

"You dare to insult the people of the government, it seems that you are really tired, I have to take you to prison today to taste the taste." The sergeant said viciously.

Ma Yuan didn't feel comfortable at all, and said with a smile: "Don't say it's a small soldier of the county government, it's the old man of heaven who is committing murder here, and I will beat him to the sky." ”

As soon as everyone heard his words, they explained a burst of exclamation and embarrassment, and even the Son of Heaven dared to scold him, this person was either crazy or dead.

"Take him down." The sergeant shouted, waved his right hand, and gave orders to the other soldiers. When all the soldiers received the order, they all roared and brandished their knives and slashed at Ma Yuan.

Zu Zhao watched upstairs, for fear that Zu Zhao's fists would be invincible with four hands, and he really wanted to go downstairs to rescue him, but was stopped by Su De. Zu Zhao was puzzled and asked him why he was like this. Su De smiled faintly and said: "Pingyi can only be taught by you, now we follow you to do great things, if he can't settle these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, how can he fight freely in the millions of troops in the future?" If you want to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, you should give him a chance. And if you help him at this time, I'm afraid that he will think that you doubt his ability, and it will make everyone unhappy. ”

Zu Zhao thought about it, Ma Yuan in his mind, but the kind of general who took the head of the general in the million-dollar army like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, if he couldn't even settle these little gangsters now, then he really couldn't expect him to do anything big in the future. There is no joke like Liao Hua as a pioneer in Shuzhong, but it can't happen to him.

Although he was a little worried about Ma Yuan, the reddest still listened to Su De's words. In the past, Ma Yuan could easily defeat even the Luoyang guards, and the few local soldiers in this small county town he was facing at this moment might be a piece of cake for Ma Yuan.

Moreover, Ma Yuan can help at the first time, and he loves the people very much in his actions and words, such a person will definitely be able to be entrusted with important tasks in the future. If he could, the first commander of the heavy gold-armored cavalry he was planning now, perhaps Ma Yuan would be one of them.

Seeing the soldiers waving knives and rushing up, Ma Yuan was not flustered at all, his eyes were like moments, and he stood straight and straight like Mount Tai. When everyone was about to swing their knives and cut down, they only heard Ma Yuan roar, which was extremely powerful and deafening, which frightened the soldiers to stop one after another, and they all stayed there like wooden chickens.

Zu Zhao was shocked when he saw it, could this be the legendary lion's roar, it was really amazing, just this roar was enough to deter the enemy. There are not many records in the Three Kingdoms that use sound to frighten people, the little overlord Sun Ce turned around and drank, scared a person to death, Zhang Fei scared Cao Cao to death with three roars at Changsaka Bridge and followed Xia Houen personally, Zhao Zilong rode alone to lure the enemy, and the echo roared, frightening more than 100 horsemen chasing behind him to the ground. Now when Ma Yuan roared, he actually frightened one or twenty soldiers into a panic. Such a great deterrent power, I am afraid that only the generals of this period have it.;

Zu Zhao was very happy in his heart, this Ma Yuan was really a fierce general, not a scoundrel and reckless man who grabbed fine wine on the streets. Seeing that the soldiers were not moving, Ma Yuan roared again, stepped forward in two steps, pinched the sergeant's neck, and scolded in his mouth: "I will kill you today, the official dog who can only oppress the good people." As he spoke, he saw that the green tendons on his hands burst out, and then he shouted, but he saw that the sergeant's eyes were wide open, and his face suddenly turned pale, and then turned purple, and then the seven orifices bled out, and his whole body trembled, and he did not move.

Ma Yuan let go of his hand, only to see that his fingers were covered with bright red blood, and it turned out that the sergeant's neck had also been pinched by him. When the other soldiers saw this, they fled violently, and the crowd of onlookers, after a period of horror, applauded and cheered.

Zu Zhao and Su De slowly went downstairs at this moment, boasting that Ma Yuan's skills were really good. Ma Yuan laughed and said that when he encounters such a bullshit sergeant, if he sees one kill one, and when he sees two kill a pair, the world may not be peaceful.

The woman helped the old man to come to Zu Zhao and them at this moment, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them. Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan hurriedly helped them up, and asked what was the matter, why did the sergeant embarrass them so much?