Gongsun Chan scratched his head and said with a smile: "Today is the birthday of the virtuous brother, how can the foolish brother be embarrassed to accept your gift?" Ao Lie smiled and said, "The sword is given to the hero!" Big brother deserves it. Gongsun Chan was not hypocritical, Da Lu smiled and said, "Okay! Brotherly friendship, foolish brother has written it down! That's disrespectful. ”

Ao Lie smiled and nodded, then turned his head to the three brothers Liu Bei and said: "I didn't know that the three brothers of Xuande Gong came a day ago, so I didn't prepare any gifts. ”

Liu Bei looked at Gongsun Zhan, then at Ao Lie, and was about to speak, but Zhang Fei shouted urgently: "Big brother, since it was given by Brother Mohan, let's accept it, and they are not outsiders." ”

Ao Lieha said with a smile: "It's still Yide straightforward!" ”

Liu Bei had no choice but to arch his hand and say, "Then thank you General Huwei for the wine." ”

Subsequently, Gongsun Chan and the others turned over and got on their horses, and after saying goodbye to Ao Lie, they rode away.

After sending off Gongsun Zhan, Ao Lie returned to the hall, at this time there were not many guests left in the hall, after Ao Lie said goodbye one by one, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then came to the back hall, ready to visit Wu Xu.

Entering the guest room in the back hall, Ao Lie was surprised to see Wu Xu, who was originally drunk, sitting in the room looking very sober, without any drunkenness.

Seeing Ao Lie enter the room, Wu Xu smiled and said, "I expected the general to come, and I have been waiting for a long time. Ao Lie asked in surprise: "Why did Wu Lingjun know that Lu Dao would come?" ”

Wu Xu twisted his beard and said: "A certain general is a person who values love and righteousness, so he deliberately pretended to be drunk in the hall to test whether the general would come to visit him." ”

Ao Lie was even more puzzled: "Could it be that Ling Jun pretended to be drunk just to test how a certain person is?" ”

Wu Xu's face gradually became serious, and he said in a low voice, "Definitely." A previous temptation was really out of helplessness. ”

The doubts on his face did not decrease but increased, but Ao Lie did not interject, but looked at Wu Xu quietly, he believed that Wu Xu would not be a person who liked to play pranks.

"General," Wu Xu continued to whisper: "Nowadays, in order to seize power, the Chinese and foreign relatives and eunuchs in the DPRK are fighting more and more fiercely, and the saint has the heart to eradicate these disasters, but he is unable to do so, it is really a dilemma, so the saint intends to select a group of royal relatives loyal to the Han family and reuse them to suppress foreign companies and eunuchs." These people must not only be born in the orthodox lineage of the royal family, but also have outstanding talents, so the first candidate appointed by the Holy Lord is you, the general. ”

Listening to Wu Xu's words, Ao Lie couldn't help but have all kinds of thoughts in his heart. First, Ao Lie's purpose is to be loyal to the country, not to a certain person, and now it is a bit difficult to let him serve the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong, if Liu Hong is a Ming Jun, he will not hesitate so much, but the question is is Liu Hong a Ming Jun? Can you do such a ridiculous thing as betraying the official mantle, and give whoever has more money to be a big official, is it done by Ming Jun? Second, he didn't expect that although Liu Hong was ridiculous, he was not useless, at least, in addition to being absurd, Liu Hong also knew that Liu Hong thought about Jiangshan Sheji a little, which couldn't help but make Ao Lie look at Liu Hong differently; Third, he only has 20,000 soldiers now, and he doesn't have enough ability to turn things around, let alone suppress his relatives and eunuchs, it would be good if he wasn't suppressed by them; Fourth, his base is in Youzhou and Youbeiping, once he leaves Youzhou, it is equivalent to Longyou Shoal, no matter how he tosses, I am afraid he will not be able to turn over a few waves.

With these questions running at high speed in his mind, but his face was expressionless, Ao Lie lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly raised his head and asked Wu Xu: "What is the intention of the saint to summon someone to enter Beijing?" ”

Wu Xu kept paying attention to Ao Lie's expression, trying to see through Ao Lie's thoughts, and finally had to admit that he had failed, and Ao Lie's face was full of ancient wells from beginning to end. Hearing Ao Lie's question, Wu Xu relieved himself slightly, because Ao Lie's words to ask were equivalent to agreeing to go to the capital to meet the saint, otherwise there would be no need to do more.

It seems that Ao Lie is still loyal to the royal family. Wu Xu gave Ao Lie a definition in his heart. "No one knows what the saint means, but when he came this time, the saint asked him to bring a sentence to the general, and the saint said that with the general's intelligence, he should be able to understand the meaning of this sentence."

Ao Lie asked curiously, "What words?" ”

Wu Xu squirmed his lips and said slowly word by word: "The original words of the saint are: The prince Liu Xie is talented and intelligent, and he can watch Mount Tai with the emperor's nephew. After a pause, Wu Xu continued: "Actually, on the way here, a certain pair of saints thought about this sentence, and they didn't understand it, dare to ask the general if he understands?" ”

Ao Lie lowered his head and pondered. Liu Xie? Tarzan? Liu Xie is the future Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in history, although it is Dong Zhuo who abolished the young emperor Liu Wei without authorization, and supported Liu Xie, but the trajectory of history has something to follow, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Hong will not pass the throne to Liu Xie, if this assumption is successful, then what does it mean to look at Mount Tai together? Mount Tai, in the Han Dynasty has always been called "the five mountains of the only respect", etc., the only one? Isn't the deep meaning of Duzun the Son of Heaven? Could it be that Liu Hong wants to let himself assist Liu Xie and jointly manage the government?

After thinking for a while, Ao Lie basically determined what Spirit Emperor Liu Hong meant. It seems that Liu Hong also knew that the first half of his life was too absurd, causing the Han River to decline and chaos everywhere, and now he intends to rectify the dynasty, but he found that he has lost a lot of power, and he does not have enough strength to suppress his relatives and eunuchs, so he wants to maintain the status quo while promoting talented civil and military generals to the next son of heaven, Liu Xie, so that one day in the future, he can clear up the rebellion of relatives and eunuchs and revitalize the dynasty.

Raising his head, Ao Lie said very seriously: "The meaning of the saint, Lie has understood. Without further ado, tomorrow he will return to the capital with Ling Jun and meet the saint. ”

Wu Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face: "The Holy Lord really didn't see the wrong person. ”

At night, in the study of the state pastor's mansion, Liu Yu's father and son were talking secretly.

"Are you sure the Holy One means that?" Liu Yu asked, twisting his beard.

Ao Lie nodded: "It shouldn't be wrong." ”

Liu Yu continued to twist his beard while thinking. As I thought about it deeply, I got harder and harder on my hands, and I didn't even realize that I had pulled off a few beards.

Finally, I made up my mind. Liu Yu's deep voice sounded: "Lie'er, our father and son are not only royal relatives, but also Han Chen, who eats the king's fortune, even if they are crushed to pieces, they must protect my great Han country." This trip, you have to go. Otherwise, your reputation will be damaged and it will be detrimental to you in the future. So your decision is the right one. But once you arrive in the capital, you must be careful of the plots of the traitors from all walks of life, I am afraid that now the saint does not have enough strength to protect your thoughtfulness, alas, I didn't expect that the dignified man of heaven has been hollowed out of most of his power, which is really distressing. ”

Ao Lie comforted his father: "Father, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, it is unrealistic to want to solve all problems once and for all, we can only take our time, little by little to get rid of the miscellaneous diseases of the court, one day, the Han will regain its glory." ”

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Okay." Let's talk about these things in the future, tomorrow you will pack up and go to Beijing first, and before you get married, your mother and I will go to Luoyang to find you. ”

Early the next morning, Ao Lie selected ten elites of the Blood Killing Battalion, led by Zhao Yun, and accompanied Ao Lie to Luoyang. He was accompanied by Wu Xu and several attendants he brought.

Without saying anything all the way, a group of more than 20 people came to the administrative center of the Han Dynasty - Luoyang, the capital division, after half a month's trek.

Looking at the majestic Luoyang City, Ao Lie couldn't help but sigh the wisdom of the ancients, in this era when there were no excavators, trucks and other tools, people relied on their own wisdom and hands, completely relying on manpower to build such a heroic city, how can it not make people feel emotional?

Luoyang City has a total of twelve city gates, with two gates in the north, four in the south, and three in the east and west. Ao Lie and the others came from Youzhou in the north, and naturally entered the city from the north gate. Entering the city, Ao Lie sighed again. The layout of the whole Luoyang City is reasonable, the twenty-four roads in the city divide the whole Luoyang City into dozens of areas, except for the imperial palace and the north and south palaces, in the center of the whole Luoyang City, the rest of the area is different in size, scattered in the city.

There is also a saying about the roads in Luoyang City, each road is 30 to 40 steps wide, which can accommodate ten carriages running side by side, exclusively for ministers to walk; On either side of each road are two auxiliary roads, which are used by civilians to walk.

Throughout the whole Luoyang City, it is extremely prosperous, majestic and magnificent, and it is a masterpiece of grace and luxury and simple atmosphere.

Not long after the group entered the city, a man dressed as a small servant ran over quickly, came to Ao Lie's horse and stopped, and asked: "Dare to ask Gongzi is General Huwei and General Ao, the Hou of Zhongyi?" Zhao Yun rode his horse to Ao Lie's side, sat on the horse and held down the hilt of his sword, and stared at the little guy who came with a pair of tiger eyes. His duty is to protect Ao Lie, even though Ao Lie's martial arts are still above him. The ten elites of the Blood Killing Battalion behind Ao Lie also secretly adjusted their positions, and faintly centered on Ao Lie and Zhao Yun, forming two plum blossom hexagrams.

Although Wu Xu on the side couldn't understand the formations of the elites of the Blood Killing Battalion, he could also feel that the ten elites were faintly exuding a murderous aura.

Reaching out and patting Zhao Yun's shoulder, Ao Lie signaled that he didn't have to worry, and then asked the little guy with a pleasant face, "Who are you?" Why do you know the name of Lu Dao? ”

Although that little guy is a subordinate, his eyesight is not bad, otherwise it would be impossible to recognize Ao Lie at a glance. Seeing the elite formation of the blood killing camp, his heart was cold, and he was trembling and speechless for a long time, until Ao Lie opened his mouth to ask, he barely calmed down and replied: "The villain is the little guy in Cai Yilang's house, in recent days, Cai Yilang estimated that his uncle was about to arrive in Luoyang City, so he ordered the villain to come to the north gate every day to wait, and today he was finally waited by the villain, Cai Yilang instructed the villain, please ask the uncle to live in the house temporarily." ”

It turned out to be sent by Cai Yong, the future father-in-law. Hearing this, Zhao Yun slowly let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword, but still did not order the elite of the Blood Killing Battalion to withdraw from the formation, just in case.

After listening to the conversation between the two sides, Wu Xu said with a smile: "Hehe, it must be Cai Yilang who is anxious to see his son-in-law, so he sent someone to wait." On the contrary, it will take a few days to see the saint, so the general will first go to Cai Yilang's mansion to live temporarily, and once the saint is ordered, he will go to Cai Yilang's mansion to invite the general. ”

Ao Lie arched his hand and said, "It's okay, then it's arranged like this for the time being." ”

Wu Xu arched his hand to Ao Lie and led his attendants to turn around and go to the city.

After sending Wu Xu away, Ao Lie smiled and said to the little guy: "Please lead the way in front." ”

The little guy didn't expect Ao Lie to be so kind at all, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said, "Cai's mansion is over there, please come with me." ”

Ao Lie smiled and nodded, beckoned Zhao Yun and the others to follow behind the little guy and walked towards Cai's mansion.