In the front yard of the county hall, a small door around the corner.

The small wooden door has been some years, under the erosion of wind and rain, the edges and corners of the door panel have been ground into a round arc like pebbles, and the pores of different sizes are all over the door, just like a person's face, full of pockmarks.

Gently pushing open the small door, a strong musty smell and a fishy smell of blood came to my face. If you have a sensitive nose, as long as you smell this smell, your brain will be confused.

Liu Wei was obviously not the kind of person who would be smoked into chaos because of this smell of blood, and he was already accustomed to the smell of blood before he reached this era.

Sitting in the hut, there was a low table painted black in front of him, on which was a pot of crispy and tender roast mutton, and on the side of the pot of mutton, there was a small wooden barrel full of liquor.

Inside the barrel is a wooden spoon with a slender rod for scooping wine.

Holding the stem of the wooden spoon in one hand, Liu Wei gently stirred the wine syrup in the keg.

The smell of blood and musty in the room covered up the mellow flavor of the wine, but this did not affect Liu Wei at all, he scooped out a spoonful of wine, mixed it into the wine bottle on the table, put down the spoon, picked up the wine bottle, shook it lightly a few times, put the wine bottle on the tip of his nose, and enjoyed the deep smell of wine.

"It tastes weird!" Putting the wine bottle back on the table, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man tied to a wooden stake about six or seven steps away, and showed a harmless smile at the middle-aged man, and said to him: "The fragrance of the wine syrup is mixed with the stench of residual blood, which has a unique flavor. But soon, the smell of fresh blood will be mixed in......"

As he spoke, Liu Wei muttered to the pro-soldier standing on the side, and a pro-soldier raised his foot and walked towards the middle-aged man, while Liu Bi lowered his head and stared at the cup full of wine syrup.

The soldier who walked towards the middle-aged man held a sharp short sword in his hand, and under the flickering candlelight in the hut, the body of the short sword flowed with golden streamers.

When he arrived in front of the middle-aged man, the soldiers didn't ask, but just rested the short sword on the middle-aged man's right arm and glanced at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei looked down at the wine bottle full of wine, and didn't even look at the pro-soldier.

Seeing that Liu Wei didn't react, the pro-soldier turned the blade slightly inward, and slowly cut into the skin of the middle-aged man's arm, and with the sharp blade cutting, a stream of red blood splattered out in an instant.

"Ahh The middle-aged man who was tightly tied to the stake howled miserably, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat, he gritted his teeth, glared at Liu Wei viciously, and roared angrily: "Even if I am a ghost, I will not let you go!" ”

"Let's wait until you're done!" Liu Wei raised his head, smiled at the middle-aged man, and said in a flat tone: "This king doesn't want to ask you any questions, he just wants you to die!" Your corpse is of some use to this king! ”

Liu Wei stood up and walked towards the door, and after a personal soldier helped him open the door, he stopped, turned his head to look at the man who was tied to the stake, and dropped the sentence lightly: "Two hundred and thirty-six corpses dressed in black clothes have recently been found in the northern suburbs of the city, and a fire has broken out in the northern city, in addition to the cousin and shopkeeper in the wine shop, thirty-nine charred corpses have also been found in the fire site......"

"It's a pity you didn't get a chance to take a look at their last look!" Liu Wei had a sad expression on his face, his hands behind his back, and after saying this, he shook his head and sighed lightly, and walked out of the torture hall with his feet raised.

"Liu Bian, you can't die well!" The door was tightly closed by the soldiers, and when he walked out of the room, Liu Wei clearly heard the middle-aged man shouting in the house: "Even if Grandpa is a ghost, he will come back and kill you!" ”

As the door was closed, the middle-aged man's howls and shouts disappeared in Liu Wei's ears, and he pursed his lips and walked towards the backyard with his feet raised.

The murder of the assassin's mastermind was not motivated by Liu Bian's intentions. He is not a bloodthirsty butcher, but sometimes he has to choose some extreme methods to deal with his enemies.

If you are brave, you are not afraid! What he wanted was to use the death of the Assassin mastermind to deter the saboteurs who might be dormant in the city and hatching various schemes.

Killing the assassins in the north of the city and setting fire to it was also instructed by Liu Wei to Yang Feng personally. Everyone will eventually face death, but the way to die will be strange, and the more miserable the Assassin will be, the more people with the same thoughts will be afraid to do it before they act.

As soon as he walked into the backyard, he was standing on the edge of the lotus pond and looking at the fish swimming in the pond, Xu Shu's voice came from behind Liu Wei: "You Heng is gone......"

"Gone?" Liu Wei didn't look back, he put his hands behind his back, sighed softly, and said to Xu Shu: "After all, crazy life is just crazy life, and there are quite a lot of great talents in the world. You are talented, but he is arrogant, such people can't achieve great things after all, let him go! ”

Standing behind Liu Wei, Xu Shu also looked helpless. Liu Wei's words are really heavy, but if this matter is put on Xu Shu, Xu Shu will never leave in shame because of this, but will choose to stay, learn more from Liu Wei What he needs, and make himself more and more perfect.

"Anyi can only be handed over to the military division!" Looking down at the fish swimming back and forth in the pond, Liu Wei whispered to Xu Shu who was standing behind him: "Ten days later, this prince will lead an army of 20,000 to the east to go to Yanzhou to exterminate the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!" ”

Originally, Xu Shu was looking forward to You Heng being able to stay, and with You Heng's ability, it was not much difficult to govern a small Hedong County, but this You Heng was wild by nature, and he couldn't stand Liu Wei's heavy words, so he left Anyi in a fit of anger, and now in the Hedong area, Xu Shu can only stay and take care of it.

"Your Highness can't accompany Your Highness on this trip, Your Highness be careful in everything!" Clenching his fists with both hands, he took a deep look at Liu Bian, and Xu Shu said to Liu Bian: "The area east of the river is complicated, and all the heroes want to be the overlord......

"In the past, there were no soldiers under the command of this king, if they defected to Haoxiong, maybe they would coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. But now that the army of more than 100,000 under the command of this king can be ready to attack at any time, which party dares to risk the disapproval of the world? With his back to Xu Shu, Liu Wei twitched the corners of his mouth, and said in a calm tone: "Instead of moving a king of Hongnong with an army of 100,000 behind him, it is not to bet on a puppet emperor who has no real power. Now in Haoxiong's eyes, this king is no longer available, and they may want to get Liu Xie more than this king! ”

"What His Highness said is that the Eastern Expedition still needs to be cautious, and with the Qingzhou Army, His Highness should quickly occupy Yanzhou to avoid endless troubles!" Xu Shu pondered for a moment, nodded, and said to Liu Wei: "Hebei Gongsun Zhan, the soldier is strong, and he has the heart to dominate the north. Earlier, the princes did not participate in the alliance, thinking that there were other plans, if they meet, His Highness should be cautious! ”

Liu Wei nodded and did not speak again. Since defeating Liu Pi and having Xu Shu's assistance, many things no longer need him to think about at home, and now he is about to go east, but he can't take Xu Shu by his side, which is indeed an irreparable loss for Liu Wei.

"By the way, Your Highness!" As he was talking to Liu Wei, Xu Shu seemed to remember something, raised his hand and patted his forehead gently, and said to Liu Wei: "Hedong Wei family, send someone to invite His Royal Highness, saying that Wei Ning, the second son of the Wei family, will marry Cai Yan, the daughter of Cai Yong, and pass through ......the door soon."

"Cai Yan?" Hearing Cai Yan's name, Liu Wei turned to look at Xu Shu and asked him, "But the daughter of Cai Yong, who is quite talented?" ”

"Exactly!" Xu Shu bowed down and clasped his fists and said to Liu Wei: "The wedding date is set for five days later, and now Cai Yong's daughter has arrived in Anyi!" ”

"Huh!" Hearing that Cai Yan had arrived in Anyi, Liu Wei pouted and smiled, and said to Xu Shu: "This king occupies Anyi, this Hedong Wei family is so bold that he actually married a bride at this time!" ”

"The Wei family is after the great general Wei Qing!" With his hands clasped into fists, Xu Shu stood behind Liu Wei and whispered to him: "In the Hedong area, although the Wei family has not been a career leader in recent generations, since Emperor Ming summoned Wei Wei, the Wei family's reputation has increased unabated!" The four generations of the Wei family have been heirlooms of Confucianism, and they can be regarded as a scholarly family. ”

"Then Wei Ning is the middle of the word?" Liu Wei turned around, faced Xu Shu, and asked him a question.

"Exactly!" Xu Shu answered, and then asked Liu Wei, "Your Highness recognizes Wei Ning?" ”

Liu Wei shook his head, smiled slightly, and said to Xu Shu: "I have heard of it, and I heard that it is also quite famous, but I don't know what articles he has done." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know much about that Wei Ning!" Liu Wei mentioned that he had heard of Wei Zhongdao's name, and Xu Shu then said to him: "Wei Ning's brother Wei Xian is more famous than his brother......

"This king has no interest in the Wei family!" Wei Wei is a famous man in Hedong, Xu Shu was about to introduce Liu Wei, but Liu Wei waved his hand and said to him: "This king is only interested in Cai Yan. If you are fated to get a side, it is also a beautiful thing, I don't know ...... military advisor? ”

"Your Highness won't be ......?" Liu Wei made it clear that he was not interested in the Wei family, but showed a strong interest in Cai Yan's body, which made Xu Shu feel unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart, he frowned slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Even though Cai Yan is rich and has five cars, she is a ......woman after all."

"Women are human too!" Liu Wei pursed his lips and said to Xu Shu: "There are still five days left in the wedding date, and this king wants to conspire with Cai Yan first, and the military adviser will arrange it, even if it offends the Wei family, it doesn't matter!" ”

Since following Liu Bian, he has never seen him show such a strong interest in any woman, Xu Shu looked at Liu Bian blankly for a while, sighed lightly, and did not leave immediately, but said in a sincere tone: "Your Highness wants to seize the country, don't ...... for a woman"

"This king and Cai Yan haven't met yet, and they have no other ideas!" Without waiting for Xu Shu to finish speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand at him and said, "It's just that I am fascinated by her talent and want to go to meet in person, don't worry." ”

At the end of the Han Dynasty, women were not too constrained by etiquette, and private meetings between men and women were common. Liu Wei proposed to see Cai Yan, and with his current status as the actual ruler of Hedong, even if the Wei family refused to do anything, he would never dare to say half a word.

But Xu Shu has a feeling that Liu Wei wants to see Cai Yan, not just to see the demeanor of a talented woman, but what is the purpose implied in it.

Even if Xu Shu wants to break his head, I'm afraid he can't figure it out, Liu Wei wants to see Cai Yan just because he doesn't want her to marry Wei Zhongdao, so that a generation of talented women will fall into the hands of foreign races in the future.