—187 A.D.——

Luoyang, General's Mansion.

"No, that's not right," Yang Xiu paced back and forth in the council hall, looking anxious: "We have been calculated!" ”

Two days ago, this council chamber belonged to the great general He Jin, and there were many magnificent decorations, and he may have given the order to attack the palace here with great pride, but now, not only are there many traces of swords on the walls and pillars here, but all kinds of decorations are also missing.

"Medium? But we have clearly gained the upper hand at this point. Sun Jian, who was sitting on a Taishi chair, watched the young man spin around and asked puzzledly.

"That's right," Cheng Pu, who was wearing a palace guard costume at this time, responded: "If it weren't for me and Huang Gai to knock out those 'Diao Chan' who monitored He Jin's movements in advance, Zhang Rang, who knew the details, would definitely gather more subordinates, and it would not be certain who would kill the deer at that time." ”

"Hey," Huang Gai also said: "We didn't know before that the ten permanent servants actually plotted against some of the queen's 'Diao Chan', and then used them to spy on the queen's brother, this royal family is really messy." ”

"I won't mention for the time being whether the 'Diao Chan' who calls himself the 'last work' is reliable," Yang Xiu glanced at the two of them: "The problem now is that the Hongnong Yang family, the Hedong Wang family, and the Guanzhong Li family and other local families have completely exposed their hands and hole cards in Luoyang, but the situation has still not subsided, and the ten permanent servants and the empress, who should have been on the same footing, joined forces to block the palace after the two contradictions of Zhang Rang and He Jin disappeared, and our current strength is simply not enough to rescue the emperor, It can be said that there are many dreams at night, and there are changes when it is late......"

A few days ago, Luoyang's originally stable situation of relatives, eunuchs and courtiers suddenly changed, the general He Jin gathered a large number of his subordinates for unknown reasons to raid the first Zhang Rang of the Ten Standing Servants, and successfully killed him after paying a heavy price, but when he further wanted to directly control the emperor, he was blocked by the sword aura thrown out by the Sword Master, so he turned to search for the rest of the Ten Standing Servants throughout Luoyang.

The power of the Ten Standing Servants has been deeply entrenched after many years of operation, and even if Zhang Rang is dead, the small leaders everywhere will not be captured, and their resistance has even caused He Jin's subordinates, who are too light on the enemy, to suffer a lot of losses.

Seeing this opportunity, Zhu Jun immediately sent an order to the Qinwang troops he had brought from Xuzhou, asking them to march to Luoyang at the same time, take them down in one fell swoop while the two were fighting, and return them to the emperor.

Because of the help of the Yang family, Sun Jian's team did not fight during the whole process and easily entered Luoyang, but there was no news from Zang Ba, who was originally scheduled to pass through Hangu Pass.

Because of the lack of manpower, Sun Jian waited for them for a while, and as a result, the situation in Luoyang changed again.

Because of the fear of He Jin's hot hands, except for Zhang Rang's original faction, the other ten permanent servants took the initiative to surrender to the queen to seek protection, holding tens of thousands of "Diao Chan", He Yao, who thought that he had sufficient strength, agreed to it, and sent people to prevent He Jin's subordinates from continuing to pursue and kill those minions of the ten permanent servants, but in this way, she immediately discovered Sun Jian's Qinwang team that was fishing in troubled waters, so she sent a herald to inform her brother that he wanted him to exterminate this team, and after learning about this from Xiao Diao Chan, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai immediately hurried back to report to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian wanted to start an incident in advance, but the troops were seriously insufficient, so he had to ask Yang Xiu to mobilize all the local wealthy families who were in Luoyang and were in the same position, such as the Yang family, the Wang family, the Li family, the Guo family, etc., and the hole cards were exhausted to subdue He Jin, He Jin was naturally not a ten-standing servant, he resolutely refused to surrender to his subordinates, and these wealthy families did not dare to kill him, and only divided their troops to deal with the foreign relatives scattered all over Luoyang to make trouble for them.

At this time, their main force is facing off against the queen and the remnants of the Ten Standing Servants across the palace wall, both sides are fully aware of the true strength of the other party, and it is clear what means they can use, but no one can help anyone, just like playing chess, encountering a non-stop cycle of endgame, whoever changes his moves first will lose.

"If what I expected, these local families plan to hide their strength until the dust is almost settled before they can make a move, even if they don't share too many benefits, they won't take any risks," Yang Xiu said: "At this time, the behavior of standing here like an unusually conspicuous target is definitely not what they want, they originally wanted to make a profit, but they became 'mussels' and 'cranes'." ”

"That'...... Who is the real 'fisherman'? Cao Mengde? Sun Jian asked.

"He only learned the news halfway through your operation, and it is impossible for him to plan to do so," Yang Xiu shook his head, and suddenly paused: "Wait? Where did Zhu Jun go? ”

"This ......" Sun Jian and Cheng Pu looked at each other: "After he learned that Zang Ba had not arrived, he seemed to have personally gone to Hangu Pass to investigate, and he has not yet returned." ”

"Dong Zhongying? He is indeed qualified to be this fisherman," Yang Xiu's pacing speed began to increase: "No, if he is allowed to arrive in Luoyang, all the previous plans will be in vain, we must ......"

"Report-" A herald ran in in a panic, but was stopped by Zhou Tai, so he had to report loudly at the door: "General Yuan Shu Yuan Highway led people to the palace!" ”

"It's actually a wealthy family from other places in Luoyang?" Yang Xiu suddenly looked out the window: "Can't let them succeed!" These big clans with roots outside the division will never care what Luoyang will become! ”

"I always feel that these forces in Luoyang like to 'divide into two factions'......" Sun Jian said.

"I was deceived by the appearance of harmony among those 'adults'," Yang Xiu said with annoyance: "As a subordinate in the Si Li, the chaos in Luoyang will inevitably affect their own clan, even if they plan to do it in Luoyang, they will try to maintain a basic stability, but those guys whose families are in other places are different, even if they make the act of abducting the emperor and then moving the capital, it is not strange." ”

"Don't panic, this is not a joint action of a foreign family, just a single Yuan family," Sun Jian pressed the handle of the knife and got up calmly, and walked out with a tiger: "Cheng Pu Huanggai, continue to listen to Yang Xiaolangjun's orders here!" Han Dang Zhou Tai, come with me to meet that Yuan Shu! ”

"Whoa!"

After stepping out of the door, the heroic back was very naturally followed by two equally tall and strong generals, whose silhouettes seemed to be dyed with a layer of gold in the sunlight.

"......" Yang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "Maybe he can really make a career?" ”

But the next moment, he saw Zheng crying with joy, muttering, "Master, did you see it?" Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, who was vigorously hammering his chest.

"Hehe, it's really an illusion."

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Kure County, coastal.

The Sun Jialou boat is anchoring in a fishing village to replenish supplies.

If you want to return to Fuchun from Xiapi by water, you need to go down the Yangtze River to the mouth of the sea, bypass the coastal Wu County, and go up the Qiantang River to Jiujiang County.

Such a long time is enough for everyone on the ship to repeatedly check and confirm that Qiao Xuan is safe and sound, and because of the blessing of misfortune, he has comprehended a kind of "Wushuang" who does not know why.

As a result, the old man's daily routine changed from being pushed by others to being led by two granddaughters who were still not at ease with him, but looking at his expression, he was quite satisfied.

As for Sun Quan...... He was punished by a group of elders and forbidden to board the deck of a building ship that was more than the second floor.

Sun Quan felt that no one would believe it even if he said that he saw the black dragon and black line or something, but if he said that he was framed by Yu Ji, he felt a bit of a trick, and finally simply accepted the punishment honestly.

However, Sun Shangxiang didn't care about this, and he still followed him wherever he went.

For those black dragons, Sun Quan had a little idea.

It is said that Qin Shi Huang saw the black dragon in Weishui before he ascended the throne, so he took black as the national color, and his imperial robe was also black, and he called himself "Water Virtue", and then Han Gaozu beheaded the White Snake Uprising, calling himself "Red Emperor", with red as the national color, called "Huode", the previous scene may be because the Han Dynasty will fall, and the black dragons who have been suppressed for four hundred years are dancing in ecstasy.

But those fools don't go to the descendants of the Qin people to manifest themselves, what are they dancing in front of him, the descendants of Sun Bin?

As for the black line, Sun Quan initially thought they were "disease", "disability", or "death" due to the paralysis of Qiao Xuan, but these speculations were overturned after someone on board was uncomfortable, a disabled sailor, and a pirate with a bad eye.

In the end, Sun Quan saw the black line again on the lap of a lame old man when he was berthing at the dock for replenishment, and after that, he gave full play to his and Sun Shangxiang's advantages as children and successfully got the words out of the old man's mouth.

The old man originally felt that his life was over, lying in the house waiting for death, but when he woke up, except for one leg that did not obey the call, there was nothing wrong with his whole body, so in line with the idea of "living is earning", he continued to walk around the dock with a limp.

At this point, Sun Quan concluded that those black lines should be the "price of life extension", although the standard of "obtaining life extension" is not yet certain, but in terms of effect, gradual paralysis is better than perennial illness and spending a lot of money to seek medical treatment.

As for who did it? Anyway, it's not Yu Ji.

Soon the ship was resupplied and ready to set sail, Sun Quan said goodbye to the old man and returned to the ship, but as soon as he stepped on the deck, he saw Zhuge Liang looking at him with a smile.

"......" Sun Quan was originally a little weak-hearted, but after seeing this expression, he directly gave up on himself: "Yes! I'm pretending to be cute again, do you have an opinion? ”

"No," Zhuge Liang looked up at the flag on the dock and turned to leave, and said in his mouth: "Well, Jiangdong will have a southeast wind at this time, and it should be noted." ”

"What?" Sun Quan looked up and saw that the many flags on the dock and the building ship were indeed fluttering to the northwest: "Is this very unusual?" ”

"Brother Quan, you are not pretending to be cute," Sun Shangxiang on the side said seriously: "You are already very cute." ”

"Thank you!" Sun Quan raised his hand to rub his sister's hair.