—166 A.D.——

"That's true, Mr. Cai, the student was attacked by a monster made of ink that looked like a dragon or a jiao."

Cao Cao Zhengse replied to Cai Yong, who rushed to inquire about the situation.

Although it is unknown how the person who made the "ink dragon" did it, the servants and guards who rushed to hear the news insisted that they saw him and Yuan Shao spilling ink all over the ground when they were fighting.

He, and Yuan Shao, fighting?

Cao Cao forcibly shattered the imaginary image that was about to be generated, and directly concluded that the "Dragon Protector" was very arrogant, treating them all as ordinary ten-year-old children without careful observation.

not only underestimated him and Cai Wan, but also looked down on Yuan Shao.

"It looks exactly like what her daughter painted, and if her father wants to see it, she can redraw it." Cai Wan's side is more persuasive, after all, all the strings in her hand are broken from it.

"No need," Cai Yong observed the scene by the pond and shook his head slowly: "After the 'disaster of the party', the name of the 'Wushuang' warrior has been known to most of the eunuchs, but any strange and incomprehensible scenes must be caused by 'Wushuang'...... It seems that Cao Hou is still angry. ”

"My grandfather has never fought for power in the palace, and my father is only responsible for the circulation of money, so it is—" Cao Cao was slightly surprised.

"Sometimes, it's not because you've 'done'...... you've been targeted" — more likely because you 'didn't do something.'" Cai Yong was silent halfway through his words, and the "stand-in" directly finished the second half of the sentence.

It was in this way that Cao Cao understood after a little thought, whether it was a victorious and a foreign faction that intended to purge dissidents, or a failed eunuch force that wanted to seek revenge, they all looked at those "neutral" people who did not support either side, unless they showed sufficient strength to maintain neutrality.

"The student was ...... When she was rescued, I heard her call that person 'Zuo Ci'. Cao Cao couldn't think of what to call the woman who was like the moon in the sky, so he said vaguely.

"The name...... If you want to know, you can ask Cao Gong, although Dasi Nong is only in charge of money, but there may be relevant anecdotes attached when summarizing the accounts of various places," Cai Yong patted Cai Wan, who was very well-behaved in front of him: "In order to avoid extraneous branches, we will rush back to Luoyang as soon as possible today." ”

“…… Be. Although he was very curious about the result of the woman's tracking of Zuo Ci, Cao Cao knew that none of the people present were qualified to participate in that kind of battle that flew at every turn, and if he insisted on saying it, it was barely feasible to add a "stand-in" by himself.

"Mr. Cai!" Unlike the master and apprentice here who began to think about the political situation or the issue of force, Yuan Shao took two steps forward with a happy expression: "The disciple has comprehended the 'Wushuang'!" ”

"......" Cao Cao tried to stop his urge to roll his eyes.

"Oh?" Cai Yong didn't doubt it too much: "I heard that there are examples of awakening 'Wushuang' when the situation is critical, if you are the same, it can be called a blessing in disguise." ”

"Look!" Yuan Shao picked up the short sword with the sheath at his waist and swung it at the trees not far away.

Cha! A sharp sword mark appeared on the tree that was large enough to be surrounded by the two of them.

You haven't had enough? Cao Cao glared at him with disapproval, and immediately after Yuan Shao's move, he ran over and drew his sword and cut down the "stand-in" of the big tree's sword.

"Don't you think it's funny?" The stand-in stretched out his hand to Cao Cao: "And after this incident, I can influence the outside world without showing up." ”

So this time it is himself who is "blessed by misfortune", Cao Cao thought, in the past, this "stand-in" was only in a state where others could not see him and he could not touch others, unless he appeared in his own image - he was so an uncle at the beginning, and now he can directly attack the outside world, and the nature has changed in an instant.

While thinking about it, Yuan Shao slashed out two more swords, but the "stand-in" movement was a little slow, and only one trace was cut.

"Well, strange? When it doesn't work? Yuan Shao muttered to himself in confusion, and then slashed several swords in other directions far away, and the "stand-in" only had time to catch up once or twice.

"Probably still need practice?" Yuan Shao summed himself up, and then showed off to Cai Yong: "This 'Wushuang', the disciple named him 'Void Cutting Sword'!" ”

Yes, as empty as your head, Cao Cao looked at the "stand-in" who walked back with a strange smile on his face, and thought helplessly.

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"[Is it Your Excellency that disturbs Luoyang with a spell? I, Wang Yue, will learn a thing or two today! 】”

When the four of them rushed back to Luoyang by car, they suddenly heard a deafening shout in mid-air, and a dazzling sword light flew straight towards the direction of the Black Dragon Pond.

"It is worthy of being the 'Sword Saint' who stepped on Helan Mountain with a single sword," Cai Yong sighed: "During the Rebellion of the Party, Wang Yue only guarded the royal bloodline and did not participate in any battles, which inevitably made people speculate whether his strength still existed, but as soon as this sword came out, no matter what thoughts those people had, they had to let go." ”

"I heard that his sword only cuts the bearded people, and now this is?" Cai Wan was a little puzzled.

"In fact, after the 'unequaled warriors' gradually increased and the border army was able to resist the Hu people on their own, Wang Yue almost stopped making a move, and only focused on protecting the Han royal family, so no matter how fierce the struggle for power between relatives and eunuchs was, even if the emperor lost power, he would be safe and sound," Cai Yong said: "This sword is mostly because the 'Zuo Ci' shot at the royal family." ”

"......" "So, if someone wants to abolish the old Liu family and become the emperor himself, he will also take action?"

Cao Cao's expression became a little serious, but the "stand-in" said without any scruples.

"If the 'Sword Master' can kill the guy who attacked us, it's okay-" Yuan Shao looked at the sky, halfway through his words, and then froze.

When the sword mark that crossed the sky fell in a graceful arc in the mountains near the Black Dragon Pond, a huge and brilliant pillar of golden light rose into the sky, and then turned into a magnificent tower of gold and silver and white, and the giant tower suddenly emitted a circle of pink light to the surrounding area—no, it was a huge garden that was visible because of that light, boundless, and full of pink flowers.

The tower and the garden flickered slightly, and then disappeared completely in the blink of an eye, along with the sword marks that stretched across the sky.

Unlike Cai Yong, who didn't know why, Cao Cao almost instantly thought of the white-haired woman with pink petals scattered all over her body, and blurted out: "He hit the wrong person!" ”

"Indeed," Cai Wan agreed, "This 'Wushuang' is completely different from the black dragon that can be formed with the help of ink, I hope Mr. 'Sword Saint' can stop in time and not hurt that ...... Sister. ”

No, Cao Cao thought with confidence that he didn't know where he came, hoping that the sword saint was smart enough not to anger "her", otherwise he would die without a place to be buried.

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After returning to Luoyang, Cai Yong's daughter returned home, Yuan Shao also returned to Yuan's house to show off his "Wushuang", which was sure to fail, while Cao Cao went to ask his father about the "charms", "Zuo Ci", and "white-haired women with flowers scattered" around Luoyang.

As a former lieutenant and current Dasi Nong, even if Cao Song is not as well-informed as the official who is really in charge of intelligence, he must know more than ordinary people, and he really did not disappoint his son in this regard.

Cao Song led Cao Cao to a remote-looking warehouse near his study, and when he opened the door, there were bundles of books on shelves.

Facing his son's surprised and admiring eyes, Cao Song said proudly: "Captain Sili is in charge of 'supervising and reporting', but the current Captain Sili is a complete fool, only 'reporting', not 'supervising', seeing strange but not worthy of reporting things and leaving them behind instead of recording and archiving them like a father. ”

"It turned out that my father supported the eunuch party." Because there were only father and son present, Cao Cao did not make a look of trepidation at this kind of speech, and responded calmly.

"Your grandfather Cao Teng is a veteran of the Four Dynasties, and his influence is far-reaching, even if my family changes to support scholars, he can't lose the title of 'son of eunuchs', so why not support the eunuch forces who have a good impression of us?" Cao Song said: "The most important thing is that the emperor can have no relatives, but he can't do without eunuchs. ”

"Children are taught." Cao Cao saluted.

"Go ahead, the content you're looking for is mostly in the 'Inhumans' entries, and in addition, the entries such as 'Royal Rumors' and 'Courtiers' Crimes can be figured out for yourself." Cao Song said and turned away.

If you dare to collect, I will naturally dare to look at it...... Cao Cao sneered, after all, he didn't look for those items that were very powerful when he heard them, and went straight to the "Strange People and Strange Things" entry area.

Due to the help of the "stand-in", Cao Cao quickly found some news about the charms that disturbed Luoyang and the Taoist Zuo Ci, who seemed to be keen on playing pranks on many descendants of the Liu family, but because he was disturbed by some side branches that basically had nothing to do with the Spirit Emperor, he was not taken seriously, and it was judged that some hermit people were dissatisfied with the royal family's revenge.

"It seems that our father also made a mistake in his judgment," the "stand-in" said: "The three emperors in a row have no children, and they are enthroned by distant relatives. ”

"Then why did he come to attack me, Yuan Shao, and Zhenji?" Cao Cao's brows furrowed.

"Hmm...... Because the two of you will fight for the throne in the future, and the winner will become the emperor? "Stand-in" nonsense.

"Heh......" Cao Cao's gaze swept over a seemingly unimportant piece of information, and then said categorically: "That's impossible. ”

——On a certain day in a certain month, the people around Luoyang saw the white-haired woman named Fu Shui to treat the injured "peerless warrior", the effect was far beyond the ordinary, she called herself Mei Lin, sometimes called Lin Hao, suspected of being a high-level of Taiping Road.