—184 A.D.——

Luoyang North.

Cao Cao once served as a lieutenant in the northern part of Luoyang, although he was not for a long time, but he was quite familiar with the terrain here, such as where there are paths, where are idle and vacant houses, and which yamen will be directly attacked by guards as long as they approach.

However, to his dismay, he discovered that the unknown animal seemed more familiar than he was.

Naturally, Wen Ji didn't know where to look for Dian Wei, but every now and then she raised her finger and pointed in the direction she thought was possible, and then the animal would use its astonishing instinct to avoid the gaze of almost everyone along the way.

In most cases, if Cao Cao followed its course in a step-by-step manner, he would only be spotted by passers-by and guards who had turned around, turned back, or woke up after the passage of time.

"This guy can run like a horse and jump like a sheep, why don't you call it 'Ma Yang' or 'Yang Ma'?" Seeing that he was thrown farther and farther away by the white-haired animal, Cao Cao even began to talk to himself in desperation.

"They were brought by the Hu people who were interested in settling in the Central Plains after Bian Zhang and Han Sui occupied most of Liangzhou, and they were called 'Alpaca', and there is no specific Chinese name. Of course, it wasn't talking to himself, the "stand-in" replied when he heard it.

"Oh, so what happened to these Hu people in the end?" Cao Cao, who had never heard of such a thing before, asked with a little curiosity.

[Arrested for not participating in the rebellion, most of them pretended to be from the Central Plains and settled directly in the area, and officials from all over Liangzhou also pretended not to find out. The "stand-in" replied with a bit of amusement.

"Dong Zhuo's plan is not small." Cao Cao nodded, repeating what he had always thought of the Ranger Commander in Liangzhou.

…… Then I found that I had lost Cai Yan.

"[Hmm, don't look at me, I didn't pay attention. Seeing Cao Cao looking over, the "stand-in" directly cleared up the relationship: "[Because I feel that this neighborhood is quite familiar, I am distracted.] 】”

It was familiar, Cao Cao looked at the noisy Luoyang West Market not far away, once upon a time, he and his friends planned here to rob Zhang Rang, who had just gained power and was not yet as prosperous as he is now.

Now that each has been appointed and delegated, it can be called a party leader...... Except for Yuan Shao.

In addition, Mrs. Bian Bian, who was snatched at that time, was about to give birth to a second child for herself, and even the name had already been thought of, the boy was called Cao Pi, and the girl was called Cao Xian - originally wanted to be called Cao Jie, but found out that it was the name of a certain ten permanent servants...... Sure enough, it's better to kill all the ten permanent attendants.

"It's better to ...... Check it out? Cao Cao pointed to Zhang Rang's Courtyard, which had made a big fuss that day, and joked: "If we are lucky, the head of the ten permanent servants happens to be here, and we will be able to eliminate harm for the people." ”

"Then take a look? 】”

- Zhang Rang is really here.

Also present in this courtyard were some of his henchmen and a few "Ten Standing Attendants", perhaps planning to carry out some kind of planning that was not suitable for the other Ten Standing Attendants to hear.

When the "stand-in" who went to the other courtyard to investigate brought back the news in a slightly unbelievable way, Cao Cao's reflexes were also stunned for a moment.

Although the opportunity is great, but ......

Hands-on? No, there is no conditional camouflage now, and it will be very troublesome after revealing your identity.

Go back and gather people? But the most capable Dian Wei is in a state of disappearance, and the reason why Zhenji can't do it is the same as herself, and Xi Zhicai ...... Forget it.

Give up? It is almost impossible to have a second chance of such an opportunity.

"At this time, I can only ask you." Cao Cao looked at the "stand-in" and said.

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Luoyang North, Zhang Rang's private residence.

"We must nominate Liu Xie to the throne." Zhang Rang said.

As the head of the ten permanent attendants, Zhang Rang was emaciated, wearing a wide dark green permanent official robe, wearing a yellow-brown scarf, clasping his hands, a silver silk whisk hanging between his elbows, his face was white and beardless, his eyes were flashing, and there were slight wrinkles between his eyebrows.

Since the person who listened to him in front of him already knew about it, after hearing these words that seemed to outsiders to be very rebellious, he was only breathing a little fast.

"Jian Shuo, Cheng Kuang, Xia Yun and others are blind-eyed, thinking that they have He Yao's blue eyes and can maintain their power after supporting Liu Wei to ascend the throne, but looking at the palace after their relatives have been in power for nearly a hundred years, there has not been a time when the internal officials with real power have not been killed," Zhang Rangyu sneered: "If you think that the little prince is Your Majesty's bloodline, your relatives will not be in a hurry to exterminate us, but it is too naïve." ”

"That's right, the people who killed the real power and internal officials in the past generations are all those relatives," one participant responded: "Our power is given by Your Majesty, just like Your Majesty's siblings, only to hear that brothers are on the wall, father and son cannibalism, how have you ever heard of someone hurting your own siblings?" ”

"And, they obviously ignored something," Zhang Rang raised his hand and pointed to the roof: "The 'Sword Saint' wants to protect the Liu Clan's Heavenly Son, not a puppet of a relative, and we, as His Majesty's close ministers, are very familiar with how to maintain His Majesty's authority while sharing some power." ”

"Why, then, should we wait for them to destroy themselves before they stand up?" A slightly timid voice rang out.

Zhang Rang responded: "Although the reason is unknown, according to Wang Yue's intentions, if the emperor completely loses his authority, which is likely to be the case if those fools succeed in supporting Liu Wei's accession to the throne, they will kill us all with their own hands." ”

"What!" "What's the matter with us?" The rest of the attendees were shocked.

"I don't know the detailed reason, but it is probably related to his sudden coming to Luoyang and training our 'Ten Standing Attendants' and those 'Diao Chan'." Zhang Rang shook his head: "All in all......"

"[Thank you for your explanation-]"

Just as Zhang Rang was about to say something more, a strange rhythmic voice sounded, and then, a gorgeous long sword composed of blue and red suddenly appeared at Zhang Rang's throat, and slashed down without hesitation.

Wow - chok!!

Zhang Rang sat down in embarrassment, and the silver filaments in his hands formed a dense net at the position of his neck at some point, and the broken silver filaments on the "net" proved that he would not be easy to block this blow.

"Tsk. 】”

The strange voice seemed to sigh, and then, the longsword that slashed through the air with a single blow suddenly vanished.

"Chase!" Although Zhang Rang couldn't stand up yet, he still kept shouting: "This strange move is the Qin prisoner who rescued the Taiping Dao assassin from the hands of the 'Sword Saint' that day!" As long as you can entangle him for a breath or two, the support of the 'Sword Master' will definitely come soon!" ”

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Luoyang South.

Because the little girl ran away because she brought the "Ao Fear Card" to Cai Yan, Yuan Shao was ruthlessly cleaned up by Cai Wan with the "combination of Konghou", and had to go out to look for it with a full bag.

After going out, he was very witty and followed the white fluff that fell to the ground all the way to find the "Ao Yu Card", but somehow followed the cattle and sheep market in the south of Luoyang.

After realizing that he had made a mistake, Yuan Shao immediately turned around, but he obviously returned the same way, but for some reason he came to the dock where he unloaded the cattle and sheep when he was transporting cattle and sheep to Luoyang.

After staring at those ships for a long time, Yuan Shao came to the conclusion that he had followed the wrong fluff when he had just gone out.

Just like Meng De often said good things for himself, he Yuan Benchu was just slow to react, and he was not stupid.

It is impossible to get lost, although it is impossible to remember all the roads in Luoyang, but he only needs to find a random car and horse dealer, and pay the coachman to take him to the "Yuan Mansion", even if the coachman is a little confused at first, as long as he reports the "Yuan Mansion of the Fourth World and the Third Duke", the other party will definitely understand and immediately go on the road.

After returning to Cao Cao's house, he changed to track the characteristic hoof prints of "Ao Yuka", and even if it didn't work, he could ask the pedestrians on the road if they had seen a huge and fast sheep......

"I'm sorry, this Yuan Gongzi, in order to arrest the assassins of Taiping Dao, Luoyang is under martial law, and all civilian services of the carriage and horse shop are forbidden to use." The shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop said.

"......" was temporarily confused because the plan in Yuan Shao's heart was interrupted at the beginning.

"Shopkeeper! Give this ...... The girl prepares a carriage to go to Luoyang West City! The door of the carriage and horse shop was pushed again, and a very energetic girl's voice came from behind Yuan Shao.

"This ......" "Those stupid old women in black, it's been twenty years before they want to catch this girl, does the shopkeeper's car come with a thick curtain to block it?" If this girl is found by them, they will lead someone to smash your store, no, I should ask in advance, is there a guy in your store who is wearing black clothes and covering his face with a black cloth and is not a good person at first glance? If you have something, say it in advance, otherwise you won't pay for it if you fight and knock your store up. ”

The shopkeeper was about to repeat what he said to Yuan Shao, but was blocked by the girl's next non-stop words.

"Carriage carriage carriage, West City, West City, West City, hurry up, hurry up, what are you doing in a daze, shopkeeper, if you react so slowly, you won't be able to make money, maybe you won't even be able to get a daughter-in-law-"

"Our store is closed!" The shopkeeper couldn't help but shout.

"......" The girl's voice that had been stopping was stuck.

Holding "Haha, someone is just as unlucky as me." Yuan Shao turned around and looked.

It was a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a melon seed face, a playful expression, and bright eyes, wearing a set of grass green leather armor with many silver fine ornaments, a short rose red skirt and dark green leather boots, and long black shawl hair, but with two balls tied at the back of her head, and a double-headed meteor hammer in her hand that seemed to match her hairstyle.

At this moment, countless thoughts turned in Yuan Shao's mind like a marquee, and when these thoughts finally stopped, Yuan Shao followed its instructions without hesitation, and took a step forward to give a salute: "At the beginning of Yuan Ben, dare to ask the girl's name, have you ever been married?" ”

"I'm a ...... girl" The girl suddenly woke up: "Why should I tell you?" ”