—187 A.D.——

Luoyang North.

Outside the palace, on the top floor of a building higher than the other mansions of high officials, courtiers and many of the generals of the family alliance were gathering here, and although the servants had prepared a banquet, not many people were in the mood to taste a thing or two.

However, although they are all generals, the only ones who can really take charge of themselves are Sun Jian from the Yang family and Yuan Shu from the Yuan family.

Sun Jian had some complaints about his inexplicable being classified as a local courtier in Luoyang, but he couldn't clearly tell others that he had come to King Qin on a secret edict - especially when Zhu Jun and the rest of the team were completely out of news.

At that time, Yuan Shu led the army into the palace to exterminate the remnants of the Ten Standing Servants, Sun Jian was unable to control the situation and led the army to stop, the two sides fought in the palace courtyard, and finally Yuan Shu was defeated and retreated.

Unexpectedly, when the main forces of the two sides were holding each other back, the queen gathered the remnants of her relatives and the ten permanent servants to launch a surprise attack on the Yang family, trying to rescue He Jin, just when Sun Jian thought that the general trend was gone, the queen's forces were attacked by the ambush soldiers who had already been ambushed there, and then they were attacked by the "retreating" Yuan Shu, and finally defeated.

It was only at this time that Sun Jian suddenly discovered that he and Yang Xiu's plan to "secretly Chen Cang" was regarded by those treacherous and cunning family owners as part of their plans to "hide from the sky and cross the sea" and "lead the snake out of the hole".

In the end, the local and foreign families made an alliance agreement, agreeing to rebuild the "inner and outer courts" system of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after expelling the power of foreign relatives and eunuchs, and the local families of Si Li were not allowed to enter the foreign courts, and the families other than the Si Li were not allowed to enter the inner courts, and at the same time, eunuchs and foreign relatives were strictly forbidden to hold power.

As for how much real power the emperor has left under this system, no one will care.

"Highway, since it was just a trick to hide from the sky and the sea, why did you start so ruthlessly?"

Although the positions of the people present were roughly the same, Sun Jian was still a little dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's previous fake play in the palace, killing and injuring many soldiers, so he stepped forward to talk.

Yuan Shu was a dignified, tall, burly, and imposing young man, he did not wear armor, but his martial arts momentum did not diminish in the slightest.

"Hmph," Yuan Shu glanced at Sun Jian and replied lightly, "I'm willing." ”

This guy! Sun Jian's anger surged, but since this banquet was originally to adjust the previous contradictions between the two sides, it was not good for him to make a move here.

"You should know that those soldiers are our important combat strength, they shouldn't be injured or even killed in a meaningless 'show', why don't you withdraw your troops immediately after your goal is achieved?" Sun Jian asked again.

"Oh," Yuan Shu replied directly without looking at Sun Jian this time: "I'm not happy." ”

"You-" Sun Jian was about to rush forward, but Cheng Pu and Huang Gai pushed him back one by one.

"The young master is calm, you should have heard his nickname." Cheng Pu said quickly in Sun Jian's ear.

Of course I have heard it, Sun Jian thought, the second son of the Yuan family, the eldest son Yuan Shao achieved nothing, he only knew that he followed Cao Cao to fool around, and the second son Yuan Shu acted perversely, no matter what he did, he did his own thing, and the world gave them a title, called "no brain" and "unhappy".

It is said that "no brain" climbed the high branch of the princess, and this title may be replaced by "Master Horse", and "unhappy", this guy who is good at angering others, is waiting to wear this title for the rest of his life!

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Squeak squeak - boom!

Sun Jian was giving himself a good breath, but he saw a strange thunderbolt mixed with pitch black and blood red rushing straight from the west of Luoyang, passing through everything he encountered along the way, and finally crashed into the palace wall.

"Well, as expected, Zang Ba and his team are finished, and Zhu Jun may also be in danger." Sun Jian frowned, there was only one person in the world who could make this kind of strange thunder and lightning, and act unscrupulously.

"Report, report!" Before the smoke and dust from the thunder and lightning hitting the palace wall completely dissipated, a herald rushed in: "Lu Bu! Lu Bu is here! ”

Everyone else present had already seen the thunderbolt and weren't too surprised, just waiting for the herald to continue.

"The Liangzhou army has occupied the West City Gate and is advancing inward, and Lu Bu has come in alone, and has gone straight to the West Garden of the Son of Heaven!" The herald's voice trembled as he finished the report, and then lowered his hand and waited for the general to instruct.

"Pass the order! All the parts are assembled in the direction of the West Garden! But don't take the initiative! After the 'Sword Master' and Lu Bu are both defeated, they will enter the mess to clean up the mess! Yuan Shu directly waved his hand and ordered.

"Wait for them to lose both? The strength of those two people is unfathomable, what if His Majesty and the prince are affected! Sun Jian glared at Yuan Shu angrily.

"The emperor and the two princes, it's enough for one of them to survive," Yuan Shu showed a smile that could be called hideous: "If there are too many...... Also troublesome. ”

He actually said such a rebellious thing in public?!

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to react, and when he looked at the other courtiers and generals present, he found that they either pretended not to hear, or were looking at the sky and looking at the scenery.

From an ordinary rich man, to a county magistrate, to a general, he arrived at a position where he could actually contact the emperor with reverence for imperial power, but was shocked to find that those who had been at this height had already regarded the emperor as some kind of "goods" that could be used and traded, and even discarded if necessary.

And Cheng Pu, who has been encouraging him to return to his hometown and stand on his own, is rare this time without saying a word.

"Very good," Sun Jian quickly adjusted his expression and sneered: "You are afraid of that Lu Bu, but I am not afraid, at this time he has attracted most of the attention of eunuchs and relatives, and it is just right for him to enter the palace King Qin - farewell!" ”

Sun Jian turned around and left with his generals and went to the barracks to gather his troops, while Yuan Shu just watched quietly and didn't say a word.

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"Young master, don't you really want to go to King Qin in the West Garden, do you?"

After Sun Jian led people all the way straight, sent away the scattered relatives and eunuch guards, and finally entered the palace, Cheng Pu finally couldn't help asking.

"No, let's go to Changle Palace," Sun Jian replied, "We can't interfere in the battle over there in Xiyuan, and the eldest prince Liu Wei is closely guarded by his relatives in Weiyang Palace, so the only targets are Wang Mei, who is protected by the eunuchs and the remnants of the party, and Liu Xie, the second prince, who is related to Wang Yun." ”

"Well, after all, everyone in the world knows that His Majesty is the second prince, and this can be regarded as a kind of 'King Qin'," Cheng Pu nodded and said, "So, what about after being rescued?" ”

"Leave it to the Yang and Wang families, and go back to Jiangdong," Sun Jian paused, and without waiting for Cheng Pu to say anything in a relieved tone, he directly continued: "The authority of the royal family has fallen to the bottom, and I can't imagine what will happen after that. ”

"[Of course it's a big mess in the world~]"

With a bewitching and charming "Migu~", Diao Chan's figure suddenly appeared in front of Sun Jian and his party.

Sun Jian only paused slightly, then waved his hand to order the Yang family to continue to move forward, while he and several family generals deviated from the route.

"Diao Chan girl, could it be that things have changed, and the queen wants to be unfavorable to the second prince?" Sun Jian asked with a serious expression.

The reason why he advocated rescuing Liu Xie was because Diao Chan promised to protect Liu Xie and Wang Rong's mother and son when the palace defenses were seriously weakened, so that his "King Qin" operation would not become a farce commanded indiscriminately.

"[I'd rather she be bad for the second prince~]" Diao Chan raised her little hand to cover her golden eyes: "[Because Lu Bu went directly to the West Garden, the queen thought that she could no longer control the emperor, but she didn't have the courage to kill the king, so she ordered a certain 'Diao Chan' who was loyal to her to throw the jade seal of the country into the well, and this matter itself did not harm the emperor, and the sword saint did not intend to care about it at all. 】”

"......" Sun Jian fell silent again.

Greatly, the authority of the royal family will fall into the well after it has hit rock bottom.

"So, what is your intention in informing us of this?" Cheng Pu seemed to sense something.

"[It is an extremely deep sweet spring well, there is a spring water gushing out all the year round, even if it is buried by the collapse of the palace, it will become a spring, even if someone finds out that the jade seal is missing later, no one will think of it, and have the strength to find it there,] Diao Chan's eyes turned and looked at Cheng Pu: "[Except for Mr. Cheng, you. 】”

"Hehe......" Cheng Pu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that Cheng's 'Wushuang' is actually used here?" ”

Over the years, Sun Jian's generals have their own useful fields, not to mention Huang Gai's "bitter meat", Zhou Tai's "flash", the "ignored" of a person who is always looked down upon, even Zu Mao's "Piercing the Forest" has many strange effects, but Cheng Pu's "water monster" has almost no chance to come in handy, after all, the people of Jiangdong have excellent water properties, ordinary underwater activities can be easily completed, and it is almost impossible to "breathe underwater" - until this moment.

"Young master?" Cheng Pu turned and seemed to think of Sun Jian in this section.

He's Bi, the jade seal of the country, [Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity], this is history, but also a symbol, no matter how loyal the young master of the Sun family was to the royal family before, as long as he touches that thing, no one will ever regard him as a loyal minister again, so this decision must be made by himself.

"Hehe," Sun Jian nodded with almost no change in his expression: "There's nothing to hesitate about, go and help Miss Diao Chan get that 'toy' out." ”

"Yes! …… Lord! ”

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Off the coast of Wu County, Sunjialou ship.

Sun Quan felt a little upset for some reason, and took his sister to wander around the bottom floor of the boat, relying on his young age, ruining Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's plan to get close to Xiao Qiao, and dismantling Zhuge Jin's good stone soldiers, but that sense of annoyance has always lingered.

[Luck curtains ~ heroes flick their sleeves ~]

[Conspiracy ~ Yang Conspiracy ~ Open Hatred ~ Secret Fight ~]

[Turning into a river of turbid waves flowing east~]

In the end, he met Zhuge Liang who was chanting poetry at the stern of the boat, and originally planned to ignore him and leave directly, but Sun Shangxiang was attracted by the content and stopped.

[After a thousand autumns~It's hard to look back~]

[Ask about the past and the present ~ Rise and fall ~]

[Several people Yaoqing History~Fang Mingliu~]

After listening to a few words casually, for some reason, the sense of turmoil in Sun Quan's heart was reduced a lot, and he simply stood aside and continued to listen.

[Laughing and talking~The clouds and smoke are old~]

[Finally left ~ eternal sigh ~]

[Giving birth to a child should be like ——]

Who? Sun Quan waited for the last sentence with blazing eyes.

Zhuge Liang, who read it to the end, glanced at Sun Quan before he continued, "[-Champion Hou~]"

Cut, the poem praising Huo Quai's illness is really boring.