—181 A.D.——

In the first year of Guanghe, the Liangzhou Rebellion was pacified, and the general of Zhengxi, Huangfu Song, returned to the court, and Emperor Ling was overjoyed to reward the ministers, and many meritorious ministers were rewarded.

But if you have a heart, it is easy to find that these "rewards" have almost no real property, and are all official positions or titles in name only, and some of the governors who really guarded the rich land have even been exchanged for some people close to the royal family in the name of "promotion", and the most important thing is that the people who have been kicked out have to pay a "promotion" share of the donation.

Among them, the only person who really has the name and reality is Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Northwest Rangers, no, now it's time to call it Dong Zhuo, the "Liangzhou Thorn History".

This is the only official position that Emperor Ling is dissatisfied with, but has to pinch his nose to seal the reward, and he can't ask for money.

In this batch of defeated Xiliang rebels, although the commander Han Sui was caught, but he escaped a "mountain spirit cavalry" led by Ma Teng and Pang De, two fierce generals, so although Liangzhou claims to have been assessed, everyone knows that there are still hidden dangers, so no one wants to take over this hot potato, and Zhang Wen, who originally led the name of the general of Zhenxi, the town here, launched his relationship in Luoyang and spent a lot of money to donate a lot of money to the "Tai Lieutenant" who could serve for half a year in order to return to Beijing.

"Xuande, is that really the case? Then why do the 'three publics' have to do it for a year or two, how to calculate half a year? ”

Jizhou, Changshan County Post House, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zheng, who were about to return to Zhuojun and Liaodong, were talking about this, and Gongsun Zhan asked curiously.

"Since the Xia Dynasty passed down to the present, in the twice-year-a-year 'sacrifice to the sky' ceremony, there will be an 'assessment' of the ministers, according to common sense, the three princes and nine secretaries do not have to participate, but the participation is not qualified, and there is naturally a reason to recall." Liu Bei shook his head and said.

"You mean Zhang Wen will take the initiative to participate?" Gongsun Chan seemed to feel quite incredible.

"If you want to keep doing it, you have to pay more than the people behind him."

"That's why the teacher stopped at 'Shangshu' and 'Zhonglang General' and refused to take up more civilian positions, because no matter what the military position is, it must be able to lead troops, and it can't be decided by the emperor?" Gongsun Chan realized.

Liu Bei nodded, without further explanation.

"Speaking of official positions, there is naturally no problem for me to return to Youzhou," Gongsun Zhan continued: "Xuande, you can't be rewarded because you haven't been crowned, you can continue to study with Mr., why does Mr. want you to go back to Zhuo County?" ”

“…… Brother Bo Jue, what do you think of the general trend in the world? Liu Bei asked rhetorically.

“…… Uh, Xuande, you don't have to learn from the teacher, this way of discussing problems is not sensitive to my brother. Gongsun Chan shook his hand again and again.

"No, I'm serious about this, and to answer your question, you have to answer this question first." Liu Bei said funny.

"Okay, there are no outsiders here, so I'll say it," Gongsun Zhan's expression was slightly serious: "The day Wang Yue dies is the time when the world is in turmoil." ”

"......" Liu Bei stared at Gongsun Zhan without saying a word.

"That's what you told me to say......" Gongsun Chan was stared at a little hairy.

"I'm just amazed at Brother Bo's acuity." Liu Bei shook his head: "I think so too." ”

"It's like a wild horse on the prairie, if a colony is always led by the old horses of the previous generation, or even the previous generation, then when the old horse finally falls, the whole herd will break up." Gongsun Chan said.

"So, I said, the teacher asked me to go back to Zhuo County precisely because there ......" "What person!" Liu Bei was halfway through his words, and Guan Yu, who had been listening quietly to his discussion with Gongsun Zhan without interjecting, suddenly got up and picked up a long knife and pointed to the corner of the living room.

A gentle and pleasant young man's voice sounded, "Zhao Zilong in Xiachangshan, offended." ”

With the voice and some strange friction sound, Liu Bei found that the entire living room "burned" off the "skin" in a posture like paper being burned, and in an instant, it turned from a luxurious enough post house living room into a "ruin" covered with moss and dust that seemed to have collapsed for decades.

was vigilant, but saw a handsome young man walk into the door of the "ruins", his eyes were like bright stars, his eyebrows were like sharp swords, he was wearing a green cloth shirt, wearing silver and white bright light armor, wearing a forehead guard like a phoenix, a dark green big coat behind him, stepping on silver water-patterned combat boots, and carrying a green spike silver gun in his hand.

"What a young hero! It's a great place to take my Hakuba Yicong! Gongsun Chan blurted out.

Isn't that righteous servant of yours now only yourself? Liu Bei took the time to glance at him.

Guan Yu stared at the young man tightly, maintaining a vigilant posture.

"Thank you General Gongsun for your compliment, but please also ask this General Liu to explain his thoughts, and I need to know for some purpose." The boy said politely.

"Some purpose?" Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to ask rhetorically, but at this moment, he turned to ask as if he had figured out something: "What is the relationship between you and 'Lin Hao'?" ”

Since Gongsun Chan and Guan Yu were both present, he pressed the word "Bodhisattva" back with difficulty.

"If you insist on saying it, it is the ancestor under the Xia, although she may not admit it." The boy smiled in response.

"Hehe, since that's the case, then I'll try to say a thing or two, Xi Qin loses his deer......"

――――

Outside the city of Donqiu, military camp.

Due to the great contribution in quelling the rebellion in Liangzhou, Cao Cao moved from Dunqiu to Jinan Minister, which is a rare promotion of two levels in a row, and then up is the history of a state assassin, so although the people of Dunqiu are reluctant, but there is no reason to stop him from going up, and can only send a spontaneous departure when Cao Cao comes to pick up the "family".

In fact, Cao Cao originally wanted to live for a while, and at the beginning, the people who came to visit this practical county order just wanted to express their gratitude, but as more and more people came, the more people believed that Cao Cao was about to leave, and in the end, in the face of many "send-off" gifts, Cao Cao couldn't even say that he would not leave immediately, and would live for a while, and finally led the army out of Dunqiu with tears and laughter, and re-camped in a position that could not be seen from the city.

"If you are here, you will not be misunderstood." In the big tent, Cao Cao sighed.

Xun Chen returned to Yingchuan after the Battle of Liangzhou, not because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, at least according to his own words, commanding a group of unparalleled generals with superior strength was quite refreshing, but, at least during Cao Cao's tenure as Jinan Minister, he could not help.

Because the previous minister of Jinan was Xun Chen's father, Xun Shuang, who served as the Sikong in the dynasty, he didn't know whether he was optimistic or not optimistic about Cao Cao, so he recommended Cao Cao to succeed him when he left office, and even paid the promotion fee for him.

If Xun Chen continues to follow Cao Cao, it will inevitably be considered by the emperor that Xun Shuang is in love with local power, no matter how greedy he is, as an emperor, he will never tolerate this kind of thing.

Xun ...... Sir is too timid, Meng De, you are not afraid of me! Yuan Shao replied on the side: "My father even pretended to be sick and wanted me to go back, but look at it now, the emperor doesn't care at all, does he?" ”

Yuan Shao's nominal father Yuan Feng was serving as Situ in the court at this time, so it was naturally impossible to "pretend to be sick", and it was his biological father who "pretended to be sick", and at the end of the battle of Liangzhou, he wrote to say that he was seriously ill and hoped to see Yuan Shao, but when Cao Cao accompanied Yuan Shao to visit, he found that the old man was in good health and had nothing to do, obviously because he heard that Cao Cao was too deeply involved with the Xun family at this time, and wanted Yuan Shao to temporarily separate from him to keep his distance, Yuan Shao couldn't get angry with his father, so he turned around and ran away.

"The only person who needs to avoid suspicion in this matter is Mr. Xun, and the others are already deeply involved with Meng De, and it is useless to avoid it." Cai Wan, who guarded Dunqiu for him during Cao Cao's expedition, was also in the tent, which can be said to show the Cai family's support for Cao Cao with his own practical actions, but the Xiahou brothers and the newly recruited Zhang Jue had to avoid her suspicion and temporarily leave the big tent.

As for Cai Yan......

"Hee-hee~Adian run faster~" "Oh-oh! ”

- Sitting on Dian Wei's shoulder, he used him as a big horse and ran around the big tent.

Cai Zhenji showed a look of unbearable direct expression, got up and walked out: "I'll take Yan'er to rest, Meng De and Ben Chu don't be too busy." ”

"Well......" Yuan Shao looked at the book that was brought by Cai Wan and almost filled Cao Cao's Facebook case: "I...... How can it help? ”

"This is all Dunqiu's backlog of 'grievances' in the past two years, and it has to be sent back after it is handled" Cao Cao glanced at Yuan Shao, who was full of eyes "What is this" and "What is this": "If you go to rest, it will be the greatest help." ”

"Okay, okay~" Yuan Shao didn't refuse, and walked out directly behind Cai Wan.

"Hehe," After Yuan Shao and Cai Wan left, Cao Cao smiled faintly and picked up a book of books: "At the beginning, I had no opinion on the Yuan family pressing the merits that originally belonged to him on his younger brother Yuan Shu, but he was angry about his biological father 'pretending to be sick', what do you think?" ”

"Hmm...... A piece of pure heart? The "stand-in" picked up a "statement" on the side and took a look: "It's another bridge to repair the road, are the roads and bridges in Dunqiu so easy to break?" ”

"Are you changing the way to say he's stupid?" Cao Cao shook his head, and suddenly looked at the corner of the big tent: "Come out, that friend." ”

Whew-shah-

The tent decayed and turned to ashes in an instant, and Cao Cao and the "stand-in" found themselves in a dense jungle clearing, and all the other tents and soldiers around them had disappeared without a trace.

"I heard that General Cao has the comment of 'a capable minister who rules the world, and a traitor in troubled times', is this the truth?" A young general in silver armor appeared not far away, looking back and forth at Cao Cao and the "stand-in".

"What's your relationship with Merlin?" "Huh? Can you see me? The reactions of the two Cao Cao were different, but they were not surprised by the same changes.

"......" The young general showed an expression of "why is this problem again", but still answered honestly: "If it is 'Jiangzuo Meilin', it is the master of the family teacher - as for the question of another general Cao, the answer is that he is not affected by any illusions. ”

"What does the gentleman command?" Cao Cao responded.

"In the lower ......" the young man hesitated: "I need to know the general's views on the general situation in the world, but it is not the requirement of the master. ”

"Is this the world?" Cao Cao completely ignored the words "not the requirements of the master", and said casually: "The Han Dynasty has lost its land......"

A slightly strange expression appeared on the young general's face.