Gongsun Yuan left, although he left empty-handed, but he left Zhou Ping with two things, the same is Wang Zhen, the patriarch of the Hedong Wang clan, although there is no so-called patriarch Zhou Ping still has the ability to occupy the entire Hedong County, but with this patriarch, the time for him to completely enter Hedong County will undoubtedly be much earlier, and it will also reduce a lot of unnecessary consumption.

Whether it is Zhou Ping's current subordinates or the power in the hands of the Wang family, in Zhou Ping's plan, these will become his own forces in the end.

As for the second thing that Gongsun Yuan left for Zhou Ping, it was a book with the fingerprints of the two of them. This letter is a secret agreement between the two, including the alliance between the two in the future, and many things to do with each other, and the most important of them is to resist Yuan Shao's invasion of the state.

Zhang Yan took the initiative to provoke Yuan Shao and failed, and no matter what the process was, in the end he took his life into it. Without Zhang Yan's domination, many bandits entrenched in Bingzhou fell into turmoil overnight, and this bandit alliance that was run by Zhang Yan into an iron bucket also collapsed. With this opportunity, Yuan Shao unsurprisingly shifted his attention, taking his eyes away from most of the northern princes led by Gongsun Zhan, and re-turning to this almost accessible annexed state.

Yuan Shao's territory is huge, not to mention that he has to guard against Gongsun Zhan's attack, so whether it is the preparation of grain and grass or the deployment of soldiers, he can't slap the table today like Zhou Ping and go into battle tomorrow. But despite this, as the scouts from all over the border between Bingzhou and Yuan Shao continued to appear, Gongsun Yuan still smelled the threat.

This is also a miscalculation by Gongsun Yuan, probably because of the different times in which he was born, Yuan Shao in Gongsun Yuan's eyes was just a defeated general under Cao Cao, but he never thought that Yuan Shao could unify the north and also had a strategy, so in his plan, he simply wanted to borrow Yuan Shao's hand to get rid of Zhang Yan, so as to replace him himself, and did not expect that Yuan Shao would not act along his historical trajectory and have ideas about merging states.

Unlike Zhang Yan or Gongsun Yuan, who most of the grass platform teams can support the strength of their own cultivators with their own strength alone, Yuan Shao, a prince from a serious Bajing family, has a powerful cultivator who is far from being comparable to Zhang Yan or Gongsun Yuan, not to mention that Yuan Shao is located in the land of Jizhou, and his family background is far thicker than Gongsun Yuan, so under Yuan Shao's threat, Gongsun Yuan can only temporarily put aside the plan to inherit Zhang Yan's entire inheritance, and instead focus on resisting Yuan Shao.

Therefore, whether it is the previous cooperation with the Hedong Wang clan or the secret agreement with Zhou Ping now, it is the result of Gongsun Yuan's helpless compromise - compared to a Hedong that has withered through war and chaos although it is used for his own use, he hopes that Hedong can still retain his own strength, even if this Hedong is in the hands of others. He is not worried about Wang or Zhou Ping breaking the contract, the former he is sure to play with it, and the latter, Zhou Ping can't know the truth of the cold lips and teeth.

"Dead lips and cold teeth......"

Recalling the seemingly frank conversation between Gongsun Yuan and himself, although Zhou Ping did not fully believe the words of this two-faced man in history, he still quite agreed with the cold lips and teeth, so for the secret agreement he signed with Gongsun Yuan, not to mention that all of it was fulfilled, he also planned to fulfill most of it.

Whether it is out of keeping the secret covenant, or his own interests or ambitions, the next step is to surrender to the Wang clan and enter the east of the river.

"Someone!"

The herald entered, and Zhou Ping asked.

"What happened to the royal patriarch?"

"Returning to the virtuous teacher, he has ...... thawed. ”

At the word thaw, the expression on the herald's face couldn't help but be a little strange.

"Very well, bring him here, I'm going to talk to him."

……

At the same time that Zhou Ping and the royal patriarch were talking secretly, Yuzhang, thousands of miles away, that is, Yuan Shu's territory, was also making an unknown visit.

"I have heard that Sun Changsha is heroic and martial, although I regret that I can't see it in his lifetime, but just by the state of the two at this time, we can also know that the courage of Wentai is worthy of its name."

Yu Zhang is too guarded by Zhuge Xuan, although he doesn't know why Sun Ce and Sun Quan came to visit him, but no matter what, the politeness of meeting is naturally essential.

"Uncle praised it falsely, and my father's bravery is true, but if it is said that my two brothers can reflect my father's bravery, it is really deserved."

Sun Ce returned the salute as a junior, and Sun Quan and Lu Kang beside him also returned the salute, but Lu Kang was dressed as a domestic servant, so even if Zhuge Xuan praised him politely, he couldn't praise Lu Kang.

"It's the two virtuous nephews who are modest, if you say that General Wentai is a tiger, and the two virtuous nephews are young tigers, given time, they will definitely be able to roar the mountains and forests."

Acquaintances still have to be polite when they meet, not to mention that the two sides are strangers who can't be beaten, all kinds of polite words are one after another, both sides are shouting with uncles, and at the same time they greet each other with virtuous nephews, although they don't say anything useful, but the atmosphere is really set off a lot of intimacy and enthusiasm.

"Uncle, I can't hide it, the younger generation came uninvited with his younger brother this time, but in fact, he met one person, and I hope my uncle can recommend him."

"Oh? Whoever the virtuous nephew wants to see, if I know, I will help introduce him. ”

Zhuge Xuan went through it in his mind, although he had just taken office in this land of Yuzhang, he hadn't heard of any capable people, could it be that Sun Ce had taken a fancy to a certain woman in this land of Yuzhang and wanted me to help introduce him?

Thinking like this, Zhuge Xuan couldn't help but look at the thick fluff at the corner of Sun Ce's mouth, it is estimated that in another year or two, he will be able to grow a beard, but he has also reached the age of talking about marriage.

Seeing Zhuge Xuan's answer like this, Sun Ce couldn't help but subconsciously glanced at Lu Kang, and after getting Lu Kang's affirmative gaze, Sun Ce swallowed his saliva and slowly spoke.

"What the younger generation wants to see is a teenager, but it is the uncle's son and nephew, named Zhuge Liang, who should be around ten years old."

Zhuge Liang, at the time of Sangu Thatched House, he did cultivate and study in Nanyang, but sixteen years ago in Sangu Thatched House, that is, now, he is a ten-year-old boy who relies on the protection of his uncle Zhuge Xuan.

"Zhuge Liang? Can you be sure? Although I have many sons and nephews, none of them are named Zhuge Liang, nor are they around ten years old. ”

No?

Sun Ce looked at Lu Kang with some doubts, but when he saw this young man who pointed out his future path, his face was unprecedentedly shocked at this time.

……

Changan.

An orange-red piece of paper floated from the side of the stove and swayed to the back collar of Jia Xu's coat, releasing a gentle and continuous warm current to wrap Jia Xu and dispel the severe cold that fell with the goose feathers and heavy snow. On the other side, another piece of snow-white paper flew out of Jia Xu's cuff and flew to the side of the fire, gradually smearing a layer of warm yellow under the roasting of the fire.

“……”

Glancing at the paper by the fire, and then at Jia Xu, whose expression had become relaxed again, Jiang Wei had no expression on his face, he silently turned his gaze to the room, and continued to stare and wait for a long time.

This is a wing room where the lowest eunuch in the palace lives, with the decline of the Han family and the decrease in the use of the palace and was abandoned, there are many such wings in the palace, but the location of this one is the best.

"Jiang Shilang, don't be so nervous, haven't you already calculated, this breakthrough will be smooth sailing."

Seeing Jiang Wei's nervousness, Jia Xu was a little puzzled, isn't it just an ordinary breakthrough in exercises, this Jiang Wei is calculating the time and the location is favorable, if it is about the cumbersome preparation, it is just as good as opening the mausoleum of the first emperor, even if this breakthrough exercise is today, it will not be like this.

Ignoring Jia Xu's inquiry, Jiang Wei still stared at the closed door of this side room, although he knew that the result would be fine, but it was impossible for him to put his mind at ease until the real result came out.

Because the person inside the door is not only the current Son of Heaven, it is his purpose to travel through time and space, but also the master who has the grace of teaching karma and recreation to him, and is the only existence in the world who dares to put the dragon character on the name......