Cao Cao and Yuan Shao met Wang Yue, the most famous swordsman in Beijing, Hu Benzhonglang, early in the morning, and wanted to kneel on the ground to worship Wang Yue as a teacher to learn swordsmanship, but Wang Yue was very indifferent, and turned around and left after reporting his name, disappearing between the vast wild grass like a phantom.

At this time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao didn't know that Wang Yue was the general of the Tiger Ben, they only knew that his name was Wang Yue, of course, they didn't know that the person who fought with Wang Yue was Tong Yuan, who was the top martial arts master in the world today, and the two of them talked with great interest about what they saw and heard today and returned to the capital, until they returned home and saw Cao Song's majestic gaze, Cao Cao felt that he had to be beaten today.

Although the reason is well written, Cao Song doesn't seem to listen to it at all today, his anger is not only not reduced, but it is even greater, and the board he starts with is also heavier, but his uncle Xiahou Jun is beside him but he doesn't say a word, his eyes are slightly closed, and he strokes his beard from time to time, showing a very comfortable expression. Cao Cao understands that this must be his uncle Xiahou Jun who sued himself again in front of his father Cao Song, otherwise how could his father be so angry today?

Cao Cao was really hurt, so he shouted, "The master I want to worship is Wang Yue!" Cao Song suddenly stopped the board when he heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Do you know Wang Yue?" "I don't know." "I don't know which master you worship!" Cao Song raised the board and was about to hit again, Cao Cao hurriedly said, "I really want to worship Wang Yue as a teacher!" Cao Song stopped, sighed, and threw the board, "My father wants you to learn from literature, but you recognize that you want to learn martial arts, or not, if you want to learn martial arts, you can learn martial arts, today I will go to you to ask Wang Yue to be your teacher, but I don't know if Wang Yue can agree?" "Father knows Wang Yue?" "He only knows, we are officials in the same dynasty, he is an official and a tiger, and he can protect the emperor at any time, but I'm afraid he won't have time to teach you." "Father can try." Cao Song nodded.

Cao Song took a few family members to Wang Yue's mansion with a large box of silk gifts, and Wang Yue happened to be at home today, Cao Song ordered his family to put the silk silk in the lobby, and gave Wang Yue a deep salute, Wang Yue knew his intention, and asked in surprise, "What does Cao Gong mean?" Cao Cao Dao made his intentions clear, and Wang Yue smiled, "It's a good thing that your son has the heart to learn art, but I'm afraid I can't teach it." "Why?" "Your son is the son of an official eunuch, and he has been used to enjoying happiness since he was a child, how can he suffer from learning martial arts?" "He really wants to learn, and I hope General Wang will take the time to come to my house to teach him a thing or two." Wang Yue thought about it, and didn't want to save Cao Song's face, so he nodded and agreed, but if he said it first, if he can teach, he will teach, and if he can't teach, he will teach.

Although Wang Yue is the duty of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General is to lead the Imperial Forest Army to protect the emperor's safety, but generally the emperor does not go out of the palace, Wang Yue is not necessary to protect the emperor, so Wang Yue has time to do his own thing, Cao Song brought a gift to hire Wang Yue to teach Cao Cao to practice martial arts only a few days later, Wang Yue came to Cao's mansion, he brought the bow and arrow equipment and sticks to the ground so swinging, Cao Cao frowned when he saw it, this knife, gun and stick can still be held by himself to dance, but the stones in front of him are heavier than one another, The small ones are dozens of catties, and the big ones are hundreds of catties, is this used to train arm strength?

Cao Cao guessed correctly, Wang Yue said, "Cao Cao, this martial arts practice is first to practice strength, arm strength, you will use this stone from today to practice arm strength, a month later I will start to teach you swordsmanship, three months later I will teach you swords, guns and sticks, do you understand?" "Yes, master."

After Wang Yue left, Cao Cao brought Cao Hong to accompany him to practice, how boring it was to lift this stone alone, Cao Cao picked up the small one and raised it a few times on his arm hurt, sat aside to watch Cao Hong practice, Yuan Shao and Xu You also came, I heard that Cao Cao worshiped Wang Yue as a teacher to learn swords, Yuan Shao felt novel, Yuan Shao did not believe that Cao Cao really wanted to practice martial arts, seeing that Cao Cao lifted the stone stone and couldn't hold on to it after a few strokes, Yuan Shao said to Cao Cao with a somewhat sarcastic tone, "Aman, how does it feel to lift this stone?" Cao Cao said, "I thought that martial arts training was an easy task, but I didn't expect martial arts training to be so hard." Yuan Shao sneered, "Look at Cao Hong, you're still insisting on this after dozens of moves, I think you should stop practicing, it's not that material!" "How many times are you going to practice?" "I don't want to learn martial arts, I can't endure this hardship!" "How many times do you come to practice?" Cao Cao said to Xu You again, Xu You waved his hand again and again, "Look at my body is as thin as chopping wood, I am not that piece of material!" Cao Cao smiled and said to Yuan Shao, "Practicing martial arts is really hard, don't practice first, at the beginning, let's go, let's watch the birds." ”

The three of them turned around and walked a few steps, and met Xiahou Jun head-on, Cao Song was not worried about Cao Cao, so he asked Xiahou Jun to take a look, and saw Cao Cao and the three of them walking to the door of the front yard with a smile, Xiahou Jun asked, "Aman, what are you going to do?" ”

Cao Cao hurriedly gave a salute and said, "Uncle Hui, I just finished practicing, and I will go to rest with Yuan Shao." Xiahou Jun didn't believe it, and secretly watched Cao Cao go to the front yard to play with birds at the gate of the courtyard, and frowned unconsciously. For a few days, Xiahou Jun saw that Cao Cao always went to play with Yuan Shao and them after a few practicing, so he ran to Cao Song to complain, and Cao Song reprimanded him with a face, "Let you follow the text, you have to follow the martial arts if you skip class, this is all for you to invite a master, and you don't study well, Aman, what do you want to do?" Cao Cao knelt on the ground, "Father, I didn't study hard, I insisted on practicing every day, I don't believe you to ask Cao Hong." "You are still quibbling, your uncle has been watching you for several days, and you ran with Yuan Shao to play birds after a few times of practice, you you, you, you want to be angry with me!" "This is my uncle's deliberate frame-up!" "You're still quibbling, see if I don't hit you!" Cao Song raised the board but didn't start, he saw Cao Cao pouting his ass and waiting to be beaten, and he really couldn't do it.

Xiahou Jun's complaint made Cao Cao very angry, and he wanted to fix this uncle, turn his mind around, and think about it. It was another sunny morning, Cao Cao went to the front yard alone to play with birds after practicing the exercises, Xiahou Jun came again, Cao Cao suddenly fell to the ground, his head was crooked, his legs were kicking, and he rolled his eyes, Xiahou Jun was frightened when he saw this, and hurriedly ran to find Cao Song, saying that Cao Cao had epilepsy, Cao Song was shocked, and Xiahou Jun came to the front yard, but he didn't see Cao Cao, and found the hall, but he saw Cao Cao sitting in front of the bookcase and reading the book, Cao Song looked at Xiahou Jun angrily and brushed his sleeves away, and when it came to dinner, Cao Cao asked the reason, Cao Song said the details, Cao Cao said, Uncle Cao Cao has always been unpleasant, so he wanted to frame him, and since then, Cao Song no longer listened to Xiahou Jun's words and gradually alienated him.

A month later, Wang Yue came to Cao's mansion to check Cao Cao's training, Cao Cao barely lifted the smallest stone to lift so many times, Wang Yue shook his head, it is better than Cao Hong, who is two years younger than him, Wang Yue said to Cao Cao, "I can teach you swordsmanship, but I can't teach you swords, guns and sticks, this Cao Hong is a piece of martial arts material." Cao Cao also recognized it, and in this way, Cao Cao learned swordsmanship from Wang Yue for a month or two. Although Cao Cao was reluctant to lift a stone to practice his arm strength, Cao Cao's body was stout, and he was quite powerful when he danced a sword.

When the time came to winter and December, the leaves in Luoyang had all fallen off, the weather became colder, and the wilderness was a depressed scene, and at this time the court also suddenly had some changes, one year only thirty-six years old Han Huan Emperor Liu Zhi died violently by the side of the favorite concubine Tian Sheng, the queen Dou Miao was jealous of Tian Sheng, so she transferred the blame to Tian Sheng, and killed him, after killing Tian Sheng, Dou Miao still did not understand his hatred, and wanted to kill all the concubines favored by Emperor Huan, and was dissuaded by hundreds of officials.

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty has no queen, the court can not be without an owner for a day, so the queen Dou Miao summoned her father Huaili Hou and Dou Wu, the captain of the city gate, into the palace to discuss, Dou Wu asked the Hejian Guozong to serve the imperial history Liu Lu who is more virtuous in the Hejian Guozong, Liu Yu recommended to understand the Emperor Liu Hong, Liu Hong is the son of Liu Chang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the great-grandson of Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty, is a more suitable candidate for the emperor, and more importantly, Liu Hong is only eleven or twelve years old, easy to control, so Dou Miao sent to serve the imperial history, Shouguang Luxun Liu Yu and Fengche Duwei Cao Jie went to Hejian to welcome Liu Hong into Beijing, Dou Wu led the civil and military officials to the Wanshou Pavilion outside Luoyang City to welcome Liu Hong into the city, and the next day Liu Hong was established as the emperor, for the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and the time was the first month of the spring of 168 AD.

After Liu Hong succeeded to the throne, he changed the name of the year to Jianning, and named Dou Wu as the general, and the Taifu Chen Fan, the general Dou Wu, and Situ Hu Guang participated in the Shangshu affair, and Liu Hong's mother Dong was a nobleman of Shenyuan, and Dou Miao was changed from the queen to the queen mother, and listened to the government in the court. The general Dou Wu was awarded the title of Marquis of Wenxi because of the decision of Liu Hong, and his clansmen were also added to the rank of knight, and since then the power of Dou's relatives has been in power for a while. After Dou Wu took power, he began to use the scholars Li Ying, Ba Su and others who were punished during the first party disaster, and worked with Chen Fan to suppress the eunuch forces.

Chen Fan and the general Dou Wu went to the palace to meet the queen mother, but as soon as they arrived at the palace gate, they were stopped by Guan Ba (the eunuch in charge of the courtiers to meet the emperor).

Guan Ba did not receive less gifts to meet the ministers when Emperor Huan, corrupt and corrupt, set up a wide field among the people, and behaved very badly, now Chen Fan and Dou Wu want to enter the palace, Guan Ba raised his hand to stop the two, "Can there be a summons from the emperor and the queen mother?" ”

"Nope." Chen Fan said.

"You can't enter the palace without those two."

"Bold! Don't you know my general, Dou Wu? Dou Wu glared at him with his sword, Guan Ba smirked, and replied, "Why don't the miscellaneous family know the general, it's just that this palace has rules, and anyone who enters to see the emperor and queen must have a summons order to enter." A little eunuch on the side came over and whispered a few words to Guan Ba, and Guan Ba smiled again, "Don't be angry, general, I'm also routine, general, wait a minute, wait for me to report." ”

The two people entered the palace to see the queen mother, and had a great courtesy of the monarch and ministers, Chen Fan admonished, "The queen mother, when the first emperor was in power, he favored the eunuchs, so that the eunuchs were all flying and domineering, wantonly appointing their clansmen as officials, leviing tyranny, oppressing the villagers, and the people complained, and even more Wang Fu, Cao Jie and others manipulated the state power, controlled the government, framed and suppressed the scholars, and the virtuous people did not dare to speak, and the people with lofty ideals could not be used. The Queen Mother pondered for a while and said, "Since the Han Dynasty, there have been eunuchs in the court for generations, and there are even more rules in the palace, if you want to kill those who are guilty, how can they all be eradicated." Dou Wudao, "Queen Mother, the culprits of these eunuchs are Cao Jie and Wang Fu, Cao Jie and Wang Fu should be killed first to prevent future troubles." The Queen Mother said, "Then Cao Jie and Wang Fu are also the people who welcome the emperor into the palace, how can they say that they will be killed, and they will be criticized for fear of killing, and they must be decided." Chen Fan and Dou Wu saw that the Queen Mother did not listen to the advice, so they had to retreat.

"If the Queen Mother doesn't allow it, can she let these eunuchs run rampant in the court and can't be restrained? General, now that the Queen Mother is in power, we can't bring down these eunuchs, if the emperor is in power in the future, who will have the ability to bring down these eunuchs again? Walking out of the queen mother's bedroom, Chen Fan sighed, Dou Wu bit his teeth, and his eyes were instantly full of killing intent, "First eradicate Guan Ba and Su Mao, Guan Ba accepted bribes and embezzled excessively when Emperor Huan was emperor, and set up a wide range of pastoral fields among the people, his behavior is very bad!" Su Mao, the middle attendant, has always been the eyes and ears of Cao Jie and Wang Fu in the court, and he beheaded the rest of the two first and then slowly cleaned up. Chen Fan agreed.

So Dou Wu first took Guan Ba and Su Mao and so on, and beheaded them, Guan Ba and Su Mao were killed, which shook the hearts of all the eunuchs, Cao Jie and Wang Fu bribed Zhao Rao, the nurse of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and the palace maids, and said good things about Wang Fu and Cao Jie in the ears of the Empress Dowager Dou sooner or later, so Cao Jie and Wang Fu were not only fine, but were worshiped by the Queen Mother, which made Dou Wu feel more and more that the power of eunuchs should not be underestimated.

In August 168 A.D., Taibai Star went out of the West to commit the general star, Liu Yu in the service of the good observation of astronomy, thinking that there was an evil phenomenon about to happen, so he wrote to the Queen Mother, saying: Taibai committed the general star, which is not good for the general, and there must be a traitor born, and the palace gate should be closed sooner or later to prevent it from being sideways. Liu Yu also wrote to Chen Fan and Dou Wu, saying that the stars were misplaced, which was not conducive to the minister, and a decision should be made as soon as possible. So Chen Fan and Dou Wu took Zhu Yu on behalf of Cao Song as the lieutenant of the division, Cao Song turned into Da Honglu, and Liu Zhe as Henan Yin and Yu Qi as the Luoyang order, Dou Wu also played the Yellow Gate Order Wei Biao, and took his cronies Shan Bing as the Yellow Gate Order, sent Shan Bing to collect Changle Shangshu Zheng Feng, escorted to Beisi Prison, and let Shan Bing, Yin Xun, and Shi Zhujin interrogate Zheng Feng together, Chen Fan suggested that Zheng Feng be killed immediately, but Dou Wu refused, because the case involved Cao Jie and Wang Fu, Dou Wu wanted to try the evidence of Wang Fu and Cao Jie's crimes, and then take the two together with reason.

The interrogation went very smoothly, Dou Wu got the evidence of Cao Jie and Wang Fu's crimes, but unfortunately he did not take immediate action to cut off the first and then play, but wrote a recital in the province of the forbidden Zhongshu Province, and prepared to go to the Queen Mother to participate in Cao Jie and Wang Fu the next morning, but he didn't want his momentary negligence, but he caused a disaster for himself.