Cao Cao usually looks careless, but in fact he is thoughtful, like Zhang Meng, he quickly smelled the abnormality from Lu Bu's words, and asked directly: "Where is Ding Jianyang?" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, his face instantly turned gloomy, and he looked at him: "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Cao Cao, the captain of the West Garden."

"Oh, Cao Jun, it's a good luck." Lu Bu's face was expressionless, "Are you familiar with Ding Jianyang?" ”

Cao Cao replied: "It's just a nod of friends." Then he asked, "If I know correctly, you are working by Ding Jianyang's side, and now that you are acting on the orders of Dong Gongjun, it seems that Ding Jianyang has handed over the military power to Dong Gong?" ”

Lu Bu said indifferently: "Ding Jianyang has bad intentions, and I will work with Dong Gong to kill him." ”

"Huh? Ding Jianyang is dead? ”

Except for Zhang Meng, everyone present was surprised.

"When?" Cao Cao swallowed hard.

"Just last night." Lu Bu turned his head, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was slightly unhappy because of his recollection.

Min Gong was shocked and undecided: "Ding Jianyang is ranked in Jiuqing, even if he is guilty, he must first be detained by the decree of the Imperial History, handed over to the court captain, and then verified his crime." If the family members are not in Beijing, they must also send special personnel to the state and county where they live to control them together. After these are done, you have to play the Son of Heaven and wait for instructions...... How do you say kill and kill? ”

Lu Bu sneered and said, "Hurry up with power, wait for the thief's knife to be on your neck, you won't be so particular." ”

"So Ding Jianyang's soldiers and horses ......," Zhang Meng said along the topic.

"Dong Gong is tolerant and does not care about the crime of coercion, and all of Ding Jianyang's subordinates are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and they are all under Dong Gong's command." Lu Bu said as he spoke, and the corners of his forehead burst out with green tendons, "It's okay to tell you some more." Hmph, not only the state soldiers, Dong Gong entered the city, but the generals and the chariot generals were also convinced and defected to Dong Gong. Early this morning, Dong Gong has been given the position of Sikong, so that the troops of all sides of the Beijing division will basically be collected in one place, headed by Dong Gong, and listen to the unified deployment of the imperial court, and the turbulent situation will be settled in an instant. ”

Cao Cao and the others were all shocked by the sudden change and looked at each other.

Zhang Meng had foreseen it and thought to himself: "Dong Zhuo can enter the city smoothly, and his decision is inseparable from Yuan Kui's support." Yuan Kui gave him the title and strength, which shows that he has made up his mind to push Dong Zhuo to the front and be his agent. He thought again, "The Yuan clan in Runan is the best in the world in terms of fame and power, and as far as the eye can see, from the central court to the local prefectures and counties, there are Yuan's protégés and former officials everywhere, which is probably also where Yuan Kui's confidence in controlling Dong Zhuo lies." ”

"But in just one day, Dong Gong collected soldiers and horses and worshiped Sikong, I'm afraid it's not in line with the etiquette system, right?" Min Gong's chest heaved and his breathing was uneven.

Sikong is not an ordinary position, but one of the three dukes, alongside Taiwei and Situ, and cannot be held by non-famous authors. For a long time, most of the three princes were selected by highly respected celebrities and Confucians, even if they were famous generals like Huangfu Song, they were not eligible to be selected. Dong Zhuo is just a martial artist with some military exploits, but now he is rising to the top, which is really unconvincing.

Lu Bu said coldly: "The emperor is out of control, and there is an urgent need for capable people to support the community. Speaking of this, he coughed lightly, "Everything that should be said has been said, what questions do you have?" Dong Gong coordinates the garrison of all parties and horses, and cannot all be stationed in the city, this piece needs to be temporarily adjusted to a camp, I am working together, and I hope you will not misunderstand. ”

At the same time, not far away, Cai Yan and her husband were surrounded by the people. It turned out that those people were extremely hungry, and even though the porridge and water were poured all over the ground, they still ignored it and rushed forward to fight. When the people in the vicinity saw the crowd gathering, they didn't know what to do, and they all rushed to come one after another. People were crowded and chaotic, and even fierce fights broke out, and all kinds of scolding and crying were endless.

Zhang Meng was worried that Cai Yan would be hurt by the crazy hungry people, so he leaped forward, wanting to break through the thick wall of people, but there were too many people in front of him, and he was overwhelmed in less than a moment.

When he was very anxious, he only heard a few whistles, and the hungry people who were still gathered suddenly screamed and fled with their heads in their hands, and when they looked back, it was Lu Bu who led his iron horses and trampled over. A few hungry people could not walk in time, and their ribs, legs and feet were trampled off, and the screams were extremely violent, which played the most direct role in intimidating the other hungry people.

Zhang Meng couldn't care so much, found the gap and rushed forward, and found the helpless Cai Yan at a glance, without saying a word at the moment, he covered her eyes with one hand, grabbed her waist with the other, and turned around and left with the person.

The surrounding hungry people quickly dispersed under the expulsion of Lu Bu and other horsemen, and Zhang Meng also took Cai Yan to a safe place.

"Akihime, are you alright?"

Zhang Meng lowered his head and found that Cai Yan's snow-white face in his arms was flushed, and he immediately felt that something was wrong and let go of his hand.

Cao Cao sighed a few times and said jokingly: "Zhao Ji, what Hedong are you going to, isn't this a good husband who is so matched?" ”

Cai Yan was stunned, the pestle was in place, and he even forgot to tidy up his wrinkled sideburns and dress.

Lu Budou approached the horse, and tapped the horsewhip in his hand: "To deal with these lowly embryos, you should use thunder methods, the better you treat them, the less they will take you seriously." ”

Cai Yan said angrily: "If you hadn't knocked over the barrel, why wouldn't you be here!" Listening to the terrible screams in my ears, tears rolling in my eyes.

Lu Bu smiled: "Xiao Nizi is not sensible. ”

Zhang Meng looked at the iron horsemen who were still chasing the people, and said: "Brother Lu, Dong Gong is new here, and he needs to appease the hearts of the people, so it's better to stop in moderation." ”

Lu Bu nodded and said: "It makes sense, if you kill or injure people here, I'm afraid that I will get into trouble for Dong Gong, and I will be blamed for not doing things well." So he shouted and stopped his men.

Cai Yan was so confused that she didn't want to stay for a long time, so Zhang Meng accompanied her to the side of the car.

The grizzled driver wanted to help Cai Yan get into the car, Cai Yan shook his head at him, looked at Zhang Meng and said, "Chengying, my father said, when I am sixteen years old, I will marry in Hedong." ”

Zhang Meng was stunned by a sentence for no reason, and he immediately came back to his senses and muttered, "Sixteen years old...... That's next year? Isn't the teacher still in the southeast, how can he handle the marriage without parents? ”

Cai Yan's eyelids drooped slightly, and he said softly: "Actually, Father left from Wudi to return to Beijing two months ago. ”

"...... two months ago"

Zhang Meng nodded secretly, Cai Yong avoided trouble back then, all because the first emperor didn't notice, just as Cao Cao said, since the first emperor died, he could have gone home a long time ago.

"If you're free, give me a ride."

Cai Yan suddenly raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.

"Hedong, what's there to go?"

Zhang Meng's ghost sent a god to come up with this sentence, and he was surprised when he said it.

Cai Yan's eyes also widened: "What did you say?" ”

Zhang Meng pretended to be relaxed, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "It's nothing, I will definitely send you." ”

Cai Yan stared at Zhang Meng for a long time, his lips and teeth twitched slightly, and finally sighed and boarded the car.

"Chengying, take care."

The wheels re-moved, the light blue crepe fluttered lightly in the wind, and then followed by Cai Yan's voice, and disappeared into the distance together.

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "The Hedong Wei clan is indeed a famous scholar family, but Zhaoji's husband is not well-known. If I remember correctly, Zhao Ji was not happy later, and she wandered and fell into the hands of the Xiongnu. If I have affection for her, how can I watch her fall into a foreign land? Hedong Wei's, hum, what's the big deal, I'm not also Dunhuang Zhang's? ”

The original Zhang Meng chose to bury his feelings deep in his heart, but now Zhang Meng's enterprising and competitive spirit is far from being comparable to the past, and his thoughts have naturally changed. However, in the order of events, he kept Cai Yan's marriage in his heart, and his thoughts immediately turned back to the most urgent matter at present.

Cao Cao saw Zhang Meng walking back with his head down and his heart heavy, and said with a smile: "Chengying, are you reluctant?" ”

Zhang Meng also smiled: "Brother Meng De said that he laughed, when the big thing is coming, how can he think about anything else." ”

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said leisurely: "I always feel like you have changed in the past two days, are you the Zhang Chengying I know?" ”

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "This Cao Mengde's insight is really keen. Mouthly responded: "The Marquis of Huaiyin is not visible when he is young." "Gave a soft nail.

Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed: "What a Zhang Chengying, interesting!" Interesting! ”

Lu Bu had business on business and was about to leave, Zhang Meng asked: "Brother Lu, Dong Gong is in the city, can you introduce him on your behalf?" "His most direct plan now is to return to the palace, especially to return to the side of Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, because according to what he knew in his previous life, this would be the most cost-effective political investment, but the situation in Luoyang is unclear, and the order will change every day, and the safest way is to see Dong Zhuo first, after all, Dong Zhuo has also thrown an olive branch to him.