It was late at night, and Yuan Shao came to Liu Qing's mansion only to find that the mansion was still brightly lit.

He happened to be eavesdropping on the side of the gate in the night.

The candles in the room flickered, and Liu Qing was heard saying, "How can it be so simple!" Today's Queen Mother is the sister of the general, and the general has always been indecisive, how can she listen to them! ”

The other person seemed to be half drunk and replied: "Liu Jun, look down, maybe someone will come to you to make a wish soon!" Haha, it is estimated that in a few days there will be someone who will design to force the Queen Mother to comply, and then it will be the best time. Now, it's the thunder and the rain! ”

Yuan Shao stood outside the door and listened in horror, who is this person? is so decisive, isn't he here tonight to win over Liu Qing! And after that, his own plan seems to be in his prediction, and the true gods and men are also! It seems that Xun You is talking about this person.

Suddenly, the guard outside the door saw a shadow and shouted, "What man! Eavesdropping outside! ”

Liu Qing and the others in the house jumped out, if tonight's incident was overheard, then it would be okay!

Seeing that it was Yuan Shao, Liu Qing pulled the guards aside, tested how much Yuan Shao listened, and asked, "It turned out to be the beginning, when did you come?" Why did you come to my house? Come on, come on, let's go into the house and talk. ”

Yuan Shao didn't feel embarrassed when he was discovered, but said: "Guozhu, the guards outside your door are also in good spirits, unlike my guards outside the door, who say everything." I was seen by them shortly after I arrived. ”

This is saying that he bribed the guards at the gate of the Yuan Mansion when he waited for Guo Jia last time! Liu Qing heard the words and said with a smile: "At the beginning, Luoyang is not very peaceful at this time, so it's better to pick some reliable people!" ”

Yuan Shao heard the deep meaning in his words, thought for a while and said, "Yes! People want to choose reliable ones, don't I come to the state for help? ”

Liu Qing and Yuan Shao both laughed when they heard it.

Yuan Shao said again: "I heard you talking about the general outside the house just now, and what you said is really not bad at all!" Alas, the general can't be ruthless! At this time, the soldiers and horses are in hand, if it is not a matter of one sentence, it will change later! ”

"By the way, Kunisuke, what the hell do you think?"

Liu Qing lowered his head and whispered, "Originally." I won't hide it from you, do you know how I was promoted so quickly? ”

Yuan Shao suddenly said softly: "You mean Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Qing nodded and said, "Exactly." That day, Ce took a fancy to His Majesty and asked me to protect the second prince from the throne, and it seems that I still have a backhand, what do you think I can do? The slightest carelessness is a fatal disaster! ”

Yuan Shao got up and paced a few laps, and said for a long time: "I think it's the same, you must have something unspeakable, otherwise I wouldn't have said something like that in my house that day." It's better to be like this, I will convene Haojie with the general in a few days to force the Queen Mother, don't worry, I will find a way for you! ”

Liu Guozhu stood up and saluted: "Ben Chu, thank you very much." ”

After some pleasantries, Yuan Shao got up to leave, turned around and asked, "Guozhu, are you alone here?" What about the one who spoke to you? ”

Liu Qing pretended not to know: "Oh, he, the drunk has drunk too much and has gone to sleep." ”

Yuan Shao frowned, nodded, and went back to his house.

Seeing him walk away, Liu Qing picked up the wine and took a few sips, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, a dark shadow floated into the house, patted his arm, and said with a smile: "Liu Jun, Liu Jun, what a calculation!" What a general, what Yuan IV, the third duke, what ten permanent servants even the sky...... He's all in your calculations! The planning is so deep! ”

Liu Qing raised his head, who else could it be if it wasn't Guo Jia? also smiled: "You drunkard, you also have a share of the credit." ”

The two laughed and drank two catties of liquor that night.

stayed awake all night, and early the next morning, Liu Qing summoned Li Kuang to go to the first floor of the world together.

Li Ziming was very busy, and when he saw that Liu Qing was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him: "Liu Jun, Liu Jun, why are you free to come here today." ”

Liu Qing pulled him aside: "Ziming, Luoyang has not been peaceful recently, I think you also know, I may have to leave Luoyang temporarily, and I want to use the first floor to do something big, I want you to keep your mouth shut, you may do it?" ”

Li Ziming was timid, but he said: "Liu Jun, you have a noble status, you are just a small citizen in our city, our business on the first floor is so good, isn't it good to just open a store?" ”

Li Kuang sneered: "What? Scared? Afraid? If you are afraid, you can get off the boat, Liu Jun doesn't want people who can only share wealth and prosperity and cannot live and die together! ”

looked at Li Ziming coldly, his eyes were like knives, and then he said coldly: "What is Liu Jun's identity?" What is your status? Will Liu Jun be short of money? Tell you that the first floor of the world is not to make money, you don't do it, and some people do it! No one wants your life if you quit now, think for yourself! ”

Li Ziming looked at the people around Liu Qing and was angry, guessing that Liu Qing must be dissatisfied in his heart, and said: "Don't blame Liu Jun!" Don't blame! My elm head, I can't turn around, wait for me to consult my wife. ”

When he came to the wing room on the second floor, he found his wife, grabbed him and said, "Madam, come on, I have something important to discuss with you." ”

Mrs. Li said impatiently: "It's not too late to talk about what will happen, there are all big people in Luoyang in the wings!" ”

Li Ziming played with his hand and said angrily: "Money, money, money, you know money!" Is money more important than life? ”

Mrs. Li was also shocked when she heard this, and asked, "What's so big?" ”

"Liu Jun is here."

"What? Liu Jun is here? Come on, haven't you heard of the name of the imperial brother in Luoyang these days? It turned out to be him! When I first saw him, I knew he wasn't an ordinary character! ”

"Well, I've already seen him."

"Oh? What did they say? ”

Liu Jun's subordinates said that he was going to leave Luoyang temporarily recently, and he wanted to use the first floor in the world to do a big thing, and said that the first floor was not used to make money in the first place. I said, "Isn't it good to use the first floor alone to make money?" He was angry, and said that he could only live and die with the rich and noble, so he could get off the boat from him, why do you say that our people are mixed with so much! ”

"You stupid fool is so stupid, what a great opportunity this is, no matter how many people ask for it, they can't ask for it. Liu Jun is about to rise when he sees it, and you are about to get off the boat halfway. You have forgotten what our store was and what it is now. Make hay? Didn't you make any money without him? If nothing else, we can't cope with the few exiles that day. ”

Mrs. Li poked Li Ziming's head with her hand, hating that iron could not become steel.

Li Ziming sighed and bowed his head, and said seriously: "Madam, it's not that I don't know this truth. Liu Jun is capable and polite, and it is right to follow him. But the current world is not peaceful! Liu Jun is the royal brother of the second prince, this is hand-picked by His Majesty, and he is in charge of soldiers and horses, he is a hot person, and he is doing all the major things that affect the world. I think anyway, we have made enough money for a while, and we are not greedy for Liu Jun's, how much is it, it is enough for our husband and wife to find a peaceful place to live a stable life. ”

Mrs. Li listened to her husband's words, and her heart was also a little touched, this Li Ziming is an elm head, and he rarely has opinions, but once he has any opinions, he has thought about it for a while, and it makes some sense to listen. The husband wants to live a peaceful life, and as a wife, he can't force him to do a terrible business.

Then he said: "It's better like this, Ziming, let's go and ask Liu Jun what the matter is, if it's too risky, we'll leave, if it's feasible, let's stay and make our money." ”

Li Ziming nodded and took Mrs. Li to the backyard, and both knelt down in front of Liu Qing.

"Liu Jun, we have known each other for a while, and since that day we have known that Liu Jun is a person who does great things, but we small people in the market really dare not participate in national affairs, dare to ask Liu Jun on the first floor?"

"I'm going to leave Luoyang after a while, I want to know the information about Luoyang at all times, and the first floor is the place where I can be provided with information. I don't want you to be difficult, now that the business is so good, you just go to Luoyang City to open another one, just open a store as usual, and I have my own arrangements for other things. It's okay if you want to take the money and leave, but I have to say it first, and it will be difficult to enter the store after this village. ”

The two of them saw that they were not in danger before they should go on an errand, and Liu Qing introduced Li Kuang to the husband and wife.

On the way, Li Kuang rarely took the initiative to speak: "Lord, why do you want these two people to do things, their husband and wife are obviously greedy for life and afraid of death, as Liu Jun said, you can only be rich and noble, not share hardships, it is better to choose someone else." ”

Liu Qing said: "Cunjie, you are right. But how can we expect others to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths like we do? In the final analysis, their husband and wife are ordinary people, this store was changed by my love to change their life deeds, they want to do business will do their business, as for finding other people, it is even more difficult, but also to know the roots, but also to know what we do business to keep their mouths shut, too many limitations. ”

"Also, after I leave, you must rely on the first floor to spread your eyeliner and secretly make friends with the ministers and celebrities in my name, maybe it will come in handy one day. These are still secondary, Luoyang's intelligence is the most important thing, and it must be transmitted to me in time. ”

Li Kuang agreed: "Oh." But my lord, if something happens to Luoyang, how can I inform you? ”

Liu Qingdao: "I have already thought of a way to deal with this matter. You send people to send me a message every morning, I want to know who is in the city and in the court, and what is happening, especially the general's mansion, the Yuan mansion, and the people who are always serving, if there is a change in Luoyang, you will not be able to send the letter, and then I will lead the troops to come, and we will contact again. ”

……

He entered the mansion.

"I'm mad at me! I'm mad at me! These castrations! Damn it! ”

Luoyang City has been full of wind and rain in the past few days, and the soldiers and horses in charge of the West Garden Army have been slaughtered by He Jin, and the eunuchs are naturally suspicious, maybe one day the knife will be caught in the neck. Some of the ten permanent servants have been around the emperor for decades, and they are favored by the marquis, and there are many former officials who have been favored by him. When I got home at this time, my angry mind was dizzy, and I shouted loudly.

Yuan Shao has been running around for the matter of punishing the eunuch for the past few days, and he has come to do something after the court meeting, and then he heard his anger and took the opportunity to say: "Why is the general so troubled?" ”

He Jin said angrily: "It's not that eunuch!" Today, the court meeting actually said that I was rude, ignorant of military affairs, and unworthy to lead the army, and persuaded me to hand over the Xiyuan Army and that Zhao Zhong! ”

"Emasculation is too presumptuous! That is, the general is too merciful, these villains have the grace of the queen mother, and they come to oppose the general, which is really hateful! It's bearable, it's unbearable! ”

"Alas, those eunuchs have been in charge of the center for ten years, and they are deeply rooted, and once they do it, it will be a landslide and the earth will crack! What's more, the Queen Mother is still facing them. ”

"General, I have persuaded Liu Guozhu yesterday, half of the matter is already over, and the other half needs to be determined by the general!"

"Oh? Then Liu Guozhu really served us, and this matter is fine! It's really beyond my expectations, what else did I have in the beginning, come quickly! ”

Yuan Shao leaned over to He Jin and said: "This matter is easy to hear, the eunuchs used to rely on the first emperor to gain power, but now they dare to be presumptuous by relying on the queen mother and some old officials." But it has already offended the people of the world, how can it be undefeated? The general only needs to summon the heroes from all over the world to lead the troops to the capital, and the queen mother naturally retreats when she sees it, so the eunuch can be killed immediately if he loses power, what else does the general have to worry about? ”

He Jin is a butcher, where do you know a lot, so he has to gather the generals of the Quartet to enter Luo.

Anchor Chen Lin admonished bitterly: "Yi said, 'If the deer is released, it can't be caught.'" As the saying goes: 'Catch a bird blindfolded.' 'Small things cannot be deceived by will, let alone the great affairs of the state, how can they be obtained by deception.' Now the general is always in charge of the emperor's authority, the military power is in his hands, the dragon and the tiger are stepping, or kill or not, all in the general's thoughts. It's like burning things around a fire, what's the difficulty? This is a move that is in line with the will of God and the will of the people. The general is now abandoning the righteousness, but instead leading foreign troops into Luo, at this time it is the strong to be the hero, this is against the sky, in vain to give power, definitely not good, in vain cholera move. ”

He Jin scolded Chen Lin when he heard this: "Huangkou Confucian knows what national affairs, come here, fork out!" ”

Chen Lin admonished Cao Cao bitterly: "General, this move must not be done, the general and the army are still fine, if he enters Luo, the lord is young, and it is the way to get trouble!" ”

He Jin had been forced to have a headache by this matter, and he didn't bother to think of any way, and someone objected and scolded: "Ruzi! Son's view! I am in charge of the troops, who will not obey? ”

Cao Cao was not forked out of the house by the people in He Mansion like Chen Lin, he laughed out loud, and said loudly: "The eunuch is an official, ancient and modern, but it is not used properly, and the fake power is even here." Since one jailer is enough to punish crimes, what kind of foreign generals should be recruited? Hahaha, the matter was defeated by not being secret, and I saw its defeat! ”

Advice is advice, whether you listen to it or not, it is a matter of He Jin, so many guests under him can't persuade him, what else is there to say? Maybe Yuan Shao is the one behind the scenes? We don't know. What can be known is that He Jin couldn't wait to make an edict on the second day: "Summoning the former general Dong Zhuotun Guanzhong Shanglin Yuan in the west, summoning the soldiers of Kuangji County, King of Taishan, to enter Luo on the next day, summoning Taishou Qiao Maotun Chenggao of Dongjun, and summoning Ding Yuantun Mengjin, the commander of Wumeng. ”

Finally, a new article was added: "Grant Liu Qing, the captain of the city gate, and the captain of the cavalry, and allow him to gather troops and horses outside the Yan Division." ”