In the wine house in the east of Luoyang City, the Yuan brothers were sitting opposite each other drinking.

The people who were drinking together at the beginning have already dispersed, and in the huge city of Luoyang, only the two brothers are left who can sit and drink together.

Yuan Shao's Sizhao Sword was untied by him and thrown aside.

Nowadays, the city of Luoyang is extremely unstable, street rangers are rampant with swords, bravely hurting people, and many officials of the DPRK and China have been stabbed in the streets.

Even Yuan Shao, the famous Yuan family son of Luoyang, has been provoked by the rangers on the road several times on the street, but fortunately, he now brings his confidants with him every time he travels.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Liang, who was standing guard outside the door, and then at Yuan Shu, who was disheveled on the opposite side, and forced a smile, "Highway, I told you a long time ago, this time is different from the past, and you must bring some people when you travel." Fortunately, you still have some swordsmanship, otherwise I am afraid that you will not be able to get here today. ”

Yuan Shu, who felt that his years were unfavorable, sat behind the wooden table with his feet slumped, picked up the wine on the table and took a sip, scolding in his mouth, "I don't know what kind of madness the rangers in the city have been going these days, I cut down a few people, and some people keep coming up." Fortunately, I have a good martial arts, otherwise I would almost capsize in the gutter today and fold in the hands of these unknown people. ”

"Now that the eunuchs have regained power in the court, these assassins are naturally the means they use to cleanse the court, but they are just learning some old things. After so many years, it is still an old wine in a new bottle, which is really disappointing. Yuan Shao also took a sip of wine, "Why did the Tiger Prison rise back then, it was all the same reason. ”

"It's true that chivalry is forbidden to commit martial arts, but if there is no subsequent interest to promote, no one will willingly give their lives."

Yuan Shu pursed his lips, but he never refuted this matter, but instead opened his mouth to mock Yuan Shao, "You, the model of the world of the four worlds and three dukes, can see it clearly, but what if you see it clearly?" With the hope of the world, why don't you take action in the world? ”

He sat up straight and stared at Yuan Shao, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, "As far as you Yuan Benchu is concerned, isn't it easy to deal with this little eunuch?" ”

"It's not difficult to deal with eunuchs." Yuan Shao didn't seem to care about Yuan Shu's verbal provocation, he put down the wine bowl in his hand and filled it again, "It's just that the time to get rid of the eunuch hasn't come yet." ”

Yuan Shu laughed sarcastically, only when Yuan Shao was ashamed.

Since Emperor Huan, many relatives have plotted to get rid of the eunuchs, but in the end they all died at the hands of the eunuchs.

Chen Fan, Dou Wu, which is not a famous and world-famous figure?

In the end, it is not a matter of hard work, nothing can be achieved.

"They are them, and they can't do it with Confucianism, but you and I are not them." Yuan Shao patted the Sizhao Sword on the side, "In your and my generation, we will always be better than our predecessors." ”

He chuckled in a low voice: "What's more, what they did was wrong from the root. The root cause of cholera in the world is not only in the eunuchs. ”

"You're just trying to use that He Jin." Yuan Shu sneered, "Don't forget, whether it is He Jin or He Guiren in the palace, it was only by climbing the eunuchs that he was able to get to this position at the beginning. Besides, this person is just a pig and dog slaughterer, what can he do. ”

Yuan Shao smiled, "If you don't use it, it just depends on how you use it." ”

Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Shao's expression, and felt that he seemed to have ignored something.

He suddenly remembered that Xu You, who had always been by Yuan Shao's side in the past, had disappeared in the past few days.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Xu Ziyuan for a few days." Yuan Shu said tentatively.

Yuan Shao took a sip of wine and said casually: "Ziyuan has something to do, so I went to Jizhou to visit friends." ”

Yuan Shu saw that his expression was not different, so he didn't take this matter to heart, but turned his head to look at the wine house where he was.

The people who drank together at the beginning are now dead, and they are gone, and they are very deserted, he sighed, "After a long time of separation, I don't know what happened to Xuande and them." ”

"Now that Xuande is on the side, Meng De is happy at home, which is also a rare good thing." Yuan Shao smiled, "It's better than you and me being scared all day long in this place where jackals are looking around." ”

Yuan Shu sighed, "I don't know when I will be able to reunite with them and drink again." ”

"Reunion drinking?" Yuan Shao smiled, "The next time we meet, no one can say whether we will drink or draw our swords." ”

He pulled out the Sizhao sword on one side and placed it horizontally in his hand, his palm wiped over the sword crest, and the cold light on the sword shone on Yuan Shu's face.

"Highway, you are chivalrous. But as the son of the Yuan family, you should also have the consciousness of swinging a sword. ”

Yuan Shu was silent for a moment, but it was rare that he did not ridicule Yuan Shao, but just asked, "Who is the sword pointing at?"

Yuan Shao put the sword back into its sheath, leaned back, and laughed softly: "Who knows? ”

Then you will see who is standing before him.

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In Yuzhou County, there are two horses galloping out of the county town with the sound of roosters in the early morning.

Out of the county seat, the two rode straight to the bamboo forest on the outskirts.

"Zilian, can you prepare the meal I want you to prepare?" The tall knight on the left side immediately asked casually, this person was Xiahoudun who returned to his hometown with Cao Cao.

The person questioned by Xiahoudun was Cao Hong, who was in the same situation as Cao Cao and was implicated in the Song family's affairs and returned to his hometown.

Cao Hong laughed and said: "Could it be such a trivial matter, Yuan Rang is not at ease?" I'm notoriously reliable. ”

"I'm naturally relieved of big things, but it's really hard for you to be reassured in small things." Xiahoudun laughed, "It's rare for us to come to visit Meng De once, before I came, I asked you to prepare some good food, and you should have gone down at that time." ”

Cao Hong glanced at the food box in his hand and said with a smile: "Yuan let me feel at ease, they are all good food, and Meng De must like it." ”

The two of them said no more, and rode straight to the bamboo forest.

In the bamboo forest, Cao Cao is sitting outside the bamboo hut reading, and in his hand is Sun Tzu's Art of War, which he finally asked for from Cai Yong.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance sounded, and Xiahoudun and the two had arrived, but Cao Cao did not get up to greet him, but moved the wooden table that was originally placed on one side to his side.

"What did you two bring me today?" Cao Cao looked at his brother who was walking after turning over and dismounting.

The Cao family and the Xiahou family have always been deeply involved, and it is difficult to distinguish each other, and their generation is even closer to each other.

The two came to Cao Cao and sat down casually, and Cao Hong put the food box on the table.

Xiahoudun glanced at the bamboo slip in Cao Cao's hand, and said with a smile: "Naturally, they are all delicious food, how can I be perfunctory when I come to visit you."

It's just that as Cao Hong opened the food box and put the food in the food box on the wooden table, the faces of the other two immediately collapsed.

There are a lot of snacks, but most of them are vegetarian dishes that don't cost a few bucks.

"Zilian, is this what you call delicious food?" Xiahoudun gritted his teeth, "There is not even a meat dish among them?" ”

Cao Hong looked at it as a matter of course, "Meng De is now living in seclusion in the bamboo forest, it is the time when he is pure and has few desires, and this Qingzhai vegetarian dish is delicious." Otherwise, if you are used to eating big fish and meat, you are afraid that the food here will be unpalatable. ”

Cao Cao laughed, "In this way, I have to thank Zilian for thinking about me." ”

"It doesn't need to be like this, it's all my own brothers." Cao Hong picked up the kuaizi and ate a few bites first, and then greeted the two, "It tastes very good, it's really a rare and delicious food." ”

"Sooner or later, you will be burdened by this stingy nature." Cao Cao laughed angrily.

The three of them ate and drank, and they were so unhappy for a while.

"Now that the situation is turbulent, it is a good thing that Mengde is living in seclusion here." Xiahoudun sighed and informed Cao Cao of the news that he had found out about the current city of Luoyang.

"The current situation between the DPRK and China has been chaotic so far, but there are early signs, and it is not sudden." Cao Cao put down the fast son in his hand, "Since Yang Qiu and others died, the eunuchs returned to power, and there was no one in the court who could suppress these eunuchs, and His Majesty's wealth collection was becoming more and more indulgent." The arbitrary sale of official positions in the DPRK and China will inevitably make the scholars dissatisfied. Those rangers who are rampant on the streets, in fact, I can't say which side of the manpower is. ”

Mengde's statement is a bit biased, but not everyone is dissatisfied. For the wealthy, it is still cost-effective to spend some money and buy an official position. In the future, I can't say that our Cao family can also spend money to buy a third prince to be a pawn. Cao Hong said with a smile.

Cao Cao smiled: "Even if there is such an opportunity, are you Cao Zilian willing to do it?"

Cao Hong held back for a while, and finally told the truth, "Reluctantly." ”

Cao Cao glanced at him, smiled and shook his head, "What's the use of such an official position, it's just that those who claim to be famous people look down on it." Could it be that my Cao family has three dukes, so in their eyes, it is not the family of eunuchs? ”

Cao Hong and the others were speechless, and the identity of this eunuch has always been Cao Cao's heart knot.

Cao Cao took a sip of wine, sighed, and remembered Liu Xuande, who was now far away in Beihai.

"Speaking of which, I was in sympathy with Xuande at the beginning, I had no proper name, but I had a family background. Xuande has no family background, but he has the name of a Han clan. Now he is one step ahead, sitting in Beihai and showing his ambitions. I really envy him. ”

"Meng De doesn't need to be like this, your talent is not below anyone in the first place, and now it's just a short opportunity. Sooner or later, there will be a time for the operation. Xiahoudun comforted.

"I'm not a self-despoiling person." Cao Cao smiled, "It's just a temporary complaint." ”

"It's a beautiful day, and it's just the right time to go hunting in the countryside." He stood up, "It's been a long time since we've hunted together, so let's see who catches more prey today." ”

Then he looked at Cao Hong, "You can also make some tooth sacrifices, or eat some meat." ”

Cao Hong jumped up and said with a smile: "What Meng De said is that today I will definitely want you to see my methods."

Cao Cao smiled and turned back to the bamboo hut to get a bow and arrow.

As Xiahoudun said, now he is just succumbing to the heavens.

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Saibei, on the city tower of Gaoliu County, the west wind is sweeping, blowing the Han family flag hanging at the corner tower, scarlet as blood.

The sky is high and wide, looking for thousands of miles, and sometimes there are goshawks circling the sky.

After Helian's death, Xianbei civil strife continued, and finally embarked on the road of division and mutual struggle.

The unification strategy that Tanshi Huai painstakingly managed during his lifetime fell apart only a few years after his death.

There are times when chaos is controlled.

Xianbei is waiting for its next hero to appear.

On the city wall, Lu Bu, who was dressed in a fiery red coat, and Zang Hong, who was dressed in a Confucian robe, were looking down at the city.

Under the west wind, the two of them grinned.

Ascending to the heights and looking, the people looming in the distance are as small as mustard seeds.

"Now that Helian is dead, Xianbei is torn apart, it is difficult to have the power to invade the south, and Huanyan has also returned to Youzhou, and it is not interesting for me to stay here anymore." Lu Bu faced southwest and looked into the distance, "I will also leave Gaoliu and return to Bingzhou in the next few days." ”

"Feng Xianyong skipped others, and this time he came to the east, and he forgot to die several times for the affairs of the country. I thank Fengxian for Gao Yanagi and those who were rescued in Youzhou. Zang Hong was silent for a moment, and then spoke again, "It's just that it is not easy for Feng Xian to accumulate his reputation today, and when he needs to make a choice in the future, he still has to think about it a lot." ”

Stationed in the fortress on this side of Gaoliu City for many days, Zang Hong has already sensed the hatred in the hearts of these people who are really standing on the front line of the war.

Guarding the family and protecting the country, sacrificing life to death, naturally.

Just because behind him are relatives in his hometown.

But one day, when the timing is right, when the muzzle of the gun is reversed, I am afraid that they will not hesitate for a minute.

People who have a homeland are still like this, not to mention that now half of the land north of Bingzhou has fallen into the hands of Xianbei and the Huns, and the people of Bingzhou who have lost their hometown.

Lu Bu smiled when he heard this, "Who can say what will happen in the future?" It's just that there is one thing now, and I have to ask Ziyuan to be accommodating. ”

"No." Before Lu Bu finished speaking, Zang Hong shook his head and refused, "When Xuande left that day, he repeatedly told me to take good care of Zhang Liao, and I must not be deceived by you." ”

"What a Liu Xuande, no wonder I didn't take Zhang Liao away that day, it turned out that I had already made calculations." Lu Bu laughed and scolded.

These days, he often goes to look for Zhang Liao, not to mention the others, just the matter of courage, this son is far superior to others.

"Xuande's meaning that day was that he would not take Zhang Liao away, and you should not take Zhang Liao away, so he would stay in Gaoliu first. As for who he will serve in the future, it is up to him to decide. ”

Lu Bu nodded and responded, "That's fine, lest Xuande say that a certain victory is not martial." ”

"You're both pretty confident." Zang Hong laughed, "I can't say that in the end, Zhang Liao will choose to stay in this land of Gaoliu and protect the hometown of the people here." ”

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and glanced at him sideways, "I don't want Ziyuan to hide such thoughts." ”

"You and Xuande have the same vision, and the person you value at the same time will definitely be a good person in the future. And the one who protects this stuffed place also needs to be a hero. He smiled, "The land of the border plug is certainly desolate, but who man in the world doesn't love this iron armor and stuff it with lonely smoke?" ”

Lu Bu followed his gaze, and the lonely smoke went straight into the clouds.

"Yes, what man doesn't love this desert lonely smoke."

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The night was dark and the wind was high, and on the remote road to Shouguang County, north of Xixian County, several people were supporting each other.

The night was so thick that I could only tell the way forward by the moonlight falling from the sky.

Several people were more or less injured, and the one who walked last with a sword was Wang Xiu, who left the Prime Minister's Mansion that day.

His injuries were particularly severe, and blood stains had stained his front placket, and as he walked, blood beads continued to fall to the ground.

It's just that Wang Xiu's martial arts are the best among several people, and he has always been the person in charge, so now in such a critical situation, only he can break the queen.

Lu Xing, who was walking in front of him, looked back at him a few times from time to time, and there was some concern in his eyes.

On the same day, they left from Xiangguo's mansion, although they were grateful for Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and they had no shame in their hearts. But the most important promise of the Assassins was that they broke the contract first.

Therefore, Wang Xiu found the middleman in this matter, not only returned the deposit, but also compensated a lot of money.

I thought that this was the end of the matter, but in case things changed, they also planned to leave Beihai and go to another place.

I didn't want to just leave the city and encounter the people sent by the wealthy clans in the city, but fortunately, they were not bad, so they barely escaped, but now they are each injured, and the enemies behind them also know the truth of raising tigers, so naturally they will not let these assassins leave like this, so they have been chasing and killing behind them.

"This matter starts with me, if those people chase after them, it is unavoidable, I will leave it to stop them, and you don't have to worry about me." Wang Xiu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth casually, with the injuries on his body, he had exhausted his mental strength to be able to get here, and if he continued to walk, he would only become a drag on everyone.

"This is not what your Uncle Wang should say." Lu Xing laughed angrily, "When you came to us, you said that you would do righteous things and do righteous things in the world." Now it's just a slight setback, and you have to give up on yourself? ”

Several other people also echoed Lu Xing.

They were all people that Wang Xiu found when he traveled the world, and they were naturally like-minded people, otherwise no one would be willing to accompany him to do this lifeless and unprofitable deed.

Wang Xiu sighed, and didn't persuade each other more, they were very familiar with each other's temperament, and it was useless to persuade more.

As soon as everyone finished speaking, footsteps sounded behind them, and dozens of people with torches pressed towards them.

Wang Xiu and the others immediately turned around, each holding their own swords.

"You Jianghu assassins really can't believe it, you ruined the big thing of my family master, and you think it's okay to compensate some money?" The hawk-nosed man who walked in front sneered, "It's better to leave your lives behind." ”

Wang Xiu sighed, "Going to righteousness and dying is not wronged." ”

The man picked up the long knife in his hand, and his eyes showed some sarcasm, "I don't know what Liu Beihai has to do, so that you people who make a living by assassination give up their lives." ”

"The finch knows the ambition of the bird." Wang Xiu said with a smile, "How can you recognize the word righteousness for a person like you, who is willing to be an eagle dog." ”

"I don't know the righteousness, but I can take your life." The man laughed evilly, and was about to beckon his men to pounce up.

"I don't want to encounter such an interesting thing when I first come to Beihai, but I came by boat in vain."

In front of Wang Xiu and the others, fifty or sixty people suddenly walked out, and the leader was dressed in plain clothes, with handsome eyebrows, and a black coat behind him.

The man tilted his head slightly, put his hands behind his back, and spoke in surprise.

"Without me holding his son, he Liu Xuande really couldn't do things."