September 5, the heavenly punishment value.

The fire in the five-element furnace is rushing to the north.

The sun wheel of the cloud arch guard gradually sinks westward, the west is red and ten thousand roads, the color is steaming, rendering half of the red dome, the moonlit night is coming as promised, and the operation of heaven and earth does not change in the slightest because of the clutch of the world.

Riding the wind inside, Zhang He was practicing, his chest was bulging and deflated, and the sound of his heart beating was also urged, and it can be seen that his immature body gradually had some traces of the skin, and his internal strength no longer practiced the second-rate martial arts of the Zhang family branch, but changed the first-class martial arts of the third Ming Wang body passed on by Xiang Ji to lay the foundation.

Three weeks after he practiced the exercises, Xiang Ji, who was sitting on the side, took a sip of tea, and with a flick of his fingers, the fire and ice flew out, falling into Zhang He's body to circulate and practice, dissolving the anger and evil aura of the Ming King's body.

Then, there was an invited person who came with Buddhist scriptures and Confucian bamboo slips, and began to explain to Zhang He, with the progress of his skills, his thoughts and talents could not be left behind.

"How have you been living and spending this month?"

At a glance out of the corner of his eye, Xiang Ji had already seen the mountain catcher walking with big strides, his face was full of oil, and he was obviously moisturized during this time.

"Thanks to the blessing of the prince, many children from the outer courtyard of the academy and various families often come to visit, and the boxes of treasures you brought back before have also been sold, and you have obtained five thousand taels of silver and about five hundred people's grain, as well as five land deeds, and the boss of the wind house..." The mountain catcher laughed when he heard this, bowed and saluted, and then mentioned this month's business, which was very good, but when he mentioned the owner of this residence, he couldn't help but pause.

The words were unfinished, Xiang Ji understood that this was not a good decision, most likely because of trouble, so he said, "After living for so many days, Chengfengju is not a bad treatment for us, the hospitality is considerate, if there is any trouble, you can help." ”

Hearing this, the mountain rider breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the son, the two of us heard that the owner's daughter was robbed by Jiang bandits when she returned to the city, and almost lost her life. ”

In fact, there won't be any trouble, how high can the Jiang bandits' strength be? With the strength of the four levels of the autumn tiger, it is more than enough to clean them up, but they are now Xiang Ji's entourage, and they must distinguish between respect and inferiority, and naturally they can't do what they want, so they have to report it.

"The Buddha said, subduing demons and eliminating demons is the original heart, these bandits are demons, and subduing them is merit."

Zhang He, who was studying the scriptures, suddenly spoke, his eyes unconsciously glanced in the direction of Xiang Ji, obviously he also moved to go out for a walk and practice his skills.

"That's right, you practice for an hour at night." Xiang Ji naturally saw his careful thoughts, and asked him to practice more with a light snort, which made the little guy sigh for a while.

After a while, Qiu Laohu came back happily with a land deed, "Childe, it's done, and there is good news." ”

"You say." Xiang Ji smiled slightly, the efficiency of these two people is very good, and it is indeed suitable to take with them.

Qiu Laohu handed over the title deed, "The owner of Chengfeng Residence thanks us for our help and gave us the title deed of this courtyard, I hope to have more exchanges in the future." ”

"This is also a normal human relationship, you accept it; As for the food for the five hundred, you may recruit some outcasts or common people as you like, and put them outside the city, where there is a title deed, which will come in handy in the future. ”

Xiang Ji is not surprised, his current identity has reached that level, and naturally some people will throw olive branches, show goodwill, and want to take advantage of the situation, which is a very normal thing.

In this leisurely month, he received hundreds of invitations and greetings, all of which were famous and surnamed, and went to the banquet after choosing some of them, and also made a number of contacts in the city.

There are three more days, and the day of white dew on September 8 should be the time for Yuan Shao to feast everyone again.

Da, da, at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and a dashing and uninhibited and high-spirited scribe stepped into the courtyard, his face was slightly arrogant.

Xiang Ji knew that this person had been here, so he smiled and said, "Your Excellency has a flying demeanor and a talent exposed, it must be Xu Ziyuan, who is a 'famous Luoyang celebrity', right?" ”

"Brother Tai actually knows that I am Xu Ziyuan? Hahaha, it's really a discerning person, and the talented man cherishes each other, it's really not a secret, Xu Yu came here this time, in order to reunite in Tori Villa three days later, the banquet of the first brother..." Xu Yu wiped his forehead and talked for a long time, and only then did he mention the banquet three days later.

Send a prayer post a month ago, and inform it three days ago, and someone will also come to inform you on the day of the banquet, this is a courtesy, and the Yuan Mansion team will naturally not be negligent.

He's really talkative... Xiang Ji encountered such a chattering person for the first time, and probably knew what he meant, that is, he came to tell me again not to forget the banquet in three days.

And this time is different from before, there will be many fewer people coming, or people who can be trusted, obviously there is a plan.

After the greetings, Xiang Ji politely kept Xu Yu to stay, although the other party was a little tempted, but there were still important things to do, so he could only leave.

"Since January, I have also cultivated the purple thunder and lightning body and the angry thunder, and in three days, I have become proficient again."

In the middle of the moon, Xiang Ji sat alone in the pavilion and pondered, and several martial arts that were scavenged from Pinggao Mansion at the beginning have also been practiced to the level of proficiency, among which the Qi Imperial Knife and Angry Thunder are even more mysterious, which is the sword technique of the overlord of Western Chu in the past, which can achieve the miraculous effect of the rumored 'flying sword'.

As soon as he thought of this, he tapped his knuckles on the tabletop, and suddenly a sonorous sound came from the black wooden box in the distance, and the Xunmei knife was wrapped in silver-white electric light and flew out, like a flying swallow shuttling back and forth within ten zhang, sharp and agile, not like ordinary means.

Then, he secretly had no real body, his eyes, ears, mouth and nose and every pore around his body suddenly burst out of purple thunder and silver lightning, and the whole person was as gorgeous as turning into a thunder body, these thunder lights gathered around and gathered outside the body, forming a layer of ring-like barriers, and then I saw Xiang Ji's pores trembling, clusters of purple thunder condensed into a sharp edge, turned into hundreds of thunder knives rooted in the pores, and in an instant his whole body was drilled out of the blade, and his arms were folded to the sky, like countless thunder knives fused together.

Standing there, Xiang Ji only waved his arm lightly and made a piercing thunderstorm and cutting sound, and a rotation under his feet formed a thunder knife storm that rushed straight into the sky, there were so many pores in the human body, but he used the law of the true body of the faceless body to turn the weakness into a weapon, and directly created such a killing soldier, if it was to fight with people, it would be really incomparable, and people did not know how to deal with the attack.

"That's good." Xiang Ji nodded with satisfaction, after all, the Dou Zhuan Star Shift is just unloading, not so versatile, and it also needs to contact the medium; But this style is hand-to-hand combat, a wonderful method of close combat, so that the enemy has no way to start, like a hedgehog headache.

At this time, in another mansion of the Yuan Mansion, another descendant of the Yuan family was not so happy.

In the Huagui Ming Hall, Yuan Shu was sad and self-conscious, and an incident that happened recently made him a little embarrassed and emotional.

originally

, he is the second son of Yuan Fengyan, his status is only below Yuan Ji, and he also has a good future, but since Yuan Shao was succeeded as the son of Yuan Cheng, his status has also pressed him to become a cousin, and he has shined in the battle of the Buddha Soldier Divine Palm, and has fought with the Demon Lord and the Tiger Demon.

And that eldest brother Yuan Ji is not to mention, his luck is against the sky, he has won the supreme merit of heaven and earth, and it is the sun and moon that defeated the Hongnong Yang clan in the imperial city battle, and has achieved an unprecedented terrifying achievement of a mountain above the dragon and tiger.

The two "brothers" are shining, but he is doing nothing, and he has not done anything during this time, so there is naturally a lot of gossip in the clan, which makes Yuan Shu a little depressed.

"That's it, since he Yuan Benchu has been invited again and again, I will also see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, and I will go to the banquet in three days."

Finally, he looked at a letter of worship on the table, and his eyes gradually sank.

At the same time, in Cao's mansion, Cao Cao was also alone, standing on a moonlit night and meditating.

"Eunuch and ugly, after the eunuch... Maybe that's the opportunity for change. ”

For a long time, he whispered softly, as if he had made some kind of decision.

Fanyang Mansion, in the wing, a candle is flickering.

Liu Bei quietly looked at the greeting post on the table, and he also received an invitation three days later.

Yuan Shao has the idea of doing something to the eunuchs, so the Confucian family is an inevitable ally, and they are naturally not dealing with the eunuchs, and even the Confucian Zheng Xuan was persecuted and imprisoned.

"Brother Shanhe, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, when we come, we will be involved, if we don't stand in line, we are all enemies, history, and times are forcing us to make a choice."

He muttered to himself, not knowing what he was thinking, and gradually blew out the candle.

The sun rises and the moon sets, the clouds roll up, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

September 8, White Dew.

Vermilion bird value, it is advisable to sacrifice and avoid burial.

Xiang Ji got up very early today, sitting on the eaves, looking at the sky and the fish white.

Gradually, purple air emerged from the east, followed by the rooster croaking.

"Since the master didn't pass the word, and the Yang clan didn't stop it, then it means that they acquiesced to this banquet, or rather, the Shi clan group acquiesced in Yuan Shao's revenge and didn't intend to stop him from attacking the eunuchs, then I have nothing to worry about."

Thinking about the problem, Xiang Ji jumped down and prepared to go to the location of Tori Villa.

In front of the wind, a figure has walked out and beckoned from afar.

"Ade." Xiang Ji fell from the sky and appeared beside Liu Bei, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then went together and went boating on the river.

Today, Liu Bei, who has dragon qi and light martial fragments in his body, has also advanced by leaps and bounds, achieving the level of a three-level martial artist, and is starting to choose the star sequence to complete the ritual.

The river is long, and the Tori Villa is so close that you can already see people at the door to greet you, no different from what you saw a few months ago, only there are fewer people.

"Come in, both of you, come with me." When the leading servant saw the two coming, he immediately led the way, went inward, and arranged his seat.

On the high platform, Cao Cao, Xu You, Zhang Miao and others were also there.

What Xiang Ji didn't expect was a man sitting next to Yuan Shao, his face was three points similar to him, but it was even more rude, it was the heroic ghost Yuan Shu.

This heir of the Yuan family, who has been at odds with his cousin, has also arrived.

Glancing at Ade, Xiang Ji understood that this time the matter would not be small.

In the time of the incense stick after taking a seat, all the guests of the banquet had arrived, and even the two brothers Gongsun Zhan and Gongsun Yue had also arrived, a total of fifteen people.

At this moment, everyone in the audience was a little unsure of the cat behind the banquet, but since they couldn't guess, everyone also carried people in a sedan chair and touted Yuan Shao's performance in the Buddha Palace, and the effect was not very good, anyway, Yuan Shu's expression was not very good-looking.

Finally, Yuan Shao raised his hand, everyone's eyes gathered, and he talked eloquently, "I invite you to come this time, but also to give an explanation for the assassination of the frightened at the previous banquet, I have found out what happened that day, the mastermind behind it is not only the disaster elimination building, but also the eunuchs behind the chaos, the one who promoted this matter that day was Wang Fu, his subordinate Wang Ji, his son Wang Meng, and his henchman Duan Cheng also had entanglements. ”

As we all know, there are twelve of the ten permanent attendants, and the leaders of them are Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who were jokingly talked about as parents by Emperor Hong.

"I'm ashamed that I was captured, and when I woke up in a daze, I was already at home, and I didn't even recognize the person who made the shot, and I almost hurt you." Zhang Miao's face was ashamed, if the assassination was really successful that day, the entire banquet would be implicated, causing a shock.

Everyone didn't care about Zhang Miao's words, but were shocked by the characters mentioned in Yuan Shao's words, Zhongchang Wang Fu and his son Wang Meng, cool official Wang Ji, and party henchman Yingchuan Taishou Duan Cheng!

This is no ordinary person, and it's hard not to consider the potential troubles.

If Yuan Shao wants to retaliate, is he still ready to attack Wang Fu directly? Its strength is not weak, at least they are all characters who have completed a ritual above the five levels, and they rarely leave the palace, where do they have the opportunity?

"Duan Cheng (Jiong)?" Xiang Ji groaned, this person is not simple, but the great-grandson of Duan Huizong from the Western Regions, and Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan and called Liangzhou Sanming, 170 Duan Cheng was conscripted into the court, successively served as Shizhong, Zhijinwu, Henan Yin, Sili Lieutenant and other positions, he was attached to the eunuch and hunted down the students, so he had to keep the wealth and prosperity.

Now that Yuan Shao has found out the culprit behind it, he is bound to take revenge one by one, does he also want to get some political resources in it?

When he killed the fog demon before, he noticed that the person behind the disaster elimination building was Wang Meng, and he was the son of Wang Fu, and Wang Fu and his master Yang Biao were political enemies, and the two sides fought endlessly, so it seems that it can be said that it is a completely hostile vein, and the new hatred and old grudges are accumulated, so it should be counted.

But at this time, other people's eyes couldn't help but fall on Cao Cao, and their expressions were intriguing.

Although he has done a lot of things to draw a line with the eunuchs, although he has killed Jian Shuo's uncle, but his family background is there after all, can he really be trusted at such a time?

Ugly, this identity is not necessarily much better than the grassroots.

"Mengde is my strong invitation to come, with me to do all things, there will be no mistakes, you are here, but also just to be a witness, Shao to protect Mengde, if there is a problem, I will be fully responsible."

At this time, Yuan Shao stood up, he was the most qualified and credible to say this, and it was basically useless for others to speak.

Cao Cao's face showed gratitude, and he gave up his hand from afar, and said no more.

When it came to this, Yuan Shao supported Cao Cao, and everyone naturally had nothing to say, so they could only agree with this.

"At the end of each year, Wang Fu's son Wang Meng and his subordinate Wang Ji will take advantage of the time to leave the palace, and on the surface, they will go to reunite with their families instead of Wang Fu and return to their hometown; Secretly, it was the 'filial piety money' collected for Wang Fu and the male slaves brought back for pleasure and lewdness, and the strength of both of them was at the level of five levels, and they only completed the initiation ceremony.

And according to what I have checked, the two persecuted different people

If you want to ambush and kill, when the final word is given, there is no chance to turn over, and the officials who report the guilt have already been arranged, and if it is successful, it can be disguised as their fear of crime and commit suicide, and other people in the court will settle the trouble; If not, it will be enough for them to hurt for a while; Whether we succeed or not, we will be cleaned.

The movements in the city are also covered by the incarnation talisman of the Heavenly Master Dao, creating a clone with no combat power, disguised as the scene of us still in the city, and there is a 'human witness', you can rest assured; Needless to say, you are all part of the Shi Clan, and getting rid of a eunuch is a resource for future support and advancement. ”

Yuan Shu spoke at the right time, this time he helped out to accumulate fame and recruit the team, he naturally would not end up in person, and he was invited by Yuan Shao to come only to help one or two, and play a role in stabilizing people's hearts.

And the preparation is indeed sufficient, even the officials who reported the guilt were all enemies with Wang Meng before, and they couldn't be involved.

When others saw that two of the three heirs of the Yuan family were involved, this matter was naturally safe and could be handled.

From a small point of view, this is Yuan Shao's retaliation, pointing directly at Wang Meng; But from a big point of view, it was actually the attack on the eunuchs by the family of scholars, who wanted to suppress them and strive for more power, targeting Wang Meng's father and Wang Fu, the middle servant; Therefore, their actions are only part of the general policy, and the rest of the arrangements will not be communicated to them, as long as they do their own thing.

The two brothers were not in a hurry after speaking, and quietly waited for everyone's reaction, the people they invited over were either their own people from the same group, or they had an enmity with the eunuchs, there was basically no possibility of denunciation, and the battle between the Shi clan group and the eunuchs had long been endless.

After weighing for a while, five people chose to leave, unwilling to participate in person, but they could provide support in other aspects, and also made a blood oath that they would not leak out, which is a unique oath handed down from ancient times, similar to the blood alliance, with a certain binding force, and violating it will pay the price of hindering the way, and the family behind it will also be rejected and attacked by the clan group.

In the end, only Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Xiang Ji, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Yue, Zhang Miao, Wu Chen, and Wu Fu remained; The latter two were party members who were persecuted by eunuchs.

"You can stay, I am very grateful at the beginning, no matter what the result is, I can guarantee that your actions and identities will not be leaked, whether you succeed or not, you will definitely be able to be promoted to an official position, and your reputation will be shocked, and I will give you a hundred refining weapons for one person and three people, martial arts, gold and silver, and land deeds, the right is a hard fee, and I owe you a favor at the beginning."

Yuan Shao first talked about the interests and then talked about the conditions, be open and honest, and those who are willing to make a move will not be disadvantaged.

The two brothers of the Gongsun family glanced at each other, they were originally born as concubines, their status was not good, and their future was limited, if they could catch the fast boat of the Yuan family, they might be able to fight for a career, and they were naturally willing to fight.

Cao Cao had the intention of clearing his identity and completely separating himself from the eunuchs, so this trip was necessary.

As for Xiang Ji and Ade, it doesn't have much to do with it, but he just has ideas about the future future.

Wu Fu and Wu Chen themselves were persecuted party members, and they almost lost their families, and they made enemies with the eunuchs, and they were firm.

"Okay, everyone, these social moths must be eliminated, and we will meet again at the end of the year and cut off the wings of the eunuchs in one fell swoop."

In the end, Yuan Shao drew his sword and vowed to get rid of the eunuchs who brought disaster to the country and the people, and everyone testified to it.

Through the banquet, Xiang Ji also inquired with Cao Cao about the position in the army, the general didn't have to ask, it was too far away, and the Zhonglang general couldn't reach it right now, so he started with the captain.

Cao Cao did not hide it, from the Zhonglang general down, there were captains at all levels, and then Sima, Qu Junhou, officers, captains, tun chiefs, Shi chiefs, Wu Chang and other officers.

The general built a banner, served ten thousand stones, and commanded the whole army; Partial general Jianjing, rank Fengzhong 2,000 stones; The school captain built a banner, and the rank was more than 2,000 stones; Sima Jianhan, rank Feng than a thousand stones.

The military system is calculated by multiples of two and five, and the most basic unit is the army, that is, there is a team commander for every five people; Two Wu Wei, one for every ten people; Five tithes for teams, one team rate for every fifty people; Two teams are one tun, and every 100 people have a tun chief; Two tuns are a song, and there is a military marquis for every two hundred people; Two songs into one, one for every four hundred people.

"With the background of Brother Tai, it is not difficult to at least take a military commander, and if it is further up, the lieutenant can also be expected." Cao Cao's face was slightly red, he was already a little drunk, and he also teased Xiang Ji.

"After helping Benchu this trip, it is stable." Xiang Ji drank the wine and already had his own calculations.

At this time, the blue sky is like washing, and the sun shines on the sea of clouds with boundless brilliant gold.

Everyone left the Tori Villa and looked back at the imperial city, and inexplicably felt that it was shrouded in an inexplicable depression, as if they were dying of old age.

At this moment, a feeling inexplicably emerged in their hearts that they were born in the world, and they could not settle the mountains and rivers of the society, and they could not assist the Ming Jun and benefit the world, so they could only do slaughter and kill the horses of the herd, which was also their way of serving their family and country.