Flowers fall and bloom, winter goes to spring.

In the first month, Huangfu Song, who was then the general of the Che Cavalry, suffered a sore attack and died of illness in Youzhou.

When the people of the world heard about this, they sighed and were very sad, and on the day of Huangfu Song's funeral, they spontaneously came to mourn, and the number of people was as high as 10,000. 10,000 people cried, some even cried and fainted on the spot, and some touched the ground with their heads, looking up to the sky and singing loudly: The world is in chaos, the city is in ruins, the mother does not protect her children, her wife loses her husband, and the emperor is restored to live in peace!

If Lu Bu is the image of a fierce general with deterrence in the hearts of the people, who can make children stop crying, then Huangfu Song is an elder like a brother and a father, who is sympathetic and loving, so that they will remember it in their hearts.

It is said that when Huangfu Song was dying, he sat up in shock and shouted angrily: "The eldest husband failed to die on the battlefield, but he died in bed from old age and illness, how hateful!" ”

When others heard it, they were all moved.

The imperial court posthumously awarded him the title of 'Hussar General', nicknamed 'Liehou', and sent the couplet 'A Generation of Famous Generals, Tiger of the Empire' written by the Son of Heaven and written by Taifu.

When the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, it was Huangfu Song who stepped forward, shouldered the heavy burden, galloped in all directions to fight for thieves, and made immortal contributions to saving the Han Empire.

When the historian asked Lu Bu how to evaluate Huangfu Song, Lu Bu was silent for a moment, and then said with remembrance: "General Huangfu, when he was alive, he represented a legend belonging to his generation, and when he died, it represented the end of an era. ”

Probably, that's the best way to conclude.

In the second half of the first month, there was a resurgence of moth thieves in Qingzhou, affecting Qinghai, Hebei, Xu, and Yanzhou, known as millions of people.

When the princes from all over the country were busy dealing with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, there were also a lot of small actions in secret.

Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou, sent an envoy to Yu Bingzhou, on the grounds that today's son was not the edict of the first emperor and the national thief Dong Zhuo, wanted to abolish the establishment and wanted to push the very prestigious Liu Yu to the throne.

During this period, Yuan Shao also sent another envoy to Huainan, hoping to get Yuan Shu's support.

At the end of last year, Yuan Shu was released from Chang'an and returned to Huainan at the beginning of the first month.

This trip to Guanzhong made this sister-in-law of the Yuan family have a long memory.

Not to mention the failure of the plan to capture Guanzhong, he was inexplicably charged with killing many important ministers of the imperial court, and suffered enough from prison.

Even though he was released from prison on bail by many officials, he remained imprisoned in Chang'an until the end of the year. The 30,000 soldiers he brought with him all made wedding dresses for those surnamed Lu.

To this day, Yuan Shu still has a liver pain.

After this incident, Yuan Shu hated the imperial court even more.

Now that the Han family is declining and beyond human power can retain, the ambition hidden in his heart is ready to move.

Knowing that Yuan Shao wanted to support Liu Yu, Yuan Shu objected. Although the two are brothers, Yuan Shu has always looked down on Yuan Shao, who is a concubine, and feels that Yuan Shao is not worthy of being with him at all.

What's more, instead of embracing others, it is better to ascend the throne and become emperor yourself.

So Yuan Shu excused himself for justice and did not agree with Yuan Shao's proposal, and the two brothers turned their faces because of their grievances.

After tearing his face, Yuan Shao took Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin as the assassin of Yuzhou, and wanted to seize the boundary of Yuzhou, where Sun Jian was located.

Last year, Liu Biao took advantage of Yuan Shu's imprisonment in Chang'an to take Nanyang. Now that Yuan Shu is out of trouble, this breath is naturally unbearable, so he sent Sun Jian to lead the troops to attack Jingzhou.

Sun Jian was not in Yuzhou, so Yuan Shu personally raised troops to confront Zhou Xin.

And Dong Zhuo's remnant, Li Dao Guo Yan, under Li Ru's scheme, marched all the way to Hebei and successfully captured Changshan County, which seems to have a plot against Jizhou.

As for Gongsun Zhan, who was far away in Youzhou, after losing the control of Huangfu Song, he integrated the soldiers and horses in the territory by iron-blooded means and began to unify Youzhou.

At that time, the world was full of smoke.

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Chang'an City, Da Sima Mansion.

Two days ago, Lu Bu came back from Bingzhou, and looking at the volumes of dense music that were reported from all over the country, Lu Bu's eyes seemed to be a little excited.

Nowadays, Bingzhou, Xiliang, Guanzhong, and Hanzhong are all stable. Then, it's time to get out of the customs and meet the world's leaders.

These local princes were ostensibly obedient to the imperial court, but in reality, no one took them seriously at all.

For example, the local county guards and chiefs must be appointed by the imperial court. But Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others didn't have this consciousness at all, they just informed the court, and regardless of whether the court agreed or not, they directly arranged for their confidants to take office.

Even if the court is unwilling, it is beyond the reach of the whip.

At the beginning of this year, the number of envoys sent to Chang'an from all over the country to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven was actually less than half of last year. This also indirectly shows that the imperial court is no longer in the eyes of more and more people.

For this alone, Lu Bu had to give them a long memory.

After more than half an hour, all the notes piled up on the desk were flipped through. Putting down the last volume, Lu Bu frowned slightly, and asked out loud, "Why is there no movement of Cao Cao and Liu Bei?" ”

All the subordinate officials standing in the hall were suspicious, extremely puzzled, Cao Cao They knew that after all, they were the initiators of the Dong Alliance, but where is this Liu Bei?

Seeing that no one knew, Lu Bu waved his hand and asked them to go down and go about their own affairs.

Subsequently, Lu Bu asked Wang Zheng to be called.

Hearing that Lu Bu had summoned him, Wang Zheng, who was handling affairs in the school affairs office, immediately put down everything in his hand and rushed to the Great Sima Mansion.

The School Affairs Department is a very special institution.

He is not only responsible for the monitoring of hundreds of officials in Chang'an City, but also responsible for spying and collecting intelligence from all over the world. It can be said that most of the intelligence information that Lu Bu learned came from the School Affairs Department.

When he came to the study, Wang Zheng pushed the door in, closed the door, and then took two steps forward, bowed slightly, and his voice was respectful: "Lord, are you looking for me?" ”

Lu Bu, who was practicing calligraphy on the bookcase, did not raise his head, and his voice was flat: "Cao Cao and Liu Bei, where are they now?" ”

Wang Zheng hesitated slightly, and after searching his mind, he finally had an impression: "Back to the lord, Cao Cao had a battle with Li Dao Guo Yan some time ago, and he returned defeated, and now he is resting in Baima County. Liu Bei rescued Beihai at the end of last year and successfully defeated the moth thieves besieging Beihai, and was being treated as a guest by Kong Rong at this time. ”

After answering, Wang Zheng couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, he couldn't understand why Lu Bu suddenly asked about these two people.

The pen in Lu Bu's hand paused, and he said as if he was inadvertent: "In the future, I will send more people to spy on the intelligence of these two people, and I want to know everything about their movements." ”

"My lord, the school affairs department has been a little understaffed recently, and these two are not big shots. Isn't this too much of a fuss? Wang Zheng's face was embarrassed, but when Lu Bu's cold gaze swept over, he immediately chose to silence, and scolded himself in his heart for being 'stupid'.

Fang Cai's words and deeds have crossed the line.

"Not enough people, that's your business. What I want is the movements of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, I don't want to say it a second time, you understand? ”

Wang Zheng replied worriedly: "Yes." ”

When he left the study, Wang Zheng's back was already covered in cold sweat.

"Compared with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and the like, in my eyes, these two guys are the most dangerous characters!" Sitting alone in the study, Lu Bu whispered to himself.

One is ambitious, the other is indomitable.

Such a character, once in power, will be an extremely difficult opponent.

The plain brocade silk cloth spread out on the bookcase has the word 'quiet' written on it. The words that should be peaceful and peaceful, but at this moment, they seem to be full of murderous intent.