Chapter 15: Entering the City Late at Night
Luoyang, the eastern capital, also known as Suiyang; It is six miles and eleven steps long from east to west, nine miles and one hundred steps wide from north to south, and has a total circumference of more than thirty miles; The city wall is as high as nine zhang, the bottom is six zhang wide, the upper part is more than five zhang wide, all of them are rammed with boulders, loess mixed with lime, iron sand and glutinous rice juice, and are indestructible. There are a total of 12 city gates on all sides of the capital, especially the Daxia Gate in the north is the most grandiose, with three door openings on the left, middle and right, each door hole can drive four carriages side by side, tall and majestic. The whole Luoyang city is backed by the towering mountain, the winding Luohe River in the south, overlooking the land of Qilu in the east, and the Chang'an in the west echoing each other, which can be said to occupy the danger of the mountains and rivers, which is not only the largest city in the Han Dynasty, but also the largest city in the world in this historical era! And there is no one.
It's a pity that Xiao Yi, the majestic and magnificent eastern capital of Luoyang, can't see its whole picture clearly, not because his eyesight is not good, as a condor shooter, Xiao Yi's eyesight level is definitely far beyond the vast majority of people, but because he came to Luoyang City quietly in the middle of the night when the wind was dark and the wind was high, and he couldn't see his fingers.
Originally, at noon, Xiao Yi and other brigades came to 30 miles outside Luoyang City, which was already close to the capital, and after that, Taishou Zhang Yang did not rush into the city, but ordered to set up camp and stay put, and at the same time secretly sent a messenger to the general's mansion in the city.
The sun was setting, the stars were all over the sky, and after the sky was completely dark, Zhang Yang, who had been sitting quietly for a day, got up quietly, changed into civilian clothes, and did not alarm the team, but just let Xiao Yi lead more than a dozen henchmen to escort him, and under the cover of the night, he secretly came to the east gate of Luoyang.
Xiao Yi understood Zhang Yang's strange behavior very well, obviously the other party listened to his own opinion and decided to stand on the side of the general He Jin, but he still had some concerns in his heart, so he acted in secret, which has two advantages, one is that the military affairs related to the life of the family must be cautious and careful, and entering the city late at night to plot can prevent leakage of news, and second, it is also to leave a way out for himself, in case the political wind changes, he will not completely trap himself.
Luoyang as the imperial capital, the curfew is strict, at sunset, the city gate must be closed, strictly prohibit any pedestrian on the street, once violated, must be severely punished, a few years ago when the northern lieutenant of Luoyang Cao Cao, had violated the curfew for the reason, with a five-colored stick staff to kill the uncle of the royal red man 'Captain Shangjun' Qian Shuo, the strictness of law and order in Luoyang City can be seen.
However, everything is special, and now in charge of the defense of the east gate of Luoyang City is the general He Miao, and He Miao is the younger brother of the general He Jin; There are people in the court who are easy to do things, and there are people at the gate who are good to enter the city, so Xiao Yi and his party smoothly slipped into the city from the 'Upper East Gate', and secretly drove all the way to the General's Mansion along the dark alleys.
The residence of the great general He Jin is located near the North Palace of Luoyang, which is adjacent to Taicang and the arsenal in the east, the Taiwei Mansion, the Sikong Mansion and the Situ Mansion in the south, and the Royal Forbidden Garden in the north. Although it was in the misty night, everyone could still see the huge outline of the entire Great General's Mansion through the lights of Yan Shan, carved beams and painted buildings, and it was splendid; The pavilion houses, layer upon layer, from this mansion that far exceeds the regulations, you can see how invincible this butcher general is, the nouveau riche, the nouveau riche!
At this time, the general He Jin was sitting at the back of the handsome case, wearing a black senior military general's costume on his body but looking nondescript, he was in his forties this year, he was extremely stout, with a horizontal face, thick eyebrows, and his eyes protruding outwards were full of arrogance and greed. Just because her half-sister is so good-looking, she was elected to the palace and became the queen of Emperor Ling of Han, and was very favored; Relying on Queen He's strong pillow wind, He Jin, who was born in pig killing, was first worshiped as Langzhong, and then promoted to Tiger Benzhong Lang General, and was appointed as Yingchuan Taishou; In the three years of Guanghe, he was worshiped as a general and a cautious marquis, which can be called under one person and above ten thousand people!
It is precisely because of his humble background that He Jin behaves exceptionally arrogantly in his daily dealings with people, full of pomp and circumstance when he goes in and out, and he is even more courteous and courteous when he starts things, and he is full of the general's shelf, and he is usually more rigid and self-serving, does not listen to people, and acts according to his own preferences no matter what he does, in fact, this is not difficult to understand, lowly people suddenly ascend to high positions, and he needs to use this arbitrary style to cover up the deep inferiority complex in his heart.
For example, this time, Zhang Yang, the Taishou of the Shangdang, sent a messenger to inform him that he would come to the palace secretly in the middle of the night to discuss military affairs, and a person with a little political acumen would definitely act in a low-key manner, invite him into the secret room, and do all the secrecy work, but He Jin was the opposite, not only putting up lights and feasting in the lobby, but also calling all his generals and staff to accompany him; I want to use this way to prove my majesty in front of the world.
When Xiao Yi escorted Taishou Zhang Yang into the lobby, he was almost frightened by such a warm welcome scene, especially when he saw the general He Jin, a butcher who seemed to sell meat, saw the big customer, he stepped forward a few steps forward and grabbed Zhang Yang's hand and shouted:
"Gong Zhang is here to help me, and it's a big thing!" Ten permanent servants' and a group of eunuchs, the death period is coming! ”
Loud ........., speechless!
"My pork brother, we came to visit secretly late at night for fear of alarming the ears and eyes of the 'Ten Standing Attendants', and now the forms in Luoyang City are intricate, it can be said that there is me in the enemy, and I have the enemy, so a major event related to the life of the family, how can it be said in public; it is estimated that we entered the gate with the front foot, and the 'Ten Standing Attendants' on the back foot knew the news...... I knew that this was the case, what kind of effort did it take, how good it would be to come directly in broad daylight, at least it would have a bright reputation! Looking at such a mentally retarded general, Xiao Yi was also completely speechless.
At this time, He Jin began to introduce a group of generals under him, and looking at the smug energy, he should have collected a lot of celebrities......
Xiao Yi held the sword in his hand, stood behind Zhang Yang, and while listening, he secretly looked at it:
"This one with a majestic appearance and a proud temperament is Yuan Shao, who is known as the third prince of the fourth world! Characters who will sit on the land of the four states in the future...... Sure enough, it's a handsome guy! ”
"Hmmm! This guy who is even more arrogant than Yuan Shao, and his nose is about to rise to the sky, needless to say, it must be Yuan Shu, a guy who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead! ”
This face is full of the atmosphere of the scroll, Chen Lin, the first pen of the Three Kingdoms! Sure enough, he was brilliant, but unfortunately he didn't meet a good boss.
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"The last ...... has a short figure, his appearance is not good, and his skin is dark...... Except for the fact that the head is one size bigger than others, it is those delicate eyes...... Wisdom, strategy, kindness, treachery, cunning, viciousness, ......, it seems that all the emotions in the world can be reflected in these eyes, hiss......! If it is not bad as expected, this person must be Cao Cao - Cao Mengde is undoubted! ”
Xiao Yi, who has always been unfazed, can't calm down now, "This is the famous Cao Cao, known as 'the traitor of troubled times and the capable minister of governing the world'!" The evaluation of him has been debated for thousands of years without coming to a single result, good and evil, right and wrong, merit and demerit...... Too many contradictory factors are concentrated on him alone; And this guy's tomb is still a mystery to this day, when Henan Province claimed to have discovered the tomb of Emperor Cao Cao of Wei, Xiao Yi also went to see it once, the result is that Xiao Yi was fooled by those history professors, and those professors were fooled by Cao Cao...... seventy-two doubtful graves, which is still a mystery!
At the same time, Xiao Yi's cold murderous aura inadvertently exuded because of his excitement also alarmed Cao Cao and the others nearby, and it was only then that everyone noticed that there was a guard standing behind Zhang Yang; But seeing Xiao Yi's appearance, "eight feet tall, with a wolf's back and a bee's waist, wearing a cold iron armor with a claw pattern, holding a sword in his hand, surrounded by murderous aura around his body, and a hundred steps in front of and behind him, what a fierce black-clothed boy!" ”
"Who is this young man?" He Jin took Zhang Yang's hand and asked, such a fierce young warrior made his eyes shine.
"This is one of the guards below-Xiao Yat; He now lives in the position of 'Dianjun Sima'. Zhang Yang seemed to say with an understatement, only mentioning Xiao Yi's official position; But he didn't say a word about Xiao Yi's life experience and skills, obviously he was afraid of being dug into the corner.
Hearing that it was just a small 'Dianjun Sima', everyone immediately showed a look of contempt, in this hall, that is not in a high position, the department is famous, especially the fourth and third princes as the Yuan family's descendants of Yuan Shu, directly turned around, eyes glanced at the top of the head; although his brother Yuan Shao has a kind face on the surface, but this person is also extremely arrogant in his heart, in addition to the so-called 'celebrities', he has always looked down on people from poor families.
Only Cao Cao looked at Xiao Yi's gaze showing great interest, unlike the arrogance of others, he stepped forward alone, first raised his hand and saluted: "Xiao Lang guards late at night, it's been hard all the way, the winter night is bitter cold, please take off your armor, come to the charcoal basin, warm up!" ”
"Thank you General Cao for your kindness, Xiao is responsible for his duties, and he doesn't dare to remove his armor!" Xiao Yi respectfully returned the salute, this is one of the idols he has always admired in his previous life......
"Then please drink a glass of hot wine to ward off the cold!" For such a loyal young man, Cao Cao was even more appreciative, and hurriedly took the bronze wine jue, poured a full glass, and handed it to Xiao Yi with both hands.
"Thank you General Cao for the wine!" Take the bronze juke and drink it all, hehe! turned out to be the ...... of 'worry-free wine' invented by himself, although he had long known that the other party was a thief and traitor, but now Xiao Yi's good impression of Cao Cao is still skyrocketing. Although as a time-traveler, he should have gone beyond the scope of history a long time ago, but Xiao Yi is also a mortal with flesh and blood after all, full of indifference and contempt of high-ranking officials; Compare Cao Cao's care and attention; ...... "Death to a confidant!" No wonder the strategists under his command will be like clouds and the generals will be like rain in the future! ”
History is so full of puppetry!
Some people are ruined because of a trivial matter, and in the same way, some people can buy a city, or even the whole world, because of a meal or a glass of wine. Don't take evil as small, don't take good as small! Wisdom!
The other people here, if they could know the ability and role shown by Xiao Yi in the future world, I am afraid that they would have cried and hugged their thighs at this time, not to mention asking them to toast, even if they were to kneel on the ground to serve wine, they would not shake their heads, because compared to a country, all the efforts are worth it.
It's a pity that in the entire Three Kingdoms era, only Cao Cao had such vision, mind and courage,...... "The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to watch the sea!" …… How magnificent! ”