On the long street, except for the occasional "crackling" sound when the torches burned, the restless sneezing of the war horses, and the fierce howl of the cold wind, there was not the slightest sound.

Ten Dazhitang disciples who were tied up sturdily knelt on the ground, lined up, and behind them stood ten righteous soldiers, their swords hanging around their necks.

On the opposite side, dozens of Dazhitang disciples were surrounded by righteous soldiers, and hundreds of Leng Sensen's crossbows were aimed at them.

Yan Liang stood in the center of the long street with his hands behind his back, his face as cold as frost.

The solemn and tense atmosphere was like a dark night that shrouded people's hearts at a glance, forcing people to almost breathless.

"Raise the knife ......"

Tannu suddenly roared wildly, and the terrible roar reverberated through the empty streets, terrifying.

"I'm drifting." Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "I'm just drifting." ”

Yan Liang's eyes were as cold as a torch, looking at the crowd densely packed together in front of him, and a layer of murderous aura slowly appeared on his face.

A priest in a wide soap suit struggled to push away a group of disciples who were dragging him, and strode out. This man is in his forties, of medium height, with a square face and a thick beard, a pair of bright eyes, and a righteous and awe-inspiring atmosphere.

"Tied." Yan Liang waved his hand and said.

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After listening to Zhao Yun's account, he was suspicious and didn't speak for a long time.

"Does Sir, think I'm being alarmist?" Zhao Yun smiled, "Sir, you should think about it calmly. If the king of Hefei died, the fate of Master Xiangkai can be imagined. The second is the fate of Dazhitang, which is probably going to disappear completely in the Great Han Kingdom. ”

Piao Bo glanced at Zhao Yun dissatisfied, and said mockingly: "Lord Zhao has said a lot, it is nothing more than for the sake of Lord Li and your own lives. ”

"Of course." Zhao Yun nodded and said, "If the King of Hefei has nothing to do with us, why should I bother with you?" Why care about the life and death of Master Xiangkai? ”

"You Dazhitang are very concerned about the government and know the position of Lord Li in the court. He is very important now, especially to the emperor, so many people want to kill him. To this end, these people do not hesitate to resort to all despicable means. Zhao Yun looked at Piaobo and continued, "This time, we are not only for our own lives, but also to save the lives of Master Xiangkai and the King of Hefei. What reason does the gentleman have not to do it? Do you have to see Master Xiangkai die? ”

Drifting away from Zhao Yun's sharp eyes, he slowly closed his eyes, his heart was extremely conflicted, and his mind was in chaos.

"Master Xiangkai's death, for Mr., it is not a good thing, Mr. may be able to sit in the position of the head of Dazhitang, but for Dazhitang, it is a disaster." Zhao Yun said in a flat tone, "The person who died for this matter is not only Master Xiangkai alone, but also all the disciples of the Dazhi Hall, even including you, sir. ”

"Are you a threat?" Piao Bo suddenly opened his eyes and asked with a smile.

Zhao Yun smiled, shook his head, and said without moving: "Sir, if you want to control the Dazhitang, the wisest way is to rescue Master Xiangkai and save the Dazhitang in danger, that is to say, you must first ensure that you are alive and that the Dazhitang can continue to exist." ”

Looking at Zhao Yun's handsome face, he suddenly realized something, and his mood quieted down for a moment.

"Lord Zhao said that until now, he hasn't told me, why are you arresting the children of our Dazhitang?"

Zhao Yun laughed, he shook his hand at the drifter, "You're right, I really have no reason to arrest you, but you and I know what you want to do, so there's no need to detour around the bend." Since I dare to arrest you, I naturally have a way to put you to death. ”

Zhao Yun glanced at Piao Bo and said: "If the King of Hefei does not die, and Master Xiangkai does not die, we are fine, and you are fine, so why do we have to be mortal enemies?" ”

Drifting in the dark, he looked at Zhao Yun and didn't speak for a long time.

"You're not Master Li, what guarantee do you have?"

"Since Master Li has asked me to lead the army here, I can naturally handle everything here alone." Zhao Yun smiled, "I can swear that as long as you can help us find Xiangkai and the King of Hefei, I will fulfill my promise and never embarrass you." ”

Drifting for a long time, he was silent, and he couldn't make a decision, and the expression on his face was both dazed and hesitant.

"If Sir, if you want to get the personal promise of Lord Li, it will be tomorrow night at the earliest." Zhao Yun smiled lightly, "But I want to tell Mr. a bad news?" ”

Drifting suddenly became a little nervous.

"Xu Yu escaped." Zhao Yun said, "We searched the whole city but didn't find him, so it is estimated that he took advantage of the chaos to escape." ”

Piaobo's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly stood up.

"Go, go, I'll take you personally."

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The Son of Heaven will drive to Jizhou tomorrow.

He Jin was busy with this matter for a whole morning, and then hastily ate a little food in the General's Mansion, and immediately got up to meet with Captain Zhang Wen. Today, the two governments met for discussion.

He Hao once said that the main attack direction of the Xianbei people was Xiliang, but what was unimaginable was that the first to attack was Murong Feng, the Xianbei Lord in the central part of the border of Youzhou.

The eight-hundred-mile fast cavalry from Youzhou arrived at the latest battle situation, and Murong Feng had already captured Guangping City in Yuyang County, and his vanguard army was approaching Yuyang City. At the same time, the latest news was also sent from Bingzhou, Tuoba Feng, the lord of Xianbei in the north, had led a large army across the border and was slowly advancing towards the heart of Wuyuan and Yunzhong counties.

The senior staff members of the Taiwei Mansion and the Great General's Mansion got together and discussed for a long time, and the differences were very big, and the quarrel was actually over the direction of the Xianbei people's attack.

He Hao insisted that Murong Feng was making a feint, and his purpose was to mobilize the main forces of the Great Han State to go north to Youzhou. Now Xiliang, Guanxi, and Guanzhong have Li Hong's 70,000 troops, if they are transferred to Bingzhou and Youzhou respectively, the troops of Xiliang and Sanfu will be empty, and once the enemy attacks Xiliang, then the situation in Xijiang will be very dangerous.

Some people say that Tuoba Feng's army has already appeared in Bingzhou, and the possibility of Xianbei people attacking Xiliang can be completely ruled out. He Hao retorted that the Xianbei people are still on the grassland, and the news of the state has been sent to Luoyang, how credible is this news? Unless the Xianbei people appear in Yanmen Pass, we must not believe the news that the Xianbei army has entered the state, which may be the Xianbei people using suspicious tactics to make a fool of themselves.

But facts speak louder than words, Murong Feng's army has entered Youzhou, and Youzhou is in an emergency, which is the most important problem to be solved at present. Ho's opinion was then shelved. However, what everyone then discussed was not how to transfer troops to Youzhou, but the rebel army in Xiliang. After a winter respite, the rebels of Xiliang regrouped in the Baohan area of Longxi, and the rebel kingdom was ready to attack Hanyang in March.

The rebels of Xiliang had to be solved, and the invasion of Xianbei had to be solved, and at this time, Li Hong's army could only be divided into two.

"Tomorrow, the Son of Heaven will leave Luoyang." He Jin said to Zhang Wen, "In any case, we must obtain Your Majesty's consent tomorrow morning, and let Xian Yufu lead 30,000 people to Youzhou day and night." ”

"What about Li Hong?" Zhang Wen said, "It is difficult for Xu Rong and Ko Yi to control those Qiang people, so let Li Hong rush back to Xiliang as soon as possible to lead the army." ”

"Don't say it for now, lest Your Majesty be displeased." He Jin dissuaded, "In the past few days, let's see how the situation in Xiliang develops, and if the situation deteriorates day by day, we will ask Your Majesty to recruit Li Hong." At that time, we had sufficient reasons to transfer Li Hong back to Xiliang, and we had no choice but not to accept it. ”

"At this time, Your Majesty has to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors." Zhang Wen shook his head and sighed, "Isn't he in a hurry?" ”

"He's not in a hurry at all." He Jin said with a smile, "Your Majesty said that if he has to worry about everything, what does he want us ministers to do?" ”

The two were talking and laughing, Yuan Shao hurriedly walked over, bowed down and said, "General, there is a bit of an urgent matter in the mansion......"

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"Shut the door and send off the guests."

He Jin patted the case helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "A lot of hard work, a lot of hard work." ”

He Hao's face was ugly, with anger and regret.

"What the hell happened in Jizhou?" He twisted his beard and muttered to himself, "How could something happen at this time?" Tomorrow Your Majesty will leave Luoyang, and we are about to succeed. He shook his head again and again, looking unwilling, "How can there be a problem with nine out of ten things?" ”

He looked at He Jin and Yuan Shao, frowned and said: "Xu Yu 100,000 rushed south to kill the king of Hefei, which shows that the matter in Jizhou has been completely exposed, and Li Hong must have captured Wang Fen, that is to say, Li Hong not only successfully controlled the 20,000 Yellow Turban Army, but also controlled the Changshui Battalion. ”

"We'll know tomorrow." Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, and he said angrily, "It's really hard to imagine that Li Hong can survive in this situation. ”

He glanced at He Jin and said regretfully: "It's good that you don't let the road go to the Changshui camp that day." Boqiu and I have told you a long time ago that the highway has always been unmanned, ambitious and talented, and overwhelmed. ”

"Roads have the advantages of roads, so don't make him useless." He Jin waved his hand and said, "Speaking of which, we still despise Li Hong too much, this person is not only powerful in war, but also even more powerful in conspiracy. Highway is not his opponent and there is no excuse. At the earliest, weren't we worried that Hu Bing of the Changshui Battalion would fall to Li Hong's side at a critical time? Unfortunately, I said. ”

"Boqiu, at the beginning, let's stop complaining about each other, let's deal with the aftermath as soon as possible." He Jin comforted the two and said, "Send someone to Xingyang to inform Xi Da immediately." ”

"General, let He Jin go to Mr. Xi's place." He Hao groaned a little and said slowly, "I'll go see Xu Shao right away." In any case, Your Majesty will not be able to leave Luoyang tomorrow, and we will let Your Majesty stay for another day. ”

"Mr. Zijiang personally went out, it shouldn't be a problem." He Jin said, "He Miao, who do you think is appropriate?" ”

"I think let's go to Henan Mansion in person." He Hao said, "Henan Mansion is very important, and there must be no accidents." We've been planning for so long, we have to get back a little bit of capital, otherwise we'll lose all our money. ”

He Jin nodded and said to Yuan Shao: "Originally, you should leave immediately." The matter over there is too important, you go, I will be completely relieved. ”

Yuan Shao agreed and said, "I rushed overnight, and I can rush to Henan Mansion tomorrow." ”

"Originally, you first wrote the recital of Yuan Shu and Xu You's impeachment of Li Hong." He Hao said, "After you get out of the Tiger Prison, you find a few people to pretend to be Jizhou Kuaiqi and immediately send the song to the bus mansion." ”

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The Son of Heaven waved his hand and asked Taishi to make Xu Shao sit down.

"Is Aiqing in any hurry?"

"Your Majesty, the minister watched the celestial phenomena last night and found that there was red gas in the north, and the east and west were in the sky."

The Son of Heaven asked with a little surprise: "Aiqing, can you take a divination?" The main culprit and the main luck? ”

Xu Shao replied with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, this is a bad omen, the Lord is murdering." ”

"Could it be that the Hu people have invaded Youzhou on a large scale?" The Son of Heaven looked relieved and said with a smile, "It is not surprising that the Hu people have repeatedly intruded on my Han border. I have already told the general that this matter will be handled by him, don't bother me, I have been very busy lately. ”

"Your Majesty, this omen has not yet been fulfilled, and it should not refer to the invasion of the Hu people in northern Xinjiang." Xu Shao arched his hand and said, "The minister thinks that this omen is intended to warn Your Majesty that the trip to Jizhou will be more auspicious and less auspicious." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled suddenly, looking very shocked, and then his small eyes glared, and anger surged.

"Aiqing is not mistaken, right?"

"Your Majesty, judging from the hexagrams, there is a conspiracy in the north, which is not conducive to traveling far." Xu Shao bowed down and said, "The minister won't be mistaken." ”

The Son of Heaven stood up and walked a few steps back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his face uncertain. Suddenly, he remembered something, hurriedly walked to the side of the desk, and pulled out a volume of documents. It was sent by Wang Fen to impeach Li Hong and Yan Liang. The Son of Heaven glanced at it and threw it aside. He doesn't even look at the note on the impeachment of Li Hong now.

The Son of Heaven unfolded the bamboo slips and looked at them carefully.

"A few days ago, Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, wrote to impeach Lieutenant Yan Liang, saying that he secretly colluded with the Yellow Turban Army and intended to rebel, and also said that Li Zhonglang was also involved in it." The Son of Heaven handed the book to Xu Shao and sneered, "It's nonsense, Li Zhonglang and Yan Duwei just came back from Xiliang, where did they come and colluded with the Yellow Turban Army?" Conspiracy? What are they plotting against you? Li Zhonglang and Yan Duwei defeated the hundreds of thousands of troops of the ant thief Zhang Niujiao in Jizhou last year, and the enmity between the two sides is as deep as the sea, how can they collude? I think it's Wang Fen who wants to rebel, right? ”

Xu Shao finished reading Wang Fen's recital, and said calmly: "The minister thinks that it is better to believe that something like this is a rebellion than to believe that it is not. ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows, looked at Xu Shao, and waited for his next step.

Wang Fen said in the recital that Yan Liang's two wives are the sisters of Yang Feng, the leader of the Black Mountain ant thieves, and with this kind of relationship, what can't happen? After Li Hong's victory in Xiliang, not only did he not get a reward, but he was almost convicted and imprisoned, if it weren't for His Majesty's protection, it would be difficult to say whether he was still alive or not? ”

Xu Shao arched his hand and played again: "Your Majesty, think about it, Li Zhonglang has made great achievements in the past few years, what has he gained?" He has a grudge, and the minister thinks it's normal. ”

"Aiqing means doubtful ......" Tianzi frowned, narrowed his eyes, and asked hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, the heavens have shown signs, and if something happens, it will be only in the next few days." Xu Shao said, "Your Majesty, let's postpone your trip for a few days." ”

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Li Hong rushed to Xiangyu Mountain with a large team of men and horses.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Tan Nu and others successively reported what happened in Yecheng to Li Hong.

"Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu and Liu Ming have already led people south." Yan Liang said, "The wandering of Dazhitang is still familiar, and I took them with me personally. ”

"Xu You ran away, it will bring us a lot of trouble." Li Wei said dissatisfiedly, "Lord Yan, when the adults left, they repeatedly told you not to do it first, why didn't you listen?" ”

Yan Liang glared at him and said loudly: "Bi Lan's treacherous eunuch is here, he wants to see me, what do you want me to do?" The 20,000 Yellow Turbans have surrounded us, will you let me sit and wait to die? Also, you haven't given me an accurate message, and I don't know if you can take down Yuan Shu. This end is forcing me, and the other end is not landing, what do you want me to do? I had no choice but to start first. In this way, I took the initiative, even if you were captured by Yuan Shu, I still had the strength to fight. I didn't do anything wrong. ”

Li Wei looked at him angrily, speechless.

Yan Liang was forced to be very embarrassed by Wang Fen in Xiangyu Mountain, and he couldn't hold back his actions for a long time, so he sent people to ask Li Hong several times, but Li Hong was not sure that he would take Yuan Shu foolproofly at that time, so he never replied to Yan Liang, just asked him to endure it again. It wasn't until he saw Song Wen that Li Hong was sure that he was completely sure. There is a letter to make Tian Feng do the internal response, what can't be done?

Li Hong smiled and said to Li Wei: "How is my brother?" As I said, he's very steady, and he doesn't go wrong. ”

"I think the talent of Wenda is called steady." Li Wei said unconvinced, "If Lord Yan is stable, he will not leave the scars on this body." ”

Yan Liang smiled embarrassedly and said, "I went to Yecheng to arrest Wang Fen, I was indeed a little reckless, too careless." I didn't expect Wang Fen to prepare so many masters, and he killed Bi Lan without hesitation. This person is vicious, decisive and resolute, and even commits suicide so appropriately that it is admirable. ”

Li Hong nodded and said with a smile: "Pay attention next time, I'm very sad that you are dead." ”

Yan Liang laughed. The atmosphere inside the big tent suddenly relaxed a lot.

"Now, the evidence we have can at least prove that Wang Fen colluded with the Yellow Turban Army and intended to rebel." Li Hong said, "Zhong Yuan, Ji Zhi, Chang Feng, a few of you will discuss it and see how this piece should be written." ”

Li Wei, Xie Ming, and Song Wen looked embarrassed.

"My lord, do you write about Xiangkai and the king of Hefei participating in the rebellion?" Xie Ming asked.

"Don't write. We don't have enough evidence now, so we can't write it, and we'll talk about it when Zilong comes back. Li Hong said, "I have written too much, there is no evidence, and the royal family is involved, and we must be the unlucky ones in the end." ”

Li Wei immediately said: "My lord, if Xiangkai and the king of Hefei are killed, we will be framed, and we will be the unlucky." If it is not written in the recital now, it will still be evidence against us in the future. ”

"Zhong Yuan, many of the things behind this are all things we came up with out of thin air." Li Hong said, "Perhaps, we guessed wrong, this matter was originally done by Xiangkai, Wang Fen and Chen Yi, and Xu Yu just happened to meet him." ”

Song Wen sighed: "I hope that Lord Zhao can intercept Xiangkai and the King of Hefei safely, otherwise, we will be in big trouble." ”

"Don't be afraid, there's always a way." Li Hong smiled, "I'll go to see the bitter chief and discuss something with him." ”

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