After the general He Jin sent Yuan Kui away, he immediately asked He Hao: "Boqiu, can Mr. Zijiang rush to Luoyang on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month?" ”

He Hao smiled and said: "Will there be any mistakes in what Mr. Zijiang promised?" Don't worry, general, Xu Shao will come as scheduled. ”

He Jin pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about Mr. Xu Jing?" Can it be there before the year? ”

"With Mr. Zijiang's hint and Sikong-sama's letter, Mr. Zixiu will definitely come day and night." He Hao said, "I have privately sent someone to pick it up along the way, it shouldn't be a problem." ”

He Jin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is now a Zhongguan in his left hand and Li Hong in his right hand, and his strength is strong." He must have thought he was sure of everything. ”

Yuan Shao smiled and said: "We have carefully prepared this strategy for two years, and it should be the general who is sure of nine out of ten." ”

"The forces of the eunuchs, like Your Majesty, also have their left and right hands to help, and their left and right hands are in the light and in the dark. Mingli is the huge gate valve of the Xu family, and secretly is Dong Zhuo's 30,000 Xiliang army. Now, we have figured out how to separate the Xu's gate valve and the eunuch. If this plan is successful, even if we can't pull the Xu's Gate Valve over, at least they will not be able to work together against us. The second is Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo is an old treacherous and cunning person, he is not a good person himself, he does not hesitate to spend a lot of money in order to get the relationship with the general, what kind of loyalty does this kind of person have? His subordinate Li Ru is an old friend of Boqiu, he is Dong Zhuo's confidant, and he has a great influence on Dong Zhuo. Li Ru has been lying on his back for more than ten years to avenge his family revenge, how could he let go of this opportunity? ”

"If everything is done according to our plan, we will remove all the left and right arms of the eunuch, and the eunuch will have to bow his head and wait for death. After the deed was completed, the general not only eradicated the traitorous eunuchs, but also avenged His Majesty, and his reputation was skyrocketing. After the general assisted the government, he made great efforts to revitalize the Han Dynasty, and his world-class exploits will surpass that of Zhou Gong and Huo Guang back then. ”

He Jin smiled cautiously and said, "Originally, this was said too early, we should be cautious and not make mistakes." In the house, Lord Zhao Qi Zhao, and that Kong Rong, one is old and fine, and the other is as careful as a hair, you have to be careful, don't show them the flaws, so as not to cause endless trouble. ”

"I know, don't worry, General." Yuan Shao said confidently, "It's just that Your Majesty has rejected the expansion of the Northern Army, then Lord Yin He Miao of Henan can find an excuse to inspect all parts of Henan, and the weapons we transferred from the arsenal will also find a chance to be shipped out of Luoyang." ”

The general frowned and said hatefully: "This person is too ignorant, sooner or later something will go wrong." He Miao's matter is very important, and I immediately sent someone to find him. He has been hiding in Zhang Rang's mansion for the past few days. ”

He Hao said: "General, why do you want to beat him? I wonder if we can reveal our plan to him a little bit......"

"Nope." He Jin waved his hand resolutely and said, "He can't be relied on, and he can't let him know the slightest." This bastard, don't beat him? If we don't beat him, he'll kill us. ”

"Originally, did Xu Yu have a reply?" The general asked, "This person is too proud, and I am very worried about putting him next to Wang Fen." ”

Yuan Shao arched his hand and said, "That's because the general is not familiar with him." I've been playing with him since I was a child, I know him, this person can definitely rest assured, it's just that Ziyuan looks down on people, and his temper of boasting is really annoying. He recently wrote to him that he went to Pingyuan County to ask someone to help him, and he was not in Jizhou for the time being, and he would not contact him for a while. Is there anything the general needs to tell him? ”

"Nope. At this time, everyone has to be improvised, and there is no instruction. You told him to be careful in Jizhou, and never expose himself. If something happens, he will pay for his life at most, and we will be miserable. He Jin said worriedly.

"General, Apo is back." Yuan Shao said, "It is estimated that we will arrive in Luoyang in the next few days." ”

He Jin snorted coldly and said, "The eunuchs are in a hurry. What is Cao Cao doing when he comes back now? Is there any other way for the eunuchs to deal with it? In addition to Dong Fatzi, they have power that we don't know about? ”

He Hao shook his head and said, "Dong Zhuo is greedy for fame and fortune, it is easy to solve, but Cao Cao is still in trouble." ”

He Jin glanced at He Hao and Yuan Shao suspiciously.

"If we launch an operation to eradicate the traitorous eunuchs, will Cao Song be killed or not?" He Hao asked, "Cao Song is Cao Teng's son, and Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang are brothers, can we kill them?" ”

"What do you mean......" He Jin hesitated for a moment and asked.

"After Apo comes back, with his military exploits in suppressing the Yellow Turban in the past, as well as his achievements as an official in the county government, he can at least go to the Northern Army to become a lieutenant, if the emperor intends to embarrass us, he can also let him be the ruling Jinwu, he has this qualification." Yuan Shao said worriedly, "This is a trouble, we were negligent." ”

"Birqiu, in the beginning, weren't you friends with him? It's the New Year, you take the opportunity to get in touch with him and think of a remedy. He Jin said indifferently, "He's not a problem. ”

He Hao and Yuan Shao knew that He Jin didn't take it to heart, and the two glanced at each other, and a trace of uneasiness passed through their hearts.

He Jin continued: "The matter of the eunuch is basically solved, and the rest is Li Hong. The knife in the right hand of the Son of Heaven is extremely sharp, and it may not be easy to hit it with one blow. He glanced at He Hao and asked, "Have all the people you want to invite come?" ”

"It's almost there." He Hao said, "Inviting these people was originally to prepare for emergencies, but I didn't expect it to come in handy." ”

"After turning the money, of course I have to help them." Yuan Shao smiled, "General, do I still want to go to Zhangyuetai?" ”

He Jin thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, this leopard is too dangerous, it's better to kill it." ”

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Sun Jian and Yuan Shu have a very good relationship. Sun Jian is open-minded, bold, brave and resolute, and courageous, the reason why he and Yuan Shu are good friends, in addition to the fact that both of them are chivalrous, more importantly, both of them are gamblers, and they are also particularly bold kind of gamblers, both of them have a momentum that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and they belong to gamblers.

When Yuan Shu heard that Sun Jian was looking for him, he thought that Sun Jian had invited him to gamble with him, so he hurriedly ran to Sun Jian's house. Sun Jian said: "Highway, you often brag, saying that there is nothing you can't do in Luoyang, and you are even more powerful than your brother Yuan Benchu, today, I want to see if it's true." When Yuan Shu heard this, he stared at a pair of eyes and said arrogantly: "Wentai, what do you say?" There's nothing in Luoyang that I can't do. ”

"I'm going to Zhangyuetai."

"You're not kidding me, are you?" Yuan Shu asked with a look of disbelief, "Go to the pavilion and ask me to show you the way?" ”

Sun Jian glanced at him, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Where have you been in the past two days?" Don't you know that Li Hong, the general of Huqiang Zhonglang, has arrived in Beijing and lives in Zhangyuetai? ”

Yuan Shu shook his head and said embarrassedly: "I have been busy for the past two days, I really don't know." Then he said, "Wentai knows the leopard, but I don't." I won't go, you can go by yourself. ”

Sun Jian said: "Lu Ben ordered Wei Duan to surround Zhangyue Platform with four hundred cavalry of the Southern Army, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, so ......"

"Your Majesty wants to kill him." Yuan Shu hurriedly shouted, "Don't go to Wentai, that's asking for trouble." ”

Sun Jian smiled: "What? Is there no way for the highway to take me in, deliberately shirking? ”

Yuan Shu smiled: "Wentai, I mean well. Since you don't appreciate it, it's your own business, and if something happens, don't you say that I didn't remind me as a brother. “

"Yes, yes." Sun Jian said, "Let's go, I'll see how capable you are." ”

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Yuan Shu saw Wei Duan from afar, raised his hand and greeted: "Old Wei, old Wei ......"

When Wei Duan saw that it was Yuan Shu, a trace of helplessness flashed on his face, and he rushed forward.

"Why is Lord Yuan free to come to me today......

"Old Wei, I want to enter the Zhangyue Platform with Master Sun." Yuan Shu said straight to the point, "You give a word, okay?" ”

Wei Duan asked strangely, "What are the two adults doing in Zhangyuetai?" Do you have an acquaintance? This afternoon, General Zhonglang had just left the court, and was summoned into the palace by His Majesty, saying that it was to discuss the matter of resisting the invasion of the Xianbei people. Now, he hasn't come back yet, and it's estimated that it won't be until midnight. ”

Yuan Shu and Sun Jian exchanged a look. Yuan Shu comprehended and said loudly: "We are not looking for Li Zhonglang, we are looking for a friend, I heard that he is now Li Zhonglang's subordinate. Can we go in? ”

Saying that, he pulled Sun Jian and was about to break in, but Wei Duan hurriedly stopped him, and said with a smiling face, "Lord Yuan, please be considerate of the difficulties of the lower officials......

"Embarrassed?" Yuan Shu said in surprise, "Are you embarrassed? Do you still want the money I owe you? If you don't let me in today, we will be cut off from now on, and everything between us will be written off, and you will ...... in the future."

"Okay, good, good ......" Wei Duan was shocked, and hurriedly said to forgiveness, "Go to the side door, let's go through the side door, okay?" ”

Yuan Shu also wanted to scream, but was stopped by Sun Jian.

"Then it's annoying Lord Wei." Sun Jian arched his hand and said.

"Lord Yuan, when will you pay me back?" Wei Duan led the two of them to walk and asked Yuan Shudao, "It's about to be the New Year." ”

"Next year." Yuan Shu said very simply.

"Next year?" Wei Xuan's eyes widened and he said angrily, "When is next year?" ”

"There are only a few days left, what are you anxious about?" Yuan Shu said unhappily, "If you talk nonsense, I won't pay it back." It's not that your family has no money, is there still a lack of money for me to spend? ”

"Isn't your family rich?" Wei Xuan said, "Is your family still a high-ranking family?" ”

Yuan Shu raised his leg and gave him a kick, and scolded loudly: "Do you want to make trouble? Dare to talk to me like that. ”

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Li Wei was pleasantly surprised when he saw Sun Jian suddenly appear on Zhangyuetai.

"You're not dead?" Sun Jian pulled Li Wei with one hand, touched Li Wei's head excitedly with the other, and asked with concern, "It's good that you're not dead." ”

Yuan Shu, who was standing on the side, heard Sun Jian's words, and immediately sneered, and mocked: "Wentai, what are these words, of course it's good if you don't die." He paid attention to Li Wei and immediately recognized it. Yuan Shu pointed at Li Wei and said with a smile, "It turned out to be you, Wentai, isn't this Li Zhongyuan who was beaten all over the ground by you." Haha, there are still people in the world who dare to scold Sun Wentai for being a bad breed who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, haha...... Li Zhongyuan is so bold. ”

Li Wei looked embarrassed. Sun Jian glared at Yuan Shu angrily and scolded: "Highway, have you laughed enough?" Is it that funny? Didn't you pull me to gamble more and more, Li Zhongyuan would come to scold me? ”

Yuan Shu turned around and laughed to himself.

"How's the teacher?" Li Wei asked.

"The teacher was very excited when he heard that you were not dead and asked me to come and see you, and the teacher said that he missed you very much." Sun Jian said with a smile, "After the Battle of Yicheng, there was news that you died in battle, and the teacher was sad for a while. ”

"Thank you, teacher, for your concern." Li Wei said movingly: "Only if I can get out of the door of Zhangyuetai, I will immediately go to see the teacher." ”

"Xiao Lan is getting married." Sun Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "Marry Xu Haozi." ”

"Marry him......" Li Wei suddenly looked excited, his eyes widened, and he shouted angrily, "Teacher......"

Sun Jian patted him on the shoulder vigorously and comforted: "This is what the queen meant, and the teacher has no choice." Zhong Yuan, you have to understand the teacher's difficulties. ”

Li Wei gritted his teeth, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked extremely angry.

"Shinoarashi is mine." Li Wei said in a low voice, "Why does the teacher ......?"

"You're dead, you know?" Sun Jian said, "We all thought you died in Yicheng. Because it is rumored that the defenders of Yicheng, under the leadership of Lord Fu Xie, went out of the city to meet the rebels and were wiped out, so we all thought you were dead. Why didn't you die? ”

"Lord Fu Xie didn't like me, so he asked me to stay and take the people to guard the city. He won't give me a chance to die. Li Wei said sadly, "If I knew this, I might as well die." ”

Yuan Shu laughed enough, stretched out his head and said, "If there is no chance, why should you die?" Do you like Shinoarashi? I would also like. That Xu Haozi is a dirty villain, he wants to have no character, he wants to have no looks, he wants to be educated or not, why let him spoil the first beauty in Luoyang. ”

He looked at Li Wei provocatively and asked, "Li Zhongyuan, do you dare to rob it?" If you dare to rob it, I'll help you. ”

Sun Jian reprimanded angrily: "Highway, what do you want to do? ”

"What for?" Yuan Shu said with a smile, "What I can't get, how can I let Xu Haozi get it?" Do you know who I am? Yuan Shu pointed to his nose and said arrogantly, "I am the next generation of the head of the first gate valve of the Han Dynasty, do you know?" What I can't get, no one in the world can imagine. ”

Sun Jian snorted coldly and did not make a sound.

"Does Shinoran know I'm alive? Do you know I'm back? Li Wei ignored the crazy Yuan Shu and asked Sun Jiandao.

Sun Jian shook his head.

"Hey, Li Zhongyuan, do you have the guts? You have the world-famous leopard behind you, the 70,000 army of leopards, and such a strong backing to support you, what are you afraid of? Yuan Shu was still trying his best to instigate Li Wei.

"Okay, that's what you said." Li Wei pointed at Yuan Shu and said, "I ask you for help, you are not allowed to regret it." ”

"Good man." Yuan Shu praised, "Come, high-five as an oath." ”

Sun Jian looked at the two of them swearing and looked like they were gearing up, and felt very funny.

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The twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the Chinese New Year's Eve.

On this day, every household has to set up a banquet at home, people visit back and forth to call "farewell year", in addition, every household also burns incense outdoors, called "heavenly incense", usually for three days.

The heavy snow suddenly hit the sky, and the majestic Luoyang City was soon covered with a layer of gorgeous silver and took on a new look.

Cao Cao took his concubine Bian and walked into Luoyang City.

Cao Song was very happy, and kept circling around his son, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, as if Cao Cao was still a naughty child and had to be taken care of by his father.

In the evening, the father and son talked about the affairs of Beijing.

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The Royal New Year, there are too many famous halls, red tape, and countless others.

The Son of Heaven was too busy and did not summon Li Hong into the palace today, so he asked Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo to send an edict to Li Hong, so that he could stay in Zhangyuetai and celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. Li Hong asked Jian Shuo to ask the Son of Heaven on his behalf, hoping that the Son of Heaven would allow his subordinates to go out for a walk and see the grand scene of Luoyang.

The Son of Heaven agreed.

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The thirtieth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, they began to stick to the door gods, cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, make shorns (modern dumplings), observe the New Year, and set off firecrackers. Before the first eve, the store goes to collect the bills, and after the Chinese New Year's Eve, it can't be done. People who don't have money use two peach planks with the names of the two door gods "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei" written on them, and hang them on the door, so that the ghosts dare not come. In addition to the god of the door, there are also hanging reed ropes, that is, grass ropes. Ropes can tie people, and naturally in people's understanding, they can also tie ghosts, so ghosts are afraid of ropes. On this day, the palace will hold a ceremony of "Dada", beating drums to expel the ghosts of the plague, called "expulsion".

The snow was still falling on the ground.

Xu Jing hurriedly entered Luoyang City on this day. Xu Jing did not go to Sikong Mansion, but went to Yuan's Mansion. When Yuan Kui heard that Xu Jing, a great Confucian in Runan, was visiting, he was overjoyed and personally greeted him.

At the same time, Xu Xiang was very sad when he heard that Xu Jing had arrived in Beijing, but he did not enter his own door. He knew that his brother hated him for being close to the lieutenant and looked down on him. He lingered in the courtyard for a long time, letting the snow fall all over him. If you leave your brother who came thousands of miles from his hometown and braved the wind and snow to spend the New Year in Yuan's mansion, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life, and he will become a laugher for others. Although they have different political views, they are brothers after all.

Xu Xiang sighed and decided to go to Yuan's Mansion in person and take Xu Jing to his home for the New Year.

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