In the afternoon of that day, the General's Mansion.

Li Su, who had just entered Beijing for less than two hours, was arranged to visit He Jin informally.

The young emperor was only fourteen years old and did not care about government affairs. Empress Dowager He was in charge of the court. In fact, the affairs reported by other states did not need to be communicated to the court. He Jin directly dealt with them in the general's mansion.

"I will send Li Su, General of the Central Army, to see the General!"

Li Su had no choice but to follow the customs of the countryside. After performing the ceremony, he roughly described the merits of Liu Bei, such as Zhang Lu, pacifying Hanzhong, chasing the enemy to Brazil, and Shangyong.

However, after saying that, Li Su had to pretend to be sad: "...Please forgive me for your crime! General Zhenxi had already killed Zhang Lu in May, and decided to Brazil. The above report to hear about this. He also asked me to go down the Han River Road and pass by Shangyong to Nanyang to enter Beijing.

It was all because of the negligence between the general and the general Zhenxi who showed their merits and were too serious. Unexpectedly, there were still Zhang Lu's remnants in several counties in Shangyong. After hearing that Zhang Lu was beheaded, he had already resisted stubbornly. The Qinling Mountains were rugged and difficult to move, so it took me more than a month to break out of the Qinling Mountains and arrive in Jingzhou.

After arriving in Jingzhou, I was shocked to hear that the late emperor had already... had collapsed. However, the Han River Road could not go backwards. Then I went back to Hanzhong to receive the memorial, which would probably take several more months. Therefore, I could only use this memorial to the late emperor to respond to the matter. Please forgive me for the mistake of underestimating the enemy first!"

Li Suqing was sincere and said that the reason why he was waiting and watching and delayed until now to enter Beijing was a delayed road, and explained the past, "Why has the Ling Emperor been dead for more than three months? Liu Bei's memorial was written to Ling Emperor."

He Jin was heartless and had no details and sensitivity. He also thought that Li Su was just a mistake and waved his hand lightly: "What's the big deal? The road to Shu is dangerous and far. If it weren't for Liu Zhenxi's pacification of Zhang Lu, it would not be given away for half a year. Don't worry. Moreover, in addition to Liu Zhenxi's pacification of Zhang Lu, he would even wipe out the Banyan Manchu who colluded with him temporarily. This was an unexpected surprise. The court would definitely reward him heavily.

Well, it’s the end of July now, so you can wait first. When the court talks on the first day of August, you will discuss rewards, so you don’t have to come. When the announcement is made on the sixth day of August, you can go to the court to face you again.”

Li Su was unwilling to give up his charming eyes to the blind man, but he did not express any of it on the surface: "General Xie understands! General Xie cultivates!"

However, He Jin is a rough person, and there are also fine people around him.

Today, Japan is a very casual private reporting occasion. There are other guests next to He Jin, and one of them is keenly speaking to Liu Bei.

As soon as the man opened his mouth, Li Su felt a little terrified. Because he was a little familiar with the voice, he quickly looked at it with the corner of his eyes. It was indeed correct - it was Cao Cao!

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and Cao Cao is now a military captain.

Li Su took the opportunity to take a peek at him. There were several guests today, including Yuan Shao and Chen Lin, who also knew some elderly civil servants. Li Su didn't recognize them, so they should all be.

Cao Cao said, "General! I saw that the general of Zhenxi's memorial was written to the late emperor. This just shows that the general Zhenxi is loyal and will always report to the court after using troops to combat the thieves. This is why he wrote this memorial just now.

General, just imagine, nowadays, the generals of Xizhou, not to mention after the death of the late emperor, even when the late emperor was ill, who did not order him to fight against the bandits, wipe out the enemy and return the military power, but in fact he was delayed and the sun and the moon was not in a hurry to go forward?”

Cao Cao did not explicitly say who he was targeted, but He Jin, Yuan Shao and others were obsessed with this context all year round, so of course they knew that Cao Cao was referring to

"Even Huangfu Song is in Chen Cang, and the excuse Han Sui still has the strength to counterattack, so he has been reluctant to come back to fight the military power. Dong Zhuo clearly should go north to attack the Baibo bandits and the Heishan bandits and recover Shangdang County Treasury, but in fact he has stayed in Hedong since March and has been in the end of July, and has not moved for four months."

To be honest, the attitude of the foreign generals in the court has a clear watershed in delaying the return of military power, which will change from the end of February to March this year. Previously, the generals did not dare to delay the return of military power, and the Ling Emperor began to procrastinate one by one.

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Li Su was surprised that Cao Cao would actually say good things to Liu Bei, which was an unexpected surprise.

On the other hand, Li Su's negotiating experts began to make trouble again when they figured out the nature of the human heart. They couldn't help but start to review why Cao Cao said these good things - Li Su absolutely did not believe in the nonsense of "Cao Cao and Liu Bei cherish each other" and Cao Cao must also have his own interests, or at least to support his own views.

Fortunately, it is the end of July now. Based on the overly famous events that have happened during this period in history, it is not difficult for Li Su to figure out a possibility.

"Cao Cao reminded He Jin to pay attention to details to raise Liu Bei's loyalty. This is definitely not helping Liu Bei. Then, on the other hand, he might want to use Liu Bei to contrast how selfish Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo or other generals have...

That is probably aimed at Dong Zhuo! Why did Cao Cao give Dong Zhuo eye medicine in front of He Jin? Could it be that He Jin had already expressed the idea of ​​"wanting to summon foreign troops to Beijing to help kill eunuchs", but it has not been officially finalized yet. So Cao Cao used Liu Bei as an example of contrast in his intention to oppose Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing?"

After all, Li Su was a complete study of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life. He even knew the little things about Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju at the beginning of time travel. He Jin borrowed foreign soldiers, which was known as the S-level famous incident in the Three Kingdoms, of course, he was familiar with it and even knew a lot of details.

After thinking about it a little, it is easy to lean in this direction.

Cao Cao probably didn't know it in his dreams. He said a few good words for Liu Bei, which would attract so many reversals in Li Su's heart.

Of course, Li Su is not a reckless person. In order to confirm his guess, he secretly observed the expressions of others present.

When Li Su saw Yuan Shao hearing Cao praise Liu Bei's loyalty and slander Dong Zhuo's delay, he actually showed an expression similar to "dislike the other party's injustice", Li Su knew that he had guessed it all the time.

Haha, Yuan Shao despised Cao Cao's inappropriate situation? Could it be that he despised anything else inappropriate situation? It must be that Cao Cao was inappropriate to him and persuade He Jin to summon foreign troops to Beijing!

In an instant, Li Su had a deep understanding of the environment he was in Luoyang now - He Jin was not far from his death, and his procrastination tactics had reached an excellent and perfect opportunity.

It is possible that before the young emperor was in power, the emperor received the latest round of rewards for Liu Bei and himself before he was controlled by Dong Zhuo, so that Liu Yan could not provide the reason to "relative to the emperor and resist the young emperor who was held hostage by Dong Zhuo to ruin his life."

He can actually delay He Jin's death and then officially plunder a wave of leaving Beijing.

The issuance of the edict and the departure of ** to Beijing was a perfect time difference.

...

Neither Cao Cao nor Yuan Shao knew that Li Su was observing them in secret.

After talking about the question of "who is the most loyal and reliable to the court" and helping Liu Bei gain a good reputation, the topic quickly entered the discussion of the follow-up issues after Zhang Lu's extermination.

It was the first time that He Jinye saw Liu Bei's statement on how Zhang Lu and Liu Yan colluded in secret.

To be honest, if Cao Cao hadn't helped endorse Liu Bei's loyalty in front of He Jin, He Jin would probably have had a little more wariness when he saw Liu Bei's lawsuit against Liu Yan.

But who made it well to lay the foundation? Compared with the historical credits of Liu Bei and Liu Yan, no one would want to doubt the suspicion of "whether Liu Bei wanted to replace Liu Yan?"

He Jin's face was solemn, and he discussed with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao with another civil servant. Li Su was listening carefully next to him. It took him a long time to catch He Jin mentioning the civil servant's word "Zi Shi".

Li Su's heart moved, and after investigation and thought, he realized that this person was Wang Yun.

After some internal discussion, He Jin asked Li Su to present all the confessions of the people around Zhang Lu and all the letters seized from Zhang Lu. They would read them themselves first.

It seems that the three crimes of "using the emperor's carriage, six chariots and golden chariots", "Yizhou has the spirit of the emperor", and "The Wu family is noble and unspeakable", are all very appropriate and delicate, and people have to believe it.

When talking about "The Wu family is indescribable", Li Su also noticed that He Jin was hesitant, while Yuan Shao was a little indignant, as if he was whispering to put on his shoes. Li Su knew that they were reminded of Wu Kuang, one of the two specific front-line generals in Beijing.

He Jin whispered to Yuan Shao's whispering report, obviously protecting Wu Kuang.

After a long time, He Jin slapped the table, obviously because he was a little unhappy with the opinions of all parties. He shouted loudly: "Come here, invite Uncle Zong! Let him be sure to come to our mansion to discuss matters as soon as possible! You all stop!"

Li Su sat far away in the lower seat, and could not hear clearly what they were talking about. He looked at his eyes and nose, looking at his heart, as if he was not concerned about his own affairs.

It takes time for the invitation of the bulk, and He Jin did not let the guests be idle, so he announced that the banquet would start first and asked everyone to drink and talk about it.

Li Su Xie sat in his seat and drank a few cups, ate some fruits and meat. After waiting for about half an hour, he saw Liu Biao, the chief of the clan, rushing to come.

"General Meng was summoned urgently, I don't know what?" As soon as Liu Biao stepped into the lobby, he quickly walked forward and asked.

He Jin: "Jing Sheng came just right. There were some letters here, and they involved the royal family. I also asked Jing Sheng to judge the authenticity. We all think it is quite credible, but I am also afraid that when Liu Bei was appointed as the Shaoqing of Zong Zheng at the end of last year, he checked Zhang Lu and Liu Yan's relationship, and was afraid that Liu Bei would misjudgment after his preconceptions."

Liu Biao looked carefully and smiled proudly: "This matter is easy! Some of these letters are prohibited, some are purely family-style, but the handwriting is similar. Therefore, as long as the handwriting of the daily family-style letters is proved that the handwriting of the daily family-style letters is true, the other part is naturally true. If someone wants to forge it, it will not take much effort to forge it."

He Jin: "How to prove the authenticity of those daily handwritings of home letters?"

Liu Biao: "It's very simple. Isn't it written in Xuande's celebration memorial, 'Captain Zhang Wei, the brother of the thief chief Zhang Lu, and presented him to Beijing.'? Let's review Zhang Wei. We copied a few of the daily family letters that did not involve important matters in advance, and forced Zhang Wei to pick out the original works. If Zhang Wei picked out the original works, it means that those fonts were indeed Zhang Lu's."

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he was a little proud and did not tell He Jin and others how he thought of this criminal investigation method.

Of course, he would not say that this move was another small case that dealt with family affairs of the royal family more than ten days ago. When he was writing a letter that could prove whether a distant Han family member was born, he was hard to tell the authenticity of the authenticity of a letter from the family that could prove whether a distant Han family member, the famous Han family, came to see him.

Then when Liu Biao filed that case, Cai Yong taught him to judge the font in this way. Liu Biao knew that Cai Yong was the master of calligraphy in the world and the best in the study of handwriting in the world, so of course he believed it and successfully solved the case.

Unexpectedly, I didn’t expect that the trick I learned from Cai Yong could be used last time today, and I just showed my skills in front of General He Jin!

With such a good performance opportunity, Liu Biao certainly seems to be able to do his own things.

He Jin did not doubt that he was there and praised: "Brother Jingsheng really knows what he is. If you want to be this zong uncle, it is said that no one in the royal family can hide traitors!"

Then he immediately ordered the comparison group to be arranged in this way and interrogated Zhang Wei, and finally confirmed that Zhang Lu's letters were all true.

After He Jin got the result, he slapped the table and shouted: "Liu Yan and Liu Junlang! I didn't expect that this person was so ambition. The late emperor treated him like this, and he dared to rule over the despicable ministers, and he was irritated!"

Li Su was secretly happy: It seems that in the more than half month that he had been pretending to be sick in Nanyang, his father-in-law Cai Yong was very successful in Luoyang without taking any action to cooperate in the game! He had actually implanted this idea of ​​investigating the case in advance in Liu Biao's mind.

Fortunately, he did a secret marriage with Cai Yan enough, and no outsider has known that he has an extra hardcore relationship with the Cai family. Otherwise, he would have suspected that Cai Yong had colluded with him.

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Chapter completed!