In December of the third year of Chuping, the day before the fourth year of Chuping, Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, passed away at his home in Jixian. Liu Lin ordered Youzhou to govern Xiazhou and counties to mourn. At the same time, all states and counties canceled all entertainment and celebrations. Within half a year,
There is no more use of weapons in Inner Youzhou. While the entire Youzhou is mourning, a thrilling event is quietly beginning in Chang'an, Xijing.
At the beginning of the new year, everything was renewed. The imperial court also ended a year of hard work and began to close the palace for a rest. Only a few people were working in various yamen, but the ministers of each court took this opportunity to start a year of visiting Shangguan.
This has always been a rule in the officialdom. Even thousands of years later, it is still common practice. In the past few days, the palace of Grand Situ Wang Yun has been extremely lively. There is an endless stream of officials from various yamen coming to pay New Year's greetings, and the threshold is about to be leveled.
, this also gave Wang Situ’s disciples a great harvest.
At night, a carriage stopped in front of Wang Situ's gate, and a burly middle-aged man got out of the carriage. The middle-aged man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and extraordinary appearance. He exuded a murderous aura.
He looked around and said to the guard beside him: "Knock on the door, tell me someone is coming from Yanzhou!" The guard went up and knocked on the door. After being tired for a day, he heard someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night, mumbling slowly.
Opening the door, when he saw the person coming, he was someone he had never seen before, so he said displeasedly: "Who can't even understand these rules, and why don't they let people sleep in the middle of the night?" When the guard heard this, his face changed.
He suddenly became angry. He had been following his lord for many years and had never received such a cold reception. He shouted: "Go and tell Wang Yun that someone is coming from Yanzhou. If he doesn't come out to greet him, we will go back!"
When the man heard this, even though he didn't know who these people were, he couldn't afford to call them by their names at their master's door. He was excited and quickly bowed and said: "Everyone, wait a moment.
In a moment, I will send someone to tell the master!" After saying that, he closed the door again, and heard a broken voice shouting: "You are still sleeping, why don't you hurry up and tell the housekeeper that a noble person is coming!"
Just as the visitor had been waiting at the door for about a quarter of an hour, the door opened again and a young man came out. This person was Wang Qi. As soon as he saw the burly middle-aged man standing under the carriage opposite,
, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and bowed: "I have seen General Cao!"
This person was Cao Ren who came from Yanzhou. He smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Sorry for disturbing your house late at night!" "Where? Where?" After saying that, he made a gesture of invitation. Cao Ren nodded and led the way.
He walked into the palace with the guards, and when the carriage also entered the palace, he quickly closed the door, extinguished the lanterns, and the front of the palace became quiet again, as if no one had ever come.
Wang Qi did not lead Cao Ren to the hall, but went directly to a study room and said with a smile: "General Cao, wait a moment, father will be here later!" Cao Ren nodded, and Wang Qi ordered someone to come up again.
After drinking tea, he pondered for a while and said: "General Cao, I wonder how General Mengde is doing?" Upon hearing this, Cao Ren showed a smile. He knew what Wang Qi meant, leaned forward and said: "My brother is now at the Qingni Pass, waiting for Chen Bing.
News about Wang Situ!" "What?" Wang Qi stood up in shock. He quickly walked to the study and looked at a defense map of the Sili area. Cao Hong stood up and pointed to the southeast of Lantian County.
A pass said: "Right here, this time I took advantage of Qingzhou to destroy the Yellow Turban Army. My eldest brother personally commanded an elite force of 20,000 people, dressed up as the defeated Yellow Turban Army, and arrived all the way here! Now it depends on what happens in Chang'an.
What’s the news!”
Wang Qi glanced at Cao Ren, then clasped his fists and said: "General Cao, wait a moment, I'm a little anxious and want to go out first!" Cao Ren didn't understand what he had learned. He wanted to go to Wang Yun to tell him the news. Cao Ren nodded and said
"Master, please!" Wang Qi clasped his fists and backed out. Because he was walking in a hurry, he almost tripped when he left the room. Cao Ren glanced at Wang Qi, with a look of contempt on his face. This
The next time Wang Yun wanted to use his eldest brother to conquer the world for the Wang family, how could such a good thing happen? The Wang family father and son were overestimating their abilities and had great ambitions, but little did they know, who would take a Situ with no military power in their eyes?
A cold smile appeared.
Not long after, I heard a rush of footsteps outside. Cao Ren stood up with a smile on his face. Wang Yun walked in with a happy face. Cao Ren quickly stepped forward and saluted: "The last general, Cao Ren, has seen Lord Situ.
!" Wang Yun quickly stepped forward to help him and said, "General Cao, you don't have to be so polite! I'm late to welcome you, so I hope the general will be considerate!" Cao Ren respectfully clasped his fists and said, "I don't dare!" Wang Yun was very satisfied with Cao Ren's performance.
With this attitude, he nodded and said: "General Cao, I just sent the Queen Mother away, and all of you are waiting in the hall now. Why don't we go and meet her together!"
As soon as Cao Ren heard this, he knew that he had to introduce it to the anti-Dong ministers. He nodded and said, "Everything depends on Master Situ!" Cao Ren's respect made Wang Yun like this burly young man more and more. He nodded and said
"In that case, let's go!" Upon hearing this, Cao Ren quickly stepped aside respectfully. Wang Yun glanced at Cao Ren and strode out, with Cao Ren following closely behind him like a follower.
Entering the hall, everyone was stunned when they saw a person behind Wang Yun, especially when Lu Bu and Li Su saw Cao Ren. They looked at each other, and Li Su clasped his fists and asked: "Wang Situ, what are you doing?
?" When Wang Yun saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face and he said: "This general is the younger brother of Cao Mengde, the shepherd of Yanzhou, and he is our foreign aid!" After saying that, he stepped aside, clasped his fists and said, "Cao Ren has seen him before.
My lords, I have met these two generals!"
After all, Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo was known to the whole world, so Huang Wan and Tusun Rui smiled and greeted each other, but Li Su and Lu Bu did not speak. Li Su was shocked because he did not expect this king.
Yun actually did this, but it didn't have a big impact on the plan, and it might have unexpected effects. Lu Bu was completely annoyed. Lu Bu was not a fool. He knew that he had relied on him to win Dong Zhuo.
This person who defeated the Dong thief and gained a reputation for righteousness all fell on himself, and he was also rising in the court. Coupled with his relationship with the Queen Mother, he would be consistent in the court from now on, and even
He could go further, but now that Cao Cao is involved, he is somewhat powerless.