Just when Tao Shang appointed Mi Heng as his clerk, Liu Xie of Fandu also met an important person who changed his life.
After Liu Xie took in Tao Gui and the three Cao beauties, he became very high-spirited. He drank wine, admired flowers, and lived a fairy-like life with several concubines every day.
Liu Xie was very satisfied with these new concubines, especially Tao Guiren, who made Liu Xie fascinated and couldn't do without her almost all the time.
This is mean.
On this day, Liu Xie had a sudden idea and summoned a group of his men and some city guards to go hunting in the suburbs.
If you want to hunt, just shoot. It’s not a big deal. Farming in the spring and summer, and hunting in the autumn and winter are ancient common sense. But this time, Liu Xie also brought Tao Gui and three concubines with him for hunting. It can be said that he can handle it.
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This is clearly showing off in front of girls.
On the day of the hunting, a group of royal family members set out from Fandu and headed straight for the hunting ground.
Although the scene in Fandu is not as good as the hunting scenes of the Liu family's ancestors in Luoyang or Chang'an, it can still be said that the banners covered the sun and the murderous spirit shook the sky.
Liu Xie shot several deer, antlered deer, etc. in the field set up by his men. It can be regarded as a series of victories and a lot of gains.
And every time Liu Xie hit his prey, the concubines behind him, headed by Tao Guiren, kept cheering and praising Liu Xie.
"Your majesty is a hero!"
"Your Majesty is brave!"
"Your Majesty is a true divine being!"
"Your Majesty is our most powerful man!"
Some of the accompanying eunuchs Huang Men couldn't help but roll their eyes secretly after hearing this, and couldn't help but want to vomit.
Shooting a deer... is he the number one tough guy?
Listening to his beloved concubines praising him one by one, Liu Xie's morale also increased. For a moment, he really regarded himself as an unparalleled general who had won consecutive battles and victories.
He immediately ordered his men to remove the yellow cloth and not to fool themselves with farmed deer. He wanted to go into the Nanshan Mountains to shoot real wild prey.
After this edict was issued, some ministers hurriedly advised Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall. In the Nanshan Mountains, in addition to deer, deer and other prey, there are still tigers, wild boars and other ferocious beasts, which may be dangerous.
I hope that Your Majesty will respect his dignity as the Emperor and not go into danger in person."
At that time, the ferocious beasts in the Central Plains still coexisted with humans.
There are many tigers in the mountains and forests of many areas, especially places like Fan County. Although it has been transformed into a capital city, it does not have a large-scale population gathering. The level of safety and the prevalence of wild animals around it are certainly not comparable to those in Luoyang.
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Therefore, there is nothing inappropriate in this minister’s advice.
If it were before, Liu Xie might have listened to his opinion.
But Liu Xie is no longer the caged bird he was back then. Over the past few years, he has been supported by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Tao Shang and others and has become a noble man. He has all the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, and his temper is naturally good.
Especially since he was in puberty and was followed by several beautiful concubines, he couldn't show weakness in front of them.
As a result, Liu Xie ignored the minister's advice and passed away, led his troops and headed straight for the mountains and forests.
Liu Xie galloped on his horse in the mountains and forests, chasing wild deer, deer, rabbits, wild dogs and other small animals everywhere.
Just as Liu Xie was wreaking havoc on Nanshan, a king-level figure in the mountain finally appeared.
A ferocious leopard was sitting on the tree, staring closely at Liu Xie who was shooting first. He adjusted the angle correctly, suddenly jumped up, and rushed towards Liu Xie on horseback.
The war horses roared, and the first two hooves immediately left the ground, directly knocking Liu Xie to the ground.
Liu Xie was horrified. He looked at the leopard rushing towards him and let out a shrill howl.
The guards behind Liu Xie were also caught off guard by the situation in front of them and had not yet had time to rescue them.
"Whoosh~!"
"Whoosh!"
“Whoosh—!”
At this moment, three sharp arrows pierced the air in the distance and headed straight for the leopard. One sharp arrow shot directly into the leopard's head, one hit its eye, and the other hit its neck.
The leopard suddenly spurted out blood, fell to the ground, fluttered and struggled twice, and then ran out of breath.
Liu Xie was helped up by the guards who came up, held the helmet on his forehead, and looked at the archer in the distance.
I saw only three archers, one with a white face, one with a red face, and one with a black face.
The white-faced one still has a veil on his face for some reason.
Liu Xie looked at the three men blankly, raised his chest, and said to the guard behind him: "Go and declare the presence of the three strong men who are rescuing the car."
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After Tao Shang took Ni Heng into his family, he sent people to Xuchang to inquire about Cao Cao's movements.
He was inquiring about Zhang Xiu's situation.
The rumor that I arranged between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao should have had some effect now.
The potter was very excited about the news brought back to him by the school affairs office.
In fact, no matter how complicated the situation is, it boils down to one sentence...Cao Cao has captured Zhang Ji's wife Zou.
And it wasn't as simple as winning one or two times. Cao Cao had already brought the Zou family directly to his mansion.
This is equivalent to winning it all year round... I'm going to use it as a meat ticket.
This incident was tantamount to a huge insult for Zhang Xiu.
The pottery merchant hurriedly came to Guo Jia to discuss the matter.
After thinking about it for a while, Guo Jia began to come up with several strategies for the pottery merchants and put the rebellion against Zhang Xiu on the agenda.
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Xuchang, Zhang Xiuxingying.
The memorial tablet of Zhang Ji is enshrined high at the top of Zhang Xiu's handsome tent.
It is a pity that one's body dies and returns to the dust, and a beautiful family like a flower falls into the hands of others.
Zhang Xiu looked at Zhang Ji's memorial tablet and cried unknowingly.
It's not that Zhang Xiu himself has much respect for his aunt Zou, it's that this incident is really embarrassing.
Zhang Ji and himself are both powerful generals of Xiliang. Following Dong Zhuo, they have always been the only ones to bully others. How could it be others' turn to bully them?
But now, Cao Cao actually sat on Zhang's neck and pooped and peed.
Which is tolerable and intolerable?
Zhang Xiu now felt that when Xuchang's civil and military officers looked at him, their eyes were full of contempt and ridicule.
Perhaps in their eyes, he was just a despicable person who used his aunt to flatter Cao Cao.
The problem is that it would be fine if he really gets benefits, but now Cao Cao doesn't even reward himself with a decent mansion, and the distribution of weapons and food for his soldiers is the least among all battalions.
In fact, Zhang Xiu roughly understood what was going on.
Zhang Ji is dead. In Cao Cao's eyes, he is just a nobody and is nothing to worry about.
On the contrary, Cao Cao used Zhang Ji's line to hook up with Fan Chong and make his troops surrender, and then used Fan Cong's way to recruit and surrender the other Xiliang generals.
I heard that recently Li Jue and Guo Si were also preparing to submit to Cao Cao under the influence of Fan Chou.
In comparison, Zhang Xiu has no useable value.
Perhaps in Cao Cao's eyes, the only thing worthy of his attention in Zhang Xiu was the beautiful Zou family.
While Zhang Xiu was crying and feeling sorry for himself, Hu Che'er hurried to Zhang Xiu's tent and said to him: "General, something serious has happened!"
Zhang Xiu wiped away the tears and frowned: "There are no rules! How can you break into the account at will without even reporting it?"
Hu Che'er was really anxious. He couldn't care about anything else at the moment. He directly delivered a memorandum in his hand to Zhang Xiu and said: "General, take a look at the content here!"
Zhang Xiu unfolded the slip in confusion, and when he took a closer look at the contents on it, his eyes suddenly widened.
The main content of this memorandum is to denounce Cao Cao's injustice, and it is signed by Yuan Wan, the daughter of Yuan Shu.
It recorded in detail all the events that happened before Zhang Ji was stoned to death as stated by Yuan Wan, and analyzed and explained the doubtful points in detail...and each doubtful point pointed directly at Cao Cao.
It would have been fine if it had been written by someone else, but the writing style of this memorandum came from Mi Heng.
When Ni Heng took action, his words were sharp, his attack was so powerful, and his condemnation was so strong. How could it be child's play?
Zhang Xiu slowly put down the slip in his hand, turned to Hu Che'er and said, "Where is this memorandum... being distributed now?"
Hu Che'er smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know about other places, but at least in this Yuzhou area, I'm afraid it has spread to all counties and counties and no one knows about it."