I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 75

On the same day, Yuan Kai led Yuan Ji to see General He Jin and told him all his conjectures.

Although looking at the current situation, Hussar General Dong Zhong is targeting the Yuan family, but it is well known that the Yuan family is the cornerstone of his He Jin power, not to mention that most of the scholars surrounding He Jin are Yuan Shao's "running friends" back then Just talking about the members of the Yuan family in the dynasty, Sikong Yuanwei, eunuch Yuan Ji, Sili school lieutenant Yuan Shao, Huben Zhonglang general Yuan Shu, even if anyone is forced to go to Runan to suppress the rebellion, it would be a great deal for He Jin Loss.

It's no wonder that He Jin was furious, and scolded Dong Chong angrily: "I don't want to fight with him, but he actually bullied me!"

After scolding, he ordered a banquet to be held at the mansion, and invited courtiers and scholars from his side to discuss the matter together.

Invited guests included not only the familiar members of the Yuan family, Zheng Tai, He Yong, Zhang Jin, and Wang Yun, but also He Miao, Cai Yong, Yang Biao, Ma Rikun, Guanglu Dafu Shisun, etc. Rui, Zhijin Wuyang continued, and the Zhonglang general Meng Yi involved this time, as well as Liu Yan's eldest son and second son-the five-featured Zhonglang general Liu Fan and the censor Liu Dan.

Even Shangshu Lu Zhi, who was drifting away from the General's Mansion during this period, and Taiwei Cao Song, who was squeezed out some time ago and now bears the label of Shihou on his head, and the former He and Dong two branches The vacillating Situ Cui Lie was also invited.

It is no exaggeration to say that these guests accounted for almost [-]% of the scholars in the court. It can be seen that today's banquet is also a demonstration against Dong Zhong's side.

In half a day, except for Lu Zhi who was temporarily unable to communicate in the Chongde Hall, the rest of the officials received an invitation from General He Jin.

Taiwei Cao Song is no exception.

This treacherous old man is very self-aware. In fact, when he bought the official position of Taiwei, he didn't expect to be able to stay there for long. Yue's Taiwei was already a fluke, but unexpectedly, he climbed up to Shihou, so that no one in the court dared to push him out.

This is like allowing Cao Song to find the secret to protecting the official. Although the Taiwei is an unknown and idle official, it is still the highest military position in the name of the Han court. Cao Song is naturally happy to continue to do it if he has the opportunity.

And the secret of wanting to continue serving as the Taiwei is to please Shihou, the prince who has the same status as the prince.

So the dignified Taiwei, after receiving the invitation from General He Jin, ran to Chongde Hall to ask Liu Bian for instructions.

Fortunately, although his nephew Cao Chun was hinted by Liu Bian to "walk around the palace and make friends with Lang Wei", he did not go far today and was talking with a group of Lang Wei outside the Chongde Hall, taking the opportunity to win over his feelings.

Lang Wei, who works outside the Chongde Hall, is just an ordinary Yulin soldier, no more than Cao Chun, who holds the dual positions of Habayashi Lang and Prince Sheren. Shihou's confidant took the initiative to make friends, and the Langweis were naturally happy to get along with him, and the two sides became familiar in a short time We got in touch, and even met to drink and have fun together in our free time.

At this moment, Cao Song came to the Chongde Hall with a huff.

Cao Chun was very puzzled and hurried forward to salute Cao Song, puzzled and asked, "Why is uncle so in a hurry?"

Cao Song was embarrassed to say in front of his nephew that he was here to please Shihou, so he said he had something important to report to Shihou. Cao Chun didn't dare to neglect, so he hurried into the hall to report.

At this time, Liu Bian hadn't heard the news yet, and he was also puzzled about Cao Song's purpose of coming, so he stood up to greet Cao Song out of his desire to win over Cao Song, and asked about the purpose of his visit by the way.

Cao Song told Liu Bian about the general's invitation to him in a low voice, and immediately asked for instructions: "... I don't know if I should attend the banquet or not."

Liu Bian was stunned, and quickly figured out the context of the matter, and then said to Cao Song intentionally or unintentionally: "The general invites Cao Taiwei to a banquet, and the Taiwei can make his own decisions. Why ask me? Can I stop it?" ?”

"This..." Cao Song laughed, hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Liu Bian glanced at Cao Chun who was beside him, and asked with a smile, "Could it be that Captain Cao heard something?"

Cao Chun was young after all, Liu Bian glanced at him with uneasiness, and even Cao Song was terrified, but the latter immediately corrected his expression and made a promise: "No, absolutely not! The old minister is willing to guarantee it with his life!"

A little scaring is enough, after all, Liu Bian had already guessed that Cao Chun would tell Cao Song about his plan against the Yuan family, and even, maybe Cao Song is still doubting at this moment: Why is it such a coincidence?Shihou also planned to use the Gepi yellow scarf to target the Yuan family, and Dong Zhong thought of the same method.

But Cao Song is obviously a person who knows the current affairs, as long as he can keep the secret, it doesn't matter if he knows something.

Anyway, at worst, the eunuch is responsible - how could he, Liu Bian, do something that was not good for Uncle He Jin?It must be instigated by eunuchs.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Cao Song: "I naturally trust Captain Cao, and I also believe that Captain Cao can keep secrets for others, and knows what to say and what not to say."

"Yes, yes." Cao Song understood and nodded again and again: "The old minister has no other advantages, but is tight-lipped."

After Cao Song left, Liu Bian returned to the hall, Lu Zhi frowned and asked, "What is Cao Jugao here for?"

Even though both sides support Liu Bian now, Lu Zhi has always looked down upon Cao Song, the reason is nothing more than Cao Song's greed to collect money-otherwise, how did he get his savings of more than 1 million yuan?

To put it bluntly, Cao Song's behavior in the local office is actually no different from that of the governor of Yizhou mentioned earlier. shave.

Because of this, Lu Zhi was not happy that Liu Bian and Cao Song got too close.

Liu Bian also understood this, so he half-truthfully explained the reason for Cao Song's visit: "...Cao Taiwei received my uncle's invitation, and misunderstood that my uncle and I were at odds, so he came to ask."

"Humph."

Lu Zhi understood as soon as he heard it, and he was impressed by Cao Song's flattery, but he didn't say much because Cao Song's nephew was standing outside the hall.

Not to mention, although Lu Zhi looked down on Cao Song, he still admired Cao Chun very much. After all, Cao Chun before he abandoned literature and went to martial arts was smart enough to be called intelligent, and he had read many books. Rigorous, Lu Zhi likes this kind of young people very much.

He turned to talk about Dong Zhong's matter: "...Dong Zhong appeases and raises traitors, and intends to use the Gebei thieves to weaken Yuan's influence in Beijing.

These words made Liu Bian feel a little emotional in his heart, and after a few words of acceptance, he changed the topic: "Since uncle invited Cao Taiwei, he must also invite Master Lu."

"Well."

Lu Zhi responded lightly, but did not ask Liu Bian for instructions.

And Liu Bian didn't care, he believed that Lu Zhi could handle this matter well.

Around dusk, Lu Zhi bid farewell to Liu Bian, and when he returned home, he learned from his doorman that General He Jin had invited him to a banquet.

To be honest, he naturally became a prince and grand teacher. After seeing that Shi Hou Liu Bian had outstanding talents, he devoted half of his energy to handling state affairs and the other half to teaching the latter. People and eunuchs fight each other, but General He Jin still has to give face.

So he informed his wife and children, and took a carriage to the General's Mansion.

At this time, the sky will be dark, but the street in front of the General's Mansion is brightly lit, countless carriages are like a long dragon, and there are guards in charge of defending the capital to maintain order.

Lu Zhi shook his head slightly and sighed, secretly sighing that He Jin used the party's public tools for private use.

At this time, it was He Yong and Zhang Jin, the general's mansion and confidants who received the guests in front of the gate of the General's Mansion. When they saw Lu Zhi coming, they greeted them from the lower ranks, and gave Lu Zhi a high degree of respect.

But Lu Zhi felt that he was out of tune with this atmosphere. He asked He Miao, Yang Biao, Yang Xu and others before they arrived, and most of the guests who had arrived in the mansion were He Jin's henchmen, and they were not very willing to enter the mansion, so they simply searched for them. There is a reason to stand outside the mansion.

Not long after, Zhijin Wuyang continued to come.

Everyone else came in a horse-drawn carriage, but this Mr. Yang rode his own horse. The reason was simple, because his family didn't have a horse-drawn carriage, and his horse was allotted to him after he became the Executive King Wu.

In terms of incorruptibility, Yang Xu is on par with Lu Zhi.

Because of this, Lu Zhi, who was originally looking sleepy, saw Yang Xu's eyes light up, and immediately stepped forward to greet Yang Xu and called him a good brother.

Yang Xu also admired Lu Zhi's character and respectfully called him a virtuous brother.

After a few pleasantries, Yang Xuyi looked at the busy street and shook his head.

He is a scholar and a member of the party, but he is still very disgusted with General He Jin's extravagant and extravagant use of public equipment, and privately said to Lu Zhi: "Today's banquet, I don't know how much it will cost. Now that the world is unstable and there are rebellions everywhere, we should promote frugality and increase military spending..."

"Brother."

Lu Zhi pressed his hand and made a silent gesture, Yang Xu sighed and stopped talking.

After a while, Taiwei Cao Song also arrived.

He really wanted to get close to Lu Zhi and Yang Xu, so he came to the two of them while licking his cheeks. However, Lu and Yang didn't have a good impression of him, and they reluctantly got along with him because of the sake of being both "Mr. Shihou". He chatted a few words.

But Cao Song didn't care, ignoring Lu Zhi's estrangement from him, and said in a low voice, "My lords, it's not a problem for us to stand here."

Lu Zhi and Yang Xu looked at each other and remained silent.

It is true that they all stood outside the mansion because there were a group of people clinging to He Jin in the general's mansion at the moment, and they thought the atmosphere was too boring to stand outside the mansion, but as Cao Song said, it was really outrageous to just stand like this.

At this moment, Lu Zhi suddenly caught a glimpse of a person approaching, it was General Chariot and Marquis He Miao of Jiyang, and with a thought, he brought Yang Xu and Cao Song to meet him.

Yang Xu had not been working in Luoyang for a long time, and he was not very familiar with He Miao. He was surprised that the younger brother of the general came here on horseback, but he didn't know that He Miao was withdrawn by nature and didn't like to be in contact with others. What he could do This matter has never been done by people, so in the past, I didn’t have any confidants—I don’t know how many times I have persuaded Liu Bian about this matter, but it is a pity that He Miao’s withdrawn personality caused by his childhood experience will not be corrected in a short time. ?
In fact, He Miao has changed. For example, he would write letters to win over his subordinates Liu Bei and Ding Yuan from time to time. This was something He Miao was not willing to do in the past.

And He Miao was also very surprised to see Lu Zhi standing outside the mansion, and asked puzzledly, "Lu Shangshu, Cao Taiwei, Yang Zhongwei, why don't the three come into the mansion?"

Lu Zhi said euphemistically: "The atmosphere in the mansion is gloomy. There are some things that I don't want to participate in. That's why I stand outside the mansion. Now that the Marquis of Jiyang is here, we happen to be entering the mansion together."

He Miao understood, squeezed out an unnatural smile, nodded and said: "So, I will enter the mansion together."

So He Miao brought Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, and Cao Song into the mansion together, and ordered the servants in the mansion to arrange the seats for Lu, Yang, and Cao on both sides of him.

(End of this chapter)