The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 708
Taking advantage of the imminent battle between Jiangdong and Xishu, Yuan Shang first went to Wancheng, met Guo Si, then traveled northward with Zhang Yan, and secretly went to Xuchang.

Before leaving, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Xuchang. On the one hand, he asked his second elder brother Yuan Xi to help him arrange various affairs. On the other hand, he wrote to his six wives who were temporarily living in Xuchang. As soon as he heard the news, he packed lightly and traveled to Luoyang.

Since Luoyang was conquered, the emperor Liu Xie was completely imprisoned by Yuan Shang and kept in Luoyang's palace, while Zhao Yun, the governor of Yongliang, was responsible for guarding the entire Luoyang, and Jia Xu, Xia Houyuan, Zhang Xiu, With Jiang Xiong, Ma Dai, Mi Dang and the rest of the ten carved feathers and arrows supporting him, it can be said that nothing will go wrong.

When Yuan Shang arrived in Luoyang, it was already dark. He entered the city quietly, went straight to Zhao Yun's mansion, and sent someone to secretly inform.

Zhao Yun had already fallen asleep at this time, and when he heard Yuan Shang was coming, he hurried out of the mansion to meet him.

Seeing that Yuan Shang was dressed lightly, came here with Zhang Yan, and had no other cronies, Zhao Yun couldn't help being a little surprised. After looking around in a daze, he asked Yuan Shang hesitantly, "Have you lost the battle?"

Yuan Shang couldn't help but turn dark when he heard this.

"Can you speak human language? What does it mean to lose a battle? When did you see me lose a battle?"

Zhao Yun laughed: "Don't brag about me, you have lost a lot of battles! Look at you, only General Zhang Yan and a team of personal guards are left, and the rest are all beaten away. It's not a defeat. What is it?"

Yuan Shang took a deep breath, walked into the mansion, and said: "Just talking to me like this, I think you, the governor of Yongliang, have finished your job."

Zhao Yun followed with a smile and said, "It doesn't matter, I also feel the pressure like a mountain, and I would not be happy to let Xian go as soon as possible."

A few people came to the main hall of Zhao Yun's mansion, and after serving tea, Zhao Yun immediately dismissed the left and right, saying: "Let's talk, this time, when you return to Luoyang suddenly, you should travel lightly. Is there something important?"

Yuan Shang blew on the hot air from the teacup and said, "It's nothing serious, the main thing is to see how the emperor and his officials are doing?"

Zhao Yun smiled and said: "After several great changes, there are incompetent ministers in the court, and the emperor is also living in the harem, everything is safe."

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "That's the best, then you leave the matter here to Hao Zhao, Zhang Xiu, Ma Dai, Jia Xu and the others. You and Xia Houyuan will divide Fenglang Tuqi into several shares and return to Hebei in secret. , follow me to do something."

Zhao Yun's scheming has advanced by leaps and bounds since Yan Xingzhi's transformation, which is no longer comparable to what it used to be, and he knows the elegance after hearing the strings, and immediately said: "Are you going to deal with Tuoba Liwei?"

Yuan Shang nodded, and simply replied: "Yes, this matter has to be operated secretly. I don't want to know too many people. After thinking about it, I can only do it with you to rest assured."

Zhao Yun took a sip of tea, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "Back then, Tuoba Liwei was also the first ally you and I made in Saibei. At that time, we were considered congenial, but now we are turning against each other and annexing each other. , it would be embarrassing."

Yuan Shang heard the words and sighed: "There is no way, some people will never be able to trust, once you trust, the consequences may not be something we can bear, I think you understand this better than me."

Zhao Yun smiled when he heard the words, and said helplessly: "You mean Yan Xing, right? Ke Tuoba Liwei is not as insidious as Yan Xing."

Yuan Shang let out a sigh of relief and said, "But he may be more dangerous than Yan Xing."

Zhao Yun pondered for a while, then said, "When are you leaving?"

"I think I'm leaving tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go and say hello to Yun Lu first, and then I'll inform Hao Zhao and Jiang Jiong, and I'll follow you back to Hebei at noon tomorrow."

"........."

Zhao Yun's work efficiency was a few dollars, and it only took one and a half nights to arrange all the affairs in Luoyang, and informed Xia Houyuan, divided Fenglang Tuqi into several groups, and went straight to Bingzhou.

A group of people dressed lightly and acted secretly, and arrived in Hebei within a few days.

After entering Hebei, after the arrangement was made, Zhao Yuncai asked Yuan Shang: "You want to deal with Tuoba Liwei, but you act in such a secret way, you must not take the way of direct confrontation. As I guessed right, you are afraid that you will not be criticized by foreign immigrants. You must be planning to force Tuoba Liwei to take action first, and then act, right?"

Yuan Shang heard the words with emotion: "Based on the few words you asked, you are already securely holding the position of Governor of Yongliang... Yes, I plan to force him to take action first."

Zhao Yun heard the words and said: "Although Tuoba Liwei has already paid homage to the King of Yan and is ready to serve in Liaodong, but he will never make a move without waiting for the perfect opportunity. What are you going to do?"

Yuan Shang looked up at the sky, and after a while he said slowly: "If you want to force Tuobali to show signs of rebellion, you need someone's help."

Zhao Yun heard the words and thought for a while, then said, "Who? Li Ru?"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Li Ru has a reputation for viciousness, and he was the one who played the button and Tuoba Liwei together to fool the emperor. I guess Tuobali can't beat him."

"Then who do you want to ask for help?"

Yuan Shang looked up at the sky, and after a long time, he let out a breath slowly.

"A good friend please."

Zhao Yun was taken aback when he heard the words: "How can you still have good friends with your bastard?"

Yuan Shang: "..."

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At this time in the south, although the weather has not been extremely cold, in the land of Hebei, it seems that there are already signs of winter.

Snowflakes drifted leisurely in the sky outside the window, getting bigger and bigger, and the hazy moonlight was even more mesmerizing, as if it was going to cover the entire Zhanghe River in that pure whiteness and coldness.

A child about four or five years old was jumping and jumping at the gate of a mansion by the Zhang River. While jumping, he turned around and shouted: "Father! Uncle! It's snowing! It's snowing! Let's go to have a snowball fight!"

Both Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang were dressed in civilian clothes, following behind the child, smiling as they watched the child bouncing around in the snow, with happy smiles on their lips.

The past time came back to his mind, and Cao Zhi suddenly remembered that, I don’t know how many years ago, there was such a snowy day, a few brothers were playing and playing in the snow, bouncing around, laughing at each other, intimate... Big Brother Cao Ang, The second brother Cao Pi and the third brother Cao Zhang.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhi suddenly felt a little dazed. Those childhood scenes seemed both real and dreamy, perhaps because of the passage of too long time. He didn't know whether those childhood scenes really happened, or just a distant white dream.

Looking at the healthy growth of the beloved son under my knees, although I feel that he will not have the prominent family status like himself in the past, but in the future, he will be able to have fun with his brothers and have a heart-to-heart friendship, and will not break up because of status. There will be no disputes over status.

The wealthy man who lives and works in peace and contentment actually has happiness that the powerful people do not understand.

Cao Zhi was full of emotions and thought a lot, but Cao Zhang beside him suddenly turned his head and looked at a big tree not far away.

"Who!"

Cao Zhang yelled suddenly, and Cao Zhi turned his head following the yelling. Through the moonlight reflected by the white snow, he saw a faint figure on the ground behind the tree.

Hearing the scolding, in an instant, the figure on the snow field disappeared, and a figure suddenly rushed out from behind the tree, ran straight into the forest, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Cao Zhang snorted coldly, and ran away following the figure without hesitation. Cao Zhi was startled, and hurriedly called out the servants from the manor, carried the child into the mansion, and followed closely behind the footprints on the ground. go.

Cao Zhang followed the figure of the visitor, rushed into the forest, came to the snowless land when he was young, the figure disappeared, and there was no mark to be found, just in doubt, but saw the figure flashing lightly behind the tree not far away He came out, as if to give him a reminder, and then rushed towards the forest.

Cao Zhang hastily followed him again, and he lost track of him for a while, but at this moment, the other party deliberately showed his figure from a distance to lure him to chase him, but after he chased him, he disappeared again soon.

After repeating this several times, the two sides followed each other, and the opponent always let Cao Zhang find traces of his figure, but kept a certain distance from him, preventing him from catching up completely.

The more Cao Zhang chased his heart, the more surprised he was. Although his foot strength could not be said to be like that of Dian Wei in Cao Jun's back then, his foot strength was absolutely comparable to others. Fang Yantian was first-class!
But the opponent's leg strength is obviously a step higher than his own. Such a character, when you think about it carefully, is really one of the few.

After turning a few more turns, he came to an abandoned wooden house in the forest. Cao Zhang looked at the footprints on the ground, but the other party went straight into the house, he couldn't help hesitating, wondering if he should go in.

After hesitating for a while, he heard footsteps behind him. Cao Zhang turned his head to look, but it was Cao Zhi who came after him in a hurry.

Cao Zhang was startled, and said, "Third brother, why are you here?"

Although Cao Zhi also has some martial arts skills, his physical strength is far inferior to Cao Zhang's. While panting heavily, he waved his hands vigorously and said, "I don't worry about you alone."

That short sentence made Cao Zhang feel warm in his heart.

I don't know when, but for a while, I seem to have forgotten this strong brotherhood.

But now, it seems that they have returned to their side without knowing it, which is heart-warming.

Cao Zhang turned his head to look at the wooden house, and said, "I tried my best just now. The road in the forest is complicated, how do you catch up?"

Cao Zhi was taken aback when he heard the words, and wondered: "No, didn't you just arrive too? I came here after your figure."

When Cao Zhang heard the words, he thought for a while, and then realized that there must be someone else, Qiao Zhuangcheng himself, who led Cao Zhi here.

It seems that there must be someone waiting in the wooden house, so he deliberately sent someone to lead him and Cao Zhi over.

The two looked at each other, they both knew in their hearts that the matter has come to this point, there is no way to hide, and to see who is in the room, it is not too late to make a fuss.

The two stepped into the wooden house, one in front of the other, and saw Yuan Shang wrapped in a leather jacket, standing in the center of the wooden house, and standing behind him was Zhao Yun.

Needless to say, Zhao Yun was undoubtedly the one who deliberately leaked traces to lure Cao Zhang to chase him, but prevented him from chasing him.

Beside the wooden house was a small stove with hot wine on it. Yuan Shang also held two cups in his hands. He walked over with a smile and handed them to Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang.

Seeing Yuan Shang, Cao Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, stepped forward to take the wine in Yuan Shang's hand, drank it without any scruples, wiped his mouth, and smiled at Yuan Shang.

Cao Zhang held the wine, but he didn't look at Yuan Shang, but turned to look at Zhao Yun behind him.

Zhao Yun looked solemn, and said: "Young master's foot strength is amazing, it is really admirable, this wine should be drunk for the young master to catch up with me."

Cao Zhang shook his head and said, "Otherwise, I should drink this wine because I really can't catch up with General Zhao!"

Cao Zhang was very skilled in martial arts, but in front of Zhao Yun, he was obviously inferior. However, he was not angry, but was inexplicably excited, and the feeling of competition in his heart gradually became stronger.

Cao Zhi looked around, but saw that the wooden house was very simple and almost empty, except for a pile of haystacks in the middle and a stove next to it to boil wine.

Yuan Shangdang sat on the haystack first, poured himself another cup of wine, then cupped his hands at Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, and said: "This is a temporary building, rather crude, please don't dislike it. "

Zhao Yun was also sitting on the ground. Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang looked at each other and sat down one after another.

Yuan Shang looked at Cao Zhi, but saw that his face was full of red, the wind spirit was beautiful, and his complexion was very good, so he couldn't help smiling slightly, and said: "It seems that Brother Cao has been doing well during this period of time?"

Cao Zhi smiled slightly, picked up the wine cup, and said, "It's also thanks to Brother Yuan."

Yuan Shang shook his head, and said: "What do you say that the TOEFL is not TOEFL, if you change to someone else, you will fall from the position above tens of millions, and you can only sing the wind and the moon every day, and spend your days idle. Crouched."

Cao Zhi shook his head, and said: "What's the joy of gaining, what's the worry of losing, gold and iron horses and singing the wind and playing the moon, which one is better or worse, it's just in one's heart, it's not up to you! It just depends on your personal mood and preferences. .”

Yuan Shang laughed loudly, raised the wine cup and said, "Okay! It's just three glasses of wine in the world of mortals, and a pot of tea for Qianqiu's great cause! Just for Brother Cao's state of mind, Yuan Mou respects you!"

"........."

(End of this chapter)