February passed quietly in the spring cold, and March was coming, and the temperature began to warm up. The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou had been defeated back to Qingzhou. Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's strategy and followed the war to push the troops into Qingzhou. Everything went smoothly. This great victory naturally spread in Yanzhou and became a topic of talk for the winery and teahouses.

In early March, Yuan Shao, who had been ready to go, also sent troops to Qingzhou to attack the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou. At the same time, Pingyuan Prime Minister Liu Bei and Kong Rong, Beihai Kingdom, attacked inside and outside, defeating the Yellow Turban Army led by Guan Hai. Guan Yu also killed Guan Hai in front of the formation.

The situation was gradually becoming clear. The situation suddenly began to rise. The huge millions of Yellow Turbans turned sharply and began to collapse. On the 11th, Cao Cao suddenly returned to Juye from the front line and recruited Gongsun Zhi to the government office with the momentum that had settled. When he came, most of the advisers in the palace gathered together to discuss.

"...Yuan Benchu's advisers are not short-sighted people. They suddenly raised troops and were already targeting Qingzhou land..."

"... Since the lord intends to break up with Yuan Shao, it is better to fight for it."

"No! How can Yanzhou compete with Yuan Shao now if it is not stable? He has sufficient food and grass in Jizhou and is equipped with all troops. It is difficult for the troops I brought from Dongjun to compete."

"...Yuan Shao didn't dare to make a big fight at this moment, after all, there was a white horse general in the north."

"Don't have to live and rest, I was the foundation of Cao Cao. However, I will never vomit after eating several cities in Qingzhou. I will never give in to this matter. Wen Ruo, the millions of yellow turbans in Qingzhou have already trusted me in secret. If I want to surrender, I will go there again soon and comfort my heart. As for how to place it, you can do it well!"

...

The voice of discussion in the hall continued, and Gongsun Zhi sat in the side room waiting, intermittently at the words coming from the air there. He probably heard clearly that the desperate Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were ready to surrender, and Yuan Shao's power began to touch the other side. Obviously, Cao Cao also felt huge pressure. This time he was recruiting him over must be related to this aspect.

The door creaked and opened.

One foot stepped in, but a young man of eighteen or nineteen strode in. He sat down opposite Gongsun Zhi with a big thorn. He was not afraid of the fierce and wild aura on the other person's body, and even grinned boldly. The shallow stubble on his lips showed that the young man was changing toward maturity.

"My name is Cao Ang. I heard that the leader Gongsun is a fierce man on the grassland. There is a white wolf around him. Why don't you bring me today? I used to hunt several times in the mountains, but I have never seen a white one. It must be very majestic and majestic, right?"

Cao Ang was Cao Cao's eldest son. His mother Liu died early and was raised by his wife Ding. After becoming an adult, he was brought by Cao Cao and was attracted by his eyes. He not only inherited the humility of Ding's family, but also had the ambition and intelligence of his father. In addition, he had been in the military for many years and had a tough temperament, which made most of the generals in the army recognized him.

When he spoke, he bowed his hands very politely. He did not look at Gongsun Zhi's identity on his face. Instead, he was happy and smiled happily: "Occasionally, I heard from the generals in the army that the grasslands were vast, and the barbarians there often plundered the Han people on the border. Only by killing Hu like Gongsun leader can he be called a hero."

"The white wolf beside me was lost when he was in Jizhou, but I think I'm staying in the mountains. If I have the fate in the future, I will still be able to see him..." Gongsun Zhi was only three or four years old, looking at the other party with interest, and then said, "But when it comes to heroes, the eldest son is still a little too early. The world is so great. How can heroes wander around like me?"

Cao Ang touched Qianqian's beard and nodded, then shook his head: "... In Ang's eyes, there is no hero who is fighting in the internal affairs."

Amid such words, footsteps sounded outside. Cao Cao was talking to a weak and pale literary man. The latter nodded and left, then opened the door and came in. Seeing that his son was also inside, Cao Ang stood up and bowed and said, "The father is busy, and the child does not want to neglect the distinguished guest, so he comes to accompany him first. Since the father has arrived, the child will leave first."

Cao Cao, who came in, just smiled and walked in, waved his hand: "Well done, go out first." The latter bowed to Gongsun Zhi just now, and then left, and closed the door.

"Zi Xiu didn't say anything, right?" Cao Cao walked to Cao Ang's seat just now, and Gongsun Zhi shook his head, "Young Master Ang didn't say anything, and his words were more humble and polite."

"My son is good at everything, but he is too humble. Perhaps he was brought by his mother since childhood, which has some influence, so I often brought him in the army to make him angry." Cao Cao personally took the wine vessel and poured it all over. Although he was a little dissatisfied with his words, his love for this son had already been revealed from the smile at the corner of his mouth. Then, the wine cup was handed over and said, "Drink it first."

The wine fell into the utensils and splashed water. He poured the wine, and after a moment he looked over, his words were straightforward: "...a million people in Qingzhou have entered my urn."

"Then congratulations to Cao Yanzhou!"

"But I... need time."

The dim candlelight reflected on the two people's faces, and it became light and dark

***************************************

The sky was leaving. It was already lunchtime. On a street outside the inn, Wei Zhongdao sat in the carriage and lifted a corner of the light blue curtain. Looking at the entrance of the inn opposite the inn, where few people left the inn, he frowned. During this period, he had to leave the things he had to do to the people below to handle. He had been staying nearby. Occasionally, he could see women and men coming out from inside, but he had dozens of companions around him and had no chance to get close.

However, today, the thief went out alone. I guess Cai Yan had a chance to stay in the inn alone. After waiting for two or three hours, the man did not come back. Wei Zhongdao took a deep breath and prepared to get off the car.

After walking a few steps, someone patted his shoulder.

"Brother, you come every day, it's almost half a month old. What's the matter in this inn that makes you so persistent?" The person who came was wearing a short slap, his open chest showed black hair, tall and thin, and looked over thirty years old.

Wei Zhongdao frowned. When Wangfeng's servant rushed up, he turned his head and looked at the other party: "What do you have to do with you..."

Before he finished speaking, he had a muffled sound.

An old fist hit Junxiu's face fiercely, and a tooth with blood flew out of her mouth that had not been closed. Several servants around her exploded and rushed towards the man.

There were a few more people beside the man, and he waved his fists to the servants with bare hands. In a blink of an eye, the person who was originally vicious had fallen to the ground and curled up and wailed. Xu Heizi's eyes were cold: "You must stop your eyes on my wife again, and I will dig up your dog eyes."

"Evil thief..." Wei Zhongdao covered his cheeks, wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth, and cursed inwardly. He was not afraid of the other party. He ignored the wailing servant and went straight to the inn. When the evil man behind him chased him, he shouted inside: "Cai Yan--"

Then, he kicked him in the back and knocked him to the ground. Xu Heizi had already retained his strength. He drove away the weak scholars, and killing people in other people's city would cause trouble for the leader.

Wei Zhongdao groaned a few times, and got up again. At this time, his image was quite embarrassing. He stood in front of the stone steps and continued to make a sound: "Cai Yan! I am Zhongdao, come out and see me-"

The two guards in front of the inn wanted to come forward to stop them, and their bodies were suddenly squeezed to the left and right. A big man with a beard came out of it with a ferocious look: "If you shout and scream, you will be killed-"

"Come on—"

The scholar also blushed, and his neck was hard and he was not afraid of the other party. Hua Xiong smiled and pulled out a brand new ring-headed knife from his waist: "This requirement is honest, I have never heard of it... OK! Then I'll give you a trip!"

The blade was pulled out of the sheath, and walked over with wide steps, and behind him, a slim figure dressed in plain white and combed in a woman's bun, walked over and said, "Captain Hua, stop..."

Opposite, the figure under the stone steps smiled and stepped forward two steps, "Zhao Ji... Zhao Ji... It's me, I'm Zhong Dao..."

Hua Xiong, who stopped, realized that his wife knew the scholar, but immediately realized that something was wrong. Judging from the scholar's expression, there was something wrong inside... Cai Yan walked to the door and looked at the man beside him who wanted to speak but stopped. After all, his eyes were still on Wei Zhongdao below.

The red lips gradually opened.

“…I know it’s you.”

Wei Zhongdao was ecstatic and stepped forward excitedly, but was blocked by a knife in the middle and shouted through the weapon: "Then follow me to go back. This is Yanzhou, no one dares to do anything to you. As long as you follow me to go back, I won't care about all the past."

The drooping eyelashes blinked, the bright eyes raised, and then slowly bowed: "Zhao Ji originally deserved your wife, but... some things are not enough for the Ming media to marry them. Now Zhao Ji only has one person in her heart, and she has long forgotten the marriage in the past..."

"No... no..." Wei Zhongdao's smile froze, and after a few whispers, he still yelled: "Is that thief forced you... say... say it, I'll kill him-"

The dozens of wolf riders guarding the inn around him suddenly burst into laughter, as if this was the funniest thing they had ever heard of in their lives. Pan Feng lay on the window upstairs and shouted to the scholar: "Brother, you might as well leave quickly."

"Zhao Ji can't thank you..."

Amid the clamoring laughter, Cai Yan whispered, then she stood up and said neatly: "Now I am a wife, please leave and don't come again."

On this street, breeze, sunshine, pedestrians, laughter, the thin and thin body shook for a moment, lowered its head and clenched its fists, and its voice was low: "I originally didn't want this... I thought I would beg you hard and you would go back with me... I just didn't expect a thief capital to enter your heart... Zhao Ji... You are too cheap."

"What did you say--"

Hua Xiong and others were also furious. While dozens of wolf riders around were drawing their swords, more than a hundred figures emerged from the wine shop near the street and rushed here to gather behind Wei Zhongdao. Most of these people were holding sticks, and some people in the middle also had swords.

The two sides were tensely confronted, and then rushed up to try to snatch the woman away.

………

Juye Mansion.

The conversation continued to come from inside. Under the candlelight, Cao Cao spread a map behind the long desk.

"Everyone in the world wants to fight. Yuan Benchu ​​thinks, Yuan Shu of Huainan also wants, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, and others want... Does Gongsun leader want to?"

Gongsun Zhi looked at him: "Don't Cao Gong want to?"

"Think of it--"

He slapped his hand on the ground, pressed the words of Jiuzhou in the world with his fingers, and raised his head after the long desk, his eyes looked like an eagle: "I said I don't want it to be a villain, but who is in chaos in the world? It's not the Yellow Turban, nor Dong Zhuo, but Yuan Shao. If he hadn't privately instigated He Jin to introduce the wolf into the house, would the world look like this?"

"...I want to fight for the world and continue to be my Han minister. What about you?" Cao Cao pressed his hands on the table, and his voice came slowly: "... Let's come together, let's wipe out the nine states in the world, and you come to guard my great men and become the general of the Western Expedition, and insert my Han flag on the grassland and into a country farther away."

"……Together?"

"Yes, together!" Cao Cao stood up and raised his wine cup with both hands: "...You are the wolf king on the grassland and let the aliens go south again, okay?"

In the silence, footsteps sounded quickly outside the door, and someone was anxiously saying, "Lord, an armed fight occurred in the inn, and someone attacked the family of the leader Gongsun..."

"How about that?" Shang raised it and put it down. Cao Cao walked over and opened the door, looking at the person who came: "...can you find out who it is?"

"It's Hedong... Wei Zhongdao from the Wei family in Hedong." The guard lowered his voice and glanced at the figure walking inside. Cao Cao pursed his lips tightly, turned around and patted the figure on the shoulders of the figure, and said in a deep voice: "... Let go of your hands and do it. Cai Yan is also my niece, I will bear everything."

"It's okay to kill people in the city?" Gongsun Zhi had no expression on his face.

Cao Cao strode into it, waved his sleeves, "In troubled times, use talent rather than virtue, kill at will--"
Chapter completed!