The Collection of The End

——AD 166——

In the ninth year of Yanxi (166), Emperor Huan died without any children.

During the reign of Emperor Huan, he believed in eunuchs and added three more eunuchs, Hou Lan, Cao Jie, and Wang Fu, as public princes. Because one of the original "five princes", Zuo Gui, died of illness, the remaining eunuchs were collectively called "seven princes". Emperor Huan died. Later, the seven princes wanted to make Liu Kui (kui), the king of Bohai, who had a close relationship with them, as emperor.

At that time, Taiwei Dou Wu and Chen Fan, together with the scholars Xun Yu, Liu Biao and others, were known as the "Ten Gentlemen" because of their outstanding virtues. Dou Wu's sister Dou Miao became the Queen of Emperor Huan, and did not want Liu Kui, who had always been at odds with her, to ascend the throne. He contacted the ten gentlemen, including Dou Wu, and many relatives to fight with the eunuchs, and they wanted to make Liu Hong, Marquis of Jieduting, the emperor in accordance with the law.

The two sides were at loggerheads and eventually fought. The "unparalleled" warriors gathered under the sect secretly carried out a huge brawl in Luoyang, which was later called "Seven Lords Fighting Ten Lords" or "The Disaster of the Party".

Due to the pressure of the Sword Master Wang Yue, both sides did not put the struggle on the table. In the end, the "Ten Gentlemen" won. Dou Wu welcomed Liu Hong, who was only ten years old, as emperor, named Han Ling Emperor, and then proclaimed himself a general.

The remaining eunuch forces begged for mercy from Dou Miao, who was promoted to the Queen Mother, and were spared. However, in order to stabilize his position, Dou Wu distributed other nobles to other gentlemen in the name of their meritorious deeds. For a while, the Luoyang court was once again controlled by the forces of his relatives.

In the same year, there was a great disaster outside the Great Wall. The Hu people Xianbei invaded the Great Wall. The Xiongnu and the rebellious Qiang responded one after another and invaded. The three states of You, Liang, and Bing were in emergency at the same time.

The imperial court worshiped the general Zhang Huan as the general to protect the Huns and quell the rebellion in the three states. Zhang Huan went to Bingzhou, where the Huns were most affected, and sent his subordinates to Liangzhou and Youzhou respectively to recruit troops there.

There was a powerful man named Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou, who commanded a state of rangers. He was the Wuwei Yulinlang at that time. After accepting Zhang Huan's recruitment, he led his troops and wiped out the rebel Qiang in less than ten months. Zhang Huan was overjoyed and became the commander of another department and became a doctor. .

There are rumors that the Liangzhou Qiang people have been subdued by Dong Zhuo for a long time. The rebel Qiang people were deceived from other places by his subordinates' counselors. They took advantage of Xianbei's invasion to strengthen their momentum, and then destroyed them in order to gain access to the country. However, Zhang Huan did not Get the letter.

The battle situation in Bing and You Prefectures was relatively stalemate. Although there were outstanding generals such as Ding Yuan of Nan County and Gongsun Zan of Zhuo County, it still took nearly half a year to repel the marauding Hu people and then return to the court.

After this battle, the troops led by Zhang Huan suffered very little damage. He felt complacent that he had led the troops well, so when he heard reports from his subordinates that many soldiers drank "talisman water" that can quickly recover from injuries, Expelled in anger.

————

After Emperor Ling came to the throne, he worshiped Cao Song as the Grand Secretary of Agriculture, in charge of the country's finances, and ranked among the Nine Ministers. After all, his relatives were in power at this time, and the Sili Xiaowei's responsibility for monitoring and reporting around Luoyang would undoubtedly be taken back, so Cao Song abruptly took over. A "supervisor" who was feared by everyone became a "god of wealth" that everyone loved.

Cao Song was promoted to an official, and Cai Yong did not stand still. In six years, he was promoted to doctor and Yilang successively. During his academic studies, he got to know many great scholars in Luoyang, such as Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, etc., and he seemed to be preparing to do something with them. Big things in culture.

But these things have nothing to do with Cao Cao, who is now only eleven years old.

For Cao Cao, the intuitive feeling is that the teacher's words are getting harder to understand, and his family is richer. He can compete with Yuan Shao, and by the way, he can give Cai Wan some more expensive harp instruments.

Of course, this is not because Cao Cao has any thoughts about Miss Cai, but because he hopes that when she is about to hit someone with the konghou, she will think that it is a gift from him, and instead of hitting him, she will hit Yuan Shao.

Cai Wan is twelve years old, tall and tall, with a beautiful appearance. He is eloquent, understands poetry and music, and is good at music. Although he is still young, many officials and officials have come to see if they are lucky enough to marry Cai Yong.

In this regard, Cao Cao could only say that those people were probably blind. Although she looked delicate and frail, she was walking around holding such a big harp, so she was obviously born with strange strength.

This is also consistent with the fact that she only used the konghou to hit Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

To others, it's all about bombing - wake up! The thing that makes you so mesmerized is not a musical instrument, it is a murder weapon!

As Yuan Shao grew up, the fat on his body disappeared, and the Yuan family's usual majesty could be vaguely seen in his appearance. However, his brain was still as difficult as ever. Cao Cao could deceive him with just two words, but now he had to improve. For three sentences.

Yuan Shao's younger brother, Yuan Shu, not only inherited the Yuan family's consistent mantra "I am the fourth and third son of the Yuan family", but also liked glittering things. However, for some reason, he was quite afraid of Cai Wan. He only visited Cai Mansion twice and never refused again. went.

As for Cao Cao himself. As he grew older, in addition to growing taller, his eyebrows also began to sharpen. When he went out with Cao Song, the words of compliments from others had already changed to: "Young Master Cao is very brave and will definitely become a general in the future."

"I don't even bother to be a general, even a great general." Cao Cao had no one else to say this, so he had to say to his "substitute": "I really want to be the prime minister."

Also located above the three ministers and nine ministers, "general" is currently the highest military position, while "prime minister" is a civilian position with similar status that has been abandoned for many years.

"Why not be the emperor?" Because no one else could hear, the "substitute" spoke even more boldly: "Look, these three emperors have nothing to do with the previous emperor except that they are all named Liu."

"No... 'all surnamed Liu' is actually the most important point," Cao Cao looked at the "substitute" and whispered: "After all, the country has been around for four hundred years."

Regarding this "stand-in" who grew up at the same time as himself, Cao Cao's perception of him gradually became complicated as he grew older and gained more knowledge, especially when he occasionally told in an understatement some things that Cao Cao had buried deep in his heart and couldn't even think about. When I dare not think of words.

"Okay - you two can come over -" Cai Wan's voice came from afar, causing Cao Cao, who was resting on a tree, to listen.

Today was Cai Yong's holiday. He originally wanted to give lectures to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but for some reason he was persuaded by Cai Wan that "it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books." So he prepared the carriage and took three young girls to the countryside. "Black Dragon Pond" tour.

After Cai Yong told the three people about the landscape by the pool, he returned to the car to take a rest and let them play by themselves. Cai Wan set up the canvas and said he wanted to paint the scene of the pool, and then said that they would interfere with his inspiration. Drive Cao Cao and Yuan Shao away.

Calling at this time, it must have been drawn? As Cao Cao moved forward, he saw Yuan Shao running over from the other side holding a pile of wild fruits: "Cao Cao! Do you see what I found?"

I saw a monkey returning from foraging...

Cao Cao sighed secretly, called the servants on standby to collect the fruits, straightened his clothes, and then led Yuan Shao to see Cai Wan by the pool.

"How's it going?" Beside the pool, Cai Zhenji, who was dressed in emerald green, had dropped her paintbrush, holding her harp and looking at Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Does this mean that if you dare to say something bad, you will hit someone? Cao Cao looked at the canvas while thinking about his kind words, and then froze.

There were not many types of paints at this time, and it was difficult to achieve completely realistic colors. Most of the paintings used pure ink. Although Cai Wan's "Water Pool Picture" is not a great brushwork, it still has some merits. However, the problem is that the canvas What's going on with that thing hovering over the pool?

"Black Dragon Pond, how can it be called Black Dragon Pond without a black dragon?" Cai Wan explained as if he had expected it: "The dragon statue I painted doesn't look like it?"

"It's as if any of us have ever seen a real dragon——"

"[Huh-choking!]"

In the middle of Cao Cao's words, he heard a huge and terrifying roar, which shook the ground. The water surface of the Black Dragon Pond suddenly boiled and rolled, and a huge snake broke out of the water. It was completely black, with scales and horns, and a huge bloody mouth. , with bold eyes, exactly the same as the "Black Dragon" painted by Cai Wan.

The black dragon glanced briefly after emerging from the water, then swooped down in the air, opened its huge mouth and rushed straight towards Cao Cao, Cai Wan and Yuan Shao.

"Aha!" the "substitute" drew his sword and called out quickly, awakening Cao Cao who was almost suppressed. Cao Cao had no time to hesitate. He also pulled out the dagger normally used by the rangers and stabbed the sharp mouth of the black dragon with the "substitute". Fangs.

Zheng! collapse!

The daggers in the hands of Cao Cao and the "double" were knocked away, and they fell backward together, but the two dragon teeth were also broken in response. The black dragon retreated in pain, and the black dragon blood spattered everywhere, but there was no smell of blood, more like ...Spilled ink?

"Ahhh! If you want to eat Cao Cao, you must get through me first!" Yuan Shao woke up from a dream and waved his sheathed dagger randomly to block Cao Cao.

Boom! Boom! Snapped! Snapped! Cai Wan picked up her harp and suddenly broke two strings. Two almost invisible sound waves flew out and hit the black dragon, causing its movement that seemed to be planning to pounce again to pause.

Isn’t this a normal way to use it? Why do you always use smashing? Due to the violent vibration, Cao Cao couldn't get up for a while. Cao Cao fell to the ground and looked at Cai Wan, thinking quietly while he was busy.

"Haha, you can't tell it usually, but I am indeed stronger, Aha!" On the other side, the "substitute" just rolled a few times before standing up again, picked up the dagger and rushed towards the black dragon: "Just be honest Just lie down!"

Bang - bang! Snapped!

"Huh? I actually have 'unparalleled' power?" Yuan Shao waved the dagger in his hand randomly, and the attacking black dragon was always repelled by the strange sword marks, so he was quite surprised: "Cao Cao! Zhenji! I will definitely be able to protect you!"

What should I do... Now I can't even try to make him run away. Next to Cao Cao are the "substitute" who was knocked away many times and finally couldn't get up, and Cai Wan who had all the strings broken and whose arms kept shaking.

"[Evil beast! Don't hurt anyone!]"

Zheng!

A clear female voice sounded, and then a long sword with a golden blade and blue decoration fell from the sky, poking the forehead of the black dragon who was about to pounce and slamming it into the ground. The black dragon didn't even have time to struggle, and turned into a puff of water Ink was scattered everywhere.

Then, a woman over 20 years old, wearing a black tight-fitting outfit and a snow-white hooded cloak, with pink petals flying all over her body, bright eyebrows, holding a long staff, descended from the sky and pulled out the golden sword.

"[Zuo Ci! I know you are here! You have gone too far this time!]"

The woman's eyes and expression were cold. When she looked around, she had an arrogant look that was blazing away. Cao Cao had only seen something similar on the face of the Empress Dowager, but those women in the palace were as rotten as compared to this woman. The difference between the fluorescent grass and the bright moon in the sky.

Before the woman could say the third sentence, the canvas Cai Wan used to paint suddenly burst into flames, and a black talisman suddenly broke through the air from the flames.

"[Hmph!]" The woman said nothing more and flew away following the talisman.

For a time, as the ink transformed from the black dragon gradually dried up, the scene here became like an ordinary scene of children playing with ink and accidentally spilling it on the floor.

"Hmm - it hurts, it hurts! Whose 'unparalleled' ability is that? Why are you targeting us?" The "substitute" limped from the side and stretched out his hand to pull Cao Cao, but suddenly tilted his head: " I said Ah Ma, why is your face so red?"