The Collection of The End

——AD 184——

North of Luoyang.

Cao Cao once served as a lieutenant in the northern part of Luoyang. Although he didn't last long, he was quite familiar with the terrain here, such as where there were paths, where there were vacant rooms, which government offices would be directly attacked by guards as long as they approached, etc.

However, he found to his dismay that the unknown animal seemed more familiar to him than he did.

Naturally, Xiao Wenji didn't know where to look for Dian Wei, but from time to time she would raise her finger to point in the direction she thought was possible, and then the animal would use amazing intuition to avoid the sight of almost everyone along the way, cross the house and jump over the ridge. go.

In most cases, if Cao Cao followed its route step by step, he would only be discovered by passers-by and guards who turned around, looked back, or woke up after the passage of time.

"This guy can run like a horse and jump like a sheep, why not call him 'horse sheep' or 'sheep horse'?" Seeing that the white-haired animal was being thrown further and further away, Cao Cao even began to mutter to himself in desperation.

"[They were brought by the Hu people who were interested in settling in the Central Plains after Bian Zhang and Han Sui occupied most of Liangzhou. They are called 'alpaca'. There is no specific Chinese name yet.]" Of course not. Talking to himself, the "substitute" heard it and responded.

"Oh, so what happened to these barbarians in the end?" Cao Cao, who had never heard of this before, asked curiously.

"[They were arrested because they did not participate in the rebellion. Most of them pretended that they were from the Central Plains and settled there directly, and officials from all over Liangzhou also pretended not to notice.]" "Stand-in" responded with a bit of humor. road.

"Dong Zhuo's plan is not trivial." Cao Cao nodded and repeated what he had always thought about the ranger commander in Liangzhou.

...and then realized that he had lost Cai Yan.

"[Hmm, don't look at me, I didn't pay attention either.]" Seeing Cao Cao looking over, the "substitute" directly distanced himself from the relationship: "[I was distracted because I felt that this place looked familiar.]"

It looked familiar. Cao Cao looked at the noisy Luoyang West Market not far away. Once upon a time, he and his friends planned a robbery here against Zhang Rang, who had just gained power and was not as prosperous as he is now.

Now that everyone has appointments and delegations, they can be called high-ranking officials...except Yuan Shao.

In addition, Mrs. Bian Ling, who was robbed at that time, was about to give birth to her second child. She had already decided on the name. The boy would be named Cao Pi and the girl would be named Cao Xian. She originally wanted to call her Cao Jie, but I found out that it was the name of a certain ten regular servants... Sure enough, it would be better to kill all the ten regular servants.

"Why don't you... go take a look?" Cao Cao pointed to the Zhangrang Courtyard where there had been a big fuss that day, and joked: "If we are lucky, the head of the ten permanent servants will happen to be here, and we can eliminate harm for the people."

"[Let's take a look?]"

——Zhang Rang is really here.

At the same time, some of his close men and several "Ten Permanent Attendants" also appeared in this courtyard. Perhaps they were planning to carry out some plan that was not suitable for the other Ten Permanent Attendants to hear.

When the "substitute" who went to the other courtyard to investigate came back with this news in a slightly unbelievable way, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment even with his reflexes.

Although the opportunity is great,...

Do it directly? No, there is no condition to disguise now, and it will be very troublesome after the identity is exposed.

Go back and gather people? But Dian Wei, who is the most capable of fighting, is missing. Zhenji's reason for not being able to take action is the same as hers. Xi Zhicai... forget it.

Just give up? It is almost impossible to have this kind of opportunity again.

"At this time, I can only turn to you." Cao Cao looked at the "substitute" and said.

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In the north of Luoyang, Zhang Rang's private residence.

"We must elect Liu Xie to the throne." Zhang Rang said.

As the head of the Ten Permanent Attendants, Zhang Rang has a thin figure. He wears a large dark green permanent attendant robe and a brown silk scarf on his head. He holds his hands together.

There is a silver whisk hanging between his elbows, his face is white and beardless, his eyes are twinkling, and his eyebrows are slightly wrinkled.

Since those who were listening to him in front of him already knew it, they only felt a little breathless after hearing these words that seemed to be treacherous to outsiders.

"Jian Shuo, Cheng Kuang, Xia Yun and others were short-sighted. They thought they had He Yao's favor and supported Liu Bian to maintain their power after he ascended the throne. However, looking at the palace after their relatives came to power in the past hundred years, there are internal insiders with real power. There is no official who has not been killed." Zhang Rang said with ridicule: "If you think that the little prince is of His Majesty's blood, your relatives will not rush to destroy us, but you are too naive."

"That's right. In the past dynasties, those who killed the powerful officials were all the relatives," one of the participants responded: "Our power was given by Your Majesty, just like His Majesty's brothers. We only heard about brothers fighting against each other, and father and son killing each other. How could this ever happen? Have you ever smelled someone hurting your limbs?"

"Furthermore, they obviously overlooked something," Zhang Rang raised his hand and pointed to the roof: "The 'Sword Master' wants to protect the independent Emperor Liu, not a puppet of a relative. As His Majesty's closest ministers, we, How to maintain His Majesty’s authority while sharing some power is very familiar.”

"In that case, why don't we wait for them to destroy themselves before supporting them?" A slightly timid voice sounded.

Zhang Rang responded: "Although the reason is unknown, according to what Wang Yue revealed, if the emperor completely loses his authority - which is likely to happen if those idiots successfully support Liu Bian's ascension to the throne - he will personally We kill them all.”

"What!" "What does this have to do with us?" The other participants were all shocked.

"I don't know the detailed reasons, but it is probably related to his sudden arrival in Luoyang and training our 'Ten Permanent Attendants' and those 'Diao Chan'." Zhang Rang shook his head: "In short..."

"[Thank you for your explanation——]"

Just when Zhang Rang was about to say something else, a word with a strange rhythm rang out. Then, a gorgeous long sword composed of green and red suddenly appeared at Zhang Rang's throat, and slashed hard without hesitation. .

Ouch - choke! !

Zhang Rang sat down in embarrassment. The silver threads in his hand formed a dense net around his neck at some point. Half of the broken silver threads on the "net" proved that it was not easy for him to block this blow.

"[Tsk.]"

The strange voice seemed to sigh, and then, the long sword that cut through the air suddenly disappeared.

"Chase!" Although Zhang Rang couldn't stand up yet, he kept shouting: "This weird move is exactly the same as the one who rescued the Taiping Dao assassin from the 'Sword Master' that day! As long as you can entangle him, If he takes a breath or two, the support of the 'Sword Master' will surely arrive in a moment!"

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Luoyang South.

Because he brought "Ao Pang Ka" to Cai Yan and the little girl got lost, Yuan Shao was severely punished by Cai Wan with the "combined konghou" and had to go out looking for her with a head full of bags.

After going out, he very cleverly followed the white fluff that fell to the ground to find the "Ao Pak card", but somehow he followed it to the cattle and sheep market in the south of Luoyang.

After realizing the mistake, Yuan Shao immediately turned around, but he clearly returned the same way, but for some reason he ended up at the dock where he was unloading cattle and sheep from other places to Luoyang.

After staring at the ships and thinking for a long time, Yuan Shao came to the conclusion that he followed the wrong fluff when he just went out.

Just like Meng De often said good things for himself, Yuan Benchu ​​was just slow to react, not stupid.

It was impossible to get lost. Although it was impossible to remember all the roads in Luoyang, he just needed to find a carriage and horse racing company and pay the driver to take him to "Yuan Mansion". Even if the driver was a little confused at first, as long as he After reporting "The Yuan Mansion of the Four Generations and Three Dukes", the other party will definitely understand and get on the road immediately.

After returning to Cao Cao's house, just follow the distinctive hoofprints of "Aopaka" instead. Even if that doesn't work, you can also ask passers-by on the road if they have seen a huge and fast-running sheep...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yuan. In order to capture the Taiping Dao assassins, Luoyang has been put under martial law. All civilian services of the carriage and horse shop are prohibited from being used." said the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop.

"..." Because Yuan Shao's plan was interrupted at the beginning, he fell into a state of confusion temporarily.

"Shopkeeper! Prepare a carriage for this... girl to go to Luoyang West Market!" The door of the carriage shop was pushed open again, and a very energetic girl's voice came from behind Yuan Shao.

"This..." "Those stupid old women in black are twenty years too early to catch me. Does the shopkeeper's car come with a thick curtain to block it? If they find me, take her with you." Someone smashed up your store. I should have asked you in advance if this was wrong. Is there anyone hiding in your store who is wearing black clothes and covering his face with a black cloth? He is not a good person. If there is, please tell me in advance, otherwise If we get into a fight and knock down your shop, we won’t compensate you.”

The shopkeeper was about to repeat what he said to Yuan Shao, but was blocked by the girl's words without pause.

"Carriage, carriage, carriage, West City, West City, West City, hurry up, hurry up, shopkeeper, why are you in a daze? If you react so slowly, you won't make any money, and maybe you won't even get a wife -"

"This store is closed!" the shopkeeper shouted unbearably.

"..." The girl's voice that kept coming was stuck.

With the mentality of "Haha, someone is as unlucky as me." Yuan Shao turned around and looked.

It was a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old, with an oval face, a playful expression, and bright eyes. She was wearing a set of grass-green leather armor with many small silver accessories, paired with a rose-red short skirt and dark green leather boots. , with long black shawl hair, but tied with two buns on the back of her head, holding a double-headed meteor hammer in her hand that matched her hairstyle, and was slightly in a daze because the shopkeeper yelled "closing".

At this moment, countless thoughts ran through Yuan Shao's mind like a revolving lantern. When these thoughts finally stopped, Yuan Shao followed its instructions without hesitation and took a step forward to salute: "I, Yuan Benchu, dare to ask the girl her name and whether she has ever been married." ?”

"I am Wan..." The girl suddenly became alarmed: "Why should I tell you?"