Chapter 2 Conspiracy by Dong Zhao

Wang Bi took Cao Cao's order, did not dare to take his servants with him, and rode alone through Chenggao Pass with his watch in his arms.Passing through the ruins of Luoyang all the way to the west, it took less than seven days to arrive at Anyi where the emperor lived temporarily. What I saw was shocking. Anyi is only a small county, and it was also looted by the Xiliang army, and there are ruins everywhere.The people in the vicinity have long since fled, and the fields are barren and unharvested. Only the troubled monarchs and ministers are struggling to live here. Because the county temple was in dilapidated condition, Emperor Liu Xie could only live in a deserted house with Empress Fu and nobleman Dong.When the emperor called for civil and military meetings, he could only sit in the empty courtyard, and the curious soldiers would hang on the wall, laughing and looking around, without any dignity at all.

The emperor still had a place to live, but the Xijing ministers who followed him were miserable. They couldn't find a house to shelter from the wind and rain, so they had to live in tents with their families, just like a group of refugees.Due to the shortage of food, officials below the public ministers had to find their own food, that is to say, they had to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits by themselves.Some old officials have never suffered such hardships. They either starved to death or were crushed to death by the collapsed ruins.What's more terrible is that the soldiers and horses who participated in the rescue were not rich in food and grass, and had to fend for themselves.This group includes Baibo thieves, the old Xiliang tribe, and the Huns. They are robbers with a temper. Now that they have food, they are alive. The soldiers don’t care what officials they are. As long as anyone dares to grab food from them, they will immediately mess He was hacked to death with a knife.In this way, many officials below Shangshu were killed by soldiers.

Even though the situation is so difficult, most officials and the emperor are still very lucky, because it is better to endure hardships in Anyi than to stay in the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si.Since the second fall of Chang'an, what Li Guo has done is simply not as good as a beast.First, Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang attacked, and Li Guo fought with them for many days, and then there was a conflict among them. Li Jue killed Fan Chou, and Guo Si attacked Li Jue again. Li Jue hijacked the emperor in a fit of anger, and Guo Si, not to be outdone, detained the minister. The two fought repeatedly in Chang'an city, and even shot their bows and arrows at the emperor's palace. .Thanks to Taiwei Yang Biao, eunuch Han Rong, servant Yang Qi, and Guanglu doctor Jia Xu, the emperor finally slipped out of the hands of these two bandits and led the officials to flee in a hurry.

The road was difficult and food was scarce, and Li Guo's troops were still chasing after him, all relying on Dong Zhuo's former generals Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, and Yang Feng to resist with all their might.Even so, the Escort Army has been defeated repeatedly. Guard Sun Rui, Da Chang Qiu Miaosi, Guang Luxun Deng Quan, Shaofu Tian Fen, Da Si Nong Zhang Yi, Shizhong Zhu Zhan, Infantry Captain Wei Jie, Shesheng School Wei Jujun and other loyal ministers died in battle one after another, and even Yang Ding, the rear general who was loyal at the beginning, was afraid of the situation and abandoned the emperor to defect.

In desperation, Emperor Liu Xie had no choice but to recruit the leaders of the Baibo Army, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, and the exiled Xiongnu Zuoxian King to rescue him. Sheng Jia fled to Anyi in an ox cart, and then got help from Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, to get rid of Li Guo's pursuit. Along the way, the rescuers and horses from all walks of life also gradually had conflicts. Baibo's tribe and Dong Zhuo's old tribe were constantly at odds, and Han Xian and Dong Cheng almost turned against each other.The emperor discussed with his ministers, and he could only reward them generously for peace of mind, so he appointed Zhang Yang as the Great Sima, Han Siam as the General, Yang Feng as the General of Chariots, and Dong Cheng as the General of the Guard. The job was sealed all over to avoid infighting.

Wandering among the ruined walls, Wang Bi saw yellow and emaciated officials all around, each of them wearing tattered clothes and patches, and the jade belt carvings were all taken away by soldiers, some of them were holding hoes, some simply used wat Digging wild vegetables with a board has become a group of beggars.And among the ruins of the city, there are tents everywhere, some big and some small, all kinds of tents, soldiers and officials almost live in the same place, the smell of rotten mildew pervades everywhere, it is impossible to tell who is who. In such a situation, where should the watch be handed over, and where to find Dong Zhao and others?Wang Bi's mind was fairly quick, and he immediately thought of waiting in the courtyard where the emperor lived temporarily. There must be officials coming in and out, and maybe he would meet Dong Zhao and others.He didn't know where the "Xinggong" was, and there was a mouth under his nose, so he finally found the place after asking a few times.

The courtyard of this miserable "palace" is not small, but the outer walls have been dilapidated, the gates are gone, and many places are blocked with broken wood.There are still many soldiers guarding around the patched "palace wall".The ridiculous thing is that this group of people definitely doesn't have the style of the Fifth Battalion and Seventh Division of the Second Army of the North and the South, they are clearly a group of motley troops.Some wore armor, some wore cotton gowns, some wore blue cloth clothes, and some wore fox furs. You could tell at a glance that they were not Han Chinese.This group of soldiers belonged to various factions, and they were all afraid that others would monopolize the emperor, so they were mixed together, and no one could monopolize the power of the guards.Because there is no unified jurisdiction, soldiers and rations are not available from time to time, all of them are full of slack, and only a few stand guard attentively.

Wang Bi saw that these people were not kind, so he didn't dare to go there to cause trouble. He simply looked for a dead tree to lean against the gate, watched the movement from a distance, and carefully paid attention to the people coming and going. It took more than half an hour like this, and suddenly I heard shouting "Sanchao!" from inside, and then a chaotic crowd gradually appeared at the gate.How can these people who have come out look like important ministers of the court?There are clear regulations on what styles of court clothes should be worn by court officials at what season, but now there are court clothes of all colors in spring, summer, autumn and winter. .All the officials had pale faces and disheveled beards, and they didn't exchange greetings when they left the courtyard. They drooped their heads and thought about the next meal.There are also a few old officials who were supported by soldiers, their gray beards trembling, shaking every step they took.

Wang Bi stretched his neck and stared in search of familiar faces, but no matter who he looked at, he looked like a beggar, and his eyes were blurred when he couldn't find an acquaintance.I wanted to go over to ask, but I was afraid that asking the wrong person would delay the important matter. When I was in a panic, I saw Dong Zhao wandering out. It's not that Wang Bi's eyes are good, but that Dong Zhao is too eye-catching.Everyone else was dressed in rags, but he was the only one dressed neatly.He was dressed in a blue court dress, with a sky-reaching crown and black ribbon on his head, holding a short tooth wat, and wearing thick-soled cloud shoes.In fact, this is just the clothes of Liubaishi Sanzhi Yilang, who is very lowly in the court, but now he is mixed among the down-and-out ministers, but he is no less than an outlier.

Dong Zhao was about forty years old, with a fair and graceful fat face, he didn't look like he was starving at all.Although he has good facial features, he has no distinctive features, only the beard on his upper lip is lush and lush, like a straight "one" character, and the beard under his chin is also dark and thick, shiny, it looks like it has been carefully groomed.At this moment, he is upright and does not look sideways, holding the wat board in both hands, and walking slowly with his eyelids down, as if he is not in a dilapidated courtyard, but is stepping down the jade steps from a majestic jade hall .Where they passed by, the guards nodded and bowed one after another, as if they all knew that he was from Zhang Yang, and no one dared to provoke him easily.

Seeing him walking slowly out of the crowd, he was already far away from the soldiers, so Wang Bi went up to meet him, bowed and said, "Master Dong, how are you lately?" Dong Zhao raised his eyelids slightly, then lowered them again, and said in a low voice, "It's you, why did you come to Anyi again?" "At the order of my envoy, come here to give me a token of gratitude." "Oh." Dong Zhao agreed casually. "Also, I have something to ask..." Wang Bi saw that there was no one around, and took a step forward to lower his voice, "Dong Cheng colluded with Yuan Shu to guard the pass and prevent my family's envoys from marching westward to meet them." Drive. Is there a way for your lord to open up the joints and let our soldiers and horses enter the customs?" Dong Zhao paused for a moment, then continued to walk forward, and said slowly: "You follow me, if you have anything to say, come back to me and talk about it." "No." Wang Bi promised, and followed Dong Zhao without leaving.Seeing him walking in all directions at a leisurely pace, Wang Bi secretly thought about this person's resume: Dong Zhao, styled Gongren, was born in Dingtao, Jiyin. Because he was from Yanzhou, he especially favored Cao Cao who controlled Yanzhou.In fact, he became an official very early. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban pacification, when Jia Cong, a famous minister of the previous dynasty, was the governor of Jizhou, he had already served as the magistrate of Yingtao County. He was known for his integrity at that time.Later, when the world was in chaos, he took refuge in Yuan Shao and served as the prefect of Julu.The Black Mountain Army took advantage of Yuan Shao's battle with Gongsun Zan to break through Yecheng and kill Li Cheng, the prefect of Wei County. After Yuan Shao was defeated, Dong Zhao took over as the prefect of Wei County.That Wei County is the root of Yuan Shao, and being able to hand over such an important position to Dong Zhao shows how much he is attached to him.But it was such a harmonious relationship, but a crack suddenly appeared.Dong Zhao's younger brother, Dong Fang, worked under Zhang Miao's tent. Because of Lu Bu's affairs, Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao had a disagreement, and the two gradually turned against each other. I feel shuddering.He made up a lie to Yuan Shao, saying that he went to Xijing to pay homage to the emperor for Yuan Shao, but turned around and took refuge in Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi. Zhang Yang was not very well-mannered, he had neither literary nor military skills, but he was very kind and tolerant, so Dong Zhao just made do with him.Until Wang Bi was ordered by Cao Cao to go to Xijing to make an appearance, but was detained by Zhang Yang halfway.Although Dong Zhao had never met Cao Cao, he tried his best to speak well for him, which not only made Wang Bi pass smoothly, but also made Zhang Yang and Cao Cao send envoys to form allies.Later, the emperor got rid of the pursuers and arrived in Anyi. Dong Zhao went to pay homage on behalf of Zhang Yang and was appointed as Yilang.In a sense, he has three identities, he is an official court minister, Zhang Yang's subordinate, and Cao Cao's representative in the court.These three identities are completely created by Dong Zhao himself, which can be described as the three caves of cunning rabbits, and there are different ways out to choose.Dong Zhao is definitely a smart person. He has experienced in the officialdom for more than ten years, so he naturally knows which way to go.But he is as careful as a hair, and things will be done naturally, but it is better to say as little as possible. One must always be polite when asking for help. Wang Bi saw that he was always silent, so he had nothing to say: "Master Dong is still used to living here? Is it a little bit hard?" "It's okay, I got a tent and used it as a resting place." What kind of resting place is this called? It's still a mouthful of literary words at this stage of the field!Wang Bi wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and asked, "Is there still food?" Dong Zhao nodded: "Zhang Yang gave me a lot of food before leaving, and asked me to distribute it to other ministers. Now I eat wild vegetable soup like everyone else." Wang Bi took a look at Dong Zhao's plump face, how could he look like someone who lives on wild vegetables!Dong Zhao didn't even look at him, and he knew he didn't believe it: "You don't believe it? To tell you the truth, I don't eat even if there are delicacies. I have been a vegetarian for twenty years." "Ah?!" Wang Bi was taken aback, "Twenty years... have you been vegetarian?" "You don't know how to keep in good health." Dong Zhao walked forward unhurriedly while speaking, "Stewing vegetables, bamboo shoots and wild vegetables into a rotten soup is better than anything else." Wang must be from a poor soldier background, he likes to drink and eat meat, and he feels disgusted when he thinks of that green thing. Dong Zhao seemed to have found a topic he liked, and started talking: "I met Zhang Zhongjing in Nanyang in the early years, and discussed with him the way to prolong life and keep healthy. If people can be cautious, they will not let the evil wind interfere with the meridian, the five internal organs If the primordial essence is unblocked, you will not get sick. Light food, less food, vegetarian food, and hot food are all beneficial... Light food can help kidney water; less food will not hurt the spleen and stomach; vegetarian food can suppress the fire of the stomach and liver. As for food It's hot, since Suiren's cooks, the world doesn't need to eat cold food, this is the way to prolong life. If you don't believe me, try it, stewed with whole grains and wild vegetables is better than Shennong's good medicine." He said with a smile Now, with a trace of complacency on his cautious face, "Although a man should be diligent in building his achievements in civil and military affairs, his physique is the foundation of everything, so don't be careless!" Wang Bike was not in the mood to listen to him talking about how to keep in good health, but it was not easy to interrupt, so he just gave him an ear, bowed his head and followed along.Dong Zhao walked in all directions at a leisurely pace, and took Wang Bi back to his "resting place" after a long time.Although it was entrusted by Zhang Yang's favor, he only lived in a small tent, with a bed, a table, two stools, and a box of books, slips, pens and ink. There is an old servant who takes care of the daily life. As soon as Dong Zhao entered the tent, he sent the old servant out, carefully lowered the curtain, moved the stool himself, and let Wang Bi sit down.Wang Bi came for a long while, but he hadn't discussed any serious matters, so he didn't have the heart to sit down: "Master Dong, you don't have to be polite, let's talk about opening the road, what can you do?" "No rush, no rush! I'll pour you some water." Dong Zhao said as he took two thick bowls and another jar, and said while pouring water, "This is not ordinary water, but pinellia, Magnolia officinalis soaked, combined with Zhang Zhongjing's prescription, can strengthen the spleen and stomach and prevent diseases." Wang Biqiang held back his temper, watched him slowly pour the water out, and then begged: "My lord, it's really not easy for me to come all the way, please help me a lot." Dong Zhao didn't answer, sat down firmly, took a sip of water and said, "Where is Cao Yanzhou's statement? Can you let me have a look?" Wang Bilue hesitated, but still smiled and said: "Why not? If it hadn't been for your help, my lord would not have been granted the title of Yanzhou Shepherd!" He took out a watch from his pocket and handed it to him.Dong Zhao carefully took off the brocade cover, unfolded the bamboo slips and read: 〖Join the military academy and go out to be the general manager.The minister received kindness with tired leaves, and gave it to Hong Hong, and dared not take care of his life.Therefore, General Ge Shuaijia will be punished in accordance with the sky.Although there is no time to kill barbarians and perish, the ministers are ashamed of the rank of prosperity, and they have nothing to do. They use falsehoods and falsehoods.Feeling ridiculed, please cover it with Weigu. 〗 "Wonderful! Wonderful!" Dong Zhao twitched his beard and nodded again and again, "Although the words in this table are not long, the wording is extremely thoughtful. First, it shows that the emperor's kindness is not forgotten; Humble and decent without showing arrogance...Cao Mengde is really extraordinary, not only proficient in the art of war and good at fighting, but also writes first-rate articles!" After reading it, he was full of admiration, but he was not busy rolling up the watch and spreading it on the table. Wang Bike didn't want to listen to his nonsense, and urgently asked: "Master Dong, you have also read the watch and seal, and you should say something about how to deal with it!" "What are you busy with?" Dong Zhao didn't even bother to look at him, but kept staring at the badge, gesturing with his right hand fingers in his left palm. Wang Bi also had no idea about him, so he just sat aside and watched him.It took Dong Zhao a long time to finish his gestures. He sat down unhurriedly, picked up a bowl, sipped a sip of water, and said, "There is no rush to open up the road in Henan. Now several forces are fighting openly and secretly. If they can't be stabilized, even Cao Shijun Soldiers marching into Chenggao will not be able to take over the government." Wang Bi's heart turned cold, and after waiting for a long time, he had to say this, shaking his head again and again: "Master Dong, I know you are in a difficult situation, but is there no room for maneuver in this matter?" "Don't be too busy... Today's escorts can be roughly divided into five factions. We need to weigh the pros and cons." Dong Zhao shook the water in his hand and said, "The first is Zhang Yang, who is currently stationed in Yewang. County, is busy sending people to repair the Luoyang Palace. However, he seems to have no intention of entering the court, just to save time, and he has already made peace with Cao Shijun, even if he will not help, he will not add trouble to Cao Shijun. King You Xian went to Bei, he came here firstly to contribute to the Han court, and secondly because of the internal turmoil in the tribe, he was exiled outside, so the Xiongnu faction is not a problem." Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his head and changed the subject, "The trouble is with the latter two factions. The third faction is the Baibo bandit Han Xian, who has the most soldiers and horses. Captain, he not only participates in government affairs, but also stationed his fellow party members Li Le and Hu Cai in Hedong. The fourth faction is Dong Zhuo's old general Dong Cheng, who claims to be the nephew of the Empress Dowager Yongle. There are many, but it is quite suitable to be the holy family of today's son. He has a very good relationship with the father-in-law Fuwan. The emperor himself called him uncle and accepted his daughter as a nobleman. These two factions now have real power, and they are against Cao Shijun anyway. Divide the meat, but fortunately, the contradiction between them is also the biggest." Wang Bi had lost his patience, and said angrily, "After talking for a long time, is there still no one who can help us as an envoy?" "No, no. I think the one who can help is the last faction—Yang Feng!" Dong Zhao drank the water and put the empty bowl on the table, "Yang Feng has dual identities. He was also handsome Bai Bo in his early years. Later, Dong Zhuo was attached as a general, and he was somewhat related to both factions, but neither side regarded him as their own, so they had to stand on their own. In terms of strength, he was not as good as Han Siam, and in terms of holy family, he was not as good as Dong Cheng. If you want to make a difference, you must seek foreign aid, and Mr. Cao might as well join forces with Yang Feng temporarily to contain the other two factions." "What kind of idea is this? Isn't it making wedding dresses for others?" Wang Bi gave him a blank look. "At this time, helping others is helping yourself. If you win over one more friend, you will lose one enemy. Zhang Yang and Qubei are no longer a problem. If you win over another Yang Feng, you can concentrate on dealing with Dong Cheng and Han Xian. As long as there is an enemy between them Enemy, that's it." Wang Bi seemed to understand a little: "You mean..." Dong Zhao looked at him with piercing eyes: "First win over Yang Feng, and then win over any of the two factions Dong Cheng and Han Siam. Cao Yanzhou can then lead troops into Henan as an ally of the four factions. In name It is to deal with public enemies for them. In fact, as soon as they enter Henan, with Cao Yanzhou's ingenuity, they can be wiped out without much effort. Don't worry, there is enough time. The small county of Anyi is not a place where dragons hide In a few days, Shengjia must return to Luoyang, and there may be some accidents along the way, so I told Cao Yanzhou to wait for the right time." "Success!" Wang Biyi slapped his thigh, "After I handed in the seal, I quickly turned around and reported this matter to my envoy, asking him to communicate with Yang Feng as soon as possible." Dong Zhao shook his head: "It's better not to be late for this matter. It's too time-consuming for you to go back and forth. It's better to go to Liang County to pay respects to Yang Feng immediately, express the intention of forming an alliance, and finish this matter as soon as possible!" "Look at what you said, how can I decide on such a big matter without authorization? Besides, there is no letter from the envoy, can he, Yang Feng, believe me?" Dong Zhao's nose twitched twice, and a look of disdain appeared on his fair and plump face: "My lord, are you afraid to go?" Wang Bi has always ate onions, garlic and not ginger, and he was most afraid of being looked down upon by others, so he raised his eyebrows: "Does your lord underestimate me, Wang Bi? I'm not afraid to go to Xijing alone through all the thorns and thorns. What's the point of meeting Yang Feng? It's just not My family envoy's letter to record, I go for nothing!" Dong Zhao sneered: "What if there is a volume of letters from Cao Yanzhou?" "Then I dare to go!" "Is this true?" "Really!" Wang Bi was a little bit annoyed. Dong Zhao stroked his beard: "Then I will write a letter to Yang Feng for Mr. Cao, what do you think?" "You mean...forgery?!" Writing as he said, Dong Zhao unfolded a roll of blank bamboo slips, glanced at Cao Cao's watch and began to write.Wang Bi saw that his writing was powerful and vigorous, just like Cao Cao's handwriting, and he broke out in a cold sweat.What's even more valuable is that Dong Zhao had already prepared a draft, and the writing was as fast as flying without adding any points, and the sentences were smooth and reasonable. After a while, a forged letter was written.Then he stood up suddenly, seeming to use all his strength on his wrists, and left a signature of "Yanzhou Mucao Cao" like a dragon and a snake. "It's a pity that there is no seal... But the letter is more humble if it is not printed." After Dong Zhao said, he read it silently from the beginning to the end, and then said to Wang Bi, "Here, do you think it will work?" Wang Bi didn't dare to pick it up to look at it, but tilted his head and read: 〖The general and I are famous for Muyi, so we push Chixin.Today, it is very difficult for the general to pull out ten thousand vehicles. On the contrary, in the old capital, the merits of Yizuo are beyond the world, so what a rest!Today, the brothers are sly Xia, the world is not at peace, the artifact is the most important, and it is up to Weifu; it is necessary for all the sages to clear the king's way, and it is impossible for one person to build it alone.The four branches of confidantes are dependent on reality, and if one thing is not prepared, there will be gaps.The general should be the internal master, and I am the foreign aid.Now I have food, the general has soldiers, and whether there is a connection, it is enough to help each other, and life and death are broad, and we share it. 〗 After reading it, Wang must have been sweating profusely. After carefully comparing the letter with the seal, not only the font and strokes are difficult to distinguish between true and false, but even the wording is quite Cao Cao's style: "Master Dong, this letter can be fake. Hello... …great!" "Master Wang, since you have a letter, you should take a hard trip. This is all for the good of Cao Yanzhou." "I'll go!" Wang Bi wiped his sweat, "I didn't expect you to have this ability." "It's nothing. I've forged documents more than once or twice." Dong Zhao rubbed his hands and said casually, "Yuan Shao appointed me as the prefect of Julu back then, and Xiaolian Sun and his wife in the county wanted to If they rebelled against Gongsun Zan, I forged Yuan Shao's official documents and beheaded them." Wang Bi suddenly felt horrified: It is not easy to be a scholar, as long as you move your pen, you can play with human life in the palm of your hand! Dong Zhao lowered his head and looked at his forged letter, nodding and shaking his head from time to time, as if he was still dissatisfied with some subtleties, and murmured regretfully: "Cao Mengde's handwriting is vigorous, powerful and full of domineering, which is just like a man. I can get it shape, but cannot fully capture its spirit..." "I think that's enough, it's enough to deceive Yang Feng and other vulgar people!" Wang Bi said and was about to roll up the bamboo slips. "What are you doing! Let the ink blot dry completely." Dong Zhao sternly stopped. "Nuo, listen to you." Wang Bi was completely convinced, and hurriedly let go, "Can you copy a few strokes of everyone's handwriting?" Dong Zhao paced back and forth in the tent: "No, no, there are three handwritings in the world, and I, Dong, can't learn them." Wang Bi saw that the errand was settled, so he stopped worrying, sat down slowly, drank water, and asked, "Which three families?" "The first one is the famous general Zhang Huan and his sons Zhang Zhi and Zhang Chang. The cursive script of their father and son is no less than that of Emperor Xiaozhang of the previous dynasty. It is magnificent and smooth. I have seen it with my own eyes. I can't even find the place where I wrote it. No." Dong Zhao shook his head, as if he was unwilling, "Then there is Shi Yiguan and Liang Hu, a pair of mentors and apprentices. Zhengzhuan wrote that their state has already reached the peak, and things that are so good often have no characteristics. , the less distinctive it is, the harder it is to learn.” The less distinctive it is, the harder it is to learn. Wang Bi heard this sound like a wise saying, and he became interested: "You just mentioned three schools, who else?" But Dong Zhao smiled: "You will know if there is any more, Shangshu Pu shoots Zhong Yao. Zhong Yuanchang's characters are self-contained, deep and endless, and more than elegant. I have copied it several times, but I just can't learn it." As soon as he heard about Zhong Yao, Wang Bi thought of the business again: "My lord Dong, do you want to invite Zhong Yao, Liu Miao, and Ding Chong to participate in the matter of my family's envoy?" Contributed to Cao Cao's contact with Xijing. I thought Dong Zhao would definitely agree, but he shook his head again and again: "I don't think so. If everyone spreads good words, it will expose too much. How many pairs of eyes are staring at each other now, we must not let Dong Cheng and Han Siam realized that Cao Shijun has power in the court." There is another meaning that cannot be broken through, Dong Zhao does not want others to share the credit with him in front of Cao Cao. Wang Bi didn't think too much about it: "That's right, I still have to hide my sharpness... Is this ink stain dry?" He was afraid that someone would come in and wanted to roll it up.Unexpectedly, Dong Zhao stopped him suddenly, grabbed the ink-stained bamboo slips and threw them on the ground, stepped on them again, and rubbed them vigorously a few times. Wang Bikan was dumbfounded: "It's hard to write it out, what are you doing?" Dong Zhao leaned over to pick it up, blew on the floating dirt on it, and saw that the bamboo slips were already scratched, so he rolled them up with satisfaction, then turned around and picked out the most ragged silk cover on the table to wrap the bamboo slips. Hand it over to Wang Bi: "This time in Anyi, has anyone noticed you? Think about it carefully!" "No...absolutely not!" "Very good." Dong Zhao sized him up for a while, then said slowly, "Leave the matter on the table to me, you don't have to worry about it... Now I want you to roll on the ground a few times." "What?!" Wang must have thought he was joking, but seeing his serious face, it didn't look like he was joking. "I deliberately made the letter to Yang Feng old-fashioned, and you have to pretend to be a little embarrassed." Dong Zhao stroked his beard, "First, let Yang Feng see your hard work, and show Cao Shijun's sincerity. Second Come on, you can also make up some nonsense, saying that not only Dong Cheng, but even Han Xian is also blocking your progress, deliberately destroying the alliance between him and your envoy, and creating some conflicts between them." "If you tell such a lie, won't Yang Feng expose it when he asks Han Xian?" "Don't worry!" Dong Zhao sneered, "It's up to you, does he dare to ask? Even if he dares to ask, can Han Xian tell the truth? Even if Han Xian tells the truth, will Yang Feng believe him? We are on guard against each other!" "You are so tall!" Wang Bilian stretched out his thumb, really convinced at the moment. "You still don't understand the current situation, let me use an analogy. The current emperor is like a golden bowl, Li Jue and Guo Si are like two ignorant children, Yang Feng, Han Xian, Dong Cheng and others are like a group of People in the market, and Cao Yanzhou is a decent official. Now there are two ignorant children walking on the downtown market with gold bowls in their hands. They only know that it is expensive but do not know why it is expensive. The more and more people gathered, you fought over each other and started a big fight. Finally, an official strolled over from the side of the road and confiscated the gold bowl, and all the scoundrels were sent to prison! Then..." Dong Zhao As he spoke, he waved his hand and made a beheading gesture. "Hahaha... This analogy is quite appropriate." Wang Bi looked up to the sky and laughed. "I'm not afraid that they have a large number of people, the more people the better. Don't say five factions, ten factions and twenty factions would be better! These people are all clowns, and they are not qualified to fight Cao Yanzhou at all. The real most difficult opponent is ..." "Who is it?" Wang Bi asked with concern. The real opponent is none other than the present day.This sixteen-year-old little emperor is very different from the previous cowardly masters.Liu Xie had no father or mother since he was a child, and was not served by eunuchs. He was born in adversity, suffered hardships, suffered hunger, suffered hardships, and saw battles. By my side, and quite aware of the sufferings of the people. How could such an emperor, who had been Dong Zhuo's puppet and Li Jue's puppet, be willing to let Cao Cao over his head again?He is only sixteen years old, and there are still many opportunities in the future... Dong Zhao's heart is like a mirror, but he can't speak directly to Wang Bi, so he just shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You will know when the time comes. In the back, tell Cao Shijun to be mentally prepared!" "Oh." Wang Bi didn't know it, so he agreed casually.However, he saw Dong Zhao very clearly—this man was by no means a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, he was good at playing tricks, and he dared to seek personal gain for others without even meeting Cao Cao. Taking risks, his ambition in official career is far more than his loyalty to the Han Dynasty.With a chest as deep as a city, and hidden dangers of mountains and rivers, it refers to people like Dong Zhao!