Huang Chao, the most famous rebel leader of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poem "The Unsubscribed Journey to the Past": When autumn comes, September 8th, I will be killed after the flowers bloom. The fragrance array soars into the sky and penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor.

Although it was already early September, chrysanthemums all over the mountains were blooming in clusters, red like fire, yellow like gold, white like snow, green like jade, and pink like clouds in the sky.

But when Ju Yi and Chunyu Qiong were escaping all the way, they did not notice the chrysanthemums on the roadside, because they felt not the strange fragrance that soared into the sky, but the powerful murderous aura of golden armor all over the city.

They worked tirelessly and finally escaped from Gongsun Zan's net of heaven and earth. Gongsun Zan also returned to Yijing safely after the great victory in this battle. The land of Jizhou finally returned to the peace of the past temporarily.

However, the fireworks of the war were ignited again in Xuzhou hundreds of kilometers away.

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Xuzhou was named Peng Zu here in ancient times, so it was called Pengcheng. Pengcheng County was established in the Western Han Dynasty, and Pengcheng State was further established in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the capital Pengcheng.

Xuzhou has always been said to be "the emperor of the Nine Dynasties Xuzhou". In the long history of feudal society in my country for more than two thousand years, several founding emperors were born or were from here, which was the place of the "Eternal Dragon Enclave".

For example, Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Emperor of the dynasty, was from Fengxian County, Peixian County, Xuzhou. For example, Sun Quan, the Emperor of Wu of the Three Kingdoms, also came from Xia Pi in Xuzhou. For example, Liu Bei, the ancestor of Shu, Cao Pi, the Emperor Wen of Wei, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, also came from Xuzhou.

The new Prime Minister of Pengcheng Kingdom, Cao Hong, was originally a close confidant of the former governor of Xuzhou Tao Qian. He was a common person with flattery, cunning, and cruelty.

When Xuzhou was still in charge of Tao Qian, although Zhao Yu, Mi Zhu and other famous scholars in Xuzhou were assisted, they still had conflicts in the political and political affairs, and their goodness was often harmed. All of this was caused by Tao Qian's arbitrariness and relatives. Cao Hong was a minion in Tao Qian's hands.

When Liu Bei first obtained Xuzhou, he naturally hoped to achieve great things. But after all, Cao Hong was an old friend, and Cao Hong suddenly cultivated himself and stopped doing evil, pretending to be a great good man of ten generations. Our uncle Liu was not inconvenient to attack him immediately, so he simply put him in the position of Prime Minister of Pengcheng.

He believed that as long as Cao Hong was given a certain amount of space, Cao Hong would definitely sprout from the same state and become the bad guy with sores on his head and pus flowing under his feet again.

But unfortunately, Uncle Liu’s idea is good, his script is also well written, and Cao Hong is also performing according to his script.

However, Liu Bei, who should have obtained evidence of Cao Hong's evil deeds and then took the thunder attack and took the villain in one fell swoop, is still in Shouchun, Yuzhou. He is discussing with Sun Jian and others how to divide Huainan, while Cao Hong, who is far away in Pengcheng, welcomes a group of uninvited guests.

On the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month, Cao Hong was accompanying a group of beauties to enjoy the chrysanthemums in the garden.

Of course, the so-called beauty is indeed very beautiful. Among them, not only Cao Hong’s own wives and concubines, but also the wives and daughters of subordinates, but also include the famous prostitutes in the brothels in Pengcheng Country.

Just as they were slutty, suddenly, a group of people rushed in from outside the garden.

There were not many people coming, only more than ten, all of them were dark in short brown trousers. If it weren't for the coldness and red blood in their hands, no matter who looked like a farmer who had just returned from the field, except for the person in the lead.

The man in the leader was about thirty years old, with a strong figure but a light smell. Although he was wearing the same clothes as his companions, he did not look like a farmer, but rather a battle-hardened general.

The man walked into the manor without answering. His two sword eyebrows were locked firmly on Cao Hong's body, and a murderous aura condensed in the air: "Are you Cao Hong?"

Damn, Cao Yuan from this donkey day actually lets these people sneak into my yard and disturb my sport. I won’t let your wife call her father and mother to death to death tonight, so I will have the same surname as you!

Listening to the man's cold voice, Cao Hong was so angry that he trembled all over. He had completely forgotten that he and Cao Yuan were of the same surname. He pointed at the man and cursed: "What kind of dog is your grandson? You dare to trespass into the courtyard of Benxiang. Do you believe it or not? I immediately took down your parents, wife and children and chopped them up and fed them to the dog?"

The man was not angry, and looked up at Cao Hong's mouth and raised a hint of sarcasm: "I have heard that the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, Cao Hong, is not a person. He has always been accustomed to bullying good and doing evil. Today, he knows that the rumors are true when he sees it!

But a certain family really couldn't figure it out. The person who was notorious for Liu Xuande was temporarily helpless was just a fool. You stupid guy don't even know what the name of a certain family is. How do you want to get the parents, wife and children of a certain family?"

Who usually wants to leave first when he sees him, let alone talk in front of him?

Cao Hong was stunned and said the second stupid thing: "Who are you? Who is your surname? Where are you? Where do you live?"

However, Cao Hong was stupid, but that man seemed even stupider.

The man seemed to have no idea that Cao Hong had the meaning of temptation in his words, so he actually punched Cao Hong seriously and said, "Report to the Prime Minister, a certain family is in Zhending in Changshan. He is a serious fellow countryman, Zhao Zilong, under the command of former general Wang Deyu. His parents, wife and children are both with him. His family's surname is Chu, his name is Feiyan, and he lives in Heishan, Jizhou for many years."

"Chu Feiyan, you are so brave, you actually..." Cao Hong pointed at the man like a wild boar that had exploded. He just cursed, but his whole stomach was like a thorn in his throat and asked tremblingly for a while.

, "Are you a general under the command of His Majesty Yuan Gong of the Zhong family... Marshal Zhang Yan and Zhang, the Black Mountain Army?"

Zhang Yan smiled faintly and nodded: "It seems that although Prime Minister Cao is stupid, he is not ignorant. He actually knows Zhang's reputation in Xuzhou!"

Seeing that Zhang Yan admitted his origin, Cao Hong was shocked and sweated coldly. He had already flown to Java with a drunken heart. He hurriedly bent over and placed his hands tightly in front of his knees, and replied respectfully to Zhang Yan.

"The Grand Marshal is too modest. The Grand Marshal is unparalleled in both civil and military affairs. Who doesn't know? Even if he lives in this remote area, he knows the Grand Marshal's reputation quite well. His respect for the Grand Marshal is like the surging Yellow River! The Grand Marshal doesn't know that the Grand Marshal is missing and welcomes him. Please forgive him!"

Zhang Yan waved her hand, but her expression remained unchanged: "I forgive you for your crime. I am here to ask Prime Minister Cao. I also ask Prime Minister Wang to help Zhang with some help!"

"I don't know if the general is surrendering to the nobles and come to Pengcheng, what kind of nobles do? The general is just saying it's okay, he is careless!" Hearing that Zhang Yan actually asked for him, Cao Hong looked at Zhang Yan with excitement and flattery, and the little stars in his eyes emerged.

Zhang Yan patted his hands and looked at Cao Hong with a squinted eyes: "Prime Minister Cao, please rest assured. I am not very expensive and cheap. I just want to borrow some things from you. I wonder if I can?"

Cao Hong's heart was finally relieved, and now he didn't have to die. A brilliant flower squeezed out on his face: "Master, you are so polite. It's a great honor for you to be interested in someone Cao's things.

The family will not speak two families. Dashun, whatever you value, whether it is money, goods or people, the small ones will do their best to do it for you. Mine is yours, so where do you need to say a word for borrowing!"

Zhang Yan laughed and walked forward with his hands behind his back: "Since the Prime Minister said that yours is mine, I don't have to be polite. Cao Guoguo, I will not hide it from it. I have heard that you have bullied good and evil along the way. I want to calm the anger in the hearts of the people and plan to lend you a job!"

Is it a use to lend your head?

"You..." Cao Hong "has lost his appearance" when he heard this. The fat "pig trotter" raised high again, pointing at Zhang Yan's throat and making a pig-like cry, "Come, come, come, there are assassins in the mansion!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of several hard objects hitting in front of him came to his ears. Two middle-aged men dressed in Taoist priests slowly walked into the mansion, walked to Cao Hong, and looked at him coldly, with the cold light in their eyes as if frost: "Cao Guoshu, are you calling them?"

Staring at the bloody hard object under his feet, Cao Hong couldn't help but shivered. Those objects were nothing else, it was the heads of Cao Yuan and others who were still cursing in his heart just now!
Chapter completed!