Chapter 24, General's View

Zu Zhao has got two generals, Ma Yuan and Su Deyi Wenyiwu, and is very happy. Now it is time for him to need talents, but there are two such generals, which can be said that heaven is going to be given a great responsibility to him.

However, Ma Yuan's brute force Zu Zhao has been taught. As for Su De's talent, he just listens to his empty talk. I don't know if he really only talks on paper in practical application. Zu Zhao decided to find an opportunity to try him. After all, Zu Zhao didn't want to appoint him. I came with a plug-in. I know who will happen and what will happen. Naturally, I am more shrewd and cautious in appointing people.

The three of them drank happily, and Zu Zhao took them to Cao Cao's official residence. He didn't do this to introduce these two to Cao Cao, but he is now alone in Luoyang. It's not a bad thing for Cao Cao to follow. It's mainly out of consideration of their identity. If someone knows that Su De is the former military division of the Golden Thief Party, I'm afraid there will be some trouble. Z

In addition, Ma Yuan beat the bearded officer, which is bound to cause a series of aftermaths. Zu Zhao does not want to add trouble at this time, so it is a wise choice to bring them to Cao Cao's location.

When the three arrived at the door of Cao Cao's mansion, they saw a carriage galloping by. Zu Zhao's eyes saw at a glance that the people in the car were the subordinates of Song Dian, the ten-chang servant. Obviously, they just came out of Cao Cao's mansion. Zu Zhao wondered how Cao Cao and Song Dian had no close contact and how his men could come here.

With doubts, Zu Zhao directly asked to meet Cao Cao. The doorman reported that Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan Su De soon saw Cao Cao, but looking at Cao Cao's face, he looked a little melancholy. Zu Zhao knew that Cao Cao was a generation of traitors in history. At this moment, he already had a magnificent heart in his heart. He was a man who wanted to do great things. Such a melancholy look only appeared when he was worried about the country and the people. He didn't know what he was worried about at this moment. Could it be that something really happened in Luoyang?

Zu Zhao looks back on the history of the Three Kingdoms. At this moment, it is the spring of 186 in the park. There are no major events in Luoyang City that deserve to be recorded in history. Suddenly, he frowned and suddenly remembered something. Wasn't Cao Cao worried about that matter at this moment?

When Cao Cao saw Zu Zhao come in, the sadness on his face eased a lot, but it was still difficult to hide a trace of melancholy between his eyebrows.

"Remy, you came just in time. I have something to discuss with you?" Cao Cao came to Zu Zhao crying and saw two strange men behind him, one strong and one thin. The contrast was very strong. They stood together, which looked a little funny.

"Who are these two?" Cao Cao looked at Ma Yuan and Su De and asked.

"This is Ma Yuan, a person from Pingyi and Youzhou; this is Su De, a person from Youzhou. They are all the heroic people I just made friends in Luoyang City. Because I came to Luoyang alone and had no good place to go, I brought them here. I hope Cao Gong doesn't mind. Zu Zhao said.

Cao Cao looked at the two. Ma Yuan was tall and strong. At first glance, he was a powerful person. If he could cultivate some captain's skills, he must be a brave general on the battlefield. Looking at Su De, although he was relatively thin, his face was beautiful. At first glance, he was a smart person, and although his face was unruly, the boldness revealed between his eyebrows showed that he thought he was a rich counselor. He laughed and held their hands and said, "Meng Desu loves to make friends with heroes. It's my Meng De's great luck to make friends with them now."

Zu Zhao couldn't help sighing in his heart. There was indeed a way for Cao Aman to win people's hearts. No wonder there were so many loyal and brave people who were willing to follow him to the death. Now he has not shown any ambition, but as time goes by, he must dominate the north. At that time, he was his biggest enemy. It's really a pleasure for me to come to the Three Kingdoms and Cao Cao to compete for the world.

Ma Yuan and Su De have also heard the name of Cao Cao for a long time. Su De had a head-on confrontation with the army led by Cao Cao before. Su De couldn't help looking at Cao Cao carefully at this moment. Looking back, although Cao Cao had few people, the Yellow Turban Army still couldn't take advantage of anything. It seemed that Cao Cao was really capable.

"For those who are exiled in a foreign country, they just don't want to cause trouble for Cao Gong, and how dare they climb up Cao Gong." Su Deyou said.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Sir speaks politely. I, Cao Mengde, am not a person of boundless merit. Now I am a small official in the court and take off the hat on my head. I am also an ordinary person. How can I say that my husband is climbing high to me? Our friendship is your best friendship.

"This is very good. I like it. It seems that Cao Mengde is really a bold person. As a friend, I have made it with Ma Yuan." Ma Yuanle took a step forward and nodded to Cao Cao with a laugh.

Zu Zhao saw that it was wrong and continued to make trouble like this. If Cao Cao had any trick to keep these two by his side, it would be his own loss. The most hateful thing was that he would become enemies in the future. He hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "I think Cao Gong's face was a little sad before. I don't know why he was sad. Can you tell me?"

Cao Cao suddenly realized and clapped his hands and said, "Yes, there is something important to say. Please sit inside quickly. Everyone is our own, so we can't pay attention to any red tape. With that, Zu Zhao and others were invited into the inner room.

Zu Zhao smiled secretly in his heart. Cao Mengde is really interesting. He can go out barefoot to meet the counselor, whether it is sincere or hypocritical. Such behavior can really make people with insight work hard for him. At this moment, he didn't know Ma Yuan Sude's details. He just saw that they were with him and talked with them without hesitation. It seemed that Cao Cao really had an extraordinary mind.

Entering the inner room, Cao Cao ordered his servants to order some tea, and then he quietly said what was depressed about. It turned out that Cao Cao's worries were not surprised as Zu Zhao's thoughts. In this world, Emperor Han wanted to repair the West Palace and order Song Dian to take responsibility. And Song Dian was originally a greedy man. At this moment, he naturally wanted to salvage a sum of money. He held the banner of the emperor and did not pay attention to the ministers in the court at all. He let his subordinates go to the courtiers' house one after another to talk about the emperor's edict, so that they tried to take out the gold and silver to be used by the emperor to repair the Western Palace.

What really worries Cao is that it is impossible to rely on the treasury alone to levy heavy taxes on the Western Palace. Song Dian has sent people to various states and counties to levy heavy taxes, and in the end, it must be the people who will suffer. In this way, many people must be separated from their wives and children.

"As far as I know, Song Dian has placed the key collection site in Liaodong, and he has sent people to Youzhou." Cao Cao said.

When Zu Zhao heard this, he was very angry. Liaodong is the location of his base camp. Now is the period of development. If he is in chaos, his previous achievements will be abandoned. No, Song Dian must not pay attention to Liaodong. Moreover, once many of the new institutions he opened there are known by treacherous villains like Song Dian, they must talk nonsense in the court. At that time, they are afraid that the emperor will directly send troops to destroy everything there.

Cao Cao saw Zu Zhao's worry, but he didn't really know what he was worried about. He thought he was worried about Huangpu Song, Lu Zhi and others, and said, "Lchen, now your master also needs you. Although I want you to stay here to help, I know I can't keep you."

"Cao Gong, I think I have to leave Luoyang. The situation in Youzhou has always been bad. Now the people's life is not easy to improve. If Song Dian's people are in chaos, the golden remnants there will definitely take advantage of the situation to make trouble. I can't help but worry about it." Zu Zhao said.

Cao Cao nodded and agreed. He knew that Zu Zhao was an ancient genius and always had a strange trick in dealing with things. At this moment, Song Dian was edicted by the emperor to repair the West Palace. This fact cannot be changed, and how to keep the local people not involved requires the strategy of local officials.

I took a night in Cao Cao's house. The next morning, Cao Cao arranged carriages and horses for Zu Zhao, Ma Yuan and Su De. He originally wanted to keep Ma Yuan Sude by his side, but after several hints, both of them showed that they wanted to follow Zu Zhao. Cao Cao was helpless and could only tell himself in his heart that Zu Zhao would be under his command in the future, so his people would be his own.

It's just that he doesn't know how Zu Zhao can be recruited under his command. Zu Zhao must be his biggest enemy in this messy stone. At that time, Cao Cao will know that Jiangdong and Hanzhong are not a matter at all, and Zu Zhao is the biggest opponent.

Zu Zhao, with Ma Yuan and Su De, rushed back to the state capital where Huangfu Song was located. On the way, they passed a small county. At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, so the three of them entered the city to stay overnight and planned to leave for the next day.

All the way, the people were tired. The three of them ate something casually, drank some wine, found a restaurant to live in, and talked about their ideals in the room.

During the break, he suddenly heard a chaos and noise downstairs. Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan immediately turned over and went out to look out. Su De also got up and followed him, but the speed was not as fast as Zu Zhao and Su De.

Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan came to the platform and looked down, but a team of sergeants were robbing a woman and cursing. The woman cried and begged for mercy, but the sergeant insisted on taking her away. An old man knelt on the ground and his head had been broken, but he kept hitting the ground with his head and begging the sergeant to let them go.

"Master, please let us go. I'm such a granddaughter. You can't take her away. Please." The old man hit his head straight.

A military foot with a scar on one side kicked the old man to the ground and scolded, "What a lifeless thing. Now the emperor wants to build a palace and collect taxes from the whole country. You can't take out two taels of silver. Naturally, you can only buy and charge your granddaughter. If the emperor is blamed, our whole county will be implicated.

"Master, the emperor wants to build the palace, and we naturally hope to contribute. But we can hardly even eat, and where did we come from to pay taxes? Please let us go. My granddaughter is still young. You can't sell her. The old man cried and kept kowtoing on the ground.

The sergeant laughed, pinched the woman's face, and said with a grin, "Little? Where is it small? Selling her into the brothel is an endless happiness. She is just the right age, not young at all.

"No, I don't want to be sold into the brothel." The woman cried and begged, but the sergeant didn't listen, scolded twice, and was about to leave with the woman.

The old man refused to follow the sergeant again, hugged his legs tightly, and begged them to let him and his granddaughter go. The sergeant tried several times, but he couldn't get out. His face suddenly ignited with anger. He pulled out the knife from his waist, cursed in his mouth, and cut off the old man.

All the people present were stunned, but no one came forward to stop them. They just hid farther for fear of hurting themselves. Seeing such killings, how could Zu Zhao sit idly by and ignore it? He just wanted to stop it loudly, but his eloquence opened slightly, only to find that the figure around him flashed and something fell from the second floor.

He was shocked. When he looked at it again, there was no Ma Yuan around him. At this moment, he had jumped downstairs, shouted, and quickly stepped forward. He kicked off the simple knife in the military's hand. With a bang, the knife was inserted into the red pillar in the lobby of the restaurant, emitting a bright luster.

All this came too suddenly. Not to mention that the military doesn't know what's going on, even the onlookers can't see what's going on. Everyone looked at the bright knife in a daze, and then looked at the military in surprise. Then they found that there was a strong man in front of him, looking at him angrily.

Other soldiers around the sergeant were stunned when they saw such a man suddenly appeared, and then they all pulled out their knives and surrounded Ma Yuan.

"Where did you come out as a savage? How dare you interfere in the affairs of the government? Are you tired of living?" The military scolded loudly.

Ma Yuan looked up to the sky and said, "The people of the government do not protect the people, but they want to kill the people. What kind of bird sergeants are you?"

Everyone heard that Ma Yuan's voice was as loud as thunder, and the previous invisible foot was as fast as lightning. They couldn't help but be a little afraid. The people watching the bustle retreated one after another, while the soldiers with knives increased their vigilance for fear that the knife in their hands would be taken away in the blink of an eye.

"You dare to insult the people of the government. It seems that you are really tired of living. Today, I have to take you to prison to taste." The sergeant said viciously.

Ma Yuan was not comfortable at all and said with a smile, "Not to mention the soldiers of the small county government, but the emperor's old man who committed murder here, and I also beat him to the sky."

As soon as everyone heard his words, they explained bursts of surprise and sighs, and even the emperor dared to scold him. This man was either crazy or died.

"Take him down." The sergeant shouted, waved his right hand, and gave orders to the other soldiers. The soldiers got the order and roared and waved knives at Ma Yuan.

Zu Zhao looked upstairs, afraid that Zu Zhao's fists would be difficult to defeat four hands. He really wanted to go downstairs to save him, but he was stopped by Su De. Zu Zhao was puzzled and asked him why. Su De smiled faintly and said, "You can only learn peace. Now we follow you to do great things. If these shrimps and crabs can't be equal, how can he fight freely in millions of troops in the future? If you want to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, you should give him a chance. And if you help him at this time, I'm afraid that he will feel that you doubt his ability, which will make everyone unhappy.

Zu Zhao thought so, Ma Yuan in his mind, but the kind of general who took the head of * in a million army like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, if he can't even deal with these gangsters now, then he really can't expect him to do anything big in the future. There is no such joke as Liao, a great general in Shu, turning into a vanguard, which can't happen on himself.

Although he was a little worried about Ma Yuan, he still obeyed Su De. Previously, Ma Yuan could easily defeat even the Luoyang guards. At this moment, the soldiers in this small county may be a piece of cake for Ma Yuan.

Moreover, Ma Yuan can help as soon as possible, and his behavior and words are very caring for the people. Such a person must be entrusted with heavy responsibilities in the future. If possible, Ma Yuan may be one of the first commander of the heavy armored cavalry he is planning now.

Seeing the soldiers waving knives, Ma Yuan did not panic at all. His eyes were as straight as Mount Tai stood in place. When everyone was about to wave their knives and cut them down, they only heard Ma Yuan roaring. The sound was so powerful that the soldiers stopped one after another and stayed there like wooden chickens.

Zu Zhao was shocked when he saw it. Is this the legendary lion roar? It's really amazing. This roar is enough to deter the enemy. There are not many records in the Three Kingdoms that used scary sounds. Sun Ce, the little bully, turned around and drank and scared one person to death. Zhang Fei scared Cao to death with Xiahou En with three roars on Changban Bridge. Zhao Zilong rode the enemy alone and roared, which scared more than 100 horses chasing him to land one after another. Now when Ma Yuan roared, he actually scared 120 soldiers like wooden chickens. Such a great deterrent power, I'm afraid only the generals of this period have it. ;

Zu Zhao was very happy. Ma Yuan was indeed a fierce general, not a scoundrel who robbed wine on the streets of the market. Seeing that the soldiers did not move, Ma Yuan roared again, stepped forward, pinched the sergeant's neck, and scolded, "I will kill you, the government dog that will bully the good people today." As he spoke, the blue veins on his hand burst out, and then he shouted, but he saw that the sergeant's eyes were wide open, and his face suddenly turned white, and then turned purple. Then his seven orifices bled, his whole body trembled, and there was no movement.

Ma Yuan let go of his hand and saw bright red blood on his fingers. It turned out that the sergeant's neck was also pinched by him. The other soldiers saw it and ran away, while the onlookers applauded and cheered after being frightened for a while.

Zu Zhao and Su De slowly went downstairs at this moment, boasting that Ma Yuan's skills were really good. Ma Yuan laughed and said that if he met such a bullshit sergeant, if he saw one kill one and two killed one pair, the world would not be peaceful.

The woman now helped the old man come to Zu Zhao and kowtow to them. Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan quickly helped him up and asked why did the sergeant make it so difficult for them?