Chapter 97: Calculation
When Wang Yun saw Ding Yuan leaving, he seemed to wake up from a dream. He entrusted Diao Chan to Lu Bu with just two words, and told Lu Bu to marry her in a formal way before leaving in a hurry.
A strange feeling lingered in Guo Hao's heart.
It was not until Guo Hao returned to the General of Cavalry's Mansion that he realized that what happened today was not simple. It was okay that the idiot Ding Yuan was abnormal, but why was even the old man Wang Yun so strange?
Several people seemed to have been reduced in intelligence. They would definitely not survive more than three days in the court. The one who holds a high position is a shrewd person, so how could he be so unwise.
Guo Hao reflected on it and felt that he was a little different from usual, as if his intelligence had really been lowered.
Even if Yuwen Chengdu was not killed, he would not be released directly.
Guo Hao's face was full of question marks, but he couldn't notice anything wrong so he had to give up.
"My lord, is there anything unusual today?" Jia Xu hurried to the mansion and asked.
When he received the intelligence today, he knew something was wrong. Others might not know Guo Hao's character, but how could Jia Xu not know it?
After getting along for a long time, Jia Xu had fully understood Guo Hao's character. As soon as Guo Hao frowned, Jia Xu knew what Guo Hao was thinking about.
What happened today was definitely not normal.
"There's nothing unusual. What happened today is indeed extremely strange." Guo Hao was a little solemn. He was not afraid of open challenges, but he had to guard against this kind of hidden arrow.
"Wenhe needs to pay more . I'm afraid it's an enemy, not a friend."
"There is no need to let my lord down." Jia Xu's face was rarely full of seriousness.
He had finally found a lord worthy of his trust, but now there was a risk of him being changed by external forces. How could he not be serious?
"Mr. Wang, please protect Wenhe. I'm afraid Luoyang is not safe now."
Guo Hao asked Wang Yue from his mansion to come out and protect Jia Xu's safety. What happened today made him feel full of a sense of crisis.
Ever since Wang Yue participated in the dispute over the prince's throne, he was driven out of the palace by Liu Hong and became a guest official in the General of Cavalry's Mansion, making up for his shortcomings in his early years and preparing for breaking through the realm.
"I will live up to the trust of Marquis Beiliang." Wang Yue cupped his hands with a serious look, for this was the first task assigned to him by Guo Hao.
After watching Wang Yue and Jia Xu leave, Guo Hao thought for a moment and drafted a memorial.
Since Ding Yuan has already handed the handle to him, it would be a shame for his petty character if he didn't take advantage of it.
Bingzhou is a good place.
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In the palace study.
Emperor Liu Hong of Han felt a little bored. He flipped through the books presented by the scholars from the Eastern Palace and threw them on the table.
The book is the latest work of the scholars of Dongguan. It is a copy of the lecture notes of great scholars on paper, and various punctuation marks are added to make the reading experience unique.
However, the Han Emperor was familiar with the contents and did not take it seriously. He was just curious about the two copies of the paper version of the lecture notes.
"Qian Shuo!"
The Han Emperor called out, and Qian Shuo, one of the Ten Eunuchs, who was standing at the door wearing the palace attire of a eunuch, hurried into the study.
The other ten eunuchs were all hunched over, with gloomy expressions and thin and frail bodies.
Qian Shuo was not like that. Instead, he walked with his head held high and chest puffed out, striding forward with big strides, looking like a heroic general.
Although Qian Shuo is not a complete man, his demeanor is more manly than many people.
Having been in the palace for many years, Qian Shuo and others who had taken the position of the Ten Attendants were naturally not simple people. Not only did they have outstanding martial arts, they were also people who knew the Han Emperor very well.
Although Liu Hong was greedy for money and sex, he was by no means a foolish ruler. He held great power at a young age and held on to it firmly throughout his life.
If his end had not been near, he would not have been willing to go along with Zhang Rang and others, but he could not lose his identity as a eunuch.
"Your Majesty, what do you want?"
Liu Hong was in a bad mood and asked lazily, "Is there anything important happening in Luoyang today?"
Qian Shuo thought about it and told all the information he had received.
"Gao Wang and Song Dian? Humph! Their deaths are not worth a pity!" Liu Hong sneered. The two eunuchs were so close to the foreign relatives, so if they die, they die. There is nothing to regret.
"But after all, he is a member of the imperial palace, so he must give an explanation. Qian Shuo, I leave this matter to you, and you must get to the bottom of it."
Liu Hong held it high, gently flipped it over, and hit one of the Ten Attendants. After all, they were the emperor's eunuchs, and they couldn't die in such an unclear way .
"Yuan Shao from the Yuan family, one of the eight schools in Xiyuan, had a conflict with eunuch Zhang Rang in the restaurant today."
Liu Hong said lazily: "Yuan Jiazi? He is a good talent. Go down and give some things to father and comfort him. Why are you still angry with a child?"
Liu Hong had heard of such things at least eight thousand times. The Ten Eunuchs had handled a lot of things for him, so it was normal for him to be hated. The only difference was that the target this time was Yuan Shao, the illegitimate son of the Yuan family.
"Also, Lord Wang Yun, Governor Ding Yuan, General Hussar, and General Lu, one of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan, clashed on the streets today, damaging many houses."
Liu Hong became interested. These people are not small characters, so how could there be a conflict between them?
What's more, his Cavalry General was among them, which made him very curious.
"What has Pengju come up with?"
"I heard that the conflict was caused by Wang Situ's adopted daughter." Qian Shuo only knew a general idea.
After all, Wang Yun and other parties involved had no intention of explaining to him, so the cause of the conflict was buried.
"woman?"
Liu Hong was startled, and his interest grew even more intense, "Pengju actually gets involved in this kind of thing."
"I don't know the inside story, but in the end, Governor Ding Yuan started the fight in the street, but was suppressed by General Huoqi. In the end, it was General Lu who got the beauty."
Liu Hong was completely excited. Gossip is human nature. How could he not be excited by such explosive news?
"Go, go, go and find out for me."
Qian Shuo was about to agree when a young eunuch came in with a memorial in his hand.
"Whose memorial is this?"
"Your Majesty, it belongs to the General of the Cavalry."
"oh?"
Liu Hong opened the memorial with great interest, and then burst into laughter.
Guo Hao's memorial just happened to describe today's conflict in detail, and his words were full of slander against Ding Yuan, without mentioning Lu Bu and Wang Yun at all.
"Hahahaha, Qian Shuo, just look at this Pengju, he really is a young man at heart. Ding Jianyang has offended Pengju, so I'm afraid he won't have a good life in the future."
Qian Shuo laughed loudly twice, but Guo Hao's childish behavior made them, who were used to conspiracies and tricks, laugh.
"Go, go, Qian Shuo, go and comfort my cavalry general for me!"
Liu Hong laughed happily, but Guo Hao's naive behavior just touched his heart.
What Liu Xie needs is a helper, not a powerful official. Guo Hao is capable but stupid, so isn't he his best choice?
