The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

So when she knew that her two elder brothers were unwilling to rescue her elder brother Cai Mao, Cai Yao, as the younger sister, acted on her own initiative, and took some of her only money to buy pig iron according to the letter.

Then he brought Cai Mao's private soldiers who originally belonged to Cai Mao, and ran to rescue Cai Mao.

Although Cai Yao also belongs to the Cai family and is a member of the Cai family, she is a daughter after all.There is only so much money that can be used. It is still possible to buy some pig iron, but it is impossible to spend [-] gold.

That's why Liu Zheng caught her and appeared outside Runan City now.

After listening to the conversation between Cai Mao and Cai Yao, Liu Zheng finally understood that this was the case, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Judging from the way Cai Mao spoke, Liu Zheng didn't think she was lying.But he didn't get the fifteen hundred gold that Cai Mao had promised, so he couldn't let Cai Mao go back.

"Cai Mao, it seems that you overestimated your status in the Cai family. You can't even get a mere fifteen hundred gold, and you expect me to let you go back?"

Chapter 64 The Vulnerability

At this time, Cai Hao was also a little embarrassed. After all, after listening to his little sister's description, he was also hated and angry.

What I hate is that my two younger brothers are so useless. It is obvious that I want him to die in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, regardless of brotherhood.

What I love is that his little sister actually made her own claims and came to rescue him with her own soldiers.Although he loves this little girl a lot on weekdays, it doesn't do much for him if she does so. On the contrary, it brings him trouble.

Now not only did he fall into Liu Zheng's hands, but even his younger sister became Liu Zheng's prisoner.

"Qu Shuai, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Can you give me another chance and let me think of a way. I will definitely give you the money you want."

"Give it to me, what do you want to get? Looking at the current situation, your younger brothers don't seem to be too happy for you to go back. I think you have given up on it."

Liu Zheng took a cold look at Cai Mao. Will you sympathize with me for what happened to Cai Mao? Big families like Cai Mao fight for property, and there must be many open and secret fights, let alone a Cai family like Cai Mao.

Even for a person with the status of the emperor, it is not uncommon for brothers to kill each other in order to seize the throne.

But when Liu Zheng was about to give up, the girl Cai Yao who was caught by him suddenly spoke.

"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, I have a way. You can get the money and we can go back. I wonder if you are interested in listening to me?"

"Oh, what's the way? Let's hear it. If your suggestion is pertinent, I don't mind. Let me listen to you."

"You let my elder brother go, and I will stay as a hostage for you, so that my elder brother will definitely be able to regain control of the Cai family after he returns. It will not be difficult to collect the fifteen hundred gold you asked for. Wait for me when the time comes." What do you think of the big brother getting the money and sending it to me in exchange?"

Just as Cai Yao finished speaking, Zhou Cang shouted unhappily at the side.

"Joke, if we let Cai Mao go, what if this guy doesn't come back with money to redeem you? Then we will suffer a big loss. What's the use of leaving you here as a weak woman? Could it be that you are handsome for us?" Madame? No, just like you, how can being a wife is at best a concubine."

Zhou Cang's voice was loud, and Cai Yao, who was in front of Liu Zheng, blushed immediately when he said a word.

"you!"

Cai Yao coquettishly wanted to refute Zhou Cang, but it was too late to hold back her words with Zhou Cang.Puffing his cheeks, he turned his head away from looking at Zhou Cang.

When Cai Mao heard what his little sister said, his eyes lit up immediately, and before Liu Zheng could speak, he said it to Liu Zheng again.

"Shuai Qu, what my little sister said is indeed reasonable. If you let me go back, I will be able to regain control of the Cai family. At that time, I will definitely return all the money you need. No, I will add another five hundred gold. I will give you two thousand gold, what do you think?"

In fact, when Cai Yao expressed this opinion, Liu Zheng was already moved. At this time, Cai Mao repeatedly promised.Naturally, Liu Zheng didn't continue to hesitate, and responded immediately.

"Okay, I promise you."

"Anyway, keeping you here is of no use other than wasting my food, so I might as well let you go back."

"However, you must carry out what you said, otherwise, you, a delicate little girl, will have to."

Liu Zheng didn't finish his sentence, but touched Cai Yao's face with his hand.

Cai Yao was already shy, but Liu Zhengzai's naked eyes and frivolous behavior made her tremble even more, and her face turned pale.He could only look at his elder brother Cai Mao with a look of asking for help.

But how could Cai Mao intercede for Cai Yao at this time, he could only secretly make up his mind to exchange Cai Yao when he got back the money.

Liu Zheng's meaning was already obvious, and Cai Mao was shocked when he saw it, and immediately nodded again violently.

"Don't worry Qu Shuai, I will definitely come back when I get the money."

Cai Mao assured again that Liu Zheng had no objection, and waved his hand to signal Zhou Cang to release him.

Although Zhou Cang hesitated, Liu Zheng had already spoken, and he couldn't say anything more, so he let go.Help Cai Mao with the rope.At the same time, they released Cai Mao's private soldiers who they had captured.

Cai Hao was finally free, he walked up to Cai Yao and told Cai Yao a few words, then reluctantly left Runan City with his private soldiers.

After seeing Cai Yao leave, Liu Zheng also took his men with him, intending to return to Runan City and deliver the pig iron that Cai Yao brought over to the blacksmith.

But Cai Yao was not imprisoned in the dungeon by Liu Zheng.

After all, Cai Yao is different from Cai Hao. Cai Hao still knows some martial arts. If he is around, he is more or less a threat, and Liu Zheng has no interest in being a big man.

But Cai Yao is different, Cai Yao looks like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, not a big threat.

That's why Liu Zheng asked him to follow her so that she wouldn't run away.

Of course, Liu Zheng didn't let him stay by his side because he liked this woman. It would be incomplete if he put her in other places.

After all, most of Liu Zheng's barracks are men, and they are all yellow scarf thieves who are not disciplined. Even Liu Zheng may not be able to restrain them.

Cai Yao was put together with these yellow turban thieves.Liu Zheng was somewhat worried.

Cai Yao followed Liu Zheng and walked towards Runan City, hesitant to speak, as if she had something to say.

Liu Zheng glanced at Cai Yao, stopped, and asked a question.

"You look like you have something to say to me?"

"I want to ask you, how did you find out that there is something wrong with the wooden box on my carriage?"

Cai Yao didn't want to ask at first, but after Liu Zheng stopped to ask her, Cai Yao still asked out her curiosity.

When Liu Zheng heard it, it turned out that this girl wanted to ask this.

I was a little surprised, but I explained it to her right away.

"Look at the tracks of the wheels."

"Is there something wrong with the traces?"

Liu Zheng smiled, and then continued to explain to Cai Yao.

"It has just rained in Runan City for the past few days, and the ground is still relatively wet. There is really nothing wrong with the carriages in front of you. After all, they left deep wheel marks on the ground, but those carriages left behind on the ground The wheel prints are noticeably lighter than those of the previous wagon."

"That's why I judged that there might be something wrong with the box on the carriage, but I wasn't sure at the time, I just asked casually, but then you creaked and stammered, which made me more convinced that the box on the carriage was problematic."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, Cai Yao suddenly realized, and only then did she know what her problem was.

Chapter 65 Dong Zhuo Comes Out of the Mountain

However, Cai Yao looked at Liu Zheng's intelligence even more highly.Just relying on such details, it can be deduced that there is no real gold on the carriage.

But it's also because she wasn't careful enough. If she didn't pack some empty boxes, but put some stones in the boxes, maybe Liu Zheng wouldn't find out.

But that was also to save trouble. After all, empty boxes are lighter and can speed up the journey. In order to rescue Cai Mao in Runan City as soon as possible, who knows, her plan was exposed instead.

Liu Zheng took the three thousand catties of pig iron that Cai Yao brought over to the blacksmith's shop.With these three thousand catties of pig iron, the pig iron he needs has been temporarily relieved, and the shortage is not so urgent.

He handed over his changes to the stirrups to the blacksmith, and asked the blacksmith to supervise the men and horses to build [-] pairs of stirrups first.

However, this also takes time, at least a week to complete.

Liu Zheng still could afford to wait.

Just as Liu Zheng was busy improving his strength and preparing for a big fight, the news that he had beheaded Zhu Jun, the general of Zhonglang, finally reached Luoyang, the capital.

The Luoyang Palace with blue tiles and red bricks.

"Trash! It's all trash!"

Emperor Ling of Han roared and shouted at all the officials in the hall.

Angry hands are shaking.

"I can't handle such small things well. A few yellow turban rebels can let them go for so long. Isn't that guy Zhu Jun very powerful? Why is he still killed by others? Why do I raise him for food! "

Zhu Jun was born in a poor family. When he was young, he was very filial and loyal, and he was not greedy for money. He was respected in the village. Later, he was promoted by the local prefect as a filial piety, and became the head of a county. status.

In Jiaozhou, he defeated the Jiaozhou rebels with [-] private soldiers, pacified Jiaozhou, and since then he has been appointed as a marquis and worshiped as an official in the court. Emperor Han Ling still has a lot of impressions of these deeds, but after hearing that Zhu Jun was actually killed by some rebels , so that Emperor Han Ling's impression of Zhu Jun was greatly reduced.

But even if it is a big discount, so what, Zhu Jun is already dead, even if Han Lingdi wants to bring Zhu Jun back to question him, there is nothing he can do.

At this time, Emperor Ling of Han was in a fit of anger, and all the lowly officials stood below with cold faces, and no one dared to speak out at this time.

Only General He Jin stood up to respond to Han Lingdi at this time.

"Your Majesty, I said earlier that Zhu Jun was incompetent. He went to exterminate the gang of rebels this time, but he was besieged by the rebels in Changsha for such a long time. If I, Huangfusong, hadn't gone to support him, he would have died a long time ago. .”

In fact, He Jin and Zhu Jun can't talk about any friends, but at this time he can only speak in the tone of Emperor Hanling, and he can't speak well of Zhu Jun.

"What's the use of saying this now? According to the submitted battle report, Runan County was occupied by the Yellow Turban rebels again, and there was a new Daqu Commander named Liu Zheng. What is this character? In the Yellow Turban Army Is there such a person?"

After reading the battle report, Emperor Han Ling had some impressions of the name Liu Zheng.

He Jin had also read the battle report beforehand, and he really didn't know much about Liu Zheng, but Emperor Ling of the Han asked a question, and these courtiers always wanted to give Emperor Ling of Han an answer.

"Returning to Your Majesty, General Huangfu Song Zhonglang had previously wiped out the Yellow Turban Army's Commander-in-Chief Bo Cai in Runan County. Then Liu Zheng is the remnant of Bo Cai. Now that Bo Cai has died, he has become the new Commander-in-Chief Qu."

"I don't care who he is, anyway, I don't want to see him so free and easy, so send someone to kill him immediately!"

Emperor Han Ling angrily shouted at everyone present.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but they could only nod their heads in agreement.

He Jin didn't have a deep impression of Liu Zheng, but he had wanted to change his people to the core battlefield for a long time, so seeing Emperor Han Ling say this, He Jin immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, I have someone to recommend, who should be able to wipe out this wave of Yellow Turbans in Runan."

He Jin's words aroused Emperor Han Ling's interest, and his complexion became better.

"Who is it, which lover?"

"Dong Zhuo, Governor of Hedong!"

"Dong Zhuo?"

He Jin pushed Dong Zhuo out, but Han Lingdi didn't have much influence on Dong Zhuo, so he frowned and didn't understand.

He Jin seemed to have seen the meaning of Emperor Han Ling's expression, and immediately explained it to Emperor Han Ling.

"Dong Zhuo, a native of Longxi County, was originally an official of the county government. Later, he single-handedly defeated the Huns and captured thousands of Huns. General Zhang Huan quelled the rebellion in the three prefectures of You and Liang, and repelled the Qiang invaders, and now he is in Hedong, temporarily serving as the prefect of Hedong."

He Jin gradually told Emperor Han Ling about Dong Zhuo's basic resume.

Dong Zhuo's promotion resume is really glorious, it was completely killed on the battlefield, not only against the Xiongnu, but also the Sanzhou Rebellion, or the Qiang rebellion in the Sanfu Land, all of which were fought by Dong Zhuo with one sword and one gun.

His outstanding achievements made Dong Zhuo admired by General He Jin and accepted as his confidant.

After listening to He Jin's description, Han Lingdi had a basic understanding of Dong Zhuo, but he didn't mind who Dong Zhuo was, as long as he had the ability to command troops and defeat those yellow scarf thieves, that was enough.

"Well, let this Dong Zhuo you mentioned succeed Zhu Jun as General of Zhonglang, and attack those Yellow Turbans in Runan!"

The words of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty became an imperial decree. Originally, at this time, Dong Zhuo, who was supposed to replace Lu Zhi in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, replaced the position of the dead Zhu Jun, and began to go directly south from Hedong County to crusade against Liu Zheng. .

And Liu Zheng naturally didn't know what happened in the imperial court hundreds of miles away. At this time, he was receiving the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army who rushed over from Jizhou.

This is the envoy from Julu City in Jizhou. It is supposed that Liu Zheng beheaded General Zhonglang and pacified Nanyang and Runan, and it finally reached the ears of Julu Zhangjiao in Jizhou.

Zhang Jiao was very interested in having such a character in his army, and wanted to summon Liu Zheng in person, but Huangfusong's soldiers and horses were joining forces with Lu Zhi's army to attack Jizhou.

Zhang Jiao was overwhelmed, so naturally he couldn't get away, so he could only send envoys to commend Liu Zheng's attack in order to revive the morale of Runan and Yingchuan's troops.

After all, Yingchuan Daqu Shuaibo died before, which dealt a blow to the forces of the Yellow Turban Army in these two places. Now that Liu Zheng finally broke out, Zhang Jiao naturally wanted to reward him well.

When Liu Zheng heard the news of the arrival of the envoy, he was quite surprised, but he was always a figure of the Yellow Turban Army. Although he could ignore the envoy, it was not the time to turn against the Yellow Turban Army.

He still has an interview.

Chapter 66 The Holy Maiden Zhang Ning

What Liu Zheng never expected was that the messenger who came was not only a woman, but also a girl who looked less than 20 years old.

Liu Zheng heard from Zhou Cang that this woman was Zhang Ning, the daughter of General Zhang Jiao.At the same time, she is also the saint of the Taiping Road Yellow Turban Army.

The power is second only to Zhang Jiao in the entire Yellow Turban Army.

This surprised Liu Zheng quite a bit. From Liu Zheng's point of view, even if Zhang Jiao wanted to reward him, there was no need to make such a big move and let the saintesses of the entire Yellow Turban Army come to meet him.

At most, it would be enough to send a handsome young man beside him to come and condolences to Liu Zheng.

But now that the saints of the Yellow Turban Army are here, Liu Zheng is naturally shocked.There was a feeling of being flattered, so he was ashamed to neglect. Before Zhang Ning arrived in Runan City, he had already brought people out of the city to greet him in person.