Chapter 237 True Dragon! [Vote Request]

The moonlight is bright and clear.

After nightfall, lights were lit in the mansion.

Ling Jin's steps became lighter and his mood was better.

He made considerable contributions in the Battle of Guandu.

The engineers who dug the tunnels in Jizhou, including Li Su, were captured alive, and most of them chose to surrender.

Cao Cao ordered that the original engineering battalion in Jizhou be transferred to Ling Jin's command.

Suddenly, there were nearly three thousand more engineering troops.

Ling Jin felt a surge in power.

Haha, next time the governor asks me to dig out tombs, I can hollow out the entire mountain.

He came to the study, entered the room, and said auspicious words: "May the governor of the state be safe and sound!"

"sit."

"There is a tomb, you go to get the treasure. This time it is a little special, don't take all the gold and silver, leave some."

Cao Cao said: "The burial objects in the tomb are not in the main tomb chamber, but in the side chambers on both wings. You should not go directly into the main tomb. There is nothing inside. This is also a means of preventing theft."

Ling Jin listened respectfully.

Jin was not surprised that Cao Cao knew the layout of the tomb so clearly.

He was accustomed to the great powers of this master.

Since Cao Cao didn't say anything, naturally no one dared to ask.

Cao Cao told me the location of the tomb, which was quite far south of Yecheng.

The Han Dynasty emphasized lavish burials.

There are many large tombs, and many of them are famous in later generations.

But most of the emperors' tombs were concentrated in Mangdang Mountain, and they were all robbed by Lu Bu under the order of Dong Zhuo.

The tomb with burial objects still there was the one Cao Cao was referring to, which was that of Marquis Haihun. Many treasures were unearthed from the tomb in later generations.

The Haihun Tomb was also robbed.

But the tomb robbers who entered found the main chamber empty. They thought the tomb had been looted long ago, so they did not go to the side chamber.

Don’t you know that the concubine has countless good things?

Gold, horseshoe gold, was later verified to be of amazing purity, and the amount exceeded the total amount of gold unearthed from all other Han tombs.

There are more than ten thousand precious cultural relics of various types and Wuzhu coins piled up like a mountain.

This Haihun Hou was originally a king.

However, as the grandson of Emperor Wu of Han, after Liu Fuling's death, he had no descendants and was helped to ascend the throne by Huo Guang.

Cao Cao asked Ling Jin not to steal everything, but to leave some for future archaeological use.

Ling Jin received the order and before leaving, he remembered something and reported:

"Provincial Governor, I have a junior uncle who was the last disciple accepted by our master in his later years.

When he was in and out of a secret place in his early years, he became paralyzed and lost all feeling below the waist. But he still had experience, which was much better than mine.

I am called the Ghost King in Jianghu, but I inherited his name. Some of the subordinates of the Great Tomb are reluctant to introduce their uncle to help. "

Cao Cao: "That's great! He can be my guest and enjoy a salary.

If you want to join the army, you must not be partial. You need to have merits and fight for your own fame. "

"I would like to thank the governor first. I will send a message to the sect and ask Junior Uncle to come over."

Ling Jin took his leave and walked to the door, where he met Yin who came in with his face raised.

Yin is now a strong man with a majestic appearance. But when he saw Cao Cao, he looked silly and approached him happily.

It was ordered to urge Cao Cao to return to his inner quarters.

"Let's go." Cao Cao laughed.

Yin turned around happily, led the way, and walked towards the inner house.

In the inner house, the sounds of sweet voices could be heard from afar.

Yu Qing returned to Yecheng and, as the host, gathered Bian Mei, Bai Ke, Diao Chan, Wen Ji and others together.

There was another woman, wearing a light blue dress with a stacked collar, with a charming figure and seductive eyes. She was Mrs. Zou.

Cao Cao signaled Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were accompanying him, to leave and went to sit at the head of the long table where the women were sitting.

He looked at them one by one.

There are many beauties in the world, and they are all in the Cao family.

"Let me tell you something, Qing'er has been with me for several years, and we already have a daughter.

And Qingyu, Diaochan, and Wenji, after we conquer Jizhou, I want to marry you all, what do you think?"

Cao Cao meant to hold a wedding and marry all his wives and concubines at the same time.

His eyes fell on Bai Ke.

Bai Ke shook his head slightly, meaning let's not talk about their affairs for now.

Wen Ji let out a light cry. Her relationship with Cao Cao was suddenly revealed by him, and her pretty face immediately lit up.

Yu Qing was the happiest.

She always felt it was a pity that she had followed Cao Cao quietly and had never had a wedding ceremony.

I was so happy to hear what Cao Cao said.

Diao Chan also looked very happy.

After nightfall, Cao Cao came to Bian Mei's room.

He was away at war, and Bian Mei was pregnant and about to give birth.

The couple leaned against each other and talked. Bian Mei raised her delicate and flawless face and said, "My husband, do you want me to serve you?"

Cao Cao refused, "You are pregnant, it's not necessary. When you unload the goods, you alone will not be enough..."

Bian Mei sensed something and narrowed her eyes with long eyelashes: "Is one person not enough?"

Cao Cao boasted loudly: "I have the physique of a true dragon, and your charm skills, my beloved concubine, are not enough even if three or four of them are used."

Cao Cao blew out a breath, which extinguished the lamp on the table like a sharp arrow, then he took Bian Mei in his arms and went to sleep.

In the early hours of the morning, Cao Cao got up early, put on his clothes and went to the quiet room connected to the inner corridor, where he sat cross-legged and began to practice.

He has been having a strange feeling for the past few days. After defeating Yuan Shao and occupying Jizhou, the synergy between heaven and earth and the good fortune bestowed upon him by all living beings have become increasingly clear and palpable.

Luck seems to have become a kind of power that can be "touched" and actually exists.

Cao Cao even felt that he was at the center of all things and that he could draw endless power from the heavens, earth, mountains and rivers.

At this moment, when he began to practice, the dragon of luck behind him rose up, spit out dragon balls, and competed with the bright moon for brilliance.

In an instant, the stars in the sky and the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces seemed to be mobilized, and emanated wisps of spiritual charm that flowed into the body of the dragon of destiny.

He soared up and moved in the night sky.

As Cao Cao's training time increased, the dragon of luck sank from the sky into the ground, absorbing the power of the thick earth.

From the perspective of luck, the governor's mansion where Cao Cao was located was illuminated by a thick purple light.

Dark purple lightning appeared in the sky, striking into Cao's mansion and landing on the dragon of destiny, as if the heaven and earth were blessing it with a sacrificial spell. The scene in the process was astonishing.

Of course, these changes are invisible to ordinary people.

That is a deeper level, a process of gathering of destiny hidden beneath the surface of heaven and earth.

"Practice luck and breathe in the heaven and earth."

In a house in Yecheng, there was an old man in blue clothes, looking at the governor's mansion.

The purple luck in the sky spread out like the sea, making the old man's eyes bright:
"He has actually transformed into a true dragon. With Yuan Shao's death, I thought his destiny would return to the heaven and earth, but I didn't expect that he would draw all of it in. It's so magnificent!"

This old man is Zheng Xuan, a contemporary scholar of Confucian classics.

Cao Mansion.

Something wonderful is happening.

Two fist-sized objects rolled out of Cao Cao's ink bag. They were the two secret armored beasts.

There is also Sendai seal.

Three items emerged from the ink bag one after another.

Cao Cao's dragon of luck swam back behind him and continued to absorb the spiritual charm of heaven and earth.

And part of the intricate spell patterns on the surface of the Sendai Seal were lighting up, establishing connections with the Dragon of Fortune and the two secret armor beasts.

The incantations engraved on the armor leaves of the two armored beasts were actually falling off and being absorbed by the Xiantai Seal.

At this moment, the starry sky seemed to be contained in this small copper seal, so gorgeous.

Suddenly, a long river of symbols flowed out from the Xiantai Seal, with tens of thousands of symbols and spell patterns, which were once again bestowed upon the two secret armored beasts.

Including the Dragon of Fortune, a sequence of spell patterns containing the mysteries of heaven and earth were also engraved on it by the Xiantai Seal.

It exudes astonishing pressure, and the dragon ball is like the moon, shining brightly.

In Cao Cao's perception, this practice lasted only a short moment.

When he inhaled slowly, his consciousness returned to his body, and he opened his eyes again, the power in his body surged and flowed.

He saw two secret armored beasts on the ground not far away. The black color on their bodies had almost disappeared, and most of their armor leaves turned into dark gold, mysterious and gorgeous.

Cao Cao had a feeling that the two armored beasts might wake up at any time.

He looked at the Xiantai seals again, as if thinking about something, and then put them back into the ink bag.

It's bright.

Cao Cao came to the front yard to handle the affairs.

When we first gained Jizhou, according to what we had agreed yesterday, to deal with the gentry, we had to win over some and eliminate some.

However, Cao Cao knew that it was easy to occupy Jizhou, but it was difficult to win people's hearts and minds for his own use.

He followed the advice of Guo Jia and Xun You and prepared to absorb some local people from Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou into his own army, so as to have initial supporters in these states and counties.

Among these people, the most famous one was Cui Yan.

He was born into a local aristocratic family in Jizhou and came from the Qinghe Cui clan.

Cao Cao planned to appoint Cui Yan as the Beijia of Jizhou, which was roughly equivalent to a deputy provincial-level cadre and the second-in-command of Jizhou.

He also notified Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou to reduce land rents and taxes in order to calm people's hearts and reduce the negative impact of the war.

That afternoon, Cui Yan was summoned to meet Cao Cao.

He was about forty years old, with a beard about a foot long, an elegant temperament, but a rather strong build.

He is a man of both civil and military talents. When he was young, he had a simple personality and was slow to speak, but he liked fencing and admired martial arts.

He followed Yuan Shao for a while, but did not show his talents.

Cao Cao looked at Cui Yan and said:

"This morning, I checked the household register and found that Jizhou can recruit up to 300,000 soldiers. It is indeed the leading state. Its population and wealth are the best in other states and counties."

Cui Yan said coldly: "You are in charge of several states, and you are the undisputed overlord. The strength of the Yanzhou army has been seen by everyone in the world.

But after you occupied Jizhou, instead of caring about the people's sufferings and implementing good policies, you first calculated the number of conscription soldiers.

It is obvious that you have the intention of waging war, which is not good for Jizhou or the people. I am sorry that I cannot serve you."

Cao Cao did not take it as an offense and said calmly: "You are right. It was I who was biased and too rash. I said the wrong thing."

Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia and others were standing by and were all shocked.

With Cao Cao's current status, he was able to apologize to Cui Yan in public, in front of all his subordinates, and say that he was wrong. What courage and broad-mindedness it took!

Cui Yan was stunned when he heard this, then he put away his previous contempt and said solemnly:
"Yan Shu's teacher ordered me to deliberately question the governor and be rude. I didn't expect the governor to be so magnanimous and apologize to me.

Yan was arrogant before, which made the governor laugh. Please forgive me!"

Cao Cao blinked.

He is not actually a man of great courage.

Instead, he could hear the voice of one's heart. At that moment just now, he happened to hear Cui Yan's voice.

This person was another disciple of the great Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan.

I was just about to see what Zheng Xuan was trying to do by sending disciples to test me one after another.
Cui Yan said solemnly, "My teacher Zheng Kangcheng is in the carriage outside the palace, and he wants to meet the governor."

Zheng Xuan's status in Confucianism is close to that of a semi-saint, which is certainly worth seeing.

"Please let him in." said Cao Cao.

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