After Yuan Shu's mental confusion was lifted, his mind immediately became clear.

Thinking of the stupid things he had done during this period, he couldn't help but want to find a piece of tofu and kill him.

He just proclaimed himself emperor and lost this battle. Is there ever a day when time can turn back? Knowing that regret is impossible, Yuan Shu could only try his best to make up for this big mistake.

His ministers couldn't help but secretly rejoiced when they saw that Yuan Shu was back to normal. But while they were rejoicing, they were still very worried.

Because with Yuan Shu's current power, he has completely become a soft persimmon. Anyone with strong strength can pinch him. Under such circumstances, it is irrelevant whether Yuan Shu returns to normal or not.

No matter what, after Yuan Shu returned to normal and struggled for more than ten days, he had to send people to find students who graduated from Huaxia academies in various places and poach them with high salaries.

For those graduates, Yuan Shu's olive branch is still somewhat tempting. Although most of the graduates are from poor families and common people, Yuan Shu once suppressed Huaxia Academy and dismissed the poaching behavior. But there are still many

My hometown is in Huainan, a graduate of aristocratic families in the Runan area, so I applied directly.

With the help of these graduates, Yuan Shu more or less stabilized Huainan's economy, which almost collapsed due to the defeat. He also tried every means to attract more refugees to Huainan from elsewhere, and at the same time, he also used various means to improve the economic situation in Huainan.

In terms of soldiers, Yuan Shu finally reactivated Ji Ling, his favorite general. In the past, he might have had a grudge against him because he was a graduate of Huaxia Academy. But now he reused him unconditionally, and even used the Duke's promise to let him do things on the front line.

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Seeing that Yuan Shu valued him so much, Ji Ling took the grace of knowing and doing everything he could to obey fate. He took 20,000 soldiers and stationed on the front line to resist Cao Cao's attack, with the recruit rate exceeding 70%.

In addition, on the recommendation of Yang Hong, General Yang also led an army of 30,000 people, taking Zhang Xun and Lei Bo to the second front line to resist Lu Bu who could move south at any time. These 30,000 troops were all the only remaining veterans.

He is very powerful in combat.

Under the resistance of the two men, although they paid a price, they still blocked Lu Bu and Cao Cao. Seeing that they would suffer too many casualties if they continued to advance, they had no choice but to retreat.

At this moment, Yuan Shu could finally relax a little.

At the same time, Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong to Xuchang to meet Emperor Xian. In order to win over this fierce general, Cao Cao represented him as a rebel general and promoted him to the title of Marquis of Wu. A series of political marriages made the relationship between the two families more or less closer.

A little.

Just as a symbol of intimacy, Cao Cao kept Zhang Hong. The second son had stayed in his brother's shadow for too long, and the wildness in his heart finally broke out, so he agreed to Cao Cao's request to stay.

Of course, this is what it means on the surface, but to put it bluntly, it's still the saying, 'Don't put all your eggs in the same basket.' What the Zhang family values ​​​​is Sun Ce, so Zhang Zhao stayed with the Sun family; but Cao Cao also did the same.

A good potential stock, so Zhang Hong stayed with Cao Jun. In the future, whether the Cao family becomes emperor or the Sun family becomes emperor, there is no doubt about the wealth and glory of their Zhang family.

Sun Ce was originally just a wandering army, but now his name has finally been corrected, which can be considered gratifying for the time being.

But the two people in Chang'an were completely tragic.

Earlier, Guo Si was shot dead by his general Feng Xi when he was out hunting; and this year, Li Ji's general Duan Xuan also killed Li Ji. For a time, all the dragons in Yongzhou were leaderless, and Liu Bian

He took the opportunity to lead his army northward and devoured Yongzhou in one fell swoop.

At this time, many old officials of the Han Dynasty advised Liu Bian to move the capital back to Chang'an!

However, to their disappointment, Liu Bian had no intention of moving the capital. Instead, he appointed the chief military adviser Yan Pu as the shepherd of Yongzhou, and appointed Yan Yan, Wu Yi, and Yang Huai to guard Yongzhou.

As for the two generals who assassinated Li Cui and Guo Si, he gave them the position of governor respectively. After all, he was not the emperor and could not grant them the title of marquis. Otherwise, based on their merits, it would be normal for them to be granted the title of marquis.

Just because he didn't seal it didn't mean that others didn't. After Liu Xie found out about this, he took a decisive step and made these two people Tinghou. Although it made Cao Cao a little unhappy, he acquiesced because of their duty to eliminate traitors for the country.

received this appointment.

Anyway, for today's China, the recognition of the big man is actually becoming less and less valuable.

It's just that Liu Bian got Yongzhou, and Cao Cao was naturally a little restless. Earlier, he appointed Zhong Yao, a talented man with both civil and military talents, to guard Luoyang. Now that he thought it was not safe, he transferred Yu Jin to him.

Then he thought about whether he had too few first-class generals under his command, so he simply opened a recruitment office to recruit talents from all states and counties under his command. At the same time, he wrote a request for talents, announcing that anyone with talents could come.

Should be selected regardless of their origin and character.

Soon, Cao Cao became a hot critic in China.

For common people and poor families, this is an opportunity for them to become officials; for aristocratic families, this is breaking the rules of the game and needs to be severely condemned.

No matter what, Cao Cao won the support of some people, but also lost the possibility of the support of some people. But Cao Cao would not mind, because he was originally a traitor who said, "I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me!"

Zhang Kai and others had already lived in seclusion with their jewelry, but Tang Zhou finally came to Nanyang County with the imperial seal. After being notified, he met the legendary uncle Xie Xin.

He was a little surprised when he first met this great-nephew.

My son is still perfecting his enlightenment education, so why did he become my uncle?

But after Tang Zhouyi said it, he finally understood.

He and Nan Hua were brothers, and Zhang Jiao was also his nephew. According to this calculation, then the Tang Zhou in front of him was Zhang Jiao's apprentice, so couldn't he really be his nephew?

Seeing such a chaotic generational system, even a person who has been practicing for many years and thinks he has a thick-skinned thank you letter can't help but feel a little embarrassed at this moment.

But since Tang Zhou came to defect to him, there was nothing to say.

After testing, it was found that Tang Zhou actually had a gold-type Heavenly Spiritual Root. For such a good young man, he only learned rubbish in the past twenty years. It was simply a waste!

Moreover, he also discovered that Tang Zhou had not undergone muscle cleansing and marrow removal, nor had he been strengthened by elixirs. But despite this, he had successfully reached the seventh level of the foundation building stage.

Fortunately, as long as a monk reaches the foundation building stage before the age of forty, he still has a lot of hope.

So Xie Xin decisively asked him to come to Lou Gui's door, and then he became the hands-off shopkeeper.

When he left, he could still clearly feel Lou Gui's resentful eyes.

"Have you been too lazy recently?" When they returned to the main peak, Bian Linglong personally brought him tea.

In the layout of the main peak, the top is naturally the residence and practice room of his leader. From the top of the mountain downwards, there are several buildings scattered in the middle of the mountains. They are the residences of the wife of the leader. They are arranged according to their status or the order of marriage.

Divide. In this way, it will be much more convenient for the wives of the head of the house to come to ask for letters of thanks.

"Haha, do you really think I'm lazy?" Xie Xin hooked his hand, and the purple ling cat obediently jumped onto his lap and lay down.

"This little kitten has become more and more attached to you recently..." Bian Linglong said with a smile.

"I have overcome the catastrophe for her and allowed her to stay in the mortal world and enjoy it. If she still doesn't thank me, then I will be really unhappy." Xie Xin gently stroked her back.

"Meow!" the little cat meowed, the tone was so cooing.

"Speaking of which, if the gods are as useless as you, I really doubt the meaning of my cultivation..." Bian Linglong stroked her forehead, obviously having a headache.

"The purpose of making people cultivate is nothing more than to escape the pain of reincarnation and to compete with heaven for longevity. Immortals are actually the same as mortals. They have higher levels above them. So in order to enter higher levels, they also need to practice. Only

That's all.

By staying in the mortal world now, this little girl has indirectly given up the possibility of practicing in heaven. Under such circumstances, she will die as soon as her lifespan is up.

But maybe for her, after becoming an immortal, she discovered that the life of an immortal is far less carefree and comfortable than the mortal world, so she would rather die in the mortal world than practice hard and wait for the day of advancement?" Thank you letter.

Teasing Zi Ling, he said to Bian Linglong.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that topic. Let's go back to the previous topic. Are you really wasting your time?" Bian Linglong quickly brought the topic back.

"After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the operation of the Heaven-defying Kung Fu will enter a stage of self-operation. Until you become an immortal, you no longer need to practice it specially.

The reason is very simple. The Heaven-defying Kung Fu is a process of becoming a saint by defying the Heaven. What it absorbs is not the aura of heaven and earth, but the supreme avenue.

Under this principle, the deeper my enlightenment, the more power of heaven I will absorb, and the faster my cultivation will automatically improve. On the contrary, if I cannot enlighten, then even if I work hard to cultivate, there will be nothing.

It's possible to improve your cultivation." Xie Xin answered truthfully.

"She is really a troublesome woman!" Bian Linglong said with a wry smile.

"Indeed, because the purpose of this book is not to become a saint, but to redefine the rules of heaven. If we follow the general practice of cultivation, then my highest achievement is only the saint level." Xie Xin said plainly.

"Let's not talk about that. Sister He is going to give birth in the next few days. You can't just go out!" Bian Linglong changed the topic again. The previous topic was a bit too vague for her.

"This is natural. When she was left with Liu Bian, I couldn't be with her. Now that she is giving birth to her second child, how can I leave her aside.

By the way, is it almost fragrant?" Xie Xin asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, although it is said that it was a human life caused last year...well, I don't know if this is a human life. Anyway, the pregnancy cycle of monsters is very strange. Some monsters are said to have to be pregnant for three or four years before they can give birth to a child.

, so there is no accurate estimate of how long Sister Xiangxiang will be pregnant." Bian Linglong said with some worry.

"Speaking of which, when will you give me another child?" Xie Xin pulled Bian Linglong into his arms.

"I hate you...you pervert!" Bian Linglong was a little agitated by Xie Xin's fierce teasing.

"Hehe, the little lady has agreed to be a husband!" Xie Xin smiled, signaled Zi Ling to go out, and ran towards the bed with Bian Linglong in his arms.

A month later, He gave birth to a daughter for Xie Xin, and Xie Xin named her Xie He.

Seeing Xie Xin lovingly hugging his daughter, He showed a gentle smile.

But I am also worried in my heart, worried about how the relationship between Xie Xin and Liu Bian will eventually develop.

After all, he is also Xie Xin’s son after all!

Time suddenly arrived in June 198, Xie Xin left Huaxia Academy again and came to Xuanyuan Tomb.

After several years of understanding and tempering, he has quickly reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. What he needs most now is to find an opportunity for a breakthrough.

Triggering adventure is naturally the best choice.
Chapter completed!