Green trees, rockery, creek, gallery.

As the eldest son of the Yuan family, the first family of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's courtyard is absolutely exquisite, elegant and beautiful. It is just the right place to hold a cultural banquet here.

Xu Kang wandered around the outskirts of the banquet, watching the literati in groups, talking loudly. Occasionally, some good works were quickly recited, which immediately attracted praise from everyone present. He felt quite envious of this in his heart.

However, Xu Kang also knew that he did not have this ability. When he saw that Xu Shi and Bu Wu had obviously integrated into the banquet and were chatting happily with several literati, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Xu Kang is still very confident in the strength of Xu Shi and Bu Wu. After all, they have been unanimously praised and affirmed by the teachers of Hongdu School, otherwise Xu Kang would not have tried his best to bring them to such a banquet.

As long as the two of them can become famous in one fell swoop today, who will dare to look down on Hongdu School in the future?

While Xu Kang was imagining that he would lead the Hongdu School to achieve glory that would be admired by everyone, he accidentally bumped into someone.

Without waiting for Xu Kang to apologize, the other party kept apologizing.

Only then did Xu Kang realize that the person who was hit was actually the housekeeper who intercepted him at the door.

Xu Kang was suddenly startled and turned to leave.

Unexpectedly, the housekeeper recognized him at this time and asked in surprise: "How did you come in like this?"

Now that he was recognized, Xu Kang turned around and said: "Of course your master invited me in. Can I still fly in?"

"Impossible, I was guarding the door the whole time and didn't see you come in at all. You must have sneaked in."

Xu Kang was immediately unhappy and said: "Why are you so incapable of speaking? You actually said that I sneaked in. Okay, then I will shout out and let everyone comment. I shouted."

The housekeeper immediately stopped him and said, "Okay, I'm afraid of you. How can you be willing to leave?" For the housekeeper, if this matter is exposed, Xu Kang's reputation will naturally be ruined, but the Yuan Mansion may also become a laughing stock.

And his own sin of dereliction of duty was unavoidable, so in the face of Xu Kang's rogueness, he had no choice but to take a step back.

Xu Kang also knew that this matter should not be made public. Since the other party gave in, he got off the road and said: "That's it. Seeing that it's not easy for you, I'll leave first."

Xu Kang's purpose was to send the two students here, but now that his purpose has been achieved, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

When I walked to the door, I saw an old man with gray hair coming in from the opposite side.

When the housekeeper saw the visitor, he hurriedly said respectfully: "Master He is here, please come in quickly."

Seeing that he didn't recognize the person coming, Xu Kang didn't say anything. Just as the two of them passed each other, the old man suddenly spoke.

"I, Nanyang He Yong, may I ask your name?"

Xu Kang was not familiar with this name, but since he was favored by Yuan Shao, he must be famous. Therefore, Xu Kang did not dare to ask for help, and saluted, "Xu Kang, who was born late in the Hongdu sect, learned to offer wine."

He Yong said "Oh" and said: "I have admired you for a long time, why did you leave so soon?"

Xu Kang blushed. He couldn't say that he was kicked out by others, so he had to say: "I have something urgent to do at home, so I have to leave first. Say goodbye." After that, he hurriedly left.

He Yong looked at his back until he disappeared, then secretly sighed "What a pity".

The housekeeper didn't know what he was regretting, but it was not the first time He Yong came to Yuan Mansion. The housekeeper had already received instructions and skillfully brought him to the back house.

There, Yuan Shao had been waiting for a long time.

Yuan Shaosheng was famous all over the world for his handsomeness and majesty at a young age. Everyone knew that his family was prominent, but no one thought that Yuan Shao's status in the Yuan family was also very embarrassing.

He was born to his father Yuan Feng and a slave. If he were from other aristocratic families, although such a heir could be named Yuan, his status would definitely not be high. This is why Yuan Shu always called Yuan Shao "my slave". reason.

However, Yuan Shao was smart and ambitious since childhood, and was deeply loved by his father Yuan Feng and uncle Yuan Wei. In order to give him a good status, they adopted him to his deceased brother's eldest son Yuan Chengfang to inherit the incense, thus becoming the whole family. The eldest son of the new generation of Yuan family also has the possibility of inheriting the Yuan family business.

Yuan Shao was also very successful. He was a man at a young age and became the county magistrate of Puyang when he was twenty years old. Unfortunately, the party's imprisonment later broke out and the power of eunuchs became more and more rampant. Yuan Shao was in mourning and lived in seclusion at home.

And He Yong was a close friend of Yuan Shao during that period.

He Yong was also a famous person of his generation. He was implicated in the disaster of the Party and took refuge in the world.

However, he did not succumb to this, but ran around, actively contacting people and righteous people in the court, taking it as his own mission to overthrow the tyranny of the ten permanent servants, and gathered a large number of people with ideals and ambitions to act together.

These people are called "running friends" by the world.

After Yuan Shao heard the news, he got acquainted with He Yong when he died and was hiding in Runan.

It was under the guidance of He Yong that Yuan Shao was fortunate enough to become a member of Benben Friends.

Later, Yuan Shao lived in seclusion in Luoyang. It was because of the strong promotion from the "Friends of Running" that he became more and more famous and achieved his current status.

Now that the scourge of party imprisonment has been resolved, He Yong was recruited into the Sikong Mansion. However, the running friends still exist secretly, accumulating strength for one day overthrowing the eunuchs.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, Yuan Shao was full of gratitude to He Yong. When he saw his arrival, he hurriedly got up to greet him.

After everyone retreated, Yuan Shao said: "The emperor sent someone to find me?"

He Yong was surprised and said: "What do you mean?"

"The emperor wants to reorganize an army and wants me to serve for him."

He Yong lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that the emperor is already dissatisfied with the general and wants to find a force to balance him. But this is a good opportunity for us. You must find a way to get this army." control."

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "But according to the emperor's character, he only trusts the eunuchs. I'm afraid this army will also be handed over to the eunuchs."

"In this case, you have to go in. Otherwise, if the eunuch takes complete control of this army, it will be too detrimental to us."

"Okay, I understand."

He Yong asked again: "How is the situation with the general? Are you willing to cooperate with us?"

Yuan Shao shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not. He is still hesitant? It seems that he does not have the courage to confront the emperor."

He Yong said: "You can't rush this kind of thing. You have to continue to do his job well."

Yuan Shao nodded "yes", and the two discussed their future course of action, until a servant came to report, "The banquet has begun." Then they got up together and went to the venue of the banquet together.

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Chapter completed!