Zhang Meng never expected that Dong Zhuo, who had met once, wanted to recruit him directly. After a brief moment of surprise, he asked first: "Where is Mr. Dong going?"

"Luoyang can't tolerate me, so I go to Bingzhou. If I don't help, I will return to Liangzhou! The most important thing in the court is to be a family. Those who are in the surname Dong don't understand these twists and turns, and they don't want to suffer such bad luck. It's better to fight on the battlefield!"

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "If I had not believed in my previous life, I really believed these words. Dong Zhuo was a hero, but his behavior and principles were very different from mine. He was not a member of the same place, and he did not plan for each other, so it would be better not to have too many entanglements." So he bowed and declined: "Thank you, Mr. Dong, for your kindness, it's a pity that I still have something to do, so I can't follow each other."

Dong Zhuo disregarded it and continued, "You and I are from Liangzhou. Your grandfather and I are old friends. You follow me and don't worry about not having the opportunity to make achievements. Isn't it better to have a great future than to live here?"

Without waiting for Zhang Meng to answer, a cavalry rushed to lightning and suddenly arrived. The knight and Zhang Meng looked at each other and were stunned. It turned out that this person was the Sima Guo Si, a cavalryman under Dong Zhuo whom he had seen in front of him.

Dong Zhuo tapped his palm with a horse whip and said softly: "What's the situation?"

Guo Si and Dong Zhuo stood together and whispered with their ears. Zhang Meng noticed that Dong Zhuo's resentment suddenly eased greatly, and then he showed an unconcealed look of joy. He nodded slightly while listening.

Zhang Mengzheng was a little confused. After Guo Si reported it, he went to beat Ma Zi first.

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment, turned his horse's head and left a sentence: "If you change your mind, you can come to me at any time." His speech was very urgent, as if there was something important to him. After saying that, he stopped stopping and led a group of people to run away quickly.

At this time, Zhang Meng discovered that the storm of the chariot had already extended to the distance. Wherever he saw, the emperor's imperial chariot and the people of the countryside were missing. Only the last officials and the people of the countryside who were watching the fun were silently following the last.

"If you don't chase after me, it's too late." Cao Cao reminded him.

Zhang Meng thought for a moment and said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, I will go and see the situation first, but today I still have to repay the favors of the Shi family and I will definitely not return to the city."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "It's okay, I have nothing to do, just wait for you here. You can use my horse first."

Zhang Meng nodded and thanked him, and hurriedly chased after Cao Cao's horse.

The horse galloped, and soon caught up with the core part of the driving team. The emperor's golden cart was visible from afar. A few feet apart, a sub-carriage with four horses driving together followed. Needless to say, it was the chariot where Liu Xie was located.

Zhang Meng was about to cross the ranks of ceremonies and approach the sub-car, but unexpectedly, several riders suddenly rushed out of the diagonal thorn and blocked him from the periphery. The leader of the knight was extremely eye-catching and his attitude was very arrogant. He not only scolded him loudly, but even raised the horse whip in his hand to whip Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng recognized this knight as Yuan Shu, the general of the Hu Ben, who is currently in charge of the team's alertness.

Even though Zhang Meng and Yuan Shu were both born in aristocratic families, Yuan Shu was still incomparable to Zhang Meng, who was born in a local tyrant. The two had no intersection in terms of status and family background, and even had few common friends. At most, they had only met several times.

Yuan Shu obviously didn't know Zhang Meng. Fortunately, the knights on both sides knew Zhang Meng. After saying a few words to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu then put away the whip and looked proudly: "You can only follow the end of the six hundred stones. Why can you approach the emperor? The turmoil has not yet been quelled, and all martial law and those who violate the ban will be arrested and punished for evil!"

Zhang Meng and Yuan Shu had no friendship. When they heard this, they knew that the iron law was difficult to violate. Today, they were hard to see Liu Xie and the emperor. They had to swallow their anger and glanced at Liu Xie's car from afar, and took the initiative to slap the horse and keep a distance.

There were chariots and knights in charge of police clearing the road patrolling and cruising around the welcome team. Zhang Meng could not easily get close to him, so he changed his mind and planned to enter the city after finishing the Shi family's affairs. His uncle Zhang Chang is currently working in the court, and there are also some friends who are officials who should be able to get the qualification to enter the palace again through them.

Soon, the end of the welcoming team also disappeared at the end of the road, the noise in my ears disappeared, and the world and the world returned to peace.

Zhang Mengdu turned around and walked slowly along the muddy road. Soon after, he saw Cao Cao standing on the side of the road with a smile, so he dismounted and handed the reins to Cao Cao.

"How? Have you met the emperor?"

Zhang Meng said awkwardly: "Look at me like this, do you seem to have seen the emperor?"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "It is better to go back to Dunhuang to inherit his family education than to see the emperor."

Zhang Meng's grandfather Zhang Huan had three sons, the eldest son Zhang Zhi, the second son Zhang Chang, and the third son Zhang Meng. Zhang Zhi was Zhang Meng's father.

Among the three sons, Zhang Chang and Zhang Meng were both officials, but Zhang Zhi refused the recruitment from the court. On the one hand, he managed the family business and on the other hand, he focused on calligraphy. He was the best at cursive calligraphy, and his attainments were superb, and everyone at that time accepted it. When Cao Cao asked about this topic, he was naturally ridiculous.

Zhang Meng knew that Cao Cao had always liked to joke and laughed it off, but he thought to himself: "My current identity is higher than that of ordinary people. But the lives of people in troubled times are like grass in the troubled times. I am afraid that it will not be able to control my destiny by just a man. I must go to Luoyang, and I must see the emperor's face." After thinking so, he said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, I have something important to do. Let me take the lead. When I return to Luoyang, I will find you to talk about the past."

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao said, "Don't worry, wherever you go, I'll go with you. Luoyang is in a mess inside and outside, and it won't be able to calm down for three or five days. Instead of going back, it's better to relax outside."

Zhang Meng thought to himself: "It's good that this is the case. Cao Cao will be a sensible figure in the future. If there are any advantages or disadvantages in establishing a relationship with him in advance, there will be advantages or disadvantages." So he agreed.

The two of them chatted while walking and soon arrived at Luoshe. Zhang Meng was surprised when he saw Ji Xuanhou at the door: "Zhongming, why haven't you left? I even said you have followed His Majesty back to Luoyang."

Ji Xuan shook his head and said, "How strange, how strange, what do you think? Just now a group of tiger men sent Your Majesty and King Chenliu away, but blocked my guards and prevented us from following me. Even Duke Min was driven away. Humph, we sacrificed our lives and kept the emperor safe, but now we are guarding like outsiders. What's the reason?"

Cao Cao said: "The sky has changed, and the big fish cannot protect themselves, let alone the small fish and shrimps like you."

Ji Xuan was indignant: "I am different from them. They are outsiders. I am the Yulin Lang in the palace! Emperor, King Chenliu, even the Empress Dowager Dong before, who doesn't know me?" Then he sneered twice, his face full of disapproval, "When the palace was in chaos, no one saw any loyal ministers and righteous men in the court. Now the situation is settled, and they are all ahead."

Zhang Meng patted his shoulder and comforted him: "You are not the only one who encounters this injustice."

"Chengying, are you too..."

"Well, one is one, two is two, I have to finish the work first and then worry about this."

Ji Xuan cursed for a while, pointed to the distance, and said, "Chengying, I'm waiting here just to see you again. Since you're fine, I'll go back to Luoyang first. You're back, and I'll look for me in the old place." After that, he bowed to Zhang Meng and Cao Cao and left with great strides.

Zhang Meng walked to Luoshe's door and saw a corpse soaked in the mud puddle. He dragged it out to check it out. He saw his face clearly and nodded secretly. At this time, a short scream suddenly heard in his ear. Looking up, Luo Fu was standing timidly not far away, with his hands behind his back, looking very nervous.

"Mr. Luo Fu, don't worry..."

Zhang Meng felt very pity. She, a little girl, escaped from danger for a while and had not yet calmed down. Just now, people and horses were back and forth, and the movement was huge, so she naturally became even more frightened and helpless. I think that now the people inside and outside Luoshe were empty and quiet, so she came out to look at it with timidity.

Cao Cao looked at Luo Fu: "This little girl is pretty and beautiful. You don't have a family yet, so why don't you put in a warm bed?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Fu's face turned red in an instant, and he lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.

Zhang Meng said: "Where did Brother Meng De say? He saved my life. I promised the old lady of the Shi family to take her back."

Seeing that Zhang Meng became serious, Cao Cao stopped joking.

Zhang Meng took Luo Fu to the edge of the mud puddle, pointed to the corpse and said, "This is dead to take over your pockmarked face. Don't worry, he will not bully you again in the future."

Although Luo Fu was afraid, she still tried to open her eyes and see the numb-faced man clearly. Zhang Meng felt that she was holding her hand and clenched it tightly.

“Ah————”

Luo Fu's mouth made a sound and couldn't hear what it was, but her smile said it all.

Cao Cao tsk twice, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that the only thing is that the only thing that is not good is a silence."

I guess Luo Fu heard this sentence, and she quickly lowered her head and looked very embarrassed.

Zhang Meng held her hand and said softly: "Let's go, I'll take you home."

Luo Fu nodded slightly, and Zhang Meng felt sweating in her palms.

The inside and outside of Luoshu were empty. The three of them walked down the mountain road for a while. Zhang Meng found Qingshenma and Shan Zhong in the woods.

Shan Zhong probably waited for too long, so he was soaked in the rain that he was still unconscious. Zhang Meng pulled out the cloth stuffed in his mouth and slapped him. He woke up and beat the carp on the ground: "Hmm? Hum? Zhang Jun, are you back? Oh, this little lady is the one you want to save, ah? Zhang Jun, you are really... Haha, congratulations, congratulations, Zhang Jun!" His face was shocked and panicked.

Zhang Meng said: "Your accomplice is dead and running, do you still congratulate me?"

Shan Zhong immediately said: "June Zhou just asked a dream to tell the villain a big truth. The villain deeply agreed and cried and repented in the dream. He only felt that it was not worthy of doing evil with those beasts before. Alas, that hatred, I couldn't help but slap myself several times in the dream, and made up my mind to abandon the darkness and turn my mind to never do those dirty things again!"

Of course, Zhang Meng would not believe his nonsense, but his empathy in his previous life finally felt a little compassion, so he said: "It is a good thing that you can understand the truth of right and wrong. If I don't kill you, I will take you back and leave it to the official in the family to deal with it."

Shan Zhong immediately shouted: "No! No! Zhang Jun, I fell into my forehand and sent it to the county in 100% without a good end. You don't remember the villain's mistakes, so I spared this time. The villain would rather be a cow and horse for you from now on and repay your kindness!"

Zhang Meng felt that he was noisy and stuffed the cloth back into his mouth.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "Since he is a thief, just kill him here so as not to take him back with difficulty."

Shan Zhong's face was bloodless and he struggled hard.

Zhang Meng carried him on the green horse, thought about it for a while, and replied, "Forget it, I don't want to use lynching, so I'd better send him to the public."

Cao Cao said, "It's up to you, but my horse won't carry him." He stepped on his horse and greeted Luo Fu, "Xiao Niang, your good man prefers that thief, come and sit here."

Luo Fu looked at Zhang Meng hesitantly, and when he saw Zhang Meng nodding, he trembled and got on the horse with Cao Cao's assistance.
Chapter completed!