After leaving the ruins of Luoyang, Zhang Wu cupped his hands at Cao Cao.""My lord, I want to take a leave of absence."
"What do you mean by asking for leave?"
"I just won't go back to Yanzhou with you for the time being. I plan to go to Chang 'an.”
Cao Cao's return to Yanzhou was nothing more than to clear out the Yellow Turban, develop his forces, and recruit talents. There was little meaning for Zhang Wu to follow him.
On the contrary, he still owed Cai Yan an unfulfilled promise.
Furthermore, Zhang Wu had not gone to the real Great Han City to take a look even after coming to this world for so long.
Luoyang was now in ruins, but compared to Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he wanted to go to Chang 'an to take a look. That was where the Great Han Dynasty thrived. Moreover, there was a charming girl waiting for him to attack in Chang' an.
"Ziqian, most of the soldiers of the Western Liang Army recognize you. Isn't it too dangerous to go to Chang 'an now? If you really want to go, you can stay as long as you want after I pacify Chang 'an.”
"My lord, don't worry. There are only a few people who recognize me. I'm just going to do some private matters. I'll return in a few days. Don't worry. With my martial arts skills, there's nothing in the world that I can't go to.”
Other than Lu Bu, all the generals who had met Zhang Wu were either dead or had surrendered. As for the ordinary soldiers, Zhang Wu was even less worried. Soldiers were usually in the military camp. Could they run to the streets to identify him at any time?
“... You're not familiar with Chang 'an. Why don't I accompany you?”
" Hahahaha, come on. I can go to Chang 'an whenever I want, but you are Dong Zhuo's biggest worry. If your whereabouts are exposed, you will become a burden to me."”
Cao Cao's face turned red. His martial arts were decent, but compared to Zhang Wu, he was indeed a burden.
"Then... Let Dian Wei follow you. You should trust his martial arts skills.”
Zhang Wu was touched. When had the fierce and decisive Boss Cao ever been so wishy-washy? The deep concern in his words was not the courtesy between a monarch and his subjects, but the concern of an elder to a junior.
"Brother Zhuhu is the lord's guard, how can he follow me? If the lord is really worried, then let Brother Zilian accompany me.”
" Forget it." Cao Cao turned around and instructed Cao Hong,""Zilian, then go with Ziqian. Chang 'an is dangerous. You have to watch him and don't let him mess around.”After saying that, he even handed Cao Hong a bag of gold.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, productivity dropped sharply at the end of the Han Dynasty, and prices soared. The five baht coins issued by the court were basically scrap metal. A bag of money could not buy many things. Now that Zhang Wu was going out, Cao Cao naturally would not be stingy.
Cao Hong happily took the money bag and responded with a smug voice. His thoughts were very simple. Zhang Wu asked him to accompany him, so wasn't that being close to him?
However, Zhang Wu thought,'Cao Hong's martial arts skills are average, his military strategy is not good, and he's stingy. He won't be of much help by Cao Cao's side. He might as well accompany me to Chang' an to run some errands.'
If Cao Hong knew what Zhang Wu was thinking, he might be so angry that he would vomit blood.
"My lord, if Hwa Xiong still doesn't surrender after 200 days, let him go.”
"Alright, I got it."
After bidding farewell to Cao Cao outside Luoyang City, Zhang Wu and his group set off in the direction of Chang 'an.
The distance between Chang 'an and Luoyang was not too far. It would only take two days to travel by foot if they were to march rapidly. However, Zhang Wu was not going to war this time, so he was not in such a hurry. When he passed by a small town on the way, he even specially hired a carriage for Cai Yan.
The journey that originally took two days took them seven days.
In front of the city gate of Chang 'an, the people who entered the city lined up in a long queue to be inspected.
Cao Hong was worried.
The others were fine, but Zhang Wu was too eye-catching.
Disregarding his appearance, only a blind man would not be able to tell that there was something wrong with him just by looking at that fierce spear and that handsome warhorse.
"Ziqian, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the city in this outfit.”
In Zhang Wu's eyes, Cao Hong's worries were completely unfounded. He raised his spear and grabbed the money bag at Cao Hong's waist.
Zhang Wu rode his horse past the long queue and threw a gold ingot on the ground."How long are you going to delay? Doctor Guang Lu's carriage is about to enter the city.”
A precious horse, a divine weapon, spending a lot of money, and holding one's head high.
The soldiers guarding the gate thought that it was the devil of the Guanglu family. After receiving the gold, they smiled and dodged to the side, not even checking the people's team.
Cao Hong's face was filled with disbelief, but he also felt a little heartache. That was a whole ingot of gold. How many things could it buy? What a wastrel.
Cai Yan's cheerful laughter came from the carriage."Hehehe, fool, my father is a servant, when did he become a Guanglu doctor?”
"I don't know who's the idiot. If Dong Zhuo finds out my whereabouts and tracks me down, I'll say that the family of the servant is going to enter the city.”
"But Physician Guang Lu is Uncle Yang Biao. You won't implicate him by spouting nonsense like this, right…"
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were frequent changes in official positions. There were changes in personnel almost every day. Zhang Wu could not remember who did what.
He could only count himself unlucky to have pointed out Yang Biao. Besides, those old guys in high positions didn't have anything good. If Dong Zhuo really wanted to kill him to vent his anger, it had nothing to do with Zhang Wu. Anyway, he had a clear conscience.
Cai Manor.
The courtyard was quite tidy. Because they had just moved in, the servants around them were busy tidying up the house.
Cai Yong sat alone in front of the stone table, his eyes glazed over, the letter in his hand crumpled because he had used too much force.
"Hedong Wei Clan, Hedong Wei Clan, you're going too far!”
The contents of the letter explained to Cai Yong that Cai Zhaoji's carriage missed the wedding date, Wei Zhongdao died of illness, and the marriage between the two families was abandoned.
Actually, the Hedong Guards were just being nice to the Great Scholar Cai Yong.
They had originally planned to celebrate Wei Zhongdao's wedding. Since the newlyweds had not arrived, then if the engagement between the two families was canceled, Cai Yong's daughter would not have to carry the title of a widow.
However, the problem with this was that it was inconvenient to communicate information in ancient times.
When the vassals attacked Dong, Luoyang fell into the flames of war. The people of the Wei family thought that Cai Yong did not marry his daughter on time.
Cai Yong had clearly sent his daughter out of Luoyang. Now, not only did the Wei family not mention his daughter at all, but they also falsely accused him of being unpunctual.
Now that Luoyang had been burned to the ground and the outside world was in chaos, not only did the people of the Wei family fail to protect her, but they were also in a state where their fate was unknown.
Cai Yong was angry and afraid. He was angry that the Wei family was heartless and afraid that his daughter would not be able to find her way home in the chaos outside.
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