Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Zhang Mo was not afraid of her identity being exposed in the future by fooling Cao Cao and the others in this way. If this succeeded, the three would only be grateful to her. If it failed or they still did not dare to act, then the three would either die or escape from Luoyang, and there would be little chance of seeing each other again in the future.

Moreover, she was in the inner house, and these people could never imagine that Master Zhang was a woman. After the Luoyang incident was over, she would return to Taihang to continue her bandit career and wait for the opportunity.

Cao Cao and his men acted faster than Zhang Mo had expected. On the third day after she had fooled them by pretending to be a charlatan, the spies sent to monitor them reported that the three of them had contacted several other generals, including those in charge of guarding various places in the city and those in charge of various checkpoints near Luoyang. Although it was impossible to find out what these people said to each other, there was no doubt that the three of them were preparing to cause trouble.

Just as Zhang Mo was looking forward to the fight between the Yuan family and Dong Zhuo, another spy came to report that Yuan Shao was called back to Yuan Mansion by his uncle Yuan Wei.

In the study of Yuan Mansion, Yuan Wei sat calmly beside the desk, holding the white chess piece in his left hand and the black chess piece in his right hand, fighting each other. Yuan Shao stood quietly by the side, watching Yuan Wei cautiously, almost not daring to breathe.

He had seen his uncle like this when he was a child. That was when his grandfather, the previous head of the Yuan family, was seriously ill. His uncle did not kneel by the bed all day like other people did to serve medicine. After serving his grandfather every day, he would go back to the study and play chess by himself.

He was actually very curious at that time. As long as he wanted one side to win, that side would definitely win. What was there to think about? Why couldn't his uncle tell the winner after playing for a long time?

At that time, he had not yet been adopted by his uncle as a son. He was just a bastard born to a maid. His uncle did not take him seriously at all. Although he was confused, he never dared to ask. Even now, he still couldn't understand what was so fun about playing chess with himself.

Yuan Shao stood there for an unknown amount of time. Yuan Wei slowly placed a black piece and suddenly said, "Come and finish this game with your uncle."

"Yes!"

Yuan Shao bowed, walked over and knelt on the other side of the table. He carefully examined the chessboard and asked, "Uncle, should I play with white or black pieces?"

Yuan Wei asked, "Which side's situation do you think is clearer?"

Yuan Shao looked at it for a moment and replied, "Equally matched!"

"Then pick one side."

As Yuan Wei spoke, he pushed the jar containing the white pieces in front of Yuan Shao. The uncle and nephew played chess, taking turns playing one piece each. After about half an hour, a small number of Yuan Shao's white pieces were killed, and the originally evenly matched situation was slightly broken. After a few more pieces were lost, Yuan Shao managed to gain back a little. This made him secretly happy. In the past, when he played chess with his uncle, he was almost always killed, but today he was able to eat his uncle's chess pieces.

Just when Yuan Shao was feeling proud, he saw his uncle kill a man in the corner of his formation and almost killed him. Yuan Shao's slightly raised mouth corners could not help but fall.

"Although your chess skills haven't improved much, your courage has increased a lot. In the past, you could never get any good results at the hands of your uncle, but today you dare to let go and you can persist for such a long time. Yes, this is what the descendants of my Yuan family should be like." Yuan Wei put down the chess piece in his hand and said with a little appreciation.

Yuan Shao was flattered by Yuan Kui's exaggeration. He looked at Yuan Kui in surprise, but then he heard him say, "But, in the end, I still lost!"

Yuan Shao lowered his head in shame, "I'm sorry to disappoint my uncle by not being a good chess player!"

Yuan Wei remained silent, simply looking at him quietly for a long moment before speaking, "Shao'er is handsome and has been extremely intelligent since childhood. Your uncle has been observing you secretly for many years and has noticed that you are more talented than Ji'er and Shu'er. However, due to your status as a concubine's son, you have a low self-esteem and are often hesitant and timid in your actions."

Yuan Shao was extremely happy when he heard the first half, but his face darkened when he heard the second half. He thought to himself, "Why am I hesitant and hesitant? It's because you guys won't let me do this or that, and now you're blaming me!"

Just as he was complaining in his heart, he heard Yuan Wei say, "However, your conspiracy with Cao Mengde and others to kill Dong Zhuo has really made my uncle look at you with new eyes. I am very pleased. This is what a member of my Yuan family should be like. Talented and courageous."

Yuan Shao was slightly surprised, "Uncle, how did you know..."

He was afraid that his uncle would not agree to the killing of Dong Zhuo, so he wanted to hide it from him.

Yuan Wei said, "Uncle, you support the huge Yuan family. If you can't keep your eyes and ears open, how can you ensure the prosperity of our Yuan family?"

"Does my uncle agree to this?" Yuan Shao looked at him expectantly.

Yuan Wei pointed at the chess game and said, "The two sides are evenly matched. Do you think you can defeat Dong Zhuo?"

Yuan Shao smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I'm only half sure."

"He dared to take such a risk with a 50% chance of success. My son's courage and insight have grown considerably!"

Yuan Shao didn't know whether he was praising himself or mocking himself, and didn't know how to respond, so he could only lower his head and remain silent.

Yuan Wei was also silent. After a long while, he sighed heavily and said, "Of course, this cannot be done."

"Why?" Yuan Shao looked up, puzzled.

"Uncle made a mistake in inviting Dong Zhuo to the capital..."

Yuan Wei picked up a chess piece and gently rubbed it between his index finger and thumb. "Uncle originally thought that chess pieces were just chess pieces, and that they could only be controlled by me for the rest of their lives. However, Dong Zhuo has jumped out of your control."

He looked at Yuan Shao and said, "All of our Yuan clan members are in Luoyang. If we lose, the Yuan clan will lose everything. Uncle cannot and dare not gamble!"

Yuan Shao said, "Dong Zhuo was recommended and promoted by my Yuan family. Even if he were defeated, the most he could do is kill me and me. How dare he kill my entire family?"

"How could the barbarians from Xiliang not dare?"

Yuan Wei stood up, holding onto the table, and walked to the window with his hands behind his back. "Uncle has thought it through these days. If this chess piece wants to escape control, then we must completely destroy it."

As he spoke, he flicked his thumb and sent the white chess piece in his hand flying out of the window. The polished white jade chess piece shattered into two pieces on the ground. His gentle eyes suddenly turned cold, "Chess pieces can only be chess pieces forever!"

His tone was calm, but Yuan Shao could hear a murderous intent colder than the winter snow. Although his uncle was old and had no soldiers, he believed that if his uncle wanted to destroy someone, that person would be completely finished.

Yuan Wei withdrew his gaze from the shattered chess piece and turned to look at Yuan Shao. "My son is a man of talent and courage. He should no longer be confined to this small city. Your uncle has submitted a petition to His Majesty today, appointing you as Governor of Bohai, and Shu'er as Governor of Nanyang. Tomorrow, you two will depart Luoyang to take up your new posts. From then on, you only need to prepare your troops and wait for the opportunity!"

"Uncle?" Yuan Shao was puzzled at first, then his face was filled with shock and disbelief. Is his uncle going to...

"My Yuan family has three high officials in four generations, and our students and former officials are spread all over the world. No matter where you two go, you will be followed by hundreds of people. The Yuan ancestors have paved the way for you two. How you will proceed in the future and how far you can go depends on your ability."

He stared at Yuan Shao with a sharp gaze, "This game is about the whole world. Do you dare to play chess, Shao'er?"

After a long while, Yuan Shao recovered from his shock and tried hard to suppress his pounding heart. He clasped his fists and said, "Uncle, don't worry. I will live up to your expectations!"

"Good, good, you are worthy of being a member of the Yuan family!"

Yuan Shao calmed down and thought of Cao Cao and the others. He couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, if I leave suddenly, what will happen to Meng De and the others? Will they blame me for breaking my promise?"

Yuan Wei said, "It's okay! Only you and a few others know about this matter. At most, they will curse you behind your back to vent their anger. It won't harm your reputation. Once you leave, they will be leaderless, and the matter will be over. Nothing will happen."

"That's good!" Yuan Shao felt relieved.