The three countries are very nuclear

Changan.

Since the emperor moved westward, all the officials of the imperial court were under the control of Li Ru. After all, there were tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry in his hands, so he was not afraid of any troubles among the officials in the court.

Although they lost the actual control over the big man, the life of the emperor and all the officials is still very good on this three-acre land in Chang'an.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Ru was disheartened. Although he reached an agreement with the Lin Dynasty, he was indifferent to the government affairs of the court and the pattern of the world.

There is a saying that there is no greater sorrow than the death of a heart. When Dong Zhuo was defeated, all of Li Ru's blood and ambition flowed eastward, turning into dust and drifting away.

As long as these people don't make trouble, Li Ru is a transparent person, and even many officials in Chang'an don't know his existence.

In Zhang Ji's mansion, Jia Xu, who is tired from the journey, is feasting.

"This tastes really good...delicious..."

Jia Xu has become more and more careless about personal image these years, especially when eating, he emphasizes a simple swallowing and ultimate enjoyment.

Zhang Ji looked at Jia Xu who didn't care about his image at all, instead of showing dissatisfaction in his eyes, he smiled respectfully and said, "It's good if you like it, sir. If it's not enough, we will arrange some more..."

"Enough... enough... General Zhang is so loyal, King Xiao must be delighted to know..."

While eating, Jia Xu didn't forget to pull Liu Bei's tiger skin.

Although Zhang Ji didn't understand what hospitality Jia Xu had to do with his loyalty, but after hearing this sentence, his face was obviously happy.

Li Ru, on the other hand, snorted coldly, and said, "Jia Wenhe, look at your disgraceful appearance... I really don't know what he values ​​about you at the beginning of Lin Zichu!"

"I don't know, but..."

Jia Xu finally had enough to eat. After wiping her mouth with her sleeve, she smiled at Li Ru, "Lin Zichu once said that standpoint is more important than ability. What does Wenyou think?"

Hearing this, Li Ru's eyes moved slightly, and he frowned and said, "Are you saying that someone is on the wrong team?"

"Is not it?"

Jia Xu asked back.

Li Ru was silent, the expression on his face flickered, and he sighed after a long time.

"What Lin Zichu said is true. Dong Zhongying... is indeed not as good as Liu Xuande. It's a pity... time is fate, and a certain one has no destiny for the prosperous age after all."

Li Ru was older than Jia Xu, plus he was born in Xiliang, all kinds of reasons forced him to assist Dong Zhuo, and he ended up failing. Although it is embarrassing, it is a foregone conclusion.

Of course Jia Xu understood Li Ru's meaning, and also shook her head and sighed.

"Tell me, what does Lin Zichu want XX to do?"

Li Ru was not immersed in the past, and asked directly.

After Jia Xu looked around and saw that there was no one else around, she said, "Lin Zichu said, some people, some things, it's finally time to deal with them. He also told you to be quick and don't leave anything behind..."

Jia Xu had no choice but to be cautious about this kind of matter that might be left in the dust for thousands of years, so he repeated Lin Chao's original words.

Hearing this, Li Ru was taken aback for a moment, and then sneered, "Lin Zichu is quite confident that Liu Xuande can really dominate the world by sending troops this time?"

"At least [-]% sure."

"Eighty percent...it's enough."

Li Ru suddenly laughed, but he was too thin, and his face was as dry as bark, so this smile was not only ugly, but rather weird and terrifying.

"Understood... How long will it be before the Xuzhou army arrives in Chang'an?"

Jia Xu said, "The army has arrived in Luoyang, only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an. But after all, it's not easy to give someone a handle. You start first, and the rest will follow naturally."

"Lin Zichu wanted to make a profit but didn't want to lose his reputation, so he really had a good plan!"

Li Ru sneered, with obvious mockery in his eyes.

"Wenyou thinks it's inappropriate?" Jia Xu asked back.

"With Liu Xuande's current strength, there is nothing wrong with doing this..." Li Ru said slowly, "Rong made some preparations, and then helped Lin Zichu remove this last obstacle."

"how long?"

"Do it in five days."

Hearing this, Jia Xu stood up and smiled at Li Ru, "Since that's the case, thank you Wen You."

"You don't need to say thank you. This matter was agreed upon ten years ago with Lin Zichu. Now that he has won, so-and-so will naturally fulfill the agreement."

Li Ru waved his sleeves and said, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, staring at Jia Xu and said: "Wen He, before Lin Zichu sent you here, did you say... How will you deal with yourself in the future?"

"That depends on what you want, Wenyou."

"What do you mean by that?"

Jia Xu laughed and said: "If you want to hide your name and return to your hometown, Xuzhou will give you gold and silver treasures to let you spend the rest of your life in peace. If you want to reappear the glory of law, then please change your name and enter Yushan Academy to be a teacher." Teaching is not out of the question.”

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing this, Li Ru looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, with joy and heartiness in his voice.

"Why, Wenyou thinks it's wrong?"

"That's right, that's right." Li Ru shook his head and smiled, "To this day, I suddenly admire Lin Zichu a little bit. It seems that someone like a certain person who once poisoned the emperor can actually allow a certain person to live in this world. Really. The kindness of women!"

Jia Xu said with a smile: "What's wrong with women's benevolence, if you work for such people, at least you don't have to worry about what will happen behind you."

"That's right, it's the same reason." Li Ru said with a smile, "Wenhe wait here for a while, and after five days, someone will do it."

Jia Xu cupped her hands and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for the good news."

……

Five days later.

In front of the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

Li Ru raised his head and looked at this magnificent palace, his eyes filled with indescribable meaning.

Since the great ancestor Liu Bang's Snake Slaying Uprising and the destruction of Tyrant Qin, this Weiyang Palace has been the power center of the Han Dynasty, representing the supreme status.

Because the person who lives in this magnificent palace is called the Son of Heaven!
After the reign of Wenjing, Han Wu came to the world, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and opened up the Western Regions. The Western Han Dynasty lasted nearly two hundred years, and this palace has been performing its due mission.

But today, although this huge palace is still standing, the emperor inside has lost its sanctity, and has even been reduced to chess in the hands of others many times.

As the so-called world is unpredictable, after hundreds of years of wind and rain, not only has there been no rainbow, even the great man who was so powerful in the past and beat the barbarians to bow his head and bow his head is hard to return.

"It's time for this palace to usher in its true owner..."

Li Ru whispered to himself, but then his face became extremely resolute, and he strode into the hall.

Liu Xie is already 20 years old this year. Compared to when Dong Zhuo forced him to move westward, the young emperor at this time looks a bit heroic.

As the emperor in troubled times, Liu Xie is not as bad as imagined, at least better than the two emperors Huan and Ling.At that time, Dong Zhuo valued his intelligence and helped him to the throne.

But no matter how capable he is, he can't beat Li Ru, and he can't use his own abilities, so he can only be raised like a pig.

Even so, Liu Xie didn't have much hatred for Li Ru in his heart.

At least he didn't abuse the imperial court wantonly like Dong Zhuo, and even the right to appoint and remove officials was handed over to Liu Xie, but no one would care if the edict came out of Chang'an.

Just like Zhou Tianzi in the Warring States Period in the past, he was supreme in name, but the real situation was ignored.

Regarding the status quo, although Liu Xie was depressed, there was nothing he could do about it.

As Li Ru walked into the palace, Liu Xie also got the transmission, so he got up and went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace to meet.

"See Your Majesty!"

Li Ru straightened his clothes, and meticulously bowed to Liu Xie.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with Li Qing?"

For Li Ru's arrival, Liu Xie's face was full of surprises. After all, Li Ru hadn't set foot in Weiyang Palace for several years, and he was only manipulating everything behind the scenes.

Li Ru didn't reply, but with a wave of his hand, hundreds of guards poured in behind him, took down all the eunuchs and maids in the hall and even Liu Xie's side, and took them out.

"What does Li Qing intend to do?"

Seeing this scene, Liu Xie couldn't help but panic.

Li Ru's actions today are really weird.

At this time, in the empty hall, only Li Ru and Liu Xie were left.

"Your Majesty, I'm here to send His Majesty on his way."

Without the slightest courtesy, Li Ru directly stated his intention, but Liu Xie was so frightened that he stood up from the dragon chair.

"You want to kill me?"

"good."

Li Ru nodded, his expression neither happy nor sad.

Compared with Li Ru's true determination, Liu Xie couldn't bear it anymore, and loudly reprimanded: "Li Ru, if you kill the king today, don't you fear that you will be stigmatized for thousands of years!"

"If you do it once, you won't be afraid of the second time."

At this moment, Liu Xie fully realized the fear that his elder brother Liu Bian encountered in the past.

"You... why did you kill me?"

After a long silence, Liu Xie slumped on the dragon chair and asked weakly.

Li Ru said: "This great Han world has long been torn apart. As the Son of Heaven, His Majesty cannot rule the country and appease the people. How can he have the face to steal the throne?"

"As the bloodline of the late emperor, it is my destiny to ascend to the great throne, and how can you, a rebellious minister, make such unreasonable remarks!"

Li Ru sneered and said, "But this troubled world was caused by the late emperor's stupidity. Does your Majesty think so?"

For a dying person, Li Ru had nothing to hide, so he simply told the truth.

"Bold, you dare to insult the late emperor!"

Liu Xie roared at the top of his lungs, fully explaining what it means to be fierce and stubborn.

Li Ru didn't want to break up with him, but waved his sleeves, two soldiers walked in from outside the hall, each of them was carrying something, which was a jug of poisoned wine and three feet of white silk.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. Now that it is a big business, it should be decent. Let Your Majesty choose by himself."

At this time, Liu Xie really despaired, his eyes scanned the room between Bai Ling and the poisoned wine for a long time, but he couldn't make a decision after all.

Seeing the time passing by, Liu Xie still failed to muster up the courage, Li Ru couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Liu's bloodline is so weak, no wonder the big man has fallen into such a state.

"Since Your Majesty can't make a choice, I'd like to forgive you and choose something for Your Majesty."

As Li Ru said, he picked up the poisoned wine and poured a glass.

"When King Hongnong passed away in the past, it was a cup of poisoned wine, but now His Majesty chose the same method of death as his elder brother, and he did not lose the brotherhood.

Your Majesty, please! "

On the dragon chair, Liu Xie had shrunk into a ball and shouted loudly: "No, you can't kill me, I don't want to die!"

Seeing this, Li Ru ordered his soldiers to restrain Liu Xie, and then poured poisonous wine into Liu Xie's mouth.

If one glass is not enough, then have another glass. It was not until more than half of the pot of wine was drunk that Li Ru finally put down the wine glass.

Looking at Liu Xie again, he was already spitting out blood, exhaling more and less inhaling.

Li Ru waited for another half an hour, until Liu Xie was completely out of breath, and even the body began to cool down, then nodded slightly.

"Behead and kill all the eunuchs and court ladies who were captured just now!"

"As ordered!"

The soldiers clasped their fists in obedience and walked out of the palace.

A moment later, there was a sound of wailing outside the hall, accompanied by the sound of a butcher's knife piercing into flesh.

But Li Ru in the palace still looked calm.

Under the illumination of the lights, a smile appeared on Li Ru's face again.

Then, he picked up the poisoned wine again and drank it.

It was not until he drank all the wine in the jug that Li Ru threw the jug aside.

"I, Li Wenyou, poisoned the Son of Heaven twice, which is considered to be a serious crime, and today I pay for it with my life... It is also considered not to be owed..."

As Li Ru said, he started to cough up blood, and then he collapsed in the hall.

In a blur of consciousness, he seemed to see the appearance of Yushan Academy outside Tan County.

I saw the sound of tens of thousands of students reading aloud together...

I saw the legalist classics on the bookshelf of the academy...

After seeing decades later, the students who have studied these classics will restore the glory of Legalism, and even carry forward the moment...

"Hayama Academy...should be a good place...I really want...to take a look..."

After whispering softly, Li Ru finally closed his eyes, but there was a faint smile on his face.

In the 11th year of Chuping, August 27.

Li Ru poisoned the emperor Liu Xie in Weiyang Palace, and then committed suicide by drinking poison.

……

After hearing the news of Li Ru's suicide, Lin Chao was very confused for a while.

If Liu Xie died, he would have died, but why did you, Li Wenyou, commit suicide?

Conscience found out, to be buried with Liu Xie?

It doesn't make sense!

Lin Chao asked with some doubts: "Wenhe, are you sure that Li Wenyou committed suicide?"

"Could it be that someone killed him!"

Jia Xu replied angrily.

Although Jia Xu was not shocked by the death of his best friend, it was also a little sad.

In fact, after Li Ru's death, Jia Xu was also dumbfounded.

Lin Zichu had clearly prepared a way out for you, but you wanted to seek death, which made Jia Xu, who has always cherished his life, unable to figure it out.

But it was Zhang Ji who was even more confused. He had always looked forward to Li Ru's leadership, but now that his backer was gone, he was completely helpless and put all his hopes on Jia Xu.

So Jia Xu made a decisive decision and asked Zhang Ji to lead the army to stabilize the officials in Chang'an, and then spread the news of the emperor's death according to the original plan.

Just when all the court officials were panicking, Jia Xu returned to Luoyang alone and told Lin Chao the news.

But at this time, Lin Chao probably understood Li Ru's thoughts.

Dong Zhuo died a long time ago, Li Ru saw that he could not reshape the mountains and rivers with his own strength, and he had no nostalgia for the world.

Now that the bet with Lin Chao has been completed, it is better to be a good man to the end and help Lin Chao settle the future troubles.

After all, as long as he is alive, the matter of poisoning the emperor may be exposed.

Lin Chao smiled wryly and shook his head, "Li Wenyou is really..."

This guy is ruthless to others, but also ruthless to himself!
"The matter has come to this, we can only report the matter to the king quickly, and then... persuade him to come in!"