Robbers in the martial arts world

Chapter 153 Ding Yuanzuo's Death
Luoyang Imperial Palace, above the court hall.

"Long live my emperor!" Baiguan bowed to the young emperor Liu Bian.

"Pingshen!" Liu Bian said nervously under the guidance of an attendant beside him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, an eunuch next to Liu Bian took out a pair of imperial edicts, came to the front of the officials and read aloud:
"By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: The eunuch party caused chaos in the court, killed the general, and imprisoned me and my mother. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo, the shepherd of Liangzhou, and Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, came to serve the king and helped me eradicate the ten permanent servants and restore the court. Aiqing has made great contributions, for this reason, I canonize Dong Zhuo as the country's prime minister, and Ding Yuan as the general, hereby!"

All the officials were in an uproar when the imperial decree came out, only Dong Zhuo was secretly complacent, thinking that the trick his son-in-law Li Ru had given him was too good!

Ding originally planned to object, but when he heard that he was also canonized as a general, he was overjoyed and acquiesced to the imperial decree.

This edict was actually written by Liu Bian under Dong Zhuo's coercion. Today is the third day since the eradication of the ten permanent servants. Dong Zhuo's main force has also arrived in Luoyang. He has more than 150 million troops in his hands, which can be described as a mighty dynasty. Church.

Although Dong Zhuo had an absolute advantage in military strength, it was not the time to turn against Ding Yuan. For his plan, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan jointly controlled Luoyang and the court for the time being.

"No, Your Majesty, even if Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan made contributions, they shouldn't be able to confer such a big official position all at once!" An official objected immediately.

"Oh, His Majesty shouldn't confer such a big official position on us, should he confer you?" Dong Zhuo came to the official and said with a smile.

I saw Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and immediately hundreds of elite Xiliang soldiers in black armor, holding sharp weapons, ran in at a tidy pace, standing on both sides of the officials, with a chilling air Instantly filled the entire court.

The official who opposed Dong Zhuo saw the situation, trembling all over with fright, and immediately changed his words: "I... I just said nonsense, there is no problem with this canonization!"

"Hmph!" The corners of Dong Zhuo's mouth rose, revealing a sneer.

Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others looked at the murderous Xiliang elite soldiers on both sides, knowing that the entire palace was now under the control of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, so they could only keep silent.

Seeing that none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty dared to object anymore, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan kowtowed to the emperor and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

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North of Luoyang City.

In a well-decorated mansion, Ding Yuan stared at Lu Bu with sharp eyes, and asked in a deep voice:
"Fengxian, Xiao Yun hasn't come back yet?"

"You haven't come back yet, adoptive father, I don't know what you are looking for with Xiao Yun?" Lu Bu asked Ding Yuan puzzled.

"Fengxian, are you pretending to be confused with me or are you really confused? We all suffered heavy losses during that trip to the secret realm. Only he and Li Ru collected countless treasures. Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. The treasures he got must be It’s Dong Zhuo’s, and Xiao Yun’s! It’s still gone!” Ding Yuan looked at Lu Bu and said angrily.

"Father, Xiao Yun didn't come out in time, and I don't know his current situation!" Lu Bu said with a heavy heart.

He was very worried about Xiao Yun, even with his cultivation in the Celestial Phenomena Realm, he didn't dare to resist the power of the collapse of the secret realm, let alone Xiao Yun's cultivation!
"Hmph, he has a treasure to defend himself, so how can he do nothing if the secret realm collapses! Since he has such a treasure, he didn't come to help us at that time, which caused heavy losses to the army I brought. Treasure, I think he deliberately didn't come out!" Ding Yuan said in a deep voice with a cold face.

"Father, how can you think like this!" Lu Bu looked at Ding Yuan incredulously, he found that his foster father had changed, he became very strange, especially after he became a general.

After all, Xiao Yun is his son-in-law, but now Ding Yuan doesn't care about his feelings at all, and he attacked Luoyang and eradicated the ten permanent servants, whoever deserves the most credit is Lu Bu!But a few days ago when discussing rewards for meritorious deeds, Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo seemed to have forgotten him. His official position has not changed until now. How can this make Lu Bu feel better?
"Hmph, isn't what I said right? Also, Xiao Yun dared to take prisoners with me. What about those new soldiers in the West Garden who were captured by Xiao Yun? Did he recruit them privately? How brave! If not For Feng Xian's sake, I've already taken down his soldiers and horses!" Ding Yuan stared at Lu Bu sharply.

The Eighth Army of Luoyang Xiyuan had a total of more than 60 recruits. After the ten permanent attendants were killed, these recruits all surrendered. Huo Qingtong took 20 elite cavalry to capture 40 recruits from them, and took them back to be incorporated. The remaining [-] were captured by the Bingzhou Army.

"Father, we were able to enter Luoyang in time thanks to Xiao Yun, if it wasn't for him..."

"Hmph, can't we enter Luoyang City without him?" Lu Bu was interrupted by Ding Yuan before he finished speaking!

"That's not what my son meant!" Lu Bu quickly defended.

"Okay, Fengxian, don't say anything, I'll just ask you, can you bring back the 20 Xiyuan new army recruited by Xiao Yun?" Ding Yuan stared at Lu Bu and asked.

"I hope my adoptive father will forgive me, Fengxian can't do it!" Lu Bu said in a difficult way.

He understood Xiao Yun's character, the other party was also an ambitious person, how could he hand over the troops he had eaten, and since Xiao Yun was not around now, could it be that he wanted to forcibly attack Xiao Yun's men and horses?
"Hmph, since this is the case, you should go and be the boss first, and let Zhang Liao take over your position as General Zhenbei!" Ding Yuan said lightly.

"Here!" Lu Bu replied calmly.

But it was extremely uncomfortable in his heart, the master Bo Nai was a civil servant, and he thought he was a military general, but now he was accepted as a civil servant.

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Since Dong Zhuo became the Prime Minister of the country, it can be said that one person is above ten thousand people. He can go to court with a sword and see the emperor without bowing down.

In order to seize power, Dong Zhuo began to eradicate opponents in the imperial court. His brutal methods caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and others even left the imperial capital Luoyang directly, and returned to the family's seat to start recruiting recruits, with great ambitions.

On this day, Dong Zhuo blatantly wanted to abolish Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and make Liu Xie the emperor in the court hall, so as to further his power.

However, this proposal immediately aroused great opposition from all the officials, especially Ding Yuan. He never expected that Dong Zhuo would dare to abolish Liu Bian without discussing it with him. Dong Zhuo reprimanded him severely.

After Dong Zhuo went back, he overturned several tables angrily and smashed countless vases. He was still angry and gritted his teeth with hatred for Ding Yuan.

"What's the matter, father-in-law? Who made you so angry?" Li Ru and Li Su just came over at this time, and seeing Dong Zhuo's angry look, Li Ru asked in puzzlement.

"Who else! Now in the entire court, only that old man Ding Yuan dares to fight against the old man all day long because of his strength. I'm really mad!" Dong Zhuo said through gritted teeth.

"This Ding Yuan is indeed the biggest threat to my father-in-law, but I just got a piece of news. If we make good use of it, we might be able to greatly weaken Ding Yuan's strength!" Li Ru smiled slightly.

"Oh, Wenyou, tell me quickly, what is the good news?" Dong Zhuo immediately looked at Li Ru happily and asked.

"I just got the news that Lu Bu was deposed by Ding Yuan as General Zhenbei, and he was demoted to the master!" Li Ru said with a faint smile.

After he heard the news, he was very surprised and couldn't even believe it. You must know that Lu Bu is Ding Yuan's adopted son and the number one general under him.
In order to determine whether this news is true?He also specially sent someone to confirm it, and it turned out to be true.

"Is this true! That old man Ding Yuan is out of his mind to do such a thing!" Dong Zhuo laughed in surprise.

Dong Zhuo has personally witnessed and even experienced Lu Bu's strength. Although Lu Bu's attitude towards him has always been bad, Dong Zhuo still likes a strong general like Lu Bu very much. Now he knows that Lu Bu lived with Ding Yuan. How can Dong Zhuo be unhappy if he doesn't like it, it means he has an opportunity to take advantage of it!

"Wen You, do you think this is a scene played by Ding Yuan and Lu Bu? It's just to lure us into being fooled!" Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru worriedly.

"Father-in-law, I have also thought about this possibility! But last time His Majesty rewarded all the officials, but Ding Yuan did not ask for an official for Lu Bu. I think it may be that Ding Yuan suppressed Lu Bu on purpose, or it was all Ding Yuan from the beginning. The bureau!

"However, all of this is just our speculation. If Lu Bu is really suppressed by Ding Yuan, especially this time, then we can definitely win Lu Bu over, and Lu Bu's prestige in the Bingzhou army is extremely high. As long as Lu Bu Yes, most of the Bingzhou iron cavalry will follow Lu Bu!" Li Ru said leisurely.

After listening to Li Ru's analysis, Dong Zhuo was excited, thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "This opportunity should not be missed. Based on what I know about old man Ding Yuan, he has no brains to come up with such a plan. I think Lu Bu Maybe it was really suppressed, so let's try boldly!"

(End of this chapter)