The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 539 Xu Rong
The news of Dong Zhuo's death quickly spread throughout the world.

All the officials of the Son of Heaven were overjoyed, and held a banquet in the palace to celebrate, and agreed to Lu Bu's performance, and worshiped Yuan Shao as the servant of the imperial court, and Cao Cao as the doctor of Guanglu, and ordered them to visit the court in Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo's head was sent to Chang'an, but his body was left in Luoyang, where it was exposed in the market for the common people to watch.

After being domineering for so many years, now finally there is retribution.

The people passing by all showed resentment, spit at the mouth, trampled on his corpse, lit their navels with torches as lamps, and the ground was covered with fat.

Some daring urchins ran over, bouncing around the corpse, laughing and singing: "Thousand li grass, He Qingqing; ten days divination, no birth."

As soon as Dong Zhuo died, his clansmen and party members suffered. They were named one by one by the court and ordered to kill them all.

Those who were unlucky had their heads chopped off on the spot; those with better luck, such as Li Jue and Zhang Ji, although they were not directly killed, became bereaved dogs with nowhere to go.

Search Dong Zhuo's family property in Luoyang, including hundreds of thousands of gold, tens of thousands of copper coins, Qiluo, jewelry, utensils, food, and countless others.

Such a large amount of property is enough to expand and buy a lot of armor and horses.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are good brothers, and it is a tacit understanding that two ones make five, and they all laugh and accept.

West of Luoyang, Gucheng.

Xu Rong, who successfully broke through, took Dong Bai to see Lv Bu. When Lv Bu learned about this, he had a general idea in his mind and asked him to let them in.

Dong Bai walked into the hall, his petite body leaned down slightly, and he saluted Lu Bu and said, "Uncle Lu, Bai'er greets you."

Lu Bu raised his hand, signaling the little girl not to be too polite, and then asked, "Bai'er, why aren't you with Weng Weng?"

When he was in Luoyang, the little girl often came to play at his house. Lu Bu liked this lively and cute little girl very much.

"Weng Weng asked me to come and play with Little Bell. He said he would come back to pick me up after the battle."

Dong Baitian said so innocently, the smile on his face was so innocent.She didn't even know that her Weng Weng would never come back.

Lu Bu glanced at Xu Rong. Although the latter's armor was dusty, he was standing there straight, like a pine.

Lu Bu didn't ask, and he didn't take the initiative to speak.

"Little Lingdang is in Chang'an, you can rest here for the night first, and I will send someone to take you to see Little Lingdang tomorrow, okay?"

Lu Bu retracted his gaze and looked at Dong Bai, with a little more gentleness in his eyes.

He thought for a while, he should tell her about Dong Zhuo's death in a few days.

"Uh-huh."

Thinking of seeing the little bell, Dong Bai nodded his head obediently like a chicken pecking at rice, full of joy, and agreed.

Afterwards, Lv Bu asked someone to lead Dong Bai down to rest, and he probably got tired after running around all the way.

After Dong Bai left, only Lu Bu and Xu Rong were left in the lobby.

"Shu Mao, we haven't seen each other for a while." After a moment of silence, Lu Bu broke the silence in the hall.

Looking back at those years, he and Xu Rong also fought side by side and beat Xianbei hard.Lu Bu admired Xu Rong's character very much, his calm temperament, his unspoken smile, almost a copy of Gao Shun.

Xu Rong cupped his fists and replied respectfully, "It's been almost two years."

Who would have imagined that the young general who was still on an equal footing with him back then has now left him by a large margin and left him far behind.

"What are your plans for the future?"

When Lu Bu asked this question, Xu Rong was silent.

He blocked the Kwantung princes at Hulao Pass and firmly kept hundreds of thousands of troops out.Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, the emperor issued an imperial edict, and Dong Zhuo's party members were all executed, and he could not escape it.

"Are you interested in following me?"

Without warning, Lu Bu looked at Xu Rong and continued, "There are no outsiders here, so I'll cut to the chase. I know your abilities, and it's no exaggeration to say that you are a general. Now most of my generals are reckless , there are not many people who can hold the place, I need a talent like you."

Speaking of the last sentence, Lu Bu showed sincerity on his face.

"Marquis Wen, you are not afraid..."

Xu Rong hesitated to speak, his expression moved.

He is now wanted by the imperial court, and he is a key criminal related to Dong Zhuo's incident. It can be said that his reputation has been completely ruined.He didn't want to drag Lu Bu down because of this, and even thought about changing his name and surname, and re-entering the barracks, even if it was just as a soldier.

For the army, Xu Rong has his own beliefs.

Lu Bu waved his hand indifferently, and excused Xu Rong: "Dong Zhuo did everything in the past, but you just obeyed orders. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, it can be regarded as an explanation. It should not be counted on your head."

It is a bounden duty for soldiers to obey orders.

After a while, Lu Bu asked again: "How is it? Have you thought about it yet?"

In fact, Xu Rong didn't have too many worries from the beginning. Dong Zhuo was very kind and promoted back then, and he also desperately repaid it.From being ordered at the Hulao Pass when he was in danger, to serving as the general of Zhenguan Pass, to now protecting the young master with all his might, everything can show his loyalty to Dong Zhuo.

However, now that Dong Zhuo is dead, he has become a bereaved dog. Everyone shouts and beats him, but no one wants to take him in.

When Xu Rong was young, he had determined to become a famous general in history and show his strength, so he was unwilling to die just like that.

Now, Lu Bu spoke up and asked him to stay.

Since Lu Bu was not afraid of being dragged down, he naturally had no other worries, and immediately replied, "Thanks to the general for not giving up, I am honored to serve the general as a dog and a horse."

Seeing that Xu Rong was willing to surrender, Lu Bu immediately got up and walked into the hall, helped Xu Rong up, and laughed loudly, full of pride: "Hahaha, I got Shu Mao, it's like adding two wings to a tiger!"

Xu Rong's expression seemed to be flattered, in front of this mighty general, he was no big deal, he bowed his hands humbly and replied: "Marquis Wen's praise, I should not be praised like this."

Lu Bu was in a good mood and patted Xu Rong on the shoulder so that he didn't have to worry about the court. Then he asked Xu Rong to clean the room and lead Xu Rong to rest.

After Xu Rong left, two figures walked out from behind the erected screen.

"Congratulations, general, a new general has been added."

Xi Ce was the first to congratulate Lu Bu. He didn't know much about Xu Rong, but he was able to block the attack of hundreds of thousands of allied forces at Hulao Pass, which showed his strength.

Lu Bu was already happy to accept Xu Rong, but now he heard the congratulations from the play, and said with a smile: "Xu Rong is also forced to have no way out, otherwise how could he submit to me so easily."

The two were laughing there, and Chen Gong beside him had a worried look on his face.

"General, is this inappropriate?"

Chen Gong reminded in a low voice that one was Dong Zhuo's bloodline, and the other was a rebel general who was helping the rebellion, both of whom were wanted by the imperial court.If Lu Bu protected these two people, he would definitely confront the imperial court.

This is what Chen Gong does not want to see.

(End of this chapter)