Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 407: Time is up, let’s take action

"I am here to pay my respects to Your Majesty! Your Majesty personally came out of the city to greet you, which makes me extremely frightened!"

"What are you talking about? Lieutenant Lu and Lin Sikong, your father-in-law has made great contributions to the country and is a pillar of the great Han Dynasty. I just went out of the city three miles to greet you. Ai Qing and others deserve their illustrious military exploits."

At the gate of Xuchang City, a red carpet was spread out for three miles, with hundreds of officials standing on both sides, and guards of honor outside to greet them. The scale was so grand that even Cao Cao had never enjoyed it.

In the past, when Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes, he actually paid great attention to these etiquette details. No matter whether he won or lost, he never asked the emperor to go out of the city to greet him.

After all, in this age where etiquette is important, he still tried his best to avoid any criticism.

The emperor went out of the city to greet him, which was the highest honor for a minister. But today, no one took the initiative to mention it. It was Liu Xie's idea alone.

Of course, in fact, when it comes to merit, it is not too much to say that the world was saved from collapse and the people were in danger. They can afford such a welcome.

Liu Xie, who was wearing a black five-clawed gold dragon robe, yawned and looked sleepy, as if he had been squeezed dry by a woman.

After the polite greetings, Liu Xie held Lu Bu in one hand and Lin Mo in the other. He deliberately walked aside and said mysteriously: "My dear, I will reward you heavily this time. Do you know that I have made a new batch of elixirs?" There are only three pills. Taking them can prolong your life. I will keep one pill for myself, and the other two pills will be given to your husband-in-law."

"Your Majesty is so kind to me, I am a humble minister."

Lu Bu paused, looked at his son-in-law in confusion, and found that his face was still calm, and then continued: "I thank you."

From Lu Bu's perspective, Liu Xie's status and performance today seemed to be far from what was expected.

The whole person was depressed. The so-called big reward was pills, and he seemed to be a fanatical alchemist.

If he hadn't received brief reports from Lu Lingqi on the other side of Jiangxia about the changes in the imperial army's power, he might have even suspected that Liu Xie really didn't have this intention.

Lin Mo was calm. He knew better than anyone else that Liu Xie had already begun the final battle. How could he paralyze two powerful ministers with great achievements and military power without acting like a coward?

After hearing that neither Lu Lin nor Lu Lin refused, Liu Xie suddenly shouted loudly: "Tonight I will hold a grand celebration banquet in the palace to cleanse the dust of Taiwei and Sikong Jie.

I know that many officials among the officials admire Taiwei and Sikong, but you can only wait until after today to invite their son-in-law. "

After saying that, he laughed loudly, and the officials on both sides could only laugh awkwardly in agreement.

The meaning is very clear. Only Lu Lin and the others are participating in tonight's banquet. The others should go back and stay.

The group headed by Lu Bu and Lin Mo, of course, thanked them a hundred times, and then Liu Xie took the two of them towards the city, "My dear, although I can receive the battle report from the front line, you don't have the details. Not stated.

This time we defeated three rebels in one battle. I guess the process will be thrilling. You should tell me carefully. I love to hear what you say. "

It really looked like this, but Lin Mo said nothing except thanking him from beginning to end. If he wanted to be polite, let his old father-in-law be polite to him.

When he was approaching the gate of the city, he finally saw Zhong Yao, the dean of Taiyue College, standing aside.

Perhaps it was because he became the dean of Taiyue College, a position that was not among the three princes but had no less power than the three princes. Or maybe it was because after the real change of dynasties, the foundation of Yingchuan School was not only not affected but was improved to a higher level. It seemed that She is a bit younger than when we first met.

Lin Mo just glanced at him without any indication from his eyes. Zhong Yao nodded quickly, indicating that he knew what to do and was a very sensible Taipei Dean.

Wei Yue, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were not seen, and just now Liu Xie specifically mentioned that the emperor was out to greet the emperor today, so the people in the patrol camp had to put the road from the east gate to the palace under martial law.

After entering the inner city from the outer city, according to Han law, the emperor entered the palace through the white horse gate in the dragon chariot, while the ministers took the main gate.

Liu Xie really showed a gesture of 100% trust and actually pulled Lu Bu and Lin Mo into the dragon chariot and walked together through the White Horse Gate.

Of course, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Jia Xu still had to walk on the Jindian Bridge and the main entrance of the palace to enter the palace. Moreover, they had to take off their weapons and armor before entering the palace.

Due to the special case made by Liu Xie, the armor will not be withdrawn, but you still have to put the weapons in the control order.

On this point, even if Liu Xie on the dragon chariot did not specifically explain this, Lu Bu and Lin Mo would not be foolish enough to bring weapons into the palace.

Therefore, when they reunited in Chongzheng Hall, which was used for banquets, everyone took off their weapons.

This is also something Liu Xie has considered long ago.

Who are Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun? They are truly unparalleled generals who have climbed up from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. As long as they have weapons and horses, he can't handle the 1,800 men in his hands.

As long as any one of them escapes, Liu Xie will be in a situation where everything is lost.

It was hard to say whether heavy medicine could be given to them at the banquet, but without war horses and weapons, it was like a tiger without claws. As long as a thousand people surrounded Chongzheng Hall, they would not be able to escape.

The banquet in the palace had been prepared a long time ago. Liu Xie said it was a dinner party, but he had no intention of waiting until the evening. The food and wine began to be served at just three quarters past midnight.

In the Chongzheng Hall, except for Liu Xie, Lu Bu, Lin Mo, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Jia Xu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun, and Xu Sheng, there really was no one else.

The skill is quite good, so it is really easy to numb people.

It's a pity that everyone present knows what will happen tonight, but everyone's acting skills seem to be quite good, creating a warm scene of a virtuous king and a good minister.

Liu Xie took the lead in raising his glass, "Dear dear friends, this first glass is on behalf of the twenty-third late emperor, on behalf of the 400-year-old Han Zuo, and on behalf of the people of the world. Thank you very much!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After a drink, the singers began their performance.

Even though it was the twelfth month of winter, these singers were also wearing thin gauze clothes, except for their enchanting water snake waists and looming skin that could be broken by blows, which made people intoxicated.

However, there are gold charcoal burning in many corners of Chongzheng Hall for heating. This alternative type of air conditioning is quite effective.

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was Xu time in a blink of an eye.

Although the alcohol content of this era is not high, it cannot withstand such a drinking method. After all, none of these warriors on the battlefield can drink a thousand cups. It is obviously unrealistic for Liu Xie to defeat them all by himself.

However, there was still plenty of time. The guard change time of the Royal Forest Army was at midnight, and there were still three hours left. In order to make this group of people drink as much as possible until they were unconscious, Liu Xie said in a timely manner:

"I'm afraid my dear friends are not enjoying themselves enough, so go and summon your uncle Dong Cheng and Fu Guozhang to come and get drunk with your dear friends!"

"As ordered!"

Important characters began to appear, and they were all from the Imperial Party. Lin Mo sneered in his heart, let's see how far you can go.

Lin Mo was a little surprised that there was no poison in the wine.

In his expectation, this was also a rare opportunity, so there was a hidden line specifically for Lu Lingqi to develop into a palace maid.

Probably, Liu Xie himself felt that since this group of people had no weapons and were drunk at the same time, they would not miss if more than a thousand people surrounded them.

But if the wine is poisoned, once exposed, whether he can escape is a question.

In less than half an hour, Dong Cheng and Fu Wanqian's old ministers rushed over in a hurry.

In the past, they always looked bitter and resentful, as if they had been greatly wronged. Today, they all greeted each other with smiles and took the initiative to propose a toast, as if they were friends reunited after a long separation. Drink.

You won't be able to watch Liu Xie's finale if you don't drink it thoroughly.

In the Chongzheng Hall, while pushing cups and changing cups, Zishi is about to arrive.

Wu Shuo, who was in charge of controlling the imperial army, finally had a second chance to save the Han Dynasty.

During this period of time, all the personnel deployment has been in place. As soon as the defense is changed at the next moment, Liu Xie's signal is waiting for him to take action.

There are four gates in the palace, each with one main gate and two auxiliary gates. It sounds like there are twelve gates, but the people actually responsible for the night watch only need four teams of royal guards, and each team of royal guards has two hundred people.

Judging from the number, there will only be a thousand people participating in the attack on Chongzheng Hall. This number is obviously a bit thin.

Liu Xie knew this, and so did Dong Cheng.

But to develop the imperial army, you must have a clean family and be able to fight for your life for the emperor. How can it be so easy to develop? Being able to recruit 1,800 people is already considered the limit.

This is why Lu Lingqi used so much power, but in the end only found out this few people. She once wondered if Liu Xie had some backhand that had not been dug out, and she blamed Xiao Qiao for not being as efficient as Guo Zhao.

But later, she personally took action and only verified these people, and she felt relieved.

In order to succeed in the final battle, Wu Shuo made a suggestion. When switching defenses, only 100 people should be left in each gate. This way, there would be 1,400 people taking action, which would give them more confidence.

Liu Xie thought about it and found that the one hundred people guarding the three gates were certainly a bit weak, but after all, there were only people from the patrol camp in the city. Even if they were aware of it, they would not be able to directly launch a siege. The one hundred people were only responsible for blocking the gates. It was just barely possible.

In order to prevent the guards who were changing defenses from noticing anything strange, Wu Shuo personally led people to change defenses, with 200 people per door. After the change of defenses, another 100 people were taken away to replace the next door.

This was definitely a waste of time, but they had no choice but to squeeze out a handful of people, so they had no choice but to act recklessly.

Fortunately, the defense change process went smoothly, and the replaced Imperial Guardsmen honestly left the palace and returned to the Imperial Guards Camp to rest.

After all four gates were replaced, it was already a quarter after midnight. Wu Shuo did not dare to delay and hurriedly went to the military camp to mobilize the people who had been waiting there for a long time to enter the palace.

At this time, the palace door was closed long ago. Wu Shuo, who came to the east palace gate, stepped forward and knocked on the palace door.

Boom~boom~boom~boom.

Three long and two short, this is the agreed signal. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Liu Xie has issued strict orders. If the signal is wrong, even if the person making the call is Wu Shuo himself, he cannot open the door.

As the palace door creaked open, 1,400 people entered in batches and walked quickly towards Chongzheng Hall.

However, what Wu Shuo didn't know was that almost at the same time, there was a knock on the Beigong Gate.

Boom~boom~boom~boom.

The centurion on duty scratched his head and said, "Didn't we agree that they would enter through the east gate? Why did they come through the north gate?"

The centurion was surprised, but if the other party's signal was correct, he had to open the door. After all, he didn't dare to take responsibility for such a big thing. Maybe something changed.

After thinking for a moment, he honestly opened the city gate.

After the palace door opened, one person at the front was holding a spear and wearing black armor, and the two people behind him were wielding swords and spears, with bundles of gold and silver. Behind the three of them, stood a neat phalanx of light armored infantry.

"General Wei Wei, as well as General Yan and General Wen, what are you doing this late at night?" Looking at each other through the bonfire at the entrance of the palace made the centurion's scalp numb and his hair standing on end.

But the palace door has been opened, and the person coming is a loyal court official. What can he say? I'm sorry, the curfew is over, can you go back?

How could it be them? Did I hear it wrong just now? The centurion could hardly stand.

"Why?"

Wei Yue sneered, "Don't you know, His Majesty wants to kill Taiwei and Sikong? We are here to kill the thieves."

Yan Liang, who was carrying a big sword, also laughed and said: "I am one of you, don't worry."

is it?

Are you also one of our own?

The centurion was a little confused. Aren't you Lu Lin's confidants?

Hiss~ Could it be that His Majesty, with his hands and eyes reaching the sky, has conquered them?

Before the centurion could react, they had already strode forward.

It feels real, otherwise how would they know the signal?

I hope it's true, otherwise His Majesty's important affairs will be ruined by my hands.

While the centurion was still hesitating, the trapped camp who was halfway through the march suddenly raised the bright sword in their hands, and the killing began.

Moreover, their division of labor was clear, they were close to each other, and they were not constrained by heavy armor. They moved so quickly that the guardsmen did not understand what was going on, and they were killed before they even had time to shout.

There are only a hundred people, and eight hundred people are trapped in the camp. This result is not surprising to anyone.

"Your Majesty, the soup is ready, would you like to serve it now?" Liu Xie's eyes lit up when he heard the chamberlain calling. Wu Shuo was already ready.

Liu Xie's hands trembled with excitement. It was a good time. The timing was just right.

Looking at Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and the others who were staggering around, Lu Bu was the only one left who was still somewhat conscious. He had mastered this timing very well.

Not only him, but Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and other veterans in the hall were also chatting with each other like men wearing single clothes in the cold winter months.

Liu Xie stood up and wanted to shout, but then sat back down as if he was drunk and unsteady, and made a look of vomiting at the same time.

Seeing this, the veterans of the imperial party naturally wanted to help him.

"Lieutenant, Sikong, I will help your majesty go down for convenience."

"Ai Qing. Ai Qing, I'm not drunk. You all just wait here. I'll come as soon as I go." Liu Xie was afraid that Lu Bu and Lin Mo would also come out, so he didn't forget to remind him.

"Wei Chen obeys your orders." Lin Mo sneered.

When they walked out of the back door, everyone who was blushing and swaying slowly stood up and came to Lu Bu and Lin Mo.

Weng and son-in-law looked at each other and both stood up.

"The time has come, get ready to take action." Lin Mo stretched.

(End of this chapter)