Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 135

Chang'an, it's late at night.

During this period, Li Ru has been working intensively, and even he himself doesn't know when he can take a break.

There was no way, even if entry and exit were strictly controlled, the news of Dong Zhuo's death still couldn't be hidden for long.

In such a short window period, it is necessary to take over the defense of Chang'an and Forbidden City from the Northern Army and the Forbidden Army, ensure the control of the emperor and hundreds of officials, and at the same time identify and promote the available people among them, and find time to provide Dong Min's sudden promotion - even the fixed excessive official positions were omitted, and he was promoted directly to the general of hussars.

After doing this, we can finally take the Chang'an court into our hands again.

It can only be said that the bad thing is that Dong Zhuo died in an unexpected incident and there was no way to prevent it. The good thing is that Dong Zhuo died in an unexpected incident and at least there was Dong Min who could take over.

At this time, there is still a leader who is recognized within the group and can convince the public. It is simply the last favor left by God to Dong. Without him, these emergency measures would not be implemented at all, and this group of people would first fight among themselves. Li Ru might have become disheartened and chose to disappear.

This is a blessing in misfortune.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the current imperial court is basically at a standstill. All affairs must first pass through Li Ru's humble courtyard, and then be handed over to Dong Min to issue orders in the name of the Hussar General's Palace. Wang Yun's Shangshu The platform was directly elevated.

Frankly speaking, Li Ru didn't like to stand in front of the stage like this, but the matter had reached this point and he could no longer hold back.

In addition, all the Dong family members in Xi County have been transferred to Chang'an to prevent any unexpected events.

If there is a map showing the forces of all parties, it can be found that the Dong Group, which originally occupied most of the Sili Xiaowei Department, has shrunk extremely, firmly guarding the area around Chang'an, and protecting the legacy Dong Zhuo left to them.

"Cough-cough-"

The cool autumn was coming, and Li Ru coughed nonchalantly and opened the next scroll of bamboo slips.

His face was a little flushed, and his head was slightly dizzy due to lack of sleep. He tried his best to support the corner of the desk with both hands, maintaining his office posture and closing his eyes to rest. He just took a break from the busy work for a while, and then continued to pick up the pen.

"Zheng Gongye's philanthropic home was ordered to be closed immediately," Li Ru muttered and wrote a note. "The philanthropic home in the outer city was also closed, and no gatherings were allowed inside or outside Chang'an."

He may be one of the few people who hold great power who is not greedy for power.

Until now, it was just to save the lives of the whole family in this turbulent world. For this reason, he would kill any possible threat at the last moment.

Reflected in the way he acts, he is extremely cruel and ruthless.

Compared with Dong Zhuo's governance style, which could be described as arbitrary and occasionally philanthropic, this frail middle-aged scholar wrote like a knife, and did not hesitate at all even though thousands of refugees barely survived on these charity houses.

The emperor can die and the capital can be burned, let alone these refugees who are beyond his reach.

Dong Zhuo never showed up. Those noble families were not fools and would naturally be suspicious. However, the weaker they became, the more they had to make a desperate and decisive gesture!
"Cough-cough-"

Li Ru coughed a few more times, but this time he felt a heavy weight on his body.

A large cloak was wrapped around him, and only relatives of the Dong family could enter this place without reporting.

He asked without raising his head: "Shu Ying, what's the matter with coming to my place so late?"

Shuying is the given name of Dong Min.

"Uncle Wenyou, you have been here for a long time."

A crisp voice sounded behind Li Ru. Dong Bai obediently helped him tuck the corners of his clothes carefully to avoid air leakage, and advised him, "It's late at night, go and have a rest early."

Li Rugang stretched out his hand to roll up the bamboo slips on the case so that she wouldn't see it, but then realized that doing so would collapse the thick cloak on his body.

For a moment, he didn't know where to put his hands and feet - where had he seen Dong Bai look like this before?

In other words, no one can imagine this scene.

One day, Dong Bai will act like a good boy in an ordinary family, knowing that he feels sorry for the adults and coming to greet him?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.

This niece lost her father when she was young, and no one in the Dong family cared about her. Not to mention Li Ru, who regarded himself as a Dong family member. In his opinion, Dong Bai should bring his big yellow dog with him, and he felt unhappy. It’s better to hide things and remain unruly and willful forever.

If it would make her a little happier.

Li Ru was flattered.

Even with his brain, he didn't know how to react at this time to repay his little princess for her kindness.
Work your butt off?But he is already doing this!
"Uncle Wenyou." Dong Bai's faint voice came.

"Yeah", Li Ru nodded subconsciously, he was still brainstorming.

"Grandpa is dead a long time ago, isn't he?" Dong Bai's voice was extremely calm, but in this silent autumn night it was as clear as a silver needle falling to the ground, "This matter is being spread privately in Chang'an City. If you don't speak out, I’m afraid that my grandma will be too sad.”

The moment these words were spoken, Li Ru felt as if his whole body was frozen, and the small movements of his hands suddenly stopped.

"This matter." He sighed deeply and decided to take on the responsibility of an elder. "This matter is not your juniors' responsibility. Even if your innocence collapses, Uncle Wenyou is here and won't let anything happen to you. .”

"You lied." Dong Bai clearly didn't believe it. "You haven't even slept yet. How can you take care of me?"

Li Ru was speechless.

Embarrassingly, the more nervous he became, the more he managed to cough a few more times.

Dong Bai sat opposite Li Ru and pushed away his hand covering the bamboo slips, "Let me read it to you. Just tell me what you want to mark."

Nothing soothes the grief of the death of a loved one more than seeing the next generation grow up.

Li Ru remained silent - Li Wenyou, Li Wenyou, you still have family in this world.

He tightened his cloak and braced himself to listen to Dong Bai reading the bamboo slips to him.

"How to deal with the matter of sending people to Xiliang, Han Sui and Ma Teng to Chang'an to help?" When Dong Bai read this volume, Li Ru rarely pondered.

This matter is quite tricky.

Compared to when his father-in-law issued the invitation, the Dong family now undoubtedly needs the help of the Xiliang warlord more, but now, the status of the two parties is greatly different.

People may trust the name of Master Dong, but they may not trust you, Dong Min.

Not to mention whether you, the Dong family, are still safe and sound, even if you do survive, your vitality will be severely damaged. You may have to annex these Liangzhou people to enrich yourself. After all, when they get to Chang'an, they can't help themselves.

And these are just one of countless suspicions.

It can only be said that the difference between having Dong Zhuo and not is so big. Dong Min's name is only useful within the Dong family. When it comes to others, no one can find this person at all.

You can give up going to Xiliang to ask for help. Anyway, the princes of Guandong have begun to chaos themselves, and Liangzhou has also allowed it to be chaotic. No one should come to Chang'an to seek bad luck; but on the other hand, the news of Dong Zhuo's death was so overwhelming that it could not be suppressed for a while. From Dong Zhuo's perspective, You can tell from Bai's words: Even now, although no one dares to say anything on the surface, the undercurrent behind the scenes may have been raging for a long time. If we can get the help of Han Ma, we can steadily suppress the swaying Northern Army. and the Custodes.

It's a gamble on both sides, whether this thing will work or not is a matter of choice.

"Is this difficult to handle?" Dong Bai put down his pen and asked when he saw that he had been silent for a long time without speaking.

"Ah."

Li Ru cleared his throat and told his niece the stakes involved in this matter.

"You mean, the Xiliang people can't be trusted?" Dong Bai quickly understood Li Ru's argument, "If we can't win each other's trust, it will become a disaster. It's better not to look for it, right?"

"That's right." Li Ru was greatly pleased and added: "It's not just that they can't be trusted, but more importantly, they can't trust us."

Although the two sides are from the same hometown, the relationship between the rebels and the government army was in the past. Li Ru was not afraid of them coming, but afraid that they would not come. Isn't it easy to fight against several rural warlords?
Unexpectedly, Dong Bai's next words made him cry out in shock.

"I'm going to visit Han Sui and Ma Teng. If I can win their trust, it's okay to stay in Xiliang as hostages." The girl thought for a long time and said, "In this case, I can lure them to Chang'an with official titles and land as rewards. "

"How does this make it?"

Li Ru immediately denied it.

Once Dong Yu died, Dong Bai was the only son of the third generation of the Dong family. How could he personally commit danger, go to Liangzhou, and be a hostage?

"Why not?" Dong Bai asked him seriously, looking more like an adult than the emotional Li Ru in front of him, "If even grandpa can die for the family, then so can I!"

Seeing that Li Ru was silent, Dong Bai wrote on the bamboo slips, "Send Dong Bai to Liangzhou, and he can be a hostage if necessary."

(End of this chapter)