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

Chapter 7 Night Encounter (2)

Luoyang North Palace is brightly lit.

The woman's coquettish voice gradually subsided, and Dong Zhuo dressed up with satisfaction.

Hmm. The clothes are a little tight.

Not long ago, he used his many years of experience as the governor of Bingzhou to induce Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan and lead the Bingzhou army to defect to his subordinates.

After this battle, Dong Zhuo controlled the Northern Army, Forbidden Army, Xiyuan Army, Liangzhou Army and Bingzhou Army in Sili territory.

With the strongest violence and the highest legitimacy at the same time, the situation seems to be either a good thing or a good thing.

But after all, Dong Zhuo was just a son of a good family. He suddenly stood in the center of the stage, but he didn't know how powerful this supreme power, which was called an "artifact", was.

He is still exploring very hard.

After recalling what it was like to be a concubine in the harem, Dong Zhuo suddenly felt that since the Queen Mother was already a widow, he could not let her remain a widow anymore.
Heartbroken.

"The doctor ordered me to see you."

A person with a Liangzhou accent reported that all the dignified Beigong guards were replaced by these Liangzhou people who followed Dong Zhuo into Luo.

"Please come in."

The person who visited Beigong late at night was Li Ru. As Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and closest confidant, he was serving as the deposed emperor Liu Bian's lieutenant at this time to prevent those who wanted to use the banner of deposed emperor against Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru came in in a hurry, and before he could catch his breath, he asked his father-in-law: "Who persuaded my aunt (father-in-law) to make Yuan Benchu ​​the governor of Bohai?"

"Wu Qiong, Zhou Ao, and He Yong all said so. I also think it would be more appropriate to drive Yuan Shao out of Luoyang." Dong Zhuo didn't mind his son-in-law's slight rudeness. "The Yuan family has deep roots in Luoyang, which is really scary. ."

That Yuan Benchu ​​had already contributed greatly in the process of killing the eunuchs, and his reputation among the scholars was at its peak. Coupled with the management of the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family, it can be said that he had both name and reality, and his strength was bottomless.

Even Dong Sikong himself was a member of the Yuan family back then. As a disciple and an old official, according to custom, he was loyal to his benefactor to the death, so he couldn't really draw his sword against him, right?
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"If Yuan Benchu ​​can really work with peace of mind from now on, he will give it to him if he is given the land of a county. I am afraid that he and Taifu will be in harmony with each other."

After saying that, Li Ru sighed.

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "In that case, should I call Yuan Shao back to Luoyang and keep him under strict supervision?"

"Now that my uncle is in the position of Sikong, he cannot change his orders overnight." Li Ru disagreed and just told Dong Zhuo, "But if Yuan Benchu ​​raises an army, Wu Qiong, Zhou Ao and others will be killed!"

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"Uncle, please note that we are just outsiders in Luoyang City."

Li Ru was worried. Dong Zhuo seemed to be unparalleled in power, and could even depose and establish an emperor with a single word, but he was still in a dangerous situation - he was so powerful, could it be compared to the dead ghost He Jin?

He Jin, the great general at that time, suppressed the eunuchs and the scholars surrendered. The emperor was still a close nephew. Now he is just a headless corpse. What's more, under the pressure of Dong Zhuo, the scholars have become monolithic. They obey on the surface but don't know in private. How many conspiracies are colluding.

The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. In Luoyang City, Li Ru seems to be able to see countless undercurrents flowing.

"I was slacking off for a moment. If I hadn't been a wise son-in-law who spoke out and dared to remonstrate, I would have almost made a mistake!"

Li Ru's words shocked Dong Zhuo, who was in the sage's time, into a cold sweat.

During this time, he was busy playing with his newly acquired authority, like a child who got a new toy, completely ignoring the danger.

"My aunt must not trust scholars easily, especially Grand Tutor Yuan Wei!"

Li Ru bluntly said that the relationship between disciples and disciples is nothing more than a powerless spider web in the face of a struggle that affects the life and death of the entire family. How can a man be bound by such a thing?

"I know." Dong Zhuo cheered up and quickly regained his heroic character. "I think we can promote a group of famous people from the outside world to join the center. Firstly, we can win the support of scholarly public opinion and gain a good reputation; secondly, we can make them interact with the court." This group of people fight against each other and support our own people.”

"My uncle is wise and decisive, so why should my son-in-law talk too much?"

Li Ru felt relieved a little. Dong Zhuo, who had maintained his rationality, was still the hero among the people he knew well. From being a mere son of a good family to now holding great power, he was both wise and courageous and was a leader in the world. "Also, since the scholars cannot be trusted, they may not be hiding soldiers secretly. Check all the places around Luoyang where soldiers can be hidden, and use our own manpower."

Dong Zhuo ordered again.

"My son-in-law has already sent his men to do this." Li Ru bowed his head and apologized. "It is very likely that my uncle's men are having an affair with a scholar, so my son-in-law made arrangements on his own. I ask my uncle to forgive me."

"A good son-in-law is really my humerus, Dong Zhongying, what's the crime?" Dong Zhuo stepped forward to help Li Ru up, "Who else can make my Dong family rich and prosperous for a long time, besides you?"

That night, Dong Zhuo invited Li Ru to stay in the harem, but Li Ru declined and returned to the deposed emperor Liu Bian's residence. It could be said that he came and went in a hurry.
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The moonlight shines from the forest, and the leaves rustle with the evening wind.

"I do not!"

Faced with Xu Jiashu's unreasonable request to let her shoot arrows, Chu Lan refused.

"It's just to scare him. If that doesn't work, lend me your bow and arrows."

Xu Jiashu said that it was impossible to shoot someone in the woods in the middle of the night, and your name was not Yang Youji.

"That's not OK!"

Chu Lan hugged the bow and arrow tightly and refused again.

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In order to verify his guess, Xu Jiashu had no choice but to take action himself - he shouted, "Who is sneaking around here!"

Such a voice suddenly sounded in the forest at night. The spies were so frightened that they hid behind a tree and looked around to find the source of the sound.

Can't find it.

"Whoosh-"

There was another sound that broke through the air, and a spearhead was nailed to the tree trunk where it was hiding, going an inch deep.

The spy was just Li Ru's personal slave, and he carried nothing else except a token. Feeling that he was being watched, he bravely shouted: "I am here to do something on the orders of the Grand Master."

At this time, Taifu Yuan Wei and Sikong Dong Zhuo were still in alliance, and the two divided up the power vacuum left after He Jin's death.Theoretically, no matter whether the person in the dark is a private soldier raised by the scholar or not, it is useful to report the name of the Taifu.

No one answered, and the forest was silent except for the falling leaves.

After a long time, the spy pulled out the spearhead and was about to go back to report, but he heard the sound of a bowstring ringing again. In panic, he stepped on the air and fell. Then, without caring about anything else, he stood up with all his strength, grabbing the spearhead and flying away. Ran.

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Looking at Xu Jiashu, who was shaking his hands in pain and crying, Chu Lan gently helped rub it while complaining in a low voice: "He said he knew how to hunt, but he didn't even know that the bowstring can't be left empty."

Fortunately, Chu Lan's bow was only homemade, otherwise it would not be impossible for Xu Jiashu to be disabled as a result.

"hiss--"

Xu Jiashu felt very uncomfortable. Who knew that the spy was so brave that he didn't scare him away. In order to save his little dagger, he had no choice but to make this move.

I didn’t expect that I couldn’t save it in the end.
The two walked along the spy's escape route for a while. Xu Jiashu felt that he stepped on a foreign object under his feet, and he leaned over to pick it up.

Under the scattered moonlight, it was vaguely visible that it was a sign with the five small characters "Xiliang Li Wenyou" written on it.

Xu Jiashu quietly put it into his pocket.

Fortunately, choosing to stay with Chu Lan did not affect the trajectory of the wild bear. It still came as promised and rushed to its destined death.

A bearskin hat, a new suit of clothes, and a dozen pieces of dried bear meat were what Xu Jiashu received from Chu Lan.

(End of this chapter)