I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 137 Response

Wang Rou first learned about the two Chanyus from Dong Zhuo.

For Dong Zhuo, his process of appeasing Wang Rou was not complicated.

Wang Rou didn't like to communicate with rude warriors like Dong Zhuo. He actually didn't know what Dong Zhuo had been doing these days.

"I arrested the Xianbei people's messenger earlier and found that the Xianbei people wanted to become allies with the tribes who betrayed the Xiongnu royal court. They were colluding with each other internally and externally, and some Xiongnu tribes had already agreed. After interrogation, I found out that there was more than one team of messengers, and immediately I avoided the Huns and led my troops to separate routes to pursue them, but it was still too late..."

"The situation is urgent. In order to prevent the Xiongnu tribes from colluding with Xianbei, I had to take this step. I thought of using this method to temporarily appease the Xiongnu tribes. I just returned from abroad today and was about to discuss it with you!"

The lieutenant general was inferior to the general. Wang Rou believed that Dong Zhuo was uncivilized and looked down upon him, but she was not qualified to guide Dong Zhuo in his work.

Wang Rou was dissatisfied that Dong Zhuo only told him at this time, and asked: "The general has made this decision, why didn't he tell me earlier?"

Dong Zhuo heard this and asked in confusion: "I sent someone to deliver a message to you? I was even afraid of making mistakes, so I asked my son-in-law Niu Fu to deliver the message..."

Wang Rou felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He remembered that Niu Fu had given him a gift three or four days ago. The servant sent word that he had something to ask for. At that time, he thought Niu Fu was trying to flatter him and looked down upon him. He ordered the gift to be thrown away. No one was seen, could it be this time?

But he doesn't think it's his fault. If Ushifu talks seriously, will he avoid it?

"Did he make a mistake?" Dong Zhuo first said to himself, then became furious and ordered people to call Niu Fu to question the matter.

The answer is no different from what Wang Rou thought.

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "If the king is not an honorable man, wouldn't he suspect that I deliberately deceived you? You are my son-in-law, so your crime will be increased! Come on, pull this officer down quickly and behead him in public!"

The army commanders and others who were present quickly begged for mercy, and someone shouted: "General, Lieutenant Niu has no merit but hard work. General, please forgive him for the sake of the past!"

Some people are willing to take the initiative to share the blame for Niu Fu and use their official positions to pay for the crime.

Although she looked down on warriors, Wang Rou also felt that this move was a bit excessive, and Wang Rou saw the eyes of those officers looking at him...

He suddenly understood what a murderous look was.

Wang Rou appealed to Niu Fu, who was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. He did not want to offend Dong Zhuo to death, but Dong Zhuo refused because of the military order.

"He was ordered to deliver a letter, but failed to complete the mission. It is appropriate to prosecute him!"

Wang Rou then told about her refusal to see Niu Fu at that time, and once again pleaded for Niu Fu.

The officers present also agreed.

Dong Zhuo borrowed the donkey down the slope and sighed: "Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided. At least thirty lashes will be required!... You still haven't thanked the king?"

Niu Fu thanked him repeatedly without mentioning it.

Afterwards, Niu Fu immediately accepted the caning in front of Wang Rou.

Then Dong Zhuo took Wang Rou to see the captured Xianbei messenger. He was unable to speak, but Wang Rou found nothing suspicious.

After seeing Wang Rou off, Dong Zhuo returned to the main room. The tortured Niu Fu put away his painful expression and asked, "Sir, can he believe it?"

"He'd better believe it!" Dong Zhuo's eyes were sharp.

It was never Niu Fu who was approaching the gate of hell just now, but Wang Rou.

This was the first plan Dong Zhuo got after thinking about it day and night. He made complete preparations before notifying Wang Rou.

Will the imperial court seek confirmation from the Xianbei people?

As for the Xianbei people who could be used as evidence... this was the main reason why he had to delay. It was easy to find corpses that could be disguised as Xianbei nobles, but it was difficult to find living people, and they had to make the other party unable to speak.

Regardless of whether the Huns had colluded with the Xianbei or not, they would not admit it to the court envoys. The problem with this set of plans is that everything comes from Dong Zhuo's one-sided remarks.

But it doesn't matter. If the court still doesn't believe it, Dong Zhuo has follow-up plans.

The longer things drag on, the more room he has to maneuver.

After appeasing Wang Rou, Dong Zhuo sent people to inform the prefects of each county about Xianbei's intention to collude with the Xiongnu tribes, and told them not to leak the matter.

In the next few days, Dong Zhuo met with officials sent by Cui Jun and Gongsun Zan.

Facing Xihe Changshi sent by Cui Jun, the reason he gave was that he would obey the authority in urgent matters, and the Xiongnu tribes were not only distributed in Xihe County, so he was worried that leaking information would alert the Xiongnu tribes.

Facing Gongsun Yue sent by Gongsun Zan, Dong Zhuo became even more straightforward. He bluntly said that he could not trust Gongsun Zan and was worried that Gongsun Zan would do something bad. He made Gongsun Yue very angry.

Especially after communicating with the chief historian of Xihe County, Gongsun Yue made up his mind to ask his elder brother to write a letter to impeach Dong Zhuo after returning.

Dong Zhuo was not afraid of this. His memorial was sent to Luoyang after he decided how to deal with it, and it would be delayed at Dong Min's place in Luoyang for half a day at most.

The memorial arrived before you, and the Yuan family, who is famous all over the world, cooperated. What can you, Gongsun Zan, do to fight against me?

Moreover, Dong Zhuo and Gongsun Zan had conflicts over the Huns, and the fault lay with Gongsun Zan.

……

Luoyang.

Emperor Ling had been lying on the couch since he woke up, but his place of cultivation was moved to the Jiade Hall where Empress Dowager Dong was.

He hoped to spend more time with Empress Dowager Dong.

In this regard, neither Queen He nor Liu Bian raised any objection.

They had no safety concerns. Jiade Palace was the territory of Empress Dowager Dong, but the armed attendants there were all eunuchs. These eunuchs knew very well who they were loyal to.

During this period, Liu Bian also followed the example of Emperor Ling, entrusting all minor matters to the Shangshutai and Lu Shangshu affairs, and only watched relevant entries, so as to spend more time with Emperor Ling.

He Miao succeeded He Jin as the new general and secretary, took over the general's original department, and reused the original military fake Sima Zhang Liao at Liu Bian's suggestion.

Liu Bian was relatively relieved about He Miao.

He Miao's character is a bit soft and not strong enough, but he is willing to act according to Liu Bian's instructions, which is a huge advantage. He had also cooperated well with Liu Bian before.

Although he is not expected to make any effective suggestions on government affairs, it is enough for him to sit in Yuntai Palace when Liu Bian is away.

Liu Bian didn't suspect anything when he first learned about the connection between Xianbei and the Xiongnu tribes. After all, some of the current Xianbei people were once Huns. But when he saw Dong Zhuo's arbitrary handling of power later, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

The Southern Huns are a formidable force.

At such a sensitive time, it's Dong Zhuo again...

Liu Bian summoned Sangong and came to Yuntai Hall with Lu Zhi and others.

He first set the tone for the matter: "The southern Xiongnu tribes are not amenable to governance. At this moment, it is difficult to distinguish between Dong Zhuo's loyalty and treachery. How should I deal with it? Please teach me."

(End of this chapter)