People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 180 The Yellow Turbans

Dong Zhuo certainly knew that his actions would cause resentment among the people, but he didn't care at all. In his mind, everything was based on strength.

Now he controls the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, holds the power of the world and controls the emperor. No matter what he does, others can only endure it.

When he returned to his own residence, he saw the doctor Li Ru rushing over with a special news.

"Grand Tutor Dong, today Liu Yu from Youzhou has sent an envoy to ask for a meeting!" Li Ru came over and said with a bow.

"Liu Yu?" Dong Zhuo was very surprised to hear this. Given his current position, there was no chance that Liu Yu and he would have any chance of reconciliation, so why would he send an envoy? "Is this true? Could it be that Liu Yu wants to abandon his Liu family?"

Li Ru shook his head and laughed: "No, I think Liu Yu would never do such a thing. This envoy is probably just pretending to be someone else."

Dong Zhuo immediately became interested: "If so, who is the messenger?"

Li Ru said: "The envoy is already in the prime minister's residence. The prime minister will know the answer once he asks."

Dong Zhuo took a look into the mansion, then nodded, and walked inside with his hands behind his back. Li Ru naturally followed closely.

After the two entered, they saw a messenger standing calmly in the main hall.

After approaching, Dong Zhuo looked him up and down and couldn't help but nodded.

The envoy saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, his eyes and body were full of spirit, he was tall and strong, and he was obviously a first-class hero.

Such warriors are extremely rare even among the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which really makes Dong Zhuo happy.

"Who are you here for? Tell me the truth, otherwise I will kill you immediately!" Although Dong Zhuo liked the messenger, he still glared at him, then sat in the right seat with his horse and golden sword, and his tone was vaguely murderous.

The messenger was not afraid at all: "I come on behalf of the Yellow Turbans!"

He had pretended to be someone else along the way just to use Liu Yu's name to speed up his journey. Now that he had met the real owner, there was naturally no need to hide it any longer. The messenger stated his identity directly.

But this made Dong Zhuo and Li Ru a little stunned. This was an answer that was completely beyond their expectations.

It was already such a long time ago that the Yellow Turbans were no longer the main characters in China. If the envoy had not brought it up, they would have almost forgotten about it.

Dong Zhuo's expression suddenly became indifferent. Speaking of the Yellow Turbans, he also had bad memories. He thought about how he had been ordered to go to Jizhou to take over from Lu Zhi to fight against Zhang Jue, but he ended up being defeated. This has always been something he regarded as a shame.

Since then, he has no good feelings towards the Yellow Turbans, and certainly doesn't have a good attitude towards them now.

Seeing this, Li Ru took the initiative to step forward and ask: "How dare the Yellow Turban bandits stand here so openly? Where do they get the courage? Don't they know how to die?"

Although this envoy was just an ordinary middle-level officer of the Yellow Turbans, thanks to the education of the Yellow Turbans, he was well aware of the current situation in the world.

He understood the current situation of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhuo.

When he saw Li Ru calling him a bandit, he really wanted to retort.

Speaking of bandits, you, Dong Zhuo, are the leader of the Han bandits!

However, he had a mission to accomplish on this trip, so he would not indulge in this kind of talk.

"I have been ordered to come here to help Grand Tutor Dong!" the messenger bowed in a deep voice.

Dong Zhuo raised his eyebrows and said disapprovingly: "I have the power in my hands, why do I need help from others? What's more, how can you, a Yellow Turban bandit, help me? I'm lucky I didn't kill you!" Li Ru thought about it, glanced at the messenger, and chose to ask a few more questions: "Which Yellow Turban are you from?"

When talking about this, the envoy couldn't help but straighten his chest and said, "I am the Yellow Turban of Youzhou. I came here on the orders of my sect leader Xu Chen!"

Yellow Turbans of Youzhou
Dong Zhuo frowned. He had no impression of the Youzhou Yellow Turbans and the name Xu Chen. In fact, he had no impression of the current Yellow Turbans. In his eyes, the current Yellow Turbans were already on the decline and not worthy of attention at all.

Li Ru knew a thing or two. After all, just a few years ago, the Yellow Turbans had caused some turmoil in the imperial court.

Moreover, he had actually read the imperial court's banned book "The Book of Nature", so he naturally knew what was unusual about it. When he heard that it was the Yellow Turbans from Youzhou who had come to visit him, he immediately became interested and wanted to know what on earth they were here for.

Then Li Ru whispered something to Dong Zhuo. Not long after, when Dong Zhuo looked at the messenger again, his eyes narrowed.

After Li Ru said this, Dong Zhuo realized that there was such a force in Youzhou.

"I have no connection with your Yellow Turban Sect and we are far apart. What is there to talk about?" Dong Zhuo snorted coldly.

The envoy bowed and said, "The leader of our sect has always admired the bravery and ability of the Prime Minister. I heard that there are traitors everywhere in the world who want to rebel against the Prime Minister. The leader is also very angry and wishes he could rush to the capital to fight the enemy together with the Prime Minister."

Dong Zhuo just curled his lips at this polite talk and said, "Humph, there's no need to beat around the bush. Just say what you want to say!"

The messenger continued, "Youzhou is far away from here. Our leader wants to help but is unable to do so. Even so, he can still share the pressure for the prime minister in Youzhou!"

Li Ru was thoughtful: "What is your plan?"

The envoy cupped his hands and smiled, "Our sect intends to take all of Youzhou and threaten Jizhou. This will distract the coalition forces and reduce the pressure on the prime minister."

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this. It must be said that this really made him excited.

Although he appeared to be very disdainful of the so-called coalition forces, he was not really so arrogant as to completely disregard them.

In fact, he is under a lot of pressure now. Facing the coalition attack, he has even decided to move the capital to Chang'an. However, moving the capital is too complicated and cannot be done in a short time.

If the power of the gentry in the world were united, it would definitely be enough to give Dong Zhuo a hard time. Naturally, he would be happy to see someone who could share the pressure.

Now he looked at the envoy with a friendly look and was about to agree to the matter, but Li Ru stepped forward first.

Li Ru is a smart man, how could he not understand that the so-called sharing of pressure is just nonsense.

Taking Youzhou and aiming at Jizhou was clearly what the Yellow Turbans wanted to do, and they came here probably just to ask for benefits.

"What do you want?" Li Ru asked calmly, stroking his mustache.

He was clearly a beggar, but he said in a high-sounding way that he was here to help. If it weren't for his cleverness, I'm afraid that Prime Minister Dong would have been fooled.

The messenger said calmly, "The leader of our sect does not seek wealth or fame, but only an imperial decree."

"How to issue an imperial edict?" Dong Zhuo smiled meaningfully upon hearing this. It seems that there are smart people among the Yellow Turbans. Now, if he wants the emperor to issue an imperial edict by looking for others, it is impossible. The only way is to find me, Prime Minister Dong.

The messenger said, "We are willing to do something, but Liu Yu is often in the way. Why not order Han Fu of Jizhou to take charge of Youzhou affairs? This will make it easier for us to do things."

(End of this chapter)