Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 6 Chaos in the Eastern Han Dynasty (3)
"Well... that's enough, that's enough." Dong Zhuo stared at it for a while, and then waved his hand when he saw that there was indeed no gold or silver hidden in those big wooden boxes.Seeing this, those Xiliang soldiers hurriedly stopped their hands and retreated to the side.Dong Zhuo walked around the dozen or so wooden boxes slowly, then went back to sit down on the mat in the pavilion, waved to Brother Sima Lang, let them go forward, and said with a smile: "You Sima Your family really deserves to be a famous family of "poems and books, and Confucianism"! This Grand Master is above the court, and I have always admired your father's profound knowledge! However, according to this Grand Master, Sima Lang—Your second brother, Sima Yi, is quite resolute, not like a weak scholar from an ordinary scholarly family. How old is he this year? Has he been promoted by the county as a filial piety?"

Sima Lang was still sweating secretly for his second younger brother's words and deeds of "a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", but now seeing that Dong Zhuo didn't seem to think he was disobedient, he calmed down quietly, and when he heard Dong Zhuo's question, he calmed down , Replied humbly and politely: "Qi Taishi, the second brother Xiaosheng is young and frivolous, and if his words and deeds are inappropriate, I hope the Taishi Lord Haihan. He is only 14 years old this year. He is just a boy student in the Taixue. It's too early to recommend him as Xiaolian!"

"Oh! Look at how tall he is, I thought he had something at least!" Dong Zhuo was slightly surprised, thought for a while, then frowned again, and sighed softly, "What a pity! What a pity! If he is Xiaolian now, my grand master will definitely promote him to the Xicao family who ranks higher than six hundred officials in this mansion! There is no need to read those scriptures anymore, my grand master will be able to let him go out in a few years As the prefect and governor of the ruling party..."

"Thank you, Grand Master, for your attention. Xiaosheng, the second younger brother, has not yet completed his studies. When he is a little older and more knowledgeable in the Imperial College, he will come to worship and serve under the command of Grand Master." Sima Lang Borrowing Dong Zhuo's words just now, he hastily opened his mouth and thanked respectfully, "Now, Xiaosheng, please open the way of kindness, my lord, and let me wait for my brother to return to my hometown, and take care of the people for you."

"This..." Dong Zhuo's expression froze, he stretched out his hand and slowly stroked the beard under his chin, and pondered deeply.Although judging from the current situation, the Sima Lang brothers have no signs of defecting.However, if the two of them are really let out of this Luoyang city gate, who can guarantee where they will go?Considering this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help hesitating.

At this moment, Diao Chan's delicate voice sounded: "My lord...what's so hard to decide? Hanoi County is located at the junction of the rebels from all roads in the Kanto and our imperial army, and it is the place where the battle is intense— —The two brothers are willing to take the risk of arrows and stones to persuade the people to go to Beijing to surrender, and they are actually young righteous men who are loyal to you. You should not shake their loyalty!"

"Well... Diao Chan's words are very good." Dong Zhuo listened, nodded again and again, and said to Sima Lang and Sima Yi, "That's good! My Grand Master has allowed you to leave Luoyang and return to your hometown to appease the people." .”

Sima Lang and Sima Yi looked at each other, and they couldn't help showing a hint of joy on their faces.At the same time, they both gave Diao Chan a glance of deep gratitude.But seeing Diao Chan's expressionless face, she probably pretended to turn a blind eye to avoid suspicion.

"Grand Master Dong can't agree to them so easily!" Li Ru's complexion changed slightly, and he couldn't care less, and hurriedly said, "Once this example is opened, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath. If the children of other ministers in the court follow suit This kind of behavior, going out of the city under the banner of 'returning to the hometown to appease', one by one is hard to tell whether it is true or false - I don't know which of them is escaping and which is pacifying... It will definitely make the people of the government and the people fluctuate. But what should I do?"

"This... this, Li Junzhi's words are also reasonable!" Dong Zhuo couldn't help but froze when he heard Li Ru's words, and he hesitated for a while after thinking about it.

Seeing Dong Zhuo's hesitation, the Sima Lang brothers suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the heart that had just let go couldn't help but hang in their throats again!

Dong Zhuo Assassinated
At this time, I suddenly heard a guard from Xiliang outside the garden gate shouting to the inside: "Report to Grand Master, Wu Mao, a scout sent by our Xiliang army to the rebels on all roads in the Kanto, brought back from the front. I have obtained important information, and request to present it to the Grand Master in person—please show it to the Grand Master!"

"Wu Mao is back? What important information can he bring back?" Dong Zhuo could hear it clearly in the green bamboo pavilion, snorted coldly, curled his lips disapprovingly, "But it's an exaggeration of the enemy's situation and nonsense. This grand master is just asking for credit to receive a reward! Hmph, you are still pretending to be mysterious, making it look so good... that's all! Let him come in and present this grand master!"

Hearing his instructions, Li Ru's heart moved, he glanced at Brother Sima Lang standing beside him, opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but held back hesitantly.Recently, the spies of the Xiliang Army have indeed become more and more outrageous—one by one, they ran to the front line of the Kanto for a while, and fled in a panic without even seeing a hair of the rebels from all walks of life. Back in Luoyang, he lied about some hearsay rumors as important information, and even pretended to be the result of his painstaking efforts to obtain the reward.Spies like Wu Mao who claimed to have important information to submit to the grand master would come two or three every day, but after listening to them, they found that most of them were just rumors.Therefore, Dong Zhuo has long been used to it, and today he didn't even take the basic secrecy measures. Regardless of the fact that Sima Lang and Sima Yi brothers were still here, he let Wu Mao come in to report and finish the matter early.Li Ru felt that it seemed a bit hasty for him to do so, but it was also true that the spies didn't live up to their expectations, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

Hearing the sound of footsteps gradually approaching, a sturdy man in green clothes, led by the guards of the garden gate, hurried up to the green bamboo pavilion, knelt down before the mat where Dong Zhuo was sitting, and clasped his fists and said: " His subordinate Wu Maoqi reported to Grand Master: According to his subordinates' investigations on the front of the Kanto, they have found out that Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, has raised [-] soldiers. He will go north from Jingzhou and will join forces with the rebels from all the roads in the Kanto who live in Suanzao..."

"Sun Jian?" When Dong Zhuo heard this, his thick eyebrows twitched into a ball: This Sun Jian is both wise and brave, and he uses soldiers like a god. He is really a formidable enemy!He sighed heavily, turned his head and said to Li Ru, "Li Ru, you should write down the matter that Sun Jian committed this matter... Sigh! You can think of more ideas for my Grand Master later, and see if you can do it." We can't find a way to win over Sun Jian as much as possible. If you can not be an enemy of him, try not to be an enemy of him..."

"Yes!" Li Ru also frowned and agreed beside him.

"Master Grand Master! This subordinate still has information to report!" Wu Mao walked two or three feet forward on his knees, almost touching the toe of Dong Zhuo's shoe. Cao Cao, the rebel who escaped from Beijing, was appointed as a vanguard general by Yuan Shao, the "false leader" of the rebels from all walks of life, and led [-] elite soldiers to approach Xingyang..."

"This Cao Cao!... Is it his team that is attacking? Where are the other [-]th Route rebels?" Dong Zhuo became nervous when he heard this, and leaned forward with his upper body raised from the mat, almost leaning forward. Putting his face closer to Wu Mao's, he asked in surprise, "Have they all attacked?"

At this moment, Wu Mao, who had been leaning over to report, flashed a cold light in his eyes, suddenly let out a low shout, straightened his upper body, turned his right wrist, and pierced Dong Zhuo's heart with a sharp dagger like lightning!
"Teacher, be careful!" Li Ru and Dong Yi shouted in panic when they saw it!

However, everything seems to be too late! ——With a ding, the dagger in Wu Mao's hand still pierced Dong Zhuo's heart!However, before Wu Mao had time to be pleasantly surprised, the expression on his face was stunned: the dagger in his hand had clearly pierced through the thin black silk shirt on Dong Zhuo's body, but was blocked by an extra hard object inside out of thin air. I can't get in even if I try hard!
It turned out that Dong Zhuo was wearing a pair of soft armor with chain-linked silver chains and a golden mirror protecting his heart in his clothes!
Even so, he was thrown back by Wu Mao's thorn and almost fell over!He hurriedly came to his senses, rolled on the mat, and was about to flee in a hurry!
Wu Mao missed a stab, and with a turn of his right wrist, another dagger cut across!I saw the sharp dagger glistening against Dong Zhuo's scalp, but it still came to nothing!

"Rescue Master Grand Master!" Dong Yi yelled, opened his arms and rushed forward, hugging Wu Mao's waist tightly from behind, preventing him from getting up and chasing Dong Zhuo.

Wu Mao struggled to earn a few bucks, but he couldn't get rid of Dong Yi who was hugging him around the waist. Seeing that the fat and bloated Dong Zhuo was about to turn around and run away, he became very impatient, with his heart crossed and his arms stretched. With a swipe, the dagger flew out of his hand, turned into a beam of cold light, and shot straight at Dong Zhuo's throat!

Dong Zhuo exclaimed "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Diao Chan, who was standing two or three steps behind him, shot in the chest!

Diao Chan seemed to be terrified by the sudden change in the pavilion just now - she stayed where she was and didn't react!

"Miss, be careful!" There was a loud shout, and a gray shadow rushed over, throwing her to the ground!
Just when there was no room for fire, the dagger shot two inches above their bodies, and with a loud sound, it was deeply impaled on the back pavilion pillar.

Diao Chan raised her eyes in a daze to look back, but saw that the young Confucian scholar Sima Yi had just rushed over and threw herself down to save her!

Seeing her shocked expression, Sima Yi blushed immediately, and hurriedly let go of his hands holding her delicate body, stood up quickly, stepped back, and said softly, "The situation was critical just now, Xiaosheng Desperate to save people, I have no choice but to be rude to the girl... I implore the girl to forgive me!"

After hearing what he said, Diao Chan stared blankly at him for a while, and didn't make a sound, but her eyes were slightly red.

"Oh! My little Diaochan!" Dong Zhuo was also on fire at the moment, and hurried over to help her up, checking her wounds up and down, "My darling! Where are you hurting?" Is it?... Oh! It was so dangerous just now! Quick, quick, quick, let the old man take another look..."

Here, Dong Yi and a few Xiliang warriors had already firmly grasped Wu Mao, pushing and pulling him to stand up from the ground!

"Grand Master... The concubine is fine... Thank you Grand Master for your concern..." Diao Chan wiped the tears on her cheeks with a pair of white jade-like hands, sobbing and said, "It's this Mr. Sima who is desperate and timely." Saved the concubine, you should thank him for his righteous deed on behalf of the concubine!"

"Well... yes, yes. This matter, my grand master, has written it down!" Dong Zhuo comforted Diao Chan after hearing this, and at the same time cast a very grateful glance at Sima Yi, who was standing by the side, and turned his head again. Turning around to look at Wu Mao who was being held tightly by Dong Yi and the others, his complexion suddenly sank, and he said coldly, "This Grand Master will send this daring assassin away first!"

(End of this chapter)