The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 72
Since Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor, in order to show that he was superior to the courtiers, he proclaimed himself the prime minister.

The city of Luoyang fell into unprecedented chaos, from the courtiers of the emperor to the common people, all of them were in nightmare day and night.

"Ugh……"

Sitting alone in the courtyard drinking to the moon, Li Ru laughed at himself. He never thought that in just a few months, the decisive and ambitious Dong Zhuo in the past would become like this.

To mess up the palace, kill courtiers without authorization, force the queen mother to death, and poison the deposed emperor Hongnong to death are all acts of rebellion that cannot be tolerated by heaven.

And condoning the evil deeds of his subordinates to burn, kill, loot, and rape wantonly is the way to self-destruction.

Abolishing the emperor is an act of establishing prestige and seizing power. After supporting King Chenliu as emperor, Dong Zhuo can gradually become a legitimate official. Dong Zhuo is not the first courtier to abolish the emperor. There is a precedent in the history of the Han Dynasty, but Dong Zhuo's next behavior is completely It runs counter to Li Ru's plan.

Is it because there has been a long-standing grievance in my heart, and now that the power is in my hands, it is turbulent and erupting?
Li Ru didn't know either, he only knew that this father-in-law's road to becoming a hero was coming to an end.

At the end of the year, Cao Cao assassinated Dong alone. Although he failed, he became famous all over the world. It was Dong Zhuo who helped Cao Cao by telling the world to arrest Cao Cao, and made his name spread across the country in an instant.

Cao Cao, who fled for his life to Chenliu, spent all his wealth and recruited five thousand soldiers. He issued a petition against Dong Zhuo to the heroes of the world, counting Dong Zhuo's atrocities, and hoped that the people with lofty ideals in the world will raise volunteer soldiers and go to the national crisis together!

After the publication of Cao Cao's appeal against Dong, the world was shocked. At this time, Cao Cao's reputation reached another peak. It can be said that no one in the world knows the king!
After Yuan Shao in Bohai saw Cao Cao's appeal to Dong Xi, he fell to the ground and cursed angrily: "Cao Aman, if you dare to mislead me, I will not forgive you!"

Seeing Yuan Shao's appearance like this, Xu You rolled his eyes, and seemed to understand why Yuan Shao got angry.

Now the national thief in the world is Dong Zhuo. If Dong Zhuo is destroyed, then if the princes from all over the world fight each other, they will become the target of public criticism.

Yuan Shao, who is growing his strength, needs a public enemy like Dong Zhuo to attract everyone's attention.

What's more, Cao Cao's reputation suddenly rose after the release of this article discussing Dong Dong, how could Yuan Shao take it lightly.

"My lord, Cao Aman called on all the heroes in the world to attack Dong. My lord should go, not only to go, but also to take the opportunity to increase my prestige."

What Xu You said was nothing, Yuan Shao valued fame so much, how could he miss this opportunity?

For example, Yuan Shao who rose from the Bohai Sea on his own, Ma Teng who had just been recruited by Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu who was not stable in Nanyang, the famous White Horse General Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong who was the representative of Confucian great-great-grandson of Confucius, and other princes responded to Cao Cao's discussion of the Dong Huimeng. , and some characters, such as Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang, etc. are not worth mentioning.

But one person who went to the League has to be mentioned.

On the official road going north from Jingzhou, a group of remnants of less than a thousand defeated generals walked slowly and sadly.

The heroic Sun Ce wiped away the blood on his face. Seeing his father Sun Jian's sluggish look, he couldn't help but say, "Father, we will return to Jiangdong at the worst. We will make a comeback in the future. Don't be depressed."

Sun Jian, who had lost his helmet and unarmored his face, was in a bad mood. Hearing Sun Ce's rhetoric, he just laughed at himself: "I regret it. If I had listened to Feng Xiao's words back then, how could I, Sun Wentai, have ended up like this?"

Behind him, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao, and Huang Gai also looked sad when they heard Sun Jian's words, but Sun Ce gritted his teeth and looked furious.

"Let's go, the fourth generation and third son of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu happens to have a foothold in Nanyang, let's take advantage of this alliance and join Yuan Shu."

Sun Jian was full of bitterness, but had to bow his head to reality.

The Jiangdong Tigers also ended up living under the fence?how come?
Sun Wentai, who was ambitious to lead his army to the north and planned to make further contributions, killed the long-standing Jingzhou shepherd Wang Rui by the way!
The Jingxiang family is completely reversed!A line of clans in Jingzhou rebelled, intercepted and killed Sun Jian, and 3 people left Changsha. Now Sun Jian has less than a thousand people under his command.

The enmity between the Sun family and Jingzhou was formally ended at this time, and it was only the beginning.

Jingzhou can't go back, and Jiangdong can't go back, because the gentry in Jiangdong don't welcome Sun Jian, not to mention that Sun Jian is in a mess now, and it's fine if he can't return home. Who would be willing to flee for his life?
The princes of the eighteen towns will form an alliance with Suanzao, and Yuan Shao, the fourth generation, three princes and many old officials, is elected as the leader of the alliance, and the tiger looks at Luoyang!The four seas shook!
The Suanzao League is indeed a major event that makes people in the world hold their breath and pay close attention.

But at this time, Zhen's family in Jizhou was also shaken.

Sitting on the main seat in the lobby, Zhen's mother was crying heartbroken, sobbing and questioning Zhen Yu: "Tell me! Where's the money! The Zhen family, who is very rich in the world, has no money to build a house now! What do you do?" The head of the family? Where did all the money go? It’s a family property that was squandered all day long and could not be squandered in ten lifetimes, why is there nothing now?”

Kneeling at the foot of the hall, Zhen Yu bowed his head and said nothing, muttering in his heart: It is true that the Zhen family is very rich, but it is not enough to support hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers.Now the Zhen family only has the ancestral house left. Now that the war is raging and the business is losing money, maybe in a few days the ancestral house will be sold to supplement the family. But what is the use of subsidizing the family after selling the ancestral house?where to live?

Mother Zhen was filled with grief and anger in the lobby, and Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who were eavesdropping outside the door, also understood.

A thought flashed through both of them: The Zhen family is finished!
Zhen Tuo took Zhen Dao's hand and tried to pretend to be in pain: "Sanmei, we have become poor."

Zhen Dao sniffled in the same way, as if he was sobbing, he said, "Yes, Second Sister, poor families even sell their children."

"Who do we sell first?"

"Mother loves Mi'er the most, and she will definitely not sell her."

"Sell fourth sister first?"

"Whoever buys the fourth sister is unlucky."

"Eldest sister is old and can't sell much, so she can only sell it to me."

"I heard that the children who are sold are very miserable."

"Yes, yes, the worst thing in the world. Let the second sister sell me to the worst person in the world for the Zhen family."

"Who is the worst in the world?"

"Of course it's Brother Feng Xiao. He killed Third Brother, isn't he the worst person?"

"Eh? Second sister, sell me."

……

"Mother, do you really want to hear the boy tell the truth?" Zhen Yu felt that it was about time to tell her mother about the matter, after all, the Zhen family had been completely emptied.

"Ok?"

After questioning for several days, there was no response. Zhen's mother was already broken, she caught Zhen Yu and just reprimanded her, but now he opened her mouth.

"The Zhen family's money..."

After Zhen Yu finished speaking, Mother Zhen cried even harder.

"Are you going to push the Zhen family into the fire pit? If Guo Jia wants to rebel, you will also rebel? What is there for him that you don't even frown when you give the Zhen family to him? Is your surname Guo or Zhen?"

Zhen Yu knelt on the ground, his legs hurt, he tilted his body, sat down and beat his legs, and said helplessly, "Mother, why don't you think like this, now the Zhen family has nothing left anyway, and there is going to be a war soon, eighteen The princes of Lu are in the Chenliu National League below Jizhou, and the Zhen family will either sit and wait for death, or follow Guo Jia through life and death, what if Guo Jia becomes dominant? Isn’t the Zhen family more prosperous than before?"

"Brother! Really? The third brother is not dead? Shall we go find Brother Fengxiao?"

Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who were completely heartless, ran into the lobby together, beat Zhen Yu's legs on the left and right, with a cute smile on their faces.

Mother Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then continued to cry, pointing at Zhen Yu and the two sisters while crying, "You, you all eat inside and out, why does my Zhen family have so many unworthy descendants... Will Guo Jia treat the Zhen family well? No Are all the birds hidden? You won’t turn over old scores and harm us?”

Knowing that my mother probably figured it out by now, the deal is done, so I can only follow the trend. Anyway, Guo Jia can't tell the huge family fortune of the Zhen family. Instead of waiting to die, it is better to go all out and fight.

Zhen Yu avoided Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao and stood up, and said casually: "Mother, ah, let me tell you this, you should stop thinking about it, it won't be long before the whole Zhen family will leave Jizhou together."

"Where are you going?" Mother Zhen stared blankly at Zhen Yu with red and swollen eyes.

It is estimated that the mother's thinking has froze at this moment, Zhen Yu said naturally: "Whoever Guo Jia rebelled and robbed the territory, the Zhen family will go there."

"Can't you grab Jizhou Mu's territory?"

Zhen's mother is 1 unwilling to leave Jizhou, and she has a deep love for her hometown, which is understandable.

Zhen Yu sighed and didn't explain anything further. The land grab didn't mean that he could just grab it, but he could grab it if he wanted to.

Zhen Yu, who walked out of the lobby shaking his head and sighing, happened to see his second younger brother Zhen Yan rushing back home, so he stepped forward and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

Zhen Yan gave a rare grin and said, "Brother, I'm so excited. Feng Xiao sent a letter asking us to leave next month. He has already sent hundreds of dead men to escort the Zhen family. Although these dead men are young, they are all An orphan who was adopted by Feng Xiao since he was a child, he is loyal to Feng Xiao and has high martial arts skills, I just rushed back from the administration, and I sent all the [-] soldiers and horses of Zhongshan Kingdom to Han Fu Huimeng."

When Zhen Yu heard this, he became anxious and said, "Huh? What about the armor and horses?"

Zhen Yan laughed, and said, "I have already made arrangements, so I asked them to go directly to Han Fu to get them. These equipment and war horses are already on their way to Feng Xiao."

Only then did Zhen Yu feel relieved and stroked his chin, a look of struggle appeared on his face, as if there was something difficult to decide.

Seeing this, Zhen Yan couldn't help asking in doubt, "What's bothering you, brother?"

Zhen Yu pointed to the ground and said in a low voice, "Is the ancestral house for sale?"

Zhen Yan thought for a while, then shook her head and said: "It is reasonable to say that it should be sold, but if it is sold, it will easily attract the attention of others, so let's keep it as a cover-up. Besides, the money and food that the Zhen family has subsidized Fengxiao in the past two years has been difficult. Calculate, it is not short of the money of this ancestral house."

There was a slight look of pity on his face. Firstly, Zhen Yu was reluctant to leave the ancestral home, and secondly, he felt that the ancestral home might be taken over by some powerful force in the future, so he always felt bad.

A month later, the Zhen family left Jizhou with the whole family under the cover of a caravan. It was only when they returned after the Jizhou Mu Hanfu League ended that they found that the Zhen family, which was so rich in the world and which he coveted for a long time, had nothing left in Jizhou.

(End of this chapter)