Chapter 8: Li Ru's Murderous Intentions
Luoyang City
Since Guangwu Zhongxing, the capital city was established here, after more than 200 years. was originally a strong man who made Hu Lu famous, but now he is in a stormy situation.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Dong Zhuo broke into the ** and raped the palace maid, but the palace maid made him uncomfortable, and immediately asked the Xiliang army to abuse him to death. Whether it is Gaozu Liu Bang or Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, they can't imagine that their descendants of the Liu family will fall to this, and now the whole palace is like a hell on earth, but all the palace maids who are a little beautiful dare not walk around in the palace, for fear of being remembered by Dong Zhuo.
"Lord Situ, Confucianism has a new concubine today, I wonder if I am fortunate to invite Lord Situ to visit our mansion?"
Under the gate of the palace, Yuan Kui walked slowly, and now the government is controlled by Dong Zhuo, and the positions of Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei are in vain. Yuan Kui, who was not yet fifty, was already full of silver hair, and his face was like dead wood, as if he would collapse at any time. The fourth generation of the Yuan family, the third duke, the fourth generation of loyalty, saw that the Han family had fallen to this point, how could his heart not hurt? The voice that came from behind him Yuan Kui had naturally heard it and knew who it was, but Yuan Kui did not hear it and continued to walk slowly.
"Lord Situ!"
This time, Yuan Kui couldn't stop, because the other party had already pressed his shoulder, and at such a close distance, if he didn't hear it, it really couldn't be said.
"It turned out to be Lord Li in Lang Zhongling, I don't know what to call the old man?"
Yuan Kui was stopped by a middle-aged scribe, but his white face was slightly pale, like a sick person. However, this person's eyes are as bright as stars, but they are palpitating.
The person who came was the chief strategist under Dong Zhuo now, Li Ru!
Li Ru still smiled, not showing any dissatisfaction with Yuan Kui's pretending to be crazy and stupid, and immediately repeated his previous words again.
"Hehe, it turns out that Master Li wants to invite the old man to the banquet. Yuan Kui responded with a smile, and then saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, and he was very embarrassed and said, "Lord Li, the old man also wants to participate in Lord Li's feast." It's just that now that the old man is old, the doctor suggested that the old man should be quiet and healthy, and not drink alcohol. Even a little wine, for the old man, it is like dove poison. Since it is a banquet, if you don't drink alcohol, it won't be unreasonable, so as not to ruin everyone's fun. Therefore, the old man could only express his regret that he could not participate in Lord Li's feast. ”
"In this case, Confucianism does not force it, Lord Situ is the pillar of the country, and he should focus on his body!"
Li Ru said with a smile, the cold light flashed in his eyes, and at that moment, the sun hanging high in the sky could not make people feel warm.
"Thank you Lord Li for your kind words, the old man will say goodbye!"
Yuan Kui replied with a faint smile, and then walked slowly forward again, although his back was still straight, it was like the twilight sun, which would set at any time.
"Old horseman, look for death!"
After Yuan Kui left, he stood for a quarter of an hour before a sentence popped out of Li Ru's mouth. The smile had long since disappeared, replaced by a gloomy look.
Yuan Kui's reason for refusing seemed very reasonable, but Li Ru couldn't hear the mockery in his words.
Li Ru was originally the commander of the young emperor Shilang, and later He Jin ordered the princes from all over the country to enter Beijing to kill the eunuchs. Li Ru and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu are familiar with each other, and Niu Fu knows that Li Ru is talented, so he recommends him to Dong Zhuo. Of course, it doesn't mean that Niu Fu recommends it, Dong Zhuo will use it, it's very simple, I want Dong Zhuo to reuse it, and I will bring it to the name.
Then, under Dong Zhuo's order, Li Ru became the executor of poisoning the young emperor Liu Wei and the Empress Dowager He, so that Dong Zhuo was relieved to reuse Li Ru. poisoned the Young Emperor and the Empress Dowager He, without the blessing of his Dong Zhuo, his death was just a matter of time.
Yuan Kui's words before implied that he participated in Li Ru's banquet, and he would end up with the same fate as Liu Wei and Empress Dowager He.
Li Ru didn't think there was anything wrong with him, now that Dong Zhuo was in power, if he didn't listen to him, then he and his family would not end well. If you, Yuan Kui, are really so loyal, why don't you stand up against Dong Zhuo? When Empress Dowager He killed Empress Dowager Dong, what were you Yuan Kui doing? In fact, he was just a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he had to pretend to be a loyal minister, and he wanted to be a and set up a memorial arch. Since you Yuan Kui look down on me Li Ru, I want you to know how powerful I am!
"Humph!"
Li Ru snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards his own mansion, but the murderous intent in his eyes was chilling.
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"My brother beheaded Hua Xiong, don't take this opportunity to enter the pass and capture Dong Zhuo alive, when will you stay?"
The princes in the tent were surprised by the atmosphere of Guan Yu killing Hua Xiong, and a huge tired roar suddenly sounded, and the "buzzing" sound in his ears was non-stop. The princes looked over, but it was Zhang Fei who stood up from behind Liu Bei, with a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow-jawed and tiger's beard, which made everyone think that they were facing a fierce beast in the jungle, and they forgot their words for a while.
Yuan Shao's anger rose in his heart, and everyone in the tent jumped out one after another to point fingers, treating him, the leader of the alliance, as if he was nothing, and was about to rebuke Zhang Fei, but someone acted faster than him.
"Presumptuous, our ministers are still humble, but a small county commander under his command dares to show off his might in front of our ministers! ”
Yuan Shu's previously condensed anger suddenly erupted at this moment, pointing at Zhang Fei with a hideous expression.
As long as he waits for a few more moments, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, will send a general to fight against Hua Xiong. If he wins, he can also know the truth in Yuan Shao's army, and if he is defeated, Yuan Shu will send his generals to kill Hua Xiong, and it is not impossible to deal a blow to Yuan Shao's prestige and replace him as the leader of the alliance. However, Guan Yu's appearance shattered his thoughts violently, so how could Yuan Shu not be angry with Guan Yu? Therefore, Zhang Fei's words, coupled with Zhang Feiyu's relationship with Guan Yu, finally detonated Yuan Shu's anger.
Cao Cao, who was bent on courting Dong Daye and had the intention of wooing Guan Yu, jumped out to make peace, "Highway, and slow! Now we are gathered here to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded, what does it have to do with their identity?"
"Humph!"
Yuan Shu sneered twice, squinted at Zhang Fei, and mocked: "If Dong Zhuo can take it in a few words, why do we need to gather here? ”
After speaking, Yuan Shu stood up from his position and was about to leave.
Of course, Yuan Shu was just putting on a show, and it was impossible for him to really leave. If he succeeds in courting Dong, it has nothing to do with him, and if he fails, it is very likely that the blame will be placed on him, and Yuan Shu still understands this.
"Highway, let's live!"
After the peacemaker Cao Cao spoke again and stopped Yuan Shu, Cao Cao signaled Gongsun Zan to bring Liu, Guan, and Zhang back to Dazhai in his headquarters, and persuaded him with kind words: "Highway, now that we are waiting for the eighteenth road army to gather here, it is necessary to succeed in discussing Dong's great cause, why should we delay the big event for this reason? In this way, won't we become sinners in the world?"
When Yuan Shu heard this, he stopped, but his tone was still arrogant, "Since Meng De said this, I will listen to you once, and I won't worry about that reckless man." ”
After speaking, Yuan Shu brushed his sleeves and left!
Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, and Yang Hong saluted Yuan Shao and followed suit. The rest of the princes in the tent also saluted Yuan Shao and returned to their own villages, after this noise, and the sky was dark, and no one proposed to continue to attack the Tiger Prison Pass. Cao Cao sighed in a low voice when he saw this, all the princes were selfish, and he had no more than 10,000 soldiers, and he wanted to attack the Tiger Prison Pass. At that moment, he bowed to Yuan Shao, who was on the top, and did not speak, but comforted the three of them in Liu Bei's village.
In this way, only Yuan Shao and his advisers were left in the tent, and Yuan Chang, who showed his face at the beginning, and then was silent.