As Guo Yan led his troops back to Chang'an, Li Dao immediately held a celebration banquet for him.

After the celebration, Li Dao asked Liu Xie to reward Guo Yan, Li Ru, Fan Chou and Li Li.

After reading Li Dao's performance, Liu Xie was very angry, because Li Ru's name was included in the list of rewards.

The next morning, after discussing some court affairs, Liu Xie said to Li Dao: "Li Aiqing, you have already read the performance of the table yesterday, and this reward Guo Yan, Fan Chou and Li Lizhen have no opinion, but this Li Ru is the one who killed my imperial brother, and I will not only reward him but also punish him." ”

When he heard this, Li Dao hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, it was Dong Zhuo's intention for Li Ru to harm His Majesty's imperial brother, not Li Ru's original intention, and I hope that Your Majesty can ignore the past suspicions, Li Ru's talent will definitely help Your Majesty." ”

"Li Aiqing, I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade again."

Seeing that Liu Xie's prejudice against Li Ru was quite deep, Li Dao suddenly gave up defending Li Ru, after all, Li Ru could contribute to him even if he didn't go to court.

As Li Dao gave up fighting for Li Ru, Liu Xie immediately rewarded Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Li Li.

Because Guo Yan and Fan Chou were both above the court, the two of them immediately thanked Liu Xie after receiving Liu Xie's reward.

As for Li Li, his official position was not enough to receive the reward in the court, so Li Wei, who was Li Li's uncle, accepted Liu Xie's reward instead of Li Li.

Subsequently, the ministers also returned to their respective homes.

After Li Dao returned to his house, he immediately found Li Ru, who was temporarily living in his house.

When Li Ru saw Li Dao, he immediately said, "General Li, I wonder if I can return to the court?" ”

"Wen Xiansheng, I'm afraid this matter won't work, Your Majesty has a deep prejudice against you, you better continue to serve under my account first! After that, I slowly changed His Majesty's mind. ”

Hearing this, Li Ru replied helplessly: "Since this is the case, then I will bother General Li." ”

"It's okay, Wen Xiansheng's talent is not as good as Mr. Wen, with the help of the two of you, I can keep Your Majesty safe."

Li Ru suddenly became humble after hearing this.

Besides, after Guo Yan returned to his mansion, he immediately sent someone to invite Fan Chou to the mansion for a talk.

When Fan Chou received Guo Yan's invitation, although he was puzzled, he still agreed to the invitation.

As Fan Chou entered the house, Guo Yan immediately took Fan Chou to his study.

After Fan Chou was taken to the study, he asked very puzzled: "General Guo, what do you want to do when you mysteriously take me to the study?" ”

After hearing this, Guo Yan replied very seriously: "General Fan, I wonder if you are still satisfied with your current life?" ”

Suddenly hearing Guo Yan ask, Fan Chou was stunned for a moment and then replied with a smile: "Of course I am satisfied!" What we want now is a thousand times better than in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou. ”

"Is that really what General Fan thinks?"

Seeing that something was wrong with Guo Yan, Fan Chou suddenly became alert and asked, "General Guo, if you have anything to say, you might as well speak out." ”

"Okay, then I'll say it directly, I don't know if General Fan has noticed, several generals of our Xiliang Army were originally in the same position as Li Dao, but since Li Dao took power, our status has plummeted, and now we say that Li Dao's subordinates have people who believe it, I think that we and Li Dao were under the account of Dong Taishi, and our status has always been equal, and now we are slowly about to become Li Dao's vassals, I intend to take advantage of this reward to get out of Li Dao's control, I don't know if General Fan is willing to join me?"

Hearing these words suddenly, Fan Chou took a few steps back in fright, because Guo Yan's words just now clearly showed that he wanted to rebel.

But after Fan Chou pondered quietly for a while, he immediately said to Guo Yan: "General Guo, it's really like this to hear you say this, Li Dao seems to have been suppressing us all along, since we held the Son of Heaven hostage, our official position has never changed, but Li Dao is soaring, if it weren't for Ma Teng and Han Sui's attack this time, we still wouldn't have been able to get a chance to be promoted, it seems that Li Dao had premeditated the original dispatch of his own men to be stationed in the palace." ”

Hearing this, Guo Yan immediately understood that Fan Chou was also disgusted.

Immediately after, Guo Yan struck while the iron was hot and continued: "General Fan, it seems that you are also very dissatisfied with Li Dao when you listen to your tone, are you willing to join forces with me to fight against Li Dao?" ”

Fan Chou thought for a while and immediately replied, "General Guo, I'll do it with you." ”

"Okay, General Fan, then we will jointly send troops tomorrow to intercept the Son of Heaven first."

"This ......"

"General Guo, do you want to blatantly break with Li Dao?"

"What, General Fan is scared? The soldiers and horses of our two divisions have already surpassed Li Dao. ”

"Afraid? I'm scared of a fart! General Guo, then I'll go back and prepare. ”

"Okay, then we'll go out together tomorrow afternoon."

"That's it!"

After speaking, Fan Chou immediately left Guo Yan's mansion and went back to reorganize the army.

At the same time, when Li Wei's subordinates, who were secretly monitoring outside Guo's mansion, saw Fan Chou coming out of Guo's mansion, he quickly transmitted the news back.

When Li Wei learned that Guo Yan and Fan Chou met at night, he immediately sent additional people to focus on monitoring Guo Yan and Fan Chou, because he always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Before noon the next day, Guo Yan and Fan Chou began to dispatch troops at the same time.

Soon, the news of Guo Yan and Fan Chou's transfer of troops reached Li Wei's ears.

When Li Wei learned that Guo Yan and Fan Chou were dispatching troops, he immediately became vigilant and began to transfer troops at the same time.

After Guo Yan and Fan Chou finished reorganizing their army, they immediately led their troops towards the palace.

Li Dao, who received the news, hurriedly led his troops to the palace.

It didn't take long for Guo Yan and Fan Chou's army to collide head-on with Li Daobu outside the palace.

When Li Wei saw this, he immediately shouted: "Guo Yan, Fan Chou, what do you two want to do?" ”

After hearing this, Guo Yan replied with a smile: "Li Dao, the two of us want to take the Son of Heaven out to breathe the wind, you won't allow it, right?" ”

"Guo Yan, what are you crazy about?"

"Li Dao, let me tell you the truth, I already know that you sent someone to spy on us, I think we were equal in status at the beginning, but now? If it weren't for the crusade against Ma Teng and Han Sui this time, I still haven't reacted to the fact that you, a despicable villain, want to monopolize the court, I will leave the words here today, if you don't let us take the Son of Heaven today, then we will have a fight to see who can be the close minister of the Son of Heaven. ”

Li Wei laughed when he heard this.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you for being stupid, I don't know whose slander you listened to actually looked at me like this, I Li Dao asked myself if I didn't do anything to be sorry for my brother, if you insist on making trouble today, then I have to sacrifice my life to accompany you."

Hearing this, Fan Chou immediately hesitated and said to Guo Yan: "General Guo, I don't think this Li Dao is lying, do we really want to break with him?" ”

After hearing this, Guo Yan immediately replied: "General Fan, I won't say anything superfluous, if we don't make a move today, then we will only have a dead end." Fan Chou listened to this, and immediately strengthened his determination.

Seeing that the situation on both sides was unprecedentedly tense, Li Ru took Jia Xu to the scene.

Immediately after, Li Ru and Jia Xu persuaded both sides not to act rashly at the same time.

After listening to the persuasion of Li Ru and Jia Xu, the two sides decided to quit after thinking about it, but Li Dao's heart also had a rift in Guo Yan and Fan Chou.