At the beginning of the next day, the soldiers guarding the west gate suddenly discussed in private, saying that Gao Shun sent people to contact Li Dao, Guo Yan and others outside the city, preparing to open the door and dedicate the city.

At first, it was just a few soldiers talking, but the more it spread, the more mysterious it became, and it soon reached Lu Bu's ears. Lu Bu only received Wang Fang's benefits last night, and when he heard such rumors at this moment, he immediately thought that Gao Shun brought people to Li Meng's Mansion to ask for the guilt, could it be because Li Meng and Wang Fang noticed his conspiracy that they caused this unwarranted disaster?

Thinking of this, he immediately called one of his cronies and instructed him: "Take a few people and follow me to the west gate." ”

And in Gaoshun in Simon, he also heard such rumors. His subordinates were worried that this rumor would cause death if it reached Lu Bu, so they persuaded him: "Captain, today's rumors in Ximen are not good for you, see if you go and explain it to Wen Hou, lest he blame you for it." ”

Unexpectedly, after Gao Shun heard this, he waved his hand and said: "The Qing is self-purifying, since I have not done such a betrayal of the master, there is no need to go to Wen Hou's side to distinguish." Seeing that Gao Shun was unwilling to explain this matter to Lu Bu, his subordinates sighed and obediently closed their mouths.

Who knew that not long after, a junior colonel suddenly broke in outside, and reported to Gao Shunyu in a panic: "Captain Qiyu, Wen Hou is here!" ”

"Wen Hou is here?!" When Gao Shun heard the report from the little school, he quickly stood up and asked, "Where are the others?" ”

"It's right outside the house."

Gao Shun hurriedly said to the left and right: "Come out with me to greet Wen Hou." ”

When Gao Shun walked to the door, he happened to see Lu Bu striding in, and he hurriedly led someone to step forward and bow down: "Subordinates, wait for Wen Hou!" ”

Lu Bu turned his head to glance at Gao Shun, snorted heavily, and walked towards the conference hall. Gao Shun hurriedly led someone to follow.

After Lu Bu sat down in the middle of the council room, he looked at Gao Shun and asked, "Gao Shun, let me ask you, do you have any contact with Li Dao and Guo Yan?" ”

"Back to Marquis Wen's words," Gao Shun had long known the intention of Lu Bu's coming, but when he heard him ask this question at this moment, he still paused for a moment before replying: "Qi Wen Hou, his subordinates are loyal to the imperial court, and the collusion with Li Guoer is framed by traitors. ”

"Traitor framed?!" When Lu Bu heard this, he sneered again: "I'm afraid that someone else is framed." After speaking, he couldn't help but instruct the soldiers he brought, "Take down Gao Shun, put him in prison, and wait for me to break the thieves outside the city, capture Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, and then deal with them together." ”

With Lu Bu's order, those people he brought with him immediately rushed up, grabbed Gao Shun, and prepared to drag him out. But he was stopped by a cavalry governor, who came to Lu Bu and said with a deep salute: "Wen Hou, since the senior lieutenant has been serving as the guard of the West Gate, he has been doing his best and not daring to slack off in the slightest. said that he fornicated with Li Guo and the two thieves, which was purely framed by traitors. If he wants to sacrifice the city, I am afraid that Li Guo and the two thieves have been in the city for a long time. Please check it out! After speaking, he knelt in front of Lu Bu.

The rest of the cavalry governors and military marquis in the hall, seeing that their companions had already knelt down, also said, "Please Wen Hou Mingcha!" They knelt in front of Lu Bu one after another.

Li Meng and Wang Fang, who were standing in the crowd, originally wanted to fish in troubled waters. Seeing that all his colleagues knelt down, only the two of them did not kneel, but the goal was too obvious, so he hurriedly knelt down.

Seeing that everyone was pleading for Gao Shun, Lu Bu snorted heavily, stood up and took his subordinates away. Gao Shun, who escaped alive, waited for Lu Bu to leave, and immediately ordered his subordinates present: "Everyone go back, and defend the city well according to what you have just discussed." Wait for Li Guo and the two thieves outside the city to retire from the army, and I will reward them for their meritorious deeds. ”

Just when Lu Bu took his subordinates to the West Gate to guard the General's Mansion and look for Gao Shun's bad luck, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others at the East Gate also got the news. After some discussion, Cheng Lian sent someone to invite Fu Zhu, Xia Houlan and others to come over to the palace to discuss matters.

Fu Zhu and Xia Houlan didn't know what was going on, so they hurried to the guard's mansion at the West Gate and saw Cheng Lian and the others. After the two sides finished saluting, Fu Zhu hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the three cavalry governors hurriedly recruited the two of us here, what's the matter?" ”

"Frustrated by the prison army," Song Xian said on behalf of the group, "We just got the news that there are rumors in the city that Gao Shun, the guard of the West Gate, secretly colluded with Li Guo and the two thieves outside the city, and prepared to sacrifice the city to the thieves. ”

"How is this possible?" When he heard this, he couldn't wait to say: "As far as the professor knows, the high school lieutenant is a loyal and righteous person, how can he collude with Li Guo and the two thieves. Someone must have framed him in this matter. ”

"That's right," Song Xian nodded and agreed, "Our three brothers think the same thing, so we invite Mr. here to discuss." ”

After sitting down in the seat that Song Xian had prepared for him, he frowned and began to think. After a long time, he looked up at Song Xian and asked, "Song Qidu, I don't know where such a rumor came from?" ”

Song Xian didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Cheng Lian. Cheng Lian hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Frustrated Prison Army, that's the case, when I hear the news, I will immediately send someone to investigate." It was learned that it was first spread by a few soldiers under the cavalry governor Li Meng and Wang Fang, and the result became more and more powerful, as if the captain was about to open the city gate to welcome Li Guo and the thieves into the city. ”

Hearing Cheng Lian's words, he said thoughtfully: "Li Wei's army has not attacked the city outside the city for a long time, and has allowed the people in the city to go out of the city from the east gate to fight for wages. At this moment, there were suddenly rumors that Gao Shun was colluding with foreign enemies, and it seemed that Li Wei was really preparing to take the city. ”

Although they knew that the Jingshi would be attacked by Li Guo and the others sooner or later, Cheng Lian and the others were still taken aback when they heard Fu Zhu say this. He hurriedly asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"Isn't that easy?" Fu Zhu sneered and said: "There must be a master in Li Wei's army, knowing that there are many soldiers and horses in the Beijing Division, and the city is strong, if it is attacked, it will definitely not be pleased, so he plans to use tactics to seize the capital." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that Wang Yun doesn't know how to use people, there is a veteran like Huangfu Song in the city, if he guards the city, the Jingshi will be impregnable, but who knows that it will be handed over to a brave and unscrupulous Lu Bu." It seems that the Jingshi has been lost, just in the past few days. ”

The reason why Cheng Lian and the others were willing to cooperate with Fu Zhu could not be because they had a way out after the city was broken. Hearing that the city was about to be destroyed at this moment, he hurriedly asked, "What should we do?" ”

"Everything is going according to plan." Fu Zhu said unhurriedly: "We are responsible for sneaking into the palace and rescuing the holy driver after the city is broken. And the three of you, before we leave the Jingshi with the Holy Driver, you have to do everything you can to guard the east gate, understand? ”

As the others were discussing the rescue, a soldier hurriedly walked in from outside. After glancing at everyone, he walked quickly to Cheng Lian's side and whispered in his ear. Cheng Lian only listened to a few words, and then said in surprise: "What, when did this happen?" ”

"Cheng Caidu," Fu Zhu asked curiously, seeing the soldier's mysterious look, "What's wrong?" ”

"Frustrated Prison Army," the soldier was Cheng Lian's henchman, so he said to Fu Zhu without scruples: "The subordinates came down to report that Lu Bu brought people into the guard's mansion at the east gate, and it is estimated that the captain of the university is more auspicious." ”

"What's going on today?" When he heard this, he immediately asked the soldier, "How is the senior lieutenant now?" ”

The soldier shook his head and replied, "The villain was only ordered to monitor outside the guard's mansion at the west gate, and when he saw Wen Hou entering the guard's mansion with a group of sergeants, he immediately came back to report to the cavalry governor. What is the situation with the high school lieutenant now, it is unknown. ”

"If Gao Shun is taken by Lu Bu, then Ximen will be in danger." Unable to sit still any longer when he heard the news, he stood up and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his mind thinking quickly about what to do. After a long time, he finally stopped and said to Cheng Lian: "Cheng Caidu, please send someone to the Ximen Guard's Mansion to investigate and see how the situation of the high school lieutenant is?" ”

Cheng Lian also knew that this matter was very important, so he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, so he hurriedly sent a few henchmen to rush to the guard's mansion at the west gate to find out what Gao Shun's situation was now.

During the time while waiting for the spies to report, Song Xian tentatively asked Fu Zhu: "Fu Jian Jun, if the senior lieutenant is sent to prison by Wen Hou, what should we do?" Did he rob the holy car overnight and flee to Jizhou? ”

"No, even if something happens to Gao Shun, before the city is broken, we can't enter the palace and rob the holy car." He was afraid that Song Xian would not understand, so he specially explained to him: "If we rob the holy car out of the palace before the city is broken. At that time, not only Li Guo and the others will send troops to hunt us down, but even Lu Bu in the city may personally lead the troops to hunt us down. ”

The words of frustration immediately made Song Xian and others dispel the idea of robbing Emperor Han Xian immediately. They all knew very well in their hearts that even if they rescued Emperor Han Xian, they would be thousands of miles away from Jizhou, and there would be a barrier in the middle. Lu Bu only needs to catch up with a cavalry, which is enough for everyone to die without a place to be buried.

Fortunately, Cheng Lian's subordinates were more effective, and after less than half an hour, he ran back panting and reported: "Qiqi Riding Governor, the small one has been investigated." After Wen Hou entered the guard's mansion, he angrily reprimanded the high school lieutenant, and then ordered someone to take him down and prepare to go to prison. Fortunately, there were lieutenants who interceded for him, and Wen Hou let him go. ”

Hearing that Gao Shun was fine, the boulder that he chose in his heart finally fell to the ground. He said to Cheng Lian and the others: "Three cavalry governors, since the matter of the high lieutenant has come to an end, then I will leave first." If anything, send someone to our dwelling place. ”

The reason why Cheng Lian and the others were willing to cooperate with Fu Zhu could not be because they had a way out after the city was broken. Hearing that the city was about to be destroyed at this moment, he hurriedly asked, "What should we do?" ”

"Everything is going according to plan." Fu Zhu said unhurriedly: "We are responsible for sneaking into the palace and rescuing the holy driver after the city is broken. And the three of you, before we leave the Jingshi with the Holy Driver, you have to do everything you can to guard the east gate, understand? ”

As the others were discussing the rescue, a soldier hurriedly walked in from outside. After glancing at everyone, he walked quickly to Cheng Lian's side and whispered in his ear. Cheng Lian only listened to a few words, and then said in surprise: "What, when did this happen?" ”

"Cheng Caidu," Fu Zhu asked curiously, seeing the soldier's mysterious look, "What's wrong?" ”

"Frustrated Prison Army," the soldier was Cheng Lian's henchman, so he said to Fu Zhu without scruples: "The subordinates came down to report that Lu Bu brought people into the guard's mansion at the east gate, and it is estimated that the captain of the university is more auspicious." ”

"What's going on today?" When he heard this, he immediately asked the soldier, "How is the senior lieutenant now?" ”

The soldier shook his head and replied, "The villain was only ordered to monitor outside the guard's mansion at the west gate, and when he saw Wen Hou entering the guard's mansion with a group of sergeants, he immediately came back to report to the cavalry governor. What is the situation with the high school lieutenant now, it is unknown. ”

"If Gao Shun is taken by Lu Bu, then Ximen will be in danger." Unable to sit still any longer when he heard the news, he stood up and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his mind thinking quickly about what to do. After a long time, he finally stopped and said to Cheng Lian: "Cheng Caidu, please send someone to the Ximen Guard's Mansion to investigate and see how the situation of the high school lieutenant is?" ”

Cheng Lian also knew that this matter was very important, so he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, so he hurriedly sent a few henchmen to rush to the guard's mansion at the west gate to find out what Gao Shun's situation was now.

During the time while waiting for the spies to report, Song Xian tentatively asked Fu Zhu: "Fu Jian Jun, if the senior lieutenant is sent to prison by Wen Hou, what should we do?" Did he rob the holy car overnight and flee to Jizhou? ”

"No, even if something happens to Gao Shun, before the city is broken, we can't enter the palace and rob the holy car." He was afraid that Song Xian would not understand, so he specially explained to him: "If we rob the holy car out of the palace before the city is broken. At that time, not only Li Guo and the others will send troops to hunt us down, but even Lu Bu in the city may personally lead the troops to hunt us down. ”

The words of frustration immediately made Song Xian and others dispel the idea of robbing Emperor Han Xian immediately. They all knew very well in their hearts that even if they rescued Emperor Han Xian, they would be thousands of miles away from Jizhou, and there would be a barrier in the middle. Lu Bu only needs to catch up with a cavalry, which is enough for everyone to die without a place to be buried.

Fortunately, Cheng Lian's subordinates were more effective, and after less than half an hour, he ran back panting and reported: "Qiqi Riding Governor, the small one has been investigated." After Wen Hou entered the guard's mansion, he angrily reprimanded the high school lieutenant, and then ordered someone to take him down and prepare to go to prison. Fortunately, there were lieutenants who interceded for him, and Wen Hou let him go. ”

Hearing that Gao Shun was fine, the boulder that he chose in his heart finally fell to the ground. He said to Cheng Lian and the others: "Three cavalry governors, since the matter of the high lieutenant has come to an end, then I will leave first." If anything, send someone to our dwelling place. ”