A young man came out of the crowd, the young man was gorgeously dressed, his appearance was handsome, and he always had a warm smile on his face, but it was Yuan Shao, the eldest son of the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes.

Yuan Shao said to the captain of the guard: "This person is the newly canonized Xiongnu Zhonglang general of our emperor, and the flying general Lu Bulu Fengxian. You are waiting to defend the Gyeonggi Stronghold, but you can't even distinguish between the meritorious people, you really have no eyes! The words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and they were loud and clear.

The people of Luoyang who were watching only then knew Lu Bu's identity, Luoyang was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and the people here were naturally very well-informed, and Lu Bu had just been canonized, and it was circulated.

Originally, although Zhonglang generals were in the field, although they belonged to a party, but in Luoyang, not to mention that there were many as cows, but it was not unusual, but Lu Bu's canonization attracted the attention of these ordinary people, for no other reason, that is, this made the Xiongnu Zhonglang general, the court weak, and in recent years it has been poisoned by the Xiongnu barbarians, but at this time, the border pass has gradually lost the sharpness of the Heavenly Empire, and the people also expect that there will be a handsome man like Wei and Huo again, so that the Han Dynasty can once again regain the former glory of the four Yi submissions, Especially at the moment when the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just been pacified, Lu Bu's birth was undoubtedly a signal to the ministers in the court, and it was even more reassuring to the ordinary people - I have a successor to the Han general.

Therefore, the surrounding people originally just held the mentality of watching the excitement, and were afraid of the power of the young man and did not dare to tell the truth of the incident. After learning Lu Bu's identity at this moment, they all talked about the truth of the matter.

The captain of the guard is subordinate to the command of Zhi Jinwu, this gentleman young man he naturally recognizes, a brother of Xia Yun who is a member of the Ten Standing Servants, named Xia Gui, relying on the prestige of the Ten Standing Servants, is used to being powerful in Luoyang City on weekdays, and he does a lot of things to bully men and women.

Therefore, as soon as they saw this scene, they understood a rough idea, according to the usual situation, even if some forces on the other side understood the identity of this Xia Gui, they would not be able to do it, and they would even have to be blackmailed by Xia Gui.

But this time, the surrounding people were so angry, and the Yuan family was originally at odds with the Ten Standing Servants, and it was clear that they wanted to protect this Lu Bu, and this Xia Gui was not something that he could provoke as a small captain, so he couldn't help but stand in place and make a difficulty.

Yuan Shao didn't care what the captain of the guard thought, and continued to speak: "Lang Lang Qiankun, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the surrounding people can testify. If this is not the case, I will definitely report this matter to the general! ”

When the captain of the guard heard this, he suddenly shuddered, and then remembered that Yuan Shao was still serving in the general He Jinfu, so he quickly ordered his subordinates to come back, and surrounded Xia Gui and others, and then turned his head to Yuan Shao and said with a smile: "Yuan Gongzi, don't worry, the lower officials have just arrived, and they have not understood the situation before, so they are really sorry." You see, so many people around testify for General Lu, then this fact is naturally clear, I will take the people of the Xia family back and punish them, do you think it is good to deal with them like this? ”

Yuan Shao understood that the other party's so-called punishment was just a nice word, and he might have sent the Xia family back before he reached the halfway, but this matter was not a big deal, and he made eye contact with Lu Bu and did not continue to investigate.

That Xia Gui originally wanted to say something, but he was stopped by the captain of the guard and kept his mouth shut.

Yuan Shao led Lu Bu and the three of them to a secluded restaurant and sat down.

Lu Bu took the lead and said, "Thank you Yuan Gongzi for relieving the siege." ”

Yuan Shao confessed: "General Lu, I'm really ashamed. The general is a meritorious man, but he doesn't want to encounter such filthy and pickled things in Luoyang. ”

Lu Bu pretended to be surprised and said: "What Gongzi means beyond his words, isn't it that there are often such things in Luoyang?" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "The general has been fighting outside the Saiwai all the year round, so it is normal that he is not familiar with the affairs of Luoyang. I think my Han Dynasty has lasted for more than 400 years, since Emperor He, traitorous eunuchs have been rampant repeatedly, causing chaos in the dynasty, and now Emperor Ling favors the ten permanent servants, and these incomplete people are even more fox and fake tiger, hey...... Fang Cai's name is Xia Gui, but he is just a younger brother of Xia Yun, but he relies on this relationship to run rampant in Luoyang City, and even many officials are afraid of him. ”

Lu Bu listened carefully to Yuan Shao's narration, combined with his own mastery of historical knowledge, and clearly understood the pattern of Luoyang at this moment: At this time, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling, had just been relieved of the party, but he did not reuse the party. Power was still mainly concentrated between the relatives and the ten permanent servants, and the scholars also took this opportunity to return to the political arena, but at this time most of them could only rely on the power of their relatives to restore and develop their own strength. The general He Jin, the original butcher, became the figure who was pushed to the fore at this time, while the real nobles and giants hid behind the scenes, waiting for an opportunity to eradicate the biggest enemy in their eyes, the eunuch group.

But objectively speaking, eunuchs have existed since ancient times, and the reason why they reached a point of dictatorship in the late Eastern Han Dynasty is related to the political environment in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. If the emperor wants to return to power, he must support his own cronies. At this time, eunuchs, the domestic slaves of these royal families, became the best choice. Relatives often withdrew when the emperor came of age under the joint attack of eunuchs and nobles, and what remained was a struggle between the nobles and eunuchs, which would last longer and more brutally.

Starting from Emperor Han He, successive emperors were like this, and finally at the time of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, the two largest conflicts between the eunuch group and the scholar group broke out, which were called the two "party disputes".

Among the eunuchs, not all of them are heinous, on the contrary, there have been many characters who have been circulated in history, such as Cai Lun, who invented Cai Hou paper; Another example is Cao Cao's ancestor Cao Song, who made meritorious contributions to the establishment of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and recommended many talents for the imperial court; The most famous are Zheng and Zheng Chenggong, who went to the West seven times, these are positive figures among the eunuchs, and although the scholar class in the Eastern Han Dynasty had a glorious positive image of Confucianism, in fact, there were also many traitors.

The two sides in this period were not so much a struggle between good and evil as a struggle for each other's rights. Therefore, Lu Bu listened to Yuan Shao's narration and just nodded, but did not express a clear position.

Yuan Shao is quite scheming, and he has befriended Lu Bu for a while now, in fact, he also has deep-seated considerations, although his relative He Jin is now powerful, but all the people in the scholar clan despise him from the heart, a person born as a butcher, and this person is so short-sighted that he is not of great use in the eyes of the scholars, so they are also actively looking for new tasks, and they can fight for them in the battle with the eunuchs, and Lu Bu is precisely one of the people they have chosen.

Luoyang Imperial Palace, in a side hall, there are many people sitting, most of these people are white-faced and beardless, and Wang Fu and Jianshuo are also among them.

One of them opened his mouth and said: "My lords, now the Yuan family is becoming more and more rampant, and they don't take a few of us in their eyes at all, just today, Yuan Shao of the Yuan family even insulted us on the street, you say, how can we endure this tone." The person who spoke looked like a pure white tooth and a good look, but the sharp voice made people very uncomfortable to hear, this person was Xia Yun among the ten permanent servants, and Xia Gui was his brother.

Everyone present is also a smart person, the truth of the matter, everyone has already known, at this time hearing Xia Yun's words, most of them are silent, after all, most of the relatives of each family are like this, and what Xia Yun said is not unreasonable, now that the party has been lifted, the resurgence of the Shi clan power has made them a little panicked.

The two people sitting in the first place are Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who are also the two most trusted eunuchs of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and even said many times: "Zhang Changshi is my father, and Zhao Changshi is my mother." ”

Zhang Rang looked quite dignified, and said in a deep voice: "Xia Changshi, we already know what you said, and it is precisely because of this that I summoned everyone to come this time. After a pause, seeing that everyone's attention was concentrated, he continued to speak: "Now that the party has been contacted, a large number of scholars have returned, plus those who were previously attached to the great general He Jin, now the strength of the scholars is strong again, and we have to unite, otherwise we will be exploited by those sanctimonious people." ”

Everyone responded, Wang Fu was a little absent-minded, he had been thinking about how to complete the mysterious man's instructions for the past few days, and he didn't have a clear eyebrow after thinking about it for a few days and nights.

Zhao Zhong has always been careful, turned his head and saw Wang Fu's strange appearance, and asked, "Does Champion Hou have anything on his mind?" "Wang Fu had been named the champion Hou for his meritorious work, and although Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong was powerful at this time, Wang Fu Cao Jie and others had a higher status than the two of them, so they should be respected on the surface.

Wang Fu came back to his senses at this time, after all, he had experienced a lot of wind and rain, and he was not panicked, and said: "The miscellaneous family is thinking, the current situation is grim, how should we protect ourselves." ”

After all, Wang Fu and Cao Jie had supported Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to kill Dou Wu, and they had much more experience in this kind of struggle, so when they heard Wang Fu speak at this time, everyone unconsciously shifted their attention.

Wang Fu paused and continued to speak: "Emperor Ling has also been troubled by the power of the party and his relatives He Jin many times, and we all know that the reason why Emperor Ling has not established a prince for a long time is that he is afraid of these scholars and the slaughtering family. ”

Speaking of this, everyone nodded, and the people around the emperor knew each other very well, Emperor Ling Liu Hong liked Liu Xie, the prince born to Wang Meiren, but Wang Meiren died early, and Liu Xie did not have strong reinforcements behind him, although Empress Dowager Dong adopted him. However, the power has always been less powerful than that of the eldest son Liu Wei's biological mother, Empress He, and He Jin, who is a general.

Therefore, Liu Hong could only delay the establishment of the crown prince again and again, and everyone present was very clear about these things, and most of them were loyal to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so most of the considerations were from the perspective of Emperor Ling.

Wang Fu said again: "Therefore, the miscellaneous family thinks that if you want to let the Spirit Emperor do what he wants, then the key is military power!" ”