Chapter 328: Assassination
"Father-in-law, are you alright? There are assassins who infiltrate the palace, but they are all children who are not well guarded, and ask their father-in-law for forgiveness. Lu Bu helped Dong Zhuo to the chair, and after Dong Zhuo sat down again, he pleaded guilty to Dong Zhuo again.
Actually, Lu Bu knew about Dong Zhuo's assassination today, and the eight bamboo poles couldn't hit Lu Bu's side, after all, Dong Zhuo seemed to trust Lu Bu, but the most important thing was still the Xiliang generals, not Lu Bu.
Otherwise, the commander of the forbidden army in this palace should have been replaced by Lu Bu's merger faction a long time ago, and now the commander of the forbidden army is actually hanging on Li Ru's body, which is really ridiculous.
"It's okay, hmph, forgive this Cao Cao Xiao'er can't help this Taishi, and he confessed in vain to give Ben Taishi a treasure knife. However, this Taishi never holds grudges, since Cao Cao dares to assassinate Ben Taishi, then he has to bear the anger of Ben Taishi. The assassin had been repulsed, so Dong Zhuo naturally had to put up his shelf again, so as not to be looked down upon by Lu Bu.
Not long after, Li Ru's face was anxious, and he hurried to Dong Zhuo's bedroom, as soon as Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo was fine, Li Ru was finally relieved, and hurriedly stepped forward, his feet were weak, and he knelt down as soon as possible, pleaded guilty to Dong Zhuo in his mouth, and said:
"Father-in-law, my son-in-law deserves to die, my father-in-law is frightened, and I beg my father-in-law to punish him."
Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo liked to have fun and was debauched, so Dong Zhuo took the art in the room and the joy of men and women very seriously, and now he was assassinated in the dormitory, which was far more serious than being assassinated on the battlefield and in the barracks.
"Wenyou, you came just in time. The person who assassinated this Taishi, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde were captured? This Taishi wants to cut Cao Cao with thousands of knives and put it on the meat market. ”
Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru's attitude of admitting his mistake was very good, and considering that Li Ru was always a strategist, no more than a fierce general like Lu Bu, it was understandable that he came a little later, so Dong Zhuo skipped Li Ru's crime of being late to save the driver, and instead asked about the whereabouts of the assassin Cao Cao, in Dong Zhuo's opinion, the palace is so big, there are Li Ru's forbidden troops everywhere, and Cao Cao also brought so many helpers, it is not so easy to abscond, Li Ru should be able to catch some assassins back.
However, when Li Ru heard Dong Zhuo's question, his heart became a yellow lotus, but he didn't dare to refute it, once he justified or shirked his responsibility, Dong Zhuo would be even more displeased, Li Ru had no choice but to twist his old face into a bitter gourd shape, and once again surrendered his hand to plead guilty, and said with bitterness:
"Father-in-law, find out, Cao Cao and others sneaked in from the secret passage of the palace, that Cao Cao thief is extremely cunning, not only sneaked into his father-in-law's bedroom to assassinate, but also arranged for people to guard the back road. The son-in-law was incompetent, but he killed hundreds of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, failed to capture Cao Cao alive, and asked his father-in-law to calm his anger. ”
Li Ru got Dong Zhuo's military order and temporarily became the commander of the forbidden army in the palace, but after Li Ru entered the palace, he never discovered this secret passage at all, otherwise Li Ru would have sent someone to block the secret passage, why is he so frightened today.
When Dong Zhuo heard this, his black face became more and more gloomy, this Lu Bu failed to kill Xia Houdun, Dong Zhuo was already very unhappy, and as a result, Li Ru couldn't even keep Cao Cao or even Cao Cao's subordinates, so what is the use of Dong Zhuo asking Li Ru and Lu Bu to be like these people, should they be decorations?
"Wen You, this Taishi has entrusted you with the heavy responsibility of guarding the palace, and your ability to do things like this, this Taishi is extremely worried. In the future, how will Master Ben trust you and live in the palace wholeheartedly? Hmph, Cao Cao was able to quietly enter the palace, in addition to knowing the secret way, there must be someone who colluded with Cao Cao, otherwise Cao Cao would definitely not know the time when the master returned to the bedroom and the location of the master's bedroom. ”
"Wen You, this Taishi will not punish you for the time being, but you have to give Ben Taishi a snack, and if there is such a moth, Ben Taishi will screw off your head, so as not to let outsiders know that Ben Taishi has such an incompetent son-in-law, so as to laugh at Ben Taishi. Okay, Wen You, quickly summon the civil and military officials of the court to come to the palace to discuss matters, these guys who eat inside and out, this Taishi will dig them out first, and punish him for the nine clans, see if there are still people in Luoyang City who dare to go against this Taishi. ”
In the middle of the night, Dong Zhuo wanted to order hundreds of civil and military officials to come to the court, which was simply against human nature, even if it was the reign of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, he would not be so harsh. You must know that many civil and military officials are now sleeping soundly, not to mention that a will has arrived, even if the Son of Heaven is here, it is estimated that it will take more than half an hour to get up.
Li Ru didn't dare to say more, he had already messed up the matter by failing to intercept and kill Cao Cao before, and now Dong Zhuo had a new order, if he made Huang again, then Li Ru would have no face to do things by Dong Zhuo's side.
Li Ru, that is Dong Zhuo's henchman and left and right hand.
If Li Ru lets go, or if he can't do anything, then all the generals in the army will learn from him, and when he receives errands in the future, they will all deal with it sloppily and hastily, anyway, Dong Zhuo's first strategist and confidant son-in-law Li Ru has not done any tricks, why should he ask all the generals in the army to be good hands.
"Yes, father-in-law, son-in-law will send someone out of the palace to summon the officials of the court to come to discuss the matter." After Li Ru finished speaking, he slowly retreated and walked out of Dong Zhuo's bedroom.
All of a sudden, the entire palace was brightly lit and crowded, and Li Ru increased the number of troops guarding the palace, and at the same time searched every corner of the palace.
It's a pity that Cao Cao took Xia Houdun and Cao Ren and others, and had already fled to the vast Hoolian Mountain, where the wind blew the grass and saw the dangerous rocks, Cao Cao didn't dare to stay, pulled the soldiers and horses all the way, circled around Luoyang City, and hid in Luoyang City again, quietly hiding.
When the civil and military officials of the court rushed in, they all went to the palace, and stood in front of Dong Zhuo, most of them trembled, and they didn't know what crime they had committed, which angered Dong Zhuo on the high chair with an angry face. At this time, most of the people who still obeyed Dong Zhuo's orders and continued to be officials in the court were mediocre and unambitious, or people who could bend and stretch, endure in Luoyang City, and were ready to backstab Dong Zhuo at any time.
"Hmph, call you and the others to come today, do you know what's going on?" Dong Zhuo deceived the civil and military officials of the court first, to see if there was anyone in the know, if Dong Zhuo said it, his face was different, so it can be concluded that he was Cao Cao's accomplice, and he must have participated in the assassination.
Trance!
Dong Zhuo threw the seven-star knife on his waist towards the ground in the main hall, and this sharp weapon that captured Cao Cao happened to be used as evidence. Dong Zhuo glared at the brutal eyes, glanced at the civil and military officials, and added fiercely:
"Bold, can you recognize this knife? This Taishi was assassinated today, and the knife held by the person who carried the assassination was this seven-star knife. If you take the initiative to identify it at this time, or expose your shortcomings, you can read that you are ignorant and make mistakes, be bewitched by others, and spare your life, otherwise don't blame this Taishi for beheading you with this knife. ”