Thirty-seven years ago, Dong Zhuo, who was in the prime of life, stood out under Zhang Huan, was taken to the temple by Zhang Huan, and visited the Emperor Xiaokang who had just ascended the throne.

Countless soldiers and soldiers are looking forward to him being able to succeed Zhang Wen, speak out in the temple, lead them in wartime, and obtain countless feats, but no one thought that the old general, who had no warning and was exceptionally tough, died like this, he fell in the palace, and when the imperial doctor's order came, he was already out of breath, but his face was still full of smiles.

A lot of times, death just like that, without warning, comes suddenly.

The Son of Heaven ordered Dong Zhuo to be buried, and the burial was accompanied by the Taiwei crown suit that he never forgot, Hua Xiong was in the palace, and he personally put on this Taiwei crown dress for him, Dong Zhuo wore it, and he was majestic.

Of course, he also entered the Loyal Martyr's Hall, even if the hundred officials were disgusted with him for starting a war and disrupting the development of Liangzhou, however, the atmosphere of martial arts still existed in their hearts, the war was ordered by the Son of Heaven, and Dong Zhuo did not live up to the hope of the Son of Heaven, and also ushered in a brilliant victory, therefore, Dong Zhuo's status is just like Zhang Huan, Duan Cheng, and Huangfu Gui in the past, and he has become a legendary general of the Han Dynasty.

These days, Hua Xiong was busy with Dong Zhuo's funeral, and even Liu Mastiff and others did not go to the meeting.

Liu Mastiff was about to meet Hua Xiong, but there was a Yellow Gate to visit, asking him to go to the palace, Liu Mastiff immediately left, rushed to the palace, just entered, the Yellow Gate led him to the Yongci Palace, which made Liu Mastiff a little surprised, he also understood in his heart that it was not his father who was looking for him, but his mother.

Just walked to the Yongci Palace, the little yellow door said goodbye and left, the palace maid welcomed him into the hall, and hurriedly closed the door, Liu Mastiff had some doubts in his heart, and slowly walked into the hall, the queen was sitting on the seat in the distance, her abdomen was high and bulging, she was pregnant with Liujia, this will be the third child of the father, Liu Mastiff hurriedly stepped forward to meet, however, the queen looked, but there was no kindness in the past.

She had a cold face and stared solemnly at Liu Mastiff, Liu Mastiff's big worship, she didn't return the salute, Liu Mastiff could only maintain the posture of visiting, and didn't move.

"Reach out!"

She opened her mouth, Liu Mastiff dared to get up, slowly stretched out her right hand, her eyes were full of doubts, Queen Cai stood up with some difficulty, Liu Mastiff saw that she was still holding a small stick in her hand, walked in front of Liu Mastiff, raised the stick high, and pumped it on Liu Mastiff's palm, Liu Mastiff's face remained unchanged, he lowered his head, and did not even withdraw his hand.

Queen Cai held back her tears and whipped several times in a row.

"Do you know what's wrong?"

"The child knows his mistakes."

"What was wrong?"

"I don't know, child."

"Stretch out your other hand too!"

Liu Mastiff did not refute, honestly stretched out another hand, Queen Cai was a few times, this hand was also suddenly red, Liu Mastiff did not withdraw his hand, still lowered his head, Queen Cai sat back in her place, lost the wooden stick, stared at Liu Mastiff in front of her, the two were speechless for a long time, and after a while, Liu Mastiff heard sobbing.

He hurriedly raised his head, but it was his mother who was sobbing in a low voice, Liu Mastiff panicked all of a sudden, hurriedly walked to her side, and said helplessly: "Mother, the child admits his mistake, the child knows his mistake, Mother don't want to cry, Mother...", he stretched out his hand and wanted to wipe the tears from the queen's face, but the queen pushed his hand away.

"Your Majesty and I, have never beaten you, your father is angry, but only to scold, never moved, you have been weak and sick since childhood, when you were just born, I don't know, can I raise you to adulthood, we love you in every way, your father is even more tolerant of you, since the Han Dynasty, how can there ever be a prince who can contact the generals early? How could a prince ever be able to win over important ministers? ”

"You repay your father's favor like this?"

"Do you think that the rest of the people don't know what you do? Your father and I raised you to such an age, do you think we can't see your thoughts? ”

"I've never seen your father so lonely, others say that your father is filial piety, unkind, tough, and not allowed others to disobey, but, only I know, your father is the most affectionate son of the Han Dynasty, he can avenge the prince, not hesitating to hurt his name, but also to cook the assassin alive, he will go to worship He Zi every year, worship the hundred officials of the Loyal Martyr's Hall, but not to gain fame, he goes in private!"

"He seems to be strict with you, but over the years, he has helped you and protected you, do you know that since you left the palace, there have been more than seventy embroidered messengers who protect you, and he has brought less than forty people when he went out on patrol by himself!"

"Do you know that the manpower in your East Palace was all selected by your father for you, and even your guards, Han Hao and Shi Lian, are the most outstanding disciples of the Son of Heaven and the Sword Master Wang Yue!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? Sooner or later, the whole world will be yours, so why do you want to break your father's heart? Why can't you wait? You haven't even reached the year of the crown!! ”

Queen Cai kept talking, Liu Mastiff fell into silence, looked at the crying mother in front of him, hugged the mother, and he whispered: "Mother, don't cry, the child knows the mistake, the child knows the mistake... I will go to the Hall of Virtue and confess my sins to my father..."

He persuaded for a long time, Queen Cai stopped sobbing, Liu Mastiff bowed to her again, and then left the Yongci Palace, walked to the Houde Palace, and walked to the door of the Houde Palace, Han Men was standing at the door, saw the prince coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Liu Mastiff asked, "Father is here?" I was tired and tired...", Han Men hurriedly went in to say goodbye.

Later, he walked out and let the Liu mastiff in.

Walked into the Hall of Houde, the Son of Heaven was sitting in front of the case, looking particularly lonely, sitting there, frowning, holding his forehead with one hand, Liu Mastiff walked in front of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven ignored him, just looked at the case in front of him, on the case, is about the Guishan War, which clearly states the various battles that took place, the casualties of the enemy and us, and the names of some meritorious generals.

"Alas... This is written by Dong Zhuo himself... Want to report with me.." The Son of Heaven had a little sadness on his face, and he said sadly: "My captain is gone, just like that... The Situ I thought I had planned, Taiwei, are all gone..."

"Mastiff... One day, if you ascend the throne and want to use whoever you want, don't hesitate to use it... Don't go to the end, feel sorry for me...", said the Son of Heaven.

Liu Mastiff nodded and said, "Father, I know." ”

"Hmm..."

"Father, I'm here to confess my sins to you."

"Oh?"

The Son of Heaven raised his head and looked at the Liu Mastiff in front of him, Liu Mastiff thought that he would ask back where his fault was, but the big fat man did not do it, he laughed, shook his head, and said, "Don't say more... I've been a prince too, and I understand what you think, the position of prince is a terrible position... It's always impatient and impatient, but when you actually get to where you are now, you will find that you are immature and ignorant at that time..."

"When I was the crown prince, I also wanted to hold more power, and I also wanted to be like my father, so that the officials were in awe. You're not as good as me! ”

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Liu Mastiff was also a little stunned, and he didn't know how to speak.

"But, mastiff, you don't have to be in such a hurry, this son, sooner or later, it will be yours, no one can rob it, I gave it to you, it is yours, because of your eldest son, I am not close to you, I know, this must make you feel uneasy, plan early, want to strengthen your position, I gave you all the books from heaven, why do you need to do more?"

"The child knows his mistake! The child will stay away from everyone, return to the East Palace, and study behind closed doors! Liu Mastiff bowed.

", Prince Han, how can you do it behind closed doors and lock yourself up in the East Palace all day long, what can you do? Do what you should do, continue to do it, don't do what you shouldn't do, don't touch it, that's fine..."The big fat man said indifferently.

Liu Mastiff nodded and bowed again.

"The more anxious you are now, the more regretful you will be in the future... It's bitter..."The big fat man said with a smile, and Liu Mastiff didn't understand.

"Okay, let's go back, don't write these days..."

Liu Mastiff nodded.

After Liu Mastiff left, the Son of Heaven called Yuan Shao, Lu Zhi, and Liu Bei over.

Dong Zhuo's death interrupted the plan in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and the position of Tai Lieutenant was vacant again, is it to recruit Jia Xu from Xizhou again? It is still necessary to choose someone else, these things, the Son of Heaven has not yet made a decision in his heart, so he can only find the three of them to discuss together, and the three of them also know the purpose of the Son of Heaven looking for them, sitting in the Hall of Virtue, everyone began to discuss.

"I think that Jia Gong is in Xizhou, Xizhou was first established, sent to the officials, and the rectification of the place needs to be done by Jia Gong himself, it is not good to bring him back to Luoyang again, in Luoyang, there is a more suitable candidate than him, that person is Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu has been in the army for a long time, and he should be quite familiar with the war, not to mention, he is now exempted from official affairs at home..."Yuan Shao began to speak.

Lu Zhi and Liu Bei looked at each other, isn't this your own brother? How did you dare to seek an official position for your own family in such a legitimate and bright way?

Or is it the position of Tai Lieutenant, the position of the third duke, and your Yuan family still wants to occupy the second?

Liu Bei, as a Sinop, and Yuan Shao, didn't dare to say too much, but Lu Zhi couldn't bear it, he hurriedly said: "This matter is not possible!" Yuan Shao was stunned, looked at him, and asked, "Why not?" ”

"General Yuan is indeed a suitable candidate as a lieutenant, but, I heard that he has injuries on his body, over the years, it has become more and more serious, some days, he can no longer get up, the position of a lieutenant, things are cumbersome, Yuan Gong made his younger brother a lieutenant, didn't this hurt him?" Lu Zhi can indeed speak, as soon as he said this, Yuan Shao nodded, sighed and said, "That's true." ”

He stopped talking, Lu Zhi looked at the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty, the minister recommends one person, Hou Sun Jian in the Southern Army, this person has been in the army for decades, has outstanding merits, is brave, and can be a captain!" ”

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "Yes." ”