In the second year of Xingping (195 AD), Chang'an.

It was already late at night, but in the palace, there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

The door to the Emperor's chambers was slammed open. The palace maids and eunuchs on both sides bent down tremblingly and didn't dare to raise their heads, because the person who disturbed the emperor's dream was Li Dao.

The young emperor Liu Xie didn't care too much, this was not the first time. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, and said lazily: "Aiqing, coming late at night, there must be something important." ”

Li Dao glared at the emperor with his usual cold eyes. After a while, he slightly restrained his emotions and said without any emotion: "I heard that Your Majesty wants to move back to the Eastern Capital?" ”

"Aiqing's news is well-informed. Yes, I thought about it for a long time, and felt that Chang'an was too remote to control the Kwantung princes, so I wanted to move back to Luoyang. Could it be that Aiqing thinks this matter is inappropriate? ”

There was a hint of murder in Li Wei's eyes, and Liu Xie naturally noticed it, but this was no deterrent for him who had grown up in the conspiracy since he was a child.

"The minister is planning for the Han world, and this matter is definitely not feasible!" Li Dao said categorically.

"Oh? But why? ”

"If Your Majesty moves back to the old capital, it is difficult to guarantee that the Kwantung princes will not unite again, and it will be the people of the world who will suffer."

"Heh, when did Li Aiqing care about the world? Zheng County mutiny, Chang'an bloody night, which time Aiqing didn't treat human life like a mustard? If I don't return to Luoyang, won't the Kwantung princes fight? In the past few years, have there been fewer Li people who have died in the land of the Han Dynasty? I guess that Aiqing is not afraid that she will become the second Dong Zhuo, right? Liu Xie asked Li Dao with a smile.

"The Liu family's children! Don't get carried away! Today, I, Li Dao, can make you emperor, and tomorrow I can make you a wild ghost! In the surprised eyes of the palace maid and the eunuch, Li Dao said something rebellious.

But Liu Xie had already guessed that he was reacting like this, and he just laughed even more: "Aiqing, is there no longer any forbearance that you had to lurk in Beidi County in order to capture Chang'an?" Or is it because after controlling this Jingshi, he has become impetuous? Yes, maybe tomorrow you Li Dao will be willing to risk the world's condemnation to kill me, but at least today I am still the king, and you are the minister! Don't be presumptuous! I'm tired, Aiqing retreat. ”

After speaking, Liu Xie ignored Li Wei's murderous eyes and lay down peacefully.

Li Wei's hand had already touched the hilt of the sword, but he knew that he must not do it at this time. The palace maids and eunuchs on both sides were already frightened, and they trembled and prayed in their hearts for the Hades to be merciful.

In the end, Li Wei let out a sigh of relief and suppressed his anger. He turned around, turned his back to Liu Xie, and said, "The minister is retiring." And he strode out.

Liu Xie didn't sleep, and he also knew that what was waiting for him tomorrow would be a storm.

……

"Smack!" The wooden table in the living room was struck twice.

"General Li, Hugh wants to be angry with the young and ignorant little emperor, he is just the lips. Now that this imperial capital is under your control, even if he wants to return to the east, how can anyone support him? Fan Chou smiled and persuaded Li Dao.

Guo Yan went out to inspect and didn't come back, and Zhang Ji went out of Tun Hongnong, at this time, Li Wei could only speak, and only Fan Chou was able.

"Perhaps, it was a mistake to leave him in the first place." Li Wei's hands were still shaking because of anger.

"The general doesn't have to worry too much. Now that the Kwantung princes are fighting each other, they have no time to care about the life or death of this little emperor, as long as they control the Han ministers who are loyal to him in the court, it is not impossible to replace them. Fan Chou lowered his voice and said.

Li Wei turned his head to look at Fan Chou suddenly, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"It's not time yet, now that I'm facing enemies on all sides, this little emperor is still useful." In the end, Li Wei rejected Fan Chou's proposal.

"Yes, yes, General Mingjian."

"He can't make any waves. Okay, it's not too early, I still have something to do when I go back, so I won't stay with you for long. With that, Li Dao stood up.

"The general works hard for the country, and he also needs to take care of his body. Then there will be no generals. Fan Chou also got up to send him off.

Li Wei nodded, then walked to the gate of the mansion accompanied by Fan Chou, and suddenly stood again, "You inform General Guo tomorrow and ask him to pay more attention to whether there is anyone near Chang'an who wants to receive this little emperor in the next few days." ”

"General rest assured." Fan Chou agreed.

Only then did Li Dao leave with peace of mind.

The housekeeper closed the door of the mansion and went back to rest under Fan Chou's signal. Fan Chou stood alone in the courtyard, looking at the stars in the sky and sighed: "Since the death of the lord, it seems that everyone has changed. ”

At some point, there was a man in the courtyard, and as the clouds that covered the moonlight moved away, the man's face gradually revealed.

"If Li Dao continues to walk like this, sooner or later he will end up with no bones left." The man said, touching the scars on his face.

"Brother Han, aren't you afraid that I Fan Chou will betray you?" Fan Chou retracted his gaze and looked at the man beside him.

This person is none other than Han Yuan. A few days ago, he and several of his subordinates disguised themselves as businessmen and infiltrated Chang'an, only to find that something was wrong with the situation in Chang'an. So, he ventured to visit Taiwei Yang Biao.

Fortunately, Yang Biao is also an old minister loyal to the Han Dynasty. After his explanation, Han Yuan realized that Li Dao's party was not single-minded now. Li Dao and Xi Yan's monopoly power, although Guo Yan and him have a good relationship, but it is not as good as before, in order to avoid contradictions, Guo Yan took the initiative to ask to go to Chang'an City to station patrol.

Through slow contact, Yang Biao discovered that Fan Chou was actually loyal to the Han Dynasty, but he was silent because he didn't want to have trouble with Li Dao.

Zhang Ji was squeezed out by Xi Yan to Hongnong because of Zou Li's relationship. Jia Xu, who was wise enough to protect his life, also followed.

Seeing that everyone was torn apart, Hu Zhen was disheartened and returned to Xiliang alone.

Therefore, Han Yuan proposed to Yang Biao that the design of these tiger and wolf gangsters kill each other, and the beginning of this plan was the emperor's proposal to move east.

In the name of offering spices to the emperor, Yang Biao entered the palace and told Liu Xie about the whole plan. Han Yuan, on the other hand, found Fan Chou and persuaded him to draw a line with Li Dao and others and be loyal to the Han Emperor.

In this way, when Li Dao heard Liu Xie's plan to move eastward, he hurriedly rushed into the palace.

And Fan Chou, at the instigation of Han Yuan, began to prepare for the so-called "eastward migration". He didn't know that in Han Yuan's plan, he was just an outcast.

Therefore, on the morning of the next day, Liu Xie issued a holy decree ordering the Chinese military officials to pack up their belongings within three days and prepare to return to the eastern capital Luoyang.

Except for a few people who knew the inside story, the other civil and military began to rejoice at the news.

They never thought that the result of this news would make the imperial capital bleed again.

But today's morning, Li Dao did not say a word, which made everyone very puzzling. Only Liu Xie, Yang Biao and Fan Chou understood that he was going to do it.

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, Li Dao led a large army to break directly into the inner city palace, without any communication at all, so he hijacked the little emperor who was "rude" to him.

However, this was also expected by Liu Xie and others in advance, so when he was taken hostage, Yang Biao was also "coincidentally" in the palace.

And because of Fan Chou's clear "statement" a few days ago, he was the one in charge of guarding Liu Xie.

The only surprise was that after learning the news, Guo Yan actually led his troops back to Chang'an and antagonized Li Dao.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand that the reason why the generals opposed Dong Zhuo at the beginning was just because they wanted to control the emperor and establish meritorious deeds. But now that Li Dao has actually held the emperor hostage, he naturally doesn't want Li Dao to be wrong again. And it is precisely because he has the best relationship with Li Dao that he understands better that if he wants to calm Li Dao, he can only use soldiers.

If Li Dao and Xi Yan continue to make trouble, all the Xiliang generals will be implicated, leaving infamy through the ages.

And Zhang Ji, who also got the news, also wanted to rush back immediately, but was stopped by Jia Xu.

After Li Wei learned of everyone's attitude, he became even more angry, so he discussed with Xi Yan and planned to destroy Guo Yan first.

Therefore, he pretended to make peace with Guo Yan, so he invited him to his camp.

……

At this time, Guo Yan and Li Wei sat opposite each other, and neither of them spoke.

The good brothers of the past are now fighting each other, and the scene is indeed embarrassing.

Xi Yan had been sitting on the side, and seeing that neither of them spoke, she got up with a teacup and came to Guo Yan, bowed slightly and said: "My husband and the general are like brothers, but I don't want to make such a misunderstanding today, and the concubine is here to make amends to the general." ”

With that, she drank her tea.

Guo Yan also took two sips of tea. Not to mention his friendship with Li Dao, just looking at the mind of a female streamer, he can't shirk it.

"Madame is gracious. In fact, I'm here today, just to ask Zhiran, what do you want to do to kidnap the Son of Heaven? ”

Li Wei sighed slightly and said, "If someone asks me, I don't care too much, but I don't want you to ask me like this." What can I do, this little emperor wants to move eastward, if I don't stop it, once I return to Luoyang, you and I can only face the second king of the Kwantung princes. ”

Guo Yan lowered his head and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Although he thought a lot when he came, Guo Yan also understood that Li Dao was just afraid of becoming the second Dong Zhuo.

Now that the generals of Xiliang are working independently, they have long lost their original affection for each other, and even he, Guo Yan, no longer believes in Li Dao as he did at the beginning.

After a long time, he sighed slightly and said, "It's okay." But I want you to think it through and stop doing anything wrong. After all, among Xiliang's brothers, there are not many who are of the same heart. After speaking, Guo Yan got up and left Li Wei's camp.

Li Wei looked at the half cup of tea left by Guo Yan, and asked Xi Yan expressionlessly: "How long does he have left?" ”

Xi Yan also looked at the cup of tea, and said with a somewhat lost expression: "Before the child, he will die." ”

Li Wei slowly closed his eyes, and a tear slipped down his cheek. After all, he was a former brother, and although Xi Yan's poisoning was his intention, he still felt a little unbearable in his heart.

……

Guo Yan returned to his camp, and after sitting for a while, he felt nausea and abdominal pain, and then began to sweat on his head and chill all over his body.

Before he could shout, he passed out.

It was a long time before he woke up.

At this time, it was already nightfall, Guo Yan opened his eyes, and saw many lieutenants surrounded in the camp, and there was a new face.

"The general is awake, the general is awake!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency!"

Guo Yan looked at everyone in confusion. Seeing him like this, an adjutant general hurriedly stepped forward and told what had happened.

It turned out that a man with a scar on half of his face came in the afternoon and wanted to ask to see him. In fact, Han Yuan had been observing the situation all along, just waiting for his poisonous attack to reappear.

But when the lieutenant came in to report, he found him lying on the ground, convulsing all over.

When Han Yuan heard this, he said that he might be able to save Guo Yan, so he also followed up to check.

After carefully inspecting it, Han Yuan ordered someone to take some fecal water and pour it into Guo Yan.

As Guo Yan vomited profusely, his symptoms gradually eased.

In this way, after two hours of tossing, he finally woke up. whereas

Hearing that the life-saving benefactor was in front of him, Guo Yan remembered to thank him, but because his body was too weak, he just used a little force to lie down again.

"The general doesn't need to be like this, he actually came to inform the general on the order of General Fan Chou. General Fan asked me to tell the general that the poison in the general's body was caused by Xi Yan. The next is to come to the rescue of the general by his order. ”

"What?!" Of course, Guo Yan couldn't believe that Li Dao would do this.

"General, this matter is absolutely true, it was General Fan who heard Li Dao say it himself."

Guo Yan still understands Fan Chou's character, even if Fan Chou doesn't like people anymore, he will not frame him.

Guo Yan's heart suddenly ignited with anger, it turned out that all he said in the afternoon was to play the piano to the cow, and Li Wei wanted to kill him from the beginning.

Barely suppressing his anger, Guo Yan ordered all his soldiers to pay attention to defense and prepare for war with Li Dao.

Han Yuan pretended to go out to see the sky and walked to the door of the tent.

No one noticed, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face......