Chapter 28: Assassination of Dong (3)
At the end of the day, Dong Zhuo, who was in a state of panic, got dressed with the help of other concubines, and Dong Zhuo, who had not slept well all night, was sleepy and had breakfast when the guards hurriedly came to report to Dong Zhuo, Lord Li and Emperor Xian were looking for him.
Dong Zhuo was a little angry with Li Ru because he didn't protect himself well last night and almost stabbed himself, but now it's not good to have a seizure, after all, he is an important adviser under Dong Zhuo, and he is also his Dong Zhuo's brother-in-law, if he blames his own sister, it is not easy to explain, while eating, he waved his hand and said: "Tell him to wait in the front hall for me to eat first, and then go to him after I go to the little emperor first." ”。
"No!" The guards were ordered to inform Li Ru.
After eating, Dong Zhuo was protected by the guards and walked into the palace and said, "Your Majesty, it's early." ”
Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair and said to Dong Zhuo: "Dong Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, I heard that Dong Aiqing was assassinated yesterday, is it okay?" But who is the one who can be caught? ”
Dong Zhuo said: "Drag Your Majesty's blessing, Zhuo doesn't have anything to do, and the assassin Zhuo is investigating, and now he should also have some eyebrows, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the old minister." ”
"Oh, how can you not worry, you are my important minister, without you, how can I be a big man?" Although Liu Xie was young, he also knew that Dong Zhuo was a thief, but he could only secretly mock Dong Zhuo to relieve his anger when he had nothing.
"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, if there is nothing else, the minister will retire, I hope Your Majesty will take care of your body and create more brilliance for my Han Sheji."
After speaking, Dong Zhuo retired and went to see Li Ru.
And Liu Xie did not keep Dong Zhuo, Zhao Changshou said to Liu Xie next to Liu Xie: "Dong Zhuo, this person is not in danger of being a big man." ”
Liu Xie could only smile bitterly and shake his head when he heard this, there is no way to get rid of Dong Zhuo in Dong Zhuo's home field for the time being, nothing to do to get rid of him Dong Zhuo?
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Li Ru, who was in a hurry at the door, said to the guards who turned back: "Can the lord come?" ”
The guard arched his hand and replied, "The Prime Minister asked Lord Li to go to the main hall to wait, and the Minister of State came to discuss with Lord Li after seeing the emperor. ”
"It's... All right. Hearing this, Li Ru walked towards the main hall.
"Hmph, if you don't protect the adults well, how can the adults give you a good look." The guard waited for Li Ru to leave and returned to his post and mocked.
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Dong Zhuo, who finished eating under the service of the concubine, was in a slightly better mood, at least he was not so scared, he walked into the lobby, saw Li Ru was spinning in a circle, and smiled at Li Ru: "Wen You, you came so early to find out who this assassin is?" ”
Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo had finally come to see him, and said slowly: "Oh, the minister thinks that the lord will not come to see Confucianism again." ”
Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "Oh, what does Wen You mean by this, why didn't I come to see you?" ”
Li Ru didn't say much when he heard this, and said to Dong Zhuo: "Lord, Ru didn't find out who the assassin was last night. ”
Dong Zhuo said angrily after hearing this: "What, didn't you find it?" Then what do I want you to do, can't you do this little thing? Don't think that if you are my brother-in-law, you can act arbitrarily, and if it is not good, I can still condemn you, so what are you doing now, why don't you go and investigate? Could it be that he Yuan Shao is checking when he comes in? When we left early, there was no need to check, I thought about it all night last night, I guess it shouldn't be Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao is narrow-minded, but he disdains to do such a lowly thing as assassination, I think it should be done by these big clans in Luoyang City, because we have oppressed them too much recently, so I want to take revenge, are you right? ”
Li Ru didn't get angry when he heard Dong Zhuo say this, and when he heard Dong Zhuo's opinion later, he secretly thought Dong Zhuo was smart, and said: "It's true that as the lord said, although Ru didn't inquire about who the assassin was last night, but Confucian's subordinates told Ru this morning that the big clans in the city seemed to have gathered a few days ago, but Ru didn't find out what was being discussed, but I sent a spy to inquire about the recent disappearance of the adopted son of the Zhang family, can this assassin be the adopted son of the Zhang family?" ”
"What about Yi Wenyou's opinion?" Dong Zhuo asked.
In such a situation, Li Ru suggested that Dong Zhuo would rather kill by mistake than let go, otherwise if Dong Zhuo stumbled when he went out of the city, then he would have to go?
Dong Zhuo felt right when he heard this, after all, at this critical juncture, if something went wrong, it might cause him to not be able to get out of Luoyang, or there was a risk on the road or something, so he agreed to Li Ru's words and asked him to catch and execute everyone who was with the Zhang family, after all, he would leave Luoyang immediately, even if killing a few big clans was just a trivial matter for Dong Zhuo.
Li Ru was ordered to go down to arrest the people of the great clan.
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"Don't arrest me, what are you doing arresting me?"
"Daddy, the child is afraid, Daddy save the child, they want to catch the child"
These voices resounded in the homes of several large clansmen.
Because the Liang family transferred the family the day before, they only caught the head of the Liang family when they went to the Liang family, and did not catch other wives and clansmen.
Li Ru stepped forward and grabbed the clothes of the head of the Liang family and said, "What about your clansmen, why are you alone in the huge mansion?" Where have all the people gone? ”
"Haha, what about people, I don't know, guess where people are? Ahh The head of the Liang family spat at Li Ru.
Li Ru's face was still stiff, and he said to the soldiers on both sides: "Take it away"
"No!"
Subsequently, because there were too many people in the Zhang family, they were not transferred at one time, so they were captured by Li Ru and his family.
All the big clans and clansmen who were arrested were pressed into the prison car and paraded by Dong Zhuo on the street.
"My lord is wronged, I didn't participate in this matter, wronged!"
"Yes, it's wronged, we didn't participate in this matter, it's really wronged!"
The people of the big clan who did not participate in Zhang Houxing's assassination of Dong Zhuo in the prisoner car begged for mercy and shouted, but Dong Zhuo did not let them go.
The length of the prisoner cart parade through the street, all the people around the prisoner cart watched and chatted.
"Hey, this Dong Zhuo is harming people again, maybe one day it will be my head again."
"Yes, yes, it's better to escape from this Luoyang as soon as possible, now that Dong Zhuo has scourged and has no food to eat, he will die in Luoyang sooner or later, so it's better to leave as soon as possible."
The people whispered, but they didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of being arrested by the nearby soldiers.
Zhang Hou on the prisoner car did not leak a frightened look, nor did he beg for mercy, and said loudly to the prisoner car of the head of the Liang family in front of him: "Brother Liang, it was I He Hou who caused Brother Liang, and I hope that Brother Liang will not complain about me He Hou, if there is an afterlife, I will make amends to Brother Liang." ”
In front of the head of the Liang family laughed in the prisoner car: "Brother Xian doesn't need to say much, I knew that if I failed to be such a result, if it wasn't for Brother Xian, I'm afraid my Liang family would be wiped out, I haven't had time to thank Brother Xian why he complains about Brother Xian, this road is lonely with Brother Xian, and it will not be lonely with Brother Xian, Brother Xian, we will walk together all the way!" ”
After hearing this, Zhang Hou also laughed and said: "Okay, if Brother Liang doesn't dislike it, I am willing to go with Brother Liang, and I Zhang Hou still wants to be brothers with Brother Liang in the next life!" ”
Then the two of them laughed in the prison car!
The soldiers who pressed them shouted loudly: "What are you laughing at, you still have the heart to laugh when you are dying." ”
The two did not stop at the shouting of the soldiers, and still laughed.
As the prisoner cart walked along the way, the son-in-law of the Zhang family, dressed in civilian clothes, and Zhang Hou's daughter Zhang Bing watched the prisoner cart slowly pass in front of them.
"You go and save Daddy, go and go." Zhang Bing cried in Jiang Bo's arms and pushed Jiang Bo hard to let him save her father Zhang Hou.
Jiang Bo said to Zhang Bing in his arms: "Now that I'm alone, how can I save my father-in-law?" Besides, I'm just a little captain of the city gate, I don't want soldiers, I don't want anything, how to save it, my father-in-law entrusts you to me, I will definitely keep us both safe, but my lord, madam, I can't do anything. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Bing said in despair: "Husband, Bing'er begs you, it's okay to save your father, Bing'er begs you." "I begged and cried at the same time.
Jiang Bo shook his head after hearing this.
Zhang Hou in the prisoner car seemed to see the two people among the people, looked at Jiang Bo and shook his head, then looked at Bing'er in his arms, and then told Jiang Bo to take care of his daughter with his eyes.
Jiang Bo nodded at Zhang Hou's eyes in the prisoner car.
Zhang Hou, who was relieved, laughed with the head of the Liang family and went to the execution ground.
The execution ground was surrounded by the people, and hundreds of people were pressed onto Xingtai, and for a time the crying was boiling, and the cries and shouts of injustice resounded in the sky.
Zhang Hou turned his head to look at some of the clansmen who had not withdrawn from the city, and said: "I, Zhang Hou, am the sinners of the Zhang family, you and others were all executed because of my Zhang Hou, in this life, it is my Zhang Hou's fault alone, and I Zhang Hou will be a cow and a horse to repay all the clansmen." ”
"I'm willing to go with the head of the house." The Zhang family said to Zhang Hou.
After hearing this, Zhang Hou was moved and laughed at the sky: "Haha, I think I Zhang Hou has not done too many wrong things in my life, and now I am destined to encounter this catastrophe, I Zhang Hou only regret and regret!" ”
The executioner sitting in the hall said, "Oh, you know you regret it? It's useless to regret it! ”
Zhang Hou laughed and said, "Regret? I really regret it, I regret that I shouldn't have sent my useless adopted son to go, if I sent someone else, maybe it would have been successful, then it wouldn't be me Zhang Hou waiting here for execution today, regret, regret that Dong Zhuo's thief was not removed, and there was no peace in the world!! ”
The executive officer was furious when he heard Zhang Hou's words, and directly threw the sign under the hall, saying, "The hour has come, execution!" ”
Then together with Zhang Hou and all the people who were arrested, all the people were executed, hundreds of heads rolled to the ground, and blood flowed like a river for a while, and Zhang Bing among the people fainted when he heard the word execution, Jiang Bo watched his father-in-law being killed, but he was not too emotional, and turned around and left with Zhang Bing in his arms, and said in his heart, "Lord Yue, don't worry, I will protect Bing'er in this life and this life, you can leave with confidence." ”
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In the court, Li Ruzheng reported to Dong Zhuo that all the big clans had been executed.
Dong Zhuo frowned his forehead and said: "Hmph, those clowns who jump off the beam still dare to threaten me, they should be killed, and it is better to kill them now, except for the trouble in my heart." ”
Li Ru said to Dong Zhuo: "Lord, now that the troubles have been removed, it's time to start leaving." ”
"That's right, go and ask Li Dao and the two to prepare their soldiers and horses, and send me and Emperor Xian out of the city at dawn tomorrow!"
Li Ru was ordered to get up and go to the barracks to inform Li Guo of the arrangements of the two generals, Dong Zhuo.