The reason why Yan Xing wanted to leave in a hurry was because Li Ru sent someone to find him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as Yan Xing and Xu Kun left the camp with their front feet, the people sent by Li Ru arrived at the camp with their back feet, Xu Huang, Yan Xing and others knew that there must be something very important, so they immediately sent Da Niu to chase Yan Xing back, and Da Niu chased him all the way, he knew that this matter was a confidential matter in the camp and could not be let others know, so he insisted on following here, and only after Yan Xing was left alone, did he suddenly speak out.

After Yan Xing received the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately left. Because he was worried that Xu Kun would know that he would leave the scene early, he had to return to the tent and let the woman pretend to be two people by herself, and then re-enter the account.

At this time, Da Niu had already led Yan Xing's horse over, and the other two guards had already been arranged in other tents before, Yan Xing didn't want to alarm anyone, so he glanced at Da Niu, and immediately set off on his horse, shuttled between the tents, and quietly went out of the camp gate.

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The place where Li Ru chose to meet was a little remote, in a small settlement on the outskirts of the western part of the city.

When he arrived at the settlement, after passing the code at the designated place, someone appeared from the darkness and led the way for Yan Xing, and after seven turns in the lane, Yan Xing came to a dwelling.

After tying the horses to the door, the big bull waited outside with a knife, while Yan Xing slowly pushed the door in.

"But Yanming is here, come in!"

Li Ru's voice came from the back room, Yan Xing looked around, the walls of this house were mottled and patchy, and it looked quite simple, but it could be seen that it had been cleaned and the floor looked very clean.

Yan Xing retracted his gaze and replied, "Gong Li, it's down!" Then he walked into the back room.

The back room had been cleaned up properly, and it could be seen that this place was a hidden place for Li Ru to meet guests in private.

Meals have been set up on the desk, both meat and vegetarian, and Li Ru is kneeling on the couch, warming the wine himself, he is carefully scooping the warm wine in the wine bowl into the wine cellar with a wine spoon, seeing Yan walking in, pointing to a couch in front of him, and motioning for Yan Xing to sit down.

After Yan Xing sat down, Li Ru raised his glass again and invited him to drink with him, Yan Xing did not dare to postpone, and hurriedly raised the wine bowl and toasted Li Ru, while also paying attention to the change in Li Ru's expression.

Li Ru's face looked a little lonely, which made Yan Xing a little unexpected, and he remembered what Xu Kun said before, Dong Zhuo was feasting guests in Xiangguo's mansion, Li Ru should be a guest at this time, why did he run to this remote house and invite himself to drink.

Although Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's advisor, most of Dong Zhuo's subordinates are martial artists, and after taking charge of the center of the court, if he wants to maintain the effective operation of the empire, it is impossible to depose the scholars who opposed him in the original court, but to constantly win over and form good friends with the scholars in the court, and instead of sitting on the court and discussing.

The second is because Li Ru himself is neither a famous family nor a clear name in Shilin, and he is good at scheming, so Dong Zhuo still left him in Xiangguo's mansion, instead of promoting him to Shangshutai and controlling the imperial edict seal, Shangshutai still has to borrow from Zhou Yu and Ding Gong's group of court officials.

Third, it may be because after Dong Zhuo took power, Liangzhou scholars such as Jia Xu and Tian Jing came to defect, and the affairs in Xiangguo's mansion gradually no longer Li Ru alone can decide with a word, and Li Ru, who has been divided with a lot of power, will inevitably feel lonely in his heart.

When Yan Xing toasted Li Ru, he was thinking about the quiet changes in power that had taken place in Li Ru, the backstage that his family had secretly relied on in Dong Ying, after entering Beijing, and Li Ru noticed Yan Xing's thoughtful expression, and said with a faint smile:

"Yanming, are you wondering why I didn't go to the banquet in Xiangguo's Mansion at this time, but came here to invite you to drink?"

What he thought in his heart was broken by Li Ru's words, Yan Xing suddenly restrained his expression, did not dare to be distracted, and secretly sighed in his heart that this Li Ru, although he is not famous in later generations, but for now, he is also a powerful character with great scheming.

When Li Ru saw Yan Xing's face change, he knew that his thoughts were said by himself, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he said:

"Today is the memorial day of Confucian's deceased wife, and Confucianism mourns the deceased inner son in his heart, so he complained to Xiangguo and did not go to the banquet!"

Yan Xing remembered that in the old mansion of the Dong family in Linfen, he had heard the people of the Dong family talk about Li Ru's past, saying that he did not hesitate to abandon his wife in order to cling to the power of the Dong family.

"Li Gongshi is an amorous person!"

When Li Ru heard Yan Xing's words, he immediately burst out laughing, he listened to the drumming sound of the exorcist ghosts coming from between the lilu, and suddenly tapped the wine jar with a dagger and chanted softly.

"Who's in Artemisia? There is no virtuous or foolish soul to gather.

Why is the ghost uncle urging? Human life must not be less hesitant. ”

This song "Artemisia" is an elegy for funeral recitations that circulate nowadays, lamenting that life is a lifetime, such as a white horse passing through a gap, and it is already a white head in a moment, how urgent it is for the ghost to urge, the world has no nobility or cheapness, and finally the soul will return to Artemisia.

Li Ru listened to the sound of the drums, used a dagger and the beat, and suddenly sang this song "Artemisia", which immediately caught Yan Xing a little off guard, although he also knew that it was the current hermit who already had the style of Wei and Jin's wandering bones, and it was not a strange thing to chant an elegy, but suddenly Li Ru changed his previous image, which made Yan Xing quite surprised.

If it was with Xu Huang, Gan Ling, Cao Yuan and others, Yan Xing could also sing generously and harmonize with the tragic and desolate military music, but the person sitting in front of him was Dong Zhuo's confidant Li Ru, who was resourceful, Yan Xing was already vigilant from the moment he entered the door, and naturally he had no urge to sing and make peace.

Fortunately, after Li Ru finished singing, the sad look on his face was quickly hidden, he turned to look at Yan Xing, and said with a smile:

"This song "Artemisia Li" sings about the shortness of life and the impermanence of fortune and misfortune. I touched the scene tonight, so I sang out loud, which made Yan Ming smile! ”

"Don't dare!"

In the face of Li Ru's abnormality, Yan Xing was vigilant in his heart, and hurriedly replied, while raising the wine jar and toasting Li Ru again.

"Wine is free of it, as this song sings, life is short, the husband is trying to act, in order to make a name, in the past on the slope of Lintao, I thought that the world is in an eventful autumn, but also the time when the heroes and warriors are working hard, and now Yanming has been promoted to the army Sima, since the battalion, then do you know what I called you here for?"

Finally got down to business.

After watching Li Ru's face turn serious and deep, Yan Xing knew that Li Ru was finally going to get down to business, what could he do if he secretly summoned himself tonight?

Yan Xing remembered the exact news that he had only learned from Xu Kun not long ago that the Kwantung Prefecture had raised troops to denounce Luoyang, and his heart moved and blurted out.

"What Gong Li said, could it be a matter of Kanto?"

Li Ru laughed, slapped his palm and smiled:

"Yan Ming is smart and sensitive to ordinary people! However, this is both a Kanto affair and a non-Kanto affair? ”

Listening to Li Ru's meaning, he only guessed half of it?

Yan Xing was puzzled in his heart, and he asked again:

"Yan heard that the Kwantung army has risen, and there are people in all states and counties who have rebelled, and there are rumors in the army that in the spring of the next year, the army of Luoyang will go east to quell the rebellion, this is a very important matter at the moment, Yan can't think of it for the time being, Li Gong summoned Yan to come, could it be that there are other things?"

"Come and see!"

Li Ru moved the copper beans filled with meat, and began to lay them out according to the general trend of the world, and at the same time told the general trend of the world in his mouth.

"This is Luoyang, located in the middle of the world, we hold a large army, right here, Yuan Shao is recruiting troops in the Bohai Sea, in the northeast of us, after Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang, he is also acting in secret, just in the southeast of us, and in the east, there are Qiaomao, Kong Ling, Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Jiao He's disciples, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Youzhou and other places, the attitude is unknown."

Hearing many celebrities from Li Ru's mouth, Yan Xing's heart was also surging in his chest for a while, but he didn't hear Cao Cao's name, but Yan Xing was immediately relieved, although Cao Cao had the posture of a hero, but compared to the Yuan brothers, as well as Qiao Mao, Kong Ling and others who had already been based in various states and counties, he was not famous, and secondly, there was no real territory now, no wonder he couldn't enter Li Ru's eyes.

The words in Li Ru's mouth did not stop, and he continued:

"And when you returned to Liang with me before, I have contacted many heroes in Liangzhou, and now Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and others, with 100,000 people in Xiliang, have come out of Longguan and along the Weishui East, the situation in Guandong and Guanxi has been clearly defined, you say, in this chess game, which place should be fought over first?"

When Li Ru returned to Lintao before, Yan Xing had already guessed that this was Dong Zhuo and Li Ru seeking assistance for their own offensive and defensive advances, and now Dong Zhuo has entered Luoyang, in charge of the court, in the eyes of the families and horses in Liangzhou, it is naturally like the sun in the sky, the momentum of the appearance of the master, Liangzhou soldiers and horses, seeking eastward expansion, has been a long time, in the past five years, two large-scale invasions of Sanfu, is the proof, and now Dong Zhuo, who is in charge of the court, is called by Dong Zhuo, these Liangzhou families who chase fame and fortune are naturally flocking to it.

However, Li Ru's words are inevitably exaggerated, with the momentum of the kingdom and Han Sui in Liangzhou, the people and horses who invaded Sanfu in the fifth year of Zhongping were only seventy or eighty thousand, and now they are only Hu Zhen, Yang Ding and other figures from the east, and the soldiers and horses led by them plus the Qianghu tribe who heard the wind rushed to help, and the scale of 30,000 or 40,000 people died.

Where there are 100,000 horses.

However, for Li Ru's big words, Yan Xing will not break them, after he heard Li Ru's last inquiry, his eyes were bright, looking at the copper beans on the desk that were neatly arranged according to the general trend of the world, fate actually gave him the illusion that this moment overlapped with the vague past, and he almost blurted out:

"It's Chang'an!"