"We will send someone to the palace to report, and then His Majesty will personally summon him? Isn't this justified, and he will not fall into the hands of some short-sighted people. But I heard Cao Cao say unhurriedly.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he squinted his eyes, looked at Cao Cao for a while, and appreciated him even more. At this time, Li Ru took the opportunity to catch up and muttered a few words in Dong Zhuo's ear. Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, and then said to Cao Cao: "That's good!" Wait and lead the troops to retreat, and then lead my staff officer Li Ru to face the saint, and explain to His Majesty! ”

Dong Zhuo said that, he took out the blood book from his arms and handed it to Li Ru on the side. Li Ru secretly looked at each other, and after taking the blood book, he was not afraid and drove out. When Cao Cao saw this, he was secretly surprised, and he looked at Yuan Shu again, and both of them seemed to understand that it was impossible for their men and horses to resist the 30,000 Xiliang iron horses, so they followed Dong Zhuo's words and led their troops and horses to retreat.

It is said that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu led the troops back to the palace to guard first, and then took Li Ru to the main hall to face the saint. At this time, Liu Xie and a group of civil and military officials also learned that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had retreated their soldiers and horses to the palace. Prior to this, Liu Xie and the civil and military officials discussed for a while, and they all expected that the Xiliang army was mighty, and the soldiers and horses of Cao and Yuan might be difficult to defeat.

At the moment, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu introduced Li Ru and met him. The young Liu Xie did not blame the two for their dereliction of duty, but comforted them and taught them to retreat first and lead their respective soldiers and horses. Cao Cao and Yuan Shu received the order, and secretly exchanged glances with several ministers in the court, so they were ordered to retreat.

"Xiliang is engaged in Li Ru, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" When he was young, he saw Li Ru's face shocked, and he knelt down to Liu Xie with a few spirits. Liu Xie is also a strong fighting spirit, and there is a little anger in his immature voice, and he said: "Now that the dynasty has been stabilized, I have issued an edict ordering Dong Tingshi to lead his troops back to Hedong, why did Dong Tingshi disobey the order, not only repeatedly killed the officials of the court, but also led the troops into the city without authorization, do you want to rebel!?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, Dong Gong is loyal to the court, and he has no dissent, how can he rebel!? It was because I was afraid that His Majesty was young and was held hostage by rebellious ministers, and he was anxious, so he made this decision, and hoped that His Majesty would not be blamed. Li Ru said quickly, once again showing his extraordinary eloquence.

When Taifu Yuan Kui heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted coldly: "Presumptuous!" The first emperor ordered the old man and Sikong Yuan Feng, Shangshu Yang Biao, and Situ Wang Yun to be the ministers of the protector of the country. ”

As soon as Yuan Kui's shouting came out, many civil and military officers in the court and the central government, seeing that Li Ru was only one person, shouted angrily and accused. Li Ru was not afraid, smiled indifferently, and said leisurely: "Mrs. Yuan is a little restless, His Majesty has first received the throne, and he is young, so it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery." Before the first emperor died, he ordered Dong to assassinate King Shiqin to protect the country and eliminate the chaotic party. Now that he has arrived in the capital, he has been hindered by people in every way, and it is inevitable that people will not suspect that someone is secretly instigating it! ”

"You!!" Li Ru's tongue is not only reasonable, but also sharp. Yuan Kui couldn't help but be angry, glared angrily, but was speechless to refute and retreated angrily.

"Hmph, you are talking about the truth, but who knows if the blood book is true or false, can you dare to show it to everyone to verify the truth!?" Sikong Yuan Feng stepped out, his eyes sharp, and shouted coldly. Li Ru seemed to have expected it, so he took the blood book from his sleeve, and explained unhurriedly: "This is the blood edict of the first emperor, and the Empress Dowager Dong is also clear about this matter." If you still don't believe it, Master Sikong can ask about it. ”

When Yuan Feng heard that this was also related to the Empress Dowager Dong, his face couldn't help but change. At this time, Duan Jue, under the signal of the anxious Liu Xie, also rushed down to take the blood book and handed it to Liu Xie. Liu Xie took a closer look, his face changed continuously, and then he looked at Duan Qi again. Duan Jue didn't dare to lie, and muttered in Liu Xie's ear, saying that this was indeed the handwriting of the first emperor.

"I don't know if Your Majesty wants to go to the Queen Mother to prove it?" Li Ru saw the change in Liu Xie's expression, and the smile on his face was even brighter, and he said quietly.

"No need, this is indeed the blood letter of the first emperor." Liu Xie's immature little white face couldn't help but show a little sadness, because he was born in the royal family, and with the growing power of the He brothers and sisters, he has been walking on thin ice all these years, and he is sincerely afraid of doing anything, but I am afraid that one day, he will be poisoned by the He brothers and sisters. This unimaginable situation also made Liu Xie grow old. Therefore, he knew very well that the reason why his father, the emperor, did not hesitate to risk the danger of luring wolves into the house, and also wrote this blood letter, all in order to clear a qiē obstacle for him before he died, so that he could ascend to the throne.

Because of this, this young emperor is secretly swearing that no matter what, he must protect the Han family and their Liu family's world!

All the courtiers in the palace are obedient and do not change color. Li Ru's face was shocked at this time, and he suddenly shouted: "Return to Your Majesty!" Now the 30,000 iron cavalry led by Dong Tingshi is just a pioneer, and the minister dares to guarantee with his life, and in a few days, the 170,000 Xiliang army will arrive in Luoyang from the rear. At the same time, the 200,000 Xiliang army that is guarding Hedong is all ready, as long as His Majesty gives an order, no matter where there is a war in the world, I, Xiliang Erlang, will immediately go out to fight and calm the world for His Majesty!! I also hope that Your Majesty will not disappoint us and other Xiliang Erlang's hearts!! ”

Li Ru's shouting was loud, like a bell ringing, and as soon as the sound stopped, in an instant, the hall became silent.

"The first emperor is confused, the He family is just a jackal, but this Dong Zhongying is a living man-devouring beast!" Wang Yun closed his eyes in pain, as if all his strength had been drained for a moment. Those officials who had scolded Li Ru just now were all pale with fright, as if a catastrophe was about to come.

So, these are in order to curry favor with Li Ru. No, it should be said that in order to curry favor with the Xiliang faction headed by Dong Zhuo, who was about to subvert the dynasty, they all came out one after another, praising Dong Zhuo's righteousness, and they should be summoned into the palace and rewarded again in recognition of his great achievements.

Even if Liu Xie is an old man, he is still an eight- or nine-year-old child, but now he has a problem about the survival of the entire Han family in front of him, how can he decide!

What's more, even if he was unwilling to let Dong Zhuo enter the palace in his heart. But when he thought that once Dong Zhuo turned his face, the 400,000 Xiliang army might be able to swallow the entire Luoyang in a moment, and he really didn't have the courage to say it!

At this moment, an old eunuch came out of the apse and hurried over. It turned out that the Empress Dowager Dong had been listening to the apse, and now seeing that the situation was difficult to save, thinking that she and Dong Zhuo were from the same family, she could only hope that Dong Zhuo would leave some affection, so she ordered someone to teach Liu Xie, let Dong Zhuo enter the palace first, temporarily appease, and he would make another picture in the future.

When Liu Xie heard this, he also felt that this was the only way at the moment, so he ordered someone to summon Dong Zhuo and a group of Xiliang soldiers into the palace to be rewarded.

However, he said that before Dong Zhuo led 30,000 iron cavalry to the palace, he was confronting Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. Yuan Shu saw that the 30,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry was like a group of fierce brute beasts, but he was afraid that he would give an order, and if he didn't have Dong Zhuo's mind, these brute beasts would immediately kill on a large scale. Although the weather is gradually getting colder, Yuan Shu thought about it, but he didn't feel sweating profusely, and asked Cao Cao next to him in a low voice: "Aman, do you think Your Majesty will summon this Dong Jackal Tiger into the palace?" ”

Cao Cao's face was as usual, he didn't sweat a drop, he squinted his eyes and looked at Dong Zhuo, who seemed to be waiting impatiently, and he didn't turn his eyes, and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty is still young, even if he refuses, someone has taught him to rest and calm people first." Now that Dong Jackal Tiger has already controlled the general trend of the world, I hope that His Majesty will make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise once this Jackal Tiger is angry, I am afraid that I don't know how many people will die. ”

Yuan Shu knew that Cao Cao had always been clever, and his predictions were extremely accurate, and when he heard this, his color suddenly changed, and he hurriedly grabbed Cao Cao's arm, and asked nervously: "Then if we fight later, will we stop it or not?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but look back, and saw that Yuan Shu was afraid, although he was disdainful in his heart, he still said with a shock: "The so-called Lu of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king." We are human ministers, but if we can be fully loyal, even if we are broken bones, what is the pity!? ”

"Hide it from you!" When Yuan Shu heard this, his color changed, in fact, he already had an idea in his heart, but for the sake of face, he deliberately asked Cao Cao. Thinking that Cao Cao would definitely protect himself with such a slippery head, he didn't expect him to say this righteously.

"Lord Assassin Shi, we have been waiting outside the palace for a long time, but Your Majesty has been reluctant to summon you, for fear that Staff Officer Li has been victimized by the thieves in the court, why not enter the palace, protect Your Majesty, and avenge Staff Li!!"

At this time, Dong Zhuo's general Li urged and shouted angrily, and in an instant 30,000 Xiliang Erlang responded violently, in front of the palace, he dared to shout so loudly to kill, if it was in the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty, the nine clans would have been killed, and all of them would be punished with five horses!

But now that the Han family is lonely, these Xiliang big men seem to have become the masters of this palace, and their arrogance is simply outrageous.

But Rao is like this, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and the guards in the palace are all silent and dare not make a sound.

"Mengde! These villains call themselves the teachers of King Qin, but they are all jackals who want to subvert the dynasty, why not fight with them! Xiahoudun was furious, but Cao Cao grabbed him with one hand, and shouted in a low voice: "This is not the time to fight to the death!" ”

"But!!" Xiahoudun glared and drank angrily. Suddenly, there was a rush of shouts from the rear: "The holy decree has arrived~~!! The Holy Decree arrives ~~~!! ”

But seeing that the guards in the rear hurriedly knelt down, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's two men and horses also got out of the way and knelt on both sides. When he was young, he saw an official holding an edict in his hand, followed by more than a dozen guards.

Dong Zhuo's face froze, but this time he got off the horse and knelt down on one knee, Lu Bu and other soldiers and soldiers also dismounted and knelt down one after another when they saw this. The official then announced the edict and ordered Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army and other meritorious soldiers to enter the palace to receive rewards. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and entered the palace with dozens of soldiers such as Lu Bu, Li Su, and Li Xu.

And when Dong Zhuo passed by Cao Cao's side, Dong Zhuo lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Cao Mengde, you are a character, I remember you." ”

Cao Cao's face froze, but he lowered his head and did not reply. Dong Zhuo didn't pay attention to it, and then left.