Unexpectedly got the credit of Zhao Zhong, Xu Chu, Xi Zhong, Le Jin and others were extremely excited. The shouts of killing in the palace came and went, and Xi Zhong guessed that Zhao Zhong should have looked at a gap and wanted to sneak out to move the rescuers, but he didn't know who the people in the palace were now.

Xi Zhong said to Xu Chu: "My lord, we have just arrived in Luoyang, except for Yuan Sili and others, the other officials in Beijing do not know us, so as not to cause unnecessary friction, let's wait for Yuan Sili and Cao Xiaowei to arrive." ”

What Xi Zhong said is reasonable, Xu Chu got Zhao Zhong's corpse, so he didn't have to be too anxious. So he waited under His Majesty, not wanting Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to arrive yet, and a team of people ran out of it.

This team of people and horses looked at the costumes, it should be the subordinates of a certain official in Beijing, looking at their shape, panicked like a lost dog, Xu Chu couldn't help but wonder: Is it the remnants of the eunuch's command.

A few people were arrested, and when asked, the remnants were remnants, but they were not under the command of eunuchs, but under the command of He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry. Xu Chu interrogated carefully, and the news he got was: He Miao heard that his brother He Jin died at the hands of eunuchs, and he led his troops to the palace with remorse, and bumped into He Jin's subordinates Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, as well as Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Min, who also rushed to hear the news.

In order to show his devotion to He Jin, Ding Yuan let Zhang Liao be an official in Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo also sent his younger brother Dong Min to Kyoto in order to alleviate He Jin's defense, and He Jin drove him. Dong Min was worshiped by He Jin as the captain of Fengche, and Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang have always been good friends, and soon after getting the news from Wu and Zhang, they rushed to meet and bumped into He Miao, Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and Dong Min joined forces to attack and kill He Miao.

Xu Chu and Xi Zhong both sniffed out a trace of weirdness from it, because how did He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, separate himself from He Jin before, after all, the two were brothers, how could He Jin's subordinates attack and kill He Miao?

Thinking about it carefully, Xi Zhong thinks that there are two possibilities: one guess is that He Jin was killed, Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang were angry, and they were angry with He Miao, who had always been close to the eunuchs, because He Jin treated his subordinates very leniently, and the soldiers were all grateful to him, and when He Jin had just died, and suspected that He Miao had a conspiracy with the eunuchs, he killed He Miao angrily; Another speculation is more conspiracy theory, Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang were instigated by Dong Min, Dong Min had contact with Dong Zhuo, knew Dong Zhuo's thoughts, and if the general He Miao lived, it would become a big obstacle to Dong Zhuo, so Dong Min took the opportunity to use Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang to kill He Miao.

Either way, He Miao is dead. Xu Chu lamented that the chain reaction that occurred after He Jin's death turned the Great Han Kingdom into a purgatory of 'life and death', and the dignified general died like this.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao finally arrived, Cao Cao brought few people, about 500 armor soldiers, Yuan Shao had more than 2,000 people, plus Xu Chu nearly 1,000 people, the three of them combined, and now Luoyang's strongest troops.

Hearing that He Miao was dead, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao just frowned and didn't say anything. Thinking about it, the two of them usually have a very bad impression of He Miao. After seeing Zhao Zhong's corpse again, Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu with some jealousy. However, Cao Cao's eyes were very open, and although he was jealous, he still congratulated Xu Chu on his great achievements.

Yuan Shao came, so there was no need to wait, more than 2,000 people killed in the palace.

Yuan Shu is leading people to attack Shang Shumin, because the eunuchs in the palace are a lot of people, gathered to defend with troops, and can not fight down for a while, annoyed and angry, set fire to the palace, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Xu Chu saw the fire in the palace, and rushed to the fire under the suspicion, and met Yuan Shu.

There were only a few hundred Hu Benlang brought by Yuan Shu, and when he saw that Yuan Shao had many people, his face was cloudy.

Yuan Shao opened his mouth and asked, "Highway, how can you set fire to the palace?" What is the current situation? ”

Yuan Shu sneered: "If you don't set fire to the door again, the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and Dong Hou will be kidnapped by the eunuchs!" "Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are both dignified, compared to the two, Yuan Shu's eyes are narrower, his eyebrows are slender, and the whole person has a 'obedient' atmosphere.

Cao Cao hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "What the highway said is right, the matter is urgent, I can't take care of it so much, the most important thing at the moment is to find the Son of Heaven!" ”

The Son of Heaven is a crucial point in the entire chess game, Luoyang is in chaos, He Jin is dead, the dragons are leaderless, whoever has the Son of Heaven in his hands can take the lead.

Yuan Shu's original mind was on the Son of Heaven, and he wanted to change the situation of Yuan Shao in the Yuan family. But he is usually arrogant and lascivious, negligent in martial arts, and takes Luoyang's elite - Hu Benlang was actually blocked by the eunuchs in Shang Shumin, and now that Yuan Shao is here, his plan will be in vain.

The two brothers are intrigued, but they also know the general situation, and now is not the time for a fire in the backyard. They worked together to break through Shang Shumin, and after punishing the eunuchs who stuck to Shang Shumin, they rushed to the deep palace. On the way, he met Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and Dong Min, who were red-eyed, and Yuan Shao ordered the division of troops, so that Yuan Shu and Dong Min together, and Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang together, went to both sides to hunt and kill the eunuch Yu Sin.

Although Yuan Shu and Dong Min were reluctant, the situation was stronger than others, so they could only obey Yuan Shao's arrangement, while Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang were bent on revenge.

The 'burden' of rescuing the Son of Heaven naturally belongs to Yuan Shao. Xu Chu and Cao Cao both asked to be the vanguard, Yuan Shao agreed, and Xu Chu asked Xi Zhong to take the Zhang brothers and Li Ping to follow Yuan Shao's army, and he and Le Jin and Li Quan, two strong martial arts men, led a hundred tiger guards to kill in front. Cao Cao took the Xiyuan sergeant, holding a double halberd, and went hand in hand with Xu Chu.

"Cao Cao is indeed a 'national warrior' who is both civil and military." Xu Chu thought to himself. At least at this point in time, Cao Cao is still loyal to the Han Dynasty, he carries a double halberd that is not light, not to mention martial arts, it is not easy to say compared with Le Jin, it is very easy to see his halberd fall to kill several eunuchs, and it is not under Li Quan, who is skilled in swordsmanship.

Xu Chu himself does not want to fall behind, at this time in the deep palace, the horse will definitely not be able to ride, Xu Chu is carrying a ring knife, such as the killing god descends, killing one person in five steps, Cao Cao, Li Cheng and other people who see him show his martial arts for the first time are very addicted.

When the blood flowed like a river, there were also inquiries about the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven. I met an official in the palace who told Xu Chu and Cao Cao that Zhang Rang and Duan Jue fled to the North Palace with Empress Dowager He, the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou when Yuan Shu attacked Shang Shu. The Changle Palace where the Empress Dowager He lives is in the South Palace, that is, the place where Xu Chu and others are about to arrive, and there is a compound road about seven or eight miles long between the North Palace, Zhang Rang and Duan Jue met Shangshu Lu Zhi when they passed through the restore, and the official said: "Shangshu Lu Gong scolded Zhang Rang and Duan Jue, and the two were afraid of Lu Gong's momentum, and let go of the Empress Dowager He, and the Empress Dowager He jumped from the window on the compound road, and now she is coming in the direction of Nangong." ”

Cao Cao praised: "Lu Gongwei is famous, in the past, tens of thousands of troops and the Yellow Turban Thieves fought in Jizhou for the first time, and the majestic spirit was something that Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others could resist. ”

But I heard the official say that although the Queen Mother was spared, the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou were still coerced by the eunuchs, and Lu Zhi was fortunate to save the Queen Mother because he was below the Fudao and Zhang Rang and Duan Qi were above, but the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou had no choice for a while, so they took people to chase after him with another official named Min Gong.

Cao Cao pondered: The whereabouts of the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou are unknown, there are eunuchs in the palace, and there are still eunuchs' henchmen waiting to be cleared in Luoyang City.

Then he said to Xu Chu: "Looking at this situation, Si Li may think that with Lu Gong here, the Son of Heaven will be safe and sound, so he ordered us to attack and kill the eunuchs and henchmen." Zhong Kang, what do you say we should do? ”

Xu Chu listened and replied decisively: "As a Hanchen, you should put the safety of the Son of Heaven first. Brother Meng De, I want to lead the troops to save the Son of Heaven! ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Zhong Kang is arrogant! He sighed again, "Hey, it's a pity that I can't walk with you." "Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was 'jealous', if Xu Chu went to save the Son of Heaven, because Xu Chu himself had a low status, Yuan Shao might be happy to see it happen, and share some of the credit for saving the Son of Heaven with Xu Chu. But if he Cao Cao went to save the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao would think that Cao Cao had the heart to encroach on him, so Cao Cao chose to follow Yuan Shao's arrangement.

Cao Cao's considerations, one is that Zhang Rang and the others will definitely not be unfavorable to the Son of Heaven, and the other is that Lu Zhi has already chased after him, and the safety of the Son of Heaven should be no problem. He didn't take the credit for it.

Xu Chu couldn't see through Cao Cao's thoughts, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he said goodbye and left. Chasing and asking along the way, I found that Zhang Rang and Duan Qi had nothing to do, so they escaped from the palace with the Son of Heaven, Dong Hou and dozens of people, and went to the north of Luoyang City.

It was a great chaos in the palace, and dozens of people did have a high chance of getting out of the palace in a muddle, and Lu Zhi, Min Gong and others who followed closely behind should also go north of Luoyang City.

Xu Chu was determined to save the Son of Heaven, so he took a hundred tiger guards and immediately set off to the north of the city.

The night was spent in the killing, and time passed extremely quickly. Xu Chu went out of the palace gate and found that the sky was already bright. The streets of Luoyang were in chaos, full of armor soldiers and cavalry, so when they arrived in the north of Luoyang, it was already noon.

Everyone, including Xu Chu, was in a state of excitement, but he didn't feel too tired, and after arriving in the north of the city, he caught a sergeant who had escaped, and asked if he had seen the Son of Heaven, Dong Hou, or dozens of groups of people going north.

The sergeant replied, "I did see a group of dozens of people, heading for Xiaopingjin. ”

Xu Chu didn't know where Xiao Pingjin was, so he asked again. It was said that Xiaopingjin is located on the side of the Yellow River and is a ferry port in the north of Luoyang City.

Asked the direction, Xu Chu immediately chased to Xiaopingjin in a hurry.

When they arrived, the two groups were facing each other. The group of people who leaned on the Yellow River were Zhang Rang, Duan Jue, etc., and the other group was Lu Zhi and Min Gong.

Xu Chu looked at it from afar, but saw one person walking towards the eunuch with a halberd, and another person holding a sword to kill several small yellow gates, the eunuch was discouraged and forgot to resist.

The matter has come to this point, and Zhang Rang regrets it very much in his heart. He didn't expect that the consequences of killing He Jin would be like this, Yuan Shu, Wu Kuang and others burned the palace with their subordinates, and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others rushed into Da Nei to attack the palace province. When Zhang Rang was disheartened, he caught a glimpse of Xu Chu's side arriving, laughed miserably, and kowtowed to the Son of Heaven: "After the death of the old minister, Your Majesty is isolated, please take care of yourself!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Rang took the lead and jumped into the Yellow River, and Duan Qi and other eunuchs also bid farewell to the Son of Heaven and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river.

Lu Zhi took everything in his eyes, turned around and noticed Xu Chu, his eyes shrank, and the hand holding the halberd tightened.

"Your Excellency is Shang Shu Lu Gong?" Xu Chu shouted from afar.

"It's Lu, who is the foot?"

"In Xiayingchuan, Xu Chu is too guarded, and he came to the rescue on the order of Yuan Sili!"

As soon as he heard that it was Yuan Shao's subordinates, Lu Zhi loosened his fingers, and his heart was slightly wider. Peng Min Gong in central Henan had just killed several eunuchs, walked up to Xu Chu with a bloody sword, and asked, "Xu Yingchuan is from the palace?" ”

Xu Chu replied, "Yes." ”

Min Gong asked again, "What is the situation in the palace?" ”

Xu Chu said in a deep voice: "Yuan Sili, Yuan Huben, Cao Xiaowei and others are cleaning up the remnants of eunuchs in the palace, and Taifu also took Bao Duwei and others to arrest eunuch henchmen in the city. ”

Min Gong and Lu Zhi both breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the big thing was decided.

Xu Chu looked for the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou again, only to see that the two had fallen asleep. The Son of Heaven Liu Wei is fourteen years old, and Dong Hou Liu Xie is even younger, only eight years old.

I'm still a kid.

After this toss, the two were frightened and tired to the extreme, and after Zhang Rang and the others threw themselves into the river, the two were sad again, so they fainted.

Lu Zhi and Min Gong picked up the Son of Heaven and Dong Hou respectively, and Lu Zhi said to Xu Chu: "Xu Taishou came at the right time, I sent someone back to inform the courtiers, and the matter of escorting the Son of Heaven back to the palace depends on Xu Taishou." ”

Xu Chu instructed Li Quan to look for the vehicle, and replied: "It is the duty of a courtier to protect the safety of the Son of Heaven, and Duke Lu does not need to say much. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"Do you want to inform Captain Wu Meng?"

Captain Wu Meng is Ding Yuan, who is now stationed in Mengjin. Mengjin is located in the north of Luoyang, not too far from here. Xu Chu was afraid that Dong Zhuo would quickly rush to the north of Luoyang City after hearing the news and intercept the Son of Heaven, but Lu Zhi shook his head and said: "Kyoto is already chaotic enough, without the will of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, you can't privately edict Ding Jianyang to enter Beijing." ”