Between the world and the earth, if the white horse passes through the gap, it is all of a sudden.

Dong Zhuo has been living in Tingwei Prison for nearly three months, and he has been in this era for three months.

In these three months, in addition to discussing strategic development with Li Ru and talking about current affairs, Dong Zhuo practiced martial arts during the day in prison and studied at night.

The cell boss accepted Li Ru's money, so he naturally turned a blind eye to it.

I don't know who spread the news that Dong Zhuo was studying and practicing martial arts in prison, and under the impetus of someone with a heart, it soon became known to everyone in Luoyang City. For a time, there were many discussions and arguments between the government and the opposition.

Some people scolded Dong Zhuo for being a hypocrite and shameless person, and some people praised Dong Zhuo for being ineffective and shameful and then working hard. It can be said that there are different opinions, and the city is full of wind and rain.

Dong Min and Dong Huang had already been sent back to Hedong County by Dong Zhuo, after all, whether it was Hedong County or the Dong family, someone needed to be in charge. Relying on a Huaxiong alone, it's okay to let him fight, and expecting him to be able to handle government affairs is purely thinking too much.

Li Ru was not idle, he bought a house in Luoyang City and lived in. I have to go to the cell every day to visit Dong Zhuo and bring Dong Zhuo news from all over the world.

"Wen Zheng is here, sit down quickly." As soon as Li Ru walked into the cell, before he could open his luggage, Dong Zhuo beckoned.

"Thank you, father-in-law, my son-in-law is rude!" Li Ru is also accustomed to his father-in-law's informality.

Most of the martial artists under Dong Zhuo have such a straightforward character, Li Ru was naturally subtly influenced, and he was not too restrained, so he knelt down in front of Dong Zhuo in front of the long bank.

"I wonder what's going on out there now? Is there any news for the virtuous son-in-law? After Li Ru sat down, Dong Zhuo asked.

Li Ru thought for a while, and then said: "Since the imperial court deposed my father-in-law, I sent the old general Huangfu Song to Jizhou to exterminate Zhang Jiao.

wanted to come to heaven to bless him, and when the old general Huangfu arrived in Hebei, the general Zhang Jiao happened to die of illness that day, causing the Yellow Turban thief Kou Qunlong to be leaderless. General Huangfu beheaded the general Zhang Liang, and the general Zhang Bao of the earth was destroyed. He also excavated Zhang Jiao's grave, dissected the coffin and poked the corpse, and passed on the head of the Beijing Division.

Therefore, the imperial court crowned the old general Huangfu as the general of the chariot cavalry, led the Jizhou pastor, sealed the marquis of Huaili, and ate 8,000 households.

In addition, General Zhu Jun defeated the Yellow Turban Army several times in Yuzhou, and refused to surrender the Yellow Turban Army, and quickly killed all of them. There are only a few stragglers left in the Yellow Turban Army in the world, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has almost subsided. ”

Dong Zhuo was furious after hearing this, and scolded: "That old man Zhu Jun is really too much. The Son of Heaven is deaf and unreasonable, causing all the people in the world to be in dire straits. The people are innocent, they just want to live, he Zhu Jun is also from a poor family, he does not want to sympathize with the suffering of the people, but kills them as an example. It is truly hateful, and I will kill these old thieves one day to vent the hatred in my heart. ”

Li Ru hurriedly persuaded: "Father-in-law, take a break from the anger of the thunder, and it will not be too late for him to kill Zhu Jun and the old thief in the future." Li Ru didn't have a good impression of that Zhu Jun, after all, those Yellow Turban uprisings were poor people, if it weren't for the imperial court forcing them to have no way to live, who would be grateful for throwing their heads and spilling blood.

After Li Ru waited for Dong Zhuo to calm down his anger, he continued: "There is also the Emperor Fu General Tianzi who expressed General Lu Zhi's merits and interceded for the old General Lu Zhi, who has now been reinstated. ”

"In this way, the trial of the old man by the Imperial Lieutenant should also have a result." Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's words, and thought for a while.

"I think it's going to be soon, now that General Lu Zhi has been reinstated, then it's your turn to be father-in-law. I asked people to inquire that my father-in-law will be interrogated again on the 20th of this month. Li Ru informed Dong Zhuo of the information he had obtained.

In the past three months, Dong Zhuo has been interrogated twice by Tingwei, but it was all thunder and rain, and there was no reason for the review. In fact, it is not difficult to understand when you think about it, although Dong Zhuo said that breaking the sky is a useless mistake to suppress thieves, but it is not difficult for a dignified court captain to kill Dong Zhuo even if he wants to.

It's just that Dong Zhuo is easy to do, but what is difficult is Lu Zhi, who is like Dong Zhuo, who is not good for thieves and returns in vain. Dong Zhuo's entire capital crime, could it be that Lu Zhi couldn't die too? Not to mention that Lu Zhi is a member of the scholar clan like himself, and he belongs to the same camp. Even if it's not, he can't do anything about Lu Zhi, you must know that Lu Zhi's reputation in the government and the opposition is high, and the breadth of his relationship is not comparable to a Taishou like Dong Zhuo.

If you can't cure Lu Zhi, you can't cure Dong Zhuo either. Tingwei understood this truth, so he could only delay it again and again. Dong Zhuo and Li Ru also understood, so they were not in a hurry at all.

Now that Lu Zhi has been released by the emperor, it will be easy to do a Dong Zhuo. However, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru don't have to worry, now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion has been suppressed, there will be no big punishment for Dong Zhuo.

In the end, Dong Zhuo asked, "Can Wen Zheng recruit some talented people in Luoyang?" ”

In addition to asking Li Ru to inquire about the news from all over the world, in addition, Dong Zhuo also gave Li Ru an important task, to visit the virtuous and ask for energy. After all, you have to do big things in the future, how can you do it without talent. Wang Fu of the Han Dynasty contained in "The Theory of Hidden Husbands: Relief of Difficulties": "The movement of Dapeng is not the lightness of a feather; The speed of Qiji is not the power of one foot. "In this world, there is nothing that can be done by yourself.

It's a pity that in the era of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although there are many talents, how can people who are really capable not follow Dong Zhuo who is in prison.

Dong Zhuo is very helpless, and now it seems that he can't recruit useful talents. Thinking that he is dignified, Dong Zhuo can only wait for himself to become a momentum and then slowly select talents.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and the time came to the twentieth day of the winter month of the seventh year of Light and He. As Li Ru said, the Imperial Court Office interrogated Dong Zhuo on this day, and finally sentenced Dong Zhuo to commute the death penalty by one degree.

The so-called commutation of the death penalty is a punishment invented and created by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty, and is the hereditary Marquis of Jiejieting. Because Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty died childless, the twelve-year-old Liu Hong was made emperor by his cousin Dou Wu.

Among the many wonderful emperors in history, this Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong can also be called a name. This business-loving emperor tried his best to set up a clever name to collect money, and he had to pay money if he openly sold his official title and wanted to be promoted. All kinds of absurd things that have never been seen or heard of are even more absurd. This commutation of the capital crime means that the emperor is paid money, and the punishment for the capital crime can be exempted.

Dong Zhuo has no objection to this, anyway, his family property is not coming from the right way, and it is not comfortable to use it himself. It is okay to let the emperor confiscate it, and after the province, he will feel uncomfortable looking at the property obtained by the people who looted the people's fat and ointment.