Protection money, not so easy to collect. Shi A didn't expect that there were still masters in Chang'an City that he didn't know. Originally, Shi Ah lived in Luoyang with his master Wang Yue, and the master was an official fan, but unfortunately he was not appreciated by nobles all his life, and finally he was old and opened a hero building with his fame over the years, but in the end, he asked Dong Zhuo, who was killed, to burn a fire.

His life savings were burned, and Wang Yue did not withstand the blow and could not afford to fall ill. Originally, Shi A planned to take the sick master to the Central Plains, after all, with Wang Yue's fame and ability, if the museum was opened to teach apprentices, there would still be people willing to learn. But the Dong Zhuo coerced the pair of masters and apprentices to Chang'an.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Shi A also thought about taking the opportunity to leave, but just in time for his master's illness to worsen, in order to treat his master's illness, Shi A had to engage in extortion. Originally, he didn't plan to show up, after all, the less people knew about this kind of humiliating thing, the better. But God just didn't want to let go of Shi A, who was responsible for collecting protection money, and the junior disciples who were responsible for collecting protection money were beaten, and the beater even let go, and let Shi A, the boss, personally lead the people.

said that he was leading people, but it wasn't that Shi A would release people when he arrived. If you want to take people away, it depends on whether Shi Ah has the ability. As a result, Shi Ah secretly complained a little, and the big man who fought with him didn't look like five big and three thick, but he was agile, especially the perception of danger, as if he was like a beast.

Since learning swordsmanship from Wang Yue, although Shi A does not dare to say that he has achieved great martial arts, he has few opponents, but today he has met an opponent.

"Stop!" finally survived until the other party shouted to stop, and Shi A, who had been fighting with his opponent, hurriedly took the opportunity to calm down. Liu Xie looked Shi A up and down, and said, "Hey, what's your name?" Seeing that your martial arts are good, have you ever thought about using this ability to make a name for yourself in the army? A good man, he is free to become famous, why do you want to do this kind of trick that makes people poke their backbones in the back. ”

Shi A was ashamed when he heard this, of course he thought about joining the army to make a name for himself, but his master was seriously ill at the moment, and Shi Ah was really not at ease entrusting his master to them with those few newly recruited junior disciples in Chang'an. Shi Ah Chong, who was speechless, hugged his fists and turned around to leave.

Seeing this, Liu Xie shouted: "Hey, the geese have left a voice, and the people have left a name, so let me know what your name is." ”

“…… Shia. ”

"Shia? …… Shia! Hey, stop! Stop! Stop him. Liu Xie didn't react at first, but then he thought of a person from the name Shi A.

Dian Weisheng had a pair of scuds, and after listening to Liu Xie's instructions, he immediately spread his legs and intercepted Shi A's way, Liu Xie hurriedly ran over, and without waiting for Shi A to speak, he asked, "Who are you, Wang Yue?" ”

“…… It's the tutor. Shi A was dissatisfied with Liu Xie's name calling his mentor, but he couldn't fight with others because of this, seeing that the person in front of him was dressed like a rich son, Shi A didn't dare to slack off, so he had to tell the truth.

"Are you really Wang Yue's apprentice?"

"Yes."

"Then where is your master now?"

“…… The teacher is seriously ill ......"

"What? Sick? That's not good. Lao Dian, immediately let someone call a few doctors...... Shi'a, where are you and your master now? ”

“…… Does this son have an old relationship with my teacher? Shi asked in confusion.

"What's the? I am...... Uh-huh, this is not a place to talk, you just think I have an old relationship with your master. Take me there...... Do you still want your master to recover? Liu Xie realized that this was on the street in the middle of his words, and hurriedly changed his words.

Shi Ah dreamed that his mentor who treated him as his own could recover, and thought that he had nothing to worry about the son in front of him, so he took Liu Xie to his temporary residence with his mentor.

Although Chang'an City, which was not lightly harmed by Dong Zhuo, is gradually restoring its former appearance with the efforts of Wang Yun and others, dilapidated houses can still be seen everywhere. The house where Master Shi lived was very dilapidated, and the original owner no longer knew who it was. As soon as Shi A led Liu Xie into the door, he heard a violent cough coming from the inner room, and Shi A immediately didn't care about entertaining Liu Xie, and rushed into the inner room in two steps.

Liu Xie, who was ignored, didn't care, looked around, and saw that there was nothing worth noting, so he took Dian Wei into the house, went directly to the inner room, and saw Shi Ah who was feeding his teacher water.

"You, you, you are ......" Wang Yue, who was originally leaning on Shi A, was stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Xie, and then reacted, unable to say a whole sentence in surprise.

"Master Wang, I didn't expect me to come to see you at this time." Liu Xie stepped forward and said.

"Grass people, grass people......" Wang Yue struggled to get down to the ground to salute, Liu Xie hurriedly stepped forward to support him, forced Wang Yue back to the bed and lay down, and comforted: "If you are sick, don't care about those false courtesies, how could Master Wang be so down?" ”

Hearing Liu Xie's inquiry, Wang Yue couldn't help but sigh, "Wang Yue doesn't want to let his ability be buried in his life, but he doesn't want to get old and achieve nothing." originally planned to open a hero building to live this life, but he didn't want to meet Luoyang Zhurong again, so that he ...... Thanks to Shi A, this child, if he hadn't left him, I am afraid that the saint would not have seen Wang Yue. ”

“…… Master Wang, as the saying goes, the old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, the hero building is gone, then it's gone, as long as the people are still there, then there is still a chance. I have sent someone to ask the Imperial Doctor to come and treat you, and when you are well, I hope you can be my sword teacher and teach me swordsmanship. As for Shi A, his skills are good, and I will arrange it for him. ”

Wang Yue may still doubt others when they say this, but Liu Xie, the promise made by the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty to Wang Yue, Wang Yue believes it 100%. Originally, Wang Yue's illness was caused by depression, but now that he has the opportunity to become an emperor, his important apprentice has a future, and most of this heart disease is gone, and his mental state has recovered a lot, and he no longer looks like he has half a breath left when he first met.

Shi Ah didn't expect that the person who was considered to be a rich son turned out to be today's son, when he heard Liu Xie call himself me, he was stunned on the spot, if it weren't for Wang Yue's secret reminder, Shi Adang would not come back to his senses now.

……

Ji Ping is a imperial doctor, maybe his fame is not as great as Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, but his medical skills are not necessarily worse than those two. The reason why his reputation is not as good as Zhang and Hua is probably the result of no one publicizing him among the people. After receiving Liu Xie's order, Ji Ping took the medicine box and went to Wang Yue's residence with the people without saying a word.

Although he didn't dare to say that the medicine would be cured immediately, the news that Wang Yue was not suffering from a terminal illness and that he could recover as long as he recuperated for a period of time still made Liu Xie feel very happy. He has always wanted to learn martial arts, after all, in troubled times, it is better to have a body of martial arts than to have a body of gold and silver. Because if you have martial arts, when you don't have money, you can go to someone who has gold and silver to borrow some flowers.

It's just that it's not easy to worship a famous teacher, Lu Bu doesn't have to think about it, and Zhao Yun is busy training the new army, and he is also in Tianshui, so it's not realistic to ask him to teach. Although Liu Xie wrote a handwritten letter for people to send to Tong Yuan, who is said to live in Wei County, it is unknown when that Tong Yuan will come and whether he will come.

remembered that Wang Yue was still mentioned by Liu Xie when he was chatting with Wang Yun once, but Wang Yun just mentioned it casually, and he didn't know Wang Yue's whereabouts now. It's just that God had mercy on Liu Xie and let him meet Wang Yue's disciple Shi A, and then he found Wang Yue along the way.

First of all, you need to have a good environment to recuperate, this broken place can't let Wang Yue stay, Liu Xie immediately asked people to move Wang Yue, anyway, after Wang Yue got better, he had to teach Liu Xie swordsmanship, and Liu Xie didn't bother to arrange another place for Wang Yue, and directly brought people back to the palace. However, only Wang Yue and Shi A entered the palace with Wang Yue, and as for the disciples that Shi A accepted as the substitute teacher in Chang'an, Liu Xie didn't pay attention to them, and sent them to the government to beat twenty boards and then released them.

……

The Weiyang Palace where Liu Xie now lives is very large, covering an area six times larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Liu Xie is really not used to living in such a big place alone. And in order to save the expenses of the imperial court, Liu Xie moved all the official offices scattered in various places to the front hall after Dong Zhuo was punished, which not only saved time, but also improved the efficiency of the imperial court.

Liu Xie did not go to the front hall to disturb the normal office of the officials of the DPRK and China, and took Dian Wei directly to Tianlu Pavilion, which is equivalent to the National Library. However, Liu Xie did not come to look for books to read, but to find people.

Tianlu Pavilion is usually very quiet, unless there are classics to inquire, usually no one will come. When Liu Xie found Jia Xu and Li Ru, who were arranged by him in Tianlu Pavilion, these two poisoners were sitting opposite each other and playing chess.

"You're very idle." Liu Xie was also polite, and stepped forward and said.

"Jia Xu (Li Ru) visits the lord." Jia Xu and Li Ru hurriedly saluted.

"No, there are no people here, they all sit and talk." Liu Xie waved his hand, beckoned the two to sit down, and after pouring himself a glass of wine, he poured it for Jia and Li, and then gave the small wine jar directly to Dian Wei. Dian Wei was overjoyed, as soon as he smelled it just now, he knew that it was good wine, and the wine worm in his stomach was also seduced.

"The lord is here, there must be something." Although Jia Xu felt sorry for the good wine being fed to Dian Wei, he also knew that it was useless to say this, so he simply asked Liu Xie directly.

"Well, I do have something to ask you two, how did I get you to organize Tianyan?" Liu Xie asked when he heard this. The so-called Tianyan, to put it bluntly, is the intelligence department that Liu Xie wants to set up. And Tianyan is just Liu Xie's evil taste for a while. Whether it is Jia Xu or Li Ru, these two people are grandmaster-level figures who play conspiracy and trickery in Liu Xie's eyes. As for why Liu Xie didn't kill Li Ru, it was because Liu Xie had promised Jia Xu before, as long as Jia Xu helped him deal with Li Dao and Guo Yan, he would agree to any request that Jia Xu put forward within his ability. It's just that Liu Xie didn't expect Jia Xu to ask him to pardon Li Ru.

Liu Xie doesn't care if there is a relationship between Jia Xu and Li Ru, what he cares about is whether Li Ru has the conditions to choose talents by himself. Obviously, with Li Ru's ability, he meets the current conditions for Liu Xie's selection of talents. Although Li Ru once helped Dong Zhuo to do things for him, it is also undeniable that if it were not for Li Ru, Dong Zhuo might not have been able to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang. It was only later that Dong Zhuo became estranged from Li Ru, which gave Wang Yun an opportunity to take advantage of.

If a person kills someone, is it the fault of the murderer or the fault of the murder weapon, Li Ru is just a knife in Dong Zhuo's hand. It's just that now, Li Ru has become a knife in Liu Xie's hand.

"Back to the lord, the two of us are preparing for the matter of Tianyan, and I ask the lord to give me another period of time." Jia Xu replied to Liu Xiedao on behalf of the two.

Liu Xie also knew that intelligence could not be done by urging him, so he couldn't rush it. did not give any death orders to Jia Xu and Li Ru, when and how they had to be. After listening to Jia Xu's answer, he didn't say anything more, but said, "I'll let someone come to you when I go back, you remember to pay attention to it." ”

"Lord, I don't know who it is?" Jia Xu asked.

"Wang Yue's apprentice Shi A. Tianyan is not only the eyes of the imperial court, but also becomes a pair of hands of the imperial court when necessary, Shi A's martial arts are no problem, but I don't know what his heart is, and I don't know if he can do it, so I let you check for me, if not, I will make other arrangements for him. Liu Xie explained.

"I see, I understand."

"Hmm." Liu Xie nodded and looked at Li Ru. Li Ru didn't know why Liu Xie was staring at him, don't look at Liu Xie as big as Li Ru, but Li Ru really felt the pressure that Liu Xie brought him at this time, and this kind of pressure had never been in the past.

"Wenhe, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you."

“…… The lord wants to ask why he wants to save Wenyou? After thinking about it for a while, Jia Xu understood what Liu Xie wanted to ask, and took the initiative to ask.

"Hmm." Liu Xie nodded, "You must know that the promise I gave you at that time was any condition, as long as I could do it, I would not refuse, and it can also be said that the glory and wealth were close in front of your eyes at that time, and you could get it as soon as you stretched out your hand." ”

“…… The lord didn't know that Wen You used to be kind to me. Jia Xu replied with a flat expression.

Li Ru seemed to hear this for the first time, and looked at Jia Xu with a very surprised expression. Seeing this, Liu Xie asked, "Wen You, you don't know about this?" ”

"Yes, I don't know."

"This matter is also simple to say, after the punishment of Dong, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army endangered the safety of Chang'an, and at that time Wen He had not yet recognized me as the master, in order to let him help, I promised him that as long as he could persuade Li Dao Guo Yan to stand still for me, I would agree to any request he put forward within my ability, and he did it. You're a smart man, so you must have guessed what he asked me for, right? ”

"Yes, Confucianism thought of it." Li Ru was a little moved in his heart, but he was used to the face that was invisible, but he didn't see it at all.

"Wen You, I originally wanted to kill you, although you just acted according to orders, but He Hou and my brother died at your hands after all. But then I changed my mind, on the one hand, because I had promised Wenhe before, and on the other hand, I figured out that even if you didn't do it, I am afraid that He Hou and my brother would have died at the hands of others. You are just a knife in Dong Zhuo's hand, Dong Zhuo is dead, so there is no need for me to have trouble with your knife anymore. ”

"Thank you for your forgiveness." Li Ru hurriedly thanked. Ever since Li Ru was arranged in Tianlu Pavilion, there hasn't been a day when he hasn't worried about someone suddenly being ordered to take his life. The biggest backer has fallen, and I don't know if the new backer can be relied on, especially since he still has some personal grievances with the new backer, Li Ru can be said to be worried during this time. Now that he finally heard Liu Xie's words, Li Ru's hanging heart was finally relieved.

For Liu Xie, Li Ru has no resentment, although his wife died at the hands of the imperial court, but Li Ru really has no feelings for his wife. The reason why he was willing to marry Dong Zhuo's daughter was not because he fell in love with other girls, but because he wanted to gain Dong Zhuo's trust and reuse. Otherwise, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the children of rats will make holes, just Dong Zhuo's honor, where can the children born be seen?

Li Ru belongs to the children of a poor family, in order to show his ambitions, he does not hesitate to commit himself to the thief, even if he leaves the infamy of being spurned by thousands of people, he must realize his ambitions. If you look at Li Ru from this point alone, he is a very persistent person. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, his reputation in Shilin is completely stinky, so Liu Xie can use him with confidence, because only he can let him show his ambitions. It is precisely because he knows this that Liu Xie will agree to Jia Xu's request and come over to "treat his illness" for Li Ru.

From the current point of view, the effect of the treatment is not bad. Liu Xie, who had finished his business, still couldn't help but ask Jia Xu and Li Ru to complete the arrangement of Tianyan as soon as possible, and did not seek to immediately let the Han's eyeliner spread all over the place, and first lay down the eyeliner within the control of the imperial court, especially Li Dao Guo Yan in Longxi County, the sooner the arrangement was made, the better.

mentioned Li Dao and Guo Yan, Li Ru seemed to have something to say, Liu Xie frowned when he saw this, "Wen You, just say what I have here, don't worry about saying the wrong thing, I won't punish you for saying the wrong thing." ”

"Yes, it's Confucianism. Lord, since the imperial court intends to deal with Li Guo and the others, why not try a divisive strategy? ”

"Discord meter? …… Wenyou, let's talk about it in detail. Liu Xie asked with interest.

Although the relationship between Li and Guo Yan is irreversible, it is not without contradictions. According to Confucianism, Li Dao believed in witch divination, and would ask witches to ask him for divination whenever he encountered a major event, but Guo Yan scoffed at this. My lord, why don't you make a fuss about this? ”

"Huh...... You and Wen He really have bad stomachs, I have to keep an eye on the two of you, and you can't easily let them out to hurt people. Liu Xie smiled and joked to Jia Xu and Li Ru.