As early as when Ding Xiao had just entered Beijing, he asked Dian Wei to secretly purchase several properties and scattered them in different locations inside and outside Luoyang City, firstly, to secretly raise personal guards, and secondly, to prepare for lurking in the capital.

"Let your people pay attention to the mansions of major officials, and report them as soon as they find that someone is packing up their things and preparing to leave Beijing." Ding Xiao instructed Dian Weidao.

"No!"

Dian Wei took the order and left.

Soon news came that Shangshu Lu Zhi had been removed from his official position because of his opposition to Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor in the court, and he was disheartened and prepared to return to his hometown with his family.

"Lu Zhi?"

Ding Xiao's eyes lit up.

Lu Zhi was a great Confucian in the world, with super administrative ability, and he was diligent and thrifty, upright, and had an excellent reputation among the scholars.

"Lu Zhi is famous at home, if he can be invited to the state, not only can he help his father take care of internal affairs, but also use his fame to recruit some talents."

Ding Xiao thought, "Besides, after Lu Zhi leaves Beijing this time, he will soon be invited by Yuan Shao to be a military advisor...... If someone else invites him, forget it, if he follows Yuan Shao, it's too wasteful! ”

With this understanding, Ding Xiao decided to rescue Lu Zhi from Yuan Shao, so he immediately led people out of the city in disguise and waited halfway.

Half an hour later, a number of carriages and horses slowly walked from the official road, and the figure of Lu Zhi's family appeared in Ding Xiao's sight, and he hurriedly led the crowd to greet him.

"Lu Shangshu, please stay, the son of the younger generation Ding Yuan, Ding Xiao asks to see."

"Oh?"

Lu Zhi turned over and dismounted, looked at Ding Xiao with some surprise, and then asked, "It turned out to be Ding Gongzi, what is the matter with you?" ”

Lu Zhi and Ding Yuan's father and son are not familiar with each other, so their attitude is very polite.

And Ding Xiao naturally understood this, knowing that he was invited by ordinary methods, and the other party would definitely refuse, so he changed to a special method.

"Gong Lu, the younger generation came on behalf of his father, and he is here to welcome the Lu family and settle down in Bingzhou."

“…… Merge to settle down? ”

Lu Zhi had actually guessed Ding Xiao's intention, but he didn't expect that the other party would say it so firmly, as if he was desperate and the other party had settled on himself.

He couldn't help but be a little angry, "Hehe, I'm sorry, the old man is in his last years, and he just wants to go back to his hometown to retire, and he doesn't want to settle down in Bingzhou." ”

"Lu Gong's words are wrong!"

Ding Xiao shook his head and smiled, "After my father left, Dong Zhuo will have no scruples here, and within two days, he will abolish the emperor and establish a young!" When the time comes, the world will be in chaos! Lu Gong has the world in his heart, how can he sit idly by? ”

"Hehe, the old man has now been dismissed from office and has become an ordinary person...... The heart is weak. Lu Zhi shook his head and sighed.

The other party's refusal was already expected by Ding Xiao, and he asked bluntly, "Could it be that Duke Lu doesn't look down on my land and annexed the state?" Or do you think that my father Ding Yuan's power is not better than Dong Zhuo? ”

"Haha, Ding Gongzi is serious."

Lu Zhi said with a smile, "General Ding's strength is only below Dong Zhuo, if there is anyone in this world who can compete with Dong Zhuo, only General Ding is also!" As the old man said earlier, he just had no intention of caring about the world anymore, and had no other intentions. ”

"Then may I ask Lu Gong, if Yuan Shao comes to invite you today, will you still speak like this?"

Ding Xiao didn't give the other party room to pass the buck at all, and directly asked the key part.

"Yuan Shao?"

Lu Zhi was slightly stunned, he hadn't thought about this question yet, so he didn't answer it at the first time.

"Not bad. Assuming that Yuan Shao came to invite him at this time, would Lu Gong still refuse the same? Ding Xiao asked again.

"This ......"

Lu Zhi was a little speechless.

The fourth generation and the third duke of the Yuan family, the protégés and former officials are all over the court and the opposition, and when they raise their arms, the heroes of the world will inevitably flock to it! How can it be compared to Ding Yuan?!

If Yuan Shao came to invite him, he would naturally agree.

But he didn't expect that the kid in front of him was so difficult to ask such a sharp question, which made him a little difficult to answer for a while.

"Huh."

Ding Xiao smiled slightly, "Gong Lu doesn't have to be embarrassed, just say it clearly!" ”

“…… Well, the old man will be offended! ”

Lu Zhiben is a straightforward person, but he was forced to do this by Ding Xiao, and he had to tell the truth, "Dong Zhuo is powerful, and General Ding alone can be the enemy, and he needs to call on the heroes of the world to work together to get rid of the thief!" Yuan Shao is a genius in the world, if he is willing to command the heroes, then great things can be done! ”

"Hahahaha!"

Ding Xiao laughed, "Yuan Shaogu has a reputation for fishing, and he is a gallant mouse, he will be given such a high evaluation by Lu Gong, it is estimated that he will snicker in his dreams in the middle of the night, right?!" Ha ha. ”

"Huh?"

Lu Zhi's eyes narrowed, and his face suddenly sank.

"I'm sorry, the junior really doesn't have a good impression of that Yuan Shao, and I hope Lu Gong will forgive me for the rudeness!" Ding Xiao hugged his fist.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi's face looked a little better, but he completely lost patience with Ding Xiao, so he said, "The old man is still in a hurry, so don't leave it here, thank General Ding for his kindness on my behalf." ”

"Wait!"

Ding Xiao stretched out his hand to stop him, and then said with a hippie smile, "Lu Gong, if you think my evaluation of Yuan Shao is wrong, I can prove it to you!" ”

"Don't mess around!"

There was a hint of anger on Lu Zhi's face, "If it weren't for your father Ding Yuan's sake, how could the old man talk to you too much?" Why don't you get out of the way?! ”

"I'm not convinced!"

Ding Xiao said with a dead face, "Gong Lu, as a great Confucian in the world, you can't say anything about others, just drive people away, don't you feel that you have lost your identity?" ”

"You!"

Lu Zhi suddenly cried and laughed, "What do you have to do to make way for you?" ”

"Do you dare to make a bet with me?"

Ding Xiao saw that Lu Zhi had already been set, so he took the opportunity to ask.

"What are you going to bet on?" Lu Zhi asked impatiently.

"I bet that as soon as the Son of Heaven changes, Yuan Shao, the rat generation, will run away immediately, and without a single soldier, he will leave his tens of thousands of troops to Dong Zhuo in vain!"

Ding Xiao said that he cut gold and cut iron.

"Oh?"

When Lu Zhi heard that the other party was betting on this, he immediately frowned, "Why are you so sure?" ”

"Because Yuan Shao is a rat!"

Ding Xiao smiled disdainfully, "It's just that he was lucky to be born in the Yuan family, and he had a smooth journey and mixed up some fake reputations!" However, once something big happens, his true nature will be revealed immediately! ”

"Hehe, it seems that you have a great prejudice against Yuan Shao!"

Lu Zhi smiled lightly, then nodded and said, "In that case, this bet on the old man to take it!" ”

"Thank you Lu Gong for your face!"

Ding Xiao smiled and said, "Dong Zhuo's abolition of Emperor Dong is a foregone conclusion, so our gamble will have a result in less than three days." The younger generation rented a house in the village in front of him, and if Duke Lu did not abandon it, he could temporarily move to it and rest for a few days. ”

"Oh?"

Lu Zhi glanced at Ding Xiao deeply, "It turns out that you have been prepared!" ”

"Duke Lu, today, the only one who dares to resist Dong Zhuo and has the strength to compete with him is my father Ding Yuan!"

Ding Xiao chose to say his true intentions at this time, "My father's fierce generals are like clouds, but there is a lack of a military advisor, if you get the help of Duke Lu, then great things can be done." ”

"Strategist?"

Lu Zhi was slightly moved.

"Not bad!"

Ding Xiao nodded and smiled, "My father doesn't have a good strategist, if Lu Gong is willing to join the state, my father will obey his words!" ”

"The matter...... Let me think about it. ”

Although Lu Zhi did not agree, he had obviously loosened up, which made Ding Xiao overjoyed.

"Gong Lu, we haven't talked about the bet just now, if I win the bet......"

Without waiting for Ding Xiao to finish speaking, Lu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, if you can really win, it proves that Yuan Shao is indeed useless!" At that time, the old man will promise you to change his route to Hanoi to help your father! ”