Chapter 149: Killing Zhang Wen and intimidating courtiers
Not to mention that Dong Zhuo suppressed all kinds of unhappiness in his chest, and turned to ask Lu Zhi to go out of the mountain to be Shangshu. Just talking about the sudden rush of the two major armies outside Luoyang City, it caused panic in the entire Luoyang City.
Not only the common people, merchants and other residents, but even the civil and military officials were also terrified. For fear that the two armies would fight and affect the pond fish.
No, Taifu Yuan Kui, Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Huang Wan, Weiwei Zhang Wen and other important ministers of the imperial court gathered in Taifu's mansion to discuss countermeasures.
For the fight between the two armies, it was really very sudden. Even old foxes like Yuan Kui had a feeling of being caught off guard. Suddenly, a feeling of not being in control seemed to rise in his heart, which made him very unhappy and slightly panicked.
You must know that Dong Zhuo killed the courtiers and forced the Son of Heaven, such brutal and rebellious things did not make this old guy react in the slightest! Because, these are all expected by him, but a rush for no reason made him have a bad feeling!
That's why the courtiers were secretly summoned to discuss and discuss their opinions.
In the huge living room, several courtiers sat opposite each other, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other juniors also accompanied each other.
"Dong Zhuo wants to control Luoyang, so he won't have a conflict with Ding Yuan at this juncture, but what happened yesterday was not expected by the old man, and it was really a bit tricky." Yuan Kui closed his eyes slightly, and although his tone was a little worried, the old god was still there.
"These days, Dong Zhuo's subordinates have frequently sent gifts and goodwill to various families, and their wolf ambitions are clearly revealed." Taiwei Yang Biao continued.
"It's just a waste of effort!" Wang Yun smiled disdainfully: "Dong Zhuo, Piffle!" Vainly trying to control Luoyang is simply whimsical! In this Luoyang City, there are still the Son of Heaven, as well as our courtiers! ”
Everyone nodded in agreement. For Dong Zhuo, a martial artist from a poor family, he is really low-status and cannot enter the eyes of the ministers. And as far as the immediate situation is concerned, Luoyang City is indeed still in the hands of the major courtiers - you know, these old guys are not fuel-efficient lamps, one or two secretly, who does not hold one or two hidden armed forces?
"Since they want to fight, let them fight - dog eats dog, and you adults can watch the show and have fun." Yuan Shu saw that these old guys said a word to me, but he didn't get to the point, but he was a little breathless, and he said something like this.
Everyone's eyes then all focused on him, as if looking at an idiot, which made Yuan Shu uncomfortable. Yuan Kui only opened his eyes and closed them again.
"Brother Highway's words are wrong!" Behind Yang Biao, a handsome young man stood up and retorted: "Although you adults have a lot of power in their hands. However, the large-scale battle between the two armies will inevitably affect a large area, and if Luoyang City is accidentally involved, it will be very bad - you must know that Dong Zhuo has more than 100,000 people in his hands! ”
When Yang Biao heard this, he stroked his beard with a smile and scolded: "Nonsense, step down." ”
"This is my son Yang Xiu, you are smiling." Yang Biao turned to the minister.
"It turned out to be Yang Jialin'er, and he really saw extraordinary!" Yuan Kui glanced at Yang Xiu, who had a plain face, and then at Yuan Shu, who was indignant and indignant, and his eyes showed a vicious appearance, and he sighed in his heart, and said: "Yang Xiu's words are exactly what the old man is worried about." This big war is chaotic, and everything is not under control. If the rebels rush into the city"
When everyone heard this, they showed in their minds that hundreds of thousands of chaotic troops rushed into Luoyang, killing and looting indiscriminately, and when the time came, it would be out of control, and the ancient capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for two hundred years would probably be destroyed in one fell swoop! The destruction of the capital can be described as the annihilation of the dynasty, and no one wants to see such a tragedy, nor does they want to bear this responsibility!
"So, Xiao Yang Xiu, how do you think you should deal with Dong Zhuo?" Wang Yun saw that Yang Xiu was quick to think, and couldn't help but be interested.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a husband like Dong Zhuo naturally wants to drive out of Luoyang." Yang Xiu paused, and then said: "But he has a heavy army in his hands, and he has a meritorious role in rescuing him, although you have the strength to drive him away, you can't find a reason. And as time passes, Dong Zhuo will gradually strengthen his control over Luoyang, so the longer it drags on, the more difficult it will be to achieve his goal. ”
"The only way to do this is to 'find' the charge as soon as possible, and give it a thunderous blow before it has a firm foothold!" Yang Xiu's words, to put it bluntly, are fabricating charges, so that Dong Zhuo has no reason and no qualification to stay in Luoyang anymore.
Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly.
Just when the discussion in Yuan Kui's mansion was intense, Dong Zhuo also received a tip.
Peng!
A fat palm crumbled the coffee table.
"Conspiracy? Hey! Dong Zhuo sneered.
"The three princes and nine kings are all gathered in Yuan Kui's mansion, probably discussing how to resist this Taishi" Dong Zhuo's gong-like voice was mixed with eight points of violence: "Wen You, you immediately order Hua Xiong to lead his troops to surround Yuan Lao Pifu's mansion, and this Taishi will wipe them out!" ”
"No!" Li Ru hurriedly stopped.
"Huh!?" Dong Zhuo's bronze bell-like repertoire looked at Li Ru viciously, as if he wanted to eat her: "These old horsemen must want the life of this master together!" If you don't kill them, will you wait until they have planned it and then come and kill me? ”
Dong Zhuo has been unpopular in the court for a long time, and his resentment has long been full of indignation, and he coerced the Son of Heaven, thinking that he would be regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by those old horsemen who professed to be loyal ministers!
Although he has a heavy army, he is still afraid in his heart, afraid that one day he will be killed by these guys!
"The three princes and nine kings of the Taishi represent the entire imperial court! If you take them all, I'm afraid the whole world will explode! This is not conducive to the Taishi's plan! Li Ru said bitterly: "Why don't you wait for these people to disperse, take one or two to open the knife, one to relieve the anger of the Taishi, and the other to put pressure on them, it is the best of both worlds!" ”
After listening to Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo quickly calmed down.
"Well, Wen You's words are reasonable, then, who do you think you will take the knife?"
"Zhang Wen!" Li Ru's heart turned and he had a goal.
"Zhang Wen is not among the three princes, but he once held the position of Tai Lieutenant, and his identity is weighty; Second, his family is not very powerful, even if he kills it, there is no backlash, and it can be easily quelled! Li Ru said.
"Okay, just choose Zhang Wen!" Dong Zhuo said, hehe laughed fiercely, remembering the dead face that Zhang Wen usually looked at him, he was going to die in a while, the one in Dong Zhuo's heart was refreshing, it was incomparable!
"The son-in-law will go to do this immediately and retire!"
Dong Zhuo waved his hand, stood up, turned around and entered the inner room, where several little beauties were trembling and waiting for the trial.
On the night of the same day, Dong Zhuo's general Hua Xiong led his troops to break into the palace of Guard Captain Zhang Wen and slaughtered them on a large scale! Zhang Wenmanmen was destroyed, raze the three clans! The reason is to talk about the Son of Heaven.
When the civil and military officials heard this, they were all frightened, and they were angry and did not dare to speak.
At noon the next day, Dong Zhuo invited all the important ministers to a banquet. At the banquet, cooking and killing the living, boiling and eating, so that all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty saw his true face - this beast in human skin!
In Dong Zhuo's study, the sound of gong-like laughter spread far away, and a smell of madness permeated.
"Hahahaha, these things that don't know what to do, this Taishi scolds them, and they don't pay attention to them. Now that he has killed him, no one dares to speak! Typical toast without eating and eating penalty wine! This time, let's see who else dares to resist this master! ”
When Li Ru heard this, a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes. What happened to Dong Zhuo? Why did you get to Luoyang and become so violent? Although it was very violent in the past, it was not as good as now!
"Taishi, it's time to target Ding Yuan," Li Ru reminded
In Taifu's Mansion, Yuan Kui summoned Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu into the study.
"At the beginning, the old man didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be so rampant. It seems that this Luoyang is no longer very safe, you two leave Luoyang as soon as possible, return to Ruyang, and get ready! Yuan Kui sighed.
The two glanced at each other, and Yuan Shao said, "Then uncle, you"
"Hehehe, Dong Zhuo dares to kill anyone, but he doesn't dare to touch the old man!" Yuan Kui waved his sleeves: "As long as the two of you manage it properly and grow stronger, the more Dong Zhuo will dare to think about the old man." ”
Yang Biao's house.
Yang Biao personally prepared a package for his youngest son Yang Xiu and quietly sent him out of Luoyang
Luoyang Heroes Building.
It's still so prosperous, the flow of passengers is like water, and it's almost full at any time.
Because this is the industry under the command of Liu Yuan, the king of Yuyang, even Dong Zhuo, he doesn't dare to have the slightest thought.
In a private room, the Yuan brothers and Cao Ying sat opposite each other.
"So, you're leaving?"
Cao Ying's brows furrowed deeply. Hearing that the Yuan brothers were leaving Luoyang because of Dong Zhuo's cruelty, Cao Ying felt a little isolated, but he was even more disdainful.
Yuan Shao nodded and said: "My uncle asked my two brothers to go back to Ruyang first, and then he will ask for an official position for the two of me to release Meng De, now Luoyang is indeed not very safe, in the previous day, several rich families have been robbed - Dong Zhuo indulges the soldiers, and Luoyang is rumored." ”
Cao Ying shook his head slightly, raised his glass and drank it all.
"At the beginning, although Luoyang was dangerous, it was not to the point of hopelessness."
"So, Meng De, you don't want to leave Luoyang?" Yuan Shu looked at Cao Ying, his eyes like he was looking at an idiot.
"I still have important things to do, the highway, farewell!" Cao Ying stood up and strode out of the private room.
"This man is so stupid!" Yuan Shu muttered, and then set his eyes on the table full of untouched delicacies.
In addition to the Hero Building, Cao Ying looked at what seemed to be the only pure land in Luoyang, sighed, turned around and disappeared into an alley.
"Knock Knock"
Cao Ying turned around, walked to a big mansion, glanced at the word "Wangfu" on the plaque, walked up and knocked on the door.
After a few breaths, the door opened, and a small servant's face came out through the crack.
"Who are you?"
There was a lot of impatience between the words.
"Please tell Lord Wang that Cao Ying and Cao Mengde have something to ask to see." Cao Ying didn't care about this little guy's attitude, he was very indifferent.
"Cao Ying?" The little guy took a closer look, recognized this celebrity in Luoyang, and said, "It turned out to be Cao Gongzi, please wait, the little one will go and report it." The little guy said, and turned to leave.
After a while, the little girl came back and led Cao Ying to Wang Yun's study.
In the study, Wang Yun was writing, and Cao Ying walked over and stood aside without saying a word.
About two moments later, Wang Yun put down the brush in his hand and raised his head.
"Mengde, what is the important matter for you to go to the old man's mansion?"
Wang Yun motioned for Cao Ying to sit down, and let his subordinates serve tea.
"My lord, now that Dong Zhuo is rampant in Luoyang, stirring up the chickens and dogs, as an important minister of the Han family, don't you have some ideas?"
Cao Ying didn't drag the mud and water, and asked directly.
"Hehe" Wang Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Thoughts? How's that to be thought? Dong Zhuo transferred 50,000 troops into the city, and the old man and the others didn't dare to move! ”
It turned out that after Dong Zhuo killed Zhang Wen, he was afraid of causing a backlash from the powerful in the city, so he divided half of the army outside the city and transferred it in.
Cao Ying frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and said, "Lord Wang, if you have a plan, it may be successful." ”
"Oh?" Seeing this, Wang Yun came to his senses and said, "Tell me more." ”
"I look at the Xiliang army, and they are completely ruffians. If Dong Zhuo is not in charge, it must be scattered. That being the case, why not start with Dong Zhuo? Cao Ying said.
"You mean," Wang Yun's eyes lit up. Before, all their courtiers seemed to have their eyes on the hundreds of thousands of troops, and they didn't even notice Dong Zhuo himself. At this time, when Cao Ying mentioned it, he couldn't help but think about it quickly, and one after another strategies poured out.
"Judging from the, as long as Dong Zhuo is cut off, and then the Son of Heaven is asked to issue an order to appease the Xiliang Army, the danger of the capital will be solved!" Cao Ying said categorically.
"Cut off Dong Zhuo!?" Wang Yun's face darkened: "Dong Zhuo is scheming and suspicious, except for her son-in-law and cronies, ordinary people can't see him at all in normal times, how difficult it is to assassinate him!" ”
Cao Ying was also silent.
"It's not as good" Cao Ying thought for a long time, and said: "It's not difficult to get close to Dong Zhuo!" ”
Ming said that he went to Dong Zhuo's mansion and pretended to take refuge. If you spend some time and work hard, you will definitely be able to gain some trust! Wait a while, and then look for a good opportunity, Dong Zhuo has been searching for gold, silver, jewelry, and all kinds of treasures these days, and after he has initially gained trust, he will take the opportunity to assassinate him in the name of offering treasures! ”
The more Cao Ying spoke, the smoother it became, and a plan slowly took shape.
"Great idea!" Wang Yun also smiled: "As long as Meng De gains Dong Zhuo's trust, the matter of treasures will be handled by the old man." ”
The two discussed some more details, and it was not until the evening that Cao Ying quietly left Wang Yun's mansion.
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