The imperial capital of Luoyang, the prosperity of the year, but at the end of the year, the streets and alleys seem to be deserted a lot, this is naturally for a reason, one is the weather is colder, most people are nested at home, the other is now close to the New Year, that is, those hawker merchants, are also at home to accompany their families, the market naturally seems depressed, which is also a major tradition of the Han people.

Whether it is the bureaucracy and aristocrats in the neighborhood or the common people and grass people in the market, they can have a good time when they have a reunion.

It's just that Li Ru, who was in the Tingwei Mansion and had just finished processing a pile of files, put down the bamboo slips recorded in his hand, but he frowned and sighed, he clearly knew that this New Year was by no means so easy for him.

The more they are in a high position, the more authority they have in their hands, the more they find that they are not as good as some ordinary people's families, at least they are not entangled in so many mundane things all day long, there are many troublesome days, and there are few happy times, even if it is the New Year, there is no way to truly reunite with the family and spend the New Year together, because there is no time.

In the short two or three years in Luoyang, Li Ru found that the gray hair on his head had unconsciously increased a lot, this qiē was because he was worried about too many things, as a court lieutenant, he had to deal with some important cases in the imperial capital and even the division of the school, as the core figure of Dong Zhuo's forces, he had to help Dong Zhuo plan for the long term, calculate the immediate gains and losses, and at the same time pay attention to analyzing the intelligence of all parties, draw favorable conclusions from it, and even sometimes need him to do something on behalf of Dong Zhuo that he can't do or doesn't want to do, For example, when I went to the palace to meet the little emperor, I usually went to the homes of Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and others when I was idle.

So many things crammed together. I can sleep for three or two hours at most every day, and I am afraid that the place where I stay the least is my own house and my bedroom, so that Mrs. Dong Yuan has to complain every few days, and her daughter Xiaoni can only see her own Lao Tzu once every half a month, but the two of them are unfamiliar when they meet, and she doesn't even dare to get close to herself, of course, this is in Dong Yuan's mouth, Li Ru has not cleaned up for a long time, and his unkempt appearance is too sloppy, which scared Xiao Nizi.

For some reason, when he saw Xiao Ni, Li Ru always thought of Lu Bu unconsciously.

He always paid close attention to Lu Bu's situation, and he knew that his two calculations before and after had not succeeded. On the contrary, Lu Bu is showing a higher and higher trend. This is also an important reason why Dong Zhuo is becoming more and more dissatisfied with him, obviously although Lu Bu does not seem to have the strength to threaten him for the time being, it has become his biggest heart problem.

Originally, I usually had to listen to the news of the surrounding situation and the movements of the major princes. Originally, Lu Bu's news was put first. But because of the successive disadvantages, Dong Zhuo was angry every time he heard his news. In the end, I didn't even bother to listen to it, so I skipped it directly.

Because it's the New Year, Dong Zhuo is bold and reckless. And now he is more and more asleep in wine, but he is still as good as ever for his family, so he also took a special time to accompany his family during this time, Dong Yuan and Xiaoni have also lived temporarily in Xiangguo Mansion these days, of course, Dong Zhuo is most concerned about his old mother.

Dong's mother's body has always been tough, but a sudden serious illness a few years ago made her whole body unbearable, after all, old age is not as good as young people's recovery, even if Dong Zhuo's mother has the world's resources to support, but it can't make up for these congenital shortcomings.

Dong Zhuo felt that with the body of the old mother, he didn't know when he would leave suddenly, so he was ready to do his filial piety at this time, and Dong's mother's birthday was approaching, Dong Zhuo also planned to do a good job for her this time.

Dong Yuan, who has felt the love of her grandmother since she was a child, also moved into Xiangguo's mansion and accompanied the old man with her daughter.

As for Li Ru's son-in-law, although he will also come to see the old lady, Dong Zhuo has pressed most of the things on his shoulders at this time, and he doesn't have so much time.

And this time Li Ru decided to go to Xiangguo's Mansion, but he wanted to persuade Dong Zhuo to do something.

His relationship is special, so he didn't need to report to the Xiangguo Mansion, and was directly led to the side hall where Dong Zhuo was resting, and when he sat down, he saw Dong Zhuo and Li Ru first reported on the handling of some important government affairs, and Dong Zhuo, who was lying on the couch and squinting, just replied with "um".

"In this battle of Guanzhong, Xiangguo had better sit on the front line." Li Ru thought about it, and finally said what was in his heart.

Dong Zhuo's posture did not change, but his face was slightly surprised, and even his eyes opened, obviously not understanding why Li Ru would propose such a stubble.

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Don't you know Xiangguo, what kind of image you are in the eyes of the world now?" Moreover, these princes and heroes now regard Xiangguo as their number one enemy, that is, Liu Biao and Liu Yan, who did not participate in the fight against Dong before, because the identity of the clan will inevitably point the finger at Xiangguo at that time. We haven't moved before, outsiders don't know the truth and reality, and whether it's Hebei, Jiangdong or the recent Liangzhou, internal problems are also constant, that's because Xiangguo doesn't make a move, no one can make them work together, but now Xiangguo is moving, not to mention what will be exposed by Tong Guò's crusade against Ma Teng, the letter of help sent by Guangguang Ma Teng to all the princes in the world will inevitably have some effect, and I am afraid that what is waiting for here in Luoyang is the second time to fight against the Dong Alliance Army. ”

He deliberately didn't mention Lu Bu, and Dong Zhuo didn't expect it, but his reaction when he heard these words was a little unexpected for Li Ru, he didn't have a gloomy face as expected, and he didn't say anything annoying and angry, he actually laughed, and he could see that he was sincerely smiling happily, and he laughed even more arrogantly: "Isn't this just right?" What princes and heroes in the world are just some guts rats, what is there to fear? Even if they came to the alliance two or three times, they also let them go home. ”

Li Ru was helpless, so he had to point out for a while: "If Xiangguo still wants to deal with this alliance of princes like last time, I'm afraid it's not realistic." The reason why the last time the princes' coalition was defeated was that its internal contradictions were not small, and they were used by us to make some means intensify its internal contradictions, the morale of the army was naturally greatly reduced, and the fire bull array played a miraculous effect, but objectively speaking, if more than a dozen princes united, if they can really work together, their power is probably that we have just recovered our vitality and the little net worth cannot be countered. ”

Dong Zhuo's face was a little unsightly, and he said in a very bad tone: "Wenyou, do you have to grow up others to destroy your prestige?" ”

Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, what else, although these princes will inevitably have their own contradictions when they join forces, but the same strategy can work last time, but this time it may not be effective, even last time it was mostly coincidental and lucky, and it is really not convincing." ”

This time, Dong Zhuo was surprisingly unrefuted, and there was no look of anger on his face, and he was silent for a long time before he sighed and said: "Then according to what you said, it's just that the old lady can't stand the bumpy road, so you can find a way to arrange a hidden Zhuangzi nearby." ”

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

He was thinking, what would Lu Bu choose this time? (To be continued......)