In the Xiangguo Mansion in the north city of Luoyang, in Dong Zhuo's bedroom, in addition to Dong Zhuo himself, there was one more person at this time, that is, Li Ru, who specially rushed back from the east gate to visit Dong Zhuo, who was seriously injured.

At this time, both of them were sitting, but Dong Zhuo was sitting on the bed, and Li Ru was sitting on the low stool next to him.

And what's even more amazing is that Dong Zhuo, who should have been seriously injured, didn't look weak after being injured at this time? It looks like his chubby face is extremely ruddy, not to mention that he is too healthy to be healthy, and there is even a wine urn on the table on the bed, and a big three-legged wine tripod, obviously Dong Zhuo was still drinking happily just now.

Li Ru was not the slightest surprised to see Dong Zhuo like this, in fact, his anxiety and worry just now were all disguises that only came when facing outsiders, in fact, in front of Xu Huang in Dongcheng before, and even in front of Lu Bu after coming to Xiangguo's Mansion, Li Ru's feelings were all fake, but now that only he and Dong Zhuo are left, there is no need to disguise it anymore.

Yes, just as Jia Xu passed on the news to Lu Bu, the previous series of events such as the encounter with an assassin from Xiangguo Mansion, Wang Yue's ambush and then Dong Zhuo's assassination were all directed by Li Ru, and when Lu Bu came to Xiangguo Mansion just now, he didn't see Dong Zhuo himself, and Li Ru deliberately didn't let him see it for fear that he would show his feet; Even those imperial doctors who were diagnosing just now were not Dong Zhuo himself, but someone else as a disguise, that person was Zuo Ci, who accompanied them to perform tonight's play like Tong Yuan, otherwise how could he have fooled those experienced old Chinese medicine doctors by himself?

All in all, this qiē is a trap they set to lure Lü Bu into making mistakes.

At this time, Dong Zhuo put down the wine ding, glanced at Li Ru, and asked, "Wen You, what about Lu Bu?" ”

Li Ru said in a low voice: "I have already left, I should go to the northern suburbs and the state barracks." ”

Dong Zhuo was thoughtful, and Li Ru said again: "It seems that my father-in-law needs to be patient for a few days in the future, and he also needs to do a full set of acts." ”

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said, "I know all this," and then he suddenly smiled and said, "What news is there in the market today?" ”

Li Ru naturally understood what he meant, and said: "Through the matter of Diao Chan, the prestige that Lu Bu gained from the Battle of the Tiger Prison has been greatly weakened, and we have successfully created a cowardly image of a woman Lu Bu who was slept with by Xiangguo, and he could only swallow his anger. If he is in the trap this time, the reputation of treachery will not be able to escape, and when the time comes, he will be nameless, or real, and he will not be able to compete with his father-in-law at all. Even if he doesn't do it this time, it doesn't matter, when the time comes, the Confucian Association will transfer Li and Guo into Luoyang in the name of protecting Xiangguo and Zhouquan, and since Lu Bu doesn't do it, then he will lose the opportunity to do it forever. ”

Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou can be called the four King Kongs of the Xiliang Army outside of Luoyang, and they are famous for holding heavy troops, Li Ru naturally has a meaning when he says this, although these four people are Dong Zhuo's old department, but after a long time in the field, it is inevitable that they will have different intentions, in fact, Dong Zhuo's vigilance against them will not be lost to the fear of Lu Bu, but Lu Bu must be removed, but these Xiliang old ministers can stay, as long as they are empty.

In fact, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were sent to Li and Guo to go to Li and Guo before, also in the spirit of checks and balances, but Dong Zhuo still felt that it was not very safe, to put it bluntly, he didn't have much confidence in Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, although Fan Chou was a tiger general, but he was still unable to let him do this kind of thing, and it was likely to be co-opted by Li Dao and Guo Yan; And Zhang Ji had a good relationship with those two, both of them were old men who were under Dong Zhuo's command at about the same time, and the only thing that could affect him was probably the nephew Zhang Xiu who was now in Luoyang City.

At this time, it is necessary to recruit them back, which is not only a test, but also a test to see if they have given birth to a unique heart, if there is one, they can be removed, Dong Zhuo's control over the Xiliang Army is not just talking; If there is no nature, it is best to take advantage of the situation to take them and Lu Bu's merger state army to fight each other, and Dong Zhuo will reap the benefits.

"Good!" Listening to Li Ru's interlocking plan, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but stroking his palms.

After a while, Dong Zhuo seemed to think of something and asked, "By the way, what about Zuo Ci?" ”

Li Ru said: "He also paid the price this time, and now he will go down to rest first." Rest assured that if your father-in-law needs it, he will be there with you. ”

Dong Zhuo waved his hand, "What do I need him to do now...... But speaking of which, this Zuo Ci can really confuse the real with the fake, pretending that no one has even noticed me, Wang Yue really thought that I was assassinated and seriously injured under his nose. ”

Li Ru said: "Just now Wang Yue also came to find Ru and proposed that he should take the blame and resign from this guard position. ”

Dong Zhuo stretched his waist, his fat all over his body shook, and he said haha: "Resign, resign, he doesn't need to do anything anyway." ”

Li Ru shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not okay for the time being, if you resign from Wang Yue at this time, it may cause Lu Bu to be alert, and it will be more useful for him to stay, as long as your father-in-law doesn't meet him again." ”

Dong Zhuo nodded and responded casually, and he didn't take it too seriously, Li Ru didn't persuade him when he saw him like this, but sighed in his heart.

Dong Zhuo seemed to think of Fang Cai's scene again, and laughed out loud again: "When I think of Fang Cai's imperial doctors, they are being played by Zuo Ci like a fool, and I almost laugh when I hear it behind the screen." ”

Li Ru couldn't laugh, frowned and asked, "Are these imperial doctors credible?" He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to invite the imperial doctor so quickly, and he originally planned to simply let Zuo Ci pretend to be a divine doctor again, of course, this divine doctor and "Dong Zhuo" must not be able to meet, otherwise they will be allowed to goof, but it is very easy to diverge in front of outsiders, so that no outsiders will intervene, and it is safer.

He didn't know that these imperial doctors were shouted by Wang Yue, of course, Wang Yue called it at that time, and then relied on his martial arts master to help "Dong Zhuo" stop the bleeding first, and at that time he almost called Zuo Ci, who was pretending to be Dong Zhuo, startled, but fortunately, his clever camouflage methods made Wang Yue not notice much difference, and he did not become suspicious because of this.

And these imperial doctors were invited by the guards of the Xiangguo Mansion who were in a hurry.

Originally, the fake Dong Zhuo, who wanted to follow Li Ru's plan to find the "divine doctor", could not be separated in front of so many people, so he called it, and then it was those imperial doctors to diagnose, and it was not a problem to get through with Zuo Ci's ability to fool through, and the fact was almost like this, those imperial doctors were basically fooled, and he was glad that he had finally saved the life of "Dong Xiangguo", but there was always a mistake in Baimi, and Zuo Ci's exposed feet were so subtle that he didn't even notice it, was discovered by that caring person, but neither Li Ru nor Dong Zhuo knew about it now.

Dong Zhuo waved his hand again and said indifferently: "What waves can these old men make?" Seeing that Li Ru's face was still very serious, he had no choice but to say: "That Zuo Ci did a good job, when he was fooled, as for these imperial doctors, they will all stay in the mansion tonight." The last two words Dong Zhuo bit very hard, of course Li Ru understood that this guest was not so easy to do, he relaxed a little, and no longer mentioned this stubble.