Li Ru thought for a while, and said: "Lord, since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers dare to raise troops to invade Luoyang, then Yuan Kui's family must not stay!" Now the army in the huge Luoyang city is extremely complicated, in case Yuan Kui mobilizes the troops of the original He Jin and He Miao to cooperate with the Kwantung Army, we will always walk on thin ice! ”

Dong Zhuo was right when he thought about it, and ordered: "You quickly send five hundred sword and axe men to surround the Yuan Mansion and kill all the people of his family." Then send someone to give Yuan Kui's head to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, so that everyone in the world will know that he will end up against the old man! ”

Li Ru said: "Don't worry, the son-in-law will arrange this matter!" However, Yuan Kui's wife Ma Lun is the daughter of the great Confucian Ma Rong, Ma Chao's family grandmother, and Ma Yueyan's aunt.

Dong Zhuo groaned slightly, frowned, and said: "Ma Chao is a big thief, but for the time being, leave Ma Lun and Ma Yueyan's family, maybe they can also be used to threaten Ma Chao, the virtuous son-in-law's words are very reasonable, so you can act when you have the opportunity." ”

"No!" Li Ru immediately took the order to go, and that night he sent Li Su to lead his soldiers and horses to surround Yuan's mansion, in addition to Ma Lun, Yuan Kui's family of more than 200 people were all executed, even the maids and subordinates did not let go. The surprising old lady Ma's surname was extremely strong, and when she saw that Yuan Kui was cut off, she bit her tongue and committed suicide with Yuan Kui! Dong Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, and the next day he sent someone to send Yuan Kui's head to the sour dates outside the Bishui Pass to the Yuan Shao brothers.

said that Liu Wei and Queen He of the imprisoned Yong'an Palace were also clothed and fed, but the mother and son inevitably complained. There is a saying that Liu Wei saw Shuangyan flying in the court, and suddenly felt something, and opened his mouth and chanted: "The tender grass is green and condensed with smoke, and the Shuangfeiyan is curling." Luoshui is green, and strangers are envious. Looking at the blue clouds in the distance, it is my old palace. Whoever is loyal and righteous vents the grievances in my heart. ”

Yong'an Palace is full of Dong Zhuo's eyes and ears, and Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this: "Resentment is a poem, and killing is famous." So he got up early to kill, but he was afraid of the agreement with Ma Chao and kept forbearing. Now that he has torn his face, he has no need to scruples, and ordered Li Ru to take more than a dozen warriors into the palace to kill the emperor.

Liu Wei and He Hou were upstairs, and the palace maid reported Li Ruzhi, and Liu Wei was shocked. Li Ru approached the warrior and brought two glasses of wine, and said: "Spring is said to be harmonious, Dong Xiangguo specially serves longevity wine, and invites the Queen Mother and King Hongnong to enjoy it." ”

Empress Dowager He was suspicious in her heart, frowned and said, "Since it is longevity wine, you can drink it first." Li Ru didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, and sneered: "When you poisoned Wang Meimei and the Empress Dowager Yongle, did you ever think that you would have this day?" If you don't drink longevity wine, you can get these two things. After that, there was a samurai behind him with Bai Lian and a dagger. He Wan was so frightened that she turned pale, hugged Liu Wei and scolded: "He Jin, who is a god of evil, if you don't lead the thief into Beijing, how can our mother and son have the disaster today?" Mother and son wept bitterly.

Li Ruxin was impatient, turned around and drank, "Why don't you invite the Queen Mother and King Hongnong to drink longevity wine?" More than a dozen samurai understood, and stepped forward to forcibly pour poisonous wine on the mother and son. Li Ru stood in place and waited until the two died of poison before leaving to return to life, Dong Zhuo ordered the two to be hastily buried outside the city, and announced to the public that King Hongnong and Empress Dowager He had a grudge and a heart of disobedience, and were given death by the Son of Heaven.

As soon as this news came out, the world was furious, the fourth generation of the Yuan family, the third duke, Yuan Kui was even more the prince of the dynasty, and his position was above the three dukes, and he was even loved by the world's doctors and people, and now he was destroyed by the mad Dong Zhuo. What's even more outrageous is that Dong Zhuo dared to kill the king with his ministers, and he was extremely rebellious.

However, it was said that the Yuan Shao brothers, who were discussing sending troops in Sujuo, suddenly saw Yuan Kui's head and almost fainted, and gradually improved under the persuasion of everyone. However, because of this, everyone also sympathized with Yuan Shao and was willing to listen to his dispatch, after all, Yuan Shao paid a heavy price for getting rid of the national thief, and only Yuan Shao dared to stroke Dong Zhuohu's beard at the beginning.

The next time, the princes of the 15th Road rectified the army, built a high platform, lined up the flags of the five directions, and built a white and yellow Yue and a military talisman and a general seal. Yuan Shao dressed himself and wore a sword, and then burned incense to worship heaven and earth, and then shouted: "The Han family is unfortunate, and the emperor is out of control." The thief Dong Zhuo, took advantage of the provocation and indulgence, added disaster to the supreme, and abused the people. Shao and others were afraid of the loss of the society, entangled the volunteers, and went to the country. Whoever is allied with me and works together to make the ministers have no two aspirations. There is this alliance of Chongqing, and it is impossible to lose its life, and there is no legacy. The emperor and queen of heaven, the ancestors of the Ming Ling, are all learned. ”

The local princes said in unison: "Go to the national disaster together, and make an alliance with blood!" ”

Fifteen people perform a ritual to prick their fingers with sharp knives and bleed them into bowls, and then each person smears blood on his cheeks as a sign of sincerity. The blood has stopped, Yuan Shao raised the big tent of the Chinese army, and the two rows sat down in separate columns according to the year of the title.

Cao Ying hugged his fists and said: "Today, since the alliance is established, everyone listens to the dispatch and supports the country together, and we should not care about the strength or weakness." Everyone claimed that it was, and Yuan Shao also nodded and said: "Although Shao is not talented, he is promoted as the leader of the alliance, and he will be rewarded for his merits, and he will be punished for his crimes." The state has permanent punishment, and the army has discipline, so everyone should abide by it, and do not violate it. The crowd said in unison, "Listen to the command." ”

Yuan Shao said: "My brother Yuan Shu, the governor of grain and grass, to deal with the battalions, there is no shortage." It is also necessary for one person to be the pioneer to meet the challenge of Bishui Pass. The rest of them are in danger and think they will respond. ”

Changsha Taishou Sun Jian got up and hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to be the front." Sun Jian is a descendant of the soldier saint Sun Wu, and he is known for his courage when he crusaded against the Yellow Turban, Yuan Shao naturally knew it, and said: "Wentai is brave and fierce, and he can do this." "Sun Jian is overjoyed, this time the princes of the world are discussing Dong, it is a good time to earn fame and merit, the first merit is particularly important, if it can be a hit, it can become a figure of the storm, and it has an immeasurable role in the future development.

Sun Jian took the task of the striker and stopped talking, Cao Ying got up and said: "Everyone, now the champion Hou has also announced his participation in the battle against Dong, Jizhou is the land of heavy capital in the world, grain and grass are piled up into mountains, and Jizhou is only separated by a river from our army, and the transportation is convenient!" We hurriedly raised our troops, and most of them came from afar, so that there was a serious shortage of grain and grass in the army, so why not jointly ask the champion Hou for support for grain and grass supplies? ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "What Meng De said is very reasonable, this move can test whether Ma Chao is sincere about Dong, and secondly, it can also solve the problem of insufficient food in our army. By the way, verify whether the Empress Dowager Yongle is really in Yecheng!"

Everyone was silent when they heard this, this door-to-door begging for food is not a good errand, and everyone knows that Ma Chao and Dong Zhuo must have an unsightly affair, otherwise Dong Zhuoyan can send his granddaughter to Yecheng with a cheeky face to bring humiliation on himself? In case Ma Chao begged Dong Nai to bluff, in fact, the two of them should be together, and they still have to worry about their lives! Besides, verifying whether the Empress Dowager Yongle is in Yecheng is even more offensive, obviously distrusting Ma Chao, so no one is willing to take the initiative to take the order.

Yuan Shaohu swept his eyes, and when he saw that no one received the order, he said: "Kong Beihai and Tao Envoy Jun are both highly respected people, and they both have an old relationship with the Empress Dowager Yongle, so it's better for the two of you to go together!" ”

The two couldn't shirk it, Yuan Shaoming was discussing, but in fact it was an order, so he could only agree to it.

At the right time, Ma Chao's army was stationed in Chaoge and Muye, and he had just announced the order to ask for Dong Yuwen and recruit talents, and he had not yet sent troops. Someone suddenly came to report: Beihai Taishou Kong Rong cooperated with Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian to ask to see.

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't understand the purpose of the two of them seeing him, but they were guests from afar, and there was no reason to see them, so he led the trial and Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others to go out to greet them.

The two couldn't help but be flattered when they saw Ma Chao come out to greet each other in person, and hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Beihai Taishou Kong Rong (Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian) has seen the hussar general!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly returned the salute, hugged his fists and said: "Both of you are famous people in the sea, so why should you be confined to secular etiquette?" Now that the imperial court is controlled by Dong thieves, this hussar general is just a false name in name! ”

Kong Rong said: "The difference between the champion Hou's words, although the court is weak now, but the Han family will never be overturned in four hundred years, the champion Hou is after General Fubo, he has made great contributions to the court, and he is even more talented, and he has long admired it. ”

Ma Chao waved his hand and said: "A little bit of skill is not enough to worry about teeth, after Kong Beihai is a saint, it used to be said to make the virtue of pears more eternal!" Super also often hates not to see it! Tao Envoy Jun is also a handsome man in the world, in the past, he was killed by the eunuch party and was unwilling, this time he pacified the Xuzhou Yellow Turban, and the credit was very great, the two of them hurry up and please! ”

Ma Chao ordered people to set up a reception banquet, and after the guests and hosts sat down, Tao Qian hugged his fists and said: "When the first emperor was young, there was a Yongle Empress Dowager in power, and recently I heard that the Yongle Empress Dowager appeared in Yecheng, and she was not poisoned by the He brothers and sisters, I don't know if this is true or not?" ”

Ma Chao was relieved, and hugged his fists and said: "Naturally it is true, He Jin was unkind at the beginning, and he instructed his subordinates to send the Empress Dowager Yongle back to his hometown in Hejian to be killed, but fortunately he was intercepted by the general halfway." The general was afraid that He Jin would be blamed, so he found a woman to replace the Empress Dowager Yongle, and returned to He Jin after the dove was killed! Therefore, everyone in the world thinks that the Empress Dowager Yongle has collapsed, but in fact, it is not! ”

"I see!" When the two of them heard this, they immediately believed it, and Kong Rong said: "When the two of us were officials in the court, they were taken care of by the Empress Dowager Yongle, and now I have come to visit them, I don't know if it is feasible and convenient for the champion Hou?" ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, the Empress Dowager Yongle lives in Yecheng and is served by the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, so you can send someone to escort the two of you to visit you!" ”

The two glanced at each other, and they already believed nine points in their hearts, if the Empress Dowager Yongle was fake, Ma Chaoyan could be so happy? I am very grateful at the moment. Then the three of them talked about some internal affairs, and Ma Chao secretly admired it in his heart. Kong Rong is the head of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" in later generations, and everyone in the contemporary generation has made great achievements in the matter of education. Qingzhou Yellow Turban is raging, only Beihai County is relatively peaceful, and Kong Rong has made great achievements in Beihai to educate and educate, open a school, organize people's farming, and make remarkable achievements.

Tao Qian was born in 133 and is now fifty-eight years old. Later, because Huangfu Song offended Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Tao Qian was reduced and demoted, and it was not until 188 that he became the assassin of Xuzhou before he entered the office again. After Tao Qian entered Xuzhou, he appointed Zang Ba and Sun Guan as his general, and soon drove the Yellow Turban thieves out of Xuzhou. Subsequently, Buddhism was promoted in Xuzhou, and the Chen family and the Mi family of the local great families were appointed, and the fields were greatly cultivated, and commerce was encouraged, and they quickly gained a firm foothold, and now Xuzhou has begun to show prosperity. (To be continued.) )