It is said that in Chang'an, after Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun's power is needless to say, but Dong Zhuo's death makes a person feel that the sky is dark, and a good day is coming, this person is Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Xian. When everyone, including Wang Yun, thought that Liu Xie was just a mere twelve or thirteen-year-old child, the terrifying career since he ascended the throne vividly refined Liu Xie* into a mind that ordinary people could not imagine. Liu Xie's infinite desire for freedom, but at the same time, he has become infinitely forbearant and cautious, which can be said to be cautious or suspicious. When Liu Xie united with the ministers of the court to remove Dong, Liu Xie once thought that Wang Yun was a loyal old courtier, but whenever Wang Yun roared at other ministers in the court, Liu Xie remembered Dong Zhuo's hideous face. Although Wang Yun is not Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun is still respectful to Liu Xie and shows the way of a courtier, but Liu Xie always has a can't help but be afraid in his heart. Now in Liu Xie's opinion, the only person who can be trusted is Dong Cheng, who has watched him grow up since he was a child and will become his father-in-law.

Dong Cheng, a native of Longxi, was originally Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu's general, and later Xu Rong went north to Hedong to guard Hedong with Niu Fu, Dong Cheng took the opportunity to return to Chang'an with illness. It is precisely in this way that Dong Cheng is not among the old departments of Dong Zhuo that Wang Yun wants to get rid of, and at the same time, because of the relationship between Dong Cheng and Liu Xie, Dong Cheng was appointed as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and he was about to be made a marquis. Dong Chengwen does not belong to the middle type of character if he is not a martial artist, and he is also anxious in extraordinary times.

Dong Cheng has been very worried recently, and since Dong Zhuo's death, only Dong Cheng has the power and treatment to enter the palace late at night. After entering the palace several times in a row, Dong Cheng deeply found that Emperor Han was not as he and everyone imagined, Dong Cheng was happy, Emperor Han had grown up like this, how could he not be happy as a courtier, not to mention that this was his future son-in-law. But on the one hand, Dong Cheng is infinitely worried, and in the face of the current situation, even if Liu Xie has the ability to reach the sky, it is also difficult.

This night, Dong Cheng was about to enter the palace to face the saint again, and saw Liu Xie's small figure standing motionless on the edge of the pond, the moon shadow was dark, and Liu Xie's shoulders had a trace of cold moon white. This is like a resolute man who has gone through many hardships, and it seems to be a poor child who is lonely and helpless. Xia insects chirped, and the palace maids and eunuchs stood far away, these were all new slaves and maids, and Dong Zhuo had arranged for them all to be killed by Wang Yun, without exception. In the silent and lonely night, Dong Cheng walked slowly, a hundred steps away, Dong Cheng saw Liu Xie, Dong Cheng felt a pain in his heart, waved his hand to signal the eunuch to stop, and walked slowly towards Liu Xie.

"Aiqing is here." Without the slightest breath of the world, Liu Xie's voice came, but he didn't see Liu Xie move, still standing upright and staring at the red carp in the water. Dong Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "Minister, Dong-" "Aiqing, get up, there are no outsiders here, you are my only relative." Liu Xie didn't let Dong Cheng finish his worship and interrupted.

Dong Cheng's heart ached again, both for his courtiers and for his relatives, and this dual identity made Dong bear double the pain and anxiety. Liu Xie turned his head slightly, but saw Dong Cheng's face sad, and Liu Xie's face showed a rare little bit of warm ruddy. Pointing to the carp in the water, he said, "Aiqing, look at the fish in this water, how cheerful it looks, I often think that it would be nice if I were also a little carp." Dong Cheng couldn't help crying: "Your Majesty, the minister-incompetence--let Your Majesty suffer." ”

Liu Xie smiled instead and said: "I'm used to it, and it's fine, but now it's much better than when Dong Thief was there." In the second half of the sentence, Liu Xie almost gritted his teeth and said it, which shows that although Dong Zhuo is dead, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in Liu Xie's heart. After a pause, Liu Xie recovered his expression and said, "Aiqing, I want you to find someone." ”

Dong Cheng hurriedly crawled over from the ground and said hurriedly: "Who, who is Your Majesty looking for?" Liu Xie looked ahead, as if he remembered some scene, a happy scene, and said, "Sword Master." Dong Cheng was shocked, it was him, and suddenly Dong Cheng knew in his heart that Liu Xie wanted to find this person, which was reasonable. Dong Cheng: "Obey the order, Your Majesty, after a few years, there has been no trace of this person in the past few years, I don't know if he is still in the world, I just hope that Your Majesty will not have too much hope." ”

Liu Xie squinted his eyes, he couldn't see his expression in the dark, and said after a while: "However, who else can I trust except Aiqing, although Wang Situ respects me, but he always uses my young age as an excuse to make an assertion, this time he even demoted Cai Bojiao to Yizhou, who can I trust in the middle of the court, you tell me." Liu Xie almost shouted loudly, but he had to keep his voice low, very low. Of course, Liu Xie's anger was not aimed at Dong Cheng, originally Liu Xie wanted to slowly gather power and realize the pro-conquest, but Liu Xie found that even Lu Bu, the person who understood the most righteous and loyal in Liu Xie's opinion, had to take a look at Wang Yun first when Liu Xie spoke, which violated Liu Xie's or all emperors' taboos, in Liu Xie's heart, Lu Bu had become Wang Yun's faction. Liu Xie doesn't know why, Wang Yun, the mastermind of Dong, and Lu Bu, the person who killed Dong with his own hands, these two people are not what they imagined, who else can Liu Xie believe. It can be said that Wang Yun's palace roared at the ministers, and Lu Bu's glance at Wang Yun made Liu Xie completely lose trust in this group of ministers.

When Dong Cheng heard this, he hurriedly shouted: "Huangfu Yizhen, Huangfu Yizhen, Your Majesty, Huangfu Yizhen is an important minister of the first emperor, and the general Huangfu is a loyal martyr, absolutely loyal to Your Majesty and loyal to the Han family." Liu Xie was stunned and happy, yes, yes, Huangfu Song, how can you forget Huangfu Song. Liu Xie was puzzled again: "But General Huangfu moved the capital to the court a few days ago, could it be that he wants to exercise the trip of Dong thief again?" When Dong Cheng heard this, he was deeply afraid that Liu Xie would not trust Huangfu Song, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, just like General Huangfu said, Wang Situ insisted on not pardoning Dong Thief's old department, and now Chang'an is at least looking around at least 200,000 Xiliang troops, if these people are in a hurry and come to attack Chang'an, then Your Majesty will not be in danger again." General Huangfu's intention to move the capital is for His Majesty's consideration, although Luoyang was burned by Dong thieves, but under the governance of Liu Xuande, there is also some prosperity, if Your Majesty moves the capital, although it is harder, but there is no need to be soldiered, General Huangfu is loyal. ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he said: "In this way, it is best for me to move the capital at present?" Dong Cheng shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, this just shows the loyalty of General Huangfu, but at present, the capital cannot be moved, not to mention that the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee will not agree, even if the capital is moved, I am afraid that now is not the safest time." The west of Chang'an is full of Xiliang iron horses, a hundred miles a day, if the capital is moved, the Xiliang iron horses are coming, and they will be caught up within half a month, at that time there is no city convenience, and the consequences are unimaginable. There is also the east of Chang'an, the land of Huayin, which is also garrisoned by the army of Duan Zhongming, the old department of Dong Thief, whose attitude is unknown. So at this time, the minister thought that this was not the best period to move the capital, Your Majesty. ”

Liu Xie didn't understand military affairs, but he felt that what Dong Cheng said was reasonable, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "Then Aiqing thinks I'm going to do it now?" Dong Cheng was shocked, Liu Xie learned to take the initiative to ask others for advice, ask about plans and people, which is amazing. Dong Cheng comforted the boss in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, at present, I am still contacting the loyal ministers of the court, and the ministers think that there are always many civil and military officials who are loyal to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty forbears and observes secretly, it is bound to become stronger." In addition, the minister also decided that he could contact the minister of the shepherd side outside the court, so that foreign aid could also be urgently needed. ”

Liu Xie: "Oh, contact the foreign minister, I don't know who Aiqing thinks is worthy of use, and who is loyal to the Han family?" Dong Cheng: "Henan Yi Liu Xuande, Your Majesty, this person is a disciple surnamed Liu, and he is the first minister to pay tribute and send an envoy to worship, this person is loyal." Besides, this person is in charge of Henan Yi, if His Majesty wants to return to Luoyang in the future, this person is not very useful, and the children surnamed Liu will not repeat the surname Liu. ”

Liu Xie also nodded, and said: "Secretly calculated, this person is really my imperial uncle, so Aiqing might as well test it, if not, Aiqing will go with my secret edict, see if Liu Xuande dares to enter Tongguan, if he is lucky to defeat that Zhongming, I can't care about Wang Situ, and go straight back to Luoyang." Just now Aiqing said that the Xiliang army is uncertain, and it will attack Chang'an at any time, the more I think about it, the more reasonable I feel, Chang'an is still not very safe. ”

Dong Cheng wrote them down one by one, and then Liu Xie said: "When I was in trouble, didn't the righteous people of Kwantung form a large army to attack Dong Thief, at that time, the most attentive person was said to be called Jiangdong Tiger, and one person was said to be like a wolf, these two people, why didn't Aiqing mention it?" Dong Cheng hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister has the intention to hide the merits of the two adults, it's just that at this time, the Jiangdong Tiger is Sun Wentai, a native of Yangzhou, and since he was defeated by Dong Thief, he has retreated to Jiangdong, thousands of miles away from His Majesty." And the evil wolf in the Xiliang army is the Yizhou Mulan Pavilion waiting for Chen Bozhi Chen, this person is in the barren land of Yizhou, and he wants to come to Chang'an unless he goes north out of Yangping and defeats the 200,000 Xiliang army. ”

Liu Xie sighed, as soon as he heard that the evil wolf was Yizhou Mu Chen Lin, he didn't say anything anymore, Liu Xie didn't like Chen Lin so much, after all, Yizhou Mu should have been Liu Yan's Liu Yan, Chen Lin attacked Liu Yan, no matter what the reason, it always made Liu Xie unwilling to believe it.

Wang Yun never thought that Liu Xie and others were plotting or suspecting him at this time, nor did he find out that Dong Cheng frequently entered and left the palace with any conspiracy. Because Wang Yun didn't have the same ambition as Dong Zhuo in his heart, Wang Yun just couldn't help but be arrogant and conceited, saying that Wang Yun was disloyal, but it was a bit too much. Not only Dong Cheng, but many people in Chang'an are ready to move, some for their own selfishness, and some for people like Dong Cheng who are dedicated to the big man. There are also old loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty who watched the situation in Chang'an deteriorate like Huangfu Song, but could only do it in a hurry, Ma Yu Ma Yahai in the Han poems is such a person. It's just that Ma Yu didn't have the same identity as Dong Cheng to meet Liu Xie, and he was able to negotiate with Liu to discuss state affairs, Ma Yu adopted a method of saving the country that he thought was beneficial to the Han Dynasty, which was a bit similar to what Dong Cheng proposed.