However, it is said that since Li Ru separated from the army leading by Guo Yan and others to protect Dong Zhuo's body in Chang'an City, he took a few henchmen to carefully put on makeup and change his appearance, and sneaked all the way to the east of the river.

A few days ago, Li Ru was seriously ill, but he has been almost fine recently, so his body is fine, but he can also withstand the dust and bumps along the way.

The route Li Ru chose was to go to Tongguan, but he did not have the guards of Tongguan and Duan Wei who was stationed near Huayin, in Li Ru's opinion, this is an extraordinary time, it can be said that the enemy is unknown, and Duan Wei, who was born in a family, is not enough to trust. Seeing that Tongguan was not blocked at this time, it seemed that Duan Wei had not yet been contacted in Chang'an City, so he disguised himself as some fleeing refugees and mixed out of Tongguan.

After leaving Tongguan, he came to Xinfeng Ferry, which was not far from Tongguan, took out some gold and silver from his body, hired a small boat, and crossed the Yellow River at night.

After crossing the Yellow River, we went to the vicinity of Shouyang Mountain, where there was a contact point for Niu Fu's settlement, which was mainly responsible for transmitting news to Chang'an City. This contact point Li Ru also knew, and his token Li Ru also had a piece, so he lent a few fast horses from here and galloped to the county seat of Hedong County.

It was exactly one morning after arriving in Anyi, and at this time Anyi was calm and tranquil, and in the morning there were many merchants and travelers, doing business outside the city, and people entering and leaving the city gate were constantly coming and going.

Seeing this, Li Ru pretended to be a merchant and infiltrated Anyi City.

After entering the city gate, he went straight to the Taishou Mansion, and saw the guard gatehouse guarding outside the mansion, Li Ru stepped forward, handed over some gold and silver, and said: "Annoying General Niu, just say that the old man of Xiliang wants to see!" ”

After the porter saw the gold and silver, he immediately smiled, and glanced at Li Ru, at this time Li Ru's face changed slightly, but he was wearing a Confucian robe, which looked quite extraordinary, but not like an ordinary person, the porter did not dare to underestimate it, so he said: "Wait a while, the villain will go to report, as for the general to see or not to see the villain can be swayed!" ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "As soon as General Niu hears that I am an old man from Xiliang, he will come out to meet him, just report it!" ”

The porter listened to it, and he was a little confused, but when he saw the gold and silver in his hand, it was true, and he immediately smiled and entered the house.

At this time, it was about seven or eight o'clock in the morning, Niu Fu had just finished eating breakfast, and was about to go to the barracks to inspect, because of the role of gold and silver and Li Ru's extraordinary attire, the porter did not dare to delay, and immediately came to Niu Fu, and said loudly: "General Qiyu, there is a person outside the gate who claims to be the old man of the general when he was in Xiliang, and wants to ask to see the general. ”

Niu Fu groaned slightly when he heard this, and said secretly: "Could it be a relative of the family, no, I have been an orphan since I was a child, and I have no relatives in Xiliang, and some of my friends are also in the army, so what do you have to say?" Could it be that Chang'an has changed? ”

He said, "Please come in at once!" ”

After finishing speaking, he changed his words again: "Wait a minute, Ben will go and see it himself!" ”

After finishing speaking, he sorted out the armor and blades, and before coming to the mansion, he found that the person in front of him did not know, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and was about to drink, but suddenly found that the other party secretly made a gesture, Niu Fu was shocked when he saw this, but he said in his mouth: "It turned out to be you, but I haven't seen you for a long time, hurry up and enter the house, you and I have a good time!" ”

After finishing speaking, he pulled Li Ru, who had made up, into the house, and as he walked, he looked out to see if there were any suspicious people around.

He also said to the guards in charge of guarding the mansion: "Strictly guard the guards, and prohibit idle people from entering and leaving." "Why are you so nervous, it turns out that the gesture that Li Ru made just now is a secret gesture used by the core of the Xiliang Army, few people know, the meaning of this gesture is: There is an urgent military situation, and it is a matter of life and death.

Although Niu Fu didn't know who the person was, out of caution, he still stayed in a secret room, and then let his henchmen guard it strictly.

After coming to the secret room, Niu Fu Masase said, "Who are you and how do you know this gesture?" ”

Li Ru didn't answer when he heard this, and he made a backhand on his head for a while to remove his disguise.

When Niu Fu saw that it was Li Ru, he was immediately taken aback and said, "Brother-in-law, why are you?" Could it be that Chang'an City has changed? ”

Li Ru looked sad when he heard this, and said with a little sadness: "The Taishi has already died (died)!" ”

When Niu Fu heard this, his heart shook like a lightning strike, and then he spit out a mouthful of blood with a "wow", his body shook, and he was about to fall, Li Ru hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and helped Niu Fu to kneel down next to the desk.

Niu Fu's face turned pale, he raised his hand, smashed the case in front of him with one palm, and shouted: "Why is this, why is this!" It hurts me! No, I want to raise troops immediately to avenge my father-in-law! ”

Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "What happened to Shouye?" ”

When Li Ru heard Dong Shouye's name, his eyes flashed, and his spirit recovered slightly, but he said: "Shouye, not in Chang'an City, but Han Sui and Ma Teng, who led the troops to fight with Xiliang, and then escaped a catastrophe!" ”

When Niu Fu heard this, he frowned and said: "I have also seen Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, they are both extremely cunning and extremely difficult characters, I am afraid that Shouye is also fierce and unlucky, and it is not easy to win." With such a father-in-law's funeral, there is no backup for the business, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to support. ”

Li Ru listened, but the light in his eyes was even brighter, and he said loudly: "Definitely! Before his father-in-law's funeral, Shouye sent back the news that he had defeated Han Sui and Ma Teng, stabilized the situation in Xiliang, and also took the opportunity to control Hanyang County in his hands. ”

After listening to this, Niu Fu's eyes gradually regained a hint of brilliance, nodded, and said, "It's good to keep the business safe and sound, so there is still hope for us?" ”

Li Ru's expression changed at this time, and he said coldly: "Niu Fu, now that the Taishi is newly dead, and the Xiliang Army has no leader, this is a good opportunity for the ages, you have a very high prestige in the Xiliang Army, why don't you stand on your own, Li Mou as an assistant, and then gather the generals of the Xiliang Army, gather soldiers and horses, and capture Chang'an City, like the Taishi of the year, the power of the world, isn't it happy!" ”

When Niu Fu heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he pulled out the saber on his body, pointed at Li Ru, and said: "Li Wenyou, you ungrateful villain, you are so kind to your father-in-law back then, and now you have such thoughts. After my father-in-law's funeral, as a minister, we should be the lord of the profession and avenge my father-in-law's blood and hatred. You villain thinks of such a sweet dream, Niu Fu categorically can't obey, you and I have been broken off from now on, thinking about the love of the past, I won't kill you, you get out of Anyi immediately, if not, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

After finishing speaking, his whole body was full of murderous energy, and he looked at Li Ru fiercely.

When Li Ru heard this, he laughed, and said with a relaxed expression: "Niu Fu, this is my brother-in-law's joke, don't take it seriously!" ”