"These two are my sworn brothers, Guan Yu of Hedong and Zhang Fei of Zhuojun." Liu Ze introduced Guan and Zhang.

Dong Zhuo saw that the two of them were good-looking, and secretly surprised, and said, "I don't know what position the two of them live in now?" ”

Guan Yu said: "Both of us are white. ”

Dong Zhuo's face immediately pulled down, rolled his eyes, and ignored it. Zhang Fei was very angry and was about to have a seizure, but Guan Yu secretly grabbed his arm to look at him, and Zhang Fei had to endure it.

"Since the lower official has met General Dong and General Huangfu's words have been brought, then the lower official will leave." The words are not speculative, Liu Ze said goodbye immediately after finishing his official business.

Dong Zhuo didn't have any intention of retaining, and said: "Then Liu Duwei will return to General Huangfu, the affairs of Hebei have their own officials, and General Huangfu doesn't need to worry, he only uses his heart to pacify the land of Henan, if there is any difficulty, read it for the sake of his colleagues, let him just speak." ”

Liu Ze responded, gave a salute, and withdrew from the big tent.

Out of the camp, Zhang Fei's volcanic temper, which had been held back for a long time, broke out: "Damn! What birdman? We fought desperately to save this guy's life, but this guy is so rude! If I don't kill him today, it will be hard to dispel the anger in my heart! ”

Zhang Feiyue became more and more angry, took out his waist knife, and couldn't wait to return to the big tent immediately to cut off Dong Zhuo's head.

Guan Yu hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Third brother, don't be reckless, he is an official of the court, how can he kill without permission!" ”

Zhang Fei was indignant and said: "I knew this was the case, I didn't save him if I was killed, it was better to let the Yellow Turban cut off his pig's head and use it as a night pot." ”

Guan Yu said to Liu Ze: "Fang Cai Dong Zhuo still blames me for many things and bad his schemes, but we have traveled all the way, but we have never seen a single soldier, how can there be 100,000 ambush soldiers ahead?" ”

Liu Ze said with a smile: "Dong Zhuo is a treacherous man, how can he believe his words?" There are only 50,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Duke Lu, and Dong Zhuo has not increased the number of troops in the court, where did these 100,000 horses come from? ”

Guan Yu said suddenly: "It turned out that Dong Zhuo was cheating, this guy was obviously defeated by the Yellow Turban, but he was ashamed, he has seen a shameless person, but he has never seen someone as brazen as him." ”

Liu Ze smiled bitterly: "This Dong Zhuo has been in the officialdom for many years, this thick black technique has been learned perfectly, and the person who will disrupt the world in the future must be this person!" ”

"Since you can't stay here, where will the eldest brother go?"

"Let's go to Yuzhou to defect to Huangfu Song as originally planned, if we want to save Duke Lu, we have to help General Huangfu." So Liu Ze led the army to turn south.

Traveling to the crossing of the Yellow River, the huge waves are monstrous, more turbulent than the previous days, this time the boatman will not go into the water even if he gives more money, after all, in such a big wind and waves, then he has to give up his life, and it is in vain to earn more money without his life.

Zhang Fei complained: "It's been dry for several months, and there hasn't been a drop of rain, why is the Yellow River so flooding? ”

Liu Ze smiled, Zhang Fei didn't know that the Yellow River stretched for thousands of miles, and the fact that there was no rain in the downstream did not mean that there was no rain in the upstream. Liu Ze was also worried, this delay was long, but he was afraid that the court had already convicted Lu Zhi, and it would be too late.

However, Liu Ze's worries are superfluous, it is the surge of the Yellow River that makes the forbidden army escorting Lu Zhi delayed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and when Huangfu Song arrived in the capital, Lu Zhi's car had not yet crossed the Yellow River, which also bought valuable time for the hundred officials to rescue Lu Zhi. Providence?

After more than ten days, the water level of the Yellow River dropped slightly, and Liu Ze forcibly crossed the Yellow River regardless of the danger of being capsized, and then rushed to Chen Guo in the starry night. When he arrived in Chen Guo, he found that Huangfu Song had already broken the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city in Chen County, killing tens of thousands of enemies, and Bo Cai and Peng fell off and left. This time, Huangfu did not give them a chance to make a comeback, pursued closely, divided his troops to pursue, killed Bocai in Yangzhai, and defeated the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Xihua, captured Peng Tuo alive, and within a month, Yuzhou was peaceful.

Liu Ze chased all the way, and finally saw Huangfu Song with a spring breeze on his face in Xihua City at the junction of Runan County and Chen Guo.

Huangfu Song obviously didn't know about Lu Zhi's dismissal and investigation of returning to Beijing to ask for the crime, and said to Liu Ze excitedly: "Runde, how is the military situation on Lu Gong's side?" ”

Liu Ze informed Lu Zhi of escorting him back to Beijing and Hebei to be replaced by Dong Zhuo in military affairs, and at the same time told Dong Zhuo that he was defeated by the Yellow Turban and saved him halfway.

Hearing this, Huangfu Song just frowned and sighed: "Eunuchs are rampant, misleading the country and the people!" Dong Zhuoqi is greedy, although he is called brave, but he is not enough in strategy, and the court actually entrusted him with the post of governor of Hebei, but he is afraid that the Yellow Turban of Hebei will be difficult to settle. ”

Liu Ze said: "I came here in the starry night, but I asked General Huangfu to help and save Lu Gong from prison." ”

"Runde rest assured, my godbrother is an official in the same dynasty as me, and he is like-minded, how can I sit idly by and ignore him if he is in trouble. This time Yuzhou has been pacified, the court has summoned me back to Beijing to report on my work, I will be the one to complain about my feelings, and ask the emperor to pardon Lu Gong's crimes. Huang Fu Song nodded in agreement, even if Liu Ze didn't say it, with the relationship between Huang Fu Song and Lu Zhi, he would definitely not stand idly by.

"Thank you General Huangfu, with General Huangfu's prestige, the court must pay attention to it."

Huangfu Song sighed and said: "This time I went to Beijing, I should do my best, but the clear stream and the turbid current have been fighting for a long time, and they have been on the same fire, this time the ten permanent servants are in power, I am afraid that they will insist that Lu Gong will not be able to fight and snub the army's morale, even if I and the court princes are protective, I am afraid it will be difficult to reinstate Lu Gongguan." ”

Liu Ze's heart sank, and he said, "What should I do?" ”

Huangfu Song muttered: "As a general, the conquest is powerless, and he has not made any achievements, even if he can be innocent, I am afraid that the court will not give the military power again, unless he can have a great military exploit, he can block those eunuchs." ”

Liu Ze's heart moved, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to take a wooden box, and said, "But I don't know if this thing can exonerate Duke Lu?" ”

Huangfu Song looked puzzled, and when Liu Ze opened the box, he saw that it was a human head, slightly surprised, looked at it carefully, and exclaimed: "This human head is the head of the pseudo-human general Zhang Liang?" ”

The portraits of Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang have long been posted at the city gates all over the country, and now there are really few people who can't recognize the three of them. Although the Han Dynasty did not have refrigeration technology, it had other means in terms of embalming and preserving human heads, after cutting off the head, the blood was drained, the brain was dug out and then filled with lime in the skull, although it was preserved for several months without decay. Guan Yu was sent to Cao Cao after being beheaded by Sun Quan, and after more than a month, he was still lifelike, his appearance was as usual, and even Cao Cao was frightened, which shows the essence of his head preservation technology.

Liu Ze nodded and said, "It's Zhang Liang's head." ”

Huangfu Song exclaimed: "No wonder the scouts have been reporting in many ways for more than a month, but there has been no news of Zhang Liang, it turns out that he has already died in the hands of Runde." I don't know how Runde managed to kill Zhang Liang. ”

"The last time I came to Changshe, I met Zhang Liang who was a layman hunting in Gaoyang Pavilion, and attacked him late at night and won his head." Liu Ze is truthful.

Huangfu Song stroked his beard and laughed: "When Zhang Liang hits the right one, it's not good to touch anyone, and he actually bumped into Runde's hands." Runde, the court is offering a reward, this Liang's head is worth 10,000 taels of gold and the marquis of Guannei, are you really willing to take it out to save people with such wealth? ”

Liu Ze smiled indifferently and said: "Don't say that it is this mere ten thousand taels of gold and the vain Guan Neihou, even if I spend all my family resources, as long as I can save Lu Gong, I will not hesitate to do it." ”

Huangfu Song sighed: "Zigan has a disciple like you, even if he dies, he has no regrets." Runde rest assured, this time in Beijing, I will do my best to contact Zhang Wen and Huang Wan to ensure that Lu Gong is not guilty. ”

Liu Ze thought for a while, and handed over the letters that had not been copied from Zhang Liang to Huangfu Song, and said: "This time to rescue Lu Gong, presumably the ten permanent servants will definitely make things difficult, if it is difficult to deal with it, the general may wish to take this letter to see Zhang Rang, presumably Zhang Rang will definitely make concessions." ”

Huangfu Song was surprised, opened the letter and looked at it, but it was Zhang Rang's letter with the yellow scarf, and said excitedly: "With this letter, not only can you avoid the worries of Lu Gong, but it is not difficult to overthrow Zhang Rang." ”

Liu Ze hurriedly said: "General Huangfu, don't do it!" ”