In Luoyang City, in the wine cellar in Huangfu Song's mansion.

Liu Yu and other old ministers knelt beside Liu Xie, their faces were full of joy. Zhong Xuan took the lead in opening his mouth: "On the sage, the champion Hou united the princes of the Nineteenth Road, and together raised troops to defeat Dong Zhuo, and Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng was in Dong Zhuo's lair to contain it, and now, the coalition volunteers have conquered the tiger prison and are chasing and killing the rest of Li Ru and Lu Bu, I believe that in a few days, Ao Junhou will be able to enter Luoyang and kill Dong Zhuo." ”

Liu Xie still had a happy look on his immature face, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know which nineteen princes are the princes?" These are loyal servants, and I will reward them heavily. ”

Huangfu Song replied: "The first town, the later general, Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu; the second town, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai; …… Hou Aolie, the general and champion of the 18th town hussar. In addition, Zhong Lingjun has already said just now that Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng is in Xiliang to contain him. ”

Liu Xie pondered in his heart for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say the princes of the Nineteenth Road?" Why is there one less way? ”

Liu Yu replied: "There is another person, in fact, he is not a prince, legend has it that this person is also a relative of the Han family, named Liu Bei Zi Xuande, who used to be the plain minister, and later when Zhang Ju rebelled, he abandoned the official and disappeared. Knowing that the princes of Lu Dao will ally to discuss Dong, he doesn't know where Lu Dao came from. ”

Liu Xie frowned and thought for a long time, but he didn't think of a Han clan relative named Liu Bei, and asked, "This Liu Bei, which clan is it?" "After Liu Bang founded the country, he once rewarded the children of the family as kings, so that the princes and kings in many places at that time were all Han clan relatives, and after four hundred years, some of the clan relatives who were crowned kings returned to serve in the court, such as Liu Yu; But there are also many people who have fallen into the middle of the family or angered the emperor, and they have fallen to the people, and they are no different from ordinary people, and Liu Bei belongs to this kind.

"Uh, this ......" Liu Yu said, as if he didn't want to tell Liu Bei's origin. Seeing Liu Yu like this, Liu Xie was very curious in his heart, and couldn't help but continue to ask: "What, is there anything unspeakable about the emperor?" ”

Wang Yun on the side sighed and interjected: "It is normal for the Great Sima to be difficult to speak, because this Liu Bei claimed to be the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan. ”

King Jing of Zhongshan? The absurd prince who gave birth to more than 120 sons in his life? To say that among all the princes and kings, the most despised is this King Jing of Zhongshan, other princes and kings are either famous in history, or they have been infamous for 10,000 years, and the most unfortunate thing is to spend their lives in mediocrity, but this King Jing of Zhongshan has not left any thing that can make future generations sing praises to him, his greatest achievement is to drink wine every day and pass the time on women, and throughout his life, he has set a record of more than 120 sons, and this record does not include his daughter. By virtue of one point alone, the signboard of King Jingwang of Zhongshan is already notorious. That's why Liu Yu was embarrassed to tell Liu Bei's origin.

Liu Xie shook his head self-deprecatingly, sighed and said, "After King Jing of Zhongshan, it is not worth investing in at all. ”

Zhu Jun suddenly said: "Shengshang, when he was recruiting the Yellow Turban Army for his ministers ten years ago, he had several encounters with this Liu Xuande, who was very kind on his face, but he always gave people a feeling that his kindness seemed to have been deliberately modified. However, this person has some ability at that time, and he has two fierce generals under him, both of whom have the courage of ten thousand people. ”

Zhong Xuan interjected: "Anyway, having such a person is also a help." Ao Junhou's strength alone, after all, is a little thin, if this Liu Xuande can become Ao Junhou's arm, it will be a beautiful thing. ”

While everyone was discussing, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the cellar. This is the code that Liu Yu set with everyone at the beginning, and every singular day, he uses three long and two short knocks on the door; On even-numbered days, there are two short and three long knocks. Liu Yu also learned this from Ao Lie, which could effectively prevent Liu Xie's hiding place from being leaked.

Huangfu Song walked over and opened the door, and a figure flashed into the wine cellar, and then quickly turned his hand and closed the door of the wine cellar. Everyone looked carefully, and it turned out to be Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate. At the beginning, when Zhang Shao of Wancheng led the remnants of the Yellow Turban to gather people to make trouble, Ao Lie had selected soldiers in the army, and Wu Qiong was selected by Ao Lie to join the army. Later, when Ao Lie pacified Wancheng and returned to Youbeiping, Wu Qiong and Wu Xi brothers did not go to Youzhou with Ao Lie because their families were in Luoyang, but returned to Luoyang.

It is precisely because the Wu Qiong brothers once followed Ao Lie and were promoted because of this, so the two brothers have always been respectful to Ao Lie's father Liu Yu, Liu Yu After a secret temptation, Liu Yu confirmed that the two brothers were loyal to the Han, so they were also drawn into the same camp.

Wu Qiong first hurriedly bowed to Liu Xie, and then said hurriedly: "The big thing is not good, according to reliable information, the alliance of the princes is scattered!" ”

When everyone in the wine cellar heard this, they were all shocked, the alliance of the princes of the Nineteenth Route was like a bamboo, they had already conquered the Tiger Prison Pass, marched to Luoyang, and killed Dong Zhuo were just around the corner, how could they disperse at such a critical moment?

Liu Xie's face instantly became gloomy, and there was even some tremor in his voice: "What the hell, what's going on?" ”

Wu Qiong swallowed with difficulty, sorted out his thoughts, and then split the coalition army into two camps, Ao Lie led the army in pursuit, and most of the princes made a general statement about the matter of watching from the wall. It is also thanks to Wu Qiong that he is the captain of the city gate and is responsible for the inventory of the various city gates in Luoyang, so he can inquire so quickly about the reason for the disintegration of the princes of the Nineteenth Road.

After listening to Wu Qiong's story, Huangfu Song had a shocked look on his face, and said bitterly: "In this way, the princes of the Nineteenth Road have been divided into two factions, and Ao Junhou and others are a minority faction, advocating the elimination of evil; And Yuan Shao and most others are stagnant in the tiger prison, intending to watch from the wall? ”

Liu Xie slapped the wall angrily and said angrily: "Yuan Shao, this bastard who misled the country and the king!" Dare to openly oppose the imperial brother, what position did he put me? Could it be that I am just a bargaining chip for him to gain political capital? What a sin deserves death! ”

Wu Qiong was not shocked, and continued: "The Holy Lord is angry. It could be even worse. Cao Mengde took the lead in leading troops to pursue Li Ru and Lu Bu's subordinates, but was ambushed by Li Ru, and his troops and horses were lost. After hearing the news of Cao Mengde's defeat, Liu Xuande, who claimed to be the queen of Zhongshan Jing, immediately led his troops to retreat and returned to the Tiger Prison Pass. Now, only the four princes of Ao Junhou, Liaoxi Taishou Gongsun Zhan, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang have come to Qinwang, and the total number of people in these four roads is less than 50,000. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked up to the sky and sighed, with a sad look on their faces.

Liu Xie sat down in a daze, and said listlessly: "Could it be that I am a dignified man, and at a critical moment, there are only a few loyal people?" ”

Looking at Liu Xie's decadent expression, Wu Qiong felt a faint pain in his heart, but the current situation was critical, and he really couldn't hide these facts. Suddenly remembering something, Wu Qiong suddenly raised her head, took out a piece of silk cloth from her arms, and said repeatedly: "By the way, the minister almost forgot a big thing!" This is sent by Mr. Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, the military commander under the command of Ao Junhou, and the people who came to say that the strategy of destroying the thief is all in it. ”

When Liu Xie heard that it was sent by Ao Lie, he hurriedly reached out and took the silk cloth and looked at it carefully. In fact, Ao Lie really didn't know about this matter, and Jia Xu sent someone to send it to Wu Qiong on his own initiative. There are only a few words on the silk cloth, which probably means that if you want to destroy Dong Zhuo, the best way is to break the fortress built by Dong Zhuo from the inside, and this breakthrough is to find a way to provoke the contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

After Liu Xie finished reading the fast silk cloth, his panicked heart became calm again. No matter when and where, as long as there is a place of Ao Lie, there will be miracles; As long as there is Ao Lie's help, he will definitely be safe. This is Liu Xie's long-term loss of trust in Ao Lie. Handing the silk cloth in his hand to Liu Yu and the others, Liu Xie said: "You all take a look, do what the imperial brother wants, I believe him." ”

Liu Yu and others circulated the silk cloth, and Wang Yun patted his thigh and said, "Wonderful! What a solution! Lu Bu is now commanding 40,000 Bingzhou troops, and the original Bingzhou assassin Shi Ding was forced to death by Dong Zhuo and Li Ru. It's just that Lu Bu's prestige is just a last resort. If Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu turn against each other, these 40,000 merger state troops will probably immediately turn against each other, and when the time comes, the saint will bring Lu Bu over, which is equivalent to mastering the 40,000 merge state army, and then cooperate with Ao Junhou and the outside world, and the big thing will be done! ”

Jia Xu's desperate poisonous plan was secretly carried out behind Ao Lie's back, because Jia Xu knew that with Ao Lie's character, he would definitely not agree to this plan to include Lu Bu, but this strategy is the most sure path to success, with Jia Xu's keen observation of people's hearts, he saw in advance that Dong Zhuo would not be able to tolerate Lu Bu, or in other words, Dong Zhuo would not be able to tolerate the 40,000 state troops under Lu Bu. Only by provoking the contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu can Ao Lie smoothly attack Luoyang City, and wait until Dong Zhuo dies, according to the agreement between Lu Bu and Ao Lie, when the time comes, there will be one more fierce general under Ao Lie's command, this kind of best of both worlds, Jia Xu thinks it is very cost-effective, so he secretly sent someone to send this piece of silk cloth to Wu Qiong.

Everyone in the wine cellar gathered together and discussed for a while, and for the time being, they only made a rough plan, but every detail had to be carefully scrutinized to ensure that nothing went wrong. This is Liu Xie's only chance to turn the tables, and everyone does not dare to be reckless.

Seeing that the time spent in the cellar was not short, and if it continued to be suspicious, everyone had to end the meeting. At the time of parting, Zhong Xuan suddenly said to Liu Yu: "Brother Bo'an, according to a certain opinion, you should not show up for the time being, Ao Junhou is the leader of the coalition army, and he has assassinated Dong Zhuo, once Dong Zhuo is angry with you, I am afraid that it will cause death." It's better for Brother Bo'an to stay here for the time being to accompany the saint, and in the evening, someone will arrange for someone to send Zhenjun over. "The Zhenjun in Zhong Xuan's mouth is Liu Yu's eldest son and Ao Lie's brother Liu He.

felt that what Zhong Yu said was very reasonable, and the others also persuaded Liu Yu to stay temporarily, and promised that Liu He would be sent over intact before dark today.