After sending Liu Xie back to the palace, Ao Lie said goodbye to Liu Xie temporarily and withdrew from the palace on the grounds that the remaining party of Dong thieves in the city had not been completely purged. Ao Lie knew that he was already a master of high merit at the moment, even though Liu Xie would not say anything, but those ministers and ministers could not see that they had made such miraculous achievements. To put it bluntly, most of the ministers are from the scholar clan and have the inherent shortcomings of the scholar clan. Let them rush into battle to fight the enemy, and they may be so frightened that they will immediately pee their pants; But if they were to sit on the high hall and talk loudly, their open mouth would be able to say that the black were white and the dead were alive. Before Dong Zhuo died, these people looked forward to Ao Lie leading the army into Luoyang day and night, but when Ao Lie really led the army to come and killed Dong Zhuo, these ministers would feel that Ao Lie was too sharp in their hearts, and it seemed that they were very incompetent, and they would inevitably be dissatisfied with Ao Lie, and then regard Ao Lie as the target of attack.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, Ao Lie naturally understands. He didn't want to be the target of criticism from those ministers and ministers, so it was better to have as little contact as possible. Although there are also upright people among the ministers of the DPRK and China, such as his father Liu Yu, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and other military generals, as well as Zhong Xuan, Cai Yong, Du Yi and other ministers, such people are a minority after all, and they cannot control the overall situation. Moreover, Liu Yu is Ao Lie's father, and Cai Yong is Ao Lie's father-in-law, and with the position of these two people, it is really not suitable to argue for Ao Lie.

Outside the palace, the elite of the bloody killing battalion under Ao Lie's command had already waited again. Ao Lie took the reins of the Snow Dragon Horse from the hands of an elite of the Blood Killing Battalion, turned over on his horse, and urged the horse to run towards Li Ru's mansion. Instead of wasting time by intriguing with those ministers and ministers, it is better to go to Li Ru's mansion to see if there is any possibility of surrendering Li Ru.

"Why doesn't the prince drink tea?" Li Ru's faint tone broke the atmosphere of silence. It has been almost half an hour since Ao Lie came to Li Ru's mansion, and Li Ru has only ordered his subordinates to serve tea. He never said anything else, Ao Lie's patience was very good, Li Ru didn't speak, he kept silent, and the silence between the two lasted for half an hour, and in the end, it was Li Ru who took the lead in opening his mouth.

Ao Lie took a sip of the teacup, nodded and praised: "The tea is good." Li Ru picked up the kettle with his own hand, filled Ao Lie's teacup with water, and said, "Isn't the prince afraid that Confucianism will poison the tea?" ”

Ao Lie glanced at Li Ru disappreciatively. Shaking his head, he said, "You have no motive to poison you. ”

"Nope! I have! Li Ru suddenly said loudly: "The prince and the prince entered Luoyang and killed the prince, based on this alone, Confucianism has the motive to kill the prince and the marquis!" Don't forget, Taishi is the father-in-law of Confucianism! ”

Ao Lie laughed and said, "Then have you really poisoned this tea?" Li Ru was stunned for a moment, then sat down quite lonely, sighed and said, "No, Confucianism can't do this." ”

Ao Lie asked, "For what?" Li Ru looked up at Ao Lie's eyes, and said really: "Li Ru has missed it once." I thought that Taishi was ambitious, but after seeing the Huahua World in Luoyang, Taishi completely changed as a person, becoming greedy and violent. Becoming a Confucian seems to no longer know him, Li Ru reads the books of sages, but uses the knowledge passed down from ancient sages to help Taishi kill the people of Luoyang. Every late at night, Confucianism often wakes up in a dream, and his heart is even more ashamed. Now the prince and the marquis soldiers have entered Luoyang. The government and the opposition are calm, and they have long heard that the prince loves the people like a son, this is the gospel of the people, how can Confucianism poison the prince for his own selfish desires, in that case, isn't Confucianism wrong on top of wrong. ”

Listening to Li Ru's words, Ao Lie was in awe. It is no wonder that whether it is Jia Xu or Lu Bu, or even Chen Shou, who compiled the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, they all respect Li Ru, and Li Ru is indeed admirable. It's a pity that Dong Zhuo doesn't have those discerning eyes and can't see all of Li Ru's talents. Ao Lie stood up and said seriously to Li Ru: "I intend to ask Wen Wei to come out of the mountain to help and fulfill the common wish of you and me, I don't know what Wen Wei will do?" ”

Li Ru looked at Ao Lie suspiciously, and asked rhetorically, "The common wish of the prince and Confucian?" I would like to hear about it. ”

Ao Lie said word by word: "The people are healthy, and the government and the opposition are peaceful." ”

Li Ru asked again: "If the prince has the foundation to be the emperor in the future, dare to ask the prince what he wants?" ”

Ao Lieha said with a smile: "Wen Wei, do you think that in terms of military strength alone, there is no hope of becoming an emperor at all?" If so-and-so wants to be the emperor now, how many people have the strength to stop so-and-so? What a certain person wishes in life is not the emperor's plan to dominate the industry, but only hopes that the people of the world will live and work in peace and contentment, and that the Chinese martial artists will move forward diligently, and that's it. ”

After listening to Ao Lie's words, Li Ru felt deeply in his heart, and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Ao Lie: "Li Ru see the lord!" The grand wish of the lord, Li Ru is willing to help and help the lord fulfill his wish. ”

Stretching out his hand to pull Li Ru up, Ao Lie smiled and said: "In the future, I will have to help each other, and I will have no worries." ”

In the evening of the same day, Lu Bu returned to Luoyang. Unlike when he went out of the city in the morning, when he went out of the city, he was single-handed, and when he came back, he was hugging each other. After Lü Bu's persuasion, Xu Rong had agreed to join the imperial court, and ordered all the 10,000 Flying Bear troops under his command to disarm and return to Luoyang with the 40,000 Bingzhou troops under Lü Bu.

Lu Bu successfully persuaded Xu Rong and finally let a stone fall from the Liu Xie Center. Liu Xie immediately ordered Dong Zhuo to be buried and promoted Lu Bu to General Fenwei and Xu Rong to General Zhonglang. At the same time, Liu Xie also asked Zhong Xuan to ghostwrite and draft the imperial list, stating that Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang army were wiped out, and commending the merits of Ao Lie, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan and Wang Kuang. After the drafting of the imperial list was completed, people were sent to post it everywhere in Luoyang City to reassure the people. After reading the imperial list, the people in the city were overjoyed, and rushed to tell each other about Dong Zhuo's punishment, and people celebrated with their crowns. Suddenly, Ao Lie's prestige reached a level that everyone knew about.

That night, Lu Bu took Xu Rong to see Ao Lie, and Jia Xu and Li Ru were by his side. Several people drank tea and discussed their next move. Xu Rong, who knew the inside story of the Xiliang Army, first said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan still have 100,000 troops, and they are in Xiliang, which is a huge threat to the Beijing Division, so they should be planned as soon as possible. Although they are both Xiliang people, Xu Rong is very dissatisfied with the character of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so there is no cordiality between fellow villagers.

Li Ru added: "Zhang Ji is now stationed in Guanzhong, he has excellent men and horses, and he is upright by nature, and he is Zhang Xiu's uncle, if the lord can recruit Zhang Ji over, it should be a big help." ”

A sigh suddenly sounded, interrupting everyone's analysis, Jia Xu sighed and said, "Everyone, let's make plans to withdraw the army as soon as possible." ”

Li Ru and Xu Rong asked in surprise at the same time, "Why is this?" Jia Xu shook his head and said, "The merit is high." The lord is too sharp at the moment, which will inevitably arouse the jealousy of people with ulterior motives, and within three days, I am afraid that someone will participate in helping the lord in front of the Son of Heaven. ”

Hearing this, Ao Lie lowered his head and pondered. If the normal law of historical development is followed, it will not be long before Li Dao and Guo Yan will wave their troops to attack the capital and hold Liu Xie hostage. But in history, the person who pushed Li Dao and Guo Yan to march was Jia Xu, and now Jia Xu has thrown himself under his command, and he refuses to be able to give advice to Li Dao and Guo Yan anymore, and it is difficult to say whether the two of them still have the courage. Moreover, there is also a premise background in the history books of this matter, that is, Liu Xie, under the coercion of Dong Zhuo, moved the capital to Chang'an, which is closer to Xiliang, so that it would be so easy for Li Dao and Guo Yan to take a shortcut to conquer the capital. However, the development of history has a certain basis, and it will not easily change the general direction because of the appearance of Ao Lie alone.

Combined with Jia Xu's analysis, the group of scholars led by Wang Yun will definitely force Ao Lie to leave Luoyang sooner or later, once Ao Lie leaves and takes the Youzhou army away, Cao Cao and others will have no reason to continue to stay, and at that time, there will definitely be a shortage of troops in Luoyang City, in case Li Dao and Guo Yan lead troops to come, who will resist?

After thinking about it again, Ao Lie couldn't get along with a way to get along with the best of both worlds, so he had to express his concerns and let everyone brainstorm together. Jia Xu also thought of Ao Lie's concerns, and had already had a countermeasure, but Jia Xu deliberately let Li Ru show his talents, and deliberately did not say the countermeasures in his chest, but looked at Li Ru.

Seeing Jia Xu's eager gaze, Li Ru understood what Jia Xu meant in his heart, and was secretly grateful to Jia Xu. Then Li Ru said loudly: "The lord's concerns are not impossible. At present, we should bring Zhang Ji over as soon as possible, Zhang Ji is not a member of our army, and the ministers of the DPRK and China will not have too much suspicion of Zhang Ji, and letting Zhang Ji garrison Chang'an can effectively prevent the invasion of Li Ji and Guo Yan. Moreover, Zhang Ji is the uncle of Zhang Xiu, the younger brother of the master, and he is upright and trustworthy. ”

Li Ru's method is exactly what Jia Xu thinks in his heart. Jia Xu smiled and nodded, expressing his support for Li Ru's suggestion. After the end, Ao Lie made up his mind and did what Li Ru said. That night, Tai Shici took Ao Lie's letter to Zhang Ji and rushed out of the city overnight towards Zhang Ji's camp. In the letter, Ao Lie, as a son and nephew, persuaded Zhang Ji to raise troops to serve the imperial court, and with Ao Lie's understanding of Zhang Ji from Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji should be very happy to agree, and soon raise troops to Luoyang to meet Liu Xie, and when Zhang Ji arrived, Ao Lie could leave without worries. (To be continued......)