Luoyang, the palace of the Son of Heaven.

Since moving from Xuchang to Luoyang, Liu Xie's life has been very comfortable, no matter what, the feeling of being restrained by others is different from being the master of his own family, even if he only has Luoyang now, but he also feels enough happiness.

The son is not ugly, the dog is not poor, and it is not his own home in a small place.

However, with the change of the pattern of the world, Liu Xie's stable days seem to have come to an end.

Luoyang, which was originally clamped down by Yuan, Cao, and Liu, and balanced each other, with the stability of Guanzhong and the surrender of the Cao family, has begun to gradually become surrounded by Yuan Shang's forces, and Yuan Shang's forces are all in the northwest and east, although Yuan Shang has not yet done anything to him, but Liu Xie has clearly felt that his good days seem to be coming to an end.

The Cao family was subdued by Yuan Shang, Liu Bei, who was originally in Jingzhou, has transferred his base camp to Shuzhong at this moment, and now Luoyang has almost fallen into the encirclement of Yuan Shang's forces, as long as Yuan Shang gently moves a little finger, Liu Xie's life and death will be between his words. The feeling was almost the same as when he was imprisoned by Dong Zhuo.

Just when Liu Xie was frightened because the north was unified by Yuan Shang and the Cao clan was destroyed, news came from distant Liaodong, it was the news of a person who had always been in contact with Liu Xie, a news of a person who seemed to be able to bring him a glimmer of light when Liu Xie was in darkness at the moment.

This person is Li Ru.

Li Ru sent a message to Liu Xie, informing him that he had contacted those who were dissatisfied with Yuan Shang among the Xianbei and Xiongnu in Liaodong. In addition, Tuoba Liwei of the Mobei grassland also promised to help him capture Liaodong.

Liu Xie was overjoyed after listening to the letter, Liaodong is Yuan Shang's border in the northeast, and it is the important town of Xianbei and the Huns in his hands, once the rear is in danger, Yuan Shang will inevitably return to the army to rescue, now Zhongzhou has no owner, once Yuan Shang immediately Xu Du, he can recruit loyal people to occupy the land of Kanto in the east, and the revival of the Han family will be just around the corner.

After getting Li Ru's letter. Liu Xie is not slacking. Hurriedly put Xu Shu, Fu Wan, Lu Yu, Yang Xiu. Huangfu Li. Huangfu Jianshou. Zhu Hao and other ministers summoned to discuss the matter.

Liu Xie handed over the secret book sent by Li Ru to everyone to circulate, and then told everyone the pros and cons. Then he said: "Everyone, Li Ru is ready to unite in the rear of Liaodong to be dissatisfied with Yuan Shang's Xianbei, the Xiongnu uprising, and the grassland overlord Tuoba Liwei is willing to help him succeed, now Yuan Shang's attention is all in the realm of Zhongzhou, negligent in the north, once it is done, Yuan thief will inevitably look north, all times there is no owner in the Kanto, then I can decide the big thing, the Han family can be prosperous, what do you think?" ”

Among the ministers, Lu Yu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Li Ru is a thief, and his evil is no less than Yuan Shang, whether his words can be trusted or not is still between the two theories." ”

Liu Xie waved his hand and said: "Hey~~, Lu Aiqing is too worried, Yuan Shang killed Song Jian, conquered Caohan, seized Li Ru's shelter, and made him flee to the world. ”

Lu Yu nodded, but Yang Xiu asked with a smile: "According to Li Ru's temperament, although he also hates Yuan Shang, he will definitely not help His Majesty do things for no reason, presumably he paid the book to His Majesty, and he must still have something to ask, right?" ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he sighed and said, "Dezu is still smart, Li Ru wants to cause trouble in Liaodong for me, but he also asks me to promise him three things." ”

When the ministers heard this, they all looked at Liu Xie intently, waiting for his news.

When Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Li Ru, I did put forward three requirements for me. First, he asked me to promulgate a move to pardon him, restore his name as a Hanchen, and return to his roots in the future, so that he would not suffer from wandering. ”

Everyone didn't react to this, after all, this was Li Ru's original idea, and the ultimate purpose of his willingness to cooperate with the Son of Heaven was here.

Liu Xie saw that everyone was speechless, and immediately said: "The second condition is that he asked for Tuoba Liwei, which is to ask me to make Tuoba Liwei the king and allow him to establish a country." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Tuoba Liwei is a foreigner, even though he has made great contributions, but the establishment of the king is unavoidable......

Xu Shu frowned and said: "When the ancestor was high, the Han general was crowned king, and there were many heirs to the country, this matter is not uncommon in my Han Dynasty, but the problem is that Tuoba Liwei is a foreigner, if a foreigner is the king, this matter is ......"

Huangfu Li thought for a while and said: "The head of the rope led by Tuoba Liwei was unknown on the grassland back then, and it is incomparable with the big tribes such as Kebineng, Budugen, Suli, Huchuquan, etc., but the problem is that this person is Yuan Shang's hardcore ally, helping Yuan Shang to destroy the grassland tribes in one fell swoop, and thus becoming the overlord of the grassland...... Just imagine, if Li Ru didn't agree to him to establish a king, how could he dare to pull Yuan Shang's tiger whiskers with his backhand? ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he sighed, although his words were so reasonable, but for some reason, faintly, he always felt that something was wrong.

Liu Xie continued: "The third point, the strangest and most suspicious, Li Ru asked me to deprive Xun Yu of his title and decree to remove his family from the qualifications, but I don't know why? ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned.

In addition to Xun Yu's title, it is just a matter of going to the Xun family to enter the qualifications, which is to say that the Xun family is rebellious. It's a bit clear that it's forcing people to a dead end.

Although the Xun family has always belonged to the Cao family, and now they have joined the Yuan family with the Cao family, in order to target the Xun family alone, aren't there many minions of Yuan Shang?

Xu Shu frowned, and after thinking about it, he asked the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, Li Ruke once said that why is Xun Yu so targeted?" ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "That's what I said, but this reason ......."

"What reason?"

"It's just that he had a gap with Xun Yu in the past, and he wants to take this opportunity to avenge his past and let me help him with this."

After hearing this, he was a little surprised, and said, "Is there a gap between Li Ru and Xun Yu?" Do these two people know each other? ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "I don't know ......."

Yang Xiu thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that this matter is not so simple, and delay it for two more days, send someone to Xuchang to investigate and then make a decision, in addition, the three conditions proposed by Li Ru, even if we agree, we can't do all of them, only do one of them first, and leave the other two as a clamp, otherwise His Majesty will agree to him all at once, but let him be willing to use it for His Majesty in the future, this person is not a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

Liu Xie nodded when he heard this, and said, "Yang Aiqing's words are very true. ”

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Ten days later, Liu Xie really sent someone to Xuchang to inquire, but after hearing that Yuan Shang sent all the Cao family to Yecheng, although the talents and generals left behind were retained, the favors were not left by Xun Yu.

For Xun Yu, Yuan Shang continued to send people to his palace to send all kinds of treasures of gold and satin, and Zhuo Tianfeng, frustration and other important ministers, every day on behalf of his own banquet Xun Yu, three days of a small banquet, five days of a big banquet, on the horse a mention of gold, off the horse a mention of silver, than Cao Cao collected Guan Yu, the means used are more intense.

Moreover, according to rumors, Yuan Shang had ruled out the envoy to go to Luoyang, in addition to serving as the Taifu for Cao Zhi, he also played Xun Yu as the Great Situ by the way, and appointed the chief consul of various government affairs in the Kanto Prefectures. (To be continued......)