The more Lu Bu thought about it, the more proud he felt in his heart, and Zuihou couldn't help but get up, behind him, four strong men each stood up Cai Yong and Qiao Mao, covering their mouths, so that they could only make a sound of mumping.

The group went straight to the place where the Empress Dowager He lived, although the fatigue was unbearable, the Empress Dowager He knew about it, and she had not rested at this time, but after freshening up, she was waiting here.

However, when she saw that behind Lu Bu, Cai Yong and Qiao Mao looked so embarrassed, Empress Dowager He was originally smiling and groaning, and immediately exclaimed involuntarily and was stunned.

Cai Yong, and Qiao Mao, reacted exactly the same, silent, staring at each other, the expressions on their faces were indistinguishable, I don't know whether it was shock, surprise, or fear, or so many emotions mixed together.

Even their hands and feet stopped moving, and they froze there, supported by the four guards behind them.

Lu Bu and Jia Xu stood aside with a smile, looking at Cai Yong and Qiao Mao with interest, as if they were appreciating their reactions at the moment.

"Too ...... Dowager? ”

Cai Yong still couldn't believe it, hesitated, his lips moved, and he screamed softly.

Empress Dowager He came back to her senses, returned to her original dignified generosity, nodded, and replied: "Cai Weng, Qiao Qing, suffering, relying on the power of Lu Qing, the mourning family and the emperor, can escape from Luoyang and avoid being poisoned." Lu Qing was loyal and righteous, and on the surface, he was in collusion with Li Dao's party, but in fact, he worked with Situ Sangong to rescue him in many ways, and finally succeeded. Well, for this matter, Lu Qing endured the humiliation and did not hesitate to defile himself, so as not to damage the loyal people. ”

This reason, said by the Empress Dowager He herself, is more convincing than Lu Bu said, Cai Yong and Qiao Mao understood. His face immediately showed great joy, and he broke free of the support of the four people behind him, and almost at the same time he straightened his clothes there, and bowed solemnly.

If it weren't for their choked words, such a solemn salute, it would definitely make people think that this place is not Taiyuan in Bingzhou, but Luoyang, where the court is located.

"Cai Weng. Qiao Qing, no courtesy, flat body! ”

Empress Dowager He also had a great sense of embarrassment, bowed slightly, and said in a loud voice.

This time. Lu Bu had time to take a closer look at Cai Yong and Qiao Mao. The biggest change is Cai Yong's unintentionality. Lu Bu remembered. When he led the army to leave Jinyang, Cai Yong didn't even count half a hundred hairs, but his sideburns turned white, and now it looks like he is almost full of gray hair.

Thinking about this time, Cai Yong was very sad. As a result, he had more gray hair than when he was imprisoned and exiled years ago.

Even Lu Bu couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he saw it.

"The Queen Mother, the ministers are not well-dressed. He is extremely rude, and he has no eyes and does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, so that he ......"

Cai Yong was choked up and couldn't speak, and the Empress Dowager He was relieved when she heard this: "Why should Cai Weng blame himself so much, when Lu Qing decided to endure humiliation and self-defilement, he knew that there were such tribulations, and now that the truth has been revealed, Cai Weng and Qiao Qing will no longer blame Lu Qing, and there is no need to blame themselves, work together to fight against rebellion, which is the right way." ”

Cai Yong and Qiao Mao nodded again and again, turned to Lu Bu, and wanted to make another big salute. How dare Lu Bu really let them bow down, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the arms of the two of them with his left and right hands respectively, forcibly pulled up the two of them who had already saluted half, and said humbly: "Cai Weng, Brother Qiao, don't torture me, if you really understand my hard work, don't be so polite." ”

The three of them were pulled into a ball there, but Cai Yong and Qiao Mao were scribes, how could they compare to Lu Bu's arm strength, Zuihou was helpless, so he had to bow to Lu Bu to the end, which was regarded as an apology.

Cai Yong and Qiao Mao's misunderstanding of Lu Bu was gone, and Lu Bu's goal had been achieved, which could be said to be very happy, bidding farewell to Empress Dowager He, Lu Bu ordered someone to escort Cai Yong and Qiao Mao back to their residence, and he and Jia Xu returned to the long-separated inner study.

It has been more than half a year since he led the army out of Taiyuan, and although there are constant messengers between Lu Bu and Jia Xu, there are many things that are still discussed face-to-face, and they should be more detailed.

Lu Bu recounted the situation in Luoyang, the battle situation in Guanzhong, and the situation in the Kwantung counties learned from Zhang Yang Changshi Xue Hong, and Jia Xu listened very carefully, and his face became more and more solemn.

zuihou, he just sighed and said: "The collapse of the imperial court is imminent, and the world is already in chaos, but ......"

Speaking of this, Jia Xu dragged out his voice, looked at Lu Bu with a resolute expression, and then said: "The lord took the risk to rescue the queen mother and the king of Hongnong, and brought them back to Taiyuan, but it is greatly conducive to the great cause of the lord. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Bu nodded, in front of Jia Xu, he had no scruples about speaking, except for his identity as a traverser, others, such as his forward-looking prediction of the general trend of the world, and his ambition and ambition to dominate the world, could be revealed in front of Jia Xu.

"Now look at Luoyang, between Situ Wang Yun and the hussar general Li Wei, when will the battle end."

Jia Xu frowned slightly, and reminded: "The independent prince said, but Xu thought that the lord must not ignore the general Guo Tai. ”

"Mrs. Guo?" Lu Bu also frowned and pondered, although he was also wary of Mrs. Guo in his heart, but all along, he had never found any clues, and more importantly, in his memory, the content about Mrs. Guo was pitifully small, and it had completely deviated.

"Yes, Mrs. Guo!" Jia Xu replied, "From the beginning when Guo Tai persuaded Li Dao Guo Yan to join forces in Luoyang, he has been hiding behind Li Dao, so that the world only knows that Li Dao is good at abolishing the establishment and monopolizing the dynasty. Such people are even more terrifying. ”

After Jia Xu said this, Lu Bu carefully recalled what he knew about Mrs. Guo, and nodded in approval of Jia Xu's words, but in a blink of an eye, he still let go of this matter and said with a smile: "The battle in Luoyang is far away from us for the time being, just keep paying close attention." What about Xiliang, is there any latest news? ”

Jia Xu shook his head, Lu Bu was a little disappointed, and said to himself: "I don't know if Ma Teng has destroyed Han Sui, well, it's better not to, so that Xiliang has Ma Teng and Han Sui, beware of each other, and when they can't plot against Guanzhong, they won't be able to make big waves." ”

"There is Huangfu Song in Guanzhong, Ma Teng, Han Sui, it is really not easy to plot against Guanzhong. It is commendable that Zhang Ji, before under the account of Dong Gong, he has been following the rules, and there is nothing brilliant, I didn't expect to have such courage, leading the army south to Wuguan, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, if there is a change, maybe it will be caused by him. ”

Hearing that Jia Xu had such a high opinion of Zhang Ji, Lu Bu grinned silently, thinking to himself: "Fortunately, I started earlier, otherwise, wouldn't you Jia Xu have to go south with Zhang Ji." ”

However, verbally, Lu Bu smiled and said: "Zhang Jinan went down to Wuguan, the first thing to bear the brunt should be Yuan Shu who is entrenched in Nanyang, with Zhang Ji's strength alone, it seems difficult to compete with Yuan Shu." ”

"Don't forget Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao!"

Jia Xu reminded him, seeing Lu Bu stunned, he explained with a smile: "Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao is worshiped by Dong Gong, and his general Huang Zhong and his staff are Kuai Yue, like Liu Biao, and have a very good relationship with Zhang Ji. ”

"I see!"

Lu Bu sighed with emotion, but there was still half a sentence in his heart that he didn't say: It turned out that Zhang Ji was entrenched in Nanyang, and it was really not accidental.

According to this development, once Yuan Shu is forced to leave Nanyang, most of the places he can go to are Yingchuan or Runan in Yuzhou, and the reason for Taiban is because Yuzhou Mu Sun Jian is his cousin, and to a certain extent, his subordinates.

Although Yuzhou Mu Sun Jian, like Yangzhou Mu Chen Wen, Qingzhou Mu Kongrong, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Youzhou Mu Lu Zhi, Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai and others, are no longer recognized by the imperial court under the control of Li Dao and others, they all actually control the states, or control most of them.

As for the candidates for the state pastor appointed by the imperial court, they did not dare to leave the tiger prison at all, and once they appeared in the Kwantung counties, their fate could be imagined.

So what about the possible development in the future, Lu Bu was very interested in this, and couldn't help but continue to think about it with great interest, would Yuan Shu control Yuzhou by himself and put Sun Jian somewhere else? Or did Yuan Shu go to Yangzhou by himself?

But just thinking about it for a moment, Lu Bu stopped, took a deep breath, withdrew his mind, and paid attention to the present.

Luoyang, Guanzhong, Xiliang, Nanyang, and Guandong counties are evolving, Lu Bu can't intervene at this time, so he can only keep a close eye on it, he is very concerned about the land measurement of Taiyuan on the way back to Taiyuan with his army north, it is conceivable that in the next few months, his main energy will most likely be on this work.

mentioned this matter, Jia Xu's face was a little unsightly, and he told the progress of most of the year in detail, and it took nearly half an hour for Jia Xu to finish speaking, and Lu Bu figured out the overall situation in the process of continuous questioning.

More than half of the time has passed, but the progress of this matter is not even half of it, which can be described as a great delay. After listening to this, Lu Bu understood that this was not Jia Xu's ineffective work, but two reasons that led to the delay.

One is that this matter is a new matter, and it is groping from top to bottom, so that two or three months have passed like this; Second, it is the obstruction of the local families in various counties and counties.

Lu Bu was silent for a moment, he already had a plan in his heart, and said to Jia Xu: "The importance of this matter to taxes is self-evident, although there is the support of several major families, but the local small and medium-sized families in each county are all local snakes, and shili should not be underestimated. Well, in this way, during this time, I will first measure the other areas that can be completed, and as for the areas with high resistance, I will personally convince them to see if their necks are tough, or my long knives are tough. ”

Jia Xu was silent for a while before he spoke: "In this way, bloodshed is inevitable." ”

"Of course!" Lu Bu's tone was flat, but with Sen Han's killing intent, "For large and small families, I have never had the luxury of getting all their support, the so-called people who know the times are Junjie, and those who don't know the times are of course the objects of my suppression." Winning over a group and killing a group is enough to make those who remain neutral understand what kind of fate will happen if they oppose me! (To be continued......)