—184 A.D.——

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were still inspecting the law and order in Wuwei Market while hurting each other, but first Dong Zhuo "predicted" that there would be a fire in the backyard, and then a servant rushed to report that "an assassin had infiltrated the back house and had been subdued by Miss Zhang", so they had to hurriedly end the inspection mission and rush back to confirm what had happened.

In this incident, a total of one side door lock was lost, two plates were dropped in the center, three pairs of herbs were applied, the window paper was pierced, and several pieces of information were lost.

There is no doubt that this group of "assassins" was sent by the imperial court or the ten permanent servants who were not worried about him, a reckless Liangzhou assassin, and their original duty was to monitor and search for possible evidence of crimes, and it was purely an accident to find Zhang Jie, if they quietly went back to report the matter, maybe it would give Dong Zhuo a headache, but they were so stupid that they wanted to arrest people directly......

In the inner room, Dong Zhuo poked Dong Bai's bulging little face: "Grandpa knows that you are angry, but can you release them first, although I don't know the specific situation, but the unlucky ghosts who were once swallowed by you are almost frightened crazy, and grandpa still has something to ask them." ”

"Hmm-" Dong Bai puffed out his face and shook his head from side to side.

"The princess said, 'Dangerous.'" Lu Lingqi explained on the side.

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo didn't bother to correct the little girl's title, touched his chin and began to think, this "danger" naturally does not refer to the two of them, she should mean that even if he has good skills and wears a full set of "excellent" armor, this group of assassins still has the means to hurt him?

Jia Xu had already gone out, and it seemed that he could only ask Li Ru about their detailed information, and Dong Zhuo looked at the garden outside.

"This time, we were not protected enough, and we were actually infiltrated into the mansion by assassins, but fortunately, with the help of Miss Zhang, the two little ladies were able to be safe, and I am very grateful." Li Ru was in the garden touting Zhang Jie, who looked apparently unaware of what was going on.

"It's not enough—no!" Zhang Jie, who was wearing a pink cardigan dress, shook her head vigorously, and dangled in a single ponytail with a pale pink bow: "This, in fact, is not my credit......"

"Hmm......" Li Ru looked at the angry eyes of King Kong, who was sturdy and unusually tall, and the clothes and accessories he wore had obvious traces of Taipingdao, and he expressed suspicion with his eyes.

"This is 'Taiping Lux', only the middle and high-level of the Dao can summon it, and I am still a little closer, but now that I am in Liangzhou, maybe the uncles and uncles of this trick have gone to save Qingniujiao, say quickly, who are you summoned?" Zhang Jie hammered the "wrestler" twice, but the other party was completely unmoved.

It's no wonder she's in such a hurry, if there are other high-level people secretly protecting her, doesn't it mean that that person is also trespassing in the back house? What if Dong Zhuo was angry and refused to help Liangzhou Taiping Dao?

Since the girl's mind was almost on her face, Li Ru didn't even need to guess, but he couldn't say that Master Dong didn't care about this, so he said instead: "Maybe Ling Zun left some means of protection on you, this matter is not important, now I want to ask Miss Zhang to describe the appearance, methods and words of the attacking assassin so that I can track it down." ”

"Hmm...... They were all women, they couldn't tell their age by listening to the voices, they were dressed in black, covered with black cloth, and they used a powder to eliminate my Taiping Dao technique, and they didn't notice it at all before they appeared, ah, by the way, they mentioned 'Diao Chan' when they talked to each other, I don't know if it was the name of one of them. Zhang Jie responded while thinking.

"Diao?" Li Ru's face became a little serious.

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"This 'Diao Chan'...... Could it be someone in the palace? Dong Zhuo asked.

After letting Zhang Jie, who was a little restless, go to rest by herself, Li Ru came to the house to explain the ins and outs to Dong Zhuo and the two little heroes who really solved the assassin incident.

"Father-in-law should know that according to the Han law, there are three official positions in the emperor's palace, such as waiting, scattering cavalry, and standing attendants, among them, if the 'servant' is not to tell the old, he cannot leave the palace when he is idle, Cao Mengde's grandfather has served in this position......;

"Hmph...... It is because the 'Ten Standing Attendants' can enter and leave the palace at will, and can handle any orders issued by the emperor, and the emperor is lazy to deal with such 'trivial matters', and has the support of the Sword Saint, so he will get the current power," Dong Zhuo snorted and said: "So, 'Diao Chan' is their subordinate?" ”

"Yes and no," Li Ru said, "my father-in-law often lives in the northwest, and I may not know the costumes of these close servants, they all have the 'cicada' in gold and jade material in front of the hat, and the 'mink' tail in the hat suffix, serving the right cicada and the left mink, and often serving the left cicada and the right mink." ”

"Well, then you won't be afraid of killing the wrong person," Dong Zhuo said, "If you kill that Cao Mengde's grandfather's colleague, it will not be easy to meet in the future." ”

"......" Li Ru couldn't hold back and didn't ask the question of "when is my father-in-law going to enter Luoyang", and he stayed for a few breaths before saying, "That's true." ”

"Go on, 'Diao Chan'." Dong Zhuo didn't realize that he had said something that he needed to care about, and urged.

"The son-in-law has not been to Luoyang for a long time, maybe he knows it wrongly," Li Ru said: "The duty of this female official named 'Diao Chan' is to keep it in the era when the officials remove their hats, or to help straighten it when they wear hats. ”

"Hmm...... Perhaps, just like the Sword Saint who taught the 'Ten Constant Attendants', they should also be trained to turn 'infiltration' into 'assassination' at any time. Dong Zhuo turned his face to look at Dong Bai's bulging cheeks and said.

"Because she is a female official in the palace, in order to prevent the emperor from occasionally seeing him...... On a whim," Li Ru looked at Dong Bai and Lu Lingqi, who were listening carefully, and finally changed their titles: "Those who are selected for 'Diao Chan' generally have rough skin and ugly appearances. ”

“！！” Dong Bai's eyes widened suddenly, and then his mouth began to chew non-stop.

“【————！ 】”

Some kind of faint scream came from nowhere, which made Li Ru wipe a cold sweat.

"Mmmmmm

"The princess said, 'You lie.'" Lu Lingqi translated.

"Yes, yes? That's good. Li Ru was already incoherent.

"Don't think about it, those 'Diao Chan' are not in Ah Bai's mouth." Dong Zhuo, who couldn't stand it, interjected.

He's seen it, Dong Bai's little girl has normal teeth and small tongues, except for being particularly able to eat, there is nothing strange about it, but when the "Wushuang" is activated, the mouth will become a deep and terrifying darkness, and the target can be directly "swallowed" or "spit out" regardless of the volume or material, what she was chewing just now is probably the "contact" needed to "spit out" those "Diao Chan", can you not scream in fright?

"How? They have been scared for so long, they shouldn't have dared to make a mistake after they were released. Dong Zhuo asked his granddaughter instead.

Dong Bai thought about it with a frowning thin brow, but still shook his head.

"The princess said that she must wait for Lord Lu Bu to come back." Lu Lingqi said.

She didn't say anything at all!

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Northeast of Wuwei, barren Gobi.

A Liangzhou army led by Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Hua Xiong, Zhang Ke, Guan Hai and other generals, including 20,000 [trapped camps], a total of 50,000, attacked about 20,000 people, there were no powerful generals, and they only thought that they were dealing with about 10,000 Xiongnu reinforcements of the "Taiping Army".

Even the use of "devastating" or "overwhelming" to describe this battle is a belittling of the Liangzhou army.

"Hmph, boring." Lu Bu looked at the Liangzhou soldiers who continued to chase and kill those remnants of the Huns because they had not yet achieved their military merits, and looked very fierce, he reined in his horse rather boredly and turned to Gao Shun, who was following him: "What is Li Wenhe's next action arrangement?" ”

Because this operation was too simple on the whole, Li Ru did not sit in charge of the Chinese army as usual, and sent countless messengers to make tactical adjustments according to the battle situation, it is better to say that there was no "Chinese army" in this operation at all.

He formulated a series of "what ifs...... "Otherwise...... Although each general only had a maximum of three branches to choose from, Lu Bu still refused to memorize those things.

"If you successfully repel the Hun reinforcements before dark......" Gao Shun, who could only bear this burden, thought for a while and replied: "Go to the 'rescue' of the escort team that has just been kidnapped, and be sure to let the other party see Lord Lu Bu's face clearly." ”

"Then withdraw," to Gao Shun's surprise, Lu Bu turned the horse's head without any objection, "I feel that Lingqi is thinking about me." ”

…… Master Lu Bu really doesn't use "Uncle Ben" to call himself "Uncle Ben" only when he mentions Miss.

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Thirty miles to the north of the place where Lü Bu withdrew, it was the main force of the Xiongnu who led the army to help this time - the main force that had been half crippled, and because of the decisive and timely retreat, they still maintained the formation for the time being.

Having learned the lesson of setting up camp directly near the Han Chinese city, they set up camp far away from the destination of the operation, and if they can rush there to defend it, they may be able to wait for subsequent reinforcements......

"Boom! Syllable! ”

When the remnants of the Xiongnu approached the camp, they heard two cannon shots, and the banner of the word "Jia" was erected in the camp, and nearly a thousand Han troops poured out of the camp.

Although there are still nearly 10,000 remnants of the Huns, the army has no fighting spirit, the camp was built by themselves, and how to facilitate defense is very clear, so the Hun generals directly ordered to turn around and give up the action of "supporting the escort team to deal with the Taiping Road".

"I remember, the one who cut off the way back, the appearance of the strategist," the Hun general retreated around the camp while looking viciously at the figure above the earthen wall of the temporary camp: "Besides, isn't that guy next to him the guy who asked us to deal with Taiping Dao twice, but ended up ambushing us twice?" ”