The faces of the people were different, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

After Tian Feng hesitated, he still spoke: "Empress Dowager Dong may be just a chess piece, and the real mastermind behind the scenes may be any of the ten permanent servants. ”

Cheng Liu nodded: "I understand, but it is not rational to deal with the Ten Standing Servants now, although He Jin's soldiers and horses are enough, but there is no real power, the Empress Dowager He has real power, but now she is under house arrest, the Ten Standing Servants are still in a wait-and-see state, the harem is empty, even if you find the Empress Dowager He and the Young Emperor now, it is useless, and the only person who can break the situation is He Jin." ”

"Regardless of whether the Empress Dowager Dong is a pretense or not, as long as she dies, then there will be one less source for all this, even if the mastermind behind the scenes is one of the ten permanent servants, she will continue to lurk at this time and find another opportunity."

Although Tian Feng didn't know the historical truth, he was so smart that he understood Cheng Liu's intentions in an instant.

I want to use He Jin as a bait to catch all the big fish in the palace.

Because the water is too deep, the current situation in the court is not easy to deduce, which is one of the safest methods.

Wu Fu nodded, this time without hesitation.

Sweet potato stepped forward and picked up all the ropes on his body, and before leaving, Cheng Liu still explained: "After entering the palace, no matter who asks you to go to his mansion, don't agree, just look for He Jin, and no one cares." ”

Wu Fu nodded again, turned on his horse, and hurried towards the Beijing Division.

After he left, Yu Youkui asked, "If Empress Dowager Dong dies, what will happen to the situation?" ”

Cheng Liu shook his head: "I don't know yet, so tomorrow you stay in Xiapi, and I have to go back to Jingshi first." ”

This trick can only be delayed, but this contradiction is still there, if it is not dealt with as soon as possible, it will still cause serious consequences, which is also one of the situations that Cheng Liu is most worried about.

Everything else is easy to say, as long as the process of historical development slows down, the Ouroboros on his body will not react excessively, which means that everything is still within his control.

In the evening, suddenly it rained again.

Gan Ning and Wei Yan stood guard outside Yizhuang before and after, while Dian Wei sat at the door in case someone suddenly attacked.

Xia Chan and Sweet Potato helped Yu Youkui sort out the information of Yizhuang, but Xia Chan didn't understand it very well, so after sorting it out for a while, he could only stand aside helplessly.

Cheng Liu has only been looking at the map, and after He Jin became a key figure, all the garrisons at the entrance became particularly important.

If it is really as Tian Feng speculated, then the state pastors that have been established now, such as the Yuan family, such as Sun Jian and others, may be related to the Empress Dowager Dong.

Regardless of whether this relationship is directly related or not, if the Empress Dowager Dong has an accident, these people will not be indifferent, and may take the lead in attacking, such as attacking from the pass and going all the way to Beijing.

At this time, Cheng Liu was more worried about Dong Zhuo.

Yizhuang collected a lot of information about him, but it was far from enough for Cheng Liu.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was still the deposed Zhonglang general, and in historical records, he was recruited into Beijing by He Jin in the sixth year of Zhongping, and secretly dealt with the ten permanent servants.

According to the time calculation, it is not yet the time node.

He Jin's final breakthrough may depend on Dong Zhuo, but his current strength is not enough.

After taking over the main affairs of the Jizhou Theater, he gave up the siege of Guangzong County, which was defended by Zhang Jiao, and instead led the main force Tou Tie to the north to attack Xiaquyang County, which was defended by Zhang Bao, but unfortunately after two months of siege, it was still not defeated.

At this time, the eunuch regime headed by the Empress Dowager He ordered Emperor Fu Song to continue north to Jizhou, while Dong Zhuo was deposed to Tingwei for trial.

At this time, he was just a prisoner, and he had no ability to join forces with He Jin against the Ten Standing Servants.

Therefore, after the process of history, there was suddenly a huge rift, and the rise of the Empress Dowager Dong made up for this rift, and raised the division of power of the ten permanent servants to another level, even to the point where it could directly stand up to the Empress Dowager He.

This is another huge piece of bad news for Cheng Liu.

It also means that even if there is a young emperor as a talisman, the road to power of the Empress Dowager He will not be so simple.

After reading the briefing given by Yu Youkui, Cheng Liu pressed his temples on both sides, and just looked up, he saw Dian Wei walking in.

"Childe, a secret letter sent by Tao Qian."

Dian Wei put the letter in front of the desk and walked out again.

Xia Chan was originally standing on Cheng Liu's side, but after hearing that it was a secret letter, he turned around to the side of the sweet potato.

After opening it, Cheng Liu looked at it word by word very seriously.

The letter mentions that the Western Qiang and the Northern Xiongnu have joined forces again, and have stationed troops and horses on the western front and the northernmost official affairs, and it seems that they will attack in a big way in the near future.

Cheng Liu was taken aback, and Tao Qian also comforted him in the end, saying that this was a war in the north, and even if there were many contradictions in the imperial court at this time, it would deal with the border war first.

But in this way, Cheng Liu suddenly realized a serious problem, that is, the course of history seems to have come over twice.

The first time was when Cheng Liu first entered the palace, Empress Dowager He had just taken power with the prestige of the Ten Standing Attendants, and she was worried that the Ten Standing Attendants who had too much power would turn their heads against herself, so she asked Cheng Liu to arrange a way back.

And now less than a year has passed, and this is still the case, the Empress Dowager He is in a worrying situation, and the border is harassed by Xiqiang and Xiongnu......

History is always strikingly similar, but this is too much of a coincidence.

Could it be that the previous Ouroboros were hot and dry because of the approaching war?

I believe that soon, Luantangshan on the Liangzhou side will also send a secret letter to tell the border situation.

Now it seems that it depends on whether the imperial court will be outside or at home first.

Sweet Potato and Yu Youkui also came over after they were done, and Cheng Liu said the contents of the secret letter, and both of them were a little puzzled.

"The timing is too coincidental, and I always feel that something is not right......"

Cheng Liu explained: "Now there is not much left of the Yellow Turban Army at all, plus Zhang Jiao is dead, the remaining rabble will be cleaned up in a month or two at most, Xiqiang and the Xiongnu sent troops at this time, the timing is not right." ”

Sweet potatoes think the same way.

"The previous time, we went to Liangzhou, Xiqiang did not make any moves, at that time, according to Luantang Mountain, they were because of the heavy snow to close the mountain, if they want to jump the soldiers and horses directly over the snowy mountain, I am afraid that there will be a lot of losses halfway, but now after the snow melts, the timing is not right, even if you want to start the war again, I'm afraid you have to wait, right?"

Cheng Liu smiled and said coldly: "Unless, someone wants to use external forces to shrink power in their own hands." ”