A "gentleman" ran to see Zhang Lu, and shouted from a distance: "Outside the Xiyi Pass, who are fighting in the forest?" Zhang Lu raised his head and took a look, and saw that this person was quite tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back, a large square face, and a thick beard under his chin, as if he recognized it-"Jun Fei Xu Gongmingye?" instinctively pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The person who came was Xu Huang Xu Gongming, who heard Zhang Lu ask rhetorically, and knew that he had found the right person - he had reported his name at the beginning, but he didn't know who Zhang Lu was - immediately laughed "haha", turned over and dismounted. Glancing at Zhang Lu's movements and expressions again, he didn't dare to approach rashly, but just arched his hand from afar: "The former mistook Qing for banditry, so that they fought with each other, and I thank you now." Then he bent down and bowed sixty degrees.

In order to rescue Dong's daughter that day, Xu Huang had a misunderstanding with Zhang Lu, and there was a fierce battle, Zhang Lu deliberately shouted when he ran away, saying that "today's facts are a misunderstanding", Xu Huang didn't think about it at the time, and quickly escorted Dong's daughter back to the barracks. Immediately, under the comfort of her family, Dong's daughter gradually calmed down, and then recalled the situation at that time, it seemed that the young man who was dressed strangely did not do much to herself...... On the contrary, the bandits who had kidnapped him before were driven away by him.

It happened that Xu Huang's subordinates also chased several bandits, and under interrogation, it was true that Zhang Lu wanted to save people, not rob them. Xu Huang knew that he had beaten the wrong person, and he felt a little remorseful in his heart, and at the same time he was amazed that Zhang Lu was very good at his ability - this can fight under my hands for several rounds, and he can still get out of the way. It's a pity that this person runs fast, and I don't know who his surname is, and who he is, if I have the opportunity to meet him again in the future, I must apologize to him and try to make friends again.

It also happened that this time Zhang Lu went down the mountain, almost in the same place as the previous time, and bumped into Xu Huang's department again, among which several veterans had seen Xu and Zhang Dazhan back then, and they were familiar with each other, so they hurriedly surrounded them first, and then sent someone to report to Xu Huang. Xu Huang hurried over and apologized to Zhang Lu.

The misunderstanding was solved, and Zhang Lu was also very happy - even if he went to cultivate immortals, he didn't want to keep an enemy in the mortal world, and he was still a powerful character who could even beat Guan Erye away. So he reported his name, and Xu Huang also gave Zhang Lu a general introduction to the current situation in Henan and his current identity.

Xu Huang has been following Yang Feng all the time, he didn't see any great prospects, who wanted to be like a start-up again, and the opportunity came up with a cold head. Let's say that last year, Li and Guo competed, and the little emperor Liu Xie recruited Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and other generals to escort him out of Chang'an and return to Luoyang.

For example, Guo Yan openly robbed the title of General Li Qiche, Zhang Ji became the general of the Hussars, and Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and other original middle-level generals also gave the title of general - Yang Feng is the general of Xingyi. The tide rises, and Xu Huang, who is Yang Feng's cronies, was just a little Sima one moment, and the next moment he became a captain.

But then Guo Yan repented and wanted to rob Liu Xie back to Chang'an again, so the driver was forced to cross the Yellow River north, fled to Anyi, and attached himself to Hanoi Taishou Zhangyang. This battle was all thanks to Xu Huang leading the army to break off and repel Guo Yan's pursuers, so Liu Xieyi sat firmly in Anyi, and immediately issued an edict to worship Xu Huang as the Marquis of Duting - so his subordinates could call him "Marquis".

Xu Huang told Zhang Lu that if he came back from Anyi today, he had already entered Luoyang City - he stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Lu's clothes: "Qing can follow me to the Son of Heaven." "Zhang Lu said that I am a grass people, how can I be qualified to meet the Son of Heaven? Gongming, don't be joking. The heart said that the little emperor is really so embarrassed now, and he wants to escort someone casually on the side of the road?

Xu Huang said with a smile: "Qing and the Heavenly Family have made great contributions, so you can't tell me?"

"What do I do?"

"The daughter of the Dong family who was saved in the past is now a noble person of the Son of Heaven!"

Liu Xie's important means of wooing Dong Cheng is that he heard that Dong Cheng has a girl who is twenty-eight years old and has not yet allowed anyone, so he hinted that Dong Cheng was dedicated to the palace and directly registered as a nobleman - the hierarchy of concubines in the Eastern Han Palace is very simple, and there are five levels of queen, nobleman, beauty, palace person, and female picker, then Liu Xie has Fu Shi first, and the nobleman is the highest reward he can get. Dong Cheng jumped to become the uncle of the country (the Han Dynasty has no father-in-law, and his wife and father are called "uncle"), which will be defeated and defeated again and again, and he has always seemed to be loyal to the emperor's side.

Dong Chengxin said that in the future, the society will be stable, and the Han family will be renewed, and I will be with Fu Wan (the father of Fu Hou) with one article and one martial arts, support the Chaogang, and command the world, he will be the Taifu, and I will be the general, isn't it beautiful!

Let's say that after the Dong daughter entered the palace, she also mentioned the incident of the day to Liu Xie, and also said that two people saved themselves, one did not know the name and surname, and the other was Xu Huang and Xu Gongming under General Yang. Liu Xie is quite fond of Dong Guiren, and his feelings are even more above that of his wife, so he will reward Xu Huang and grant him the position of Marquis of Duting - otherwise, Xu Huang will break off the work once, which is far from enough to be knighted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to be knighted, Liu Xie also summoned Xu Huang and thanked Dong Guiren in person. In fact, the little emperor has another idea, through the battle before crossing the river, he knows that this Xu Huang is very capable of fighting, and he seems to be quite loyal. Not to mention Yang Feng, even the old man Dong Cheng is somewhat unruly, and the little emperor doesn't dare to really trust him, so he is eager to cultivate his own team of cronies.

By the way, the emperor also inquired about the whereabouts of Dong Guiren's other bengong, Xu Huang reported the situation at the time, and then said that it was a pity that he didn't know who this person's surname was and where he lived, but he appeared in Henan at that time, and when the future ministers returned to the old capital to protect His Majesty and gain a firm foothold, he could send someone to search.

This time the car was driving back to Luoyang, but the little emperor was surrounded by useless bureaucrats who were waiting for death to eat and die, and the arrogant remnants of the defeated generals, plus they wanted money and no money, and they wanted food but no food, and it was difficult for the local government to be reorganized, and of course he was not in the mood to find out Zhang Lu's whereabouts. But it was really such a coincidence that he was bumped into Zhang Lu head-on by a team of Xu Huang's subordinates, so Xu Huang grabbed him and said Earl Brother, you should go with me to meet the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Lu was not very interested in the little emperor, but he couldn't resist Xu Gongming's kind words and persuasion, and warmly invited, saying in his heart that I came down the mountain this time to relax? Visiting the emperor and broadening his horizons can be regarded as a way to relieve boredom.

So he rode a horse offered by Xu Huang and swaggered towards Luoyang. It's just that after entering Luoyang City, what he saw and heard along the way made Zhang Lu feel very disappointed - am I here to visit the emperor? I'm here to visit the slums, right?!

According to the description in the later history books, this time Liu Xie returned to Luoyang - "At that time, the palace was burned out, and hundreds of officials were covered with thorns, leaning against the walls. The prefectures and counties each have strong troops, but the commission cannot be defeated, and the masses are hungry, and the following scholars go out to collect grass, or starve to death among the walls, or are killed by the soldiers......"

Because Dong Zhuo drove west to Chang'an, he took away all the officials and people in the entire Eryang City - of course, more were directly hacked to death - and then the forward lost, and the Sun family army pressed forward step by step, Dong Zhuo simply set a fire and burned the ancient capital of hundreds of years into rubble. Before Liu Xie returned from Anyi, he had sent an edict to all the princes to come to the old capital to escort him, but when he arrived in Luoyang, let alone people, he couldn't even see a grain of rice.

So he couldn't afford to repair the city at all, and he stayed here for nearly a month, still living in ruins. The food brought from Anyi has almost been eaten, and the rest can only be supplied to the emperor and the upper echelons of the army, and hundreds of officials and soldiers all have to find their own ways - the scattered soldiers and horses that Zhang Lu had seen before were all scattered to Sixiang to find food.

The soldiers can also rely on the weapons in their hands to rob the nearby people who have not yet escaped, but the ministers and officials do not have this ability, and many people have to dig wild vegetables and peel the bark of trees to satisfy their hunger. In this case, they did not escape, not that these officials were loyal, first, they had nowhere to go, and second, the soldiers were eyeing the side - if you want to run?

Soon after Zhang Lu entered the city, he saw such an incident, a middle-aged official was rolling in the mud with a bamboo basket half filled with wild vegetables, and a soldier next to him held a long knife and kicked him viciously, it seemed that he would not let go of even the wild vegetables, and vowed to take them away. Xu Huang didn't plan to take care of this road - because similar situations were happening at any time, he was used to it, and he was completely numb - but he squinted at Zhang Lu, and there seemed to be a look of unbearability on his face......

Of course, he doesn't have a good impression of these incompetent bureaucrats, but this official is wearing a Lang official uniform--of course, much higher than his original status, not a Zhonglang, he must be a Yilang-thinking that if he hadn't been photographed by Zhang Jian on Jingmuro Mountain that day, and he has no ability and lack of background, maybe he will end up like this today, and he is a little bit of a rabbit and a fox.

Xu Huang saw that Zhang Lu's expression was wrong, and immediately waved his hand: "Bring it!"

Several subordinates rushed over, and immediately held down the violent soldier, and then dragged him to Xu Huang's horse. Xu Huang asked, "Who are your subordinates, and how do you insult the court officials?"

The soldier replied honestly: "I am also the pawn of the general of the expedition to the north." ”

Xu Huang smiled coldly: "The report is coming." On the spot, he pressed the little soldier's head into the mud and stabbed the account with a "click".

At this time, the generals in front of Liu Xie's drive were mainly the "troika" of Dong, Yang, and Han. Dong is Dong Cheng, he is a native of Guanxi, born in the Liangzhou Army, Dong Zhuo once went to climb when he was in power, and asked for Lianzong, and later Dong Zhuo hung up, and the name of the Dong family in Longxi was not good, so he claimed to be a distant relative of the Dong family in Hejian. You must know that the Dong family in Hejian has produced a Empress Dowager Dong, who gave birth to Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, that is, Liu Xie's dead father, and the Empress Dowager Dong is Liu Xie's grandmother - it is precisely because of this relationship that Liu Xie was able to justifiably accept the daughter of the Dong family as a nobleman.

However, Dong Cheng did not overwhelm the generals just because he became the uncle of the country, on the contrary, his power has been suppressed by Yang and Han recently. Yang is Xu Huang's old boss Yang Feng, who was originally a general of Bai Bo, who escaped from Chang'an and arrived in Xinfeng, Guo Yan rebelled, and finally defeated Guo Yan and fled to Caoyang, where Li Wei led his troops to catch up. So Yang Feng sent people to contact the bandits of the year, Bai Boshuai Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai and others, and also summoned the Xiongnu Zuoxian King who was exiled in the Central Plains to humble and protect together.

Qubei still stayed in Hedong, and did not return to Luoyang with Liu Xie, Han Xian and they all followed. Although Yang Feng had a good relationship with Dong Cheng, he actually had a better relationship with Han Xian and others, and Dong Cheng became the uncle of the country, and a rift gradually arose between the two, so Yang, Han and others joined forces to suppress Dong Cheng.

Among the old commanders of Baibo, Yang Feng and Han Xian were the most powerful and had the most soldiers and horses, and as soon as the two joined forces, they immediately forced Dong Cheng to breathe. Today, Xu Huang met this little soldier, if it was Dong Cheng or Yang Feng or Han Xianam's subordinates, he really didn't dare to kill him - it depends on the master to beat the dog. Since it is said that it is the "General Zhengbei", that is, Li Le's subordinates, Xu Huangxin said that that guy has not as many soldiers as me, how can I use his eyes? It is better to use it as a greeting gift for Earl Zhang, so with an order, the head fell to the ground.

Zhang Lu couldn't help but be startled, and said in his heart, Xu Gongming, you are ruthless enough. Of course, he understood that Xu Huang was showing favor to himself—as for the consideration of the strength and weakness of the various forces in Luoyang City, he didn't know—and he didn't have any objections, so he immediately surrendered his hand: "The violent pawn should be punished, thank you to the prince." The court official also hurriedly ran over and kowtowed to Xu Huang like pounding garlic.

Liu Xie lived in the old residence of Zhao Zhong, who was a regular servant in his hometown, and the house was not completely burned down by Dong Zhuo because of the good fire prevention facilities of the building, and a few remnants of the wall were left. After the car returned, the great Sima Zhang Yang collected materials and repaired them, but unfortunately before it could be completed, he was squeezed out by Yang Feng and other martial artists - so now the emperor is no different from living in a shack.

Xu Huang first reported to Yang Feng and Dong Chengyu, and then the two played the Son of Heaven, so Liu Xie and Dong Guiren drove Yang'an Hall - that is, because Zhang Yang repaired, so it was named - summoned Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu didn't bow down when he saw Liu Xie, but just made a long bow and said, "Outsiders wish Your Majesty a long life." ”

On the one hand, he is not used to kneeling, and on the other hand, he is also self-respecting: I am a figure between mortals and earth immortals, just you, a puppet little emperor, how can I stand my worship!

Liu Xie didn't care, because most of the Bai Bojun who didn't worship him were long-lasting, and he had long been helpless to get used to it...... However, when he heard Zhang Lu call himself an "outsider," he asked, "Hu is a foreigner?"

Zhang Lu said that of course I am Chinese, but I cannot be regarded as Your Majesty's people - "The subject learns the Tao from the immortals, deep in the mountains and valleys, does not eat the fireworks of the world, and is not added by Dili, so it is called 'Fang Wai'." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but lean forward slightly and asked him, "Is there a fairy?"

Zhang Lu replied: "God and immortal are not the same. The soul of the ancestors is sent, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the gods are also ...... "This is the understanding of ordinary people, and there is no need for him to deliberately correct Liu Xie's mistakes and refresh the other party's three views-"As for immortals, they are beyond life and death, have no intention of honor and disgrace, and travel between the vast universe, and are not involved in mundane things. ”

Liu Xie seemed to be very interested in this, and asked again: "Qing is immortal?"

Zhang Lu said that I am not, I am just halfway through the cultivation of immortals - if I were an immortal, I would not have come down to see you, the emperor of the world.

Liu Xie asked, then can you have immortality? Zhang Lu said that it will be possible in the future, but it will not be possible now. Zhang Lu smiled and said, "There is no eternal longevity of the Son of Heaven in ancient times. Celestial species, each with its own use, Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven in the world, why should you admire immortality?"

Liu Xie smiled slightly bitterly: "Although I am a son of heaven, I am actually a first-class person, and my life is like a year, Hu Wang is immortal?"