It rained for most of the day, and it turned a little light near the end of the day, but it was still dripping, wet and cool.

The tense atmosphere in the northern Hanyu House has long since disappeared, and the tiled house courtyard is as peaceful as ever.

Zhang Meng sat on the moss-covered stone steps in the front hall, looking at the armor soldiers who came and went in the courtyard, recalling the thrilling spontaneous startle not long ago. Someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, he was shocked, subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword, and looked back, a small face was coming over with a smile.

"Dong Hou."

Zhang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, let go of his hand, and showed a relieved expression.

The young Liu Xie squatted down beside him, put his hands on his cheeks, and stared straight at him without speaking.

"Your Majesty, he ......"

"Don't worry, Dong Zhuo looks reckless, but he is very respectful and speaks in a measured manner, which is much kinder than Zhang Rang's eunuchs." Liu Xie shook his head, and his nervous expression eased a lot, "He seems to be a good person." ”

Zhang Meng wanted to speak and stopped, and sighed lightly.

Liu Xie paused for a moment and replied: "Chengying, I heard that you are in danger and almost fought with Dong Zhuo's men?" ”

"Yes...... Ahem, fortunately, Min Gong stepped forward and relieved me. ”

Liu Xie was very interested and asked, "Oh? Min Gong is bare-handed, how can he solve the siege for you? I'll hear it. ”

Zhang Meng replied with a wry smile: "Min Gong reported my life experience, and then turned a sword soldier into invisible. ”

The two didn't say a few words, and the sound of boots came from the other side of the front hall, and then someone shouted: "Where is Zhang Ranming's grandson?" "It was like a thunderbolt in mid-air.

Zhang Meng pulled Liu Xie to stand up, and a burly man in front of him swaggered to him, it was Dong Zhuo.

Standing side by side with Dong Zhuo was a white-bearded old man dressed in a plain hakama and wrapped in a scarf on his head, this person was the "Min Gong" in Liu Xie's mouth, named Min Gong, and he was the one who stopped Dong Zhuojun and Zhang Meng in time just now.

Min Gong served in the central part of Henan, and his post was to inspect the military and political affairs of Henan counties near Luoyang.

Zhang Meng arched his hand and said, "Min Gong." Then he looked at Dong Zhuo and nodded, "Dong Gong." ”

Dong Zhuo is very tall, he likes to squint when he looks at people, and there is always a kind of arrogance, he looked at Zhang Meng, and his voice was loud: "If it weren't for Gong Min's timely reminder, I would have almost injured the deceased." More than 20 years ago, I joined hands to break the Xiqiang thieves and formed a friendship. Later, Zhang Gong entered the court as an official, and he rarely met. Zhang Gong is knowledgeable and high-spirited, and I have always admired him very much. You are from Liangzhou and the grandson of Zhang Gong, so we should be close. ”

Zhang Meng smiled and said: "Dong Gong's name is like thunder, and Zu Jun often mentions it on his lips. ”

Dong Zhuoxi said: "Oh? Did Zhang Gong talk about me? What did he say? ”

Zhang Meng said a few perfunctory words: "It is mostly Dong Gong's loyalty and righteousness of being brave and invincible, serving the country and the people." ”

Dong Zhuo stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay, good!" Zhang Gong is tall and lonely on the surface, but in fact, he still values me. ”

Although Zhang Meng said this, he didn't think so, because he clearly remembered that a few years ago, when his grandfather returned to his hometown, during the period of lecturing at home, Dong Zhuo had sent people to give gifts more than once, intending to win over them, but they were all rejected by his grandfather. mentioned Dong Zhuoqi in private, and his grandfather's evaluation was "Those who will disrupt the dynasty in the future will also be this person", which can be described as extremely prescient.

Dong Zhuo laughed for a while, and sighed: "It's a pity that Zhang Gong has passed away, if it wasn't for the military detention, I would have personally come to the scene to mourn, alas, it's a pity, it's a pity...... Min Gong, thanks to your intervention, otherwise I would have made a big mistake. ”

Min Gong said: "Zhang Gong is my classmate, Chengying is like my son and nephew, whether public or private, he has to sacrifice his life to protect each other." ”

Dong Zhuo laughed again at this time: "Gong Min, don't hide it, you stopped drinking at that time, I heard it in my ears, and said that this kid of the Zhang family is the Son of Heaven or the King of Chen Liu, if you are not careful, you are afraid that you will commit the crime of bullying the king and killing the king, haha!" ”

He originally intended to joke, but before the words fell, Liu Xie immediately refuted sharply: "The courtiers dare to laugh at the king!" In the past, Deng Tong was in the theater hall, and he was disrespectful and should be beheaded. Are you talking nonsense, do you want to be the next Deng Tong? ”

As soon as the words came out, the whole house was shocked. Zhang Meng looked at Dong Zhuo's uncertain face, and really sweated for Liu Xie in his heart.

Deng Tong was a minister of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, amassing countless wealth, flying and domineering, at that time everyone avoided his edge, only the minister Shen Tujia in front of Emperor Wen directly reprimanded Deng Tong for being playful and unreasonable, and he should be beheaded according to the law. This deed, recorded in the Book of Han, is not obscure, but it is surprising that it was uttered from the mouth of an eight- or nine-year-old child on such an occasion.

Dong Zhuo opened his mouth in surprise, and lowered his head to look at Liu Xie: "Who is this son?" ”

Min Gong replied: "This is Chen Liuwang." ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he looked at Liu Xie again, his eyes flashed, and he apologized.

Seeing this, Liu Xie was not in a hurry, dusted off his sleeves, put one hand on his chest, and spread out with the other, and admonished with a straight face: "Change it later, it is very good." Dong Gong has meritorious service in rescuing the driver, and the small mistakes do not hide the great achievements, and the public is generous, and he does not care. ”

Dong Zhuo said seriously: "Thank you for your grace." ”

Zhang Meng saw it in his eyes and nodded secretly. In his inherent cognition, Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, as the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, never left the impression of the world that he was weak and incompetent, and he seemed to spend his whole life in a nest, which was a complete waste. But this perception was quickly overturned after he recalled the past experiences of the original owner.

Through contact with Liu Xie himself, he found that even if he was only a child of the age of the general horn, Liu Xie's quality and bearing had far subverted his view of ordinary children of the same age.

Whether it is because of his talent or proper education in the court, if you only look at the current Liu Xie, you really can't imagine that such a character will one day become a puppet puppet who is at the mercy of others and even unable to control his own destiny.

However, the surprise of cognitive contrast does not only come from Liu Xie. He slowly recalled more people and things that the original owner had personally experienced, including many characters he was "familiar with" in his previous life. Without exception, he found that the words and deeds, personalities, traits, and so on displayed by these people were very different from the facts he once believed.

He realized that the history he had known in the past was extremely one-sided, but he made partial generalizations, thinking that he had glimpsed the whole picture of history.

In other words, fading from the initial pride and pretentiousness, he completely understood that this was an era that he was familiar with, and it was also an era that he was completely unfamiliar with.

Looking at Dong Zhuo, who behaved respectfully in front of him, he couldn't combine it with the arrogant and rude image created by later generations. It's just that now he won't be surprised anymore.

Min Gong deliberately reconciled the atmosphere at this time, and deliberately said: "Dong Gong's unintentional words, His Royal Highness doesn't have to worry about it. His Royal Highness was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong with hard work, and the Duke of Dong is also surnamed Dong, who is closer than ordinary people. ”

Although Liu Xie is smart, he is a child in the end, as soon as he heard this, he immediately looked at Dong Zhuo with wide eyes: "Oh, are you a relative of the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhang Meng didn't want to see Dong Zhuo and Liu Xiepan kissing, and immediately explained: "The Queen Mother was born in Hejian Kingdom, Jizhou, and Dong Gong is a native of Longxi County, Liangzhou. ”

Liu Xie let out an "oh" and lowered his head, obviously disappointed.

Dong Zhuo squinted at Zhang Meng, unable to see his joy or anger, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "King Chen Liuwang is also from Queen Mother?" "Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty's biological mother is the Empress Dowager Dong, the queen is He, after Liu Hong's death, the He family also changed from the queen to the queen mother.

Zhang Meng said: "No, the mother of King Chen Liu was the beauty of the first emperor, and she is different from the son of heaven. ”

Liu Hong has two sons, the son-in-law born to the He family in the main palace is the current son Liu Wei, and the concubine born to the beauty Wang family is Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, and there is also a daughter, Princess Feng Wannian.

Zhang Meng said that Dong Zhuo just asked casually, but he noticed a bit of an intriguing smile on the other party's face, and couldn't help but wonder secretly: "Dong Zhuo heard Dong Hou's life experience, why did he seem to be happy?" I couldn't figure out the reason here, but I paid attention.

Liu Xie was childlike, and he was bored when he didn't say a word, so he went back to the backyard, leaving Zhang Meng, Dong Zhuo, and Min Gong in the front hall.

Dong Zhuo said: "I got the news on the way here, two days ago, the palace was chaotic and the blood flowed like a river, but it was about to lose power, the righteous man and gentleman recaptured Sheji, and the general in the spirit of heaven can also be comforted." He added, "Just now, the horse came to report that the civil and military officials are about to come here to welcome the holy driver, we have to prepare in advance and send the Son of Heaven back to the palace." ”

Min Gong nodded: "I and the others separated from Lu Shangshu by the river, it should be Lu Shangshu who returned to the city to spread the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven and attracted the princes of the court." At the same time, he half-jokingly, "Dong Gongzu does not enter the palace, but he knows the situation in the palace very well." ”

Dong Zhuo did not hide it, and said bluntly: "My brother served as the lieutenant of Fengche in the Inner Dynasty, and this great change in the palace, he also took the lead in the bloody battle with the eunuch, and all kinds of situations in the past three days were conveyed to me by him. ”

Min Gong said: "Now Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others have thrown themselves into the river, Zhao Zhong, Gao Wang and others have died in the palace, and the eunuch Kuiqu has been largely destroyed, and the Mandate of Heaven is finally stable, which is really a blessing for the country." ”

Dong Zhuo held his chin in his hand, thoughtfully, and whispered: "The destiny of heaven is stable...... I'm afraid ......" looked uncertain.

Min Gong turned to Zhang Meng and said, "Chengying, you go to the backyard to clean up and welcome the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu." Luoyang City is only more than ten miles away from here, and hundreds of officials can drive it, and it will be there in a short time. ”

Zhang Meng agreed to come down and walked to leave, when he saw Dong Zhuo's back turned around, he whispered to Min Gong: "Duke Min, is Dong Zhuo's soldiers going to Beijing this time?" I've heard that Zheng, Lu, and Zhugong had many objections to this before, and I think it makes sense......"

The first two expressed strong opposition to the general He Jin's summoning of Dong Zhuo to Beijing, among which Zheng Tai even abandoned the official for this purpose, and Chong Shao was entrusted by He Jin to go to Dong Zhuo's military camp to reprimand Dong Zhuo and prevent him from marching to Luoyang.

Min Gongbi pointed to his lips, booed, peeked at Dong Zhuo, and said in a low voice: "The matter is big, it is not up to us to decide, and when the princes of the court and the central government arrive, they will have their own opinions." ”

Dong Zhuo has been silent, Zhang Meng looked at him and thought: "According to what is said in the history books, Dong Zhuo is tyrannical and impermanent, why does Min Gong dare not refute a word now?" ”

Min Gong went back to take care of the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liu, while Dong Zhuo invited Zhang Meng to rest in his temporary camp outside.

Ji Xuan secretly said to Zhang Meng: "Dong Gong's face is not good, we had a conflict with him just now, and we are only afraid of accidents when we go to his army." ”

Zhang Meng said: "It's okay, the Son of Heaven is close at hand, and a hundred officials are coming, he doesn't dare to do anything." ”

Without saying a word, Ji Xuan turned around and groped in the hall for a while, and then handed Zhang Meng a pocket: "Chengying, this is yours, I have always taken it with me." ”

Zhang Meng smiled: "Thank you, how is the Son of Heaven?" ”

Ji Xuan said: "Min Cheng is appeasing and arranging for the left and right to make preparations before leaving. ”

At this time, Dong Zhuo, who was walking in front, turned around and called, Zhang Meng said goodbye to Ji Xuan for the time being, and followed. Due to the influence of the original history, he was very curious about Dong Zhuo's army, and readily agreed to Dong Zhuo's invitation, and he also had the intention of touching the details of the other party.

Dong Zhuojun's battalion was on the edge of a forest, and all the officers and men of the army were sitting or standing, in groups of three or five.

Zhang Meng made a rough count according to the experience of the army, and secretly thought to himself: "The total number of soldiers and horses here will not exceed three thousand, and the number is far less than the garrison inside and outside the Beijing Division. Dong Zhuo only has this kind of person, no wonder he has no confidence in speaking. I felt strange again, "With only this kind of strength, how did Dong Zhuo control the imperial court in the original history?" ”

Before his thoughts were gone, he suddenly saw a sudden chaos on the meadow not far away, with noise and scolding, and the originally orderly Northwest soldiers suddenly exploded and seemed to be in a mess.

He heard Dong Zhuo muttering to himself in a deep voice: "Sure enough, it's coming......" Looking over again, one person was holding a spear, and instantly knocked over three or five armor soldiers, and went straight into the camp invincible.