The heavy rain stopped, but there were waves outside the house.

Dong Zhuo's armor soldiers from the northwest have served in the border areas for most of their lives, and their combat effectiveness naturally needs not be repeated, but even if they rush up at this moment, it is still difficult to stop the progress of the comers.

"Where are the madmen, dare to disturb the Son of Heaven stationed in the forbidden land!"

Dong Zhuo clenched his fists and shouted fiercely. Not far from his side, Guo Yan lifted the ring head knife and hurriedly greeted him with a big stride.

"I'm looking for the Son of Heaven! Where is the Son of Heaven? ”

The answerer pushed forward with a spear in one hand, and the two armorers could not stop it, and at the same time they staggered back. Zhang Meng looked closely, this person has wide cheeks and narrow chin, long face and short beard, medium size, but thin waist and big shoulders, and his posture is extremely vigorous and vigorous. Looking at his refined plain fish scale iron armor and red tassel iron armor, you can know that the origin is extraordinary.

In the blink of an eye, Guo Yan was already in front of the man, and with a swing of the sword, he struggled to block the spear that was about to be provoked.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Zhang Meng immediately stopped drinking: "The Son of Heaven can't make a mistake in front of the emperor!" "Draw your sword and try to solve the fight in the middle. Before he could act, he could only hear the footsteps behind his head, and he turned his head to look, but he saw three figures, two tall and one short, slowly coming out of the courtyard of the house.

One of them was Min Gong, who looked around the courtyard for a moment and said in a loud voice, "Why is there any noise? The Son of Heaven is here! ”

The sound was like thunder, which shocked everyone present in their hearts.

Eyes gathered, and standing side by side with Min Gong was a young man in a gorgeous costume, his eyes wide open, looking at everything in front of him in a daze.

This young man is Liu Bian, the son of the Han Dynasty today.

"Your Majesty!"

Dong Zhuo and A couldn't salute in their bodies, but they reacted very quickly and took the lead in bowing down. As soon as he took the lead, all the Northwest armor soldiers, including Guo Yan, knelt on the ground, and countless armor pieces rubbed and collided, making a noise like flowing water.

Zhang Meng also knelt on one knee, glanced at the person who broke into the camp with his spare eyes, and saw that he seemed to be shocked by Liu Wei who suddenly appeared, and stood straight in place at a loss, which was particularly abrupt.

"When you see the Son of Heaven, why don't you worship?" Min Gong asked solemnly.

Zhang Meng first heard the sound of a spear being thrown on the ground not far away, and then came a loud reply: "Villain Lu Bu, under the order of the Duke of Jinwuding, take the royal car back to the palace." Fit is rude and offensive, I beg your majesty for forgiveness! ”

"Lu Bu?" When Zhang Meng heard this name, he was taken aback, and couldn't help but look up at the person again, but unfortunately the other party happened to be prostrate on the ground, "This person...... This person is actually Lu Bu...... I didn't expect to meet ...... here. Hey? It turns out that he is not Dong Zhuo's subordinate now, so he is ......"

Even if he has the memory of the original owner and has seen Dong Zhuo, but now that he hears a name that is too familiar to be more familiar, Zhang Meng's heartstrings still flutter reflexively.

"You said that under the order of Ding Gongjun, where is Ding Jianyang?" Min Gong continued to question.

On the way here, Ding Chengcheng assigned the villain to explore the way first...... The villain will escort His Majesty back to the city......"

Before Lu Bu's words fell, he was interrupted by Dong Zhuo's words: "Your Majesty think twice!" The minister recently found out that the Mengjin fire a month ago was actually set by Ding Jianyang. This man is tyrannical and rebellious, and he must not be convinced! ”

Dong Zhuo's army was summoned to Luoyang by the general He Jin, in addition to Dong Zhuo, there were several other foreign armies, the current ruling Jin Wu Ding Yuan was among them, "Jianyang" is the word of Ding Yuan.

Zhang Meng listened to Lu Bu's words, and his mind suddenly surged.

Ding Yuan served in the early state and assassinated the history, guarded the frontier and made many meritorious achievements, and his subordinate soldiers had the reputation of being good at fighting. In mid-July, Ding Yuan was appointed Commander of Wumeng and led his army south to the northern part of Henan County. It was also in this month that a fire broke out in Mengjin, an important ferry on the south bank of the river, and the fire was so monstrous that the flames even shone into Luoyang, dozens of miles away.

At that time, rumors were spreading, and the thousands of people who set the fire called themselves "Black Mountain Uncle", which seemed to be related to the Black Mountain thieves who were active in the Taihang Mountain area. In addition to setting the fire, they also claimed that the burning of Mengjin was to give the eunuchs in the Luoyang court a deterrent. Such a catastrophe not only exacerbated the panic of the people in the government and the opposition in Luoyang, but also caused an undercurrent in the political arena of Luoyang.

Someone once reported that the activities of "Black Mountain Bo" were related to the officials and troops of Ding Yuan's department, but they were suppressed by the court officials headed by He Jin, and instead of blaming Ding Yuan, they also promoted him to one of the nine kings, Zhi Jinwu, to show comfort.

There are about 700 forbidden troops under Zhi Jinwu, which is not worth mentioning compared to Ding Yuan's own subordinates, but the point is that with the official position of Zhi Jinwu, Ding Yuan, as the head of the foreign army, has a reason to bring his army into Luoyang City and act as a forbidden army. Otherwise, he would be like Dong Zhuo, although he led the troops to the outside of Luoyang, because he was a guest soldier, he had no right to enter the city, so he could only be stationed in Jiyang Pavilion twenty miles west of Luoyang City.

The comparison between the two shows He Jin's reliance on Ding Yuan.

Now that He Jin is in a different place, Dong Zhuo turned out Ding Yuan's old accounts at this time, and he was naturally full of confidence.

When Lu Bu heard this, he responded sharply: "The Mengjin fire was committed by thieves, and it has nothing to do with Duke Ding, Your Majesty knows it!" ”

The young emperor, who was not yet a weak crown, didn't know what to do, and he couldn't speak. On the contrary, it was Liu Xie, who actually said loudly: "Whoever of you can welcome the Son of Heaven back to the palace is right." ”

When Zhang Meng heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and secretly thought: "Dong and Lu are already tense, isn't this sentence adding fuel to the fire, and let the two parties fight for life and death?" Dong Hou is smart, after all, he is young and does not choose his words. Peeked at Liu Xie, only to find that he was grimacing at himself.

Min Gong became an old man and reconciled in time: "Now is not the time to care about this." Dong Gong, you and Ding Gong are here to help, but the Son of Heaven can't follow you. The matter of moving has to wait for Yuan Gong and them to decide. ”

Zhang Meng nodded secretly, the original owner had been in the court for a long time, and he heard and saw it, so he naturally knew that the "Yuan Gong" mentioned here was one of the three princes of the dynasty, Taifu Yuan Kui.

Yuan Kui was born in Runan Yuan, since the ancestor Yuan An of the Han Dynasty Emperor became the boss, has passed on four generations, five people have held the highest honor of the three dukes of officialdom, so they are known as the "four worlds and three dukes". And because of the prevailing officialdom in the Eastern Han Dynasty with the master-apprentice relationship as the link, the Runan Yuan family, whose family members served as court officials, was a protégé and former official all over the world, with extremely deep political resources and extensive contacts, and gradually became a first-class gate valve in the world.

Yuan Kui is currently the most representative figure of the Yuan clan in Runan. After the death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, the eldest son of Liu Wei succeeded to the throne as the emperor under the support of the general He Jin and others.

Lu Shang Shushi had the right to review the documents of the Shangzhu and manage the affairs of the court, and in the case of Liu Wei's youth and ignorance, he was more responsible for the decision-making and issuance of specific affairs of the state, which can be described as the highest power of the imperial court. Therefore, before the political turmoil in Luoyang, there were only two auxiliary ministers with absolute right to speak, He Jin and Yuan Kui, and now that He Jin is dead, only Yuan Kui is left who can represent the will of the imperial court.

After Min Gong finished speaking, Dong Zhuo was silent. Liu Wei was very uncomfortable in front of everyone, and he hid behind Min Gong with trepidation.

Dong Zhuo raised his hand slightly, and Guo Yan and the soldiers in the courtyard got up one after another.

Zhang Meng walked straight to Lu Bu and gently held his arms.

Lu Bu stood up straight while tightening his armor, and Zhang Meng found that he was a few inches shorter than himself, which was completely different from the image of the immensely tall and incomparably taller he had imagined. However, the two looked at each other slightly, and a chilling killing aura rushed to their faces, and a sense of uneasiness immediately swept through Zhang Meng's body.

"Thank you."

Lu Bu grinned and arched his hand, although he was expressing friendship, it was like the sun in the cold winter, which made people feel no warmth.

Zhang Meng returned the salute and thought: "I have seen many people with strange appearances, this Lu Bu's appearance is not amazing, but the momentum is very intimidating, and it is really extraordinary." ”

The Son of Heaven came forward to mediate, but Rao is Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu didn't like each other, and they didn't dare to continue to call each other after all.

At Min Gong's request, Dong Zhuo reined in his troops, while Lü Bu's men retreated to a small forest farther away.

Liu Wei had been in a state of shock since he left the palace, and Min Gong accompanied him back to the front hall to speak.

Dong Zhuo was in a bad mood, it was important to rectify the troops, and he had no time to receive Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng went around his camp twice, and also returned to the house, preparing to go to see the situation of Luo Fu, not wanting to meet Liu Xie first.

Liu Xie looked at the colorless Liu Wei from a distance, scratched his forehead and asked, "Chengying, I don't understand." When the first emperor was there, the civil and military officials were all respectful in front of him, and there was no disobedience, how did he get to the eldest brother now, it was a fire and a chaos, whether it was a eunuch or a soldier, they were all arrogant...... They are all emperors, what is the difference between the eldest brother and the first emperor? ”

Zhang Meng said: "If you are the emperor of Dong Hou, what should you be?" ”

Liu Xie was very confident, and replied: "I am the emperor, and I will not make chaos in the palace with loyal ministers and traitorous ministers." ”

Zhang Meng then asked: "Let's take Zhang Rang and He Jin as examples, what is loyalty and what is treachery?" ”

Liu Xie was speechless for a while, and after a while, he shook his head and said dejectedly: "I don't understand." ”

"If you don't understand, you will be in chaos." Zhang Meng sighed, "If it weren't for that, how could there be such a big mess." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he looked at Liu Wei who was not far away, and said nothing, as if he was thinking.

Zhang Meng pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Dong Hou, you are smart by nature, if you are born in an ordinary people's family, you will not lose a good thing." But in the emperor's family, the most involuntary is the best choice, if you are wise and foolish, if you are clumsy, I am afraid that it is the best choice. ”

Liu Xie was puzzled: "Great wisdom is foolish...... It's clumsy...... What does that mean? ”

Zhang Menggang wanted to explain, Liu Xiexian shook his head: "That's it, that's it, the Queen Mother said, I'm young, I can't understand many things even if I hear them, and when I grow up, I will understand ......" said and laughed, "Anyway, I'm not the emperor." ”

"Dong Hou, you ......"

Zhang Meng suddenly felt excited, and when the words came to his mouth, a ringing bell disrupted his thoughts.