At the same time that Liu Wei and his entourage left Wei's Manor with a large number of supplies, Dong Zhuo, who was personally staying in Luoyang Bigui Garden, also learned the news that Liu Wei had escaped from the Hongnong Palace.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others were secretly colluding, wanting to form an alliance against Dong and raise troops to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but now Dong Zhuo has been tossed by Yuan Shao and others, and is trying to discuss with Li Ru about how to deal with it, but he heard such bad news.

Dong Zhuo, who was like thunder, sent a lot of evil fire in Bi Guiyuan, he held a ring head knife, and slashed indiscriminately in the room like crazy, so frightened that Li Su and the others who came belatedly hid behind the pillars, not daring to take a step closer.

After a long time.

Dong Zhuo, who was out of breath, casually threw aside the ring-headed knife that had already been curled, looked up at Li Su and Hua Xiong, who were silent, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Come in." ”

When Li Su and Hua Xiong heard this, they hurriedly came to Dong Zhuo's face, bowed and saluted, "The last general will meet Xiangguo." ”

Dong Zhuo breathed a long sigh of relief, calmed down the excitement in his heart, and went straight to the point: "King Hongnong has run away." ”

"What?"

When Li Su heard this, he was shocked and blurted out: "How is it possible? ”

"Fan Chou died at the hands of King Hongnong, Wen You was coerced by him and fled all the way to the north, Wang Fang led his troops to chase and intercept, and was also beheaded in front of the battle by the fierce generals under the command of King Hongnong."

Dong Zhuo stretched out his finger and pointed to the corpses of Fan Chou and Wang Fang covered with white cloth, and said, "Take a look for yourself." ”

The two leaned over and lifted the white cloth, and after reading it, Li Su still said with a look of disbelief: "How could King Hongnong, who has no power to restrain the chicken, be able to kill Fan Chou?" ”

"If the old man knows, do you need to ask you?"

Dong Zhuo saw that Li Su was about to open his mouth to explain a few words to himself, so he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Now is not the time to pursue these things, the top priority is to save Wen You from the sea of suffering as soon as possible, and I can't do without him for a moment." ”

"Dare to ask Xiangguo, I don't know where King Hongnong is fleeing now?" Hua Xiong asked.

When Li Su heard this, he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "King Hongnong is dead, and there is no longer such a person as King Hongnong in the world." ”

"Huh?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he frowned and looked at Li Su, and said, "Why do you say this?" ”

Li Su squinted his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Hongnong County was suddenly attacked by the Yellow Turban thieves, the thieves carried out a burning, killing and looting in the city, and the Hongnong Wangfu was not spared. ”

Li Su said, suddenly looked directly into Dong Zhuo's eyes, and said word by word: "The princes of Kwantung are ready to move, if they know that King Hongnong has escaped from your control, at that time, they will definitely raise troops in the name of welcoming King Hongnong."

As the old saying goes: strike first, strike later. Rather than being constrained by others, it is better to directly preemptively strike, so that the hearts of the Kwantung princes to meet the king of Hongnong can be completely extinguished, and the king of Hongnong can be prevented from recruiting troops in the name of Han orthodoxy. ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "Good, great good." ”

Li Su frowned and pondered for a moment, then continued: "Xiangguo still needs to make two preparations, first, to ask His Majesty to inform the world of the death of King Hongnong, and second, to send a general to rescue Wenyou. ”

Li Su said, suddenly his face turned cold, raised his hand and made a movement to wipe his neck in front of his neck, and said, "To prevent future troubles." ”

Dong Zhuo nodded slowly, paced to the case that was split in two by him, and spread a piece of animal skin on the case, which was a map of the Lieutenant Department of the Division, Dong Zhuo looked at the case for a long time, and finally made a mark on the road from Anyi to Jiangyi, and said: "Huaxiong." ”

"The end will be."

"You personally led 800 light horsemen to intercept King Hongnong on the road from Anyi to Jiangyi, and after seeing King Hongnong, don't talk to him..."

Dong Zhuo said, his eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce color that could not be concealed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't kill his entourage." ”

"No."

Hua Xiong retreated.

After Huaxiong left, Dong Zhuo continued to write hard at the desk, prepared an edict with the news of King Hongnong's death, and then asked Li Su to go to Chang'an with this edict to meet Liu Xie and ask him to stamp the jade seal on the edict.

In fact, Dong Zhuo's purpose in letting Li Su go on this trip was not just to let Liu Xie stamp the jade seal on the edict, but to let Liu Xie admit and announce the established fact that King Hongnong died at the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

That's the most important thing right now.

Li Su put the edict close to his arms and said goodbye to Dong Zhuo, and then galloped towards Chang'an on a fast horse.

Luoyang to Chang'an, nearly 700 miles away, but Li Su only took less than two days to come to the front of Weiyang Palace.

Dong Min, who was responsible for helping Dong Zhuo control the Chang'an regime, had been waiting in front of Weiyang Palace for a long time at this time.

Seeing this, Li Su hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and after some greetings, Dong Min personally led Li Su to the dormitory to meet the Son of Heaven.

After the two entered the palace, they went all the way unimpeded and went straight to the Son of Heaven's bedroom.

Looking at Liu Xie, who was silent, Li Su bowed and said, "Xiangguo Lingchen presents the edict to His Majesty, please look at it." ”

Li Su said, took out the edict from his arms, handed it to Liu Xie with both hands, and said, "Please mourn Your Majesty." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, his body shrank back, and he said in a trembling voice: "What happened?" ”

Li Su sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty will know it at a glance." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he hurriedly unfolded the edict, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, he immediately cried bitterly: "Brother... Why? That's all there is to it. ”

Dong Min and Li Su silently watched Liu Xie hold the edict and cry for a long time, until Liu Xie's mood improved, Li Su told him the purpose of his trip.

When Liu Xie heard this, he didn't know where he got the courage, got up and glared at Dong Min angrily and said, "The general is pressing, so that's it." If the destiny of heaven is returned, the general should be honored at the right time, if he pushes but does not live, he should be saved as a community, and he should also choose relatives and virtuous people to supplement him. ”

Liu Xie's words seemed to be for Dong Min, but in fact they were for Dong Zhuo.

Dong Min naturally heard the meaning of his words, so he smiled slightly and said, "Why did Your Majesty say this?" The two ministers and brothers have made great contributions to the society, why not your majesty? ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he pursed his lips, turned his head to the side, and stopped talking.

Dong Min saw that he suddenly had a childish temper, so he stretched out his hand to the hilt of the knife, took a step forward, looked at Liu Xie condescendingly, and said coldly: "Your Majesty wants to rebel?" ”

Liu Xie was so frightened that he shuddered, waved his hand again and again and begged for mercy, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the jade seal on the imperial case on the side, and said, "The jade seal is there, the general please take care of yourself." ”

Dong Min snorted heavily, and then took the edict and went to stamp the jade seal, but Li Su, who was left, ignored Liu Xie's heartbroken mood at the moment, and taught Liu Xie what he needed to say when he went to court tomorrow, and asked him to recite it twice in public, and then left the palace satisfied.

On the second day, when he went to the court, Liu Xie repeated the contents of the edict one by one like a marionette, and recited in public the words that Li Su taught him to say yesterday.

Just when the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, the heartbroken Liu Xie silently left his ministers and walked towards the dormitory crying.