In fact, if the generals who can calm down, they will definitely not pick quarrels and provoke trouble at this juncture and fight against the Jizhou army.

After all, Liu Jian was summoned by the imperial court and made a special trip back to clean up the annexed state army with Dong Zhuo, and judging from the current situation, Liu Jian should indeed have "cleaned up" Li Ji's thousands of defeated troops in the annexed state.

For the sake of the overall situation, Niu Fu should not have a bad relationship with Liu Jian, after all, he does not have Dong Zhuo's military order now, once he makes a move with the Jizhou army at will, causing any other emergencies, he will not be able to explain it in front of Dong Zhuo.

But Niu Fu has been under Dong Zhuo's hands for a long time, and he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he is more arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and today he was scolded by Zhang Fei in front of the two armies.

I can't afford to lose that person.

He made up his mind in his heart, and when Zhang Fei came to his side on horseback, he dragged Zhang Fei off the horse, threw him in the face, and then scolded Zhang Fei fiercely, taught him what politeness is, and then walked away, which would definitely make the soldiers of the three armies convinced of his might.

In this way, it can be regarded as teaching the other party a lesson and growing his own face, and at the same time, it is not considered to have offended the Jizhou army, and it is impossible for Liu Jian to fall out with Dong Zhuo because of this trivial matter.

I didn't kill anyone, I just humiliated me.

……

Seeing Zhang Fei walking towards him casually, Niu Fu became more and more angry in his heart.

This ring-eyed thief really doesn't take himself seriously...... Look at his arrogant state! I don't see any nervousness or fear.

I'll let you know how awesome.

Niu Fu took a deep breath, clamped his legs, and marched in the direction of Zhang Fei.

Lu Bu saw that Niu Fu was vigorously beating the horse and going out to Zhang Fei, and opened his mouth to remind him.

Don't be impulsive......

But when he thought about Niu Fushicai's arrogant appearance later, he estimated that even if he reminded him, it would be in vain.

persuaded him in front of the soldiers of the two armies, but it seemed that Niu Fu was a head shorter than the other party, and it was completely unnecessary for Niu Fu to turn around and resent himself.

He himself is willing to go and find a beating, so let him go by himself.

What a.

Soon, Zhang Fei and Niu Fu's war horses intersected in the battlefield.

Zhang Fei arched his hand at Niu Fu and said lazily: "This time it's close, you can listen carefully to my words......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Niu Fuyi stretch out his hand, grabbed Zhang Fei's arm, and shouted: "You come down for me, you ......"

However, Zhang Fei, who was sitting on a war horse on the opposite side, did not move at all like an iron tower, he just seemed to be smiling, and looked at Niu Fu contemptuously.

"What are you doing?"

Niu Fu was stunned, and then he pressed again: "You go down for me!" ”

The other party still doesn't move.

This, what's going on?

Go down, go down, go down!

Zhang Fei sneered, pulled Niu Fu with his backhand, pulled Niu Fu directly from the war horse, pressed it on his horse's back, and then pulled the reins of the horse, and retreated towards his own camp.

This sudden change made all the sergeants present a little dumbfounded, especially the sergeants of the Xiliang Army, who didn't know how to deal with this matter now!

Lu Bu shouted: "Zhang Fei! What thou shalt do? ”

But Lu Bu only shouted and didn't dare to rush up.

Zhang Fei returned to the military formation alone, and said to Liu Bei with a smile: "Brother, look at who I have captured and come back......"

"Presumptuous!"

Liu Bei shouted angrily, startling Zhang Fei.

Then, I saw Liu Bei hurriedly turn over and dismount, and Niu Fu, who was "captured alive" by Zhang Fei, was helped down from the horse.

Then, I saw Liu Bei in front of the soldiers of the two armies, bowing to Niu Fuchang, and said: "My brother is stubborn, offending the general Huwei, and I ask the general to forgive me!" ”

Niu Fu was embarrassed to get off the ground, he hurriedly helped his pocket with his hand, tidied up the cloak behind him, and looked at Liu Bei, who was very respectful in front of him, and was about to get angry.

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them.

Because he suddenly found that Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Ran and others behind Liu Bei were all staring at him coldly.

The breeze blew gently across his forehead, and the atmosphere in the field instantly made Niu Fu feel a sense of coldness.

He is now in the military formation of the Jizhou Army, surrounded by people from the other side......

"Heh, hehe, hahaha!"

The corners of Ushisuke's mouth first hooked up in embarrassment, and then his smile gradually expanded, and finally turned into a laugh.

The problem is that the more joyful the laughter becomes, the more embarrassing it becomes.

But he really can't help it.

Niu Fu arched his hand at Liu Bei and said: "Jokes, jokes, what the right person Liu Jun and I do, are all jokes, your Liu Envoy Jun and Xiangguo are old friends, and this time he was ordered by the imperial court to return to the army to help suppress the thief, Niu Mou is too late to admire, how can he blame, small meaning, it's all small meaning...... I will return to Luoyang and explain this matter to Xiangguo. ”

Liu Bei still said with a humble attitude: "General Niu is open-minded, which is really convincing!" Liu Bei was impressed! Come on, send the general back to the battle. ”

Niu Fu was sent back to his own formation by Liu Bei under the watchful eyes of the two sergeants.

He turned over and looked at Lu Bu on the side.

saw Lu Bu with his head down, and he didn't know what he was thinking, as if he hadn't seen what was in front of him.

Niu Fu coughed lightly, and said with a red face: "Jizhou soldiers and horses, we have eliminated rebellion, we don't have any fun here, go back to Luoyang and report to Xiangguo!" ”

……

……

At the same time, inside the city of Luoyang.

At the same time, he went to Yuan Ji's mansion and was ordered to carry some goods, but Liu Jian had stored them in Yuan Ji's mansion in the past and needed to transport them out of the city.

For the goods to be transported out of the city, as well as the entourage, they must go through the three strict checkpoints of the Xiliang Army every day, especially all the entourage, which must be verified one by one according to their household registration.

It is to check and count everything that is transported out of the city.

At the same time, only those who brought goods into the city were allowed to accompany them, and the rest of the idle people were not allowed.

And after the daily check, the people of the Xiliang Army will go to Dong Zhuo to explain the results of today's check.

Dong Zhuo sat on the main seat, listening to the Xiliang army below and explaining to him the situation of today's investigation of Fu Zhi and his party.

He looked at the book of items that had been transported out of the city today, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he threw the book on the table.

"You say, what kind of routine is he trying to play?"

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and Jia Xu who sat down with a smile:

"Actually, the old man has long pondered the taste, Liu Deran spared such a big circle, is it just to take Yuan Ji's only son out! Hey, he and the surname Yuan are friends with each other, and they want to help him protect a descendant, and the old man can understand this matter, if you want to take it away, take it away, it's okay! What about a little kid? Or just tell the old man, will the old man stop him? I have to make such a god-wrenching chatter! It's so secretive! ”

Li Ru stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xiangguo is wrong, it's not that he is afraid that he will not be secretive enough, he is afraid that the world will not be able to see what he is doing!" deliberately made the city full of wind and rain, which was hidden on the surface, but in fact it was like announcing it to the world, including the frustration who came to Luoyang to help operate this time. ”

Dong Zhuo was stunned when he heard this: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Ru sneered: "Xiangguo, although it is just to pick up a child, the water in this is deep!" Although Xiangguo is eloquent and strategic, he may not know much about the style of behavior of the Kwantung clan. ”

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo became interested when he heard this: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Li Ru said slowly: "That frustration is the leader of the wang clan of Guangping County, a state of Maocai, in the Jizhou where the scholar clan is a huge and complex place, the Guangping frustration clan can still be listed as the leader, whether it is land or people and private slaves, there is no shortage, and now for the head of a clan, what is the most lacking?" ”

Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Prestige! You scholars, I like this the most! ”

Li Ru nodded and said, "That's it, the last official doesn't know if it was a frustrated admonition to drive the troops back to attack Zhang Yi with Xiangguo, or Liu Jian's idea,"

"However, for Fu Zhu, this is an opportunity to raise his prestige, because whether it is a corporal in the world or the minister of the court, a discerning person can see that Zhang Yi's matter is a cover, and they must have other things to do."

"Originally, all the high-ranking nobles in Luoyang City didn't pay much attention to the frustration that they came to Luoyang, but Liu Jian suddenly returned to fight Zhang Yi, so everyone's eyes will inevitably be focused on this battle,"

"But no one in Luoyang City is a fool, on the surface, they may be attracted by the war, but in fact, everyone can guess, maybe the key is still in the body of the envoy!"

"It is said that it is a strategy to attack the west, but in fact, this is the sound of the east leading the west, for fear that people in the world will not look at it from this side!"

Dong Zhuo nodded and said: "Yes, the old man also deliberately began to pay attention to the actions of the frustrated man because Liu Jian wanted to attack Zhang Yi, hehe, and also transported some wealth and goods out of the city, is the old man really a reckless man?" ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, whether the children of the Yuan family can get out of Luoyang is not important to Fu Zhu, but let everyone in the world know that he has done a righteous deed, personally managing Yuan Ji, the head of the family who helped the fourth and third princes, and transporting the children of the Yuan family out of the city, this matter is very important to Fu Zhu!" ”

"To put it bluntly, that frustration has no friendship with Yuan Ji, whether he can transport his son out of Luoyang, it is not good for him and the whole Jizhou, he may wish that when he finally transported the child out of the city, he was stopped by the people sent by Xiangguo and drove the child back to Yuan's mansion, the matter was not done, but what he did was known to the world! And his father-in-law, Liu Jian, helped Yuan Ji steal the child, which is also known to the world. ”

"To put it bluntly, for frustration, it is best not to succeed in this matter, one will not delay anything, and he will not cause a commotion in the future, and the second is that he and his frustrated lord Liu Jian will take advantage of this matter to become famous in the world and praise the people in Shilin, although the three things have not been done, he Jizhou people are not considered to have offended Xiangguo, at most he was driven out of Luoyang by Xiangguo, that's all."

Dong Zhuo rubbed his temples with his hands.

"Kanto celebrities are the most capable of pretending, and the most deceitful and deep-minded!"

Li Ru smiled when he heard this.

Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked again: "Then Liu Jian, can't you see the doorway?" ”

Li Ru stroked his beard and hesitated: "Perhaps, it was Liu Jian who saved people and ignored some details." ”

On the lower side, Jia Xu on the other side heard Li Ru's words and smiled disdainfully, but it was only for a moment and did not let anyone see it.

Dong Zhuo chatted with the two of them for a while, and said, "The old man is tired, you go down first." ”

"Whoa."

Subsequently, Li Ru and Jia Xu went out of the Prime Minister's Mansion separately.

……

Jia Xu didn't take the car, but walked back by himself, and just walked to a street corner, but heard someone behind him calling him: "Brother Wenhe!" ”

Jia Xu turned around slowly, and saw Li Ru running towards him.

Jia Xu gave a salute to Li Ru: "Wenyou is looking for me?" ”

Li Ru also returned the salute respectfully, and then asked: "What is Wen He's opinion on the things that the appropriate talent Xiangguo asked?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "I don't have any opinions, what Wen Youshi said is true, which is admirable." ”

"That's not right."

Li Ru said with a smile: "Wen He's words, I'm afraid it is not from the bottom of my heart, although I haven't been in contact with you for a long time, I can see that Wen He's wisdom should not be under Li!" ”

"Hey, don't dare, don't dare!" Jia Xu hurriedly waved his hand to show his modesty.

Li Ru stretched out his hand and pulled Jia Xu into the alley on the side, and asked, "Wenhe, in fact, sometimes, Mr. doesn't have to be too silent, what should be said is still to Xiangguo." ”

Jia Xu sighed lightly and said, "Alas, a certain talent is shallow, and what he says is really not elegant. ”

"Haha, modest, modest, can't get into the hall of elegance, then you can still get into my ears after all, right? There is no one here. ”

Jia Xu sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Actually, when he heard Wen You's words, he was deeply admired, as a famous wise man in Hebei, his mind could be seen through by Wen You, Wen You really has superiority, but Liu Jian ......"

"How is Liu Jian?"

"If Liu Jian wants to save Yuan Ji's son, why not ask Xiangguo directly for it on the condition of attacking Zhang Yi with a joint army, wouldn't it be troublesome?"

Li Ru frowned when he heard this.

"What if the country should not?"

Jia Xu smiled faintly: "Then secretly send someone to contact Yuan Ji, plan carefully, disguise and change clothes, and change your son, it seems that you can try it, why do you have to return to the army, as if you are facing a great enemy?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Li Ru frowned, thought for a long time, and then looked at Jia Xu again.

"What does Wen He mean?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I really can't think about these places...... It seems that he is afraid that the people of the world will not know that the person in his hands is the concubine of the Yuan family who "came out of suffering......"

Li Ru listened to Jia Xu's words, smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Wenhe is funny, and he still suffers and comes out......"

But then, he seemed to think of something again.

He slapped his forehead abruptly and muttered, "I see! This is Liu Deran's true meaning. ”

Jia Xu looked at Li Ru with a puzzled face: "Wen You, why is this?" What is Liu Deran's true meaning? ”

"Huh? Nothing, nothing! Haha, I still have something to do, let's go first, Wenhe, you and I will talk another day. ”

With that, he arched his hand to Jia Xu, and then hurriedly turned to leave.

Jia Xu looked at the back of Li Ru who left in a hurry.

"Hehe......"

Jia Xu laughed, shook his head, and turned to leave.

……

Li Ru returned to Xiangguo's Mansion again to wait for the summons.

However, Dong Zhuo is old, and he needs to take a nap every day.

Li Ru didn't dare to disturb, just waited outside for Dong Zhuo to wake up.

When he was young, after Dong Zhuo woke up, Li Rufang dared to enter his mansion and meet Dong Zhuo.

"Xiangguo, the last official knows what Liu Deran is thinking."

Dong Zhuo never thought that Li Ru would run outside for a walk, and when he came back, he actually told himself about it.

He looked at Li Ru very puzzled and asked, "What does Liu Deran mean?" ”

Li Ru said respectfully: "Back to Xiangguo, in my opinion, Yuan Ji entrusted his son to Liu Deran, it must be the Yuan family's foreign pastor who did something to Yuan Ji's heart, just imagine that Ding Yuan suddenly attacked Liu Jian, this matter should not be instigated by Yuan Kui or Yuan Ji." ”

Dong Zhuo said: "What you mean is to give Liu Deran advice, and Liu Deran will plan and let Fu teach this method, in order to let people in the world understand that Yuan Ji's sister-in-law is in his hands Liu Deran!" ”

"Yes, if Liu Deran asks Xiangguo's dignitaries directly, he is afraid that he will be told the truth by the world's corporals, so that he will be suspected of fornicating with Xiangguo to kidnap the son of the Yuan family, but if he quietly picks up Yuan Ji's son secretly, it will not be known, once the Yuan family has a bad relationship with Xiangguo in the future, Yuan Ji will die, who in the world can prove that the child in his hands is Yuan Ji's? Even if he has evidence, I am afraid that he will be denied and covered up by those 'people with a heart', anyway, there is no proof of death! ”

Dong Zhuo snorted and said: "The only way to pretend to be blind with your eyes closed, in the case of the princess of the Luoyang Dynasty and the world clan is like a mirror in the hearts of the Yuan family, so that you can get rid of the suspicion of cooperating with the old man, and if you talk about this child in the future, no one in the world will doubt the identity of this child?" ”

Li Ru said: "That's right, Yuan Ji definitely doesn't want people to know that his son is in Liu Jian's hands, and Liu Jian is not good at making a noise about this matter, so since it is secret, it must be publicized, so that the world can see it thoroughly!" In this way, he can also get a good reputation for saving the son of his best friend! ”

Dong Zhuo said with some curiosity: "It's just that the old man doesn't understand, even if the old man really turns his face with Yuan Ji one day and disposes of Yuan Ji, can he still order the Yuan family to move the old officials of the Yuan family with a little cub?" ”

Li Ru shook his head: "You can't give orders, but you can split!" ”

"Today, the only thing that can pose a threat to the imperial power of the Liu family is the well-dressed giant room in the east and the high gate of the wang clan!"

"However, most of the prominent clans in the Kanto region are condensed under the wings of the Yuan family, and behind the Yuan family are thousands of clan gates, and the help is endless, which can be described as invincible,"

"Don't look at Liu Jian's ups and downs over the years, he has become a state pastor, a general, and a fake festival, but with his style of play, if he really fights the Yuan family head-on, ten Liu Jian will also die! A hundred years of accumulation and precipitation is not something that he Liu Deran can match with six or seven years of playing strategy! The years of accumulation and precipitation are too far apart. ”

"For him, only by splitting the Yuan clan can he have a chance of winning, and splitting the Yuan clan is equivalent to splitting the Kanto Wang clan!"

"Yuan Ji is the leader of the Kwantung clan, once he has something, his brother will end up with his brother, what Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Dong, and Yuan Yi may all jump out, and it is very likely that there are people among them who are designing to harm Yuan Ji today, so Yuan Ji did not dare to hand over his child to his brothers of the same clan, but he didn't expect that this child would probably be an excuse for a large-scale attack between the Yuan brothers in the future."

"Therefore, thinking about it, Liu Deran must take this child away at this moment, but he must not take it away quietly in a daze, but in the hearts of the people of the world, under the noses of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and in the case of everyone's hearts like a mirror!"

"His move is to give the world a feeling that Yuan Ji has no choice but to secretly let the child take him away, and the people Yuan Ji has to guard against are not only Xiangguo, but also some - others!"

"For him, this is a chess piece that must be visible to everyone in the world!"

Dong Zhuo opened his mouth in surprise, and after being stunned for a long time, he said quietly: "As soon as you say that the old man understands, but he is really not afraid that the old man will stop him?" ”

Li Ru said: "Liu Jian should guess through Xiangguo's recent performance in Luoyang, and I feel that Xiangguo has this vision!" ”

"Even if Xiangguo doesn't have it, he just needs to secretly send another envoy to explain his intentions to Xiangguo."

Dong Zhuo snorted.

"The kid surnamed Liu, hiding in the rear, playing the old man like a fool and a fool!"

After saying that, I saw Dong Zhuo kick down the table in front of him.

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Xiangguo is angry! ”

Dong Zhuo took two deep breaths, and said with a helpless smile: "Angry is angry, but the old man also has to be convinced!" The trap he set, the old man had to keep his head down, let his command drill in, this child, sent to him, is much more useful than in the old man's hands! ”

(End of chapter)