At the same time, in the main hall of the palace, above the court, dozens of ministers knelt on the ground and waited.

The ministers received a notice early in the morning that they all went to the court to wait for the driver, and no one was allowed to be absent, nor was it allowed to take leave. What is this called? A careful official, when he inquired, it turned out that Dong Xiangguo was presiding over today's court meeting, so who dared not come? He could only obediently rush to the palace to wait for the ride.

Dong Zhuo had a habit that the ministers who arrived before him had to wait on their knees. Taken by Dong Zhuo's prestige, the ministers all did it, and after a long time, they all got used to it. But today is also strange, the ministers knelt from morning to noon, waited for more than two hours, and did not see Dong Zhuo show up.

The ministers muttered in their hearts, but no one dared to say it, nor did they dare to talk to each other, because the ministers all knew that in fact, the little eunuchs on the side were all staring at it, who whispered to whom in private, and made sure that someone would report it to Dong Zhuo to know, no matter what you were talking about, maybe you would be charged with something.

The younger ones are better, and there are many elderly ministers, but they can't kneel for so long, their legs are sore, and they are tired, so they simply sit down. In the same way, they all sat down. The elite of the country, the pillars of the country, just collectively "sit on the ground".

Side hall. Xiangguo Dong Zhuo half leaned on the couch, two palace maids rubbed their shoulders in the back, two palace maids beat their legs in front, and two palace maids stood in the wine cup to serve, and then two palace maids were one left and one right palm fan.

A young woman, lying on the ground and crying pear blossoms with rain.

Dong Zhuo was annoyed, threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, and shouted: "Although you are the concubine of the former emperor, it is your blessing to be able to serve the original emperor, and you are not afraid that the original minister will send you to see the first emperor? As he spoke, he kicked the woman over.

The little eunuch came to report "Master Lu asks to see him", Dong Zhuo hummed, which was an answer.

A man hurriedly came in and knelt down to greet Xiang Guo, and Dong Zhuo waved his hand to signal him to stand up and reply. The man got up, took a glass of wine from the palace maid's hand, and said with a smile: "It's good to hand over to your grandson if you don't know how to lift, why should Xiangye be angry?"

The man looked like he was twenty-six or seventeen years old, tall and straight, and his aura was magnificent. With fair skin and a face like warm jade, he is a beautiful young man with a dignified appearance, and he is Lu Bu.

Dong Zhuo asked: "After you became the head of the house, you haven't been to see Bai'er, my precious granddaughter has sued you several times, and I want to punish you." ”

Lu Bu replied: "Thank you for the cultivation, my grandson is willing to serve the dogs and horses." These days, I do things for Xiangye, and I have no time to separate, Xiangye can rest assured that my grandson will take time to visit Miss. ”

Dong Zhuo coughed dryly: "Manly man, you should focus on your career, you do your best, and you are very satisfied, but Bai'er still needs you to solve it yourself." Oh, how did that go?"

Dong Zhuo waved his hand to drive all the palace maids out, and Lu Bu reported in detail, claiming that everything was in accordance with Xiang Ye's plan, and it went very smoothly, and repeatedly gave a thumbs up to compliment Xiang Ye for his clever trick of 'casting a long line to catch a big fish'.

Then two more people came in to restore their lives, one was the little eunuch who followed the emperor to the White Horse Temple to make incense, and the other was the little novice who poisoned the old abbot's tea. , Sure enough, these two are Dong Zhuo's secret agents. In fact, these two brothers are still cousins, and their common surname is Tao.

Dong Zhuo was also very satisfied with the errand of these two people, and assured that the Xuzhou pastoral position of the uncle of these two people was temporarily stable, and the brothers kowtowed like garlic, and they quit with a thousand thanks.

Finally, a shadow-like thin masked man came in, Lu Bu only felt that his eyes flashed, and the person had already arrived in front of him, and his movements were swift, like a ghost. The shadow man's voice was soft, reporting that the emperor had returned to the palace at this moment, and also hinted at Xiangye's instructions to the emperor. Dong Zhuo was also very satisfied, and asked him to meet Lu Bu, and he would work in 'Hongmen' in the future.

After the shadow man went out, the two of them took half a day together, and after confirming that the plan was seamless, Dong Zhuo instructed: "Every link must be accurately controlled, and there can be no mistakes, the Five Elements Sword is the best to grab in your hand, and when necessary, it would rather be destroyed than used by the emperor." It's time, those guys have been waiting for more than two hours. ”

Just when the ministers were tired and tired, the eunuch shouted "Your Majesty has arrived", and the ministers quickly got up and knelt down, and shouted long live.

When he was puzzled, Dong Zhuo of Xiangguo walked in with a smile. followed Lu Bu unhurriedly.

It doesn't matter if you kneel down to Dong Zhuo, what is this Lu Bu, it's just a dog beside Dong Zhuo, and he even accepted the kneeling of the ministers arrogantly, and there was a disdainful 'hum' sound in the crowd at the moment. Of course, due to Dong Zhuo's obscenity, no one dared to accuse him in person.

"Colleagues, Your Majesty has just returned to the palace, and it will be there in a moment. There are two small things to discuss with the ministers, and we will still make a decision according to the method of the minority obeying the majority. However, if someone says something unfavorable to the imperial court, he can resign and not do it, and he will never be retained. “

The meaning is very clear, if anyone is against it, they can roll up and get out.

"The first thing, a group of Yellow Turban Army rebelled against thieves, General Huangfu was ordered to lead a large army of 30,000 to exterminate it, but he did not remember the emperor's grace, delayed and delayed, and delayed the fighter plane, it has been more than three months, and there is no slightest result, he is really incompetent. In order to show his loyalty and filial piety to the Heavenly Dynasty, he decided to order his nephew Dong Huang to take over his position as a general and exterminate the rebels as soon as possible. ”

The ministers said in unison: "Yes." ”

(General Huangfu led the army to fight bloodily on the front line, but the imperial court did not allocate food and grass to the soldiers for almost two months, and the imperial army was hungry to fight, so it had to collect grain nearby, and if it could not be collected, it would be robbed, and the regular army was no different from bandits.) ）

"Second, in order to prevent the rebels from going south, the prime minister ordered Lulong County to order Tao Qian to serve as the pastor of Xuzhou to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves on the spot. He is young and promising, and he has a good reputation for governing the land, and he will definitely live up to expectations. “

The ministers said in unison: "Yes." ”

(Young and promising?) This man is said to be in his seventies. However, he is an upright person, and his official reputation is not bad, but he was directly promoted to Xuzhou Mu by Lulong County Order, and he jumped too fast. ）

Dong Zhuo was very satisfied, and looked at the ministers with a smile.

Dasi Nong played: "Qi Xiangguo, this time Hongnong, Pei, Runan three counties suffered from earthquakes, locusts two plagues, and now there is no green and yellow, the people are displaced, Wangxiangguo allows to transfer grain for disaster relief, save the people from fire and water." “

"Da Si Nong, the prime minister has already said that the treasury is empty, and the money and grain have been transported to the front line to counter the rebellion, what is the purpose of you playing this matter one after another? Oh, this minister remembered that Da Si Nong's hometown is from Pei County, and it won't be an excuse to help his fellow villagers, right?"

"Xiangguo, you. If Cao had selfish intentions, he taught me to vomit blood and die. ”

"How can this be reasonable, your official residence is a big farmer, and you are blatantly spreading rumors, how can there be hunger victims in the prosperous era of my Celestial Empire? There is another matter, I might as well tell you, today Your Majesty went to the White Horse Temple to make incense, but was attacked by assassins, and almost caused a catastrophe. Fortunately, the prime minister sent Lu Zhangmen to rush in time and killed all the rebels in time. It's just that three assassins escaped from the party, and the leader was Cao Cao, the nephew of Da Si Nong, hey, you Da Si Nong will not escape the crime of complicity!"

"My Cao clan has been blessed by the emperor for generations, and I have been brave and loyal, and you are the country... How can you... "Dasi Nong was so grieved and angry that he spurted out a large mouthful of blood and fell to his death.

The ministers were a sensation. A few people who wanted to get up saw Dong Zhuo's eyes wide in anger, and they had no choice but to bow their heads and say nothing.

At this moment, a little eunuch shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived." The emperor, supported by two eunuchs, slowly ascended to the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, Dong Huang replaced General Huangfu and Tao Qian served as the pastor of Xuzhou. ”

"I have great trust in Xiangguo, and Xiangguo is in charge. ”

"Your Majesty is frightened in the White Horse Temple, and the ministers are not well protected, please punish Your Majesty. Your Majesty is relieved, except for Cao Cao's three escapes, the rest of the assassins were all killed, and now Da Si Nong also committed suicide in fear of crime, please Your Majesty ordered to raid Cao's house and hunt down Cao Cao. “

"The first emperor once gave the Cao family 'ten generations of loyalty', but I didn't expect it... ”

"The ministers can testify that Dasi Nong Fang personally said, 'If you have selfish intentions, you should vomit blood and die', and sure enough, the heavens are clear and teach him to fulfill it on the spot. If you don't start earlier, I'm afraid that the Cao clan will abscond in fear of crime. “

The emperor closed his eyes: "Xiangguo is in charge." ”

"Your Majesty, colleagues, 'Without the sword Qi, the sword of the Son of Heaven comes out; 'Emperor Gaozu once left an edict that if the Han River is in trouble, you can send someone to the Calvary Terrace in Julu County, Jizhou to take out the sword of the Son of Heaven and the golden slab, so as to bless my Han foundation. If there are disasters and thieves all over the place today, and it is an eventful time, please ask Your Majesty to make a judgment. “

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were shaken. Some people have also heard about this matter from their ancestors, and for four hundred years, the people have always had this legend, but no one has verified the authenticity, after all, it is related to the foundation of the empire and the royal taboo, and naturally the ministers of the court dare not discuss it.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo actually said it in front of the emperor, the frightened ministers hurriedly lowered their heads deeply. In fact, the emperor was very excited in his heart, and this was exactly what he was eager to do, and he borrowed incense to go to the White Horse Temple to find the old abbot Tanma Jialuo, just to do this. Now that it comes out of Dong Zhuo's mouth, it is much easier to do.

He tried his best to suppress his excitement, so as not to be seen by Dong Zhuo, "This, after all, is a legend, and if there is such a thing, I heard that there are tens of thousands of revenant souls sealed under the sword, if you break the platform to take the sword, but release the revenant soul, it is very bad." He finished these words as calmly as he could, but his heart was about to jump to his throat.

"Well, the ancestors have a century-old foundation, if there is a curse, the minister Dong Zhuo is willing to receive retribution on his behalf. It is better to ask a monk to go to Calvary Terrace together, and after breaking the platform to get the sword, you can exceed it for the souls of the dead, and even build a temple on the Woniu Mountain, and order the monks to pray for blessings every day. I wonder what Your Majesty and your colleagues think?"

The ministers lowered their heads: "Yes." ”

The ministers will say this one word. But this sentence is what Dong Zhuo needs, and it is what the emperor needs, "All of you Aiqing are thinking about the foundation of your ancestors, I am very grateful, please consider Xiangguo's discretion, I... After a pause, he looked at the change in Dong Zhuo's face, and continued: "Xiangguo's proposal is very good, I have decided to allocate money to build the 'Bao'en Temple', and ask the White Horse Temple to preside over Tanma Jialuo... ”

It is said that Natama Jialuo has a lot to do with the escaped Cao Cao and other thieves, and he is now over 100 years old, and his health is sick, and His Majesty's intentions are absolutely inappropriate. ”

Dong Zhuo's words were angry and aggressive. Seeing that the emperor was panicked, he eased up a little and said: "Your Majesty's proposal for the name of 'Bao'en Temple' can be retained, this host is chosen, I heard that Tanma Jialuo has a junior brother, who ordered to call Kuma Kaye, and he is also a high monk, but the two are not in harmony and have left the White Horse Temple." ”

"Since Xiangguo has a good candidate, then. That's. , it's just that he is willing to do it. The emperor was agitated and frightened, coughing and wheezing.

"Hmph, it's for the Han River, 'Those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die', Lu Bu, dig three feet into the ground and find out the Guma Kaye for me. The emperor's body is not itchy, and he quickly returns to the inner palace to recuperate. Today's court meeting is over, disperse the court!"

Cao Cao and his entourage of five, after escaping from the capital, did not dare to delay, and rushed all the way to the east. I was afraid that there would be officers and soldiers on the main road, so I chose some small roads. It was already dark, and since noon had come to this, the water and rice had not been exhausted, and I was tired, and there was a small town in front of me, so I went to stay.