Chapter 280 Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Li Su, son?
Sili, Chang'an.

After Dong Zhuo returned to Chang'an, he did not give up.

The death of Xu Rong did deal a heavy blow to Dong Zhuo, but the emergence of new hope allowed Dong Zhuo to be reborn.

Diao Chan is pregnant!

And after identification by the medical officer, it was confirmed to be a boy!
Dong Zhuo had no descendants, so he lost hope. Now that he has a son in his old age, how can he lose his motivation?

For the sake of our soon-to-be-born son, even if we cannot expand our territory, we must protect our current foundation!

As for Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo wanted to chop this ungrateful and incompetent dog to death!
For the so-called fame, fortune and power, she actually betrayed him?

Can’t Dong Zhuo afford it?

Isn’t he just a county marquis?

Short-sighted!

However, Lu Bu has been behaving a little abnormally recently.

Dong Zhuo could always see Lu Bu wandering around Meiwu.

If we talk about assassination and murder, it doesn't seem like it since Lu Bu would hide every time he saw Dong Zhuo.

Other things such as reconciliation and asking for forgiveness are even more impossible.

Dong Zhuo was very confused.

And recently, as Diao Chan's belly has grown bigger, Lu Bu has been wandering around more often.

In order to lay a foundation for his son, Dong Zhuo did not carry out extensive construction of Meiwu, allowing Lu Bu to enter and leave freely without being caught.

Even if Dong Zhuo wanted to capture him, it would be difficult. Even if Lu Bu lost his Red Hare, his fighting power was still there. Alone, no one could be his opponent.

If there were more people, Lu Bu would run away.

You can’t catch it, and you can’t control it.

Dong Zhuo simply ignored it as he had more important things to do: meeting with the envoys from Ma Teng and Han Sui.

This time Ma Teng came in person, but Han Sui did not come and instead sent his son-in-law Yan Xing.

Dong Zhuo entertained the two men warmly in Meiwu, and both the host and the guests were delighted.

The next morning.

Dong Zhuo formally negotiated with the two men and the process went very smoothly.

Dong Zhuo appointed Han Sui as General Zhenxi and Ma Teng as General Zhengxi, and ordered them to lead troops into Chang'an.

Han Sui stationed his troops in Youfufeng, and Ma Teng stationed his troops directly twenty miles west of Meiwu.

Ma Teng readily agreed. The closer they were, the more it showed Dong Zhuo's trust in him. This time he made the right bet.

It doesn’t matter what Han Sui thinks.

After Emperor Ling of Han sent troops to attack several times, the power of Han Sui and Ma Teng was greatly reduced. Even if they faced the half-crippled Dong Zhuo, they could barely unite to fight against him. If they were separated, they would surely be defeated.

Now that the two powerful forces have joined forces, Dong Zhuo can have 50,000 to 60,000 cannon fodder in his hands. He can defeat Lu Bu and Dong Cheng without sending out elite troops.

The next thing becomes simple, just clear them one by one.

...

After hearing the news, Lu Bu became unable to sleep or eat.

He went to Meiwu every few days, not to reconcile with Dong Zhuo, but to see his unborn son.

This is the news that Diao Chan told him personally, it is absolutely true!
That's not Dong Zhuo's son, but his Lu Bu's son!

It’s strange that such a brave man like Lu Bu only had one daughter in all these years, and Dong Zhuo only had two daughters.

Now, not only Diao Chan is pregnant with a son, but even Lu Bu’s wife Yan is also pregnant, also with a son!

Moreover, Yan became pregnant earlier than Diao Chan!

It is really a double happiness.

Unfortunately, all this beauty was destroyed by Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Lu Bu was worried that the day the Xiliang army entered Chang'an would be the day he would be liquidated.

this day.

Lu Bu was about to go out to seek help from Dong Cheng and Wang Yun.

Dong Cheng is an extraordinary guy. He offered his daughter to the emperor as a concubine and now he is promoted to the rank of General of Cavalry.

But Lu Bu was envious. If his daughter Lu Qiling was not too young, he would have wanted to do the same.

The difference is too big!
Lu Bu was just granted the title of Marquis Wen, which was a title he had received before Wang Yun. It was like picking up garbage.

This bastard Wang Yun is such a scoundrel!

Lu Bu was preoccupied with his own affairs and didn't pay attention to the road conditions. He only reacted after he bumped into someone.

"Ouch."

The gifts in Li Su's hand fell to the ground. He was not angry when he was knocked down by Lu Bu. He even smiled and said, "Wen Hou is going out?"

"Ah."

Seeing Li Su, Lu Bu felt suffocated and responded in a dull voice.

I don't know what connections this guy had, but getting promoted was as easy as eating and drinking. He was first appointed as General of the Central Army, and later he was appointed as Marquis of Ting.

In less than a year, his official position is almost catching up with his!
Until now, Lu Bu is still a general with a miscellaneous title who needs to compete with others for the position of General Fenwei!
Now there are random appointments everywhere, and there are many powerful generals. Lu Bu is determined to ask for a general to establish a government this time, otherwise, he will quit!
"I heard that my sister-in-law was about to give birth. I was worried that she was too weak, so I bought some tonic medicine and sent it to her."

Li Su explained in a flattering manner: "I bought all this with my meager salary."

Lu Bu did not believe a word of this nonsense. Ever since they fell out with Lu Bu, their military pay had been cut off. Where did the salary come from?

Even the emperor had to rely on Lu Bu and Dong Cheng for support.

As for the source of the money, it goes without saying that it is all the people's hard-earned money.

"I'll accept the gift on your behalf." Lu Bu said impatiently, "I have something else to do, so I won't entertain you."

"It should be so. It should be so."

Li Su put on the lowest posture and said: "I will take my leave now."

Seeing Li Su's sly look, Lu Bu spat, "What a spineless person!"

Having said this, he mounted his good horse and hurried towards the Chang'an Palace.

After a cup of tea, Li Su came back again, stuffed a handful of five-zhu coins into the doorman's pocket, and asked arrogantly, "Do you know how to tell Lord Wen?"

The concierge flattered, "No one has visited today except you."

"Yes." Li Su nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lead the way!"

The doorman took Li Su along the familiar route, and they made their way to the backyard of the marquis's mansion through many twists and turns.

"Go down."

Li Su clearly sneaked in, but he pushed open Yan's door like the owner.

It is already past October and Chang'an is slightly cooler.

In another month or two, Yan would be due to give birth. To prevent her from catching a cold, a brazier was lit in the room to keep her warm. Lu Qiling was also staying elsewhere, being taken care of by a maid.

"Why are you here again?"

Yan was shocked to see that Li Su was not happy but worried that if they were discovered by Lu Bu, both of them would be killed without a burial place.

"I come to see my son, why not?"

Li Su has a son, but this son feels different.

"Hurry! Let me touch it!"

Yan was half-hearted, with complicated expressions in her eyes.

She didn't know what to do with this kind of relationship.

Li Su didn't stay long. After a quarter of an hour, he was ready to leave.

"It's not peaceful lately, so be careful."

Before leaving, Li Su said, "If you get separated from Lord Wen in the future, you can come find me."

Yan did not respond, but kept these words in mind.

...

Weiyang Palace.

Liu Xie has grown very fast in the past few months. Even though Wang Yun has become the second Dong Zhuo, he is not as angry as before.

Ever since the guards around him were replaced by the emperor's uncle's men, Liu Xie has never felt so at ease.

He knew the efforts that the emperor's uncle was making, and also knew why the emperor's uncle did not come directly to pick him up. Just look at Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun, they were both called "loyal ministers" but did the same thing!

Liu Xie finally saw the difference between Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo and his ilk from the perspective of an observer.

Dong Zhuo was a violent person who would start fighting if he disagreed with someone. Wang Yun, on the other hand, was a cultural person who would rely on his mouth to take care of everything.

Liu Xie once hated Dong Zhuo very much because he was rude.

Now Dong Zhuo has restrained himself and Wang Yun has become arrogant. In comparison, Liu Xie likes the current Dong Zhuo more.

Because Wang Yun is now trying to interfere in his private life!
Just because you are young, you can’t have sex?
What's the point?
Liu Xie couldn't understand. Since he couldn't have sex, why were so many women forced into his body?

Liu Xie felt that the man named Jin Yang sent by his uncle was right.

"Being a prostitute, you still want to build a memorial archway for yourself!"

Wang Yun is a typical example!

"His Majesty?"

"His Majesty!"

Hearing the call, Liu Xie woke up.

Seeing Wang Yun staring at him seriously, Liu Xie panicked and quickly apologized: "Excuse me, Wang Situ, what did you just say?"

Wang Yun said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, as the ruler of a country, you should set an example for the world. How can you..."

Balabala, a lot.

Hearing Wang Yun start preaching again, Liu Xie pretended to be attentive and listened attentively, but in fact he was extremely impatient.

After half an hour, Wang Yun finally finished citing scriptures and asked, "Does your majesty understand?"

Liu Xie nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

After such a perfunctory manner, Wang Yun sighed and said, "The world is in chaos. Your Majesty is the orthodox of the Han Dynasty. You should set an example and not let villains take advantage of the opportunity to rebel."

"Dong Zhuo has committed atrocities. I ask Your Majesty to strip him of his title, remove him from his position as Grand Tutor, and demote him to a commoner!"

again!

Liu Xie was so disgusted that he said, "Let Wang Situ make the decision."

Unexpectedly, Wang Yun actually had a big trick up his sleeve this time: "Your Majesty, I request that you issue an edict and order Jin Mao to lead the army north to completely annihilate Dong Zhuo!"

This time, Liu Xie was angry.

Wang Yun, this shameless bastard, fully supported Dong Zhuo in dismissing Jin Mao from his post, and now he wants someone to lead troops north.

Suddenly, Liu Xie recalled something, calmed down, and asked: "Jin...Jin Mao has long been demoted to a commoner, how can he lead troops to the north?"

This was a brilliant trick accidentally leaked by the big mouth Jin Yang, who only said it was a plan from the brilliant military strategist, which put Wang Yun in a dilemma.

At that time, Liu Xie didn't take it seriously.

Now seeing Wang Yun looking left and talking about him again, Liu Xie immediately believed it.

"Your Majesty, the whole world belongs to the king."

"So what if I don't have an official position?"

"As long as Jinmao has a sincere heart..."

Listening to Wang Yun's quibbling, Liu Xie felt a surge of pleasure in his heart.

You are quite a talker, so why do you always tell lies to trick children?

Do you really think Liu Xie has studied in vain and doesn't even know the most basic common sense?
Having no official position or job is rebellion!

At the end, Wang Yun couldn't continue and had to leave.

Liu Xie returned to his bedroom in high spirits, and couldn't wait to share the good news with Jin Yang.

"Shanbian (Jinyang's courtesy name), I encountered a happy thing today!"

The Golden Goat was dressed in the clothes of a eunuch, but with all kinds of gold seals and purple ribbons hanging on his body, making him look as ridiculous as possible.

"What are you doing?"

Liu Xie not only did not blame him, but he could not help laughing and said, "Put it down quickly, or I will chop off your head."

Jin Yang seemed to be used to Liu Xie's way of joking, and said with a flattering face: "Your Majesty, please let me take more back. This is a gold seal and purple ribbon that even my uncle has never had!"

Liu Xie covered his stomach which hurt from laughing and said casually, "What's the big deal? When the emperor's uncle comes to the capital, I will give him two!"

"Really?" Jin Yang's eyes sparkled as he asked, "Your Majesty, what about me?"

Liu Xie sat up straight and pretended to be very imposing, saying: "I grant you a silver seal and a purple ribbon."

Then his momentum collapsed instantly, and he asked, "How is it? Am I kind enough to you?"

The Golden Sheep was so happy that he lost his mind and babbled, "Haha! Silver seal and purple ribbon!"

"From now on, when the military advisor sees me, he must bow to me and address me as Lord."

Liu Xie spoke up in time to stop him, saying, "No, if you want to be called a lord, you must at least be a marquis."

"That's right." Jin Yang slapped his forehead and begged Liu Xie, "Then Your Majesty, please make me a marquis."

"No, no." Liu Xie shook his head, almost shaking off the crown on his head: "You have never fought in a war, how can you be granted a title without military merit?"

"Why don't I have it?" The Golden Goat stood up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"Thinking back to when I was in Wushang County, I followed my uncle in battles across the country and killed countless enemies! It was so awesome! Awesome!"

At the end, Jin Mao was at a loss for words and began to recite the vocabulary that Liu Xie had taught him during this period.

This made Liu Xie laugh again: "Wushang County is just a tiny place, but why is it fighting wars all over the country and swallowing up mountains and rivers?"

"Why don't you talk about the northern expedition against the Huns?"

"Oh, right, right!" Jin Yang tried hard to remember the new words: "I went north to fight the Xiongnu in Wushang County!"

Liu Xie burst into laughter and unconsciously shook off his sparse crown, revealing strings of beads intertwined together.

Suddenly, they were both dumbfounded.

"It's all your fault!"

Liu Xie pretended to be angry and said, "If you hadn't made me laugh, how could this have happened?"

Jin Yang said helplessly: "Then I...I will not make Your Majesty laugh anymore."

Sensing that Jin Yang was in a bad mood, Liu Xie consoled him, "Forget it, I forgive you. If you can put your crown in order, I will grant you the title of Marquis of Ting."

The Golden Sheep instantly recovered and started bragging again: "Your Majesty, I'm not bragging, my uncle..."

In the empty imperial palace, Liu Xie's laughter and scolding could be heard from time to time, which made the concubines jealous.

...

The central government offices were located just north of the Weiyang Palace.

The palace was too big, and Wang Yun did not catch the laughter and chatter of Liu Xie and Jin Yang, otherwise, Jin Yang would not have been alive until now.

Wang Yun had just finished dealing with a bunch of government affairs and was planning to take a break.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu and Dong Cheng entered the central government office one after another.

"Wang Situ, your death is approaching, and you still have the energy to deal with these trivial matters?"

When Dong Cheng heard Lu Bu say that he saw with his own eyes that Dong Zhuo formed an alliance with Ma Teng and Han Sui, he could no longer sit still and rushed over as fast as he could.

"Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. Knowing the details, one can see the big picture. How can this be considered a trivial matter?"

Dong Cheng didn't have time to respond and went straight to the point: "If Dong Zhuo joins forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui, he will have more than 100,000 soldiers under his command!"

"We only have less than 30,000 people. How can we resist?"

In the past few months, both sides have been busy, trying various ways to recruit troops.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu and Dong Cheng, who had no money and no food, were naturally no match for Dong Zhuo, who had money and food.

The Xiliang Army has recruited nearly 20,000 men, while the Bingzhou Army has only a few thousand, and the total number of the entire army is less than 30,000.

If Han Sui and Ma Teng came, Dong Cheng didn't dare to think about what would happen next.

Wang Yun said calmly, "Why are you panicking?"

"Dong Zhuo has Ma Teng and Han Sui, so we have no one left?"

"General Zhu Jun leads more than 10,000 elite soldiers to garrison Luoyang!"

"Liu Biao, governor of Jingzhou, has 20,000 soldiers under his command!"

Wang Yun looked at Lu Bu again and said, "There are still 20,000 troops on the other side. It depends on whether Fengxian is capable of winning them over."

(End of this chapter)