I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 238 Important card
In fact, if a general can hold his breath, he will definitely not provoke troubles at this juncture and confront the Jizhou army.

After all, Liu Jian was ordered by the imperial court to come back with Dong Zhuo to clean up the Bingzhou army, and judging from the current situation, Liu Jian should indeed "pick up" Li Jin's thousands of defeated soldiers in Bingzhou.

Considering the overall situation, Niu Fu shouldn't have a bad relationship with Liu Jian. After all, he doesn't have Dong Zhuo's military order now. Once he fights with the Jizhou army at will and causes other emergencies, he can't 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. Today, Zhang Fei scolded him in front of the two armies. If Zhang Fei doesn't show some color, Niu Fu How to command the armed forces in Liangzhou in the future?
Can't afford to lose that person.

He made up his mind that when Zhang Fei came to him with his horse, he would drag Zhang Fei off the horse, throw him with dirt on his face, then scold Zhang Fei severely, and educate him What is politeness, and then walk away, will surely convince the soldiers of the three armies to be convinced by his power.

In this way, it can be regarded as a lesson to the other party, which has increased his own face, and at the same time, it is not regarded as offending the Jizhou Army. It is impossible for Liu Jian to fall out with Dong Zhuo because of his trivial matter.

I didn't kill anyone, I was just pure humiliation.

……

Seeing Zhang Fei casually riding his horse towards him, Niu Fu became more and more angry.

This ring-eyed thief really doesn't take himself seriously... Look at his arrogant state!No nervousness at all.

I will let you know how powerful it is.

Niu Fu took a deep breath, clamped his legs, and rode towards Zhang Fei's direction.

When Lu Bu saw Niu Fu go out to meet Zhang Fei with a high-spirited horse riding, he opened his mouth to remind him.

Don't be impulsive...

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

Persuading him in front of the soldiers of the two armies, on the contrary, it seemed that Niu Fu was a head shorter than the other side, and it was completely unnecessary to provoke Niu Fu to turn around and resent him.

If he is willing to go for a beating, let him do it himself.

What a bitch.

Soon, the horses of Zhang Fei and Niu Fu crossed each other on the battlefield.

Zhang Fei cupped his hands at Niu Fu, and lazily said: "This time we are getting closer, you can listen to me carefully..."

Before he finished speaking, Niu Fu stretched out his hand, grabbed Zhang Fei's arm, and shouted loudly: "Come down for me, you..."

However, Zhang Fei, who was sitting on the horse opposite, remained motionless like an iron tower. He just smiled and looked at Niu Fu contemptuously.

"what are you doing?"

Niu Fu was stunned, and then he pushed harder: "Get down!"

The opponent still didn't move.

This, what's going on here?

Go down, go down, go down!

Zhang Fei sneered, and with a backhand pull, he pulled Niu Fu off the horse and put him on his own horse's back. Then he reined in the horse and retreated towards his camp.

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

Lu Bu shouted, "Zhang Fei! What are you going to do!"

But Lu Bu just yelled and didn't dare to charge up.

Zhang Fei returned to the army alone, and said to Liu Bei with a smile: "Brother, look who I captured and brought back..."

"presumptuous!"

Liu Bei shouted angrily, startling Zhang Fei.

Then, Liu Bei hurriedly got off his horse and helped Niu Fu, who had been "captured alive" by Zhang Fei, off the horse.

Afterwards, Liu Bei bowed to Niu Fu in front of the soldiers of the two armies, and said: "My brother is stubborn and offended General Huwei, please forgive me!"

Niu Fu fell to the ground in a panic, he hastily helped his pocket with his hands, and adjusted the cloak behind him, looking at Liu Bei who was very respectful in front of him, he was about to get angry.

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

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

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

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

"Heh, heh, hahaha!"

The corners of Niu Fu's mouth curled up in embarrassment at first, then his smile gradually widened, and finally turned into a big laugh.

The problem is, at this moment, the more joyful the smile, the more embarrassing it is.

But he really couldn't help it.

Niu Fu cupped his hands at Liu Bei and said: "Joke, joke, what Liu Jun and I did just now were all jokes. Your family Liu Shijun and Xiangguo are old friends, and now they are ordered by the court to return to the army to help suppress the bandits. It’s too late for Niu’s admiration, how can he blame it, it’s a trivial matter, it’s just a trivial matter... I will return to Luoyang later, and report this matter to Xiangguo."

Liu Bei was still humble and said: "General Niu's open-mindedness is really convincing! Liu Bei is very impressed! Come on, send the general back to the battle."

Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers of the two armies, Niu Fu was sent back to his own formation by Liu Bei.

He got on his horse and looked at Lu Bu beside him.

But he saw Lu Bu lowered his head, and he didn't know what he was thinking, as if he didn't see what was going on in front of him.

Niu Fu coughed lightly, and said with a blushing face, "The soldiers and horses in Jizhou have already wiped out the rebellion, so we have nothing to do here. Go back to Luoyang and report to Xiangguo!"

……

……

At the same time, in Luoyang city.

Jushou began to transport the belongings of Liu Jian's family to the outside of Luoyang City. At the same time, he went to Yuan Ji's residence and was ordered to carry some belongings. And shipped out of town.

The goods that Jushou wants to transport out of the city, as well as the accompanying personnel, have to go through the three strict checkpoints of the Xiliang Army for interrogation every day, especially all the accompanying personnel must be verified one by one according to their household registration.

That is, every item transported out of the city must be checked and counted.

At the same time, only those carrying goods brought into the city by Jushou are allowed to accompany them, and other idlers are not allowed.

And after the daily interrogation, people from the Xiliang Army would go to Dong Zhuo to report the results of today's interrogation.

Dong Zhuo sat on the main seat, listening to the Xiliang army below report to him the situation of today's investigation of Jushou's group.

He looked at the list of items that Jushou had shipped out of the city today, and seeing that there was nothing unusual, he threw the list on the table.

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

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

"Actually, this old man has thought about it a long time ago. Liu Deran spared such a big circle just because he wanted to take Yuan Ji's only son out! Hey, he and Yuan Ji are close friends and want to help him keep it safe." A descendant, this old man can understand this matter, if you want to pick it up, you can pick it up, it’s okay! What can you do with a brat? Or just tell the old man, will the old man still stop him? It's so babbling! It's so secretive!"

Li Ru stroked his beard, and said with a half-smile: "Xiangguo was wrong. He was not afraid that he would not be secretive enough, but he was afraid that people in the world would not see what he was doing! He deliberately made it full of wind and rain, superficially secretive, In fact, it is like an announcement to the world, including Jushou who came to Luoyang to help operate this time."

Dong Zhuo was taken aback when he heard the words: "What do you mean?"

Li Ru sneered and said, "Xiangguo, although he only picked up a child, the water here is very deep! Although Xiangguo is talented, he probably doesn't understand the style of the Kanto gentry."

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo became interested when he heard the words: "I would like to hear the details."

Li Ru said slowly: "That Jushou is the leader of the famous family in Guangping County, a state of talents, in Jizhou, where there are many noble families, the Guangping Ju family can still be listed as the leader, whether it is land or private slaves , are not lacking, what is the most lacking for Jushou, who is the head of the clan?"

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

Li Ru nodded, and said, "That's it. The official doesn't know if it was Ju Shou's remonstrance or Liu Jian's idea to drive the troops back to attack Zhang Yi with Xiangguo."

"However, for Jushou, this is an opportunity to raise his prestige, because no matter whether it is a scholar in the world or a court official, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Yi's matter is a cover, and they must have other things to do .”

"Originally all the nobles in Luoyang City didn't pay much attention to Jushou's coming to Luoyang, but Liu Jian suddenly returned to fight Zhang Yi, so everyone's eyes must 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, anyone can guess. Perhaps the key lies in the envoy Jushou!"

"It is said that it is a strategy to attack the west, but in fact it is a strategy to attract the west. I am afraid that people in the world will not look at Jushou!"

Dong Zhuo nodded, and said, "That's right, the old man started to pay attention to Jushou's actions because Liu Jian wanted to attack Zhang Yi, hehe, and transported some goods out of the city, do you really think the old man is a reckless man?"

Li Ru smiled and said: "To put it bluntly, whether the Yuan family's children can get out of Luoyang is not important to Jushou, but let everyone in the world know that he Jushou has done a righteous act and personally managed to help the four Shi Sangong's patriarch, Yuan Ji, transported the Yuan family's children out of the city, this matter is very important to Ju Shou!"

"To put it bluntly, that Jushou has no friendship with Yuan Ji. Whether his son is lucky or not, it is of no benefit to him or to the whole Jizhou. He may wish to be stopped by the people sent by Xiangguo when he finally takes the child out of the city. Now, send the child back to the Yuan Mansion, the matter has not been accomplished, but the world knows what he did! And the fact that his lord Liu Jian helped Yuan Ji steal the child is also known to the world."

"To put it bluntly, as far as Jushou is concerned, it is best not to do this matter. One is that nothing will be delayed, and he will not cause trouble in the future. Two, he and his protagonist Liu Jian will use this matter to become famous all over the world. Scholars praised that even though the three things were not accomplished, he from Jizhou did not offend Xiangguo, at most he was kicked out of Luoyang by Xiangguo, that's all."

Dong Zhuo rubbed his temples with his hands.

"Kandong Celebrities are the most capable of putting on airs, and the most deceitful and deep-minded!"

Li Ru laughed when he heard this.

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

Li Ru stroked his beard, hesitantly said: "Perhaps, Liu Jian was eager to save people and ignored some details."

On the lower side, Jia Xu on the other side smiled disdainfully after hearing Li Ru's words, but it was only for a moment, and no one saw it.

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

"Here."

Afterwards, Li Ru and Jia Xu left the prime minister's residence respectively.

……

Jia Xu didn't take the car, but went for a walk on his own. Just as he reached a street corner, he heard someone calling from behind him: "Brother Wenhe!"

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

Jia Xu bowed to Li Ru: "Wenyou looking for me?"

Li Ru also respectfully returned the salute, and then asked: "What is Wen He's opinion on the matter that Prime Minister Xiang Guo just asked?"

Jia Xu shook her head: "I don't have any opinions, what Wen Youshi just said is right, it's admirable."

"That's not right."

Li Ru said with a smile: "Wen He's words may not come from the 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 inferior to that of Li!"

"Hey, don't dare, dare not!" Jia Xu hurriedly waved his hands, expressing humility.

Li Ru stretched out his hand and pulled Jia Xu to the side alley, and asked, "Wen He, in fact, sometimes, sir, you don't have to be too silent. What you have to say, you have to say to Xiangguo."

Jia Xu sighed lightly, and said: "Alas, a certain person's intelligence is shallow, and what he said is really unrefined."

"Haha, be humble, be humble, and you won't be able to enter the elegant hall, so it will still be able to reach my ears, right? There is no one else here."

Jia Xu sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "Actually, I heard Wen You's words just now, and Xu admired him deeply. As a well-known wise man in Hebei, Wen You can see through his thoughts. Wen You is really superior. It's just that Liu Jian..."

"How about Liu Jian?"

"If Liu Jian wants to save Yuan Ji's son, why not ask the Xiangguo for it directly on the condition that he joins forces to attack Zhang Yi?"

Li Ru frowned upon hearing this.

"Then if Xiangguo should not?"

Jia Xu smiled lightly: "Then secretly send someone to contact Yuan Ji, carefully plan, disguise and disguise, and change sons and sons. It seems that you can try it. Why do you have to return to the army, as if you are facing a big enemy?"

"Um……"

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

"What do you mean by Wenhe?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but I really can't figure out these few places... It seems that I am afraid that people in the world will not know that the person in his hands is the son of the Yuan family who "comes out of suffering"..."

Li Ru listened to Jia Xu's words, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "The style is gentle and humorous, and he came out of suffering..."

But then, he seemed to think of something again.

He slapped his forehead suddenly, and murmured: "So that's it! This is Liu Deran's true meaning."

Jia Xu looked at Li Ru suspiciously: "Why is Wenyou? What is Liu Deran's true meaning?"

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

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to Jia Xu, then hurriedly turned and left.

Jia Xu looked at Li Ru's back as he left in a hurry.

"Ha ha……"

Jia Xu laughed, shook her head, turned and left.

……

Li Ru returned to Xiangguo Mansion again to wait for his summons.

But Dong Zhuo is getting old, so he needs to take a nap every day.

Li Ru didn't dare to disturb him, but 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 about."

Dong Zhuo never thought that Li Ru would go out for a stroll and then come back and tell him about it.

He looked at Li Ru very puzzled, and asked, "What is Liu Deran's intention?"

Li Ru respectfully said: "Reporting to Xiangguo, in my opinion, Yuan Ji entrusted his son to Liu Deran. It must be that the Yuan family's foreign shepherd did something to him that made Yuan Ji feel cold. Just imagine that Ding Yuan suddenly attacked Liu Jian. , this matter should not have been instigated by Yuan Kui or Yuan Jizhi."

Dong Zhuo said: "What you mean is that Jushou gave Liu Deran admonishment, and Liu Deran used his plan to make Jushou do this, in order to let the people in the world understand that Yuan Ji's son is in Liu Deran's hands!"

"That's right, if Liu Deran directly asks the important people of the Xiangguo, he may lose the reputation of the world's scholars and make him suspected of colluding with the Xiangguo to kidnap the son of the Yuan family. In the future, once the Yuan family and the Xiangguo have a bad relationship and Yuan Ji dies, who in the world can prove that the child in his hands belongs to Yuan Ji? Even if he has evidence, he will probably be denied and covered up by those "minded people". Anyway, no proof!"

Dong Zhuo snorted, and said: "The only way to pretend to be blind with your eyes closed is to pick up the Yuan family's child while Luoyang Zhaozhong and the world's gentry are like mirrors, so that you are out of cooperation with the old man. I suspect that, if I talk about this child in the future, no one in the world will doubt the identity of this child?"

Li Rudao: "That's exactly the case. Yuan Ji definitely didn't want people to know that his son was in Liu Jian's hands. Liu Jian didn't want to publicize this matter, so since it's a secret, it must be publicized, so that the world can see it thoroughly! This way, we can still end up with something. Great reputation for saving the son of a dear friend!"

Dong Zhuo said curiously: "It's just that this old man doesn't understand. Even if this old man really turns against Yuan Ji one day and disposes of Yuan Ji, how can he use a little boy of the Yuan family to order and move the old officials of the Yuan family?"

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

"In today's world, the only ones who can pose a threat to the Liu family's imperial power are the well-dressed and well-dressed families in the Kanto region!"

"However, most of the famous families in Kanto are gathered under the Yuan family's wings. Behind the Yuan family are thousands of gentry families, and the help is endless, which can be said to be invincible,"

"Don't look at Liu Jian's prosperity these years. He has become a state shepherd, a general, and a fake Jieyue, but with his style of play, if he really confronts the Yuan family head-on, ten Liu Jians will die! Hundred years old Accumulation and precipitation are not something that Liu Deran can match by spending six or seven years playing strategy! The difference between accumulation and precipitation is too far."

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

"Yuan Ji is the leader of the Kwantung gentry, if something happens to him, his brothers and sisters, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Dong, and Yuan Yi may all come out. It is very likely that among them is someone who planned to harm Yuan Ji today. , that's why Yuan Ji didn't dare to hand over his own child to brothers of the same clan, but he didn't expect that this child might be an excuse for the Yuan brothers to attack aggressively in the future."

"So, thinking about it, Liu Deran must take this child away at this moment, but he must not take it away in a muddle-headed way, but in the hearts of the scholars in the world, under the eyes of the court officials, and in everyone's eyes. Take it away with your heart like a mirror!"

"He did this to give the world a feeling that Yuan Ji had no choice but to let him take the child away in a sneaky way. The people Yuan Ji wants to guard against are not only Xiangguo, but also some—others!"

"For him, this is a bright chess piece that must be seen by everyone in the world!"

Dong Zhuo opened his mouth wide in surprise, and after a long pause, he said softly: "You said that the old man understood, but is he really not afraid that the old man will stop him?"

Li Rudao: "Liu Jian should guess based on Xiangguo's recent performance in Luoyang, and think that Xiangguo has such a vision!"

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

Dong Zhuo snorted.

"Boy surnamed Liu, hide behind and play around with this old man like a fool!"

After finishing speaking, Dong Zhuo kicked down the table in front of him.

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Xiangguo calm down!"

Dong Zhuo took two deep breaths and said with a helpless smile: "Return to anger, but the old man has to obey! The trick he set up, the old man still has to keep his head down and let him drill in, this kid , sending it to him is much more useful than being in the hands of the old man!"

(End of this chapter)