Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 393: Fooling Dong Zhuo
A young man who was over nine feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick waist, but with a frivolous face and looking left and right, was brought in front of Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was lying on the couch, with his eyes half-open and half-closed. Two palace maids were massaging his legs, looking nonchalant.

Li Ru sat aside, just looked up at the people who came, and then ate his snacks.

The visitor looked at the two men's actions and was not angry. He just curled his lips and bowed.

"Shangjun Governor Zhu Ye, I pay my respects to the Grand Master!"

When Dong Zhuo heard him introduce himself, he suddenly opened his eyes and stared at him in surprise for a long time. Li Ru's hand, which was about to put snacks into his mouth, also stopped in mid-air.

Dong Zhuo looked him up and down for a long time and asked, "Are you Zhu Ye? The fifth of Liu He's sworn brothers?"

Zhu Ye pretended to be serious and formal and replied: "Replying to the Grand Master, it is me."

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru looked at each other and saw surprise and confusion in each other's eyes. They originally thought that Liu He had sent an eloquent envoy, but they did not expect that the one who came was the sworn brother who had always been careless and outspoken. It was really beyond their expectations.

Dong Zhuo was about to ask something when his face suddenly darkened again and he looked extremely angry.

"Humph, Liu He, you dare to come to see me? He actually dared to call on the princes of the world to oppose me. He really deserves to be cut into pieces! Aren't you afraid that I will chop you into pieces?"

Zhu Ye looked confused: "When did my elder brother oppose the Grand Tutor? How come I didn't know?"

His expression made Dong Zhuo very angry at the time.

"You... little thief, how dare you play tricks on me! Liu He forged an imperial edict to order the people of the world to attack me. Did he think I was blind?"

He was so angry that he slapped the table in front of him, causing it to bounce up.

Seeing this, Zhu Ye looked even more innocent.

"It's unfair. My elder brother has good intentions. How could he be considered as opposing the Grand Tutor?"

Dong Zhuo was so angry that he was speechless for a moment, and Li Ru hurried to ask questions for him.

"Oh? How can you be kind-hearted?"

Zhu Ye pursed his lips and said, "It's not easy. My elder brother said that there are countless people in the world today, whether in the court or among the local princes, who secretly want to oppose Lord Dong. However, these people are as timid as mice and can only play some tricks. They dare not jump out and confront Lord Dong head-on."

When Li Ru heard this, his eyes narrowed, as if he became interested, and motioned Zhu Ye to continue.

"Hehe, big brother said that Lord Dong has a large army, and these guys are just tiny pests. But even if they are fleas and insects, when there are too many of them, it will really make people annoyed. Big brother means that all these fleas should be shaken out, and then..."

Dong Zhuo also became interested after hearing this. He leaned forward a little and asked, "What then?"

Zhu Ye stretched out a foot, stomped it hard on the ground, and then grinned.

"Then you can just stomp them all to death with one foot, wouldn't that be great? My eldest brother said this is called luring fleas out of their holes, hehe."

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up, and he stared at the place where Zhu Ye stepped for a long time, hesitating for a long time. He looked at Zhu Ye from head to toe, but Zhu Ye didn't have any signs of lying, and his reputation didn't seem like that of a person who would gossip. Dong Zhuo thought for a while, and then suddenly laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, good! Good! What a great way to lure the flea out of the hole. Xian Zhao really wins my heart!"

Li Ru looked at Zhu Ye, still full of doubts.

"General Zhu, your words are just one-sided. How can you prove that Liu He really has this intention, or does he want to continue to deceive the Grand Tutor?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, the smile on his face froze instantly and he stared at Zhu Ye with suspicion.

But Zhu Ye began to get impatient.

"Oh, why are you all so stupid? I thought I, Zhu Ye, was stupid enough. Both of you are higher officials than me, but it turns out you are much dumber than me."

"presumptuous!"

Li Ru and Dong Zhuo were immediately furious and stood up. Zhu Ye was not afraid at all and continued to talk to himself: "My elder brother has given the military orders to the Grand Master, and now he has sent me, his sworn brother for more than ten years, to come in person. If you want to deceive others with such sincerity, would you do this? You can't figure this out, and you don't believe me when I say you are stupid, haha."

Dong Zhuo was so angry at his attitude that he stood up, pointed his finger at Zhu Ye, and wanted to curse him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

The main thing is that there is really nothing wrong with what Zhu Ye said.

Not to mention the matter of the tiger talisman, when Dong Zhuo heard that Liu He had sent an envoy, he thought it would be a eloquent scholar. He never thought it would be one of Liu He's four sworn brothers, let alone Zhu Ye.

Seeing Dong Zhuo's angry face, Li Ru was afraid that Dong Zhuo might have given some orders in a fit of anger, so he hurried forward to mediate.

"Although General Zhu's words are reasonable, he deserves to be punished for being so disrespectful to the Grand Tutor! Come, take him away first, find an empty palace nearby, and take good care of him."

Zhu Ye pouted, looked indifferent, and followed the guards away.

After he left, Dong Zhuo's anger subsided a little. He sat back on the couch, took a sip of wine and calmed himself down.

Li Ru just sat aside and didn't say anything.

Dong Zhuo glanced at him and asked unhappily, "Why is Wenyou silent? Can Zhu Ye's words be trusted?"

Li Ru was a little hesitant and undecided.

Dong Zhuo saw that he didn't say anything for a long time and became anxious again.

"Oh, my good son-in-law, please tell me quickly! Whether it's good or bad, if you say you believe it, I will believe it. If you say you don't believe it, I will immediately order someone to chop this guy to pieces! These things are really troublesome when I think about them, and I am very annoyed!"

Seeing that he had said so, Li Ru decided not to delay it any further.

"Replying to Grand Tutor, it is hard to believe that Liu He deliberately deceived others. After all, who would spend such a huge price to deceive others? Moreover, Zhu Ye's character... is really not the material for deceiving people. No matter how carefully the lie is planned in advance, it will be exposed in his mouth."

Dong Zhuo's expression brightened: "So this is credible?"

Li Ru looked embarrassed and said, "But if you say it's true, I still have some doubts in my heart. I think this matter is very strange."

"Hey, isn't that the same as not saying anything? Give me a definite answer."

Dong Zhuo urged.

Li Ru gritted his teeth and said, "From my guess, if Liu He wants to deceive the Grand Tutor, his purpose is nothing more than one thing."

"Just tell me quickly."

"As a member of the royal family, if Liu He cares about the Han Dynasty and wants to revive the Han Dynasty, he must take back Luoyang and kill us. So if he wants to gain the trust of the Grand Tutor, he will definitely ask his army to take over part of our defense, so that he can cooperate with the allied forces to break through Hulao Pass and seize Luoyang City."

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo kept nodding his head in agreement.

Li Ru continued, "So we might as well trust him once, but reject all his future military requests. We will let him lead the army to Hanoi, and then the Grand Tutor will use the tiger talisman to send his trusted generals to seize his military power, and then take his family back to Luoyang. In this way, the Grand Tutor can rest assured."

"This..." Dong Zhuo hesitated.

"If he really wants to join me, will this move undermine his loyalty? He is indeed a talented general, even Li, Guo, Zhang, and Fan are not as good as him. If I can really win his heart, he will definitely be my right-hand man."

Dong Zhuo had heard a lot about Liu He's deeds. After entering Luoyang, he read many memorials from previous years and learned about Liu He's deeds over the years. He still liked him very much.

This time it was Li Ru's turn to get anxious: "Grandmaster, if you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. If you want to win his heart, you must first confirm that he is loyal. Now everything is up in the air, it is understandable that Grandmaster is on guard. If this person is loyal to you, you can compensate him in the future. As long as the overall situation of the world is stable, why should you be afraid of him stirring up trouble?"

Dong Zhuo thought for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and shouted: "Come on, call Zhu Ye over."

He had just given the order when he turned around and thought about Zhu Ye's behavior just now, and couldn't help laughing again.

"Hey, this Zhu Ye, a rough man, actually came to be a verbal messenger. I don't know if Liu He is stupid or he really has no more literati to use. This messenger is wonderful and interesting."

(End of this chapter)