Destroying the Army and Impeding the Lord

Author: Add coriander to crucian carp soup

Destroying the Army and Impeding the Lord

Jiaxu Day, the first day of the ninth month of the first year of Zhaoning

Dong Zhuo summoned hundreds of officials at the Chongde Hall and forced Empress Dowager He to issue an edict to establish Liu Xie as emperor, deposed Liu Bian as King Hongnong, and imprisoned him in Yong'an Palace.

After all the ministers had finished congratulating the new emperor, Dong Zhuo stood on the steps and invited the emperor to hold a banquet. He gathered his beautiful maids and concubines to sing and dance to celebrate.

Before Liu Xie could say anything, Dong Zhuo turned away and ordered his soldiers to "invite" the beauty in the palace. The ministers were mourning in their hearts. At this time, they all covered their faces and wept, and few of them looked at Dong Zhuo angrily.

Dong Zhuo didn't care either. He turned around and looked at Liu Xie. At this moment, his majesty was sitting on the dragon throne.

This position has always been out of reach, but now he feels that it is too close and too short.

It seemed like it was only in the palm of his hand, allowing him to watch and play with it as he pleased.

That's all...

For some reason, many images flashed through Dong Zhuo's mind. He thought of that night in Beiman Mountain, of Liu Bian on horseback, and of Li Ru's phrase "A Han loses its deer"...

At that time, after he saluted Liu Bian, he slowly raised his head.

He looked directly at Yu Hu entering Luoyang.

Now he still salutes Liu Xie casually, more like a kind of charity.

With his belly held out and his head held high, he walked step by step to the dragon chair and stood still.

Liu Xie didn't understand what he meant, so he could only turn his head and look up at Dong Zhuo.

"Why does Your Majesty look up to me?"

Dong Zhuo seemed to ask casually.

Liu Xie reacted immediately, gritted his teeth secretly, and clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, almost pricking his palms with blood.

"If a ruler wants to rule the world peacefully and be famous, he must respect the virtuous and the inferior. The Book of Changes says: 'From top to bottom, the way will shine brightly.'"

This sentence comes from "Shuoyuan Zunxian" written by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty

It means that if a king wants to make the world stable and peaceful, and leave a glorious reputation in future generations, he must respect his ministers and treat scholars humbly. The "Book of Changes" says: "If a superior treats his subordinates with humility, his future will be bright."

bright."

Liu Xie responded to Dong Zhuo with this sentence. At first glance, it seemed that he was praising Dong Zhuo as a virtuous minister and also showing his humility and ambition. However, he seemed to have completely failed to understand the meaning of Dong Zhuo's words, and his answer was watertight.

However, the next sentence of this passage is "If you treat the noble and the humble, you will win the people."

"Treating people of humble status with dignity and humility will win the hearts of the people."

It was obvious that Dong Zhuo didn't know that Liu Xie had made a silent counterattack.

He laughed, his beard trembling on his cheeks, and he casually took the beauty who was pouring wine into his arms.

"You and I will have a great drink today, please don't refuse!"

The officials were filled with grief and anger. Even though they were presented with delicious delicacies, they could not taste the food. They had no choice but to submit because of Dong Zhuo's power.

Zhong Ji felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He glanced at Xun You secretly, wondering if the assassination plan should be carried out in advance...

He originally thought that when Xun You received his look, he would definitely nod and give him an approving look in return.

As a result, Xun You and Zhong Ji looked at each other, but his expression looked a little strange.

Zhong Ji felt confused.

After drinking for three rounds, Dong Zhuo squinted his eyes to enjoy the dance. In his arms, the beauty's fingers were like peeling onions, and her jade bones were as long as her bones. She was carefully peeling off egg shells for him.

Some of the officials had finished their meals and were about to start eating the last of the boiled eggs.

"ah!"

I don't know who first exclaimed, and then there was a commotion in the table. From time to time, people were whispering, and voices of "weird" kept coming and going.

Dong Zhuo couldn't bear the disturbance and slapped the table hard.

"What happened? Why are you so noisy?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion for a while before someone called the attendant and whispered a few words.

The attendant did not dare to delay and quickly walked to Dong Zhuo's side and told him the truth.

Dong Zhuo's expression darkened, he snatched the egg that the beauty was peeling from his arms, and threw the beauty to the ground.

Sure enough, there were some faint words on the peeled eggs.

Dong Zhuo summoned Li Ru and asked him to distinguish.

Li Ru took the egg and looked at it carefully. On the front of the egg was an image of a gen above and a kun below. There were four lines of small characters on the back. He could only make out the last two sentences: "The greedy wolf eats the sun, and the broken army hinders the master."

Dong Zhuo was surprised and looked at the eggs eaten by the officials one by one. They were all the same as those in his hands. He also asked his attendants to bring up the eggs that had not yet been boiled and inspected them. There was nothing wrong, but the surface of the eggs would change after they were cooked.

Automatically generating handwriting pictures is really incredible.

Dong Zhuo thought about it for a long time, but he had no clue, and he didn't understand the meaning of the sentence on the egg. He felt a little uneasy, so he broke up the banquet and left Li Ru alone to discuss it.

"Lord, Peeling is unfavorable and you will have a good future. Xiang said: five yins are at the bottom and one Yang is above. Yin is strong and Yang is lonely; high mountains are attached to the earth. Both of them are peeling symbols, so they are called 'Peel Gua'."

"This hexagram has a strong yin and a weak yang, which means that the villain is in power and the gentleman is in trouble."

"Those who get this hexagram will have bad luck, many losses, and obstacles in their progress. They should stop with the times and stay safe; if they are faced with bad luck, they should redeploy their plans. It is not advisable to be smart, lest they be implicated by women and villains."

"Looking at this wall chart alone, it looks like someone from the Han Dynasty toward the center did it."

"It's just that the hanging sentence is difficult to understand."

"Both Greedy Wolf and Pojun are stars. Greedy Wolf should be violent and cannibalize the people; Pojun is the general who dominates the battlefield."

"If the mastermind behind the scenes uses a greedy wolf as a metaphor for the lord, I wonder how he can explain this biting sun?"

Li Ruben guessed in his mind that eating the sun was alluding to the abolition of the throne, but he felt it was a bit far-fetched. Unless the emperor collapsed, it really shouldn't have the word "eating".

"According to this speculation, Pojun may refer to Dutinghou."

Dong Zhuo frowned and said, "Although Fengxian is brave, he can't be considered a general on the battlefield, right?"

After all, Lu Bu was just a chief clerk under Ding Yuan before, and had never fought a serious battle under Dong Zhuo. Therefore, although Dong Zhuo praised Lu Bu for his bravery when meeting everyone, he still felt a little disdainful in his heart.

Li Ru lowered his head respectfully: "Ru is just assuming that if it is man-made at this time, the purpose must be the master."

"Man-made..." Dong Zhuo shook his head, "Such methods are unpredictable and beyond the reach of man."

"Then my lord, I will put this matter aside for now. Confucianism believes that the theory of ghosts and gods cannot be fully believed."

"My lord, just stay the same and cope with all changes."

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, but he still took this matter to heart, and had a lot of random thoughts.

The study of prophecy was already popular in the Han Dynasty, and this theory was quite similar to that of Dong Zhuo. Therefore, after the officials left the table, there was a lot of discussion, and many rumors spread privately.

Li Ru had already made some preparations, so these rumors did not cause much chaos in the city.

However, within a few days, all the children in the streets had learned to sing the words "The greedy wolf eats the sun, the broken army hinders the Lord". It was impossible to find out the identity of the person who started singing, and the children did not know the words they were singing.

What does it mean.

Li Ru searched for a long time and had no clue, but he was even more convinced that someone must give instructions on this matter.

Dong Zhuo was also in a very irritable mood. He heard nursery rhymes when he was in court, but for some reason he always felt that the tunes contained a mocking meaning.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Li Ru said that day was reasonable. The greedy wolf was scolding him, and the villain in the story was also referring to him.

Dong Zhuo wanted to completely believe Li Ru and regard this matter as man-made.

But he decided in his heart that this was a sign from heaven, so his mood became even more uncertain.

this day

Someone in the palace reported to Dong Zhuo that Liu Bian composed a song in Yong'an Palace. The song goes like this: "Who is loyal and righteous and vents the resentment in my heart?"

Dong Zhuo immediately became angry and cursed: "Shuzi, I am being lenient by not killing you, but you still dare to have resentment in your heart?!"

Li Ru happened to be nearby, and he took a step forward to persuade.

Dong Zhuo had been filled with anger these days and had nowhere to vent it. At this moment, Liu Bian was in Dong Zhuo's hands, so he directly ordered Li Ru to bring his warriors into the palace to kill the emperor.

Li Ru remembered the sentence "The greedy wolf eats the sun" and was shocked. He knew that he could not persuade Dong Zhuo, so he had to bite the bullet and enter the palace.

Along the way, Li Ru's thoughts were racing.

This fact is really bizarre. Could it be that the egg was really a prophecy? Otherwise, how could we predict what would happen next?

As soon as he had this thought in his mind, he couldn't help but be a little shaken. Thinking of "breaking the army and hindering the master" later, he unknowingly became wary of Lu Bu.

Li Ru walked straight into Yong'an Palace and when he saw Liu Bian and Concubine Tang, he did not show any courtesy and directly presented the poisoned wine to them.

Liu Bian's face turned pale, knowing that he would inevitably die.

Concubine Tang burst into tears and stood in front of Liu Bian.

Li Ru glanced at her, and the warrior behind him stepped forward, pulled Concubine Tang away with force, and threw her aside.

Liu Bian's body was trembling slightly, and he looked at Concubine Tang on the ground, his eyes filled with tears.

"As of now, I have nothing to ask for. I just hope that I can commit suicide and preserve my dignity."

Li Ru thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Liu Bian reached out to pick up the poisonous wine on the chopping board. Concubine Tang got the strength from nowhere and slammed her head into it, spilling the poisonous wine all over the floor.

Seeing this, Li Ru directly asked the warriors to hang Concubine Tang.

Liu Bian had no time to grieve, and under the pressure of the warriors, he hurriedly took Bai Ling and hanged himself.

Dong Zhuo was killing Meiji for fun in his palace. Suddenly the sky turned dark. He looked up and saw dark clouds covering the sun. He was horrified to remember that Liu Bian should have died at the hands of Li Ru.

"The greedy wolf eats the sun..."

Could it be that God really predicted it for me?!
Chapter completed!