After entering Weiyang Palace, Qilin did not hurry to go to Dong Zhuo's place. He first followed Cao Cao to inquire about the news.

Luoyang moved the capital to Chang'an. Cao Cao did not recognize the terrain in the palace. However, most of the deacons in the palace were old people. In the past, when Cao Cao conspired with the general He Jin to remove his relatives and eunuchs, they spent a lot of money to buy spies in the palace. Now when he asked, he knew Emperor Xian

Where is he being held under house arrest?

Zhang Liao handed over the documents, and the three of them avoided the sentry posts in the palace and headed towards the deepest part of Weiyang Palace.

"Li Ru is not here." Zhang Liao whispered: "What if Dong Zhuo sends someone to guard the side hall?"

Qilin asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said, "Shall I lead them away for you, sir?"

Cao Cao walked to the rockery to relieve himself, deliberately avoiding their conversation.

Zhang Liao said: "I just don't know what the purpose of your meeting with the emperor is, and how long the meeting will last. We have to give a rough idea, and then Wen Yuan can act as appropriate."

Qilin said: "How to divert them away? I need to convince the emperor to issue me a secret edict... You can listen to my plan... What I want to do is to find a place where no one is around and get in through the window or the roof of the palace. As long as

It's enough for Cao Cao to see him, and it doesn't matter for us to watch for the wind."

Zhang Liao said: "Secret edict?"

Qilin nodded, thinking that there was no need to hide it from him, so he said: "Let the emperor issue a secret edict to kill Dong Zhuo."

Zhang Liao's face turned pale in an instant and he stared at Qilin, who smiled calmly.

Two young men of about the same age, both wearing the uniforms of Bingzhou camp soldiers, stood in the imperial garden and whispered. At that time, dozens of people turned around from the corridor, frowning and asking: "Who is it?"

Zhang Liao and Qilin immediately stopped talking and saw a scribe leading more than ten soldiers of the Liangzhou Army leaving the Chengming Palace where the Emperor of Han lived and heading towards the Jinhua Palace.

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said: "The last general will send a letter of seal to the palace for General Zhonglang. We have just moved the capital and I don't know the roads in the palace. Could you please give me some advice, sir?"

The scribe said displeasedly: "What letter did you send?"

Zhang Liao shook his head and expressed that he was not sure. The scribe asked again: "To whom?"

Qilin said: "The doctor ordered Li Ru."

The scribe smiled and said: "I am Li Ru. Are you here to deliver the city defense list?"

Zhang Liao was stunned. Li Ru pointed at the winding path of the imperial garden with his feather fan and said: "Go around behind the rockery and go out along the straight road from the east gate."

Zhang Liao and Qilin bowed and clasped their fists, left in a hurry, and met Cao Cao behind the rockery.

Li Ru was not aware of the deception. After watching for a moment, he turned around and left with his men.

The three of them saw Li Ru walking away, and Qilin turned back and looked into the Chengming Palace. Cao Cao asked, "What do you think?"

Li Ru came for a patrol. He expected that he had just bullied Emperor Xian for fun. At this time, there were only two guards outside Chengming Hall, and the others escorted him away. Qilin ordered: "Wen Yuan is watching outside the door, let's go in and take a look."

Qilin pressed the window railing with one hand, quickly turned over, and jumped into the hall. Cao Cao followed closely behind. The two quietly lowered themselves to silence the sound of landing. Cao Cao glanced at the hall, then pulled Qilin and tiptoed along the edge of the hall and entered.

between.

There were only two people in the room. A child who was about ten years old was dressed in the imperial robes of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He was lost in thought in the mirror. It was Liu Xie. Next to him, there was another slim girl who personally served him to take off the imperial crown.

The girl spied two Bingzhou sergeants in the mirror, and was about to exclaim, when Liu Xie hurriedly put his hand on her mouth and asked, "Who are they? Whose orders did you come here on?"

There was a hint of fear and helplessness in the young emperor's eyes, but his tone was extremely calm.

Qilin completely did not expect that Emperor Xian was only thirteen years old, but he was young and mature. He bowed and said: "I am Qilin who joined the army under the command of the general Lu Fengxian, and was ordered to come to visit your majesty. How is the emperor doing?"

Emperor Xian said: "Good morning, didn't you just meet me in the morning?"

Qilin: "..."

Cao Cao laughed. Children are children after all, and they finally showed their true nature.

Cao Cao took off his soldier's hat and said with a smile: "Does your Majesty still remember me?"

The girl whispered, "Are you... Cao Cao, the Cavalry Commander?"

Cao Cao bowed politely and said, "My lord, are you Concubine Dong Guifei?"

The girl said: "The maids outside are all arranged by Li Ru. I, my concubine, will go out and guard them first."

Concubine Dong Guifei turned around the screen, called a palace maid, said a few words not to disturb her, sent the palace servants away, and stood waiting in the palace.

The story of Cao Cao offering a seven-star sword to stab Dong had long been spread. When Liu Xie saw this man, he no longer had any doubts in his heart. His tone was full of sincerity and he asked: "Is Cao Aiqing here to rescue me?"

Cao Cao gave way to Qilin behind him and said: "Your Majesty, please be at ease. Mr. Qilin has already made plans. I hope it won't be as bad as the previous one."

Qilin said to Emperor Xian: "Please send me an edict from the emperor. General Lu Bu is waiting. As soon as there is an opportunity, he will kill the Dong thief and wash away the shame of our Han Dynasty."

Emperor Xian said: "Lu Bu... isn't he Dong Xiangguo's adopted son? Why would he help me?"

Qilin said: "I am in the Cao camp, but my heart is in the Han Dynasty."

Cao Cao: "?"

Emperor Xian: "?"

Qilin: "..."

Qilin changed his words and said: "With the Duqiwei here, the emperor still can't believe it?"

Emperor Xian was trembling: "Are we absolutely sure? What should we do if the matter is exposed again?"

Qilin sighed inwardly. He had a bit of luck earlier. From this sentence, it seems that Emperor Xian was indeed unable to help. Perhaps it was because Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong before. Dong Zhuo repeatedly questioned Liu Xie, leaving this teenage boy with

The psychological shadow caused the opportunity to approach, but the courage was lacking.

Cao Cao interjected: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will shoulder the full responsibility and will never expose your Majesty."

Qilin felt veins popping out on his forehead when he heard this. Cao Cao is really too treacherous. It's not you who wants to kill Dong Zhuo. You just took the credit without blushing.

Besides, those words were half appeasement and half deception. The edict had already been issued. How could Emperor Xian get away with it when he was punishing thieves? Emperor Xian felt vaguely that something was wrong, but when he saw Cao Cao standing by, he hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

Qilin was laying out the paper and Cao Cao was grinding the ink. Emperor Xian was very nervous and his hands were shaking spontaneously when he started writing.

Cao Cao looked at the handwriting of Xiandi intently. Liu Xie's handwriting was graceful, like a woman's handwriting, very easy to read. The two were silent, only Liu Xie's heavy breathing could be heard, and Qilin suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

A few years later, Lu Bu would become a sworn enemy of Cao Cao, who was struggling at this time. The latter even kidnapped Emperor Xian and put him under house arrest in Xuchang, doing the same thing as Dong Zhuo. I wonder what it would be like to meet Cao Cao again at that time.

There was a whistle outside the window, Zhang Liao was reporting!

Cao Cao and Qilin instantly became nervous, but they did not dare to show any inappropriateness for fear of affecting Emperor Xian.

Another voice sounded, Zhang Liao was urging, something urgent, trouble was coming.

Emperor Xian wrote like a cloud, and Cao Cao took the cinnabar box and opened it.

Emperor Xian looked at it for a while, and Qilin said calmly: "Your Majesty, General Zhonglang is a loyal dog. If this matter is exposed, the lives of the ministers and others will be at risk. At most, the Emperor will only be punished by Dong Dong..."

Emperor Xian closed his eyes and pressed his finger on the silk brocade edict, which turned red like blood.

Cao Cao and Qilin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Qilin bowed again and said: "At this critical moment, I apologize for being rude, and I have to leave."

Cao Cao urged: "Let's go quickly."

Emperor Xian said: "You must...must make it happen!"

Qilin: "Definitely! Definitely!"

Qilin and Cao Cao sneaked to the window and muttered to themselves: "You are timid and timid, cowardly and hesitant, no wonder you were imprisoned by Dong Zhuo for so long..."

Cao Cao whispered: "Ever since the late emperor was forced to drink a glass of poisonous wine by Li Ru, the emperor has been frightened. It is no wonder that he is just a child..."

Qilin understood. Liu Xie's younger brother Liu Bian was killed because of Dong Zhuo's "deposition". Liu Xie was deeply impressed. He was as afraid of Dong Zhuo, Li Ru and others, so it's no wonder he was afraid of them.

Qilin couldn't help but mocked again: "How can you say that you know how to kill someone and steal your wife at the age of thirteen?"

Cao Cao's face turned from white to green, and then from green to purple in an instant. He was extremely embarrassed: "How did you know this?!"

Qilin muttered: "If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself. Hurry up and get out first."

Cao Cao couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Brother Yu, please spare Brother Yu. Please don't destroy Brother Yu's family."

Zhang Liao whistled and urged: "Hurry up! Thief Dong is coming!"

As soon as Cao Cao climbed out of the window, a notice came from outside Weiyang Hall.

"Dong Xiangguo has arrived——!"

The maids bowed, Concubine Dong hurriedly turned behind the screen, Cao Cao calmly climbed out, and just as Qilin was about to leap up, he heard an old voice shouting: "Who is sneaking around in the palace?! Come out!"

Qilin took a deep breath. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo's eyesight was so good that he could see the corners of the palace from hundreds of steps away. He said, "You guys should go quickly."

Cao Cao glanced at Qilin, who handed the edict to Cao Cao and said, "Don't worry."

Cao Cao understood the situation and handed the imperial edict to Zhang Liao. The two of them walked to the corridor opposite the imperial garden outside the palace and looked at Weiyang Palace from a distance.

Qilin turned around as if he was ready, straightened his soldier's hat, knelt down on one knee and said: "The last general welcomes Dong Xiangguo!"

"Huh?!"

Dong Zhuo was shocked. He was shouting casually. Every time he came to Weiyang Palace, he would bluff. He didn't expect to catch someone today. He said in disbelief: "People from the Bingzhou Army? Who asked you to come here?! Raise your head.

Come!"

Qilin raised his head, and his eyes met Li Ru who was beside Dong Zhuo. The two sides were stunned for a second, and Li Ru immediately said: "This person is definitely not Lu Bu's subordinate! He is probably a spy!"

Qilin hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, the general is not a spy."

Li Ru asked: "What is your name? Where is the man who came with you just now?"

Since Qilin dared to stay, he had already prepared: "The last general's name is Qilin, and he is personally accompanied by Lu Zhonglang. Mr. Li can rest assured that he is definitely not a spy. There are gold beads to prove it."

He reached out to his collar with one hand, hooked the red thread around his neck with his little finger, and pulled out something to wear close to his body. It was Li Ru who gave it to Lu Bu on Dong Zhuo's behalf, and Lu Bu casually handed it to Qilin's golden bead.

Lu Bu obtained the golden beads and red rabbits, and was successfully instigated by Li Ru to rebel. The scene of killing Ding Yuan was still vivid in his mind. Dong Zhuo had a deep memory of those things and recognized them at the first sight.

Both of them were moved. Since Lu Bu had given the gold beads to someone else, the person in front of him must be of great importance to him. The word "loved general" was still an understatement, and he might be a relative.

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said coldly: "What are you doing here in the emperor's chamber? If you don't tell me clearly today, I won't be able to save you!"

Qilin's mind turned and he said casually: "When I moved the capital, I and Mr. Lu were guarding the emperor's dragon chariot. I had a few words with the emperor at that time. The emperor ordered me to enter the palace when I had time, so I stopped by to chat with him to relieve my boredom."
To be continued...