Chapter 184 Dong Zhuo's Death
After entering Chang'an, as soon as Dong Zhuo returned to the prime minister's mansion, a servant from the mansion came to report: "Report to the Grand Master, General Wen Hou is waiting for him to see him outside!"
"Bastard," Dong Zhuo and other servants finished speaking, and cursed: "Bongxian is my son. If you want to see me, come in directly. What else do you need to report? Don't let him in!"
The servant was scolded and did not dare to say anything, so he could only agree, leave the meeting room, and go outside to invite Lu Bu into the room.
Lu Bu strode into the conference hall and saw Dong Zhuo sitting on the couch in the middle. Li Su stood solemnly and rushed forward, knelt on one knee in front of Dong Zhuo, and said loudly: "Child, please pay tribute to his adoptive father!"
"My son will be exempted from the ceremony first!" Although I had an unpleasant thing with Lu Bu at Fengyi Pavilion, after all, after so long, Dong Zhuo had already forgotten it. He smiled and asked Lu Bu to get up, and asked, "Did you have any abnormal movements during this period when I was not in the capital?"
"Reply to the words of the adopted father." Lu Bu quickly replied in order to abdicate Dong Zhuo: "Since the current emperor said he was preparing to abdicate, although some ministers in the court opposed it, he was captured by his adoptive father's reputation and did not dare to make any changes."
When Dong Zhuo heard that the capital was peaceful, he felt more relieved. Looking at his tall and handsome adopted son, thinking about the charming and beautiful Diao Chan who stayed in Meiwu, he decided to give him some compensation so that he could continue to serve him, so he spoke, "Fengxian, I will be accepted by Han Zen soon. After ascending the throne, I will definitely let you govern the world's troops."
Hearing that Dong Zhuo was about to be appointed as an official, Lu Bu quickly knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, adopted father!"
Before leaving Meiwu, Dong Zhuo was struggling in Diao Chan's house for a night, and after another two days of travel, he felt a little tired. He waved his hand to Lu Bu: "I'm a little tired, I want to rest for a while, please step back."
Seeing that Lu Bu was about to leave, Li Su hurriedly said to Dong Zhuo. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo said to Li Su: "You will send me out of the mansion first, and then stay in the mansion. If I have something to do, you can discuss with you at any time."
When Li Su heard Dong Zhuo say this, he could only agree helplessly: "Subordinate to obey the order!"
When Li Su was sending Lu Bu out, he looked around and saw that there was no one, so he asked Lu Bu in a low voice: "General Wen Hou, I wonder if everything is ready?"
Lu Bu nodded slightly and replied, "Everything is ready. Just wait for the old thief to enter the court tomorrow to discipline him in different places. By the way, where is his four confidants?"
Li Su knew that the four generals Lu Bu asked about were Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, and quickly replied: "Mr. Wen, please rest assured, the four of them were left in Meiwu by the old thief. At least during the period when we killed Dong thief, they would not appear in the capital."
"It's so good." When Lu Bu heard that Li Jue, Guo Si and others would not return to Chang'an, he felt much more at ease. In this way, after killing Dong Zhuo tomorrow, he would go outside the city to take over the military camp, which would be much smoother. He clasped his fists and said to Li Su: "I will go to Situ's Mansion and tell the king Situ this matter."
Dong Zhuo, who was sleeping on the couch, suddenly felt something coming from outside. Hearing this sound, his heartbeat suddenly increased, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart. He quickly sat up straight and listened to the sound coming from outside, as if a group of children were singing nursery rhymes.
Dong Zhuo listened carefully for a while and finally heard the children singing clearly: "Thousands of miles of grass, how can you live in ten days!" Somehow, when Dong Zhuo heard the lyrics, he felt upset.
Li Su walked into the conference hall at this time. Seeing that Dong Zhuo sat up again, he was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Tao Shi, you are awake!"
"Li Su." Dong Zhuo looked at Li Su and said with a serious expression: "Have you heard the children outside sing nursery rhymes?"
"Cannual rhyme?" Li Su hurriedly listened to Dong Zhuo's words, and soon heard the sound of a child singing outside the mansion. He quickly nodded to Dong Zhuo and said, "Reply to the Grand Master, my subordinates heard it."
"Do you hear clearly what they are singing?" Dong Zhuo asked with a stern face.
"Thousand miles of grass, how green! There is no birth in ten days of divination!" The songs sung by the children clearly poured into Li Su's ears. After hearing the content clearly, he was shocked: "Thousand miles" is "heavy", and the grass head is "Dong"; "Ten", "Day" and "Bu" add up to "Zhuo". "Still not live", means death. Together, it means: Dong Zhuo dies.
Li Su hurriedly returned and said, "I heard it clearly!"
"Do you know what this nursery rhyme is singing?"
Li Su, the song Dong Zhuo did not hear the meaning of the song, felt relieved in his heart, and began to fool the other party: "Reply to the Grand Master, it is just to say that Liu's destruction and Dong's arousal."
Dong Zhuo trusted Li Su very much at this moment, and he had no doubt about his explanation.
The next morning, Dong Zhuo put in a ceremonial guard and entered the court. As soon as he left the mansion, he saw a Taoist priest wearing a green robe and a white scarf standing by the roadside, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand, and a piece of cloth wrapped around it. The two pieces of cloth that were hanging down had the word "mouth" written on each.
Seeing this situation, Dong Zhuo called Li Su to another question: "Li Su, what does this Taoist mean?"
When Li Su saw the cloth on the bamboo pole, he was frightened to death. Isn’t the two “mouths” just the word “Lu”? Did he want to hint Dong Zhuo that Lu Bu would assassinate him? He hurriedly said wisely: “Go back to the Grand Tutor, this must be a lunatic, don’t pay attention to him.” After that, he called the soldiers next to him and ordered, “Come on, drive this Taoist away!”
When Dong Zhuo entered the palace with his car, all the civil and military officials in court uniforms stood aside to greet him. Dong Zhuo thought that after a moment, he would be in meditating here, and he couldn't help but feel more proud.
When entering Beiye Gate, except for twenty followers who followed the carriage inside and outside, the rest of the soldiers were blocking the door. However, Dong Zhuo did not notice this at all and was still dreaming of becoming the emperor.
After entering the Beiye Gate, Dong Zhuo, who was sitting in the car, suddenly saw that the palace gate was closed, and Wang Yun and several other ministers stood outside the palace gate with swords. He was definitely not right and asked Li Su: "What is the intention of Wang Situ and others holding swords?" But Li Su ignored him at all, but drove the carriage to continue to go to the palace.
Wang Yun, who was standing outside the hall gate, saw Dong Zhuo's carriage gradually approaching, and quickly shouted: "Where are the warriors at this point in the rebels?" With his shouting, the originally closed hall gate opened one after another, and hundreds of soldiers holding long halberds rushed out from inside.
Wang Yun pointed at the carriage with the sword in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"
The soldiers who received Wang Yun's order came forward with their long halberds and stabbed Dong Zhuo in the carriage. Although many people stabbed Dong Zhuo on their first halberds, because he was wearing heavy armor, the long halberd could not be stabbed in, which only hurt his arm.
Dong Zhuo jumped out of the car, ran towards Beiye Gate, and shouted loudly: "Save, save Jia! Where is my son Fengxian!"
Lu Bu, who had been waiting at the Beiye Gate, rushed Dong Zhuo towards him and roared: "There is an edict to escape from the thief!" Then the Fang Tianhua Ji in his hand stabbed Dong Zhuo's throat. Dong Zhuo did not expect that his adopted son would actually kill him. He was caught off guard and the halberd in his throat did not even shout, and he fell down with an incredible look. Li Su, who rushed over, waved his sword and chopped down his level.
Lu Bu ordered people to open the Beiye Gate. He held a halberd in his left hand and a high edict in his right hand. He shouted at the iron-armored soldier waiting outside: "I am hereby decree to fight against the thief Dong Zhuo, and the rest will not be asked!"
The iron-armored soldier never dreamed that his lord had just entered to receive Zen, but in a moment he became a thief minister. Therefore, after listening to Lu Bu's shouting, almost everyone was still sitting on the horse's back, trying hard to digest the news he had just heard.
Wang Yun, who had just arrived at the Beiye Gate, saw that the iron-armored soldiers were still sitting on the horse's back and did not respond. He quickly snatched the head of Li Su's hand. He quickly came to the front of the army and said loudly: "Dong Zhuo's head is here. Wouldn't you surrender quickly? We are ordered to fight against the traitor Dong Zhuo, and the rest will not be asked!"
When they saw Dong Zhuo's head, the iron-armored soldiers figured it out. It turned out that Dong Zhuo was really dead. After hearing what Wang Yun said clearly, they dismounted, knelt on the ground, shouted in unison: "Long live long!"
Seeing the iron-armored soldiers surrender, Lu Bu shouted loudly again: "The people who help Zhuo are all Li Ru! Who can capture him?"
Li Su, who was standing beside him, was eager to make contributions and quickly said, "I am willing to go!"
Before Li Su left, soldiers came to report to Lu Bu: "Report to General, Li Ru's slaves tied up Li Ru to offer!"
When Wang Yun heard the soldiers' report, he quickly ordered: "Come on!"
Two strong troops, carrying the dejected Li Ru, came to Wang Yun and Lu Bu. Wang Yun looked at the haggard Li Ru and asked with a sneer, "Li Ru, you have today too!"
Li Ru ignored Wang Yun at all, but looked at Lu Bu next to him, then sighed and said to himself: "It's a pity that the Grand Master refused to listen to my words, which caused the murder today." He raised his head and looked righteous and said: "If you want to kill, kill him, Li will never frown."
Wang Yun had long wanted to get rid of Li Ru. At this moment, he saw that the other party had become a lamb to be slaughtered, so he would not be polite. He waved his hands to the two soldiers holding him and ordered: "Bind and kill him in the city!" Then he ordered someone to take Dong Zhuo's body and order the thoroughfare.
After Dong Zhuo's body and Li Ru were taken away by the soldiers, Wang Yun shouted again: "Lu Bu, Huangfu Song, Li Su!"
Hearing Wang Yun's shouts, Lu Bu, Huangfu Song and Li Su hurriedly stepped forward and answered in unison: "Here!"
"You three lead 50,000 troops," Wang Yun ordered them, "You can rush to Meiwu to copy Dong Zhuo's property, and the population must not be wrong!"
"Receive the order!" I heard that I was going to lead troops to pick up Dong Zhuo's property in Meiwu, and the happiest person was Lu Bu, because in this way, he could meet Diao Chan again, so his answer was the loudest.
Meiwu is more than 200 miles away from Chang'an, the capital, and it will take at least two days for the 50,000 troops to arrive. Although Dong Zhuo and Li Ru are dead, there are still close friends of Li Jue and others in the city. After they learned the news, they immediately left the city and rushed to Meiwu with great force to report the message to their master.
In the evening of that day, Li Jue and others' confidants rushed to Meiwu. They happened to meet Du Bo, who made things difficult for Li Su, and closed the city gate under the command. Du Bo Bo Bo saw clearly that the people dressed in civilians came from afar. He knew that they would not be a big shot, so he ordered the soldiers to close the door without waiting for them.
These confidants rushed to Meiwu for a long distance to convey life and death information to their master. When they saw that a dumb Du was coming, they dared to close the city gate. Without saying a word, they rushed up and cut him over with one knife. When the soldiers saw several riders dressed in civilians who were coming, they actually chopped over his dumb Du, and quickly surrounded him with weapons in his hand, trying to kill these bold guys.
Seeing that he was surrounded by a group of soldiers, Li Jue's confidant quickly took out the command arrow he carried and expressed his identity. Taking advantage of the time when the soldiers were dispersing, he rushed into the city with several companions.
When Li Jue saw his confidant who was staying in the capital, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's the point of coming from the capital?"
"General!" The confidant lay on the ground and said in a crying voice: "The Grand Tutor was killed by Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others in the capital. The young one came to report the news."
"What, the Grand Master was killed?" Li Jue heard the news and grabbed his confidant from the ground and said viciously: "If you dare to deceive me, be careful that you will not be buried in death."
"General, I dare not lie." The confidant replied quickly: "Not only is the Grand Master dead, but Li Ru was also tied up and killed by the city. Moreover, Wang Yun also sent Lu Bu, Huangfu Song and Li Su to lead a 50,000 army to the Fuwu. Please make a decision early, otherwise it will be too late when the army arrives."
When Li Jue heard that Wang Yun had sent 50,000 troops, and was led by Lu Bu, the bravest army of the three armies, he couldn't help but gasp. Just when he was about to invite Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others to discuss the matter, the three of them had arrived uninvited. It turned out that their confidants separated after entering the Mudwu and reported the news to their masters. Therefore, the time when the three people received the news was even earlier than Li Jue.
"Everyone," Seeing that Guo Si and others were coming, Li Jue asked in a panic: "Lu Bu is leading an army of 50,000 and is heading towards Meiwu. What should we do?"
"There are only three thousand flying bears in the woods," Guo Si said with a bitter face after hearing this: "It is impossible to block the 50,000 army. In my opinion, we should abandon this place and return to Liangzhou."
Guo Si's proposal was immediately approved by everyone.
Chapter completed!