As Dong Zhuo's strategist, Li Ru knew the most famous military generals and court officials very well, but he had never heard of the name Liu Cheng, so he asked, "Sir, who is this Liu Cheng?"

Dong Zhuo said: "Last night, I met the Emperor's Imperial Veteran and his group at the foot of Beim Mountain. This Liu Cheng is among them. It is said that he himself said he was a small bodyguard in Luoyang City. We have sent someone to inquire. This person is indeed a bodyguard. Yesterday evening, Zhang Rang and others held the emperor hostage, the Empress Dowager and King Chenliu and his group arrived at the Xiaopingjin Ferry of the Yellow River. They were chased by Min Gong and the troops. When the two sides were in a stalemate, Liu Cheng suddenly came out to save the emperor and others!"

Li Ru touched the goatee and suddenly smiled: "Ru understands that the imperial guards are now killed and injured, and the palace guards are controlled by the soldiers brought by the emperor. The guards around the empress dowager are too weak and worried about the safety of himself and the emperor, so he promoted Liu Cheng and let him seize the military power of the right school of the Xiyuan Army to strengthen his own guards. Why is it Liu Cheng, not others? The reason is very simple. Liu Cheng has a clean background, a clean wealth, and is a poor family, which is convenient for control. However, Liu Cheng wants to be rich and wealthy, but he can only rely on the emperor and the empress dowager. Because he saved the imperial guard and was ordered by the emperor to be promoted. No matter who he is in his eyes, he is the emperor and the empress dowager! Even if he wants to rely on the gentry, the gentry will not believe him! Ru has never seen this person and does not know what kind of personality this person is. If possible, he can try to buy and win over him. Even if he fails, he can still alienate him and the empress dowager!"

Dong Zhuo nodded, "No, this method is feasible!"

At this time, Hua Xiong walked in from outside and clasped his fists at Dong Zhuo and said, "Sir, you have found General Fan Chou, but......"

"But what? Hua Xiong, when did you become hesitant? Just say something!" Dong Zhuo still attaches great importance to Hua Xiong, and his tone was completely unreproached or angry.

Hua Xiong turned around and waved to the outside: "Come in!"

The bodies were lying on a stretcher and were carried in by the soldiers and soon placed side by side in the hall.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's faces changed. They immediately stood up and walked to the corpse. Hua Xiong uncovered the white cloth on the corpse in the middle, and Fan Chou's pale face appeared in front of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.

When Dong Zhuo saw Fan Chou's body being cut into two pieces by a sharp blade from his chest, his eyes were as big as a copper bell, and blue veins on his forehead stormed, suppressing his anger: "Who did it, who did it?"

Hua Xiong clasped his fists and said, "The General Mo sent a scout to track the whereabouts of General Fan and others, and dug out their bodies in a bush at the foot of Beim Mountain. During that time, those who appeared there and had enough force to kill General Fan, as far as the General Mo knew, were only Liu Cheng! But... The General Mo had no evidence!"

"Liu Cheng! I will definitely kill you!" Dong Zhuo roared.

Li Ru hurriedly persuaded: "Stop your anger, calm down, and a little bit of inability to bear will cause trouble for the big plan!"

Dong Zhuo was so angry that he was as if an old cow was gasping for breath. He held his left hand tightly on the hilt of the sword, and the blue veins on the back of his hand burst out, as if he was about to chop people at any time.

Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo should be fine, so he turned to ask Hua Xiong: "General Hua, can you start with the wounds on General Fan and these soldiers? Can you tell that these wounds were caused by Liu Cheng's weapons?"

Hua Xiong thought for a while and said, "The weapon used by Liu Cheng is a kind of Qimen weapon, called Longyatong, like a fork, with sharp spear tip in the middle, and extremely sharp dragon teeth blades on both sides. General Fan Chou and these soldiers were not killed from the front by Longyatong before their death. General Fan Chou should have been split into two pieces by Longyatong, and several other soldiers also had this kind of wound, and several others were killed by weapon poles. The shape of these wounds and injuries in the injured parts can be done, so other weapons can also be done, so they cannot cause trouble for Liu Cheng in this regard!"

Li Ru put his left hand on his back and his right hand kept chasing the goat whiskers. He walked back and forth under the hall several times, stopped and looked up and asked, "How is Liu Cheng's martial arts? If he can kill General Fan and these elite scouts, his martial arts should be quite good, right?"

Hua Xiong couldn't help but turn his head to look at Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo shouted impatiently: "You just tell me!"

"Yes!" Hua Xiong agreed and said to Li Ru: "When the late general followed the emperor to catch up with the emperor, he had a conflict with Liu Cheng, and even fought. Although he only had one move, the late general could feel that Liu Cheng's martial arts were probably not inferior to the late general, at least his strength was no less than that of the late general!"

Li Ru frowned and said to Dong Zhuo: "Sir, the Empress Dowager has begun to strengthen her own and the emperor's guarding power. Liu Cheng has been pulled over by her. We want to completely control the palace, and it is best to be able to eliminate all the guarding power around the emperor and the empress dowager. As long as we want, we can kill the Queen and the deposed emperor at any time. First, we can achieve the purpose of controlling the government, and second, we can enhance the authority of the adult by abolishing the emperor and establishing a new emperor. Therefore, Liu Cheng is the first enemy we have to kill, but now it is a bit tricky. First of all, Liu Cheng is very skilled in martial arts, and most people cannot kill him. Now General Hua Xiong is the strongest martial arts in our army. It is not possible to solve the problem of killing Liu Cheng in just a few moves. What's more, he still has more than 2,000 soldiers and generals. If he really wants to fight, it is still unknown who will lose and who will win, so we can't move Liu Cheng now!"

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "Do you want our family to endure this anger?"

"No!" Li Ru shook his head and bowed: "Sir, our top priority now is not to kill Liu Cheng, but to seize military power! As long as we can control most of the military power in Luoyang, killing Liu Cheng is easy to get rid of. At that time, we don't need to do anything at all. We just need to use the army to intimidate the emperor and force the emperor to commit suicide. Even if Liu Cheng has the ability to do everything, he can only be hated on the spot with hatred!"

Dong Zhuo's anger gradually faded, but he frowned and said, "That's right, but we have no idea how to seize the military power of the Luoyang army!"

"Ru was about to talk to the adults about this, but was interrupted by General Hua Xiong coming in!" Hua Xiong said as he walked to Dong Zhuo and muttered in a low voice.

Dong Zhuo slapped his hands and looked happy: "Mire, wonderful, Wen You is really my son's house!"

"I dare not be so arrogant!" Li Ru said modestly, and said, "Sir, although we can't do anything to Liu Cheng for the time being, we cannot be too comfortable with the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother completely controls the palace and the north and south palaces, our right to speak in the court will lose weight! If the Emperor, the Queen Mother and the ministers are not afraid of the Lord, how can they compromise with some of your suggestions?"

Dong Zhuo immediately asked, "How to do it?"

"I broke into the palace ban at night and asked the emperor why he recruited the Yulin Army into the palace without knowing you. After all, your army is now responsible for the imperial guards!"
Chapter completed!