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Chapter 20

This Yuan Wei is an old fox. You, an old guy, reacts quickly, otherwise he deserves to kill Yuan Shu on the spot today! Liu Cheng cursed in his heart, stared at the few people with a cold face and took off the weapons and handed them over to the eunuchs, then he let the door open and let them in.

As soon as these people entered the hall, Dong Zhuo came from a distance with a few generals and a civil servant. When he saw Liu Cheng standing outside the hall with a large number of soldiers, he couldn't help but slow down.

When Li Ru saw this scene, he became suspicious. When he saw Liu Cheng standing majestic in his hand holding a long pole in his hand under the corridor outside the hall, he couldn't help but ask, "That person is Liu Cheng?"

Dong Zhuo said: "Yes, this person is Liu Cheng. Wenyou. Why do we think that this situation is wrong today? Is it because there is a hidden murderous intent in the palace?"

Li Ru continued to slow down and thought for a while and said, "The guards of Guangyang Gate have already surrendered to the emperor. The army quietly left the city last night. This morning, the lord entered the city again. In total, there were six or seven thousand soldiers in the two batches, and no one could see the mystery. As long as the ministers in the court were not stupid, how dare they attack the emperor at this time? Aren't they afraid that our Xiliang army will lose control and kill in the palace? Please be careful, go to the palace to see what happened. If there is any fraud, someone outside the palace will send a signal to the military camp. At that time, Zhang Ji, Hua Xiong and others will immediately lead the army to pick them up!"

Dong Zhuo nodded, but secretly raised his vigilance, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword couldn't help but increase its strength.

Several small eunuchs under the steps were severely criticized by Liu Cheng for the matters of Yuan Wei, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Wu Qiong and others. This time the eunuch of the foreman saw Dong Zhuo and others coming, and knew that Dong Zhuo was not easy to mess with, but Liu Cheng was staring at him, so he had to bite the bullet and salute and said, "My Lord Dong, sir, general, please remove the weapons!"

Dong Zhuo stared at the tiger: "What? We went to the palace to meet the emperor a few times, but did we ever untied the sword? What is the reason for asking our family to untied the sword today?"

The eunuch foreman was so scared by Dong Zhuo's fierce appearance that he was sweating all over. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Cheng standing on the steps.

Liu Cheng knew that these eunuchs could not be allowed to face Dong Zhuo's anger at this time, otherwise these eunuchs would not listen to him in the future. He stepped forward and shouted: "The previous few times no one asked Lord Dong to untie the sword because the palace had just been destroyed, the order was unstable and there was not enough manpower. But now the palace has returned to normal, and the rules that should be followed must be followed! When Lord Dong wants to go to court, he does not worship, but I am afraid he is not qualified!"

Dong Zhuo realized the bad thing. There were almost killing moves waiting for him at this court meeting today. He started sweating on his forehead, his eyes turned and began to pretend to be sick. He covered his stomach and shouted: "Oh, our stomach hurts a lot. I may be because he ate unclean food during breakfast. I'm sorry General Liu accused His Majesty of his family and asked the old minister to go to the toilet first, otherwise it would be indecent to pull it into the crotch later, and it would also be despicable for His Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the civil and military officials of the court. I'll be hard, I'll be hard!" After that, he turned around and left.

Liu Cheng's face narrowed, and his mind turned around countless times in an instant. He shouted: "Let's wait!" He said that he flew up, and after a front somersault flip, he landed steadily in front of Dong Zhuo and others who had turned around.

"General Liu, what do you mean? Could it be that Lord Dong wants to go to the toilet first?" Li Ru stared at Liu Cheng and asked.

Liu Cheng narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Rudao: "You are Li Ru, the counselor under Lord Dong's tent?"

Li Ru's face changed and he was shocked. He had never appeared in the court before or in the public's sight. How did Liu Cheng know? When Liu Cheng stared at him like a ray of light, he reluctantly pretended to be smiling and bowed: "I never thought that General Liu could find out about his reputation. Fortunately! Why would you let me wait to go to the toilet first, and then we had a good chat?"

Liu Cheng didn't buy it and said coldly: "I'm sorry, the time for court has arrived. The emperor, the queen mother and all the ministers cannot wait for you all the time. You should quickly remove the weapons and enter the palace. Don't make it difficult for Liu to do it!"

Hua Xiong was so angry that Liu Cheng was so harsh and arrogant, and immediately shouted: "Liu Cheng, do you think I am afraid of you? Look at the knife!"

"Stop!" Li Ru's face changed drastically. He immediately stopped Hua Xiong, a reckless man, secretly turned to him, and whispered: "General Hua, a hero does not suffer any loss in front of him. Today, Liu Cheng is a lot of power. Just the general and the few soldiers behind him are not opponents of Liu Cheng at all!"

After Li Ru said this, he quickly turned around and smiled at Liu Cheng and said, "General Liu, don't blame me, let's unbroken swords, unbroken swords!"

Dong Zhuo sweated all over and took off the sword on his waist and handed it to a little eunuch, taking Hua Xiong, Li Ru and others to the steps.

Liu Cheng had a sneer on his face, and followed Po Juntong in his hand and soon came to the hall corridor. He called Wang Shuang to instruct: "After I enter, no idle people are allowed to be put in. Those who trespassed will be killed without mercy!"

Wang Shuang clasped his fists and said, "Abide by the order!"

Liu Cheng followed Dong Zhuo and others into the hall. Dong Zhuo and others found several positions in the middle to kneel. He walked directly to the side of Dan Bi and turned to Po Juntong to the ground to face the ministers. In fact, he was very confused about the emperor and the empress dowager coming to the hall so early. Even if he was weak, he could not lose his dignity. The emperor usually had to wait until all the ministers arrived before entering the hall, but now he was backwards.

Huang Wan, who had just stepped down from the position of the governor of Yuzhou, stood up and returned to Beijing, first attacked: "I heard that Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou led his army to the palace the night before yesterday and threatened the sages. This is a rebellious way. I impeached Dong Zhuo to deceive the emperor and the emperor. The crime was unforgivable. Please order his resignation to be dismissed and investigated and handed over to the Department for trial, and to make a clear punishment!"

Lu Zhi also stood up and bowed to the emperor and Empress Dowager He and said, "Your Majesty, I think Lord Huang's words are reasonable! When the late emperor was in power, he issued a clear order to transfer Dong Zhuo as the governor of Bingzhou and asked him to trade military power to Huangfu Song. However, this person did not obey the imperial orders and occupied Xiliang to take over the governor of Liangzhou. He had no orders a few days ago and led his troops to the capital without authorization. He even boldly committed arbitrarily to break into the palace at night to prohibit the threat of the sage. This is a very serious crime. Please dismiss him from his post and investigate!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

For a time, a large number of ministers stood up and knelt down to support Huang Wan and Lu Zhi.

Liu Bian knelt on the Dan Bi and couldn't help but tremble slightly. Empress Dowager He looked at the ministers who unanimously wanted to deal with Dong Zhuo, and couldn't help feeling happy. But she remembered the words Liu Cheng asked the eunuch to pass on to her. She had to admit that Liu Cheng's concerns were very reasonable. Dong Zhuo had long had a disagreement with the court. Over the years, he cultivated his confidants and recruited his followers. The generals and soldiers under his command only obeyed him and took action against Dong Zhuo rashly. Once the matter was not confidential, he acted in a hasty way, and was found out by his confidants, and they counterattacked in a timely manner, with unimaginable consequences.

But Dong Zhuo stood up and saluted the emperor and Empress Dowager He and said, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I am a rough man, I don't understand etiquette and the rules in the palace. However, I have absolutely no intention to treat Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, and I have no intention to treat the court. Maybe my actions are beyond your mind, but that is the fault of my unintentional. Your Majesty and Empress Dowager can ask me about the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. When I am with them, I have always been called brothers, and I have no distinction between high and low on weekdays. Only in this way can the soldiers serve me and not fear death on the battlefield. Please give your Majesty a clear guide!"

When Liu Cheng heard this, his mind changed and immediately realized that this was a chance to force Dong Zhuo to transfer his troops out of the palace. He immediately blinked and suggested to Min Gong, who was kneeling in the third position on the left, and his hanging hands were quietly making gestures to secretly convey his thoughts.

After Min Gong found out, he saw him for a while before he understood what he meant. He was about to stand up, but Yuan Shao took it first. However, Yuan Shao was pulled back by Yuan Wei. As a doctor order, Li Ru stood up and saluted the emperor and Empress Dowager He and said, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, the Central Eunuch Zhang Rang and others took Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager to escape from the palace a few days ago. Lord Dong also made great contributions to the rescue. At that time, Your Majesty had already praised Lord Dong for his merits in protecting the Lord. I also had a little promotion because I followed Lord Dong to a little credit and had a minor promotion. If I pursue the past at this time, I think it would be a detriment to Your Majesty!"

Li Ru's words made the ministers who wanted to eradicate Dong Zhuo speechless.

"Who are you?" Huang Wan asked sternly.

Li Ru smiled slightly and bowed: "The subordinates are not talented, but the doctor Li Ru is the one who is the doctor!"

"Doctor Li Ru? You are just a hawk and dog under Dong Zhuo. The night before yesterday, Dong Zhuo led his troops to break into the palace ban at night and threatened the sages. What should I say?"

Li Ru immediately said, "Who told Lord Huang that Lord Dong threatened the sage? Your Majesty is the son of today, the 95th Lord, who dares to threaten His Majesty? If Lord Dong threatened the sage, His Majesty would have issued an order to kill Lord Dong. It can be seen that the matter of Lord Dong threatening the sage was just Lord Huang said it from the truth!"

Min Gong finally seized the opportunity to stand up and salute to the emperor and the empress dowager: "Your Majesty, regardless of whether this matter is true or false, I think it is inappropriate for Dong Zhuo to enter the palace to serve as an imperial guard. There are more than 2,000 Yulin troops in the palace, and the former imperial guards have returned to the team one after another, and the newly recruited soldiers are enough to serve as the palace guard! I requested an order and ordered Dong Zhuo to lead his army out of the palace today, and lead his army to Bingzhou to take office in three days!"
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