Lu Zhi stood with his sword in hand, with murderous intent in his eyes. Cao Cao was also afraid that Lu Shangshu would pounce on him in anger, so he stepped forward and whispered: "This is Liu Xuan, the king of Liang, the brother of the current emperor!"

Cao Cao and Lu Zhi had a relationship at least once, and Cao Cao took the initiative to persuade him that day, making Lu Zhi somewhat fond of this person. It was precisely because of this reason that he did not pounce on him directly——

Cao Cao stood next to the young man, which directly showed that the man was extraordinary.

Neither Yilang nor Dianjun Xiaowei can be regarded as top official positions, but they still have their own place in the capital. What's more, Dianjun Xiaowei is still a military position with real power and has soldiers in his hands. With the current situation, even if Lu Zhi is dissatisfied,

I have to admit that having soldiers in hand means having the right to speak.

Thanks to Lu Zhi's quick thinking, when he heard Liu Xuan's identity, although he was shocked, he was not afraid at all - as for leading troops to attack the palace, he was different from the Xiyuan Army. When he came, the Xiyuan Army

Having already brought great harm to the palace, he rushed in directly to protect the emperor and the queen mother. It could be said that he came to protect them. Not only was he not guilty, but he was meritorious. Naturally, he would not be as trembling as Yuan Shao before.

"Shang Shu Lu Zhi, I have met King Liang!"

He bowed his hands and saluted. After all, Liu Xuan had the throne. If he was not a marquis or held a high position, he would have to bow to Liu Xuan. Liu Xuan returned the courtesy and said, "Why did Lu Shangshu introduce troops to the palace?"

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Lu Zhi stood up and told the story one by one. After he finished talking about the kidnapping of the Emperor and King Chenliu, he shouted angrily at Zhang Rang: "You thief, please tell me the whereabouts of the Emperor quickly, or I will cut you to pieces immediately!"

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This crime is too great. If it is really confirmed, even Liu Xuan cannot protect his life. How cunning is Zhang Rang? Naturally he will not admit it and hurriedly said: "The emperor was not captured by me, but Duan Gui insisted on doing it. He wanted to

I used the life of the emperor to protect my family, but no matter how hard my ministers tried to dissuade me, I refused to listen. I had no choice but to come to the King of Liang for help!"

"If you use clever words and tricks, the thieves will be punished!"

After hearing a few words from Zhang Rang, Lu Zhi brushed himself off completely. His beard was raised so high in anger, and his old face was even redder. If Liu Xuan hadn't been there, he would have chopped Zhang Rang off with his sword.

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Zhang Rang was also startled, and unconsciously hid behind Liu Xuan. This time it became a face-to-face confrontation between Lu Zhi and Liu Xuan. Fortunately, Lu Zhi was still afraid of Liu Xuan's identity, even though

Nuji didn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary.

Liu Xuan remained silent and just watched with cold eyes. Seeing this, he already understood that Lu Zhi hated the eunuch very much. If he protected Zhang Rang, he would probably offend this loyal minister. Only then did Liu Xuan remember that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was

At that time, Lu Zhi led the army to quell the rebellion. As a result, when Zuo Feng of Xiaohuangmen went to inspect, he asked Lu Zhi for a bribe. When he failed, he returned to the court and slandered Lu Zhi in every possible way. As a result, Lu Zhi was dismissed and escorted back to Beijing.

Hatred, how to have a favorable impression of the eunuch?

But Lu Zhi was loyal to the Han Dynasty after all. As long as he stuck to this point, even if he couldn't make him return, he could still use it for himself.

After understanding the key, Liu Xuan knew how he should deal with it, and said: "Even if the eunuchs have any wrongdoings, they should report it to the Holy Emperor and then hand it over to the Tingwei to deal with it according to law. If you want to use lynching now, forget it.

What?"

Lu Zhi was speechless after hearing the words, still angry in his heart, but Liu Xuan's words were also legitimate, and he had no choice but to say nothing.

Liu Xuan added: "Now that the world is in chaos, if even the central government cannot act in accordance with the law and resorts to lynching, who will take the law of the court seriously in the future? Does Lu Shangshu want the Han Dynasty to perish?"

The last sentence was so serious that Lu Zhi did not dare to accept it, so he had to hold his hands and said: "What King Liang taught me is that I am reckless!" However, he was still unwilling to let Zhang Rang go just like this, so he continued

He said: "However, Zhang Rang, the minister of the Central Committee, has repeatedly made slanders and persecuted loyal people. Now it has led to such a great chaos. I hope the King of Liang will deal with all his crimes justly..."

"When the matter calms down, I should give an explanation, but the most important thing right now is to find the emperor and King Chenliu! Lu Shangshu will accompany me for the time being to collect the rebels in the imperial city!"

At this point, there was nothing to talk about. Lu Zhi was concerned about the majesty of the royal family and could not directly kill Zhang Rang. In addition, the emperor's whereabouts were unknown, which was indeed more important, so he put this matter aside and followed for the time being.

Liu Xuan acted together.

Liu Xuan didn't expect to directly take Lu Zhi, a great scholar of the time, for his own use. He knew that the matter was not that simple, and that Lu Zhi and Cao Cao were still very different.

The main reason why Cao Cao is willing to cooperate with him is for himself. He is just betting on himself. Even if Liu Xuan fails, Cao Cao's losses will not be too great - now the world is in chaos.

At worst, Cao Cao could just leave the capital and seek a local official position before making plans. At the very least, it would be easy to raise a rebel army from his hometown and get another official position in the name of quelling chaos and suppressing bandits.

But if Liu Xuan succeeds, he will reach the sky in one step. Such an opportunity cannot be missed!

So to say that Cao Cao is truly loyal to Liu Xuan, even Liu Xuan himself doesn't believe it. It will take a long time to really take this traitor for his own use. But as long as Cao Cao stays by his side, as time goes by, he will

As the methods of cultivation became more and more tyrannical, Cao Cao naturally understood what he could do and what he couldn't do.

At the moment, he just needs Cao Cao to not think about anything else when he cooperates with him. He deliberately showed some means at the beginning, that is, to tell Cao Cao that even if he is weak, he can still kill Cao Cao. Since cooperation

, then cooperate wholeheartedly and don’t play any tricks.

Cao Cao naturally understood this, so during this period, the two of them cooperated quite happily. Whether they can continue in the future depends on whether Liu Xuan can give Cao Cao what he wants.

As for Lu Zhi, as long as Liu Xuan prevents Lu Zhi from being loyal to the Han Dynasty, it is enough - Lu Zhi will only use these few years anyway. After all, he is old and has no value in cultivating him anymore. As long as he can stay in these two or three years

Helping Liu Xuan in the past year is enough. No matter how bad it is, don't make yourself your enemy.

A group of people ran back and forth in the palace and quickly gathered the rebels. At the same time, the Imperial Forest Army also mobilized to suppress some of the people who took the opportunity to cause trouble and put out the fires everywhere in the palace.

Empress Dowager He was left to sit in the palace, while General Yuan Shu led a group of soldiers and horses to continue running around the imperial city.

Liu Xuan, together with Yuan Shao and others, led the soldiers and horses to the north of the city, because Zhang Rang said: "Duan Gui fled north, probably to leave the city through the north gate!"

There is only such a clue at the moment, and we can only take one step at a time, and before everyone leaves the imperial city, someone immediately comes to report: "Pu Mingong from central Henan has found Duan Gui and killed him on the spot!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. Only Liu Xuan asked hurriedly: "How is the Emperor and King Chenliu doing?"

The man saw a young man sitting high on a horse and walking in front of everyone. He knew that this man was probably a high-ranking official or nobleman, so he did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly replied: "I have never seen the Holy Emperor and His Highness King Chenliu!"

Yuan Shao and others next to him originally heard that Duan Gui had been killed and said that today's matter was finally over, but they never thought that something would happen again in the end and the emperor would disappear?

They don't pay much attention to the life and death of King Chenliu. What they care about is how the current emperor is doing. If something goes wrong, most of the people present will be unlucky.

Hearing this, everyone was anxious and anxious, but fortunately Liu Xuan was still calm and said: "Duan Gui fled all the way north, and now he is going to be executed. I think the emperor and King Chenliu are nearby! The emperor and King Chenliu are young and cannot leave.

If it is too far away, immediately send troops and horses to search nearby, and you will definitely be able to find it!"

It's not that everyone didn't expect this, but after a day of tossing, and Liu Xuan's intervention, all the captains of the Xiyuan Army knew that today was a big disaster. It's hard to say what will happen after today, and they suddenly heard that the emperor was gone.

The sight made them panic all of a sudden. If they had been given some time, they would have thought of this.

At this time, only Liu Xuan was calm enough to wake up everyone. After hearing this, everyone suddenly became enlightened, nodded in agreement, and ordered their troops to disperse to search for the emperor's whereabouts.

These people were running around like headless flies, but Liu Xuan led Cao Cao straight to Beimang Mountain. Although Cao Cao was puzzled along the way, he knew that the Liang King was proficient in mysticism, and that mysticism included divination.

Perhaps the King of Liang had already figured out something, so that was why he was like this?

As a result, he didn't see anything strange all the way to Beimang Mountain. However, Cao Cao remembered that there were nursery rhymes spread in Luoyang some time ago: The emperor is not the emperor, the king is not the king, and thousands of horses are traveling through Beimang.

"Should it be here?"

If you think about it carefully, you will understand the meaning of this nursery rhyme. It is nothing more than that the current emperor is not the emperor, and the current king is not the king, and the thousands of horses and thousands of horses probably refers to the many soldiers and horses in the capital coming to rescue him.

The second half doesn't matter, the key is the first half. The emperor is not the emperor, which means that the new king cannot hold the throne and will be deposed in a short time. And the king is not the king... the king is the king.

If you are a close relative of the emperor, if you do not become a king, and the throne is vacant...

Thinking of this, Cao Cao stopped thinking. He raised his head and glanced at Liu Xuan in front of him, already thinking about it.

It's just that this hero doesn't know that the so-called Luoyang nursery rhyme was written by the person in front of him. Liu Xuan stayed in the palace and has been preparing for today's chaos, and also for what will happen next.

To pave the way for his ascension to the throne, he had Cao Bao secretly spread this nursery rhyme, which was nothing more than imposing a mysterious veil of the so-called "God's will."

After all, people today are still quite superstitious, not to mention that the world has no shortage of people who understand mystical arts and sorcery. The Yellow Turban Bandit Army has only been in rebellion for a few years. No matter the princes or ordinary people in the court, they have no idea about the so-called providence.

Pay more attention to it.

It may be inconspicuous, but as long as you give everyone such an impression, there will be much less resistance to your ascension to the throne.

After running around for a while, Liu Xuan was secretly wondering. It wasn't until he saw a village that he thought to himself: "Is it possible that you came early?"

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Chapter completed!