Chapter 506 Assassination


    On Wuwu in the third month of the first year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo suddenly announced at the court meeting that he had committed liaison with foreign enemies, wasted money, ruined the country, deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors. He ordered the execution of the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei and the Imperial Servant Yuan Ji. More than 50 people above Chikou and his family were buried outside Qingcheng Gate and Dongdu Gate in Chang''an respectively. Later, Dong Zhuo was worried that someone would steal the corpses, so he moved these corpses to Yi County.


    ??The most direct reason for killing Yuan Wei was certainly the various old grudges that had been accumulated before, but the trigger was an unrelated report.


    Taishi Ling, who was responsible for observing the astronomical phenomena and predicting the future, reported to Dong Zhuo that soon an important official of the imperial court, at least someone above the rank of Third Duke, would die unexpectedly...


    Dong Zhuo thought about it, this unfortunate minister couldn’t be me!


    Therefore, without going through anyone, the sentence was pronounced on the spot at the court meeting and executed immediately. Then it was regarded as fulfilling the motto of Tai Shi Ling about the future and confirming the celestial phenomena. Dong Zhuo felt that his life seemed to be safe.


    ??However, Dong Zhuo unscrupulously killed more than three princes, who happened to be the princes who had promoted him. This blatant violation of the Basic Law of the Han Dynasty offended many people.


    At this time, there were five such people in Chang''an City, and they got together.


    He Yong, Ren Yilang.


    Zheng Tai, Ren Yilang.


    Xun You was appointed as the Minister of Huangmen.


    Zhongji, appointed as Shizhong.


    Wu Fu was appointed as the captain of the Yue Cavalry School.


    Xun You has the best mind, so he is mainly responsible for analysis:


    ??Even though Dong Zhuo was so powerful in Chang''an, it was actually just an illusion. Its main buddies and subordinates, such as Niu Fu, were stationed between Chang''an and Luoyang, while Li Jue and Guo Si were also far away from Chang''an. Therefore, Xun You''s final conclusion is that as long as Dong Zhuo is assassinated, and then troops are sent to guard Hangu Pass and other passes to prevent Dong Zhuo''s Niu Fu and others from returning to Chang''an, and at the same time, the imperial court orders the Shandong nobles to enter Beijing, then great things can be accomplished!


    ??The other four people all felt that what Xun You said was reasonable, but who would do the assassination? All eyes were focused on Wu Fu. Who said he was a serious military attaché?


    Gai Xun was originally the captain of Yueqi, but Dong Zhuo didn''t like Gai Xun being in charge of the army, so he dismissed him and gave him to Wu Fu. In a sense, Wu Fu was promoted by Dong Zhuo himself and accepted by him. It is reasonable to be treated personally, so I also had the opportunity to meet Dong Zhuo alone...


    But the assassination failed.


    On the day of the assassination, Wu Fu hid a short blade in his clothes and went to see Dong Zhuo.


    Dong Zhuo had no doubts and received Wu Fu. After the meeting, Dong Zhuo also gave Wu Fu a gift.


    Wu Fu, who was walking in the corridor, suddenly got angry, drew out his short blade and stabbed Dong Zhuo!


    ??However, Dong Zhuo''s evasion rate was not affected by his obesity. Wu Fu''s inevitable stab was missed!


    Dong Zhuo was furious. After killing Wu Fu on the spot, he immediately launched a large-scale search and arrest.


    ?He Yong and Xun You were imprisoned for this, Zhong Ji fled when he saw the situation was not good, and Zheng Tai also escaped from Chang''an with Hua Xin.


    ?He Yong took the main responsibility, admitted that he was the principal, and then committed suicide in prison. Xun You, on the other hand, kept shouting that he was wronged, because he knew that Wu Fu was dead, Zheng Tai and Zhong Ji had escaped, and He Yong took the blame again. In this way, no one could prove that he was related to the assassination. Therefore, Dong Zhuo Although it was known that Xun You had contacts with Wu Fu, it was not completely certain that Xun You was involved, so he put it aside, but he has been detained in prison.


    After encountering a sudden assassination, Dong Zhuo completely lost his trust in these Shandong nobles. At the same time, Dong Zhuo himself also found that he seemed to have a big problem with his memory. Sometimes he could forget his memory. This kind of physiological inexplicable problem, Let him sometimes burn with nameless fire...


    ??In order to ensure his own safety, Dong Zhuo must wear heavy armor at all times, and recalled Lu Bu, and asked him to serve as a guard wherever he went...


    ??Lü Bu was both painful and happy. He was happy because he could see the little figure that he had always cared about again, and he was painful because this figure had been taken into the backyard by Dong Zhuo.


    ?However, Lu Bu is not a very good person at hiding his emotions, so some strange behaviors fall into the eyes of interested people...


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    ?At almost the same time, Liu Bei, who was far away in the plains, also encountered assassins...


    Originally, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead the troops to Suizao with great ambition, but no one cared about it. As a result, before the final curtain came down, Gaotang, where Liu Bei was serving, was captured by the Yellow Turbans because he transferred the soldiers.


    ?Losing his land means being punished for his crime. How could Liu Bei, who had a history of escaping, be so obedient as to be captured?


    ?So he took his soldiers and went north to join his senior brother Gongsun Zan, and was promoted to the Sima of another department.


    However, Qingzhou was one of the areas where the Yellow Turban outbreak was most violent. Although the three Zhang brothers had been defeated, there were still a large number of Yellow Turbans left. These Yellow Turbans frequently harassed and plundered the county town, which gave Liu Bei the foundation to accumulate military exploits. At this time, Tian Kai, the former subordinate of Gongsun Zan and the current governor of Qingzhou, and Liu Bei were at odds with each other, and Liu Bei also accumulated military exploits and served as the commander of Pingyuan, and later became the prime minister of Pingyuan.


    After learning from the last postal supervision incident, Liu Bei became very focused on winning over people''s hearts this time. After taking up the post of Prime Minister of Pingyuan, he entertained guests and heroes, and was willing to do good to all knights in need, even if he was not a general. Scholars and ordinary people could sit at the same table with him and eat with him, and he became famous all of a sudden.


    Pingyuan County was also affected by the court''s evil money at this time. The currency depreciated significantly and the price of food soared. However, the powerful people in the countryside were reluctant to sell the food, causing countless ordinary people to starve to death.


    ??Liu Bei was in such a situation, so he ordered the large households in the county to provide food and grass to relieve the people. However, such an order angered the powerful right Liu Ping.


    Liu Ping bribed a ranger to assassinate Liu Bei. However, the ranger felt that he had taken Liu Bei''s money before, and now Liu Bei was doing something good, so he approached Liu Bei. Not only did he not assassinate, but he told the whole story...


    Liu Bei respectfully sent the assassin away and returned to the hall, only to see Zhang Fei jumping furiously about to lead his troops to attack Liu Ping''s Wubao.


    “Third brother, this matter,” Liu Bei took Zhang Fei’s arm and said, “let’s leave it at this…”


    “Brother!” Zhang Fei stared, unable to understand at all.


    Liu Bei shook his head and said nothing.


    Zhang Fei blinked his big round eyes and looked at Guan Yu again. Guan Yu sighed: "Without any evidence, I''m afraid I will be criticized."


    "Why is there no evidence? Isn''t that the person?" Zhang Fei turned around and started to leave again, "Wait until I get that person back!"


    "Third brother!" Liu Bei frowned and said slowly, "Now that you and I finally have this place, don''t be reckless. Do you know how many eyes are staring at the plains right now, just waiting for us to make the slightest move? The establishment of warehouses to stabilize grain prices in the well-established Shunwu Fortress came to nothing? Do you think it was Liu Ping who was behind this? "


    ??"Brother!" Zhang Fei would rather suffer himself, but he doesn''t want Liu to suffer even a little bit of grievance. He stared at Liu Bei with his round eyes and hesitated to speak.


    Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, nodded, and repeated: "Let''s let this matter go."


    Guan Yu said from the side: "From today on, I will stay with my eldest brother."


    ?Zhang Fei blinked and suddenly said: "I also live with my eldest brother!"


    Liu Bei laughed, grateful for the love and care given by his two brothers, and said, "Good! Then you and I can sleep together as brothers!"


    ??Although Liu Bei was smiling on his face, he couldn''t help but sigh deeply in his heart. Is it so difficult to do something for the people? Just to commit murder without opening a position?


    These nobles and nobles who call each other brothers and sisters on weekdays, exchange cups for drinks at banquets, and talk loudly in the hall, even if they don''t take me, Queen Jing of Zhongshan, in their eyes, they should still take some care and pity some common people in the same county. The head of Guizhou!


    Is it just to occupy more land in times of disaster?


    well…


    Is there still salvation in this world?


    Since ancient times, assassination has always been an embarrassment that politicians cannot escape...


    Dong Zhuo was assassinated for the first time, so he appointed Lu Bu as his bodyguard. Unexpectedly...


    Liu Bei was assassinated, so he stayed with his brother for a long time...


    Cao Cao was also assassinated later, so he was extremely suspicious...


    Sun Ce, well, let’s not talk about this unlucky boy...


    (End of this chapter)