Towering Luoyang City.

In the Shangshu Mansion, in the meeting hall with the door closed, sat Zhou Se, the secretary of the current court, and five or six ministers of the current court.

"Have you heard of it, Zong Zhengqing and Liu Zhi were also raided yesterday. Implicated men, women and children in the house, a total of more than 100 people, and even the baby in the swaddling clothes did not let go, alas......"

"Who's to say it isn't? Think about the Yuan family, there are more than 200 people in one family, and which one survived. Poor people, Duke Yuan has been loyal all his life......"

Hearing this, Shang Shuzhou sighed and sighed again and again. Recalling some time ago, he and Yuan Kui were still plotting together to kill Dong Zhuo. As a result, Dong Zhuo was not dead, but Yuan Kui went first, and ended up with a full slaughter.

"Now we can only pin on Yuan Benchu and them, if they can defeat Dong Zhuo in the Tiger Prison Pass, it is best to kill them!" The squire Liang Shi gritted his teeth and resented.

"Alas...... It's hard to win! Zuo Servant Zhang Cheng sighed and shook his head, "I heard that in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, Wenhou Lu Bu was brave and unstoppable, and single-handedly defeated countless generals in the coalition army, and he was out of the limelight. ”

"The left servant is too worried, the battlefield is about the strength of both sides, and no matter how powerful the individual is brave, it will not play a decisive role." Shang Chang, the counselor, expressed a different opinion, he had conquered the Xiqiang people when he was young, and had several years of combat experience. He clearly understood that war is about the distribution and deployment of the commander-in-chief and the disparity between the forces of the two sides, and personal bravery is only secondary.

"By the way, do you have any news from the Tiger Prison Close?" Shang Shu asked the rest of the people.

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, all sighed and shook their heads.

In recent days, all the city gates in Luoyang have been closed, and no one is allowed to go out or enter. The news can't be delivered at all, and everyone in the court is in danger.

"Li Ru said that he wanted to catch some kind of thief who subverted the Han Dynasty, but no one in the world knows that his master Dong Zhuo is the biggest thief in the world!"

Speaking of resentment, Liang Shi slammed his fist on the table, making a loud 'bang' sound.

Everyone present seemed to be surprised, and Shang Shu Zhouse's calm tone had a bit of warning in it: "Liang Shilang, just say these words in my mansion." After you go out, don't talk nonsense, there are nearly 100 wives and children in your house. ”

Liang Shi sat back in his position unwillingly, and Guo Lan, the doctor next to him, nodded and said: "Zhou Shangshu is right, Li Ru is completely a mad dog, catch whoever bites whom." Let's get together less in the future, so as not to fall into the hands of others. ”

After the destruction of the Yuan family, Li Ru arrested many officials one after another, but all those who had a slight connection with the Kwantung princes were spared, and the souls who were implicated and died have exceeded 1,000 people.

Li Ru's purpose of acting: he would rather kill by mistake than slip through the net.

Speaking of Li Ru, the counselor doctor still got up unhurriedly, brushed his gray beard, and said confidently to everyone: "Don't worry, the old man has already bought off the servants in Li Ru's mansion some time ago, and asked him to find an opportunity to poison the food and wine and kill Li Ru. ”

Hearing this, everyone present was overjoyed, as long as Li Ru died, it would be equivalent to cutting off Dong Zhuo's arm.

"In the end, it is an old-timer who has experienced the battlefield, and his means are fierce, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary people."

"Far-sighted, I can't do it!"

Just as a few people were laughing and patting Shang Chang's ass, a voice full of banter sounded: "I'm afraid, I'm going to disappoint you." ”

At the doorway, there was a soft 'creak', and the closed door was pushed open. Standing in the doorway was a scribe dressed in dark blue, with a scarf and a smile on his face.

When he smiled, everyone in the hall felt a chill in their hearts.

Li Ru waved his hand lightly, and the armor behind him completely pushed the door open and strode in.

"Wait!"

Zhou Se shouted, looked at Li Ru and asked, "Li Shangshu, why did you lead troops to break into the old man's mansion?" ”

There were five people in the court, and Li Ru was also one of them.

"You and others gathered a crowd to plot chaos, and wanted to harm the Taishi and Ben Shangshu, and they should be severely tried in prison." Charges or something, Li Ru came casually, what he wanted to do was to nip all disasters in the bud.

The armor soldiers stepped forward to capture Zhou Se and a few people, erected their bodies, and dragged them out.

Most of the people in the hall were literati, and even if they tried their best, they couldn't break free from these fierce armorers, so they could only turn around and look at Li Ru angrily and scold.

"Li Ru, you villain, a vertical son, he will not die well one day!"

"Even if you are a ghost, I will not let you go, a dog thief!"

"You jackal, inhuman brute......"

The abusive voices gradually faded away, perhaps because he had heard too much, and Li Ru didn't seem to pay attention to these harsh voices at all.

Back at the mansion, the scouts from the Tiger Prison had been waiting for a long time.

Li Ru took the report he handed over and quickly browsed it.

In the continuous attack for many days, the defenders of Tiger Prison Pass suffered nearly half of the casualties, and the princes' coalition army also paid a heavy price of nearly 200,000.

If this continues, the outcome is worrying.

Seeing the end, Li Ru frowned. He did suggest a surprise attack on the princes' grain and grass camps, but he didn't expect Dong Zhuo to actually send Lu Bu there.

This is not a good sign.

Somehow, Li Ru was always worried about Lu Bu in his heart. He walked to the desk and wrote a book, asking Dong Zhuo to recall Lu Bu and not let the tiger return to the mountain.

I'm afraid that I'll 'break through the iron cage and escape the tiger and leopard, and suddenly open the golden lock and walk the dragon'.

North of Luoyang City, Beining Street.

On the bluestone road outside the Lu Mansion, there are many soldiers who come and go to inspect, and there is a posture that no one should approach. Twelve hours a day, there are people stationed here at all times.

This is also what Li Ru means, and the beautiful name is: 'protection'.

In the courtyard of the mansion, little ones in light gauze shirts are running around the flower beds.

The four-year-old little bell ran in front, and the two one-and-a-half-year-old brothers followed behind, chasing after them like ducks.

Yan Wei, who was a mother, sat in the shade of a tree not far away, threading threads and needles, and sewing torn clothes.

"Run slowly, don't fall ......"

From time to time, she would also nag twice, looking at the eyes of her three children, full of love.

The little bell ran up, and the sound of tinkling Lingling in the past was no longer in his waist. She hung the two little bells around Chi Su's neck, saying that in this way she could accompany her father and protect her father's safe return.

When he said this, the little bell looked up at his little face and was innocent, but Lu Bu was almost moved to tears.

After running for a while, the sweaty little bell sat on the stone pier of the rockery, soaking the pink little feet in the flowing river water, which was cold and refreshing.

The two younger brothers are not tall enough, so they can only lie on the outside of the rockery, stand on tiptoe and pat the water with their hands, enjoy the splash, and have a lot of fun.

The little bell, who was splashed with water by two naughty brothers, was about to fight back, but when she looked up, she saw an extremely familiar figure.

She was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, she didn't even bother to put on her shoes, and ran over barefoot as if flying.