At the end of the year, Luoyang City, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, was not only lively, but much colder.

On this day, a strange guest came to the Lu Mansion, saying that he was from Chenliu, and there were 100,000 urgent things to ask to see General Zhenbei.

The servant who guarded the door reported the matter to the steward, who went to seek Lu Bu's advice, and only after obtaining permission did he bring the man into the house.

In the reception hall, Lu Bu sat in the central seat, with his hands folded, looking at the middle-aged scribe standing in the hall, searching in his mind, but there was no impression of this person.

"Mao Jue, a small minist, meet General Zhenbei." The middle-aged scribe reported his name and bowed to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Say, what is the matter with General Ben?" ”

Mao Jue didn't go around in circles, and got straight to the point: "I am dissatisfied with the general, and I came all the way to the place, but I was ordered by Chen Liujun to guard Zhang Miao, and I wanted to ask General Zhenbei to help rescue King Hongnong." ”

Cao Cao is still a fugitive from the imperial court's reward, and just in case, Mao Jue lied that he came on Zhang Miao's orders.

"You want to use the reputation of King Hongnong to crusade against Dong Zhuo?" There was a sneer next to him.

Hearing this, Mao Jue was suddenly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect their plan to be broken by someone, so he hurriedly looked sideways. Sitting in the right-hand position below, there is a young man with a white fox face, with a handsome face and a hint of dissoluteness.

"Your Excellency?"

"Yingchuan Guo Fengxiao." Guo Jia replied disapprerovingly.

Guo Fengxiao?

Mao Jue muttered twice in his heart, obviously he had never heard of such a number one person, but he also remembered this name in his heart.

At this time, another voice sounded in the hall: "Brother Mao, my general is not familiar with Zhang Miao, why should I help him?" ”

Mao Jue followed the voice, and the thin young man sitting on the left spoke.

This person's appearance and the white fox boy are clearly distinguished, and they belong to the kind that is thrown into the crowd and can never be found, and they are completely uneye-catching.

Mao Jue didn't answer the joke, but arched his hand to Lu Bu and said, "General Lu, I believe you are not blind or deaf. Dong Zhuo brought disaster to the country and the people, and brutally rebelled, which has become the target of the public and pointed out by thousands of people. As a minister of the Han family, you have to be the emperor first, and you should help us and others to crusade against the traitors, do you choose to turn a blind eye and watch the Han Dynasty buried in the hands of Dong Zhuo? ”

Syllable!

Lu Bu slapped the table, interrupted Mao Jue, and reprimanded sharply: "Who are you who sent you, you dare to slander the imperial master, and you want to provoke the general to rebel, his heart can be punished." Come on, drag him down for me and send him to the Tingwei Mansion for strict interrogation! ”

Chen Wei and Hua Xiong at the door listened to the order, strode in, and dragged Mao Jue out.

Mao Jue is a scribe, naturally he can't break free from the pressure of the left and right, once he enters the Tingwei Mansion, he will definitely go and never return.

Thinking of this, both horizontal and vertical were dead, and he simply scolded: "Lu Bu, you despicable villain, shameless man, Cao Mengde is really blind, he has mistaken you!" ”

"Wait a minute."

Hearing Cao Mengde's three words, Lu Bu asked Chen Wei and the others to press Mao Jue back, and the fox asked, "Did Cao Mengde ask you to come?" ”

This time, Mao Jue didn't lie and admitted it.

"When is Cao Mengde going to raise troops?" Lu Bu asked seemingly unintentionally.

"This ......"

Mao Jue's face was embarrassed, this matter was a military secret, how could he say it to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu saw that Mao Jue's face was full of melancholy, and waved his hand again, "Since you don't even have a basic sense of cooperation, General Ben has nothing to say, send off guests." ”

When Mao Jue heard this, how could this be done, Cao Cao's explanation was not done, how could he be embarrassed to go back to restore his life.

And listening to the meaning of Lu Bu's words, it seems that there is a tendency to cooperate, and after weighing the pros and cons, Mao Jue replied truthfully: "If things go well, it should be early spring next year." ”

"How many soldiers have been raised?"

"Seven thousand."

"That's it? Looks like the number of people is still a lot worse. ”

"That's why I need the general's help, rescue King Hongnong, and order the princes of the world to raise troops and jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo."

"Hmm~~"

Lu Bu pondered for a moment, thought for a while in his mind, and replied: "This matter is not urgent, it cannot be completed in a while, and it has to be considered in the long run." During this time, I will bother Your Excellency to stay in the palace for a while, and wait for the general to find out the situation, and then make plans for rescue. ”

Mao Jue couldn't think of a better way for a while, so he could only nod his head.

Lu Bu called the steward and asked him to arrange a room for Mao Jue to live in, and instructed Chen Wei to let people keep an eye on Mao Jue and not allow him to take a step out of the mansion.

After Mao Jue followed the steward, he looked at Lu Bu with a solemn face: "General, do you really want to help them rescue King Hongnong?" This matter is extremely risky, and if it is discovered, it is not a joke. ”

Guo Jia on the other side also agreed: "Xi Zhicai is right, even if you rescue King Hongnong, it will not be of any benefit to you." At that time, it may be 'mutton not eaten, and it will cause a commotion'. ”

"If I don't save him, I will be the one who will kill him."

Lu Bu sighed, no matter what, the first emperor Liu Hong had been kind to him. If he kills his son in the future, regardless of his reputation, it will be a bit ungrateful from the moral point of view alone.

Cao Cao and others raised troops, under the banner of King Hongnong, and with Dong Zhuo's irritable temper, they would definitely send someone to kill Liu Wei first. So the question is, who should be sent to deal with this kind of shady reputation-damaging thing?

Li Ru is not a good man and a woman, and he will not blink his eyes when he kills people. He still doesn't believe in Lu Bu now, so there is a chance that this matter will fall on Lu Bu.

Lu Bu also knew very well that killing the Tai student had already made him infamous, and if he killed Liu Wei, the king of Hongnong, he would not be allowed to jump to scold him.

Therefore, even if King Hongnong is not handed over to Cao Cao and them, they must rescue him first.

Lu Bu had already made up his mind, and it was not good to say anything more, so he could only think of a way and think about how to rescue him.

In the evening, after dinner, in Lu Bu's study.

The candle flame illuminated the room, and a young figure stood respectfully in front of Lu Bu's desk.

"Are you familiar with the palace?"

Lu Bu flipped through the bamboo slips in his hand, and didn't look up at the person in front of him, just said lightly.

"Very familiar." The young eunuchs of the past are now the domestic slaves of the Lu Mansion.

"How sure are you if you want to rescue King Hongnong?"

"It's hard to say."

Named 'Green Fang', he replied in a low voice: "Since the death of my father-in-law, the palace forces have been purged, and almost all of our henchmen have lost contact. ”

"What if someone does it?" Lu Bu looked at the words on the bamboo slips and added.

"It's estimated that it's only 50% sure." Qing Fang didn't dare to hold it up, after all, it was an important place in the palace, and the guards were extremely strict, not to mention that the person Lu Bu wanted to save was still the emperor's brother today.

The difficulty is as you can imagine.

"Alright, you go down."

Lu Bu waved his hand, and he was soon the only one left in the study.

In this matter, in addition to full cooperation, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the parties concerned.

If Liu Wei doesn't cooperate, even if they try their best, they won't be able to save it.

"It seems that we have to find an opportunity to go to the palace to meet the king of Hongnong."

Lu Bu said to himself, closed the bamboo slip in his hand, blew out the candle, and walked out of the study.