After leaving the palace, Li Dao (Jue) was still a little indignant.

He said to Li Ru beside him: "Wen You, why did you stop me? If I persecute it again, Your Majesty will definitely give in. ”

Li Ru shook his head and said, "Feng Tianzi is not a minister, this is what a general should do." Although the Han family is in decline, it still occupies the righteousness. If the general wants to succeed, he must not persecute His Majesty too much. ”

Li Wei thought about it for a while, and felt that what Li Ru said was reasonable, so he sighed and said: "Having said that, but in this way, I have wronged Wen You." ”

Li Ru raised the pardon document in his hand and said with a smile: "I have this, and I am already very satisfied." ”

At this time, Li Wei couldn't help but think of what happened in the palace just now. At that time, Li Ru blocked Li Dao and coerced Emperor Han, but he forced Emperor Xian and wrote a document to pardon him.

Although Emperor Xian was unwilling, he had to obediently submit to Li Dao and Li Ru who were eyeing him. After all, compared to appointing Li Ru as a servant, the matter of pardoning Li Ru is a little insignificant.

Li Wei saw Li Ru with a happy face, and couldn't help but extend an olive branch again: "Wenyou, in the Xiliang army, there is a lack of resourceful people like you, I don't know if you are willing to come to the army and serve as a military advisor?" ”

When Guo Yan (si) on the side heard this, he hurriedly interjected: "Yes, Wenyou, the door in our army will always be open for you." ”

When Li Wei heard Guo Yan's words, his face suddenly sank, but he didn't attack on the spot, and only focused on Li Ru.

Fan Chou and Zhang Ji behind them are far inferior in strength to Li Dao and Guo Yan. Although he also wanted to win over Li Ru in his heart, he didn't dare to speak.

Seeing that the two were starting to fight each other now, Li Ru couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: "They are not the ones who will succeed in the end!" ”

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be more determined, Li Ru's intention to leave.

He sighed deliberately and said gloomily: "Some time ago, the Confucian family was slaughtered, and every time I thought of this, I was always depressed and uneasy. ”

"Today, since His Majesty is unwilling to use me again, I just take the pardon document he gave me and return to my hometown, and never again ask about the rights and wrongs of the world."

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He is very sincere, he wants to recruit Li Ru, how can he let him leave like this?

But he didn't want to, Guo Yan on the side hurriedly interjected: "I also feel sad about what happened to the military advisor. Since the military advisor has the intention of retreating, we will naturally not be too reluctant to the military advisor. ”

"It's just that before leaving, please let the military advisor inform me, and I will definitely see the military advisor off."

Guo Yan said so, and Li Dao naturally didn't want to keep Li Ru anymore. It's just that he occasionally glanced at Guo Yan's eyes, but he looked a little gloomy.

How could he not understand Guo Yan's thoughts? In the entire Xiliang Army now, Li Dao and Guo Yan are the most powerful.

But Li Dao and Li Ru have the same surname, and the two used to be quite friendly. If you let Li Ru, choose one of the two of them. Guo Yan believes that that person is definitely not himself.

Although Li Dao and Guo Yan are still in harmony. But maybe one day, they will turn their backs. In this way, Guo Yan naturally didn't want to see that Li Ru defected to Li Dao.

In his opinion, if he can't get Li Ru, he doesn't want Li Dao to get it. In this way, either kill Li Ru or let him go.

Li Ru himself proposed to go into hiding, which naturally made Guo Yan's heart bloom. So he climbed up the pole and directly expressed his approval.

Li Ru already knew what several people were thinking, and he immediately said: "In this way, Confucianism thanked the general first." ”

Guo Yan laughed a few times and said, "According to my relationship with the military advisor, how can I talk about thanks?" ”

Then he turned his head to look at Li Dao and said, "Childish, on the day the military division leaves, we must hold a feast and invite all the generals in the army to see off the military division, do you think it?" ”

Li Dao's face twitched a few times, and he was already angry in his heart. But he also knew that only by uniting the Xiliang Army could the Xiliang Army gain a foothold in Chang'an.

Therefore, Li Dao could only smile and say, "That's right!" ”

Hearing Li Dao's words, Li Ru was completely relieved, he laughed loudly, and said, "In this way, Ru has thanked the two generals in advance!" ”

Due to the arrival of Chen Xu, history has changed slightly, originally in the real history, Li Dao was in October, recommended Li Ru as a servant, and then was rejected.

Since then, Li Ru has been hidden in the fields and has never been seen again.

But now, this incident happened nearly half a year ahead of schedule. The contradiction between Li Dao and Guo Yan also began to appear earlier than in history.

That night, Li Ru came to Jia Xu's mansion and sat down with him.

Jia Xu asked his subordinates to get some wine and food, and he and Li Ru began to drink slowly. Because both of them had some other thoughts in their hearts, they didn't drink a lot of wine.

After chatting for a while, Jia Xu suddenly said: "Wen You can get the pardon document and get out of this place of right and wrong, it's really gratifying!" ”

Li Ru smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I already knew that this matter could not be hidden from Wen He. ”

He stared at Jia Xu tightly and sighed: "Although I have taken the pardon document now, my reputation is already bad after all. Looking at the princes of the world, who can tolerate me? At the end of the day, I'm still not as good as the others. ”

Jia Xu, the table character Wen and.

When Li Ru said these words, he didn't deliberately praise Jia Xu, but said it from the bottom of his heart. Both of them were strategists, and both had served under Dong Zhuo's account.

But now, Li Ru has no way out. On the other hand, Jia Xu is very mixed. On the one hand, he served under the account of Li Dao and others, and did not do bad things, and on the other hand, he tried his best to protect the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Everything Jia Xu has done today is to seek a way out for himself in the future.

Jia Xu was not famous when he was young, only the celebrity Yan Zhong thought he was different, saying that he had the wisdom of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

The strategy he offered to Li Dao and others, 'attacking Chang'an and serving the country to conquer the world', is similar to Cao Cao's 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes' in the future.

Looking at Li Ru's lonely appearance, how could Jia Xu not understand his thoughts?

The current Li Ru is only in his early forties. Now that the troubled times have just arrived, it is time for him to show what he has learned in his chest. At this time, let Li Ru, who is full of talent, go into hiding, he has no regrets in his heart, it is impossible.

Thinking of the past, Li Ru recommended himself to Dong Zhuo many times, Jia Xu hesitated for a moment and said: "With Wenyou's actions in the past, the princes of the world may not be able to tolerate you." ”

He pointed to the north and continued, "However, on the other side of the north, you can go and give it a try. ”

When Li Ru heard this, his heart moved.

It's not that he didn't think about it, and went to Chen Xu in the north, but he didn't know what Chen Xu would think of him, the person who had killed the first emperor.

As if seeing the doubts in Li Ru's heart, Jia Xu chuckled and said, "Chen Wenzhao was born in a yellow scarf, how can he care about Wenyou's previous affairs?" ”

Moreover, from Chen Wenzhao's meritocracy recruitment order, it can be seen that this person is open-minded. If Wen You doesn't try it, I'm afraid he will regret it for life! ”

Jia Xu's words made Li Ru wake up suddenly.

Yes, Chen Xu was an anti-thief leader before, how could he care about his reputation as Li Ru? Moreover, the meritocracy of recruiting talents further exposed Chen Xu's thirst for talent.

got up and made a gesture to Jia Xu, Li Ru said: "Confucian, thank you for your advice and advice." ”

It was another sunny day, and on the official road, a group of people and horses galloped by.

There was a big man who said to another man with a lofty spirit: "Lord, the realm of Runan has passed in front, and Yuan Shu should not chase after him again." ”

The man held a halberd in his hand, with a look of resentment on his face: "I thought Yuan Highway was a hero, and I came to join him." But he didn't want to be jealous of my bravery, not only did he refuse to let me lead the army, but he also refused to give me food and grass. ”

"As a last resort, I set the army to plunder, and Yuan Highway had murderous intent against me. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I'm afraid I would have fallen to the ground. ”

This man is none other than Lu Bu.

Since Chang'an was captured by Li Dao and others, Lu Bu took a group of henchmen and generals and hundreds of horsemen to escape from Chang'an City in a hurry and came to join Yuan Shu.

Lu Bu's reputation is not very good, so Yuan Shu has always been jealous of him. Some time ago, because of Lu Bu's plunder, Yuan Shu's murderous intent was aroused, and Lu Bu fled in a hurry again.

The big man who spoke first was Wei Xu, and he said with a sad face: "Lord, where should I go now?" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, his face was also full of sadness.

Lu Bu also knew that his current reputation was not very good, and the princes of the world were very jealous of him and did not dare to accept him sincerely.

Now Lu Bu's subordinates only have a few hundred people, and it is absolutely impossible to create a safe place. Thinking about it, he thought of Ding Yuan at the beginning, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of remorse in his heart.

"You're right, if you have the courage of a horseman, it will be difficult to achieve great things after all."

It was only then that Lu Bu understood Ding Yuan's good intentions for him. But now it's too late to regret it.

Several of his generals were silent for a long time when they saw Lu Bu. One of them couldn't help but say: "When the lord was in the annexation of the state, he was friendly with Uncle Zhang Zhi and Zhang Wenyuan. ”

"Now that they are all working under the account of Chen and Zhou, why don't the lord go to Bingzhou?"

"Uncle Zhi, Wen Yuan." Lu Bu muttered in a low voice, but after all, he didn't speak.

He, Zhang Yang, and Zhang Liao used to serve under Ding Yuan's account, and Ding Yuan also treated them well. In the past, he killed Ding Yuan for the sake of glory and wealth, but now he has no face at all, and he will go to see these two people again.

Hou Cheng also said: "My lord, Chen Jizhou is recruiting talents, and he is eager to seek talents. Since he pacified and merged the state and defeated Xianbei, he has been even more powerful. ”

"With the bravery of the lord, if you go to the state, you will definitely be able to be reused. Besides, the lord was originally from Bingzhou, so if he could return to his hometown, why not? ”

Lu Bu looked around and saw that the generals' eyes showed expectant looks, and his heart suddenly felt bitter.