In the afternoon, the north gate of Chang'an City.

Outside the city gate, Li Li took Li Zhi, Li Xuan and more than 100 personal soldiers to see off Li Dao, Xu Rong and Fan Chou and other generals, and watched them leave.

"Lord, General Li Dao and they have already gone away, let's go back." Li Xuan stood behind Li Li and said softly.

Li Li looked at the distant back, stunned, and muttered softly: "Today they leave Chang'an, and we will see us off, and when we leave Kyoto the day after tomorrow, who will see us off?" 400,000 Xiliang troops were stationed in Chang'an Sanfu, looking at the world, suppressing the Kwantung princes and not daring to act rashly, what a powerful legion! However, all this is like a flash in the pan, and it is about to wither. Even though Li had the heart to save all this, Dong Xiangguo couldn't trust me, and he was lucky and refused to give the order to delegate power. What can I do? ”

Li Li didn't understand what Li Li said, but he knew that since Li Li didn't want to say it directly, then he, as a subordinate, couldn't ask more, this was the duty of a subordinate.

Immediately, Li Xuan weighed and said: "Lord, since some things are irreparable, let him go, it's useless to think too much." However, we are now preparing to leave Chang'an, and the things ordered by the lord have not yet been properly handled by our subordinates, and it will take three or five days. Please punish the Lord. ”

After Li Li heard this, he smiled and turned over his horse, and waved his big hand to signal his soldiers to return home. Then he said as he walked: "Yuan Zhong, you don't need to be punished. It's only been a few days, and it's only been five days since I got married. Continue to seize the time to purchase grain, and hand it over to Wen He to take over after transporting it out of the city, and strive to do this matter within five days. How's that, can it be done? ”

Li Xuan smiled indifferently and said, "Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely handle this matter within five days." In fact, seventy percent of the grain in all the grain stores in Chang'an City has been bought by my subordinates, and now I have sent people to the surrounding counties to buy grain on a large scale. After the grain is bought. There is no need to enter the city, it is directly transported to Dongyang Valley and handed over to Wenhe for safekeeping. In seven days at most, the grain warehouses in Chang'an City and the surrounding counties will be swept away by us, and at that time, I am afraid that the price of food will rise wildly! ”

"Hehehe!" Li Li said with a smile: "Yuan Zhong is not too happy, you are reluctant to save it!" ”

"Why did the lord say this? Could it be that the lord did not buy food on a large scale to supply our army, but for another purpose? Li Xuan asked in a low voice in surprise.

Li Li rode his horse slowly, his eyes scanned the surroundings of the post road, and said in a low voice, "Yuan Zhong guessed right." When our army rushed to Chang'an this time, it brought two months' worth of grain and grass, and now the grain and grass are enough to supply the army for a month and a half. And the amount of food you have recently purchased is enough to supply the army for half a year. We don't need to return to Wuwei County for the time being, and it is not very useful to store so much grain, so I want to distribute this grain to the people of Chang'an City and the surrounding areas when the time is right. What do you think. Is Yuan Zhong distressed and reluctant? Hehehe! ”

"Ugh!" Li Xuan looked at Li Li with a smile on his face with a stunned expression. Shen said: "Is the lord trying to buy people's hearts? When the people ran out of food. We will give them food to win hearts and minds. Since then, our losses have been great, and we have a bit of a sense of moving stones to hit our own feet, and the gains outweigh the losses, after all, Chang'an City is not the jurisdiction of the lord. The Lord is a philanthropist. We don't have to spend a lot of money to buy a false name, our foundation is in Liangzhou, but it is beyond the reach of Chang'an City, and we can't stand it! ”

Li Li smiled weirdly and said, "The world is unpredictable. Chang'an City naturally has nothing to do with us now, but it may not be the case in the future. What's more, the money we bought was not our own hard-earned money, but all the congratulatory gifts sent by hundreds of officials and generals in the Manchu Dynasty. I, Li Li, am not a righteous gentleman, let alone a great Confucian celebrity who covets fame, and I have never traded at a loss, and this time is no exception. Yuan Zhong, just wait and see, your brother-in-law and I don't want to be kind and charitable, but have other plans! ”

"Since the lord is in his chest, his subordinates should go all out. But the lord must be stable, don't squander the grain, this is tens of thousands of taels of gold in exchange for grain and grass, you must be cautious! Li Xuan said quite distressedly.

Li Li turned his head to look at Li Xuan with a smile on his face, and said casually: "Don't worry, it's definitely worth the money." Let's go, hurry back to the house and prepare, the day after tomorrow morning, we will leave Chang'an, everyone in the house will go, all with the army out of the city! ”

"Lord, the servants and maids are gone, what about the Longxiang Li Mansion? Won't we go back to Chang'an in the future? Li Xuan asked urgently.

Li Li said with a smile: "There is only one plaque left in the Li Mansion of Longxiang, and there is no need to send people to stay behind, otherwise they may be in danger of their lives." As for us going back to the mansion in Chang'an, just find a big mansion near the palace and live in it. Okay, let's go, the affairs of the house are cumbersome, and you need help! ”

After speaking, Li Li didn't wait for Li Xuan to ask again, so he rode his horse and whipped his horse and galloped.

Seeing Li Li leave quickly, even though Li Xuan had a lot of doubts in his heart, he also knew that it was not appropriate to ask more questions at this time, and everything would naturally be solved when the water came out.

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Wenhou Mansion, Lu Bu Mansion.

"Bang!"

"Bang Bang!"

"Dong Zhuo's old thief deceived me too much! Deceive me too much, deceive me too much?????? If I don't take back Diao Chan, I, Lu Bu, will never give up! ”

In the main hall, Lu Bu was furious, roared angrily, and slapped the case several times, causing the utensils on the case to roll down one after another and shatter to pieces.

Outside the gate of the main hall, Zhang Liao, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and other generals who had not recovered from their serious injuries but were able to go to the ground, heard that Lu Bu was so furious, and they were so frightened that they hid outside the door and did not dare to show their heads, for fear that they would accidentally touch their heads and be punished by Lu Buqian's anger.

"Wen Yuan, hurry up and go in and persuade the lord. The lord roared so loudly, maybe there were eyes and ears sent by Dong Xiangguo in the house, in case these words reached Dong Xiangguo's ears, it would be a big deal! The lord's most trusted subordinate was you before, and at this time, only if you persuade him, the lord can listen to it. Wei Xu tucked his throat and whispered to Zhang Liao.

When Zhang Liao heard this, he shook his head again and again, and said with a gloomy face: "Wei Xu, you are deliberately saying the opposite!" You are the brother-in-law of the lord, and the lord was injured in order to save you that day, and he usually trusts you the most. At this time, instead of persuading the lord, you encouraged me to go. What is the intention? ”

Wei Xu said pitifully: "Wen Yuan, I am seriously injured and have not healed now, in case the lord is angry with me and kicks me casually, then my half life will be gone." With my sick appearance, the lord was afraid that he would be even more upset when he saw me, and persuasion was useless. So, I really can't help it, I can't bear the beating and scolding of the lord, otherwise I would have gone in a long time ago! ”

Zhang Liao looked at Wei Xu helplessly. I also felt that Wei Xu's words were reasonable. If Lu Bu was allowed to see Wei Xu's half-dead appearance, his originally angry mood would probably be even more annoyed. Because Lu Bu's left hand is now completely crippled, and the injury is not yet good, it is still tightly bandaged.

Seeing Zhang Liao's hesitation, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing and others suddenly felt quite anxious. But there is nothing to be done.

"Wen Yuan, I'll accompany you to persuade Wen Hou. The two of us went in together. In case the anger of the Marquis is not vented against any of us. The other person can also help so as not to be punished by Wen Hou. What do you think? Seeing that everyone was hiding at the door and was in a stalemate, Cao Xuan said to Zhang Liao stubbornly.

"That's all there is to it, let's go." Zhang Liao groaned and walked into the main hall.

After a little hesitation, Cao Xing hurried to follow Zhang Liao. He walked into the lobby with a restrained expression.

That back, in the eyes of Wei Xu and Hou Cheng, has the tragic feelings of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin and the strong man never returning.

"Get out, get out of here! Who let you in! Lu Bu's angry roar came out of the door. Hearing this, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng shrank their necks, and they didn't dare to stretch out their heads to peek.

In the face of Lu Bu's monstrous anger, Zhang Liao stiffened and said respectfully: "Wen Hou is angry. The matter has come to this point, even if Wen Hou is furious, it will not help. What's more, Diao Chan entered the palace as a concubine this time, and will be the mother of the world in the future, and we are courtiers, even if we are unwilling, we are helpless. In other words, Wen Hou was actually tricked by Situ Wang Yun this time, he had already married Diao Chan to Wen Hou before, but now he reversed himself and climbed to the imperial family. This is the act of a snobbish person, if Wen Hou is angry, he can ask Wang Yun why he is not trustworthy. In addition, the last general felt that this matter had nothing to do with Dong Xiangguo. If Wang Yun insisted on dedicating Diao Chan to the Son of Heaven, Dong Xiangguo would definitely not know that Wen Hou had already made a marriage with Diao Chan, and Xiangguo would sell a favor to Wang Yun and marry the Son of Heaven. Therefore, the fault of this matter lies with Wang Yun, not Dong Xiangguo. ”

"Huh, what do you know?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao with angry eyes, and immediately snorted coldly, his nostrils still panting. However, his angry expression was obviously eased a lot, and he did not get angry with Zhang Liao because of this, obviously Zhang Liao's words made him feel a lot more relieved, and gradually regained his senses.

After relieving his breath, Lu Bu's face was gloomy and he said angrily: "Enter the palace as a concubine? Well said! That child is now only a twelve-year-old child, so what's the use of marrying a concubine? Do you know, Wen Yuan, this is just Dong Zhuo's old thief's excuse! The old thief is lustful and troubles the court, once Diao Chan enters the palace, I am afraid he will not be able to escape the clutches of the old thief. Wenyuan, what do you say I should do? I can't live without Diao Chan, if I don't take back Diao Chan, I vow not to give up! ”

At this time, Lu Bu was like a child who had been robbed of candy, extremely lost, with no master of the six gods, but helpless. His dejected appearance is not at all the invincible god of war in the eyes of Zhang Liao, Cao Xing and others, but a down-and-out man who was robbed of his wife, no different from ordinary people.

Lu Bu's such a decadent expression made Zhang Liao feel both disappointed and indignant. So he said in a deep voice with an awe-inspiring expression: "Wen Hou can go to Wang Yun to ask the reason." If he flashes his words and blindly covets the vanity of the emperor's relatives and relatives, the last general is willing to lead his troops into the Situ Mansion and kill the Wang family! ”

Lu Bu shook his head rather discouraged and said, "It's useless. I have already gone to Wang Yun, and he said that it was Dong Zhuo's old thief who forcibly forced him to do this. What can I do? ”

"Did Wen Hou ask Dong Xiangguo and pull Wang Yun forward to confront him?" Zhang Liao pondered and asked.

"Dong Zhuo's old thief is not in the house at all, so he went to Yiwu in the morning." Lu Bu continued.

Zhang Liao's expression suddenly relaxed when he heard this, and he said loudly: "If this is the case, Wen Hou will not have to worry. Diao Chan is now in the inner courtyard of the palace, but Dong Xiangguo is dozens of miles away in Yiwu, which shows that Dong Xiangguo has no intention of snatching Diao Chan. ”

"Oh yes, I didn't think of that! Haha! Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, Daxiao got up and walked to the gate, and then rode away on the red rabbit horse. (To be continued)

(Note: "Entering the palace as a concubine" in the text is just a popular title.) In fact, there was no noble concubine in the inner palace of the Han Dynasty, only the names of beauty, nobleman and queen. Diao Chan is a "nobleman" in the text, second only to the queen, and the concubines of the feudal court later came from this. (To be continued......)