Han emperor system

Chapter 250 Lu Bu Acknowledges His Father (Part [-])
After hearing Cao Cao's answer, Dong Zhuo was quite satisfied. He laughed and said to the other officials, but he became more careful about Cao Cao in his heart, feeling that he was not an ordinary person.

"Lord Taiwei, my lords, I am a young official with little knowledge and little ability, but I am entrusted with this task by my sage. I really can't do anything. I will trouble my lords in some places in the future, and I hope that my lords will be more understanding. But my lord The official believes that all the adults are indispensable to the court, even if there are some flaws in the work, it is not a big problem, the next official will definitely do his best to remind the adults."

Cao Cao turned to face the ministers again, raised his wine glass to salute, and then said, but it was laying the groundwork for his future work, but all the ministers nodded in agreement, and no one was disgusted.

"This son is very capable. If he can be recruited, he will definitely be able to help the old man." Dong Zhuo's evaluation of Cao Cao was even higher, and he made up his mind.

"Meng De was young and promising, and he was entrusted with important tasks by the sage. Your lords should support his work more in the future. But I have no children under my knees. Otherwise, if I have a son like Meng De, there will be someone to succeed me."

After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Cao Cao scolded the old thief in his heart. He wanted me to be your son. Go ahead and dream, but he still replied very modestly on the surface:
"Your Majesty Taiwei has won the award. I heard that Lord Taiwei has two sons-in-law, so he cannot be a great talent in the world. His writing is like Li Ru, who is resourceful, articulate, well-thought-out, and thoughtful; his martial arts is like Niu Fu. , Across the battlefield, brave and invincible, commanding the army, winning every battle. Presumably the Taiwei has such a second son-in-law, like a tiger with wings, it is really enviable."

Cao Cao did not answer Dong Zhuo's question directly, but praised Dong Zhuo's two sons-in-law vigorously, which means that you have two powerful son-in-laws, and you should be content.

"Hehe, it's just a joke with Meng De, it can't be taken seriously. I have known Master Cao, the chief minister, how can I win people's love? But I really think that what the court needs now is a young and promising man like Master Cao." Officials, the future of the world depends on you."

Cao Cao, Dong Zhuoxu and Wei Snake were as tactful as an old fritter, so that Dong Zhuo could neither coerce him nor offend him.

"Cao Cao is like a ghost, but his ability is really outstanding. Originally, the old man wanted to take him into his sect today, but he politely refused. Son-in-law, do you know this person?"

After all the officials were gone, Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru about it. Since arriving in Luoyang, the entire Taiwei Mansion has basically been handed over to Li Ru to take care of, including collecting information and analyzing the situation of the officials. .

"Cao Cao is said to have been treacherous and cunning since he was a child. He didn't like reading. He specialized in wielding knives and guns. He said he had great ambitions. His uncle didn't like him very much and often criticized him in front of his father. Once his uncle came to At that time, Cao Cao deliberately pretended to be sick, and soon his uncle mentioned it in front of Cao's father. Cao Cao told his father that his uncle deliberately slandered him because he didn't like him. Since then, Cao's father no longer believes his uncle's words, and Cao can do whatever he wants. Jiangdong There was a scholar who had seen the prime minister for Cao Cao, and later said that he was a capable minister in troubled times and a hero in troubled times. Judging from the information collected by his son-in-law so far, this person is quite loyal to the Han Dynasty on the surface. But he doesn’t agree with the young emperor.”

"It seems that he is another ambitious man, but what can he do when he is younger?" Dong Zhuo smiled. He did not believe that Cao Cao could do anything now that he had no military power.

"As long as this person stays in the capital, he won't be afraid of causing any troubles, so it's best not to let him leave Luoyang, lest he return to the sea and cause chaos." Li Ru reminded again.

"Just send someone to keep an eye on him, don't worry too much. By the way, how is Lu Bu doing now? If Lu Bu was by my side today, I would definitely kill that little boy Yuan Shao, who dared to confront the old man face to face." Afterwards, Dong Zhuo asked again up.

"Master Yuezhang, don't worry about Yuan Shao. This man is brave and foolhardy. Even if he is given opportunities and conditions, he will not be able to achieve great things. These days, Li Su has often been with Lu Bu. According to his report, Lu Bu has really stopped fighting Ding Yuan. Freed from the guilt, he turned to miss the dead woman. After Li Su's explanation, he had acquiesced to the fact and had no resistance to Mr. Yuezhang. Of course, this was also because he had nowhere to go now. "

"That's good, call him over to have dinner together in the evening, and talk with him casually. Yesterday, the old man will take him to the court to see if Yuan Shao dares to act arrogantly?"

That night, Li Su introduced Lv Bu to Dong Zhuo's Taiwei's residence, and Dong Zhuo greeted him personally at the front of the steps: "Fengxian, you are here. I have been looking forward to you for a long time, and finally I am waiting for you."

"Lord Taiwei looks down on me, I'm ashamed of the young general, thank you, Lord Taiwei." Lu Bu bowed his hands in salute, now he was dressed in a white robe, his face was pale, his eyes were dim, and he seemed a little distracted.

"Fengxian is a great husband of a strange man in the world, and he is the greatest support for those who achieve great things. What the old man often sighs is that there are only two daughters under his knees, and no one inherits the family business. Na Ding was originally such a good man as Fengxian, but he didn't understand It is really stupid to cherish and love. If the old man can have a child like Fengxian, he must rely on his family business to be worthy of a man like Fengxian."

Dong Zhuo took Lv Bu's hand and pulled him into the hall, then sat down beside the seat, looked at Lv Bu and said, the meaning behind his words was very clear.

"Congratulations to Fengxian, congratulations to Fengxian, is it because of the fate between you two that Mr. Taiwei has such an intention?" Li Su immediately understood Dong Zhuo's meaning after hearing this, and quickly applauded beside him, while persuading Lu Bu.

"Father-in-law, please be respected by the child."

When Lu Bu had no idea, he heard Dong Zhuo say that what he was most dissatisfied with Ding Yuan before was that Ding Yuan didn't give him half of the Ding family's property, making him feel like an outsider, but now Dong Zhuo is like this. Said that he couldn't help being moved, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, pronouncing his righteous father and getting up.

"Hahahaha, this old man was able to get this Lin'er, it's really not in vain. Please, my son, please, from now on, my Xiliang army will be under your command. Although the Holy Majesty does not allow you to enlist in the army, he did not say that you can't." It is a great joy to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army."

Dong Zhuo was ecstatic when he heard that Lv Bu called him foster father, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Lv Bu up, and said with a big smile, the joy in his words was beyond words, and Lv Bu was deeply moved.

"Congratulations to Mr. Taiwei for obtaining such a heroic adopted son as Fengxian. This is really a father and son who are both heroes. If Fengxian will help him in the future, why should Mr. Taiwei worry about the big things not being done?"

Seeing Dong Zhuo's ecstasy and Lu Bu's expression of surprise, Li Su immediately stepped forward to congratulate them, and some housekeepers nearby also stepped forward to congratulate them.

"Come here, let's get acquainted. This is your elder brother-in-law Li Ru, who is the counselor of our Xiliang army. From now on, I will have Li Ru in literature and Fengxian in martial arts. I will not let you come and go in the whole Luoyang city. Who else in this world is the opponent of this old man?"

Afterwards, a banquet was held in Taiwei's mansion, and some civil and military officials of the court were invited to celebrate. Taiwei Dong Zhuo accepted his adopted son Lu Bu, which made everyone happy.

Although all civil and military officials knew about the grievances between Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, everyone despised Lv Bu for murdering his father and admitting that the thief was his father, but on the surface they came forward to congratulate him one after another, which made Dong Zhuo very happy. Show off to civil and military officials.

Just when Dong Zhuo was congratulating Lv Bu on his adoptive son, Yuan Shao was sitting on pins and needles at home. After Yuan Kai came back today, he taught him a lesson, saying that Dong Zhuo hated him deeply now, and told him to be more careful in the future.

Now that he heard that Lv Bu recognized Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father, Yuan Shao became even more worried, and his younger brother Yuan Shu came back from the outside, and after learning what happened today, he only said one sentence to him:

"Brother, Dong Zhuo is determined, we have no way out, why don't we leave Luoyang as soon as possible and go far away."

Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized that if he didn't leave Luoyang, he might encounter Dong Zhuo's murderous hand sooner or later.

"You're right, we're leaving tonight."

So, when Dong Zhuo was proudly celebrating, the Yuan brothers packed up some belongings, and each took two of them with them, quietly left Luoyang overnight, and went their separate ways.

The next day, Dong Zhuo brought Lu Bu to court together, and explained to the Holy Master that the conflict between Lu Bu and Ding Yuan was originally caused by Ding Yuan's inability to tolerate others and sent someone to kill Lu Bu's wife and concubine. For the sake of his wife and concubine's sudden death, his sins were forgiven and he was allowed to serve the great man again.

"Since this is the case, it is justifiable for Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan. From now on, let Lu Bu be named Zhi Jinwu." Liu Bian returned the position that Lu Bu once held in history to him.

"Thank you, my emperor."

Dong Zhuo was very proud when he saw the young emperor's compromise, and turned his head to look for Yuan Shao in the crowd. He wanted to kill Yuan Shao in front of all civil and military officials, to kill chickens and monkeys, and to show all the ministers, so that no one would dare to blatantly attack him in the future. against himself.

"My lord, why didn't you see Yuan Shao, the supervisor of the left envoy, in the early court today?"

As a result, he looked around and found no trace of Yuan Shao. Dong Zhuo couldn't help being surprised, and immediately asked the young emperor Liu Bian. He thought it was Liu Bian who sent Yuan Shao to do something.

"Oh, did Master Taiwei ask Yuan Aiqing? Early this morning, the superiors of the Yuan family sent someone to report that Yuan Shao, the left envoy, and Hu Ben Zhonglang, the Yuan Shu brothers, had to rush back to deal with important matters in their hometown, so last night They left Luoyang overnight, and they left a memorial and resigned from the imperial court."

(End of this chapter)