Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 229 Donating Medicine
Around noon, Liu Yu arrived at Yong'an Palace.

Dong Zhuo had been waiting anxiously for a long time. As soon as Liu Yucai entered the palace, he drove away the idlers and left only ten thin old soldiers who were preparing to test the medicine in the side hall.

It's just that Liu Yu didn't mention the elixir first when he came in, but asked Dong Zhuo in puzzlement why he was ordered not to go to Hulaoguan to take up his post.

"Didn't the Grand Master promise to let me take over the troops at Hulao Pass as long as we find out who the mastermind behind the mysterious rich businessman case is? Why did you suddenly go back on your word at this time!"

"Hehe, Muzhi misunderstood the old man. Last night, a detective reported that all the enemy soldiers on the front line of Hulao Pass retreated overnight. Now it seems that Lu Bu's fellow has long been in collusion with Zhang Yang, Sun Jian and others! They besieged The front line of Hulao Pass is clearly to provide Lu Bu with a reasonable excuse to escape from Luoyang!"

As soon as Lu Bu's defection was mentioned, Dong Zhuo's teeth itch with hatred. He had promised Liu Yu, but he was afraid that Liu Yu would become the second Lu Bu. If it wasn't an emergency, he still felt that it would be more appropriate to keep Liu Yu by his side. .

However, at this time there were no available generals in Luoyang City, and the enemy troops in the southeast, southwest, and Hongnong areas still existed, so Dong Zhuo didn't want to make Liu Yu feel dissatisfied, so he had already thought of words of comfort.

I heard Dong Zhuo say: "What my Grand Master said must be effective, but the crisis on the front line of Hulao Pass has been resolved, but the rebels in the southeast and southwest are still at large, and once the identity of Zhu Jun and Liu Biao's main force is found out It is very likely that Muzhi will need to lead troops to support Niu Fu or Xu Rong at the location, so this is the order to suspend the trip to Hulao Pass!"

Liu Yu had known for a long time that this would be the result, because he ordered the retreat of the "enemy army" at Hulao Pass, and in order to continue to complete the next step of the "Plan to Cut Dong", Liu Yu must also stay in Luoyang City.

It's just that everyone will feel dissatisfied when he sees the military power being stopped suddenly. In order to prevent Dong Zhuo from seeing the flaws, Liu Yu pretends to be a little unhappy.

Dong Zhuo would naturally not punish him for this after seeing it, let alone begging Liu Yu today.

"It's been half a month since Muzhi left the city. I don't know if the pills have been refined yet?" Dong Zhuo's tone was rarely soft.

After hearing this, Liu Yu immediately showed an extremely melancholy expression.

Before coming to Yong'an Palace, Liu Yu had already made a plan, no matter whether he could cure Dong Zhuo's hidden illness or not, it would be the last time to give him medicine.

Because after buying sportswear for "Sanmei", Liu Yu no longer has many five-element coins to squander.

Besides, the idea of ​​"refining medicine" for Dong Zhuo at that time was just to deceive people, so that Liu Yu could leave the city freely to deal with Guo Si's army.

"Report to Grand Master! The elixir has been refined, but..." Liu Yu sighed melancholy again at this point.

This finally aroused Dong Zhuo's uneasiness. He had learned from his granddaughter Dong Bai that Liu Yu would return to the city with ten pills.

But now Liu Yu's expression was extremely serious, which made Dong Zhuo immediately have a bad feeling.

"Did Muzhi fail to refine ten pills?"

"The elixir...one is not bad." As Liu Yu said, he took the small box containing ten pills in his hand, and Dong Zhuo felt relieved after seeing the elixir.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yu said with great regret: "It's just... when refining the last pill, the fire was so hot that it blew up the pill stove. I'm afraid we won't be able to refine this kind of pill in the future!"

Liu Yu wasn't sure whether "Brother Wei" could cure Dong Zhuo's hidden illness. If it couldn't be cured, and Dong Zhuo became addicted to food again, wouldn't he spend money every day?

"The alchemy furnace is broken? Then find a craftsman to make one that is exactly the same, and it will be over. I still don't believe it. There is no one who can make a pill furnace in the huge Luoyang city!"

"Hey! If it's an ordinary pill furnace, it's not difficult to make another one, but if you want to make one exactly like mine, I'm afraid it's impossible!"

Dong Zhuo was puzzled and asked Liu Yu why he was so sure.

Liu Yu explained: "The alchemy furnace I used was made by my master with the black iron from outside the sky. There is only one furnace in the world... Sigh! I have failed the grand master's trust!"

After Liu Yu finished speaking, he took out the Feixiong waist card from his arms, and handed the pill and the waist card to Dong Zhuo's hand.

Turning around, Liu Yu still maintained an extremely ashamed look, but he was secretly proud of his lies in his heart.

Because in this period, the black iron from the outer sky was rare in the world, and the use of the black iron from the outer sky to make things was only heard of in legends.

Sure enough, Dong Zhuo also sighed secretly after hearing his explanation, thinking that if ten pills can't cure his unmentionable disease, then he won't be able to enjoy happiness in this life anymore!

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo asked all ten people who were waiting to test the medicine in the side hall to leave, so he decided to take a risk and not ask anyone to test the medicine for him.

"Mu Zhijue, can these ten elixir cure the grand master's hidden illness?"

"This... It's hard to say, I can only guarantee that every time you take one pill, the Grand Master will get the power of the medicine for an hour or two! But don't take too much at once, it will hurt your body if you overdo it!"

Dong Zhuo is not a person who just wants to be happy and not die. He asked the people who took away the test medicine, and they were actually testing Liu Yu.

If Liu Yu tampered with the medicine, he would definitely declare the efficacy of the medicine so that Dong Zhuo could take it faster.

But Liu Yu didn't do this, but reminded him not to take too much, so Dong Zhuo's doubts disappeared in half.

"Counting the previous one, the old man has eleven pills in his hand, and one pill is one chance! Maybe it won't take ten times to succeed!"

Dong Zhuo was secretly thinking, just like what he said before, Dong Zhuo wanted to cure his illness not for pleasure, but to find a successor!
The only son died early, leaving only one daughter, which made Dong Zhuo very worried that his Xiliang School would fall apart in a hundred years, and his family, especially his granddaughter Dong Bai, might become the target of the world to vent their anger.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, men were superior to women, and no matter how strong a strong woman was, she could not become an orthodox heir. Without the power of an heir, many other thoughts would arise in his subordinates, such as whether the privilege of a certain general would disappear because of the absence of the lord, and so on.

However, if there is an orthodox successor, this situation will be greatly reduced. After all, there are still many tribes loyal to the Dong family in the Xiliang Army.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo no longer had any scruples, and swallowed a pill on the spot.

About a quarter of an hour later, he felt a raging heat coming from his dantian.

"Hahaha... this pill is really effective! Mu Zhizhen is my Dong family's great benefactor!"

Dong Zhuo felt that his body had not only fully recovered, but also vaguely stronger than when he was young. When he was happy, he handed the Feixiong waist badge to Liu Yu again.

"This waist card, Muzhi, has been collected. The food in the underground palace outside the city is of great importance. I can't trust Ma Teng, so I ask you to use this card to take full responsibility for the transfer of food!"

"Uh...thank you for your trust!"

Liu Yu took Feixiong's waist card again by accident, and then reminded Dong Zhuo with eyes that any man could understand.

"The power of this medicine lasts for two or three hours at most, grand master... hurry up!"

When Dong Zhuo heard the words, he went to the side hall and dragged two maids back to the bedroom, while Liu Yu looked at the Feixiong waist card in his hand and smiled.

"It's better for the county magistrate to take care of it now! Originally, I wanted Ma Teng to help fake it, but now I'm the one who takes care of it now. Hehe, it seems that the money spent on the elixir is worth it!"

(End of this chapter)