Lu Shen was stunned by Song Feng's shamelessness and ignorance. He dared not agree to Song Feng. Song Feng's appetite was too big. He suspected that his father Lu Zhi would rather avoid it than accept Song Feng's request.

When he left, Song Feng felt a little regretful for a moment, but his attitude towards Lu Shen was also very annoyed. What's so proud of your Lu family's father and son? All of this should be from my Song family. I should be the general, and I am also one of the ministers of Guru. Why is it that you Lu Zhi alone in charge of the power? Dong Chong can control the troops of the world by becoming a general - even in name - why can't I? You father, son, teacher and student act like I am easy to bully?

Song Feng was angry and Song Qi was very surprised. After hearing Song Feng's complaints, Song Qi felt that Song Feng was a little ignorant of advancement and retreat. Yes, Lu Zhi monopolized the power, but that was supported by the empress dowager. The empress dowager was a member of the Song family. Don't she know how to think about the Song family? This was really forced by the situation, so she had to do this. Dong Chong was in charge of the world, but who could Dong Chong be in charge of the thousands of soldiers under his command? Is Gongsun Zan listening to him, or Liu Xiu listening to him, or Cao Cao listening to him? The real commander of the army is Duan Yang, Duan Yang is Liu Xiu's husband. He has a group of old subordinates, so he can firmly grasp the capital and not let the Yuan brothers take advantage of the opportunity, otherwise you think you, the cavalry general, can defend the Eight Passes of Luoyang?

After all, it is just a false reputation to control the troops and horses in the world. For the sake of a false reputation, you annoyed Lu Zhi and gave up the opportunity to cooperate with Lu Zhi. In the end, you can only have one result. You can't even get the reputation of the general, and at the same time you give up the position of the prefect of Shanggu. Although the prefect of Shanggu only has Wuhuan in the hand, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

Song Feng suddenly realized and regretted it. He spread his hands, what should I do? Do you want me to bow to him?

Song Qi was helpless, if you can't afford to lose this person, I had to go. He was worried, so he went back to his room and discussed with Cao Luan. Cao Luan looked at Song Qi with admiration and praised him, Husband, you are much more calm and thoughtful. What's the shame of this? A real man should be able to bend and stretch.

After receiving the praise from Cao Luan, Song Qi's confidence increased greatly. He immediately ordered the car to go to Situ's mansion, met Situ Lu Zhi, and expressed his apology tactfully. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhi had just heard of Lu Shen's return and was very annoyed by Song Feng's ignorance. He did not give Song Qi a good look. The two of them were not optimistic, so Song Qi had to return in a bad mood. After hearing this, Song Feng regretted even more.

After Song Qi left, Lu Zhi also regretted it a little. As for the current situation, it was him who was anxious rather than Song Feng. Song Feng would not get any benefits at most. But there was no loss, but he was trapped by this matter and could not manage the government normally. There were many things at the end of the year. Once the backlog was accumulated, I don’t know how much serious business would affect.

But Song Feng's appetite was too big. If he agreed to his request, Song Feng, the relative of the foreigner, would soon rise. What made Lu Zhi even more worried was that Song Feng was different from Dong Chong. He had a very close relationship with Liu Xiu. The ability of Queen Song to be favored has a lot to do with Liu Xiu's operation. Once Song Feng gained power, Liu Xiu would have a greater say in the court. The Song family would also win over Liu Xiu to counter him. Song Feng was a fool, and he could not see the danger of Liu Xiu at all.

Lu Zhi decided to wait a moment before Song Feng came to the door again, so that he could have the initiative in negotiations.

But Lu Zhi did not expect that the negotiations between him and Song Feng had not yet come to an end, but the news spread. It was soon spreading between the palace and the palace. He said that he and the Song family were working together to deal with the Dong family, to force the Empress Dowager Dong to hand over power, and to force the General Dong Chong to abdicate. This rumor made Lu Zhi difficult to argue. At this moment, something unexpected happened that Lu Zhi had happened. Lu Shen was assassinated, and was stabbed three times and died on the spot.

When the entourage brought Lu Shen's body back to Situ's mansion, Lu Zhi collapsed suddenly. He hugged Lu Shen's body, burst into tears and burst into tears. His wife Zhang drove him out after hearing the news. When he saw Lu Shen's bloody body, he turned his eyes and fainted.

The Situ Mansion was in chaos. Lu Zhi shed tears for a while, picked up his son's body and rushed straight to the palace, crying blood to Empress Dowager Song and the Emperor, and requesting to be exempted from the position of Situ. Empress Dowager Song was shocked. While comforting Lu Zhi, who was a little abnormal due to the loss of his son, he rushed to General Dong Chong, General Song Feng, General Duan Bing, and Sikong Tang Zhen to discuss matters.

When Song Feng saw it, he was speechless. Duan Feng and Tang Zhen were sad and extremely angry. If they could assassinate Lu Zhi's son today, it would be their son's turn tomorrow, and in two days, it would be their turn. How can they live this life? Dong Chong was too much, and they asked Empress Dowager Song to severely punish the murderer.

Dong Chong, who arrived in the end, was stunned. He felt that he couldn't wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River this time. It was him who exposed Lu Zhi. Besides him, who else would kill Lu Shen? The Yuan family? Who believed it?

The emperor's close minister and the son of Situ were assassinated in the street. The Sili lieutenant and Henan Yin, and Luoyang Order did not dare to neglect them and immediately investigated. The result was very unfavorable to Dong Chong. The weapon left behind on the scene was marked as the General's Mansion, and all the evidence pointed to Dong Chong.

Although Dong Zhong shouted for injustice and refused to admit his crime, Empress Dowager Dong also cried in the palace, but the result was soon out. Empress Dowager Song, General Cavalry, the three dukes and nine ministers made an unanimous decision to remove General Dong Zhong from his position. Empress Dowager Dong followed the reason that the vassal queen was not allowed to be in Kyoto and immediately returned to Hejian. Considering that Hejian is now occupied by Yuan Shao, he temporarily lives in Yong'an Palace and will immediately leave the capital and return to China as soon as the court is recovered.

General Song Feng of the Cavalry took over the position of the general and was in charge of military affairs with the Grand Marshal Duan Bing. In order to avoid suspicion, Lu Zhi ordered his son Shanggu Prefect Lu Min to escape, and the Wumeng Prefect Song Guo, who was fighting in Qingzhou, was appointed as Shanggu Prefect Song Guo.

After receiving the appointment, Song Guo immediately took a boat from Qingzhou to the sea and rushed to Youzhou by sea. Lu Min had already received the edict before, and had everything ready and just waited for it to be handed over. Seeing Lu Min's thin appearance, Song Guo couldn't bear it and didn't know how to comfort him.

"The Lord of the House, Wuhuan is easy to move but hard to rest, strictness is easy to resent, and lenientness is arrogant. It is very important to master the standards." Lu Min said sincerely: "Now the court is full of trouble, and the former generals are fighting hard in Qingxu. I know they really want to transfer the Wuhuan people to attack Jizhou. However, I have a word and ask the Lord of the House to think twice."

Song Guo nodded and said, "Sir, please give me advice."

"The Wuhuan people are good at fighting, but the Wuhuan cavalry is not good at siegeing cities, and the cavalry consumes a lot. Although the military farms in Youzhou are slightly effective, they can only be self-sufficient. Once a large army is recruited, a large amount of food and fodder is needed. Before all these are ready, it is best not to send troops easily. Mobilizing the Wuhuan people to fight will determine the outcome in one battle. The time cannot be too long, as it will be easy to change."

Song Guo frowned and hesitated for a long time before he reluctantly nodding in agreement. The reason why he was in a hurry to come to Shanggu was to recruit Shanggu thunder cavalry, cross Yanshan to attack northern Jizhou, and relieve Cao Cao's pressure. Now Yuan Shu in Runan is constantly mobilizing troops and preparing to invade Yanzhou. Cao Cao faces the possibility of two-sided battles and urgently needs the Youzhou army to restrain Yuan Shao.

Seeing that Song Guo had to force his promise, Lu Min knew what he was thinking. He was worried and immediately rushed back to Zhuo County and explained the situation to the governor Liu Yu, asking Liu Yu not to let Song Guo act rashly anyway. It is not easy for Youzhou to maintain the current situation. It is harmful and useless to send troops in a hurry.

Liu Yu agreed with Lu Min's opinion very much, but he said, "I am not worried about Song Guo, but I am worried about your junior brother, General Zuo Gongsun Zan. To be honest, Gongsun Zan has asked me several times in private to send troops to Jizhou, but I didn't agree. I kept using you as a shield and said you didn't agree. Although Gongsun Zan was not happy, he finally didn't put it on his face for your sake. Now that you have stepped down, I will never be able to use you to stop him anymore. Are you going to talk to Gongsun Zan and tell him not to be too anxious?"

Lu Min also knew Gongsun Zan's temper very well, and he rushed to Gongsun Zan's residence on bicycles. The senior brother came to the door in person, of course Gongsun Zan had to welcome him warmly, but he disagreed with Lu Min's concerns. Although he did not veto him in person, he also showed that he wanted to wait for the opportunity. Lu Min tried to persuade him, but he could not persuade Gongsun Zan. After thinking about it, he decided to go all the way to Luoyang. Now that his brother Lu Shen has just died, his third brother is young, and there is no one around his father who can help. Since he has no official position, he might as well go to Luoyang to help.

Lu Min rushed to Qingzhou from the seaway, visited the former general Cao Cao, and explained his concerns again. Cao Cao was not Song Guo, he could understand Lu Min's good intentions better, but he was helpless. Yuan Shu was eyeing him and was about to take action. What if the Youzhou army did not let the Youzhou army restrain Yuan Shao? Otherwise, you can tell Situ in Luoyang and let General Cheqi dispatch the army in Bingzhou to restrain Yuan Shao?

Lu Minma did not stop and ran to Luoyang again.

Lu Zhi had just suffered the pain of losing his son, but he could not let go of government affairs, and was in a very bad state. When Lu Min first saw Lu Zhi surrounded by official documents, she couldn't help but shed tears. Lu Zhi was less than fifty years old and had been in good health. Before going to Beijing last year, she was still full of black hair, but now she has gray hair and several knives-like wrinkles appeared on her forehead, as if she was ten years old.

"Father..." Lu Min knelt in front of Lu Zhi, crying in tears.

"Why are you crying!" Lu Zhi shouted, but he was a little exhausted. He put down his pen, rubbed his face hard, and rubbed his slightly sour eyes: "You are here just right, your younger brother Zi Yan... After I went there, I didn't have a capable helper here, so I was very tired. Since you are here, let's help me with some things."

Lu Min kowtowed repeatedly, wiped away her tears, and immediately sat in front of the desk prepared by Lu Zhi for him. A clerk stepped forward and handed him a bunch of documents that needed to be handled urgently. Lu Min opened the documents with her left hand and started writing with her right hand. While listening to reports, she quickly wrote down some key points. He has been in Shanggu for many years and has long been very familiar with this set of things, so he quickly got started.

With Lu Min's help, Lu Zhi became much more relaxed. The father and son sat opposite each other and exchanged opinions on some government affairs from time to time. However, none of them mentioned private matters. Lu Zhi did not mention guilt towards Lu Min, and Lu Min did not mention Lu Shen's death. They just turned grief and grievances into motivation and handled complicated official duties with an efficiency that ordinary people could not imagine.

It was not until late at night that the father and son finished processing the official documents on the case and looked at each other's tired face. Only then could they cry and burst into tears!!!
Chapter completed!