Chapter 37: Crisis Luoyang

Hedong County, Anyi.

According to legend, after Dayu's death, his son Xia Qi built the capital here, and Jie lived there again.

Anyi was also the capital of the early Wei State during the Warring States Period. In the ninth year of King Hui of Wei, Wei and Qin fought against Qin in Shaoliang. The prince was captured and moved to Daliang City because he was afraid of the Qin army's attack.

It was once the capital of a country. Anyi was a large county with high city and thick walls. The walls were circumference of 30 miles, and the land spanned the loess hills and the Gangxia Plain. There were more than 10,000 households and more than 100,000 people in the city. Industry and commerce were relatively developed.

In Anyi City, Dong Zhuo was discussing matters with his men in a newly built general's mansion.

The first person in the previous year is about fifty years old, tall, big, round waist, and thick leopard eyes and thick beards. He was Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou, Eastern Han Dynasty.

There was a person sitting next to Dong Zhuo, with a thin figure and a wise look. He was Li Ru, the number one think tank under Dong Zhuo.

Sitting on both sides were Niu Fu, Xu Rong, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Duan Wei, Dong Yue, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen and other generals.

Seeing his generals under him, all of them were full of energy and energetic, Dong Zhuo was very happy, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

"Haha, Wenyou," Dong Zhuo said to Li Ru: "Now think about how good your idea is. The court wants to seize my military power. You asked me to reply and say, "I am willing to go to Bingzhou, it is not easy to manage there, but if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! But I have been in Gansu for ten years. The brothers here are very familiar with me. Everyone recognizes me as the boss, and only with me can they fight well. Everyone knows the worldly style of our China. What if they rebel if they don't follow me? So I asked them to follow me to Bingzhou, and what to do is to defend the frontier and work for the country. Just like this, the court actually agreed. I got the land of Bingzhou out of thin air, haha." Dong Zhuo said with all his heart and was extremely proud.

Li Ru bowed and said, "Lord, this is not my credit. The lord is dominant, and his Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world. Now the government is in secret, and the general He Jin and the ten eunuchs are fighting inwardly. Isn't it all the best to win over you who have heavy troops?"

"Yes!" The generals and officials agreed.

"Well..." Dong Zhuo seemed rude, but in fact he was careful and said to everyone: "It is the best way to defeat others without fighting. Wenyou's letter can be worth 100,000 soldiers! Wenyou has been giving me advice for many years, and our army can have such strong strength and such talent is my blessing. I am now interested in begging my youngest daughter Wenyou. What do you think?"

"Congratulations to the lord for getting this good son-in-law!" "Congratulations to Wenyou for marrying the beautiful woman!" Everyone congratulated each other.

Dong Zhuo's youngest daughter is young and beautiful. Li Ru longs for it in her heart, so she immediately bowed: "Son-in-law pays homage to her father-in-law!"

"Haha!" Dong Zhuo was proud and helped Li Ru up and said, "Wenyou, we will be a family in the future. Niu Fu, you choose a zodiac auspicious day and let Wenyou and her daughter get married as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Dong Zhuo's eldest son-in-law Niu Fu turned around and grabbed Li Ru's hand and said, "Wenyou, we will be brother-in-law in the future. My father-in-law valued you so much, so I still need to take care of you."

Luoyang, Yuan Shao’s mansion.

The cups and plates in the garden are in a mess, and the fragrance of powder is everywhere.

The song ended and the people were gone. There was a drink today and we were drunk today. Many people were supported by their servants and walked out of the Yuan Mansion.

Zhou Yu was very sober. Although he drank a lot of wine, the wine seemed to pass through his intestines and did not have a great impact on him. Tonight, Zhou Yu toasted one by one the officials in the court who came to the banquet one by one, and received a lot of wine that was reciprocating, with a sermon, laughter and joy. However, Zhou Yu was lonely inside.

After traveling through time, he naturally knew that such a peaceful night would soon be no longer there, and Luoyang City would fall into chaos. If the relatives of the foreigners wanted to destroy the eunuchs, the eunuchs would not be trapped and waited for death. In addition, the local warlords entered the capital, the people in the capital would suffer.

Since that moment, the Han Dynasty has no longer had its surname Liu...

It’s time to get out of here. Return to Jiangnan, have your own territory, manage your own small world wholeheartedly, develop the economy, train your arms, accumulate strength, and wait for the world to be in chaos and the heroes to rise together.

With its foundation, there is no way to change anything in the chaotic situation in the capital. Most of the tragic stories that have been surging in the future are enough to be a spectator.

In the face of the trend of history, even a time traveler can only see how much changes the butterfly can change after flapping its wings. No one has the ability to shock the world and subvert history in one fell swoop.

History is like the rolling Yangtze River flowing eastward, flowing endlessly. Zhou Yu didn't know how big the waves he could make in it. He really didn't know... Everything can only be taken one step at a time. To put it into the words of a great man in later generations, that is: "Cross the river by feeling the stones."

With the slightly drunkenness, Zhou Yu walked from Yuan’s mansion to the martial arts hall opened by Wang Yue alone.

The martial arts hall is located in the west of the city and rented an idle courtyard in a wealthy family. Although it is an idle asset, the supporting tables, chairs, beds and beds are relatively exquisite. Some of the flowers and plants in the courtyard are also relatively precious, which shows the financial resources of that family.

It was a little late at night, and the gate of the martial arts hall was closed. There was a plaque on the door, with three large gilded characters "Jingwumen" written on it, reflecting the moonlight, and a couplet was pasted next to the door:

"Fighting on the tiger in the South Mountain, kicking the dragon in the North Sea."

When he rented this courtyard to open a martial arts hall to hide and facilitate intelligence activities, Wang Yue thought that the lower the key, the better. However, Zhou Yu thought that opening a martial arts hall would have to open a martial arts hall. The concealment of the hiddenness aroused doubts. He remembered Chen Zhen, a hero of later generations, who created the "Jingwumen" and revitalized Chinese martial arts. He wrote the three words "Jingwumen" with his own thoughts. He also felt that this was not enough publicity, so he wrote the couplet.

This couplet caused a lot of trouble for the "Jingwumen" martial arts hall. Idle people and sluts in Luoyang City came to find trouble and wanted to challenge Wang Yue, but they were all knocked down by Wang Yue. From then on, the "Jingwumen" became famous and there were endless people coming to learn martial arts. If it weren't for the task, Wang Yue really thought it would be a happy thing to open a martial arts hall.

Under the moonlight, Zhou Yu knocked on the door of the martial arts hall a few times.

"Who?" An alert voice came from behind the door.

"Can lotus be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are everywhere." Zhou Yu replied.

The door creaked and opened quickly. Zhou Yu flashed into it, Gu Yong bowed and said softly: "Greetings to the lord."

Zhou Yu was very satisfied with Gu Yong's performance, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, take me to see the owner."

Wang Yue was not asleep yet and was guiding the swordsmanship of the two Dragon Army soldiers. Seeing Zhou Yu walk into the house and saluted him. Zhou Yu hurriedly replied, "You and I, master and apprentice, don't have to do this."

After saying that, Zhou Yu signaled Gu Yong to take the Feilong Army out. Then, he said to Wang Yue: "Is there any new news recently?"

Wang Yue said: "Through the brothers' spy on recent days, I found that there was something unusual in the palace recently. During the day, the little yellow gate kept leaving with his luggage, his face was sad, as if someone had died."

"Oh? Have you ever come forward to ask?" Zhou Yu asked.

"I asked them directly where they would say it. Gu Yong followed a few people to a secluded place outside the city and tied him up. The man said the whole story. It turned out that Empress Dowager He saw that the troops from all directions had recently started, and the capital was shocked. She called him killing eunuchs. She felt that the situation was serious and quickly let them go back to their hometown. They were afraid that their lives would be lost, so they hurriedly ran away like a dog that had lost their lives."

Zhou Yu thought to himself: "It seems that Empress Dowager He still wants to protect the lives of these eunuchs." He asked: "Have you ever found out the whereabouts of those Zhongchangshi?"

Wang Yue replied, "I asked, the little yellow gate said they were leaving in a hurry and didn't care about how Zhang Rang and the Zhongchang Suspensee were doing. However, he heard from others that the Zhongchang Suspensee all went to Zhang Rang for a concentrated meeting."

Zhou Yu thought to himself: "The rabbit is still biting people when it is anxious. Moreover, these eunuchs are usually good at calculating others. Although they are eunuchs, they have extremely rich political experience. It seems that they are going to start fighting back against He Jin's party."

Wang Yue continued: "We also found a very strange person. He guarded the palace gate and grabbed every little yellow gate that left the palace gate to ask about things carefully. We led him to a secluded alley and knocked him out, and found a token from him, and wrote the word "Dong" on it."

Zhou Yu said, "That must be a spy sent by Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou." He suddenly felt a move in his heart, thinking of Dong Zhuo's troops stationed in Hedong to observe the changes in the times. It seemed that Dong Zhuo had been prepared for it. In this way, no matter whether He Jin secretly ordered Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, Dong Zhuo was unwilling to be lonely. Could it be that Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing would not change anyway?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu immediately said to Wang Yue: "Luoyang is about to undergo a major change, so it's better for us to leave as soon as possible. Tomorrow you will pack up your luggage and return to Jiangnan quietly when I inform you."

"I understand. Will we still keep people in Luoyang to continue spying on the information?" Wang Yue asked.

"Information is an important reference for us to make decisions, and people must be kept. By the way, can you trust the newly accepted apprentice Shi A?"

"You can trust that he has secretly joined the Feilong Army."

"Okay, he is a local, so he will leave the martial arts hall to him later, and send Gu Yong to assist him. In the future, we will use carrier pigeons to contact us in secret words. Well... My plan is to establish a "Jingwumen" martial arts hall across the country to make it our secret stronghold all over the country."

Wang Yue's eyes lit up and he said, "What is the lord who means to establish a nationwide intelligence organization?"

"Yes." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "The situation is urgent now, I will go to my uncle Zhou Zhong's house immediately. Tomorrow, you will send someone to his house to transport valuables out of the capital first. At the latest, we will sneak out of Luoyang separately."

After Zhou Yu walked out of the gate of the "Jingwu Gate", he breathed a sigh of relief, looking up at the sky, and the stars were everywhere in the sky, just like last night.
Chapter completed!