After Yang Xiu finished speaking, tears fell like rain. Yan Xing hated his cowardice and felt ashamed. He put down his spear, turned over and hugged Yang Xiu, and comforted him softly. The two hugged each other tightly. Yan Xing could not bear to separate from Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu also made up his mind to rely on Yan Xing, not only to get rid of Dong Zhuo's clutches, but also to use the military power that Yan Xing might have in the future to break free from the clutches of Yang Zan and other ministers of aristocratic families.

When Yang Xiu thinks of Yang Zan's old face, which is actually gloomy and miserable, she still can't help but get goose bumps all over her body. Although she doesn't understand any military and national affairs, she uses her intuition to be sensitive to the fact that this country is controlled by conspirators such as Wang Yun, Yang Zan, and Shi Sun Rui, it is not a blessing for the people. Although Dong Zhuo is cruel, he is not as vicious as Wang Yun, Yang Zan, and Shi Sun Rui. Dong Zhuo is a devil, Wang Yun, and Yang Zan are also a devil...

The reason why Yang Xiu continued to implement the chain plan was to let his beloved man Yan Xing take charge of the military power of the court when he was eliminated by Dong Zhuo. Then he would inform Yan Xing of the truth and let him be careful of conspirators from aristocratic families such as Wang Yun, Yang Zan, Shi Sun Rui.

However, Dong Zhuo said that he finally answered a lot of boring and strange questions thrown out by the young emperor Liu Xie with his shallow knowledge. When he turned around, he saw that Yan Xing was not there. Dong Zhuo could not help but remember the scene where Yan Xing and Yang Xiu met their eyes a few days ago. He became suspicious and quickly bid farewell to Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie and rushed back to the prime minister's mansion in a hurry.

Dong Zhuo rushed to the mansion and saw Yan Xing's black horse tied in front of the door. He felt a little bad. Some of the Prime Minister's guards who were friends with Yan Xing saw that Dong Zhuo was back and wanted to inform Yan Xing. Dong Zhuo was quick-witted and quickly ordered everyone to retreat and not to enter without any trouble. Dong Zhuo went straight to the back hall.

Because of Lu Bu's deliberate persistence, Lu Bu's Central Army and Yuan Shao's alliance to fight against Dong did not pose a fatal threat to Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo did not burn Luoyang and withdraw Chang'an. This series of time and space schemes occurred in Luoyang. There was no Fengyi Pavilion in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Luoyang, and Yan Xing and Yang Xiu were just hugging Dong Zhuo's bedroom.

Dong Zhuo kicked open the door and saw Yan Xing holding Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu was petite and covered by Yan Xing's tall figure, so Dong Zhuo only saw Yan Xing holding Yang Xiu but did not see Yang Xiu holding Yan Xing instead.

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo thought Yan Xing was bullying his concubine, and was furious. He shouted: "Yan Xing dares to bully his concubine!"

Dong Zhuo was in a high position for a long time and controlled hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiliang. Yan Xing was very afraid of Dong Zhuo. When he saw Dong Zhuo breaking into the bedroom, he quickly jumped into the window to escape. The pond outside the window was not deep. Yan Xing waded by the water and fled in a hurry, but forgot to take his own snake spear.

Dong Zhuo picked up the Snake Spear leaning against the wall, ran out of the door, and took a detour to chase Yan Xing. Yan Xing was agile and strolled like flying. Dong Zhuo was fat and big. He was panting after a few steps. Seeing that Yan Xing was about to disappear, Dong Zhuo picked up the Snake Spear, used it as a javelin, and threw it at Yan Xing.

Yan Xing was very clear-headed and quick-handed. When he saw the whistling snake spear coming, he turned slightly and grabbed the whistlebrating snake spear, and ran out of the prime minister's mansion without looking back.

Dong Zhuo ran out of the gate of the prime minister's mansion, but saw that Yan Xing had disappeared without a trace. Dong Zhuo jumped his foot and scolded him angrily, and even ordered Li Jue to lead troops to chase Yan Xing, but was stopped by military advisor Li Ru.

Li Ru asked Dong Zhuo what happened, and Dong Zhuo said angrily: "Yan Xing, you dare to tease me for beloved concubines, I will kill you!"

Li Ru quickly advised: "Master, when King Zhuang of Chu was in the past, he did not pursue Jiang Xiong, the general who teased Ai Ji, who was later besieged by Qin soldiers and was rescued by Jiang Xiong to escape the siege. Judging from today's affairs, Yang Xiu was only a woman, and Yan Xing was a confidant general of the prime minister. If the prime minister could give Yang Xiu to Yan Xing for this opportunity, Yan Xing would definitely be grateful for the great kindness of the prime minister and would definitely repay the prime minister with death. Please think twice."

Dong Zhuo pondered for a long time and nodded in affirming Li Ru's advice: "What Ru'er said is very true, I will think about it carefully."

Dong Zhuo entered the back house, frowned, and asked Yang Xiu: "How about I give you to Yan Xing today?"

Yang Xiu was overjoyed, but was shocked and forced herself to cry: "I have served the Prime Minister. Today, the Prime Minister suddenly gave me a slave. I would rather die than be humiliated!" As he said that, he pulled out the sword beside the bed and wanted to commit suicide.

Dong Zhuo quickly grabbed the sword from Yang Xiu's hand and smiled and said, "Xiu'er, I'm just teasing you and will never give you to others."

Yang Xiu fell in Dong Zhuo's arms, covered her cheeks with her robe sleeves, and cried bitterly: "This must be the strategy that Li Ru offered to the Prime Minister. Li Ru and Yan Xing have a good relationship, so he set up this strategy, but he did not care about the decent and lowly of the Prime Minister's life, and I hate it deeply!"

A cold light flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes, but he said, "Li Ru is my son-in-law, and he is also kind-hearted. Xiu'er, how could I give up on you?"

Yang Xiu remembered the strategy steps he had planned with Yang Zan and Wang Yun before, and said sadly: "Although I am loved by the prime minister, Yan Xing appears in the prime minister's mansion at any time, I am afraid that he will succeed sooner or later."

Among the brave generals under Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si were all injured by Lu Bu. After their injuries were cured, their strength was reduced by half. Zhang Xiu was stabbed to death by Lu Bu. Hua Xiong followed Xu Rong to defect to Lu Bu. Now only Yan Xing is considered a top-notch general in the Western Liang army. As for Zhang Ji, Fan Chou was barely considered a first-class general. With the withering of the Western Liang general, Yan Xing's position in Dong Zhuo's mind was prominent. Dong Zhuo was unwilling to abandon Yang Xiu for Yan Xing, nor was he willing to kill Yan Xing, the fierce general for Yang Xiu.

Dong Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "I will take you to Hangu tomorrow to enjoy the joy of wealth and honor, so you no longer need to worry and doubt."

The next day, Li Ru met: "Master, today is a good day, so you can give Yang Xiu to Yan Xing."

Dong Zhuo's face darkened and said, "Yan Xing is the adopted son of the original prime minister, and Yang Xiu is the adopted concubine of the original prime minister. He gave his adopted mother to his adopted son. He was not in line with the courtesy. I am like King Zhuang of Chu, and I will not pursue Yan Xing's fault."

The news that Li Ru received from Yan Xing and Yang Zan was that Dong Zhuo robbed Yang Xiu into the mansion, so he thought Dong Zhuo had done too much, but he didn't know the real inside story. Li Ru continued to advise: "Master, you should not be fascinated by beauty and beauty. You must know that only brave generals can conquer the world for you, but beauty and beauty cannot."

Dong Zhuo shouted to Li Ru angrily: "Can you give your wife to Yan? Don't talk about Yang Xiu anymore. If you say anything, I will kill you!"

Li Ru's wife is Dong Huan, Dong Zhuo's second daughter, and Niu Fu's wife is Dong Zhuo's eldest daughter, Dong Yuan. Dong Yuan looks like Dong Zhuo's wife and is barely a beauty. Li Ru's wife Dong Huan looks like Dong Zhuo's model, and is ugly and indescribable. However, in the eyes of Dong Zhuo, who loves his daughter, his two daughters are as beautiful as flowers, but Li Ru muttered in his heart, that would be great if he could give it to Yan Xing.

When Li Ru was furious when he saw Dong Zhuo, he knew that if he forced himself to persuade him, maybe Dong Zhuo would really be angry and killed him. After all, Wang Yun, Shi Sun Rui, Yang Zan, Sima Fang and other aristocratic ministers have flattered Dong Zhuo these days, but his several blunt advice made Dong Zhuo very unhappy. Over time, although Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, his status in Dong Zhuo's eyes is not as good as that of Wang Yun and other aristocratic ministers.

Li Ru sighed in his heart, Father-in-law, it would be fine if you forcefully robbed an ordinary woman, but you robbed Yan Xing's woman. I don't know if Yan Xing is willing to accept the hatred of taking his wife. If someone is interested in fanning the flames, what should Yan Xing do if he reverses it?

After Li Ru thought of the tactful words, he wanted to advise Dong Zhuo again, but Dong Zhuo had already taken Yang Xiu to Hangu.

It turned out that although Dong Zhuo was in Luoyang, he despised Luoyang City's backing against the Yellow River. When the Yellow River freezes in winter, there is no danger to defend, so he tried to find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack as a choice for Luoyang's loss. He took a fancy to Hangu Pass as his retreat base.

Hangu Guanxi is located in the west of the plateau, facing Juejian in the east, Qinling in the south, and Yellow River in the north. It is named after it is in the valley, which is as deep and dangerous as Han. The pass is located in a deep and dangerous valley. The terrain is dangerous. It can only accommodate a carriage in the narrow area. The carriage is not square, and the horses do not reincarnate. Moreover, due to the undulating hills in this section of the Yellow River basin, Zhongtiao Mountain, Gushan and others blocked, the bottom of Hanguan Valley has become the only east-west flat passage in the nearby area. It is the throat of Luoyang in the east and the west to Chang'an. It is known as "the sky opens Hangu to Guanzhong, and the thousands of valleys are shaking dust and emptying to the north." "Twin peaks are towering beside the river, and since ancient times, Hangu is a battlefield." Since ancient times, it has been a place that military strategists must fight for. In the third year of King Shenliang of Zhou, King Huai of Chu recruited the troops from the six kingdoms to attack Qin. Qin followed the natural danger of Hangu, causing the six teams to bury million corpses and drifted blood. In the sixth year of Qin Shihuang, the five teams including Chu, Zhao, Wei and others invaded Qin and all arrived at Hangu were defeated.

In history, heroes raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo forced Emperor Xian of Han from Luoyang to Chang'an, he used the reason that Hangu Pass was strong and easy to defend. However, Hangu Pass at this time was not Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty, and it was even more than 200 miles away from Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty. Because since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong was the imperial capital, and it was called outside the pass, and people were proud to be a Guanzhong person. Yang Pu, the general of Louchuan, was originally from Xin'an County east of Hangu Pass. Others said that he was a foreigner, and he felt very unhappy, so he donated all his family's resources. In the third year of Yuanding of Han, a majestic city was built in the east of Xin'an County. People called it Hangu Pass. With this new pass, Yang Pu became a native of Guanzhong, and Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty gradually abandoned.

However, when Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, he passed through Qin Hangu Pass and found that the location of the Qin Hangu Pass was much more dangerous than that of the Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty, so he proposed to rebuild the Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty. After Dong Zhuo defeated the Guandong princes with the secret help of Lu Bu, considering that the terrain of Luoyang was not dangerous, he wanted to develop Hangu Pass into a fortress he retreated from his protection and seized more than 200,000 labor service and rebuilt the Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty.

The Hangu Pass that Dong Zhuo rebuilt was a pass on the surface, but it was Dong Zhuo's comfort zone. Dong Zhuo hoarded food that could be eaten for more than ten years in Hangu Pass, and also looted hundreds of beauties from the people to enrich it. As for other silk, silk, satin, gold, silver and jadeware, it is impossible to count. Dong Zhuo's old mother and other relatives lived in Hangu Pass.

Dong Zhuo had a motive in his heart that he didn't want to admit it. He was worried that Lu Bu's increasingly powerful Central Army would come one day, and Luoyang would definitely be lost. He could retreat to Hangu Pass. If he didn't prepare at Hangu Pass, Lu Bu would one day mobilize his army to defend Luoyang City, and he wouldn't be able to run away.
Chapter completed!