Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 62 The Incoming Visitors (Part [-])
Ma Teng left Liu Yu happily, and within a short distance met a carriage with the logo of Weiwei's Mansion head-on.

Wei Wei is one of the senior officials of the Nine Qings, in charge of the safety of the imperial city, and Zhi Jinwu, who is in charge of the safety outside the imperial city, and the captain of the city gate who guards the four gates, shoulders the responsibility of guarding Luoyang inside and outside.

Seeing the carriage parked in front of Liu Yu's small courtyard, he took a second look curiously, and saw two people from Wei Wei's mansion knock on the door and began to carry food into the small courtyard.

No need to ask, Weiwei's mansion must have come to make friends with Liu Yu.

In Liu Yu's small courtyard, several people from Wei Wei's Mansion were busy carrying the congratulatory gifts, when a young man with a long, handsome face handed the name card to Liu Yu.

The young man said confidently, "I've seen King Zhongshan before, Yang Xiu."

Yang Xiu was the young man who overheard the conversation between Guo Si and Han Rang at the Canglong Gate, and his father was Yang Biao, Lord Wei Wei.

Yang Xiu continued: "Under the order of Lord Weiwei, I am here to send a congratulatory gift to King Zhongshan who returned in triumph. In addition, here is a letter written by my father Yang Biao. I also hope that King Zhongshan can come when he is free. Tell me a story in the mansion!"

According to historical records, Weiwei Yang Biao and Situ Wangyun were all in the same group. These people succumbed to Dong Zhuo on the surface, but secretly joined forces to fight against his tyranny.

Although their ultimate goal is to protect their own interests, their starting point is still good, and they can be called loyal ministers.

It's just that Liu Yu's plan is to break into Dong Zhuo's interior, so he can't get too close to these so-called loyalties.

So Liu Yu put on an impatient expression, "I just returned to Luoyang. It seems a little disrespectful to visit Mr. Weiwei before paying homage to the emperor. Let's talk about it later."

Yang Xiu saw that Liu Yu's attitude was not enthusiastic enough, and he had the obvious intention of seeing off the guests, so he didn't stay any longer, and took his subordinates to bid farewell to Liu Yu.

After walking out of the small courtyard, Yang Xiu's expression became serious.

"Liu Yu's attitude just now obviously meant to alienate his father. This is completely different from the respectful attitude he showed towards Dong Zhuo when he talked with Guo Bang before!"

Yang Xiu had seen some clues from the conversation between Guo Si and Liu Yu at Canglongmen before. After returning home, his father Yang Biao immediately asked him to bring a gift to test Liu Yu's attitude again.

It's just that now it seems that the Luoyang upstart really chose to join Dong Zhuo.

"Hmph, even the people surnamed Liu from the royal family are going to seek refuge with Dong Zhuo. I'm afraid this great Han Dynasty will be destroyed sooner or later!"

Yang Xiu shook his head and got into the carriage, but he didn't notice that Liu Yu was looking at him from the crack of the door.

"Ding, Yang Xiu's strength is 61, commanding troops is 63, resourcefulness is 95, mind is 87, and friendliness is 0."

Seeing Yang Xiu's ability value given in the system, Liu Yu smiled in surprise.

"I just said that Yang Xiu's name sounds familiar. It turns out that it is really Yang Dezu who is called Cao Cao, who is both happy and jealous."

Yang Xiu in history is known as the person who knows Cao Cao best. Once Cao Cao mentioned a movable type on the Xiangguo Gate, Yang Xiu immediately asked someone to tear down the newly built gate after knowing it.

Cao Cao asked the reason, and Yang Xiu replied that the word “带生” in the door was a wide character. King Wei thought the door was too wide, so he asked the craftsmen to tear it down and rebuild it.

Later, there were allusions such as one person, one bite, and chicken ribs, all of which showed Yang Xiu's intelligence and wisdom, but his talents were not reused by Cao Cao, and he ended up with a different head in the end.

The sun was about to set, when the outside of Liu's residence welcomed visitors again.

The person who visited this time was Cai Yong, the new minister.

When Cai Yong came to Luoyang, he was greeted by Dong Zhuo in person. Such a virtuous corporal made many ministers think that Dong Zhuo, who had a cruel personality, was just showing off to the literati all over the world.

But Cai Yong knew that Dong Zhuo did this in order to get his daughter.

And when Dong Zhuo heard that Cai Yan was dying of illness, he was really disappointed, but he couldn't vent his anger on Cai Yong in public, so he finally honored all the rewards.

Cai Yong listened to Liu Yuzhi's plan to save the lives of the father and daughter, and he admired and was grateful to the young Zhongshan King in his heart. When he heard that he had come to Luoyang, he took advantage of the darkness to pay a visit.

Of course, Cai Yong's visit is more to see his daughter.

After Cai Yong reported his name, the butler Laifu cheerfully went to the main hall to report to Liu Yu that there were many high-ranking officials visiting the mansion today, which made the old butler feel extremely honorable.

It's just that the visitors who came this time seemed a bit stingy, and they didn't bring gifts like Yang Xiu and Ma Teng did before.

"Master, there's another visitor knocking on the door. This time it's Mr. Shang Shu. It's getting late, will the master still welcome you?"

"I still have to greet Mr. Cai in person. Uncle Fu hastened to prepare some meals. Maybe he will be kept for dinner."

Lai Fu thought that Shang Shu was not a very big official, and the other party didn't bring any gifts, so it was too strange that the master wanted to keep him for dinner.

But when the master spoke, he, as the butler, didn't dare to object and hurried down to prepare.

Liu Yu walked all the way to the front yard and saw Cai Yong standing in front of the door, so he greeted him with a smile.

"Old Cai came here so late, it must be because of Sister Zhaoji!"

After Liu Yu finished speaking, he didn't hear Cai Yong's reply immediately, but upon closer inspection, he saw that his expression was extremely ugly and nervous.

Just when Liu Yu wanted to ask the reason, he suddenly became alarmed. He felt that there was someone besides Cai Yong outside the door.

So Liu Yu immediately sighed deeply, and said: "Oh, sister Zhaoji's illness is too serious, I asked someone to send her to Hedong County to seek medical treatment after Mrs. Cai left, and now I don't know if she can be saved! "

Cai Yong felt relieved after hearing this, but the expression on his face was still very painful, "Daughter's life is hard, let's obey the destiny and do everything you can! Thank you King Zhongshan for your help!"

Hearing this answer, Liu Yu knew that he guessed right, there must be someone behind Cai Yong, and it must be someone from Dong Zhuo's side.

Sure enough, when Liu Yu made a gesture to invite Cai Yong into the courtyard, a middle-aged general with a long beard came out from behind.

"This general?" Liu Yu asked pretending to be surprised.

"My name is Niu Fu, and I am here to accompany my father-in-law to talk to King Zhongshan about something."

Isn't Niu Fu's father-in-law Dong Zhuo!Dong Zhuo actually came!
He was very surprised to hear that Niu Fu's name was Liu Yu, and he didn't expect Dong Zhuo to come in person.

"Hehe, Muzhi is fine!"

With a deep laugh, Dong Zhuo stepped into the courtyard.

"It's actually Master Grand Master himself! It's really rude of Liu Yu to welcome you from far away!"

"What's missing, I didn't tell you before I came, and those who don't know are not guilty!"

Liu Yu found that Dong Zhuo had shown a very friendly signal from the moment he entered the door. It might be true what Guo Si and others said, and Dong Zhuo had a plan to accept himself as his confidant.

At this time Liu Yu invited several people into the house, but Cai Yong pretended to be sad and wanted to leave early.

"My daughter's condition worsened, and I felt sad, so I asked the grand master for permission to leave early."

Cai Yong came to see his daughter, but Dong Zhuo's sudden appearance shocked him, thinking that thanks to Liu Yu's vigilance, otherwise he might have revealed his secret just now.

Thinking of this, Cai Yong decided to visit Liu's residence less often, which aroused Dong Zhuo's suspicion.

Dong Zhuo also heard what Liu Yu said just now, since the talented Cai Yan is terminally ill, he has lost interest in Cai Yong, and waved his hand to signal that he can leave on his own.

(End of this chapter)