Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 79
After returning home, Liu Yu handed over the construction of the drainage channel to Wu You.

It was the first time for Wu You to see such an exquisite design, and he was very interested in it at that time.

He wanted to go back to the house to do some research, but was stopped by Liu Yu and asked about another matter.

"How is your relationship with Wu Qian? If you ask him for information in private, can you guarantee it is true and reliable?"

"Don't worry, my lord. I am the Patriarch of the Wu family. Wu Qian dare not lie to me. I don't know what news my lord wants me to inquire about?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want you to ask Xu Rong if he has dug other tombs outside Luoyang City. If so, please ask for the detailed address."

Wu Gan is the Mojin school lieutenant of the Flying Tiger Army, and all tombs must pass through his hands.

Liu Yu wondered if the mysterious rich businessman used the underground palace as a secret place to hide grain, or why he couldn't find any trace of delivery every time he traded grain.

Wu You is 100% loyal, so he readily accepted Liu Yu's order, and turned around to do it.

It's just that Liu Yu felt that if the mysterious rich businessman used the underground palace as a secret place to store food, would Xu Rong, who directed his subordinates to fight, have any connection with the mysterious rich businessman?

The lack of food in Luoyang is obviously someone who wants to use this to weaken the strength of Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang army, so it is difficult for the royalists who secretly oppose Dong Zhuo to escape suspicion.

On the other hand, Niu Fu once hinted that some people in the Xiliang Army colluded with the royalists, so could Xu Rong be one of them?
Thinking of this, Liu Yu hurriedly called back Wu You who had turned to leave, and said, "It's better not to let Xu Rong bump into Wu Gan when you go to find Wu Qian, so why don't you go to find out the news tomorrow morning."

Tomorrow morning is the time for the court meeting. Xu Rong, who is a former general and the school captain of the city gate, will definitely go to the palace to participate in the court meeting. Then Wu You can save a lot of trouble by going to inquire again.

Thinking of the court meeting tomorrow, Liu Yu remembered the previous agreement.Above the main hall, he wants to play a play with Dong Zhuo to show his favor to the royalists.

Just by protecting Huangfusong in the court, will he definitely gain the trust of the Sangong and Jiuqing?
Just in case Liu Yu felt that he still had to prepare some countermeasures in advance.

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The court meeting of the Han Dynasty is divided into court meeting and collective meeting. According to regulations, the emperor will listen to the government in the hall several times in a month, and the official meeting is for the court meeting as usual.

At this day and hour, all the officials were waiting to be summoned in the front hall of the Southern Palace of the Imperial City, because not all officials were qualified to go to the Chongde Hall of the Northern Palace for consultation.

Only senior military generals like the Sangong Jiuqing and higher-ranking generals can participate directly, while the rest of the officials can only wait to be summoned.

Liu Yu's rank is high enough, but his official position is still a low-ranking young general. According to the agreement, he has to wait for the permanent attendant Han Rang to lead the way in the front hall.

When Liu Yu came to the front hall, there were already many officials standing here. Many of these officials had laughed at him two months ago, but now they all showed fear when they saw him again.

The Battle of Hulaoguan made Liu Yu's reputation spread all over the world, and the appreciation of the grand master Dong Zhuo made these officials feel uneasy, for fear that Liu Yu, who was about to become an upstart, would retaliate against them because of the previous incident.

It's just that Liu Yu was too lazy to care about these low-level officials. He glanced at the crowd and found Cai Yong.

Just as he wanted to go forward to say hello, he was stopped by the other party's eyes.

It seems that Cai Yong is still afraid of exposing his daughter's identity, and doesn't want to get too close to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu understood what Cai Yong meant, so he didn't go over to exchange greetings. When he was bored, he scanned the crowd a few more times, and he really found two more familiar faces.

Guo Si and Xu Rong, one right general and one former general, are both senior generals comparable to Jiuqing, why are they waiting here?

"Hey, Brother Liu, you're here. General Guo and I were chatting about you!" Seeing Liu Yu approaching Xu Rong, he greeted him with a smile.

And Guo Si, who is known as a smiling tiger, greeted him with a sincere face, "It turns out that the King of Zhongshan is here!"

Xu Rong hinted to him more than once that he should stay away from Guo Bang, but at this time there was a harmony between the two of them, as expected the people in the high positions were all the people with the deepest in the city.

Liu Yu greeted the two politely and asked curiously: "Why don't the two generals go to the North Palace, but wait here?"

Just as Xu Rong was about to explain, he saw Han Rang, the palace attendant, leading Ma Teng and another burly general coming from the Canglong Gate.

It looked like they had just been registered in the Taiwei's Mansion for these two.

Han Rang said with a smile: "Hehe, the King of Zhongshan has also arrived. Now the candidates specially called by the emperor to participate in the court meeting are all here. You can go to the North Palace with me!"

It turned out that Xu Rong and Guo Si were waiting for their subordinates to go to Chongde Hall to participate in the court meeting.

Walking in Fudao, I heard from Xu Rong that the burly general named Han Sui is now a lieutenant under Guo Si, and today he and Ma Teng will be canonized as generals.

Ma Teng and Han Sui are both warlords of Xiliang. They brought troops to vote for Dong Zhuo. They should have been named generals as soon as they came up, but because of the siege of the coalition forces of the princes and the problem of food prices in Luoyang, the rewards of these two people came a little later. .

A good meal is not afraid of being late, judging from the happy expressions of the two, they probably already knew the content of the reward in advance.

Pass through the Zhuque Gate and you will arrive at the North Palace. If the South Palace is the front yard of the emperor, then the North Palace is equivalent to the backyard.

Anyone who wants to enter the emperor's backyard has to be summoned during non-court meetings, but now Dong Zhuo has occupied it for a long time.

This is not only disrespect to the emperor, but also a great humiliation to the Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules, Liu Yu watched the palace symbolizing imperial power being occupied by doves and magpies' nests, and secretly made up his mind to drive Dong Zhuo out of the palace.

When the few people arrived outside the Chongde Hall, the Sangong Jiuqing had already entered the hall and took their seats.

At this time, Chang Shi Han Rang first bowed into the hall to announce, and then the eunuch announced that several people would enter the hall to face the saint.

Miansheng pays attention to taking off his shoes and untying his sword, and walks up to the hall.

Going forward means walking quickly with your head down, as a sign of respect for the emperor.

However, Liu Yu walked in the middle and still took the opportunity to glance at the two sides.

I saw Niu Fu standing at the top of the line of generals on the right, followed by the left generals Li Jue and Lu Bu who came from Gong County.

On the first place of the civil servant on the left is an old man with white hair, who should be the old Taiwei Huang Wan.

Then came Situ Wangyun and Sikong Xunshuang.

Everyone in Luoyang knew the names of the three gentlemen, and Liu Yu naturally recognized their faces.

And under the Sangong is Jiuqing, and one of them looks very similar to Yang Xiu, and it should be his father, Weiwei Yang Biao.

These people should be the main force of the royalist faction, but there is another person behind Yang Biao who is Dong Zhuo's confidant Li Ru.

After Li Ru returned to Luoyang, he was named a Ting Wei, and he was in charge of the judiciary and was also one of the nine ministers.

Several people walked to the center of the hall and saluted the emperor and Taishi Dong Zhuo together, and then Guo Si and Xu Rong walked to the right and stood up.

During this period, Liu Yu sneaked a few more glances at the emperor sitting on the throne.

Although Liu Yu is also a member of the royal family, his family was in trouble when he was very young, and he never entered the Chongde Hall.

So this was the first time he met Emperor Liu Xie.

The little emperor looked about ten years old, sitting there very reserved, but there was a shrewdness in his bright eyes.

There was another seat at an almost parallel position next to him, and the person on it was the extremely powerful Dong Zhuo.

At this time, Dong Zhuo did not wait for the emperor's movement, but heard Dong Zhuo speak first.

"Ma Teng and Han Sui brought troops to reinforce Luoyang when the rebels attacked Luoyang. This is a great achievement. After my grand master's discretion, I decided to designate Ma Teng as General Anxi and Han Sui as General Pingxi. Do you have any objections?"

Everyone knew that these two were members of the newly promoted Xiliang faction, but Dong Zhuo's official position was reasonable, and it was not higher than that of Jiuqing, so the royalist faction had no objection.

After Ma Teng and Han Sui thanked them, they stood at the end of the line of generals.

At this time, only Liu Yu was left in the middle of the hall.

(End of this chapter)