Lin Mu nodded.
"It's time to go."
What Jia Xu said is not unreasonable. Going there by yourself is the best way.
But these days when he was gone, he couldn't leave Jia Xu idle. Lin Mu also wanted to see what the limits of Jia Xu, the so-called poisonous man, were.
"After I leave, I will hand over the seal and ribbon to you. During this period, you can kill first and report later. All power will be handed over to you. I don't want to see those hungry people outside the door when I come back. Do you understand?"
Jia Xu fell to the ground again.
"minister……"
Jia Xu looked at Lin Mu. He was indeed poisonous, but he was doing it to save his life. Now that his life was saved, if he went to offend those noble families, wouldn't that be seeking death.
Lin Mu could not care, but he couldn't care. Who knows if someone would assassinate him in the middle of the night.
This kind of offending people, or even offending people to the point of death, and even more so having to step forward himself, naturally Jia Xu is not willing to do this kind of thing.
"What? Is it difficult?"
Lin Mu picked up the deer leg but didn't eat it, just looked at Jia Xu like this.
Although there was a smile on his face, his eyes were full of coldness.
Seeing this made Jia Xu's heart tremble, and Jia Xu suddenly remembered.
When it comes to killing people, the man in front of him is no worse than Dong Zhuo, and he seems to be better at killing people.
"My lord, I obey."
After seeing Jia Xu agree, Lin Mu took a bite of the deer leg.
"That's right. How can work be without difficulties? If you have difficulties and overcome them, you are a good minister. Come and drink this pot of wine."
Lin Mu pointed to a jug of wine on his desk. Jia Xu stepped forward helplessly, picked up the jug, and wanted to pour the wine in the jug into a cup before drinking.
But Lin Mu said.
"Why use a cup? Can't you drink without a cup?"
Jia Xu poured the wine for a moment, then put the glass down, picked up the jug and poured the wine into his mouth.
Lin Mu smiled.
"Hahaha, look, you can drink this wine without having to wash the cup."
Jia Xu said yes again and again, and after finishing the wine, he stepped aside.
Lin Mu finally finished eating the deer leg, picked up the silk cloth and wiped his mouth, and said while wiping his mouth.
"The position of Sikong is still vacant. Wen He, you must seize this opportunity."
Jia Xu suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Mu. Sikong Na was the Third Duke. Until now, Jia Xu was just a lieutenant general. He was much worse than Jiuqing. How could he compare with the Third Duke.
And Lin Mu's meaning couldn't be clearer.
"I will bear this in mind."
Lin Mu waved his hand and let Jia Xu go down.
If you want a horse to run, you must feed it. Blindly convincing people with force will only be counterproductive. At the appropriate time, you still have to give some benefits.
What's more, Lin Mu doesn't care at all about his official position.
Jia Xu went down holding Lin Mu's seal ribbon, and soon the neighing of war horses could be heard outside the house.
When Lin Mu went out to check, Jia Xu had already left Beijing with a group of people.
"Huh? Is it snowing?"
Lin Mu frowned as he looked at the bits of snow falling from the sky.
After wealthy people see it snowing, they always recite poems and have fun at the so-called beautiful scenery.
However, those poor people can only huddle in the corner and remain motionless, because this way they will not be hungry easily and can also retain a little warmth.
"Time is running out. Call five hundred guards to go with me to Hulao Pass."
That night, Lin Mu had already led five hundred guards towards Hulao Pass.
Now that Wang Yun is in charge of the court, he will be fine if he goes out for a few days.
Hulao Pass is more than 170 miles away from Luoyang, which is still a straight line distance.
If you want to get to Hulao Pass quickly, if you ride a Pegasus alone, you can get there in one day, but if you go with 500 people, it will take at least two days.
At this time, Hu Zhen was drinking in Hulao Pass.
There were several empty wine jars in front of Hu Zhen, who seemed to have drank a lot.
Beside Hu Zhen, a big man was looking at Hu Zhen anxiously.
"General, you can't drink any more."
But Hu Zhen ignored Hua Xiong and opened another jar of wine.
Hua Xiong stepped forward and held down the wine jar, saying to Hu Zhen.
"General, there is no one in the court now and there are no soldiers outside the pass. It is a good time for us to evacuate this place!"
When Dong Zhuo's head appeared in front of the eighteen princes, the coalition of eighteen princes no longer existed.
Dong Zhuo is dead, and the pass in front of him has naturally become a bone that no one wants to chew.
Since ancient times, attacking cities and knocking down passes has always been the most casualty act, not to mention that there are 30,000 troops in Hulao Pass.
If we attack by force, it will be difficult to capture even one hundred thousand.
Although no one attacked, they were unable to move even an inch.
Although there is still some military rations left in the army, it is not enough to return to Xiliang.
Then go out of customs?
Of course it is impossible. Although there are not many soldiers and horses outside the pass, there is no need to fight them.
They just need to wait for a while, and they will naturally be defeated if they don't have military rations.
They will also become prisoners by then, and one of them will be hacked to death.
Hu Zhen couldn't help but sigh when she saw the wine jar being held down by Hua Xiong.
"Hey, withdraw your troops? Withdraw to where? Now there is no place for us and others in this world."
The more Hu Zhen thought about it, the angrier she became and she smashed an empty jar on the ground.
The jars were broken all over the floor. Looking at the broken jars, Hu Zhen suddenly had an idea.
"Did you just say that there is no one in the court?"
Hua Xiong thought Hu Zhen had sobered up and hurriedly came forward.
"Yes, General, now the entire Sili army is composed of rebels from Liangzhou, and the imperial court is unable to clear them out. If we don't take this opportunity to find a place to go, we will not be able to leave even if we run out of food and grass."
Hu Zhen stood up, pulled out the knife from her waist and chopped it on the table.
"Why are we leaving? Don't you want the wealthy people in Luoyang City?"
Hu Zhen stepped forward and pointed at Hua Xiong's chest.
"I……"
Hu Zhen came to another soldier and asked.
"You do not want?"
He pointed at another soldier.
"Or do you mean you don't want it?"
The two soldiers were so excited by Hu Zhen's words that their faces glowed red and they kept nodding.
His eyes were full of longing for Luoyang City.
Hua Xiong seemed to understand what Hu Zhen meant.
"General, what do you mean..."
"We don't have enough food and grass to go back to Xiliang, but we have enough food and grass to go to Luoyang. If Luoyang is captured, we may not be able to repeat Dong Gong's old affairs!"
Everyone suddenly woke up, yes, there are not many soldiers and horses in Luoyang now.
If he could break into Luoyang again, he and Hu Zhen might be able to do what Dong Zhuo did, and everyone would be rich and powerful.
"But...Dong Gong died in Luoyang, we..."
Hua Xiong hesitated. What he meant was very obvious. Dong Zhuo died in Luoyang City, so what could they do?
Hu Zhen slapped the table, stood up and yelled angrily.
"Are you afraid of rotten scholars?"
After scolding Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen swept the jar away from the table and said to the soldiers.
"Command the generals to march to Luoyang!"
