After Li Su told Dong Zhuo what had happened, Dong Zhuo immediately happily rewarded him with a thousand pieces of gold and several beauties.
The next day, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were waiting outside Luoyang City for Lu Bu to lead his army to surrender.
The night before, Lu Bu was worried that his men would cause trouble. Then thirty or forty officers, large and small, gathered together in the general camp. They laid out the two boxes of gold and silver jewelry sent by Li Su and said, "All of you brothers have followed me, Lu Bu, through life and death. I will also I won’t hide it from you anymore.”
"I have planned to lead the army to defect to Dong Zhuo early tomorrow morning, but before that I want to ask you brothers."
"What have we gained under Ding Yuan over the years?"
"Is the salary enough? Are there rights?"
"And all of these are only available to Ding Yuan's cronies. Now, if there are brothers who are willing to follow me, you only have a share of the gold, silver and jewelry here."
"Even if you are unwilling to follow me, Lu Bu, and think that I, Lu Bu, am a treacherous villain, you can leave the barracks upstairs on your own. I also placed a box of jewelry there."
"However, I hope that after you take the money, you can disappear in front of your brothers immediately."
After Lu Bu finished speaking, these people all looked at each other in confusion. No one dared to take it, but at this moment a young general stood up first and said: "Man will die for wealth, and birds will die for food. There is nothing shameful in this. Count me, Zhang Liao."
After someone set an example, another person immediately stood up and said: "I am a rough person in Song Dynasty. I can't care about so many things. Count me among them."
Then, everyone here reached into the box and took their own portion. Lu Bu's face also became happy, and then he asked someone to bring out a few jars of good wine and said: "Since all brothers are willing to follow me, Lu Bu, then drink from this cup here!"
And Lu Bu simply subdued his subordinates. This would allow him to surrender to Dong Zhuo smoothly the next day in exchange for a high official and a generous salary.
At this time, Lu Bu had already led his army to the east gate of Luoyang City. At this moment, Lu Bu was riding a red rabbit horse, which looked so majestic.
Dong Zhuo and Li Ru watched Lü Bu riding over slowly, then dismounted and said to Dong Zhuo: "Lü Bu is a rough man, and thanks to the Grand Master, I think highly of him. I am leading a large army to surrender today, and I beg the Grand Master to accept these subordinates of mine." .”
Dong Zhuo immediately helped Lu Bu up and said: "My Fengxian is like a fish in water. Like a tiger with wings, please get up quickly."
Lu Bu was even happier when he heard Dong Zhuo say this. He didn't expect Dong Zhuo to value him so much, so he immediately stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "As long as I, Lu Bu, am here, I will protect the master from all worries."
Dong Zhuo: "Hahahaha, okay, okay. Come with me first. I have prepared a banquet for you to wash away the dust."
At this time, Lu Bu did not worship Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father as recorded in history and novels. Maybe it's because of the butterfly effect, but of course it's also very likely because this place is a parallel world.
However, at this time, the two places in Luoyang City were completely different from the homes of other ministers. It turned out that Cai Yong and Yuan Wei originally wanted to pack some valuable things and leave Luoyang City, but the dead men sneaked in by Yuan Shu's men told them that as long as they could leave, it would be fine.
As for these family properties, they are just personal belongings and are left to the servants. After all, even if people left, they couldn't take too many people away, so they only allowed them to take away the personal maids and some domestic slaves.
When Yuan Wei and Cai Yong appeared at the west gate heading towards Nanyang, they were stopped by the military general guarding the city and said: "Don't you know? Yesterday, the Grand Master gave an order that no one is allowed to enter Luoyang City. Come out and go back to where you came from."
"Don't hinder us from carrying out our official duties."
After all, Yuan Wei was also a tutor who had been in a high position for a long time. After taking out his high-ranking official credentials, the young general guarding the city saw that he could not afford to offend such a person, but he also could not afford to offend Dong Zhuo, so his tone became gentle and said: " Sir, please wait a moment, this little one can’t make the decision.”
"Let me ask the Grand Master first, and please don't blame me."
Then, he asked his men to wait here. But they also stopped Yuan Wei and the others from leaving. He went to find his superior Guo Bang and told him the whole story. After that, Guo Bang didn't care about the matter at hand. He went straight to the palace, found Dong Zhuo and said, "Master Taishi, Taifu Yuan Wei and great scholar Cai Yong want to leave Luoyang City through the west gate, but now they have been stopped by my subordinates at the west gate."
"So now I come here specifically to ask your Majesty whether we should let them go."
The originally cheerful banquet was interrupted like this. Dong Zhuo looked unhappy, but he also knew the special characteristics of Yuan Wei and Cai Yong.
Especially Cai Yong, students all over the world respect him as a great Confucian, even a teacher, and even himself is no exception. As for Yuan Wei, he had a noble status. He was not only the successor of the fourth generation and the third prince, but also the current Taifu. He was equal to himself in terms of position.
In terms of strength, he is no weaker than himself. After thinking about it clearly, Dong Zhuo decided to stop it himself.
Dong Zhuo: "Xian son-in-law, please stay here with Fengxian. I will come back as soon as possible."
"Lead the way!"
Li Ru left before he could answer. Li Ru could only say to Lu Bu: "Come, General Lu. I'll give you a toast."
Lu Bu naturally also raised a glass to welcome him. As for what just happened. He didn't take it to heart at all, after all, such things were just trivial matters.
But Li Ru didn't think so. He was worried that Cai Yong and Yuan Wei wanted to leave Luoyang City. This way they can get rid of Dong Zhuo's control, but this will be detrimental to their side.
After thinking about it, Li Ru still controlled his mood. After all, these two people have special status and cannot be easily touched.
At this moment, Yuan Wei said to the young general who was guarding the city just now: "Why, the grand master hasn't arrived yet?"
"Isn't it possible that you little guy is entertaining me?"
As soon as Yuan Wei finished speaking, Dong Zhuo's voice came from behind and said, "Master Yuan, what happened? Why are you so angry?"
"Why do you want to leave Luoyang City all of a sudden?"
As for Cai Yong, Dong Zhuo didn't want to talk to him. Mainly because of the special nature of his identity, he took the initiative to ignore Cai Yong.
Yuan Wei: "It turns out that it's the Grand Master, and Yuan Mou just left Luoyang City temporarily."
"I am dissatisfied, Master Taishi. My nephew Yuan Shu will be getting married in a few days. Therefore, Yuan cannot be absent. As an elder, I have to be the witness."
"Besides, our uncle and nephew may not have seen each other for a long time. I can also take the opportunity to meet my family this time. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Before Dong Zhuo could reply, Cai Yong didn't look good on Dong Zhuo. He opened his mouth and said, "Whenever, I, Cai Yong, will be stopped when I go to attend the wedding of my virtuous son-in-law."
"Do you really think this world belongs to you?"
Regarding Cai Yong's words, Dong Zhuo did not want or dare to cause trouble to Cai Yong until it was absolutely necessary. After all, this guy is known as the top scholar in the world. As long as he raises his arms and calls out his reputation, his reputation will be completely ruined.
Even though Dong Zhuo was very angry in his heart, he didn't show it. So he said: "Everyone Cai, there is no need to be so angry."
"I'm just doing business. Since the two adults said they were going to attend Yuan Zhoumu's wedding, I wonder if there are any invitations or letters?"
Regarding this, Dong Zhuo did not believe that they would have invitations or letters. After all, it had only been a long time since these things had developed since he had taken control of Luoyang City.
Less than five days, in such a short period of time. At this time, Yuan Shu might have just learned about what he was doing, so there would be no correspondence at all.
However, at this time, Yuan Wei took out an envelope from his body and handed it to Dong Zhuo. After taking it, Dong Zhuo looked at Yuan Wei's expression and took it apart after finding that the other party had no reaction.
However, the content and date in the letter clearly stated that it was from before he settled in Luoyang City, which meant that what they both said was true.
Originally, Dong Zhuo wanted to accuse the other party of fraud and force him to stay in Luoyang City. However, these letters were stamped with the authentic Nanyang Prefecture seal, so Dong Zhuo's plan was stillborn and there was no time to implement it.
Dong Zhuo also carefully observed the carriages of Cai Yong and Yuan Wei and found that they did not bring any valuables.
Only then did they let them go, because the two of them didn't look like people packing their things and getting ready to run away. Therefore, he was willing to let them go and leave Luoyang City.
Dong Zhuo believed that so much of their money and family assets were still in Luoyang, and they would definitely come back after attending the wedding.
Dong Zhuo: "In that case, you two adults, please get out of here!"
"It's all because of my lax discipline, that's why this situation happened."
"I'd like to ask you both to say congratulations to Master Yuan Zhoumu for me."
Then, let those people withdraw the sentry post. Let Yuan Wei and Cai Yong's carriages leave the city smoothly.
But Dong Zhuo probably didn't know that Yuan Shu's marriage to a wife was true. It is also true that Yuan Wei and Cai Yong went to Nanyang to attend the wedding.
It's a pity that once they go to Nanyang, they will never return to Luoyang.
Yuan Wei: "Thank you so much, Master Taishi!"
"Let's go!" After Yuan Wei said, their team began to take action again.
In this way, he left Luoyang City in a mighty manner, and no one came out to stop him.
In this regard, Dong Zhuo could only sigh helplessly. The chips in my hand are missing two important ones, and I feel helpless about this.
