Chapter 111

"Yesterday, Xuande came to my residence and we chatted until late at night. He is indeed a loyal and righteous person!"

The meaning was: Liu Bei is my man; it's so obvious, everyone understands, right!

Everyone had already cursed Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei together in their hearts!

Other ministers' minds became active.

Liu Bei, a seller of straw sandals, can become the Inspector of Bingzhou by relying on Dong Zhuo; if I rely on him, won't I take off too!

"Liu Bei is known as loyal and righteous, and even Lu Zhi's student can do this; what do I have to be ashamed of!"

"Dong Zhuo gave too much; if I were Liu Bei, I wouldn't refuse either!"

"Exactly. If the world wants to scold, they should scold Liu Bei first!"

With Liu Bei acting as the 'horse bone', many fence-sitting ministers found reasons for themselves and soon relied on Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed; he didn't expect Liu Bei's leading role to be so good.

"Xuande is truly a lucky general; I'm afraid that old brute Lu is going to be angered to death now! Haha."

What made Dong Zhuo even more delighted was that Cao Cao had actually leaned toward him too!

"Mengde has also figured it out. Good, good!"

Dong Zhuo held a family banquet, calling Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and the ministers who relied on him to drink.

After three rounds of drinks,

Dong Zhuo was surprised to find that Liu Bei's eyes were actually filled with tears.

"Xuande, why are you crying while drinking?"

Liu Bei cupped his hands.

"Lord Dong, this wine is too spicy."

Dong Zhuo was unhappy.

"Xuande, if there is anything, tell me quickly!"

"Who bullied you? I will make the decision for you!"

Liu Bei sighed.

"Lord Dong, today I received a letter from Lu Shi, scolding me severely, saying I am fawning over power and acting as a treacherous official... Lu Shi said he was going to be angered to death by me."

"Haha, that is truly..." Dong Zhuo laughed loudly; he estimated he could add several more dishes if Lu Zhi was angered to death.

"Ahem." Li Ru began to cough.

Dong Zhuo reacted and coughed.

"Xuande, do not worry. Lu Zijian is muddled; the Great Han is currently peaceful, and it is all thanks to the new Emperor's merit. He will understand later."

Dong Zhuo thought for a moment.

"Fengxian, go pick a sweat-blood horse for Xuande."

Lu Bu's mouth twitched; this Liu Xuande truly has a good life!

After this incident, Dong Zhuo trusted Liu Bei even more!

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Cao Cao thought to himself,

"Could this Liu Bei be sincerely relying on Dong Zhuo? Is he this short-sighted?"

Dong Zhuo also showed his generous side.

He selected a large number of famous scholars, such as Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Zhou, Zhang Zi, Kong Rong, Ying Shao, and Zhang Miao, to serve as local Prefects and other important positions.

He even let bygones be bygones.

He enfeoffed Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin, and others who hated him and left office, as Prefects to show reconciliation.

It is a pity that Dong Zhuo thought a bit too much; these people would all be backbone members of the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance in the future.

Half a month later,

Dong Zhuo appointed himself Chancellor, having the privilege of "entering the court without hurrying, and wearing a sword and shoes to the hall." From then on, Dong Zhuo's power in the imperial court was at its zenith.

Taiyuan Commandery,

Everyone had already received the news that Liu Bei had been enfeoffed as the Inspector of Bingzhou.

Cai Yong cursed,

"My son-in-law is muddled! How could he rely on Dong Zhuo!"

Cai Yan's beautiful eyebrows were tightly knitted.

"I think my husband must have some hidden difficulties, or he has some plan."

She looked toward Guo Jia.

"Military Advisor Guo, what do you think?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands.

"The Lady is very right. I guess the lord must be trying to take advantage of Dong Zhuo losing his vigilance to give him a fatal blow!"

Guan Yu, who had originally been half-closing his eyes, opened them wide, stood up, and strode outside.

Guo Jia hurriedly pulled him back.

"General Guan, where are you going?"

Guan Yu said firmly,

"Big Brother is in danger; I am going to Luoyang to accompany him!" ===== CHAPTER 112 =====