Chapter 1119

"If you want to make someone perish, you must first make them crazy!"

"Just wait and see how long he can be proud!"

Buguangli.

Duan Yu's residence.

Zhao Yun, returning from the West City, was reporting to Duan Yu in the hall.

Ma Chao and Pang De, who heard Zhao Yun fighting in the West City, stood at the door of the hall, rubbing their hands and eager to try.

"Lingming, when can we follow the Marquis to battle?"

"Now that we haven't made any achievements, when can we lead troops alone?"

"Look at Zilong, he has made achievements again." Ma Chao turned his head and looked at Zhao Yun in the hall with envy.

The expectation in Pang De's eyes was exactly the same as Ma Chao's.

Both of them joined the Liangzhou army only last winter.

At that time, all the wars in Liangzhou had stopped.

So much so that the two of them hadn't participated in a great battle until now.

A military general's fame is taken on horseback; if there is no war, there is no merit.

"Mengqi, don't be anxious; there will always be opportunities to make achievements," Pang De nodded firmly.

In the hall.

Duan Yu nodded with relief after hearing Zhao Yun's report.

Fortunately, the time he made the decision wasn't late; he finally saved Hongchan.

Otherwise, under those circumstances, it would have been difficult for the assassins of the Military Intelligence Office to fight against the Yuan family guards.

As for injuries, it was definitely unavoidable.

As long as her life was still there, it was fine.

"Zilong, go down and rest first."

Duan Yu waved his hand.

Zhao Yun walked out of the hall after receiving the order.

In the hall, Duan Yu leaned on the Hu chair.

The intelligence sent by Hongchan from Yuan Shu's residence this morning had already corroborated that Zhang Feng might have been used by the Yuan family.

Borrowing a knife to kill.

When he met He Lingman outside the West Garden before, it should have been discovered by the Yuan family's eyes and ears.

The Yuan family should have used this news to stir up Zhang Feng's hatred for him, and then used Zhang Feng to harm his father-in-law Dong Zhuo.

But the reason for this was still aimed at him.

"Yuan Wei..."

The reason Yuan Wei sent the Jade Pill to his father-in-law and said those words to his father-in-law Dong Zhuo was to make his father-in-law Dong Zhuo relax his vigilance and guard.

And his father-in-law Dong Zhuo also successfully fell into Yuan Wei's trap.

He Lingman said yesterday that the night before his father-in-law Dong Zhuo presented the Jade Pill, Yuan Ji had visited Zhang Feng's residence.

As for what was said, He Lingman didn't know.

But now it seems that Yuan Ji's purpose in going should have been to use Zhang Feng to borrow a knife to kill.

He could probably guess what Yuan Ji said.

This was also why Zhang Feng took such a big risk to give Liu Hong strong medicine.

Everyone in the world thought that Liu Hong was his backing.

As long as Liu Hong didn't fall, no one could shake his position in Liangzhou.

This was the inertial thinking of the scholars of the world.

This was also the same reason why the scholars of the world would use Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao to check and balance the powerful Ten Attendants.

The biggest backing behind the Ten Attendants was Liu Hong.

As long as Liu Hong didn't fall, the Ten Attendants wouldn't fall.

The scholars used Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao to launch a rebellion, making Liu Hong feel that his life and throne were threatened, so Liu Hong would compromise.

This was exactly the same as the sinking ship case of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao in the late Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Donglin Party couldn't fight the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian, because the biggest backing behind Wei Zhongxian was the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

As long as Zhu Youxiao was still there for one day, Wei Zhongxian's position wouldn't fall.

Since they couldn't fight Wei Zhongxian, they could change the target.

The sinking ship case, not long after Zhu Youxiao fell into the water, he died of illness.

And after Zhu Youxiao died, the first to be unlucky were the Eunuch Party and Wei Zhongxian.

The Donglin Party won a complete victory.

The Eunuch Party was wiped out.

Historically, Liu Hong's death was already very suspicious.

History books didn't describe any details of Liu Hong's death.

And not long before Liu Hong died, he even rode a horse in armor to inspect the West Garden Eight Schools, declaring himself the Supreme General.

It could be said that Liu Hong's body was weak, hollowed out by wine and women, but not to the point of suddenly dying.

But the description of Liu Hong in history books was that he suddenly died of illness, without a trace of warning.

There wasn't even a description of a long illness; it just wrote the date of death.

What the reason for this was, it was unknown.

But it was certain that after Liu Hong died, the Ten Attendants, who had been hated by the scholars, all had miserable ends.

The eunuch forces were wiped out, and at the same time, the Grand General He Jin was also killed.

Although the historical records were vague, as long as one saw one point, one could basically infer the cause and effect.

Vested interests.

As long as one saw who the final beneficiary was, one knew what kind of filth was behind this.

Historically, after Liu Hong died, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan entered the capital.

At that time, his father-in-law Dong Zhuo was undoubtedly a student and subordinate of the Yuan family.

But later it could only be said that Yuan Wei played it a bit too hard.

His father-in-law Dong Zhuo was not someone who played by the rules, not someone who respected surface order to board the table of power.

This led to Yuan Wei being killed in Luoyang.

Of course, based on his contact with Li Ru now, historically, his father-in-law flipping the table and killing Yuan Wei also had a lot to do with Li Ru.

Because Li Ru saw clearly that Dong Zhuo, who had become a tool of the Yuan family, would eventually end up very miserably.

But even so, it didn't hinder the Yuan family from still being the biggest beneficiary after Liu Hong died and the world was in chaos.

Look at Yuan Shu, look at Yuan Shao.

One was the master of Hebei.

One was the Zhong Emperor.

If Yuan Shu could be a bit more shrewd, if Yuan Shao's luck could be a bit better.

Then this world would likely have been the Yuan family's.

Duan Yu, sitting on the Hu chair, tapped the desk beside him slowly.

"Old fox, since you want to play, then I will play a big one with you!"

Duan Yu narrowed his eyes and said to himself: "Rules are made by those who make the rules. You can play power politics within your rules."

"Then I want to see if you can be like a fish in water under the rules I set."

Imperial Palace, Jiade Hall.

Empress Dowager Dong, dressed in a red robe with a white gauze coat and a phoenix crown on her head, knelt beside Liu Xie with an uneasy expression.

And the young Liu Xie was lying on the desk, writing on white paper.

Outside the hall, Jian Shuo, with his head lowered and a terrified expression, walked into the hall and knelt on one knee under the Nine Dragon Wall leading to the dragon desk.

Empress Dowager Dong looked up at Jian Shuo and asked in a deep voice: "How is it? Has the person been found?"

Jian Shuo shook his head: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager... still... not yet."