Chapter 42 Chapter 40 The Human Lamp

The queue stretches and winds. Under the cover of banners and flags, the car cover, the guards of white horses and golden saddles, the halberd lights of thousands of soldiers and horses...the road is majestic and gorgeous. After traveling for ten miles, there was a bang, and the chariot shook violently. Dong Zhuo scolded in the car, "What's going on?!" "The wheel is broken." The courtier said in fear. "What?! The wheel is broken!?" He was in a gloomy mood. "It must be because the people along the way have been negligent in cleaning the road and left small stones. Behead the village chief for public display!"

He got off the chariot and changed to another carriage called Xiaoyao Yumian. After another six or seven miles, the horse neighed frantically and tore off its bridle. "Li Su, Li Su!" Dong Zhuo was suspicious, and asked someone behind the golden curtain, "The wheel broke, the horse's bridle was bitten off, what happened?" "Don't worry. This is an auspicious omen for the grand master to replace the old with the new." "I see. The explanation is very clear." Dong Zhuo's mood improved. Stay overnight on the way, and arrive at the capital Chang'an the next day.However, dense fog was rare that day, and when the team set off, there was a strong wind and the sky was dark.

"Li Su. With such a celestial phenomenon, is it He Xiangrui?" Every time something happened, he would be worried. Li Su pointed at the sun and said with a smile: "This is He Rui of the red light and purple mist." Looking up at the clouds from behind the curtain, the sun really had a rainbow-like halo that day. The team quickly passed through the outer city of Chang'an and entered the city street.I saw that all the people came out of the room and stood on the side of the road with their heads bowed. No one looked up. Outside the gate of the palace, hundreds of officials lined up to welcome them.

Wang Yun, Chunyu Qiong, Huang Wan, Huangfusong and others prostrated themselves by the side of the road, congratulating them and carrying out the salutations from their ministers, they said: "Congratulations!" Dong Zhuo was very proud, ordered the chariot to drive the official and said: "Go to the Prime Minister's residence." As soon as he entered the prime minister's mansion, Dong Zhuo said: "I'm a little tired, I will enter the palace tomorrow." After resting that day, he didn't see anyone, only Wang Yun, accepting congratulations. Wang Yun told him: "Tonight, please cultivate your body and mind slowly, fast and take a bath tomorrow, and accept the position of ten thousand venerables." He Bi left.

"How do you feel?" Someone peeked at the curtain from behind Dong Zhuo. It's Lu Bu. When Dong Zhuo saw him, he felt confident. "Oh, you have to stay by my side at all times." "Your body is important." "If I ascend the throne, how can I repay you? By the way, I will appoint you as a general." "Thank you!" As usual, Lu Bu stood outside with his halberd in his arms, guarding Dong Zhuo faithfully all night. That night, Dong Zhuo didn't put a woman in the bedroom either, and kept it clean all night.But when he thinks that he will be the ninth-five position tomorrow, he is in high spirits and can't sleep.

At this time, outside.Click click click.Footsteps sounded. He jumped up and shouted, "Who is it?" Li Su, who was still asleep outside the tent, replied, "It's Lu Bu who is on patrol." "It's Lu Bu..." Hearing this, Dong Zhuo was completely relieved and began to snore slightly.However, he was not asleep yet, and he pricked up his ears frequently. In the street late at night, children sang nursery rhymes from far away: Chimegrass He Qingqing ten day divination Can't give birth The singing came with the wind, flowing in the middle of the night, with a sad tone.

Dong Zhuo heard the singing and called again: "Li Su!" "Yes. Are you still asleep?" "What does this nursery rhyme mean? This song seems unlucky." "That's right." Li Su explained indiscriminately in order to put Dong Zhuo at ease, "It implies the end of the fate of the Han Dynasty. This is the imperial capital Chang'an. Starting tomorrow, the emperor will change. Nursery rhymes are unintentional, and there will be omens." .” "I see. So..." Poor Dong Zhuo, he nodded in agreement, and soon became drowsy and fell into deep snoring.

In nursery rhymes, "Qianlicao" is the word "Dong", and "Ten Ri Bu" is the word "Zhuo".Street singing suggested that someone was already laughing at Dong Zhuo's fate.However, being fooled by Li Su's words, such a traitor didn't realize that the nursery rhyme was about himself, and thought it was about the Han Dynasty. In the morning, the morning sun shines through, reflecting on Dong Zhuo's pillow. He fasted and bathed.After that, there was a whole line of honor guards, and the clothes were exquisite, even more so than yesterday.Then head towards the dew-drifting palace gate.At this time, a Taoist priest was wearing a green robe, carrying a white flag on his shoulder, turning a corner on the street, but he was nowhere to be seen.

On the white flag, two characters of "口" are written side by side. "What is that?" Dong Zhuo asked Li Su. "A crazy Taoist priest." Li Su replied. A stack of two words is the word "Lv".Dong Zhuo suddenly became worried about Lu Bu.Thinking of Lu Bu's secret meeting with Diao Chan at Fengyi Pavilion, Dong Zhuo felt disgusted. At this time, the front team of the guard of honor had arrived at the Beiye Gate in the palace... There were regulations on the Forbidden Gate, so Dong Zhuo had no choice but to leave all the guards of honor at Beiye Gate, leaving twenty warriors to push carts, and continued to march towards the Forbidden Court.

"Huh?!" Dong Zhuo shouted from the car. Dong Zhuo saw Wang Yun and Huang Wan standing on both sides of the palace gate holding swords. He probably felt the atmosphere was strange, and suddenly shouted: "Li Su, Li Su! What do they mean by standing with their swords drawn?" Li Su replied loudly from the back of the car: "Since this is the case, it is according to the king of Hades' will to send the Grand Master to the Underworld, so come early to welcome him!" Dong Zhuo turned pale with shock, and said, "What... what are you talking about?!" The moment he was about to get up, Li Su yelled "Hi" and pushed the car forward with a bang.

Wang Yun shouted loudly: "The traitors of Meiwu are here! Come out, warriors!" This sound is the signal. "Oh--" "what--" More than a hundred soldiers from the Royal Forest Army rushed up, overturned the chariot, dragged Dong Zhuo out of the chariot, and said: "The leader of the thief!" "Big traitor!" "Humph!" "Curse!" "Convicted?!" Countless halberds stabbed at Dong Zhuo alone, stabbing and hacking at his chest, shoulders and head.But Dong Zhuo, who has always been cautious, wore invulnerable armor and underwear close to his body. Although he was covered in blood, he was not fatally injured. Rolling his huge body on the ground, he shouted loudly: "Lv Bu, Lv Bu! Where is Lv Bu?! Come to rescue the foster father!" At this time, Lv Bu said "receive the order", waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, jumped to Dong Zhuo's eyes, and shouted: "I am ordered to kill the traitor Dong Zhuo!" The foul blood sprayed like a mist, dimming even the sun. "Woo... um... you..." The big halberd cut obliquely, and only Dong Zhuo's right arm was chopped off by the root. Dong Zhuo was stained red with blood, his eyes widened, he glared at Lu Bu, and wanted to shout something. Lu Bu grabbed Dong Zhuo's chest and cursed: "Evil will be rewarded with evil!" and pierced Dong Zhuo's throat. The inside and outside of the forbidden court were surrounded by a turbulent atmosphere.Soon, the news spread, and someone shouted: "Long live!" So, from civil and military officials to grooms and guards, everyone shouted long live.The shouts and cheers lasted for less than half an hour. Li Su ran up, cut off Dong Zhuo's head, and hung it high on the tip of the sword.Lu Bu opened the imperial edict that Wang Yun gave him in advance, stood on the high platform, and read aloud: "Following the edict of the Holy Son of Heaven, the rebellious minister Dong Zhuo has been punished...the rest are innocent and all are forgiven." Dong Zhuo was fifty-four years old. This year, this day, should stay forever.It was in Renshen in the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and it was daytime on April 22. After the traitor was punished, from inside the forbidden gate to Chang'an City Street, shouts of long live erupted all over the place.However, people are trembling and uneasy, which is still hard to get rid of. "It's not going to end like this." "There will be changes." Lu Bu said: "To this day, Dong Zhuo is never far away from him. The one who often assists Dong Zhuo in doing evil is his military adviser Li Ru. He cannot be allowed to live!" "That's right. Who will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to kidnap Li Ru?" Wang Yun ordered. "I'll go!" Li Su replied.Before the words fell, he led his troops to the prime minister's mansion. Before entering the door, a person was surrounded by a group of warriors and dragged out of the gate of Xiangfu, howling.Taking a closer look, it was Li Ru. The lower-level warriors in the Prime Minister's Mansion complained: "I hate this thief the most on weekdays. As soon as we heard that Grand Master Dong was punished, we tied up this thief with our own hands and were about to take him to the forbidden gate. Please don't ask us for our crimes." Li Su captured Li Ru alive without any effort, and immediately took him away and offered him to the forbidden gate. Wang Yunli beheaded Li Ru, carried it to the criminal officials, and said, "Hang it up on the street to show the public!" Wang Yun said again: "Dong Zhuo's family lives in the city of Meiwu, and they usually support a large army. Who would like to attack Dangping?" Then someone responded and said, "I would like to go." This person is Lu Bu. "If Lu Bu is going..." Everyone was relieved, but Wang Yun still dispatched 30,000 soldiers to Li Su and Huangfusong, and immediately dispatched them, pointing directly at Meiwu. Generals such as Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Li Jue and more than ten thousand soldiers and horses stayed behind in Meiwu.