si-mexico Chapter 144 The Poisonous Strategist Dies in a Sea of Fire, Jia Xu: Wang Yun, I Want You Dead!
Chapter 144 The Poisonous Strategist Dies in a Sea of Fire, Jia Xu: Wang Yun, I Want You Dead!
"My father-in-law is in danger!"
Li Ru suddenly roared at Jia Xu.
Jia Xu was stunned for a moment before realizing that the father-in-law Li Ru was referring to was Dong Zhuo.
"Wenyou, are you possessed?"
"If you ask me, your father-in-law has already kicked you out of the Xiliang Army, so why are you still so concerned?"
"Besides, he's a powerful warlord with 300,000 armored soldiers. Even the allied forces couldn't kill him, so who could possibly kill him?"
Jia Xu smiled and pulled Li Ru to continue drinking.
"Jia Wenhe!"
"If you say this, do you believe it yourself?"
Li Ru stared intently at Jia Xu.
Okay, Jia Xu has lost.
The nonsense he just spouted was, of course, meant to get Li Ru to continue drinking with him.
As one of the few top sages of his time, Jia Xu's talent even surpassed that of Li Ru.
Their ability to control people's hearts is also beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang army appeared to be a formidable force, but in reality, a single spark could ignite the internal conflicts within Dong Zhuo's camp!
And now, it seems that the person who ignited the conflict has appeared.
It was through cunning and manipulation that Wang Yun gained Dong Zhuo's trust and replaced Li Ru as the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat.
Others may not know, but Jia Xu's discerning eyes could see through everything.
What good can come of Wang Yun and Lü Bu colluding together?
Well... some people might ask...
Since you, Jia Xu, know all this, why don't you tell Dong Zhuo?
Jia Xu simply shrugged and refuted these people:
"I, Jia Wenhe, love peace, oppose war, and reject moral blackmail!"
"Let them fight it out, what's it to me?"
but now.
In front of his old friend Li Ru, Jia Xu's nonsense was ruthlessly exposed, and Jia Xu could no longer keep up the act.
He knew perfectly well that in today's chaos, the probability of Dong Zhuo dying was far higher than the probability of Wang Yun and Lü Bu dying!
The reason I invited Li Ru to drink today (and then made him bring his own wine) was to drug Li Ru with a sleeping potion and then take him out of Chang'an!
What?
Why didn't Jia Xu consider taking Li Ru's wife, Dong Yuan, with him as well?
Please! That's Dong Zhuo's eldest daughter, what business is it of Jia Xu's?
Li Ru is only forty-two. A man at forty is in his prime; forget Dong Yuan! There are plenty of fish in the sea! (Li Ru: I xxxxx)
Furthermore, one should act within one's capabilities.
How could Jia Xu not know what kind of person Li Ru was?
If Jia Xu had told him beforehand that Lü Bu and Wang Yun might launch a coup, Li Ru would definitely have tried every means to inform Dong Zhuo about it.
If Dong Zhuo had listened to this, things would have been fine.
If he doesn't listen, Jia Xu will probably be in trouble too!
Therefore, after much deliberation, Jia Xu decided to simply knock Li Ru unconscious and take him away.
But now, Jia Xu's plan has failed before it could even be implemented.
Damn it, Li Ru hasn't drunk a drop of wine since he walked in; it's all Jia Xu drinking! (Jia Xu's own wine cup wasn't spiked.)
Li Ru rushed out of the courtyard and headed towards the camp of several Xiliang generals.
Jia Xu hurried along, but only managed to catch up with him with great difficulty.
But when Li Ru arrived at the gate of the military camp, he saw Wang Yun about to come out from inside.
Jia Xu quickly pulled Li Ru to squat down in the alleyway next to him.
"Are you stupid, Li Wenyou!"
"That old man Wang Yun must have made thorough preparations beforehand."
"Even if you shout until your throat is hoarse today, those Xiliang generals won't pay you any attention!"
Li Ru clenched his fist.
He knew that Jia Xu was right.
People are pragmatic, and the generals of Xiliang's direct line are no exception.
Li Ru was formerly the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, the chief steward of the Liangzhou army, and Dong Zhuo's most trusted chief strategist and son-in-law.
Everyone in the Xiliang army had to give Li Ru face.
But now, Li Ru has been removed from his position as Minister of the Imperial Secretariat.
Wang Yun became the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat and enjoyed the deep trust of Dong Zhuo.
Apart from the four main generals of Xiliang, the other direct subordinate generals of Xiliang naturally had to give Wang Yun a lot of face.
Besides, Wang Yun is still in charge of the money.
If we displease Wang Yun and he tries to manipulate the military pay, that would be disastrous.
Of course, the most fundamental reason was that the generals of Xiliang, including Dong Zhuo himself, never imagined that Wang Yun was the real mastermind behind everything!
"Hurry up and leave. Staying at the camp gate will only hasten your death."
"Hurry back to the manor. I'll find a way to get your wife out of the city as well."
Jia Xu was truly at his wit's end with Li Ru, so he decided to help him.
At this moment, it's obvious even to a fool that everyone at the city gate is Wang Yun's man.
If Jia Xu and Li Ru were to swagger out of the city, it would be tantamount to walking into a trap.
however.
Not long after Jia Xu and Li Ru left the alley.
A commotion erupted at the city gate!
Lu Bu, holding his halberd, rode Red Hare, while several of his personal guards dragged Dong Zhuo's obese corpse on a wooden cart (which existed as early as the Shang Dynasty).
"father in law!!!"
Li Ru almost cried out in surprise, but Jia Xu quickly covered his mouth.
"Come on!"
Jia Xu dragged the weeping Li Ru toward the entrance of the Li residence.
But when the two of them arrived at the alley next to the Li residence...
Thick smoke was rising from inside the Li residence!
Despite this, many soldiers were still shooting flaming arrows into the fire and adding firewood.
It was as if they wanted to burn everything in the Li family mansion to the ground!
"Burn that Li Ru to death!"
Burn him! Burn him!
Judging from the frenzied looks on the soldiers' faces, there was no doubt that if Li Ru were to show himself, he would be hacked to death.
But the thought of Dong Yuan still being in the mansion came to mind.
Li Ru tried to rush over without thinking, but Jia Xu quickly held him tightly.
"Going there now would be pointless except for sending yourself to your death!"
Jia Xu was an extremely calm person.
But even with all his strength, he couldn't hold onto Li Ru.
Li Ru rushed into the sea of fire without regard for his own safety.
Amidst the sea of fire shrouded in thick smoke, only his frantic and helpless figure remained, frantically searching for his wife, Dong Yuan.
"He's gone mad, completely mad..."
Jia Xu stood there in astonishment.
But then he suddenly remembered the genuine happiness on Li Ru's face when he talked about Dong Yuan.
"Yuan'er is a very gentle person."
"Hey... Li Wenyou, you wouldn't be saying this against your conscience because you're afraid of your wife's status, would you?"
To be honest, Jia Xu didn't believe that Dong Zhuo's eldest daughter could be as gentle as Li Ru described.
Shouldn't a woman of this status be arrogant and domineering?
But Jia Xu, that old fox, was bad precisely because he was too calm.
Although he has a wife and his son is about to give him a grandson.
But he had no idea how deep Li Ru's feelings for Dong Yuan were.
"The common people call me a poisoner, so let me be a poisoner."
"The suggestion to burn Luoyang was made by me to my father-in-law."
"Perhaps one day, I too will suffer retribution and die in a sea of fire..."
During a drinking session with Jia Xu, Li Ru jokingly remarked in this way.
"Boom!"
Another clap of thunder followed.
A torrential downpour swept down.
A tear rolled down Jia Xu's cheek.
"Heh, how could I, Jia Wenhe, possibly shed tears for that idiot Li Wenyou?"
"It's just that the rain is a bit heavy..."
"Hahahaha, they've gone mad, they've all gone mad! I've gone mad too..."
"Wang Yun, I'll kill you!!!"
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