Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 218

In fact, after Liu Yu had a long talk with Liu Biao that day, he had been thinking about how to separate the emperor from the case of the mysterious rich businessman.

Liu Yu felt that no matter whether the emperor Liu Xie had the ability to be the emperor well, the people of the world could not let the world know that he was involved in the food shortage in Luoyang.

After all, he is the Son of Heaven, representing the big man, and his plan to weaken Dong Zhuo's strength with the lives of the people in the city seems great but it is easy to lose the hearts of the people!

And once the truth is exposed, Dong Zhuo will have even more excuses to take over the throne for the emperor!

Therefore, for the stability of the people in the world and the court, Liu Yu must make the emperor look like a good emperor.

So he persuaded Liu Biao to stand up and take the blame for the emperor, but only one Liu Biao was not enough to win Dong Zhuo's trust.

Because Dong Zhuo was actually guiding and manipulating behind the entire mysterious rich business case, and Xu Rong and Han Rang also conspired with the Emperor and Liu Biao under his arrangement for this plan.

In other words, Dong Zhuo knew the whole process of the mysterious wealthy businessman's plan. In this plan, the emperor Liu Xie was just a puppet, and Liu Biao was just a tool man kept in the dark. If Liu Biao suddenly took the initiative to take all the blame, it would only arouse Dong Zhuo's suspicion. .

Therefore, the best solution to reveal the truth of the mysterious rich businessman case is to make a wrong judgment, and use a wrong judgment to give an explanation to the world.

And if Liu Biao is given a very powerful accomplice, such as Lu Bu, in this way, the world's attention can be drawn to the two culprits, thus ignoring some loopholes in the incident itself.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo would also be suspicious because of Lv Bu's defection, thinking that the rebellion of Liu Biao, Zhu Jun, Zhang Yang, Sun Jian and others were all providing Lv Bu with an opportunity to escape.

Dong Zhuo will definitely focus on meeting the enemy and defending the border with several enemy soldiers, so he has no time to find out why Liu Biao, without discussing with the emperor or Xu Rong and Han Rang, secretly Take the food from the underground palace and discuss cooperation with Lu Bu.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu felt that it was time to tell the whole story that he made up temporarily to everyone.

Liu Yu said that when he came back from picking herbs on the mountain that day, he happened to see Lu Bu and Liu Biao having a secret conversation at the foot of the mountain. Out of curiosity, he hid aside and eavesdropped.

At that time, Liu Biao proposed to let Lu Bu assist in attacking Henan County, and also said that he was willing to use 50 shi of grain as a thank you gift.

Lu Bu didn't believe that Liu Biao had so much food, so Liu Biao told about the food stored in the underground palace.

After hearing this, Lu Bu agreed to form an alliance with Liu Biao on the spot, and said that Sun Jian and Zhang Yang would attack Hulao Pass one day later. At that time, he would lead the troops to leave Luoyang City first, and then attack Henan County together with Liu Biao.

Liu Yu, who was hiding aside, jumped out when he heard that the two were about to rebel. He defeated Lu Bu first, and then followed Liu Biao to an earth palace, where he saw a mountain of grain.

Later, Liu Yu was found by the guards there and could only escape quickly. Half a day later, when he quietly approached the underground palace again, he found that the food was still there, but Liu Biao and the three thousand guards were gone.

Presumably Liu Biao knew that the matter had been exposed, and was afraid that Liu Yu would report back to the city, so he fled back to Jingzhou with his men ahead of time!
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After listening to Liu Yu's detailed explanation, all the ministers believed that Liu Biao was a mysterious rich businessman. Although the culprit escaped, fortunately, the food was still there, which was a blessing among misfortunes.

"The king of Zhongshan is indeed a lucky general of the imperial court! He has only been in Luoyang for a month and not only destroyed the collusion between Liu Biao and Lu Bu, but also found out the mysterious rich business case that had no clues! This can finally resolve the situation of food shortage in Luoyang Already!"

Situ Wangyun was not stingy with compliments, and he wanted to take credit for Liu Yu on the spot!
Then Sikong Xun Shuang also stepped forward to express his gratitude to Liu Yu.

"That's right! For many days, the people in Luoyang have been miserable because of the food problem, and some people have misunderstood me as the mastermind behind the mysterious wealthy business case. Now the truth is revealed, that Liu Biao of Jingzhou is the real culprit. , Thank you King Zhongshan on behalf of all the adults in the court!"

Liu Yu waved his hands indifferently, but replied in a proud tone: "They are all loyal to the big man and doing things for the emperor. It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!"

The tense atmosphere in the Golden Palace gradually disappeared. Knowing that there are countless grains just outside the city, the ministers temporarily forgot about Lu Bu's defection. Even Liu Biao is no longer a mysterious rich businessman, which is no longer surprising.

But Dong Zhuo knew that what Liu Yu found was not all the truth. Although Dong Zhuo secretly arranged for Liu Yu to investigate the mysterious rich businessman at the beginning, his real idea was not to let Liu Yu find out the real truth.

In Dong Zhuo's plan, the investigation of the mysterious wealthy businessman was just a cover. At that time, Liu Yu was arranged to be an undercover royalist on the one hand to test Liu Yu's reliability.

And when it is confirmed that Liu Yu is faithful and reliable, Dong Zhuo will join hands with him inside and outside to get some false evidence, and plant the real culprit of the mysterious rich business case on Wang Yun and others.

It is not difficult for Dong Zhuo to deal with or get rid of the royalists, but a small restaurant still needs waiters, staff, kitchen, etc., let alone a huge imperial court.

So Dong Zhuo didn't want to get rid of the royalist faction, but wanted to control Wang Yun and others for his use.

Only because of the continuous fighting in the past month, Dong Zhuo had no time to attend to him, and Liu Yu went out of the city to refine medicine for him until today, so this plan of framing him could not be implemented.

Now Liu Yu accidentally discovered the grain stored in the underground palace, and Liu Biao also fled back to Jingzhou because he was afraid that the matter would be revealed. The case of the mysterious rich businessman is no longer of value to Dong Zhuo.

In addition, from Liu Yu's narration, Dong Zhuo also wondered whether the recent continuous enemy situation might be a layout of Lu Bu, and the purpose was to let the Bingzhou Army escape from his control smoothly.

Lu Bu's defection has exceeded Dong Zhuo's expectations. If Lu Bu really joins forces with several other rebels to counterattack Luoyang, the situation will be very serious.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo fixed his eyes on Liu Yu, and after a few breaths, he got up and announced an important appointment.

"The king of Zhongshan was successful in the case of uncovering the mysterious rich businessman. He was promoted to the right general and handed over the soldiers in Hulao Pass to his command!"

"Thank you grand master for cultivation!"

The title of General Right was previously held by General Guo Si of Xiliang. This appointment is enough to show how much Dong Zhuo attaches importance to Liu Yu.

And Dong Zhuo also said before that if Liu Yu cracked the case of the mysterious rich businessman, he would formally incorporate Fan Silk's old department under his command.

At this time, almost all the generals of the Xiliang faction in Luoyang City were appointed to go out, but the enemy situation in the northeast was imminent. Seeing that there were no generals in the city, Dong Zhuo had to use Liu Yu in advance.

It's just that what Dong Zhuo doesn't know is that the soldiers of Hulao Pass and the guard Jia Xu have long been Liu Yu's trilogy and subordinates.

(End of this chapter)