Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 241 The Lively Palace Outside the City

The two pushed the cups until midnight, and Liu Yu saw that Sima Fang was a little drunk, so he asked his servant Liu Sandao to escort him back to the county.

Before sending it out, Liu Yu also took out a few blank papers as a gift in return.

Literati love brushes, ink, paper and inkstones most, but Sima Fang has never seen such a solid white paper, so he excitedly asked about its origin.

Liu Yu smiled and pushed it to his master Kangxi.

The legend of Master Kang had spread throughout half of Luoyang City in the afternoon, and Sima Fang, who was the order of Luoyang, had naturally heard of it a little.

But when he thought that Master Kong had passed away, the paper would be less if he used it, so he cherished what he got even more, and Sima Fang was deeply moved by Liu Yu's hospitality.

Originally, Sima Fang brought gifts to apologize, but unexpectedly, the host's house would treat guests and return gifts, and everything was far more than the value of what he brought, which made Sima Fang feel grateful and respectful towards Liu Yu.

I thought to myself that this person has a broad mind and extraordinary ability. If he can gain a foothold in the troubled times, he will be the choice of the wise master.

Another thought is that Liu Yu became the king of Zhongshan at a young age. Whether it is Wang Yun from the royalist school or Dong Zhuo from the Xiliang school, they all admire him and try their best to win him over. Sooner or later, he will definitely be a powerful figure. Those who can worship under his sect will surely have a bright future.

Thinking of this, Sima Fang decided to write a letter after returning home, asking his second son Sima Yi to come to Luoyang to learn from him.

It's a pity that his idea not only failed to come true, but on the contrary became new evidence that Chen Yuan framed Sima Fang and Liu Yu.

That night, Sima Fang walked out of the alley in the south of the city, and the guards of the Governor's Camp who were guarding in the dark sent someone to report to Li Ru again.

But Li Ru learned that Sima Fang not only went to Liu's mansion with gifts, but also drank until midnight before returning, so he believed Chen Yuan's words even more.

It's just that Chen Yuan's words alone can't convict Sima Fang and Liu Yu. They all say that catching thieves requires catching dirty hands, and there must be physical evidence to prove that the two have colluded with Yuan Shao.

Li Ru had no way to find physical evidence for a while, because Chen Yuan said that every time Sima Fang received a letter from Jizhou, he would immediately burn it.

So he asked Chen Yuan to try to collect letters and evidence, and at the same time, he thought that if Sima Fang dared to cover Liu Yu when the grain and grass were put into storage tomorrow, it would prove that there was an affair between the two of them, and then he would have an excuse to arrest him. Arrest him and torture him for interrogation!

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In the early morning of the second day, Liu Yu was scheduled to go to the underground palace outside the city to take charge of the important task of transporting food, but before leaving the city, he took Zhou Fang and Cui Di to Ma Teng's military camp first.

After Ma Teng received the task of guarding and transporting food and grass, he immediately sent troops to the underground palace outside the city. He also went there personally as soon as the sun came out today.

So when Liu Yu and his party arrived at the barracks, they only found Ma Chao who had come here first.

"What is Brother Shoucheng planning?"

When he was in Niujia Village before, Ma Teng had promised that as long as Liu Yu could promote Lv Bu and Dong Zhuo's confrontation, then their Ma family army would support Liu Yu's next plan to eliminate Dong Zhuo.

But what Liu Yu wanted was to completely subdue Ma Teng and let him be loyal to him.

Hearing the master's question, Ma Chao replied with some embarrassment: "According to the master's method, my apprentice is brainwashing my father every day, but... my father only said that he will fully support it, not for the matter of loyalty, but wait for the master to eliminate it." Let's talk after Li Jue and Xu Rong's army are gone!"

Liu Yu had been mentally prepared for Ma Chao's words. After all, Ma Teng had always claimed to be the empress of Fubo, and he was absolutely obsessed with being loyal to the emperor.

Ma Teng can choose who to serve or support in name, just like he had to choose to serve Dong Zhuo for the lives of more than 2 men under him, but when it comes to loyalty, he will only be loyal to the emperor.

This is also the reason why Dong Zhuo didn't like Ma Teng and wanted to support Han Sui to oppose him. At this time, he was able to tell his son Ma Chao that he would choose to be loyal after Liu Yu killed Li Jue and Xu Rong's army. Yu is still very respectful and optimistic!

"It doesn't matter! As long as Brother Shoucheng chooses to stand on my side now, that's enough. And sooner or later, I will have to deal with Li Jue and Xu Rong, and then I will ask your father to join me!"

Liu Yu came to Ma Teng to confirm his attitude before deciding how to make a profit in the process of transshipment of grain.

After gaining [-] Xiliang captives, [-] Baibo soldiers, and [-] Bingzhou troops, Liu Yu's army and horses were all short of food and grass.

Originally, Liu Yu had asked Jia Xu and Tian Feng to start buying grain. After all, Liu Yu had no shortage of "peerless treasures", and he could buy grain from rich merchants or rich families with just one or two of them.

It just so happened that Liu Yu was given the position of supervising the transshipment of grain and grass. How could he let go of such an excellent opportunity to "fill his own pocket"!
It's just that if all the food enters Taicang, there will definitely be countless pairs of eyes staring at it. At that time, even if Liu Yu is also in charge of the Taicang order, he cannot transfer the food out of Luoyang at will.

So he had to try to intercept part of the grain and grass before transferring to Taicang.

And Ma Tengjun is the main force responsible for this transfer of grain and grass. With his full support, Liu Yu dared to let it go.

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Liu Yu brought a few people to the vicinity of the underground palace, and found that the place had become extremely lively.

I saw that guarding the entrance of the underground palace included Ma Teng's subordinates, Han Sui's trilogy, and people from the military governor's camp. What made Liu Yu most amusing was that Wang Kai, Situ Wangyun's nephew, also brought a hundred People are guarding the periphery of the underground palace.

At that time, Liu Yu laughed, the food has not yet been transferred, so many people want to intervene, it seems that we have to think of a perfect plan, otherwise it will be really difficult to intercept the food and grass under so many eyes Purpose.

"Let's go, let's go down to the underground palace to see what's going on inside!" Liu Yu greeted, and brought a few people into the underground palace.

A messenger had already passed on the fact that Liu Yu was appointed to supervise the transshipment, and Liu Yu also had a Feixiong badge. This badge was originally known only to Dong Zhuo's confidantes, but now it is known to everyone, so as long as Liu Yu No one dares to block this card.

This is all due to Li Ru's credit, if he hadn't said in the golden hall that Liu Yu had the token of the grand master, I'm afraid Ma Teng and Han Sui's subordinates would not have bought the Feixiong waist card at all.

When Liu Yu entered the interior of the underground palace, he found that the scene inside was a hundred times more lively than the outside.

I saw people belonging to three or four different camps walking back and forth in several large tombs.

Some were counting sacks up and down, and some were responsible for recording with brushes and bamboo slips.

It's just that several groups of people are wary of each other, and they will whisper to each other every time they report the number, for fear that others will hear the number.

In the most spacious main tomb, Li Ru, Ma Teng, and Shi Sun Rui were arguing fiercely there.

"Hehehe, it's really early, my lords! I heard that your discussion was very intense. Could it be that you have already counted the amount of food in the underground palace?"

Liu Yu's laughter interrupted the quarrel. According to Dong Zhuo's order, Liu Yu was the supreme commander of this transfer mission.

So several people greeted him one after another, and Liu Yu was not arrogant and returned the greetings one by one. When he saw Shi Sun Rui, he specially said hello.

Shi Sun Rui is one of the newly appointed Nine Ministers, Da Si Nong, and the Taicang Ling belongs to Da Si Nong, so he can be regarded as half of Liu Yu's superior.

(End of this chapter)