Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 308
With Han Sui's guarantee, Wang Yun made up his mind again, and the plan remained unchanged.

After discussing the security issues in a pretentious manner, the two came to pay respects in front of Luanjia.

"Qizou Your Majesty... Grand Master, General Han Sui is on guard, and the sacrificial ceremony in Qiufeng Pavilion has been properly arranged, please move the emperor!"

Emperor Liu Xie wanted to get out of the car, but saw Dong Zhuo still sitting upright, so he had no choice but to sit still.

At this time, Dong Zhuo hummed unreasonably, and then slowly stood up.

Dong Zhuo first took a look at the deployment of the guards. According to the regulations, all soldiers participating in the guards were not allowed to approach Qiufeng Pavilion within [-] meters.

Swords and guns are not allowed to approach in the sacrificial ceremony. This is not only a respect for the heavens, but also to prevent assassins from hiding among the guards and suddenly shooting cold arrows.

Seeing that the guards were well-prepared, Dong Zhuo turned his attention to the personnel in the Qiufeng Pavilion, and saw that there were no more people there except for a few servants who were burning incense and offering confessions.

"Why isn't Han Rang in the pavilion?" Dong Zhuo asked suspiciously.

Zhongchang servant Han Rang is the head of the internal servants, the guards outside the pavilion belong to Han Sui, and Han Rang is in charge of arranging the people in the pavilion.

Han Sui stepped forward and explained: "Report to the grand master! Han Changshi worked hard all night arranging the sacrificial work, and suddenly fainted in the morning. He is resting in the camp at the moment, but the grand master can rest assured that the matter in Qiufeng Pavilion Everything has been arranged!"

Dong Zhuo seemed to trust Han Sui very much, and he didn't ask any more questions after hearing what he said.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was not suspicious, Wang Yun also let out a sigh of relief.

Under the protection of dozens of guards, Dong Zhuo dragged the emperor into Qiufeng Pavilion.

At this time, Yan Xing, who was guarding outside the pavilion, hurriedly came up to pay respects, "Little man Yan Xing, pay homage to the Son of Heaven, and Master Grand Master!"

Dong Zhuo glanced sideways and asked, "This person is... Yan Xing?"

Li Ru flatteringly replied, "It's the bodyguard recommended by Han Sui!"

Soldiers are not allowed to enter the Qiufeng Pavilion. In order to prevent some of the officials from plotting to commit crimes, Li Ru arranged for the powerful Yan Xing to be in charge of protecting Dong Zhuo's safety at close range.

"Since it is recommended by Han Sui, let's follow in!"

With Dong Zhuo's oral instructions, Yan Xing entered Qiufeng Pavilion with the officials who sacrificed.

Qiufeng Pavilion is not big, and the only officials who can really get close to the sacrificial platform of Qiufeng Pavilion are the Sangong and Jiuqing, and the rest of the officials stand on both sides of the sacrificial platform according to their official positions.

Liu Bei is Zongzheng, one of the nine ministers, so of course he has to stand in front of the sacrificial altar.

However, at this time Liu Bei's mood was not entirely focused on the upcoming sacrificial ceremony. He waited for many days but did not receive a reply from the lord Liu Yu, which made him a little worried.

In addition, the situation in front of him also gave him a bad premonition, as if something big was about to happen.

Before Liu Yu left Luoyang by escorting food and grass, he had asked Liu Bei to pay special attention to the changes of Wang Yun and others to prevent them from actually carrying out the assassination plan.

At the Great Court Meeting, Liu Bei heard that Wang Yun proposed to sacrifice to the heavens in early autumn. Although he didn't see anything, he vaguely felt that the court and the emperor were so weak that he proposed to sacrifice to the heavens, and he also asked Dong Zhuo to go with the emperor to sacrifice. Naive is really against the royalist style.

So Liu Bei wrote a letter and sent it to the Southwest after participating in the court meeting, wanting to inform Liu Yu of the Liqiu sacrifice to the heaven in advance, and also hoped to get Liu Yu's instructions on how to deal with the sudden sacrifice to the heaven .

But Liu Bei didn't know that at that time Liu Yu had already dealt with the Niufu Army in the Southwest, and was leading the Habayashi Army to Xin'an County in the northwest.

Therefore, the soldier who delivered the letter did not find anyone to join him at the agreed place, so he had to go on to Lu County to inquire about the news. This trip was delayed for another two days, and he didn't know that Niu Fu had been defeated until he arrived in Lu County.

So the letter delivery soldier turned northwest to Xin'an County and ran wildly. He arrived in Xin'an County a few days later, but Liu Yu left for Chang'an City again.

At this time, Zhang Fei, who had not yet left for Hangu Pass, heard that it was an urgent letter from his eldest brother Liu Bei to his lord, so he immediately arranged for Liao Hua, his deputy, to ride a fast horse to chase after Chang'an.

Liu Yu had heard Xun Shuang mention the plan of sacrificial assassination in Situ's mansion before, but he overturned it at the time, so if Liu Yu could read the letter sent by Liu Bei, he would immediately understand why Wang Yun and others proposed Liqiu sacrifice to heaven.

But this day happened to be Liqiu, even if Liao Hua handed over the letter to Liu Yu at this time, he would not be able to arrive and stop the assassination.

The lord did not reply to the letter, because Liu Bei himself had no ability to stop the assassination plan, not to mention that Liu Bei only suspected that the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was inappropriate, and did not really know that there would be an assassination operation today.

Therefore, when the sacrificial ceremony began, Liu Bei, who had not received any instructions from the lord, could only follow Sangong Jiuqing to the sacrificial platform to participate in the ceremony.

The sacrificial altar was placed in the Qiufeng Pavilion, and the six servants each held millet, millet, wheat, bean, hemp, and high incense to be sent to the hands of the emperor and Dong Zhuo when they were waiting for the sacrifice.

The beginning of autumn is to pray for a good harvest, so the seedlings or straw of five grains are put into the copper tripod, and the high incense is to tell the gods, hoping to send the people's desire for a good harvest to the heaven through the incense.

When Wang Yun finished reading the proclamation, Emperor Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo walked in front of the five bronze tripods.

This is ready to plant grains.

At this time, the five servants bowed their heads, holding the stalks of the five grains in their hands and bringing them steadily to the front.

The emperor took them one by one, then inserted the copper tripod, and then came to Dong Zhuo again.

And when Dong Zhuo saw the servant bringing "Jigu" to his eyes, he couldn't help but smile.

Millet is millet, also known as millet, sorghum, and non-sticky millet.In ancient times, Ji was regarded as the chief of a hundred grains, and the emperors all believed in the god of grains, so they called the world Jiangshan Sheji.

Dong Zhuo stretched out his hand to take Jigu, seeing Jigu's straw in his hand, he instantly felt the pride of Jiangshan in his hand.

The entire imperial court is under his control, and today he is about to complete the ceremony that only the Son of Heaven is eligible to insert a tripod to sacrifice to heaven, how can Dong Zhuo not be called proud.

But when Dong Zhuo was about to take over the stalks, he suddenly found that the servant in charge of delivering the grains hadn't let go.

Seeing the thin body of the servant, Dong Zhuo sneered contemptuously, as if thinking that the other party must have stage fright and forgot what he should do because he hadn't been through such a big scene.

However, Dong Zhuo was in a good mood today, and ignored the servant's mistake, so he took the initiative to grab the straw into his hands.

The straw was released from the servant's hand, but a dark dagger was exposed from the straw.

And at this moment, the servant suddenly stabbed Dong Zhuo's chest with the sharp blade in his hand.

"Ah... there are assassins!"

Dong Zhuo let out a cry, and at the same time, he wanted to snatch the dagger from the servant's hand with his vigorous skill.

It's a pity that the speed of the dagger's stabbing was too fast, Dong Zhuo only touched the handle of the dagger, but he didn't have time to block the fatal blow.

In the end, the dagger stabbed Dong Zhuo in the chest, leaving only the hilt in his hand.

"what……"

After a scream, Dong Zhuo fell to the ground holding the handle of the dagger, unable to move anymore.

(End of this chapter)