Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Dong Zhuo stood in the tent with a gloomy face. The firelight shone on his fleshy face, making it even darker.

In front of him stood a scholar in a green robe, with a thin face and cold eyes.

There was another person, wearing silver-white armor, with a tall stature. The silver-white armor sparkled in the firelight, adding a bit of brilliance to it.

He had a handsome face, but there was a hint of weariness in his eyes.

Dong Zhuo said, "Fengxian, please tell Wenyou in detail about the search for the emperor."

Lu Bu bowed and said, "Yes, foster father. In the past seven days, I have led nearly 10,000 soldiers to search the forest, but to no avail. It's as if the emperor and the emperor's uncle disappeared into thin air."

Dong Zhuo already knew the result, so he was not surprised to hear Lu Bu say this. On the contrary, Li Ru was a little confused when he heard this.

"Fengxian, have all the thieves who assassinated His Majesty been found?"

Lu Bu replied, "We found 362 bandits in the forest. Kill them all."

"These thieves were very stubborn and wanted nothing more than to die. Bu didn't catch a single one alive."

Li Ru did not ask too many questions about this issue. Since they dared to commit such a big crime as assassinating the emperor, they must have been determined to die. How could they let Lu Bu catch them alive?

The reason he asked this question was naturally not because he wanted to know who sent those people. After all, during the deduction that day, he already knew the general origins of these people.

"It doesn't matter who sent those thieves. Ru wants to know. Have they found your majesty?"

Lu Bu thought for a moment and said, "From the information I got, they are just like me, and have gained nothing."

Li Ru was even more confused.

The Emperor's uncle and His Majesty had clearly entered the forest, but now neither they were found alive nor their bodies were found. They just disappeared out of thin air. How is this possible?

Li Ru pondered for a while. He still felt clueless. He had followed Dong Zhuo for a long time. He was known for his good strategies and wise decisions. After all these years, there was nothing he couldn't see through.

Even though he had allowed Dong Zhuo to enter Luoyang City from Xiliang step by step and become one of the most powerful men of that era, he was not as embarrassed as he is now.

How could two healthy people just disappear out of thin air?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

He believed that there were some details that he had not noticed, but he had no idea what they were.

Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru was lost in thought and remained silent. He knew that he also didn't understand what was going on.

"Fengxian, are there any hidden places that have not been patrolled?"

Lu Bu replied, "Father, that is impossible. With tens of thousands of soldiers entering the area, every blade of grass and every tree will be carefully checked. Nothing will be missed."

Dong Zhuo was covered in fat, and under the light of the fire, he seemed to be twitching.

Li Ru finally came back to his senses from his contemplation. His eyes were cold and a hint of chill flashed across them.

"Fengxian, have you found anything unusual on the mountain?"

Lu Bu thought for a long time and said, "There are basically no traces along the way. I only saw traces of tree branches being cut off at the top of the mountain."

"Cut it off." Li Ru asked in a low voice, "Can you tell what kind of weapon did it?"

Lu Bu replied, "It doesn't look like a sword, it looks like some kind of blunt weapon, so I think it's a little suspicious."

Li Ru said, "Fengxian is right. Those thieves all carried long knives. If they needed to chop down trees, they would not have needed to use blunt weapons. So, these blunt weapons were most likely used by the Emperor's uncle and His Majesty."

Lu Bu said, "I thought so at the time. I led people to search carefully, but other than that, I didn't find any traces."

"Is it possible that they leaned on the branches and went down the mountain?"

"It's impossible. There is a cliff on the top of the mountain. It looks like it was split open by a sword by an immortal. It is as smooth as a mirror. Not to mention humans, even monkeys would have difficulty getting down from here."

"If you want to go down the mountain, unless..."

Dong Zhuo said anxiously: "Unless what, Fengxian, please tell me quickly."

Lu Bu said, "It would be impossible to get down from the top of the mountain unless they all grew wings."

When Dong Zhuo heard this, the spirit he had just mustered was instantly lost.

Humans are not birds, so how can they grow wings?

Li Ru asked, "Have you sent anyone to check under the cliff?"

Lu Bu said: "When Bu found this situation, he immediately took a detour and went to check under the cliff, but he didn't find any traces, not even a branch."

Li Ru has been thinking about this matter in his mind, but so far, he still has no clue.

The only information we know now is that the Emperor's uncle and His Majesty are on the top of the mountain, cutting tree branches with blunt instruments, but what is the purpose of cutting the branches?

Could it be possible to use these branches to fly down from the top of the mountain?

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.

"Fengxian, how many branches did they cut? How long and thick were they?"

Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "There are more than a dozen of them, of varying lengths, and about the same thickness as this spear."

Lu Bu pointed at the spear placed in Dong Zhuo's tent.

Li Ru’s mind was racing.

"Can you find the rope?"

Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "I haven't found it yet."

Li Ru continued to ask: "Can you find tree bark and grass clippings?"

“Never.”

"Did you find any scraps of cloth?"

Lu Bu pondered for a moment and said, "There are indeed some scraps of cloth on the top of the mountain."

Li Ru's gloomy eyes suddenly seemed to be injected with fire and became bright in an instant.

Lu Bu was a little confused. What's the point of Li Ru asking about these details?

Dong Zhuo was also bewildered. However, the habits he had developed over the years made him feel very dependent on Li Ru. He knew that Li Ru would never ask these questions for no reason.

"Wenyou, I have discovered something."

Li Ru said slowly: "Prime Minister, if what I guessed is correct, His Majesty and the other two have already left this mountain forest."

Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu were confused, with question marks written all over their faces.

"Wenyou, what happened? Tell me in detail."

Li Ru said: "Prime Minister, have you ever heard of the saying 'Gongshuzi cut bamboo and wood to make a magpie, and when it was done, it flew for three days without landing'?"

Dong Zhuo looked confused.

Li Ru continued to explain: "This sentence is that my Gongshu Ban once made a wooden magpie out of bamboo and wood. It flew in the sky for three days without coming down. Ru guessed that the two of them used trees as trunks and clothes as ropes to make this thing. In order to avoid being chased by thieves, they flew down from the cliff."

When Lu Bu heard this, his face was filled with disbelief. He had been through hundreds of battles, and most of the warriors on the battlefield were strong and agile. But if someone told him that someone could fall from the sky, he would immediately behead the person and show it to the public. If he spread rumors and confused the people, and disturbed the morale of the army, what was the point of not killing him and keeping him alive?

Although Dong Zhuo trusted Li Ru very much, he still found his words a little unbelievable.

How is it possible to fly with the help of external objects?

"Wenyou, this matter is very serious, we can't speak carelessly?"

Li Ru smiled slightly and said, "Prime Minister, I can be sure that this must be the case."

Dong Zhuo still didn't believe it.

"Is there really someone in this world who can fly like a bird with the help of external objects?"

Li Ru said: "It's not flying, but if it can be made, it is still possible to descend from the cliff."

Dong Zhuo asked again: "So, Your Majesty is not dead?"

Li Ru said: "If the operation is done properly, the two of them will be safe."

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed.

"Where is His Majesty now?"

Li Ru carefully thought about the distance between them.

"If the two of them come down today, you can let Fengxian lead people to search ten miles outside this mountain."

Ten miles away. No wonder so many people were involved in the search but found nothing. It turned out that they had already run ten miles away.