Li Ru's Mansion in Chang'an City

In April of the summer, the season has just entered summer, but the tiredness brought to people by spring sleep has not completely disappeared. Chang'an City in the early morning has not yet entered the most lively stage of the day.

Li Ru's mansion is located in a downtown area and is near the street, so it is still relatively quiet at this time. Only some servants in the mansion get up early to draw water to clean up, make fires and make meals. There are also few pedestrians in the alleys. Sometimes, cars and horses pass by nearby, and the sound of wheels will be heard.

Li Ru has been sick and idle at home these days, but at this time, he no longer has any sleepiness. Instead, he chose to wear clothes and stay in bed. He did not call the servants to bring soup to wash, but walked straight out of the room and stroll in his backyard.

Originally, his eyelids were pounding in the morning, but now he was listening to the crisp sound of birds singing in his ears. Li Ru slowed down and his irritability had slowed down a little. In fact, he had no illness. If he had it, it was just a heart disease caused by the unsatisfactory vision.

After Dong Zhuo returned to Chang'an from Luoyang and experienced many changes in the court, he chose to build a fudo, and outside Chang'an, he controlled the government affairs of the court remotely.

However, the one who Dong Zhuo chose to rely on in the court was not the think tank of the past, who had made great efforts to Dong Zhuo's control of the government and even carried out crimes to kill King Hongnong. Instead, the Situ Wang Yun, who was born in a clan, enjoyed a reputation among the scholars and officials, and was able to cater to Dong Zhuo's wishes.

In addition, the left general Dong Min, the central army captain, and the attendant Dong Huang, most of the Dong clan members in the court were not close to Li Ru, and even had a faint sense of exclusion. Everything was not smooth and the vision was not fulfilled, Li Ru simply said that he was sick and unemployed at home, so as not to make things boring and annoyed in the court.

Li Ru walked in the backyard and unknowingly came to a small villa. He looked up at the villa that he rarely came to on weekdays, and remembered that the female relative of Yan Yan was placed in this villa.

Previously, Li Ru, who had a keen sense of smell, noticed the undercurrents in Chang'an City. In case of precautions, he took Yan Yan's female family to his backyard to settle.

Thinking of the Yan Yan's family who was usually in a simplified manner and rarely showed up, Li Ru thought of Yan Yan, who was still in Hedong. Yan Yan quelled the Baibo turmoil in Hedong, and was under Niu Fu's command and made many military achievements. However, Li Ru was constrained everywhere in Chang'an City and could only avoid disaster by saying that he was sick and idle at home.

Under such circumstances, although Yan Yan still sent people to send gifts and letters every once in a while, and Zhou Liang also heard back one after another, Li Ru could still notice in her heart that the relationship between herself, who was losing power and this confidant who had been trapped in the army in the past, was becoming increasingly distant, and the eyeliner she had originally buried around Yan Yan was gradually losing its effect.

If Yan Yan had not lived in Li Ru's mansion, he would have been abandoned by Yan Yan, who had made contributions.

However, it was also pitiful to this lonely woman. Li Ru sometimes even thought that in this form, she might not be as critical and important as before in Yan Yan and herself. She was just to maintain a little trust and connection between the two people who lived inside and outside.

At the moment of life and death and when profit is engulfed, Yan Yan's attitude towards her concubine is afraid that she is no different from the one she treated her first wife at the time.

Li Ru, who was in power in the court, was moved by the scene and felt compassion. He immediately stopped outside the courtyard and called the servant who was serving in the courtyard, and briefly asked about Yan Yan's female family's daily life and diet.

After learning that Zhang Rui was in good condition, Li Ru reminded the servants to take good care of Yan Yan's family and provide food and clothing according to the specifications of the family in the backyard, and then they took a step back and walked towards their residence.

After taking a walk and slowly straightening his mood, Li Ru's condition gradually changed. After returning to his residence to wash, he asked the servants to bring food. While eating, he called a servant who had just returned from outside to ask.

"There is a grand ceremony today. What are the abnormalities in the city when you go out?"

The spring breeze is chilly, and the young emperor has only felt the cold a few days ago. He has just recovered recently, so he convened a meeting of Weiyang Hall. Although Li Ru is now idle at home, he still pays attention to such major events, so he specifically asked about the situation in the city that the servants sent out saw.

"There is nothing unusual in the city. The Grand Master's carriage has already entered the city and headed to the palace city, but Wang Situ's carriage has never been seen..."

This servant, who was often sent by Li Ru to find out the situation in the city, was familiar with the powerful and powerful mansions in the city, and soon reported the movements of the target people he had paid attention to to Li Ru one by one.

Li Ru was a little surprised to hear that the servant did not see Wang Yun's carriage entering the palace early. According to Wang Yun's previous actions of please Dong Zhuo, he would definitely enter the palace early and arrange various etiquettes of the court meeting. Today, the servant did not see his carriage first!

Thinking of his eyelids twitching early in the morning, Li Ru's heart skipped a beat and asked hurriedly:

"Who is the car that the Taishi entered the city early this morning?"

"It was General Lu Zhonglang who personally led his troops to escort into the palace."

The servant looked at Li Ru who became nervous early in the morning and was also a little confused. Since Wu Fu failed to assassinate the Grand Tutor, the Grand Tutor's trip had to be protected by General Lu Zhonglang personally. How could his master not know? Why did he ask this question today?

"Has neither General Zuo and the Central Army Captain led their troops to accompany him?"

Li Ru asked immediately.

"The villain watched by the road, but he had never seen these two noble men's carriages passing by the imperial road."

The servant was infected by Li Ru's nervous expression and carefully recalled the situation when the carriage and horses passed by the imperial road not long ago, and then he couldn't hurry to answer.

When Li Ru heard this, he suddenly stood up. He connected these seemingly unrelated information in his mind: Dong Zhuo's car drove into the palace, Lu Bu's guards accompanied him, Wang Yun disappeared abnormally, Dong Min, Dong Huang did not follow him...

The more he thought about it, the more shocked Li Ru suppressed the tremor in his heart, tried his best to maintain normalcy on his face, and slowly said to the servant:

"You go to the palace city again and wait nearby. If there is any big noise in the palace, go back home to report to me quickly!"

The servant opened his mouth and said confusing words to his mouth, but seeing Li Ru's abnormal words and deeds, he finally resisted his words and asked questions. After he agreed to the promise, he immediately walked out quickly.

It was not until the back of the servant who was walking in a hurry disappeared from sight that Li Ru, who could see the sensation, reacted and took his eyes back to his immediate place. The food in front of him became unwilling to eat. Li Ru sat down anxiously, but after sitting for a while, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, so he had to get up again and paced in his residence worriedly.

I don’t know how long I waited in anxiety, but Li Ru, who was restless, was finally pulled back to reality by the rapid footsteps outside the residence.

"Master, something is wrong!"

The servant who was sent out to inquire about the news near the palace was already pale at this moment and rushed from outside the mansion. He ran to Li Ru's residence and finally couldn't help but exclaim in trembling voice.

"What happened?"

Li Ru's heart tightened and thought to himself that it was bad, so he quickly asked.

"A large number of soldiers suddenly appeared at the gate of the palace city, and military soldiers were hanging edicts on the palace-"

"What is written in the edict?"

When Li Ru heard a military soldier hanging an edict on the palace gate outside the palace gate, he knew that the accident had happened in the palace. He quickly asked about the content of the edict. He thought of Dong Zhuo's carriage who had just entered the palace and hurriedly added inquiries.

"Have the Grand Master's car driver ever left the palace?"

Li Ru's servant was originally frightened by the accident he encountered. Now he was asked one after another by Li Ru. He quickly wanted to speak, but instead he choked because of his nervousness and coughed constantly, and couldn't speak for a while.

"What the hell is going on?"

Li Ru was anxious, but could only wait for the servant to calm down and asked anxiously again.

"The soldiers who appeared all shouted long live the mountain and were ordered to fight against the thief. The Grand Master's carriage never appeared again after entering the palace. In a hurry, the villain did not dare to approach the palace, so he turned back to report. He heard rumors along the way."

"What are all rumors? Tell me!"

"It is said that Dong Ni was awarded the title of the emperor, and the emperor issued an edict to capture Dong Ni's remnants!"

When Li Ru heard the bad news that Dong Zhuo had been killed, he felt as if he was struck by lightning and his legs became weak, and he was unable to fall to the ground.

Seeing this, the servant hurriedly stepped forward and helped Li Ru up with difficulty, and asked in horror:

"Master, what should I do now?"

"Let's go, let's go!"

After Li Ru was helped up by the servant, his mind was a little clear. When he heard the servant's words, his nerves tense up again and said in a hurry.

"Let's go? Where are we going?"

The servant asked at a loss.

"Don't ask, hurry up and prepare for the car, we have to leave the city immediately!"

After Li Ru finished speaking, he left his servant and ran to the backyard. The servant was stunned for a moment before screaming, reacting and hurriedly ran out to prepare for the car.

When his life was at stake, Li Ru's actions were very fast. He no longer dared to care about the money and silk in the mansion. He only cleaned up some fines and asked the maid to help his two concubines and Yan Yan's family into the chariot. Then he brought a confidant cavalry slave, two family servants driving, and the female servants in the chariot, a total of nine people, two chariots in front and behind, ready to set off and rob them out of the city before the city gate was closed.

There were still some remaining servants in the mansion. Seeing the master's family rushing out to take refuge, they were all inexplicably and unknown, but they also gathered together spontaneously, whispering, and inquire about the situation with each other, and fell into ignorance panic.

Li Ru was about to leave the mansion, but when he saw the slaves in the mansion gathered spontaneously, he stopped and thought about it, and then suddenly turned back.

He stood in front of the crowd holding a long sword, staring at the panic-worshiping slaves in the mansion.

"There are mobs in the city and the situation is unclear. I am going to take refuge in the Muyewu now. You have been following me for a while. After all, you have a sense of master and servant. You can take away the wealth in the mansion and take care of each one."

After he finished speaking, the slaves in the mansion hesitated for a moment, but soon a big slave reacted first, and without hesitating other slaves around him, he quickly ran to the hall.

With such a reference, the other slaves instantly scattered and went to compete for the wealth in the mansion separately.
Chapter completed!