Seeing Dong Zhuo's face showing a strange look, Li Ru naturally knew what he was thinking, so he didn't care that Dong Zhuo was angry and speechless.

However, Li Ru still did not give up his original intention and persuaded him earnestly: "The prime minister, the country, the country, and the achievements of thousands of years are more important than a woman! If he loses Lu Bu's loyalty because of Diao Chan, it would be to lose the foundation and not worth the loss! Even if the prime minister ascends the throne in the future, who can conquer the four directions for the prime minister, and who is as brave and good at fighting as Lu Bu?"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but show a very complacent smile and said, "Wen Youyan is an exaggeration. Even if our family does not have Lu Bu's help, isn't there still a virtuous son-in-law Li Li? Li Li has many brave generals under his command. Since he led the army to fight, he has been invincible in every battle, and has far surpassed Lu Bu!"

"This,,,,,,." Li Ru was speechless when he heard this.

Indeed, Li Li of Liangzhou has far better strength than Lu Bu. In terms of personal ability alone, Li Li is the master of the great ruler of the world, both in terms of his mind and demeanor and civil and military skills. Yes, Li Li is the hero, not just a brave and warlike general.

Li Ru had long seen this through his recent contact with Li Li. However, he was hesitating whether to tell Dong Zhuo at this time, which was also the direct reason why he deliberately ignored Li Li just now.

By the way, Li Ru believed that he had a great relationship with Li Li, and was both descendants of the Li family, and now he was a brother-in-law. In terms of feelings and reason, he should not tell Li Li about it in front of Dong Zhuo, and he could not tell Dong Zhuo that Li Li had great ambitions and was definitely not a thing in the pool. In doing so, he would be unable to escape the suspicion of being provoked, and even mistakenly thought that Dong Zhuo was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and would wantonly slander Li Li's brother-in-law.

However, Li Ru has put all his efforts on Dong Zhuo for more than ten years. Seeing that great achievements are successful, how could he hide anything from Dong Zhuo? Moreover, Dong Zhuo has always treated him very well. He has cultivated him for many years and regarded him as a confidant and married his daughter to him. He is very kind.

After repeated consideration, Li Ru decided to report it according to the truth, so as to dispel Dong Zhuo's idea of ​​relying on Li Li. But seeing him saying respectfully to Dong Zhuo: "Since the Prime Minister mentioned Li Li, some of the words hidden in the hearts of the empress for a long time have to be said. Wuwei Li Li. Although he is a general under the Prime Minister and now he is a favorite son-in-law of the Prime Minister, he and Lu Bu are definitely not comparable to each other.

Lu Bu is a man who is brave and brave, has the best martial arts skills in the world, and is arrogant and arrogant. He looks down on all the heroes; however, he is a brave but not a resourceful person, who pursues fame and fortune, but is greedy. Such a person is brave, but not afraid of it, and is easy to control. As long as the prime minister has what he hopes to get, he will let it go.

However, Li Li, Wuwei, was not like this. Li Li was tenacious and scheming. He was determined by his plans and then acted without any restrictions. He was bold and meticulous. He was a talented man, generous and elegant man, and was arrogant and envious. In just one year, he had tens of thousands of troops, occupied Liangzhou, and had many powerful generals. It is not difficult to see that this son is definitely not a person in the pool, nor is he a person who has been living under his command for a long time. If the prime minister wants him to lead troops to fight, it is naturally not difficult to wipe out the world, and his achievements will be far better than Lu Bu. It can be within ten years.

Unify the world. But the minister is worried that the prime minister would value Li Li, and he would not be able to lose his tail in the end and drive the tiger out of his way. Instead, raising a tiger is a problem, and he will eventually be injured by a tiger, which is beyond the reach of regret. Although Li Li has elite soldiers and powerful generals, he eventually lives in a corner and has a narrow vision. With Han Sui, Ma Teng and other princes, it is difficult to achieve great things. However, once Li Li jumps out of the Liangzhou cage and leads a large army to Chang'an, the tiger goes down the mountain, which is unstoppable and uncontrollable. In this way, it is still unknown who belongs to Chang'an!

Nowadays, there are chaos and heroes, people's hearts are unpredictable, and loyalty and treacherous are difficult to distinguish. What I said is just a speculation, and the prime minister needs to carefully consider how to make a decision."

Li Ru's words were said very thoroughly, which made Dong Zhuo look down and ponder for a long time, and the expression on his face was unpredictable and unpredictable.

After pondering for a while, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Wenyou is very optimistic about Li Li. You two brothers-in-law, one is literary and one is military. If you can be loyal to our family, you will be able to complement each other. With the combination of civil and military, our family's great achievements will definitely be successful and rule the world. It's a pity that our family can get your efforts to assist, but cannot get Li Li's loyalty to him. After all, he was not supported by our family. Even if he is loyal to our family, our family may not trust him. It's hard to achieve both worldly affairs, so take one step at a time."

When Li Ru saw Dong Zhuo pondering for so long but said something inexplicable, he immediately felt a sense of enlightenment. He knew that Dong Zhuo had not failed to see that Li Li was lofty and was definitely not a person who was inferior to others. On the contrary, Dong Zhuo had long had a deep understanding of Li Li, and even secretly thought about how to win over Li Li. However, Li Li was too independent and acted without any leakage, and did not give Dong Zhuo any chance to beat him, thus preventing Dong Zhuo from beating him first and then rewarding him. In this way, as long as Li Li did not rebel on him, Dong Zhuo would have no choice but to do anything to him, neither far nor near, and always kept a distance. He could further rely on Dong Zhuo and take a step back to support his troops and become independent.

This is the most difficult thing for Li Li to subdue and the most clever thing. He leaves room for everything, leaving a way for others to go down, and also keeps himself enough room for advance and retreat. However, once he does not leave room for his room, he must be sure to win, have confidence and strength to destroy his opponent in one fell swoop, so that he will give up and kill everything without leaving any room for him.

In addition, the relationship between Li Li and Li Jue is very vague, or ambiguous, sometimes close and sometimes distant, making it difficult to see what tricks they are playing. It is precisely because of this uncertainty that the generals in the Xiliang army, from Dong Zhuo to the army, had doubts about their uncle and nephew, and did not dare to be enemies with them, nor would they get too close to them, and they were close and separated, and they were at peace.

In this way, even Dong Zhuo was both used and guarded against Li Jue and Li Li, and always retained a sense of vigilance. At the same time, even if the uncle and nephew of the Li family made mistakes, Dong Zhuo could not do anything to them, and he would not punish them. He could only pretend that he didn't know, didn't care, and did not ask for any crime.

After sorting out his thoughts, Li Ru suddenly realized that he was still covered by the appearance of Li Li and Shan's humility, which was far less thorough than Dong Zhuo's understanding of Li Li. From this, he couldn't help but think that although Dong Zhuo is old, his mind and energy are becoming more and more unfathomable. Dong Zhuo himself did not understand many things, nor was he stupid or incompetent, but he turned a blind eye and deliberately indulged himself, letting himself go, which was quite meaningless to cure without doing anything.

Thinking of this for no reason, Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo with horror on his face. He wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start.

Since Dong Zhuo knew the situation better than anyone else, why did he still do this?

Why?

Suddenly, Li Ru's face was full of grief, anger, and despair. His eyes were filled with questions and questions. His lifelong wish was to assist Dong Zhuo in establishing unparalleled achievements, winning the world, and keeping his name in history. However, Dong Zhuo had a kind of decadence and inaction as a fierce tiger, allowing the situation to scatter and decline, and only caring about enjoying the whole life, and there was nothing else.

At this moment, Li Ru's heart was disappointment, but despair.

Suddenly, Dong Zhuo said quietly with a dim expression: "We have no children in our family, and there is no one among the direct descendants of the Dong family who can entrust great things. Now our family's four daughters are all married, and our family is free of worries and alone. In this life, we have only dozens of cold and heat, and we want to fight for what we want, what others want but cannot get, and we have everything we don't have, and what we don't have, and what we don't have, we have nothing to satisfy. Just wait for the last thing to do, ascend to the throne and become emperor, and we are the noble ones. At this point, our family's long-cherished wish is fulfilled, and we have nothing to do.

What he asked for, Lu Bu was rebellious, capricious, and flirted with fame and fortune, but he was our adopted son after all, and he was my only descendant of Dong Zhuo. All that our family could give to him; even if he couldn't give to him, it would be useless even if he could think about it, unless he dared to kill his father and king! Diao Chan was the lifeblood of our family. We were willing to give him any official position and gold and silver, but Diao Chan could not give him. Tomorrow our family will grant Lu Bu the general and command the world's troops, above ten thousand people. I believe he will be satisfied."

Li Ru had nothing to say at this time, nodded in a blank expression, and said nothing more.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru's expression and sighed softly, then got up and walked towards the backyard. When he approached the door, he suddenly stopped and turned to Li Ru and said, "Our family in a hundred years, Wenyou can choose one of them between Lu Bu and Li Li to assist. But our family thinks you should choose Li Li because he is the one who accomplishes great things!"

After saying that, Dong Zhuo stepped forward to the backyard again, his steps seemed very light and staggering, and his bloated figure suddenly showed a hint of depression.

"Li Li?" Li Ru pondered and watched Dong Zhuo's back leave, and whispered to himself: "Son-in-law receives the order." Then he strode away from the lobby and walked towards the door of the mansion with a cold expression.

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The backyard of the Taishi Mansion.

After Dong Zhuo and Li Ru finished speaking, he sat alone in the study room for an afternoon. It was not until night fell that he got up and left the study room, rubbed his cheeks with both hands. Then the expression on his face changed suddenly, and he returned to a smile, with a domineering expression, and his eyes looked down on the world.

In a moment, Dong Zhuo was still Dong Zhuo who was well-known to others. The conversation with Li Ru in the morning seemed to have no effect on him.

"Diao Chan, look at what this is? Hahaha!" As soon as he walked into the bedroom, Dong Zhuo took out the imperial edict of the young emperor Liu Xie and placed it in front of Diao Chan, and said with a complacent smile.

"Ah, this is Your Majesty's edict! Well, why is this happening? Your Majesty criticized his own guilt. How can such an imperial edict have been there since ancient times?" Diao Chan said in great surprise.

Dong Zhuo smiled and handed the imperial edict to Diao Chan's hand, held Diao Chan's slender waist, and said with a smile: "This was sent by your father in the morning. He called this edict the edict the self-criticism, which means that the little emperor felt that he was not worthy of commanding the world and wanted to give up the virtuous! Hahaha!"

When Diao Chan heard this, a hint of clarity flashed in her eyes, and then she asked blankly: "Your Majesty is young and has no brothers yet. Who else can he abdicate the throne to? Could it be,,,,,,,,,,,,,,??"

"Hahaha!" Dong Zhuo laughed happily and said, "The beauty is really a smart and well-behaved person, and he will be right at the guess. When our family becomes the emperor, the beauty will be the veritable imperial concubine! Hahaha,,,,,,,"

"I thank you for the Prime Minister. Uh, Your Majesty's kindness!" Diao Chan smiled with infinite charm and bowed to her for politeness.

Diao Chan's smile on her charming face made Dong Zhuo look shocked, and a dull look suddenly appeared on her face, her eyes were confused, her brows trembled violently, and the wrinkles on her forehead were inexplicably highlighted.

After a while, Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, okay! If you can make a beautiful woman smile, our family will be determined to ascend the throne, ascend the throne as emperor, and rule the world! Hahaha——" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!