Chapter 229 Night Talk
"Knock, knock, knock..." Five consecutive knocks on the door broke the dullness of the night.
The entrance to the Huangfu family's house was filled with warriors in armor, but there was not a single noisy sound. It was obvious that there was a discipline that only a powerful army could possess.
The visitor was Li Ru. After returning from Jizhou, he heard the news that Chen Xi was going to use Huangfu Song, so he hurriedly asked Guo Hao to find Huangfu Song to settle the grudge. Even though Li Ru was in Jizhou, he could see clues from the various court meeting reports sent to him by Jia Xu that Chen Xi was indeed superior to them in domestic affairs.
Now Chen Xi wants to recruit Huangfu Song, which is not good news for Li Ru who has a grudge against Huangfu Song.
However, after Li Ru killed all the noble families involved in Jizhou, he felt relieved and was a little more tolerant towards Huangfu Song. After all, he knew the truth but did not report it. There were so many old ministers in the court who were like this. He couldn't kill them all, right?
Since the main culprit was dead, he let the accomplice Huangfu Song go for Chen Xi's sake. However, Li Ru felt that he should also take the opportunity to give Huangfu Song a warning. After all, after he investigated many things, he found that Huangfu Song's ability should not be as weak as it appeared.
The Huangfu Song who he can control at will now is completely different from the Huangfu Song on the battlefield. It can only be said that this old guy Huangfu Song is hiding his abilities.
"Father, there is an army knocking on the door, what should we do?" After Huangfu Song's son Huangfu Jianshou learned the information, he hurried to find his pillar.
"Alas, it's only a matter of time. Go open the door! Please let the person outside in!" Huangfu Song spoke while getting dressed. He already knew who was coming, and all this was within his expectations.
"Father..." Huangfu Jianshou hesitated. He didn't understand what Huangfu Song meant.
Huangfu Song looked at his silly son speechlessly. If his son hadn't been so incompetent, he wouldn't have to be so cautious and engage in intrigue in the court even when he was old.
Huangfu Jianshou was full of confusion, but he would not go against his father's will and obediently opened the door of his house.
"Since you are a distinguished guest, please come in and have a chat!" Huangfu Jianshou bowed respectfully and invited Li Ru in.
Li Ru refused Hua Xiong's request to follow him and entered the Huangfu residence alone.
After Li Ru stepped out of the darkness, Huangfu Jianshou's breathing became extremely difficult. The person who came was actually Li Ru, the biggest troublemaker for their family at the moment. This person actually came back from Jizhou.
"Li Wenyu, what are you visiting me for so late at night?" Huangfu Song said coldly. Huangfu Jianshou ran back behind Huangfu Song as if he had been pardoned.
"Huangfu Yizhen, it seems that your Huangfu family has only you as its end. Except for you, all the others are mediocre. I'm afraid Huangfu Gui will die with regrets." Li Ru said sarcastically. In his eyes, Huangfu Jianshou was so useless that he couldn't even show his happiness.
"I don't think our relationship has reached this point yet?" Huangfu Song's face became much gloomier. Li Ru had touched his sore spot. Their Huangfu family really had no successor.
"Look at this!" Li Ru threw out a piece of information.
"Did you kill the prince?" Huangfu Song took a quick look, then angrily grabbed the sword on the wall and slashed at Li Ru.
"Crack" Huangfu Song's knife was easily cut off by Li Ru, and then Huangfu Song flew backwards at a speed faster than when he came.
"Huangfu Yizhen, it seems that you are really old. Not only your body is not good enough, but your brain is not that good either." Li Ru easily blocked Huangfu Jianshou with a backhand sweep, and then kicked him away.
"Oh? It seems your son is not even good at martial arts. You are not a very good father."
Li Ru fought two people at once with ease. He was one of the leaders who fought their way out of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Otherwise, how could he have established the pyramid system of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry? In his early years, he was also a good hand at leading troops to kill people. He still had the strength to form internal Qi.
"Stop it, and get out of here!" Huangfu Song shouted at his son and looked at Li Ru with a serious expression.
"Did the Yuan family do it? It was the Yuan family who led the troops to attack the palace?" Huangfu 's expression was extremely gloomy. Although he was a fence-sitter, he was indeed a die-hard royalist. The reason why he had always been unwilling to give his all, in addition to physical reasons, was that he was wary of Guo Hao. He suspected that Guo Hao was the murderer who killed Liu Hong.
"If you don't believe me, you can go ask Qian Shuo yourself. He is the only one of the Ten Attendants who is still alive." Li Ru said sarcastically. He didn't know whether the Yuan family had killed the prince or not, and he couldn't find out, but people from the Yuan family had appeared in that area, and another side had led people to rush into the palace.
Yellow mud falls down the crotch of your pants, it doesn’t matter whether it’s shit or not.
"I will go and verify it. Is this what you came here to say today?" Huangfu Song was silent for a while, then said firmly.
In official history, he held a large number of troops but gave up all his military power because of the emperor's decree. He was a real royalist. As long as the emperor needed him, he could defeat all enemies. He could be regarded as a foolish loyal minister.
The so-called fence-sitters are simply those who are unwilling to go along with any party and feel deep down that they are in the same group as the emperor.
In fact, it was not that he was stupid. It was probably because he felt that an emperor who was afraid of death was not worthy of his loyalty, so he gave up in despair. After all, an emperor who was forced to write an edict that was not conducive to the overall situation in his own territory could not be considered a suitable emperor.
To be honest, it was impossible for Dong Zhuo to kill the emperor. Even if he wanted to kill the young emperor, he would have forced him to abdicate before allowing Li Ru to kill him secretly. If Dong Zhuo dared to kill the emperor, Huangfu Song would have brought the Central Guards to scatter Dong Zhuo's ashes. Do you believe it?
Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo never crossed the line. At best, he was a powerful minister. He never reached the level of treason in Huangfu Song's mind. In Huangfu Song's mind, these were still party struggles. After all, when the situation was at its worst, wasn't that what happened? Dozens of ministers died in a single day.
It was just a drizzle. He was used to this kind of situation when Liu Hong's father was here, so he could accept it completely.
Even if Huangfu Song had no military power, he could just raise his arm and gather an army of 18,000 and directly defeat Dong Zhuo. Huangfu Song, who had just dealt with the Yellow Turbans and the Qiang people, was not afraid of any opponent.
But the young emperor disappointed him greatly. He was a complete puppet in Dong Zhuo's hands. How could such an emperor be worthy of his assistance?
The king chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their king. The monarchs of the Han Dynasty were not the true dragon emperors of later generations. There were many people who were unwilling to work. Selling the learned literary and martial arts to the imperial family was something that happened after the Song Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty was an era when the Gongyang School of Thought was one of the mainstream academic disciplines.
