"Such a simple plan to sow discord. I didn't fall for it, but you did?”
"Are you trying to say that you want me to kill Xu Rong?”
Dong Zhuo said playfully.
Li Ru's pupils constricted when he heard this, and cold sweat immediately flowed down.
"I heard that you killed Xu Rong's nephew.
"And when his nephew died, he was still a decanus.
"Do you think he would betray me?
"Why do I feel that you are afraid of Xu Rong settling the score in the future?”
"No!
"My loyalty to the lord can be seen by the sun and the moon!”
Li Ru looked flustered, and at this moment, ten thousand curses ran through his mind.
No matter how much he thought about it, did he not expect that the plan to sow discord was used to sow discord between him and her?!
He knew his son-in-law's status very well.
After all, he was the fourth son-in-law that Dong Zhuo had chosen for his daughter.
The previous few had died inexplicably, so he could only say that he understood everything.
"Then tell me, what do you want to do to Xu Rong?”
Dong Zhuo was very dissatisfied that Li Ru had fallen into the trap of sowing discord.
He could vaguely guess that Li Ru wanted to take revenge.
Of course, Li Ru didn't know what Dong Zhuo was thinking. He just didn't know if he should offer any more suggestions.
Xu Rong was the leader of the army. If Dong Zhuo wanted to kill him, he would have to consider the consequences of shaking the morale of the army before making a move. He would not dare to kill him easily.
And he said that Potian was just a strategist.
This wasn't the first time Dong Zhuo had shown killing intent towards him.
The scab had just fallen off from the wound on his neck.
"Tell me quickly."
Dong Zhuo's tone was calm, but it added a bit of invisible pressure.
"Yes." Li Ru pressed his waist even deeper and hurriedly said," I'm thinking that we might be able to transfer Xu Rong to Mengjin.”
"Oh?" Dong Zhuo was confused." Didn't you say that Xu Rong was supposed to go to Mengjin Pass to receive him?"”
"That's right, but didn't the lord believe that Xu Rong wouldn't betray the lord?"”
Dong Zhuo's eyebrows immediately shot up as he snorted angrily,"Do you have to argue with me?”
"I wouldn't dare!" Li Ru immediately bent down again, almost touching the floor tiles.
"I don't think you dare.
"I believe that Xu Rong won't betray me, but Xu Rong lost his position at Mushui Pass last time, and this time Cao Cao's plan to sow discord is targeted at him.
"How can I not suspect anything?
"I just don't understand why you transferred him to Mengjin.
"If we are really afraid that he will collude with the enemy, we can transfer him to another checkpoint, or even Luoyang, or even Chang 'an.”
Li Ru was silent for a moment. He organized his words and said,
"If he really colluded with the enemy, wouldn't it be a greater hidden danger to keep him by our side?”
Dong Zhuo was stunned. What Li Ru said seemed to make sense.
If Xu Rong really colluded with the enemy, then wouldn't it be even more dangerous to keep him by his side?
"If my lord really cherishes his talent, why don't we test it out and see if he really colluded with the enemy?”
"How?" Dong Zhuo asked.
"Transfer him to Mengjin."
Dong Zhuo raised his double chin, indicating for Li Ru to continue.
"Cao Cao intentionally mentioned Meng Jin. He probably wanted to attract our attention so that we can send troops to guard against him.
"As for Meng Jin, he probably won't really cross the river to the south to seek his own death.
"So we sent Xu Rong to Mengjin Pass for two purposes.
"The first is to let Xu Rong go.
"We can tell him that letting him go to Mengjin Pass is playing along.
"In this way, Xu Rong was transferred out of Tiger Cage Pass and he understood that the lord still trusted him.
"This way, we can prevent him from really being instigated to defect.
"And if the lord really did transfer him to another place, such as Luoyang, Chang 'an, or some other place.
"Then Xu Rong already understood in his heart that the lord is already suspicious of him.
"Even if he didn't have any rebellious thoughts, I'm afraid that he will have some rebellious thoughts because of my lord's suspicion.
"Moreover, I think that if my lord really does this, Cao Cao will definitely find an opportunity to instigate Xu Rong to defect again.
"At that time, Xu Rong, who might already have some rebellious thoughts, might really rebel against the lord.
"In this way, Cao Cao's plan to sow discord has succeeded.”
Dong Zhuo suddenly understood. He hadn't thought of this.
"Cao Cao, this dog thief. As long as you see this plan to sow discord, you won't allow anyone to be more careful.
"Even if I kill Xu Rong, Cao Cao will be happy!
"And if I don't kill Xu Rong, Cao Cao's schemes will continue to fall on me!
"He really deserves to die!"
Li Ru also sighed.
If the master didn't show absolute trust, then the plan would be half successful.
Obviously, Dong Zhuo didn't completely trust Xu Rong.
"As for the second, it is to test whether Xu Rong has any intentions of rebelling against the lord.
"Because there is another possibility that Cao Cao deliberately mentioned Meng Jin:
"Even if he really colluded with Xu Rong, he also guessed that we would send Xu Rong to Mengjin Pass to appease Xu Rong.”
Dong Zhuo looked surprised." Is Cao Cao a god? He can even predict what we want to do?"”
"It's just a possibility," Li Ru said.
"However, if the two of them really colluded and Cao Cao really dared to cross the river and seize the pass, he would go deep into the city alone.
"Then not only can my lord remove Xu Rong, he can also destroy Cao Cao.”
"According to what you said, if Xu Rong really colluded with Cao Cao, wouldn't we have to send an army to ambush Cao Cao and Xu Rong?" Dong Zhuo said.”
"No need," Li Ru said."If we really send an army to Mengjin to ambush them, wouldn't we fall into Cao Cao's trap again?"”
"Send the lord's trusted aide, Li Meng, to lead 2,000 men to restrain and monitor Xu Rong.
"Send scouts to scout day and night to see if there are any Cao troops crossing the river.”
"Alright then." Dong Zhuo nodded.”
Li Ru promised and left, feeling disappointed.
One step was passive, and every step was passive.
Actually, the best way now was to kill Xu Rong directly or imprison him.
However, Dong Zhuo was unwilling, so he had no choice.
The art of war says: good at fighting, attract people, but not people.
The same is true of those who are good at planning.
He was one step slower than Cao Cao and was constantly being mobilized by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao casually threw a silk letter over.
He had to think of countless possibilities and countermeasures.
Cao Cao acted as if he was on the first level.
However, he felt that Cao Cao was on the second level, so he had to think of a countermeasure for the third level.
What if Cao Cao was on the fourth floor? -- The countermeasures that he thought of were actually all things that Cao Cao had lured him to think of.
Or was Cao Cao really on the first level? Cao Cao wanted to sow discord. If he was lucky, Dong Zhuo would kill Xu Rong. That was all.
A battle of wits was really exhausting, and every step was filled with killing intent.
He really hoped that the heavens would grant him the ability to read people's minds. If he could clearly know which level others were at, wouldn't he be invincible?
Li Ru began to daydream.
However, Cao Cao shouldn't be able to cross the river south, right?
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