I Can Control My Ancestors-Chapter 171 - 2: Slaying Dong Zhuo Again, Kyushu Ablaze
This sudden change could be said to have completely shattered Dong Zhuo’s dream.
What is going on?
Are He Jin and the court officials all useless?
How could it be that the junior members of the Gu Clan stabilized Luoyang?
Dong Zhuo cursed loudly.
And when he awoke from this dream, he quickly realized the current situation.
It’s over!
That was Dong Zhuo’s first thought.
His small group of troops had absolutely no chance of breaking into Luoyang City.
Instead, the current situation was extremely dangerous.
The news of Gu Xi’s death would soon spread throughout the land, and if Luoyang lost control and the aristocratic families sold him out—
He would certainly be doomed to die.
How could he not panic?
Li Ru’s expression was also exceedingly grave at this moment.
He had considered many scenarios and never underestimated the members of the Gu Clan.
But he never expected the court officials to be so useless, allowing a group of juniors to quickly gain control of the situation.
This was completely beyond his expectations and directly made their current situation extremely difficult.
At this time, Jia Xu stepped forward once again, offering a plan to Dong Zhuo.
"Lord Ming, at this juncture, why not return to Liangzhou State?"
Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately frowned, while Li Ru similarly displayed a look of contemplation.
"Lord Ming."
Jia Xu, calm and composed, bowed to Dong Zhuo and continued: "With Gu’s death, I predict that upon learning of this news, the various divisions of Liangzhou State will once again fall into chaos."
"At this moment, a great upheaval is about to begin in the Central Plains."
"Lord Ming can completely take advantage of this opportunity to return to Liangzhou and expand his power."
"You can ensure your safety and also plan for future undertakings."
In fact, Jia Xu originally did not want to get involved in these matters.
But as Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had long been blinded by profit, he couldn’t stop them and could only help Dong Zhuo make adjustments afterward.
Regarding the current situation, he even felt somewhat happy.
The Central Plains seemed on the brink of great chaos.
With such scant power, what were they even doing here?
Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo furrowed his brow and fell into thought.
"Lord Ming!"
At this moment, Li Ru’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he spoke: "Why not proclaim this matter?"
"Hmm?" Dong Zhuo immediately looked at him.
Li Ru smiled and continued: "Lord Ming, the aristocratic families of the world would certainly not stand idly by and watch Luoyang fall into the hands of the Gu Clan juniors!"
"Once we spread the word,
the aristocratic families will surely react."
"If they still refuse to show themselves, wouldn’t that present an opportunity for Lord Ming?"
He was unwilling to return to Liangzhou.
As Dong Zhuo fell into contemplation, Jia Xu sighed helplessly and said nothing more.
Indeed, after a moment of silence, Dong Zhuo nodded immediately: "Alright!"
The human heart has always been such.
Once the door to greed is opened, trying to stuff that thought back in is nigh impossible.
In such times, Li Ru was evidently highly capable.
He did not directly rally the lords of the world to aid the king.
The reputation of the Gu Clan among the common people was indeed too great; they had to first spread the news of Gu Xi’s death to lower the people’s expectations of the Gu Clan.
For a time, various news spread rapidly in all directions, like a flowing stream.
Gu Chen certainly would not spare Dong Zhuo.
Yet as the effect of the "Qi Power Talisman" ended, he no longer possessed the strength to sweep all enemies away.
Dong Zhuo’s subordinates truly were not weak.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Niu Fu, and others were all fierce generals, with elite Qiang cavalry under their command.
Gu Chen made several attacks in succession but could not prevail.
However, Gu Yi could clearly feel that Gu Chen’s strength was gradually increasing with each battle.
This truly shocked him, and his expectations for Gu Chen grew ever greater.
......
As the news spread continually, it shook the already unstable foundation of the Great Han once more.
——Gu Xi is dead?
When people across the regions heard the news, no one was willing to believe it.
How could Gu Xi possibly die?
Everyone firmly believed that before restoring the order of the country, Gu Xi would never encounter any issue.
For he was an Immortal.
He came to earth to save the people; how could he die?
But no matter how much they didn’t want to believe it, what could they do?
Gu Xi would never appear again.
And as time passed, even the most skeptical could only accept this reality.
Tears and blood of the masses!
Countless cries of anguish echoed throughout the Great Han. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Was the establishment of the Great Han truly stable?
Clearly not.
The problem of the vagrants wasn’t fundamentally resolved.
They were only pacified because of their hope in Gu Xi.
The most critical thing was — the aristocratic families would not desist.
Once they confirmed Gu Xi’s death, many would begin reclaiming the land that had been forcibly seized.
This was destined to further unsettle people’s hearts.
A single desperate person might not incite great chaos.
But what about ten?
A hundred?
A thousand or even ten thousand?
Zhang Jiao’s emergence planted seeds of rebellion in everyone’s hearts.
And this seed would gradually grow as hope was shattered.
But in this brilliant era, naturally, some would realize the present world’s situation and seize this opportunity to rally troops.
——The times create heroes!
This speaks to the current era.
And just as Li Ru anticipated, faced with the situation in Luoyang, the aristocratic families would not remain silent either.
Overtly and covertly, they began to act.
Overtly, they sent people to the capital under legitimate pretenses to enter Luoyang and gather intelligence.
But how would Gu Chen allow anyone to enter Luoyang?
He intended to hold Luoyang, awaiting the return of the other Gu Clan members.
