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The Bai Li soldier told Gu Rubing what happened.

Gu Rubing immediately realized that something was wrong. What was Liu Xie eating in the middle of the night?
"Let's go and see what kind of people those palace maids are."

Soon, everyone arrived at Yongxiang.

When a group of palace maids learned that Gu Rubing was coming, they stood at the door early.

"Greetings to King Lie."

Gu Rubing looked at the Bai Li soldiers around him.

"Are these the maids you have always seen?"

Several Bai Li soldiers walked up to the palace maids and looked at them carefully.

"My lord, these people are new here. We have never seen them before. However, they must have been selected to enter the palace."

"newcomer?"

Diyihong smiled, walked up to a palace maid and took a closer look.

"Kill them all!"

As Gu Rubing finished speaking, all the Bai Li soldiers took out the swords they carried with them.

These palace maids did not expect that Gu Rubing would actually kill so many of them.

So they just stopped hiding.

"Do it!"

A palace maid shouted.

Then all the palace maids immediately drew out the short blades they carried with them and started fighting with the Bai Li soldiers.

During the battle, a Bai Li soldier killed a palace maid.

However, after the palace maid fell to the ground, green poisonous gas emanated from her body.

After seeing this scene, Gu Rubing also understood who these people were.

"Disperse immediately and shoot them with bows and arrows. Send someone to inform Lu Su and ask him to bring Hua Tuo's medicine."

"Yes!"

A series of orders were issued and all the Bai Li soldiers began to retreat.

The archer immediately released his arrow.

All the palace maids were shot to death.

When the poison gas spread, Lu Su also ran over with the elixir made by Hua Tuo.

When Lu Su arrived, he brought bad news.

Nearly ten thousand enemy troops appeared outside the city of Xudu. These people were not regular troops, but rather a group of bandits gathered here.

But it has been blocked by the city defense forces.

"They are just a bunch of bandits. But I am a little curious about how so many bandits appeared outside Xudu City. What are our spies and the captain of the roving crossbow army doing? Let's deal with this first. After everything is settled, we can go to the city wall."

"But my lord, if there are only city defense troops, I am worried..."

"There's nothing to worry about. If the city defense army can't even stop a group of bandits, then they don't need to do anything."

After giving Hua Tuo's medicine to all the Bai Li soldiers, Gu Rubing brought Zhao Yun to Liu Xie.

"Uncle Emperor, why are you here?"

Liu Xie was very surprised that Gu Rubing could come.

According to their plan, there was no way Gu Rubing could get in alive.

"Your Majesty, you should know that I'm back. As the King of Lie, it's reasonable for you to come back. I wonder why your Majesty is so surprised?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he looked at Liu Xie and continued, "Isn't it possible that Your Majesty is not surprised that I was able to come in, but is concerned about why I came in alive?"

Liu Xie was frightened by Gu Rubing's words. He took a few steps back and sat on the dragon throne.

"I don't know what King Lie is talking about."

"Really? What's up with the Gu Clan in the palace? I never expected that the great Han emperor would join forces with the Gu Clan to deal with me, the great Han uncle. Your Majesty, you won't forget about Dong Zhuo, right? And there are nearly 10,000 bandits outside the city. Your Majesty, aren't you worried that I won't be able to defend the city and these people will come in and harm the people in the city?"

Liu Xie looked at Gu Rubing in shock.

Since Gu Rubing revealed the matter of the Gu Tribe, it means that all the Gu Tribe members arranged in the palace were probably dealt with by Gu Rubing.

"Uncle, I really have nothing to do with those Gu people and the bandits outside the city. I can be sure of that."

"It doesn't matter? But they said they did it to protect you."

"This... After all, I am the emperor, and they are palace maids. It is natural for them to want to protect me. Is there anything wrong with that? As for the bandits, I really don't know what's going on."

Looking at Liu Xie's appearance, Gu Rubing sneered, turned and walked out.

"Your Majesty, please think carefully before you act. I don't want my men to die in vain. This is the last time I will be patient with you."

Liu Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief after Gu Rubing left, cold sweat already breaking out on his forehead.

"My lord, we have investigated the palace affairs thoroughly. Those palace maids were managed by two eunuchs, but when we went there, the two eunuchs had committed suicide."

"Committed suicide? It seems that our clues are broken."

Gu Rubing looked at Lu Su. He already knew who did this. It must be closely related to Liu Xie, followed by Wang Yue, Meng Huo and Miao Moqing.

But he didn't understand how Meng Huo and Miao Moqing got in touch with Liu Xie? Was it Wang Yue who was in the middle?

No matter what, the Gu tribe has now infiltrated Xudu, which is the center of their power. This matter is also related to the laxity of Younu Xiaowei and others, especially the nearly 10,000 bandits outside the city. Is this a joke? With so many people, the spies didn't have any news at all.

"Notify Captain Younu and let them resolve this matter internally to see who was lazy and slack."

"Yes!"

Gu Rubing led everyone to the city wall.

Looking at the large crowd of nearly ten thousand bandits outside the city, Gu Rubing was so angry that he laughed.

"Lord, what are you doing?"

"You guys are really amazing. I don't know what Captain Younu is doing. With so many people, I don't believe you didn't notice anything before?"

Lu Su and others lowered their heads in shame.

"Okay, how many of us are there?"

"My lord, there are only 3,500 soldiers guarding Xudu City at present. The rest are on the front line. I will contact the surrounding troops now. The nearest support should arrive within an hour."

"No need. Thirty-five hundred people are enough. If more than three thousand regular soldiers can't stop ten thousand bandits, what do I need them for?"

"Yes……"

Lu Su wanted to say something, but seeing Gu Rubing's gloomy face, he dared not utter a word.

"Zilong, do it.

"Yes"

Zhao Yun immediately jumped down from the city wall and waved the silver spear in his hand after landing.

A spear flash appeared, tearing dozens of bandits who were about to approach into pieces. With just two moves, the number of bandits killed reached hundreds.

"Kill out."

With Gu Rubing's order, the defending troops directly opened the city gate and rushed out.

These bandits were a mob, and within an hour of the fight, all of them began to retreat.

Wang Yue and others hid in the dark. After seeing Zhao Yun and Gu Rubing on the battlefield, they disappeared into the darkness until something happened in the palace and did not cause much damage to Gu Rubing.

Soon, the battle was over.

The city defense troops were clearing the battlefield, while Lu Su and others came to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, this incident is all my fault. I failed to manage Xudu well. Please punish me."

"No, sir, it's not Zijing's fault. It's our fault. Please punish us, sir."

Fa Zheng and others knelt on the ground, constantly taking the responsibility on themselves.

Looking at their expressions, Gu Rubing's anger subsided a lot.

"Okay, go back and get the ten military weapons. This is a lesson for you. I don't blame you for anything if something happened in the palace, but you couldn't even notice a gathering of 10,000 bandits. Are you so relaxed in Xudu?"

Several people knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.

"Forget it. Now that everything in Xudu has been resolved, I am going back too. You guys should fulfill your responsibilities."

"Yes."

Gu Rubing mounted his horse and rushed to the front line in Yulin County with Zhao Yun and Tiefutu.

He was somewhat impatient to tell Liu Zhang the news about the Gu Tribe.

After all these things, Gu Rubing guessed that Liu Zhang must not know about the alliance between the Gu Clan and Liu Xie. If this news was told to Liu Zhang, the relationship between Liu Zhang and the Gu Clan would definitely be damaged, and then he would have the opportunity to destroy the Gu Clan.

However, Gu Rubing was anxious to tell Liu Zhang about the matter, but some people did not want Gu Rubing to ruin their good fortune.

After walking for a short while, Zhao Yun arrived beside Gu Rubing.

"My lord, there are people near us, and there are quite a lot of them. I guess they are the bandits who escaped from the previous attack on the city."

"Don't worry, let's wait for them to come out."

Late at night, Gu Rubing and his companions chose an open space that was easier to let go and began to set up camp.

Wang Yue and others who were hiding in the dark, saw Gu Rubing and others go to rest, and immediately sneaked around the camp.

"Shi, Liu Bei already knows about the Gu tribe and your majesty. He can't return alive. This time, the mission of killing Liu Bei is left to you."

"Don't worry, Master."

Soon, Wang Yue led thousands of bandits and rushed directly into the camp.

Shi A went around to the back of the camp and waited for the opportunity.

As soon as Gu Rubing lay down, he heard a noise outside and immediately rushed out of the tent with his sword in hand.

"My lord, Wang Yue has rushed into the camp with thousands of people. Please don't leave my side. Tiefutu will be able to get rid of these bandits soon."

Gu Rubing nodded.

Gu Rubing is still very confident about Iron Pagoda.

While the two sides were fighting, Zhao Yun suddenly looked behind Gu Rubing's tent, pointed the silver spear in his hand at the tent, and protected Gu Rubing behind him.

"My lord, is there anyone in your tent?"

"No."

Hearing what Gu Rubing said, Zhao Yun immediately used silver to buy up the entire tent.

The sound of a sharp sword cutting through the tent was heard, and Shi A rushed out of the tent, stabbing Gu Rubing with the sword in his hand.

Zhao Yun could have killed Shi A with one spear, but Shi A was too close to Gu Rubing, so he had to give up Shi A and help Gu Rubing block the sword.

When Shi A found that his first sword missed the target, he didn't even bother to use the second sword and turned around and ran.

Zhao Yun wanted to give chase, but after seeing Gu Rubing nearby, he gave up and looked around vigilantly.

The battle ended soon.

The bandits evacuated the camp after sacrificing nearly two thousand lives, while the Iron Pagoda lost less than fifty people.

After this incident, Tiefutu added several patrol teams, as well as a large number of visible, covert and mobile sentries, almost all of which were stationed around Gu Rubing's tent.

After Wang Yue reunited with Shi A, he learned that Shi A's assassination had failed. He did not offend him, so he could only evacuate from here first.

Since Gu Rubing could not be resolved, Wang Yue could only tell the matter to Meng Huo and let Meng Huo find a way to resolve the conflict between him and Liu Zhang himself.

Five days later.

Meng Huo came before Liu Zhang.

"Lord!"

Liu Zhang looked at Meng Huo and nodded.

"Is something wrong?"

Liu Zhang knew clearly that Meng Huo seldom came to his place, and he had no idea what he was doing in the Gu tribe camp. He was too lazy to care. After all, he had more troublesome things to do now.

"My Lord, I joined forces with His Majesty to deal with Liu Bei, but we failed."

When Liu Zhang heard this, the cup in his hand fell to the ground, but it did not break.

"What did you say?"

Liu Zhang looked at Meng Huo in shock. If he could defeat Meng Huo, he would have wanted to slap Meng Huo in the face.

Cao Cao tried to assassinate Liu Bei, but ended up losing half of Yizhou. This lesson was not enough, as Meng Huo also tried to assassinate Liu Bei, but failed. This showed that it was obvious that Liu Bei already knew about the involvement of the Gu tribe, and he would definitely come after him.

"My lord, I acted on my own initiative. Please forgive me!"

"I……"

Liu Zhang pointed at Meng Huo and wanted to scold him, but he didn't know what to say for a long time. If he scolded him too harshly, he was afraid that Meng Huo would get angry and kill him. If he scolded him too lightly, he was also afraid that Meng Huo would get angry and leave with the Gu tribe.

As for Meng Huo and the Gu tribe, Liu Zhang could only coax them except to make them angry.

"Since you did it quietly by yourself and now you tell me, I guess Liu Bei must be coming for me, right?"

"Yes, my lord, but don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to ensure your safety."

"Guarantee my safety? What can you guarantee? Just rely on the Gu tribe in your hands, or the strength of your legendary generals? Liu Bei has everything. It's ok that your Gu tribe didn't help me, but now you are causing trouble for me. Do you know that I'm already in a mess now?"

Liu Zhang’s current situation is indeed not good.

There were so many people brought back from the Anluo Empire that, although some of them were sold to Cao Cao, many of them were still gathered in his own territory.

Liu Zhang's territory only had two counties, which was not enough to distribute to the people. Not to mention a place to live, even food was a problem now.

The food and grass of the two counties were simply not enough to feed so many people. As for the arable land in the two counties, it had been used to build houses by the people of the Anluo Empire.

Now that food and grass are insufficient, the people are starving, and some have already left the city and become bandits in the mountains. Bandits are everywhere around the two counties, and the public security in the two counties is completely disrupted. (End of this chapter)