Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

In order to make his plan succeed, Gu Rubing completely blocked the news after driving Shi Xie away.

Even Wang Yue and his men didn't know that Shi Xie had already entered Juyong Pass.

Looking at the messenger in front of him, Shi Xie realized that Jundu and Changping had now fallen into the hands of Gu Rubing, and Wang Yue could only enter Guangyang County with his 20,000 men.

Shi Xie originally wanted to ask Wang Yue for help, but looking at Wang Yue's appearance, Shi Xie finally had to give up.

"Go back and tell General Wang Yue not to leave the city. No matter who tells him to leave, he cannot leave the city to fight, even if it's me."

"Yes, my lord!"

After the messenger left, Shi Xie hesitated for a moment, took out a pen and paper, wrote a letter, and had it sent to the west.

Gu Rubing looked at the majestic Juyongguan Pass in front of him and couldn't help but feel a headache.

The Juyong Pass was originally used to guard against the Xiongnu, Xianbei and others, but now it is used to guard against the Han people.

"My lord, I have asked Mr. Lu Su to manufacture catapults as soon as possible. The first batch will be delivered here soon. With catapults, it should not be a problem to capture Juyongguan."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing nodded.

However, at this time, Zhuge Liang sent another letter.

Something has happened to Liu Zhang, my lord, please return quickly!

Seeing these eight words, Gu Rubing's face changed.

Even Zhuge Liang had to go back by himself, which meant that the changes on Liu Zhang's side this time were definitely beyond his imagination.

After explaining the situation here to Zhang He and Wei Yan, Gu Rubing rushed to Cangwu County in Youzhou.

Along the way, Gu Rubing was concentrating on getting on his way and didn't notice at all that he was being followed.

However, Gu Rubing didn't care, but that doesn't mean that Tie Fu Tu beside Gu Rubing didn't care either.

"Lord!"

Gu Rubing stopped when he heard this.

"what happened?"

"There is someone following us. He should be an expert. My Lord, would you like to go ahead and stop him?"

"Master?"

Gu Rubing looked around. Wang Yue, who loved to assassinate him the most, had now stood together with Shi Xie to fight against him in Youzhou. Without Wang Yue, the top assassin, who could come to assassinate him?

Gu Rubing didn't pay any attention to what the deputy general of Tiefutu said, and still led everyone to rush towards Cangwu County quickly.

In his opinion, they were at most a group of bandits and robbers. Once such people appeared, they would be no match for Tiefutu.

The group was still on their way late at night, with no intention of resting at all.

"My Lord, shall we find a place to rest?"

The deputy general felt that there was still a dangerous aura around them, appearing and disappearing from time to time, but it definitely proved that the person was definitely around them.

"Ok."

Gu Rubing could see that the people in Tiefutu were also a little tired, so he agreed to stop and rest.

However, Gu Rubing had just stepped down from his horse.

A feathered arrow shot out from the darkness.

The deputy general, who had been very vigilant, reacted immediately and pounced on Gu Rubing.

The arrow grazed the deputy general's arm and passed by.

After standing up from the ground, the deputy general hurriedly checked Gu Rubing's body, and at the same time all the Iron Pagodas around him surrounded him.

After making sure that Gu Rubing was fine, the deputy general breathed a sigh of relief and then looked around.

"Who is sneaking around here? Come out now."

As the voice fell, a man walked out from the darkness.

"Apart from my master, there is really no one else who dares to tell me to get out. You are really very courageous."

When he saw who was coming, Gu Rubing couldn't help but take a breath.

The person who came was none other than Wang Yue's apprentice, another top assassin Shi A, who was also an assassin at the level of a famous general.

Facing Shi A, Gu Rubing knew that relying solely on the Iron Pagoda would definitely not be enough.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing gave the order directly, get on the horse and run!

However, just as everyone was getting on their horses, Shi A had already run in front of Gu Rubing and stabbed the sword in his hand directly into Gu Rubing's heart.

At this moment, the deputy general pounced directly on Shi A.

"My lord, please leave."

The deputy general hugged Shi A tightly, at least preventing him from moving for the time being.

Gu Rubing gritted his teeth, turned around and ran away with the remaining Iron Pagoda.

After running for a whole day and night, Gu Rubing could no longer hold on and fell off his horse.

Seeing this, the other Iron Pagodas immediately stepped forward and helped Gu Rubing up.

"My Lord, let's take a break. Your body can't hold on any longer."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing nodded and found a tree to sit down under.

The Iron Pagodas began to stand guard consciously.

A centurion walked up to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I have sent people to notify the counties along the way. They should have made preparations to receive us. As long as we enter the city, that Shi A should not dare to assassinate us."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Gu Rubing took a sip of water and smiled slowly at the centurion.

"I will serve my master even if it means death!"

After saying this, the centurion knelt directly in front of Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing patted his shoulder and motioned him to sit down.

However, just as they were resting, Shi A appeared in front of them again.

"King Lie, you are in such a good mood that you can even sit down and drink some water and rest. It seems that the pressure I put on you is not enough."

Seeing Shi A appear again, Gu Rubing sighed.

The surrounding iron pagodas directly surrounded Shi A.

"You really are a ghost that won't go away. I just don't understand, you and your master Wang Yue, what exactly are you two trying to do? Do you have to kill me? Don't you understand that only when I'm alive can the Han Dynasty have its current structure and be named Liu? If I die, the Han Dynasty will be gone."

"Your words may work for my master, but not for me. I don't care who the big man belongs to or whether there is still a big man. I only listen to my master. Your existence is a threat to my master, so you must die."

After saying that, Shi A drew out the sword in his hand and rushed towards Gu Rubing.

Upon seeing this, the people of Tiefutu rushed forward and tried their best to resist Shi A.

But none of them could withstand Shi A's attack. The centurion helped Gu Rubing onto the horse and hit the horse's butt with the knife in his hand.

"My lord, please leave."

The centurion shouted loudly and rushed towards Shia with his sword.

Gu Rubing looked at the battle behind him, gritted his teeth, and sped up. Only when he was safe could he avenge himself.

Gu Rubing had no idea how long the several hundred men of Tiefutu could delay Shi A, so he did not dare to delay and ran all the way. Finally, he entered a county town before Shi A caught up with him.

At this time, the county was under martial law, and the county magistrate had been notified that Gu Rubing would come here, so for Gu Rubing's safety, the county magistrate directly ordered the entire county to be blocked.

When the guard saw Gu Rubing riding a horse and galloping in the county town, he immediately stepped forward to stop Gu Rubing.

"Stop, who are you? Who allowed you to ride a horse in the city?"

"I am Liu Bei. Take me to see the county magistrate immediately."

"Liu Bei? Haha, brother, are you kidding me? If you were Liu Bei, I would still be the emperor. Come down quickly."

Gu Rubing couldn't help but frown. Seeing so many guards around him, Gu Rubing felt that even Shi A would not dare to come into the city to kill him, so he simply got off his horse.

"I am Liu Bei, this is my token..."

Gu Rubing fumbled for a long time and found that his token was missing. It was obviously dropped on the ground when he was escaping.

"You have a token? Where is it? Show it to me."

"The token was lost along the way."

"You're talking nonsense. Liu Bei is our lord. No matter where he goes, there are always people following him. Where are you? Do you think that our lord doesn't have any guards around him?"

After saying that, the guard waved his hand, and the surrounding guards immediately stepped forward and arrested Gu Rubing.

These guards did not give Gu Rubing any chance to speak and threw him into the jail without any explanation.

"Let me out now. I want to see the county magistrate."

"Humph, you still want to see the county magistrate? Stay here honestly. When the lord comes, we will report this to him."

After saying that, the guards turned around and left.

Gu Rubing wanted to say something, but the guards had no intention of listening to him.

The guards walked outside the cell and the jailer came to them.

"Brother Hu, judging from the way this man is dressed, he must be from a wealthy family. If we just arrest him casually, will anything go wrong?"

"What are you afraid of? As long as he is not the lord, we don't care about that. If he dares to pretend to be the lord, he will have no more heads than he can chop off."

After hearing this, the people around nodded.

Shi A followed Gu Rubing's horse hoof prints all the way and went straight to the process.

However, Shi A'ke was not as unscrupulous as Gu Rubing. He dismounted his horse when entering the city.

And found an inn and stayed there.

The innkeeper served Shi A some wine and food and was about to leave, but was stopped by Shi A.

"Boss, do you know if there are any wealthy and powerful people coming to this city?"

"Rich and powerful? Sir, I don't know who you are talking about?"

"It's the fierce king of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei."

"King Lie?"

The shopkeeper quickly covered Shi A's mouth.

"Sir, please don't say that. Your name is Lie Wangxing, but how can you call him by his name? Sir, if you don't want to live anymore, I haven't lived enough."

Hearing this, Shi A took the shopkeeper's hand away, then took out a gold ingot from his arms and put it in the shopkeeper's hand.

"I'm just asking, nothing else."

When the shopkeeper saw the gold, he burst into laughter and quickly put it in his arms.

"We did receive news that King Lie is coming, but it has been many days and King Lie has not come yet. If you want to see King Lie, you can go to the county magistrate to see him. In case he has already come, you may not know. After all, it is useless for ordinary people like us to come and see him, right?"

Shi A also felt that what the shopkeeper said made sense. After having some simple food and wine, he went straight to the government office.

When the county magistrate heard that someone was looking for King Lie, he immediately went over.

It was obvious that the county magistrate did not know Shi A.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I am the guard beside the lord. The lord has disappeared. I found this place and heard that you are here. I wonder if there is any trace of the lord?"

"The lord is missing? We are also following the order of Iron Buddha to welcome the lord here, but we have not seen any trace of the lord. What are you guards doing? How can the lord, who is so big, be lost? You must have deserted your post. Just wait, Prime Minister Zhuge will not let you go."

Upon hearing this, Shi A smiled and said nothing.

He could see that the county magistrate was indeed not lying.

Since Gu Rubing did not come here, he must have been afraid that I would catch up with him, so he went to another county.

Before leaving, Shi A found many local people and asked about Gu Rubing's whereabouts, but everyone said they didn't know. Shi A had to give up and turned to the next county.

However, Shi A never imagined that the person he was looking for, Gu Rubing, was being held in a jail cell in the county government office.

Looking at the sky outside, Gu Rubing sighed.

"It's been three days, and I don't know what's going on outside."

What Gu Rubing didn't know was that things outside had gone crazy.

The news of the lord's disappearance was spread by the county magistrate, and all the surrounding county offices were in a panic. When the captain of the roving crossbow army heard about it, he immediately delivered the news to Zhuge Liang at a speed of 800 miles.

According to the investigation of Captain Younu, Gu Rubing and his men were ambushed on the road, and the entire Iron Pagoda army was wiped out, but Gu Rubing's body was not found.

Soon, when the Bai Li soldiers in Xu Du heard the news, they became confused.

After all, they are Gu Rubing's personal guards. Now that their lord is missing, they, the personal guards, can't just sit there and do nothing, right?
Chen Dao led the Bai Li soldiers around, searching constantly, trying to find any trace of Gu Rubing.

However, there was no news of Gu Rubing near Xu Du. Chen Dao had no choice but to find Lu Su and go to the area near where Gu Rubing disappeared to look for him.

Lu Su looked at Chen Dao and nodded helplessly.

Within five days, the entire Central Plains region was in chaos, and many county magistrates were living in fear.

The lord has lost his territory, and these county magistrates must be punished. Dismissal may be a good thing, but if they lose their heads, that would be too much of a loss.

At this time, Chen Dao also arrived at the county town where Gu Rubing was imprisoned.

The one who received Chen Dao was the guard who had arrested Gu Rubing, Brother Hu.

"Sir, we have checked many times. The master has indeed not come to us, and we have sent people to look for him outside. Don't worry, we will do our best to find the master's whereabouts. The surrounding county governments are also urgently searching."

Chen Dao nodded.

After looking around, Chen Dao sat down on a tree stump nearby.

"My Lord, please take a rest. The world has been in a mess recently. Some people have learned that the Lord is missing and are impersonating him. Do you think they are too bold?" (End of this chapter)