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

Gu Rubing disappeared for ten days.

During these ten days, the news of Gu Rubing's disappearance spread far and wide.

Cao Cao and Liu Zhang also became active, spreading rumors that Gu Rubing was dead and that Zhuge Liang was going to take over all of Gu Rubing's forces.

This caused widespread anxiety within Gu Rubing's faction.

In just three days, seven counties had announced their allegiance to either Cao Cao or Liu Zhang.

However, they were quite far from Cao Cao and Liu Zhang, and they didn't have many troops.

The total military strength of these seven counties combined is less than four thousand men.

As for the nearby counties, they were all under the control of Zhuge Liang and Lu Su.

While the internal power structure within Gu Rubing's organization was indeed somewhat chaotic, the higher-ups remained completely calm. They all believed that Gu Rubing was still alive. During Gu Rubing's absence, Zhuge Liang took full control of everything, and the higher-ups had no objections whatsoever.

Gu Rubing opened his eyes. The weakness in his body had completely disappeared, and even his wounds didn't hurt as much anymore.

She slowly got off the bed.

The Old Immortal of Nanhua was sitting at the entrance of the cave, leisurely basking in the sun.

"Old Immortal, thank you very much this time."

"No need to thank me. The fate of the Han Dynasty rests on your shoulders. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have saved you. You've been here for thirteen days. Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave soon, those people might really think you're dead."

"Thirteen days?"

Gu Rubing hadn't expected that he would be unconscious for so long. He wondered what would happen in those thirteen days, and whether the great situation he had built up would be ruined.

After bidding farewell to the Old Immortal of Nanhua, Gu Rubing immediately descended the mountain.

Gu Rubing discovered that he was in the same place at the foot of the mountain where he had been before he lost consciousness.

Based on the location, Gu Rubing began his journey towards Youzhou.

However, upon arriving in Youzhou, Gu Rubing discovered that something was amiss.

This is still his own territory, and the Liu-character flag is hanging on the city wall, which means that there were no problems at all during the time he was away.

So, whether I'm there or not makes no difference to the army?
Gu Rubing chuckled self-deprecatingly, then began to walk into the city.

After walking a few steps, I saw a group of people beating a middle-aged man outside the city wall.

The vegetable basket on the middle-aged man's back was crushed by his foot.

The leader of this group was dressed in fine clothes and was clearly a young master from a wealthy family.

After beating the middle-aged man, the group of people stood around laughing as they watched his miserable state.

The middle-aged man got up from the ground, looked at the vegetables scattered on the ground, and looked at the group of people.

"You just wait, I'm going to report this to the authorities right now, and the county government won't let you get away with this."

"You won't let us go? Haha, look at this county government, is it on your side or mine? Let me tell you, our Sun family has already made arrangements with the county magistrate. Even if I beat you today, or even if I kill you today, what can you do about it?"

"You dare to bribe the county magistrate? Aren't you afraid of being punished by Prince Lie?"

"King Lie? Haha, you probably don't know yet, do you? King Lie is already dead, and soon the Liu family will be replaced. What are we afraid of? Haha..."

After they finished laughing, they turned and entered the city.

The people around them dared not interfere with the situation at all.

Gu Rubing walked up to the middle-aged man.

"How are you? Can you still move?"

The middle-aged man nodded.

"Since you can still move, come with me to the county government office."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man shook his head with a wry smile.

"Forget it, sir, you don't need to concern yourself with this matter. Haven't you heard? The Sun family has already bribed the county magistrate, and Prince Lie is dead. No one can help us now."

"Don't worry, whether you're willing to come with me or not, as long as you are, I can protect you. Justice will prevail."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man glanced at Gu Rubing and gritted his teeth.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Before long, the two arrived at the county government office.

When the county officials heard that someone had filed a complaint against the young master of the Sun family, none of them dared to see him.

However, as more and more people gathered here, the county officials had no choice but to let Gu Rubing and the middle-aged man go to court together.

The magistrate looked at the middle-aged man and asked directly, "What grievances do you have?"

The middle-aged man directly recounted all the grievances he had suffered.

It was only at this time that Gu Rubing finally understood.

This middle-aged man's name is Tian Dali. He originally came up to buy vegetables, but he accidentally bumped into the eldest son of the Sun family, which led to him being pestered by the young master and ultimately getting a good beating.

However, what Tian Dali said was quite clear, but it didn't seem to be the same in the ears of the county magistrate.

"You actually dared to touch the eldest son of the Sun family. You're just unlucky. You'd better leave now, before the Sun family arrives. Once they do, you won't even know how you died."

Upon hearing this, Tian Dali was already considering leaving. After all, without anyone to stand up for him, it was impossible to defeat the Sun family, and the magistrate clearly wanted to save his life.

Just as Tian Dali was about to leave, Gu Rubing waved his hand.

"Don't worry, with me here, no one will dare to do anything to you."

Tian Dali looked at Gu Rubing with some curiosity.

Just as the two were talking, a man dressed as a commoner in a corner of the crowd saw Gu Rubing and looked shocked.

After carefully rubbing his eyes, he turned and ran away.

The magistrate sighed helplessly when he saw that the two refused to leave.

"Ascension!"

Soon, the eldest son of the Sun family was brought to the courtroom.

"Young Master, this man just said he touched you and then you beat him up. Is that true?"

"That's right, it's true. It was because he touched me that my clothes, which cost ten taels of gold, were damaged. I was looking for him when I found out he dared to come here. I'll just have him compensate me for the damaged clothes; ten taels of gold will do."

Upon hearing this number, Tian Dali nearly fainted.

“I’m handing over these ten taels of gold to you, but you absolutely must get it back for me, or don’t blame me for sending my father to find you.”

Upon hearing the name of the eldest son's father, the county magistrate's eyes clearly showed a hint of panic.

"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely get that gold back."

Seeing that the young master was about to leave, Gu Rubing immediately stepped forward and stopped him.

"This case hasn't been solved yet, and you, the party involved, dare to leave?"

Upon hearing this, the eldest son looked at Gu Rubing, who had spoken.

"Hey kid, do you understand what's going on? If you want to die, then stop me. Otherwise, get the hell out of here."

"Hmph, I refuse to believe there's no law in this world!" "Law? Haha, when King Lie was alive, there certainly was law, but now that King Lie is dead, where is the law?"

The eldest son of the Sun family burst into laughter.

"Really? How can you be so sure that Prince Lie is dead? What if he isn't?"

"not dead?"

The eldest son of the Sun family laughed loudly.

"What, you mean you're King Lie? Brother, are you desperate for fame? If you're King Lie, then I'm King Lie's ancestor, hahaha..."

The county magistrate immediately ordered his constables to arrest Gu Rubing and Tian Dali.

"Put them in jail and execute them tomorrow."

Gu Rubing was completely bewildered upon hearing the magistrate's words.

When did a mere county magistrate become a murderer?

Shouldn't this matter be reported to the prefect first?
Gu Rubing never imagined that the world would descend into such chaos after he had only been missing for a little over ten days.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Big brother?"

As soon as the voice fell, Gu Rubing saw Zhang Fei, with red eyes, come up to him.

"Third brother, I knew you would find me."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei immediately knelt before Gu Rubing.

"Brother, where have you been all this time? Everyone has been looking for you non-stop. There are even rumors that you've died, but we don't believe it and keep searching. The Prime Minister also said that you are not dead."

As Zhang Fei spoke, he burst into tears.

Seeing a burly man burst into tears in front of him, Gu Rubing felt a little embarrassed and quickly comforted Zhang Fei.

The county magistrate, who was standing nearby, could not stand it any longer and immediately shouted, "Who dares to roar in the courtroom?"

Gu Rubing laughed helplessly upon hearing this.

They had originally planned to keep the magistrate, but unexpectedly, he chose to die.

Zhang Fei stood up and looked at Xianling.

"So you're the one who wants to arrest my older brother?"

"Yes...yes, your older brother disrupted court proceedings, so naturally I had to arrest him..."

After the magistrate finished speaking, he found that his body had been grabbed by one of Zhang Fei's arms.

"Don't say my elder brother only disrupted the court proceedings. Even if he overthrew your county government, so what?"

After saying that, Zhang Fei threw the county magistrate to the ground, and at the same time threw a token to the ground.

"My elder brother is the King Lie, why don't you come and pay your respects?"

"King Lie?"

Upon hearing the words "King Lie," the magistrate, disregarding his nearly broken body, hurriedly crawled to the token.

Upon seeing the character "烈" (lie, meaning fierce/fierce) on the token, the county magistrate immediately realized what was happening and knelt down before Gu Rubing.

"Your subordinate greets King Lie."

Gu Rubing didn't speak, but looked at the eldest son of the Sun family standing to the side.

"You are the King Lie? Impossible! Wasn't the King Lie already dead? How could he be here? This is impossible, absolutely impossible, it's all fake, it's all fake."

After saying that, the eldest son of the Sun family turned around and ran away.

However, before he could even run out of the county government office, several crossbowmen suddenly rushed out and kicked the eldest son of the Sun family flying back.

"My lord, we are late. Please forgive us."

Looking at the several crossbow captains kneeling in front of him, Gu Rubing couldn't help but frown.

"I don't care if you're late or not, but explain to me what's going on."

Gu Rubing pointed to the county magistrate standing to the side, and to the eldest son of the Sun family who was lying on the ground rolling around in pain.

"My lord, this Sun family is said to have some connection with Sun Jian. Mr. Lu Su is currently investigating and has some evidence, but not conclusive evidence, so we cannot arrest anyone for the time being."

"It's interesting that he's related to Sun Jian. But judging from how this child has been raised, the Sun family must be no good either. Send the word: no need to look for evidence, just wipe them out. If anyone asks, just say they offended me."

Gu Rubing burst out laughing as soon as he finished speaking.

"Yes!"

Several crossbow captains immediately nodded and went to the Sun family to exterminate them.

However, not long after the Colonel of the Crossbows left, Zhao Yun rushed up to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, it is Yun's fault for failing to protect you. Please punish me."

Seeing Zhao Yun's red eyes, Gu Rubing smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

“Zilong, get up. This matter has little to do with you. Nobody expected that Wang Yue would be hiding in the corner, waiting for me there. I really know how to pick a place, I had to pick the place where Wang Yue was hiding.”

At this point, Gu Rubing laughed self-deprecatingly.

When Zhao Yun saw that Gu Rubing did not blame him, he knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

Not long after, several officers from the crossbow regiments returned, covered in blood.

"My lord, everything has been resolved. The Sun family is gone, but we released the elderly and children."

Gu Rubing nodded.

Soon, Gu Rubing returned to the military camp, accompanied by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun.

After seeing that Gu Rubing was alright, Lu Su immediately went to Gu Rubing's side.

"My lord, it's so good that you're alright. If anything had happened to you, I really wouldn't know what to do."

Gu Rubing smiled and then walked to the center of the tent.

Gu Rubing then recounted everything that had happened in the county town.

Zhang He already felt guilty for returning first, which led to Gu Rubing's danger. When he heard that Gu Rubing had been ridiculed in the county town, he became furious.

"My lord, please give the order. I will lead my men and wipe them out right now."

Seeing Zhang He's appearance, Gu Rubing smiled, then helped Zhang He up and looked at Lu Su standing to the side.

"Zijing, during the time I was missing, many people must have had ulterior motives, right?"

"It's true that nothing can be hidden from our lord. Many people have harbored ulterior motives, and we have discovered that seven county magistrates have contacted Cao Cao and Liu Zhang. However, they are all currently under our control. We only need our lord's order to arrest them."

"Well, it seems my injury has had a good outcome."

"Brother, what are you saying? Someone has already betrayed us, how can you still say it's good?"

"Third brother, these people are like loose sand. It's definitely difficult to clean them all up, but once they all emerge and gather together, the loose sand becomes a pile, and then it's much easier to clean them up, isn't it? My accident this time might not necessarily be a bad thing for us." (End of this chapter)