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

Soon, Gu Rubing led Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun slowly into the palace.

Upon entering the palace, Gu Rubing saw that everyone was busy.

Gu Rubing had thought that many people would come to the welcoming banquet, but he did not expect that it would only be him and Liu Xie.

Soon, dishes were served one after another, and a bottle of fine wine was placed in front of Gu Rubing.

"Uncle, you have been fighting for the Han Dynasty all this time. You have worked so hard. I respect you."

After saying this, Liu Xie picked up his wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

However, Gu Rubing did not make any move.

"Your Majesty, please tell me what you want to do. Otherwise, I dare not drink this cup of wine again."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xie's expression changed instantly, but he quickly regained his composure.

"What is there to be afraid of drinking? Is Prince Lie afraid that I will poison the wine? Haha, if you are not at ease, you can let the palace maids and eunuchs around you drink it first. You can drink it after you know there is no problem."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at the palace maid behind him and discovered that she was one of the assassins Wang Yue had left in the palace.

Gu Rubing handed the wine in his hand directly to the palace maid.

"drink."

Gu Rubing's voice was icy.

The palace maid was clearly startled.

But he quickly realized what was happening and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

After a moment, Gu Rubing realized that the other party had not poisoned him.

Gu Rubing quickly focused his attention on the dishes on the table.

But Gu Rubing soon discovered that there was nothing wrong with the dishes.

Moreover, before each dish was served, a eunuch would taste it to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to poison it.

Everything seemed perfectly normal.

This made Gu Rubing wonder if he was overthinking things.

However, when Gu Rubing saw Liu Xie's expectant gaze, he became certain that there was something wrong.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing picked up a little of each dish from the table, put them into a small bowl, and then placed the small bowl in front of the palace maid.

"eat!"

Gu Rubing's voice was icy, leaving no room for refusal.

The palace maid hesitated for a moment, then ate again in front of Gu Rubing.

"Uncle, let's continue drinking."

Liu Xie raised his wine glass and looked at Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

After looking at the palace maid and confirming that there was no problem, Gu Rubing was finally relieved.

The banquet lasted a long time.

Gu Rubing did not discover any danger until the end.

He even began to wonder if he was overthinking things. Did Liu Xie really just want to invite him to dinner? But why? Why did he have to invite him to dinner?

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing frowned slightly.

Upon returning to the Prince Lie's residence, Zhao Yun immediately stepped forward.

"My lord, are you alright?"

Gu Rubing shook his head.

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt an unbearable pain in his abdomen, and then he fainted.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were both terrified.

They never expected that Gu Rubing would get into trouble.

"Third brother, hurry up and find Hua Tuo."

"Okay, I'll go back quickly."

After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he turned around and disappeared from the Prince Lie's mansion.

Zhao Yun quickly helped Gu Rubing to the bed and briefly checked Gu Rubing's body.

After a series of examinations, Zhao Yun was quite certain that Gu Rubing had been poisoned, but he didn't know when or how.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly remembered a place.

Soon, Zhao Yun appeared inside the palace in a flash.

Several palace maids and eunuchs were clearing away the dishes from the banquet.

Zhao Yun immediately rushed to Gu Rubing's location and packed up all the food and wine that hadn't been eaten yet, taking them with him.

Zhao Yun then disappeared from the palace again.

In a dark corner.

The four people stood together.

Liu Xie was among them, and the remaining three were the three assassins.

"How was it? Did the plan succeed?"

Liu Xie looked at the three of them with some nervousness.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the plan has succeeded. I can guarantee that Liu Bei must have been poisoned and fallen into a coma."

"Very well, once I regain power, I will certainly reward you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After a brief discussion about what would happen next, the four of them dispersed.

However, when the three assassins returned to the palace and tried to put away the food that Gu Rubing had eaten, they found that everything was gone.

They asked the people around them before they found out.

It turned out that Zhao Yun arrived just as they were discussing things. Obviously, Zhao Yun had noticed something was wrong and had taken the items away beforehand.

This startled the three of them.

Just as the three of them were starting to panic, the eunuch immediately calmed down.

"Alright, have you all forgotten what our master said? Even Hua Tuo couldn't find the antidote. The six-colored flower's toxicity is quite unique. How many people died trying to find it? Now that we've achieved our goal, shouldn't we be happy?"

Upon hearing this, the tension on their faces vanished instantly, replaced by smug expressions.

The three then ingested the poison and collapsed to the ground.

The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs were startled by the three men and immediately panicked.

When Zhang Fei brought Hua Tuo, a doctor had already begun to perform the most basic detoxification for Gu Rubing.

But it has absolutely no effect.

Hua Tuo immediately stepped forward and examined Gu Rubing's body.

It is undoubtedly poisoning.

But Hua Tuo then checked the dishes that Zhao Yun had brought back.

However, when the silver needles were inserted into each dish, no color change occurred.

This put Hua Tuo in a difficult position for a moment.

"Generals, are you really sure that Prince Lie only touched these things?"

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei exchanged a glance, then nodded together.

"Is this impossible?"

Hua Tuo, somewhat skeptical, placed the silver needles into each dish again, but still there was no reaction.

Just as Hua Tuo was wondering, he suddenly saw a silver needle change color.

It was only then that Hua Tuo discovered that some of the vegetable soup had been mixed together, and a used silver needle had been carelessly tossed into it.

Upon seeing this, Hua Tuo simply dumped all the dishes together.

Then the silver needles were placed inside again.

Eventually, the silver needle turned completely black.

"It is indeed highly poisonous."

Hua Tuo immediately put the silver needle to his nose and smelled it.

Hua Tuo's expression quickly changed. Zhao Yun noticed the change in Hua Tuo and immediately stepped forward.

"Sir, what's wrong? How is the lord?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Tuo paused for a moment, then sighed.

"Generals, I cannot cure our lord's illness."

"what?"

Both of them changed their expressions upon hearing this news.

What does "cannot be cured" mean?

Zhang Fei roared and grabbed Hua Tuo with one hand.

This time, Zhao Yun did not stop him. He never expected that Hua Tuo would say such a thing in the end.

"General, please put me down first."

At this point, Zhang Fei was no longer listening to Hua Tuo and was about to throw him away.

However, at that moment, Zhao Yun immediately stopped Zhang Fei.

"Third Brother, let Mr. Hua Tuo finish speaking first."

Upon hearing Zhao Yun's words, Zhang Fei finally put Hua Tuo down.

"Master Hua Tuo, please speak."

Upon hearing this, Hua Tuo straightened his clothes and slowly said, "Generals, it's not that I can't cure it, but the poison that our lord has been afflicted with is a rare poison from the Western Regions, the Six-Colored Flower. This Six-Colored Flower has six petals. Each petal, taken alone, is not poisonous, but when all six petals are put together, they become a rare poison. I'm afraid someone used this method to evade the eunuch's detection."

"That's not right. Back then, the lord made that palace maid eat all kinds of dishes."

Zhao Yun recalled the situation and expressed his doubts.

"I don't know about that, but what I can say for sure is that the palace maid you mentioned, General Zhao, obviously didn't eat all of them. These six-colored flowers must be consumed at the same time, otherwise even if one is eaten less, there will be no strange poison."

Clearly, the palace maid didn't eat everything; she at least secretly threw away one dish.

"The antidote, where is the antidote?"

Zhao Yun asked hurriedly.

"These rare poisons all have one characteristic: there is an antidote within five steps. The antidote for the six-colored flower is in its root and stem."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

At that moment, Chen Dao walked in from outside.

"Generals, news has just come from the palace that three people have died, and they are the three people we have been keeping an eye on."

"What, they're dead?"

Zhao Yun was struck dumb, like a bolt from the blue. This legendary general could barely stand.

The only clue now is those three people.

But now those three are all dead, and they have completely lost their target.

Hua Tuo hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said, "If I remember correctly, the Anluo Empire is located in the Western Regions, which is very suitable for the growth of the six-colored flower. Perhaps you could try asking Sun Jian."

"Sun Jian?"

Zhao Yun knew that Gu Rubing and Sun Jian's relationship was not bad, but they were enemies.

If Sun Jian knew that Gu Rubing had been poisoned, he probably wouldn't tell them anything.

Moreover, this incident was committed by Wang Yue, a subordinate of Shi Xie, and Shi Xie had always been under Sun Jian's protection. He didn't believe that Sun Jian really didn't know about this.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun immediately looked at Zhang Fei.

"Third Brother, inform the strategist about the situation here and let him make a decision for us."

"Okay, I'll go now."

After Zhang Fei left, Zhao Yun looked at Hua Tuo.

"Sir, how much longer can our lord hold on?"

Hua Tuo considered it for a moment, then frowned and said, "Six days at most."

"Okay, six days should be enough."

After saying that, Zhao Yun turned and left.

Zhao Yun's target this time was none other than Emperor Liu Xie.

Liu Xie was initially pleased that he would soon be free from Gu Rubing's control.

However, at that moment, a commotion arose outside the door.

"Who are you, daring to trespass into His Majesty's bedchamber?"

"Get out of here."

As Zhao Yun's voice fell, a eunuch's corpse smashed through Liu Xie's door.

At that moment, the eunuch's corpse landed right at Liu Xie's feet.

"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you be so disrespectful to me?"

"Unreasonable? If it weren't for the fact that you are the emperor, I would kill you right now. How dare you poison my lord? My lord is fighting hard outside for the sake of the Han Dynasty, while you are sitting here enjoying the fruits of his labor, and you even try to harm my lord at every turn. I think you are simply courting death."

Sensing the terrifying killing intent emanating from Zhao Yun, Liu Xie's fear lessened, and at the same time, a surge of anger erupted within him.

Seeing Zhao Yun's murderous aura, Liu Xie stood up abruptly.

"For the sake of the Han Dynasty, why don't you ask your lord whose Han Dynasty he is fighting for? If it is mine, why am I imprisoned in the palace every day? If it is mine, why do all the lords only know King Lie and not me? If it is mine, why are you here? How dare you appear before me like this?"

After shouting these words, Liu Xie seemed to have used up all his strength, and his whole body went limp and collapsed on the bed.

Zhao Yun was also stunned at this moment.

Because he discovered that he couldn't answer any of these questions.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the fact remains that Gu Rubing was hurt.

This matter remained unchanged in Zhao Yun's mind. No matter how much suffering you endured or how much hardship you endured, it was not a reason for you to lay a hand on Gu Rubing. That was Zhao Yun's opinion.

"Once the lord regains consciousness, he will naturally make the judgment on your matter."

After saying that, Zhao Yun turned and left.

When Zhao Yun returned to the Prince Lie's mansion, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and Zhang Fei were already waiting for him at the door. There was one more person Zhao Yun didn't expect, and that was Pang De.

Pang De's ability to become a legendary general was an unexpected turn of events for anyone, and because Pang De's abilities were focused on defense, he stayed by Zhuge Liang's side almost without ever being moved.

But now Zhuge Liang has sent Pang De out, clearly intending for them to force Sun Jian to hand over the goods.

"Let's go."

The six people disappeared from the room.

after one day.

Constantinople.

Sun Jian was still eating oranges, albeit in limited quantities.

Sun Ce and Gan Ning, standing to the side, were chatting and laughing.

Suddenly, all three of them looked into the distance at the same time.

"This is……"

Sun Ce stared in shock into the distance.

Not long after, at the gates of Constantine.

Six legendary military generals stood side by side at the entrance.

Soon, Sun Jian arrived with Sun Ce and Gan Ning.

When Sun Jian saw the six people appear, he broke out in a cold sweat.

These six men are all the legendary generals under Gu Rubing's command. If these six men were to attack together, the entire Anluo Empire would be wiped out.

"Do you all know why you have come to me?"

"Hmph, Sun Jian, we don't want to bother with you about other things. We came here for one thing: the root of the six-colored flower."

"what?"

Sun Jian looked at the people present with a blank expression.

He had never heard of a six-colored flower, let alone knew what it was.

Seeing Sun Jian's expression, Guan Yu assumed he was faking it, and his own face instantly darkened. (End of Chapter)