My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 329 Queen Mother, You Smell So Good
"not good!"

"It's Zhang Rang!"

"I fell into a trap!"

When He Jin heard this, he didn't realize that he had fallen into a trap. He shouted and ran back the way he came.

But before he could take two steps, he was blocked by dozens of sharp swords.

It turned out that it was Zhang Rang who led dozens of eunuchs who obeyed his orders and drew their swords to force He Jin to retreat.

Although He Jin was born a butcher, he had certain martial arts skills.

Moreover, as the general on the spot, he has also been trained in the army, so he still has some skills.

However, no matter how strong He Jin was, he was no match for Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun who could defeat thousands of enemies. How could he be a match for dozens of fully armed enemies, alone with bare hands?

"Zhang Rang, I am the great general of the dynasty and the brother of the empress dowager. How dare you, a eunuch, try to harm me!"

He Jin was shocked, and when he saw that he was no match for Zhang Rang, he immediately ran to the other side of the alley, shouting.

However, before he could run a few steps.

Zhao Zhong also brought dozens of eunuchs who were also armed with knives and swords to block his last retreat.

"General? Ugh!"

"You, the He family, are nothing more than pig butchers and dog traders. If it weren't for the ten eunuchs like us who have supported you and your sister, how could you two have achieved the wealth and glory you have today!"

"It would be fine if you didn't care about our kindness, but now you are deliberately trying to deal with us again and again!"

"Let me ask you, how have we, the Ten Eunuchs, ever wronged you?"

Zhao Zhong also heard He Jin's roar just now, and couldn't help but question He Jin again and again.

"I……"

"you……"

When He Jin was about to die, he no longer had any of the composure of a great general. He stammered and could not utter a single word.

"Now that things have come to this, Brother Zhao, there is no need to waste time talking to this bastard. Kill him first, and then forge an imperial edict to control the troops outside the palace. Then we can accomplish our great goal!"

Zhang Rang didn't give He Jin any chance to breathe. He immediately stepped forward and stabbed He Jin in the chest with his sword.

"I am the great general of the dynasty, you cannot kill me..."

"what!"

Before He Jin could finish his sentence, the Ten Eunuchs and others swarmed forward and hacked him to death with their swords.

He was a great general of a country, holding a high position of power, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. But he unexpectedly died in an unknown alley today.

However, even though He Jin died, Zhang Rang and others had no intention of letting him go and leaving his body intact.

Zhang Rang stepped forward and chopped off He Jin's head with a few strikes of his sword, then grabbed it.

"He Jin! You have come to this day!"

Facing He Jin's head, Zhang Rang laughed wildly twice, then gave instructions to everyone.

"The imperial edict has already been prepared. We will go to the palace gate according to the plan to show He Jin's head and persuade He Jin's followers to surrender!"

"That's it!"

Zhao Zhong and others also nodded and followed Zhang Rang out of the alley, leaving He Jin's headless body alone in the alley to slowly cool down.

Now that their great hatred had been avenged and their enemies had been slain, the Ten Attendants were all in high spirits and extremely happy, and even their steps became much lighter when they walked.

At this time, He Jin's followers outside the palace gate did not know that He Jin was dead, and were still waiting outside the palace gate.

Yuan Shao saw that time was passing slowly but the palace was still peaceful, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.

However, although he could not control the Ten Attendants and did not know the situation in the palace, he suddenly came up with a plan. He quickly put on a concerned and worried look and began to persuade He Jin's men behind him.

"Now, the general has entered the palace alone. It is unclear whether it will be a blessing or a curse, and whether he will be safe or not. If the Ten Eunuchs harm the general, we will be unable to do anything about it, which is very inappropriate!"

"Why don't we all shout loudly outside the palace? This will scare the Ten Eunuchs and others, allowing the general to enter the palace smoothly!"

"What Benchu ​​said makes sense."

Most of He Jin's troops had actually been controlled by the Yuan family. When they heard what Yuan Shao said, they immediately responded. Other generals who did not know the truth also thought that it made some sense and agreed one after another.

Only Cao Cao frowned when he heard this and started to persuade him again and again.

"inappropriate!"

"Our actions are suspected of forcing the emperor to abdicate. Even if the Ten Eunuchs do not want to harm the general, I'm afraid they will be afraid of us and will attack the general instead!"

"This plan of Benchu ​​is extremely inappropriate. If it goes wrong, the general will suffer greatly!"

"Humph! Why does Meng De have to go against us again and again?"

"You are loyal to the court and the general. Am I, Yuan Shao, the treacherous villain who is trying to sow discord?"

When Yuan Shao found out that Cao Cao had revealed his dark thoughts in just a few words, he became angry and began to question Cao Cao again and again.

"But……"

Cao Cao wanted to comfort his old friend, but he heard the mocking voices of Yuan Shu and others behind him.

"Haha, Meng De is so afraid of the enemy, you might as well go home and rest early. I will inform you when we bring back the general."

"Haha, Gong Lu doesn't know that Meng De is the descendant of a eunuch, so he naturally leans towards the eunuch party. I think he is here for ulterior motives, and is here to gather information for the Ten Eunuchs and other eunuch party members!"

"Don't you dare slander me!"

"It's just too much!"

Cao Cao was furious, but these people were either Yuan's followers or Yuan's running dogs. How could they be moved by Cao Cao's words?

"Don't worry about him, let's shout our own!"

Yuan Shao also cared about Cao Cao and immediately took the lead in shouting.

"We have something important to report. General, please show up immediately!"

After Yuan Shao took the lead, Yuan Shu and others also shouted in unison.

"We have something important to report. General, please show up immediately!"

……

Although the Yuan brothers had been at loggerheads for a long time, they still had Yuan Wei to pressure them. Even when they were fighting among themselves, they were measured and it was far from the point where they would go to war with each other.

Yuan Shu had already received strict orders from Yuan Wei. Although he was unhappy about Yuan Shao stealing the show, he had to suppress his dissatisfaction and cooperate.

The shouts of thousands of people shook the earth.

Under Yuan Shao's orders, the shouts became louder and louder.

However, the one who responded to them was not He Jin who walked out of the palace safely.

Instead, it was a bloody human head thrown from the palace gate.

"He Jin was plotting evil and treason, but he has been executed. You soldiers and horses should put down your swords and weapons immediately, and don't care about the followers!"

"what!"

"It's really the general!" Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, stopped shouting, and rushed to surround the head.

Although the face of the head was full of anger and pain and covered in blood, everyone still recognized it as the head of General He Jin who had just entered the palace.

"Hehe, these soldiers are really scared after seeing He Jin's head. Brother Zhao, it seems that our plan has succeeded. We just need these people to lay down their weapons and surrender. From now on, we can live without worries!"

Above the palace, Zhang Rang and others couldn't help laughing when they saw the extremely frightened Ten Attendants. Their faces were calm and at ease, without any of the anger and humiliation they had when they were constantly forced by He Jin.

"He Jin is just the beginning. I must kill He Jin's entire family to avenge my hatred!"

Zhao Zhong on the side was still gritting his teeth as he looked at He Jin's head, and it was obvious that he still harbored a deep hatred for He Jin.

When Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong heard this, the other ten eunuchs beside them all echoed in response. It was obvious that their hatred for He Jin was no less than that of Zhao Zhong.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the other ten eunuchs made a good plan.

However, among the Ten Attendants of the Palace, there was an ambitious man like Yuan Shao who intended to cause rebellion.

When Yuan Shao saw that He Jin was actually killed by the Ten Eunuchs, he had no time to vent his ecstasy and excitement.

He immediately pretended to be indignant and spoke loudly to He Jin's leaders who were in a panic.

"The general has been so kind to us all the time. Now that he has died tragically in the palace, are you just going to sit back and watch his soul rest in peace?"

"We have been deeply indebted to the general. Now that the general has been harmed, we must avenge him. Benchu, tell us how to do it!"

In the crowd, Yuan Shu saw Yuan Shao come forward and immediately responded loudly according to the plan.

The other chess pieces that Yuan had placed among He Jin's troops also responded one after another.

Yuan Shao took advantage of his revenge for He Jin to immediately seize command of the army.

"The Ten Eunuchs actually dared to kill the ministers without permission. This is tantamount to treason!"

"My lords, follow me into the palace, kill the eunuchs, and avenge the general!"

Seeing that the plan was being executed perfectly, Yuan Shao immediately gave orders.

"kill!"

The rest of the troops were also instigated by Yuan Shao, and they all rushed towards the palace with bloodshot eyes.

Although the palace is tall and majestic, it is tightly closed.

However, in order to deal with this situation, the Yuan family had already secretly dispatched a lot of siege equipment.

They immediately began to attack the city in an orderly manner.

Among the palace guards there were many who were members of the Yuan family and other aristocratic families. Upon seeing this, they immediately rebelled and helped Yuan Shao and others to kill other guards and eunuchs inside the palace gates.

"Yuan Shao! How dare you openly attack the Imperial City!"

"Since Emperor Guangwu founded the country, there have been no such daring people as you in the past two hundred years!"

"Your attack on the Imperial City is tantamount to treason, why don't you stop it now!"

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten eunuchs on the palace gate were horrified when they saw this, and immediately shouted at Yuan Shao and others under the city.

Unfortunately, you can't wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.

Similarly, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were also unable to awaken an ambitious man who was determined to rebel and stop his rebellion.

"Humph! You eunuchs are arbitrarily killing ministers. Today, our clan will definitely kill all of you eunuchs!"

"If you know what's best for you, open the palace gate quickly. I can still leave you with an intact body. If you try to resist, I will turn you into dust!"

After hearing Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others' persuasion to surrender, Yuan Shao not only ignored them, but also shouted and cursed at them, and demanded that Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others open the palace gates on their own initiative.

But Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong are not fools. Now that the door is closed, you, Yuan Shao, have already begun to command your army to attack the city with all your might.

If we had opened the door as you instructed, we would have died without knowing how.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!"

"It is clear that Yuan Shao had planned to rebel after we killed He Jin. We killed He Jin and fell into his trap."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhong understood Yuan Shao's purpose and immediately started shouting.

"Now that things have come to this, what's the point of saying all this!"

"Now the imperial guards are already smaller than Yuan Shao and his men, and most of them are from other places and are not of the same mind as us. They are their people."

"This palace is definitely undefendable. The best plan now is to quickly take the Emperor and the Empress Dowager and flee the palace. Don't try any other methods!"

Although Zhang Rang's face was also gloomy as if water could drip out of it, his years of power struggles allowed him to see the key at a glance. He hurriedly took the Ten Attendants and a few eunuchs loyal to them to the harem where the emperor and the empress dowager lived.

After the Ten Attendants fled, the guards at the palace gate were leaderless and attacked from all sides, so they were soon killed.

Seeing that he had successfully broken through the palace gate, Yuan Shao did not want to waste any time and immediately led his army to attack the palace.

Cao Cao, who was standing by, was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's brazen attack on the palace, but now he had been dragged onto the pirate ship by Yuan Shao and it was impossible for him to get off. He had to grit his teeth and follow Yuan Shao and others into the palace.

Yuan Shao and other aristocratic sons of the family had long hated the eunuch party.

Before, there had been many conflicts between the world and the eunuch party.

However, the eunuch party relied on the imperial power and won more victories than defeats, suppressing the aristocratic families so much that they could not sleep or eat.

Now that they finally have a chance to kill eunuchs at will, how could these young men of the world be willing to give it up?

They rushed into the palace and killed any man without a beard, except the palace maids.

Almost every minute and every second, someone died at the hands of this group of rebels.

Some people in the palace who were not eunuchs were forced to take off their pants in public and expose their babies to prove their identities when they saw the rebel army coming. Only then could they barely save their lives.

However, he was different from Yuan Shao and others who were blinded by bloodlust and determined to kill all the eunuchs in one go.

Cao Cao still had some clarity in his mind, fearing that the Ten Attendants would do harm to the Emperor and the Queen Mother when they were at the end of their rope, so he quickly led his troops all the way to the harem.

"Where are the Queen Mother and His Majesty?"

Cao Cao stopped a palace maid who bumped into him in a panic and asked.

Immediately, under the guidance of the palace maid, he arrived outside the Queen Mother's bedroom.

"You will stay on guard again, and I will go to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and His Majesty!"

Seeing that there seemed to be no remnants of the eunuch party in the bedroom, Cao Cao walked in alone.

He walked all the way to the back hall and saw a tall woman with a good figure fainted on the couch. She had her back to him and he couldn't see her face clearly. He only smelled a strange fragrance that made Cao Cao shudder all over.

He walked up to her carefully and pushed her twice gently. The woman slowly woke up and stood up.

It seemed as if he had suffered some kind of blow, and for a moment he could not stand still and almost fell down again.

Cao Cao was quick-witted and quickly stepped forward to support the woman. He took this opportunity to look at her face and was shocked to find that the person he was supporting was actually the empress dowager.

This discovery frightened him so much that he quickly let go of the hands that were supporting the empress dowager and bowed down before Empress Dowager He.

"Your servant Cao Cao is late in coming to your rescue. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me!"

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(End of this chapter)