The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 493: Nighttime Murder
At night, the autumn wind blows.

It is a good season for chopping off heads, and the wind at night seems a little restless.

The wind blew up the fallen leaves on the ground.

It seemed to be mixed with crying.

Cao Zhi lay in the study. For some reason, the night was particularly long. He tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep.

When the terrible strong wind blew outside again, Cao Zhi couldn't help it.

He has always been a nostalgic person. After finally getting familiar with the bedroom here, he was now trapped in this study. Although he had made his bedding, he still couldn't fall asleep.

He stood up quietly and walked to the door.

"Outside the door, I want to go back to the hall to rest!"

Cao Zhi cleared his throat and spoke.

But there was no response from outside the door.

Cao Zhi spoke again: "I can't sleep here! I have to go back!"

Despite his tough attitude, it was still quiet outside.

Cao Zhi finally couldn't bear it anymore and he pushed the door open.

"Ok??"

There was no one outside the door.

The two soldiers disappeared.

Cao Zhi was overjoyed and strode towards his bedroom, but after taking a few steps, he hesitated.

Something is wrong.

Gong Shahong clearly asked the soldiers to watch him and not leave. He has more than two soldiers and they can take turns on guard. How could there be no one?
Cao Zhi returned to the study cautiously, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

He took a deep breath, quickly picked up the ceremonial sword hanging on the wall, and held it tightly in his hand. This seemed to give him some courage.

"Your Majesty~~~"

I don't know how long it was before a soft call came from outside the door.

Cao Zhi was extremely frightened. He hid by the door, staring at it with wide eyes, but did not answer.

"Your Majesty~~~"

The call was heard again, but Cao Zhi still did not answer.

In such a quiet night, none of his subordinates were there, but suddenly someone started calling him. Cao Zhi felt creepy for an instant, and his hair stood on end.

"Crack."

Someone pushed open the door.

"what!!"

Cao Zhi roared angrily and rushed out.

The two men collided with each other, and a muffled groan was heard. The man fell to the ground immediately, with Cao Zhi pressing on him.

It was at this moment that Cao Zhi saw the situation outside clearly.

In the dim moonlight, the study was full of people, dozens of them, all of them tall and strong men.

Cao Zhi jumped up, holding a long sword and pointed it at these people.

"Who are you?!"

"Someone is coming!!"

"The thief stabbed the king!!"

Cao Zhi used his loudest voice.

The person he had just pinned down was now terrified and hurriedly shouted, "Catch him! Don't hurt him! Catch him!!"

The strong men immediately rushed over.

Cao Zhi directly swung the sword in his hand, but these people were not afraid at all. They attacked with their bare hands. Even if they were wounded by the sword, they didn't care. Cao Zhi began to dodge frantically.

Cao Zhi's martial arts were very good. He was tall and strong since childhood, and he was good at riding and shooting, and he also practiced swordsmanship.

But it comes in handy at this moment.

Surrounded by the crowd, Cao Zhi continued to resist. He ran around, turning back from time to time to chop someone down.

There was a big commotion in the palace.

However, it seemed that no one heard the noise here, and no one cared about the situation here.

Cao Zhi finally couldn't hold on any longer. There were too many people on the other side. Even though he was unarmed, when they rushed towards him from all directions, Cao Zhi couldn't deal with every one of them. Someone took the opportunity to snatch the sword from his hand, and the others directly pinned him under them.

"Don't hurt him! Don't hurt him!!"

Liu Jun was so anxious that he was jumping up and down.

Those people quickly tied up Cao Zhi with ropes. Cao Zhi was gasping for breath and was tied up like a cow or sheep.

Cao Zhi raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him.

When the man saw that he was subdued, he waved towards the distance. Cao Zhi saw someone running towards him carrying something.

Cao Zhi immediately understood.

Poisoned wine.

No wonder he said not to hurt himself. Was he trying to fake suicide by poisoning himself? Was he afraid his injuries would be discovered?
Cao Zhi suddenly laughed.

"Hey!"

He shouted at the young man.

Liu Jun looked at him in astonishment, and saw Cao Zhi raised his head and slammed his head hard on the ground.

Before anyone noticed, he smashed it several times in a row.

He just made several close contacts with the ground with his face.

When the warriors grabbed his head, Cao Zhi's face was already covered in blood.

Cao Zhi laughed, blood still oozing from the corner of his mouth.

"Even if I die, I will ruin your plans, you bastard!"

Liu Jun looked at the scene blankly and was so angry that he jumped up and down.

He stepped forward and wanted to kick Cao Zhilai, but he held back.

He sneered, "Do you really think I have no solution?" "I originally wanted to save you from suffering. Since you insist on doing this, don't blame me. Come on, tie him up in the study!"

He looked at the man in the distance again and said, "Throw away the poisoned wine. Bring me some kerosene to burn the grass. Setting myself on fire wouldn't be a bad idea."

Cao Zhi was furious and started cursing.

"You beast, I'm going to fuck your mother!"

Immediately, the warriors dragged him into the study. This time, they were no longer worried about hurting Cao Zhi. After tying up his limbs and throwing him into the study, they began to place books, bedding and other items next to Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi continued to curse, so the warriors blocked his mouth again.

When everyone got busy, Cao Zhi was surrounded by various flammable materials.

Cao Zhi gritted his teeth and stared at the man fiercely, but he was not afraid.

Liu Jun sneered, holding a torch, and said as he walked: "Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi, there is so much land in Jibei, and you insist on competing with our family. Why are you so eager to die?"

"How dare you hurt my family members and insult my clan leader?"

"Cao Zhi, farewell!!"

"Whoosh~~~"

"Pfft!"

Liu Jun trembled all over and slowly lowered his head.

He saw an arrow sticking out of his chest, with blood stains on it. He stared at Cao Zhi in front of him with wide eyes, wanting to say something, but before he could open his mouth, he fell to the ground with a bang.

The warriors were shocked and turned back in a hurry.

"Damn it! My master told you to shoot his hand, not through him! With your archery skills, I'll hang you from the horse's legs and drag you to death when we get back!"

Curses were heard in the distance, and within a moment, arrows began to fly.

These warriors had no time to react and fell down one after another.

Cao Zhi watched the fallen torch slowly ignite the bedding in the distance, his eyes widened and he kept humming.

As arrows flew, the warriors fell one after another, and soon, no one was left standing.

It was only at this time that a burly general in armor walked in, surrounded by a crowd of people.

The person who came was Hu Zun.

At this moment, Hu Zun was grabbing someone by the back of the neck and shaking him madly.

The man was a head taller than Hu Zun, but he was as obedient as a grandson in front of him, allowing Hu Zun to bully him and not daring to say a word.

Cao Zhi widened his eyes and watched the flames approaching him, then raised his head and hummed even more desperately.

Hu Zun continued to curse: "You shot everyone to death, how can we find the culprit?"

"If you missed the target, you should have told me! I'll do it myself, just look at you, you idiot!!"

The man explained: "It's too dark at night, I can't see clearly"

"Oh, that's all bullshit!"

Hu Zun walked up to Liu Jun and looked him over, "This man is just a minor official. How could he have the guts to murder a prince?"

"What a pity! He was the only one among all the assassins who could pry open his mouth, and you shot him dead."

Cao Zhi looked at the flames that were about to burn him and struggled even harder.

"What's your name?!"

Hu Zun raised his foot and stomped out the flames in front of Cao Zhi, then lowered his head and questioned him angrily.

At that moment, Cao Zhi felt his whole body go limp.

It was at this time that footsteps were heard in the distance.

"What's wrong?! What happened?"

Then he saw Jibei Xianggong Sha Hong rushing in with a group of people. Hu Zun took a look over there, then walked over with a sneer. The man who was scolded came over and untied the rope on Cao Zhi.

"Greetings, General!!"

The moment Gong Shahong saw Hu Zun, his face turned pale as paper and he hurriedly saluted.

Hu Zun looked at him. "Where are you from? You came here so quickly?"

"General, I heard someone was attacking the city."

"Oh, that's how it is."

When Hu Zun was chatting with Gong Shahong, the food in Cao Zhi's mouth was taken away. He looked at the general beside him with gratitude.

"Thank you, thank you very much."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to thank me."

The man helped Cao Zhi up, and they both looked into the distance. Hu Zun was still talking to Gong Shahong.

Cao Zhi gritted his teeth and said coldly, "This thief is in cahoots with the people who tried to murder me. If it weren't for your sharpshooter, I would have died at the hands of these thieves."

The man shook his head. "With the general here, you'll be fine."

Cao Zhi listened to Hu Zun's roar and was about to speak when he heard Hu Zun pointing at the general beside him.

"Get over here!"

The general hurried over and heard Hu Zun calling something. He waved at him and the man hurried back to Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi looked at him, somewhat puzzled. "General, a formidable general, how could he be humiliated like this by General Hu?!"

He didn't even have the courage to say it directly. Hu Zun really trained people like he was training his grandson.

The general sighed and said nothing.

Gong Shahong made a testimony at this moment.

"General Hu, I know this person! This person is from the Liu family! It was this family that had the dispute with the King of Jibei!"

"It seems that someone from the Liu family wants to murder the King of Jibei!"

"Thank goodness the general is here"

Gong Shahong was just speaking when a rough and huge slap was swung and hit him hard in the face. Gong Shahong turned around with the slap and then fell to the ground.

Hu Zun put away his slap and cursed, "You bastard, do you think I'm a fool?!"

"Come here, capture this guy for me, and send someone to capture the Liu family members as well!"

"only!!!"

(End of this chapter)