"General! Huangfu Song and the captain of the Central Army and others have already rushed over!"

Someone ran over here and shouted.

Yuan Shu looked at Liu Zhaoqing and immediately said to He Jin: "General..."

He Jin looked at Liu Zhaoqing and drew out the sword in his hand. Since Liu Zhaoqing had no intention of cooperating, then there was no need for him to exist in this world.

Although he was a marquis, Liu Zhaoqing was just one person at this time...

Just as He Jin took a step forward, a blue arrow shot from a distance.

Yuan Shu drew his sword and chopped it off, but then a golden figure flashed from the side.

One of his swords looked directly at the long sword in Yuan Shu's hand.

Suddenly, a woman with the same golden hair as Yuan Shu appeared in front of him.

"Yuan Benchu! You are a descendant of the Yuan clan, but you want to go against the Yuan family?!" Yuan Shu held Yuan Shao's sword tightly and shouted with glaring eyes.

"You cannot represent the Yuan family." Yuan Shao said coldly.

At this moment, a dark shadow jumped over from the other side. Cao Cao, wearing black light armor and holding a long sword, disappeared directly into the shadows. The next moment, he reappeared from the shadow of a group of Tiger Guards beside Liu Zhaoqing.

With a sweep of her leg, she kicked three Tiger Guards towards a peach tree in the distance. She then rolled over to avoid the sweeps of several other Tiger Guards, stepped on the long spears that were swept across her body by the Tiger Guards, and then swung her arm with a sword to cut off several stacked iron spears.

Cao Cao came to Liu Zhaoqing, holding a long sword and thrusting it into the ground. She raised her chin slightly, a hint of blue light flashed in her dark eyes, and her tone was cold.

"He Jin, are you planning to commit murder against the Marquis of Changping in front of the late emperor?"

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He looked at the Yuan siblings who were confronting each other on the left side, and then looked at Cao Cao who was standing in front of him and Liu Zhaoqing.

He Jin's eyes were gloomy, and he gradually became angry because these two youngsters dared to openly go against him.

His greatest enemy, Zhang Rang, was already dead. At this moment, He Jin didn't understand why these guys dared to oppose him more blatantly than before.

Do you really think that your title of general is just an empty title like those of the young marquises?

At this moment, He Jin was in command of a large army. He could mobilize troops from both inside and outside Luoyang, whether they were the Huben Army or troops from other places. His position as "General" in the court was even higher than that of the Three Dukes.

Yuan Shao is a junior of the Yuan family. Although he is now in cahoots with Cao Cao and others, the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Wei, and the legitimate junior, Yuan Shu, are both on He Jin's side.

Even if Yuan Shao had his own ideas, He Jin didn't need to care too much about it. To him, Yuan Shao was at most a rebellious little girl in the Yuan family.

But Cao Cao is different...

This eunuch had previously openly opposed the Ten Attendants, but now he was standing against them.

The Cao family was a large family of high-ranking bureaucrats and landlords. Although they were not a family of gentry, the wealth and connections accumulated by their fathers and grandfathers were too huge. In addition, Cao Cao himself was considered a genius at a young age and was an outstanding talent with unlimited prospects.

He Jin made a quick judgment in his mind for two seconds and then he knew what to do.

As for the former, Yuan Shao had Yuan Shu and Yuan Wei to control him, so he didn't need to do much.

And Cao Cao...he has not yet fully grasped the power that is about to be obtained.

He Jin looked at Cao Cao and made a decision: since it was not a good time to take action right now, he would "ask" Cao Cao to leave before more troublemakers arrived, and then have a good talk with her when he had the power in his hands.

"Come here, the captain of the army is in poor health and may be infected by evil spirits." He Jin said calmly, looking at Cao Cao, "Capture him."

When the soldiers behind came forward, Cao Cao put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and at this moment, a loud shout came from further behind.

"He Jin!!"

Hearing this voice, He Jin frowned slightly.

Unexpectedly, Wang Kuang and others were unable to stop Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who had been injured by Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo and the other ten transformed eunuchs.

When Cao Cao looked up, he saw two majestic-looking armored generals riding black horses, leading a large number of soldiers coming from afar.

After a while, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun led their soldiers to surround He Jin's troops.

"General Huangfu, General Zhu, what are you planning to do?" He Jin turned around and was not afraid of the two men at all.

"You two loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, are you going to attack me, the great general of the imperial court?"

After Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun dismounted, they took a look at the situation, and then Huangfu Song said to He Jin: "We are here to rescue the emperor."

"Rescue? His Majesty has already passed away. You should have sensed it when we were outside Taoyuan, right?" He Jin asked back.

"When His Majesty passes away, the funeral must naturally be conducted according to the rituals and laws, and the three ministers and others must do their best to maintain a stable situation in the court until the new monarch ascends the throne." Huangfu Song continued.

"In that case, I am the general, and also the minister entrusted by your majesty. Is there anything unreasonable about my being here at this moment?"

He Jin snorted coldly after he finished speaking: "On the contrary, you two, who came late to rescue me, dare to ask for punishment in front of me?"

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun frowned slightly. It was unusual for He Jin to say such a thing. It seemed that He Jin's advisers should have told him about this situation a long time ago.

"The general has misunderstood." Zhu Jun stepped forward, stroked his mustache, and spoke slowly.

"We are just worried that the general will be infected by the evil spirit, so we rushed here."

"In this case, Qiongqi has been killed by me, and you can leave now." He Jin continued.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song did not move.

This made He Jin raise his eyebrows, and he turned his body slightly, showing the long sword at his waist to the two of them: "What? Do you think that Qiongqi is still in the palace now?"

"Why doesn't the general bring his own counselors? Such remarks are really moving." At this moment, Cao Cao over there suddenly asked, and then showed a mocking look.

He Jin tilted his head and looked at Cao Cao: "You little kid, do you really think I dare not touch you?"

"The general has misunderstood." Cao Cao imitated Zhu Jun and said this, then said seriously: "I just hope that the general will not do such a thing as calling a deer a horse in front of the late emperor."

"After all, the first person to do this was the eunuch whom the general hated the most."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked around and spoke again: "Besides, your majesty has issued a decree before, to kill Qiongqi, so we have joined forces with the general, and we can clearly sense the fluctuations of Qiongqi's execution."

Cao Cao turned around and said to Liu Zhaoqing, who looked calm, "But the strange thing is that the general said that Qiongqi was killed by the general? Is there something wrong?"

"This is the West Garden Peach Forest that Your Majesty loves the most. Tonight, there has been a restriction set up by Zhang Rang and others. The two generals, the general and I have joined forces to attack it for a long time but have not been able to take it down. Qiongqi was killed before the restriction was broken. At that time, the general was right in front of us..."

"... Could it be that the general has the ability to split himself into two bodies like Qiongqi?"

It didn't make sense logically, and He Jin's attempt to take all the credit for himself was easily seen through.

But He Jin didn't care too much. Since he was now disturbed by Huangfu Song and others and couldn't take all the credit, he just needed to gain greater benefits.

That naturally means the control of the court before the new monarch ascends the throne, and even the candidate for the new monarch. All of these are in his hands. Then He Jin not only controls a large number of troops, but also actually controls the imperial power, which means he controls the entire world.

But if He Jin wants to control these matters alone, he absolutely needs overwhelming say, so the credit that he cannot take should never be given to others.

For example, if it were handed over to Liu Zhaoqing, if his contribution tonight was confirmed, it would not be as simple as being granted a title of nobility. It would not be an exaggeration to promote him to one of the three dukes and nine ministers.

In that case, just as the power of the Ten Eunuchs was destroyed, a new great power emerged.

"Qiongqi should have been killed by the late emperor, and Zhang Rang should also have been beheaded by the late emperor. As for the late emperor's death, there were obvious knife wounds on his body. There is only Liu Zhaoqing here, and he also used a sword. In order to find out the truth, we should capture Liu Zhaoqing first." He Jin said.

"Are you kidding?" Yuan Shao, who had separated from Yuan Shu, spoke coldly.

"The late emperor was killed by Qiongqi, and Zhang Rang was the late emperor's confidant, so how could he be killed by the late emperor? Qiongqi and Zhang Rang were clearly killed by the Marquis of Changping!"

"If I say that he was killed by the late emperor, then that's it." He Jin said calmly.

He Jin was trying to call a horse a deer, and Cao Cao, Huangfu Song and others all looked serious.

Even though the Ten Eunuchs were executed, the threat posed by He Jin has not subsided, but has become even greater.

Seeing that Huangfu Song and others were about to take action, He Jin raised his right hand with a calm expression, and the attendant next to him used the God-given skill to shoot an arrow into the sky.

Suddenly, a bright red light shot into the air, and loud shouts from a large number of soldiers were heard again around the peach forest.

Huangfu Song and others were surrounded again.

"My soldiers have been transferred here one after another. Isn't it a bit too childish for you to want to fight against the general of the court by force?" He Jin smiled.

"I'll give you some kind advice: Don't move around here. Swords have no eyes. After I finish dealing with this matter, you can go to the harem with me to welcome the new emperor."

After He Jin finished speaking, he looked at Liu Zhaoqing and gave an order.

"Someone! Capture Liu Zhaoqing!"

Huangfu Song stepped forward but was stopped by Zhu Jun, who shook his head.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao drew their swords again and pointed them at He Jin. He Jin shook his cloak, and the two of them were blown crooked by a gust of air.

"You two little kids still want to compete with me?"

After He Jin finished speaking, he looked at Liu Zhaoqing, but Liu Zhaoqing's expression remained unchanged.

But he stretched out his hand, and in He Jin's surprised eyes, a long sword in the distance flew into his hand.

Renjie has a special feeling for the weapons he has used for a long time, especially the weapons made of fine materials and precious materials.

Although Liu Zhaoqing was not a great man, no one thought it was particularly shocking that he could wield a sword to fight back.

What surprised He Jin was that Liu Zhaoqing did not resist or escape while holding the sword, but instead raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

"He Jin."

"Why don't you kneel down?"

He Jin: “?”

"How dare you make the general kneel down in front of you?!" He Jinzhi's attendant shouted immediately.

Liu Zhaoqing, however, said calmly: "If your master has no loyalty to you, then it's okay if you don't kneel."

"No king?" Yuan Shu walked up to He Jin and narrowed his eyes: "So, Liu Zhaoqing, you think you are the king?"

Liu Zhaoqing did not answer, but closed his eyes, then called upon the true dragon in his heart, injecting a trace of true dragon energy into the hilt of the sword and into the gray and inconspicuous sword tassel.

In an instant, the sword tassel turned from gray to bright red.

The gray-white Water-Repellent Sword also began to show red patterns again, and a huge and breathtaking aura of dignity emanated from Liu Zhaoqing... no, it was from the sword in Liu Zhaoqing's hand.

Feeling this breath, Yuan Shu was shocked: "This breath..."

"What...is this?" He Jin frowned, put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and had a bad premonition.

Yuan Shao looked up at the sword tassel and murmured, "This is similar to the aura of the imperial seal that His Majesty took out when I met my uncle before..."

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately smiled.

"This is the tassel of Emperor Gaozu's snake-slaying sword, a gift from the late emperor. Take it and come with the emperor!"

Liu Zhaoqing shouted:

"He Jin! Why don't you kneel down?!"

He Jin opened his mouth and took a step back, while Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun on the other side lifted up their clothes, knelt on their knees, and prostrated themselves before Liu Zhaoqing in the ceremony of meeting the emperor.

Upon seeing this, his followers quickly knelt down, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao also saluted Liu Zhaoqing.

Yuan Shu looked at He Jin, and then realized that Liu Zhaoqing had this thing, and the situation was already determined, so he immediately bowed his head and knelt to perform the same salute.

The servants around him knelt down one after another while hesitating.

He Jin looked into Liu Zhaoqing's eyes, the light in those eyes was as bright as the rising sun.

"He Jin, you want to disobey the imperial order and defy the authority of Heaven as a subject?!" Cao Cao shouted at He Jin while kneeling on the ground.

He Jin's expression changed, his hand tightly gripped the hilt of the sword, and he wanted to say something, but under the red sword tassel, all his authority and words seemed pale and powerless.

This was not only a gift from the previous emperor, but also a legacy from the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. It symbolized the entire Han Dynasty. How dare he, a great general, ignore the heaven for three hundred years?

After a moment's silence, He Jin's hand finally loosened slowly. He paused for a moment, then lifted up his clothes, and slowly knelt on the ground with a grim face.

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"The previous emperor issued an edict that if anyone saw an evil spirit, they should be killed. Now the evil spirits in the palace have been driven out by me. Zhang Rang and Xia Yun have all been killed by me."

Liu Zhaoqing looked at the soldiers kneeling around him and continued:

"Your Majesty was infected by the Ten Eunuchs' extraordinary abilities. I tried my best, but I still failed to save the late emperor. The late emperor regarded me as Changping, and before he died, he hoped that I would live up to this name, but this is all I can do..."

While Liu Zhaoqing was speaking with a look of regret and remorse, Cao Cao immediately took over and said loudly:

"We came to the palace to serve the king and punish the eunuchs. Now the eunuchs have been punished by Marquis Changping, and the evil spirit has also been killed by Marquis Changping. As a result, the people of the world have been able to escape disaster. Although Marquis Changping failed to save the late emperor, he has done a great thing to save the world. The late emperor must be at peace and relieved in heaven."

"However, although the eunuch party has been punished, the heavens have not returned."

Cao Cao said, and shouted again: "There are still remnants of evil in the palace, and the heavens are not at peace. Please ask the Marquis of Changping to respond to the late emperor's will, hold the Emperor Gaozu's seal, and pacify the Luoyang situation!"

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