"These people are really cruel, they actually dare to assassinate an official of the imperial court."
"Alas, since Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, he has never had a peaceful day."
"It's pitiful. He is obviously a hero who eliminates harm for the people, but now he is slandered as a rebel."
"Shh~~~ Stop talking, do you all want to die?"
"It's gone, it's gone."
"..."
The people of Luoyang who gathered under the city dispersed one after another, revealing the heroic man hiding among them.
The man's sword-shaped eyebrows were tightly knitted and pressed against his temples, pointing upwards to the sky. There was a raging fire in his bright eyes, which could spurt out at any time.
"Master, please leave quickly. We will find another opportunity to avenge Xiao Shunzi."
That's right.
The man standing below.
It was none other than the Crazy Demon Sword Deng Zhan.
Since Ding Lei's death, Deng Zhan became the leader, with hundreds of brothers under his command.
And Xiao Shunzi is one of his most capable generals.
But I never thought that he would die tragically in the hands of the Xiliang thieves today.
Holding back his anger, Deng Zhan turned around and left, lowering his voice and saying:
"Tell the brothers inside the door to meet at Que Village before tonight."
"Master, are you trying to..."
"Snatch the body!"
"Here."
*****
Inner city.
Shi Zixuan's Mansion.
Hiss~~~
After listening to his disciple's report, Shi Zixuan couldn't help but gasped: "Luoyang is really lively today. Two major events happened, including the assassination of Li Ru and the forced entry into the west gate."
"It's interesting."
Shi Zixuan nodded with interest, then asked: "Apart from this, what else did you find out?"
A disciple said: "Master, I found out that the ranger who assassinated Li Ru came from Ding Lei's sect. Now their leader is Ding Lei's disciple Deng Zhan. This man hates evil as much as he hates it. I'm afraid he won't let it go."
"oh?"
Shi Zixuan turned around and looked: "You mean...Deng Zhan will take action?"
The disciple nodded: "I think so. I heard that Deng Zhan and Shi A know each other. Master, should we inform Shi A in advance, or help secretly?"
Shi Zixuan immediately waved his hand to interrupt: "Just leave the matter of the ranger to Shi A. We can try not to get involved, otherwise we will get into trouble."
"So be it."
Shi Zixuan pondered for a moment and said: "After the next shift, Shi A will come to get information. You should explain to him clearly what happened today and let him decide whether to help."
The disciple nodded slowly: "Here."
really.
That evening.
Shi A arrived as promised and rushed to Shi Zixuan's house.
"What did you say?"
Shi A was greatly shocked and stood up: "Is the deceased a disciple of Deng Zhan?"
The disciple nodded: "Yes, exactly."
"not good."
Shi A's heart was not in a good mood.
He knew Deng Zhan's temper very well.
This is a guy who hates evil as much as he hates it and is determined to retaliate.
"Deng Zhan is in danger."
After receiving the information, he walked away without daring to stay for a moment.
Before the curfew, Shi A quickly left the city.
As a ranger, Shi A naturally knew the places where Deng Zhan conducted his daily activities. After a little inquiry, he learned about Que Village.
Shi A didn't dare to stay and hurried to Que Village.
really!
The place was full of rangers, no less than a hundred people.
"Brother Deng~~~"
"Brother Deng, I am Shi A!"
Shi A walked straight into the village, shouting at the top of his lungs.
The rangers surrounding him surrounded him, each one staring at him as if staring at prey.
"Brother Shi~~~"
Just at this moment, Deng Zhan's voice appeared.
Shi A turned his head and looked.
On the third floor opposite, Deng Zhan stood proudly with a long sword in his arms: "Let him come up."
Shi A hurried upstairs and opened the door: "Brother Deng, don't be impulsive. Things are definitely not as simple as you think."
Shi A helped Liu Bian pass on information many times in Age, so he was naturally well aware of the undercurrents in the court.
Although two major events happened in the inner city of Luoyang today, the keen Shi A immediately realized that these two events may be fundamentally the same thing.
Although the deaths of the Deng Zhan brothers were apparently closely related to Dong Zhuo, in fact the reasons were so complicated that even Shi A couldn't explain it clearly.
But he is sure of one thing!
The brothers under Deng Zhan must have been taken advantage of.
"how?"
Deng Zhan frowned and asked Shi A: "Do you know the reasons for each victory?"
Shi A shook his head: "Although I don't know much about it, but after you assassinated Li Ru, the west gate of the inner city was raided by gangsters right after. Isn't this a coincidence?"
"What a coincidence?"
Deng Zhan was so angry that he didn't care about the reason and directly retorted: "Dong Zhuo has a wolfish nature. After the deposed emperor was killed, people and gods were angry. There were only two killings in one day. Why is it so surprising?"
"Brother Deng~~"
Shi A stopped in front of Deng Zhan, took a deep breath and said: "Please think carefully, Xiao Shunzi led people to assassinate Li Ru, why did the reinforcements arrive immediately? But after Hu Zhen led the troops, something happened again at Ximen
Raid!"
"You are obviously being used by someone to deliberately lure away the Ximen defenders and create an opportunity for them to break into the city gate. Although the murderer is a Xiliang soldier, the real murderer is by no means as simple as you think!"
"besides......"
Shi A explained all the doubts in his heart in one breath: "The assassination of Li Ru has failed. Dong Zhuo only needs to clean up the body. Why hang the city head?"
Deng Zhan frowned: "You mean...Dong Zhuo is deliberately tempting us to take action?"
Shi A breathed out a breath: "Of course that's the case, Brother Deng, I understand your mood at the moment, but revenge must be rational and never acted on impulse, otherwise Xiao Shunzi and the others will not only die."
"Brother Shi."
"Um?"
"How do you know these things?"
"I......"
For a moment, Shi A was speechless.
He didn't know how to answer.
Deng Zhan saw that Shi A was hesitant and seemed to have something to hide, so he pressed again: "I know you, you don't seem to be able to think of these things. Tell me, what have you been doing recently?"
"And the key!"
Deng Zhan suddenly heard the key from the palace and became more suspicious: "If you don't tell me, I will send someone to sue the official!"
Shi A was shocked, his eyes wandering: "Brother Deng, you...how could you treat me like this?"
Deng Zhan noticed something strange about Shi A and stared at him with burning eyes: "Brother Shi, you won't lie. Tell me, otherwise I can really do anything."
"Alas~~~"
Seeing that Deng Zhan insisted on doing this, Shi Ah Chang sighed: "Brother Deng, I came here to persuade you at night, you should believe me."
Deng Zhan nodded: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you. I just want to judge the accuracy of your information."
"actually......"
Shi A swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Recently, I was entrusted by a friend to secretly protect a person in the palace."