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The city gate guards opened the city gate and led the rebel soldiers to Xiangyang's treasury. They immediately paid them and wore winter clothing in an attempt to eliminate the rebellion. The soldiers seemed to be very satisfied with their pay and winter attire, and they also had smiles on their faces.

Looking at the soldiers who were collecting their pay and winter attire, Wang Rui heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave, he heard his subordinate, the high-ranking officer, say in surprise, "Ah …" Lord Thorn, look at that general, is he Changsha taiwai Sun Jian? "

Wang Rui looked carefully, the one in the distance was indeed Sun Jian. Wang Rui's heart started to beat even faster, he felt that something was amiss. Could it be that Sun Jian was the one who planned this mutiny? Wang Rui strode forward, and asked Sun Jian angrily: "Sun Jian, why are you also among the soldiers?"

But Sun Jian did not reply, the dozens of soldiers under him had drawn their swords and surrounded Wang Rui.

Wang Rui's face changed, and instantly became aware of the danger: "Sun Jian, what is the meaning of this? could it be that they actually want to kill Minister of the Court? "

Sun Jian held the longsword in one hand and shouted sternly: "It is precisely according to the imperial court's order to kill Wang Rui!"

Wang Rui's face twitched, and retorted: "Where did the imperial court order come from? What crime have I committed? "

"The great sin of stabbing at the history is sitting in ignorance." With a wave of his left hand, Sun Jian entered the city and received his pay. The soldiers dressed in winter immediately straightened their weapons and sabers, rushing straight towards Wang Rui.

"Sigh …" If he wanted to add to his crimes, there was no need to argue. "Now that you have dared to assassinate your superiors, the Japanese soldiers will definitely take revenge." Wang Rui let out a long sigh, looked at Sun Jian coldly, suddenly unsheathed his sword and said disdainfully: "I am a dignified court courtier, how could I die in the hands of a soldier?"

Wang Rui waved his sword and committed suicide, blood splattering all over the place.

The blood red setting sun illuminated the Changning Palace, the thick snow looked even paler under the setting sun. The Changning Palace was completely silent. Only a few sparrows searching for food lightly flew past the palace walls, and when they noticed a few patrolling Xiliang soldier s walking over, they immediately flew into the air like Arrows.

"Halt!" At this moment, two palace maids walked over while stepping on the snow, making squeaking noises. The two Xiliang soldier s guarding the entrance of the Changning Palace walked over. With one swing of their long spears, they blocked the path of the two palace maids. "Open the box and let us check."

These two palace maids were here to deliver food to the deposed Young Emperor Liu Bian. In each of their hands was a food box, which seemed to still be steaming hot. However, the two Xiliang soldier s did not dare to be careless at all.

"Mm …" How fragrant! The food in King Hong Nong is really good. " The soldier in charge of inspecting the soldiers swallowed a large mouthful of saliva as he muttered to himself, "How fortunate …" To be able to provide such a huge amount of meat every day, it's simple, but godlike, day. "

"Who are you? How come I've never seen you before? " Another soldier suddenly became interested in the palace maid who was delivering the food. He sized up the beautiful palace maid and asked curiously, "Where is the person who delivers food everyday?" Why didn't she come? "

"My name is Diao Chan. The sister who brings me food everyday suddenly became sick in the afternoon. I'll take her place temporarily." "That beautiful palace maid smiled sweetly, like a snow lotus blooming in a frozen sky." Have you checked? In such a cold day, even the food is going to get cold. "

"Go in." The soldier waved his hand and reluctantly looked at the palace maid called Diao Chan. After they walked into the Changning Palace, the soldier said to the drooling soldier: "There's actually such a beautiful girl in the world, could it be that a fairy has descended?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is a palace maid, if you have any presumptuous thoughts, be careful of your head!" Even Prime Minister does not dare to allow Master Fan Chou to send out his consort anymore, do you still dare to think so blindly? " Another soldier laughed mockingly and whispered, "Those meals are really not bad. If I could eat big fish and big meat every day, my life would be worth it!"

"We will serve His Highness. You may leave." Once Diao Chan walked into the inner room of the Changning Palace, she immediately chased out Liu Bian's two personal palace maids. She pulled Liu Bian down without a word and anxiously said: "Your Highness, quickly change into the palace maid's clothes and come with us!"

"I don't wear women's clothes!" Although he could not become emperor, Liu Bian's temper was not small. He did not dare to get angry at Dong Zhuo, so he could only vent his anger on the palace maids. How could I, as a man, wear the clothes of a palace maid? "

"Your Highness, I don't have much time to tell you. If Dong Zhuo wants to kill you, if you want to live, then quickly put on the palace maid's clothes. " Diao Chan did not have the time to coax Liu Bian, so she directly threatened him: "They are coming in soon, you should hurry up."

Although he was still young, Liu Bian had already experienced several life threatening situations. Upon hearing that Dong Zhuo wanted to kill him, he was already scared out of his wits, and obediently listened to Diao Chan's orders and put on the clothes made out of woman's hands. In the nick of time, Diao Chan did not forget to help Liu Bian put on some makeup.

"So beautiful!" In the end, she was just a fifteen-year-old child. After wearing this makeup, she was just like a palace maid. It was impossible to tell that she was a boy. The palace maid by the side pursed her lips and laughed, but it made Liu Bian's face turn red from embarrassment, and she looked even more like a big girl.

"Stop talking nonsense, go out through the Changning Palace's back door, change your clothes immediately, go find the Grand Manager, and tell him everything is going according to plan." Diao Chan instructed the palace maid, then picked up the box on the table and pulled Liu Bian out.

When Li Ru rushed to the Changning Palace, the two Xiliang soldier were still there discussing about beauties and delicacies. They would sigh from time to time, as if they were lamenting about their own fate. Sigh … Why do we have such a hard time... "Every day, you have to spend some time here to drink the northwest wind!"

Seeing Li Ru walk over, the two soldiers immediately stopped talking and did not dare to speak anymore nonsense. They immediately braced themselves and straightened their backs. Li Ru looked at them coldly, and asked snappily: "Is there anything abnormal?"

"Reporting, Sir Zhong. Everything is normal." The two West Cold soldiers answered in unison, their voices extremely loud. Although they were already trembling from the cold, they did not dare to be careless in front of Li Ru.

Li Ru waved his hand and walked straight into the Changning Palace. Just as he walked to the door, two palace maids walked out with boxes of food in their hands. When the two palace maids saw Li Ru, they seemed to be in shock and quickly bowed their heads and left.

"Mm …" For some reason, Li Ru suddenly felt that the palace maid's eyes were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before. He could not help but stop in his tracks. As he looked at the backs of the two palace maids, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

It was only until the two palace maids disappeared did Li Ru finally turn around and walk towards the Changning Palace. Just as he walked into the outer circle of Changning Palace, he saw two palace maids sitting outside. Li Ru was slightly startled, and asked sternly: "Where is His Highness the King Hong Nong? Why aren't you with him? "

"Reporting to the Sir, His Highness King Hong Nong is currently having his meal in his room. He doesn't want us by his side." The two palace maids stood up and answered carefully. They were truly afraid of the Xiliang soldier from the bottom of their hearts, and when they spoke, their voices were still trembling uncontrollably.

"Mm …" The vigilant Li Ru seemed to feel something was amiss. He glanced at them, then ignored them and walked straight into the inner room. But there was no one in the room. The food on the table was still steaming, but it hadn't moved at all.

"This is bad!" Li Ru screamed like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, and almost jumped up from the ground. He rushed out of the inner room like a madman and quickly ran out of the Changning Palace. He shouted to his own guards: "Immediately order to close the gates and prevent anyone from entering and leaving the palace."

Li Ru's guards quickly ran away to relay Li Ru's order. The two soldiers who were standing guard were baffled and also prepared to run away, but they were stopped by Li Ru. He glared at them fiercely and asked sternly: "Speak, who has come to the Changning Palace?"

"No one came …" When the two soldiers standing guard saw Li Ru's ice-cold expression, they knew that something big had happened. They answered honestly, but then suddenly thought of something, and their expressions changed: "Sir Chang Ling, the palace maid who came to deliver dinner to King Hong Nong was sick. There was someone else who just changed tonight."

"The two palace maids from before?" Li Ru suddenly remembered that he felt that something was amiss earlier. That palace maid's eyes … He waved his hand forcefully and ordered loudly, "Command all the palace maids to assemble. I want to inspect them one by one."

Just then, Fan Chou, who was in charge of the palace guards, ran over with over a dozen Xiliang soldier s. When he heard Li Ru's shout, he did not look the least bit calm and collected. He immediately asked respectfully, "Sir Erlang Ling, what's wrong with you? What's wrong? "

"What happened? Something huge had happened! Your head is going to fall off! " Li Ru glared fiercely at Fan Chou, and almost bellowed: "The King Hong Nong is gone! If you can't get it back, he will definitely cut your head off!"

"Ah …" Fan Chou was shocked, he knew how big the matter was. It was such a cold day, yet his back was already sweating. He turned around and shouted to the soldiers beside him, "Seal off the palace as soon as possible. Even if we have to dig three feet out, we must find it for me."

"Bastard, you don't need to care about the Imperial Palace anymore. Quickly go and report to the Prime Minister and seal off all four gates, preventing anyone from entering or leaving the Luoyang." "Li Ru fiercely kicked Fan Chou as he roared and commanded Fan Chou. Pay special attention to scouting young girls, don't let any of them leave Luoyang! "

Just as the West Cold soldiers were shouting and searching the palace, Diao Chan took Liu Bian and quickly left from the side garden of the North Palace. She had entered the palace since she was young and was familiar with every path here. Without waiting for the Xiliang soldier s to find her, they had already left the palace gate.

Not far from the side door of the palace was a covered carriage that had been waiting for a long time. The ones driving the carriage were Fei Hong and Liang Ming, when they saw Diao Chan and Liu Bian running out of the palace, Fei Hong and Liang Ming who were already waiting impatiently rushed over, and pulled Diao Chan and Liu Bian over.

"Hurry up and change your clothes!" Fei Hong pointed to the clothes on the carriage and ordered with an unquestionable tone. Diao Chan immediately took off her clothes and helped Liu Bian change into a man's set of clothes. At the same time, she took off the light clothes on Liu Bian's face. Soon after, she changed into a man's outfit herself.

The Valley Gate, the north wall of the Luoyang City's east city gate, had an armory and an armory on the side. Ever since the rise of Nan Gong, the Valley Gate had been used to send criminals out of the city for execution. The had bribed the guards of the Valley Gate. Upon seeing the carriage, he immediately ordered the soldiers to get out of the way, and the carriage rushed out of Valley Gate.