—187 A.D.——

Luoyang North.

For the first time, Liu Bei saw the strength of this eldest lady of the Cai family - she was able to directly repel the black flames of the rabbit in all directions during the charge.

She doesn't seem to be using any "Musou", of course, it may be to strengthen her own "Musou".

The shiny gonghou looked a little suspicious, but it still fell within the range of strength that could be achieved by crafting and strengthening.

I saw Cai Zhenji rush straight in front of the black fire rabbit that wanted to pounce, and with a blow he fell deep into its soft belly, directly knocking it backwards a few steps and hitting the city wall, and the city wall seemed to be scorched black as if to prove that the black fire had not failed.

The few pedestrians around the north gate fled one after another, and the other guards who saw the tragic situation of the two guards all hid in the gatehouse and did not dare to come out.

"Jade Rabbit ~ bite her! Hit her! Xiahou Ji waved her arms with great interest and commanded.

Jade Rabbit or something, do you think you're Chang'e? And Chang'e will take a fancy to Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, well, in all fairness, the third brother is still a good-looking talent, but it is really dark.

"If the child is disobedient, just beat it."

Cai Wan glanced at Xiahou Ji intimidatingly, and then strode towards the Black Fire Rabbit who had just struggled to get up from the city wall.

If you count the seniority, Cai Wan can indeed be said to be her elder.

Burst! Touch! Boom! Syllable!

The movement over there sounded like a rich lady who was smashing things because the person she liked didn't understand the amorous feelings—what Liu Ling, I didn't think of Liu Ling at all.

Liu Bei coughed and looked at Xiahou Ji.

"Jade, Jade Rabbit ......" The little girl's expression changed, and she seemed to have changed from "holding the rabbit" to "no rabbit", and she was looking at the flame rabbit who was obviously at a disadvantage.

This is normal, after all, even if she throws the rabbit out to get bigger, she will usually stand on the rabbit's head or shoulder, and now, the two sides are obviously separated from each other for a while.

In the end, when the fight between them smashed the large part of the city wall near the north gate and scorched black, Cai Wan walked back with the rabbit puppet that had changed back to its original form, and returned it to Xiahou Ji with a smile:

"Ah, it's been a long time since I've done my best, thank you, little girl~"

From this point of view, the reason why Cao Mengde is obedient to him, a childhood sweetheart, is not to have thoughts about her at all, but to avoid her from having any "thoughts" about herself!

"No, don't thank you......" Xiahou Ji reached out to catch the rabbit.

"Miss Cai is polite, don't you still want to look for Miss Cai? We won't waste your time. Liu Bei grabbed the rabbit before Xiahou Ji.

With his understanding of the girl's "holding the rabbit" state, she will never admit it obediently, and can only make a bigger move, and if the conflict escalates, it will be difficult to end.

"Hehe~" Cai Zhenji looked at Liu Bei and then at Xiahou Ji, and without asking the reason, she raised her hand to pat the top of the girl's head and pinched her face, and got up straight and chased in the direction where Cai Wenji and the animal left.

Cai Yan's little girl will probably never be able to catch up with Zhao Yun, because her sister is following behind, this belongs to a variant of "fox fake tiger might", right......

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Luoyang East City, restaurant.

At this time, the atmosphere in Luoyang was quite tense, whether it was pedestrians or patrols to maintain order, there were many fewer people, the doors and windows of every household were closed, and only the east and west cities were still near a slight sense of prosperity and stability of the capital, but this sense of prosperity and stability was more because of the rangers stationed here, rather than the families, eunuchs, and relatives who were busy confronting each other and fighting for power.

At present, although Luoyang has experienced several major wars, not too many residents have fled, they have all closed their doors and waited for the incident to pass, because after all, this is the capital of the Han Dynasty, and in the minds of all the people, no one will dare to destroy it in the face of the world's condemnation.

After so many foreign attacks, clan rebellions, party disasters, and plagues, Luoyang is still standing, which is proof.

As if in order to agree with this speculation of the common people, and to avoid causing too much panic, the forces on all sides of the Luoyang conflict invariably left the time of struggle after sunset and before sunrise, except for some people who did not follow common sense, such as Lu Bu.

However, even during the day, civilians may hear the sound of swords clashing from remote and uninhabited places, as well as glimpses of blood and corpses off the beaten track - but the latter will always disappear inadvertently, perhaps by the warring parties.

"The situation in Luoyang is basically like this, Ranger Seventy-six," the restaurant owner finally said, "Although your desire to come to Luoyang to contribute to the people is very good, we can't do anything until those people above have decided the winners." ”

"Isn't there anything dangerous or strange happening?" Liu Bei frowned and asked, "For example, who plans to use dangerous things to wipe out other competitors?" ”

"This is the capital, who dares to mess around?" The boss looked at Liu Bei strangely: "No matter who wins the power in the end, the people here are his people, isn't it equivalent to self-destruction to get that kind of thing?" ”

"Oh......"

Liu Bei originally entered Luoyang as an ordinary warrior, but was recognized by Cai Zhenji at a glance at the north gate, and because the flame rabbit made a lot of movement, it was obviously inappropriate to continue to maintain that appearance, so he took Zhang Fei and Xiahou Ji to some houses where Lu Zhi still had servants to clean, and changed his clothes again, and the "Ranger Seventy-Six" and "Ranger Seventy-Five" when he and Gongsun Zhan were anonymous rangers reappeared - although Seventy-five was inexplicably black and strong, and he also brought a little girl, but he was originally an anonymous ranger.

Regarding the "catastrophe" predicted by Sima Yi, Liu Bei hoped to find some clues through the Ranger Guild, but at this time it seemed to be in vain.

"However, there is a problem now, but it is not something that can be solved by a ranger." The boss thought for a moment and added.

"I want to hear about it." Liu Bei responded.

"At this time, the commander of Liangzhou drove straight into Luoyang, and at the same time brought the ranger atmosphere near the border, that is, 'separate from the restaurant, establish a separate exclusive organization of the rangers, and then establish the relevant order', but this is inconsistent with the east of Luoyang's 'sword and wine, free and easy', 'things are done, and the name is hidden', if it is really implemented, don't talk about other things, just the identity of the ranger seventy-six you, the 'anonymous ranger', will be strictly prohibited." The boss whispered.

"It seems that you don't approve of it, boss." Liu Bei said.

"Go, find your own commission, don't mess with me if you have nothing to do." The boss seemed to refuse to take a stand.

It seems that Zhao Yun should be busy with this matter, and then he was embellished by the little lady of the Cai family, Liu Bei smiled, and turned to leave.

However, since there is no "thing" on the surface that will cause a catastrophe, then it should be a "person", and at this time, which "person" can be stronger than the Sword Master?

Liu Bei had made up his mind, and took Zhang Fei and Xiahou Ji straight to the palace.

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The ruins of the Royal Palace.

The dwellings of the outside world are almost intact, except for the Imperial Palace and the official residences of some high-ranking officials, which is strange but natural in the current situation.

Because Lu Bu crashed into it once before, the few forces in the palace who originally wanted to hold up the façade suddenly threw away their face, and their forces completely shrank around the specific palace, and as for the subsidiary forces outside the palace, they could only be left to fend for themselves.

Although the palace is equivalent to being undefended, the courtiers and relatives and other forces do not dare to enter without being sure, and there is no reason to reason if the Sword Saint is in a bad mood and cuts them down.

"Of course, Brother Liu doesn't have to worry about this." After Liu Bei quietly entered the palace, a slightly shorter "Diao Chan" appeared to guide him, and after a brief introduction to the situation at this time, he said.

"Sister Xian gave 'that thing' to you, right?" Liu Bei responded: "But as far as you know, you should be the queen's subordinates?" ”

"Even now~" The "Diao Chan" responded: "The queen instructed us to arrest the princess, monitor the minister, and beat the eunuchs, there is no problem, but she can't order us to be unfavorable to Your Majesty, and if the order issued is contrary to the will of the Sword Saint, we will not carry it out." ”

"So, the Ten Servants?" Liu Bei wondered.

"I can only say that their relationship with His Majesty was originally equivalent to ours to the Empress, what is going on, I don't dare to talk too much, I will be beaten by my predecessors." She lifted the viscar and stuck out her tongue.

Predecessor? Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, but still decided not to mention the appearance of "Diao Chan" in the battle near Hangu Pass for the time being, because he could not guarantee that the person in front of him was not rebelled by Dong Zhuo, if he wanted to say it, he also said it with the Sword Saint.

"Husband...... I feel like there's something bad in that palace......"

As we approached the West Garden, there were more complete palaces and gardens, and there were many traces of the battle that had come to an abrupt end, as if some people were fighting each other, but when they looked up and saw that they were so close to the West Garden, they stopped at the same time, turned around and ran.

At this time, there was no rabbit, and Xiahou Ji, who had a slightly weak tone, pulled the corner of Zhang Fei's clothes, raised his hand and pointed in one direction and said.

Liu Bei followed the prestige and saw a house with a tall courtyard wall, which, judging by its heavy, unsightly and unlustrous roof, may not have been the residence of a member of the royal family—although there were no royal people anymore.

"That's Ge Xuandao's alchemy room, let's not get too close," although he couldn't see his face, there was a little fear in the voice of the "Diao Chan".

Ge Xuan? The culprit who made the Five Stone Powder, the Double Powder, and some kind of strange elixir that made the Emperor unconscious? Juggernaut even kept him? Could it be that—

"Boom!!"

Before Liu Bei could finish thinking, he heard a loud bang coming from the house, and as far as his eyes could see, the ugly roof exploded outward, and a figure wearing a Taoist robe and blackened flew out in the air.

"Ah, Daoist Ge Xuan's Dan furnace has exploded again." "Diao Chan" said in a flat, waveless, accustomed tone.