Chapter 16: Shock

Time is quietly passing.

Before you know it, the New Year has arrived.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty issued an order to change the year name Yonghan to Chuping.

New year, new weather, everyone is looking forward to this new year, the Han River will be stable, and the wind and rain will be smooth.

Chu Ping, Chu Ping!

After dinner, Ding Chen sat in the living room with his sister and chatted.

"I'm afraid it's not calm."

Outside the living room, Cao Ang was dancing a sword.

After the accident last year, Cao Ang has become much more mature and stable.

In the past, he was not good at swordsmanship, but after experiencing that accident, he took the initiative to find Ding Chen and wanted to practice martial arts.

In this regard, Ding Chen naturally agreed.

He knows very well that the situation will become more and more chaotic.

And in troubled times, having a skill is the last word.

Although, he will protect Sister A and protect Cao Ang. But he also knows that he can protect it for a while, but he can't protect it for a lifetime.

In the courtyard, the light of the sword flickered.

The sword slashed at the stake with a dull sound.

Ding Chen looked at the sky and stood up.

"Sister, I'm going to be on duty in the palace...... Now that Jia Qu has been recalled, the home is inevitably a little empty. Lao Gao will come back a little later, and you have to be more careful at home. I'll call in some of the guards. ”

Mrs. Ding had an impatient expression and waved her hand: "Hugh is long-winded."

Every time I go out on duty, it's so noisy, it's annoying. Sister, I'm not a child, and besides, with Ang at home, it's fine. ”

"Then I'm leaving!"

Ding Chen said with a smile and walked out.

"Xiao Chen."

"Does Sister still have orders?"

Ding Chen stopped and looked back, only to see Mrs. Ding showing a tangled expression.

She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Xiao Chen, do you have any news of him?" ”

Ding Chen knew who Sister A's 'he' was referring to. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, but my face remained calm.

It is often said that a husband and wife are one hundred nights.

He and Sister A have been married for many years, how can they break off all of a sudden?

"Don't worry, Xiangguo is no longer pursuing his affairs!"

"Really?"

"I heard Jia Wenhe say yesterday that Xiangguo has appointed him to the post of General Fenwu, how can he continue to pursue it?"

"That's good."

After listening to Ding Chen's words, Sister Ah seemed to be relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

And Ding Chen shook his head lightly, even so, Dong Zhuo is afraid that he will not let them go in the short term.

"Then I'm leaving!"

When he finished speaking, he walked out of the living room.

After admonishing Cao Ang, Ding Chen stepped out of Cao's mansion.

Don't look at Dong Zhuo and now appoint him as the Nangong Guardian Order, but in fact, he is still wary of him. However, Ding Chen didn't care about it. To be honest, even if Dong Zhuo really asked them to leave now, he would send Sister Ah and them away, but he might not be willing to leave. After all, what Cao Cao had done before made him very dissatisfied. The knot in his heart has not yet been untied, even if he leaves Luoyang, he doesn't know how to face Cao Cao. Not to mention, he still has a lot of confusion.

Night, shrouded Luoyang City.

In early spring, a spring rain suddenly came, but the temperature plummeted.

After Ding Chen came to Nangong, he handed over to Gao Shun.

Zhang Xiu was transferred out of Nangong shortly after Ding Chen's arrival. I heard that Zhang Ji asked Dong Zhuo for him the title of General Jianzhong, and went to the town of Shouhan Guguan with Zhang Ji. Nahan Valley Pass is the choke point in the connecting pass, and it must be guarded by a general. Compared with the state army, the old Xiliang department that came with Dong Zhuo seems to be more credible.

There are people in the DPRK who are easy to do!

Ding Chen was not envious of Zhang Xiu's creation, and was even faintly happy.

After all, as soon as Zhang Xiu left, this Nangong guard was under his control. Previously, although Zhang Xiu cooperated with Ding Chen, due to his identity, the guards of the Eight Hundred Nangong always took Zhang Xiu as the leader. He was gone, and the guards were missing their backbones. Ding Chen immediately ordered Gao Shun to lead his troops to practice, and even took the opportunity to drive out some thorns......

Today's Nangong guards, although they can't talk about surrendering, no one dares to confront Ding Chen.

"Lao Gao, is there anything unusual in the day palace?"

"I didn't see anything unusual, everything was normal."

"Well, let's go back early."

After greeting Gao Shun, Gao Shun left.

Ding Chen sat down in the bright hall of the guard's room and checked the list of guards tonight.

Most of this list is arranged early in the morning, so it doesn't take too much thought......

"Why didn't Dong Cheng come?"

After he looked through the roster, he couldn't help frowning.

"Dong Jun went back today, and he had diarrhea, and someone came to report it in the afternoon."

"Then who is in command of his subordinates tonight?"

"It's Du Bo Huche who is temporarily taking it."

Hu Che'er?

Ding Chen was not very impressed.

That Dong Cheng was the military marquis who was beaten by him when Cao Xing brought him to serve that day. Ding Chen thought for a moment, waved his hand, and asked the guard on duty to retreat. Since he was sick and reported it, it was not a problem.

It's just that the car...... Ding Chen really didn't have any impression of this person.

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The night is getting darker and the drizzle is drizzling.

On this early spring night, this drizzle made people shiver.

Ding Chen couldn't stay in the guard room all the time, and after the time passed, he walked out of the guard room with two servants, but found that the spring rain had stopped at some point. A gust of wind blew, Ding Chen couldn't help but shiver, and subconsciously wanted to go back.

"It's so cold tonight!"

"Yes, it's already spring, why does it feel colder than winter?"

Calculating the time, Ding Chen has been commanding the Nangong guards for nearly a month, and he is gradually familiar with these Xiliang soldiers around him.

So, there will be some communication with each other.

There are not many words, but these Xiliang soldiers will not ignore them.

"Is it colder than Liangzhou?"

"That's not the ...... The general didn't know that after the winter in Liangzhou, the dripping water turned into ice, and no one was willing to go out at night. However, although the chill was violent, it was still able to resist it. But like today's cold, it is like a soft finger, drilling into the cracks of the bones, which is even more uncomfortable. ”

Ding Chen couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

He smiled: "The spring is cold, and the young are killed by freezing."

This is the case in the early spring of Luoyang, and the habit is fine. The spring rain is expected to be steep, in my opinion, after all, it is not as cold as Liangzhou. ”

When the two servants heard this, they immediately laughed.

They were initially resistant to the Guardian Order in front of them.

However, after these days of contact, I found that Ding Chen was very good at talking and quite bold.

This also made them gradually accept Ding Chen, and even because of this, they were willing to obey orders and were severely drilled by Gao Shun every day.

"Huh?"

At this moment, Ding Chen suddenly let out a soft cry and stopped.

"Ah Ge Palace Gate, why don't you see a figure?"

In front of him was Ah Ge, but he couldn't see the Nangong guards on duty.

Ding Chen's eyebrows furrowed, revealing a hint of unhappiness, and he strode towards the palace gate.

"Xu is sheltering from the rain inside?"

Hu Cong couldn't help but excuse himself, revealing a worried look.

"No, even if it's sheltering from the rain, there should be someone on duty...... But you see in this palace city, there is not even a ghost. ”

Ding Chen said as he sped up his walking.

At the same time, there was a hint of foreboding in his heart, which made him feel a little panicked.

The three of them rushed all the way to the gate of Age Palace. The two servants ran towards the squad room on the side, while Ding Chen stood under the palace gate, looking at the dark and empty square, and suddenly shouted: "There are assassins, go and beat the drums and gather people." ”

Before the words fell, Ding Chen heard a scream coming from the class room.

He shuddered, turned to check. But after running two steps, he stopped again and looked towards the Age Hall.

Not good!

Ding Chen gasped and ran towards the main hall without saying a word.

The scream that came from the squad room was enough to show that the Nangong guards inside were more than lucky. Ding Chen didn't go in to check, not that he was afraid of danger, but that he was worried that something more dangerous would happen. A song of guards is gone, doesn't it mean that the King Hongnong in the Age Hall is even more dangerous? At this time, Ding Chen didn't have time to think about how those Nangong guards were killed, he was more worried about the Hongnong King of Age...... Thinking of this, his heart became more and more anxious.

When I stepped on the steps of the Age Hall, I heard the sound of a bowstring.

More than a dozen sharp arrows flew out of the darkness, broke through the air and roared, shooting towards Ding Chen.

Ding Chen's heart was shocked, and he instinctively threw himself forward, and the arrow whizzed above his body. Before he could stand up, more than a dozen black shadows pounced on him. The sword flickered in the night, and at the same time, the palace door behind him also slammed shut.

Dozens of people in black rushed out of the class room.

"Who are you waiting for, you dare to go to Miyagi at night, don't you want to rebel?"

Seeing this, how could Ding Chen not guess what was going on?

Why? Why exactly?

King Hongnong is just a deposed emperor, and after He Jin was killed, he has no strength at all, why is he being targeted?

It's just that this matter no longer allows Ding Chen to think about the answer.

He stood up with a carp, raised his hand and drew his sword.

It's a pity that the conjuring spirit is not in the hands!

Ding Chen shouted loudly, but none of the black-clothed people answered.

They surrounded Ding Chen in the middle, and suddenly shouted in unison, and pounced.

Damn it!

Ding Chen cursed secretly in his heart, rose up, and stabbed out with a sword. The sword light was like lightning...... Although the man in black was agile, Ding Chen's sword was so fast that he couldn't dodge it at all.

Hearing a scream, the man in black fell in a pool of blood.

Ding Chen didn't think much about it, he walked with the sword, and stabbed out three swords in a row, forcing the black-clothed man who pounced on him to retreat.

"Assassins, there are assassins!"

He shouted as he rushed forward, hoping to alarm the guards in the imperial city.

It's just that since Liu Wei moved in, this Ah Ge has been like a forbidden land. Except for the Nangong guards on duty, the sword halberders guarding Miyagi would not patrol nearby at all. So much so that there was such movement in the square of the main hall, but no one noticed it.

"Isn't the king just waiting for him?"

In the Age hall, Liu Wei's face was pale.

However, he protected Tang Ji behind him and looked at the man in front of him, his eyes flashing.

The lights were dim, and the man standing in front of Liu Wei had a somewhat blurred face. He was dressed in a black robe, standing at the window with his hands in his hands, looking out.

"It's a warrior!

Under Dong Zhuo's old thief's account, there are indeed some capable people...... I thought that Zhang Xiu'er was transferred, but I never thought that there would be such a character. ”

The man exclaimed, but the tone was more of a mockery.

He turned around and stared at Liu Wei.

"It's just that in this Pavilion, it is absolutely impossible for him to rescue the king alone.

Wechen didn't want to harm the king's life, as long as the king was willing to hand over the jade seal of the country, Wechen could guarantee that the king would be able to return to the treasure sooner or later. Weichen is just for me today, and he really doesn't want to harm the king's life, so why be stubborn? ”

Liu Wei heard this, but laughed!

"Heaven is easy, how difficult it is for me! Abandon the ten thousand times and retreat to the domain.

The rebel ministers saw that their lives were not delayed, and they would pass away...... The traitor bullied the orphan when he was young, thinking that the lonely really didn't know anything? Queen Mother, I think it will be you who will be harmed, and if Lone hands over the jade seal, I am afraid that you will be harmed immediately. You are the real national thief, and you are even a thief.

Even if Lone dies in this pavilion today, he will never bow down to you, and fulfill your wish. ”

As he spoke, he took two steps forward.

The thin body, but it seemed to contain endless courage, glaring at each other.

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but change his face.

"Even if there is no jade seal, do you think you can really keep the country stable?

Anyway, since the king is obsessed, the minister has no choice but to send the king to see the queen mother, so that your family can reunite under the nine springs. ”

After he finished speaking, he pulled out his sword and forced Liu Wei to go!