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Chapter 515: Jiade is not virtuous, and General He Jin finally dies

"Now, at this point?"

Shangshu Ling Lu Zhi frowned, obviously surprised by this sudden summons. He looked at the eunuch beside him, trying to get more information, but the eunuch just shook his head and repeated the words of the Queen Mother.

"Huh, it looks like my sister has finally figured it out."

He Jin snorted coldly. He thought his sister had finally given in, and his anger subsided a lot:
"Everyone please go away first, we will see you tomorrow."

However, Lu Zhi was somewhat worried, and a sense of uneasiness instinctively welled up in his heart.

The general had just had a quarrel with the queen mother this morning. How could the queen mother figure it out so quickly?
I hope there is something fishy going on.

However, after he confirmed that the Queen Mother was still summoning him to the Nan Palace, and in the main hall of the Jiade Hall, he could only put aside a lot of his doubts and just reminded:

"We are not in a hurry to get off work yet. We are waiting here for news from the general."

"Now that the Ten Eunuchs have just entered the palace, the general must be careful."

He Jin nodded, glanced at his colleagues in the Shangshufang, and then looked at the Huben guards who were patrolling outside the door as normal. He just said thank you and followed the eunuch to the Jiade Hall next door.

According to the rules, a formal summons was no better than a private meeting in a side hall, and according to etiquette, he had to take off his shoes and hand over his weapon at the forbidden area in front of the hall.

However, He Jin never expected that when he took off his armor and walked into the main hall, what was waiting for him was not his sister who had changed her mind, but a dozen eunuchs headed by Zhang Rang and Duan Gui.

"Where's the Queen Mother?"

"What are you going to do?"

"How dare you come to the palace with a knife? Don't you want to live?!"

Until then.

General He Jin didn't even believe that these people would kill him.

Are they stupid?
Those outside are all my people!

If you dare to touch me, I'm afraid you'll be chopped into meat sauce by outsiders in minutes.

However, it must be said that He Jin underestimated the resistance of people when they were at the end of their rope.

These eunuchs who once held great power in the court now had gray hair. Seeing that He Jin was still so persistent, they were even more furious:

"Of course we want to survive!"

"But He Suigao, did you give us a chance?"

Zhang Rang raised the knife and said coldly:

"Your sister was very jealous and killed Concubine Wang. The late emperor was about to depose her at the time. It was us who cried and rescued her. We each gave out millions of our family wealth as gifts to please the late emperor, and only then did he spare the queen mother."

"What do we want?"

"I just want to seek shelter under your He family and ask for protection."

"You don't think about repaying us, but instead want to kill us and not give us a chance to live. Don't you think that's too much?"

He Jin took a step back, glanced at the palace gate not far away, and advised Zhang Rang and others to calm down:

"If I wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago."

"After all, it's you who caused chaos in the world, angered the gods and people, and made it difficult for me to protect you."

"I advise you to put down your weapons immediately. I can forgive you for what happened. Otherwise, if we meet in the hall, there will be no way to resolve the matter."

However, He Jin's words not only failed to calm the emotional Zhang Rang and others, but made them even crazier:

"The world is in chaos?!"

"He Suigao, how dare you say that?"

"It is true that we have had some problems, but we are also loyal to the country!"

"The little money we earn is a drop in the bucket compared to the overall situation of the country!" "If it weren't for us collecting taxes and making money, how could the imperial treasury have a penny to suppress the rebellion?"

"Are we counting on those noble families to donate voluntarily?"

"Our palace is dirty and filthy, but let me ask you, General, how many of the nobles and ministers below here are honest and upright?"

"Who among you dares to say that you can withstand the scrutiny and are guaranteed to be clean?!"

"Now, you want to lick the ditches of those noble families and kill our entire clan. Do you still have any conscience?"

"I tell you, if the world is in chaos, you, He Suigao, will be the first person to cause trouble!"

At this point, the negotiations broke down.

He Jin looked at the eunuchs who were quietly approaching him while talking and said no more words. He turned around and ran barefoot.

He had already observed it while he was talking just now.

This main hall is extremely spacious and is not a place for assassination.

Those eunuchs were not well prepared, and it was not easy for them to take his life with just a dozen old and fat dogs.

As long as he runs out of the hall and shouts, all these people will be finished.

He Jin is not at the end of his rope!
I have to say, there is nothing wrong with He Jin's idea.

Zhang Rang's words were just to create an opportunity to get close to him. Now He Jin didn't waste any more time talking to them and ran away as fast as he could. Zhang Rang and others were indeed unable to catch up with him.

However, he overlooked one person.

Just as he escaped from the main hall and returned to the forbidden area, he was suddenly attacked by a knife.

Shangfangjian Qu Mu, the eunuch who had previously received He Jin's equipment, gathered his strength and attacked the moment He Jin stepped into the forbidden area, hitting him in the chest and abdomen.

Then, when He Jin fell in pain and struggled to get up, he swung his sword again, cut He Jin's neck and chopped off his head.

Just like that, on the eighth day of the seventh month, He Jin, who was responsible for the balance of the world, died in front of the Jiade Hall of the Nangong Palace of the Han Dynasty, one month earlier than in history, with shock and unwillingness.

It has to be said that this event was beyond the expectations of almost everyone at the time.

Even Yuan Shao, who had been urging and threatening He Jin, could not have imagined that in such a favorable situation, He Jin would actually die in the palace, and in the Nangong Palace which they firmly controlled.

You know, there are four forces patrolling inside and outside the Nan Palace now, namely Cao Cao, the General of the Tiger Guards, Yuan Shu, the General of the Feathered Guards, Yuan Shao, the Inspector of the Capital, and Wang Kuang who has already returned to the capital.

There is no eunuch power in Nangong at all.

But that's the reality.

The eunuchs' coup was not a long-planned one, but a desperate attack after the pressure exceeded the critical point.

As for whether they could stabilize the situation again after killing He Jin, these people themselves had no idea.

However, at this point, Zhang Rang and others would not sit idly by. They first blocked the news of He Jin's murder, and asked Zhao Zhong, who had served as the Grand Chamberlain, to contact his old acquaintances in the Huben and Yulin Corps. At the same time, they urgently transferred the empress dowager and the emperor to the Beigong. At the same time, they issued an edict in the name of the empress dowager to appoint Xu Xiang as the governor of Henan and Fan Ling as the commander of the Sili Army, giving them priority in military power.

However, how could this be so easy?

The officials who were waiting in the Secretariat did not receive the good news from He Jin, but instead received the imperial edict that Xu Xiang and Fan Ling were promoted. They immediately became extremely confused.

Although Xu Xiang and Fan Ling both have high qualifications and have even served as three highest officials in the government, they are both close confidants of the eunuchs. Now, not only will they be promoted, but they will also replace the positions of Wang Yun and Yuan Shao, two staunch supporters of the anti-eunuch faction?
Unless the general has lost his mind and made a 180-degree turn, he would never issue this decree.

"This edict is wrong. We cannot add to it."

Lu Zhi waved to the eunuch who came to deliver the official document:
"Please ask the general to come and give the order in person."

At this moment, as if they had been prepared for this, the moment Lu Zhi finished speaking, the eunuch threw He Jin's head in front of everyone:
"He Jin has been executed for treason. Now the Queen Mother is in power. If you dare to disobey her orders, you will be punished with the same crime!"

Immediately afterwards, outside the gate, Bi Lan, one of the Ten Attendants, walked in with several fully armed Tiger Guards, staring at everyone with a fierce look.

(End of this chapter)