I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 64: The Deep Love Between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu
Protecting Cai Yan behind him, Wang Jing stood with his sword in hand. When he looked at Dong Zhuo, his eyes were cold and he showed some dissatisfaction: "Dong Zhuo, what do you mean?"

"Humph, you've come to kill me, and you're still asking me what I mean?"

Dong Zhuo was arrogant and tyrannical. At this moment, he had already identified Wang Jing as the mastermind behind the assassination. So without thinking, he raised his hand and stabbed him again.

The tiger is violent and the golden knife is deadly.

With Cai Yan behind him, Wang Jing naturally couldn't dodge, so he had to draw his sword and fight back, cursing loudly: "Dong Zhuo, did you leave home without a brain or did you wake up without taking medicine? If I want to kill you, I can just call in the armored soldiers to surround and kill you, why do I need to use assassins?"

The famous sword is Chunjun, the White Ape Sword Demon.

Wang Jing swung his sword, and the sharp sword energy instantly destroyed Dong Zhuo's Tiger-killing Golden Sword.

The eight battalions of the Northern Army have gathered together to form a powerful army. With their united will, they have reached the state of unity, so their power is naturally extraordinary.

Seeing the sword energy roaring and unstoppable, Dong Zhuo immediately recognized the secret technique used by Wang Jing and was surprised: "White Ape Sword Evil? Hasn't this secret technique been lost long ago?"

For a moment, Dong Zhuo also hesitated.

Could it really be a misunderstanding?
As for Wang Jing, he cursed all of Dong Zhuo's ancestors in his heart.

Damn it, I thought there would be something exciting to watch, but I almost became someone else's amusement. Wang Jing was too lazy to get involved in this matter, so he grabbed Cai Yan's tender hands and said, "Let's go!"

Seeing that Wang Jing was wearing casual clothes without any armor and was accompanied by a young scholar, Dong Zhuo immediately believed what Wang Jing had just said.

After all, Wang Jing controls the Northern Army and has thousands of elite soldiers under his command. If he really wants to carry out an assassination, why would he need assassins?

Wouldn't it be safer if several thousand troops surrounded us?

As for the more than one hundred assassins in front of him, Dong Zhuo didn't take them seriously at all: "Tell me the identity of the mastermind, and I may spare your lives."

"Hmph, Dong thief, do you think that everyone in the world is a coward? We killed you without anyone's orders, but to enforce justice!"

The assassin leader had his face covered with a veil. Although he was wounded and bloody, he still had murderous intent when facing Dong Zhuo, and his eyes were as sharp as knives.

Dong Zhuo heard this and immediately opened his fat face into a bloody mouth. He said with a ferocious smile: "If you are stubborn, then you will die!"

After saying this, Dong Zhuo raised the magic weapon in his hand high, gathered the military evil spirits around him, transformed them into tiger evil spirits, and cut it down with one blow.

Seeing that death was approaching, the assassin leader did not show any panic or despair. Instead, his eyes shone with brilliance and he shouted, "Now! Act now!"

Zheng~
Suddenly, a sword chant resounded through the sky, the sky and the earth lost their color, and the sun and the moon lost their radiance.

The colorful world was reduced to monotonous black and white. The passage of time seemed to freeze at this moment. The birds in the sky, the fish in the water, the panicked crowd in the market, the rouge and powder that were knocked into the air because of the pushing and shoving, the broken pottery pots and wine...

Everything seemed to be still, everything was stagnant.

There is only one person and one sword who can move slowly in this stagnant time and space.

The man was wearing coarse linen clothes and walking barefoot towards Dong Zhuo.

His eyes were firm and calm. He took one step at a time, neither hurried nor slow, neither panicked nor confused. The tip of his sword cut through the earth, making a series of sharp, ear-piercing sounds.

The sword in his hand was even more peculiar. In the daytime, one could see a shadow but not the light; in the night, one could see the light but not the shape. When it touched an object, it passed by quickly and closed as soon as it passed by. It was as fast as a stream of light passing through a crack, and its speed was boundless.

It is one of the three swords of the ancient Shang Emperor, the famous sword Xiaolian, which is as famous as the sword of chivalry Chengying!
Such a magical weapon originally belonged to the emperor of the Shang Dynasty. After the Zhou Dynasty conquered the Shang Dynasty, the sword was inherited by the Kong family, descendants of the Shang Dynasty royal family, and became one of the most famous swords in the world.

If a chivalrous man holds it and uses it to kill tyrannical and unjust people, he will be invincible and successful in everything he does.

puff~
The tip of the famous sword Xiao Lian easily pierced through the Taotie Tuntian Armor on Dong Zhuo's body. The sword body was slowly sent into the flesh, and was about to pierce Dong Zhuo's heart and kill him on the spot.

Suddenly, the fat on Dong Zhuo's body began to shake wildly, and blood-red murderous energy surged out, erupting with a strong air wave that blew the man holding the sword several feet away.

The sword chant that resounded through the sky came to an abrupt halt, the sky and earth regained their color, the sun and the moon shone again, and the stagnant time began to flow like a stream and a river again.

"what!"

Dong Zhuo looked at the large piece of flesh and blood exploding on his chest. He could even clearly see the wild beating of his heart in his chest. He was instantly frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

Just now, he almost had a brush with death!

Dong Zhuo, who was already cruel and irritable, fell into madness at this moment.

Almost!
He was just a little bit short of success. If he had not refined the soldier evil into his five internal organs early on, triggering the self-preservation instinct of his body at the critical moment, he would probably have turned into a corpse now.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo's scalp was tingling and all the fat on his body was trembling.

He had never been in such close contact with death before, so he looked at the assassin who was blown away with anger and hatred, but found that the other party had already run out of energy and blood, his face was haggard, and he looked like he was about to die.

It was obvious that the sword just now had completely burned away the assassin's energy, spirit and soul.

It can be said that if you fail, you will die.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but take a deep breath, holding his chest, gritting his teeth and howling angrily, "What a 'the world is dark, a sword is shining', so self-sacrificing for justice, killing for the sake of righteousness, has the Hidden Gate of the Military Academy regarded me as an unforgivable criminal? I would like to ask, what crime have I committed!"

The hidden art of military strategists, the Eclipse Sword Technique!
The former was an assassination organization that was once powerful during the Warring States Period, while the latter was an assassination sword technique that was feared by all nations.

The Eclipse Sword Technique took ten years to learn and ten years to cultivate, and twenty years to master, all for the fatal strike that would kill the king. Countless monarchs and powerful officials had died under this sword technique, and it was truly a powerful assassin's sword.

When this sword comes out, the sky and the earth become dark, like a solar eclipse.

If it weren't for the assassin who attacked today, whose sword had insufficient sword energy, Dong Zhuo would probably be dead by now.

But even if he managed to survive, Dong Zhuo was seriously injured at this time. The Eclipse Sword Qi was rushing through his body's eight extraordinary meridians, forcing him to use his internal energy to suppress it.

The leader of the assassins saw Dong Zhuo's predicament at a glance, and immediately rushed over with his sword in hand: "Dong thief, you are doomed!"

The assassin leader's eyes were wide open with bloodshot. He flew forward and, regardless of his own injuries, used his special skills to stab Dong Zhuo in the middle of his eyebrows.

At the critical moment of life and death, in a desperate situation, Dong Zhuo also broke out his ferocious nature, his long sword cut through the air, and his tiger eyes were full of ferocity: "Who are you, and why do you want to kill me?"

"Go to the underworld and ask again!"

The assassin leader's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The knife and the sword collided in the air, sparks flew. After ten moves, Dong Zhuo was trying to suppress the sword energy in his body while fighting against the powerful enemy. He was exhausted and the assassin leader found an opportunity and knocked the long knife out of his hand with a sword.

"Dong the thief, be executed!"

Just as the sword was about to fall and Dong Zhuo was about to surrender.

Suddenly, an arrow flew from the sky and hit the assassin leader in the face.

The assassin leader instinctively put away his sword and defended himself, knocking away the arrow. He looked carefully and saw a general riding a fiery red horse galloping towards him from a hundred feet away.

The general was coming with a majestic appearance, the long spear in his hand reflected the sunlight and shone with cold light.

The horse is Red Hare!

The halberd is a Fang Tian Hua Ji!

"Traitor, don't hurt my foster father!"

"Oh no! The fierce tiger Lu Bu is here!"

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Although Lu Bu came to power by killing Ding Yuan and had a very bad reputation in Luoyang City, that was only because of his bad character, not because of his incompetence.

In terms of martial arts, Lu Bu is as brave as a tiger. His martial arts skills are only a hair's breadth away from reaching the ultimate level, and he can be among the strongest men at any time.

"What's going on? Didn't I say I had secretly sent someone to lure Lu Bu away?" "I don't know!"

"Then what should we do now?"

"Retreat! We can't kill Dong Zhuo with Lu Bu here!"

"Then withdraw!"

The assassin leader looked at Dong Zhuo lying on the ground with hatred, then turned around and ran with his men. The assassins dispersed and broke into small groups, diving deep into the densely packed alleys nearby and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

When Lu Bu arrived, the enemy had already escaped and he only captured a few minions.

"Godfather, are you safe?"

Lu Bu dismounted from his horse and came to Dong Zhuo anxiously, fearing that Dong Zhuo would die here.

However, as soon as Dong Zhuo stood up, he slapped him in the face. Not satisfied with the slap, he spitted all over Lu Bu's face and yelled at him: "You useless guy, why are you so slow? Do you want me to die quickly?"

Lu Bu was extremely angry. He was a tall and strong man who rushed to the rescue as soon as he realized something was wrong, but ended up suffering such a great humiliation. He really wanted to stab the fat pig in front of him to death with his halberd.

However, he had already acknowledged the "pig" as his father. If he really killed Dong Zhuo, he would be beaten to death by the Xiliang soldiers, and even his whole family would have to be buried with him. So Lu Bu swallowed his anger and even had to pretend to care about Dong Zhuo's safety: "Foster father, please forgive me for being late to rescue you."

Dong Zhuo narrowly escaped death today. Being a cruel person by nature, how could he care about the feelings of his adopted son Lu Bu at this moment?
He waved his hand and immediately prepared to return to the mansion: "A bunch of trash, go back to Sikong Mansion first!"

Lu Bu stood aside, feeling extremely angry but dared not say anything. He could only get on his horse and continue to dutifully serve as Dong Zhuo's personal bodyguard.

Although Dong Zhuo usually pretends to be courteous and magnanimous, and knows how to win over his subordinates, he is actually a man with a heart as cruel as a tiger or a leopard. Even when dealing with his adopted son Lu Bu, he would beat and scold him without mercy.

Just like those scumbags who like domestic violence in later generations, they look normal when they are in a good mood, but once they are angered, they immediately lose their reason and become cruel and violent.

As Dong Zhuo practiced the "Immortal Yuan Gong" created by Chi You, his symptoms continued to worsen.

Therefore, Lu Bu's anger and hatred towards Dong Zhuo continued to accumulate, and it was only a matter of time before the two sides turned against each other.

Within half a day, the news of Dong Zhuo being assassinated in the street spread throughout the city, causing an uproar in public opinion.

Everyone was curious about who was so bold as to assassinate Dong Zhuo.

When Dong Zhuo returned to Sikong Mansion, he immediately went to Cai Yong to inquire.

As Dong Zhuo's most trusted aide and advisor, Cai Yong immediately realized the problem after listening to Dong Zhuo's story and asked, "When the Minister of Works left the mansion, the Marquis of Duting was not there?"

Lu Bu knew he had to give an explanation, otherwise Dong Zhuo would be suspicious, so he quickly explained: "At that time, I heard that bandits attacked the horse market, and I received a request for help from Luoyang magistrate Guo Zhen. I didn't think too much about it, so I led people to the east of the city to encircle and suppress them."

Hearing this, Cai Yong frowned and thought for a moment before raising his doubts: "The Luoyang magistrate is a subordinate of the Henan Yin. Although his official title is only a county magistrate, he is the county magistrate of the first county in the imperial court. His status is very special. He has more than 800 subordinates and the power to mobilize the city guards to arrest bandits. They are just vagrants. Why does he need to ask for help from the Duke of Duting?"

The job of maintaining public order should obviously not be done by a powerful general like Lu Bu, because his most important job now is to protect Dong Zhuo.

"This……"

Lu Bu broke out in a cold sweat, he knew very well that he had fallen into a trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

Dong Zhuo was furious and threw the bronze wine jar in his hand at Lu Bu, cursing at him: "You idiot, you almost killed me!"

Lu Bu didn't dare to dodge and was hit on the head, causing it to bleed. He was filled with hatred, but could only grit his teeth. Under his wide sleeves, his ten fingers pierced his palms and blood oozed out.

Cai Yong despised Lü Bu's character, so he was too lazy to plead for Lü Bu. Instead, he continued to analyze the situation for Dong Zhuo: "Luoyang magistrate Guo Zhen must be involved in this matter, but I'm afraid there is someone else behind it. Please arrest Guo Zhen, torture him severely, and catch the real culprit."

Cai Yong and Guo Zhen had no personal grudge. The reason why he wanted to get rid of him was because everyone in Luoyang City knew that Guo Zhen was a super-rich man with a net worth of billions. He usually behaved very arrogantly. Every summer, he would invite guests with dozens of maids and fine decorations. Luo would be naked among them and forced to drink.

Since such a person is involved in a major assassination case, we should arrest him. By the way, we can also correct the corruption among officials in the capital and find out who is the mastermind behind the scenes.

Dong Zhuo immediately agreed: "Okay, Bo Ji, I will allocate 500 elite soldiers to you. If necessary, you can mobilize the imperial guards to act together. Within ten days, I want to see the head of the person in charge!"

Although Cai Yong felt reluctant, he still bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Yong will not let the Minister of Works down."

Although he was indeed somewhat reluctant before coming, Dong Zhuo treated him with courtesy and trust. Not only did he allow him to participate fully in confidential matters, he also asked him how to govern the imperial dynasty's malpractices. It was obvious that he was a very promising and practical man.

Cai Yong was no fool, so he naturally saw Dong Zhuo's intention to become a powerful official.

But in life, even for a world-famous erudite like him, the opportunities to display his strengths are very few, or even non-existent.

It was precisely because of this that Cai Yong changed his mind and took the initiative to start planning for Dong Zhuo. Everything he did was to be able to accomplish something and go down in history.

On the other hand, after Wang Jing sent Cai Yan back to the Shangshu's residence, he immediately returned to the West Garden and summoned Xun You and others to discuss important matters.

Dong Zhuo's assassination was no small matter, and Wang Jing didn't want to be implicated.

"Gongda, have you found out the identity of the person behind this?"

Xun You pinched his mustache and said confidently, "He can use the Luoyang Order to set up a trap and equip the assassins with a large number of Tianzhi crossbows. There are only a handful of people in the capital who have this ability. This person's identity is already obvious."

Shi A was very puzzled when he heard this: "Who on earth has such ability?"

Xun You and Wang Jing smiled at each other, and then they played a riddle with Shi A: "I think the master already knows the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes."

After being reminded by Xun You, Wang Jing quickly listed the candidates in his mind and soon selected the target: "Is Gongda suspicious of Yuan Shao?"

Xun You nodded: "Yes, it is Yuan Shao. If there is anyone who knows the capital well, it must be Yuan Shao, the Inspector of the Imperial Guards."

Shi A still couldn't believe it: "Yuan Shao is just a lieutenant of the Imperial Guards. I heard that Dong Zhuo will soon remove his position. How can he control Guo Zhen?"

Wang Jing understood it instantly and sneered, "So that's how it is. It seems that Yuan Shao has leverage over many of the civil and military officials in the court, and it's fatal leverage."

Xun You praised: "My lord is wise, and he has revealed the key to this matter in one sentence. Moreover, he has mastered Dong Zhuo's whereabouts, and I'm afraid that He Yong, the chief secretary of the Sikong Mansion, is also involved."

The army led by the Inspector of the Imperial Guard was more like an intelligence organization similar to the Embroidered Uniform Guard than a military force.

Therefore, Yuan Shao had been in the central area for a long time. When he was working for General He Jin, he took the opportunity to completely control the intelligence agencies in the capital area. Yuan Shao knew some secrets that even He Jin might not know.

Shi A just found it incredible: "So, even He Yong was threatened by Yuan Shao?"

Xun You frowned and thought, analyzed the situation, and shook his head: "I'm afraid not. Brother Boqiu has always been upright and honest. Yuan Shao should find it difficult to find any evidence against him."

"Then how did he convince He Yong?"

Wang Jing had previously belonged to He Jin's camp, so he knew that He Yong had a close relationship with Yuan Shao: "Yuan Shao and He Yong met during the Party Imprisonment Disaster, and then became close friends because of their common ideals. So as long as Yuan Shao asked, He Yong would definitely not refuse."

In fact, Wang Jing had a good relationship with He Yong, and even once thought about winning over the other.

He Yong was also very optimistic about Wang Jing, mainly because Wang Jing was the only person in Luoyang City who could barely compete with Dong Zhuo.

Wang Jing was almost caught up in the storm and was quite speechless. He could encounter such a thing even when he went out shopping. He didn't know if it was because his luck was too good before and now it backfired.

Xun You advised Wang Jing: "My lord, we should stay still and not move at this time. We can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

Wang Jing naturally had no lack of patience: "Gongda's words make sense. Pass the order down to temporarily stop the actions against Dong Zhuo. Stay dormant first and don't reveal your whereabouts and get caught."

In order to obtain intelligence, Wang Jing had already ordered Shi A and Xun You to bribe a group of spies to keep a close eye on the actions of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and others.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao were about to have a fight, he of course had to stay away to avoid being splattered with blood.

At this moment, Luoyang City had already entered a state of chaos.

The assassination of Dong Zhuo completely angered the entire Xiliang army. Under Dong Zhuo's strict order, tens of thousands of soldiers frantically searched for the assassin and his followers as if they were going to turn the entire city upside down.

(End of this chapter)