confusion.

If you must use one word to describe the current city of Chang'an, then this word should be the most appropriate one.

Not long after Lu Zhi was assassinated, his extremely terrifying-looking body was discovered - a little maid was carrying a sobering soup cooked in the kitchen according to Du Ji's request and planned to deliver it to Lu Zhi's bedroom. If not,

Sleeping can relieve Lu Zhi's discomfort after a hangover. It doesn't matter even if he has already fallen asleep, it will always be useful.

It was just that she never expected to see something uncomfortable suddenly appear at the door of Lu Zhi's bedroom from far away. Although the maid's nerves were still strong, she did not scream or panic and spill the sobering soup.

But they immediately called for Du Ji and Li Gan who had not left immediately.

As a result, the entire Lu Zhi's mansion fell into great sorrow and chaos.

This is really news like a bolt from the blue.

Although Lu Zhi is strict with his subordinates, he is not harsh. In fact, this old man with a relatively kind temper has won the respect and love of everyone in the mansion. Everyone is proud that this mansion can have such a

I feel lucky to be the owner.

But I never thought that I would be here, even under the noses of Li Gan and Du Ji...

Under the impact of great grief, both Du Ji and Li Gan fell into a state of madness. They really couldn't believe what had happened before them, but the terrifying corpse in front of them kept stimulating their already fragile nerves.

Especially the pair of eyes that could not be closed no matter what, and the deep unwillingness and anger that remained in the eyes of the owner of the body in his last moments. In their eyes, it was an accusation of their incompetence.

It is obvious that they are in this mansion that is extremely safe in their opinion. It is obvious that both of them are protecting the person they admire in this mansion. It is obvious that the most loyal warriors have been arranged around that person. Obviously...

…

"My fault, it's all my fault..."

The shrill wails were mixed with the mournful cries from all over the house, drifting farther and farther, reaching up to heaven and down to the underworld.

The cold autumn rain suddenly fell from the sky, seeming to be saddened by the loss of such a respected veteran minister.

The cold raindrops accompanied by the cold wind poured into the Taiwei Mansion, which was already shrouded in sorrow, and hit the faces, hands, bodies, and legs of a group of people who were already heartbroken.

But these people seemed not to notice it, even if the rain was so cold.

Perhaps, for these people, their hearts have already become colder than ice from the moment they saw the corpse. Compared with the bone-deep coldness, how can the mere rain understand their pain.

No. Maybe the rain is not useless at all.

One, two, three, four, five, six... silhouettes kept rushing into the rain. Then they knelt quietly on the cold bluestone, letting the rain wash over their bodies, from their heads to their knees.

His face was covered with traces of water, and he couldn't tell whether it was tears or rain.

Then, one person fell, two people fell, three people fell... Many people fell on the bluestone mixed with rain, tears and blood. With self-blame and relief, they went to chase that person.

The footsteps leaving in a hurry.

However, not everyone fell down.

After a long time...

"Mr. Lu can't die in such an unexplained way. I want to avenge Mr. Lu!"

His head hit the cold bluestone hard, leaving white smoke and red traces on his face, which together with the rain and tears formed a power called an oath.

This is not only the cry of the living to seek justice for the dead, but also the reason for the living to continue to live in the world.

From that moment on, no matter what kind of power they had before, what kind of attitude towards life they had, Du Ji, Li Gan, Du Chang, Zuo Wei, Zhang Hong... these people who chose to continue living had only one goal left.

, their future only continues for one thing.

They will be a group of Avengers.

So, with blood-red eyes and an aura as fearless as the dead, they set foot on that road.

It was a road of no return, but they never looked back.

It is undoubtedly an extremely difficult thing to communicate with a group of madmen whose minds are filled with anger and revenge.

They will not tell you the facts and reason. No, perhaps it should be said that they will not believe the facts you present and the truths you tell. They only believe in the facts and truths they have discovered.

On the surface, they are not the kind of crazy butchers who "would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go." They always carefully seek evidence and finally take appropriate actions based on the evidence they have obtained.

But in fact, they don't care at all about the mood of the person being investigated during the investigation. Those who cooperate may be okay, but if they don't cooperate with their investigation, then they don't mind using any method to continue the investigation.

, including using human lives to build a path leading to the evidence they need.

And it is precisely because of this group of people's unscrupulous or deliberate style that the city of Chang'an, which was already in turmoil, has completely turned into a pot of porridge. The originally hidden conflicts and hatred were completely detonated because of this earthquake.

It is not difficult to regard Shen Xiu as the direct suspect of the entire incident or to say with certainty that he is the murderer of Lu Zhi, because after Du Ji, Li Gan and others calmed down, it was easy to find that in this Taipei

The entire Wei family was mourning together, but this guy with a strange face that was hard to forget at first sight was missing.

Although Shen Xiu, who had been well prepared, had destroyed most of the evidence, especially the evidence related to the question of why he wanted to assassinate Lu Zhi, from the garbage that he had not completely destroyed in the past few days, he found evidence related to the wounds on Lu Zhi.

The same highly toxic substance as the poison is enough to prove the identity of the murderer, not to mention the witness evidence that servants in the mansion saw him heading towards Lu Zhi's bedroom.

The murderer has been found, but where is the murderer now?

This is the most important question on the minds of all Avengers.

Of course, there is another question that puzzles them and makes them grit their teeth: Why did Shen Xiu assassinate Lu Zhi?!

You must know that he was the first person among the servants left by Dong Zhuo in the palace to be influenced by Lu Zhi. It was his cover that allowed Lu Zhi to plan a series of actions to kill Dong Zhuo together with other courtiers. Even though Dong Zhuo was in

Some of his actions before his death are still puzzling to this day, but the efforts made by the courtiers to prepare for that day cannot be denied.

But it was such a person who now used such cruel means to murder Lu Zhi, who had given him a "new life".

Although the Avengers wanted to eat his skin and eat his flesh, they also believed that there should be a mastermind behind Shen Xiu.

Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain his motive for committing the crime, which is a question that puzzles the Avengers.

In fact, the Avengers' first target was Lu Zhi's biggest political enemy and the man with the most motive for committing the crime - Situ Wangyun, Lu Zhi's former friend and comrade-in-arms, and now his almost unrelenting political enemy.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun, in order to monopolize power, desperately squeezed out Lu Zhi, who was also the hero of Dong Zhuo's death. At the same time, he tried various methods to cut off Lu Zhi's "wings". However, when he was about to succeed, he was already

The Shuozhou Army, which was suppressed to the extreme, launched a counter-attack. Not only were the previous achievements about to be lost, but they even had to face the Shuozhou Army's counterattack.

In addition, Wang Yun was also a man with a bad temper and a chivalrous style in his early years. He even planned to assassinate corrupt officials and mediocre officials because he appointed an incompetent person as a county official because of them. So if he is now doing it for his own sake,

It is not unexpected that he chose to assassinate Lu Zhi, who had become the biggest stumbling block in front of him because of his ideals.

It just seems like there is a tacit understanding.

Not long after the news of Lu Zhi's assassination came out, news began to spread in Chang'an City that Wang Yun had also been assassinated.

But it seemed that he had better luck than Lu Zhi. Wang Yun was only slightly injured, but his life was not in danger.

As for the assassin, he was a servant from the Situ Mansion, and the same as Shen Xiu. The servant who was said to have assassinated Wang Yun was also Dong Zhuo's "legacy" left in the Situ Mansion.

It seems that Lu Zhi should have died due to the counterattack of Dong Zhuo's remnants.

However, the Avengers seemed to be hesitant about such a conclusion. Although the "legacies" or resources that Dong Zhuo left to the Taiwei Mansion for this reason may have been voluntarily buried for Lu Zhi, they did not seem to stop.

plan.

After all, there are also rumors that Yizhou Mu Liu Yan is also a serious suspect.

Compared to other rumors, the Avengers seemed to agree more with this message. In fact, Lu Zhi had revealed to Du Ji, Li Gan and others many times before his death his worries about Liu Yan's uncontrollable ambition.

Thinking that Wang Yun's alliance with him is tantamount to

Seeking skin from a tiger is a very dangerous move. Even after Dong Zhuo was executed, in addition to protecting Li Shushi, he suggested to Wang Yun to limit Liu Yan's power to curb his ambition. It can be said that for the ambitious Liu Yan,

Lu Zhi is also a person he hates.

As a result, the Yizhou Army once again became the target of the Shuozhou Army's venting, and the result this time seemed to make them even more desperate - not only were ordinary soldiers out of ten, but even those high-ranking generals lost several people in the battle.

The other generals who escaped from Chang'an were also injured, and many of them were seriously injured and weak.

Almost overnight, the Shuozhou Army became a terrifying existence that was even more terrifying than the Xiliang Army.

In fact, many officials and people believe that the Shuozhou Army, which has been dazzled by hatred, will become a more brutal political force than Dong Zhuo, and Chang'an under their rule will become a truly dead city.

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In fact, rumors in Chang'an City that "Shuozhou Army wants to use all the people of Chang'an to bury Lu Zhi" have become more and more outrageous, and a new wave of refugees broke out without any preparation.

After all, after going around in a circle, the Avengers discovered that, apart from killing a bunch of people who "must be grievances if they beheaded one by one, and someone who must have been killed every other time, someone may have slipped through the net", they had no most important purpose.

Finish.

The man behind the scenes is naturally still shrouded in mystery, and Shen Xiu, the direct murderer, has never been seen alive or dead.

This undoubtedly made the Avengers feel embarrassed and angry.

And this feeling seems to confirm the thoughts of the people who have begun to flee Chang'an.

Shuozhou Army is going to eat people!

God knows how bad the legend has become about the "devil kings" of the Shuozhou Army.

The only concern of the officials and people who stayed in Chang'an, who are still trembling with anxiety, is who will the Shuozhou Army regard as a "major suspect" tomorrow?

No one would like the feeling of having the Sword of Damocles hanging above their head.

However, fate played a big joke on these people.

September 23, the third year of Chuping.
To be continued...