Chapter 121

"Damn, it's actually a beautiful female assassin, here to kill the Big-Eared Thief?"

"It must be a wild flower of the Big-Eared Thief outside, turned to hatred from love, and came to kill!"

"Whoosh!"

The young woman approached Liu Bei and stabbed at him fiercely!

"Liu Liu Xuande, return my husband's life!"

Liu Bei turned around and swiftly grabbed her wrist.

The woman cried out in pain, and the dagger in her hand fell to the ground.

Liu Bei had noticed her long ago; after all, a beauty is eye-catching wherever she goes.

But he never expected that this woman was actually here to assassinate him!

The surrounding guests were all shocked.

They never imagined that someone would dare to assassinate Lord Liu Xuande! Were they not afraid of divine retribution?

Liu Bei shouted loudly,

“Everyone, do not panic. The assassin has been captured by me; her skills are very poor.”

Female assassin: ?? Do I have no face?

She let out a sharp cry, her watery, large eyes glaring at Liu Bei.

“Liu Bei, you harmed my husband! I will not share the same sky as you!”

Liu Bei: ??

“Who exactly are you? Do I even know your husband?”

A wealthy man exclaimed in surprise,

“Lord Liu Xuande, she is the daughter-in-law of Grand General He Jin, Lady Yi!”

Liu Bei was stunned.

Isn’t this the mother of He Yan, the most handsome man in Cao Wei, and one of Cao Cao’s most favored concubines, Lady Yi?

“No wonder she could give birth to He Yan; this Lady Yi is truly delicate and charming.”

Liu Bei nodded. Her skin was smooth, her eyebrows were emerald green, her powdered face bloomed with spring, and she possessed a bewitching, country-toppling beauty!

Liu Bei coughed once.

“Lady Yi, when did I kill your husband? I don’t even know your husband. Did you make a mistake?”

Lady Yi bit her lip, glaring at Liu Bei.

“That day at Maojin Ferry, everyone was preparing to cross the river. The Xiliang Army arrived, and my husband was in a hurry to lead people away, only to be shot dead on the spot by your soldiers.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Liu Bei finally understood.

The surrounding guests also understood and began to curse loudly.

“Lady Yi, the situation was so urgent at the time! Your husband must have been charging around recklessly, which is why he was shot by the soldiers!”

“That’s right! Lord Liu Xuande is such a good person; he risked his life to save us! How could he kill the innocent?”

“Exactly! A full seven hundred thousand people! Lord Liu Xuande saved so many people!”

“Lady Yi, did you make a mistake?”

Lady Yi’s eyes were bloodshot, and her lower lip was bitten through.

“Liu Bei, I know you saved everyone. Once I have avenged myself, I will naturally commit suicide to atone for my sins!”

“The vengeance for my husband cannot go unavenged!”

Liu Bei said in a deep voice,

“Lady Yi, did you see this with your own eyes, or did you hear it from someone else?”

Lady Yi looked somewhat bewildered.

“I heard it from my husband’s servant, He An. I was in the first group to cross the river.”

Chen Dao had already led troops to surround Liu Bei. His eyes were blazing with fire; this was his dereliction of duty!

“Chen Dao, go and bring that He An here!”

“Yes!”

Soon,

a servant scared half to death was brought in by Chen Dao.

He hurriedly said,

“Lord Liu Xuande, I didn’t assassinate you! It was Lady Yi’s own decision!”

Liu Bei released Lady Yi and said in a deep voice,

“He An, what did you tell Lady Yi?”

He An’s eyes darted around.

“Lord Liu Xuande, I told the Lady that the Master was afraid the Xiliang Army would charge over, so he pushed several people down and even shoved some commoners off the floating bridge into the Yellow River. The soldiers only shot the Master to maintain order.”

Lady Yi’s face turned pale.

“He An, that’s not what you said before! You lied to me?!”

He An hurriedly waved his hands.

“Lady, that is exactly what I said.”

Lady Yi was not stupid; she knew she had been deceived by this He An.

Liu Bei finally understood; the delicate, naive assassin before him had clearly been tricked by this He An.

Liu Bei grabbed He An and roared,

“He An, if you tell the truth now, I might spare your life. Speak quickly!”

He An was terrified by Liu Bei; those eyes filled with killing intent seemed as if they would kill him on the spot!

“Lo, Lord Liu Xuande, I was shot by an arrow from the soldiers at the time, and out of resentment, I deliberately told the Lady that. But I never expected she would actually dare to come and assassinate you...”

Liu Bei threw He An to Chen Dao.

“Take him away and deal with him according to the law.”

“Yes!”

Lady Yi’s face was ashen, tears streaming down her face. She suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Bei.

“Lord Liu Xuande, I was deceived and repaid kindness with enmity. I can only die to atone for my sins!”

Lady Yi picked up the dagger from the ground and thrust it violently toward her own heart!

Liu Bei naturally had to stop her; if Lady Yi died like this, it wouldn’t make sense.

He moved with lightning speed, once again gripping Lady Yi’s wrist and snatching the dagger away.

“A woman, why are you always holding a dagger?”

Lady Yi wept like rain on pear blossoms.

“Lord Liu Xuande, you saved me...”

Liu Bei waved his hand.

“Since I saved you, I hope you cherish this life. Why demean yourself?”

The surrounding commoners also said,

“That’s right, it was all the servant’s nonsense.”

“Lady Yi is also pitiful. On the day of her wedding, they had only finished half the ceremony when the Xiliang soldiers came to drive everyone away.”

“Exactly, they drove us toward Changancheng and only gave us enough time to pack our belongings, and even then, they robbed us!”

“Lady Yi was also from a wealthy family in Luoyang, fleeing with her relatives. Who would have thought she’d be deceived by her own servant?”

“I didn’t expect Lady Yi to be so unyielding.”

At this time, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Han Fu, and others also came over.

After hearing what everyone had to say,

Lu Zhi sighed.

“It was all a misunderstanding. Actually, if we must blame someone, we can only blame Dong Zhuo.”

Cai Yong also said,

“Indeed, Dong Zhuo is the culprit behind these tragedies. My son-in-law was saving lives.”