Chapter 321

"Everyone, whip your horses and ride fast to protect His Majesty!"

"Understood!"

By the time Liu Bei arrived, everyone discovered that Cao Cao was in a towering rage.

"What use are you ministers, if you couldn't even protect the Emperor!"

"Someone, kill Dong Cheng's entire family, young and old!"

Liu Bei spurred his horse forward and shouted loudly,

"Wait, Meng De, what are you doing?"

Several old ministers wept aloud,

"Lord Xuande, His Majesty has been killed by the rebel soldiers!"

"We deserve to die!"

Only then did Cao Cao notice Liu Bei. He was shocked in his heart, but upon discovering that Dian Wei and the newly recruited Xu Zhu were already guarding his side, he felt slightly at ease.

Liu Bei ignored Cao Cao, walked a few steps to the front of Emperor Liu Xie's corpse, and was instantly bathed in tears.

"Your Majesty, your subject has arrived too late!"

"Your subject is guilty; I am a step too late!"

Liu Bei's body swayed, as if he were about to faint.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao was quick-witted and supported Liu Bei.

Those old ministers discussed it among themselves,

"Cao Mengde came here only to slaughter. It wasn't enough to kill Dong Cheng, who died protecting the Emperor, but he wants to kill his whole family too. As soon as Lord Xuande arrived, he went straight to His Majesty; his grief is truly pitiful to the heavens!"

"Who is a loyal minister and who is a treacherous one can be seen at a glance!"

Cao Cao's eyelids twitched. He held his long sword and walked toward Dong Cheng's family.

"Dong Cheng, as the Guard General, failed to protect His Majesty properly. You should all go and be buried with him!"

A pretty young woman, crying like rain on pear blossoms, said stubbornly,

"Cao Cao, my father escorted His Majesty all the way from Chang'an to here, suffering several arrow wounds and seven or eight blade cuts; it was extremely arduous.

You, Cao Cao, have not established a sliver of merit. As soon as you arrived, you killed my father, and now you want to kill my family. What kind of method is this!"

She was Dong Cheng's daughter, the historical Noble Lady Dong of Liu Xie. After the belt edict, she was killed by Cao Cao even while pregnant.

Cao Cao had originally intended to hold the Emperor hostage to command the warlords,

but he had not expected

to receive the Emperor's corpse.

How could this not make him angry, how could he not be furious!

"Fine, I will send you to see Dong Cheng!"

Cao Cao swung his long sword, intending to kill the woman!

"Clang!"

A loud sound rang out.

The long spear in Liu Bei's hand was thrown, knocking Cao Cao's long sword away.

"Meng De, even if Dong Cheng had no merit in guarding His Majesty, he had the toil of it. You killing his family to vent your anger is going too far!"

Liu Bei walked over and glared at Cao Cao.

Dong Cheng's family all wept loudly; they were truly aggrieved.

Liu Bei waved his hand at them, letting Zhang Liao take them back to his own military formation.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth,

"Liu Bei, what is your intention? Do you hope for His Majesty to suffer misfortune?!"

Guan Yu cursed loudly,

"Cao Cao, my eldest brother traveled hundreds of miles through the night to protect His Majesty. What kind of ghost talk are you spouting?"

"How bold, to dare insult my lord!"

Xu Zhu, who had just joined them, roared from the side.

"You are the bold one! Where is there a place for you to speak!"

Liu Bei suddenly stepped forward and kicked Xu Zhu, sending him flying more than ten meters away!

Xu Zhu rolled several times on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood, and clutched his stomach; clearly, his ribs had been broken by Liu Bei's kick!

The people around all gasped.

Lord Xuande is valiant to this extent!

Cold sweat broke out on Cao Cao's forehead, and he finally calmed down. The Liu Bei in front of him was a man who could fight ten thousand!

His own life was in danger at any moment; one Dian Wei was far from enough to protect him.

He let out a long sigh,

"Xuande, we both came to protect His Majesty. I was suddenly overcome with grief and indignation upon seeing His Majesty assassinated... I was agitated."

The live broadcast room's comments exploded.

"Boss Cao has chickened out!"

"That Xu Zhu is truly useless, kicked away by Liu Bei in one blow!"

"One can only say Liu Bei is too fierce now."

"Don't be hypocritical, Eared Thief; it was you who killed the Emperor!"

"Acting, he's too good at acting. I wish I could run over there and shout to everyone that the Emperor was killed by the Eared Thief's men!"

"Truly a perfect crime!"

"Cao Cao is holding the Emperor's corpse; can he still command the warlords?"