Chapter 1378: Fate! [1]

Dark clouds slid across the sky like flowing ink, and the pale light of the waning moon filtered through the withered branches and fallen leaves of an old tree, landing on Xu You's green robes.

Xu You stood under the tree, gazing into the distance toward Yecheng.

Although everything in sight was pitch black, it could not hide the anxious look in his eyes.

The *swish-swish* sound of shoe soles rubbing against the sandy ground rang out.

A servant from Xu You's household, hunched over and panting heavily, arrived at the meeting point.

"How is it? Benchu... how is he?"

Xu You looked at the servant with an anxious face.

"Reporting to Master... the Inspector... the Inspector is dead..."

Dead...

How could he be dead?

Xu You's eyes were hollow and lifeless.

How could he just die like that?

Hadn't they agreed to go to Chang'an together, to defect to Duan Yu together?

"Benchu... how could you just die?" Xu You still couldn't believe it.

The many suspicious circumstances could not possibly be hidden from Xu You.

Yuan Shao went to the banquet at Yuan Ji's invitation.

If Yuan Ji hadn't invited him, how could Yuan Shao have been so completely off his guard?

Although the Jizhou noble clans viewed Yuan Shao as a thorn in their side,

they wouldn't have been bold enough to find a way to kill Yuan Shao yet.

At most, they would use their usual methods: resigning from office and ostracizing Yuan Shao along with all his relatives.

How could the son of Zhen Jian, who had escaped, appear at Wufang Tavern so coincidentally?

How could a merchant's son possibly be a match for Yuan Shao?

Was it a coincidence?

How could there be so many coincidences? ===== CHAPTER 1380 =====