Chapter 729

Groups of Huang Jin bandits, their heads wrapped in yellow turbans, ran out of the mansion's gate, clutching Wuzhu coins.

On the steps in front of the mansion, the ground was covered with fallen Wuzhu coins.

The fleeing Huang Jin bandits didn't even care about the coins on the ground, running for their lives.

Huangfu Li led over a thousand soldiers to surround and kill them all the way to this point.

At a glance, he saw the Huang Jin bandits running out of the mansion, clutching money in their arms.

Huangfu Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his sword and pointed, "Stop them! Stop everyone in this mansion!"

At Huangfu Li's command, the soldiers began to charge.

In just a moment, the Huang Jin bandits fleeing in all directions on the street were all slaughtered.

"You all stay outside; without my command, no one is allowed to enter."

Huangfu Li stood in front of the open mansion gate and ordered the soldiers behind him.

Although the soldiers were curious about what was inside the mansion.

They dared not enter at will and could only follow Huangfu Li's order to guard outside the gate.

When Huangfu Li led his personal guards into the gate, the soldiers outside swarmed in and looted all the scattered Wuzhu coins on the ground.

Inside the mansion.

Huangfu Song entered the mansion with dozens of personal guards.

Although the mansion was in a state of total disarray and mess from being ransacked, it was still not hard to see the luxury of the mansion before.

Between the pavilions and towers, golden tiles shimmered with dazzling light.

Even in the garden pond, one could faintly see the glint of jewelry reflecting from the bottom of the water.

Huangfu Li considered himself to have seen some of the world.

But when faced with such a mansion, he could only gasp in amazement with his mouth half-open.

"General, money! Money! There is money everywhere here!"

The deputy general under Huangfu Li pointed to the wooden chests in the room in the distance.

Then he walked quickly toward the interior of the mansion.

Looking at the scattered copper coins and luxurious decorations in the room.

Huangfu Li's eyes were filled with gold.

"General... what should we do now?" The deputy general grabbed a handful of Wuzhu coins and looked at Huangfu Li with anticipation.

Huangfu Li looked around.

His expression became increasingly greedy.

"Go, tell the people outside not to come in—no one is allowed to come in," Huangfu Li said through gritted teeth. "Check carefully to see if there are any living people left in this mansion."

"If there are..."

"Do you understand?" Huangfu Li looked at the deputy general.

The deputy general nodded. "This subordinate understands."

"Also... collect all the money here," Huangfu Li said, looking around. "When the time comes, just say that this place was looted by the Huang Jin bandits and that there was nothing left when we arrived. When night comes, transport all the money here without anyone knowing."

The deputy general nodded excitedly.

They did as they were told; at Huangfu Li's command, everyone took action.

In the east of the city, outside the Xun clan's fortified manor.

Cao Cao led Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, and Xia Houyuan, leading over a thousand troops, and with just one charge, they drove away all the Huang Jin bandits surrounding the Xun clan's manor.

After chasing the bandits around the city, Cao Cao led the three brothers back to the front of the Xun clan's mansion.

And upon learning that the Huang Jin bandits had retreated.

And that the imperial army had come to their aid, Xun Shuang ordered the gates of the manor to be opened.

Cao Cao stood outside the Xun clan's manor.

Inside the gate, Xun Shuang led a group of Xun clan members to welcome them.

"Haha, this must be the Cavalry Commandant, General Cao. I am Xun Shuang; thank you, General Cao, for coming to our rescue."

The hunched Xun Shuang walked out from the gate and bowed to Cao Cao in thanks.

Cao Cao returned the salute immediately.

Although Cao Cao was the descendant of a eunuch.

Cao Teng was also a Regular Palace Attendant.

But Cao Teng was different from Zhang Rang and the others.

Cao Teng was one of the very few who were not hostile to the gentry, and even when Cao Teng was alive, he had helped many of the gentry.

As a result, Cao Teng had a very good reputation.

Coupled with the fact that the Cao family had earned a huge reputation when Cao Cao used the five-colored sticks to beat the uncle of the Regular Palace Attendant Jian Shuo to death, they had essentially completed the initial break from the eunuch faction.

Seeing Xun Shuang take the initiative to meet him, and with such a grand salute.

Cao Cao did not dare to be negligent.

"Xun Lao, you are too kind. I have only performed a minor service; how could I dare to claim credit in front of you?" Cao Cao said politely. "Even if I hadn't come, these bandits naturally wouldn't have been able to do anything to the Xun clan."

"General Cao, you are too modest, too modest," Xun Shuang said, stroking his beard. "I heard that the troops of the Left General and the Right General have already entered the city?"

Cao Cao nodded.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun had indeed both entered the city.

"That is excellent, excellent. In this way, the crisis in Yingyin is resolved."

"General Cao, please come into the mansion for a chat. I will send someone to find the Left General of the Household and the Right General of the Household."

Xun Shuang said, inviting Cao Cao into the Xun clan's manor.

Hearing Xun Shuang say he wanted to invite Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, Cao Cao paused and said, "Xun Lao, the General of the Vanguard and Governor of Liangzhou, Duan Yu, has also arrived and is currently outside the city."

"Oh?" Xun Shuang stopped and looked back at Cao Cao. "Since... since General Duan has also arrived, why has he not led his troops into the city?"

Cao Cao thought to himself that he would like to know that too.

"It is like this, Xun Lao: it was the General of the Vanguard who ordered me to lead the troops into the city," Cao Cao said.

Xun Shuang stroked his beard with a smile, his expression thoughtful, and then smiled and said, "Since General Duan has also arrived, he should naturally be invited into the mansion as well."

"Wenruo, you go to the city yourself and invite General Duan."

"Tell him that I am personally hosting a banquet in the mansion today to invite the Left General of the Household, the Right General of the Household, the Cavalry Commandant, and General Duan to be guests."

Xun Yu, who had been following Xun Shuang, immediately stepped forward and bowed in response.

"General Cao, please," Xun Shuang gestured again.

"Uncle, should we send more people to search for my cousin?" Xun Yu suddenly asked.

Cousin?

Cao Cao's small eyes lit up immediately.

Xun Shuang's daughter, Xun Yu's cousin.

Wasn't that Xun Cai, who had married Yin Yu and become a widow not two years later?

Hearing this.

"Xun Lao, is Miss Xun Cai not in the mansion?" Cao Cao asked, looking at Xun Shuang.

Xun Shuang sighed immediately. "Alas..."

"Family shame, family shame," Xun Shuang said, shaking his head. "General Cao may have heard that my daughter's husband passed away more than a year ago."

"She has been raising her only daughter alone, and I thought that since she is still so young, she should remarry."

"But my daughter has a strange temper and personality; she refused to remarry no matter what, and in a fit of anger, she left."

"It just so happens that the Huang Jin bandits breached the city, and I lost contact with her."

"I don't know..."

"Alas..."

Xun Shuang shook his head and sighed.

Twenty years old.

Husband died more than a year ago.

And she has a daughter.

This... ===== CHAPTER 731 =====