Chapter 42 Liu, Guan and Zhang take the blame
Zhang Rang looked directly at the sealed iron bucket placed by Liu Hong on the inside of the bed, and his eyes instantly became extremely hot.
He immediately reached out to take the sealed iron bucket.
"All civil and military officials are eager for the life spirit liquid. Although most of the officials in the court have been controlled by me, the imperial guards are also controlled by my people!"
"But the army guarding Xingyang City is controlled by He Jin. He Jin and I are not on good terms. If the news of Liu Hong's death spreads, He Jin will definitely attack me!"
"The news of Liu Hong's death can't be concealed for long. The most important thing now is to transfer the life spirit liquid according to the original plan!"
"As long as I take a hundred drops of life spirit liquid and have a huge force of ten thousand pounds, I can go anywhere in this world!"
Many thoughts flashed through Zhang Rang's mind in an instant, and then he called in the six eunuchs guarding the door.
Four of the six eunuchs carried golden nanmu toilets.
Zhang Rang immediately transferred the Life Spirit Liquid into a golden nanmu toilet bucket, and then sealed the toilet bucket and put it into another large toilet bucket.
Then he asked someone to pour some yellow and white night incense into the toilet bucket.
Zhang Rang did not transfer all the Life Spirit Liquid, but left about ten drops in the original iron bucket containing the Life Spirit Liquid.
At the same time, he also asked someone to pour some green liquid prepared last night into the iron bucket.
He even asked someone to arrange Liu Hong's body to look like he was sleeping, close his eyes with his hands, and cover him with a blanket.
When he heard that Liu Hong was only willing to give him five drops of Life Spirit Liquid yesterday, he conspired with his confidant to seize Liu Hong's Life Spirit Liquid last night.
The method of using the toilet bucket to transfer the Life Spirit Liquid was also thought of last night.
The green liquid and toilet bucket, which were similar in color to the Life Spirit Liquid, were also prepared last night.
Everything is for this moment!
After doing all this, Zhang Rang asked one of the eunuchs who usually poured night incense for Liu Hong to carry the toilet bucket containing the life spirit liquid.
As soon as Zhang Rang walked out of the courtyard where Liu Hong was, a eunuch led Liu Bei and his three brothers to walk towards him.
Liu Bei bowed to Zhang Rang and said, "Master Zhang!"
Although he didn't like Zhang Rang, a eunuch, Zhang Rang was a popular figure around Emperor Liu Hong, and he was powerful in the court, so he didn't dare to offend him.
Zhang Rang was calm and composed, "Xuan De, His Majesty is still waiting to summon you, I won't delay you to see His Majesty!"
Liu Hong didn't summon Liu Bei and his three brothers at all. He asked someone to falsely convey Liu Hong's oral instructions.
The reason for finding Liu Bei and his three brothers was naturally to let them be scapegoats for himself.
The reason for choosing Liu Bei and his three brothers was that the three of them were extremely brave and were the bravest people except for Wang Yun's adopted son Lu Bu.
With the martial arts of the three, they would definitely be able to leave with the fake life spirit liquid.
Another reason is that Liu Bei and his three brothers had just entered the court and had no followers, so such people were the most suitable scapegoats.
Liu Bei clasped his fists and said, "Master Zhang, I'll take my leave!"
After that, he glanced at the "Yexianglang" who was carrying a toilet.
Feeling the pungent smell, he held his breath and hurriedly led his two sworn brothers to Liu Hong's courtyard.
Liu Bei was very excited when he thought that His Majesty would reward them with the life spirit liquid in a moment.
Zhang Rang gave two of the eunuchs a look.
The two eunuchs understood and quietly followed behind Liu Bei and his three brothers.
Zhang Rang asked two eunuchs to notify the imperial guards.
"Liu Xuande, I left ten drops of life spirit liquid for you three brothers, don't let me down!"
Zhang Rang turned around and looked at Liu Hong's yard.
Thinking of ten drops of life spirit liquid, Zhang Rang felt a little distressed.
But when he thought that he had more than 800 drops on him, he didn't feel distressed anymore.
Besides, it is worthwhile to sacrifice ten drops of life essence to make the subsequent plan go smoothly!
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On the other side.
A eunuch brought Liu Bei and his three brothers to the outside of Liu Hong's room.
"Three adults, His Majesty is waiting for you inside, please go in!"
The eunuch said respectfully to Liu Bei and his three brothers.
For some reason, Liu Bei felt a little uneasy.
But the eunuch next to him was indeed the eunuch next to the emperor Liu Hong.
Shaking off the distracting thoughts in his heart, Liu Bei gave a look to the two brothers next to him.
He pushed open the door and walked in.
When Liu Bei and his three brothers entered the room, the eunuch quietly retreated.
"Your Majesty!"
When they came to the bed, they looked through the curtain and vaguely saw the emperor Liu Hong lying inside. Liu Bei and his three brothers bowed and saluted.
After a long time without getting a response, Liu Bei raised his head, and his uneasiness became even worse, "Your Majesty, for your safety, please forgive me for being rude!"
The three brothers stepped forward to pull open the curtain, and their faces suddenly changed.
Liu Hong was lying quietly on the bed, his face and lips were purple.
Guan Yu quickly reached out to feel Liu Hong's breath, turned his head to look at Liu Bei, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, His Majesty is dead!"
"Judging from the color of His Majesty's face and lips, he died of poisoning!"
Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Second brother, third brother, just now Zhang Rang, the eunuch, said that His Majesty was waiting for the three of us brothers, but now His Majesty is dead. I think that eunuch must have poisoned His Majesty!"
"That eunuch controls the government. In my opinion, he must have poisoned His Majesty for the life spirit liquid. The life spirit liquid must be in that toilet. Let's chase him now. We must not let him run away with His Majesty's life spirit liquid!"
Zhang Fei picked up the iron bucket placed next to Liu Hong's pillow and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, your Majesty's life essence is still there. The color is the same as what your Majesty took yesterday, and even the smell is the same!"
Liu Bei looked at the green liquid in the iron bucket in front of him and was dumbfounded, "This?"
When Liu Hong took the Life Spirit Liquid yesterday, he also saw that the color of the Life Spirit Liquid was indeed green.
He suspected that the life spirit liquid in the iron bucket was fake and had really been replaced by Zhang Rang.
But the green liquid in the tin bucket exudes a faint fragrance, and just smelling it makes me feel more energetic.
Wasn't His Majesty poisoned by that eunuch Zhang Rang?
It is said that he suddenly vomited blood in the morning, and there was still green liquid in the corner of His Majesty's mouth. According to that "Wang Teng", His Majesty's body could only take one drop in three days. He just took one drop yesterday. Could it be that Your Majesty couldn't bear it after Zhang Rang left? After swallowing the life spirit liquid, if the deficiency is not replenished, will it be able to reach heaven?
The chamberlain who was carrying the bucket just now was indeed the "Ye Xianglang" beside His Majesty, and the bucket was full of a bucket of yellow and white night fragrance.
That eunuch Zhang Rang would definitely not transfer the life spirit liquid mixed with night fragrance.
In other words, the life liquid in front of me might be real? !
Thinking of this, Liu Bei's eyes instantly became extremely fiery.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said in a deep voice: "Second brother, third brother, although my brothers and I did not kill your majesty, many people saw us entering your majesty's yard just now. Now that your majesty is dead, they will definitely kill him." The blame is placed on our three brothers!”
Speaking of this, Liu Bei said righteously and solemnly: "For the current plan, our three brothers have no choice but to take the life spirit liquid and escape. As long as we can escape from Xingyang City, with these life spirit liquid here, my three brothers will definitely be able to escape in the future." Destroy all the alien races in the world and restore peace to the world!"
"I wonder what you two brothers think?"
Zhang Fei said loudly: "Brother, I listen to you! These days, I have had enough of the corrupt officials in the court. They all only want to enjoy themselves and have no regard for the lives of the people!"
Guan Yu's face was firm: "I will accompany you in life and death!"
Liu Bei was very moved. He took the metal bucket from Zhang Fei and walked quickly towards the gate with the two brothers.
"Someone, come quickly! Your Majesty has passed away. The three Liu Bei brothers poisoned Your Majesty for the life essence!"
When the three brothers Liu Bei just walked to the door, a scream sounded from the yard.
Liu Bei's expression changed drastically, "No! I fell into a trap!"
"Well, Liu Xuande, Your Majesty has been so kind to you three brothers. He not only rectified your name, but also pardoned your second brother Guan Yu for killing an official. Even your third brother, a lowly butcher, was made a school captain, but you are ungrateful. , To poison His Majesty for the sake of life spirit liquid is worse than a pig or a dog!”
At this moment, Jian Shuo, the commander of the Imperial Guard, came in with his Imperial Guard, pointed at Liu Bei and cursed loudly.
"Commander Jian, please listen to my explanation. Your Majesty is really not poisoned by your Majesty. He just came in."
Liu Bei explained loudly.
"Bold Liu Bei, what you are holding in your hand is His Majesty's Life Spirit Liquid. The evidence is conclusive, but you still dare to quibble?"
"Get these three traitors and thieves down for me, general!"
"Don't hurt His Majesty's life essence!"
Jian Shuo was Zhang Rang's man, so how could he give Liu Bei a chance to defend himself and directly interrupt Liu Bei's words.
As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial guards behind Jian Shuo all rushed towards Liu Bei's three brothers.
"Second brother, third brother, the matter has come to this, we can't argue, now we can only fight with all our strength to break out of the siege."
Liu Bei looked very ugly and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside him.
Because he couldn't explain it lightly now, Liu Hong was dead, and what he was holding was Liu Hong's life liquid.
And he also saw that this was a conspiracy against the three brothers.
Liu Bei was vaguely sure that the life spirit liquid in his hand was fake, but he didn't care about it at the moment.
When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei heard this, they immediately killed the imperial guards who were charging towards them.
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