Chapter 45 Shan Fu Assassinates Prefect Liu
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Che Zhou frowned slightly as he looked at the letter in his hand. Looking at the black man before him, Che Zhou asked, "You'll cooperate with me to kill Liu Bei, right?"
The black man clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "I am not Cao Cao's subordinate. I am Shan Fu, the number one swordsman of the Han Dynasty. I only accepted the mission to assassinate Liu Bei; delivering the letter is merely incidental."
Shan Fu clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "I will strike when the opportunity arises. If there isn't one, I will abandon this assassination mission. So, you decide what to do!"
With that, Shan Fu vanished from the governor's mansion.
"Damn it! What kind of attitude is this? You took my lord's money, but you don't serve him wholeheartedly!"
"Is this really okay?" Che Zhou shouted, trying to persuade Shan Fu to stay.
But it seemed to be of no use.
Finally, before nightfall, Liu Bei and his entourage returned to Xuzhou.
Liu Bei, who had just entered the city, was stopped by someone. "Lord Liu, my master wishes to see you."
Without hesitation, Liu Bei followed the man.
"Oh, it's Mr. Chen Deng!"
"What brings you here?" Liu Bei asked.
"Lord Liu, the plot in Xuchang has failed. Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, Zhong Ji, Wu Zilan, and Wu Shuo have all been killed by Cao Cao. The Prefect of Xuzhou, Che Zhou, has received Cao Cao's orders to harm you. Lord Liu, please be careful."
"Deng takes his leave."
After saying this, Chen Deng left immediately.
"Hmm, Brother Kang, you were right."
"Cao Cao wants to harm me, what do we do now?"
"It's simple, turn the tables, attack the Prefect's residence directly, and take Xuzhou."
"But we have no soldiers!"
Liu Bei said weakly.
"It's alright, I have five soldiers here. Oh, and I just sent one out to deliver a message, so I have four left. Is that enough?" Kang Lin said seriously.
"Brother Kang, don't joke around. Xuzhou City has at least fifty soldiers. The four of us brothers plus your five soldiers only make nine people. That's basically five against one. We can't win!" Liu Bei said.
"Then there's no other way. If we can't win, we can only run away." Kang Lin waved her hand helplessly.
Liu Bei hesitated for a long time before finally deciding, "Brother Kang, why don't we retreat?"
Seeing Liu Bei's cowardly look, Kang Lin was also helpless.
But Kang Lin didn't say anything more.
"Then let's go back to the inn!
Let's pick up Zhen'er and then retreat!" Kang Lin said.
"Okay," Liu Bei readily agreed.
Soon, Kang Lin and her group returned to the inn. "Wait, why is the inn so quiet?" Kang Lin said.
"At this time of day, it should be bustling with activity. Why is it so deserted?"
"Something's fishy. Be careful, brother," Kang Lin said.
Sure enough, at that moment, five soldiers suddenly leaped down from the second floor, wielding short swords. All five swords simultaneously slashed at Liu Bei.
-37 -42 -53 -39 -47 A series of damage numbers floated above Liu Bei's head.
Just then, a general's shadow followed the soldiers, leaping down.
Critical Strike -220 Instantly, Liu Bei's health was almost gone.
A single blow could easily knock him down.
Liu Bei was terrified and scrambled backward.
Kang Lin, without hesitation, used the system to scout the general.
Name: Che Zhou Strength: 140 Intelligence: 85 Speed: 75 Attack: 35 Defense: 25 SP: 0 Troops: 700 Strategy: None Kang Lin was slightly surprised.
It was actually Che Zhou himself who came.
Kang Lin immediately used the "Red Heart Scheme" on Liu Bei, and a green number of +150 appeared above Liu Bei's head. Unfortunately, it was too little; the recovery wasn't enough to do much.
Kang Lin immediately shouted at Liu Bei, "Hurry up and eat the Red Heart Pills! Now is not the time to be stingy!"
Clearly, Kang Lin underestimated Liu Bei's stinginess. Liu Bei would rather flirt with death than eat the Red Heart Pills.
Uh… Kang Lin was speechless.
Is this a case of valuing money over life?
At this moment, Guan Yu painfully took out three Red Heart Pills and said, "Brother, I only have these three. Remember to give them back!"
After saying this, Guan Yu handed the Red Heart Pills to Liu Bei.
"Thank you, Second Brother," Liu Bei said, then stuffed all three Red Heart Pills into the pills.
+100 +100 +100 Instantly, three green numbers of +100 floated above Liu Bei's head. At this moment, Liu Bei's injuries had almost completely healed.
Seeing that Liu Bei was no longer in danger, Kang Lin was relieved. She immediately created a ball of purging fire, then split it in two and threw it at the two soldiers.
-200 -200 Ding… Kang Lin used the Purging Fire Technique to defeat the soldiers.
Ding… Kang Lin used the Purging Fire Technique to defeat the soldiers.
"Dare to attack my elder brother? Watch me, Old Zhang, stab you a hundred or eighty holes!" With that, Zhang Fei thrust his spear at one of the soldiers.
Critical Hit -200 Ding… Zhang Fei defeated the soldier.
At this moment, Guan Yu's beard was white, and his flushed face seemed to hold a hint of fear.
"Die!"
Guan Yu raised his stone sword and slashed directly at a soldier.
Critical Hit -200 *Ding*... Guan Yu defeated the soldier.
Liu Bei, not to be outdone, raised his short sword and slashed at the last soldier.
Critical Hit -220 *Ding*... Liu Bei defeated the soldier.
It seems Che Zhou has truly angered Liu Bei and his two companions; all three delivered critical hits.
The three of them immediately surrounded Che Zhou.
"What, what are you doing?"
Che Zhou stammered.
"Ah... indecent assault!"
"Help!"
"Someone is indecently assaulting me!"
At this moment, Che Zhou, disregarding his image, shouted loudly.
"Sigh... This is truly shameful, utterly humiliating."
Hidden in the shadows, Shan Fu shook his head. "Fine, I'll handle this myself!"
"Whether it succeeds or not, it'll at least give Cao Cao a reprieve."
Suddenly, a cold glint flashed, and Liu Bei felt a chill run down his spine. He instinctively turned his head.
He saw a dagger thrusting down from the roof towards his mouth.
"An assassin?!" Liu Bei was terrified. Unfortunately, Shan Fu's attack was too fast. Liu Bei had no time to react, and Shan Fu's dagger was already in his mouth.
"-499 Holy crap, it's right in his heart, and there wasn't even a fatal blow!"
Shan Fu didn't hesitate at all, immediately retreating after the attack.
Kang Lin also took advantage of the moment the opponent retreated and threw out a scout. Even if you've been attacked, you should know who it was, right?
So you can get revenge later."
Name: Shan Fu Strength: 215 Intelligence: 145 Speed: 205 Attack: 25 Defense: 5 SP: 0 Troops: 700 Strategy: None Shan Fu is a familiar name.
Ah!
I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before, but I can't quite place it.
At this moment, Liu Bei's energy was also almost depleted, even more so than before. Liu Bei's current level wasn't high either, exactly 500 energy. He had just managed to max it out, and now it was down to almost nothing.
Kang Lin, fearing something might happen to Liu Bei, immediately cast a "Red Heart Scheme" on him.
+150 A green number immediately appeared above Liu Bei's head.
"Let's go!"
"Let's take down Che Zhou first," Kang Lin said.
Then Kang Lin and her group, without saying a word, surrounded him and started punching and kicking him.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't hit someone in the face!"
Ouch, you kicked my little brother! Hey, be gentle!
I'm Cao Cao's confidant, you can't treat me like this.
Ding... Accept prisoners?
Accept! Kang Lin accepted without hesitation, gaining five more soldiers.
His underlings are growing stronger.
This is quite good. At this rate, it won't be long before Liu Bei is calling him "Big Brother"!
After all, strength is king!
Liu Bei's so-called brotherhood is meaningless to Kang Lin; it's all about mutual exploitation!
(End of Chapter)
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