Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 41: Punishing the Eunuch Party
After Liu Xie came back, he told Wei Xiaobao again about his fiefdom and the story of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo coming to Luoyang, which was basically the same as what Shuang'er told Wei Xiaobao.

The palace was peaceful for several days in a row. Wei Xiaobao went out for a stroll from Liu Xie's bedroom every day. On the one hand, he was lively by nature and felt bored to death being trapped in a palm-sized room every day. On the other hand, he also went to inquire about the movements of the Ten Attendants, He Jin, Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. However, he gained nothing every day and did not even meet the Ten Attendants.

The Northern Palace of the Eastern Han Dynasty was much smaller than the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty. Over the past few days, Wei Xiaobao had already explored it thoroughly. He had visited all kinds of sleeping palaces, gardens and government offices. One day he even saw Lu Zhi in the Secretariat.

Of course, Wei Xiaobao would not be discovered by Lu Zhi. He just hid himself when he saw Lu Zhi from a distance. Later, he took advantage of the fact that no one was in the Shangshu Terrace to go in and take a look.

Empress Dowager Dong had been sent out of the palace, and He Lingsi had also moved to the Empress Dowager's palace, Yongle Palace. Wei Xiaobao had not been in there yet, but just took a walk outside when He Lingsi was not in Yongle Palace.

Wei Xiaobao never saw the Ten Eunuchs, and thought that these eunuchs must be busy currying favor with He Lingsi in Yongle Palace, but he didn't want to see He Lingsi again, so he could only wait in the small room where Zhang Rang and others gathered every day.

That day, Zhang Rang still didn't show up until late at night, and there was not even a passing eunuch outside the door, so Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to go back.

Shuang'er saw Wei Xiaobao coming back dejectedly and asked, "Xiaobao, what's wrong with you? Did something unhappy happen to you?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "It's been several days, and there's no news from the Ten Attendants."

Shuang'er comforted him, "It's okay, Xiaobao. Good things take time. Let's wait a little longer. Anyway, we are safe and comfortable in the palace now. It's not like when we followed the Yellow Turban Army."

Wei Xiaobao looked at Shuang'er, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. He thought, "Shuang'er is still the best. If He Lingsi could be half as good as Shuang'er, I would also consider taking her back."

Wei Xiaobao said, "It's a pity that you're the only one accompanying me. If Fang Yi, the young princess, and Miss Zeng were all here, I would be willing to spend my whole life on a deserted island."

Shuang'er smiled and said, "It would be best if we also have Miss A Ke."

Wei Xiaobao clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, yes. If Madam Hong could come, that would be even better. I'd just spend every day on the deserted island being cuckolded by that old coward, Master Hong."

Shuang'er pounded Wei Xiaobao's fist with her pink fist, and cursed with a smile: "You are so bad! You are stranded on a deserted island, and you still want to cheat on others."

Wei Xiaobao said, "Who made it so difficult for me to go home now?"

Liu Xie had been sitting on the bed meditating, ignoring the laughter and playfulness of Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er.

Suddenly, there was a cracking sound on the window. Wei Xiaobao was already used to prying open other people's windows to eavesdrop and sneak in. He was familiar with this sound and alert. He covered Shuang'er's mouth and whispered, "Don't move. There is someone eavesdropping outside the window."

Then someone outside the window shouted, "Murder, murder, rebellion, rebellion."

Wei Xiaobao shouted excitedly: "The Ten Attendants have finally taken action."

Shuang'er asked curiously, "Are the eunuchs going to kill the emperor and rebel?"

Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said, "No, it's to kill He Jin. Oh, I have to go find them quickly. If these old turtles forget about the jade seal on He Jin, my clever plan will be ruined."

Wei Xiaobao pushed open the palace door and saw the body of a eunuch lying on the window. Without thinking much, he ran to the place where the shouting and killing sounds were the loudest.

After running for a while, Wei Xiaobao vaguely sensed that something was wrong. The eunuchs fleeing in front of him were all wearing the same clothes as himself. From further away, he could hear shouts of "Kill the eunuchs!" Seeing a man dressed as a military general stabbing the sword in the back of a eunuch, Wei Xiaobao was terrified and hurriedly hid in the flowers nearby.

In the distance, voices could be heard faintly, and the sound of orders was incessant. The voices were deep and powerful, definitely not the voices of eunuchs. Wei Xiaobao was terrified. "Could it be that the Ten Attendants failed and were killed by He Jin? I haven't looked for He Lingsi these past two days. Could she have leaked the news to He Jin? It's over. I can't go back, but if He Jin is not dead, then wouldn't it be chaos?"

Wei Xiaobao observed the battle situation around him as he crawled forward through the flowers. He saw four or five eunuchs in front of him kill a soldier together, and then several soldiers rushed over to kill him. He couldn't help but gasp, wondering, "Where on earth did these soldiers come from? The Western Garden Guards are all under Zhang Rang's command now. They can't possibly be chasing eunuchs, and the soldiers of other places wouldn't dare to trespass into the Forbidden Palace!"

The soldiers abandoned the bodies and went after the others who were fleeing.

Wei Xiaobao waited until there was no movement around him, crawled out, dragged the soldier's body to a corner, changed into a soldier's uniform, blended into the crowd, and followed him to Yongle Palace.

Wei Xiaobao saw a particularly conspicuous general in the crowd. He was holding a long sword and had a handsome appearance. When he saw the eunuchs, he didn't say much but just struck them with his sword. He killed countless eunuchs along the way.

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "This man is so brave, could he be Cao Cao? I'll have to get closer and take a look. I wasn't really paying attention when I was listening to the stories in the teahouse, I just knew these few people, so I'll take every one I can."

Wei Xiaobao squeezed forward in the crowd, and others thought he was afraid of falling behind, but they didn't know that he just wanted to see what the person in front of him looked like.

The small team of twenty or thirty people soon rushed from Zhangde Hall to Yongle Palace. The once solemn royal palace was now covered with blood.

Wei Xiaobao finally got close to the person and heard crying sounds. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw He Lingsi slumped on the ground, sobbing with her sleeves covering her face. A group of eunuchs surrounded her, each holding a dagger.

A middle-aged man standing next to the handsome man shouted sternly, "Hand over the murderer, and I will spare your life!"

The handsome man said, "Meng De, don't talk any more with this bunch of eunuchs. Kill them all and then find the Ten Eunuchs."

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "So that middle-aged man is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde. He's not tall and looks ordinary. I'm so disappointed."

Someone among the eunuchs shouted, "We are not eunuchs, we are just palace guards."

Wei Xiaobao looked and saw that some of them were indeed not wearing eunuch uniforms. He then thought, "Even I know people change clothes on the way. Maybe some of them are fake."

The handsome man said, "You are all white-faced and beardless, yet you still dare to quibble?"

"We are really not officials. Please forgive us, General."

Wei Xiaobao felt the voice was familiar, and when he looked carefully, he found it was Tang Zhou.

Wei Xiaobao suddenly had a bad idea in his mind, and he hid in the crowd and shouted, "Take off your pants and you'll know."

Wei Xiaobao covered his mouth and chuckled, thinking, "No matter if Cao Cao and the others kill you or not, I'm going to make a fool of myself first, to see if you, a little turtle, dare to stand against me again. Why are there only little turtles here? Where are Zhang Rang and his gang of old turtles? I was so busy watching the fun that I almost forgot about serious matters."

Regardless of whether they were real or fake, the eunuchs refused to take off their pants in front of the empress dowager. Only Tang Zhou threw away his dagger and reached for his waist.

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "Could this little turtle also be pretending to be a eunuch?"

The handsome man shouted, "Those who dare not prove their innocence are undoubtedly eunuchs!" As he spoke, he thrust out the sword in his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward, chopping the group of people into meat paste in an instant. Only Tang Zhou was left with his bare buttocks, holding up his clothes and shivering, with a stream of water flowing down his bare legs.

(End of this chapter)