That night, Liu Biao held a grand banquet in the main hall of his mansion.
"Lord Dingshan, Jingzhou will henceforth be under your jurisdiction. This is the seal of Jingzhou."
After everyone had arrived, Liu Biao personally handed over the seal of Jingzhou to Wang Han in front of everyone.
Wang Han smiled as he accepted the seal, saying, "Lord Liu Biao's move is wise."
"Lord Marquis Dingshan, I have always admired you greatly. Today I am finally able to meet you. I would like to offer you a toast." Liu Biao's general Wen Ping said to Wang Han with joy as he saw Wang Han accept the seal of office.
“This is my general Wen Ping,” Liu Biao quickly introduced. “He greatly admires Lord Dingshan and often laments that he has never met such a hero. Today, his wish has finally come true.”
"I'm just doing my part. Let's work together in the future," Wang Han said, then took a deep sniff of the wine in his glass after stimulating his nose before downing the wine in one gulp.
"Lord Dingshan, you have no future." Liu Biao smiled slightly after seeing Wang Han drink the wine. He raised his cup and said, "Lord Dingshan, I hope you will be more lenient with me in the future."
"Please," Wang Han said, raising his glass and finishing his drink again.
While Wang Han was drinking, Liu Biao quickly gave his men a wink, and they understood and began to toast Wang Han in turn.
General Wen Ping secretly went out to have someone prepare an ambush.
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"Make way, make way!" In Jinling City, over a thousand soldiers, led by their commander, hurriedly headed towards Liu Biao's residence. The common people, seeing this, quickly made way, afraid of offending these military men.
"What are these soldiers doing?" After the musketeers left, the people began to discuss among themselves.
"Oh no! They're probably going to kill Lord Dingshan. They don't want reforms!" a commoner suddenly exclaimed.
"What?! They want to kill Lord Dingshan?" Upon hearing the exclamation, the people immediately erupted in uproar.
"Old woman, take good care of your grandson." An old man grabbed a stool and hurried toward Liu Biao's residence.
"I'll go too." The vegetable vendor dropped his basket, grabbed his carrying pole, and followed.
"I'll go too..."
"And me..."
The people of the entire street dropped what they were doing, picked up whatever they could use as weapons—whether it was a carrying pole or a stool—and charged noisily toward Liu Biao's residence.
"Make way, make way!" Before the people even reached Liu Biao's residence, a large number of musketeers rushed up from behind. "Someone is plotting a rebellion and wants to kill Lord Dingshan. We need to go and rescue Lord Dingshan."
When the people arrived at the gate of Liu Biao's residence, they saw musketeers rushing in. Some of the musketeers blocked the people from entering, and several officers shouted, "Everyone, please calm down. We will never let Lord Dingshan be in danger. Swords have no eyes, please wait here."
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"Lord Marquis of Dingshan, Lord Marquis of Dingshan."
In Liu Biao's residence, General Wen Ping shook Wang Han, who was slumped over the table. Seeing that Wang Han did not move, he quietly reached out and checked Wang Han's nose. After confirming that there was no breath, Liu Biao said to General Wen Ping, "My lord, Marquis Dingshan has died from poisoning."
Upon hearing this, Liu Biao said happily, "I didn't expect to poison him so easily. Even the best in the world, who could fight against ten thousand men, couldn't withstand a bottle of poison. Wen Ping, cut off his head, then have someone chop his body into pieces, saying that he was hacked to death by rebellious soldiers, and then create the appearance of a chaotic battle."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, General Wen Ping drew his sword and slashed at Wang Han's neck.
"puff……"
Before General Wen Ping's sword could fall, a large hole was instantly torn in his abdomen, and he slowly collapsed.
"What happened?" Liu Biao and his men stared in astonishment at the fallen general Wen Ping, not understanding what had just occurred, especially the large hole in his chest.
"Liu Biao, you've finally shown your true colors," Wang Han said, lifting his head from the table.
"You..." Liu Biao looked at Wang Han in horror. Wang Han showed no signs of poisoning, nor was he even drunk.
"How come I wasn't poisoned to death?" Wang Han sneered. "I already knew your plan. Kill me, then frame Yuan Shu's old subordinates, and then use the pretext of avenging me to attack Yuan Shu's old subordinates and take over Yuan Shu's former territory, right?"
"Liu Biao, your plan is excellent, but unfortunately I found out about it yesterday. I never intended to keep you alive from the beginning, and I needed a suitable reason to kill you. Since you yourselves have given me a reason to kill you, I will play along. As for the poisoned wine, I did drink it, but your poisoned wine can't kill me."
"Hmph, so what if you saw through me?" Liu Biao sneered. "Marquis of Dingshan, now that we've torn off all pretense, you must die today, musketeers."
At Liu Biao's command, soldiers armed with muskets rushed out from all around the hall, their muskets all aimed at Wang Han. These musketeers were all Liu Biao's trusted men.
"Hmph, you want to use the weapons I gave you against me? Since I dared to give you muskets, I'm naturally not afraid of you using them against me. Liu Biao, I have no intention of letting you live past today either," Wang Han said, his figure vanishing instantly.
Before anyone could react, Wang Han appeared in front of the two musketeers, drew their swords from their waists, and reinforced their hardness with a strengthening device.
"Pfft... Clang clang..." Wang Han wielded his twin blades, cleaving two soldiers in two, spear and all, in two. Wang Han's movements were fluid, his figure leaping and darting among the soldiers like a nimble swallow. His twin blades moved with the speed and agility of a flower slicing through leaves; soldiers fell before they could even see what was happening.
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