He Jin was fat and strong. When the eunuchs slashed at him with their swords, he either dodged them or his thick skin prevented them from hitting any vital organs.
Seeing that the eunuchs were serious, He Jin became frightened and dodged their swords, shouting, "Eunuch Zhang, I swear to the Luo River that I will not kill you, and please don't kill me either!"
Because of Liu Xiu's integrity, and because Sima Yi had not yet crossed the moral line, the oath made by the Luo River still held considerable weight!
"Too late!"
Zhang Rangcai didn't believe He Jin's nonsense. Now that they were facing each other, if foreign troops came to the capital to remonstrate, Empress Dowager He would be forced to hand over the Ten Attendants. Even if He Jin didn't kill them later, he would find other ways to torture them to the point of wishing they were dead.
Zhang Rang took matters into his own hands, and suddenly thrust his sword fiercely into He Jin's waist.
He Jin screamed and froze. Zhao Zhong and the others rushed forward, ignoring He Jin's screams, and tore him into eight pieces.
"Eunuch Zhang, now that He Jin is dead, what should we do if the Empress Dowager asks?" the other ten eunuchs asked.
Zhang Rang coldly said, "We just said that He Jin had transferred troops from other places to the capital to threaten the Empress Dowager and kill us. We fought back and accidentally killed the General."
"Would the Empress Dowager spare us?" Zhao Zhong and the others didn't believe it.
"The Empress Dowager was already dissatisfied with the Grand General's arrogance and his monopolization of power with the scholar-officials."
Zhang Rang said calmly, "We'll report to the Empress Dowager now and ask her to ask His Majesty to issue an edict to send the soldiers who came to the capital back to their respective prefectures to defend against Liu Wei's troops!"
The Ten Attendants naturally knew that Liu Wei had raised an army to attack the He family!
However, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong knew that once Liu Wei arrived in the capital and wiped out Empress He's family, he would definitely target the Ten Attendants.
Liu Wei must already know what they did for Empress Dowager Dong.
good!
Zhao Zhong instructed Huang Men to wash the ground with water and to clean up He Jin's body.
Suddenly, someone came running in a panic from the direction of Zhengyang Gate:
"Eunuch Zhang, Eunuch Zhao, something terrible has happened! There are thousands of armored soldiers outside Zhengyang Gate. They want us to open the palace gates and let the General out, or they will break in."
"It must be Yuan Shao and his men!" Zhang Rang said, looking somewhat flustered.
The last time Jian Shuo plotted to kill He Jin, Yuan Shao led his men in and thwarted the plot, resulting in Jian Shuo's own death.
"Cut off He Jin's head and throw it out, so they'll know he's dead and then they'll naturally back down!"
Xia Hui suggested.
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