In the evening, a dinner is about to be held.

Yuan Shao held a banquet in the courtyard and invited ministers and relatives to the banquet. Everyone was ordered to go there, but Zhen Mi had not arrived for a long time.

Seeing that Zhen Mi was not coming for a long time, everyone present couldn't help but sigh. Seeing this, Yuan Xi stood up and bowed to Yuan Shao who was sitting at the seat and said:

"Father, Miss Zhen must be a little uncomfortable and is late. I'll go and have a look now."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded and waved his hand to let him go.

When Zhang He, who was next to Yuan Shao, heard that Zhen Mi did not come, he couldn't help but look worried. However, he quickly restrained himself without anyone noticing him and sat there quietly.

In order not to calm down the atmosphere and affect the mood of the ministers, Yuan Shao ordered the banquet to begin without waiting for Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi to arrive. So the musicians sitting on both sides began to play music one after another, instantly whispering cups and the sound of the instruments hit each other.

After a while, the dancers also entered the venue to show their dance postures. Yuan Shao and the ministers enjoyed and chatted with each other, and were having fun.

Seeing that Zhang He never looked at the graceful and beautiful dancers, Yuan Shao raised his glasses and said to Zhang He:

"General Zhang, these are the best singers and dancers in Jizhou City. Are you not moved?"

Zhang He stood up and prepared to salute, but was stopped by Yuan Shao: "Sit down."

After sitting down again, Zhang He said:

"Report to the lord, the last general is a martial artist. He only wants to make achievements and serve his lord. He has never dared to think about the affairs of men and women."

All the ministers laughed, and Yuan Shao also laughed and said, "Is it possible that you, Zhang He, wouldn't have married?"

Zhang He, who was speechless for a moment, lowered his head and said nothing, and the ministers burst into laughter again. At this time, Yuan Shao suddenly stopped smiling. He put down the wine cup and stood up. In an instant, the table was silent, and the dancers all retreated. Yuan Shao walked off the stage and looked at the officials in the room pointing back at Zhang He who was sitting there and laughing at everyone and said seriously:

"What General Zhang said is the most loyal and righteous word. If the military generals under my command were all as loyal as his loyalty and courageous as his ministers in the hall. Why not be afraid of the immortality of heroes? Why worry about the uneasy Hebei, and why worry about the world..."

When he said this, Yuan Shao suddenly stopped him, and the ministers under him understood what Yuan Shao wanted to say next, and they all pretended not to hear it, as if he had never said it. Feng Ji stood up and said to Yuan Shao:

"The lord said very well. Now under your wise governance, the people in Hebei live and work in peace and contentment. The military and civilians are united. In the future, they will definitely help His Majesty the Emperor to wipe out the world and stabilize the world. Why worry about the restlessness of the world?"

Yuan Shao understood Feng Ji's clever words at that time and nodded quickly:

"Yes, what Yuantu said is to my heart."

The ministers also agreed and almost made their ambitions public. At this time, Yuan Shao's ups and downs of heart were slightly calmed down. In a little panic, he hurriedly ordered the banquet to continue and the singing and dancing were still the same.

The music sounded again, and the dancers returned to the center again to continue their long-sleeved dance, and the atmosphere returned to normal.

The servants who stayed aside, who were still afraid to serve the dishes, were relieved to watch the singing and dancing start again. They held the dishes in the tray on their hands to serve the officials in turn. One of them was responsible for presenting the dishes to Yuan Shao. He lowered his head and walked up the steps with the tray on his feet, slowly approaching Yuan Shao. When he arrived in front of the table, he raised his hands and knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, the entourage beside Yuan Shao brought out the dish from the tray raised by the servant and prepared to place it in front of Yuan Shao for him to taste.

Just at this moment, Zhen Mi ran over from outside the corridor, and the panting Zhang Ning and Zhang Chunhua were still following her. When she rushed to the table, she saw that the servant responsible for delivering the dishes was already close to Yuan Shao, she shouted in panic:

"King, be careful!"

Before the ministers and Yuan Shao could react, the servant knelt in front of Yuan Shao and threw the tray at Yuan Shao, then pulled out a short dagger from his waist and stabbed it in front of Yuan Shao's chest. Yuan Shao was shocked and rolled and crawled backwards.

The assassin quickly jumped up and assassinated two close servants of Yuan Shao first and rushed towards Yuan Shao...

Suddenly, almost as the assassin noticed a hand grabbing his shoulder, his whole body was thrown back by the powerful arm force, and fell heavily in the center covered with red carpet. The dancers screamed and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Gao Gan and Yuan Tan stood up and pulled out their sharp sword from their waists and kicked over Xi Ke in front of them and shouted:

"Protect the lord! Capture the assassin!"

Before the soldiers rushed up to surround him, the assassin stood up again with one hand on the ground, waved the short dagger in his hand and glared at Zhang He who had just thrown him out in front of Yuan Shao. He realized that it was almost impossible for Zhang He to stop him and wanted to assassinate Yuan Shao, so he wanted to rush forward and defeat him.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

He rushed forward, raised his dagger and stabbed Zhang He. Zhang He dodged sideways, reached out and held the assassin's right wrist with the knife, and then tied it behind him. The assassin couldn't help but scream in pain.

The dagger landed in an instant, and Zhang He kicked the dagger away and then stepped on his right leg to make him kneel down to the ground and remained motionless. Zhang He asked sternly: "Say, who instructed you!"

The assassin lowered his head and gritted his teeth without saying a word. Yuan Shao climbed up from the ground with a slight loss of composure, pointing at the assassin in anger and said:

"Prepare it! Severely question it, be sure to ask the envoy behind the scenes!"

The soldiers escorted the assassin and the ministers were in an uproar.

But before they could take a breath, there was a sudden shout of killing outside. They became nervous again. Zhang He and the high-ranking cadre stood on the left and right guards with swords. Yuan Shao sent someone out to see what was going on. As soon as the entourage went out, he saw Yuan Xi, covered in blood, walked over with swords, and knelt on one knee and said:

"You are a father, all the rebels in Handan that colluded with the assassins have been wiped out!"

Upon hearing this news, Yuan Shao couldn't help but have some questions while feeling a little relieved:

"How did you know that there are assassins in the city, and thousands of people in Handan City, and how did you accurately judge that they were assassins' accomplices?"

At this time, Yuan Xi looked at the two sisters of Zhen Mi and Zhang He who were standing aside with a little panicked expression. Zhen Mi led the two of them forward to report: "Report to the lord, it was the two women beside me who first discovered that someone wanted to assassinate you."

Yuan Shao asked with a large number of strange faces from the two of them, "These two are..."

Zhang He, who had no time to care about Zhang Ning and Chunhua just now, began to be surprised at this time, but now it is not the time to blame them at all. He quickly knelt on the ground and clasped his fists and said:

"Report to the lord, these two girls are the sisters of the last general. They have been involved in the car without their consent. Please punish them!"

At this moment, the ministers, including Yuan Shao, didn't understand what was going on.
Chapter completed!