A grand welcome ceremony in Lou County turned into a farce that ended hastily, which can't help but make people feel sad - in this obscure confrontation, there was almost no winner, whether it was Sun Ce or his Sun Ce army
, or the Kodong aristocratic families who came to greet the god, or the onlookers who were the most innocent but were involved in this upper-class struggle.︾,
Of course, the most depressing thing among them should be the innocent magistrate of Lou County who was turned into a hedgehog by unexpected appearances one after another even though he kept trying to save his life - even though Sun Ce generously expressed that this matter had nothing to do with him afterwards.
It had nothing to do with him, and he even praised him for his work
Huang Xian, magistrate of Lou County despite his organizational talents but keen sense of smell, still submitted his resignation to Sun Ce, and after Sun Ce rejected it, he simply abandoned his official position and fled. As a result, he was "just" before he could escape the boundaries of Lou County.
The soldiers who appeared on the escape route were captured.
According to the official statement, Huang Xian, the mole who secretly communicated with the bandits, was accidentally discovered and captured by patrolling soldiers.
As for the facts, we don't know, but Huang Xian's family property in Lou County was confiscated very quickly.
As for the party that benefited from this "unexpected conflict", the old man with mysterious behavior could probably be regarded as the only winner, but he was also entangled by the "little bully" who commanded Jiangdong because of this. It was definitely not that easy to deal with.
However, considering his intention to seduce Sun Ce, perhaps this result was already within his expectation.
Nothing strange happened on the way back from Lou County to Wuxian County. However, Zhou Yu, who had been nervous all the way, felt a little exhausted. However, he had to work hard to hold on. He and Zhang Zhao and others jointly held a large-scale event.
He couldn't defeat Lou County, but he won in that there would be no blind people coming to make trouble. The triumphal entry into the city somewhat relieved Sun Ce's unhappiness.
Those children of the aristocratic families who were cheated in Lou County naturally appeared at the city entry ceremony under the coercion of Sun Cejun. To the powerful aristocratic families in Jiangdong, they showed their support for the growth of Sun Cejun's power, and to those families who were still neutral and stubborn
Send a clear signal - stop resisting, because you will soon become a minority and eventually disappear in the long river of history.
Sun Cejun's advisers didn't dare to vouch for whether this approach made sense, or how effective it would be, but at least one thing was certain. That was the children of the aristocratic families who appeared at the city's entry ceremony.
and the families behind them will definitely be labeled as Sun Cejun to some extent. In the future, they will naturally be ostracized by other families that still insist on confronting Sun Cejun. Even if they may be full of resentment towards Sun Ce's behavior, under the influence of interests,
It may not become a new boost.
This is an aboveboard conspiracy, even if those powerful families know that this is a huge trap, they have to jump into it.
After all, even though these Jiangdong aristocratic families seem to be united to advance and retreat together, everyone knows that before Sun Ce took over Jiangdong, there was a lot of nastiness between these families. Even if there was true betrayal between each other, it would definitely not be a shame.
Something unexpected.
As for the old Taoist from Langxie Palace named Yu Ji, he did not appear at the city entry ceremony this time.
He was released by Sun Ce who was extremely reluctant.
Well, since you are extremely reluctant, you should know how difficult it would have been for Sun Ce to give up his share of the spoils on Ji Laodao and participate in this city entry ceremony if it hadn't been for the persuasion of Sun Ce's good friend Zhou Yu.
difficulty.
Especially when Sun Ce noticed that the old Taoist he released was still as calm and calm as before, as if he didn't care at all about Sun Ce's threat to his life. He had already accumulated a lot.
Sun Ce's anger almost burned Sun Ce's reason once again. In that case, even with his good friend Zhou Yu by his side, he would be unable to do anything.
In any case, it can be said that we are thankful that the Lou County incident ended in a relatively peaceful ending.
Although even now, when Sun Ce hears that the Taoist Yu Ji who gave lectures in Lou County is still very popular, he will still show manic emotions, as if a certain bird can never eat a certain very fragrant stick.
Meat and bones are like wild dogs.
There was even a time when Zhou Yu had to consider whether he needed to invite the old lady out to calm the matter?
Soon, Zhou Yu discovered that this old Taoist named Yu Ji seemed to be Sun Ce's nemesis, and news about him kept reaching Sun Ce's ears like an unkillable weed. And every time news related to him appeared.
, and can trigger a new round of mood swings in Sun Ce. It is not an exaggeration to even have "three surprises in one day" at some point.
I always feel that it is really impossible to live like this.
Or is it true that Yu Ji (Yu Ji) is the ultimate destination of the Overlord, and a good gay friend cannot fight against his lover no matter what?
If you calculate it this way, it turns out that Sun Bofu is also a big bastard who values sex over friends.
The truth is to open that guy's head and see what's inside.
Occasionally in his free time, a handsome and elegant man, but a little gloomy due to his recent state of mind, can't help but think about some things that are somewhat out of character for him. Even if it's just a fleeting moment,
But I always feel as if I have done something hugely wrong. The feeling of betraying the friendship between each other is frightening but also has an alternative feeling. It constantly stimulates the man's sensitive nerves, that difficult feeling.
The well-known emotions are like maggots attached to the bones, making it difficult to get rid of them.
It seemed that this old Taoist priest who suddenly appeared and forcefully intervened in their lives had driven the two of them crazy.
"It seems that if this continues, the outcome will be very bad."
But the more he collected various information about the god who claimed to be Yu Ji, the more frightened Zhou Yu became.
This is definitely a more dangerous guy than Zhang Jiao!
The reason for this judgment was that Zhou Yu came to the conclusion after comparing it with some of Zhang Jiao's past.
Zhang Jiao's demonic attributes are already well known to the Han people today, and although his past is officially covered up, it is still widely circulated, especially the people led by Zhang Jiao.
Less than five years after the defeat of the rebellion, the once huge and majestic empire of the Han Dynasty entered chaos and turmoil. As a result, a lot of information had no time to be destroyed. As long as people are interested, they can always collect a lot of information from various channels.
Whether it is true or false news.
Not to mention that because of Li Shushi, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu originally cared more about Zhang Jiao than ordinary people.
Zhang Jiao's early background cannot be studied. Although there are many versions, many of which seem to be disparaging words. However, Zhou Yu feels that the other party should at least be a scholar from a poor family. After all, even if Zhang Jiao later obtained "The Art of Taiping"
》It’s really because of the so-called fairy
People teach. But if you want an illiterate adult to learn so many weird spells through Taoist books that are more obscure than ordinary classics, even if there may be such a legendary thing in the world, the probability of this is extremely small.
The existence of can also be completely attributed to impossible events.
As for the origin of Zhang Jiao's mysterious magic, there are probably many versions, but what Zhou Yu is more concerned about are two of them - one of which is naturally the legendary gift given by the Nanhua Immortal.
Three volumes of "
"Taiping Yaoshu" is a self-taught talent, and the other one is that Zhang Jiao somehow obtained the inheritance of the equally legendary Taoist book "Taiping Qingling Dao" from Langxie Palace through some means, and then learned from it.
Got an amazing skill.
Either of these two statements seems to have some truth. However, there are some flaws. However, the reason why Zhou Yu pays so much attention to these two statements is not without reason. You must know the reason why Zhang Jiao was able to accumulate before starting the rebellion.
He has gained enough fame, except for his knowledge of metaphysics and prophecy.
It is indeed quite outstanding, and the great scholars in the scholar community have to admire his achievements in this area. It is also because he often walks in the fields and ridges, and together with his disciples, he uses talisman water to treat ordinary people for free.
It has accumulated a huge reputation over time.
Finally, as his reputation grew, Taiping Dao, which he founded, was accepted by the then emperor Liu Hong. Although there was no such move as appointing him as a national teacher or a national religion, this lack of opposition can even be said to be secretly indulgent.
His attitude was enough to cause Taiping Dao to spread, or expand, like a prairie fire to every corner of the entire Han dynasty in a short period of time.
But at this time, in the land of Jiangdong, there once again appeared a person who was also good at using talisman water to save people, and at the same time, his ability in metaphysics and prophecy was even better than Zhang Jiaolai's. The most important thing was
Is this person or from the mysterious Langxie Palace in the legend related to Zhang Jiao? This really can't help but make Zhou Yu feel alert enough.
Is it possible that this Yu Ji is actually an enhanced version of Zhang Jiao that cannot be hidden?
Zhang Jiao has only been practicing Taoism for more than ten years, but he is already able to control people's hearts and cause a bloody storm in the land of the Han Dynasty. Now he is older, and his strength seems to be even more unpredictable because of the events in Lou County, and his identity is even more mysterious.
Zhang Jiao is probably at the level of master or even master-great-grandfather. He is an old monster who has been quite famous since Emperor Shun. This damn thing is going against the will of heaven!
And this is why Zhou Yu was so concerned about the first rumor about where Zhang Jiaoyi came from.
If part of Zhang Jiao's unpredictable abilities are said to be acquired from the "Essential Art of Taiping" rumored to be passed down by the old immortal Nan Hua, Zhou Yu felt that he might be able to do it a little bit.
Breathe a sigh of relief.
But if the first rumor is completely false, Zhang Jiao learned all his skills from Langxie Palace...
All the gods, Buddhas and ghosts, no matter what kind of immortal they are, come out and take away this old monster that troubles the relationship between these good friends. You let two "ordinary" humans deal with that kind of non-human level.
Existence is so funny!
Well, this is just Zhou Yu's impulse to flip the table when he thinks that he may be a little too excited for a moment. In fact, if he really confirms that his opponent is indeed some kind of old monster level existence, Zhou Yu after venting his anger,
Neither Sun Ce nor Sun Ce is the kind of coward who simply loses his fighting spirit. Stronger opponents will only inspire them to work harder to solve those difficulties.
Otherwise, with Sun Jian's death, internal will being shaken, and the dilemma of being surrounded by wolves from the outside, the Sun family would have collapsed long ago, instead of running across the Yangtze River as it is now, and seizing every day in order to make up for the disadvantage of being a latecomer.
However, the ambitious Zhang Jiao transformed the forces that gathered around him because of his past actions into war capabilities. How much damage was caused to the Han Dynasty, even after so many years, it still caused those who had experienced this incident.
People’s memories are still fresh, even if Zhou Yu himself is not
He had not experienced that turmoil. However, veteran generals such as Huang Gai and Cheng Pu were all witnesses of that incident, so Zhou Yu, who had a deep understanding of all this, naturally knew that if Yu Ji chose the same path as Zhang Jiao, then
What a disaster it will bring to Jiangdong.
Previously, he was unwilling to wave the butcher knife in his hand easily against this "celebrity" because killing him might cause great shock to Jiangdong. But when Zhou Yu found out that if he didn't kill this man, Jiangdong would have one more knife hanging at his fingertips.
With the Sword of Damocles above his head, even if Yu Ji is harmless to humans and animals, Jiang Dong will definitely keep him under his control.
Not to mention the place in Lou County where both Sun Ce and Zhou Yu clearly realized that the other party clearly lacked goodwill towards them.
Or to put it simply, the other party is full of malice towards Sun Cejun, and can even be said to be a relentless enemy.
"However, the more this happens, the less we can act at will. We must master enough information and strike with thunder. Otherwise, not only will we not be able to deal with the opponent, but Jiangdong will fall into huge chaos, and even our own party may fall into division.
"
Zhou Yu's admonishment to Sun Ce was not without purpose. In fact, only after truly investigating the other party did he know how far Yu Ji, who was full of malice towards them, had penetrated Jiangdong - not to mention that Lou County only heard his name.
and coming soon
Family members of aristocratic families and ordinary people swarmed in. They staged a farce that made Sun Ce extremely angry and embarrassed. Even within Sun Ce's army, there were also a large number of subordinates who had a very close relationship with Yu Ji and his disciples.
relation.
And this is not the most troublesome thing, because Zhou Yu has just learned that even Sun Ce's two mothers and Sun Jian's two widows, Mrs. Wu's sisters, also have great faith in Ji Po, and Sun Ce's second brother Sun Quan also has great faith in Ji Po.
The matter of treating Zhou Tai had some interactions with Langxie Palace, who was good at the Qihuang technique. Even though these interactions were not very profound, they made Zhou Yu have to treat them with caution.
Of course, the same is true for Sun Ce, who is the final decision-maker.
But something slightly beyond Zhou Yu's expectation was...
"Since you feel that the information at hand is not enough to see the guy's full face, then call the guy in front of you and take a serious look at it. Rather than hiding aside and thinking wildly, it is better to have a head-on collision and get something.
Not only is it the most direct and valuable, but the results obtained by using the body are far more accurate than thinking by the mind, isn't it~"
"This is probably just an idea that a guy like you, Bo Fu, who moves faster than his mind would have."
"Hehe. Maybe you are right, Gongjin, but sometimes thinking too much is not a good thing. Just like on the battlefield, sometimes the more you think, it is better to charge with the courage to break the boat.
It’s more helpful in solving problems.”
"So have you considered all the pros and cons before charging?"
"Of course. Even if I can't think everything through, my basic judgment and intuition will still be there."
Sure enough, this is Sun Ce Bofu's style. And this is why these good friends will be so frightened by their enemies when they join forces - sometimes the division of labor between them is very clear, and sometimes it seems a bit vague.
They replace each other, but in the final analysis, Sun Ce, who has a cheerful personality, still prefers to use more direct methods, just like his fighting style. This may be called unintentional at some times, but most of the time it is often
Can lead the situation on the entire battlefield.
As long as it is not a mindless rush, in fact it can only be regarded as a fighting style without any advantages or disadvantages.
Some generals are used to strategizing in the rear and judging the development and changes of the situation, while some use themselves as the guide to incorporate the battle situation into their own actions. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is more than one way to win. Sometimes they even think about it.
Too much is not necessarily the right choice, and the biggest negative teaching material in this regard is Sima Yi who was hesitant outside the empty city.
Therefore, although Zhou Yu obviously cannot like Sun Ce's aggressive fighting style in terms of personal character, he will not really interfere too much in the behavior of his friends. Instead, he will be like a virtuous wife and help his friends.
After his death, he silently checked for the flaws in his behavior and did his best.
So being a good gay friend for a lifetime is not something you just talk about casually!
Just like Li Shushi is in the Bingzhou Army, when he has not made a decision, both Cheng Yu and Xiaoqiang can argue with reason. Even Jia Xu can sometimes temporarily abandon his sense of presence.
Perseverance, sometimes even in order to achieve certain goals, I have done some other actions in private.
But when Li Shushi made up his mind and started to put it into practice, unless he planned to break up completely, everyone's only choice was to work hard to complete the tasks assigned by Li Shushi, and the core of everything also revolved around the goals set by Li Shushi.
Of course, when it comes to the level of caring, even if Li Shushi, Xiaoqiang and others are tied together, they are probably not as good as a good group of friends who share the same heart. If Li Shushi had not taken advantage of the overwhelming number of people, Yanshi's group would have been
The battle will not be decided so quickly.
Anyway, these two people are good friends who can support each other for life. Two lolita and so on are completely an obstacle to this true love, just like those two men who have the mountain in their hearts, and their wives are just a pair.
decorations and constraints imposed by society.
Ahem, it seems that I ran a little too far.
So, a few days after that conversation, Zhou Yu, who had made some preparations, started his own plan.
First of all, according to Sun Ce's idea, he directly invited the disturbing old Taoist Yu Ji to Wu County. In name, he wanted to ask Yu Ji to explain his knowledge. However, both parties knew that the other party had malicious intentions towards them.
.
However, in the face of a formal invitation from Sun Ce, Yu Ji agreed without thinking. It was obvious from his previous performance that this veteran was not afraid of Sun Ce's threat to his life, even in Zhou Yu's opinion.
Yu Ji may also hope that Sun Ce can turn that kind of threat with no technical content into facts instead of just keeping it in words.
So three days later, when Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others were discussing the governance of Jiangdong in the palace of their rebellious general, they suddenly found that the soldiers guarding outside the door were suddenly whispering to each other.
You must know that it is very taboo for guards to indulge in selfish desires while on duty, not only because such behavior is likely to disturb the mood of the person they are guarding. Most importantly, such behavior will
The eyes interfere with the guards' attention, causing them to ignore many dangers that may harm the people they are guarding.
In other words, no matter how you justify it, such private whispers are a serious form of malfeasance.
If no one found out, he might still be able to get away with it. But now he was discovered and caught by the fiery Sun Ce. Even though Sun Ce was usually cheerful and treated his subordinates very generously, he still could not forgive his subordinates.
After all, there are no rules, especially for those who are in charge of soldiers.
If people are not rewarded for their merits and not punished for their mistakes, then the cohesion of the army will definitely be greatly reduced and may even collapse. Even if it is not given to a few of the guards, it is considered a final punishment for the guards who have made many meritorious deeds, but expulsion
The punishment of being discharged from the Guards and demoted to an ordinary soldier is still enough to make a person with dignity die of shame and indignation.
Sun Ce did not punish a few people too much, but he still felt very uncomfortable in his heart. After all, these people had followed him through life and death on the battlefield, but they had to be transferred from their posts because of such a mistake, and they were not like
Li Shushi's normal flow in the Guards, even if he leaves the Guards
They can also get opportunities for promotion and promotion to higher positions. After reaching the end, even if they start from scratch based on their abilities, they may be able to quickly reach the same height again, but it will become extremely difficult to go further unless they
It can achieve very great achievements, but it will mean huge risks.
The originally relatively stable life suddenly became difficult. It's no wonder that Sun Ce, who had a good relationship with his guards, was in such a bad mood. Unfortunately, he could neither vent this emotion to his subordinates nor vent it out.
to innocent people, so all mistakes must be attributed to the reason that can make those guards whisper——
Yu Ji, a veteran who came to Wuxian County at the invitation of Sun Ce. (To be continued...)