Lujiang City was full of people, and the streets were full of soldiers. As long as you saw anyone you didn't like, arrest them first. Lujiang Prison was overcrowded, and new people came in soon. Sun Quan and Cheng Pu also did their duty, carefully confirming the identity of each person.
Only those who could tell their origins clearly and had witnesses were released. The rest who could not explain their origins were all locked up and tortured.
Even after struggling like this for several days, the whereabouts of the imperial edict were still not found. It stands to reason that whether or not there is such an edict, Sun Ce is still the Lord of Jiangdong, just with a smaller name, but without this edict, in the eyes of other princes
, he, the prince who occupies most of Jiangdong, is just a small captain, which doesn't sound very impressive.
Sun Ce looked angry: "Kill! Kill them all! If they can't find the imperial edict, they will die!"
"This! Master, think twice!" Zhang Zhao hurriedly dissuaded: "According to the analysis of the situation, the person who stole the imperial edict must be very familiar with Lao Zhang from the post house. The official has already checked. This Lao Zhang is from Lujiang, and the people who are familiar with him should also be from Lujiang.
The people in the prison are all foreign traders. If we kill them, no one will dare to do business with me Jiangdong in the future. Please think twice, my lord!"
Sun Quan nodded: "Master Zhang is wrong. My eldest brother has gained Jiangdong. There are many dissatisfied people. It seems that such sneaky people can steal the imperial edict. There will be many rebels in the future. I heard that the former governor of Wu County
Xu Gong suddenly came to Lujiang and lived secretly in a farmhouse on the outskirts. There were often a dozen men with weapons coming in and out. I sent General Cheng Pu to inquire about it. The whereabouts of this group of people were strange and they seemed to be disobedient. Maybe they were doing something disloyal.
They stole the imperial edict!"
Sun Ce was immediately attracted by Sun Quan's words and glared angrily: "Why not arrest him and interrogate him?"
Sun Quan quickly said: "There is no real evidence, but Xu Gong is a former official, so it is not easy to arrest him casually!"
"Hmph! It's definitely not a good thing for the governor of Wu County to come here to Lujiang and lead his own generals! Immediately order Cheng Pu to capture him and make a decision after interrogation!"
"promise!"
Xu Gong originally came to pay homage to Qiao Xuan, but because the road was far away and robbers were encountered on the way, he was not allowed to pass. He had no choice but to turn around and go back to summon his generals to protect him before he started on the road again. He hurried slowly but was still late. In order not to cause Sun Ce's anger.
Suspicious, he lived in the suburbs and assigned his generals to inquire about Qiao Xuan's grave and whether Qiao Xuan's children were safe. Unexpectedly, disaster fell from the sky. Dozens of soldiers swarmed in and captured Xu Gong without any explanation.
Cheng Pu looked at Xu Gong's salute and stuffed the imperial edict into it. Then he asked the soldiers to search, and naturally they were all right. Sun Ce interrogated Xu Gong personally, looked at Xu Gong with the imperial edict in his hand, and sneered.
: "You boldly offered tribute, but you came here to steal the imperial edict. Do you know your guilt?"
"General! This villain is wronged! This, this, I really don't know where this imperial edict comes from!" Xu Gong couldn't explain at all: "I have also been a prefect, so I naturally know the guilt of stealing the imperial edict. I also ask the general to carefully observe the imperial edict.
We are definitely not waiting for theft!"
"Huh!" Sun Ce was furious: "You still have the guts to make excuses even though you have all the stolen goods. Come on, beat me up!"
After a beating, Xu Gong was beaten to death. Xu Gong looked up to the sky and sighed. When Sun Ce had just led his troops to capture Ziling, Xu Gong had already noticed Sun Ce's potential as a tiger and a wolf, and immediately wrote a memorial to the court, hoping that the court could take Sun Ce to task.
He was transferred back to Wancheng and used Long Fei to monitor him and eliminate Sun Ce's evil intentions. Unexpectedly, the memorial was kidnapped by Xi Zuo and he reported it to Sun Ce. Sun Ce kept this in mind until today, he finally caught the handle and settled the old and new accounts together. Xu
The beating was so unbearable that Xu Gong had no choice but to confess. Sun Ce immediately ordered that Xu Gong's family be executed and all three of his tribes be exterminated. From then on, the case of the theft of the imperial edict came to an end.
The next thing happened smoothly. There was no such thing as a good time or auspicious day, and there was no need to take a bath or change clothes. He lit a burner of incense in the courtyard of the Lujiang Yamen, and Long Fei read aloud the title of General Sun Ce who promoted the Han Dynasty and Marquis of Wucheng.
Sun Ce was overjoyed with the imperial edict in hand. As for whether Xu Gong died unjustly, he didn't care at all. Long Fei observed Sun Quan's expression specifically and was happy. He was happy from the bottom of his heart. He didn't know whether it was because Sun Ce had started the killing or he was happy.
I am really happy because my brother has become a general. In short, I am happy.
After settling the matter, Long Fei no longer had any interest in staying in Jiangdong. Thinking of the overt and covert fighting between the Sun brothers, he felt scared. As the saying goes, brothers are like brothers, let alone Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
This small profit would put the other party to death, and you can completely guess what the other people would do. Thanks to the general, Sun Ce was a little reluctant to take Long Fei away, but he still tolerated it.
The inscription on the gold medal list and the wedding ceremony are the two most satisfying events in life. Fortunately, Sun Ce is still calm and does not get carried away. He has achieved his own requirements by making the general, and the two women don't have to worry about it at all. He knows that as long as he and Long
It would not be difficult for Fei to establish a good relationship with him, not to mention General Xinghan, even the general. Sun Ce collected two full carts of precious jade and sent them to Long Fei. Naturally, Long Fei accepted them all.
After leaving Lujiang, Sun Quan specially sent him ten miles away. In the Shili Pavilion, Sun Quan set up wine to see Long Fei off. The two of them drank three glasses of wine in a row, and Long Fei laughed: "Young Master's trick of punching is really good, but it's a pity that you killed Qiao.
Old Lieutenant, otherwise you and I might still be friends!"
"Hahaha!" Sun Quan chuckled: "Friends? There are still friends in the world today? Yuan brothers are like this, let alone others! I heard that Xuzhou Liu Bei took in the desperate Lu Bu. I don't think it will be long before Lu Bu turns against Liu Bei.
, benefactors are like this, so what can friends do? Instead of trusting friends, it’s better to trust interests!”
"I didn't expect that the young master would have such insight. I admire you so much!"
"You don't have to admire me!" Sun Quan waved his hands repeatedly: "All I did was to imitate the general. I remember that Dong Zhuo regarded the general as his right-hand man. In the end, the general did not turn back. Wang Yun was regarded as the general's master. In times of crisis, the general fought with him.
Li Jue and Guo Si allied themselves with Cao Cao, the general's father-in-law, and the general allowed Lu Bu to cause trouble in the east county. All of this shows that the general is the one who understands interests best, and what I have done is nothing compared to the general!"
"Hahaha..." Long Fei laughed loudly: "The person who understands me best in the world is Sun Zhongmou!"
As Sun Quan said, during the Great War in the Central Plains, Liu Bei was about to be killed by Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. But at this time, Lu Bu raided Dongjun. Cao Cao was shocked and immediately returned to the army to rescue. Just as Guo Jia guessed, although Lu Bu was brave
, but he was no match for Cao Cao. Under the pincer attack between Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan, he had to retreat from Yanzhou. Like a lost dog, Lu Bu turned to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu for help, but no one took him in. He had no choice but to accept Liu Bei's invitation to stay in Xiaopei for a rest.
With Lu Bu's help, Yuan Shu did not dare to attack by force, and immediately ordered Zhang Xun and Ji Ling to retreat to Shouchun. The Battle of Xuzhou, which lasted half a year, finally came to an end.
The Central Plains were calm, but Wancheng was experiencing the turmoil before the storm. According to Long Fei's instructions before leaving, Jia Xu asked Guan Hai and Mi Fang to lead their troops to station under the guise of protecting His Majesty, but actually monitored the courtiers' actions.
As soon as they moved. Both of these two people were latecomers, and they were not very loyal to the Han Dynasty. They had nothing to do after they came to Jiaxia. With Mi Fang as the leader, Guan Hai was drunk all day long and ignored political affairs. Jia Xu
They tried to dissuade them many times, but the two still refused to listen. Jia Xu wanted to replace them, but this was what Long Fei had told him, and it was difficult to handle it for a while.
Naturally, the imperial court also understood the purpose of Long Fei sending these two people. Seeing the posture of these two people, the cavalry general Dong Cheng, Changshui captain Zhong Yi, general Wu Lan and others discussed secretly. They wanted to take Liu Xie to Jingzhou
.Wu Lan often got close to Mi Fang. They went in and out together, they were like brothers. So he deceived Mi Fang's password at night. Zhong Yi pretended to be celebrating his birthday and asked Guan Hai to come over and drink.
Dong Cheng immediately entered the palace and knelt at Liu Xie's feet, with tears and runny nose: "Your Majesty, Long Fei is treacherous and hijacks the emperor to order the princes. I would like to ask your Majesty to go to Jingzhou, but please get up immediately!"
Without waiting for Liu Xie to agree, Dong Cheng waved his hand, and the family members he brought rushed forward, lifted Liu Xie up and left. Concubine Dong Guifei was Dong Cheng's daughter. Seeing that the matter was urgent, she quickly grabbed Dong Cheng's sleeve and dissuaded him.
: "Father, there are Long Fei's troops and horses everywhere. How can Your Majesty go out? Even if you go out, there are various prefectures and counties outside. These people are loyal to Long Fei. Father is forcing Your Majesty to die!"
"Women know what national affairs are important!" Dong Cheng glared at Concubine Dong Gui fiercely, flicked his sleeves and threw her to the ground. Concubine Dong Gui was already pregnant. With this fall, she immediately started bleeding profusely, and the palace people
Shocked, Dong Cheng walked away without even looking.
With the night command, Dong Cheng loaded up Liu Xie in an ordinary carriage and came to the east gate with the license plate stolen from Guan Hai in his hand. The guard of the east gate did not dare to ask more questions when he saw the license plate.
Let Dong Cheng and others out of the city. It wasn't until daylight the next day that Mi Fang went to look for Wu Lan, only to find that Wu Lan had disappeared. She immediately realized that something was wrong. She hurried to Guan Hai's home, but Guan Hai was still drunk.
After drinking a basin of cold water, Guan Hai came to his senses. Guan Hai didn't believe it at first, but it wasn't until Dongmen reported that Dong Cheng had led people out of the city last night that the two of them panicked.
Immediately brought people into the palace. Concubine Dong Guifei had been dead for a long time due to bleeding. Emperor Liu Xie was nowhere to be found. The palace maids were so frightened that they could not explain anything. The courtiers were also shocked when they learned that Dong Cheng had kidnapped His Majesty. Zhong Yao said:
"The direction they are going to should be Jingzhou. There is Wancheng blocking it in the east, so they can't go. The west and north are the territories of Li Jue and Guo Si. Only Liu Biao in Jingzhou is a descendant of the royal family. The two generals can send people immediately
Chase, and at the same time notify Wancheng and ask General Zhang Liao to inform the garrison of Anzhong to stop it, maybe there is a glimmer of hope."
Guan Hai and Mi Fang had caused such a big mess and had already lost their ideas. After hearing what Zhong Yao said, they immediately sent people to Wancheng to report the news. The two of them personally led their troops out of the south gate and went straight to the border of Jingzhou, hoping that