When simulating a sneak attack on Wu's army before, he did not encounter anyone falling into the water. Therefore, Ma Su could not be sure for a while whether this person was Lu Xun.
So the soldiers who knew how to swim were ordered to jump into the water with ropes and drag the old man ashore from the whirlpool.
This was not because Ma Su was kind-hearted and did not want to put Lu Xun to death, but because he saw that although the old man was old, he had good water skills. It seemed that even if no one came to rescue him, he would probably not drown.
So, let’s fish it out and take a look.
After a while, the old man's mood gradually stabilized. Ma Su took a closer look and found that his temperament was refined and elegant, unlike ordinary people, so he asked: "I wonder where your family is from? How could you end up living here?"
The old man looked nervously at the bearded general, and then at the soldiers surrounding him. He lowered his head slightly uneasily, and twisted his hands together in embarrassment, as if he did not dare to speak.
Ma Di immediately laughed and asked slowly: "Sir, don't be afraid, I am not a Wu general, and this army is not a Wu army. I will not pursue your urgent words just now."
Hearing this, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "My surname is Lu Mingyi, and I am from Wuling, Jingzhou. I recently heard that war was about to happen here, so I planned to visit relatives and friends in Nantou Prefecture. Unexpectedly, I was hit by this flood and almost lost my life. Thank you for the general's rescue.
, I can’t thank you enough.”
Lu’s proposal?
Isn't Lu Yi the real name of Lu Xun?
Ma Su's heart moved and he secretly said: "If I pretend not to know, kill him quietly, and then frame him for Pan Zhu, the son of Wu general Pan Jun, wouldn't I kill two birds with one stone?"
As a result, his eyes suddenly became sharp and full of murderous intent. Just as he was about to wink at Zhang Xiu and ask the latter to kill Lu Xun quietly, he suddenly heard Lu Xun say loudly:
"Could the army led by the general be soldiers and horses from Jiaozhou? Hey! I am an old friend of the Lu family, and I am about to go to Jiaozhou!"
This sentence was very abrupt and loud, and it was carried very far.
Ma Su was startled and quickly turned around to look, just in time to see Lu Meng sticking his head out of the carriage window and looking at him intently with a pair of bright eyes.
He had no choice but to nod his head: "Yes, it's Jiaozhou soldiers and horses."
Then the voice changed: "I wonder who Mr. Lu wants to defect to? Where does this person live now? I will send troops to escort you there."
Lu Yi looked at Ma Su suspiciously and said, "Lu Kai, the governor of Jiaozhou, is my younger brother and currently lives in Guiping City, Yulin County."
"Lu Kai..."
Hearing this name, the surrounding sergeants were greatly surprised and looked sideways. They had realized that the old man who looked like a Confucian scholar before them had an unusual origin.
It is very likely that he was Lu Xun, the former general of the State of Wu.
Ma Di pondered for a moment, then stepped forward to hold Lu Xun's hand and said enthusiastically: "Ah ha ha ha... What a coincidence, I happen to know your brother Lu Kai."
Seeing that Lu Xun still didn't believe it, Ma Su added: "Lu Kai, a younger brother of the Jin tribe, named Jingfeng, has a large face and big ears, and is eight feet long. If I guess correctly, you are Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, right?!"
"How did you know?" Lu Xun also looked surprised and confused: "I wonder who you are?"
Ma Su curled his lips, knowing that Lu Xun must have recognized him a long time ago, so he said with a smile:
"At Corporal Three."
"Brother Boyan, we are one of our own, our own..."
After that, he grabbed his hand and walked towards the carriage where Lu Meng was riding. Lu Xun was dubious, but his hand was tightly held by Ma Su, so he had to follow closely.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the car, Lu Meng's urgent voice came from inside: "Husband, is it my brother who is here?"
"Yes!" Ma Su's answer was more or less reluctant.
"Oh, Brother Clan, you have escaped, and you have worried us so much..." Lu Meng muttered as he opened the curtain, bent down and got out of the carriage, looking past Ma Su and looking at Lu Xun beside Ma Su.
When he saw his clan brother covered in water and looking miserable, he was a little surprised and asked, "Brother clan, what is this?"
Lu Xun withdrew his hand, glanced at Ma Su, and said calmly: "I was in danger in the river and fell into the water accidentally. It was my brother-in-law who rescued me."
The word "brother-in-law" seemed to be squeezed out from the teeth.
Lu Meng breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Ma Su Yingying, then bent down and bowed deeply to Ma Su: "Thank you husband for your help."
Lu Xun's pointed remarks made Ma Su a little embarrassed, so he smiled: "Haha, it's easy to do, it should be, it should be."
Lu Meng opened her eyes wide in confusion and looked at the two of them again and again. She had already sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere between the two.
Since Ma Su had a criminal record, Lu Meng took a wary look at her husband and inserted her body between the two of them to separate them.
Seeing Lu Meng's attitude of guarding against thieves, Ma Su smiled, but his smile was a little helpless.
Seeing that it was getting late and it was impossible to reach the main force of the Wu army on the western front no matter what today, he ordered the army to camp on the spot and stop for a while.
Lu Xun changed into ordinary clothes in the camp, walked squarely to the east bank of the Xiang River, and said to Ma Su, who was standing by the river looking into the distance:
"If people in the Ming Dynasty don't speak secretly, you are just like Ma Su and Ma Youchang, right?"
Being called out, Ma Su couldn't help being shocked. He suddenly turned his head and stared directly at Lu Xun. He clutched the sword tightly in his big hand, and the murderous aura surged up again, but he didn't say anything.
"You...do you want to kill me?" Lu Xun's voice was suddenly full of fear, he shrank his neck and took two steps back, his whole body shaking violently.
Seeing Lu Xun's appearance, Ma Su immediately couldn't laugh or cry. He knew that he was not afraid of him killing him at all. He was deliberately teasing him, so he said angrily: "People say that Lu Xun is humble, polite, and highly respected. It seems that they are just spreading lies."
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Lu Xun responded without hesitation and said: "The alienation tactics used by the public have caused my Lu family to leave their hometown, ruined their careers and people, but they still want to be grateful to you. Lu Xun admires you, I admire you!"
Ma Di spread his hands: "You may not believe it, but the death of the second brother Lu Meng is purely a misunderstanding."
"That person deliberately wanted to marry two daughters of my Lu family and put my Lu family on the opposite side of Wu. Is this a misunderstanding?" Lu Xun asked angrily.
This time the Lu family broke with Sun Quan and suffered huge losses. The family property left in Jiangdong and many Lu family children all fell into the hands of Sun Quan. Not to mention the family property that was extremely wealthy and powerful, just those that fell into the hands of Sun Quan
If Sun Quan killed one of his descendants a day, it would be enough to kill him for several months.
The source of all these disasters is because of Ma Di.
And it's not the first time.
Thirty-eight years ago, Sun Ce conquered Lujiang (195). At that time, nearly half of the Lu family died because of Sun Ce. Lu Xun's grandfather Lu Kang also died when the city fell.
Lu Xun became furious when he thought of the Lu family's unfortunate fate.
The Lu family just wanted to be a wealthy family, so who did they offend? First, Sun Ce came to chop them off, and now they incurred Ma Su's plan. Sun Quan was about to chop off another one.
"Ahem, ahem, brother Boyan, it's a long story. People in the world sometimes can't help themselves."
Lu Xun's eyes widened angrily and he said, "You tell me, I'll listen, I want to see what nonsense you can come up with!"
Since we can't kill Lu Xun explicitly, we can only persuade him, win him over, and make him an enemy of Sun Quan.
But where to start?
Yes, let’s start with the justice of your own plan.
Ma Su started to use his brain and thought quickly.
In fact, Lu Xun's fate was doomed long ago. Regardless of whether he was involved in Sun Quan's dethronement of the crown prince, he would definitely die! Because this involves the long-term stability of the Sun family's regime.
For Sun Quan in his later years, not having Lu Xun was more important than anything else.
Lu Xun was born in the Lu family, one of the four great families in Jiangdong (Gu, Lu, Zhu, Zhang). These aristocratic families in Jiangdong were greatly influenced by Confucian culture and were loyal to the Han Dynasty. However, the Han Dynasty was in chaos at that time, and Yuan Shu
He wanted to fight for the world, so conflicts broke out with these families in Jiangdong. Yuan Shu ordered Sun Ce to attack Lujiang, and the governor of Lujiang happened to be Lu Xun's grandfather, Lu Kang. Although Lu Kang resisted fiercely, he could not withstand the overlord Sun Ce who was too strong, and Lujiang was finally conquered.
, Lu Kang died, and the Sun family and the Lu family also forged a great feud!
After Sun Ce wiped out Jiangdong with strong force, anyone who refused to obey was killed with bloody methods. All the people killed were those who could win over others, so that all the major families hated Sun Ce, which eventually led to the assassination of Sun Ce.
event happened!
On the surface, Sun Ce's death was committed by Xu Gong's three disciples, but looking beyond the surface of the matter, it is not difficult to find that this matter is closely related to the major families in Jiangdong, especially the four major families.
On the surface, Sun Ce's death was simple because Xu Gong's three disciples avenged the family master. But in fact, how could Xu Gong's three disciples know Sun Ce's hunting route? How did they know which day Sun Ce would go hunting? How could they know in advance?
Ambush at a hunting spot?
Ordinary people have no access to this information, and only those close to Sun Ce know it. In other words, there are masterminds behind Xu Gong's three disciples, and there are more than one mastermind.
Most people believe that the people behind Xu Gong's three disciples are from the aristocratic families in Jiangdong. However, combined with Guo Jia's advance prediction of Sun Ce's death and the Battle of Chibi, most families in Jiangdong tended to surrender, especially Zhang Zhao.
Looking at it decisively, it is not difficult to guess that most of the wealthy families in Jiangdong are likely to have been connected with Cao Cao, who represented the Han Dynasty from the beginning.
Therefore, when Cao Cao was preparing for a fierce battle with Yuan Shao at Guandu and was worried about the empty rear, Sun Ce died "coincidentally".
For the Jiangdong family, the Sun family is a foreign force and will inevitably be resisted. Moreover, the Sun family is based on martial arts, which is completely different from the Jiangdong family's Confucian-based philosophy. Therefore, the Jiangdong family has always looked down upon the Sun family.
.If the Sun family wants to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, it must suppress other aristocratic families, especially the four largest families in Jiangdong.
However, Sun Ce's method was the same as that of his father Sun Jian, which was too violent and extreme. When the princes attacked Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, as the governor of Changsha, raised troops to respond to the princes. He sent troops to Jingzhou and forced the governor of Jingzhou to death; he sent troops to Nanyang and killed the governor of Nanyang. It was completely true.
He behaves like a bandit and kills whoever he wants wherever he goes.
So Sun Jian quickly received the lunch box. Sun Ce's behavior was the same as his father's, and his method of death was almost the same.
Before Sun Ce died, he also guessed the identity of the person behind it. He also realized the essence of "it is easy to intimidate others with force, but it is difficult to convince others", so he chose Sun Quan, who had a softer approach, to come to power instead of letting someone with a similar personality to himself
Other brothers or younger sons take over.
The death of his father and brother greatly inspired Sun Quan. After coming to power, he changed Sun Ce's high-pressure policy and adopted softer methods. In the end, he successfully divided some aristocratic families and won over some aristocratic families, thus stabilizing the basic structure of the Sun family.
However, this is only temporary stability. For Sun Quan, if the Sun family wants to rule Jiangnan for a long time, they must suppress all the four major families in Jiangdong!
As mentioned above, the four major families in Jiangdong are Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang. In the Jiyan case (224 years), Sun Quan dealt with Zhang Wen, which severely damaged the power of the Zhang family and was basically difficult to recover; the Yinfan case
In the middle (230 years), Sun Quan dealt with Zhu Ju, but did not launch a large-scale attack on the entire Zhu family for the time being, but put it behind because the Zhu family led more troops and could not rush. After Gu Yong's death,
(243 years), Sun Quan began to target the Gu family again, which greatly reduced the power of the Gu family.
As of 243 AD in the original time and space, among the four major families, the Gu family, the Zhu family, and the Zhang family have all been liquidated by Sun Quan, leaving only the Lu family.
The Lu family has the most talents among the four major families. The two prime ministers, five candidates and ten generals are a true reflection of the talents of the Lu family in the Sun Quan era.
The most prestigious among them was naturally Lu Xun.
Therefore, in 244, one year after Gu Yong's death, Sun Quan took action against Lu Xun.
In essence, Sun Quan's attack on Lu Xun was entirely because he wanted to attack the four major families in Jiangdong. He wanted the Sun family to have long-term peace and stability in Jiangdong and reduce the constraints of other families!
Lu Xun is Lu Kang's grandson, has a mortal feud with the Sun family, and is also the spokesperson of the Lu family, with huge family interests involved behind his back. These two points alone are enough to make Sun Quan wary of him. In addition, Lu Xun also
He has the ability to serve as a general and become a prime minister, has very strong military capabilities, and has a brilliant record. If Lu Xun has a disobedient heart, how can Sun Quan resist him?! And the most important point is that Lu Xun is Sun Ce's son-in-law, and Sun Quan's position was given to him by Sun Ce.
, if after Sun Quan's death, Lu Xun's heart turns to Sun Ce, then Sun Quan's life will be in vain.
If these four reasons were taken separately, each of them would not make Sun Quan murderous, but taken together, one hundred lives of Lu Xun would not be enough to kill him.
Of course, as of now, the four major families in Jiangdong still have the Gu and Lu families, and they have not yet been dealt with by Sun Quan.
Therefore, Ma Su cited the examples of the first two families and told Lu Xun the above four "core reasons why Sun Quan must attack the Lu family".
Come to think of it, what he said was so obvious. With Lu Xun's political consciousness, it was impossible not to see the danger in it.
At the end, Ma Su patted his chest and said seriously: "I came to Jiaozhou not to alienate the relationship between you and Sun Quan, but actually to save you from a desperate situation."
"It's just that there was a slight mistake in the operation process, which led to the death of the second brother Lu Meng. I feel deeply guilty about this. In addition, my sincerity towards the Lu family is as clear as the sun and the moon."
A word to wake up the dreamer.
After hearing this sensible analysis, Lu Xun was completely stunned.
He felt that every word Ma Su said was reasonable, and he grasped human nature so well that it was irrefutable. Sun Quan just followed what Ma Su described, and began to weaken the four major families like a gentle breeze.
However, Lu Xun did not completely believe Ma Su, but asked again: "I see you intending to kill me, what's the explanation for this?"
"Well..." Ma Su thought quickly and explained: "When you came out of the water, you didn't tell me by your real name. I was afraid that you were a spy of the Wu army, so I wanted to get rid of you. Brother Boyan, this is very logical and reasonable.
Bar?"
"That's reasonable." Lu Xun nodded: "Then what's your explanation for this time?"
Ma Su said without hesitation: "This time was purely a misunderstanding. Due to various reasons, my true identity has never been disclosed to the two ladies. Suddenly being exposed by you, it is inevitable that there will be some overreaction...Brother Boyan, this
It’s very logical and reasonable, right?”
"It's reasonable." Lu Xun cupped his hands, "After listening to your words, I realized that I have fallen into the abyss. I am extremely grateful to you."
"Haha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we don't speak the same language as one family."
Ma Su waved his hand and smiled. Seeing Lu Xun standing by the river, lost in thought, he turned around and returned to his handsome tent.
As soon as she entered the tent, the light suddenly dimmed. Lu Meng knelt down on the blanket, staring straight at her with her big bright eyes, without saying a word. She kept her sword at hand.
Ma Su was secretly startled, and looked at Lu Meng carefully, but saw no murderous intent in her eyes. Then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slowly moved over, knelt down opposite her, and took out a thick and long...
…
Light the candles,
Then he looked at her quietly.
By the candlelight, Ma Su could clearly see what Lu Meng was wearing. She wore a bun hairstyle that only widows would wear, and she didn't wear much. A white jade belt held her waist tightly, and her eyes were slightly swollen.
Hong seemed to have cried just now.
Ma Su was a little panicked for a moment, but this emotion quickly disappeared. He carefully reviewed his recent actions and found no flaws.
The most important thing was that he saw a strong mixture of love and hate in Lu Meng's eyes.
that's enough.
Ma Di moved the candlestick to the side, took half a step back, knelt down in front of Lu Meng with a "plop", squeezed out two tears, and cried: "Madam, I'm sorry for you... I don't actually scream.
Chang You, but called You Chang."
Since Lu Meng was also sitting in a kneeling position, the two of them had their knees touching, making it look like they were worshiping heaven and earth.
Lu Meng's voice also had a hint of crying: "Is there anything else?"
"No, no more..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Su felt his eyes go dark.
The entire face was surrounded by two unknown objects.
