Chapter 1230 No one knows that it is an old friend
Chapter 1,230 No one knew it was an old friend coming
"Before, I was wondering, how could a man as loyal and fierce as General Gan easily defect to Liu Bei?"
"Think about it, if General Gan really leads his army to defect to Liu Bei, our situation will only be worse, right?"
Yi Xiaotian added.
Lu Xun nodded in disbelief, and Sun Quan also had a vague understanding.
"It's just that the question lies in General Gan's understanding of the current situation in Jiangdong."
"I didn't know it before, but now I understand after listening to what Boyan said, especially the message from the man he met before..."
"I'm afraid... General Gan only thinks that Jiangdong today is controlled by Boyan. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such puzzling words, right?"
"Ah...this..."
Lu Xun must have wanted to say the same thing, and the embarrassment could be seen in his eyes.
However, Sun Quan realized it later and was so confused that he couldn't believe the facts Yi Xiaotian told him.
"Can this still happen?"
"Based on the current clues, this is the only possibility. We can only say that we did a good job of concealing Zhang Zhao's overthrow, so that General Gan was far away in Chaisang at the time and has not yet been able to learn the full story.
Bar?"
Yi Xiaotian shrugged, half talking and half laughing.
"Why…"
Sun Quan sighed, now he probably knew the purpose of these two people coming to him.
"So what do you want me to do?
Are you going to find Gan Ning again at this time?"
"We can't let a loyal person like General Gan wander around, right?"
Lu Xun also said with a smile——
"Besides, my lord, you should have felt it. If it weren't for his trust in you, General Gan wouldn't have been able to say such a thing, right?"
Lu Xun's words finally reached Sun Quan's heart.
Things have changed and people have changed, Zhou Yu is no longer there.
In the past, there were only a few old people around me.
And Gan Ning... this man who can be regarded as carrying part of Sun Quan's memory of Zhou Yu, if he really leaves, maybe one day when Sun Quan is reminiscing about the past, it may become a scar that he suddenly discovers.
"Oh well…"
Sun Quan stood up and put down the document in his hand. Although his tone was somewhat reluctant, there was a rare relief on his face.
——
Qiting.
Although the name contains the word pavilion, this place is not named after a pavilion like Wangting.
This place is about sixty or seventy miles east of Yunyang. Within the entire jurisdiction of Pilingdiannong, Qiting is definitely a fairly flat piece of land.
Because there are a lot of open and dark water, the people in Quting mostly make a living by planting millet and rice. Despite the chaos of war in these years, this place is really peaceful.
Not only that... because this place is close to water, there are many dense forests and bushes around it, so naturally there are many birds and animals - but after all, the people have a more stable way of making a living, so no one goes there.
Taking this risk, I have to rely solely on hunting to make a living.
Of course, everything has two sides, because the common people rarely care about the birds and animals in the forest, but it has become a good place for the dignitaries to go hunting.
The place Gan Ning wrote on the note was naturally a village in Qiting - as soon as he mentioned it at that time, Sun Quan had an impression.
Because that village was once the place where he, his brother Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Gan Ning and others stayed when they first arrived in Jiangdong.
At that time, Sun Ce had chatted and laughed with Zhou Yu, hunted, and shot a fat wild boar——
In a blink of an eye, things have changed and people have changed. After so many years, when Sun Quan came to Qiting again, the youthfulness and youthfulness of the past were no longer visible on his face. There were only traces left by the wind and frost of the years on his face.
"Here we are."
Lu Xun shouted from the front of the car - Because of the lack of manpower and respect for Gan Ning, they did not bring any so-called escorts this time, and Lu Xun took on the role of the driver -
But just in case, Yi Xiaotian still brought Ma Yunlu with him.
Ma Yunlu is a woman, so she is naturally much more open-minded than letting Li Fu and others follow him secretly. The worst he can do is be laughed at by Gan Ning, saying that he can't live without a woman. Yi Xiaotian doesn't care about this.
He now has a good relationship with Lu Xun and others, but Gan Ning - from the way he spoke to Lu Xun before, it can be seen that this old man does not really live on the same timeline as everyone else now.
Without so much foreshadowing, he was afraid that once Gan Ning knew what Yi Xiaotian had done before, he would regard him as his current enemy, and the conversation would end before it even started. That would really outweigh the gains and losses.
So before that, Yi Xiaotian and others had agreed to let Sun Quan go find Gan Ning alone. After Sun Quan explained the current situation, Lu Xun, Yi Xiaotian and others came out to meet with him.
When everyone got off the carriage, the endless rice fields in front of them and the rather peaceful town not far away were their destination.
Sun Quan got out of the car, tidied his clothes, and re-tied the headband that tied his hair to make sure everything was correct before walking towards the path in the field.
"My lord, please call us if you need us."
Lu Xun added this behind his back and watched Sun Quan leave far away.
As for Sun Quan, walking halfway, he waved his hand behind his back. He seemed to think it was not necessary, right?
——
Everything was just as it was before. He had just walked through the rice fields, and the breeze blowing in front of him, mixed with the aroma of rice, made Sun Quan infinitely emotional.
It's the beginning of noon, and it's time for lunch. I wonder if Gan Ning has prepared any food?
He shook his head to throw away his distracting thoughts. He said he wasn't nervous, but in fact he had already walked all the way with his fists clenched.
As he approached the town, Sun Quan raised his head and looked towards the town entrance——
As a result, they found that there were already several strong men with spears and swords waiting there for a long time.
And one of them, even if he didn't speak, Sun Quan could recognize his familiar appearance at a glance.
"Xingba?"
"Lord! You are finally here..."
"Awaited?"
"No, no, if not, I just stood here for a while... Come on! Please come in quickly, the folks in the town have agreed to lend us a few houses. In just a short while, the food should be hot!"
Gan Ning, the moment he saw him, Sun Quan was even in a trance——
It's been almost half a year since I last saw Gan Ning. Gan Ning's smile is still that cheerful, but he is much thinner than before.
Judging from Gan Ning's expression, his unconcealable excitement has already explained his attitude - as Yi Xiaotian and others inferred, Gan Ning knew very little about the current situation and might be able to bypass Liu Bei.
The spy must have paid a heavy price for coming to such a frontline place.
Thinking of this, Sun Quan was a little relieved, but also a little distressed.
