Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Song Chen nodded, suddenly realized and said: "It seems that the few of us have been brought to cultivate wasteland, and it is not unreasonable to be deducted from food."

"What's the reason?" The name of the questioner was Li Chang, who was from the scouting camp like Song Chen, and is now the backbone of the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce. His current role is to cheer up.

"Isn't it because of General Fu? Who made him surrender to Jiangdong? Now he is a prisoner of the old master Jingzhou, isn't he trying to torture us?" Song Chen smiled wryly.

Li Chang muttered unconvinced: "Isn't this fair? We are not Fu Shiren's soldiers, but we were sent to work beside him later..."

"Who cares about you? It's all like this now..." Song Chen shook his head straight, and then said to the others: "You are Fu Shiren's personal soldiers, and it is not wrong to be sent to Dadongshan to open up wasteland..."

Suddenly a person next to him jumped up, with an angry expression on his face: "What is injustice? Yang and they are both from Jiangxia. General Fu joined the army after he surrendered to Jiangdong. We are not his old followers at all..."

Song Chen smiled and bowed: "I'm really sorry... I'm just guessing, everyone is a miserable person..."

"Forget it... the matter has come to this point, it is the destiny, go to sleep..." Yang Tai turned around and fell down, the rest of the people followed without saying a word.

Song Chen saw that Yang Tai seemed to be the leader of these people, so he locked his target on him, sighed and complained to Li Chang: "There is little food and too much work, we will be exhausted sooner or later..."

"There is only one sentry post in Dadongshan. If we can't do it, let's escape? Anyway, we will die sooner or later, so why not give it a try..." Li Chang put forward a 'suggestion'.

Song Chen frowned and shook his head: "Where can we escape? Fu Shiren first betrayed the King of Hanzhong, and then General Sun. We were branded by him, and there will be no good life anywhere..."

Li Chang argued bluntly: "You can't say it like this. It is true that General Fu betrayed the King of Hanzhong, but his betrayal of Jiangdong was purely framed. If Lu Meng hadn't killed Old General Han first, General Fu would not have clashed with Lu Meng. Unfortunately, he was later accused. The other party framed and died, we are all implicated..."

"Don't talk nonsense. Wasn't old general Han killed? How could the commander-in-chief attack his own people?" Song Chen pretended to be surprised.

"Is there any truth to what I saw with my own eyes? That night I was the last one to feed the horses and was about to go back to the tent to rest. Old General Han accidentally stabbed him to death with a sword, and later he was buried near the stable." Li Chang's tone was affirmative.

"It turns out that Lu Meng wronged General Fu, but now he implicates us in suffering, really..." Song Chen muttered to himself.

Li Chang then asked: "I just can't figure it out. Why did Old General Han have an argument with Lu Meng? Isn't the other party our chief governor? I really can't figure it out."

"What is the qualifications of Old General Han? With Lu Meng's prestige, how could he be completely controlled? At that time, he should have acted in a hurry. Lu Meng is still far behind Zhou Dudu and Lu Dudu..." Song Chen patted the edge of the bed and sighed .

"Eh? You said that if we bring this news back to Jiangdong, can we clear General Fu of treason? Maybe we can live a good life." Li Chang had a whim.

"Live? Is this courting death? That's Lu Meng, the governor of Jiangdong, who will listen to us little soldiers?" Song Chen shook his head.

Li Chang said disapprovingly: "Lu Meng is dead now, why are we afraid of him? Besides, the descendants of the old general Han, I heard that they are still investigating this matter, we can pretend to be the old general's personal soldiers and seek refuge And get some rewards."

"I think it's better to forget it? Most of Old General Han's original soldiers were sent to the front line by Lu Meng to die. With the mediocre martial arts skills of the few of us, who would believe that we really arrived in Jiangdong?" Song Chen continued to throw cold water.

After hearing this, Li Chang sighed: "Hey... you are right, we are either raising horses or serving clothes, how can we have a soldier? We should go to bed early, there is still wasteland to be reclaimed tomorrow, Live a day is a day..."

"That's right. Destiny is determined from birth. It's useless to think too much..." Song Chen yawned and fell asleep. Not long after, snoring and insects outside the house came and went.

In the middle of the night, Yang Tai opened the door and walked to the tree behind the house to have a rest. He suddenly found that the lights at the nearby guard post had been turned off, and he felt that the once-in-a-lifetime time to escape had come.

Yang Tai tiptoed back to the house, woke up his four companions, and took a small bag of rice from the corner in his hands, and they fled eastward against the grass and trees under Dadong Mountain.

After a few miles past the sentry post, five people sat down to catch their breath.

After the few people had rested for less than a stick of incense, Yang Tai urged his comrades to leave quickly. They were not far from the settlement, and they might not be able to leave if they were suddenly discovered.

"Yang Huochang, I think the guards are sleeping soundly. We don't need to go in such a hurry, right? There is no moon these few nights, and the faint starlight makes it difficult to recognize the way..."

"I'm not worried about the guards at all, but I'm afraid that those wastes will find few people and run to the guards to report us. If we are caught back, we will only have a dead end. Now we just need to go east, and we will probably hear the sound of water in the morning. You won’t get lost when you walk near the Yangtze River.”

"They came up with the idea, and we should have brought them with us back then. Not only did we not call them, but we even took the food away..."

"Didn't that guy just say that? Fate has already decided everything. Taking them on the road will not only drag us down, but how can we explain it when we get to Chaisang? They are all old general Han's soldiers?"

"Uh... I always feel that I have no loyalty..."

"Loyalty cannot survive, you all remember now, we are old general Han's personal soldiers, and the rest of the comrades have been deliberately killed by Lu Meng..."

"Yes, Fire Chief..."

The five of Yang Tai arrived near the Yangtze River in the morning, and then ran south along the dense reeds.

A few days before Yang Tai escaped, warships from Wuchang frequently patrolled to the south. Yang Tai knew that they were looking for him, so he let everyone hide in the grass to avoid searching.

Chapter 7

Yang Tai and the others were lightly dressed, and although there were "adventures" in the first few days, the threat from Wuchang disappeared when they arrived at the waters of Lu Xun's defense area. Later, they were discovered by Jiangdong scouts because they were making a fire and cooking, so the second half of the road was still taken. The waterway the boat travels.

According to the rules set by Lu Xun, Yang Tai and the five fled back to Chaisang and were sent to the exclusive military camp for isolation and inspection, but unexpectedly ran into Han Zong's ship at the port.

Han Zong welcomed Han Dang's body back from Jiangling, and begged Lu Xun to help him make up the funeral in his Chaisang army. Due to Han Dang's past achievements, Lu Xun followed Han Zong's wishes for stability and unity, and made Han Dang's funeral It was done in a very grand manner, allowing Han Zong to earn enough face in front of the generals in Chaisang, and to borrow the shadow of his father's generation to have a good reputation in Chaisang.

At this time the funeral was over, Han Zong escorted Han Dang's body back to Jianye for burial, just in time to meet the "soldiers" brought back by the scouts, Yang Tai just escaped Lu Xun's review process, and boarded Han Zong's boat to Jianye.

Han Dang died for no apparent reason, and Han Zong had been looking for his father's soldiers. When he saw Yang Tai and the other five, he seemed to have seen his relatives. As soon as he got on the boat, he hurriedly asked, "Since you are my father's soldiers, you should know How did the old man die, I want you to tell me everything."

Everyone looked at Yang Ting and remained silent. Yang Ting felt that everything was going too smoothly, and worried that his words would reveal his truth, so he replied ambiguously: "There should be a conclusion in the army, why should the major general ask us again..."

"Hmph, only the superintendent Gu Li's words, and no other witnesses can find a single one. I don't believe that my father will be beheaded by a 12-year-old child..." Han Zong spoke with authority.

"Uh... why don't you just forget it? Knowing the truth is not good for the Major General..." Yang Tai persuaded him to retreat.

"Bastard, my father was a hero, how can he die in an unexplained way? If you can't tell the truth, are you worthy of his old man's support?" Han Zong shouted.

Yang Tai was so frightened that he knelt down, and the other four knelt down with him, lowering their heads and waiting for Yang Tai to answer.

"Since the major general wants to know, I can only tell the truth. The old general died at the hands of Lu Meng. We were drunk that night, and we walked to the stable by accident, thinking about giving the old general his horse. Add fodder, and unfortunately something happened..."

Yang Tai used Song Chen's tone to vividly describe Lu Meng's disrespect for Han Dang. Because of disagreements over the use of troops, a quarrel occurred, and Lu Meng was furious and attacked and killed Han Dang.

Han Zong was furious, pointed at the crowd and cursed: "You bastards, why didn't you stand up? Why?"

"Lieutenant General, it happened so suddenly that we didn't even expect the Commander-in-Chief..." Yang Tai replied in embarrassment.

Han Zong spat a ball of saliva into the Yangtze River: "Bah, this villain Lu Meng deserves to be called the Great Governor? Later, you didn't know how to find the superintendent Gu Li to expose him?"

"Young general, we are just big soldiers. If we were discovered at that time, we should have been silenced. How dare we identify Lu Meng as the murderer? What's more, he also asked his own soldiers to testify that the old general was beheaded during a battle with the enemy. It seems to be called..." Yang Tai replied hesitantly.

"That man's name is Lan Ji, the son-in-law appointed by Guan Yu. He was only 12 years old at the time. Do you think it's ridiculous? Lu Meng rode on my Han family's head to shit. It's so arrogant." Han Zong punched the side of the boat. superior.

Yang Ting continued: "After that incident happened, Lu Meng sent all the troops led by the old general to the front line. Because we knew the inside story, the five of us pretended to be ill and avoided being framed. The last general was later assigned to General Fu to take care of us. Ma, Wu Liu was demoted to work as a handyman..."

It was an insulting job for the soldiers to be sent to do corvée. After hearing this, Han Zong was very moved. He helped everyone up one by one, and said with tears in his eyes, "You have worked so hard to bear the humiliation. No wonder you redeemed them later. When I was a prisoner of war, I didn’t see any of my father’s soldiers, so they were all killed by that traitor Lu Meng, so Fu Shiren is also related to this matter?”

"The major general is wise. Lu Meng has been threatening General Fu with his opponent's family members. General Fu has been looking for opportunities to resist. The last general told him about the murder of the old general. I hope he can explain to the lord when he returns to Jiangdong. Unexpectedly, Fu The general is so restless..." Yang Tai shook his head.

Han Zong nodded and said to himself, "According to what you said, everything that happened can be explained. Lu Meng, a traitor, has calculated thousands of things, but he missed a few of you. This guy thinks he can cover the sky with one hand. It's a pity that Zhou Cang was captured in the water after the defeat, and now that you have come forward to testify, I want to avenge my father."

"Isn't Lu Meng dead? Who is the Major General looking for revenge?" Yang Taixin said, "Don't take revenge. If there are some severe interrogations, I'm worried that everyone will reveal their secrets.

Han Zong stared blankly, and said coldly: "Although Lu Meng is dead, his sons are still there, and Lu Ba has inherited the title. Their Lu family is not worthy at all."

"Young general, Lu Meng is the lord's favorite general, so don't be impulsive." Yang Tai continued to persuade.

Han Zong's eyes rolled slightly, and he waited and told Yang Tai, "Keep the truth in your heart first, and come out to testify when you need it later. If it's not clear, I'll cover it..."

"Wei." Yang Tai cupped his fists.

Han Zong put the five Yang Tai members into the guard, thinking about how to deal with the descendants of the Lu family.

On the eve of arriving at Jianye Port, Han Zong did not think of a safe solution.

After nearly two years, Han Dang's body was welcomed back to Jianye.

Sun Quan found a good coffin to be buried in, and found a Fengshui place east of Jianye, planning to choose a good time for burial.

In order to show his filial piety, Han Zong wanted to buy some rare things for Han Dang to be buried with, and finally came to Yu's Firm according to Sun Quan's suggestion.

After Yu's firm took over the Sima Brothers, it became a leader in the industry among Jianye's firms.The business houses in Jiangdong and the Central Plains have also become closer to each other.

With Sun Quan's acquiescence, Hu Ke became trading partners with major commercial firms in Yecheng.

In addition to earning Wei's wealth, Yu's firm has also become the largest intelligence station in Jiangdong.

As a reward for the Henan gentry, Hu Ke usually took good care of the Sima brothers.

Brother Sima mostly stayed in the lobby to read books, and did not have to receive shoppers, let alone carry heavy goods, which was similar to the treatment of diners.

The Sima brothers, who survived the catastrophe, found something unusual after living in the firm for several months. They discovered that the shopkeeper Yu Xiu (Hu Ke) was not a kind person.

On the surface, Yu Xiu is the son-in-law of the Zhang family in Jiangdong, but he has done a lot of things for Sun Quan in secret. Moreover, the few cronies of the firm are well-versed in both literature and military skills.

The two brothers were burdened with a deep blood feud, and they really wanted to learn something from Yu Xiu.

One day, Sima Shi was sitting in the lobby of the firm reading a book, when suddenly a few big men came in to choose goods.

The guests searched the hall along the shelves, and Han Zong at the back threw a letter into Sima Shi's arms while the waiter was not paying attention.

Seeing Sima Shi's astonishment, Han Zong immediately gave him a wink. Sima Shi didn't know what Han Zong meant, so he couldn't help hiding the letter in his sleeve.

Han Zong picked out a few funeral objects and hurried away with his entourage, while Sima Shi went back to the back hall to hide in the toilet.

Opening the envelope and taking out the letter paper, four sentences were written on it: Zhong Da punished Ziming, the Lu family destroyed Sima, the way of heaven is reincarnation, who will the sky spare?

Master Sima was dumbfounded, thinking that this is the truth and motive?Could it be that the enemies of the Sima family are really in Jiangdong?What should I do now?

Sima Shi hesitated for a long time in the latrine, and finally decided to go to Yu Xiu to clarify his doubts.

Chapter 7 and Eight

Hu Ke has received Lan Tianxin's order. In addition to asking him to intensify the conflict between the Han and Lu families, another task is to make the Sima brothers hate Wei and Jiangdong.

Master Sima came to look for him on his own initiative, which was expected by Hu Ke.

Looking at the immature face of the other party, Hu Ke smiled and asked: "Master, what is the matter with me? General Sun is still investigating your assassin case, and King Wei has sent people to urge it many times, but the assassin's mastermind is very cunning. I won’t have a clue for a while, so let’s be patient? You’re still so young, it’s not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.”

"I know Shopkeeper Yu has great powers. Master has a question I would like to ask you to explain. I don't know if it is convenient..." Master Sima bowed his hands.

"Master, it's okay to talk." Hu Ke held out his hand to signal.

Master Sima pondered for a moment, then asked, "I don't know why Commander Lu died?"

"Uh...why is Master Shi interested in this matter?" Hu Ke asked back.

"Please tell the shopkeeper the truth, Master Sima really wants to know." Master Sima bowed down again.

Hu Ke stroked his beard and nodded, "This matter is as turbulent as the Sima family's. King Wei insisted that it was an assassin sent by the Jiangdong faction, and all the Jiangdong officials thought that your enemy was in the north..."

Master Sima's eyelids twitched. After all, he is only 13 years old now. Although he has read some books, he lacks the ability to analyze problems and distinguish right from wrong, so he doesn't like to listen to Hu Ke's analogies.

"Since my family's case is still being investigated, the shopkeeper should go back to Commander Lu Dadu." Master Sima urged.

Hu Ke smiled slightly, and added: "The cause of the governor's death is still pending. One said that the governor was killed by Cao Cao, and the other said that the governor died in Jingzhou, but neither side admits it at present. Master, you can just say whether it looks like it... ..."

Sima Shi asked: "Who are the sources of the two statements? Is there any actual evidence?"

Hu Ke spread his hands, "General Jiaozhou Mu Lantian, in front of the King of Hanzhong, he once proved to my lord that the governor was alive and went to the battlefield of Xiangfan, saying that he used the governor to pretend to be Lu Chang to win Fancheng. The fact that the governor is still alive in Jingzhou; on the other hand, the king of Wei went to Huainan and denied murdering the governor in front of Mr. Ziyu. Cao Ren, the only witness at the scene, said he did not know, and they did not provide further evidence..."

"Who will Shopkeeper Yu trust?" Sima Shi asked.

Hu Ke frowned and held his chin, "Uh... If I really want to analyze it, I should believe General Lan's words. After all, King Hanzhong and those redeemed prisoners of war are testifying to him in disguise, and although King Cao Pi of Wei denied it, He also said that he had witnesses from Zhang Liao, Jiang Ji and others, but later he did not provide any evidence. In fact, your father was also on the battlefield..."

"Having said that, King Wei has no motive to kill Dudu Lu..." Because Sima Shi was always worried, he had long-wrinkled vertical marks on his forehead at a young age.

Hu Ke shook his head and smiled wryly: "There should be a motive. Guan Yu used the governor to pretend to be Lu Chang to make money in Fancheng, which made Cao Cao lose the opportunity on the Xiangfan battlefield. Maybe someone offered a plan to kill the governor Liwei..."

"There are so many counselors in front of the battle, it may not be my father who offered advice, and the descendants of the Lu family are too arbitrary..." Master Sima realized that he had made a slip of the tongue after finishing speaking.

Seeing this, Hu Ke comforted: "Master, don't worry, the Yu family has received a lot of support from your friends. I will not spread some words to the outside world, but don't worry. Although General Sun has paid a lot of money to the Lu family, the children of the Lu family may not It will be used to pay for murder, let's be more cautious, don't wrong the good people..."

Sima Shi nodded in agreement on the surface, secretly thinking in his heart that Lu Meng's surprise attack on Jingzhou was done by a villain, what kind of good people can come out of a villain's family?And those desperadoes licked their blood, Sima Yi told many stories of dying for money.

"Jiang Ji, the regular servant of Sanqi, was a good friend of my father before his death. He was also a military counselor in the Wei Wang army during the Xiangfan War. He must know the situation on the battlefield at that time. Can shopkeeper Yu help him to confirm? This will also confirm the cause of Lu Dudu's death." Sima The teacher bowed his hand and asked.

After hearing this, Hu Ke showed embarrassment, "Yu is a shopkeeper of a business firm, Mr. Master thinks too highly of me, right? How can I get in touch with senior officials of the State of Wei?"

"Shopkeeper Yu's skills, I know better than outsiders. If shopkeeper Meng never abandons me, I would like to worship him as a foster father..." Master Sima thought about avenging his family. It is convenient to gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

Hu Ke was shocked when he heard this, and at the moment Sima Shi knelt down, he quickly stopped him with his eyes and hands, and said politely: "Young master comes from a famous family, how can Yu afford it? I will try my best to contact Jiang Ji."

"Then thank you very much." Master Sima cupped his hands.

Hu Ke dismissed Sima Shi, sat in the room and meditated alone, and secretly praised Mr. Han's tricks. Han Zong fell into the trick so quickly, and soon Jiangdong will have a good show.

At night, Hu Ke took Sun Quan's token and pretended to enter the palace, and reported Sima Shi's actions and thoughts to Sun Quan after processing and deleting.

Sun Quan didn't doubt him, and frowned coldly: "Master Sima actually suspects the Lu family, and he doesn't know who is behind it..."

"Han Zong came to the firm to buy things in the afternoon, but I didn't find him communicating with Sima Shi." Hu Ke reported the truth.

"Han Zong was the one who I asked him to go. Could it be that this guy is just grieving? Gu has already given him the Han family's face, if he dares to make trouble again, hehe..." Sun Quan's eyes became a line.

Hu Ke quickly reminded, "Han Zong is reckless and impulsive, how could he use divisive tactics? And he actually found Master Sima, it is simply incomprehensible..."

Sun Quan stroked his purple beard and said nothing, suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, could it be that Lu Xun gave Han Zong advice?He held a grand funeral for Han in Chaisang, what exactly does Lu Boyan want to do?

"In addition, Master Sima wanted to worship the late general as his adoptive father, but he was sternly rejected by the latter. I am just a down-and-out businessman, how can I bear it..." Seeing that Sun Quan was deep in thought, Hu Ke took Sima Shi's words as a joke and said out.