Chapter 63: The Conspiracy Succeeds and Kills
On the afternoon of the banquet, Zhou Gongjin was left in the palace by Sun Quan, and the two talked all night, although Sun Quan didn't want to believe Liu Xuande's words, but he could always hear something wrong in the conversation with Zhou Gongjin, which made him feel uneasy. In fact, this is the human heart, when you believe in a person, you will believe whatever he says, and you will listen, when you no longer trust him in your heart, no matter what the other party says, you feel that something is wrong, Zhou Gongjin and Sun Quan at this time are like this.
One day passed like this, and on the second day, Liu Xuande came to the Wind King's Palace again to discuss the alliance with Sun Quan, this time he did not say anything bad about Zhou Gongjin, but respected Zhou Gongjin very much, so that Sun Quan felt that Liu Xuande was a reliable and generous person, Sun Quan's heart settled down again, until late that night, his trust in Zhou Gongjin was completely shattered.
That night, a group of black-clothed people suddenly appeared in the palace, taking advantage of the night to sneak into the boudoir of the princess of the wind country, and when they came out, they carried a sackcloth bag on their shoulders, which looked like a human figure, and the group ran out of the palace, and were caught by Zhao Yun on duty when passing by Liu Xuande's courtyard.
rescued Sun Shangxiang, the princess of the Wind Country, of course, she was stunned, and Liu Xuande sent Ma Chao into the palace to inform Sun Quan. Sun Quan was furious when he learned that his sister had been arrested, and followed Ma Chao to the other courtyard to see that his sister was safe and sound, so he interrogated the man in black with Liu Xuande.
During the interrogation, the leader of the men in black said that he was Zhou Gongjin's subordinate, and that he had kidnapped the princess so that he could be used as a hostage to blackmail Sun Quan in the event of an uprising. ”
And Liu Xuande next to him said: "Lord Sun, don't be angry, this man in black is not necessarily sent by Zhou Dugong, maybe there is some conspiracy in this, it may be who wants to blame Zhou Dugong." ”
Sun Quan gasped for a while, suppressed the anger in his heart, and when he heard Liu Xuande's words, he felt that it made sense, so he said, "How does Lord Liu think this matter should be handled?"
Liu Xuande said: "Since the princess is safe and sound, then the lord of the Sun country can rest assured, at present, no one knows about our capture of the robbers, I will let General Zhao deliberately let go of a robber in a while, and the lord of the Sun country can wait for tomorrow morning to inform the princes and ministers of the princess's abduction, so that you can also explore the reality of the ministers, if someone comes to my courtyard to find it for the first time, it must be the mastermind." ”
Sun Quan pondered for a while and said, "What Lord Liu said is very true, so let's do it." ”
At this moment, Sun Shangxiang slowly woke up, put one hand on his forehead and asked, "Where is this? What's wrong with me?"
Sun Quan hurriedly walked over, helped Sun Shangxiang up and said, "Sister, you were kidnapped, but fortunately, Lord Liu saved you." ”
Sun Shangxiang looked confused, and was helped by Sun Quan to walk in front of Liu Xuande and said, "Although I don't remember what happened, I still thank Lord Liu for saving me." After speaking, he looked up at Liu Xuande, and immediately blushed.
Liu Xuande bowed deeply and said: "I am also convenient, the princess does not have to be polite, it is late at night, and your body has not yet recovered, so let's rest first." ”
Sun Shangxiang blushed and nodded: "It's all up to Lord Liu's arrangement." ”
Liu Xuande found a few maids and took the princess into the inner courtyard of the other courtyard to rest, Sun Quan was relieved to see that his sister was safe, and said goodbye to Liu Xuande and returned to the palace.
Early the next morning, Sun Quan said angrily above the main hall: "Yesterday night, someone actually robbed the princess, and none of you found out, it was really a group of rice buckets." ”
Zhou Gongjin stepped forward and said: "Don't be impatient, the princess has been kidnapped, at this time we should send people to search around." ”
Sun Quan squinted at Zhou Gongjin and said, "Then leave it to you to find, you must find it within a day." ”
Zhou Gongjin bowed his head and sighed lightly.
After Zhou Gongjin came back, he was not in a hurry to find someone, but came to Liu Xuande's courtyard and said to the guard at the door: "Please inform Lord Liu, Zhou Gongjin came to greet him." ”
The guard nodded and went into the courtyard to report, and after a while, he walked out and said to Zhou Gongjin: "Zhou Dugong, the lord of the country said that he was unwell today and couldn't get up, so please go back." ”
Zhou Gongjin nodded and said, "Then may I ask if Prime Minister Zhuge is there?" ”
The guard replied: "The lord of the country sent Prime Minister Zhuge back to the court to guard the town, and he left yesterday evening, please go back to Governor Zhou." ”
Zhou Gongjin thought to himself, "It seems that this is the beginning, I want to see how this Liu Xuande is going to play." After thinking about it, he turned around and went back.
Back to the Daoist Mansion, Zhou Gongjin issued an official document, asking General Gan to take 800 elite soldiers to look for the news of the princess inside and outside the city, and he came to the dormitory.
Seeing Xiao Qiao, Zhou Gongjin stepped forward and said, "Madam, you listen to me, hurry up and pack your bags and go back to your hometown in Sichuan and Hangzhou to wait for me." ”
Xiao Qiao asked for some reason, "Husband, has something happened?"
Zhou Gongjin put his hands on her shoulders and said, "It's not clear now, you are obedient and do what I say." ”
Xiao Qiao nodded and began to clean up, while Zhou Gongjin walked out of the dormitory, came to the courtyard, looked up at the sky and whispered, "I don't know if it's too late." ”
At this time, Sun Quan had already come to Liu Xuande's courtyard, and Liu Xuande said to him with a disappointed face: "Just now Duke Zhou came to visit, alas, although I don't want to admit that it is him, but as soon as I heard the news of the princess's disappearance, he was the first to come to me, I am afraid that he already knows that the princess is in my courtyard." ”
Sun Quan said angrily: "Sure enough, it's this dog thief, Sun treats him well, and he even wants to rebel." ”
Liu Xuande shook his head and said: "Sure enough, I know people and faces, but I don't know my heart, in vain, I have always trusted Zhou Dugong, but I didn't expect him to do such a thing." ”
Sun Quan stood up, walked to the door and shouted, "Come on, arrest Zhou Gongjin." ”
The soldiers knelt on the ground to receive the order, walked out of the courtyard, and escorted Zhou Gongjin to the courtyard with half a sound.
Zhou Gongjin knelt down and smiled: "Hahaha, Lord of the Kingdom, why did you arrest me here." ”
Sun Quan said angrily: "Zhou Gongjin, you dare to kidnap the princess, you are really bold." ”
Zhou Gongjin's smile was full of disappointment and said: "Lord of the country, I, Zhou Gongjin, have worked hard for half my life for the Jiangshan Society of the Wind Country, but I didn't expect that this Liu Xuande only came for a few days and made you become like this, it's really ridiculous." ”
Liu Xuande stood next to Sun Quan and said slowly: "Governor Zhou, what do you mean by this?"
Zhou Gongjin looked at him angrily and said, "Liu Xuande, you are a sinister villain, you are still the king of a country, and you actually designed to harm me." ”
Liu Xuande shook his head and didn't say anything, while Sun Quan on the side shouted: "Shut up, when the assassin said it was your retainer last night, Lord Liu also helped you intercede, and now it seems that you really don't know what to do." ”
Zhou Gongjin laughed and said: "Hahaha, the lord of the country, you are a blind man who does not know anything, hahaha, I Zhou Gongjin has never done anything sorry for you in my life, if you don't believe it, I have no choice but to kill or listen to it." ”
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and Liu Xuande saw that Sun Quan was a little shaken, and quietly put his right hand behind his back. Zhou Gongjin's eyes were sharp, and he followed the hand behind Liu Xuande's back, and saw that there were several swords hidden behind him, as long as Liu Xuande gave an order, he and the lord of the country would all die here, so he shouted: "Sun Quan, the princess is tied by me, I just want to take away your country, and if you have the ability, you will cut me." After saying that, he struggled to get up.
As soon as Sun Quan heard Zhou Gongjin's words, he was instantly furious, reached out and snatched the knife that escorted Zhou Gongjin's soldiers, and stabbed Zhou Gongjin in the chest with one sword.
only heard the sound of "poof", blood jumped out, and Zhou Gongjin fell to the ground with a smile on his face.
The teacup in Zhuge Liang's hand in the back hall immediately shattered, he got up tremblingly and came to the courtyard, looking up to the sky and shouting: "Brother Zhou, you can go with peace of mind, even if the mountain people fight for their lives, you must ensure that your wind country and mountains do not fall into the hands of this small person." ”
After shouting, he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up for a long time, as if all the strength of his body had been drained, and sighed softly: "I, Zhuge Kongming, have never seen such a brazen villain so far. ”
In mid-air, Shi Fu looked at all this, and his heart was not a taste, this was the secret war between people, his heart was like a hundred claws scratching his heart at this time, irritable, and he wanted to arrest Liu Xuande and kill him directly, but he couldn't do it, this feeling of aggrieved had been distorting his heart.
Suddenly, an ethereal voice came from the bottom of his heart and said: "It's already over, let it pass, don't be obsessed, you are you, you still have people to protect, don't fall into the devil's way." ”
Shi Fu's heart cleared up, the irritability subsided, and the whole person entered an ethereal state, half a sound, he finally eased up, and thought to himself, "Is this what it feels like to be enchanted? It's terrible, whose voice was it just now, it's too timely." ”
Just when Shi Fu broke through the demons in his heart, Zhuge Liang below also stood up and slowly walked like the front hall, he wanted to fulfill his promise to Zhou Gongjin, at least to save the life of the lord of the Wind Country and stabilize the country of the Wind Country......