The land of Jiangdong, Wu County.

Zhang Zhao was handling political affairs in Wu Houfu, when suddenly a disarrayed sergeant rushed in, and several sergeants guarding Wu Houfu chased after him, this embarrassed sergeant was also a member of Sun Ce's personal guard, and the sergeants guarding Wu Houfu were very familiar with him, so he let him break into the mansion and showed him the way all the way.

The sergeant entered the main hall and saw that Zhang Zhao was dealing with political affairs, so he hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "My lord, my subordinate is Wu Hou's personal guard, I have something important to report, this matter is very important, please retreat!" ”

Zhang Zhao saw that this person looked embarrassed and covered in dust, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart, could it be that something big happened to the Dantu camp?

Zhang Zhao glanced at the sergeant behind him, and the military colonel who was chasing after him nodded to Zhang Zhao, confirming the identity of this person, Zhang Zhao waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat, and said, "Okay, the idler has retreated, let's talk about something quickly." ”

The sergeant stretched out his hand and took out a letter from his bosom and said, "My lord, this letter is written by Lord Yu himself, and everything his subordinates want to say is on this letter!" ”

Zhang Zhao took the letter with a suspicious face, and after opening it and reading it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted urgently:

"What? Wu Hou was assassinated to death!! ”

"Is this true or false, how could something big happen, what are you guards doing to eat!!"

The sergeant nodded gloomily and replied: "Returning to my lordship, Wu Hou went into the mountains to hunt, and he didn't want to be ambushed by assassins and died. ”

Yu translates the handwriting, Zhang Zhao still knows, the reason why he questioned so much, is just a little incredulous about this matter in his heart, hearing the words of the military advisor, Zhang Zhao smiled bitterly, did the hidden dangers buried before finally break out?

I have long persuaded the lord that for the Jiangdong Shi clan, either try your best to win them over, or kill them all, and never give them a chance to breathe, but unfortunately the lord does not listen to my good words, now that the lord has gone, the Jiangdong Shi clan has become a momentum, and it is impossible to kill the Jiangdong Shi clan again, with these Shi clans in the constraints, I am afraid that Jiangdong will no longer have the strength to make progress!

Hey, it's too late to say this, now the people in Jiangdong are unstable, and there is Yuan Yao's army outside, if you want to protect the foundation, you don't know how much it will cost to protect the foundation, or find a way to protect the Jiangdong foundation before anything else!

Zhang Zhao was full of emotion in his heart, and finally asked unwillingly: "The lord really died suddenly, and he didn't leave any will?" ”

The sergeant hurriedly replied: "The assassination of the lord happened only in a moment, and he did not leave any last words. ”

Zhang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Well, I know about this matter, you are tired all the way and go down to rest first, this matter must not be mentioned to others again, if this matter comes out, it will not be spared!! ”

The sergeant hurriedly bowed: "The villain has received the order, and he will not spread this matter." ”

The lord did not leave any last words, this matter is very troublesome, if you want to smoothly hand over the position of Wu Hou, I am afraid it will not be so easy, this matter should be discussed with the old lady first. Zhang Zhao thought for a moment, put away Yu's letter, and went to the backyard of Wu Houfu to visit the old lady.

"Go and make an announcement, Zhang Zhao came to meet the old lady, and there is something important to discuss!"

Mrs. Sun is also Sun Jian's wife, the future Empress Wulie of Wu Guo, who has four sons and one daughter for Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Sun Quan are his children. Mrs. Sun was born in a famous family, and gave him a lot of help in the early days of Sun Jian's business, and now Sun Ce is the head of the Sun family, and Mrs. Sun has been living in seclusion in the backyard of Wu Houfu, unless there is a big event, otherwise she will rarely show up.

After Sun Ce set out on the expedition, Mrs. Sun would often send Zhang Zhao to discuss the war, and the maid saw that Zhang Zhao was coming, and hurriedly went to tell Mrs. Sun about it, Mrs. Sun knew that Zhang Zhao in order to avoid suspicion, unless he was summoned by himself, he would rarely come to meet him, and now since the lord came, it means that something big must have happened!

Old Madam Sun's face changed, and she hurriedly ordered the maid to bring Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao bowed down and said, "Minister Zhang Zhao to meet the old lady!" ”

"No courtesy."

Old Madam Sun beckoned Zhang Zhao to get up, and asked urgently: "I don't know what happened to Zibu here, I see that you are in a hurry, but what happened to Ce'er?" ”

Zhang Zhao took a deep breath and said, "Old lady, there is indeed something going on in the Dantu camp, this matter is very important, please ask the old lady to retreat!" ”

Old Madam Sun waved her hand to order the maid to retreat, and said urgently: "What happened to Dantu, but what happened to Ce'er?" ”

Zhang Zhao nodded slightly, and replied: "The lord was assassinated and killed when he went out to hunt again, and I ask the old lady to mourn!" ”

When Mrs. Sun heard the news of Sun Ce's death, she immediately shook her body, collapsed backwards on top of the collapse, and cried out urgently: "Ce'er was assassinated to death? How so!! ”

"Ce'er is brave and invincible, how could an assassin kill him!!"

"Zhang Zhao, let me ask you, this must be a rumor, not !!"

……

Zhang Zhao looked at the old lady Sun who was at a loss, and he was also full of emotion in his heart, the old lady was widowed and lost her son in her early years, it was really ......

Zhang Zhao sighed in his heart and said: "Old lady, the news has been confirmed, and the old lady is invited to mourn, the most important thing at present is to set the position of Wu Hou as soon as possible, so as not to turn the foundation laid by the lord with great hardship into flowing water!" ”

"How can this be, my son is guarded by 50,000 troops, how can he die at the hands of assassins!!"

"God, why did you take away my strategy, God is so thin on me!!"

"Ce'er, why did you die so suddenly, how can this make the old woman good!!"

……。

"Old lady, my Jiangdong has torn his face with Yuan Yao, if Wu Hou's position is not determined as soon as possible, Yuan Yao will definitely raise troops to attack my Jiangdong land, and then my Jiangdong will be unstable internally, and this Jiangdong foundation will be difficult to preserve!" When Zhang Zhao said this, he bowed down to Mrs. Sun and said: "The lord died suddenly, and did not leave any will, and now the only one who has the ability to set the position of Wu Hou is the old lady, and please look at the foundation of Jiangdong, and cheer up, otherwise the lord's hard work will turn into flowing water!" ……”

After all, Mrs. Sun is a person who has experienced a big scene, under Zhang Zhao's persuasion, the old lady sighed for a while, then calmed down again, and said: "This land of the four counties of Jiangdong was won by my Sun family for two generations, and the hard work of my husband and Ce'er is in it, if I can't keep this Jiangdong foundation, what face do I have to see my husband and Ce'er!" Now that it is difficult, I also ask Mr. Zibu to help the old man!! ”