In order to be the emperor, Yuan Shu, as Zhou Yu expected, did not mention Wu Ning at all, and treated Wu Jing and others very politely.

But everyone knows that this is just a joke. Although Yuan Shu did not mention the matter of being called emperor, judging from the construction of Shouchun, everyone knows that this luxurious hall will never be what a Hanchen should have.

However, Yuan Shu didn't have the heart to hide it, because he was preparing to attack Xuzhou at that time.

In the change of Xuzhou, Lu Bu was the mainstay, Liu Bei became a guest general, and Yuan Shu took the opportunity to occupy Guangling County.

Under the banner of trust in the Sun family, Yuan Shu appointed Wu Jing as the Taishou of Guangling.

However, Zhou Shang and the others knew that this was just Yuan Shu's villain's heart.

The current Guangling is undoubtedly the barrier for Yuan Shu to confront Xuzhou, and when he is on an errand there, the pressure can be imagined.

Although reluctant, for the sake of the Sun family's great cause, Wu Jing had no choice but to take office.

It's just that to the surprise of a few people, Lu Bu did not attack with large soldiers.

He only sent Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, and Cheng Lian to lead the army to camp south of Xiaxiang County, and there seemed to be no further plans.

Of course, Wu Jing and the others would not know about the secret alliance between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, and if the guest generals on Yuan Shu's side could see it, then how could they hide it from Liu Bei.

Although Zhou Yu is young, he is famous, and even Yuan Shu knows that he is exceptionally intelligent.

Therefore, Yuan Shu wanted to keep Zhou Yu and Sun Ben by his side, so that when he became emperor, he would be able to control Sun Ce's attitude more firmly.

However, Zhou Yu had already guessed Yuan Shu's idea, so he politely refused.

He invited himself to be the head of the nest and handed over Sun Ce's letter to Yuan Shu.

The letter clearly stated that the Sun family knew that the Han family would be tilted, and if Yuan Shu moved, the Sun family would remember the feelings of the past and try their best to help. The jade seal of the country must be kept by a person with a high reputation, and the ancestor of the Sun family is not a small official in Qiantang, for fear of being accused by the world, it is inconvenient to retrieve it, so it is placed here in Yuan Shu.

As for Zhou Shang and others, they were sent by Yuan Shu. It's just that if you want to do great things, you must first subdue the realm, so Sun Ce suggested that Sun Ben should guard the Yuyu Chapter, and Zhou Yu would guard the nest and deliver news to Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.

Wu Jing had already promised to go to Guangling, and Sun Ce wouldn't play any tricks when he thought about it, so Yuan Shu was no longer suspicious of the things in the letter.

The most important thing is that the meaning of Sun Ce's letter is actually just two sentences - support Yuan Shu to be the emperor and be willing to bow down to the courtiers.

How does this not make Yuan Shu happy. When the wise man is proud, he still has little to worry about, let alone a fool like Yuan Shu.

Ignoring Yan Xiang's bitter persuasion, Yuan Shu immediately appointed Sun Ben as Yuzhang Taishou and Zhou Yu as the head of the nest.

In his heart, only the emperor dreamed at the moment......

……

Yangzhou, Lujiang County, nesting.

In fact, Sun Ce's main purpose for letting Zhou Yu guard the nest was not only to facilitate him to return to Jiangdong at any time and report Yuan Shu's movements to himself, but also to make it more convenient for him to see him.

Just like now, Sun Ce sat in front of Zhou Yu without Yuan Shu noticing.

"Gong Jin, how is it? Is this nest chief still comfortable? Sun Ce couldn't hide a smile on his face.

"I bear the burden of humiliation for you, how can you be so happy." Of course, Zhou Yu knows what his good brother thinks in his heart, and he has great ambitions for the world, but he is wronged to be a county magistrate here.

"Alright, let's get down to business. What's going on over there with Yuan Shu? ”

"I've been preparing the items needed to become the emperor all day long, and I don't care about anything else."

"That's fine, let him live in this spring and autumn dream. I came today to ask you, Yan Baihu and Wang Lang, which is more important? ”

"Heh, how can you Sun Bofu also learn to play dumb riddles. You're just worried that if you want to take Wang Lang directly and ignore Yan Baihu, you'll suffer from the enemy on your back. ”

"You're so smart, don't let Yuan Shu notice. I'm afraid he won't give me back your wise general. ”

"You have many resourceful men, and what are your worries?"

"But there is no one named Zhou Gongjin." As he spoke, Sun Ce burst out laughing.

The husband was born in the world, he can get a confidant, and he dies without regrets.

This is what Zhou Yu thinks at this time. It's just that although Zhou Yu is big, he doesn't want to express too much emotion.

"What's going on over there with the Ten Sages?"

The scout returned, and he ordered the two night marshals to lead thousands of subordinates to help Wang Lang defend him. Nothing else. ”

"It seems that the people under Bo Fu still need to improve."

"How?"

"Not long ago, I sent soldiers on patrol, but I saw a teenager passing by here and heading towards Yangzhou."

"Who?"

"A man of great ugliness."

"Phoenix Chick?!"

"Listen to his subordinates, it's right to be him."

"Why is he here?"

"Presumably, it has something to do with our trip."

"Then why don't you hold him and ask?"

"If I hold him, Yuan Shu will definitely know. Since he left in disguise at night, he must have fallen out with Yuan Shu. Then why should I bother to catch Yuan Shu again? It is better not to let the troublesome people be scattered in all directions, but put them all together so that they can be easily dealt with. ”

"Oh, I don't know how to scheming. All I want to know now is how I can do it. ”

"A mountain bandit like Yan Baihu, pretending to form an alliance with him, can be divided into equal parts. If it doesn't work, he will give it a small gift, and he will be greedy for small profits in front of him, and he will have no worries in the future. ”

"Yes, such unwise people are not to be worried."

"Then I'm going to ask Bo Fu, what is your trip?"

Indeed, this kind of trivial matter does not need Zhou Yu's attention at all, and Sun Ce can handle it properly.

"Alas, it's not for the sake of the ten virtuous elders."

"Oh? Are you still struggling with that meeting? ”

"Yes."

This is Sun Ce's real doubt. Since the last time he saw the Ten Sages Old Yu Ji, Sun Ce has been thinking all day long, why the generals who want to return the peace of the world in bloody battles are not as popular as a Taoist who is a man of false words. What is the desire of the people?

"Bo Fu, do you know what is the most worthless thing in troubled times?"

"Human life?"

"Not bad. In troubled times, the lives of soldiers and people are like mustard. At the feet of the famous generals with great achievements, they are all white bones. You and I have no worries about food and clothing, and naturally we will not know the suffering of the people. A common people, who have been humiliated but still have to survive, all they think about all day long is how to make sure that they will not go hungry for the next meal. In the eyes of the people, all those who hold swords in their hands are one category, so what is the difference between good and evil? ”

"But wherever our army went, there was no offense."

"So what? After all, we are going to go somewhere and use our troops to make the people there suffer. For them, an immortal path that they can believe in can win the hearts of the people more than us. After all, the Immortal Dao will only bless, and we will only lead to war. ”

Sun Ce was silent.

This is something that no one has ever told him about before. Indeed, no matter how high-sounding the righteousness is, it still can't change the fact that the soldiers are the murder weapons.

What the people want is nothing more than that there are no more soldiers in the world.

Even if he was sincere in order to make the world peaceful, recruiting soldiers, collecting grain, and paying taxes, the pressure on the people did not change at all.

In the eyes of the people, righteousness is just an excuse.

Now that Sun Ce can gradually understand the practices of the ten sages, how can such a person be unpopular when he observes the suffering of the people and comforts the pain of the people?

Sun Ce silently made up his mind in his heart that he would inevitably build Jiangdong into a paradise that could protect the people.

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Yuzhou, Yingchuan County.

Qin Zhen, who should be called Cao Zhen now, is leading a small team of tigers and leopards to gallop in the wilderness.

He lost count of the first time, and he spent two hours searching around almost every day. As for the target, of course, it is his father-killing enemy - Shen Rong.

was given the surname Cao, for him, there is not much difference. What really makes him feel meaningful is being able to lead the tiger and leopard ride.

Although it was only a small team, this kind of cavalry wearing heavy armor was also fatal to Shen Rong.

Cao Zhen deliberately didn't bring more people, just hoping that Shen Rong would show up with the mentality of bullying more and less.

But it has been many days, but there is still no trace of him, and Cao Zhen even thought that Shen Rong had given up his original mission and evacuated Yuzhou.

But when you think about it, it's impossible.

It took so long, several times to set up ambushes outside, and he had already paid so much, of course Shen Rong would not give up so easily.

"Zidan." Another team of tigers and leopards appeared, led by Cao Chun, the commander of the tigers and leopards.

"General Cao Chun." Cao Zhen motioned to the cavalry behind him to stop his horse and stepped forward to agree.

"That's all for today, come back with me, the lord will discuss the matter of sending troops."

……

Cao Cao had already received an urgent report from Cao Hong, saying that on the way to meet the emperor, he was intercepted by Yang Feng and others and could not move forward.

Cao Cao made a quick decision and decided to lead the army in person.

Many people are skeptical, believing that sending troops in this way will not guarantee that they will not be slandered and cause chaos.

At this time, Xun Yu's letter arrived, in which he tried to persuade Cao Cao to go in person.

Cao Cao smiled and handed the letter to Guo Jia, and Guo Jia also smiled after reading it.

This Xun Wenruo, as long as things are touched by the Han family, he is very active. But this is also understandable to everyone, after all, it is Yingchuan everyone.

Guo Jia also agreed, since Hebei Yefeng sent back the news that Yuan Shao had been delayed, he must seize the opportunity to welcome the emperor back in front.

Although the Han dynasty is declining, the emperor is still there.

As long as the emperor is on his own territory, no matter what Cao Cao does, he will be famous.

Therefore, Cao Cao ordered to immediately gather troops and horses and set off tomorrow.

As a tiger and leopard cavalry escort cavalry, he naturally had to accompany him. This is what Cao Zhen wants, since Shen Rong refuses to show up, it is better to let Cao Cao lead him out.

Since the southeast hall wants to completely eradicate the last reliance of the northern hall, then they must be on pins and needles for Cao Cao to welcome the emperor.

……

The arrangement was decided, and Cao Zhen returned to his residence.

It was already evening, and the sky was full of red clouds, and Cao Zhen stood alone in the courtyard, bowing his head and contemplating.

In his hands, he held two leech thorns, which were the relics of his father, and even though they had been wiped, there were still some slight blood stains on them.

A burst of pain hit his heart, Cao Zhen opened his eyes suddenly, brandished the leech thorn, and kept practicing according to his father's path.

At this time, he was just a teenager overwhelmed by hatred.

He himself never thought that he would overcome obstacles all the way in the future and eventually become an old minister of the Three Dynasties of Cao Wei.