Chapter 250: Making Something Out of Nothing
In fact, Guan Nanzhen didn't say anything to Li Fang, he just followed Sun Ce's instructions, and as soon as he was intercepted by Li Fang, he immediately said that he wanted to see Xu Rong, who was sent by the new savage to negotiate with Xu Rong. He didn't even know if there was anything written on the handkerchief and what was written, only that it was Sun Ce who asked him to hand it over to Xu Rong, and there was an inexplicable sentence that he hadn't had a chance to say yet. He could guess that Sun Ce wanted to separate Xu Rong and the generals of Xiliang, but he didn't know how to separate.
The scriptures of the saints do not teach these things, nor do the teachers of the scriptures who are too learned.
After entering the account, Guan Nan negotiated with Xu Rong in a serious manner according to Sun Ce's previous instructions, and persuaded Xu Rong not to slaughter the city again. As long as Xu Rong doesn't slaughter the city, the others are easy to discuss, and they want money, food, and people. Anyway, for the people of Nanyang, Sun Ce is also an outsider, although he did not slaughter the city, he did not blink an eye when he killed people. Cooperation with Xu Rong is also cooperation, and cooperation with Sun Ce is also cooperation, as long as there are no more dead people.
Kannan is a native of Shinno, and he has just come from the direction of Shinno, and there is nothing wrong with talking about the people and things in Shinno. The surrender of the new savages also seems to be real, reasonable, and there is nothing out of the ordinary. Xu Rong and Li Fang couldn't hear the slightest flaw, but there was a suspicion that had to be faced in the end, what was the matter with the blank handkerchief?
It was only at this time that Guan Nan opened his mouth very helplessly, this handkerchief was brought to you by General Sun, and I really don't know what the specific content is. He said, "You can see it."
Xu Rong's face sank. "Guan Jun, I warn you for the last time, if you don't tell the truth, you will definitely die."
Kannan smiled bitterly. "General Xu, I really don't know. Well, I admit that I came back on the order of General Sun to persuade Zhuxian to hold on, but I was caught by the general, and I couldn't be General Sun's envoy, so I had to pretend to be the envoy of the Xinye family to see if I could get out. ”
"And what's the matter with this handkerchief?"
"I really don't know, General Sun said, if you get caught, let me hand this over to you, maybe I can save my life."
Xu Rong stared at Guan Nan deadly. He could see that Guan Nan was telling the truth, and he probably really didn't know what was on this handkerchief. But can Li Fang believe it? Looking at Li Fang's eyes, he knew that he didn't believe that Sun Ce really had no relationship with him at all.
It's hard to tell. Even if he killed Kannan, it would be useless, it would only make the new savage dispel the idea of negotiating with him.
A handkerchief was gentle, but it was as heavy as a mountain in Xu Rong's hand. He could guess every step of Sun Ce's march, but he couldn't guess what Sun Ce was thinking in his heart, and inadvertently, he was in a dilemma.
Xu Rong was very powerless. At the beginning, he could see through the divisive plan that Sun Ce used on Zhang Liao at a glance, but now he clearly knows that this is a plan, but he can't get rid of it. It was easy to kill Guan Nan, but it was very difficult to convince Li Fang and the Xiliang generals behind Li Fang that he was convinced. To put it bluntly, the suspicion between him and the generals of Xiliang is inherently incomprehensible, Sun Ce doesn't need to use any tricks, as long as he hints a little, he will have a hard time arguing.
Xu Rong weighed it repeatedly and finally made a decision. Let Li Fang take Guan Nan out and take good care of him, but he is not allowed to hurt him, and the handkerchief will be returned to Guan Nan. In this way, he can at least reassure Li Fang that Li Fang heard every word he and Guan Nan said. As for the handkerchief, what he saw was exactly the same as what Li Fang saw, and there was no more information.
Li Fang looked suspicious and took Guan Nan out.
Zhang Liao stood aside, looking at the silent Xu Rong, and his heart tightened for a while. When it comes to the use of soldiers, Xu Rong is very confident, and it can be said that he has no last resort, but in terms of conspiracy and trickery, Xu Rong is obviously not Sun Ce's opponent. It seems that what Xu Rong warned him applies to himself as well. He is only suitable for the battlefield, not for the court.
"General, that handkerchief ......"
"What's wrong with the handkerchief?"
"It should be Sun Ce's own."
Xu Rong frowned. "How do you know?"
"Sun Ce's battle flag is the Vermilion Bird bathed in fire, which is exactly the same as the embroidery on this handkerchief."
Xu Rong twisted his hand and pointed to God for a while, and sighed. "At such a young age, how can there be such a scheming, I'm afraid it's not the blessing of the court."
"General, what are we going to do?"
"What else can I do? Deploy your position, kill him, and all the problems will be solved. Xu Rong waved his hand like driving away a fly. After all, this is a battlefield, not a court. ”
Zhang Liao thought about it and felt that there seemed to be only this way. Defeat Sun Ce, or even kill Sun Ce, and all doubts will be dissipated.
Li Fang took Guan Nan to Li Meng's big tent. Not only Li Meng was there, but Fan Chou, Wang Fang, Duan Xuan and others were all there, all with gloomy and murderous eyes, and they didn't know what they were discussing just now. Seeing Li Fang bring Guan Nan in, they immediately closed their mouths and looked over, their eyes were as vicious as wolves, and they couldn't suppress the fear in their hearts when they saw Guan Nan, and their faces changed several times one after another.
Li Fang handed over the handkerchief, and before he could speak, Li Meng and Duan Xuan recognized the Vermilion Bird and said in unison: "This is Sun Ce's logo." ”
Li Fang nodded, and repeated what Guan Nan said in front of Xu Rong just now, Li Meng didn't believe it, and asked Guan Nan again, and Guan Nan still repeated it. Li Meng took out his knife and threatened, Guan Nan was also anxious, and yelled at Li Meng, you killed me, or these words, that's what Sun Ce said, what does the handkerchief represent, I don't know, you have the ability to ask him to go yourself.
Seeing that Guan Nan didn't look like a fake, Li Meng had no choice but to ask Li Fang to take him out and lock him up. A few people studied around the handkerchief, but they still couldn't figure out what the mystery was. But if they want to believe that there is no problem here, Sun Ce is to send a handkerchief to Xu Rong to use, even if he is a fool, he will not believe it.
Several people discussed for a long time, and Duan Xuan suddenly slapped his thigh. "I see."
"What do you understand?" Li Meng and the others immediately surrounded him and looked at him with blank eyes.
Duan Xuan gritted his teeth, both proud and fierce. "Does that need to be said? Sun Ce had an agreement with Xu Rong before, no, it should be something that Xu Rong and Sun Ce had agreed to let Zhang Liao bring to Sun Ce, if Sun Ce agreed, he would bring a token, if he didn't agree, he would bring a token, he didn't have to say anything, he didn't have to write a word, seeing this thing, Xu Rong knew whether Sun Ce agreed or not. You say, otherwise, why did Xu Rong let Zhang Liao challenge Sun Ce? The challenge is over, it's not worth it, Zhang Liao has no? ”
Li Meng, Fan Chou and others looked at each other and were suspicious. Wang Fang suddenly scolded: "his mother, Xu Rong gave up Xixian on purpose, right?" From the very beginning, he wanted to give up the Wuguan Dao and cut off our connection with the Taishi, otherwise how could he do such a stupid thing as not taking the Wuguan and going deep into the army alone? ”
Everyone in the tent woke up from a dream and gasped in unison.