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"Sun Quan is dead? It's good to die. It's good to die! The corners of Cao Rong's mouth turned up, and the pride and excitement in his eyes could be seen by everyone.

This may be the first good news that Cao Rong heard after he ascended the throne.

Next to him, Xu Shu's face could not see the slightest pleasure, for Xu Shu, Sun Quan's death would inevitably make Eastern Wu in a defensive state for a long time, but Wei was able to use these events to recover his vitality.

As far as Xu Shu knows, Jizhou alone can recruit 200,000 young and strong, and if these 200,000 people are given a period of training, they will form a powerful combat force.

"Sir, Sun Quan is dead, you don't seem to be happy?" Cao Rong noticed Xu Shu's strangeness and asked.

Xu Shu hurriedly put on a righteous face and said, "Your Majesty, although Sun Quan is dead now, Your Majesty must not take it lightly!" ”

"Sir, I'm too worried. Sun Quan is dead, and Sun Deng, who is now on the throne, is just a teenager, how capable he can be, Jiangdong, there is nothing to be afraid of! ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Quan's death may be a good thing for Dongwu. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"What does Your Majesty think of Sun Quan?" Xu Shu asked rhetorically.

Cao Rong thought for a while and said: "Sun Quan can be regarded as a generation of heroes, and Taizu also said back then that he should give birth to a son like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son should be like a dolphin dog." It can be seen that Taizu admires Sun Quan quite a lot. If you talk about the way to govern the country, or lead the troops to fight, today's I am indeed far inferior to Sun Quan. ”

Xu Shu nodded, Cao Rong was real, knowing that he was not as good as Sun Quan.

Xu Shu continued: "Your Majesty, Sun Quan is a person who stoops down and endures humiliation, is talented and calculating, has the wonder of hooking and practice, and is the master of the British, so he can become a career!" However, Sun Quan is jealous, and if he kills, this is just the way to hegemon, not the way to be the emperor. If this person is a king, he may be able to achieve a hegemony. However, it is difficult to make the government harmonious and the people well-being. ”

"The Way of the Emperor?" Hearing these four words, Cao Rong's eyes lit up, showing a strong desire for knowledge.

"Your Majesty, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was able to achieve the Han Dynasty for 400 years, why? It is because he understands the way of the emperor. Xu Shu said this, but stopped and did not continue.

"Please sir." Cao Rong hurriedly asked.

Xu Shu shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, this way of the emperor can only be understood but not spoken!" If the way of the emperor can be learned, then isn't the true son of heaven everywhere? If Your Majesty wants to learn the way of the emperor, you can learn from the measures of the sages and gentlemen, and take the essence of it, and you will naturally understand. ”

"Uh......" Cao Rong sighed unwillingly, and then thought about it carefully, what Xu Shu said is indeed very reasonable, when he is an emperor, how can others easily teach, even if someone wants to learn, no one dares to teach. As Xu Shu said. How to be an emperor can only be figured out slowly by the emperor himself.

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Changan.

Now Adou has returned to Chang'an from Luoyang.

Luoyang was temporarily handed over to Wei Yan to guard. And Xingyang and Tiger Prison, the two gateways of Luoyang, are also being attacked by the Han army. However, Adou naturally won't worry about these things, and now that Luoyang has won, Adou's initial strategic goal can be regarded as achieved.

Subsequently, the news of Sun Quan's death also reached Chang'an.

For Sun Quan's death, Adou was deeply surprised.

When Adou first came to the Three Kingdoms, history did not change much, and in the following decades, due to the emergence of Adou, some history also changed, and Adou himself gradually adapted to these changes.

Some people who should have died are still alive and well, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong, and some people who should have been alive and well, but died because of Adou, such as Hao Zhao and Zhu Ran and others.

But Sun Quan's death was greatly unexpected by Adou.

According to Adou's knowledge, Sun Quan lived to be seventy-one years old before he died, that is, there were still nearly thirty years to go. And Sun Deng, who has now ascended the throne, died earlier than Sun Quan, and only lived to be thirty-three years old.

Sun Quan was mediocre in his later years, favored Lu Yi, and was heavily enforced and punished cruelly. Especially on the issue of establishing an heir, Sun Quan made a big mistake. Sun Deng died early, and then Sun Quan first abolished Sun He, and then gave Sun Ba death. In the end, Sun Liang was appointed as the emperor, which laid the groundwork for the later coup d'état in Eastern Wu. Later, the great Sima Sun Qi dictatorship, bullied Sun Liang at a young age, abolished Sun Liang and established Sun Xiu as the emperor, and the state of Wu was turbulent for a long time, and the national strength was greatly damaged.

It is precisely because of knowing all this that Adou has always regarded Sun Quan as an imaginary enemy, as for the crown prince Sun Deng, Adou has never cared, in Adou's opinion, this Sun Deng is going to die early anyway, and he can't be the emperor, so there is no need to deal with this person.

But unexpectedly, Sun Quan died, but Sun Deng became the emperor.

For Sun Deng, Adou didn't know anything about it, which made Adou suddenly feel that he had pushed himself into a passive situation.

"See Your Majesty......" A rather robust voice came, Adou turned his head and saw that it was Chen Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who came in.

"Filial piety, please get up. Come on, sit down! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Zhen stood up respectfully, and only after sitting down did he speak: "Your Majesty, Lord Wu Sun Quan is newly mourned, and the minister thinks that he should send an envoy to mourn his filial piety." ”

"En......" Adou nodded, after all, he was still in an alliance with Jiangdong, so he should send someone to pay his filial piety.

"Who does Xiao Qigong think is appropriate?"

"The minister thought that Zhuge could be sent there. The last time the alliance was formed, Zhuge Jun was an envoy. Besides, Zhuge is the younger brother of Zhuge Jin, and it is most appropriate to send him. It can not only highlight the body of our country. It will not cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Chen Zhen replied.

"Well, okay, let Zhuge Jun go! Feng Zhuge is the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and ordered him to send an envoy to Jiangdong to hang filial piety to Sun Quan. ”

"Your Majesty, there is still one thing about the minister, the Queen Mother heard that Lord Wu died of illness, and she was heartbroken, and she hoped to return to Jiangdong to pay tribute to Lord Wu......" Chen Zhen continued.

The queen mother in Chen Zhen's mouth is naturally Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang. After Liu Bei died, Sun Shangxiang, as his wife, was made the queen mother.

Sun Quan is dead, and it stands to reason that Sun Shangxiang's sister naturally wants to go to the funeral, but Sun Shangxiang is the queen mother of the Han Dynasty after all, so the funeral must be agreed by Adou.

This wedding and funeral can be regarded as a natural thing. Adou doesn't need and doesn't need to do this kind of thing anymore, embarrassing Sun Shangxiang.

So Adou nodded, and then said: "Well, I am accurate, and I will select five hundred elite guards to escort the Queen Mother to Jiangdong." ”

……

Huang Hao took the tea, walked up to Liu Chan, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please use tea." ”

Adou took the teacup casually, took a sip slightly, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"The tea was brewed well today, better than ever. Who made this tea today? Adou asked.

"Your Majesty, it's a slave and maid." Huang Hao replied with a smile on his face.

"Yes, that's good." Adou raised his head and glanced at Huang Hao, only to see that this little eunuch looked very familiar. After a long time, Adou remembered that this little eunuch was the same little eunuch who was called by Pang Tong last time and pulled out his head.

The little eunuch is very handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and the smile on his face is quite affinity. People can't help but feel good when they see it.

"What's your name?" Adou asked casually.

"The slave's name is Huang Hao." Huang Hao replied.

"Oh, Huang Hao." Adou nodded.

Huang Hao saw that Adou was fine, so he bowed down and prepared to withdraw.

"Huang Hao!" Adou suddenly exclaimed, and only then did he think of Huang Hao.

Could it be that this Huang Hao is the traitor Huang Hao of the Shu Han Dynasty in history?

Adou's heart shook slightly, and then he raised his head and stared at Huang Hao with a fierce face.

Huang Hao just heard Adou's shout, so he stopped, and then saw Adou's murderous eyes, and felt that the temperature around him suddenly dropped several degrees, Huang Hao was so frightened that he knelt in front of Adou all of a sudden.

"En......" Adou took a deep breath, saw Huang Hao's overwhelmed expression, and knew that he had reacted too aggressively to the Film Association. Adou waved his hand and said, "You go down first." ”

Huang Hao retreated a little inexplicably, but Adou still had a pimple in his heart.

"Someone, the cross is shot by the Yellow Doorman."

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In ancient times, many eunuchs attacked since childhood, one was an ordinary adult, even if they starved to death, they didn't want to be castrated as eunuchs; The second is this castration, the younger the age, the less dangerous it is, and the older the castration, the greater the danger.

So Adou immediately asked people to investigate, and there were several eunuchs in this palace named Huang Hao.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid has investigated, and there is only one eunuch in the palace, named Huang Hao. This is Huang Hao's information. The old eunuch said, and there was a brocade book on the ground.

Although the old eunuch wondered why Adou suddenly asked about Huang Hao, the old eunuch still presented all the news to Adou.

"Well, I know, you go down first! I can't tell anyone about Huang Hao asking you to find Huang Hao today, you know? Adou said.

"The old slave understands, the old slave retires...... "The old eunuch retreated, leaving Adou alone in the room.

"Huang Hao, which Huang Hao is really!" Adou's color red flashed with a hint of fierceness.

Huang Ha in history is a eunuch of the Shu Han Dynasty, an official to the middle of the regular servant, Fengche Du Lieutenant, this Huang Hao and the late Eastern Han Dynasty ten permanent servant Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong are not the same, relying on the favor of the queen, in the court to make waves, play with power, openly accept bribes, frame Zhongliang. Any official who dares to offend Huang Hao will all be excluded by Huang Hao.

When Dong Yun was there, the upper was the main color, and the lower was responsible for Hao, Huang Hao was afraid of Dong Yun and didn't dare to do anything, but later Dong Yun died, Huang Hao often played right and wrong in front of the queen, and even Jiang Wei had to retreat from Huang Hao. It can be said that in the decline of Shu, Huang Hao has an indelible responsibility.

Adou sighed slightly, since ancient times, as long as the eunuch is favored, there must be nothing good. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were Zhao Gao, at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were Ten Standing Servants, the Tang Dynasty had Gao Lishi, and the Ming Dynasty had Wei Zhongxian. Anything that happened to the dictatorship of eunuchs was a precursor to the decline of the dynasty.

This Huang Hao, no matter what happens now, but from the lessons of history and the long run, Huang Hao has always been a eunuch, should he be the first to kill him?

Adou couldn't help frowning and pondering.

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Jiaozhou.

The Shi family is the largest family in Jiaozhou, the Shi family has lived in Jiaozhou for a long time, the Shi family is the head of the Shi Xie, the late Han Dynasty used to be Jiaozhi Taishou, when the Central Plains was in turmoil, the Shi family accepted a lot of people who took refuge in the Central Plains, and the power is growing day by day.

Jiaozhou was originally just a wild place, but with the vigorous development of the scholars, Jiaozhou has also become more and more prosperous. After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan sent Bu Qi to Jiaozhou to take up his post, when Shi Xie helped Bu Qi kill Wu Ju, the Taishou of Cangwu, and Shi Xie also accepted Sun Quan's canonization, and Sun Quan became the lord of Jiaozhou. But in fact, four of the seven counties in Lingnan are still under the control of the scholars. For example, Shi Xie is Jiaozhi Taishou, Shi Yi is Hepu Taishou, Shi Huang Youwei Jiuzhen Taishou, Shiwuwei Nanhai Taishou, and the prestige of the Shi family is comparable to Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue.

At that time, Sun Quan named Shixie as General Zuo, and was later crowned as General Wei, and Shixie's younger brother Shiyi, and his sons Shihui and Shikuang were also named liehous. Jiangdong general Lu Dai has a very good relationship with Shi Xie, plus Shi Xie does not have much ambition and is very content with the status quo, so for many years, the Shi family has been very honest as Sun Quan's little brother.

In fact, Sun Quan also has his own little abacus. Shi Xie's reputation in Jiaozhou is extremely high, if he rashly turns his face with Shi Xie, and Shi Xie moves the people of Jiaozhou to resist, I am afraid that nine times out of ten the people will follow Shi Xie, in that case, it will be difficult for Sun Quan to get Jiaozhou. Moreover, when Sun Quan was appointed to the official position of Shixie, Shixie was already in his seventies, and an old man in his seventies, in Sun Quan's opinion, did not have many days left. As soon as Shi Xie died, Sun Quan could take advantage of the situation to enter Jiaozhou and uproot the strength of the Shi family. But Sun Quan didn't expect that Shi Xie was very capable of living, and after Sun Quan rewarded Shi Xie, Shi Xie lived for more than ten years, until he was 90 years old.

However, at the beginning of the year, the ninety-year-old Shixie died, and Shixie's eldest son, Shihui, inherited Shixie's position, supervised Jiaozhi Taishou, and listed Sun Quan, hoping to be recognized by Sun Quan. But Sun Quan didn't think so. In Sun Quan's opinion, this was a good opportunity to completely control the four counties of Jiaozhou and eradicate the Shi family, so Sun Quan not only did not agree to Shihui's request, but instead sent a person named Dai Liang to serve as the Taishou of Jiaozhi.

Of course, Shihui refused to give up, but Lu Dai led 10,000 male soldiers and had been stationed in Jiaozhou, so Shihui was unwilling and could only swallow his anger.

After Sun Quan's death, Lu Dai was transferred to Jingzhou to replace 6 Xun, and at this time, the new Jiaozhi was too guarded by Dai Liang and had not yet sat down in a secure seat. Sun Quan expected that as soon as Lu Dai left, Shihui would inevitably rebel, relying on the Shijia's power in Jiaozhou and Shixie's operation for many years, how could a Dai Liang be Shihui's opponent, so Sun Quan simply removed Dai Liang's position, appointed Shihui as Jiaozhi Taishou, and added the title of General Wei and Cangwu Marquis, the purpose was to temporarily settle Shihui, and wait until the situation in Jiangdong stabilized in his day, and then free up his hands to deal with Shihui.

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"Hmph, good you Sun Quan, what is my Shihui? Beggars? Shi Hui threw Sun Quan's holy decree on the ground with an angry face, and then he didn't understand his hatred, and went up and stepped on it twice.

Shihui is not stupid at all, Shihui is Shixie's son, so Shihui can see at a glance that Sun Quanfeng is too shou to do Jiaozhi, the purpose is just to hope that he will not rebel, and once the evidence of Wu Guo is stable in the future, maybe he will take himself first.

Shi Xie has been working hard in Jiaozhi for more than 50 years, and the Shi family has also dominated the four counties of Jiaozhi for thirty or forty years.

"Okay, you Sun Quan, can't you use me as a monkey? Do you think that just a cotoon is too guarded and wants to contain me? Good! Since you want to play, I'll have fun with you. A cold light flashed in Shi Hui's eyes.

"Brother, what should we do?" A middle-aged man next to him asked, this person is Shihui's younger brother Shiyi.

"What to do? Now that Sun Quan is newly mourned, he will definitely have no time to take care of Jiaozhou, so he will take this opportunity to take back the other three counties of Jiaozhou! ”

"Brother, this is not good...... Shi Yi asked with some hesitation.

"What's so bad. This Jiaozhou should have belonged to our Shi family. If it weren't for our father, how could Sun Quan have killed Wu Ju! In the end, we didn't get any benefits, Sun Quan just gave his father a false name, what General Wei, I'm bah! As soon as my father died, I didn't even want to go over! Back then, he Sun Quan just sent a step to occupy the three counties of Jiaozhou, his father was too tolerant, today, I will let Sun Quan spit out all the things he got back then! ”

Shi Hui said this, calmed down slightly, and then said: "Second brother, you immediately prepare to go to Zhuyazhou and transfer all our men and horses back." ”

"Brother, do you really want to use this part of the centaurs?"

"Yes, Sun Quan also sent a lot of spies in my Jiaozhou back then, and Sun Quan knows all the soldiers we have. But fortunately, my father took precautions and arranged 20,000 male soldiers in Zhuyazhou, and now that he has been transferred back, he will definitely be able to catch Dongwu off guard! Saying this, Shi Hui's eyes flashed with a gleam.

The so-called Zhuyazhou is now Hainan Island.

Although Shi Xie accepted the title given by Sun Quan back then, Shi Xie also knew that cooperating with Sun Quan was undoubtedly seeking skin with the tiger, so he bought a large number of family businesses on Hainan Island, and secretly trained 20,000 horses, the purpose was to prevent Sun Quan, if Sun Quan turned his face one day, if the Shi family was invincible, he could retreat to Hainan Island and keep the family.

In ancient times, Hainan Island was not a tourist mecca as it is now, and some places with no water and electricity lines could see prices on the Gold Coast. Hainan Island had not yet been opened during the Three Kingdoms period, and for more than a thousand years, Hainan Island was used as a place of exile for prisoners. Therefore, Sun Quan did not pay attention to this Zhuyazhou, which is a stone's throw away from Jiaozhou, and Sun Quan did not know about the secret army established there by the Shi family.

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Changan.

Huang Hao knelt in front of Adou with a humble face.

Since Adou looked at Huang Hao angrily that day, Huang Hao began to feel apprehensive in his heart, Huang Hao didn't know what he had done wrong, but Huang Hao knew one thing, the emperor didn't need a reason to kill people, especially eunuchs like himself.

Adou looked at Huang Hao carefully, and Huang Hao was looked at by Adou like this, and his heart became even more uneasy, he involuntarily lowered his head by three points, a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his legs kept trembling.

After a long time, Adou suddenly asked, "Huang Hao, do you want to be an official?" ”

"Being an official?" Huang Hao was slightly stunned, and then as if he remembered something, he immediately shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life!" The slave and maid are guilty and beg Your Majesty to spare her life! ”

Before the Three Kingdoms, eunuchs naturally had officials, and the more famous ones were Zhao Gao and the Ten Standing Servants. The Qin Dynasty fell, and Zhao Gao had a large part of the responsibility, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ten permanent servants were even more popular with everyone. Although Zhao Gao and the Ten Standing Servants are idols in the minds of the eunuchs, if the eunuchs dare to compare themselves to the Ten Standing Servants and the like, they will definitely be killed.

So when Adou asked Huang Hao if he wanted to be an official, Huang Hao's first thought was the fate of Li Si and the Ten Standing Servants, so Huang Hao immediately began to beg for mercy.

Huang Hao begged for mercy, but Adou was stunned, and then asked with some puzzlement: "Huang Hao, you said that you are guilty, what crime did you commit?" ”

"The slave has committed...... The slave and maid committed ......" Huang Hao thought for a long time, and did not continue, and finally Huang Hao finally held back a sentence: "Your Majesty said that the slave and maid committed any crime, and the slave and maid committed any crime!" ”

Adou also understood at this time that Huang Hao had misunderstood. But at the same time, Adou also felt that Huang Hao was delicate and his head was very flexible.

"Huang Hao, you are a eunuch, if you are an official, it is always bad. But I have an errand to do for you. If it is done well, although I cannot guarantee that I will be able to give you an official and a half title, I can guarantee you prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life. ”

"The slave is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty!" Huang Hao hurriedly said.

"Huang Hao, Sun Quan died a few days ago, you should know!" Adou said.

"The slave knows." Although Huang Hao didn't understand what Adou meant, he still replied in a low voice.

"It's good to know. After all, Sun Quan is the elder brother of the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother is going to Jiangdong, and I asked you to accompany the Queen Mother to Jiangdong and then stay there. ”

Huang Hao's face suddenly turned pale, so he let himself be an undercover agent to do Infernal Affairs. This is also a life of nine deaths, and if one is accidentally caught, he will definitely die a miserable death.

"Huang Hao, I will spend a lot of money to open up the joints for you, and when you blend into the Dongwu Palace, ......"

"Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life! The slave maid is just a eunuch, and he doesn't know martial arts, and he has no power to tie the chicken, how can he kill Sun Deng! Huang Hao hurriedly begged for mercy

"I didn't ask you to kill Sun Deng, what you have to do is to try to get along with Sun Deng. I don't ask you to do anything for me, as long as you can please Sun Deng, it's a great achievement. As for what you want to do after you please Sun Deng, I will never interfere with you. Adou said slowly.

"Huh?" Huang Hao looked at Adou with a confused expression, and didn't know what Adou was doing this.

As soon as Huang Hao heard Adou say that he would send himself to the Dongwu Palace, he guessed that Adou was letting him assassinate Sun Deng. This assassin's business, and assassinating such a big person, whether he succeeds or not, will definitely not survive, let alone any glory and wealth. Just think about this point and Jing Ke. That's why Huang Hao begged for mercy.

Later, Huang Hao heard Adou say that he wanted to please Sun Deng, and at this time Huang Hao guessed that Adou was letting himself lurk around Sun Deng and listen to confidential information. This errand, although it is not a life of nine deaths, but it is also full of dangers, when this information is heard and transmitted, if there is a mistake in any link, this fate will definitely not be guaranteed.

But in the end, Adou came to say that Huang Hao could do whatever he wanted, which made Huang Hao completely confused, did he go to great lengths to send himself to Sun Deng in Dongwu, just to please Sun Deng? That's too much to say!

Seeing Huang Hao's confused expression, Adou immediately smiled and said: "Sun Quan is the brother of the Queen Mother, and Sun Deng is the son of Sun Quan, so in total, Sun Deng is also my cousin." Now Cousin Sun Deng has to support a party at a young age, and the responsibility is not light! I'm afraid that Cousin Sun Deng will be unable to support it for a while and hurt his body, so I sent you there to take care of Cousin Sun Deng's behalf on my behalf! As long as you take good care of Sun Deng, he will definitely be rewarded. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Huang Hao hurriedly said. But Huang Hao could sense that Adou was making an excuse, and the excuse he was looking for was too far-fetched, and anyone with a little head would not believe it.

Since Adou is making excuses, it means that he doesn't want to tell the real reason. Huang Hao is not stupid enough to get to the bottom of it in front of Adou. Since Adou didn't say it, Huang Hao couldn't ask.

This errand does not allow Huang Hao not to agree, if he does not agree, his life will definitely not be guaranteed.

"Hey......" Huang Hao sighed slightly, Dongwu is Dongwu, anyway, being a eunuch is the work of serving people, and it is the same everywhere.

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Watching Huang Hao leave, a smile appeared on Adou's face.

Huang Hao is an unsettling factor, although Huang Hao seems to be submissive today, but in the future, as power increases, people will definitely change, which has been proven by history. For such a person, Adou really can't keep him by his side.

Kill it directly? Adou felt that it was not suitable. After all, the current Huang Hao has nothing to do, and he is also serving Adou with all his heart, so he killed him for no reason, and it would damage Adou's reputation if it was spread.

Since he couldn't stay or kill, Adou simply decided to exile Huang Hao, out of sight and quiet. At this time, Adou remembered that Sun Shangxiang wanted to go back to Jiangdong to hang his filial piety to Sun Quan, so Adou simply sent this future scourge to Jiangdong.

In the past few days, Adou has also realized that Huang Hao is a flexible person, quite capable, likes to use his brains to do things, and is extremely good at flattery. It is normal for such a person to be able to please the queen in history. Adou believes that with Huang Hao's ability, he will definitely be able to please Sun Deng, and after Huang Hao is favored, as long as he uses fifty percent of his ability to bring disaster to the country and the people, it will be enough for Dongwu to be uncomfortable.

Huang Hao is a nail, a nail that Adou nails into Dongwu, and the position of this nail is the heart of Dongwu - Sun Deng, the master of Wu!