Chapter 335: Ling Cao's Death
On the same day, Cheng Pu "escaped" back to Jiangdong, Sun Quan was overjoyed, and hurriedly set up a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust.
Cheng Pu hurriedly said: "Lord, there will be something important to repay for the crime!" Ling Cao and Jingzhou secretly communicate with each other, the lord is careful! ”
"How do you know?" Sun Quan wondered.
Cheng Pu then told Sun Quan about everything he had done before and how to escape back.
Sun Quan laughed: "Haha...... I've taken him down and locked him up! General Demou is really loyal to his ministers! ”
Cheng Pu was relieved to learn of such a result, and was able to return to Jiangdong again, Cheng Pu was very happy, drunk, unconscious, and was sent to the pavilion by Sun Quan to rest.
Sun Quan is even more happy, Cheng Pu also has a very high status among the veterans, very prestigious, being caught by Liu Yong is a thorn in his heart, and now that he is back, he still respects him so much, and he has set a good example, which will inevitably drive many old ministers to bow down to him. Caught Ling Cao, a traitor, again, and just used it to Liwei, which is really a good thing, Sun Quan couldn't help but admire his luck and threw himself to the ground: It's time to say it!
Between Cheng Pu and Ling Cao, Sun Quan believed that these veteran ministers would make the right choice. Even if he killed Ling Cao by mistake, what could he do, just a "thief captain".
It turned out that after Cheng Pu heard the chat between the two sergeants, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem: Ling Cao is a veteran of Jiangdong, although his position is not high, but his status is not low, once he betrays, the impact will be great, and Cheng Pu is anxious.
Cheng Pu secretly found "Shanzi" Zhang Dashan, and after some temptation, he found that Zhang Dashan was not very old and ambitious, so he immediately began to lure: "I believe you also know the status of the old man in Jiangdong, if you can help me escape from Xiangyang City, when I get to Jiangdong, I will immediately promote you as a captain, if I can help me escape to Jiangxia, the old man will protect you as a fart general, if you can return to Jiangdong directly, you will be a partial general!" ”
What is the purpose of joining the army, isn't it just to be a general, a wife and a son, and a glorious ancestor, the partial general is already a general, enough, Zhang Dashan made a "difficult" choice, and as expected, he promised to flee back to Jiangdong.
So at dawn on this day, Zhang Dashan took advantage of "Brother Zhang's" inattention, knocked him unconscious, and took off his armor to change into Cheng Pu, and found an excuse to avoid the other guards. Three days later, when they arrived in Jiangxia, the two did not dare to stay, so they bought a boat and went straight down the river to Jiangdong, and there was no danger along the way. And Zhang Dashan was also successfully appointed by Sun Quan as a partial general under Cheng Pu to obey orders.
Sun Quan was protected by the spies and knew what happened in Jingzhou, Liu Yong was furious about this, punished many people, believed what Cheng Pu said, and held him even more high.
Three days later, Sun Quan came again, and Ling Cao couldn't get up anymore.
Sun Quan asked in a cold voice with an unkind face, "Ling Cao, can you plead guilty?" ”
Ling Cao's face was pale, he already knew that he had no hope of getting out of this house in this life, so he was not afraid of Sun Quan: "A certain is not guilty!" ”
Sun Quan was furious again: "Do you know that your family members who were detained in Wanling Prison were rescued by Zhao Yun of Jingzhou? still doesn't admit guilt, if you didn't secretly communicate with Liu Yong, how could he send a general to make trouble in Wanling Prison to save your family, women and children? ”
Ling Cao suddenly smiled: "The people of Jingzhou robbed the prison to save my family? Haha...... Zhao Yun must have saved my family to show his sincerity to my son. I only knew that my son Ling Tong was brave, but I didn't expect to be so favored by the lord of Jingzhou, and sent the general to take the risk to save my family to show goodwill, and my Ling Cao's life is worth it!
Pity! My reputation was ruined because of the lord's selfishness! However, day by day, the ghosts and gods can be seen, and my loyalty to Ling Cao has never changed. Life is a Jiangdong person, death is a Jiangdong ghost! But even if my son really votes in Jingzhou in the future, I don't blame him, the lord is so mediocre and narrow, what's the use of loyalty? ”
Sun Quan trembled angrily, pointing his finger at Ling Cao for a long time and couldn't speak. After a long time, he finally shouted: "Bold! Licentious! To commit such rudeness is to be punished! He has already committed a great sin, and now he has despised the Lord, and his sin is unforgivable! Come on, pull me down and behead me for public display! ”
Because Sun Quan didn't want to tell the truth, he said that he abused his father's old department, and he didn't bring anyone when he came in, and all the guards stayed in the plane.
"What are you doing? Take him down for me, quit and behead him! Sun Quan roared.
"Hahaha...... Cough...... Cough...... Although I Ling Cao did not know the master, I did not want to bear the notoriety of rebellion on my back, and I will die today! Ling Cao roared angrily, like a dying beast struggling to get up, his face completely distorted by pain and anger, very hideous, Sun Quan couldn't bear to look at it directly.
Sun Quan's guards were very surprised when they saw Ling Cao get up, but Ling Cao was obviously the last of the crossbow, and he obviously had no threat to Sun Quan, so no one did anything, after all, this was a predecessor and hero in the eyes of many people.
I don't know where Ling Cao got the strength, but after getting up, he yelled: "Old master, I'm Ling Cao here to accompany you!" ”
Seeing Ling Cao suddenly slam into the pillar next to him, everyone's faces changed greatly, and they were about to step forward to stop it, but it was too late.
"Bang!" Ling Cao hit the pillar headfirst. Due to the use of all his strength, the impact was very strong, and suddenly the head was broken, the skull collapsed, and the red and white flowed to the ground.
Where did Sun Quan see such a scene with his own eyes, his stomach suddenly churned, and he turned to the corner of the wall and vomited, and the others were also very uncomfortable, their faces were pale, and they were obviously frightened.
"Brother Ling, don't!" There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the leader was the veteran Huang Gai!
Huang Gai was shocked when he heard the report that the lord had come to Ling Cao's place, he knew how bad Ling Cao's physical condition was now, and it was easy to die if he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly called Han Dang and several others to come to the rescue. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard Ling Cao's angry roar, and hurriedly ran in, but he didn't expect it to be too late.
Seeing the tragic scene in the room, everyone suddenly felt as if they were in the middle of the cold winter of Sanjiu, and their hearts were sad, for Ling Cao, but also for themselves.
"Brother, how could you be like this!" Huang Gai cried bitterly, and the others were also sad and left tears.
Sun Quan was already much better, and was about to speak, but when he saw Ling Cao's corpse, his stomach suddenly churned again, and he didn't care about the others, so he separated the crowd and rushed out.
Everyone wept, but people couldn't come back to life after death, so they quickly ordered someone to clean up Ling Cao's body, put on makeup, and set the house on fire. Go and report to Sun Quan.