Sun Ce shook his head, smiled, helped Gong Zhi up, and said, "Gong Taishou doesn't have to blame himself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although there are indeed some people with ulterior motives in Wuling, when I saw the ripe rice in this field on the way here, I knew that Gong Taishou's political achievements must still be very good. As for the chaos of the party, I can't blame you, I came here today and I will find out. ”

After Sun Ce lived in the Taishou Mansion, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Xing Daorong and other generals led the troops and took over the Wuling Taishou Mansion, guarding Sun Ce's left and right day and night, closely monitoring the surrounding movements.

On the second day, Sun Ce summoned the two military captains in Wuling, Wei Ci and Xu Sa, and their soldiers had problems, so naturally the two military captains were inseparable.

The two came to the Taishou Mansion together, Sun Ce was sitting in the center, Cheng Pu on the left, Han Dang on the right, full of momentum, and Gong Zhi was sitting at the bottom. The second general walked in, and hurriedly fell to Sun Ce and bowed: "The sin general has seen the lord and the Taishou!" ”

Sun Ce looked at the two of them with a gloomy face, "Since you call yourself a criminal general, do you know where the crime is?" ”

As soon as the two of them heard Sun Ce's posture of asking about the guilt, they couldn't help but panic immediately, and hurriedly kowtowed together: "The lord is angry, we have no way to discipline our subordinates, so that people with ulterior motives take the opportunity to disturb the place, it is really our sin, and I hope that the lord will forgive the sin!" ”

Sun Ce got up suddenly, pulled out the sword at his waist, and walked in front of the two, the two of them were already trembling with fright, and they trembled and bowed their heads and begged: "The lord spares his life!" Lord, spare your life! ”

At this time, when Gong Zhi on the side saw it, he also hurriedly got up and clenched his fists to plead with Sun Ce: "The lord is angry, although the two generals have had it, but the crime is not to death." Moreover, the subordinates are also responsible for this matter. At this moment, when Wuling is employing people, he also hopes that the lord can temporarily send the life of the second general Wei Xu and allow the second general to redeem his crimes! ”

After Gong Zhi finished speaking, Wei Ci and Xu Sa also begged in unison: "The lord spares his life, we will definitely make meritorious contributions, ask the lord to be gracious!" ”

Sun Ce's eyes were fixed on the two of them, "The two generals, you and other superintendents are not strict, so that Wuling is in civil strife, and the people cannot live and work in peace and contentment, although today Gong Taishou intercedes for you and others, and the death penalty can be waived for the time being, but order the two of you to find out the main envoy behind this scene within ten days, otherwise, hum, don't blame me for not being merciful." ”

The two looked at each other, and they didn't dare to say more, and responded again and again: "My subordinates will do their best to find out the main messenger." ”

"The head of the Naer and others should also be watched."

When the two of them heard this, their faces changed, and they immediately replied: "We will definitely find out the mastermind behind the scenes, please rest assured." ”

The two retreated together, and after Gong Zhi watched the two leave, he got up and asked, "Has the lord ever thought that this rebellion of the Wuling soldiers was connived at by these two generals?" Could it be that the two of them are behind the scenes? ”

Sun Ce nodded, smiled and looked at Gong Zhi and said, "Since Gong Taishou has this guess, why did he ask for mercy just now?" ”

"The subordinates are just guessing, after all, there is no evidence, and if the second general is killed, the two thousand soldiers and horses in Wuling are afraid that there will be problems, so the subordinates dare to ask the lord to find out the truth first, if they can really convict the two, they can also explain to the generals."

Gong Zhi replied very calmly, and Sun Ce responded, "Gong Taishou's words are very much in line with my wishes, but now I don't know where to start." ”

Gong Zhi smiled, "Because of the identity of the subordinates, it is inconvenient for them to participate, but the lord is wise and must already know it." ”

"Gong Taishou is a smart man, so let's step back for the time being!"

After Gong Zhi left, Cheng Pu and Han Dang hurriedly asked: "Lord, there is something in this Wuling, how can Gong Taishou get out of it, does the lord trust him too much?" ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said: "Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, if no one believes it, then wouldn't I be like a blind person in Wuling?" ”

Han Dang continued: "If these three people collude together, the lord will give Wei Xu Er a ten-day period, if he can't find the person behind the scenes, he will definitely take risks and lead the army to rebel, and the lord needs to be careful to take precautions." ”

"Forgive Wei Ci Xu Safu what he is capable of, besides, I have 3,000 elite soldiers here, and there are three generals Cheng, Han, and Xing, what are you afraid of!"

Sun Ce's words, Cheng Pu and Han Dang were naturally powerless to refute, no matter what aspect they looked at, there would be nothing in this Wuling County that could threaten Sun Ce.

Sun Ce sent people to monitor the second general Wei Xu to see what they would do during this time, but after a few days, the two of them had been reviewing the generals and officers one by one in the barracks, and there were no other changes.

Sun Ce wanted to relax, so he went out of the city every day, looked around to see the surrounding customs, and at noon, he ate with the local people. Originally, the people were very frightened when they saw Sun Ce's army coming, but after a period of getting along, they all began to have a good impression of Sun Ce, and Cheng Pu and Han Dang followed Sun Ce, and they were always very worried in their hearts.

On this day, Sun Ce was having dinner at a farmer's house, there was an old couple in this family, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son, who were eating, Sun Ce suddenly asked: "Uncle has been here for many years, can you hear that there are any special talents here?" ”

The old peasant stopped, thought for a while, and then shook his head and said: "Although the old man has lived here for generations, he really knows very little about talents, and I hope that the general will forgive his sins!" ”

At this moment, the son of the old peasant suddenly said: "Father, I know a person who says something very powerful all day long, but I can't understand it, I don't know if he is a talent as the general said?" ”

When Sun Ce heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is that person and where is he now?" What is the age? And what do you say? ”

The young man was suddenly asked by Sun Ce like this, and suddenly looked at Sun Ce with some fear, cowardly and did not dare to speak.

The old man smiled, patted the young man's shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, Hu'er, you just have to tell the truth." ”

The man named Hu'er nodded and said: "That person's name is Liao Li, he is one or two years older than me, I often go to the next village to play, and I often listen to him say what he says about the chaos and prosperity of the country, I don't understand it very well, but I feel very powerful." ”

Sun Ce immediately got up, bowed to the man named Hu'er and his father, and said, "Sun Ce thanks the two for their guidance, a certain person is thirsty, and now he is going to visit Mr. Liao." ”

"Won't the general wait until he finishes eating?"

Sun Ce shook his head, and then asked people to leave a few pieces of money for this family, and left. Sun Ce followed the direction pointed by Hu'er and came to Daxing Village, where Liao Li was located. I asked the people in the village again and found Liao Li's home. Sun Ce took a deep breath and came to Liao Li's door, ready to visit in person.

At this time, Cheng Pu came out again and persuaded: "Lord, the words of the child may not be credible, if there are bad intentions, how can you not prevent it?" It's better to let the last general go to explore the truth and reality, if there is really a strategy to rejuvenate the country and secure the country, it is not too late for the lord to seek talent in person. ”

Sun Ce naturally wouldn't agree, "How can it be so disrespectful to seek talents and talents?" ”

Cheng Pu was silent, so he had to retreat.

Sun Ce knocked on the door, and sure enough, a handsome scholar-looking person opened the door, and when he saw Sun Ce's outfit, he couldn't help frowning and said, "I don't know what the general is doing here?" ”

"Is Your Excellency Mr. Liao Liliao?"

When the man heard this, he nodded, "It's Liao Li." ”

Sun Ce bowed his hand and said: "A certain is Sun Ce, who lives in the position of Yangzhou Assassin History, has heard of Mr. Liao's name for a long time, and I am here today to ask Mr. for advice!" ”

Liao Li was not surprised when he heard Sun Ce's name, but just said with a sigh: "It turned out to be Sun Tingshi, I am a villager in the countryside, where is there anything to advise." Besides, I don't know any Sun Thorn History, please go back to Sun Thorn History! ”

Liao Li's words made Sun Ce slightly displeased, but he was even more convinced that Liao Li did have some ability, and continued: "Why does Mr. Liao refuse people thousands of miles away? If today's big talk and the princes are strife, Mr. Liao has a strategy to save the world and help the people, wouldn't it be a pity if he was trapped here? Although I am not talented, I hope that Mr. can help me. ”

After listening to this, Liao Li smiled and said: "Just now, I didn't hear what the general is now, and I hope the general will say it again." ”

"The history of Yangzhou thorns."

Hearing this, Liao Li suddenly burst out laughing, as if he had heard a joke he had never heard before, he laughed almost unsteadily, holding on to the door frame, and it took a while to recover.

Sun Ce exhaled a breath and saw that Liao Li finally stopped laughing, and then asked, "I don't know why Mr. is laughing?" ”

"Forgive me! Although he has lived here for a long time, he also knows that this world is a major event, most of the land of Yangzhou is in the hands of Wu Ming, the pastor of Xuzhou Prefecture, and Sun Thorn History only has a county in Yuzhang, and he dares to call himself Yangzhou Thorn History? It's really the biggest joke in the world! ”

Liao Li's words made Sun Ce's face turn blue and white in an instant, and Cheng Pu Handang behind him was even more angry, and with a "whoosh" he pulled out the saber on his waist and shouted: "Zhuzi'an dares to be so rude, looking for death!" ”

Seeing that the weapons of the two were about to stab Liao Li's body, Liao Li didn't dodge, and there was no expression of fear on his face, at this time, Sun Ce yelled: "Stop!" Get out of here! ”

When the second general heard Sun Ce's order, he naturally didn't dare to disobey, but there were still many indignant expressions on his face.

"Mr. Liao is so angry with me, presumably to test whether Sun Ce has the capacity to accommodate people, Mr. must be talented, although Mr. is not talented, I still want to ask Mr. to help me again."

After Sun Ce finished speaking, Liao Li's face finally changed an expression, put away the arrogance and laughter just now, and bowed to Sun Ce: "The lord is above, please forgive Liao Li for being rude just now, I will definitely do my best to help the lord achieve a great cause!" ”

Sun Ce helped Liao Li, and finally smiled, "With Mr. Liao's help, it is Sun Ce's blessing!" ”

Cheng Puhan couldn't help but glance at each other when he saw the relationship between the two of them change rapidly, and then bowed to Liao Li and said, "Mr. Liao, please forgive me for the crime I just offended!" ”

Liao Li naturally didn't blame, after everyone returned to the Taishou Mansion together, Sun Ce arranged Liao Li to live next to him, he talked to Liao Li about the current situation in Wuling, and asked Liao Li's opinion.

"Lord, Wuling Taishou is indeed a talent, but I heard that he is very loyal to the Han family, although he led the crowd to surrender, but he had to guard against it. As for the second general Wei Xu, he only has the courage of a horseman, if he has a different intention, he will inevitably take risks at that time. Therefore, the subordinates thought that in order to be precautionary, it was better to strike first, and send a large army to surround the Wei Xu battalion, as long as there was any abnormal movement, they could immediately take down the second general, and then punish the crime. ”

Although Liao Li's opinion is very safe, Sun Ce still disagrees, "Although Gongyuan's plan is good, it will definitely put everyone in Wuling in danger." Moreover, I believe that most of the Wuling garrison is still reluctant to rebel. ”

The next day, Gong Zhi came to see Sun Ce and said: "Lord, there are many people from Taishou Outside, and they have come to petition together, wanting to invite the lord to participate in a harvest celebration, and at the same time, the people of Wuling can also see Sun Ce's heroic appearance. I don't know if it's convenient for the lord? If there is any inconvenience, the subordinates will go to someone to drive them away. ”

After hearing this, Sun Ce thought about it for a while, and immediately replied: "Since the people are warmly invited, I naturally can't cool the hearts of the people. ”

Gong Zhi got Sun Ce's answer, so he immediately went out to reply to the people, at this time, Sun Ce turned to Liao Li and asked, "Gongyuan, can you know that this harvest celebration in Fengwuling County?" ”

Liao Li nodded in response: "Naturally, I know." The harvest celebration is held every year to represent the people's gratitude to the emperor and the queen of heaven, and at the same time pray for continued blessings for the harvest in the coming year. There is a god of the earth here, and the people worship there every year. ”

Hearing Liao Li's answer, Sun Ce nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then tomorrow I will go and worship the Houtu God with the people, and pray for the gods to bless the people." ”

After speaking, Sun Ce silently said in his heart: Pray to the gods to bless the Sun family's foundation for eternity.

On the second day, Sun Ce led an army of 1,000 to the Houtu gods not far from the outskirts of Wuling, accompanied by Cheng Pu and Xing Daorong, and Han Dang led the rest of the army to guard the military camp of the Wuling army in case there was a change.

The gods are on a hill that is not too high, due to the narrow terrain, nearly a thousand people are already waiting for Sun Ce beside the gods, naturally Sun Ce's army cannot all go up the mountain, Cheng Pu had to choose more than a dozen elite people and Xing Daorong to protect Sun Ce.

After Sun Ce went up the mountain, Gong Zhi was already waiting on the mountain with a smile on his face, and as soon as Sun Ce arrived, he and all the people saluted Sun Ce and announced the official start of the celebration. Gong Zhi first said a few words, and then said that a bunch of rice was stuffed into Sun Ce's hand, "Lord, wait for you to hold the rice, first bow down in front of the Houtu gods, make a wish, and then dedicate this rice to the gods, and the gods will definitely bless the lord's wish to come true." It's just that when making a wish, you need to be pious, and the generals under the lord can't follow the lord for the time being, and they need to stay ten steps away. ”

Sun Ce nodded, he believed that there were gods in this world, and Gong Zhi's request was reasonable.

Cheng Pu watched at this time whether there were any people with bad faces among the people, and was vigilant to see if there was any movement around him. Sun Ce didn't care about this, he could see the sincerity in the eyes of these people. Among them, there are also a few familiar faces - the Hu'er family of three who introduced him to Liao Li.

He walked to the temple with rice in his hand, knelt down in front of the idol, and said silently in his heart: The gods are above, Sun Ce is here, praying that the gods will bless the Sun family with eternal inheritance, bless my Sun Ce's endless heirs, bless the Sun family to seize the world as soon as possible, and bless the people under his rule to live and work in peace and contentment.

After praying, Sun Ce bowed three times to the idol, and then placed the rice in front of the idol.

At this time, he suddenly found that the idol moved, and Sun Ce secretly rejoiced in his heart: Could it be that the god appeared so quickly? God help my grandson's family, and I will definitely rebuild the temple in the future, so that the gods will continue to sacrifice. (To be continued.) )