Chapter 169: The Biggest Beneficiaries
(Thanks to the royal sister for the reward)
"Huang Zu's house slave?"
Liu Feng was a little surprised by the result of this torture, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable.
Soon after Liu Biao served as the pastor of Jingzhou, he appointed Huang Zu as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and in the third year of the early peace, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Xiangyang from Nanyang, and Liu Biao was able to use the only river in his hands, Huangjiang, so he was entrusted to meet Sun Jian.
What kind of character is Sun Jian, when the Kwantung princes attacked Dong, all the soldiers and horses were defeated by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, only Sun Jian fought even better, and Dong Zhuo coerced the Han Emperor to move the capital to Chang'an, a big reason was because he couldn't resist Sun Jian's sharp attack.
Such a character, Huang Zu can be his opponent, and after several battles, he naturally lost. Later, Sun Jian crossed the Han River and besieged Xiangyang, but when he was about to break the city, he was accidentally shot to death by Huang Zu's subordinates in Da Xian Mountain.
The feud between Liu Biao, Huang Zu and the Sun family ended because of this.
After Sun Quan commanded Jiangdong, he sent troops to attack Jiangxia under the jurisdiction of Huang Zu several times, and in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Ying led a large army to invade Jingzhou in the south to break through Xiakou and kill Huang Zu.
After the death of Huang Zu, his son Huang Shot disappeared, but the Huang Zu family has been operating in Jingzhou for many years and is extremely powerful, these assassins claimed to be Huang Zu's family slaves, and came to assassinate Sun Shangxiang on the order of his son Huang Shot, thinking that Huang Zu would avenge him, which seems to be a reasonable reason.
"What do you think about this?" Liu Feng set his sights on Pang Tong.
Pang Tong was not in a hurry to make up his mind, but said, "Take me to see those assassins first." ”
He led the two into the prison, where five Assassins were hanging from the crosses in the darkened torture chamber.
The Assassins' shirts had been stripped off, and their bodies had been whipped to the point that nothing was intact, and the whole body was bloody, like a skinned animal, with only flesh and blood blurred.
There are countless killings in his hands, such a tragic situation is nothing in Liu Feng's eyes, and it is rare that Pang Tong, who was born in a literati, saw that bloody, half-dead body, and did not feel uncomfortable at all, and was still light and light.
Pang Tong walked up to one of the house slaves and asked coldly: "You said that you are Huang Zu's house slave, then let me ask you, where is Huang Zu from, when did he defect to Liu Jingsheng, and how many children were born?" ”
Pang Tong has lived in Jingzhou since he was a child, and for so many years, he knows all kinds of people in Jingzhou well, not to mention Huang Zu and other figures with a high status in Jingzhou, he asked Huang Zu's family background so carefully, obviously to test whether these assassins are lying.
The dying assassin glanced at Pang Tongyi, but remained silent.
Liu Feng glanced at Ma Tan, and Ma Jian shouted: "Come on, continue to torture this hard-mouthed dog thief." ”
With such a threat, the assassin immediately couldn't hold back his stubbornness and immediately answered Pang Tong's question.
After listening to the assassin's answer, Pang Tong nodded slightly to Liu Feng, and the three of them left the torture room again.
"Sir, is there a mistake in the Assassin's answer?" As soon as he came out, Liu Feng asked.
Pang Tong said: "The assassin's answer is not wrong, I can know Huang Zu so well, I guess I should not be lying, they are indeed Huang Zu's house slaves." ”
I see, I didn't expect that the original seamless plan would be disrupted by this force that suddenly appeared.
"Although Huang Zu is a mediocre talent, but he has a good reputation, I heard that Huang Jie also has the style of a father, even if he wants to take revenge, he should also find Wu Hou to go, such a painstaking design to murder Miss Sun such a female generation, it seems to have lost his reputation, this Huang Shot should not be unclear."
Ma Jian expressed his doubts, this is also Liu Feng's doubts, after Ma Tan's analysis, Liu Feng's mind suddenly flashed a thought, and said: "Young Chang is reasonable, sir, according to your opinion, will Huang Jian's move be instigated by Liu Bei?" ”
The Huang family is quite powerful in Jiangxia, although Huang Shot disappeared, most of them are still hidden in Jiangxia, and now Liu Bei holds Jiangxia, and it is normal to have a relationship with Huang Jie.
"Huang Shot and Sun have a grudge against killing their father, and the lord wants to marry the young lady of the Sun family, although there is a son Dezhou pastor, Huang Shot learned about this, he must have a complaint in his heart, with Liu Xuande's ability, provoke from it, persuade Huang Shot to assassinate Miss Sun, but there is no such possibility. Moreover, if something happens to Miss Sun, the only person who benefits the most is Liu Xuande. ”
After Pang Tong's analysis, Liu Bei suddenly became the most suspicious person.
As Pang Tong said, if Sun Shangxiang is assassinated, not only will Liu Feng's plan to marry Dongwu be stillborn, but also offend Dongwu, even if the murderer is Huang Jie, but Liu Feng's side will not escape the responsibility of poor protection, Sun Quan said that he will not be investigated, but secretly will inevitably weaken the friendly relationship with Liu Feng.
Once the protection of Eastern Wu is lost, and Liu Bei borrows Nanjun and his strength is doubled, when the time comes, Liu Feng's situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.
Obviously, such a result is naturally what Liu Bei is most happy to see.
"If this is the case, then Liu Bei's methods are really vicious, and in order to achieve his goal, he will not hesitate to kill a weak woman." Ma Tan said indignantly.
Liu Feng sneered: "You often think this is called viciousness, but some people call it 'those who achieve great things are not informal', even if Liu Bei is the mastermind behind the scenes, I don't think it's strange at all." ”
Ma Jian exhaled lightly, but said with a worried face: "At present, although Liu Bei's suspicion is very great, these assassins are sure to be ordered by Huang Shot, we have no conclusive evidence, but we can't prove that it is Liu Bei's black hand." ”
Pang Tong, who listened quietly for a moment, said at this time: "Even if those assassins admit that Liu Bei instigated, Liu Bei will counterclaim that it was the lord who framed him, so it doesn't matter who is the murderer now, what matters is how you should face the master of Dongwu now." ”
Before the words fell, the soldiers outside hurriedly came to report, saying that Lu Fan, who had come with the follow-up fleet carrying the dowry, had arrived at the Zhennan General's Mansion and asked to see Liu Feng immediately.
The corners of Pang Tong's mouth raised, and he said with a smile: "That's it, lord, the person who asks for guilt is here, it seems that you have to spend a lot of time again." Let's go, let's deal with this Lu Fan first, don't worry, I will help the lord secretly. ”
Lu Fan is different from Pang Tong, that person is Sun Quan's confidant, and he is dedicated to the interests of the Sun family, and now that the eldest lady of the Sun family is injured, it is equivalent to Wu Hou being slapped in the face, and Lu Fan Yan has a reason not to raise the teacher to ask for guilt.
Liu Feng took a deep breath and immediately prepared to leave the prison, Ma Jian asked, "Lord, what should we do with these assassins?" ”
Liu Feng originally wanted to hand over these assassins to Lu Fan for disposal, but after thinking about it, if these guys were really instructed by Liu Bei, they bit back in front of Lu Fan, and lied that it was he Liu Feng who directed this scene of assassinating Miss Sun, and wanted to frame Liu Bei.
After weighing it, Liu Feng said coldly: "It's useless to keep them, just put them to death, and hang their heads in the four gates, give me a good shock to those who are in danger!" ”