Jiujiang County, the county governs the Yin Tomb.

Yangzhou Mu Chen Wen once again hosted a banquet in the mansion for Cheng Pu, the general of the town guard left by Sun Jian, but this time, no matter how earnestly Chen Wen persuaded him to drink, Cheng Pu never drank a drop of wine.

Chen Wen was a little helpless, drank a cup of himself, was stunned, and said to Cheng Pu: "General, this is ......"

Cheng Pu was bored in his heart, his face did not show the slightest, and he hugged his fists and said apologetically: "Let the king forgive me, Pu shoulders the great trust of the lord, dare not drink and make mistakes, forgive sins, forgive sins." ”

Chen Wen was stunned for a moment, and then praised loudly: "Okay, the general is really loyal to his duty, come here, take down the wine." He immediately turned to Cheng Pu and said with a smile: "Wen is very ashamed to hear the general's words, from today onwards, he will not drink, and when Captain Sun returns with the army, he will have a drink with the general." ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

Cheng Pu involuntarily agreed, waited for the maid to come in, took away the wine glasses on the table between the two, and chatted with Chen Wen while eating, on the surface, it seemed that it was very harmonious.

After a while, a guard hurriedly came in, whispered in Chen Wen's ear for a moment, Chen Wen's face changed, and after a while, he got up and said apologetically to Cheng Pu: "The lord has an urgent military situation, the general uses it slowly, and Wen will come when he goes." ”

After speaking, before Cheng Pu could react, Chen Wen hurriedly followed behind the guards and left.

Such a move made Cheng Pu not only surprised, but also vigilant. Since the last time Chen Wen revealed the intention of solicitation, Cheng Pu has been more vigilant against Chen Wen, and he did not drink at this banquet, in order to be afraid of getting drunk and making mistakes.

However, vigilance is vigilance, Cheng Pu still believes that since Chen Wen and the lord Sun Jian are still the main generals of the Later General Yuan Shu, whether it is on the surface or in reality, it is unlikely that Chen Wen will have any plans on this.

Just when Cheng Pudong was thinking about it. Chen Wen had hurried back, and after such a short interval, Cheng Pu was even more sure in his heart.

However, to his surprise, Chen Wen did not take a seat, but stood at the desk, as if something was difficult to decide. After pondering for a moment, he turned around and arched his hand to Cheng Pu: "General, this matter is really a bit unbelievable, the general can send three messengers." Rush to the barracks of Sun Duwei's army? ”

Cheng Pu's heart sank, and he couldn't figure out what Chen Wen meant by this question, but a few days ago here, after he drank with Chen Wen, he learned that Wang Rui, the former assassin of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zhi, the Taishou of Nanyang, were killed by the lord Sun Jian. The family wanted to assassinate him, but he did send someone overnight. Go to Guangling County to report the news.

And so it is. Cheng Pu nodded silently.

"Yes!" Chen Wen nodded and replied, his expression full of seriousness, "The general sent someone to assassinate Captain Sun in the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp outside Huaiyin City on the pretext of reporting the urgent military situation, but what is his intention?" ”

Chen Wen didn't speak loudly, but every word. But it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which exploded in Cheng Pu's head, making him both shocked and angry, and his chest rose and fell sharply. He looked at Chen Wen in amazement, his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire.

Chen Wen seemed to be blind to Cheng Pu's performance, and said to himself: "At three o'clock in the night before yesterday, three assassins sent by the general, holding the general's token, galloped into Sun Duwei's camp on the grounds of urgent military situation. General Cheng Pu, what do you want? ”

"Lord, lordship is dead?"

Cheng Pu's mind was in chaos, and he muttered, as if he had captured something key from Chen Wen's words, but in the blink of an eye, there was no trace of him.

He has been with Sun Jian for a long time, conquering the south and the north, together on the battlefield of life and death, together through the sea of corpses and blood, together experienced the difficult times of running for his life, together with grief to witness his brothers Huang Gai and Zu Mao commit suicide in front of the two armies, he has long been determined, whether it is glory and wealth in this life, or upside down, he will follow the lord Sun Jian until he dies on the battlefield.

He never thought that at this time of chaos in the world, he, who had the ambition of calming the world, would have such an ending as dying in bed in addition to the horse leather shroud who died on the battlefield.

But what he heard today was beyond his imagination, what kind of conspiracy would make Chen Wen believe that he sent someone to assassinate the lord Sun Jian.

Poof!

Cheng Pu was furious, his throat was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his mind was full of confusion, and his stomach was full of anger and boredom, as if he had vented a lot because of this, which made him suddenly clear a lot.

He stared at Chen Wen closely, pointed his finger over, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "It's you, it's you who are making trouble behind your back......"

There are only Chen Wen and Cheng Pu in the house, Chen Wen is a civil official, if Cheng Pu intends to kill him, he just needs to fly over, hold his head with both hands, and twist it left and right, he can snap and break his neck.

But he had no fear, looked at Cheng Pu very calmly, looked at Cheng Pu's distorted face due to anger, shook his head slightly, sighed, and said very calmly: "General Cheng Pu, Wen heard that Wang Rui and Zhang Shi's family members were going to be unfavorable to Sun Duwei, so he kindly told the general, what?" Because of this, the general decided that it was Chen? ”

Speaking of this, Chen Wen's eyes were as cold as frost, and he also said word by word: "If the assassin is not sent by the general, how can he enter the big tent of Captain Sun Du's army to assassinate?" ”

Cheng Puru was attacked by a heavy hammer, and he stepped back a few steps, and when he finally stood firm, Chen Wen's voice came again: "Since the general insists on thinking that this is Chen's doing, why don't you go to the front of the generals and soldiers to make this matter clear and clear?" ”

Poof!

Cheng Pu spat out a mouthful of blood again, his heart was gloomy, whether he sent an assassin to assassinate the lord Sun Jian, of course he knew better than anyone else, but, hearing Chen Wen say this, the assassination of the lord Sun Jian was indeed related to the messenger he sent, in the face of this fact, how could he tell clearly.

Among them, there are many suspicions, and there are many possibilities, for example, the three messengers sent are assassins who have been lurking in for a long time, and they take this opportunity to assassinate; For example, three messengers were intercepted by the Assassins, who then impersonated the messengers to assassinate them, and so on.

However, these are all speculations, and they are difficult to confirm for a while, let alone to be agreed by others.

Cheng Pu's mind was confused for a while, sober for a while, thinking hard, beating his head with his hand from time to time, his face was painful, and at this moment, he heard Chen Wen shouting to the outside world: "Come on, take General Cheng Pu down and have a good rest!" ”

Someone outside the door answered the call, Cheng Pu suddenly remembered something, raised his head, and asked Chen Wen, "Where is the lord?" ”

"Sun Duwei's son Ce helped the coffin to Qu'a."

"Where are the Assassins?"

"Escape!"

Chen Wen was very patient with Cheng Pu's questioning, and he could almost answer all questions, but when Cheng Pu heard this, there was a bang in his brain, and he understood that the black cauldron on his back could no longer be washed away.

In a daze, Cheng Pu only knew that he was being held up, and then locked up in the dark, and he had no resistance to this, that is, he stood in the dark, regardless of his dizzy head, thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing.

What Chen Wen said to Cheng Pu was not false, Sun Jian was assassinated in the big camp outside Huaiyin City, and the three assassins took advantage of the chaos to escape, and the army stayed for three days, and Sun Jian's son Sun Ce took over the command, and continued southward to Qu'a, Danyang County.

It's just that Sun Jian died, although Zhang Hong and others continued to follow Sun Ce, a group of generals and soldiers did not think so, the original Yuzhou soldiers did not want to go to Jiangdong again, Sun Ce accepted Zhou Yu's advice and let them go, so when crossing the river, the army under the account had been greatly reduced, less than half of the army led by Sun Jian.

Guangling County, Xuzhou, which was captured by Sun Jian, also no longer served Sun Ce as the commander, and naturally invested under Yuan Shu's account.

Danyang County, in the city of Qu'a.

Sun Jian's mourning hall is located in a mansion in the city, it is late at night, the lights and candles in front of the mourning hall are dim, swaying in the night wind, and the lights and candles are rippling like water, which adds to the coldness here.

Sun Ce knelt alone in front of his father Sun Jian's coffin, his figure was tall, and his eyes were staring at the coffin, as if it was not a cold coffin, but his father Sun Jian kneeling opposite him, teaching him purely.

In the distance, there was a faint sound, it was the time of the child had passed, and the ugly time had just arrived.

Behind him, the sound of footsteps sounded slightly, and the person who came stopped behind him, and then knelt down, Sun Ce didn't need to look back, he knew that this was Zhou Yu coming.

"Mourning!"

Zhou Yu's voice was hoarse, also tired, completely devoid of the crispness and gentleness of the past. The two of them have been friends for a long time and are of the same age, so they have long had an agreement that they will not respect red tape and trivial things, and they will not respect the elders and children, and call each other by their names.

Neither of them did the crown salute, but now Sun Ce has taken the word Bofu, but Zhou Yu has not yet had a word, so Zhou Yu changed the name of Sun Ce to Bofu, and Sun Ce continued to call Zhou Yu's name.

Sun Ce didn't look back, he sighed, and only in front of Zhou Yu, his best friend, that Sun Ce was not as resolute and resolute as he was in front of outsiders during this time, and only then did he reveal the hesitation and immaturity of a teenager.

"Yuan Shu's messenger has arrived?"

"Yes!"

"What does Yuan Shu want?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment, and when Sun Ce turned his head to look at him in confusion, he replied in a low voice: "Summoning Bofu to serve in Yuzhou." ”

Hum!

Sun Ce snorted coldly, turned his head, and after half a sound, he asked in a low voice, "How do you think I should deal with myself?" ”

Zhou Yu did not answer Sun Ce's question, but mentioned another matter with embarrassment: "There is news from Jiujiang that General Cheng Pu committed suicide in prison. ”

Sun Ce's heart was full of hatred for Cheng Pu, and according to the available information, the three assassins were holding Cheng Pu's token tokens, as well as Cheng Pu's so-called emergency military information and secret letters, which mentioned the news about the assassins.

When he was outside Huaiyin City, Sun Ce couldn't wait to immediately lead the army to Jiujiang County and cut Cheng Pu with a thousand knives, but now, when he really heard the news of Cheng Pu's death, his heart was not as happy and relaxed as he imagined, but even heavier.

After being silent for a long time, Sun Ce recalled the situation when he was with his father Sun Jian and his generals Cheng Pu and Han Dang, and muttered to himself: "What did I do wrong about this?" ”

Zhou Yu's body shook when he heard this, and he replied in a low voice: "Bo Fu, what do you think? (To be continued......)