Chapter 373: The Way Back

After letting Sun Quan go, the group headed north, and Sun Ce came to his senses an hour later. He was not injured either, and he was soon able to ride his horse forward on his own under the recovery function of the Sun Moon Stone.

The group was silent, and they all felt the heaviness of Sun Ce's heart. Even if Zhou Yu kept comforting softly, Sun Ce was staring at the air in a daze, his eyes were empty. Now his mind is full of things about being evicted from the house and separating his husband and wife. Not to mention that there is no fighting spirit, it is no different from a walking corpse.

After another day, everyone has arrived at the border between Guangling County and Donghai Country in Xuzhou, and Chengyang Country in Qingzhou through Donghai Country will be able to rush back to Beihai the day after tomorrow.

Shi Xin and Liu Bei were in an alliance state, and they could have swaggered through Xuzhou, and then let the local officials wait for them. But he was like an arrow, and he didn't want to do much, so he only avoided important cities, so he traveled very fast.

After walking for a long time, I suddenly saw a few groups of people walking in front of me, wearing ordinary clothes, pulling their families and mouths, and it seemed that they were people fleeing the war.

Everyone clapped their horses and caught up, and when the people saw their freshly dressed and angry horses, they all stared at them with frightened eyes and avoided them, trembling, as if they had hit a ghost.

Shi Xin found an old man and stepped forward to talk: "Hello uncle, where are you going?"

The old man had a white beard, supported by a little boy, and said tremblingly: "Tell the king, we are just ordinary people, and we don't have much money, please let us live!"

Wang Yue said impatiently: "I said, uncle, do you think we look like robbers?"

When the old man heard the word "robber", he trembled obviously, and almost knelt down, "The king spares his life!"

Shi Xin turned over and dismounted, hurriedly held on, squeezed out the most pleasant smile and said, "The old man is too careful." We are from Qingzhou, and we went south to do errands before, and now we have rushed back to Qingzhou. On the way, I saw a lot of fleeing people, so I had a question. Don't worry!"

Seeing that there were men and women in their group, all of them were kind-faced people, the old man sighed and said, "We are honest farmers in Jingzhou. First of all, Jingyang and Erzhou went to war, and we were ready to flee to Yuzhou, but Yuzhou was attacked by Xu Yan Erzhou, which was even more chaotic than Jingzhou. People nearby said that the world was about to be in chaos, and we were so frightened that we had to continue north through Xuzhou and go to Qingzhou. ”

Shi Xin raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that almost all of them were old and weak women and children, and there was not a single man, so he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Uncle, where are your men?"

Under this question, the old man burst into tears and almost fainted to the ground: "When I was in Jingzhou's hometown, the eldest son joined the Jingzhou army and died on the battlefield; after entering Yuzhou, Yuan Shujun arrested the strong men, and all men under the age of ten must join the army, and the second son and the third son were forced to join the army one after another. I heard that Yuzhou was beaten by the Xuzhou and Yanzhou armies and was powerless, and half of it has fallen in just a few days, I believe that my two sons are also more than lucky!"

When everyone heard this, they also sighed.

Shi Xin took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and persuaded him with good words: "My husband has found the right place to go to Qingzhou on this trip." Under the leadership of the Holy Sect Leader Shi Xin, our Qingzhou soldiers are strong and strong, the army and the people are united, and no one dares to bully. Those who are willing to join the army will be promoted in strict accordance with their meritorious merits; those who do not want to join the army will be allocated fertile land free of charge, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Cai Yan heard him boast on the horse, covered his mouth and smiled. Zhou Yu was dumbfounded, he couldn't imagine that Shi Xin's face was so thick, he had never changed since he was a child, and he was also a must.

The old man had the money in his hands, so he naturally thanked him a thousand times, and muttered in his mouth: "I heard that Shi Xinai is a teenage little hairy child, not as old as my third son, and he has such great ability, which is really admirable!"

Shi Xin was full of spirits, grinned and said: "Isn't it, I heard that this Shi Xin is as handsome as me, with a high level of cultivation, and even more intelligent and amiable...... Hey, old man, old man, don't go, old man......"

The old man had already walked away, bent down and taught his grandson: "Grandson, don't be so cheeky. You see, this young man is about the same age as Sect Master Shi, but he is very different. Don't learn from him when you grow up. ”

The little boy said obediently: "Grandpa, I know!"

Shi Xin scratched his head in embarrassment, rode his horse to Sun Ce's side, and said, "Brother Bofu, look, one of the men in my father-in-law's family died, and the remaining two are also unlucky." He still has hope of living. At least your mother is alive, your family is not separated, and you are separated from your wife for a while, and there will always be a day when you will see each other. You have all your skills, you don't realize your ambitions on the battlefield, and you work hard to ask for the lives of the people, what face do you have to face your father under Jiuquan?"

Wake up the dreamer with a word, Sun Ce's face was full of panic, sweat was like pulp, and he arched his hand and said: "Brother Shi has learned a lesson, Sun Ce hasn't even figured out this truth, he is really ashamed!"

"Brother Shi, please rest assured, although Gong Jin and I live in Qingzhou. But as long as we are in Qingzhou for one day, we will be your subordinates for one day. I hope you will give us more opportunities and let us work hard to improve ourselves. If he can return to Jiangdong, he will be good with you forever, and he will never attack. ”

Zhou Yu also arched his hand and said: "Bo Fu's words are also Gong Jin's words, Brother Shi doesn't need to be careful, please take care of it!"

Shi Xin thought to himself: Listening to Sun Ce's words, his ambition has not changed, and he always wants to one day dominate Jiangdong. But since he dared to say it, it was enough to show his sincerity. Besides, according to his character, he is by no means a person who goes back on his word.

Thinking of this, Shi Xin smiled and said: "The two of you are serious, now I am asking the two of you to go to Qingzhou to help, not the two hermen." On the contrary, because of the help of the two, we were able to escape from Sun Ying, and we should be grateful to the two of them. ”

Although Shi Xin said it politely, they knew that now that the two of them were notorious, there was no place to go anywhere, and only Shi Xin, who knew the truth, would reuse it.

A few people were polite, Zhou Yu threw bricks and stones, and finally said the question that had been haunting his heart for many days: "Brother Shi, you said that you received the emperor's holy decree and went to Jiangdong to mediate the war. According to you, will this blame plan be ......?"

Zhou Yu didn't continue, Shi Xin is the emperor's elder brother, everyone knows it, and according to common sense, there is no reason to blame. But the assassination of Sun Jian is indeed a good strategy to stop the chaotic war between the three parties, and everyone can see it.

Zhou Yu didn't think that Shi Xin conspired with the emperor, but this was not good for Shi Xin. From the perspective of interests, Shi Xin's new Qingzhou, of course, the more chaotic the other places, the better, so that he has more time for development.

Shi Xin shook his head and said, "Gong Jin, I don't care what my relationship with the emperor is, but do you think Chang'an is still the emperor's final say?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Yes, it is Sima Yi who has the final say." So this is Sima Yi's business?"

"Nine times out of ten. Shi Xin didn't hide it from them, "Actually, I was forced to do this trip to Jingzhou, just because the person who sent the appointment letter was with Sima Yi, Yu Ji!"

"Yu Ji?" Zhou Yu and Sun Ce glanced at each other and said in surprise, "The founder of the Heavenly Master Sect, Yu Ji?"

The two of them had studied art in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and of course they knew Yu Ji. Even if they have nothing to do with the Heavenly Master's Mansion, it is impossible not to know that Yu Ji was a well-known "immortal" figure as early as a few decades ago.

Shi Xin continued: "Don't be afraid of the two jokes, no one in our entire Qingzhou can defeat Taiji." Well...... I'm talking about siege, not heads-up. ”

"What?"

The two were taken aback again, Zhao Yun, Shi Xin, and Wang Yue's strength was very clear to them, and they were already among the top pulse masters of the Han Dynasty.

Shi Xin smiled and added, "Even if Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo join forces, they can't beat him!" This speculation was first put forward by Jia Xu, and later after the battle of the state pastor's mansion, Shi Xin was even more convinced of this hypothesis.

After he finished speaking, he described a fight scene of the day, and finally sighed, "We can't even cut his body protection true qi, let alone make a move." ”

From Wang Yue and Zhao Yun's helpless and heavy expressions, it was known that Shi Xin was not exaggerating. In fact, with the power of a state, he still can't help an old man, this is not a glorious thing, he doesn't need to lie.

Sun Erren glanced at each other, and fell into fear for a moment.

After a long time, Zhou Yu said: "That's right." My uncle also has a seventh-rank cultivation, and he is usually alert, if he wasn't so high-level cultivation, he would never be assassinated to death without a sound. ”

Unexpectedly, Shi Xin shook his head and said, "I don't think it was Yu Ji who assassinated Uncle Sun. Because he said that he was going to Julu that day, according to his identity, there was no need to lie. I think it's probably Sima Yi's ghost. ”

Zhou Yu said: "It is rumored that Yu Ji is proficient in illusion, and he colluded with Sima Yi, maybe it is still a master-apprentice relationship." Sima Yi had to pass on illusions, and Yi Rongchengshi's brother assassinated Uncle Sun, all of which made sense. ”

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