The upheaval of the situation in the South. It also starts with the accidental assassination of Sun Jian, the lord of Wu.

It was the beginning of September, and it was the Chung Yeung Festival. Sun Jian, who has been in Wu County for a long time, seems to have been influenced by Zhao Xing's "National Games" held in the north, and suddenly wants to go out of the city for a safari, and by the way, he climbs high to relax, so as to relieve the depression in his heart for some time.

If Sun Jian's depression is said to be caused by Liu Bei and Cao Cao, the other half is caused by his second son Sun Quan.

Some time ago, the imperial court sent an envoy Zhong Xuan to Wu County, and after meeting Sun Jian, he threw Sun Jian a super strong hat. In order to win over the Sun clan of Eastern Wu, the imperial court named Sun Jian as the general of Zhenguo from the second grade, Sun Ce, the eldest son of Sun Jian, as the general of Zhengnan from the fourth grade, and Sun Quan, the second son of Sun Jian, as the general of Zhennan from the fourth grade, which can be said to be a "blood capital". After the news spread in Wu County, the local people spread that "one family has three fathers and sons, all of whom are generals", which is really honorable.

After receiving such a big unexpected reward, it stands to reason that Sun Jian should be so happy that he can't sleep, so why should he be depressed? Just because the reward given by the imperial court this time hides the evil intentions of Liu Bei and Cao Cao behind it.

For Sun Jian, it doesn't really matter what official he is, as long as he doesn't have the idea of attacking his territory. Of course, although the auxiliary general given by the imperial court did not have much benefit, it still sounded quite face-saving, and this Sun Jian also left an excuse for expanding his armaments in the future. As long as he is willing, in the future, with the big hat of an auxiliary general on his head, he can recruit troops and horses in the southern states of Dahan and play with others.

And this is where Sun Jian is depressed. For example, the situation is confusing today, Zhao Xing is the dominant family in the north, and several forces in the south are complicated, even if he Sun Jian becomes an auxiliary general, no one cares at all. If the biggest use of this big hat is that when Zhao Xing makes a move against Wuzhou in the future, Sun Jian can gather the surrounding forces to fight against Zhao Xing. This is like Liu Bei and Cao Cao forcibly stuffing a knife into Sun Jian's hand, and the direction of the knife edge is towards Zhao Xing, but the handle of the knife is not held by Sun Jian alone.

Listening to the meaning of Zhong Xuan's words when he left, as long as Jiangdong drew a clear line with the Jin State and Zhao Xing from now on, the imperial court could even refer to Yuan Shu's example and crown Sun Jian as a king with a different surname! This is even more unbelievably big, and even Sun Jian couldn't hold back in his heart after hearing it. The king with a different surname, he is still a king with military power and territory, and he is only one step away from the position of the Son of Heaven, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao are really willing to give up their sisters!

Fortunately, Lu Su and the others behind Sun Jian were not given for nothing, and as soon as Zhong Jian left, he hurriedly poured a basin of cold water on Sun Jian's head. Lu Su said: "If the court is crowned the lord as the king of Wuyue the next day, please ask the lord to resign!"

Sun Jian asked a little disapprehantly, "But why?"

Lu Su replied: "If the lord receives this high position, he will break with the Jin State, and after Zhao Guochang pacifies the Central Plains in the future, how will he deal with himself?"

Sun Jian thought about Lu Su's words and felt that it made sense, so he was depressed.

It didn't take long for Sun Quan to learn about this matter, and he had a fierce argument with Lu Su, and then ran to see Sun Jian angrily and said: "How can my father listen to Lu Zijing's own words! Even if we don't claim the throne in Jiangdong, will you really be willing to live under Zhao Guochang in the future? The imperial court is now weak, and we have no choice but to come up with this idea of dividing the Jin Kingdom and Eastern Wu, but we have also offered enough prices, why don't we take the plan and take it easily, and make some plans for the future as soon as possible!"

Sun Jian was very unhappy by his son's questioning, but he also knew that Sun Quan was telling the truth. In fact, what he hopes to see most in his heart is that the Jin State and the imperial court are fighting to the death and losing both, so that whether it is Zhao Xing or the central court, Dongwu who cannot be threatened for a long period of time, their Sun family can grow in Dongwu with peace of mind, and after developing to a certain stage, they can follow the example of Goujian, the king of Yue in the Warring States Period, dominate the southeast, and look down on the world.

It's a pity that the current situation in the world does not allow Jiangdong to continue to stay out of the matter, either follow the Jin State or follow the imperial court, and if you want to be a wall-riding faction, you are doomed to have no good end. On the surface, the imperial court occupies the name of righteousness, and taking refuge in the imperial court can obtain extremely rich short-term benefits, such as Sun Jian was officially crowned king by the imperial court; after careful analysis, it will be seen that the development potential of the Jin State is huge, and it is very likely to replace the central imperial court to dominate the world in the future.

Sun Jian made comparisons so much in his heart, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he simply didn't want to do so much, and took his old subordinates Zu Mao, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and others, and took a big boat to visit Zhenze (Taihu Lake). After swimming in Zhenze, Sun Jian took a boat and walked a section of the river, went ashore from the south of Wucheng, plunged into the mountains (around Tianmu Mountain), and began a few days of hunting.

Sun Jian was originally a very brave man, and now he is in his forties, and his martial arts have not retreated, so he is particularly active in the mountains, often holding an ancient ingot knife and rushing in front of the hunting team with a strong bow on his back, but his guards and generals are sweating profusely behind him.

On the third day of hunting in the mountains, Sun Jian suddenly found the traces of the tiger, so the hunting interest was even stronger, and he chased the tiger all the way to the depths of the dense forest, and as a result, Han Dang and Cheng Pu and others were left for a long distance, leaving Zu Mao to follow.

When Sun Jian and Zu Mao came to a cave, they could not see any sign of the tiger, so they cautiously went into the cave to look for it. At this moment, a mutation protruded. The three masked swordsmen rushed out of the cave fearlessly, and attacked Sun Jian together, ignoring Zu Mao on the side, it turned out to be a life-threatening fight!

Sun Jian was a fierce man in the end, and under the sudden attack, he managed to withstand the attack of two of them, but he was stabbed in the chest by a sword from a third person with strong martial arts. After Zu Mao on the side of the chaos started, he immediately sacrificed his life to rescue Sun Jian, and after killing one of them on the spot, he was about to swing his knife at the swordsman who stabbed Sun Jian to attack, but was stabbed into the heart by the second person, and died of anger at that time.

Sun Jian, who was wounded in the chest, endured the pain, suddenly screamed, brandished the ancient ingot knife and cut off the head of the third person at once, and then tried desperately to find the second swordsman who killed Zu Mao, but because of too much bleeding, he fell to the ground at once.

The second swordsman who killed Zu Mao was about to swing his sword to kill Sun Jian, who had passed out, but Cheng Pu, who was driven into the cave, shot a spear and pierced it at that time, nailing him to the ground.

Cheng Pu saw Sun Jian fainting, and hurriedly took out the gold sore powder specially made by the Jin Kingdom and applied it to Sun Jian, and then carefully bandaged it with Han Dang. Then the guards also rushed to the cave, hurriedly cut down a few green bamboos from outside the cave, made a simple stretcher, and escorted Sun Jian out of the mountain.

Zu Mao's body and the corpses of the three swordsmen were also taken away, Cheng Pu and Han Dang were not Bai Yu's subordinates, they secretly vowed to find out the people behind the scenes, and the corpses were broken into pieces.