Chapter Fifty-Eight: One Step at a Time (Seeking Reading, Seeking Votes, Seeking Investment)

After Lu Meng walked out of the council hall, he stood on the steps outside the hall, looking at the dense layers of dark clouds over the general's mansion.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Finally let the Supreme make up his mind to go west.

Unlike the previous decision to secretly attack Jingzhou, Sun Quan has the possibility of repentance.

Sun Quan ordered the Jiangdong army to march west in the council hall today, which was a Ming order.

Presumably, within a few days, Sun Quan's order will spread throughout the entire territory of Jiangdong.

For Sun Quan, who pays attention to maintaining his authority, in such a situation, he will not easily regret it.

At this time, a gust of cold wind hit, and Lu Meng, who was relaxed in his heart, was caught off guard by the cold wind, and he could no longer suppress the pain in his body.

In the square outside the palatial chamber, he coughed violently.

The violent coughing made Lu Meng's body tremble.

But at this time, Lu Meng's afterglow saw that the Jiangdong generals were beginning to walk out of the council hall.

Worried about the leakage of his condition, he hurriedly took out a piece of cloth from his arms to cover his mouth and nose, and forced himself to stop coughing.

Originally, a fishy sweetness had reached Lu Meng's throat, but at this time, he swallowed it hard.

Previously, he designed to pretend to be sick and return to Jianye to recuperate, wanting to paralyze Guan Yu and make him relax his vigilance against Jiangdong.

At that time, he was not actually pretending to be sick, he was really unwell.

In this matter, Lu Meng didn't even tell Sun Quan the truth.

He didn't want to affect Jiangdong's military morale because of his physical illness, and he didn't want to affect Sun Quan's determination to capture Jingzhou because of this.

Because Lu Meng's strangeness was covered up in time, he was not noticed by the Jiangdong generals who came out behind him.

But this scene was hidden in the shadow of the square.

And the existence of that figure could not escape Lu Meng's keen observation in the end.

Seeing that the man had discovered his abnormality, Lu Meng's eyes were slightly condensed, and a murderous intent had flashed in his heart.

The Jiangdong army is about to set off, and the condition of him, the governor of Jiangdong, must not be leaked out.

Otherwise, the Jiangdong army will be in turmoil, after all, what they are going to attack this time is Guan Yu, who has already shocked Huaxia.

At this time, the generals who came out of the council hall had also walked behind him, and Lu Meng said to Huang Gai, who was the leader,

"Huang Gong, you should lead the generals to the military camp outside the city to stand by."

Since Cheng Pu, the most senior in the Jiangdong Army, died of illness, Huang Gai and Han Dang have undoubtedly become, and now the only two remaining veterans of the Three Dynasties in the Jiangdong Army.

Such a person is suitable for Lu Meng to temporarily command the generals.

Although Huang Gai, who had white hair, didn't understand Lu Meng, why didn't he lead the generals to the military camp outside the city.

But in the face of this great governor whom he admired very much, Huang Gai did not rely on his high qualifications and questioned the meaning of his orders.

Huang Gai bowed to Lu Meng and replied,

"Only, Gai obeys the orders of the Metropolitan Governor."

Then Huang Gai led the Jiangdong generals behind him to leave from outside the council hall and head towards the military camp outside the city.

After Huang Gai led the Jiangdong generals away, Lu Meng held Sun Quan's sword and walked down the steps step by step.

Step by step, he walked towards the man, who was shadowed by the stone pillars in the square.

Every time Lu Meng took a step, he was thinking in his heart,

Whether this person wants to be killed or not.

And when Lu Meng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly walked towards him with murderous intent, Sima Yi, who was deeply thoughtful, also discovered the abnormality almost instantly.

After thinking about it for a while, Sima Yi understood why Lu Meng had murderous intentions.

Compared to Cao Cao's vague jealousy, Lu Meng's murderous intent now is nothing to Sima Yi.

Lu Meng and Cao Cao are different, the status of the two is very different, and the power in the hands of the two of them is also very different.

Sima Yi can always be safe under Cao Cao's suspicion, but now in the face of Lu Meng's murderous intentions, how can he be helpless?

Just when Lu Meng walked in front of Sima Yi, Sima Yi immediately bowed to Lu Meng and said,

"When I was in the Central Plains, I heard the King of Wei say:

Sun's dying Jiangzuo, Kang Heng Zhongzhou, solid in the strategy, the power of the strategy, but a moment heroic, such as Lu Meng, the so-called social Ji heart, and the country for the survival of the minister. ”

"Today, I am fortunate to be alone to watch the majestic posture of Lu Dudu, which can really be described as a dragon spirit and a tiger, and it is worthy of being a bear general for a while."

In fact, compared to Lu Meng's force, Lu Meng can be called a famous general today, mainly relying on his ever-changing strategy.

And now Sima Yi avoids the important and trivializes, praising Lu Meng's appearance like a dragon and tiger, in fact, it's not that Sima Yi doesn't know how to praise people, he said so on purpose.

He wanted to hint to Lu Meng that although he saw what he shouldn't see, he would definitely keep his mouth shut.

Sima Yi is a smart person, and Lu Meng is also a smart person.

Communication between smart people and smart people is always simple.

After Lu Meng praised Sima Yi, he also understood Sima Yi's meaning almost instantly.

Lu Meng was still thinking about whether to kill Sima Yi, but after Sima Yi said this, Lu Meng temporarily suppressed the killing intent in his heart.

After all, Sima Yi is the envoy of the King of Wei, and the two countries are still at war, not to mention that now is the time when the two countries have diplomatic relations and alliances.

Killing Sima Yi is tantamount to slapping King Wei's face, and the consequences can be big or small.

Besides, Sima Yi had already hinted in his words that he would keep his mouth shut.

Sima Yi was born in a famous family, and his promise is credible to people from such a background.

After temporarily suppressing the murderous intent in his heart, Lu Meng's face also showed a smile on Sima Yi at the right time, and he said to Sima Yi,

"The envoy is not resting in the inn, why is he outside my main chamber today?"

Faced with Lu Meng's question, Sima Yi replied frankly,

"Yi is on the mission of the King of Wei, and today I learned that the Marquis of Nanchang held a meeting on whether to capture Jingzhou.

Yi was worried, so he waited outside this hall, intending to learn the will of the Marquis of Nanchang as soon as possible. ”

Sima Yi's explanation was watertight, not only explaining why he was outside the council chamber, but also showing the appearance of a loyal minister of Cao Wei.

Although Sima Yi was born in a famous family, at this time, his reputation in the world was not obvious, so Lu Meng did not pay much attention to him.

When Lu Meng saw that Sima Yi was waiting outside the council hall for this reason, he immediately said to Sima Yi,

"Don't worry, messenger, just now, my lord has ordered the westward expedition."

Hearing the news, Sima Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Sun Quan's agreement to order the expedition to the west would not only allow him to make his desperate plan for Cao Cao that day work, so that he could make another contribution, but also allow him to return to the Central Plains after completing his mission.

But soon, Lu Meng's words made Sima Yi's heart fall to the bottom.

"The name of Sima Bada in Bingzhou, Rao is located in the south, and I have heard of it for a long time."

"Now that my Jiangdong army is about to start, Guan Yu has a reputation for being good at fighting, and I am not sure that I will be able to defeat it.

Zhong Da can be appointed as an envoy by the King of Wei, and he must have something extraordinary. ”

"Jiangdong and Wei have been allies since then, and Zhongda and I should be inseparable from inside and outside."

"Today, I also ask Zhongda to serve as my staff officer and counsellor for my military aircraft, I don't know?"