Lu Bu waved his hand and ordered the maid to take the second daughter down to settle down, and paced up the lobby with his hands behind his back.

When he found out that Qin Luofu was pretended by Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, he was surprised, but also felt that his brain was a little insufficient.

In the history he knows, in the fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce broke through the Lujiang River, obtained the second daughter of Qiao Gong, and married one with Zhou Yu. After Er Qiao married the two, he left almost no trace in history, and Da Qiao followed Sun Ce for less than a year, and Sun Ce died. After that, Da Qiao's whereabouts became a mystery; Little Joe is slightly better, but he has left very few records.

That is to say, Er Qiao was ordered to stay in Lujiang, and according to the instructions of Sun Ce (or Zhou Yu), he actively planned to contact the royalist forces in the north, and finally through Jiao Zhongqing, the contact with Yan Xiang, the assassin of Yangzhou recommended by Xun Yu, contributed to the ultimate plan of assassinating Cao and Yin to attack Xu Du.

So here's the problem.

Er Qiao and Sun Ce have such a close relationship, why do they still seek the assistance of Jiao Zhongqing and Li Shu?

Wouldn't it be the end of their direct contact with Yan Xiang? Why bother with one more detour?

Lu Bu continued to brainstorm and reason.

Thinking about it, it should be that Er Qiao's stay in Lujiang and the royalists is absolutely secret to Sun Ce and cannot be easily revealed, so Er Qiao concealed his identity when he contacted him. Yan Xiang, Li Shu, and Jiao Zhongqing only know that it is the folk girl "Qin Luofu" who lives in the eastern suburbs of Lujiang, not Sun Ce's concubine and Zhou Yu's wife "Er Qiao". If "Qin Luofu" bypasses Li Shu and contacts Yan Xiang in person, it is almost impossible without revealing his identity, and the risk factor is very high.

Because the situation in the world was turbulent at this time, and the southerners generally distrusted the Central Plains, it was impossible for "Qin Luofu" to directly contact Yan Xiang, and Jiao Zhongqing, who was born in Lujiang and was the envoy of the Son of Heaven, just met the conditions of a perfect connector.

Lujiang and Jiangdong belong to Yangzhou, and the two places are adjacent to each other across the river, and the foundation of mutual trust between people is higher.

Moreover, the whole process of liaison had to avoid Cao Cao's eyes and ears, because every move of the royalists was under Cao Cao's control, and once they openly contacted the people sent by Sun Ce, the consequences would be extremely serious.

In order not to reveal his true identity, in order not to expose the whereabouts of the royalists, "Qin Luofu" could only go to great lengths to pass the line of Jiao Zhongqing-Li Shu-Yan Xiang to transmit information to Sun Ce and Xu Du's royalists.

This is the royalist's means of self-preservation, and it is also Er Qiao's means of self-preservation, and it also lays the foundation for the failure of this "Thorn Cao-Attack Xu" plan.

Everyone missed the hatred of Jiao Zhongqing, a small official in Lujiang, for Sun Ce.

While quietly sabotaging Sun Ce's contact with the royalists, he learned of Sun Ce's latest movements through the mouth of "Qin Luofu", and arranged for Xu Gong's three guests to settle down in advance and snipe Sun Ce.

So, when Sun Ce was assassinated, the entire "Assassination Cao Attack Xu" plan completely died, and Er Qiao completely disappeared from people's field of vision.

For Cao Cao, openly assassinating other princes is not accepted by the people of the world, which will not only lead to Cao Cao being attacked by all the princes, but also cut off all the possibility of cooperation between Cao and Sun.

If Cao Cao really made this matter public and took the credit for "assassinating Sun Ce" on himself, then there would be no later conspiracy between Cao and Sun to attack Jingzhou and cause Guan Yu to defeat Maicheng.

For Sun Quan, the consequences of announcing Sun Ce were equally serious.

As a result, the real "truth" was deliberately covered up and never known to the public. And the "truth" presented to the world is that Sun Ce died from Xu Gong's three doors, and it is no one else's business.

If you want to complain, you can complain that Sun Ce is too domineering.

However, Xu Gong died in the first year of Jian'an (Xu Gong's death was no later than the second year of Jian'an), and Sun Ce was assassinated in the fifth year of Jian'an, nearly four of which were there. What are Xu Gong Sanmen Ke doing?

According to Sun Ce's light and unprepared style, in four years, Xu Gong Sanmen could wait for hundreds of good opportunities to assassinate him, to say the least.

But in fact, in those four years, Sun Ce did not encounter a single assassination.

And among all these people with different purposes but connected together, the most interesting attitude was the Lujiang Taishou Li Shu at that time.

According to Yan Xiang's instructions, and at the same time, under the tacit rule of Li Shu, Jiao Zhongqing made the first contact with the "Qin Luofu" sent by Sun Ce.

Yan Xiangming is Cao Cao's person, but he is actually a person from Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, and his heart is towards the royalist faction, and he explained to Jiao Zhongqing and Pan the plan planned by Dong Cheng to assassinate Cao, hoping that he can contact Sun Ce and cooperate with Dong Cheng to oppose Cao. At the same time, "Qin Luofu" also made the first contact at the request of Sun Ce, in the name of picking mulberry, and Ming was the contact person of the royalist party, who was actually the planner of the "Avengers" and the former pawn of Li Shu, Jiao Zhongqing, who made the first contact, and then contacted him many times to reveal Sun Ce's movements.

What "Qin Luofu" never expected was that Jiao Zhongqing was actually a three-sided spy, approaching her, ostensibly trying his best to build a bridge for the Son of Heaven - Sun Ce, but in fact, in order to get Sun Ce's exact movements, implement the sniper plan, and at the same time ask for his wife Liu Lanzhi in order to complete the task assigned by Taishou Li Shu.

Under the expectation of the royalists and the acquiescence of Li Shu, Jiao Zhongqing and "Qin Luofu" made a false and wronged snake, threaded the needle for the cooperation of Sun Ce and Dong Cheng, and then turned his head and revealed these news to the envoy sent by Guo Jia with reservations. Guo Jia immediately planned and entrusted Jiao Zhongqing to contact Jiangdong to oppose Sun Zhishi, assassinate Sun Ce, and at the same time pass all the news to Cao Cao.

So, at the beginning of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, based on the information provided by Guo Jia, preemptively killed Dong Cheng and others, first eliminated internal troubles, and then sat back and waited for Jiao Zhongqing to "assassinate".

After the death of Dong Chengyi's party, the "Assassin Cao" plan was aborted.

When the news reached Lujiang, Taishou Li Shu was a little panicked, and he was afraid that Sun Ce would know that he was secretly sabotaging the contact between the two sides, so he kept urging Jiao Zhongqing to act quickly. For this reason, Li Shu did not hesitate to let his fifth son marry Liu Lanzhi, obviously to marry him, but he was actually a hostage, and he used it to blackmail Jiao Zhongqing to do it.

When the news reached Jiangdong, Sun Ce could only sigh "Time is not with me", so he could only stubbornly continue to launch the "Attack Xu" plan. Fortunately, the news that should have been passed on before has almost spread, and the death of Dong Chengyi's party will not affect the launch of the "Attack on Xu" plan.

But what Sun Ce never expected was that the "sniper plan" was waiting for him.

Those who count people will always count them.

This has been the case since ancient times.

On March 30, Jiao Zhongqing obtained the exact information that Sun Ce had gone to Dantu to hunt, and he had Xu Gongmen ambush him at the designated place, and then rushed back to Lujiang in a hurry, hoping to catch the wedding of Li Shu's son and get his beloved wife Liu Lanzhi back.

And Li Shu saw that the assassination plan had been launched and Jiao Zhongqing was no longer useful, so he first faked the scene of Liu Lanzhi's suicide, and then asked Jiao Zhongqing to "hang himself on the southeast branch" to cover up his role in the murder. Since then, they have even deliberately begun to spread the loyal love story of Jiao and Liu in Lujiang.

The people of Lujiang burst into tears when they heard this story. And "Qin Luofu", who knew the inside story, immediately realized that something was wrong, "Jiao Zhongqing, as a clear-minded official, the possibility of martyrdom for love is too low." But the matter has come to this, no matter what she does at this moment, she will not be able to save Sun Ce from the crisis he is facing.

In desperation, they could only quickly evacuate the dangerous place of Lujiang.

Four days later, on the fourth day of the fourth month of the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce was assassinated in Dantu, and at this point, Jiangdong's plan to threaten Xu Du was completely bankrupt.

There are two main beneficiaries of Sun Ce's death, Cao Cao and Li Shu, and perhaps Sun Quan.

Cao Cao went to a big trouble, and L could turn his head to deal with Yuan Shao with peace of mind;

Li Shu took the opportunity of Sun Ce's death to raise troops to stand on his own and dreamed of being an emperor of the soil;

Sun Quan became the lord of Jiangdong, a powerful prince.

And Liu Xie, the son of heaven, Jiao Zhongqing, and Er Qiao, who pretended to be "Qin Luofu", became the three most injured parties in this incident.

This should be the ultimate truth of the whole thing!

Lu Bu nodded slightly, feeling that he had finally understood all the mysteries.

All doubts are solved.

Next, it is to wait for Sun Ce, the general of the Skeleton King of Huainan, to come to the door and throw himself into the net.

This time, we must let Xiaobawang taste the power of Lu Bu among others!!