The official office of Xiangyang City reflects the breadth of a truly "elegant person", and the entire official office is full of the word "elegant"!

From the portraits of 'Mu Yayu', 'Pinya Fish', and 'Elegant Girl';

to the wine vessels of Boya, Zhongya, and Jiya.

These all show that Liu Biao, the former owner here, is a vassal and elegant person who likes to talk.

Guan Lin was observing the wine bottles of various sizes.

Zhuge Ke stood aside and explained.

"Gongzi looks at this wine bottle, in fact, the rules of drinking in Xiangyang are completely different from other places, Liu Biao invented three wine glasses, namely Boya, Zhongya, and Ji Ya, and the wine is seven liters, six liters and five liters respectively. Those who can drink alcohol are said to be not drunk with a thousand cups, but in this Xiangyang City, they will be called 'elegant'! ”

Zhuge Ke mentioned these Xiangyang "wine" culture, Guan Lin has heard of it.

It's just that Guan Lin's thoughts are not here, he asked Zhuge Ke rhetorically, "Boya, Zhongya, Ji Ya... Wine vessels are not generally large, how can a bowl of wine be flat? This is the reason for Liu Biao's defeat, right? ”

With a sigh of emotion, Guan Lin's face suddenly became serious, and he asked Zhuge Ke, "Don't talk about wine, recently, I heard that something happened in Eastern Wu, and Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to arrest Ling Tong, the young general of Eastern Wu?" You're from Jiangdong, so you're better informed than me? Is this serious? ”

Zhuge Ke bowed: "There is indeed such a thing... Ling Tong was suddenly found to have colluded with Cao Wei, and there was conclusive evidence, and the stolen goods were seized, and he was charged with treason, and all the men in the entire Ling Mansion were arrested, and all the women were imprisoned on the spot. ”

"Take a look." Guan Lin sighed with emotion: "I said at the beginning that because of a Zhuo Rong, it has aroused the suspicion of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and whether it is Zhang Liao or Ling Tong, Sun Quan and Cao Cao can make a big fuss, and they do both make an article, but Sun Quan's reaction is ten times more violent than Cao Cao... Sun Quan is more suspicious than Cao Cao! ”

"I'm thinking..."Zhuge Ke was a little puzzled: "It's obvious that Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, but he didn't take any action against the 'divisive plan' that Dongwu used?" On the contrary, it was Wu Hou, who reacted so much this time... If I... Even if you want to take down Ling Tong, you will definitely investigate it clearly, in case you are wrong... Isn't it..."

Without waiting for Zhuge Ke to finish speaking, Guan Lin sighed with emotion: "If it will be investigated clearly, then it will not be Sun Zhongmou... Besides, the authorities are obsessed... And purely from the perspective of this 'dissociation' technique, Cao Cao's side is undoubtedly more subtle... The appearance of human and physical evidence is too coincidental and meticulous, even I have to believe it! And to devise such a skill, such a scheme... reminds me of the deceased Xun Wenruo and Guo Fengxiao. ”

No matter who Guan Lin thought of, Zhuge Ke still said categorically: "Ling Tong will not betray Eastern Wu... He is a national soldier! ”

Guan Lin bowed, "It doesn't matter if it's a betrayal or not, the problem now is that Sun Quan regards him as a threat, in Eastern Wu, once he is regarded as a threat by Sun Quan, he will definitely live for a short time!" ”

Zhuge Ke sighed, he thought about Ling Tong and himself, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Ling Tong, but he was also glad for himself: "Perhaps, this is the fate that you must experience as a civil and military officer of Eastern Wu!" ”

As he was talking, Lu Lu came in to report: "Lu Su, the governor of Eastern Wu, came from Jiangxia to ask to see his son!" ”

Guan Lin frowned, looked at Zhuge Ke again, and smiled.

"It's really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave!"

"The Governor of Lusu came in person, most likely for Ling Tong, right?" Zhuge Ke guessed: "Does Gongzi want to see him?" ”

Guan Lin raised his hand, "At this time, you can naturally see, if you are curious, listen to it behind the screen, and see if your judgment is consistent with that of Governor Lu?" ”

…

Lu Su had been waiting alone in the main hall for a while, and he was not in a hurry.

There was a "Sanya" wine bottle in the room, and he also looked at it with great interest, Guan Lin had already changed into a crown and walked out of the inner room.

Lu Su bowed: "Yunqi little friend, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"The arrival of the Governor of Lu can make this Xiangyang City shine, please hurry."

"I'm here to find the Cloud Banner for a warrior in Wu County, and I should also ask the Cloud Banner for him to ask for a way to live?"

When Lu Su said this, Guan Lin was sloppy, "This is so bright, and there is no war in Wu County, why is there no way to live?" ”

Lu Su looked around left and right, and asked rhetorically: "Why don't you see Lu Boyan?" Wasn't he always by Yunqi's side in the past? ”

It's like...

Lu Su wanted to use Lu Xun to chant about Lu Xun's saved past, and then lead the topic to Ling Tong's body and ask Guan Lin for help for Ling Tong.

It's just that Guan Lin's mouth is airtight.

"It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, how can I dare to judge the affairs of Dongwu in Jingzhou?"

Speaking of this, Guan Lin paused, and his tone became a little heavier: "Governor Lu doesn't have to hide it, you want me to save Ling Tong, which shows that Governor Lu is a kind person, and he can't bear the young hero's untimely death, but... I've also heard some rumors that people have been stolen and the evidence is conclusive... Today's Ling Tong, the treason he bears, I'm afraid it can't be reversed by manpower! ”

"Governor Lu should go back... Ling Gongji's achievements are not Lu Boyan, and the younger generations can't help them! ”

Talking about it here, it seems... Guan Lin has completely talked to death.

Guan Lin didn't say too much greetings, stayed too much, shook his head, and walked into the inner room in a daze, leaving only Lu Su at a loss.

…

Guan Lin whispered to Zhuge Ke in the inner room: "Did you hear it just now? ”

"I heard that..."Zhuge Ke whispered with emotion: "But hasn't Gongzi been calculating how to save Ling Tong before?" Why did he reject Governor Lu so simply? If he has intentions, wouldn't it be good for him to help? ”

Guan Lin smiled: "You, you are still arrogant, why should I let Lu Su help him if I save Ling Tong?" ”

Speaking of this, Guan Lin blinked, "If he helps, I'm afraid of bad things!" ”

Yes...

Guan Lin's words made Zhuge Ke's jaw almost drop, and he muttered, "But... It was Lu Meng and Zhou Xun who tried this case, and Lu Meng was just that... Zhou Xun is a jealous and hateful person, I heard that in order to arrest the clansmen of Lingfu, Zhou Xun dispatched 10,000 parts left by his father Zhou Yu, he was evaluated by Sun Quan as a young man with the style of his father Zhou Yu, even if it is this case... No... I'm afraid Ling Tong is not easy to save, right? ”

Hearing Zhuge Ke's words, Guan Lin smiled again, he seemed to have anticipated Zhuge Ke's surprised expression.

He gestured his index finger and smiled as he motioned for him to be quiet.

"What if Zhou Xun is my man?"

Yes...

Even if Guan Lin made a gesture in advance, it still did not prevent Zhuge Ke's eyes from widening and exclaiming.

But as soon as the voice came out, he stopped abruptly.

He opened his mouth, but restrained his voice and looked at Guan Lin incredulously.

"He's... Is it the person of the Cloud Banner Child? ”

Zhuge Ke's voice was already a little hoarse.

There was a huge dazed and unbelievable look on his cheeks.

Guan Lin said with a smile: "This is a very complicated, very complicated story, but... You just need to know that everything is a bureau now, a bureau to save Ling Tong and his people from the sea of suffering! ”

"Even, Zhou Xun has always been helping us, and he has been deepening Sun Quan's misunderstanding of Ling Tong, deepening Sun Quan's trust in him Zhou Xun, and creating a picture of him Zhou Xun and Ling Tong having a long-standing hatred!"

Speaking of this, Guan Lin paused, but his eyes were full of confidence.

He said with great certainty: "At least until now, everything is going according to plan. ”

With Guan Lin's words.

The shock in Zhuge Ke's heart continued unabated, and his pupils opened even wider!

Until for a moment, Zhuge Ke seemed to suddenly sound the incident of Cao Yingzhong, full of favor and whipping Yang Biao...

Yang Biao is the patriarch of the Hongnong Yang clan, the top wealthy family in the world, he was imprisoned after being implicated in Yuan Shu's rebellion, and many officials, including Xun Yu and Kong Rong, pleaded with Man Zhong - only question, don't torture!

Who would have thought that Man Chong turned a deaf ear and tortured him as before, the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were extremely angry, and they never thought that after the torture, Man Chong reported to Cao Cao, saying that it was torture to extract a confession, but Yang Biao still did not suffer, thinking about it, he really did not collude with Yuan Shu.

So Cao Cao let Yang Biao go...

Only then did the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty know that the whipping of Yang Biao by the full favor was not harming him, but saving him!

Now, under the huge shock, Zhuge Ke couldn't help but think of Man Favor, Yang Biao, Zhou Xun, and Ling Tong-

- "It's called... Is everything in plan?'

…

…

In the torture room, a light sparked from the torch, and a trace of sympathy flashed in Zhou Xun's eyes, but in an instant, this sympathy turned into a fierce light.

He said coldly to Ling Tong: "General Ling, the law of the country is ruthless, and there is no room for a traitor like you?" Recruited, right? Who are your comrades? ”

Ling Tong was still stiff-mouthed: "I said it, I have a clear conscience!" ”

"General Ling is obsessed, don't blame me for enforcing the law for Wu Hou!"

Ling Tong looked at Zhou Xun coldly.

"Someone, twenty rods!"

The expressionless torturer came over and wanted to drag Ling Tong, Ling Tong shook his hand in disgust, and he said to Zhou Xun: "Aren't you just because you can't compare to my Ling Tong's half-meritorious deeds even if you rely on the glory of your father Zhou Yu?" ”

As he spoke, Ling Tong snorted, "Don't touch me, I'll leave by myself!" ”

Immediately, Ling Tong slowly leaned down on the ground, and the torturers on both sides lifted his robes, and the rods knocked down on his buttocks...

This was the first time that Ling Tong had been subjected to such corporal punishment in more than 20 years.

But because he has practiced martial arts since childhood, his body is much tougher than ordinary people, and his ability to endure pain is much stronger.

Even though the beads of sweat were still rolling on his forehead, he still said loudly: "More important, more important!" Are you tickling your grandfather? ”

The twenty canes were quickly finished, and there were not many blood stains on Ling Tong's back, which was enough to see... Even the buttocks, he is extremely tough.

"It seems that twenty rods can't make General Ling submit? But it won't be that simple! ”

Zhou Xun looked like a villain, "I'll ask one last time, do you recruit or not?" ”

Ling Tong smiled: "Haven't done it yet? What are you going to recruit? Hahaha, Zhou Xun, do you think that if you kill me, you will be able to replace me? You and Zhou Lang are really far behind! ”

Zhou Xun's face showed anger, but he still suppressed his anger and sneered: "General Ling is still so quick to speak, then it's no wonder that people's hearts are like iron, come here, hang up, and whip!" ”

For a while, Ling Tong's arms were hung on the beams, and then... A crisp whipping sound rang out in the torture chamber!

With the rolling thunder outside the prison, the clothes on his body were torn ragged by the leather whip, blood stains oozed out, and the skin on his back was also open, and the person had tended to faint, but the leather whip was still falling!

Even if he is as strong as Ling Tong, he can't bear it at this moment.

The scribe who made the transcript reminded Zhou Xun, "Riding the captain, the person fainted..."

Zhou Xun groaned for a moment, still gritting his teeth, "Wake him up, and then beat—"

A bucket of water was splashed over, Ling Tong slowly opened his eyes, half a day of torture, he had become extremely weak, but looking at Zhou Xun, his eyes were still full of "ruthlessness" and "hatred".

Ling Tong didn't know why this son of Zhou Lang, who he had never come into contact with, had such a grudge against him? Is it because it's in his way?

But...

What Ling Tong knew was that he was now... There is no turning back.

- Soochow is no longer his haven!

- To him, to his people, only bloody slaughter remains!

…

Next door to the torture cell where Zhou Xun tortured Ling Tong.

Lu Meng was facing the wall, listening to the whipping of the whip over there, and the muffled sound of pain in forbearance.

These voices, after all, Lu Meng's heart shook when he heard them.

He couldn't stop muttering: "Zhou Xun, this kid, is much more ruthless than Zhou Lang-"

Or was he jealous of Ling Tong? Jealous of Ling Tong's martial arts and exploits? Hehe... Anyway, the matter has come to this, Wu Hou originally wanted to let Ling Tong die, and this interrogation was just a formality! ”

Thinking of this, Lu Meng knelt down and sat down in front of a desk.

He took out the pen...

"Wu Hou personally enlightened..."

This is a letter to Sun Quan, because of Zhou Yu, Sun Quan is still a little worried about Zhou Xun... But now it seems that this concern is completely unfounded.

However, at the end of the letterhead, Lu Meng hesitated again and again, and still made up a question.

"The evidence is conclusive, there is no need for a retrial, whether or not to behead Ling is in Yuanmen, I still hope that the Lord will make it public."

…

…

——The wind is bleak, the water is vast, and the twilight clouds are cold and the yellow geese are cold. Outside the slanting sun, the waves are choppy, and the rolling eastward flow is healthy.

——Running into the sea, what hardships, the long wind and rocks hinder the return. Go south, wave your hand, and go straight to the sea.

……

A melodious piano song popped up from the backyard of the Zhou Mansion.

It was Xiao Qiao who played the piano, and she played the piano music composed by Zhou Yu, and her favorite was that sentence.

——Raise a glass and get drunk, groan to the moon, and cry with a thousand knots of sorrow.

Playing and playing, she inevitably missed people because of the twist, and recalled all kinds of things that she had with Zhou Lang in the past...

remembered that after Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to break through the Lujiang River, Zhou Lang fell in love with her at first sight;

remembered that before the Battle of Chibi, she just wanted to save more warmth with her husband, but there were many visits from the civil and military generals, which ruined the beautiful night!

remembered that when she gave birth to Xun's childhood, Zhou Yu hugged her son and cried with joy, and shouted when she met people: "My Zhou Yu has a future, my Zhou Yu has a future..."

——Ask about life, sigh for the Chinese year, when I am not with Hua Ye decline...

——The long river is rushing and urgent, and the ambition is difficult to pay for the empty and sad. There are few bosom friends, tears are shed, who will listen to the broken strings?

The sound of the piano gradually became mournful...

Xiao Qiao's eyes were slowly soaked with tears.

After thinking about Zhou Lang, her thoughts also followed the qin song to her son's body.

She recalled that day, when her son met Lu Meng and met her mother;

When the son saw Sun Ce's son Sun Shao and Tai Shici's son Tai Shixiang, he was surprised and fought;

When his nephew Zhou Jun finally stopped his son's sword, when Huang Gai's son Huang Bing told the truth of everything.

Then there is Zhou Lang's handwritten letter, which is conclusive evidence!

At that moment...

She saw her son crying...

It was as if the son's faith in everything he had grown up had collapsed at this moment.

It turned out that the vision that the son had always adhered to to inherit his father's will and be loyal to Soochow turned out to be a huge joke.

That night, Sun Shao, Tai Shixiang, Zhou Jun, Huang Bing... Everyone is persuading them to follow suit!

That night, Zhou Xun seemed to have matured twenty years old overnight!

That night, Zhou Xun abandoned the belief in his heart for more than ten years, and he decided to join Hongyan and overthrow his former faith.

It was also that night that he asked Sun Shao - "How can the prince of Yunqi save Ling Tong?" ”

And then...

There is today's scene.

"Auntie is thinking about her uncle-in-law again, isn't she?"

As the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Zhou Jun walked up to Xiao Qiao's side and asked.

Call...

With a faint exhalation, Xiao Qiao raised her head and looked at Zhou Jun, her cheeks looked very complicated, and she groaned for a long time before she asked, "Everything, is it going well?" ”

"Smooth!" Zhou Jun bowed, "In the entire Wu County, only one of the soldiers and horses of my brother and I are sending more than 1,700 members of the Ling family to the beach and taking a boat to Nanhai County, Jiaozhou!" ”

"Okay..."Xiao Qiao pursed her lips, her eyes were a little evasive, but she still couldn't help but ask again, "These won't make Xun'er leak, right?" ”

Zhou Jun arched his hand: "Auntie, rest assured, everything has been arranged!" Whether it's 'Hongyan' or Jingzhou's Yunqi Gongzi, they are all reliable allies—"

…

…

More than 200 miles to the east of Wu County is the "Great Demon Capital" of later generations, of course, in the Three Kingdoms period, it was called Huating County.

Once, when Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, was the head of the Lu family, he sent Lu Xun to move the Lu family from Suzhou, the county capital, to Huating Valley...

If according to the original trajectory of history, Lu Xun has been staying in Soochow, and he will be named "Huating Hou" for his meritorious service in the future!

It is equivalent to the entire demon capital of the later generations falling a copper plate, and they all have to be surnamed Lu!

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is that in the past, the Lu family was evacuated from here, and the land and water were used to evacuate to Jiaozhou.

The entire evacuation route, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a familiar road...

At this moment, more than 100 people from Lingfu are being escorted here by soldiers...

These clansmen of Lingfu are both men and women, and they are sad and sad along the way, and whispered discussions are endless.

"Are we being exiled to the frontier?"

"At this time, the road to Huating County, I heard that it has become very barren since the Lu family moved away... Is this for us to go there and work as coolies? ”

"What exactly did the patriarch commit? Do you want you to treat the Ling family like this? ”

An old woman cried and knelt down on the beach: "Old patriarch, open your eyes and see, what has become of the Ling family?" Ancestor, you have manifested your spirit... Manifest a spirit, save us, even if it is to help me! ”

The old woman's voice had just fallen.

When she opened her eyes, she suddenly found that on the sea in front of her, more than thirty ships had already docked, and there were other clansmen of the Ling family on board.

This...

For a while, these clansmen were stunned.

At this time, Sun Shao reminded with a smile: "I'm afraid that your old patriarch won't be able to manifest his spirits, but there are nobles to help... Hurry up and get on the boat, and when all the people of the Ling family have arrived, they will leave for the south!" Go to Jiaozhou first, and then turn to Changsha, where the house and land are arranged for you! ”

Yes...

Yes...

With Sun Shao's words, the clansmen of the Ling family widened their eyes and looked at everything in front of them one by one.

- "This..."

- "This must be the old patriarch Ling Cao, his old man has appeared!"

…

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(End of chapter)