Liu Bei was in Luoyang, waiting happily for the seventh year of Zhangwu to have a more prosperous new atmosphere. The Han people who had previously been wandering overseas due to war could also return to the right path.

Unfortunately, history is destined to move forward in a tortuous way. On the way forward, small misunderstandings and minor troubles are always constant, and those who are in the upper hand are destined to deal with these troubles to deserve the final result.

Previously, Liu Bei sent an envoy to find Zhou Yu's envoy, and it was about early autumn that he confirmed the specific location of Zhou Yu's colonial site in Yizhou.

The reason for early autumn is that the monsoon in the East China Sea at the turn of summer and autumn is more suitable for sailing southeast to search. Moreover, the weather has become cooler, so the soldiers will not be affected by heatstroke and are troubled by tropical diseases.

In today's era, tropical diseases and hot summers have always been the biggest obstacle to torture the Han people to develop wilderness in the south. This matter cannot be solved in a few years.

It will take at least one generation to cultivate a large number of Han immigrants who are completely adapted to the tropical climate.

It is best if the first generation of Han people immigrate to the tropical rainforest in the south, reproduce and breed and give birth to the second generation of Han people in the local area. This problem can be completely solved.

The Han Dynasty's comprehensive exploration of the south was only around 196. At that time, Lu Su was the first to build a large sea ship to explore the South China Sea. Later, Bu Zhi led it to explore the south.

If this is the case, by 203, the Han people will develop tropical oceans, and it will be the seventh year, and Zhou Yu's side will be the fifth year. Even if there are second-generation Han people born locally, it will take at least another fifteen years to form a completely adaptable new force.

Before that, it was a half-year cold adventure, and a half-year hot season, and the natural laws cannot be deflated.

The envoy sent by Liu Bei this time was Yu Fan, the governor of Kuaiji County. He originally thought about the second Zhang under Sun Quan, but they were too old and were not suitable for wandering in the sea. Moreover, these people were exiled to the northern sects, and they were not relatively more adaptable to the southern climate as the natives in Jiangdong.

Yu Fan's ancestral home is from Yuyao, Kuaiji, and he is a local person. He was also a top celebrity when he was under Sun Quan. He has a good reputation and influence. He should have enough weight to bring Sun Quan's letter to Zhou Yu.

After Zhou Yu received the letter, he had to prepare and wait for the monsoon climate to return north. Only then did he delay sailing north until the beginning of winter and return to the Central Plains in the twelfth lunar month.

In order to celebrate Zhou Yu's surrender with Yizhou and other places, Sun Quan, Cao Ang and others surrendered only in the first year. Liu Bei also summoned the Sun and Cao families to Beijing to meet before the New Year.

This will not only further control the local area, declare the authority of the court, but also take the opportunity to dilute the influence of Sun Cao and other families on their original territory.

Although Sun Quan, Cao Ang and others were a little scared, the military power had been handed over and they could not resist, so they had to go to Beijing with caution.

After all, even if Liu Bei disbanded part of the army and returned to the farm after unification, he would still hold at least 500,000 combat troops. Sun Cao had no choice but to be dissatisfied.

...

Since surrendering, Sun Quan has been relatively cautious for more than a year. He basically never goes out of the door and is very enlightened to keep a low profile.

In order to prevent him from being suspicious, Liu Bei also toleratedly did not ask him to move back to the fief of "Wucheng Hou" immediately, Wucheng County, Wujun.

He did not even deprive Sun Quan of his direct guards, allowing Zhou Shan, Ding Feng and other young guards of the Sun family to continue to serve Sun Quan and lead thousands of people to control Sun Quan's headquarters, Hefei City.

Of course, the Sun family's power is limited to this. As for Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan, they are already Han ministers who belong to the Han court directly. They have nothing to do with the Sun family now. They are very comfortable as local prefects themselves.

This time, when he received an order from Liu Bei from the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, he asked him to go to Luoyang before the New Year and participate in the congratulations and memorial activities of the Shangyuan Festival, Sun Quan was furious and wondered whether Liu Bei could attack him by judging others by himself.

There was no capable counselor around him, so Sun Quan had to discuss with his cousin Wu Fen (the son of his uncle Wu Jing, who died of illness last year), and his companionship as a student, and these few confidants discussed:

"It is true that Liu Bei advocates faithfulness and lenientness to surrender, but is it possible to set up another name to suppress us? Or just secretly use poison? It is really unsettling that we will wait to go to Luoyang in the first year of unification."

Wu Fen comforted, "It should not be a clever name. We are a meritorious minister, and we will turn to the light. As for... As for the use of poison, how could many people get sick in a tribute? Is Liu Bei shameless? He has been a good reputation that has been working hard for so long."

Hu Zong also advised: "Don't worry, lord, lord is a hero, and he advised General Zhou to surrender. Liu Bei would never be in trouble at this time. Otherwise, wouldn't he force General Zhou's subordinates who stayed overseas to be independent in order to protect himself?

As for something happening in secret, as long as you stare at Cao Ang, we won’t be afraid if Cao Ang is fine. If Cao Ang really doesn’t understand what serious illness or even other disasters, the lord will try to protect himself.”

Only then did Sun Quan feel at ease: "I am too worried."

Wu Fen added: "It's better to ask Ding Feng and Zhou Shan to escort Shang Luo along the way. At that time, you can stay outside the city and only bring dozens of personal guards into the city."

Sun Quan felt that his cousin had arranged the arrangements well, so he did everything as he did.

Five hundred soldiers are the most powerful that Sun Quan could mobilize if he did not stimulate the court. The remaining garrison troops must stay in Hefei, and it is impossible for you to take them away at will.

Moreover, it is impossible for all these five hundred people to enter Luoyang City. Otherwise, there would be so many marquis and nobles from other places to be seen, so there would be no need to send tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city? So it is already the limit to bring dozens of bodyguards into the city.

Sun Quan set off on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and took the water route from Feishui to Huaihe, then moved from Huaihe River to Yingchuan, Honggou, and to Chenliu County. The last section was only transferred to land by carriage and into Hulao Pass.

Although there are thousands of miles of journey throughout the journey, there are plain river networks before Hulao Pass and the road conditions are very good, so you can definitely get there before New Year's Eve.

...

A few days later, about three days before New Year's Eve, in Luoyang City.

Because the important government affairs before the New Year were almost handled, the senior officials of the court were still relatively idle, including Prime Minister Li Su, also entered a state of vacation early.

But God seemed not to be ready to let Li Su and Liu Bei have a good New Year. On that afternoon, a sudden, a courier from Ma came from the east, bringing an important sudden news.

At first, he just reported to the relevant departments in charge of criminal law, and then reported it step by step. Even the Minister of Justice was shocked and thought it was of great importance, so he came to Li Su.

"Prime Minister! In Bianliang County, Chenliu County, a major case just happened early in the morning. The local garrison knew that the matter was serious and sent a courier to run for 200 miles to report! Sun Quan, the Marquis of Wucheng, was summoned to Beijing to pay homage, got off the boat in Bianliang County, and was intercepted by an assassin outside the pass on the way to Hulao Pass!"

Li Su was also shocked: "What? How could someone kill Sun Quan?! Sun Quan sincerely surrendered, and the court also explicitly wanted to give preferential treatment! Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan would not have any abnormal movements, right?

No, since the incident just happened, they should not know the news thousands of miles away. No matter what, send someone to comfort Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan. Also, see where Zhou Yu's fleet is! We must definitely clarify the court's kindness with Zhou Yu!

Let’s talk about the case, who did it? Is it arrested? Didn’t Sun Quan bring escorts?”

From a series of questions, it was also possible that he didn't care much about Sun Quan's life or death. The reason why he was so surprised was that he was more afraid of the unstable local areas, so he first stabilized Zhu Zhi Lu Fan and Zhou Yu, and then asked about the most basic case.

Fa Zheng obviously understood the situation a little, and then came to report it. He sighed with a serpent:

"The reason why this matter is terrible is that Sun Quan brought a guard! There were only 500 people, and there were several generals, one named Zhou Shan and the other named Ding Feng.

I took a boat on the canal before, but after I got ashore, I left Bianliang County and continued to travel westward by land, and was intercepted by death soldiers.

Zhou Shan was killed when he fought hard to protect his master, Ding Feng was also slightly injured, and dozens of guards around Sun Quan died. It is said that Ding Feng also injured the attacking thieves, but he was still run away by the thief. It can be seen that the thief is also an extremely brave person."

Li Su frowned and thought for a long time: "There is no clue, indicating why he wanted to kill him? For example, looking for revenge on Sun Quan?"

Fa Zheng spread his hands: "This is just receiving the revenge, there are no more clues, but it is indeed quite like seeking revenge. To say that the Sun family's enemies are nothing more than the Lu family or the Cao family.

Sun Jian attacked Lu Kang and killed many people in the Lu family. Later, the Lu family in Wujun assassinated Sun Jian, and Sun Ce destroyed the Lu family members who remained in Wujun. As for the Cao family, Sun Quan abandoned the secret and turned to the light and killed his wife Cao Zhu.

But the Cao family is unable to protect themselves now, so they should not dare to instruct others to do whatever they want? The Lu family said that when they were in the Sun family and Lu families, they were not good at killing each other during their resignation to Cao Cao, so they are now planning to take action and blame others?”

Li Su waved his hand to stop Fa Zheng's unrequited association: "I don't think Lu Xun is the kind of righteous and heroic person. And with the Lu family, what kind of people can there be hundreds of people who are in close proximity to the warriors and dead soldiers who are willing to work for them? By the way, when Cao Cao died at the beginning of the year, how did the old generals of Cao's camp surrender to the court later deal with it?"

Fa Zheng thought for a while: "Li Dianlejin seems to be retained as a lieutenant, after all, he led his troops to surrender. Oh, there is also Xu Chu who also thought about retaining the position of a lieutenant at that time, but later he said he was not good at leading troops and abandoned his post. And..."

Li Su interrupted directly, and Fa Zheng continued to say:

"Xu Chu abandoned his official position? Why don't I know? It seems that things are too busy and I don't have time to care about the trivial matters in western Zhejiang. Since this is the case, the Cao family is even more suspicious. I said, how could a dead soldier like Xu Chu abandon Cao Cao and surrender? I want to replacing a few Cao Cao's enemies."

After Xu Chu surrendered, Liu Bei and Li Su really did not dare to reuse him. On the one hand, after peace in the world, there was no need for so many generals.

On the other hand, Xu Chu really does not have the ability to lead the army. He only leads a guard with hundreds of people, and has outstanding personal martial arts. But the most important thing for a bodyguard-type guard officer is loyalty and knowledgeable. Xu Chu has been hard-working with Cao Cao for so many years, so who dares to use him?

After Li Su understood these reasons and consequences, of course, he speculated that the Cao family was the most suspicious.

Fa Zheng: "But there is no evidence, and I don't know if anyone instructed Xu Chu in the Cao family to arrest him? What if it is Xu Chu who Cao Cao told him before his death..."

Li Su: "The important thing at the moment is to maintain stability in the situation. The evidence is for future generations. And there is no one now. It does not mean that I cannot induce you to report your Majesty. Please announce to the public that the assassin is Xu Chu first. There are some circumstantial evidence that someone in the Cao family has participated.

Then I caught Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi. Well, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi are already too young, but it doesn’t matter, it seems that the court is doing things safely.

At the same time, convey this conclusion to Zhu Zhi, Lu Fan and Zhou Yu first, and tell them that the court would preside over justice for Sun Quan. In addition, no matter when the case is solved, please immediately ask Your Majesty to let Sun Quan's fourth brother Sun Kuang inherit the title of Wucheng Hou, and treat all the same as before, and do not reduce the number of fiefs. Right, Sun Quan has no son, right?"

Fa Zheng is quite connected, and he remembers all the personnel information and can answer Li Su's question immediately: "It seems that there is another... Sun Quan abandoned the secret and turned to the light. After all, it has been more than a year and a half, and it is almost twenty months old.

After he killed Cao Cao's daughter, he surrendered to the court. After three or four months, he married another wife, so he had been married for fifteen or sixteen months, and he had a concubine. I heard that he was quite fond of his wife and concubine. He already had a concubine in his infancy, and he was still pregnant with his concubine."

After hearing this news, Li Su felt a little chilled. He thought to himself that Sun Quan was still very concerned about reproduction. After knowing that he had killed Cao Cao's daughter, he immediately found a new wife, and he was born.

However, since it is still in its infancy, there is no mistake to let Sun Kuang inherit the title. The court is willing to let Wu Chenghou inherit it as it is, and the suspicion of the court's killing and surrendering will definitely be completely removed, and sooner or later the truth will be revealed.

After Li Su understood the situation introduced by Fazheng, he naturally had to start the layout. He felt that the key was to catch Xu Chu first, so he came up with an idea:

"Send people to bring all the other Cao family geniuses except Cao Ang and take them to Luoyang for investigation. At the same time, the date and route of the escort will be leaked at the appropriate time, and tempting people to rescue them.

Anyway, our principle is that as long as Xu Chu appears, he will not kill the people of the Cao family. The court just wants to give the world an explanation to show that the court will preferentially treat surrender and deal with it fairly. Then let Dian Wei lead the elite guards and experts who specialize in arresting, prepare to round up the arrest.

Also, Qing and Yan’s Cao family’s old friends should choose the right time to knock them out so that they know that if they dare to do something wrong, it will not only harm themselves, but also the Cao family, and confirm the plan for the joint plan!”

Fa Zheng thought this method was good, so he immediately made arrangements, of course, after Li Su asked for an order.

Of course, Liu Bei would approve what Li Su asked for, so there is no need to elaborate on the subsequent operation details.

The New Year's Memorial for the seventh year of Zhangwu began in such an atmosphere of continuing the past but slightly bloody and worried.
Chapter completed!