Chapter 173: Prison at the start
Juncheng Su shouldn't have been so unlucky. He returned to Chengdu at this critical moment and accepted the job he hated the most.
Everything was borne by the poor county magistrate Su. He could have stayed well in the Han army's partial division, but just followed Cuan Gu to command the Han army's partial division. However, after receiving the news of the victory on the Northern Front, County magistrate Su immediately had the idea of returning to Chengdu to take office, hoping to get rid of the military's suffering and return to Chengdu to officially serve as the county magistrate of Shu County. Then he just had to embezzle, take bribes, eat, drink, and gambling every day, and was unwilling to continue running around with the Han army's partial division, and even had little time to go to the city to sleep peacefully.
Then the opportunity really emerged. After the Huang family captured Langzhong in one battle with the help of the Huang family, the Han army successfully persuaded Hanchang City, who was the chief officer of Shu, to open the city to surrender, and successfully completed the task of blocking the Micang Road assigned by Zhang Zhi. Su Juncheng took this opportunity to volunteer to send the victory report back to Chengdu to report the good news, and also reported to the specific situation of the Han army's partial army for Cuan Gu. In view of the fact that Su Juncheng had made many achievements in the previous achievements, Cuan Gu agreed to Su Juncheng's request.
But Juncheng Su said that he didn't expect anything. As soon as he returned to Chengdu, he saw Zhang Zhi, Zhang Zhi immediately handed him the errand of the envoy of Dongwu to Mo Sheng. Juncheng Su, who was determined to stay in Chengdu to enjoy the glory and wealth, cried out loudly and wailed: "Last General, please spare the officials. Juncheng accompanied General Cuan to fight south and north for more than half a year. He had just returned to Chengdu and had not even had a hot butt. Why did you hand over this kind of mission to me again? Besides, Juncheng is not good at foreign negotiations?"
"Mr. Su must not be modest." Chen Can smiled and said, "If you are not good at foreign negotiations, then there will be no eloquent envoy in the world. It would be fine if Jiang Yang Xiang Tiao, who is Hu Zhi in Bazhou? You are so tired of being bound by your words and apologizing for your crimes and handing over the Jiangzhou fleet and Jiangzhou navy? Such eloquence is probably Zhang Yi's rebirth and Su Qin's resurrection, and I'm afraid it's beyond the reach of the world."
"It happened that it was just a sesame seed that fell into the eye of the needle, and it was just a coincidence." County Chief Su was very humble and bowed to Zhang Zhi and said, "The latter general, I am a senior official, please send someone to the Eastern Wu. The senior official will only stay and take charge of his duties and assist the prefect Chen in governing Shu County."
The pleading was useless, Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Doctor Su must not be humble. Given your outstanding contributions in the mission to the enemy camp, this general now appoints you as Taizhong Dafu, and later Cao Guan of the General's Office, and asks you to go to the Eastern Wu immediately to assist Mo Sheng in persuading the Eastern Wu court to continue the alliance with our Han army. Do your best. The Taizhong Dafu's rank is more than a thousand stones and belongs to Guangluxun, and the Guangluxun, who is more than a thousand stones, are still empty now."
"The latter general——!"
Doctor Su, who was forced to be promoted, wailed again, and Zhang Zhize waved his hand and ordered: "Go down and prepare immediately. Let's set off tomorrow. Don't worry, I will try my best to prepare for you in terms of gold, silver and money. After arriving in Jianye, you don't have to be stingy. Who should buy us and how to buy us? Just discuss with Mo Sheng, and I don't need to ask for my consent."
It was also after hearing this that Su Juncheng was reluctant to become interested and hurriedly said, "Hou General, then you have to prepare enough delicious food for the Xiaguan. I am used to eating the good things from our Han area and the vulgar things from the Eastern Wu area. It is really hard for the Xiaguan to swallow."
Zhang Zhi laughed and agreed, and Doctor Su bowed his promise and said in his heart: "Since you pay me to go to the event, then I will go this time. When I arrive in Jianye, if I don't embezzle most of your money, I will be sorry to my ancestor Su Qin!"
Before the matter was over, I knew that Doctor Su had received the unlucky mission to the enemy country. Wang Fu, the only personal soldier of Su Ding, was inevitably complaining and full of resentment, which forced Doctor Su to tell the truth to him, "You are stupid, do you know this is a rare opportunity to make money? Later, the general just asked us to go on a mission, but he didn't ask us to get things done. We went to do it perfunctorily, so we could take the opportunity to get the money into our hands? Who knows how much money we used to bribe the court officials of the Eastern Wu? Don't worry, go with me, come back to keep you able to marry a wife and afford a beautiful concubine."
In this way, after making up his mind to make things perfunctory, the next day, Doctor Su led Wang Fu to Chengdu Wharf to take a boat south, and was busy preparing to rush to Jianye to assist Mo Sheng in the process. As a result, Zhang Zhi was convinced. Not only did he prepare a lot of money for Dr. Su to communicate, but he also prepared two ships of junk food for him to enjoy on the way. Doctor Su was secretly happy and said goodbye. As soon as he arrived in Wuyang, he used public funds to buy a beautiful maid to serve him along the way.
Doctor Su's life was also very free. He only took a boat down the river every day without walking a step. He could have junk food every day along the way. There were also young maids who could sleep with her arms. Life was quite comfortable. At the same time, Doctor Su's luck was obviously much better than Mo Sheng. When he arrived in Yong'an, the Eastern Wu army that had surrounded Yong'an for more than half a year had been forced to withdraw. Therefore, Doctor Su was not only not intercepted and intimidated by the Eastern Wu fleet, but also received warm hospitality from the Yong'an military and civilians and Luo Xian, and was more than ten times stronger than Mo Sheng, who had suffered humiliation in Yong'an.
Even if he entered the territory of Eastern Wu, the same was true. Even if the Eastern Wu navy stationed in Jiangling intercepted Doctor Su's ship. However, after understanding Doctor Su's intention, Lu Kang, who knew the rules, did not order the detention. He just sneered and ordered it to be released: "Let him go. When you arrive in Jianye, someone will naturally deal with him!"
Lu Kang guessed correctly and left smoothly for another half a month later. When Doctor Su came to Jianye Wharf, he explained his purpose to the Eastern Wu army guarding the Wharf. Not only was the smiling faces waiting for Doctor Su, but he was a team of well-armored Eastern Wu court guards who also took down County Chief Su as soon as they met, and at the same time ordered the detention of all Doctor Su's entourage and carry-on luggage.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? I am an envoy, you can't treat me like this!"
While struggling, Doctor Su saw his only personal soldier Wang Fu running out in the chaos, and hurriedly shouted: "Wang Fu, come back! Come back! Come back and tell them that I am an envoy sent by the Han army, so that they can't treat me like this!"
Even so, under the advocacy of a few pro-Han faction and neutral faction, Sun Hao still gave Mo Sheng a chance to let Mo Sheng and the Jin court envoy Xun Yan and Qiao Zhou argue in person, arguing that Han and Wu and Wu and Wu and who would be more beneficial to Dongwu when they formed an alliance to resist Jin and Wu and Jin jointly destroyed Shu. However, it was a pity that in person, Mo Sheng, who lacked intent, was defeated by Xun Yan and Qiao Zhou's argument and refuted it speechlessly by the various fallacies listed in them. Sun Hao was moved by the persuasion of Xun Yan and others. In addition, Lu Kang's cousin, Lu Kai, the left prime minister of the Eastern Wu, and others fanned the flames in the middle. Sun Hao ordered Mo Sheng to be sent to death prison waiting to be executed, which proves the sincerity of the Eastern Wu and Jin court joining forces.
Hearing this situation, Doctor Su was of course furious and roared: "Mo Sheng, you are still following the general for so many years. Why don't you even understand the principle of losing your lips and cold teeth? Jin thieves are strong and Wu are weak. Only when we work together can we fight against the strong Jin. You can't understand such a simple principle to Sun Hao?"
"I said." Mo Sheng said aggrievedly: "But the envoy of the Jin thief Xun Yi and Qiao Zhou were in trouble and insisted that our Han army was hostile to the Eastern Wu, and said that we occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and pose too great a threat to the Eastern Wu, and urged the Eastern Wu to protect the natural danger of the Yangtze River first. In addition, the old man Qiao Zhou also listed various fallacies and insisted that we were unpopular in Shu and were destined not to be long-term, and it was not worthy of the Eastern Wu joining forces with us."
"Bad! Idiot!" Doctor Su cursed in a hurry, saying, "Then you won't ask Sun Hao to send someone to Shu to see what's going on. Is it worth joining forces with them? Let's hold back the time first!"
Really, Mo Sheng was frustrated and drooped his head, but Doctor Su beat his chest and stamped his feet, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. But he had no choice but to force himself to calm down and think about countermeasures, and said intimately: "What should I do? Is this official who just became a Taizhong doctor and had to die? No, I have to find a way, I must find a way. Mo Sheng is useless and can't be reliable. I can only think of a way myself. What should I do? What should I do to save my life?"
Not to mention it, while nervously thinking, Doctor Su really came up with an idea and thought to himself: "By the way, as long as I give me another opportunity to argue with the Jin thief envoy, with my intelligence and talent, I will definitely be able to argue with the Jin thief envoy speechlessly, and persuade the Eastern Wu and our Han army to continue the alliance. As long as I do this, my stature will definitely be saved. But how can Sun Hao give me another opportunity to argue in person?"
After all, Doctor Su was Doctor Su, so he quickly thought about it. Doctor Su immediately came up with an idea and asked Mo Sheng: "Mo Sheng, you have been in Jianye for so long, but have you ever known who Sun Hao liked the most? You want the person who Sun Hao liked and favored the most!"
"Sun Hao's favorite minister?"
Mo Sheng had not been in Jianye for so long. After recalling it, he said: "It should be Cen Hun, the Eastern Wu Weiwei. I often hear people say that Cen Hun, the Eastern Wu Weiwei, in order to curry favor with Sun Hao, he kept submitting to request repairs to the palace, which made the people lose money and the heavens angry and resentful. However, Cen Hun himself became more and more popular with Sun Hao. He was very popular in the Eastern Wu court and was a celebrity in front of Sun Hao."
"It's him! Don't interrupt a while, just watch it!"
Dr. Su slapped his thigh and made up his mind, and then shouted: "Come! Come on! Who will bring me a word? If anyone brings me a word, I will give him one hundred and ninety-six ingots of horse hoof gold! One hundred and ninety-six ingots of horse hoof gold! It's enough for you to eat and drink for two lifetimes. As long as you bring me a word, I will give it to someone!"
Not to mention, Doctor Su's shouting really worked. He was greedy for Doctor Su's repeated emphasis on thanking him. A small prison guard came in and looked up and down at Doctor Su and said, "One hundred and ninety-six ingots of horse hoof gold? Where? Can you take it out?"
"General, if the young man can't take it out, he won't shout like that." Doctor Su hurriedly said, "General, do you want to make a fortune? If you go to your Weiwei Mansion in Eastern Wu and bring my words to your Weiwei Cen Hun Cen of Eastern Wu, I will give you 196 ingots of horse hoof gold immediately!"
"Of course it's okay to help you get there." The jailer leader said skeptical: "But where is your gold?"
"I hide it in a place where only I know." Doctor Su hurriedly said, "General, you just need to bring my words to Wei Wei Cen. After you come back, I will tell you the gold there immediately."
"Really or not?" the little leader said skeptical, "You shouldn't fool me, right?"
"General, do I dare?" Doctor Su said with a wry smile: "I am a prisoner now. You are in the prison. If I dare to play tricks on you, you will have to kill me? How dark is your prison, don't I know?"
After hearing that Doctor Su made his words reasonable, the prison guard nodded, and then said with a try, "Okay, tell me, what do you want me to bring to Wei Wei Cen?"
"Please tell Wei Wei Cen, that is, as long as he let me, the deputy envoy of the Han Dynasty, meet your Majesty, and give me the opportunity to persuade your Majesty to join the Han Dynasty to fight against Jin, I will thank him for eight hundred gold ingots and hundreds of pearls."
Doctor Su lowered his voice and replied, "Also, please tell Cen Weiwei clearly that eight hundred ingots of horse hoof gold and 100 pearls are now detained by the palace guards. If he doesn't help me, all of the gold beads will be confiscated. Only by helping me can I have the chance to get these gold beads back and give them to him. In addition, afterwards, our Han army must have thanked him very much, keeping him from having endless lunch meat and instant noodles."
The jailer nodded to remember, and ordered Dr. Su to wait, and then he really went to bring a message to Dr. Su. Dr. Su looked at his back and prayed, and whined in his heart: "My benefactor, don't fool me. You must bring the words. Whether I can survive depends on whether you can bring the words. I really embezzled two hundred ingots of horse hoof gold and hid it in the mezzanine of the cabin. There were only four ingots on the road. As long as you help me bring the words, I will really give you all the remaining 196 ingots."
When it was dark, the little leader returned to Dr. Su and said that he had already brought him. He also said that Cen Hun did not comment after hearing this, and did not give any reply. He just waved his hand to send him away. Although Dr. Su didn't know whether it was true or not, he also bit his teeth and thanked him, and told the little leader about his place of hiding gold. Then when the little leader hurried to get the gold, Dr. Su turned around and grabbed Wang Fu, who was curled up in the corner of the cell, and said quickly:
Chapter completed!