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There were wailings in the room. Tao Qun saw that he was rolling all over the ground and was beaten to death. He was frightened and knelt down in front of Liu Jing and begged hard, "Please spare the dog."

Liu Jing looked at him coldly and ignored him. At this time, Tao Yun screamed and his leg bone was kicked off. Tao Qun was so scared that he could no longer care about other ideas. He took out the letter Zhou Xin gave him from his arms and raised it high.

"This is a letter from Zhou Xin to me. I got it at noon. I did nothing, I swear."

Liu Jing was slightly stunned, waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to stop fighting. He took the letter from Tao Qun and read it. It turned out to be the letter written by Huang Zu to Tao Qun. This was beyond his expectations. He wanted to remove a weed, but he didn't expect that a ginseng tree would be pulled out under the weed.

"Is this what the Zhou family contacted you?"

Liu Jing knew that Zhou Xin was an important figure in the Zhou family and Zhou Ling’s clan uncle.

Tao Qun said in a crying voice: "He gave me this letter at noon today and said some temptations. I have no idea, let alone betray the Lord."

Liu Jing accepted the letter and said to him: "Tao Sheng is the head of the Tao family. His authority cannot be challenged by anyone. I hope you understand this."

Tao Qun was stunned. It turned out that it was not for Huang Zu's business, but for the Tao family. He secretly regretted it. He lowered his head and did not dare to say anything when he was so anxious.

Liu Jing understood his thoughts and said coldly: "This is your luck. If you really dare to have an affair with Huang Zu, you will die without a place to bury him."

Tao Qun was so scared that he trembled and said hurriedly: "Xiaomin doesn't dare."

Liu Jing nodded and pointed at Tao Bing who was dying on the ground, "This is just a warning to you. He will stay in the military camp to heal his wounds. If you dare to oppose Tao Sheng again, you will receive your head."

Tao Qun knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice. In another room in the military camp, another important figure in the Tao family, Tao Yi, also cried and promised that he would never oppose the head of the family Tao Sheng.

Tao Qun was taken down, and Liu Jing took out Tao Qun's letter again, looked carefully several times, and paced back and forth in the room with his hands on his back. He knew that Jiangxia County Magistrate Zhou Bing was Zhou Gu's brother and Huang Zu's confidant. He killed Zhou Ling himself, and the Zhou family was silent from then on.

But he believed that the Zhou family would not remain silent forever and would inevitably have some action. Sure enough, the Zhou family found Tao Qun.

Liu Jing pondered for a long time. This is an opportunity. How should he make the most of this opportunity?

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The Eastern Wu Palace, also known as the Wuhou Palace, stands at the foot of Huqiu Mountain in the north of Gusu City. It covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres and is surrounded by towering city walls. It is divided into two parts: Houcheng and Zhengcheng. Houcheng is the residence of Wuhou Sun Quan, and Zhengcheng is the place where the officials in Jiangdong work and court discussions. This is the political and military center of the Jiangdong regime.

Since Sun Quan's mother passed away a month ago, the entire Eastern Wu was in a state of tragedy, and all entertainment activities were stopped. The taverns were also prohibited from selling wine. Every family hung white banners and every household inserted incense burners to express their condolences for the death of the old lady. The whole country stopped all military activities. It was against this background that the Jiangdong army stopped attacking Chaisang City.

Lu Su was wearing a wide white Confucian robe and a Jinxian crown. He walked hurriedly with a solemn expression and quickly walked through the Wu'an Gate between the palace city and the Zhengcheng city and entered the palace city.

Since Chaisang returned, Lu Su has been under tremendous political pressure. The old ministers in Jiangdong, who were Cheng Pu, have demanded that Lu Su be dismissed and held him responsible for his defeat. However, Sun Quan tried to explain for Lu Su, and he refused to punish Lu Su, which made Lu Su full of gratitude.

During this period, he was quite low-key, and spent most of his time at home, reading and fishing, and cultivating his temperament. Today, Lu Su received a summoning order from Sun Quan and hurried to the Eastern Wu Palace.

Lu Su came to the Qilin Hall. Although the name is called Tang, the actual scale is just a palace. This is also Sun Quan’s study for government affairs. Lu Su waited at the door for a while, and a guard came out and laughed and said, “Mr. Wu asked the general to come in.”

Lu Su tidied up his clothes and quickly walked into Qilin Hall.

In the study, Sun Quan was sitting in front of the desk and writing quickly. He was still wearing a white filial piety uniform. Although his mother had passed away for a month, he never eliminated filial piety. However, his heart had gradually emerged from the grief of losing his mother. He devoted all his energy and thoughts to government affairs, and used heavy government affairs to forget his inner sorrow.

"Lord, General Lu is here." A guard's soft report interrupted Sun Quan's thoughts.

"Let him in"

Sun Quan put down his pen. He came to Lu Su for the sake of Liu Jing. In the past few days, Liu Jing has become a celebrity in Jiangdong, not because he led the army to retreat from the Jiangdong army in Chaisang.

Instead, in the old lady's order, a filial piety banner that Liu Jing, Jingzhou mourned the old lady for the ages, suddenly appeared in the overwhelming white banner of the plain flag, which was placed first in the VIP seat, attracting the attention of officials and common people from Jiangdong. This incident quickly spread throughout the Eastern Wu City.

Liu Jing's hanging filial piety banner was naturally entrusted to Tao Lie to offer it, but Sun Quan intentionally put it first, which caused heated discussion in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan took out two letters from the desk, both of which were written by Liu Jing. One was written by Lu Su during the Battle of Chaisang, and the other was written by Liu Jing entrusted Tao Lie to Sun Quan. He was only received this morning.

These two letters made Sun Quan quite interested. He read them more than once. Although he couldn't agree with Liu Jing's idea, he was impressed by Liu Jing's grandeur. He was going to keep these two letters.

At this time, Lu Su hurried into the study, knelt down and bowed, "The lower official Lu Su pays homage to the Marquis of Wu."

"No need to be polite, please sit down"

Sun Quan asked Lu Su to sit down, looked at him again, and smiled and said, "Jing is recuperating well at home."

Lu Su said in a panic: "The lower-ranking officials have no desire to slack off, and they are willing to serve the Marquis of Wu at any time."

"I'm just kidding, don't be nervous."

Sun Quan smiled slightly and said, "I came to you today because I just want to find something for you."

Lu Su was owing his body and listened with all his attention. Sun Quan took the letter brought by Tao Lie and handed it to Lu Su, "This is the letter written by Liu Jing to me, please take a look."

Lu Su was secretly surprised. Liu Jing actually wrote a letter to Wu Hou. Why did he take the letter and read it quickly. In the letter, Liu Jing expressed his condolences for the death of the old lady, and his words were earnest, but behind the letter, he was actually going to exchange prisoners of war.

Lu Su pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "Wu Hou wants me to go to Chaisang."

Sun Quan nodded and sighed, "Today, I heard from Tao Lie that Liu Jing was a person with a heart. All the soldiers who died in Jiangdong, he put their bones into the trap, marked their names and hometowns, and built a mourning hall.

The injured captured soldiers were carefully recuperating and most of them recovered. Since he was so dedicated, how could I not accept his affection? I decided to exchange it with him and give it to him all the captured Jingzhou soldiers. I will entrust you to do this."

"The emperor is willing to serve Wu Hou and go to Chaisang, but..."

Lu Su hesitated and said, "I am just worried that the important officials will oppose me as an envoy."

Sun Quan knew very well that Cheng Pu’s demand to punish Lu Su this time was actually selfish. Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu had a bad relationship, and Lu Su was the person recommended by Zhou Yu. Cheng Pu’s demand to punish Lu Su was actually slapped Zhou Yu in the face.

Sun Quan knew it, so in this matter, he ignored Cheng Pu and saved Lu Su. He had asked Xu Sheng in detail that it was not that Lu Su was not in good command, but that Liu Jing led the Chaisang military and civilians to burn their boats and use stone cannons and catapults to severely damage the Jiangdong Army.

The battle was very fierce. The Jiangdong army killed Shangcheng several times, but was driven to the top of the city by the Chaisang defenders. Finally, the Ganning reinforcements arrived and burned Jiangdong's grain ships, which finally forced the Jiangdong army to withdraw.

This is not because Lu Su is incompetent, even if Cheng Pu goes, the same is true. Besides, Lu Su used a trick to wipe out Huang She’s five thousand naval troops, which is also a great contribution, and can be punished for his merits.

Sun Quan smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I will give you talismans. You have the full authority to go to Chaisang on behalf of me, no one dares to say anything about you."

Lu Su also laughed, "If this is the case, the officials will be fearless."

The two were silent for a moment, and Sun Quan asked thoughtfully: "Jing, what do you think of Liu Jing as a person?"

Lu Su thought for a while and said, "Although I was defeated by him, I don't want to slander him. This person is good at seizing opportunities. He came to Jingzhou from his hometown of Gaoping for half a year and became famous. He seized opportunities again and again, including this Battle of Chaisang. He became famous in one battle and got a share of Jiangxia. It is a pie that makes people admire him."

After pausing, Lu Su said again: "This time he came to Jiangxia, it can be seen that Liu Biao wanted to regain control of Jiangxia from Huang Zu, but he took advantage of our Jiangdong Army's opportunity to attack Chaisang, seized Chaisang in one fell swoop, and mastered the Jiangxia portal. His courage and strategy were fully demonstrated in this war. Wu Hou, this person is extraordinary."

Sun Quan nodded, "Although he is Liu Jingsheng's nephew, he is an alien from the Liu family."

Sun Quan took the letter from the table, with his dense comments on it. He sighed: "Sun and Liu join forces to fight against Cao Cao, Liu Jingsheng's nephew actually has this kind of mind. This is the person who does great things. I also deeply feel that this person cannot be missed."

Lu Su hesitated for a moment, "Does Wu Hou also consider the alliance between Sun and Liu?"

"How is it possible"

Sun Quan shook his head and smiled, "I just admire him for having such a mind, which does not mean that I and him are consistent with his ideas. Cao Cao is busy in Hebei and has no time to look south. I will take this opportunity to annex Jingzhou, march into Bashu, and unify the south. This is the way to compete with Cao's army. Sun and Liu are united. Even if I have the will, Liu Biao may not agree."

"But if Liu Jing became the lord of Jingzhou, then he proposed the alliance between Sun and Liu, would Wu Hou consider it?" Lu Su asked carefully again.

In fact, the reason why Lu Su gave Liu Jing's letter to Sun Quan was that in some way, he agreed to the reconciliation of Sun and Liu and united to fight against Cao.

However, the Sun and Liu families had a deep feud, and Lu Su was a man with a slight slight word, so he never dared to mention this matter. This time he handed Liu Jing's letter to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would consider it.

Sun Quan walked back and forth a few steps in the room with his hands behind his hands. The reason why he valued Liu Jing was not because he agreed with his ideas, but because he felt that this person's courage and strategy were far superior to Liu Qi and Liu Cong.

One day in the future, he is likely to become the lord of Jingzhou. If so, the confrontation between Jiangdong and Jingzhou may change.

After a long time, Sun Quan stared at the roof and sighed softly, "I hope he can become my opponent, but I don't want him to take over Jingzhou. Respect, a dilemma."
Chapter completed!