Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 380 Who is the pawn?Who is the chess player?
Originally, it was just a female doctor who saved two patients who shouldn't be saved, which triggered a love triangle story of one woman and two men.

But under Zong Zong's fueling and Sun Quan's suspicion, it has been completely extended into a brand new story and a huge conspiracy.

In Sun Quan's empirical world, what has always been believed in is either black or white.

In his opinion, Ling Tong had already been instigated on Bagong Mountain.

Sun Quan didn't know exactly why he was instigated.

But, no doubt... He proposed the Northern Expedition to Shouchun four times, and that was to take the opportunity to escape Soochow with his clansmen.

——What a calculation!

The more Sun Quan thought about it, the angrier he became...

The colder and more ruthless his expression was.

His expression also made all the generals present dare not speak, let alone speak for Ling Tong, the most outstanding general among the younger generation of Soochow.

In this cold atmosphere, Gan Ning was the first to stand up, and he loudly threatened: "This is wrong! If Ling Tong really colluded with that Cao Cao? Then why did Cao Cao imprison the female doctor? Why would he do that?" Avoiding Zhang Liao? This is totally inexplicable!"

When Gan Ning spoke, everyone pursed their lips, thinking it was reasonable.

That's right, if the female doctor, Zhang Liao, and Ling Tong were all the same, why would Cao Cao have that attitude?Zhang Liao begged Cao Cao to let the female doctor go several times, how could Cao Cao avoid seeing her and punish her severely?
Immediately, everyone wanted to speak out for Ling Tong.

However, when they glanced at Sun Quan's gloomy face, all the soldiers swallowed all the words that came to their lips.

"Humph…"

Sun Quan snorted coldly, "Cao Cao has always been treacherous, hasn't he used many tricks in his life? He deliberately imprisoned the female doctor and alienated Zhang Wenyuan. Isn't this just for Gu to see and let Gu relax his attitude towards Ling Tong?" Take precautions, and then let Ling Tong take his tribe and flee to Shouchun! What a big game!"

Speaking of this, Sun Quan's tone became more severe: "He Cao Cao has seen me all over Sun Quan like this! He thought this was the bitter trick and serial trick of Cao Cao during the Battle of Chibi? Would Cao Cao fall for it? How could I, Sun Quan, fall for it? This plan? Such a clumsy plan, ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Lu Meng echoed Sun Quan's words, "My lord's words are very true. According to Cao Cao's cautious and suspicious temperament, he captured the female doctor and put her in prison for a full month, but she was not executed or killed. This is abnormal. Extreme!"

Gu Yong also added, "Perhaps Cao Cao's purpose is not only to let Ling Tong take away the clansman, but also to let him take away the people in the mountains... In this way, he escaped from Jiangdong in full view! No matter what, Ling Tong's actions are tantamount to Treason!"

In the face of "facts";
In front of Lu Meng's words and Gu Yong's words;

In the face of Sun Quan's unique growth experience and his own thoughts, the cause and effect of the whole incident seems to have formed a perfect closed loop!
——The truth is revealed!
——and there is no doubt about it.

Gan Ning didn't care about that, he shook his hand, "What do you say? Anyway, I, Gan Ning, don't believe it. How could Ling Tong and Ling Gongji betray the country? Even if the whole world betrayed Soochow, he wouldn't, he wouldn't !"

Gan Ning showed extraordinary support for Ling Tong.

Even though he and Ling Tong had a grudge against killing his father, Gan Ning would never do it for personal reasons. He believed in Ling Tong's character, and he believed that the only general who sent troops to support him when he robbed Cao Ying , He is also sure that a "national scholar" who takes the lead in righteousness, how could he commit acts of treason?

Immediately, Gan Ning handed over his hand: "This matter started because the last general robbed Cao Ying, we can't just listen to this side of the story, Gan Ning asked for orders to investigate this matter, and give Ling Gongji justice!"

This…

What Gan Ning said actually made Sun Quan blush.

Faintly, at this moment, in addition to the anger towards Ling Tong, his heart was also filled with anger towards Gan Ning, and was about to explode...

"Report-"

A guard rushed in. He cupped his hands towards Sun Quan first, and then towards Lu Meng: "Report to my lord, General Lu, this is Captain Zhou Xun who approached the people in the mountain and got his confession. Report the horse to General Lu and report it to Marquis Wu!"

While talking, the guard carefully took out a bamboo slip and handed it to Lu Meng.

Lu Meng quickly forwarded it to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was still angry, "This case has been handed over to you alone, you can handle it yourself!"

Terrified, Lv Meng quickly unfolded the bamboo slips, scanned them roughly, then knelt down on one knee, and reported: "This is a new confession besides the engraving and the secret letter... The people in the mountain confessed that Ling Tong had indeed recruited them , even Xu Yizhongli, to bring them back to Cao Wei! It's just that all the gift boxes were returned by the people in the mountains."

As soon as these words came out, Gan Ning's eyes widened, even now, he couldn't believe it was true!

"What a Ling Tong!" Sun Quan scolded angrily: "There are both personal and material evidence. Ling Tong's treason is already true. I order General Lu to return to Wu County immediately, and arrest Ling Tong and his clansmen, and torture them. Ask me clearly, when did he and Cao Cao collude?"

"No..." Lu Meng quickly agreed.

Gan Ning wanted to speak again.

Sun Quan gave him a hard look, and he continued, "General Lu must also be interrogated. Who else is Ling Tong's accomplice?"

Party... who else?

Following this cold rhetoric, Gan Ning fell silent. He wanted to plead for his life... He wanted to investigate.

But now...

Obviously, because his words just now annoyed the Marquis Wu, Gan Ning couldn't participate even if he wanted to.

Sun Quan's voice continued:
"This matter is decided here, whoever pleads for Ling Tong will be guilty of the same crime—"

"General Lu, the decision to kill in this case is entirely up to you—"

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...

In Wu County, the county yamen of Yuhang was very empty, except for a few yamen servants, only Ling Tong, Zhou Xun, and Lu Meng were standing.

Lu Meng sat on the main seat, looking majestic and cold.

As soon as Ling Tong approached, Lu Meng slammed the gavel on the copy with a "crash", "Rebel, Ling Tong!"

Ling Tong was horrified and fearless, and looked directly at Lu Meng, without any timidity because of his anger. I especially argued with my own reason, "I have said it countless times, I don't know any secret letters, and I have never had any secret letters." Engraving! As for why this engraving is in my residence, I have no idea!"

"Has General Ling stopped thinking about it?" Zhou Xun looked at Ling Tong with a smile.

Ling Tong pondered for a while, "The engraving appeared in the gift box. Maybe, maybe the engraving is related to the people in the mountain. I sent someone to send the gift box to the mountain."

"Hahahaha..." Ling Tong's words just blurted out, Lu Meng laughed loudly, and when the laughter stopped, he walked slowly in front of Ling Tong, "You will naturally say that, because..."

With a "bang", Lu Meng threw a new bamboo slip to Ling Tong.

Ling Tong opened it up and saw that this was the "confession" of the man in the mountain, which explained in detail how he colluded with Cao Cao, how he promised to make great profits, and how he even brought the emperor's canonized edict to appease the man in the mountain, with the purpose of making them Leave Soochow and return to Cao Cao!
Even if it's the next best thing, hiding in Wujun territory, thinking that it should be done internally.

only…

In this letter, the seemingly "convincing" sentence is pure nonsense in Ling Tong's view.

Obviously...

Obviously he...

"I recruited people from the mountains to attack Cao Cao in the north and capture Shouchun. How did I ever say that I would bring them back to Cao Cao? How did I ever have an imperial edict from the emperor? This confession is... simply nonsense!"

As Ling Tong spoke, he wanted to smash this confession to the ground, and then stomp heavily...

Every word in it has the symbol of "wrongedness", which shocked him and made him regret it.

"General Ling be careful--" Lu Meng reminded: "This confession has been seen by Mr. Lu, Captain Zhou Qi, and Marquis Wu. You just destroy it? Where can it be destroyed? Is it possible that you can still silence it? The man in the mountain..."

"They are the ones who are rebellious...they are the ones who colluded with Cao Cao and trapped me." Ling Tong had already reacted, and he waved his finger to the mountains outside the city that could be seen from the Yuhang County Yazhong.

"It's not up to you who is rebellious." Lu Meng's tone became colder and colder, "Take a step back and say that you, Ling Tong, are young and vigorous and unmarried, but the purpose of conscription and the Northern Expedition is for a woman? Hehe , look at what you said, who will believe it? When did General Ling become so affectionate?"

Speaking of this, Lu Meng didn't want to waste any more words.

"Lieutenant Zhou Qi, under the order of Marquis Wu, Ling Tong and his clansmen were all arrested, tortured, and asked when he started treason? Then ask who his henchmen are! Don't hold back, let alone be polite!"

Following Lu Meng's words, Zhou Xun waved his hand, "Come here, take it down. All the males of the Ling clan will be escorted to prison, and the women, children, old and young will be detained on the spot, and other property in the mansion will be put into the treasury!"

Immediately, a group of soldiers went to catch Ling Tong. Ling Tong had no weapons and barely stopped the first round of offensive, but was subdued by the soldiers behind.

His eyes were tearing apart.

"I'm wronged, I'm wronged—"

"If you have anything to say, General Ling should say it in the prison! There must be an interrogation of General Ling."

Following Zhou Xun's words, Ling Tong has been escorted, and tens of thousands of soldiers outside the gate of Ling's mansion are rushing into Ling's mansion...

Before it was a search, this time it was an arrest!
Shen Yun billowed in the sky, the sky darkened, and the muffled thunder came faintly——

...

...

The seat of Jiangxia, in Anlu City, is a post house.

Lu Su and Luo Tong, who were recovering from illness, had nothing to do. They were making vegetable sauce in the yard. Lu Su, wearing short denim clothes, put handfuls of mustard greens into a pottery jar, and then put coarse salt and sauce. The wooden pestle was pounding absently.

Luo Tong on the side said with emotion: "If it weren't for Guan Lin, who would have known that the mustard greens buried in the ground for ten years can also heal knife wounds... It's just a pity that even if it is buried now, it will be used in ten years. The governor is right. , you can make some mustard sauce first, it’s better than nothing!”

Luo Tong was still feeling the magic of Chen mustard stew.

Lu Su looked at Luo Tong from time to time, but he was obviously lost in thought.

Because he was aware of a problem, the "divorce" he proposed to the lord Sun Quan in Shouchun City seemed to have no splash.

Cao Cao treated Zhang Liao coldly as always, and imprisoned Zhuo Rong as always, but he didn't intend to punish them at all.

In this way, this plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife is probably...failed!

Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, did not take any further action——

This is the crux of Lu Su's mind.

at this time.

"Great governor..." Zhuge Jin hurried to Jiangxia's Anlu City, saw Lu Su from afar, and shouted urgently: "It's not good... something happened, something happened—"

For a moment, Lu Su's brows could not help but frown deeply.

He could tell from Zhuge Jin's tired expression and melancholy face that something big must have happened.

really.

Soon, the wooden pestle in Lu Su's hand fell to the ground. Half an hour later, Lu Su subconsciously clutched his chest, feeling a feeling of being out of breath for a long time.

"Well...it seems..." He opened his mouth sadly.

"What does the governor mean? What does it look like?" Luo Tong asked curiously.

Lu Su opened his mouth with difficulty, "It seems like a trick to kill with a knife, it seems..."

Zhuge Jin was taken aback: "What does the governor mean, that General Ling Tong was wronged?"

Lu Su let out a long breath, "Whether he was wronged or not is not important now. I know my lord very well. Once he is identified as an enemy, then... that is eight horses can't pull back... Gongji... Gongji A loyal family, how...why did you fall under this scheme of borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

speak here.

call…

There were several long calls in succession, Lu Su was pondering, weighing...

It was precisely because he knew Sun Quan so well that he knew it, and he knew it deeply. At this time, even if he, Lu Su, sent a letter back, it would not help the matter.

It will even anger the Soochow lord!

It's either black or white, Ling Tong's body has been deeply labeled as "black" by Sun Quan... already preconceived, then his thoughts will be deeply ingrained.

So... then?
"no…"

Finally, after pondering for a long time, Lu Su clenched his fists with difficulty.

"Great governor?" Zhuge Jin and Luo Tong spoke in unison.

"Now, let's go to Xiangyang..." Lu Su frowned and said with emotion: "If anyone can save Ling Gongji, then...it must be Guan Yunqi!"

Yes…

Lu Xun... and the Lu family were saved by Guan Yunqi in a situation where they must die.

Since he was able to save Lu Xun, he must... surely be able to save Ling Tong.

Even if, even if he needed Lu Su's cooperation, Lu Su would... definitely spare no effort.

——Ling Tong can't be wronged to death!
——Even if Ling Tong devoted himself to Jingzhou, he must not let Cao Wei kill people with a borrowed knife and die in Soochow, while loved ones will suffer and enemies will be quick!

Speaking of which, Lu Su and Ling Tong's father, Ling Cao, had a deep friendship.

Or in other words, as the leader of the Huaisi Liuyu faction, Lu Su has deep friendship with all the big families and all the indigenous warriors in the entire Soochow Wu.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ling Tong grew up watching him!

How could he just watch the son of an old friend die unjustly in the hands of Sun Quan?

"Hurry up, prepare your horse, and set off tonight, to Xiangyang City, to Xiangyang City—"

Lu Su's speech speed has become rapid, and his entire face is filled with four words - no time!
...

...

Because Zhou Xun's soldiers were used to arrest Ling Tong.

Also because all the troops of Soochow Wu gathered in Hefei and other military fortresses, only Zhou Xun's [-]-strong army could be deployed in Wu County.

Therefore, Lu Meng also handed over the full authority to Zhou Xun for the interrogation in the torture chamber.

As Zhou Yu's son, as the captain of cavalry granted by Sun Quan himself, Zhou Xun is no different from his father Zhou Yu.

I can't stand the villain's behavior towards Qin Muchu and double-faced three swords the most.

— treason!
This kind of behavior directly hit Zhou Xun's pain point, and made him full of contempt for Ling Tong, the young general of Soochow.

This was Zhou Xun's first interrogation of a prisoner. He walked to the desk and sat down, a little unsure whether to be proud or calm.

This room is an interrogation room in a dungeon. It is not like the court outside, but it is more stressful than the court. The room is small and dark, making it look gloomy.

There are heavy shackles, leather whips, and Luotie on the wall...

Standing on both sides are strong, shirtless criminals. Their indifferent expressions seem to tell the prisoners that no matter whether you are a governor or a general, your status here is equal and humble!

"Bring Ling Tong!"

Following Zhou Xun's voice, Ling Tong walked into the execution room slowly, followed by the escorting criminals. Because he was afraid of his martial arts, Ling Tong had five or six shackles and iron chains on his body, and he walked all the way. Very clumsy.

However, when he saw Zhou Xun's contemptuous gaze, Ling Tong was slightly taken aback, mixed with surprise and bewilderment, and blurted out, "Why isn't it Lu Ziming?"

Zhou Xun sneered: "After all, General Lu has fought side by side with General Ling for many years. How can an acquaintance do such a thing as torture? I am different. General Ling is a leader among the young generation, with extraordinary martial arts. Although I borrow With the glory of my fathers, I took the position of riding captain, but compared with you, I am in the sky and in the earth... But, I never thought... Marquis Wu treats you well, and you want to betray Soochow, and I will judge you , couldn't be more appropriate!"

"I have already told you that I have never seen any secret letters, and I have never used engravings. As for the testimony of the man in the mountain, it is even more false. The people in the mountains, they are the traitors, I am wronged! I...I beg to meet the lord, I will explain to him personally, he will...will..."

Zhou Xun disdained: "General Ling doesn't need to bring out my lord, I was ordered by my lord to investigate the case. In your case, there are witnesses and material evidence, and there are motives... Didn't you treason? Could there be someone else?"

"Do you not understand human speech?" Ling Tong glared at Zhou Xun angrily.

Zhou Xun clapped the table and said, "Quickly confess how you contacted Cao Cao? Soochow still has Cao Cao's secret agents and party members? Is the female doctor from Cao Cao's or Guan Yu's? Trick, quick trick—"

"If you are obsessed with your obsession and still don't recruit, then don't blame me for torturing you. What I hate the most are traitors like you!"

Zhou Xun's sudden attack made the clerk who was taking records couldn't help but look up at him.

Ling Tongtong didn't know how to explain it for a while, or he realized... His framing is hard to clear!
He can only remain silent...

Zhou Xun, on the other hand, looked at Ling Tong, secretly thinking about how he should manipulate Ling Tong.

A few days ago, in the government office, Lu Meng had a secret conversation with Zhou Xun.

Lu Meng was the first to raise his concerns, "It's not that this case is difficult to try, but that Ling Tong has always been known as a national scholar. If he is severely beaten and tortured into a trick, it will inevitably arouse public anger. But if he treats each other with kind words, I'm afraid he won't be able to utter his words." The truth."

At this time... Zhou Xun showed a piece of white silk, and he wrote the word "killing" on it.

These are Sun Quan's original words - the decision to kill and kill is up to you!

Lu Meng was slightly startled.

Zhou Xunze lightly clicked on these two characters, and told Lu Meng, "My lord bestowed on General Lu the word 'killing'. These two characters are extremely powerful. How can they be calm? Even in prison If you beat this traitor to death, my lord will not blame you! General Lu has nothing to worry about!"

—— "The decision to kill and cut is all up to me? 』

It was precisely these words, accompanied by Lu Meng's thoughts, that he handed over the important task of interrogating "Ling Tong" to Zhou Xun with great confidence, and he also realized that Zhou Xun... this fellow leader of the younger generation, Deep resentment towards the more outstanding Ling Tong!

Of course, at this time...

It doesn't matter whether it's self-serving or not.

The word "killing" already represented everything.

only…

How did Lu Meng know that Zhou Xun's words and all of Zhou Xun's actions were also taught to him to say and do so.

Another big net——

Another round of Zhenlong chessboard with undercurrents surging——

Who is the pawn?

Who is the chess player?
...

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(End of this chapter)