Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Gu Rubing smiled awkwardly and hurriedly covered it up.

"Well, you don't understand. I'm helping you to screen. The brave ones are all dead, leaving this timid one. Isn't it easier to question him?"

Zhang Fei nodded aside. He felt that what his elder brother said made a lot of sense and was simply the embodiment of wisdom.

"Brother is right!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Fei as if he were a fool.

"Okay, okay, let's go."

Gu Rubing was confused all the way. There should be no problem with his way of seeking surrender. How could such a huge loss occur?
Not long after the man was pushed into the cell, he began to speak.

After learning more about the situation, Gu Rubing realized that this person was one of the Kong family's assassins, and the five people who died before included both the Kong family and the Yu family.

Obviously, this was the work of the aristocratic families in Kuaiji.

Gu Rubing didn't expect that Yangzhou would have so many troubles.

What made him even more confused was how the intelligence network of this aristocratic family could be so strong. They actually knew what the three of them were discussing, and were able to spread it at such a fast speed. Wouldn't his future marching arrangements also be exposed to the two major families?

At this time, Gu Rubing had already decided to send Zhao Yun to him as Wei Yi said, and directly wipe out the other two major families. Even if it was not done cleanly, it didn't matter, at least they would not dare to show up again.

However, when Gu Rubing expressed his idea, Zhuge Liang directly rejected it.

Even if Wei Xi could find the patriarch of the Kong and Yu families and have Zhao Yun kill them, what effect would that have? Their roots are in Kuaiji, and at most they would just lose a patriarch. For aristocratic families, the patriarch is the least important thing, and if he dies, they can just get another one.

Unless they could rush into Kuaiji, uproot these families and swallow up their properties, but this was obviously impossible.

In the next few days, Zhuge Liang began to search the city for members of the Kong and Yu families according to Gu Rubing's orders.

Zhuge Liang took action personally and found more than 20 spies from the Kong and Yu families in just three days.

During these three days, Sun Shangxiang stayed by Gu Rubing's side and refused to leave no matter what.

Gu Rubing was also somewhat embarrassed by this.

During this period, Gu Rubing watched with his own eyes Sun Shangxiang, who changed from being lively at first to being silent now. This state would not be pleasant for anyone.

Looking at Sun Shangxiang grinding for him, Gu Rubing finally put down the pen without saying a word.

"You really don't want to leave?"

Sun Shangxiang still didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Gu Rubing didn't say anything else.

The next morning, Zhuge Liang rushed over and Cao Cao's messenger arrived.

Soon Zhuge Liang took out a letter.

Gu Rubing opened the letter and saw that Cao Cao was urging him to return Sun Shangxiang to Sun Jian.

After sending the messenger away, Gu Rubing turned around and saw Sun Shangxiang walking out.

"Should I leave now?"

Gu Rubing nodded and was about to say something when he found that Sun Shangxiang had turned around and left.

"My lord, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Prime Minister, who did you learn this habit from? Just say what you want to say."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and gently fanned the feather fan in his hand.

"My Lord, everyone now knows the agreement you made with Cao Cao and Sun Jian using Sun Shangxiang."

"I xx..."

Gu Rubing had never thought that Zhuge Liang would say such a thing. The Ba Prefecture was fought for by his soldiers, and Sun Shangxiang was just a way out for Cao Cao. When did he ever exchange a woman for peace? Wasn't that a beast?
Zhuge Liang found that Gu Rubing's curses were too dirty and hurriedly waved his hand to stop him.

"My Lord, I am not talking about my thoughts, but the thoughts of the people."

Gu Rubing calmed down instantly after hearing this.

The Kong family and the Yu family, with ill intentions, released this news in order to force me to make a choice. As long as I send Sun Shangxiang away, I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined. But if I don't send her away, Cao Cao will definitely not give up. I won't even have the last step. Doesn't that mean I've been defeated?
"What do you mean, Prime Minister?"

"Sun Shangxiang can't be sent away!"

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he stared at Gu Rubing, wanting to see Gu Rubing's reaction.

Sure enough, Gu Rubing's reaction was to relax for a moment without leaving a trace, and then he deliberately pretended to be embarrassed.

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by this? If we don't send this man away, we will have a hard time explaining to Cao Cao!"

Zhuge Liang smiled, and then whispered his plan into Gu Rubing's ear.

"The Prime Minister's method is very good! It's also really dog-like!"

"Ok?"

After Sun Shangxiang got ready, she went straight to the carriage at the door.

Gu Rubing took Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, and a caravan, and headed directly to Nanhai County in Jiaozhou, which is also where Sun Jian is currently stationed.

Nanhai County was the only connection point between Jiaozhou and Kuaiji County in Yangzhou. Sun Jian understood that once a war broke out, Nanhai County would be the first place to be attacked, so Sun Jian placed all his main forces in Nanhai County.

As soon as Gu Rubing entered Nanhai County, he saw Zhou Yu, Gan Ning and others staring at him.

"Are you dissatisfied? If you have any dissatisfaction, you can tell me directly. Of course, I may not change it."

Zhou Yu sneered and brought everyone to Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, my master is waiting for you."

After saying this, Zhou Yu also glanced at Zhao Yun and others behind Gu Rubing.

Under the leadership of Zhou Yu, Gu Rubing came directly to Sun Jian.

"King Lie, you are here."

"Cao Cao urged me to come and return the people. I have no choice but to come."

After Sun Jian brought Gu Rubing into the house, he arranged a position for him.

"King Lie, do you know where my daughter is?"

"He's in the carriage outside. I've brought Sun Zhoumu here. As for what you plan to do next, I don't care. But I still want to advise you that sometimes, you have to stand on the side and choose well! Otherwise, this kick may be a cliff."

Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing and was suddenly embarrassed. How could he not understand what Gu Rubing meant? But he and Cao Cao were in the same camp, so how could he stand on Liu Bei's side? But now he needed Liu Bei's help, and many people among the people already had opinions about him. In the eyes of the people, he was the governor of Yangzhou and had no qualifications to occupy Jiaozhou.

Even some people who were promoted from Yangzhou were somewhat dissatisfied with himself.

Therefore, Sun Jian urgently needed the title of Governor of Jiaozhou.

"I wonder what King Lie wants me to do?"

"I don't know about that. Sun Zhoumu should know what to do."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave, but when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped.

"Sun Zhoumu, if you do what I want to do, you will soon see the results you want."

After saying this, Gu Rubing walked outside and got on the carriage. Sun Shangxiang was in the carriage, watching Gu Rubing come in, her eyes slightly red.

"Are you really going to send me away?"

"I just sent you back. It's up to you to decide whether to go or stay. Your father won't stop you. As for Cao Cao, you don't need to worry about it."

After leaving these words, Gu Rubing turned and left.

Just a few days after returning to Guiyang County, Gu Rubing received news that when Cao Cao sent people to Sun Jian to take Sun Shangxiang away, he was rejected by Sun Jian.

Cao Cao immediately sent a messenger to Gu Rubing to ask for an explanation.

But Gu Rubing's answer was that he had sent the person to Sun Jian, and he didn't know what happened next.

Yizhou Chengdu.

Cao Cao looked at the reply letter from Gu Rubing in his hand and smashed the wine glass on the table with a slap.

"Liu Bei is too much of a bully. I have already given Ba County away, what else do you want from me? Now he won't even let me keep anyone."

Xun Yu, who was standing aside, felt Cao Cao's anger and suddenly hesitated.

Xun You looked at Xun Yu, constantly signaling him with his eyes to step forward and stop Cao Cao.

But Xun Yu acted as if he didn't see it.

After Cao Cao vented for a while, Xun Yu finally suppressed his anger.

"Tell me, what should we do?"

"My Lord, if Sun Jian won't give it to her, there's nothing we can do. If anyone asks, just say that Sun Shangxiang doesn't want to leave home and wants to stay with Sun Jian for a while longer."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao could only nod. At least he could accept this self-deceiving statement.

But just a few days after Cao Cao and his men released the news, they received another piece of news that Sun Jian had actually sent Sun Shangxiang back to Liu Bei.

This behavior was undoubtedly a slap in the face to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Gu Rubing looked at Sun Shangxiang who had returned and smiled helplessly.

Sun Jian finally chose himself in this matter. From this, we can see how important the title of Jiaozhou Mu is to Sun Jian, to the extent that he could even stab his own allies in the back.

Gu Rubing was too lazy to arrange anything for Sun Shangxiang. His own government office was almost as good as Sun Shangxiang's, but in terms of familiarity, he was not as good as Sun Shangxiang.

Since Sun Jian has already chosen a side, Gu Rubing can't just refuse to do his job for him. Now there is no war on the front line, so Gu Rubing decides to return to Sili to meet Liu Xie and deal with Sun Jian's affairs.

This time, Gu Rubing once again traveled light, with only Zhao Yun by his side.

The two of them traveled very quickly, and two days later.

Gu Rubing wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked into the distance.

"Zilong, where are we now?"

Zhao Yun took out the map and looked at it, then said directly: "My lord, we are now in the area of ​​Xudu. At our speed, we should be able to reach the city in one day at most."

Gu Rubing nodded, dismounted and prepared to take a rest.

The two were just about to sit for a while when a noisy sound came from a distance.

"Go, what are you doing?"

"Stop dawdling and get going!"

From time to time, there was the sound of whipping.

Gu Rubing frowned slightly. How could such a situation occur near Xudu under his governance?

Soon Gu Rubing brought Zhao Yun to the place where the sound came from.

I saw a group of people who looked like bandits, leading a group of civilians one by one and heading to a certain place. Some of the bandits were still beating the civilians with whips in their hands.

"A bunch of beasts!"

Gu Rubing didn't expect that there were still bandits here. He had already dealt with them once before, but he didn't expect them to appear again.

"Do it!"

As Gu Rubing finished speaking, Zhao Yun rushed out directly.

When the bandits saw Zhao Yun, they all stopped.

"Who are you? Get out of the way, or I'll catch you too."

"Let him go!"

Zhao Yun's tone was cold and there was murderous intent in his body.

"You said you would let us go, so we let you go. Who the hell do you think you are? If you don't leave when we tell you to, don't blame us."

After saying this, a bandit walked towards Zhao Yun with a knife.

"Boy, you are unlucky. If you insist on stopping us, then you should just accompany us!"

However, just as the bandit finished his words, the silver spear in Zhao Yun's hand flashed.

The bandit's body was pierced directly by Zhao Yun.

Seeing this, the other bandits drew their weapons and besieged Zhao Yun.

However, these people are not even second-rate generals in terms of strength, so how could they be Zhao Yun's opponents?

With just one move, Zhao Yun killed all the bandits.

Gu Rubing personally untied the ropes on the villagers.

"Thank you for saving us, sirs. But you better run away. These people are from Black Cloud Village. They are a group of bandits who kill without blinking an eye. If you kill their people, they will not let you go."

An old man said this as he pushed them aside.

Gu Rubing smiled, pulled the old man onto a rock nearby, and distributed the food they had brought with them to everyone present.

"Old man, I heard that King Lie has cleaned up all the bandits here. Why are there still bandits coming out to rob?"

"Yes, King Lie did rectify the situation and even recruited some bandits. During that period, our place was very safe. Some people were even afraid to travel at night, so bandits came out to light the way for the people with torches. But the good times didn't last long. In less than a month, the bandits disappeared."

Some brave villagers went up the mountain to look for him, but they found that the entire village was empty and there was no one in sight.

"Everyone ran away?"

Gu Rubing couldn't think of why those people would run away. What's wrong with following him?

"At first we thought they had all run away, but soon a new group of bandits arrived. According to what they said, they killed all the bandits and buried their bodies in the back hills. We also sent people to check and found that they were indeed all dead. This group of bandits committed all kinds of evil and captured many people. We didn't know what they were doing. They also robbed a lot of food in the village and killed people."

"Hmm? Doesn't the government care?"

"The government office? How can they manage it? The village is far away from the government office. By the time the government office gets the news, it will be too late. They all say that King Lie is on the side of ordinary people like us. Humph, I think King Lie is just pretending. How can an official care about the lives of ordinary people like us?" (End of this chapter)