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"I have met King Lie. I didn't expect that we were enemies. But King Lie actually treated me like a friend. I am really terrified. I toast to King Lie with this glass of wine. I hope our friendship will last forever."

Gu Rubing was stunned when he saw Surena's enthusiasm. He was enthusiastic in order to win over Surena, but why did Surena pretend to be so enthusiastic? Did she also want to join them?

Gu Rubing did not continue talking, but instead pulled Surena aside to chat about family matters.

It didn't take long for everyone to have their fill of food and drink.

Only then did Gu Rubing state his purpose.

"Surena, I know that you are the Grand Marshal in Liu Zhang's office, second only to the Prime Minister. I solemnly invite you to join me. I cannot give you the position second only to the Prime Minister, but I can give you the position second only to the Prime Minister, and everything you want."

"King Lie, thank you for your kindness, but I still want to think about it. Please follow the agreement and release the person now, otherwise your reputation will be weakened."

"You can rest assured about this. I had already had them released when you came."

After saying that, Gu Rubing waved his hand, and a group of people walked in, each holding a man in black.

Seeing his people become like this, Surena's eyes did not show any surprise at all, but were very calm.

Gu Rubing deliberately let Surena see the appearance of these people. He wanted to see what Surena's purpose was in pretending to be so enthusiastic towards him.

The intention was to provoke Surena, but Surena looked at these people as if they were a group of strangers.

Gu Rubing frowned slightly, waved his hand to let the men in black go, and then looked at Surena.

"Grand Marshal, what do you think? I always keep my word. If I say I will release the people, I will definitely release them."

"You are indeed trustworthy. I would like to thank King Lie. If there is nothing else, I will take these people away."

"Wait a minute, Grand Marshal, they can leave, but you can't leave like this. You haven't answered my proposal just now?"

Hearing this, Surena smiled, did not answer, but sat down.

"Come here, send these people to the Anluo Empire and tell Liu Zhang that I had a very pleasant conversation with the Grand Marshal and need to stay for a few more days."

"yes!'

After the soldiers finished speaking, they took these people away.

"Haha, King Lie understands me! I think so too."

Surena laughed a few times and continued to drink the wine in his hand.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing already had some murderous intent in his eyes.

Surena's progress was too fast, and Gu Rubing was worried that if he let such a person go back, it would interfere with his future plans.

"King Lie, you are a hero. I, Surena, admire you. Let me consider what you said. During this time, please prepare a place for me to live."

"Okay, okay. I hope the Grand Marshal can seriously consider it."

Soon, Gu Rubing asked someone to send Surena away.

After Surena left, Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang behind him.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?"

"He has guessed our purpose, and if I am right, everything that happened tonight will be known to the entire Jiaozhou people tomorrow morning. By then, we will be even less able to attack Surena."

Gu Rubing nodded. He still underestimated Surena.

However, Surena was wrong about one thing. He would rather lose some reputation than let such a great talent return to Liu Zhang's hands.

Early the next morning.

As soon as Gu Rubing walked out of the room, he saw Surena coming over.

"King Lie, I haven't been to Jiaozhou for a long time. I want to go for a walk. I wonder if King Lie can accompany me?"

"Okay!"

Gu Rubing smiled and nodded.

The two of them walked around the street for the whole morning. Surena picked a pub with the most people and took Gu Rubing in directly.

As soon as they sat down, they attracted a lot of attention.

After all, blond hair and blue eyes are rare in today's war-torn Han Dynasty.

Seeing that the effect he wanted had been achieved, Surena laughed and said, "King Lie, I was really surprised when I accepted your invitation and came to Jiaozhou. I didn't expect that the public security in Jiaozhou is so good. You also sent so many people to protect me. This makes me feel at ease. I think I will be very safe in the Han Dynasty."

Surena's move was simple, but it was often this kind of simple strategy that was the hardest to break.

The people in the tavern are the most complicated. There are all kinds of people in there, all kinds of people gather here, and information flows the fastest.

Soon the news that Surena was invited by Gu Rubing spread throughout the city and even began to spread outward.

Gu Rubing was completely prepared for this situation, and he had no intention of stopping it, allowing the news to spread.

"Grand Marshal, don't worry, I'm safe here."

After saying this, Gu Rubing didn't say anything else, but lowered his head to eat.

However, what Gu Rubing did not expect was that as the news spread, Liu Zhang also knew about Surena's current situation. The envoy sent by Gu Rubing was blocked outside the door by Liu Zhang and was not even allowed to see him. He knew that Surena was safe now.

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing could only smile bitterly. Surena had now become a hot potato.

Cao Cao and Sun Jian naturally also learned the news about Surena, and they immediately guessed Gu Rubing's purpose.

Now Liu Zhang is their partner. If something happens to Surena, Liu Zhang will not be able to continue the alliance with them. And even if the alliance can continue, without Surena's existence, Liu Zhang's Anluo Empire will be the same as before, strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and its fighting power will be as weak as tofu dregs.

"King Wu, do you have any thoughts on this matter?"

"Since you have come to me, King Wei, it means that you have an idea. Just tell me what you want to do."

"Bring the person back."

The two hit it off immediately and began to send people to Surena.

However, Zhuge Liang had been prepared for this situation. As soon as those people arrived around Gu Rubing's residence, they were discovered by the captain of the mobile crossbow army who was hiding not far away, and he immediately organized people to surround and kill them.

Their movements were so quiet that they didn't even alarm Surena in the yard.

A full half month passed.

Liu Zhang saw that Gu Rubing still had no intention of sending Surena back.

Finally, Liu Zhang couldn't bear it anymore and started to contact Gu Rubing's envoy.

However, when Liu Zhang saw the list brought out by the messenger, he was suddenly confused.

On the list were some food, gold, silver, armor and other things, which Liu Zhang understood. However, the last item on the list was actually a medicinal herb called Zhilan, and the quantity of it was astonishingly large.

"Emissary, what is the purpose of this medicinal herb for King Lie?"

However, the messenger said nothing. No matter what Liu Zhang asked, he either didn't know or didn't say a word. Liu Zhang even suspected that Gu Rubing had sent a fool. Seeing that the messenger didn't say anything, Liu Zhang was too lazy to ask anymore. Gu Rubing wanted something that was not too much. He had a lot of Zhilan. The value that Su Lena gave him was far higher than these things.

Soon everything was prepared and sent to Jiaozhou.

For a whole half month, Surena had not asked to leave, which made Gu Rubing somewhat suspicious that Surena didn't want to leave anymore.

However, seeing that Liu Zhang's things had arrived, Gu Rubing knew that he could not keep Surena any longer, otherwise things would become very troublesome later.

Gu Rubing came to Surena.

"Grand Marshal, you have been here for quite some time. How have you considered what I said before?"

"King Lie, I'm sorry, I can't join your camp!"

Seeing that Surena’s refusal was so clear, Gu Rubing said nothing more and just waved his hand.

Ma Chao walked up to the two of them.

"Mengqi, please escort Marshal Surena away. This journey is very dangerous. Don't let anything go wrong!"

Ma Chao nodded.

Surena himself is also a famous general, and Gu Rubing has invested a lot of money in order to completely eliminate Surena.

After sending all the Zhilan to Hua Tuo, Gu Rubing looked towards where the Gu tribe was.

For such a long time, the Gu Clan didn't make any movement. This really made Gu Rubing a little worried. He always felt that the Gu Clan seemed to have a bigger plan.

Inside the Gu tribe.

Miao Moqing came to Meng Huo's side.

"Wang, the last group of Gu people have evacuated here, and it's time for us to leave too."

Meng Huo nodded, looked in the direction of Gu Rubing, sneered, then bit his finger. A drop of golden blood flowed out of the wound and dripped onto the ground.

Then a green poisonous gas slowly emerged from the ground.

Miao Moqing knew that this was the Gu tribe's last trump card, a poison formation to protect the tribe. Once this formation was launched, the entire Jiaozhi County would be turned into a poisonous city.

This was Meng Huo's last gift to Gu Rubing.

After Miao Moqing understood Meng Huo's meaning, she also bit her finger and golden blood dripped onto the ground.

Countless poisonous insects rushed out from the ground and rushed towards the distant city.

Looking at everything in front of him, Meng Huo was extremely satisfied. He took Miao Moqing and disappeared into the Gu tribe.

Gu Rubing was completely unaware of all this and was still thinking about how to break into the Gu.

Two days later.

Ma Chao led Surena to evacuate out of Jiaozhou.

"Thank you, General Mengqi, for your escort. We are now out of Jiaozhou. I can walk the rest of the way by myself. I won't bother you, General!"

"Really? This is indeed a good place, with mountains and water, a good place for Feng Shui. If you die here, it will be a good destination."

"What do you mean? You want to kill me? You have to know that if I die, everyone will suspect King Lie. At that time, King Lie's reputation will drop to the lowest level, and the people will not let King Lie go."

Surena looked at Ma Chao's murderous look, took a few steps back in horror, and took out his last trump card.

In his opinion, killing him must have been Ma Chao's own idea, and it definitely could not have been Gu Rubing's.

How could a loyal and righteous king who loved his people like his own children do such a treacherous thing?

But Surena soon realized that he had guessed wrong.

"It was our lord who asked me to kill you. Why do you think we kept you alive until we left Jiaozhou? Once you leave Jiaozhou, no one will know that you died. It was us who did it. As for the people, they will believe whatever we say, because it is our lord who is speaking, the fierce king of the Han Dynasty. The people will only believe what they want to believe. He is just a Westerner. If he dies, he dies. Who will pursue the matter?"

Ma Chao didn't want to waste any more time talking to Surena. After all, he was worried that someone would see them. So he waved his tiger-head golden spear and rushed towards Surena.

It is too easy for a legendary general to kill a famous general.

Surena also knew this truth. He didn't even have the thought to resist. He just stood there, waiting for death to come.

However, just as the tip of the gun was about to reach Surena, a huge poisonous insect suddenly appeared and blocked Surena.

The insect's carapace managed to withstand Ma Chao's shot.

Ma Chao was forced to retreat repeatedly due to the powerful recoil.

He was very familiar with the poisonous insect in front of him and immediately looked around.

Meng Huo and Miao Moqing walked over from a distance.

Behind the two of them, there followed the Gu Mother.

"Gu tribe? Why are you getting involved in this matter? Did Sun Jian order you to come?"

Meng Huo did not give any explanation for Ma Chao's words, but came to Surena.

"I'm sorry, you can't kill this man today!"

"Is it?"

Ma Chao looked at the two people in front of him with a gloomy face.

"If the person coming is Zhao Yun or Guan Yu, we might not dare to say this, but if it is just you, we are sure that you can't kill him. I advise you to go back quickly. I think if you go back now, you can just collect King Lie's body."

"What have you done to the Lord?"

"Hehe, we are the Gu tribe. I think you should know what methods we have. I don't need to say more, right? You should go quickly and see the last appearance of your lord!"

Ma Chao looked at the two men and found that what they said did not seem to be false, and there was one thing that Meng Huo said was not wrong.

With these two legendary generals protecting him, he was indeed no match for them, let alone killing Surena.

"Just wait for me. I will get back what happened this time sooner or later. If anything happens to my lord, I will make you accompany him to the grave even if you run to the ends of the earth."

After saying this, Ma Chao's figure disappeared instantly.

Watching Ma Chao leave, Surena breathed a sigh of relief.

He recognized the two people in front of him. They were the two legendary generals under Sun Jian.

"Thank you both for saving me. I will remember your kindness this time. When I return, I will report to the king. My king will prepare a generous gift for the help King Wu gave me."

"Our rescue of you has nothing to do with Sun Jian. Don't mistake me for someone else."

"It has nothing to do with King Wu? Aren't you..."

Surena hadn't finished speaking when he immediately realized what the two people meant. (End of this chapter)