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

Wang Yue smiled when he heard that.

"Whether or not we are seeking the skin of a tiger by joining forces with the Gu tribe, at least the other party is not a fool. They can see the value of the emperor."

Sun Jian didn't say anything, but kept looking at Wang Yue. He wanted to see what Wang Yue was going to say.

"King Wu, you are a local lord. Don't you think less far-sightedly than the Gu Clan? Your Majesty is valuable. Of course, it depends on whether you can make use of this value. Does King Wu want to stay on the edge of the Han Dynasty forever?"

Sun Jian thought about it for a long time, but he really couldn't come up with any ideas for a while, so he finally looked at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu shook his head at Sun Jian.

"I'm so sorry, I'm not interested in what you said. You can travel around Constantinople at will, and I'll pay for the expenses, but I think we should not meet again. There's nothing wrong with the Anluo Empire."

Wang Yue was not disappointed at all when he heard this. To be precise, he did not come here to find Sun Jian. He came to see Sun Jian just to say hello and test the waters. As for the result, he had already guessed it.

After leaving the palace, Wang Yue walked directly into an alley and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Inside the palace.

"Gongjin, what do you think about this matter?"

"My Lord, this Wang Yue obviously wants us to join hands with him to destroy Liu Bei, but this is very difficult, and our marriage with Liu Bei has already been completed. It would be extremely bad for our reputation to betray our ally at this time. In addition, Wang Yue has no soldiers or power. I even suspect that he only has a mouth left. How can such a person defeat Liu Bei?"

After listening to Zhou Yu's analysis, Sun Jian also felt that it made sense. It was a joke to want the Anluo Empire to serve him, Wang Yue, just for the title of emperor.

late at night.

In an inn in Constantinople.

Wang Yue opened a door and walked in.

There was another person in the room, who was also the only idle prince, Shi Xie.

"What are you looking for from me?"

Shi Xie looked at Wang Yue while drinking tea.

"Shi Xie, you were once a local lord, occupying the entire Jiaozhou. Now you are living under someone else's roof. Do you think this is the life you want?"

"I feel pretty good now. If you came to me just to say this, I advise you to give up. I heard that you were looking for Sun Jian. I can understand why you looked for Sun Jian, Cao Cao, or even Liu Zhang, but the only thing I can't understand is that you came to me."

Shi Xie put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Wang Yue.

"They have territories, people, and resources, but I have nothing. Even up to now, I don't even have a single trusted person. Why are you looking for me?"

"You can have the territory, you can have the people, and as for other things, as long as you want, I can help you get them. I only ask you one question, do you want to create your glory again? Jiaozhou Mu, Shi Xie!"

When Shi Xie heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Looking at Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others fighting back and forth on the battlefield with a group of loyal subordinates following them, it would be a lie to say that he was not tempted, but Shi Xie also knew that he was no match for them. If he really went into the battlefield, he would probably be the first to be swallowed up.

"Forget it. My heart is not in this."

"Really? Forget it. I have already gathered 40,000 soldiers who are good at fighting and are staying at the border. I wanted to make you the leader, but since you don't want to, forget it."

"Wait a minute, how many people did you say?"

"Not many, only 40,000 people, but it should be no problem to capture one or two county towns. After all, we are also a surprise attack."

Owning a county town means owning territory, and owning territory naturally means having a say. In addition, with the secret help of the emperor, Wang Yue will certainly help him, as he is a famous general. It is also said that Wang Yue has an apprentice named Shi A, who is also said to be a famous general. These are two famous generals.

When he was in Jiaozhou, he didn't even have any reliable generals to help him.

This made Shi Xie's originally dusty heart begin to waver again.

"let me see."

"Time is short. I can only give you one day."

Shi Xie walked out of the room directly.

Along the way, Shi Xie was thinking about what Wang Yue said and didn't notice at all that someone was following him.

When Shi Xie came to an empty alley and was about to leave through another exit, a hand patted his shoulder.

"Master Shi Xie, did you see anyone just now?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Shi Xie immediately turned around and looked behind him.

He found out that it was Gan Ning who called him.

"It turned out to be Xingba. I was shocked. Who can I meet? What's wrong?"

"Master Shi Xie, don't forget, this is Constantinople, where the royal palace is located. We have spies everywhere here. If you meet anyone, you must tell me in time. Otherwise, if I find out, your life may not be saved."

"Sun Jian wants to kill me?"

"I don't know whether the lord wants to kill you, but if you meet someone you shouldn't meet and don't tell us, then we will doubt your sincerity. You should know what your fate will be then."

Shi Xie trembled all over when he heard this.

Although he was living a life of luxury by Sun Jian's side, no one stood on his side, and he had no confidants.

Everyone treated him as a plague and wanted to stay away from him.

If Sun Jian really killed him, I'm afraid no one would find out, and even if they did, no one would complain.

"I said, I just went to see Wang Yue."

"Master Shi Xie is a very smart man. Come on, follow me to see the Lord."

Gan Ning had been following Wang Yue secretly since Wang Yue left.

If a legendary general follows a famous general, as long as the legendary general doesn't want to, the famous general will never be able to discover him, no matter who the famous general is.

After tracking, Gan Ning discovered that Wang Yue and Shi Xie had met. As for what the two talked about, Gan Ning really didn't know. The first floor of the inn was the dining area and it was very noisy.

Soon, Gan Ning brought Shi Xie to Sun Jian.

Gan Ning also told Sun Jian about the meeting between Wang Yue and Shi Xie.

"What did Wang Yue tell you?"

Shi Xie did not dare to hide anything at this time and directly told Wang Yue about the fact that he had secretly stationed 40,000 troops.

This made Sun Jian a little surprised.

Even Zhou Yu, who was standing by, didn't expect this.

In the battle with Gu Rubing, Yangzhou was almost wiped out, and Jiaozhou was reduced to only one tenth of its population. It was difficult to recruit even 10,000 soldiers. However, Wang Yue was able to secretly station 40,000 troops.

“Where did these 40,000 people come from?”

"I don't know either. He could see that I was still hesitating, so Wang Yue didn't tell me much." When Sun Jian was about to ask Shi Xie to reject Wang Yue, Zhou Yu immediately stood up.

"My lord, since Lord Shi Xie does not want to join Wang Yue, it can be regarded as a sign of his loyalty to us, so there is no need for us to punish Lord Shi Xie too severely. As for how to punish him, we will discuss it tomorrow morning. Let's send Lord Shi Xie back first."

Sun Jian knew that Zhou Yu had something to say, and immediately nodded.

After Shi Xie left, Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu in the box.

"Gongjin, didn't you say that we can't participate? Why did you stop me from passing by Shi Xie just now?"

"My Lord, I said that we will not participate because this matter is risky. I did not say that we cannot let others participate. Although we are allies with Liu Bei now and cannot attack him, we cannot leave Liu Bei idle. It is okay to cause him some trouble."

"You mean, let Shi Xie join Wang Yue?"

"That's right. We will issue a notice tomorrow that Shi Xie colluded with Wang Yue and intended to assassinate the king and seize power, so Wang Yue and Shi Xie will be expelled from the Anluo Empire as a punishment."

"Okay, okay, this way, what Shi Xie does in the future will have nothing to do with us. Haha, Gongjin will be much more relaxed now that he has me."

Early the next morning.

Wang Yue and Shi Xie were driven out of Constantinople in confusion.

Zhou Yu, along with his ministers, secretly gave Shi Xie one million pieces of gold in the name of seeing him off, in order to secretly support Shi Xie.

Wang Yue saw everything and couldn't help but sigh that Sun Jian was really a smart man.

On the way, Shi Xie learned that the so-called 40,000 people did exist, but these people were not in Liangzhou.

Although Liangzhou is currently allied with Sun Jian, Gu Rubing is always wary of Sun Jian and has arranged a number of spies in Liangzhou. It is difficult to hide 40,000 people, so Wang Yue arranged all these people in the bitterly cold Youzhou.

After pacifying the Fuyu Xianbei, Youzhou has been at peace ever since, and Gu Rubing has indeed ignored that place.

After all, the population there is small, the area outside the Great Wall is stable, taxes are not high, and there are very few businessmen and families. Who would care about that place?

This gave Wang Yue an opportunity. For so many years, Wang Yue had been making trouble for Gu Rubing. Some of him really wanted to kill Gu Rubing, but in fact, he just wanted to attract Gu Rubing's attention.

He secretly gathered together the remaining Xianbei, Xiongnu and other forces scattered everywhere in the name of revenge.

The elite of these forces had long been eliminated by Gu Rubing. Of course, Cao Cao also contributed a lot, but after all, there were no real elites left. Even the first-class generals were all wiped out.

But fortunately, forces like the Xiongnu and the Xianbei were of poor origin and their population was not as large as that of the Han Dynasty. In order to cause trouble for the Han Dynasty, they had always been the whole people. Gu Rubing and Cao Cao killed their elite and their royal court, but there was no way to kill all the Xianbei and Xiongnu people, and Wang Yue gathered all the people they didn't want.

After understanding this, Shi Xie suddenly realized that he actually had a chance.

Youzhou Gu Rubing doesn't care, but he does care.

If he could take over the entire Youzhou, he would be able to develop rapidly. By then, he would be the governor of Youzhou, and he would have two famous generals, Wang Yue and Shi A, and the support of the emperor. He would be able to become a local emperor again.

Gu Rubing knew nothing about what was happening in Youzhou.

He is joining in the fun now.

As for this excitement, it was Liu Zhang’s engagement ceremony.

Cao Cao came with a lot of generous gifts.

Liu Zhang also called all his famous generals to come and give the scene a good show.

"My Lord, you have been with Miss Cao for so many days, don't you have any thoughts?"

Zhao Yun walked up to Gu Rubing and spoke in a low voice.

"Huh? What are you talking about? We were just strolling around the street, you're making it sound like we did something. We're innocent and didn't do anything."

However, just as the three of them were talking, a man who looked like a guard quietly walked up to Gu Rubing and handed a note to Gu Rubing.

I opened the note out of curiosity and saw only five words written on it.

Grab people, Zhuge Liang!

Gu Rubing gave a helpless smile and handed the note to Zhao Yun and Guan Yu.

"This……"

Zhao Yun and Guan Yu had never thought that Zhuge Liang would let them snatch someone from someone else's wedding? Or snatch someone else's bride? This was too unkind.

However, while they were hesitating, Gu Rubing did not hesitate.

Just as the two of them were standing in position and preparing to worship the sky, Gu Rubing stood directly in front of them.

When Liu Zhang saw this, his expression suddenly changed.

"Excuse me, both of you. I have to take the bride away!"

"What?"

Liu Zhang's face turned purple with anger at Gu Rubing's words.

Cao Cao, who was standing by, was so angry that he drew his sword and pointed it at Gu Rubing.

"Liu Bei, are you sick? You've got me, right? My son got married, and you rushed out to take her away. Now my daughter is getting married, and you're trying to steal her away. We have a grudge, but don't you understand that the disaster won't affect my family?"

Gu Rubing smiled awkwardly at this, but he didn't know why Zhuge Liang would make such a request. But since it was the Prime Minister who asked him to do so, he must have his reasons.

"I am really sorry, I must take this person away, and you cannot get married."

"I'll go to you..."

"Hey, stop swearing, we are civilized people!"

"Civilization, your sister, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, take them down for me. No one can stop this wedding today."

"Yes, Meng Huo and Miao Moqing, attack together. Let me capture Liu Bei."

Looking at the four famous generals coming over, Guan Yu could only stand up.

"Zilong, you take your brother and...Miss Cao and go first. I will cover your retreat."

Guan Yu wanted to call her sister-in-law, but when he thought about the fact that the other party's identity was not clear yet, it was a bit too early to do so.

Zhao Yun nodded immediately. None of them had expected that the lord would rob the bride in front of everyone so brazenly. Wouldn't this offend everyone present? No, he could just wait until they were sent to the bridal chamber and then rob her.

Guan Yu wielded his Green Dragon Crescent Blade and stopped the four people who were rushing over.

"Who among you wants to try and see if my sword is sharp?"

The four of them all stopped when they heard this.

No one wanted to fight Guan Yu alone, so the four of them finally decided that Xu Chu and Dian Wei would join forces to fight Guan Yu, while Meng Huo and Miao Moqing would be responsible for chasing Gu Rubing back. (End of this chapter)