Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The fire broke out suddenly in the mansion where Sun Qian was staying, casting a bright red light in the night.

On a high platform close to the mansion, Li Ji stood there, watching the fire slowly burning with a calm expression.

The people in the mansion watched from afar, and like ants, they either fled in panic or rushed to put out the fire.

The weather is dry, so the fire is not so easy to put out.

Li Ji, who was standing on the high platform and watching from afar, was also quietly admiring this slightly expensive bonfire.

Until the fire was gradually brought under control, a man hurriedly ran towards the platform and handed a secret letter to Sima Yi who was waiting at the foot of the platform.

Sima Yi quickly handed it over to Li Ji.

Li Ji opened the secret letter and there was only one sentence on it: "Chen Zhong has stolen the jade belt and escaped."

The fish bit the hook.

Li Ji had a smile on his face.

Li Ji was very clear about the relationships between the current aristocratic families in Yuzhou. He knew the personalities, preferences and abilities of the main figures of each family.

Chen Zhong and Deng Jie are both from traditional aristocratic families. They value family more than life and death, and will inevitably take action when they see their family interests being severely damaged.

In this way, it is not difficult to weave a big net against Chen Zhong and Deng Jie and make them act according to Li Ji's ideas.

"Very good."

Li Ji said, then spoke.

"Half an hour after the fire was completely extinguished, we immediately sent people to control everyone still in the mansion, and then a quarter of an hour later, we sealed off all four city gates and imposed martial law."

"Tomorrow morning, all members of the Deng family of Yingchuan in Qiao County will be imprisoned..."

"The day after tomorrow, we will control all the members of the Yingchuan Chen and Deng clans in Yuzhou."

Li Ji made subsequent arrangements without haste, which was also to increase the credibility of the jade belt after it was sent back to Sili.

The lives of the Chen and Deng families of Yingchuan in Yuzhou will be part of the stakes, and will also serve as proof for Chen Qun in Sili to ask for credit from Lu Bu.

During this period, it didn't matter whether Deng Jie, who was first identified as the arsonist, pleaded guilty and gave out Chen Zhong after being imprisoned.

They will not be present in the performances that the world is paying attention to; they are just the background behind the scenes.

However, Chen Zhong was obviously unaware of this. Instead, after stealing the jade belt and hiding it on his body, he continued to use all his connections and manpower to try to escape from Pei State and Yuzhou.

The blockade and manhunt by Li Ji forced Chen Zhong to have almost no time to breathe. He racked his brains to change his appearance and hide from place to place along the way.

By the time Chen Zhong arrived at Changshe, Yingchuan County, which was close to Sili, all the counties and counties in Yuzhou had already circulated documents, drawings and pictures, to capture Chen Zhong, stating that the capturer would be rewarded with a hundred gold coins and a thousand acres of fertile land.

This also made Chen Zhong, who was used to a life of luxury, experience the hardships that Cao Cao, who had once occasionally joked about during banquets, had experienced when he assassinated Dong Zhuo and fled.

Fortunately, Chen Zhong sent a letter in advance to contact Chen's trusted confidants in Sili and infiltrated Changsha for support. Only then did he feel lucky to have escaped from the heavily blockaded Yuzhou.

On the same day that Chen Zhong left Yuzhou, a horse-drawn carriage protected by a hundred cavalrymen drove into Changsha in a cloud of dust.

Inside the carriage, two figures, one big and one small, looked at each other, but were speechless.

Jia Xu, Sima Yi.

Or like repels like.

Whether it was Jia Xu or Sima Yi, they instinctively disliked each other.

Even though they are one big and one small, one looks like a wealthy gentleman, while the other is a polite and steady young man.

As the carriage arrived at Changsha, Jia Xu simply dealt with the county magistrate who came to greet him, asked for a side hall in the county government office to handle official business, and then sent the county magistrate away. After Jia Xu brewed a pot of fragrant tea for himself and took a sip, he looked at Sima Yi who seemed to have started handling official business sitting not far away, and spoke.

"Zi Kun threw me to Changsha without any explanation, saying that there was a change in Sili. I will know when I arrive, and if there is any emergency, I can make the decision myself."

"Now that we have arrived at Changshe, we should at least tell you what happened."

Sima Yi paused slightly, then looked up at Jia Xu.

What Sima Yi was doing now was to "escort" Chen Zhong all the way into Sili through the Jinyisi.

"Chen Zhong, who stole the jade belt bestowed by Your Majesty, has fled Yuzhou today." Sima Yi said.

"From your tone, could it be that Zikun intentionally allowed Chen Zhong to escape from Yuzhou..."

Jia Xu's voice suddenly paused and his brows subconsciously frowned.

As Liu Bei gradually became more powerful, the need to resort to vicious schemes gradually decreased, so naturally there were fewer places for Jia Xu to use his skills.

Unless Li Ji occasionally urged him on, Jia Xu would live a life of openly stealing salaries, relying on his apparent relationship with Li Ji.

In addition to studying the tea ceremony, Jia Xu has recently become addicted to the emerging opera. Every day he drinks tea and listens to opera. Even his temperament seems to have a bit of the laziness of a rich man.

However, just because Jia Xu is lazy and doesn't pay attention to things that he shouldn't pay attention to, it doesn't mean that Jia Xu is bad.

After Jia Xu casually revealed the truth through Sima Yi's casual tone, he suddenly realized something.

For top wise men, even in a fog, as long as they grasp some important clues, they can easily analyze the entire trend of time.

The key is undoubtedly the jade belt stolen by Chen Zhong.

But even if the jade belt was given by the emperor, it was not the imperial seal and was definitely not worth Li Ji's effort.

“Is there something hidden in the jade belt?”

Jia Xu’s question hit the nail on the head.

Sima Yi answered truthfully everything he knew.

"The Marquis later investigated and also suspected that there was a secret decree from the emperor hidden inside. It was just that Sun Qian was careless for a moment, and during the banquet, Chen Zhong, who was secretly in contact with the enemy, sent people to set fire and stole the jade belt in the chaos."

Jia Xu subconsciously leaned back slightly.

Only other people would believe such nonsense. Jia Xu naturally didn't believe it at all and said sarcastically.

"Did Zikun do this on purpose? Or was it an accident?"

"accidentally."

Sima Yi defended his teacher's statement with an expressionless face.

The corner of Jia Xu's mouth twitched slightly, and he felt that Li Ji was becoming more and more shameless.

No, it should be said that in order to maintain his superficial reputation, Li Ji was really stubborn in private.

Even if Li Ji was careless, it was definitely intentional.

However, since this was a secret decree from the Emperor, he had to be careful no matter what in order to avoid being blamed by Liu Bei later.

Immediately, Jia Xu's fingers unconsciously turned the teacup, and the whole context of the incident quickly became clear before Jia Xu's eyes.

The most important thing is that Jia Xu also knew the orders that Li Ji would not speak out loud.

It's nothing more than... killing someone with a borrowed knife. (End of this chapter)