Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 329 The living are like this, the dead are gone. (Thanks to Jiawei and Jumen for their monthly ticket support~)
"Then...then what should I do?!"

Hearing the obvious tremor in Shi Xie's words, Bu Zhi understood that Shi Xie was really scared.

After all, Lu Bu dared to stab even his adoptive father Dong Zhuo, who had a large army under his command.

Now that the other party has become a duke, stabbing him, a small prefect, is really just a matter of thought.

The key point is that it is an indisputable fact that Deng Zhi died at his hands. Even if it was not his fault, he still has to bear the responsibility.

What's more, if you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext.

Seeing Shi Xie looking at him for help, Bu Zhi sighed inwardly. Everything was developing just as Deng Zhi had expected.

He also followed the strategy given by Deng Zhi and continued:
"For now, you have no choice but to take the blame on yourself.

"Then let your son Shi Xin go with me to meet Lord Chu in person, explain the situation, and hand over the military power.

"Let your son stay and serve Lord Chu. When Lord Chu's anger subsides, he will let your son return home, and this matter will be over..."

After hearing Bu Zhi's words, Shi Xie was shocked!
Only at this moment did he realize the true intentions of Bu Zhi and Deng Zhi!
But he could hardly imagine that Deng Zhi would risk his own life to force him to surrender his military power.

He even wanted to send his favorite son to Lu Bu as a hostage...

Shi Xie was silent for a long time, then let out a long sigh helplessly.

He believed that normal people would not joke about their own lives.

If Deng Zhi had not died accidentally, the handover should have been carried out according to the agreement previously negotiated by Bu Zhi.

But now Deng Zhi suddenly passed away. Unless he fought to the death, there were some things that he could not decide...

Shi Xie seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and could only bow to Bu Zhi and say:

"Let's follow what Envoy Bu said..."

After receiving Shi Xie's reply, Bu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not feel any joy in his heart.

Even if everything went as smoothly as Deng Zhi expected...

But if he could use these to save Deng Zhi's life, he would make the choice without hesitation!

But in this world, there are never so many ifs...

three days later.

After removing the possible poison from his body, Bu Zhi, together with Zhou Tai and Shi Xie's son Shi Xin, set off with Deng Zhi's body.

Deng Zhi's body had undergone special treatment by Yuan Hui and would no longer rot and stink in this hot weather.

After all, Deng Zhi was from Nanyang, Jingzhou.

In line with the idea of ​​returning to one's roots, the last thing Bu Zhi could do for Deng Zhi was to send his body back to his hometown...

Lujiang County, Wancheng.

This is the hometown of the two Qiao sisters, and it is also a place that Lu Bu has a special liking for, because it is the first place that gave him the feeling of "home".

Lu Bu looked at the overthrown government and felt quite emotional.

After more than a month, the craftsmen finally designed a palace that satisfied him.

So we started construction in the hottest weather.

Lu Bu's family moved to a mansion next to Sun's mansion to live temporarily, which also made it convenient for Wu Yao and Yan Qingqing to interact with each other.

However, it takes at least two or three years to build a palace.

Even though Lu Bu had asked the craftsmen to reduce the materials and area as much as possible.

It would take at least a year and a half to build a palace that would not cost a lot of money but would be quite magnificent.

Just as Lu Bu was leaving the government office and on his way home, he suddenly saw a communications soldier riding a fast horse running straight towards him!

After the messenger dismounted, he immediately took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lu Bu:
"My Lord, urgent delivery of eight hundred miles! The letter was sent by Bu Zhi Bu Gong Cao who was heading to Jiaozhou!"

After listening to the report from the signalman, Lu Bu was delighted at first, but then he showed a hint of doubt. What was the matter that required an 800-mile rush?
Could it be that Shi Xie was unwilling to submit?

But even so, there wouldn't be a need to use such an urgent method of sending the letter, right?
The normal "300-mile express" is enough...

I opened the letter with great doubts. The beginning of the letter directly mentioned that Shi Xie had agreed to surrender.

Seeing this, Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after seeing the words "Shi Xie will send his son Shi Xin to come in person to hand over the military power", Lu Bu suddenly felt something was wrong!
Although he did not doubt the diplomatic abilities of Bu Zhi and Deng Zhi.

But to make Shi Xie hand over his military power directly... this is still too unbelievable!

In history, Shi Xie had a strong desire to control Jiaozhou, and it was a success enough for him to make him submit and depend on him.

Now he could actually voluntarily hand over his military power and send his son as a hostage... This was completely beyond Lu Bu's expectations!

As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when things go wrong!

Lu Bu continued to read on, and finally understood the reason...

After reading the letter, his hands suddenly dropped down!
The letter also fell from between the signalman's fingers under the surprised gaze.

Lu Bu's eyes were dull, and he stood there in a daze...

An indescribable pain was like a chisel hitting his heart!

He never imagined that just a trip to Jiaozhou would lead to the death of Deng Zhi!

This is not the most uncomfortable thing for Lu Bu.

What made him most uncomfortable was that, judging from what Bu Zhi expressed, it seemed that Deng Zhi deliberately used his own life to force Shi Xie to hand over the military power of Jiaozhou.

To prevent possible rebellion in Jiaozhou in the future!

Bu Zhi may not understand Deng Zhi's ideas, but Lu Bu does.

Because Jiaozhou had surrendered to Eastern Wu in history, after Shi Xie's death, his son Shi Hui betrayed Wu and chose to establish himself!

Although it was finally conquered by the State of Wu, how could a small number of people have died in this battle?
After all, this is a state!

Lü Bu did not expect that Deng Zhi, who was supposed to live to be over seventy, would die before he was twenty...

Could it be that my arrival did not actually change the lifespan of some people in this era?

Although people like Dong Bai and Xu Shao who should have died are still alive and well because of me.

And unless there are any accidents, you can live for many more years.

But in fact, their lifespan is not increased in vain.

Is it because people like Deng Zhi, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, etc., who were supposed to die many years later, gave up their own lifespans?

Although this idea may seem a bit mysterious, it actually makes sense.

There is conservation of energy in the world, but that doesn't necessarily mean there is no conservation of lifespan...

Lu Bu remained in grief for a long time until the communications soldier called him and he gradually came to his senses.

As Deng Zhi was one of the first group of civil servants to follow him, the relationship between them during their three years together was naturally very deep.

The sudden passing of such a great diplomatic talent really made him sigh with regret.

However, the living are like this, and the dead are gone.

Lu Bu knew that no matter how sad he was, Deng Zhi would not survive.

In order to ensure that Deng Zhi's efforts would not go to waste, he had to take good care of the last gift he left for himself.

He knew that Shi Xie was not to blame for this matter, but for Deng Zhi, he had to blame him!
Putting aside the facts, if you, Shi Xie, had come here earlier and surrendered to me, would my Deng Zhi have died from acclimatization and been bitten to death by poisonous insects?

(End of this chapter)