Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 163 The end of the hero?

Zhou Tai felt a little regretful, but also a little relieved.

I regretted that when we were at the water fort, perhaps I shouldn't have followed Sun Ce at all.

In other words, when Sun Bofu died, he should have realized clearly that Sun Quan was not a wise leader and left alone.

Fortunately, when the troupe came that day, I was a little hesitant, but still let my family leave with me.

Now that they have been walking for several days, I am afraid that they are almost out of Jiangdong. Finally, we don’t need to worry about his safety anymore.

"Zhou Tai! What do you have to say?"

Zhou Tai was filled with all kinds of emotions, but Sun Quan's question brought him back to his senses.

But Zhou Tai's expression always seemed like a stone, neither grievance nor sadness could be seen on his face.

At the moment, he just shook his head and said, "I have already explained what needs to be explained. As for the defeat of the Grand Commander, if it wasn't for this guy's suggestion to send the Grand Commander to Jingnan, how could there be such a disastrous defeat?"

Peng Ying saw that Zhou Tai was really difficult to deal with.

It was obvious that I was in cahoots with Xing Daorong, how could they still blame me!
But he certainly couldn't bear the blame, so he quickly argued, "The defeat of the Grand Commander was due to Xing Daorong's sudden appearance during the battle of Jiangling. What does it have to do with me?"

"If you want to investigate, you should find out who leaked the news!"

Zhou Tai laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Hahahaha! Who would leak such an important matter? Don't you think that everyone is a villain like you, willing to do anything for fame and fortune!"

Zhou Tai's righteous tone in his words still suppressed Peng Ying.

Peng Ying suddenly felt that he had lost his momentum and could not even speak.

Such righteousness made Sun Quan, who was already certain that Zhou Tai was a spy, hesitate again.

But now that the person has been arrested, we can’t just let him go.

Moreover, the jade pendant, the departure of the family, and even the fact that Xing Daorong was let go, could not be explained clearly.

How could Sun Quan feel at peace if he didn't figure this out?

After a long while, he finally waved his hand and said, "Take Zhou Tai away and keep him under strict surveillance until the matter is investigated."

After hearing this, Zhou Tai finally let out a long sigh!

He knew very well in his mind that these were all groundless accusations, so what could he find out?
However, even if he had a sincere heart, he could not withstand a treacherous slander.

I can't help but sigh to the sky: "If I am trustworthy but doubted, and loyal but slandered, how can I not feel resentful?"

This sentence comes from Sima Qian's "Biography of Qu Yuan", which describes the feeling of being wronged for no reason.

Everyone can hear the sincerity and deep feeling in this sigh!

Look at Sun Quan, his expression changed and became extremely ugly, and it was obvious that he believed it to some extent.

Peng Ying saw this and became a little anxious.

If Zhou Tai could still turn this around, wouldn't he appear incompetent?
I immediately decided in my heart that I had to kill Zhou Tai.

...

Zhou Tai was arrested on suspicion of treason!
Once this word gets out, who the hell would believe it?
Who doesn't know what kind of personality and character Zhou Tai has?

How can we collaborate with the enemy?

Now, the news that has come out...

Apart from the somewhat solid evidence of "possessing Xing Daorong's jade pendant", the rest are completely nonsense and no one in Jiangdong believes them at all.

The aristocratic families in Jiangdong were fine with Sun Quan's capture of Zhou Tai, but now it was the turn of the Huaisi military generals group to be unhappy.

As mentioned before, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin belong to the centrist faction.

These two were simply impressed by Sun Ce back then, and just wanted to earn military honors with their own hands and build up their family. After Sun Ce died, the throne was passed to Sun Quan, and naturally, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin also followed Sun Quan.

After all this, it turns out that the two of them naturally have nothing to do with the Jiangdong family, but are related to Sun Ce's direct lineage, the Huaisi military generals group.

The reason why the Huaisi Group is considered the direct lineage is because the relationship between the Jiangdong family and the Sun family is really subtle.

When Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, he carried out a bloody massacre against those uncooperative Jiangdong clans.

Xu Gong of Wujun, Sheng Xian of Kuaiji, and the three brothers Zhou Xin, Zhou Ang, and Zhou Yu of Kuaiji were all executed for opposing Sun Ce.

Cao Cao launched the Battle of Red Cliffs, using the excuse that the Sun family had slaughtered heroes and heroes of Jiangdong indiscriminately. Cao Cao came to attack them in order to avenge the people and punish the criminals.

Therefore, the Jiangdong noble families compromised because they saw that Sun Ce was too powerful.

Later, Sun Quan did a good job, especially after the victory in the Battle of Chibi, the situation was relatively stable.

Then something went wrong.

He was unable to defeat Cao Cao in Hefei, and his army of 100,000 was defeated by Zhang Liao as soon as they met.

He was unable to defeat Liu Bei in Jiangling, and had to resort to the tactic of breaking the alliance and launching a surprise attack. However, Xing Daorong killed a major general as soon as they met.

The Jiangdong family originally had a grudge against the Sun family, but when they saw that the Sun family could lead everyone to victory, they put the grudge aside and hoped for "win-win cooperation."

At the moment, it doesn’t matter if we can’t win, and it doesn’t matter whether we are loyal or treacherous.

I don't want to care about Zhou Tai's affairs.

On the contrary, Zhuge Jin from the Huaisi Gang heard about this and hurried to persuade Sun Quan.

"Wuhou!"

"General Zhou is dedicated to the public. When he was in Chengdu, he also tried his best to gather information for Jiangdong. Today... I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding!"

Zhuge Jin's words were sincere and heartfelt, but unfortunately Sun Quan didn't seem to feel anything.

He only asked, "How did Youping get Xing Daorong's jade pendant? Does Ziyu know?"

Zhuge Jin was stunned when he heard this, and shook his head: "This... I really don't know."

Seeing Sun Quan's expression of being certain, Zhuge Jin hurriedly explained, "General Zhou was alone at Xing Daorong's mansion to gather information at that time. If it was really a gift from Xing Daorong, I'm afraid he couldn't refuse it."

Sun Quan refused to listen to any explanation and just said he would investigate it thoroughly.

Zhuge Jin was helpless. Seeing that Sun Quan was determined to get to the bottom of the matter, he also hoped that Sun Quan could really clear Zhou Tai's name.

But it is a trumped-up charge, how can we find out anything?
It's destined to be empty...

...

"Gong Ji! I heard that even Zhuge Jin couldn't persuade the Marquis of Wu, so why should we wade into this mess?"

At the Lu residence, Lu Jun was talking to Lu Ji about the latest news.

But after he had said that, he saw that his brother turned a deaf ear to him and just buried his head in writing the two letters in his hands, which made him feel helpless.

Although his brother was usually quite peaceful, Lu Jun knew that he could be very stubborn when something really happened.

Perhaps because of this, it is not his brother's turn to be the leader of the Lu family.
Lu Jun was thinking in his heart, and when he saw his brother finish writing a letter, he turned around and said, "Brother, Zhou Tai has nothing to do with us. It's just that he has nothing to do with us today, but he may have something to do with us tomorrow."

"Now that Sun Quan is in decline and can't distinguish between loyalty and treachery, we should have made plans early. Besides, it's just advice, what can Sun Quan do when he sees it?" Boyan holds the military power, but I don't believe he can still attack me! "

"I will send one letter to Jiangling, asking Xing Daorong to think of a solution. If he really did something, it has nothing to do with me. I will send another letter to persuade Sun Quan to hesitate and delay the time."

When Lu Jun heard his brother say this, he just shook his head.

He felt that his brother was walking on a single-plank bridge over a cliff. If he was not careful, he would be doomed.

(End of this chapter)