Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 707 Guan Ning: Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species?

Seeing that Gongsun Du was already on guard, Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.

Gongsun Du looked at Liu Yi's leaving back and sneered.

His two sons couldn't wait any longer.

However, I was able to grow from a small family to the current governor of Liaodong County, and I have eaten more salt than they have eaten rice.

What tricks do they have that they don’t know about?

Still want to fight yourself?

Gongsun Du did not take the affairs of his two sons too seriously.

Compared with his two sons, he was more afraid of Xu Rong.

If Xu Rong really wants to kill me, what should I do?
That Xu Rong is too cruel.

The ordinary cavalry he trained were so brutal.

He now has seven hundred heavy cavalry with him.

That level of brutality——

Gongsun Du felt a headache just thinking about it.

He needs to make urgent deployment!

He was going to send people to investigate intelligence near Liucheng.

If Xu Rong really comes, we can only defend behind closed doors and rely on Changli's high city walls and strong defenses to wear down the enemy.

Gongsun Du was troubled all night.

That night, he didn't even call any women to serve him.

This was something he had never experienced before.

Early in the morning, he wrote several letters, put them in a box, and then found a messenger to deliver the letters one by one.

Only then did he put on his armor.

Liu Yi also came and said, "The swordsmen have been deployed."

"There have been no changes to the guards, and everything is normal."

Gongsun Du laughed and said, "It's normal that they don't dare."

Taking Liu Yi with him, Gongsun Du went straight to the hall.

When we arrived at the hall, all the civil and military officials had already gathered.

Gongsun Du sat in the first seat in the middle of the hall.

Below and to his left was a burly man in his thirties.

The big man looked 50% like him, except that he looked younger and was taller.

This is Gongsun Du’s eldest son, who now serves as the prefect of Xuantu County.

Below and to the right of Gongsun Du stood Gongsun Gong, the second son of Gongsun Du whom he had met yesterday and now the commander of Xiangping, the capital of Liaodong County.

Next to the two of them were the civil and military officials of Liaodong County.

There were a large number of Han generals.

There were also royal families from Goguryeo.

There are also generals from the Buyeo Kingdom.

After Liu Yi followed Gongsun Du into the hall, he stood between Gongsun Du and Gongsun Du's eldest son Gongsun Kang, close to Gongsun Kang.

Although this is not in accordance with etiquette.

However, this was Gongsun Du's decision.

In Liaodong, a territory that is now beyond the jurisdiction of the Han court, Gongsun Du has the final say in everything.

He is the sky and the land of Liaodong.

What he says is what it is.

Gongsun Du glanced around and saw that everyone was present. He then said, "Yesterday, I heard from Gong'er that General Zhang Sui had taken over the three counties of Wuhuan and killed Tadun. Do you have anything to say to me?"

The whole hall was deathly quiet.

After a while, a civil official came out from behind Gongsun Kang, bowed to Gongsun Du and said, "My lord, now that Tadun is dead, the Donghu people of the Wuhuan in the three counties are leaderless."

"Although General Zhang Sui occupied the three Wuhuan counties, the people were dissatisfied."

"Plus, the general is not used to the climate and soil of the three counties of Wuhuan and our Liaodong."

"The same must be true of the soldiers he brought with him."

"This is our golden opportunity to defeat the general, seize the three counties of Wuhuan, and even advance westward to Hebei."

"can not miss."

"My Lord, please make a quick decision."

"Otherwise, the opportunity will be missed, which will be a pity."

Everyone agreed. "Yes, this is a rare opportunity. If we seize this opportunity and move westward to Hebei, we will have the possibility of sweeping across the world. The Han Dynasty no longer exists. The princes and generals are in Liaodong today!"

"Why has Goguryeo always lived in such a remote place? We want Hebei, we want the Central Plains, we want Yangzhou, we want the beautiful mountains and rivers!"

"I heard that the general was young and reckless, so today he will never come back!"

Gongsun Du's eyes fell on the face of the civil official who was speaking.

Guan Ning.

Born in Beihai.

A famous Confucian scholar in the Han Dynasty, he was known as "One Dragon" together with Hua Xin and Bing Yuan.

When Dong Zhuo was killed, Li Jue and Guo Si caused chaos in Chang'an, so Guan Ning fled to Liaodong with his family.

He originally served Gongsun Du and was Gongsun Du's chief secretary.

At this moment, Gongsun Du looked at Guan Ning with a sarcastic smile on his face.

Is this Guan Ning, who is tired of his old age, so he turns to his two sons for support?

Gongsun Du listened to the noise in the hall and shouted sternly, "Everyone be quiet!"

Only then did everyone become quiet.

Gongsun Du looked at Guan Ning and said, "Chief Secretary, my dear minister, do you know that Xu Rong, who led 700 heavy cavalry, was also among them?"

"Don't you know how cruel Xu Rong is?"

"The general may be young and reckless, but with Xu Rong here, we have no choice but to defend."

“The plan to move westward into Hebei cannot be implemented this time.”

Gongsun Du waved his hand, signaling Guan Ning to leave, and said, "Let's talk about the next thing."

But Guan Ning did not retreat.

He just frowned, stared at Gongsun Du and said, "My lord, I have something to say."

Gongsun Du looked at Guan Ning sarcastically but said nothing.

Guan Ning looked directly at Gongsun Du and said, "My lord, ever since you were defeated by Yuan Shao, you have been acting like a coward."

"Look at what you have done in these years?"

"Either he's playing with women, or he's on his way to playing with women!"

"It's fine if you play with women, but you even play with your own son's wife!"

"My Lord, you are old!"

"You have become deaf."

"You no longer have ambition in your eyes, only women and pleasure."

With his hands behind his back, Guan Ning looked around at the civil and military officials around him and sneered, "But we are different."

"The eldest son is still young."

“He still has ambitions!”

"He still has hope of leading us out of this damn Liaodong, sweeping across the world, and unifying the country."

"If we don't seize the opportunity in troubled times, when will the hard times for the people of Liaodong end?"

"Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed?"

"The Han dynasty was seized from the Qin dynasty."

"Now that the Han Dynasty is on the verge of collapse, it is our turn in Liaodong."

When the civil and military officials heard what Guan Ning said, they all became excited.

"My lord, if you don't want to fight, then I will give up my throne!"

"My lord is old and has no ambition to make progress, but we are still young!"

"The eldest son is a man of both civil and military talents, and is a truly wise ruler!"

"Please abdicate, lord!"

The noise from the entire hall of the marquis's mansion broke through the clouds.

Gongsun Du's lips trembled slightly and his face looked extremely gloomy.

Although he had already guessed what these people were thinking, he also thought of a way to deal with it.

However, when he really saw these people acting like monsters in front of him, he still found it hard to accept.

Liu Yi glanced at everyone coldly, as if he was looking at a dead body.

As soon as Gongsun Du gave the order, he immediately called on the executioners who had been lurking in the hall to chop the damned man into meat paste!

At the front of Gongsun Du's civil and military officials, his eldest son Gongsun Kang and his second son Gongsun Gong looked at each other and nodded imperceptibly.

Amid the noise of the crowd, Gongsun Gong walked out.

(End of this chapter)