The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 345 Wu

Wu State, Jianye.

"If this continues, our Wu Kingdom will perish at the hands of these villains!"

In the dark room, one could vaguely see the slightly ferocious face of General Sun Yi.

He looked at the two colleagues in front of him, Zhang Yi and Lin Xun.

Sun Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Jun has seized power in the imperial court and committed immoral acts, ruining the reputation of the imperial clan and making my family the laughing stock of the world!"

"He slaughtered royal family members wantonly, disrespected His Majesty, and colluded with many powerful clans. The private armies of these powerful clans are even greater than those of us who lead the army!"

"All the generals are good-for-nothings from these great clans. They have accomplished nothing, yet they dare to take high positions and be disrespectful to us!"

"In the current Wu Dynasty, mediocre people occupy high positions in the imperial court, the royal family is corrupt and immoral, Your Majesty is being manipulated and intimidated, the people's taxes are increasing year by year, arable land has become the private property of the powerful families, and the people are all their slaves!"

"When my father passed away, Emperor Taizu appointed me as a general and entrusted me with the affairs of the world."

"You have all received the kindness of Emperor Taizu."

"Now is the time for us to repay the Emperor Taizu's kindness."

Sun Yi looked at his confidant standing nearby, who immediately said, "The envoys from Shu Han have come to pay their respects to Sun Jun. They will hold a banquet outside the city tomorrow, and Sun Jun doesn't have many people around him to protect him."

Zhang Yi and Lin Xun exchanged a glance, and Zhang Yi hurriedly said, "General, eliminating the bandits is a dangerous task. The world still needs your help to pacify it. Please stay in the mansion and don't go out. Let me lead the soldiers to kill Sun Jun. After I'm dead, you can come out and pacify the situation."

Sun Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "No, I am the only one who can approach him with my royal family. Although there is no one around him, the roads are guarded everywhere, so you can't get close to him."

"Once we have killed Sun Jun, we will proceed to the Imperial Palace and support His Majesty in convicting the traitors and seizing military power through imperial decree!"

Sun Yi's plan was quite simple and quite crude.

But this was the best solution Sun Yi could think of.

He himself had no talent. Sun Yi was the grandson of Sun Jing, and his father was a cousin of Sun Quan. He had never participated in any wars or government affairs.

The two generals in front of him were the rare generals in the State of Wu who came from humble backgrounds.

In the era when the Three Kingdoms were competing with each other for worse, the Wu Kingdom's decline began with Sun Quan, and it has not even reached its peak yet.

The three of them immediately agreed on what to do. They decided to gather their confidants after returning and select more than 300 people. Sun Yi would be responsible for killing Sun Jun, Zhang Yi would be responsible for controlling the ministers, and Lin Xun would be responsible for protecting the emperor.

After making the plan, the three of them immediately swore an oath of blood alliance and vowed to eliminate the enemy for the country.

Zhang Yi and Lin Xun left.

Sun Yi watched them leave and was so nervous that he couldn't even stand up.

At this moment, Sun Jun, the general of Wu, was sitting in his mansion, chatting with the envoy of Shu with a smile.

"Is Mr. Chen in good health?"

"I haven't had any correspondence with him for some time."

The messenger hurriedly explained, "General, Minister Chen is busy with state affairs and has no time to speak with you. However, when I set out this time, he mentioned you several times and asked me to greet you on his behalf. He also asked me to bring some gifts."

Sun Jun was in a good mood. He said seriously, "I also highly respect Chen Jun. I often summon all the ministers in the country and ask them to emulate Chen Jun's character and govern Wu well."

"I must return the favor this time."

"Now that Cao Cao is so powerful, we should interact with him more often."

The envoys of Shu Han came to Wu not to re-ally form an alliance between the two countries to deal with Wei. In fact, people from Wei also often came to Wu.

Their meeting was nominally about world affairs, but in reality, they just had some business to discuss.

Ministers from various countries came and went to trade, and even war could not stop their enthusiasm. Even generals took the lead in smuggling trade. Sun Jun was not the first to do so.

They just covered themselves with the cloak of discussing important matters, and then they could sit together so openly to make profits for themselves.

Soldiers from various countries have been fighting for many years, their hands stained with the blood of their opponents. The hatred of several generations has been superimposed on each other, and they glare at each other and are sworn enemies.

However, the actual owners of these three countries could chat and laugh with each other through letters, send envoys to each other to make friends, write letters, send gifts, and even create a graceful friendship like the friendship between Yang and Lu.

Sun Jun talked with the envoy for a long time, and finally confirmed the date for the banquet tomorrow, and then sent the envoy away.

After seeing off the envoy, Sun Jun hurriedly opened the gifts sent by the Kingdom of Shu. When he saw the brocade, his eyes flashed. He quickly ordered people to load these things onto the car and left.

Sun Jun's destination was naturally Princess Quan's residence.

When Princess Quan Sun Luban saw the Shu brocade presented by Sun Jun, a smile appeared on her face.

Sun Jun no longer had the demeanor of a great general. He sat beside Sun Luban in a servile manner, with flattery written all over his face.

With this appearance, you can't tell that he is a great general of a country.

"Not bad. Was it given to you by the envoy from Shu?"

"It's for Your Majesty. I thought the princess would like it, so I brought it to you specially."

Sun Luban couldn't help but chuckle. As Sun Quan's eldest daughter, the princess was quite old. But even at this age, she still often appeared in public in gorgeous clothes and was always keen on doing things that were criticized by others.

Seeing Sun Jun's respectful attitude, Sun Luban was very satisfied. She said, "You are a man of understanding. It would be wonderful if everyone in the royal family were like you."

Sun Jun hurriedly said, "The royal family will work together to assist His Majesty and serve the eldest princess."

"The lieutenant general hasn't come to see me for more than ten days!" Sun Luban couldn't help but say.

Sun Jun quickly replied, "I have explained some things to Chen. He is currently keeping an eye on that thief Cao. Princess, you don't know this. This Guanqiu Jian is truly a villain!!"

"That Sima Shi is dead, yet he has the audacity to send people to borrow grain from us!!"

"I didn't check and sent all the food away. I just heard that Sima Shi is dead!"

"I always thought Guanqiu Jian was a great scholar of the time, proficient in both civil and military affairs, and would never resort to such despicable means. I never expected that Cao Wei, from top to bottom, is full of bad people, a nest of snakes and rats!"

Speaking of this matter, Sun Jun was very angry.

At the beginning, Guanqiu Jian sent people to say that he had no food to fight against Sima Shi. If he was not given food, he would be easily defeated by Sima Shi, which would be disadvantageous to the State of Wu.

It’s hard to say what Sun Jun’s moral standards are, but he is not a stupid person.

He analyzed the situation at the time and felt that the longer Guanqiu Jian persisted, the better it would be for him, so he did something to aid the enemy.

I never thought that Guanqiu Jian, who looked like a decent man, could be such a mean person! !
Sima Shi has died of illness, and you still come to cheat me of food?!

After Sun Jun learned of Sima Shi's death, the local government sent people to Huainan to explain the pros and cons to Guanqiu Jian and ask him to return the grain.

As a result, the two people sent there also disappeared, and there has been no news of them to this day.

Now, the daily court meetings in Dongwu would begin with insulting Guanqiu Jian’s shameless behavior, and then proceed.

Sun Luban was very interested in these temple matters. She changed to a more rude posture and stretched out her legs. Sun Jun was obviously very understanding and immediately began to gently pinch her legs, talking as he did so.

Just as the two were chatting cordially, a soldier suddenly called out, "General! The lieutenant general has an urgent matter!"

Sun Jun immediately frowned, "Stop yelling!"

Sun Jun smiled and looked at Sun Luban, "Princess, this must be some news from Cao Cao. I will serve you first."

"No need, state affairs are more important, go ahead."

Sun Luban waved her hand, and Sun Jun stood up, bowed three times again, and then hurried away.

When Sun Jun walked out of the inner room, his expression became much calmer and he began to look like a great general.

His cousin Sun Chen was standing at the door anxiously. When he saw Sun Jun coming out, he hurried forward.

"Brother, something big has happened!"

"Whisper."

Sun Chen lowered his voice, "Sun Yi, Zhang Yi, Lin Xun and others are plotting to kill you. Zhang Yi's wife found out about this and secretly sent someone to report it to the government. The news is true!"

At this moment, Sun Jun was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Why did my uncle want to kill me?!"

Sun Yi's father was the younger brother of Sun Jun's grandfather.

Sun Chen remained silent, but Sun Jun shouted angrily, "Send someone to arrest Zhang Yi and the others! You and your men follow me!"

Sun Jun immediately sent people to capture the rest of the bandits, while he himself rushed straight to Sun Yi's mansion.

Sun Yi was still discussing tomorrow's matters with his confidants. Just when he was halfway through, he heard shouts and screams outside the door.

Sun Yi was horrified. Before he could react, someone rushed into the house. His confidants wanted to resist, but facing those powerful crossbows, they had no chance at all.

Sun Jun strode into the mansion, lowered his head, and looked at Sun Yi who was sitting in front of him.

"Uncle, I heard you wanted to see me, so I came to see you specially."

"Someone, take these people away!"

Sun Jun gave the order, and all of Sun Yi's close associates were escorted out.

Sun Yi sighed deeply, and for a moment, his eyes were filled with despair.

Sun Jun then looked at him, "Uncle, I have treated you with courtesy all these days and have never owed you anything. Why do you want to kill me?!"

"Who wouldn't want to kill you when a traitor like you appears in our clan?!"

"I only regret that I lack talent and have been unable to accomplish anything. I want to see how you will face your father! Your great-grandfather! !"

"I'll be waiting for you with them!!"

Sun Yi shouted and suddenly drew his sword.

He slashed his neck with his sword, blood spurted out, and he fell into a pool of blood, anger and unwillingness still in his eyes.

Sun Jun looked at the scene blankly. Before he could finish his question, Sun Yi died in front of him.

I didn't say I was going to kill you!
At this moment, Sun Jun felt cold all over. He thought of Sun Yi's words and felt as if the souls of his ancestors were staring at him. Sun Jun's breathing became difficult. He staggered out of the inner room, his face pale, covering his chest and gasping for breath.

Sun Chen hurriedly supported him.

"Brother? Are you okay?"

"No problem. No problem. Go back home, go back home!"

(End of this chapter)