Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 261 Execution of Wang Rui and Zhang Zi
Chapter 260

While Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are planning a big battle here, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian of Lushan on the other side also welcomed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, who came from afar.

"My lord, Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, prefect of Nanyang, have arrived outside the camp. I don't know how my lord will respond?" Wei Zhongdao came to Yuan Shu and asked.

"Hey, my heart is soft, I don't want to bleed, you go out and deal with it, and then hand it over to Sun Jian." Yuan Shu said with a sigh of compassion.

"Master Shengming, the people of the world will be grateful for the master's benevolence. Let that Sun Jian resist the crime of murdering the minister. In this way, the master will save a lot of trouble when he takes over Nanyang and Jingzhou in the future." Wei Zhongdao Nodding his head, he said that he strongly agreed with Yuan Shu's idea.

"Hehe, Mr. Lao will be responsible for everything." After saying that, Yuan Shu got up and left without wasting a moment in the camp of the Chinese army.

"Come here, please go and invite Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, and tell him that Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, have arrived. My lord's promise to him has been fulfilled, and the rest is up to him." Watching Yuan Shu leave, Wei Zhongdao beckoned a soldier to come in and ordered.

"It's my lord, the little one will go to work right away." The soldier hurriedly agreed and hurriedly looked for Sun Jian.

However, Wei Zhongdao changed into a smiling face, and walked out of the gate to meet Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, who were invited to participate in the exhibition.

"Hehe, it's been hard for the two adults to come from a long distance. Wei Zhongdao, the counselor of the General's Mansion, was unable to welcome you from afar, and I forgot about the Haihan of the two adults." Wei Zhongdao hurriedly saluted these two people deeply.It is certain that although the status of these two people is not as high as that of Yuan Shu, they are both big officials in the frontier, which is beyond the reach of Wei Zhongdao, a small counselor.

"Counselor Wei is too humble. Although there is a huge gap between you and me, the big man is in danger now. As a big man's servant, we should do our best to die, so why bother to talk. I heard that the accent of the gentleman should be from Hanoi. I don't know if your Excellency and Hanoi Wei Does the family have anything to do with it?" As soon as Zhang Zi heard that Wei Zhongdao's surname was Wei, Zhang Zi first thought of the Wei family in Hanoi, after all, Yuan Shu attached great importance to family background.It was no wonder that Zhang Zi, who was only a small Nanyang prefect, dared not buy Yuan Shu's account. He turned out to be a well-rounded and thoughtful person.

"Haha, Zhang Taishou is really sharp-eyed, and he guessed my background right away, I admire him." Seeing that Zhang Zi wanted to get close to him, Wei Zhongdao responded with a smile on his face.

"I don't know where your Empress General is now, why didn't you come out to greet him? This time we were invited by your Empress General, and we specially brought money and food for the army." Seeing Zhang Zi and Wei Zhongdao's speculative conversation, Wang Rui Said impatiently.It must be that Wang Rui's status is different from Zhang Zi's. As the governor of Jingzhou, his status is higher than Yuan Shu's, so naturally he is not in the mood to joke with a small counselor here.

"Uh, I'm ashamed to say that my rear general is busy with military affairs. He has already gone to the front line to inspect, but he hasn't come back yet. Hey, the battle ahead has been tense these days, and my rear general is also very busy. I have to keep the two distinguished guests waiting for a long time. How about this, please wait for a while in the tent of the Chinese army, and I will arrange people to look for it, I believe my general will be very happy when he knows that the two of you are coming, and come to meet you." Wei Zhongdao listened , Said with a mournful face full of innocence.

"So there is a labor and health counselor." Zhang Zi hurriedly said to Wei Zhongdao.

"Zhang Zi, you are also the prefect of a county, why bother with him, forgive him for not daring to delay, let's go to the Zhongjun tent first and wait." After speaking, Wang Rui grabbed Zhang Zi's hand and walked towards the Zhongjun tent. After walking a few steps, he turned around and explained to Wei Zhongdao: "The men and horses brought by the two of us, you should settle down first, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise the military law will be used." After leaving this sentence, Wang Rui turned his head and left.He didn't estimate Wei Zhongdao's emotions at all, obviously Wang Rui felt that Wei Zhongdao didn't greet him well and wanted to give Wei Zhongdao some warnings.

"Lord Wang Rui, I see that you are not picky about your words and demeanor, why are you so unkind to Wei Zhongdao?" The two came to the Chinese army tent, Zhang Zi asked Wang Rui quietly when he saw that there was no one around.

"Brother Zhang Zi doesn't know something. Sun Jian and I have always been at odds. This time Yuan Shu asked me to come to discuss Wancheng together. I didn't have no worries in my heart, so I deliberately tested Wei Zhongdao." Wang Rui said worriedly.

"My lord thinks the same way? To be honest, I am the prefect of Nanyang, and Yuan Shu wanted me to submit to him many times, but I am an official of the imperial court and receive the salary of the imperial court. How can I go to others in private? It’s just that I offended Yuan Shu because of this, if I hadn’t learned that my lord would come to Lushan this time, I would definitely not have dared to come to Lushan by myself.” Seeing that Wang Rui was worried, Zhang Zi also said his own Worry to come.

"You don't have to worry too much about this. The princes' joint crusade against Dong Zhuo is a major event that determines the fate of the world. Forgive him, no matter how crazy Yuan Shu is, he will not dare to do anything to you and me." Wang Rui said cheeringly to Zhang Zi.

"Lord Inspector is right. It's too late to say anything now. We can only take one step at a time." Zhang Zi shook his head, but after a few turns of his thoughts, he no longer had any good ideas.

"At this time, Yuan Shu is not here, so we might as well go back to the base camp first. You and I will tie the camp together and rely on each other. Even if there is any change, they will not dare to make any moves." Wang Rui suddenly felt his heart jumping, and he was a little restless. Said.

"Okay, it's not too late, let's go right away." Zhang Zi agreed, and followed Wang Rui to the tent.

"You two are in such a hurry, where are you going? I don't know how to chat with old friends, why do you look down on me, Sun Jian?" Just as Zhang Zi and Wang Rui raised the curtain, they saw a tall and mighty figure walking by. Yes, he said with a cold smile at the two of them.This person is none other than Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha who had always had a rift with Wang Rui.

"Sun Jian, what do you mean by coming here? Where did Yuan Shu go? Don't you dare to act wild here." Seeing that Sun Jian blocked the two of them in the Chinese army's tent, Wang Rui murmured that it was not good. The reason why Wang Rui dared to come to Lushan First, he knew that this time it was an alliance of princes to attack Dong Zhuo. Wang Rui didn't want to be accused of being disloyal to the Han family behind his back. Second, he felt that there were many princes in Lushan. The other princes came to dissuade them, but they didn't expect that Sun Jian was so bold that he would block himself in the big tent of the Chinese army. But it's strange, why Wei Zhongdao hasn't called Yuan Shu for so long?Thinking of this, Wang Rui's expression changed drastically.

"Hahaha, what I mean is very simple. Since the governor Wang came from afar, I think you should stay in the tent of the Chinese army, and don't go there." Sun Jian laughed, and the grievances over the years were swept away. Seeing Wang Rui's nervous look, Sun Jian was extremely happy.

"Why do you two do this? We came here for the revival of the great man. It is the time when we are sincerely united and wiped out the world. Why do you have to be a peacemaker for the old enmity? Wouldn't it be better for the two of you to turn the fight into friendship?" Seeing the situation like this Unfavorable, Zhang Zi smiled and came to Sun Jian to dissuade him.

"Hey, you are also a dying person, why bother talking so nonsense?" Sun Jian couldn't help laughing when he saw that Zhang Zi came up to make peace, and said contemptuously to Zhang Zi.

"What do you mean by that? I have no grudges with you in the past, and I have no grudges in the present. Why should the general scare me with such words." Hearing Sun Jian's words, Zhang Zi was startled, and his face changed drastically.

"There is indeed no hatred between you and me, but you understand the truth of the crime of being pregnant, you just blame others for seeing your things, but you can't bear to give up, so you can only disappear from this world .” Seeing Zhang Zi whose expression changed drastically, Sun Jian said with a teasing smile.

"Sure enough, Yuan Shao ordered you to kill me, but I am a minister of the court. If you dare to kill me, killing a minister is a serious crime." Zhang Zi pointed at Sun Jian, his voice trembling.

"Hehe, bloodthirsty minister? Do you still know that you are a courtier of the great man? Then when Dong Zhuo insulted the emperor, why didn't you remember that you were the courtier of the great man? The great man was about to wither, but you remembered that you were the courtier of the great man. It's really ridiculous. Come here, kill me." Following Sun Jian's order, swordsmen rushed over from the left and right, beheading Wang Rui and Zhang Zi into mincemeat.

Just as Wang Rui and Zhang Zi were killed here, soldiers and horses surrounded Wang Rui and Zhang Zi's men on the other side.

"Who are you? Dare to surround our army, don't you know that we are friendly troops who have come to deliver food and grass?" Seeing a group of soldiers and horses encircling his camp, a young general came out and surrounded himself The soldiers and horses asked.

"Who are you, but you have some courage?" A general walked out from the opposite side and looked at the young general and asked?
"I am the son of the Cai family in Jingzhou, so is Cai Mao." It turned out that this young general was the eldest son of the Cai family, a prominent family in Jingzhou. matter.

"It turns out to be from the Cai family. Let me tell you. I am the governor of Changsha, Sun Jian, and the commander of the army, Huang Gai. You have nothing to do with that fellow Wang Rui. Why don't you go to the tent of the governor of Sun Jian? I will protect your future." How about Wuliang?" Looking at the young Cai Mao in front of him, Huang Gai offered an olive branch.As Sun Jian's general, Huang Gai naturally knew that the Cai family was very powerful in Jingzhou. If Sun Jian could really recruit the Cai family, then it would not be difficult to take over Jingzhou.Moreover, with Cai Mao's influence, Huang Gai believed that as long as Cai Mao surrendered, the Jingzhou soldiers brought by Wang Rui would naturally surrender as well.As for the Nanyang soldiers brought by Wang Rui, let them be left to Yuan Shu. Sun Jian and Yuan Shu must have a cooperative relationship. If Sun Jian reaps the benefits and does not give Yuan Shu a bad taste, there will inevitably be a rift between the two armies.

(End of this chapter)