The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 248 Close the door

When Dongfang Sheng was chatting with Gan Ning, Chen Zhong had already returned wrapped in a strong wind.

"My lord has found Zheng Du's home." Chen Zhong said standing in front of Dongfang Sheng with a solemn face.

Dongfang Sheng tugged at Gan Ning and said, "You can go with me."

The three of them left the restaurant and rode away on horseback.

In a modest house in the Yamen District, a middle-aged man in a blue robe was pacing and reading a book in the yard.

"The way to use soldiers is to drive thousands of chariots, to ride thousands of leather chariots, to wear one hundred thousand armors, and to feed food for thousands of miles, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the wealth of glue paint, and the offering of chariots and armors cost thousands of gold a day, and then ten The teacher of ten thousand is up."

This passage is exactly a sentence from Sun Tzu's Art of War. The middle-aged man shook his head after reading it and sighed to himself: "If my lord listens to my strategy, Zhang Lu will be captured without a fight. It's a pity. what."

This middle-aged man is Zheng Du, who is engaged in Yizhou. There are many occupations in one state, and different occupations have different powers, but it is obvious that the occupation he is in charge of does not have much power.

He was coming back from Liu Zhang's mansion. Originally, Zheng Du was persuading Liu Zhang to carry out the policy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness against Zhang Lu. The people's criticisms were not accepted.

"Master, there are two young masters asking to see you at the door." Zheng Du's old butler said from the side.

"Oh, just say that I'm unwell and it's inconvenient to see guests." Zheng Du refused without thinking.

Zheng Du's personality is too upright, so he doesn't have many friends in the officialdom in Yizhou. Hearing that someone is looking for him, Zheng Du naturally refuses.

The old butler left with some dissatisfaction, but Zheng Du didn't see it, and his mind was all on how to persuade Liu Zhang to deal with Zhang Lu.

As soon as the old butler left the door, he took out the usual five baht money from his pocket and said to one of the handsome young men, "Please go back, my master. My master is not feeling well. You can take this money back. I didn't manage it well." Things can't take your money either."

These two young men are Dongfang Sheng and Gan Ning.

"Why do you need to be like this, old man, this money will be honored by the younger generation." Dongfang Sheng smiled and pushed the money back, "You just need to take us in."

The old butler immediately shook his head like a rattle and refused: "It's absolutely impossible, if the master knows about me..."

Dongfang Sheng smiled and took out another five baht money from his arms and stuffed it into the old housekeeper's hand, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I won't make things difficult for the old man, you take us in, just say stop Can't live with us."

As soon as Zheng Du's old housekeeper saw the two heavy five baht coins, he could do nothing else, and immediately led the way.

Zheng Du originally wanted to read the book for a while, but was interrupted by a loud noise.

He said with some dissatisfaction, "What's the noise?"

Dongfang Sheng took a step forward and said, "We forced our way in. Please forgive me for disturbing Zheng Zong."

Zheng Du stood up and turned around. Dongfang Sheng took a look at him. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was a good-looking talent, but his hooked nose made him look a bit shady.

"Are you...?" Zheng Du was very low-key, so he didn't know Dongfang Sheng who was in the limelight at all.

Dongfang Sheng didn't have any dissatisfaction with Zheng Du's failure to recognize him, so he showed Gan Ning in a flash.

"Xingba!" Zheng Du was suddenly excited when he saw Gan Ning, "Why are you back? Didn't you escape to Jingzhou?"

Gan Ning used to help Zheng Du when he was a Jinfan bandit by robbing the rich and helping the poor. Later, Gan Ning raised the flag to rebel against Liu Yan because Dongzhou soldiers harassed the people of Yizhou. After being suppressed, he ran to Jingzhou and joined Huang Under the command of the ancestors.

"Haha, I was originally under Huang Zu's command, but Huang Zu has always refused to use me, and instead looked down on me because of my background." Gan Ning said a little excitedly, "Now that I have met the Ming Lord, I naturally want to come back and show off. Fist and kick, I don't know if brother Zigong is willing to follow the lord to do some great things with me?"

Dongfang Sheng saw that Zheng Du frowned when he heard that Gan Ning had abandoned Huang Zu to join him. Later, when Gan Ning persuaded him, Zheng Du's expression had completely darkened.

This guy can't be a deadhead, can he?Dongfang Shengxin couldn't complain.

Sure enough, Zheng Du sneered and said, "Nowadays, Liu Yizhou's benevolence is famous all over the state, how can your lord compare with it? Besides, I, Zheng Du's loyal minister, is not serving as the second lord, so you should stop saying these words!"

When Gan Ning heard Zheng Du say that Dongfang Sheng could not be compared with Liu Zhang, he immediately became angry and opened his mouth and said, "Liu Zhang's son can be compared with the lord? He just inherited his father's shadow, but what about the lord? He fought Lu Bu and killed Dong Zhuo." , save your Majesty, kill Li Jue, and fight Sun Ce. That is not a big deal, what about Liu Zhang? A sinister villain who can only pretend to be kind, the chief culprit who condoned Dongzhou soldiers to invade the people, is just as bad as his father !"

"Hmph! Gan Ning, you once helped me when I was in trouble. Now I will not report you, but give you a favor. From now on, you and I will not owe each other. Grandson sees you off!" Zheng Du's forehead was bulging with veins. Obviously on the verge of going berserk.

Because what Gan Ning said is the truth, Liu Zhang's character is indeed like this.

On the surface, he loves the people like a son, just like Liu Bei, but in reality?Conniving Dongzhou soldiers to plunder the people of Yizhou, is this what the so-called people who love the people like children do?
Dongfang Sheng held Gan Ning's shoulders calmly and dragged him behind him, then shook his head and sighed at Zheng Du: "What a pity, what a pity."

After Dongfang Sheng finished speaking, he left with Gan Ning. Zheng Du, who had originally issued an order to chase away the guests, was a little curious when he heard Dongfang Sheng say it was a pity.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Zheng Du called Dongfang Sheng and said.

There was a smile on the corner of Dongfang Sheng's mouth, but when he turned around, his expression became righteous and awe-inspiring: "The loyal minister you said does not matter to two masters, may I ask which master you are loyal to?"

"Of course it's Liu Yizhou!" Zheng Du replied without thinking.

"Then who owns this world?" Dongfang Sheng continued to ask.

"Eh..." Zheng Du was momentarily at a loss for words.

It is well known that the world belongs to the Liu family, but now that the central court has almost no control over the local area, it is only then that the separatist regimes appear.

After Dongfang Sheng finished speaking, he smiled slightly and pulled Gan Ning away. He didn't need to say anything more at this time, he just needed to let Zheng Du think about it.

At this time, most of the people regarded themselves as Han people, and the court they recognized was naturally the court of the great Han, and at the same time, the master on the ground was the Han Xiandi who had no real power.

After Dongfang Sheng walked for a while, Zheng Du kept his previous posture without moving. After a long time, he sighed leisurely, turned around, picked up the bamboo slips and went back to the bedroom.

(End of this chapter)