The fleet was in chaos, and the personal soldiers dived across the river and rushed to the other side, but the men in black had already rushed far away and disappeared.

Lu Su was worried and surprised. Why did something happened one night? Who were these assassins? Could it be that the sister of Wu Hou made a comeback again? No! It is impossible, they were just bluffing, it is impossible for them to really attack Liu Jing, and Liu Jing had already agreed to her.

While he was thinking about it, a soldier's voice came from outside the cabin, "Have Duke Lu woke up?"

Lu Su opened the cabin door and saw a personal soldier standing outside the cabin, "What's the matter?" Lu Su asked.

"My son invites Duke Lu to come."

Lu Su suddenly relaxed his heart, and Liu Jing asked him, which at least means that Liu Jing was still alive. He quickly put on his clothes and followed his personal soldiers toward Liu Jing's boat.

Liu Jing's ship was already full of personal soldiers, holding swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and closely monitoring the situation in the water. Several soldiers drove small boats and searched in the grass on both sides of the river bank with long bamboo poles.

Lu Su walked into the cabin and was stunned. He saw that the cabin was in a mess, with various documents falling all over the ground, with traces of swords and swords everywhere, with blood stains. Several crossbow arrows were inserted on the wall of the ship, and the windows were also damaged. Two personal soldiers fell in a pool of blood. The red beach of blood was extremely dazzling. The military doctor was taking their pulse and shook his head, indicating that there was no rescue.

Liu Jing stood in the corner holding a long sword in his hand, his face turned pale. When he saw Lu Su coming in, he asked coldly: "Is this Jiangdong's way of hospitality?"

Lu Su wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and explained in a low voice: "Young Master Jing, this is not done by the sister of Wu Hou."

"I didn't say it was her!"

Liu Jing stared at Lu Su with sharp eyes, "The assassin who sneaked onto the boat is a man, with extremely high martial arts skills, and the dozen people who were on the shore were also men. Deputy Governor Lu, I want to know who did this?"

Lu Su was speechless and couldn't say a word for a long time. He sighed, "I want to know who did this?"

"snort!"

Liu Jing snorted coldly and said in a very tough tone: "I can't pursue the harassment of the sister of Wu Hou, but I need Jiangdong to give me an explanation for the assassination tonight, otherwise I will return to Jiangxia and all the consequences will be borne by Jiangdong!"

Lu Su lowered his head, he really couldn't explain that the opinions within Jiangdong were not consistent. It was indeed possible that some people did it privately. For some reason, he first thought of Cheng Pu.

Liu Jing glanced at Lu Su and said coldly: "I doubt the sincerity of Wu Hou now. If Jiangdong is unwilling to form an alliance to resist Cao, but wants to join forces with Jiangling and Xiangyang to wipe out Jiangxia, then for self-protection, I will have to ask Cao's army for help and ask Deputy Governor Lu to tell Wu Hou immediately."

Lu Su sighed in his heart and had to nodded silently, "If the young master arranges a boat for me, I will immediately return to Dongwu to report to the Marquis of Wu, and I will definitely give the young master an explanation."

Liu Jing ordered his personal soldiers to arrange a ship for Lu Su. Lu Su cleaned up a little and immediately stood up to go to Eastern Wu. Although Lu Su's subconscious mind also felt that this assassin was still a bit suspicious. With Liu Jing's martial arts skills, how could the assassin escape unscathed?

But Lu Su didn't care about it and he would never let Liu Jing be forced to surrender to Cao Cao in the end, as that would be a catastrophe in Jiangdong.

On the bow of the boat, Liu Jing looked at Lu Su's ship with his hands behind his back, and an elusive smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. Through this incident, he really wanted to see Sun Quan's sincerity.

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In the Palace of Wu, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao hurried to Sun Quan's study room one after another. In the study room, Sun Quan stood in front of the window with his hands in his arms, his expression very solemn. After a moment, he looked back at Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao and slowly said to them: "I just received the urgent news from Yecheng. The emperor has issued an edict to officially appoint Liu Jing as the governor of Jingzhou and also to Marquis of Fanxiang."

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao did not show any shock. They discussed this result last time. Liu Jing had Cao Hong and Li Dian, as well as more than 10,000 Cao army prisoners of war. It was reasonable to finally reach an exchange with Cao Cao.

Sun Quan seemed to know that they would not be surprised, and he sneered, "There is another news. I heard that Cao Cao publicly promised to grant Liu Jing the King of Xiangyang and his descendants forever as the governor of Jingzhou, provided that Liu Jing surrendered to Cao Cao."

This news is indeed shocking. Only the direct prince is qualified to be named King of Xiangyang. Although Liu Jing is a son of the royal family, he is far from the core of the royal family. Cao Cao actually invested such a lot of money in order to surrender him.

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao looked at each other, and both of them showed surprise. Zhou Yu hurriedly asked, "Wu Hou, is this news reliable?"

Sun Quan nodded, "It should be reliable, but I heard that Liu Jing did not agree. I wonder if Xun Yu went to Jiangxia to continue to convince Liu Jing?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment and said: "Jiangxia is not only an important town in Jingzhou, but also a core area of ​​the entire south. Once Liu Jing surrenders to Cao Cao, not only will Jingzhou be easily destroyed, but Cao's army will also obtain thousands of warships and hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao will come to the east with one move. At the same time, Jiangbei sends troops to put pressure on it. The foundation of Jiangdong III will be destroyed. Please consider it carefully."

Sun Quan also understood that if he had been under pressure from most civil officials such as Zhang Zhao and had a somewhat volatile position, then Cao Cao's entry made him realize the seriousness of the consequences, and he would never let Liu Jing surrender to Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao: "Since the emperor has issued an edict to recognize Liu Jing as the governor of Jingzhou, then we will join forces with the other two companies to fight Jiangxia, and we will become Wuming. I ask Zibu to persuade all officials and ask them to take into account the overall situation."

Zhang Zhao himself has no selfish intentions. He just believes that forming an alliance with Liu Jing is a disaster for raising a tiger. Liu Jing's wolfish ambition will sooner or later become a major concern for Jiangdong. It is better to try it early. Moreover, it is also completely feasible for the Jiangdong Army to join forces with Jiangling and Xiangyang to wipe out Jiangxia.

But Zhang Zhao did not expect Liu Jing to surrender to Cao Cao. Of course, he knew that the consequences of Jiang Xia surrendering to Cao's army were very serious, so he stopped insisting and nodded silently, "The old minister understands."

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Report to the Marquis of Wu, Deputy Governor Lu is back, and he said there is an urgent matter to report!"

In the room, the three of them were shocked at the same time. Lu Su did not come with Liu Jing. What happened? Sun Quan hurriedly said: "Call him in and see you!"

After a moment, Lu Su hurriedly walked in, and as soon as he entered the door, he said impatiently: "Mr. Wu, something happened!"

"Zijing, don't worry, just say slowly, what happened?" Zhou Yu advised him.

Lu Su calmed down his anxiety a little and saluted Sun Quan and said, "Early the morning before yesterday, Mr. Jing was assassinated in Liyang County. His subordinates saw with their own eyes that more than a dozen men in black were assassinated. Many of Mr. Jing's guards were killed, and he escaped by chance."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment. The news shocked him. He asked anxiously: "How about Liu Jing now?"

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "He is extremely annoyed now and said that the Marquis of Wu is not sincere in forming an alliance. He wants the Marquis of Wu to give him an explanation, otherwise he will return to Jingzhou and all the consequences will be borne by Jiangdong."

Zhang Zhao beside him said angrily: "He dares to threaten Wu Hou so much!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, "It is indeed our responsibility to be assassinated in Jiangdong territory. It is reasonable for him to be angry. We should have sent troops to guard the way. We have neglected the distinguished guest, so we can't blame him."

Sun Quan immediately said to Zhou Yu: "Arrang the ship immediately. I will go to greet Liu Jing in person and apologize to him!"

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One hour later, Sun Quan led dozens of civil and military officials, under the escort of two thousand troops, sailed from Xujiang into Taihu Lake from Xujiang, and marched towards Liyang County in a mighty manner.

In the cabin, Sun Quan found Lu Su. Although Lu Su was slightly inferior to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao in terms of intelligence, Lu Su was loyal, knowledgeable, and capable in diplomacy, and was highly valued by Sun Quan.

"Zijing, I feel that you have not finished your words. What else do you have to tell me?"

In front of Zhang Zhao, Lu Su was indeed not easy to say. Now that he was alone with Sun Quan, he said everything that happened that night, and finally sighed: "Shuchen is frank, I feel that Liu Jing is very disappointed with Wu Hou. After all, he has had a good relationship for so many years. At the critical moment, Jiangdong has called for joining Jiangling and Xiangyang to destroy Jiangxia, and there are rumors that he would put him under house arrest in Dongwu. The anger in his heart can be imagined. This assassination happened, so he was a little out of control."

"What did he say in the end?" Sun Quan continued to ask without saying a word.

Lu Su hesitated and said, "He finally said that out of self-protection, he would have to ask Cao's army for help."

Sun Quan's face became extremely serious. Although Lu Su said that Liu Jing was out of control, Sun Quan knew that it was just a concealment that Lu Su was afraid of being angry. This should be Liu Jing's threat.

Sun Quan was walking back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his hands. He finally stopped and asked, "Did you say that Shangxiang also threatened Liu Jing that night?"

Lu Su understood what Sun Quan meant and hurriedly said, "The assassination has nothing to do with her. Liu Jing himself admitted that the assassin was a man, without a woman, and Liu Jing had already agreed to the second mother's conditions, so there was no need for her to assassination again."

Sun Quan nodded, walked to the door and asked the guards, "Have you followed Cheng Gong, too?"

The guard replied, "Biyi saw him boarding the boat."

Lu Su was shocked and thought to himself, 'Is it because Cheng Pu sent someone to attack him secretly?' He only thought that Zhang Zhao was suspected, but he didn't know that Cheng Pu also wanted to kill Liu Jing.

Sun Quan seemed to understand Lu Su's thoughts and smiled faintly: "I'll talk about this matter when I go to Liyang. Let's calm him down first. I will give him an explanation for this matter."

When Sun Quan's fleet arrived in Liyang County, Liu Jing's dozen warships were still in Liyang County, but Liu Jing himself was gone.

Li Fu was taken into Sun Quan's cabin, and he bowed and bowed, "Jiangxia Lord Bo Li Fu, please see Wu Hou!"

Sun Quan glanced at him and asked with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Li should be the leader of Yuan Shangjun! When will he join Jiang Xia?"

"Is it strange that I go to Jiangxia?"

"No wonder, Mr. Jing is a very good lord. When I dealt with him, I knew that he would be the lord of Jingzhou sooner or later. Mr. Li's enrollment in Jiangxia was indeed a wise move."

Sun Quan smiled and turned the topic back, "I want to know where Mr. Jing has gone?"

"Report to Mr. Wu, Mr. Jing has something to do, so he will go back to Jiangxia first. He left me a word to tell Mr. Wu that the alliance between the two sides can also be discussed in Pengze, and he doesn't have to come to Dongwu."
Chapter completed!