When they returned to the post house with Qiao Xuan's body and Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu were all there, and there were 500 fully armed soldiers outside the post house. Long Fei was not there at all.
Ignoring these people, he walked straight back to his room, settled down with Qiao Xuan and the second daughter Long, flew to the main seat, closed his eyes and lowered his head in meditation.
Guo Jia and Dian Wei pushed open the door and entered. Long Fei suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the two of them. Guo Jia shook his head slightly: "This group of people is very professional, and they don't have any tokens on them that can prove their identity."
"General Sun, please see General Long!" people from the posthouse shouted loudly outside the door. Long Fei still ignored him, and after pondering for a moment, he suddenly wanted to understand something and immediately asked: "Don't you have Hei Bing's token?"
Guo Jia still shook his head: "According to Hei Bing's behavior, they will wear the dragon pattern jade on their bodies whenever they go out. Also, the behavior of this group of people is different from that of Hei Bing. If Hei Bing wants to assassinate, he usually only sends
One or two people have very clear goals. If things don't work out, they won't get entangled too much. From the time we set off and rushed to Qiao's house, there should have been fighting for a long time. Judging from the attack methods of these people, they didn't look like black ice, but more like
The military’s approach.”
"Army? You mean it was people from Jiangdong who did it?" Long Fei boldly guessed: "On the ground of Lujiang River, only Jiangdong has an army."
"That's not necessarily true. There are only thirty or so assassins. It's entirely possible that someone else organized the assassins and then gathered them together to attack!" Guo Jia was also a little confused: "According to what Old Lieutenant Qiao has always done.
His style, even if it offends people, is that of those important officials in the past. Nowadays, none of the people with heavy troops have ever had contact with Old Taiwei Qiao. I really can’t understand who is so cruel and would do this to Old Taiwei Qiao!"
"General Sun, please see General Long!" Outside the door, the people from the posthouse kept shouting loudly. Long Fei was a little upset: "Dian Wei, go and send him away!"
"Slow down!" Guo Jia quickly stopped: "If my lord has doubts about Sun Ce, why not invite them in to talk. Maybe they know something."
After Sun Ce brought Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu in, Long Fei had been observing them. Sun Ce had a dark face and solemn expression and said nothing. Zhou Yu seemed a little sad, but he didn't say anything. Cheng Pu was still like that
He always stood behind Sun Quan like a personal guard, not surprised at all. Only Sun Quan looked solemn and sighed: "Hey! It's really surprising that this happened. I wonder if General Long found out who did this to the old captain.
! If you want me to know, I will behead him to appease the old Taiwei’s spirit in heaven!”
Long Fei motioned for a few people to sit down. He also sighed: "Those assassins were very professional and didn't leave any information, but I already have some clues. Maybe there will be news tomorrow!"
"Oh!" Sun Quan nodded repeatedly: "The general can inform us then, and my eldest brother will definitely send heavy troops to assist the general!"
When Long Fei was talking, Guo Jia had been paying attention to observing everyone's changes. When they heard Long Fei say that they had a new look, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu all hurriedly raised their heads, waiting for Long Fei's results. Sun Quan did not change at all, his expression remained as usual.
Unmoved. Only Cheng Pu took a deep breath, and a trace of anxiety showed in his eyes. Guo Jia sat up straight and gently shook his feather fan with a smile.
Long Fei also noticed Cheng Pu's inadvertent behavior. When he was in the army, in the interrogation subject, the instructor specifically introduced the unnatural behaviors that people showed at certain times. These were to prove whether the interrogator had guessed the other party's psychology.
Cheng Pu took a deep breath just now. In the eyes of others, it didn't seem to be a big deal. In Long Fei's opinion, this was because he was feeling weak, his muscles and nerves were highly tense, and he needed a lot of oxygen, so he took a deep breath to relieve the pressure in his heart.
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Sun Ce promised to set up a memorial tent for Qiao Xuan in this post house tomorrow, issue an obituary notice to all the princes in the world, and hold a grand funeral for Qiao Xuan on the pretext that Qiao Xuan died of illness. At the same time, Long Fei immediately wrote to the court explaining the situation.
, hoping that the emperor would send an envoy to express condolences. Various details of the funeral were discussed one by one. It was almost carried out in accordance with the king's specifications.
After daybreak, Sun Ce's people entered the post house and began to decorate it. The entire Lujiang River was immersed in a tragedy. Qiao Xuan was an upright official, and he was a representative of a good official, both in the officialdom and in the minds of ordinary people. In Lujiang City,
Since the day when the people built the memorial shed, people have been coming to pay their respects one after another. Even if they kowtow or offer a stick of incense, it is a little bit of their thoughts. Long Fei told the guards at the door to get out and not to stop them.
Guo Jia forcibly called Long Fei away from Da Qiao, who was comforting Da Qiao, and went to Long Fei's room. He asked Xu Chu and Dian Wei to guard the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping. Then he poured himself a glass of water.
He drank it all in a big gulp and said: "It has been found out that the assassins who committed the murder in Qiao Mansion that night were the dead soldiers under Cheng Pu who first entered the camp. They were ordered to bloodbath Qiao Mansion."
"Cheng Pu? Why did he want to kill Captain Qiao?"
"This is not clear yet!" Guo Jia shook his head: "I think this matter is not that simple. This Cheng Pu followed Sun Jian when he was a child and has always been loyal to the Sun family. If Cheng Pu sent someone to do it, he should have a lot of connections with the Sun family.
Big relationship!”
Long Fei frowned: "Doesn't this make sense? Since Sun Ce wanted to marry the second daughter of the Qiao family, and Old Lieutenant Qiao refused many times, he would not kill anyone. If he killed Old Lieutenant Qiao, he would never have the chance to get the second daughter of the Qiao family.
Are you a girl?"
"I also think this matter is strange!" Guo Jia added: "We also investigated the origin of Cheng Pu. He was from Tuyin, Youbeiping. He worked as an official in the county in his early years, and later followed Sun Jian. He was a soldier in the south.
During the Northern War, he made great achievements for the Sun family. He never left the Sun family's ranks and had nothing to do with those things like Hei Bing. Chen Dao also checked about Hei Bing's situation. There is only one Hei Bing inn in Lujiang City.
No members have checked in recently!”
The two of them fell into deep thought. According to the little information Guo Jiade got, Cheng Pu and Qiao Xuan had no relationship at all, but they actually sent death soldiers to kill Qiao Xuan's family. What a deep hatred this must be. Long Fei still
I feel that there is a problem there. A good person would never end up like this. What is the key? I seem to have grasped it, but I still can't figure it out.
"Continue to investigate, find out what Cheng Pu's relatives, friends, and who he hangs out with are talking about! Even the eighteenth generation of his ancestors have to find out for me!"
Qiao Xuan's coffin stayed in the post house for eighteen days. Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Yuan Shu from Yangzhou, Liu Bei from Xuzhou, Cao Cao from Yanzhou, and other nearby princes all sent people to express their condolences. Even Yuan Shao also sent people to express their condolences. Only Yizhou sent people to express their condolences.
There was no movement from Liu Zhang, Liu Yu from Youzhou, Li Jue from Yongzhou, Ma Teng from Liangzhou, and Han Sui. Emperor Xian Liu Xie sent Taifu Ma Ridan to come with a handwritten plaque saying "Famous Officials of the Han Dynasty".
Ma Ridan and Qiao Xuan also had a friendship. I think when Ma Ridan first entered the court, Qiao Xuan was the captain of Luoyang. Ma Ridan regarded Qiao Xuan as his role model in many things. In Ma Ridan
In Dan's heart, Qiao Xuan was like his teacher, whose character made him a qualified Han official. The funeral was hosted by Ma Ridan, and all the envoys who came to express their condolences laid incense on Qiao Xuan's coffin one by one.
When Long Fei arrived, Ma Ridan nodded slightly towards Long Fei, as if he was praising him. The eulogy was written by Yuan Shao's envoy Chen Lin under the recommendation of everyone. In it, he highly affirmed the life of Lieutenant Qiao.
Praising the old Taiwei as a model official and a rare famous official in the world. Calling Qiao Xuan the same as Xiao He, the founding hero, and Huo Guang, who assisted the young emperor. It can be regarded as a perfect end to Qiao Xuan's life.
Long Fei did not attend the banquet held by Sun Ce for the envoys. He had been thinking about Da Qiao, who had not recovered yet. Since Qiao Xuan passed away, Da Qiao's body collapsed immediately, and he was thin and sad. Xiao Qiao
Taking care of her sister every step of the way. Overnight, these two naughty girls of the Qiao family suddenly matured.
Guo Jia stopped Long Fei at the door. Long Fei knew that there must be a new situation, so he had to follow Guo Jia back to his room. In order to find out the truth of the matter, Guo Jia and Chen racked their brains for more than ten days.
, he spent a lot of money to collect information from everywhere. He even sent people to buy a lot from Black Ice. After days and nights of analysis, Guo Jia finally figured out the key.
"Who are you talking about?" At first glance, Long Fei couldn't believe it: "How could it be him? He is so vicious at such a young age. Besides, Cheng Pun is Sun Ce's subordinate, how could he listen to him?"
Guo Jiadao: "The world is changing. Among these people, he is the only one that I can't see clearly for a while. If this person becomes the lord of Jiangdong, with his talents, strategies and methods, I believe he will be much stronger than the current Sun Ce."
"But why would he do this? If Sun Ce marries two girls, Qiao Xuan will be Jiang Dong's helper, and there will be no harm to him!"
Guo Jia shook his head: "If Sun Ce goes to the Qiao family's second daughter, and with Qiao Xuan's help, he can establish a foothold in Jiangdong, and with Sun Ce's domineering power and the army and the people surrender, he will never be able to get ahead! People like him will not stay here for a long time.
If you want to succeed Sun Ce, you have to completely destroy Sun Ce's foundation. When he takes charge of Jiangdong, you can gather people's hearts and create a great cause!"
"Oh! I really didn't expect that Jiangdong has just started, and someone is already thinking about it!" Long Fei scratched his head and snorted: "Okay! I want to see what he will do next? With only Cheng Pu, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
To achieve his intention, the people in Jiangdong are either veterans who have followed Sun Jian or close confidants that Sun Ce has cultivated over the years. It will take a lot of effort to seize the power of Jiangdong from Sun Ce."
"I'm afraid this person is more thoughtful than my lord! Maybe most of Jiangdong has fallen into his hands now, but Sun Ce didn't notice it!" Guo Jia smiled slightly: "This person has already started to take action. If Sun Ce is made a general,
, which is even more unfavorable to him. The Lord should now consider whether to continue reading this imperial edict. With this person’s methods, we’d better be careful.”
Long Fei nodded: "Ask Chen Dao to notify Wancheng immediately and send someone to respond in case there are any changes!"