Wei Ba stood with his hands behind his back, motionless, but Zhao Tong was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. Without saying a word, he slapped Sun Luban on the wrist, grabbed her waist, and dragged her out of a safe distance.
The sword fell to the ground with a "dang" sound.
"Let me go, let me go!" Sun Luban struggled hard and shouted: "I want to kill him!"
Wei Ba didn't even look at her. He turned his head and looked at Sun Deng with a smile on his face: "Prince Sun, what are you doing? You can't beat me on the battlefield, so you just assassinate me and let a woman do it?"
Sun Deng's face suddenly turned pale. He waved his hands repeatedly and took two steps back, his face panicked.
Zhuge Ke, who had been standing aside, took a step forward, blocked the door in front of Sun Deng, and coughed: "General, you misunderstood, this has nothing to do with the prince."
"Does that have anything to do with you?" Wei Ba's eyes turned to Zhuge Ke's face, and he suddenly realized: "I understand. Killing me here can not only eliminate a strong enemy for Wu State, but also eliminate an opponent for the prime minister.
If you can put the blame on my master and his family, you can achieve three goals with one stone."
Zhuge Ke was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "General, this joke is not funny at all."
"A joke?" Wei Ba turned around and looked at Sun Luban, who was still furious: "Princess, are you kidding me?"
"Who is kidding you? I'm going to kill you." Sun Luban pinched Zhao Tong's fingers hard and cursed through gritted teeth: "You are a treacherous thing. When you need us, Dawu, you can always say nice things to us, but when you are done, you will immediately fall out.
, you...you are shameless!"
"Yes, I am shameless." Wei Ba nodded with the same feeling: "Why do you need shame between countries? Didn't your father also surrender to Cao Wei at one moment and make an alliance with me, the Han Dynasty? Does he want to be shameless?
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Sun Luban was speechless, his pretty face turned red from suppressing it. She was scolding again when Pan Ziyu shouted: "Have you had enough trouble? Ziyu came to the door. Brother, before he said a few words, you started making trouble first. Even if you don't care,
As a princess, can you also save some face for the Zhao family?"
Sun Luban was stunned for a moment, and then became furious. He glared at Pan Ziyu and was about to get angry. Pan Ziyu glanced at her, stepped in front of Sun Luban in two steps, turned his back to Wei Ba, and shouted in a low voice: "You hope he gets angry?"
Shall I kill my husband and your brother first, and then destroy the Kingdom of Wu?"
Sun Luban was stunned, and then she felt scared. She turned to look at Wei Ba. Wei Ba was still smiling, but the smile looked a little more sinister. Zhuge Ke stood opposite him, with a look of helplessness on his face, and his brother
Sun Deng hid behind Zhuge Ke, his face pale and frightened.
"Trash!" Sun Luban stomped his feet in frustration, pushed Zhao Tong away, and ran away as fast as he could.
"Okay, okay, don't just stand there like that. Why don't you accompany Ziyu to sit in the hall?" Pan Ziyu pushed Zhao Tong, with a smile as bright as a flower and a calm expression, as if nothing happened just now.
Zhao Tong stepped forward and extended his hand to invite him with an awkward expression. Wei Ba shrugged and followed him to the hall. He smiled as he walked and said, "Brother, do you understand my original painstaking efforts? Look, Sister-in-law of the Pan family is doing this.
That’s why everyone is so tolerant, that tigress is only capable of causing trouble, not being the leader.”
Zhao Tong nodded awkwardly. Pan Ziyu glanced at Wei Ba and said angrily: "You know who she is, but you still make fun of her. Is it interesting?"
Wei Ba laughed and sat down in the court. Zhuge Ke waved to Sun Deng who was still standing in the court: "Prince Sun, brother Yuan Xun, come up and sit down. Do you still want me to invite you?"
Sun Deng was in a dilemma, but Zhuge Ke laughed, bowed and saluted calmly: "Prince, it is a rare opportunity to talk to General Zhennan, please go up and sit down."
Sun Deng nodded in embarrassment and walked to the hall. However, the most distinguished guest seat was not his turn now. Wei had occupied it, so he could only sit at the bottom.
Zhao Tong rubbed his hands, not knowing how to break the embarrassment in front of him. Zhuge Ke said first, "I heard that the general came back this time with a plan for an expedition to Liaodong. Can you tell me a little bit about it?"
Wei Ba glanced sideways at Zhuge Ke: "Your information is quite good."
Zhuge Ke was calm and composed: "Han is strong and Wu is weak. If we don't be more vigilant, how can we survive?"
"That makes sense." Wei Ba's eyes showed a little more approval: "The Zhuge family has so many talents, which is really enviable. They were originally scattered in all directions, each serving their own master, and it was already difficult to compete with them. Now we are here together.
This big man is really worrying."
Zhuge Ke's face froze, and then he smiled and said: "The general is a talented person. Even if Zhuge goes all out, he is no match for the general. Among Ke's fathers, his uncle is the most talented, so isn't he also losing ground in front of the general?"
As for my retired uncle, he is now a general under the general's command. He only obeys the general's orders, so the general has nothing to worry about."
"That's true. Zhuge Gong abandoned Wei and joined the Han Dynasty, and you, father, son and brothers followed Wu to the Han Dynasty. From now on, you will serve the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that people care about the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty can flourish."
Sun Deng breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Zhuge Ke gratefully. The few words he and Wei Ba exchanged seemed to be just polite words, but they contained traps and murderous intentions. If he said a wrong word, he might be caught by the other party.
The handle. Another person might not have the courage to confront Wei Ba without losing.
No wonder his father wanted to take him out of the battlefield and rush him to Chengdu to help him.
"There is indeed a plan to expedition to Liaodong." Wei Ba returned to the topic: "From a certain perspective, this plan is also for the sake of Wu."
Hearing that it was related to Wu's national destiny, Sun Deng immediately cheered up and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"The prince must also know that there is currently an opinion in the court that calling the king with a different surname is inconsistent with the old Han system, and the King of Wu should be demoted and demoted. To be honest, I think this proposal is inappropriate. Yes, the Han Dynasty has the old system
, People with different surnames cannot be crowned kings. But the King of Wu has just abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. He has not done anything wrong. He hastily cut off the feudal vassal. I am afraid that it will cause pain to his relatives and anger to his enemies. It is not what a wise man should do."
Sun Deng nodded repeatedly, but Zhuge Ke remained calm.
"I propose an expedition to Liaodong because I also want to give King Wu a chance to prove his loyalty. Liaodong is thousands of miles away, and it is very inconvenient whether starting from Jiaozhou or Jingzhou. If King Wu sends troops to assist, our army will be based in Wu County and Guangling.
As a base, the journey can be shortened by nearly half, and the difficulty of supplying the army can be greatly eased. King Wu has made such a contribution, and if anyone still doubts King Wu's loyalty, it will be unforgivable. Prince, do you think this is true?
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Sun Deng was speechless for a long time. He may not be ruthless enough, but he is not stupid. He heard the sinister intentions in Wei Ba's words. If he wants to expedition to Liaodong, he must use Wu County and Guangling as his base.
The army's baggage and supplies will most likely have to be collected from Wujun, Guangling and other places, at least
The burden on the people there is also much heavier. This is a disguised attempt to absorb Wu's financial and material resources, making Wu even weaker. If the King of Wu does not agree with this decision, it will be even more troublesome. This confirms that the King of Wu is unwilling to give up.
The rebellious heart gave factual support to those opinions on reducing the vassal state.
Regardless of whether Liaodong can be conquered or not, Wu will definitely not be able to escape.
There is actually a deeper meaning behind doing this. Wei Ba does not agree with cutting down the vassals, but that is not for the sake of Wu State, but for his own sake. He supports the continued existence of Wu State, which is a refutation of the fact that people with different surnames cannot be kings.
The old system paved the way for him to become king.
In other words, the state of Wu is just a stupid dog, a sacrifice thrown by Wei Ba to realize his ambition.
However, Wu State had no room for resistance and could only be manipulated by others.
Sun Deng felt that Sun Luban's words were quite right. He was a waste. Facing a tyrannical opponent like Wei Ba, he had no courage to resist. Not only did he not have the strength, but he also had no courage. He probably had seen through it long ago.
At this point, Mrs. Sun refused to support him, hoping that he would just resign himself to fate and not make any unnecessary resistance, lest he cause disaster that would kill the country.
No matter how well-educated Sun Deng is, at this moment, he still feels very depressed.
Zhuge Ke opened his mouth, but hesitated. It was not that he had nothing to say, but he now also knew that speaking must be strong. If you don't have the strength, it is better not to say anything, otherwise you will just humiliate yourself.
It was an awkward time in the hall when Zhao Yun came back. He just glanced into the hall, and the atmosphere in the hall immediately changed. Zhao Tong and Wei Ba stood up at the same time, walked down the hall quickly, and walked in front of him.
Bow and salute.
"Father."
"Master."
Sun Deng, Zhuge Ke and Pan Zhu also stood up quickly and went down to the hall to pay their respects: "General."
Zhao Yun returned the gift to Sun Deng, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then glanced at Wei Ba: "Ziyu, come with me. I have a few words to ask you."
"Here." Wei Ba bowed and agreed. After greeting Sun Deng and others, he followed Zhao Yun to the backyard. At this moment, he was a well-behaved and obedient junior, completely different from the arrogant and unreasonable General Zhennan just now.
People have changed so much that Sun Deng and Zhuge Ke were frightened and confused.
"This..." Sun Deng stared, pointing in the direction Wei Ba left, not knowing what to say.
"Prince, don't be surprised, General Zhennan has always been like this." Zhao Tong finally regained his composure and smiled lightly: "Only in front of the enemy, he is a ferocious beast, in front of relatives and friends, he is definitely a person who can be relied on.
Therefore...it is best not to become his enemy unless absolutely necessary."
Sun Deng smiled bitterly, thinking who would be willing to be his enemy? It was he who regarded the State of Wu as his enemy. Look at his promotion process, there was no time when he did not advance on the humiliation of the State of Wu. The State of Wu is also really
Due to bad luck, he somehow became such a powerful enemy. It seems that it can only be said to be God's will, otherwise there is really no way to explain it.
Sun Deng suddenly thought of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom. The Jade Seal representing the world had briefly stayed in the hands of the Sun family, and then was snatched away by others. Could it mean that to rule the world was just a short-lived dream for Wu, although it was beautiful.