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"Mian Zhi...?"

Although Liu Yi and Xu Ping tried their best to keep calm, there was still a look of embarrassment on their faces.

The two of them, one for meritorious service and the other for five sense organs, were Sun Ben's right-hand men. As a result, Sun Ben entrusted his future affairs to his foreign minister Pan Zhang, and excluded the two, and even had a faint warning, which made it clear that it was true. Distrust them.

In fact, this is no wonder of Sun Ben, not to mention that Liu Yi and Xu Ping were both born in Yuzhang's local rich families, and they would never hang to death on a rope.

Moreover, strictly speaking, Liu Yi and Xu Ping were only officials of Yuzhang Taishou Mansion subordinate to Sun Ben, and had no relationship with Sun Quan.As long as Sun Ben dies, they will become people without a king, and they can switch to Liu Jing with peace of mind.

In contrast, Pan Zhang, who was born in the direct line of Sun Quan, is undoubtedly more reliable.

Sun Ben also knew that what he did would definitely make Liu Yi and Xu Ping feel chilly, but now that the matter was so urgent, he couldn't care less.

Sun Ben was indeed exhausted, and died of serious injuries shortly after he finished his confession.

At this time, the soldiers in the city had just experienced a big defeat, and they were trapped in the isolated city, the wind was turbulent, and everyone was uneasy. Once the news of Sun Ben's death was leaked, the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, after Sun Ben's death, Pan Zhang immediately sent troops to seal off the official residence, prohibiting entry and exit, in order to prevent the news from leaking out. What is astonishing is that Liu Yi and Xu Ping were also banned.In other words, the two were under house arrest by Pan Zhang.

Liu Yi and Xu Ping could hardly hide their dismay, even with the respect of Sun Ben, they respected them very much, and they never spoke or acted contemptuously. So unreasonable to them?
Liu Yi has a honest and honest personality, so he can bear it without saying anything. Xu Ping has always been upright and has an old grudge with Pan Zhang. What do you mean?"

"Don't worry, you'll know soon." Pan Zhang sneered while pressing his knife, looking at Xu Ping like he was looking at a dead person.

Seeing Pan Zhang's behavior, it was obvious that he wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, but Xu Ping couldn't guess the other party's intention, so he was very disturbed.

Liu Yi tried to ease the atmosphere, and Pan Zhang didn't say a word. Time passed by, and the three of them just sat in the empty and quiet lobby, and the atmosphere was extremely depressed.

Just when Xu Ping couldn't bear it anymore and was about to leave with his sleeves, he suddenly heard a burst of footsteps outside the official building, and then he led more than ten soldiers into the hall and reported to Pan Zhang; It is expected that Xu Ping is really in touch with the thieves, and several letters from the Chu thieves urging him to surrender will be found in his home."

"You...!" Xu Ping jumped up in horror.In the recent period, he did receive some overt and covert lobbying letters, including a letter from his clan brother Xu Zong.Although he never betrayed Sun Ben, he didn't tell Sun Ben, and now Pan Zhang caught his pigtail.

Pan Zhang took a quick look, threw the letter in front of Xu Ping, and said with a sneer, "I usually look like a loyal minister, but I never thought that I would do such shameless things behind my back. Now that the evidence is there, what else do I have to say? "

Xu Pingqiang calmed down and said, "What kind of evidence is this? Since the Chu army entered the country, there has been a lot of people who have responded. I am a high official in Yuzhang, and it is normal for me to be lobbied by the Chu people. Why wait until today?"

"Hmph! If you sway your lips and tongue, and turn black and white, you will not escape punishment today!" Pan Zhang said while pulling out the saber at his waist.

"What do you want to do?" Xu Ping couldn't help but his complexion changed drastically. Seeing Pan Zhang approaching with a knife, he said sharply, "You dare to kill me?!"

Liu Yi also turned pale with shock, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Lieutenant Pan, Xu Wuguan is a loyal and upright person, and he is definitely not someone who betrays the master..."

Liu Yi has also received many letters of persuasion recently. According to Pan Zhang's approach, should he be killed too?What makes him smarter than Xu Ping is that he is cautious by nature, and has already destroyed all the letters without leaving anything behind.

Pan Zhang turned a deaf ear to it, he wanted to kill Xu Ping for a long time, even if he didn't find the letter from the thief this time, he would forge a piece of evidence, how could he be swayed by Liu Yi's persuasion.Under the unbelievable eyes of Xu Ping and Liu Yi, Pan Zhang slashed horizontally with his knife, and saw a flash of white light, and Xu Ping's head rolled to the ground.

Because Liu Yi was too close, he was splashed with blood. He was stunned for a long time, then pointed at Pan Zhang tremblingly, and said, "How dare you, how dare you...?!" He never expected, Pan Zhang actually killed Xu Ping.

Pan Zhang was full of boredom and resisted the urge to kill the other party. Liu Yi still couldn't kill him, at least not now. After Sun Ben and Xu Ping died, Liu Yi was the only one who could stabilize the situation in Nanchang. General, lack of prestige, must rely on Liu Yi to control Nanchang.

Thinking of this, Pan Zhang said patiently: "What is Liu Gongcao talking about? Xu Pingtong's thief has solid evidence. In this critical moment, I will kill him with military law. What's wrong?"

Liu Yi retorted: "Lieutenant Pan only found a few lobbying letters, but did not find any evidence of Xu Wuguan's betrayal.

"The crime doesn't deserve death?" Pan Zhang interrupted Liu Yi with a wave of his hand, "If you know what you know and don't report it, you are disloyal. If you are a minister and disloyal, you deserve to die!"

Liu Yideng was speechless.

Pan Zhang said again: "If Liu Gongcao is dissatisfied with my actions, he can report to the general and the general will make a decision. Right now, I hope Liu Gongcao can work together with me to defend Nanchang."

Liu Yi suddenly didn't know how to react. Pan Zhang still had such unrealistic ideas. Under the current situation, even if Sun Ben didn't die, it would be difficult to defend Nanchang, let alone Sun Ben was dead. Pan Zhang killed Xu Ping without authorization, so it was even more impossible to defend him.

Liu Yi general Xu Ping was killed, and Sun Ben died side by side. It was definitely not a lie.

Moreover, although the Xu family in Yuzhang produced many famous scholars in the past dynasties, they were not a simple family of Confucian classics.In fact, if a family wants to gain a foothold in a place like Yuzhang where mountains are raging and thieves are rampant, it is not enough to rely on Confucian classics, and it must be supported by force. As the leading clan in Yuzhang, the Xu family has thousands of songs. Not a few of Xu's children joined the army.

Unless Pan Zhang can kill all the people who have been favored by Xu Ping, and then uproot the Xu family in Yuzhang, the influence of Xu Ping's killing can be completely eliminated, but this is tantamount to a fantasy.Liu Yi had already foreseen that soon after Xu Ping was killed and continued to ferment, and Sun Ben died, Nanchang would surely fall into chaos.

Of course, Liu Yi would not tell these words bluntly. Pan Zhang's killing of Xu Ping completely angered Liu Yi. He decided to sit back and watch Pan Zhang's defeat, and even contributed to the flames at critical moments.