Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 434 Kill Two Birds With One Stone (4100)

"This...before this, can I ask your honor and name, why did you come to attack our country?"

The king of Shanshan showed hesitation, he didn't dare to come down to submit the letter of surrender in person, but he didn't dare to disobey Wu Liang's intention, and finally asked a little unnaturally.

"attack?"

Wu Liang snorted and said with a smile, "My lord, you won't forget the cause of this matter so quickly, right? I just passed through Jiani City and planned to stay for a few days. Originally, we could live in peace, but in a few days we will meet again." Leave on your own, but you listened to the slander and sent troops to arrest me, so I had to show some real skills in order to protect myself. Of course, the matter has come to this point, you can also understand it as an attack, but we are the one that passively counterattacks. All the responsibilities and consequences should be borne by you.”

Although these remarks were somewhat irrelevant and seemed particularly official, Wu Liang was actually thinking about the king of Shanshan asking this question.

He was probably testing Wu Liang's ambition...

Undoubtedly, Wu Liang was a strong man that Shanshan Kingdom could not compete with at the moment. He felt at ease, and even thought that he might have found a strong backer for Shanshan Kingdom, and it might not be a loss-making deal.

And if Wu Liang is also a person with enough ambition, there is a high probability that he will not kill him easily.

Because Shanshan has a special geographical location and strategic significance, for a careerist, subduing him is definitely more in line with his own interests than killing him. The Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty understood this truth, and the real careerist will definitely not understand This principle, this is the main reason why Shanshan Kingdom has been able to endure for a long time despite being caught in the cracks.

on the contrary.

He might have some other thoughts in his mind, at least to consider whether Wu Liang would be like a bachelor and reckless man, who wanted to kill him for a moment when he went down to submit the letter of surrender.

and so……

An idea that kills two birds with one stone suddenly popped up in Wu Liang's mind.

"What you said is very true. It is only because Xiao Wang listened to the villain's slander that he had such a big misunderstanding with you and disturbed your peace."

King Shanshan immediately followed Wu Liang's words and said in Shili, and then suddenly yelled at the guards behind him, "Come here, bring that villain who has been slandering, this person not only framed Doctor Apuqiu, but also murdered Dr. My friend from the Shanshan Kingdom and Dr. Apuqiu who came from afar meet in arms, and their hearts should be punished!"

"promise!"

The people behind him obeyed the order.

Not long after, a young man was escorted out from the palace.

This person is no one else, but one of the three apprentices who followed Apuqiu out of the city to welcome Wu Liang yesterday. He is the tallest among them. Although his appearance looks a bit like the Western Regions, he looks like a Honest and honest feeling, just looking at his face, I really can't tell that he will do something to betray his master.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The villain has absolutely no false words. He dared to come here to report for the sake of the foundation of Yani City and His Majesty. He has absolutely no hidden selfish intentions. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"

The apprentice knew at this moment that the general situation was over, and he was already paralyzed from fright. He was dragged out of the palace by the guards and guards, and immediately begged for forgiveness to the King of Shanshan.
Blame Wu Liang for being real and inhuman.

Originally, he had already succeeded in his plan, but who would have thought that so many defenders of Jiani City would be beaten to death by more than [-] people from Wu Liang, even General Xia Hafu and Master Pushan died in an instant , Is this a fucking human thing?

Is it human? !

"Humph!"

Hearing his wailing, King Shanshan just snorted coldly without even looking at him.

"..."

Seeing that King Shanshan ignored him, and even wanted to draw a line with him, the apprentice felt desperate, and quickly looked at Apuqiu who was standing next to Wu Liang under the slope.

"Master—!"

The apprentice seemed to see the last straw, so he yelled sincerely, kowtowed to Apuqiu, and cried at the top of his voice, "Master, disciple can explain, disciple I swear that this move has no intention of murdering Master at all, it is completely done for the well-being of tens of thousands of people in Jiani City! Didn’t Master always teach his disciples not to be greedy for small gains and forget righteousness? Master Pushan once As I said before, the appearance of that witch will definitely bring disasters to the city of Juni. Therefore, although I know that I am sorry for Master, but I have to report it to His Majesty for the sake of righteousness. I have no selfish intentions in this move. Please learn from Master. what!"

"This……"

Apuqiu is obviously the kind of person with softer ears, and a hint of unbearable color has appeared on his face when he heard these words.

Even Wu Liang admired this apprentice's ability to adapt to changing situations. What he said was indeed flawless, and he even took the moral high ground and defeated Apuqiu's army. Even Wu Liang was a little speechless.

But Wu Liang would definitely not believe what he said.

Regardless of whether Fang Qiong is the "witch" who will bring unreasonable disasters to Jiani City, if he is really for the well-being of tens of thousands of people in Jieni City, he can use other methods to do this instead of even himself. The master didn't even say hello, so he secretly ran to inform the king of Shanshan.

And it is absolutely impossible for a person who can say such a level of words to not think of other ways to solve the matter, at least it is absolutely no problem to exonerate Master Apqiu while reporting the crime.

Instead of just sitting and watching the king of Shanshan order General Xia Hafu to lead his men to arrest Apuqiu as his accomplice...

"Your Excellency, my apprentice..."

Sure enough, he was moved with compassion, and Apuqiu finally turned to Wu Liangtou for help.

Although Apuqiu's ears are relatively soft, he also understands that the fate of his apprentice at this moment is not in the hands of King Shanshan, but in Wu Liang's thought.

"my king!"

But Wu Liang ignored him, instead he looked up at King Shanshan on the slope, and said with a half-smile, "I now believe that there is indeed some misunderstanding between us."

"Your Excellency is indeed a sensible person!"

The king of Shanshan suddenly showed surprise, and nodded repeatedly, "It was this person's slander that caused a misunderstanding between Xiao Wang and Your Excellency, so Xiao Wang ordered this person to be beheaded to apologize for your shock, come here, behead it! "

Upon hearing this.

The apprentice was so frightened that his face turned ashen and trembled like chaff, and he begged Apuqiu for mercy even more frantically. He only hoped that Apuqiu would be soft-hearted and say something nice to Wu Liang so that he could teach Wu Liang to save his life.

He is also somewhat self-aware.

Knowing that he did not have any friendship with Wu Liang, and almost caused them to be arrested by the King of Shanshan, Wu Liang would most likely not be merciful to him, so he did not have the courage and confidence to ask Wu Liang for mercy directly.

"Young Master Wu..."

Seeing that the guards had already pushed the apprentice to the ground, with the butcher's knife raised above his head, Apuqiu felt even more unbearable, and immediately wanted to intercede with Wu Liang.

"Mr. Applejoo!"

But Wu Liang interrupted him immediately, and said seriously, "Betrayal is like adultery, once there is a first time, there will be a second time, it will only get worse, and the prodigal son will never turn back!"

"..."

Apuqiu froze for a moment, subconsciously chewing Wu Liang's words.

"Master—ah..."

The apprentice shouted even more anxiously.

But in the next second, he heard a "swish", and his voice came to an abrupt end. Blood gushed out from the wound on the mouth of the bowl, and his head, which had been detached from his body, rolled down the big slope.

"boom!"

When he was about to roll to Wu Liang's side, Dian Wei stepped on him.

"Ugh……"

At this point, Apuqiu could only sigh and turned his head to one side.

He is not an innocent person, and he knows in his heart that Wu Liang's words are not unreasonable, but he just doesn't want to add new killings.

His apprentice was also a miserable person. His father died when he was still young, and his mother experienced all the sufferings in the world to raise him. Fortunately, Apuqiu appreciated him as an apprentice, and he lived a stable life. Now this Once the apprentice dies, I'm afraid he will suffer for his hard-working mother, so Apuqiu can't bear it.

In fact, even if the apprentice survived this time, Apuqiu would sever the master-student relationship with him, and he would not dare to use such an apprentice again.

Now that things have come to this point... that's all, I can only blame him for being blinded by lard and committing crimes on his own.

……

"Now that some misunderstandings have been resolved, please forgive Xiao Wang for taking the liberty, and then ask your honor and name, so that Xiao Wang knows how to write the letter of surrender, and there must be no mistakes in this matter."

Beheading this apprentice, King Shanshan felt that he had made amends to Wu Liang to a certain extent, but he also knew that the matter was not over yet, so he didn't dare to take any chances, and continued to ask the previous topic.

Of course, he still refused to come down easily until he found out whether Wu Liang was an ambitious man.

But just now Wu Liang had roughly guessed Shanshan King's thoughts.

Naturally, he had already figured out the perfect countermeasure to kill two birds with one stone, so he smiled lightly and asked instead, "Have you heard of Cao Mengde?"

Wu Liang concluded that Shanshan King must have heard of Boss Cao.

Shanshan Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Western Regions Protectorate of the Great Han Dynasty. Even if there were civil strife in the Central Plains in recent years, Shanshan Kingdom had taken the opportunity to become independent. As a neighboring country of the Great Han Dynasty, it must be paying close attention to the disturbances in the Central Plains.

After all, any change in the situation of the Han Dynasty will have a huge impact on these small neighboring countries. Only by keeping a close eye on the situation in the Central Plains at any time and making correct choices according to the actual situation can a small country like Shanshan be able to survive this huge change. Survive in the middle of the storm, and perhaps get unimaginable dividends.

"Cao Mengde?"

The king of Shanshan had a delicate expression when he heard the words, and looked at Wu Liang in shock, "But Cao Mengde, who defeated the Yellow Turban Army and now dominates Yanzhou and Xuzhou? Could it be that your Excellency is..."

He really knew a lot about the situation in the Central Plains thousands of miles away.

"Don't make wild guesses. Mr. Cao has a lot of opportunities every day, so there is no time to waste time here. I am just a general under his command."

Wu Liang shook his head and said.

"It turns out that your Excellency is a general, no wonder you have such abilities!"

King Shanshan was speechless.

"Among the generals under Cao Shijun's command, I am just the least capable person. If it were another general, your city of mud would have already been razed to the ground."

Wu Liang said decisively and extremely modestly, with a cowardly and weak expression on his face.

In fact, Boss Cao’s real confidantes are well aware that Boss Cao has only appointed one Zhonglang General so far, and that is him, the "General Si Shi Zhonglang". Still a school lieutenant, it is still unknown when he will be promoted?

"..."

King Shanshan was at a loss for words.

Is this true? !

Are those heroes of the Central Plains already powerful enough to be so terrifying, or is it only Cao Mengde who has gathered so many talented people?

However, it is undeniable that Boss Cao's record in the past year is indeed convincing.

After attacking Xuzhou, Tao Qian was driven directly to Guangling County, and then he was rebelled by Zhang Miao and Lu Bu. Under such a disadvantage of fire in the backyard, Boss Cao still turned the tide and beat the world-famous famous general Lu Bu to flee, saying that he was invincible It is not an exaggeration at all to be invincible.

He is like a dark horse. After going through these few battles, he has now become a thigh that is qualified to compete with many heroes in the Central Plains.

and so……

"Now you should know how to write a letter of surrender, right?"

Wu Liang said calmly, "The letter of surrender needs to be written in Han script, and your royal seal needs to be printed on it. In the future, when Cao Shijun conquers the Sili Department and Liangzhou, and recovers the Western Regions Protectorate in one go, this surrender will be done." The book represents your sincerity, and it can also keep Shanshan safe and sound."

"Xiao Wang understands, please wait a moment, Your Excellency."

When King Shanshan came back to his senses, he had no other thoughts at all.

He knew that in addition to Boss Cao, there were many other powerful men in the Central Plains who were still above Boss Cao, or who were on par with Boss Cao, such as the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, such as Li Jue and Guo Si, who occupied Chang'an, Dong Zhuo's former subordinates, such as Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, and even Ma Teng and Han Sui can be counted.

But recently, apart from Yuan Shao, who is the most powerful, it has been difficult to find a hero with astonishing record and rapid development like Boss Cao in the past two years.

What's more, Boss Cao also has Wu Liang, a general who is capable of destroying Jiani City with a single shot, and there are more than one of them.

So King Shanshan suddenly felt that it would be a good choice to bet on Boss Cao...

It took about a cup of tea in this way.

The king of Shanshan had already walked down the slope holding a roll of silk. This was the letter of surrender written by him himself, and the seal of the king of Shanshan was printed on it upright.

Boss Cao is undoubtedly an ambitious man with enough ambition.

And Shanshan Kingdom will always be useful to Boss Cao, so he is sure that Wu Liang is not the kind of reckless man who does not follow the routine. He even feels that Wu Liang must have his own ideas in his heart, and he will definitely not disagree with each other. Then he was killed with a knife.

However, what he didn't expect at all was.

"Um……"

After reading the letter of surrender, Wu Liang nodded in satisfaction, but then said with a smile, "My lord, I have come a long way and haven't prepared any decent gifts for you. Please be sure to accept this."

Before the words fell, and before the King of Shanshan understood what he meant, Dian Wei had already come to him.

Then he tied two bronze jars filled with black powder to King Shanshan involuntarily...

"My king, please don't act rashly. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces like Master Pushan."

Wu Liang reminded with a cracked smile.

(End of this chapter)