Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 626

Han Zong euphemistically stated his intentions. He hoped that Sun Quan would give him his father's trilogy for the sake of Han Dang's merits, but the current situation is that there may be trilogy, but the Jiangdong gentry paid the money.

Sun Quan prevaricates Han Dang's trilogy by being killed in battle and being detained by Lantian, etc., saying that after the delivery of the captives is completed, he will treat Han Dang's descendants favorably according to Han Dang's merits.

After dismissing the suffering master Han Zong, Sun Quan summoned Zhang Zhao again. Although this man lacked some backbone, he was much better than Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and other generals in terms of knowledge.

"My lord, why are you looking for me late at night?" Zhang Zhao clasped his hands to salute Sun Quan while arranging his robes.

Sun Quan looked him up and down, and asked curiously, "Zibu, did you just get off the couch?"

"Well, those generals are arranging the mourning hall, and the old minister has nothing to do so he rested first." Zhang Zhao explained with a smile.

"I remember Zibu said that old people sleep less."

"That's right, it's just that Chaisang is cold in the first month, and it's adjacent to the Yangtze River, so the old minister just keeps warm on the couch. Why do you want me, my lord?" Zhang Zhao changed the subject in embarrassment.

Sun Quan frowned and said, "I trust Gu Li in regards to Old General Han. Zi Ming has no reason to kill him, but now he is suffering from no witnesses. Han Zong seized this point and wanted to return his father's work.
Zibu, you understand the reason. We redeemed only [-] pieces, and half of them were soldiers from Yujin. The number of pieces that really belonged to the old general was less than [-], but the ransom was paid by Yuan Tan (Gu Yong) and them. of"

Zhang Zhao thought for a while, then squeezed his chin and replied: "Yi Gong (Han Dang) sacrificed his life for the country. It is pity for Han Zong to do so, but this time the trilogy cannot be allocated well. I am afraid that there will be big troubles in Jiangdong. It was right to push Lan Tian."

"But we can't redeem it in the short term, and the guy in Lantian still needs to collect the ration money. I decided to wait until tomorrow to complete the delivery, and all the prisoners in the future will be gone." Sun Quan's face was serious.

"Short-term pain is worse than long-term pain. There is no problem with this, my lord." Zhang Zhao echoed.

"If you don't continue to redeem the captives, you will never be able to find witnesses." Sun Quan was in a dilemma.

Zhang Zhao then suggested, "If there is no evidence, let's look for circumstantial evidence. The old general is my Jiangdong famous general. If he was really killed by Lantian's son, Liu Bei will definitely be rewarded for such a great military achievement, and the truth will naturally come to light."

"Wonderful." Sun Quan stroked his purple beard in affirmation.

"However, during the funeral for the fallen soldiers, it is necessary to send competent people to watch over Han Zong's troubles, otherwise the prestige of the lord will be affected." Zhang Zhao added.

"Zibu is right, who do you think is the right person to send?" Sun Quan asked.

Zhang Zhao said meaningfully, "Mr. Cheng's eldest son, Cheng Zi."

"Zibu is well recommended." Sun Quan nodded in agreement, and then continued to ask: "Is there any news about Ziyu? Would Cao Cao be willing to spend one billion to redeem the ban?"

Zhang Zhao shook his head and smiled wryly: "Ziyu has sent letters twice, because King Wei was far away fighting in Nanyang, and Xia Houdun, the general who was stationed in Shouchun, scolded Yu Jin for his audacity and betrayed his master. He couldn't open his mouth about the ransom at all. We had to wait until the battle between Guan Yu and Cao Cao was over. Xiahou Dun can't decide on such a big matter."

"I have no choice but to do this, I hope it can be used to recover the loss." Sun Quan sighed.

The next day, Sun and Liu made the final transaction in E County. Sun Quan accepted Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong's suggestion, and instead of putting on an imposing posture, he went with the escorting warship.

The warship was moored on the shore of E County, and Sun Quan sent someone to invite Lan Tian to come to answer him. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei followed to E County.

Seeing that Liu Bei and Lan Tian were surrounded by only Gan Ning, Chen Dao and a dozen or so followers, Sun Quan dared not trust him and took Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng off the boat to meet him.

"Xuande, General Lan." Sun Quan took the initiative to say hello.

"Zhongmou." Liu Bei gently raised his hand, he seemed to be in a good mood today.

Lan Tian smiled and said, "General Sun actually came here in person. Is the deal going to continue? I'll have someone transfer the remaining prisoners of war to E County."

"Wait a minute, General Lan. It will take time to raise money and food. We will wait for the follow-up transaction when we are ready." Sun Quan replied with a wry smile.

Liu Bei nodded, "I heard that General Zhu and Zhongmou have a close relationship. Could it be that he came to pick him up this time? General Zhu should have boarded the ship now, and Ziyu is still very honest in his work."

"Integrity? Not necessarily?" Sun Quan said in his heart that Lantian was honest?Isn't that the biggest joke?
"Why did Zhongmou say that?" Liu Bei frowned slightly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"General Lan used it to impersonate Lu Meng, cheated me of 6000 million from Jiangdong, and said that Lu Meng was sold to Cao Cao, and let me use it to ban Cao Cao in exchange for ransom. Now Cao Cao sent Ziming's head, and he didn't take any money. The general is really a good trick." Sun Quan's eyes were fierce, and he teased Lan Tian against Liu Bei.

As soon as Liu Bei wanted to explain, Lan Tian replied first: "I want to declare again that I bought Yu Jin at a low price with a dark redemption. It was not because I cheated Zhuge Ziyu, but because of your greed. In addition, how Cao Cao dealt with Lu Meng has nothing to do with us. It is his freedom to be willing to give the general a living person and his head, and it is also his freedom to ask the general for a ransom, you can’t rely on me for everything.”

"What does General Lan mean, that Ziming was still alive when he gave it to Cao Cao?" Seeing that Lantian was sincere and in front of Liu Bei, Sun Quan shouldn't have been able to lie.

"What do you think? If Lu Meng was defeated and captured, General Guan would have killed him in Linju if he wanted to vent his anger. As for waiting so long? General Sun can ask the returning soldiers. They should have seen him then. "Lan Tian continued to fool around.

Through questioning the prisoners of war, Sun Quan confirmed that all the prisoners were sent to Jiangling, but Lu Meng was taken to Xiangyang by Guan Yu. Hearing what Lan Tian said, his heart beat again. Could it be that the Cao thief was lying to me?

"Why did Cao Cao lie to me?"

"I don't know the real purpose, but Xu Shao called him a traitor. Isn't it normal for him to be a traitor? Besides, won't he be the one who benefits by instigating our hatred?"

Sun Quan was taken aback by Lan Tian's words, and at this moment he questioned suspiciously: "The general said that he sold Ziming to Cao Cao. I don't believe he would pay a high price for it. How can you explain this?"

Lan Tian smiled slightly: "Don't you know, General Sun? Cao Cao retreated to Wancheng a few days ago, and now Fancheng is completely under the control of General Guan. The reason why Fancheng was able to occupy Fancheng so quickly is mainly due to the great contribution of General Lu Meng."

"How?"

"Fancheng is solid and hard to attack. If Cao Ren didn't have Cao Cao's instruction, would he have withdrawn so quickly? In fact, he exchanged it with Lu Meng. Cao Cao planned to stabilize General Guan's negotiations and delay the time until the rear army encircled him. Unfortunately, Cao Ren didn't understand Cao Cao's intention. In the end, let us occupy Fancheng first, Cao Cao can't take down Jiancheng, so naturally he can only retreat to Wancheng."

Sun Quan seemed to have realized something, he suddenly remembered something, pointed to Lan Tian and sent out soul torture: "No, this is wrong, Lu Meng is the governor of Jiangdong, why does he value Cao Cao so much?"

(End of this chapter)