The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 300 What was Sun Ce’s reason for starting the war?
"If I have something to talk to you about in the future, do I have to convey it through written communication?" Liu Bei said with a teasing look on his face.

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, Chen Xi, Lu Su, Jia Xu and other people whose real bodies were in the Government Affairs Hall turned their eyes to Liu Bei.

A drop of cold sweat immediately dripped from Liu Bei's forehead. This joke didn't seem funny at all.

"If you, Lord Xuande, don't know how to tell a cold joke, I suggest you go to Manxianglou to find Weishuo after leaving the Government Affairs Office. He is the best at telling cold jokes.

If you don't believe me, you can ask Zichuan, he was deeply affected by Weishuo's jokes. "Yang Ji broke the awkward atmosphere (one-sided on Liu Bei's side) at the right time.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's fine if you want to complain about Lord Xuande, but why did you bring me into this?" Chen Xi said to Yang Ji with great dissatisfaction.

"Besides you, is there anyone else here who has had his defense broken by Wei Shuo's joke?" Yang Ji sneered.

"I..." Chen Xi was furious, but he had no way to refute it. After all, what Yang Ji said was true.

"Oh, by the way, if you want to save my face, you are always welcome." Yang Ji subconsciously adjusted his glasses (although he didn't), and said arrogantly: "After all, you can't beat me--"

"..." Chen Xi looked at Yang Ji with a ferocious face, but unfortunately he didn't dare to take action directly, otherwise Yang Ji would have taught him a lesson on the spot.

It was okay to be beaten face to face by Yang Ji in front of Liu Bei and others, after all, it was nothing.

However, Yang Ji left two dark circles under my eyes, turning them into panda eyes, which was uncomfortable.

"I'm going to Manxianglou to ask Weishuo for advice on the collection of cold jokes. If you have any questions, you can go to Zichuan." After saying this, Liu Bei slipped out of the Government Affairs Hall.

"I'm leaving first. I don't know what that Yuan Benchu ​​guy did when we were in Xuzhou." Yang Ji stood up and patted Chen Xi on the shoulder, then walked out of the Government Affairs Hall.

"Well, I haven't finished reading the list of books that Master Li gave me, so I'll go back and read first." Zhuge Liang said to Chen Xi hurriedly, then ran back to Li You's daily office.

"Well, I haven't finished reading the list of books that Master Li listed, so I'm going to go back and read first." Sima Yi saw Zhuge Liang was about to disappear, and hurriedly said to his distant cousin.

"Let's go together. Let's go together. There are a few things I don't quite understand. Brother Zhongda, how about we discuss it together?"

When Pang Tong saw that Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were about to run away, he realized something and hurriedly spoke to Sima Yi who had already stood up.

"Confucius said: When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. Brother Shiyuan also has the wisdom that I want, please -" Sima Yi extended his hand to Pang Tong.

Sima Yi and Pang Tong bowed to Chen Xi and others, then left.

Except for Lu Su and Xun Yu, whose daily offices could not avoid Chen Xi, the rest of the people quickly ran back to their daily offices.

"These guys, is there anything I can do to them?" Chen Xi shook his head.

"Don't you know best what you can do to them?" Lu Su did not indulge Chen Xi at all and spoke directly.

Xun Yu didn't want to get involved in the bickering between these two guys at all. He just wanted to complete the government affairs on his desk.

“I just like to practice with them after work, I don’t do anything extra.

Besides, isn't this for the purpose of training their martial arts? How come I am persecuting them?" Chen Xi said innocently.

"Yes, yes, you are indeed training their martial arts, but can't you just practice martial arts normally like Zi Yu?

You have to make yourself look like you are bullying them." Lu Su complained back without hesitation.

"It's just that I don't have that kind of control." Chen Xi argued awkwardly. This thing was indeed his fault.

"Then why can Zi Yu have it, but you can't?" Lu Su once again brought up Yang Ji, whom Chen Xi could not bypass.

"Can we be the same as Zi Yu?" Chen Xi weakly and palely used his last trick.

"Is there any difference between us and Zi Yu?" Lu Su glared at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi curled the corner of his mouth. It seemed that Yang Ji was really no different from them. At most, he was marked by the world consciousness.

"I think you are just idle. If you could use the time you use to 'train' them to handle government affairs, things wouldn't have turned out like this." Lu Su deliberately emphasized the word "train".

"Impossible, I have already dealt with my government affairs. Don't even think about bringing anyone else's government affairs to my desk." Chen Xi said vigilantly.

"Tsk... then there's nothing more to say." Seeing that he couldn't trick Chen Xi into helping him, Lu Su turned his head and ignored Chen Xi, continuing to deal with the mountain of government affairs on his desk.

Seeing that Lu Su ignored him, Chen Xi turned his attention to Xun Yu who was silent beside him.

As if sensing Chen Xi's gaze, Xun Yu looked up at Chen Xi, then picked up a stack of documents from the shelf next to him and placed them on his desk.

After completing the previous actions, Xun Yu just looked at Chen Xi without saying anything.

Looking at Xun Yu with a smile on his face, Chen Xi's pressure suddenly increased.

"Ahem..." Chen Xi quickly sat up straight. He decided not to harass them anymore at this time, otherwise their documents would really be placed on Chen Xi's desk.

[Spring rain is as precious as oil...] ​​Chen Xi propped up his head and looked at the drizzle outside the window, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face.

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"This is... the war in the north hasn't started yet, but the war in the south is about to start first?" Yang Ji said with a headache as he looked at the document in his hand.

In May of the fourth year of Chuping, the spring ploughing in Qingzhou had just ended. Yang Ji was waiting for the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to start, and then attack Yuan Shao from behind. He had even contacted Gongsun Zan.

As a result, the war in the south started first instead of the war in the north.

"Zi Yu, what's happening in the southern states?" Xu Shu asked Yang Ji curiously, but Xu Shu's eyes were on the letter in Yang Ji's hand.

"That fellow Sun Bofu has sent troops to attack Shucheng, the capital of Lujiang County." Yang Ji handed the letter in his hand to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu took the letter and said casually, "Is it Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, Lu Jining, who never joined Yuan Gonglu and insisted that Yuan Shu was a traitor, and later insisted that Sun Bofu was also a traitor?" "Yes, it's him. When Yuan Gonglu almost took over the three states of Yu, Jing and Yang, except for Shucheng, the seat of Lujiang County, the rest of the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang surrendered upon hearing the news."

Yang Ji smiled and said that Yuan Shu's attack at that time really scared Chen Xi a lot. He failed to raise sheep and the sheep almost broke through the cage and became the master of their own house.

Although Xu Shu did not participate in the battle of Yuzhou at the beginning, he still got a good understanding of the specific intelligence.

"Well... Yuan Gonglu was busy moving the government seat at the beginning, so he ignored Lu Jining. Now that Sun Bofu is in power, is he thinking of using him as a target?" This was the feeling Xu Shu had after reading the letter in his hand.

"I guess that's the case. After all, the Jiangdong area is Sun Bofu's real base camp.

As for Yuzhou, haha, that also depends on whether the Yuan family of Runan and other Yuzhou families are willing. "Yang Ji shook his head and laughed.

Even if Zhou Yu managed to get the Yuzhou noble families to recognize Sun Bofu, it did not mean that Sun Ce would be able to command the Yuzhou army.

If Sun Ce did not have his own direct troops, perhaps one day someone would rebel against Sun Ce under the banner of Yuan Shu.

Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are both adopted sons of Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao is still alive, so it is not Sun Ce's turn to inherit Yuan Shu's assets.

What's more, even if Yuan Shu wanted Sun Ce to inherit his assets, the Yuan family of Runan had to agree.

It was only because of Yuan Shu's suppression that the Yuan family of Runan reluctantly accepted Sun Ce's qualifications.

However, Sun Ce was only Yuan Shu's adopted son, and ultimately an outsider.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao, who occupied Jizhou, was a member of the Yuan family of Runan.

Since Yuan Shu no longer wants to participate in the struggle for hegemony, wouldn't it be better to hand over the foundation to Yuan Shao?

There must be people who think this way within the Runan Yuan family. If they collude with those guys outside who are dissatisfied with Sun Ce, they will definitely come up with something that will make Zhou Yu anxious.

Even a ruthless person like Yuan Shu could not suppress this kind of thing, and there was no way to suppress it. The internal divisions among the aristocratic families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were very serious.

Although the head of a noble family has the final say most of the time, even the head of the family cannot stop some members of the family from secretly colluding with certain people outside.

There is no way to stop this kind of thing. There will always be people who dislike someone, something or something for various reasons, and then try every means to discredit them.

"But why did Sun Bofu want to attack Shucheng?" Xu Shu didn't care about the aristocratic families that Yang Ji mentioned. The infighting among the aristocratic families was actually beneficial to them.

"At first, all of Lujiang County except Shucheng had surrendered to Yuan Shu, and was later surrendered by Sun Bofu.

As long as Sun Bofu can take control of all six counties in Jiangdong, even if Lujiang Prefect Lu Jining is stubborn, Shucheng will surrender to Sun Bofu.

Then why did Sun Bofu waste his energy to attack Shucheng? Why didn't Zhou Gongjin stop him? " This is what Xu Shu was puzzled about.

"He might as well use this time to attack the other counties in Jiangdong." Xu Shu couldn't figure out why Sun Ce attacked Shucheng.

"It can't be that they are trying to take over Zhou Gongjin's hometown." Xu Shu said jokingly.

"You know what, considering Sun Bofu's character and Zhou Yu's indulgence of Sun Bofu, this is indeed possible." Yang Ji thought about it and felt that the possibility raised by Xu Shu was quite high.

"Hey, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously." Xu Shu was shocked when he heard Yang Ji's words, and said quickly, he didn't want to mislead Yang Ji's thinking.

"Yuanzhi, you still don't know enough about the sworn brothers Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin.

But, if it was Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin, then it wasn't a joke, but it could really be the truth." Yang Ji patted Xu Shu, who was already a little stunned.

"I...he..." Xu Shu's thoughts were in a mess. He never expected that the cause of attacking a city could be so... trifling.

What kind of husky are these sworn brothers from Jiangdong? Xu Shu couldn't help but wail.

"Okay, let's stop thinking about these two guys. Zhou Gongjin is a normal person when he's not with Sun Bofu.

But once they are together with Sun Bofu, no one knows what kind of tricks these two people will come up with."

Seeing that Xu Shu was still a little dazed, Yang Ji thought about it and said to Xu Shu.

"You've met Gan Xingba, right? Sun Bofu and he are both guys with extremely unconventional thinking. It's hard to predict what their next move will be." Yang Ji spoke with some sigh about another guy with unconventional thinking.

"Well... after the Han Dynasty is unified, you will meet a third guy with unconventional thinking." Yang Ji thought of Ma Chao, the guy whose temperament was very similar to Sun Ce's.

"Ah?" Xu Shu looked at Yang Ji at a loss. Having one Gan Ning was enough, but there were actually two guys in the world with similar personalities to Gan Ning.

"Bye, do you want to go to the south to meet Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin?" Yang Ji shook the letter that Xu Shu had just put down, and abruptly changed the subject to another matter.

The letter that Chen Xi sent to Licheng not only contained information about the recent movements of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in the south, but also asked Yang Ji whether he and Xu Shu wanted to get involved.

Of course, the reason why Chen Xi and others asked Yang Ji whether he wanted to get involved in the war in the south was because Yuan Shao was recently busy clearing out the Black Mountain Army entrenched in Zhongshan, Changshan, Shangdang and other counties, and the war in the north had not yet broken out so soon.

Xu Shu calmed himself down and focused on another thing the letter said.

"The Jiangdong Lu family is the family that built ships for us? Wasn't there news before that they would be moved to Donglai? Why is there no movement until now?" Xu Shu said with a frown.

Because there were only three families in the Han Dynasty who possessed complete shipbuilding skills, there have always been voices in Fenggao calling for the relocation of the Jiangdong Lu family to Qingzhou Donglai.

Xu Shu originally thought that Liu Bei's power had developed to this extent, so inviting a family to join would be a piece of cake. But what was going on with the Jiangdong Lu family?
"Oh, considering the state of the Jiangdong aristocratic families, would they move out of Jiangdong unless they were forced into a desperate situation?" Yang Ji said sarcastically and contemptuously.

Yang Ji was quite contemptuous of the Jiangdong family. Even when the enfeoffment was restarted later, the Jiangdong family was still in that state.

If Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had not been strong enough, given the state of the Jiangdong family, the northern families would have probably already established their own countries, while they are still stuck in their own country fighting crickets.

"Um, what's the situation with the Jiangdong family?" Xu Shu asked with some confusion. He didn't know much about the Jiangdong area.

(End of this chapter)