Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 253 247. Mud Falls into Pants

"Hum hum……"

Sun Quan hummed an unknown tune, and he was in a particularly good mood recently. Liu Bei died of illness, and although his sister died with him, he was upset for a long time. However, recently Bu Zhi had successfully disrupted Jiaozhou, and the spies reported that there was also civil unrest in Sichuan. This kind of situation of internal and external difficulties would probably make Ji Han suffer even if he was strong.

Sun Quan was naturally happy that the enemy was in trouble.

Unfortunately, Sun Quan’s good mood did not last for two days and was ruined by Gu Yong.

"What did you say?"

Sun Quan scratched his ears in disbelief. Although it was a little indecent for the lord of Jiangdong, what Gu Yong said just now made him really unwilling to believe his hearing.

"Recently, rumors have suddenly begun to spread among the people... saying... saying that the king coveted the beauty of his sister-in-law and conspired with Xu Gong to assassinate the first lord, and then coveted Xiao Qiao's beauty and deliberately... deliberately changed the medicine to poison the Grand Commander..."

Gu Yong lowered his head and repeated what he had just said in a low voice.

"..."

Sun Quan did not speak. He stood up from the fine wooden chair he had just purchased and walked around the newly purchased mahogany table twice, seeming to be thinking, or brewing his emotions.

“About how many people are spreading this rumor?”

Sun Quan finally stopped in front of his chair, but did not sit down. Instead, he supported his hands on the table and looked up at Gu Yong.

"... Countless. The news seemed to have spread from Chaisang to Lujiang, Danyang, Jianye, Wujun... almost everywhere, and countless people knew about it..."

Gu Yong replied cautiously. He had been with Sun Quan for a long time and knew that although Sun Quan looked calm now, he could be ignited by a small spark. Gu Yong naturally did not want to be that small spark.

"These damned untouchables! Do they have pig brains? How can they believe this kind of nonsense without any basis? What bullshit is this! Damn it! Immediately issue an order to all states and counties to prohibit the discussion of such rumors. Anyone who dares to spread rumors openly will be killed without mercy!"

Sun Quan's face turned red, and he was so angry that he slammed the table several times, causing it to tremble and look like it was about to fall down.

Seeing Sun Quan's unfortunate look, Gu Yong did not dare to offend Sun Quan. He could only nod repeatedly and then retreat to convey the order without mentioning it.

For a time, people in Jiangdong were in a panic. Many big mouths who didn't know the law were still talking big, but they were immediately arrested and executed after being reported to the government. In this situation, everyone was silent and didn't dare to say much, only discussing in private.

As a result, a few days later, the version of this rumor was updated, saying that Sun Quan had purple beard and blue eyes. This was because Sun Quan was not Sun Jian's biological son, but the son of his mother and overseas barbarians, so Sun Quan was so special.

Sun Quan knew that he had not gained the throne legitimately, so after taking the throne he persecuted his nephew Sun Shao, who was supposed to be the legal heir to Jiangdong, and marginalized him in every possible way.

Moreover, the rumors further "slandered" Sun Quan's character, saying that he praised Lu Meng when Lu Meng took Jingzhou, and put all the responsibility on Lu Meng after the Han army's eastern expedition. This was even more outrageous. Not being a biological son, but having bad character, this was an attack on Sun Quan's life, and in some sense it would also shake the legitimacy of Sun Quan's rule. Sun Quan really couldn't sit still, and immediately ordered an investigation to find out the source of these rumors.

After checking, it turned out that the news came from Jingzhou.

It turned out that although Jingzhou was hostile to Jiangdong, the war between the two sides would not stop merchants. This was also a tacit understanding that had been agreed upon. Therefore, even if Ji Han and Jiangdong fell out, the merchants of both sides still had dealings with each other.

These slanderous news about Sun Quan came from merchants traveling between Jingzhou and Jiangdong. In the end, they used some tricks to find the source of these rumors: a so-called newspaper called "Secret News" sold in Jingzhou.

Within two days, a copy of the latest "Secret Stories" was delivered to Sun Quan's desk. He picked up the so-called "newspaper" and his first feeling was that it was extremely smooth, not as rough as bamboo slips or traditional paper, which made Sun Quan's originally somewhat annoyed mood a little better.

However, when Sun Quan calmed down and read the contents of the newspaper, his anger rose even more.

The "Secret Stories" mostly contained some unfounded information, such as the rumor that Sun Quan coveted his sister-in-law and Xiao Qiao's beauty, and he often found excuses to get close to his sister-in-law and go in and out of her room after his brother passed away. The article also said that he and Xu Gong seemed to have had some contact in the past, and Sun Ce's arrow wound should have been treatable, but he died after taking medicine...

"You are slandering me! I was just treating you politely, how come you think I am coveting my sister-in-law! And all this is just nonsense!"

Sun Quan was so angry that he wanted to tear up the newspaper. The key point was that it did not clearly state what he had done, but all the content was imaginative, and the title matched the content very well, so the viewers could not help but think too much.

"Shock! The Marquis of Wu entered his sister-in-law's room many times..." Combined with this slightly suggestive content, it basically tells readers that "Sun Quan has coveted his sister-in-law for a long time, and he teamed up with Xu Gong to assassinate Sun Ce, take control of Jiangdong, and get his hands on his sister-in-law."

But the wording used in this newspaper is very ambiguous. It means this, but the words between the lines are full of words like "seems, as if, rumor has it..." You say he is spreading rumors, but he didn't say these things.

"It is forbidden to carry these things. Anyone who dares to spread these rumors and these pieces of paper in Jiangdong will be imprisoned!"

Sun Quan was so angry that he tore the newspaper into pieces and issued an order that was almost harsh.

Needless to say, these methods were naturally carried out by Feng Xi himself. As mentioned before, Feng Xi can come up with several pieces of dirty laundry about any of the celebrities in the Three Kingdoms.

Sun Quan's purple beard and green eyes and the rumors about his relationship with Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao were all topics of conversation. In addition, the common people had nothing to do in this era, so they just liked to gossip. They could talk about trivial matters for ten days or half a month, and this kind of explosive news would be talked about every day.

Of course, Feng Xi would not directly throw dirty water, that would be too obvious. Feng Xi just put some rumors and facts together to make them seem to have some connection. The rest is up to the readers to interpret.

As expected, readers who bought "Secret Stories" used their brains, the world's top information processor, to fill in a complete story chain based on the information in the newspaper.

Even if there is a legal department in this era, it cannot be blamed on Feng Xi. He neither spread nor created rumors. He just told the truth. He also said that those uncertain information were "rumors."

(End of this chapter)