Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226 Assassination
"Returning to the general, it is the Taoist priest Yu Ji who is treating the people and praying for blessings."

"Pray for blessings, what blessings are you praying for? Is Jiangdong not good now?" Sun Ce was even more unhappy.

The little soldier said in a dazed voice, "It's to pray for the families of the fallen soldiers..."

"Bold!" Sun Ce was furious.

"Don't pay attention to him, general. Isn't the general going to shoot and hunt? It's not good to be late." The soldier hurriedly persuaded.

Sun Ce rode his horse angrily and walked out of the city, and met Zhou Tai head-on.

"General Sun, where is this going?"

"General Zhou, please speak to General Cheng. General Sun will go hunting in Dantu Mountain, and he will be back in half a day." Seeing that Sun Ce did not answer, the guard hurriedly said to Zhou Tai.

"Okay, I'll tell General Cheng right now."

There seemed to be very little prey in the mountains today, only three pheasants and two hares were hunted in one hour, Sun Ce was very upset.

"Don't get so close to me, there are so many people, and even prey are scared away by you." Sun Ce vented his anger on his subordinates.

The eighteen riders looked at each other, well, my lord is in a bad mood today, don't provoke him, as long as the general is happy, they only have two riders following Sun Ce, and the rest are half a stone's throw away.

"Look, general, there seems to be an elk in front." Someone with sharp eyes spotted the prey.

"Shut up, don't disturb it." Sun Ce approached slowly on horseback.

The elk suddenly woke up, spread its hooves, turned over and ran away.Sun Ce slapped his thigh in regret, he finally encountered a big prey, how could he let it run away, he slapped his horse and chased after him, the pawns behind him realized that Sun Ce had already run a long way, they hurried to catch up.

"Who are you guys and what are you doing here?" Sun Ce chased the deer away, but met three soldiers holding weapons and arrows.

"General Sun, we are under General Han Dang, and we are here to shoot and hunt."

"Huh? You are so bold, you dare to go out of the barracks without permission!" Sun Ce was about to scold him when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. "Why have I never seen you?"

"We are all small soldiers, how could the general recognize us?" While speaking, two small soldiers approached Sun Ce.

Sun Ce woke up immediately, swung the iron bow in his hand and hit one person, his brains burst immediately, and he tried to hit another person with a backhand, but that person's spear had already pierced Sun Ce's thigh.

"Ah!" Sun Ce yelled, holding back the pain, grabbed the spear with his left hand, and swung the spear-wielding pawn to death with his right hand. The bow in his hand broke due to excessive force.Sun Ce drew out his spear and ran towards the pawn in the distance.

At this time, the pawn in the distance bent his bow and set up an arrow to aim at Sun Ce's face. Sun Ce turned his head as hard as he could, but unfortunately the distance was too close, and he avoided the face being hit on the cheek.

"Ah!" Sun Ce yelled again, holding the pawn with his spear; "Say, who are you?"

"Hahaha, we are Master Xu Gong's servants. If we can avenge Master Xu Gong, we will die without regret!"

Sun Ce yelled and stabbed the pawn to death with a spear, but he couldn't hold on but fell off his horse and passed out.

"General, General Sun!" The guards behind Sun Ce heard Sun Ce's cry and searched for the sound to find Sun Ce.

After a while, Sun Ce woke up leisurely, and said with force: "There are assassins, Xu Gong's disciples, go to a few people to see if there are any others nearby. I feel itchy wound, it may be poisonous..." The words were not finished Passed out again.

The eighteen guards felt infinitely guilty. They immediately drugged and bandaged Sun Ce. Two people were assigned to report the news, six people went to search, and the remaining ten people supported Sun Ce and rushed back.

Cheng Pu got Zhou Tai's report an hour after Sun Ce left the city. While complaining about why Zhou Tai didn't stop Sun Ce, he summoned a hundred cavalry to go out of the city to look for Sun Ce. All the doctors summoned to the general's mansion, and ordered two young soldiers to lead the way to pick up Sun Ce. When they saw Sun Ce in a coma, they stamped their feet and beat their chests, and burst into tears.

Cheng Pu didn't care about anything else, and immediately sent twenty cavalry to lead the way, and personally escorted Sun Ce back to the city and entered the mansion.

"You should diagnose and treat the general right away. Those who can be cured will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and others will be rewarded with fifty gold." Cheng Pu said to the doctors, "If you need any medicine, just ask."

The doctors began to examine Sun Ce's injuries. Cheng Pu walked out of the bedroom and met Sun Quan who had heard the news.

"General, it's all my fault. I was late in reporting to the general, otherwise this kind of thing wouldn't have happened." Zhou Tai fell to his knees and begged for punishment.

"Why didn't you send me a letter directly? What did you do?" Cheng Pu asked sharply.

"This?" Zhou Tai hesitated, and said: "It's the old lady. The old lady heard that Taoist Yu Ji was praying for the fallen soldiers. The old lady was merciful, and the young master asked me to donate money. I dare not delay the ceremony, so... ..."

Sun Quan nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.Well, what else can I say as an outsider after moving out my mother and younger brother.Cheng Pu glanced at Zhou Tai angrily, and stomped his foot hard.

"General Cheng, how is the situation now?" Huang Gai, Han Dang and others came after hearing the news.

"The doctor is currently undergoing diagnosis and treatment." Cheng Pu said, and then said to Sun Quan: "Zhong Mou, we have to keep this matter from the old lady, as long as we are here, how about you go to the old lady's place to accompany you? Be sure not to call Madame knows."

Sun Quan thought for a while and said, "That's fine. Let me know immediately if there is any situation." After speaking, he pulled Zhou Tai out of the house.

After dismissing Sun Quan, Cheng Pu pondered and said to Huang Gai and the others: "This matter is quite strange, how could it be such a coincidence that the major general met an assassin when he went out to shoot and hunt?"

"It's a bit strange, have you ever caught an assassin?"

"They were all killed by the Major General, but the Major General said they were Xu Gong's disciples."

"What happened to Zhou Tai just now?"

"The major general met him when he was out of the city and asked him to send me a letter, but he was late in delivering the letter because he was doing something for the old lady and Zhongmou." Cheng Pu said.

"Is De Mou suspicious of him?" Huang Gai asked in a low voice.

Cheng Pu shook his head and said, "Everyone involved should ask." Huang Gai nodded, lost in thought.

"General Cheng, General Huang." Several guards in charge of the search came back, "We searched in the mountains and found a few suspicious people dressed as our soldiers. They ran away when they saw us, and committed suicide when they couldn't escape. Together with We have brought back the first three corpses, after inspection, they are not soldiers of our army, but someone identified them as retainers of Xu Gong's mansion, and the weapons they carried were all coated with poison."

"Who identified it?"

"The former guards in Xu Gong's mansion also have neighbors."

"It seems that they are Xu Gong's followers and dead soldiers. There is no doubt that they must be divided into groups and hide in the mountains, just looking for an opportunity to assassinate the major general." Han Dang said.

"Unfortunately, there are no survivors." Huang Gai said to the guards again: "You take the former soldiers and go into the mountains to search for suspicious people. If you find any suspicious people, you must leave them alive."

The guards were ordered to gather troops to Dantu Mountain.

"Demou, do you think these assassins acted on their own, or..." Huang Gai hesitated to speak.

(End of this chapter)