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The fifth update is about to pass, and it is the deepest time of the day. Lu Su is sleeping sweetly, and suddenly is awakened by a shrill scream. He suddenly sits up and vaguely hears the sound of horse hooves coming from the shore. Then someone shouts: "There is an assassin."

Lu Su's mind buzzed, and he quickly got up and opened the small window. It was already dawn, and there were more than a dozen black horsemen riding on the shore opposite.

Just as Lu Su saw them, the men in black raised crossbows together, and the fierce crossbow arrows shot towards Liu Jing's ship, sweeping past like a storm. More than a dozen people then turned their horses and ran eastward.

The fleet was in chaos, and the personal soldiers dived across the river, rushed to the other side with swords and spears, but the men in black had already rushed far away and disappeared.

Lu Su was worried and surprised, why did something happened one night and who was these assassins? Is it impossible for the sister of Wu Hou to make a comeback again? They were just bluffing and it was impossible for them to really attack Liu Jing, and Liu Jing had already agreed to her.

While he was thinking about it, a soldier's voice came from outside the cabin, "Have Duke Lu woke up?"

Lu Su opened the cabin door and saw a personal soldier standing outside the cabin. "What's the matter?" Lu Su asked.

"My father-in-law invites Duke Lu to come."

Lu Su suddenly relaxed his heart, and Liu Jing asked him, which at least means that Liu Jing was still alive. He quickly put on his clothes and followed his personal soldiers toward Liu Jing's boat.

Liu Jing's ship was already full of personal soldiers, holding swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and closely monitoring the situation in the water. Several soldiers drove small boats and searched for the grass on both sides of the river bank with long bamboo poles.

Lu Su walked into the cabin and was stunned. He saw a mess in the cabin, with books falling all over the ground, with traces of swords and swords everywhere, with blood stains.

Several crossbow arrows were inserted on the wall of the ship, and the ship window was also damaged. Two personal soldiers fell in a pool of blood. The bright red beach of blood was dazzling. The military doctor was taking their pulse and shook his head, indicating that there was no rescue.

Liu Jing stood in the corner with a long sword in his hand, his face turned pale. When he saw Lu Su coming in, he asked coldly: "Deputy Governor Lu, is this the way to treat guests in Jiangdong?"

Lu Su wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Jing, this is not done by the sister of Marquis Wu."

"I didn't say it was her"

Liu Jing stared at Lu Su with sharp eyes, "The assassin who sneaked onto the boat is a man, with a strong martial arts skills, and the dozen people who were on the shore are also male. Deputy Governor Lu, I want to know who did this."

Lu Su was speechless and couldn't say a word for a long time. He sighed, "I want to know who did this too."

"snort"

Liu Jing snorted coldly and said in a very tough tone: "I can't pursue the harassment of the sister of Wu Hou, but I need Jiangdong to give me an explanation for the assassination tonight, otherwise I will return to Jiangxia and all the consequences will be borne by Jiangdong."

Lu Su lowered his head, he really couldn't explain it. Jiangdong's internal opinions were not consistent, and there were many people who advocated killing Liu Jing. It was indeed possible that some people did it privately. For some reason, he first thought of Ling Tong.

Liu Jing glanced at Lu Su and said coldly: "I doubt the sincerity of Wu Hou now. If Jiangdong is unwilling to form an alliance to resist Cao, but wants to join forces with Jiangling and Xiangyang to wipe out Jiangxia, then for self-protection, I will have to ask Cao's army for help and ask Deputy Governor Lu to tell Wu Hou immediately."

Lu Su sighed in his heart and had to nodded silently, "If the Duke arranges a boat for me, I will immediately return to Dongwu to report to the Duke of Wu, and I will definitely give him an explanation."

Liu Jing ordered his personal soldiers to arrange a ship for Lu Su. Lu Su packed up a little and immediately stood up to go to Eastern Wu. Although Lu Su's subconscious mind also felt that this assassin was still a bit suspicious. With Liu Jing's martial arts skills, how could the assassin retreat without his whole body.

But Lu Su didn't care about it and he would never let Liu Jing be forced to surrender to Cao Cao in the end, as that would be a catastrophe in Jiangdong.

On the bow of the boat, Liu Jing looked at Lu Su's ship with his hands behind his back, and an elusive smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. Through this incident, he really wanted to see Sun Quan's sincerity.

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In the Palace of Wu, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao hurried to Sun Quan's study room one after another. In the study room, Sun Quan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his expression looking very serious.

After a moment, he looked back at Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, and slowly said to them: "I just received the urgent news from Yecheng. Heaven has issued an edict to formally appoint Liu Jing as the governor of Jingzhou and also to add him to the Marquis of Fanxiang."

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao did not show any shock. They discussed this result last time. Liu Jing had Cao Hong and Li Dian, as well as more than 10,000 Cao army prisoners of war. It was reasonable to finally reach an exchange with Cao Cao.

Sun Quan seemed to know that they would not be surprised, and he sneered, "There is another news. I heard that Cao Cao publicly promised to grant Liu Jing the King of Xiangyang and Sun Yong the governor of Jingzhou, provided that Liu Jing surrendered to him Cao Cao."

This news is indeed shocking. Only the direct emperor is qualified to be named King of Xiangyang. Although Liu Jing is a clan, he is far from the core of the royal family. Cao Cao actually invested such a lot of money in order to surrender him.

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao looked at each other, and both of them showed surprise. Zhou Yu hurriedly asked, "Wu Hou, is this news reliable?"

Sun Quan nodded, "It should be reliable, but I heard that Liu Jing did not agree. I wonder if Xun Yu went to Jiangxia to continue to convince Liu Jing."

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment and said: "Jiangxia is not only an important town in Jingzhou, but also a core area of ​​the entire south. Once Liu Jing surrenders to Cao Cao, not only will Jingzhou be easily destroyed, but Cao's army will also obtain thousands of warships and hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao will come to the east with one move. At the same time, Cao Cao sent troops from Jiangbei to put pressure on the Jiangdong world. The foundation of Jiangdong will be destroyed. Please consider it carefully."

Sun Quan also understood that if he had been under pressure from most officials such as Zhang Zhao and had a somewhat volatile position, then Cao Cao's entry made him realize the seriousness of the consequences, and he would never let Liu Jing surrender to Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao: "Since God has issued an edict to recognize Liu Jing as the governor of Jingzhou, then we will join forces with the other two companies to fight Jiangxia, and we will become an unknown leader. Please advise the officials and let them take the overall situation into consideration."

This sentence actually tells Zhang Zhao that he rejected Zhang Zhao's plan.

Zhang Zhao himself has no selfish intentions. He just believes that forming an alliance with Liu Jing is a disaster for raising a tiger. Liu Jing's wolf ambition will sooner or later become a major concern for Jiangdong. It is better to try it early. Moreover, it is completely feasible for the Jiangdong Army to join forces with Jiangling and Xiangyang to wipe out Jiangxia.

But Zhang Zhao did not expect Liu Jing to surrender to Cao Cao. Of course, he knew that the consequences of Jiang Xia surrendering to Cao's army were very serious. Since the lord made up his mind, he stopped insisting and nodded silently, "The old minister understands."

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Report to the Marquis of Wu and Deputy Governor Lu are back, and he said he should report any urgent matters."

In the room, everyone was puzzled. Lu Su did not come with Liu Jing. What happened Sun Quan hurriedly said: "Call him in and see you quickly."

After a moment, Lu Su hurriedly walked in, and as soon as he entered the door, he said impatiently: "Mr. Wu, something happened."

"Don't be anxious, just say slowly, what's wrong?" Zhou Yu comforted him.

Lu Su calmed down his anxiety a little and saluted Sun Quan and said, "Early the morning before yesterday, Duke Jing was assassinated in Liyang County. His subordinates saw with their own eyes that more than a dozen men in black were assassinated. Many guards of Duke Jing were killed, and he escaped by chance."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment. The news shocked him. He asked anxiously: "What is Liu Jing's situation now?"

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "He is now angry that he said that the Marquis of Wu has no sincerity in forming an alliance. He wants the Marquis of Wu to give him an explanation, otherwise he will return to Jingzhou and all the consequences will be borne by Jiangdong."

Zhang Zhao next to him said angrily: "He dares to threaten Wu Hou so much."

Sun Quan waved his hand, "It is indeed our responsibility to be assassinated in Jiangdong territory. It is reasonable for him to be angry. We should have sent troops to guard the way. We have neglected the distinguished guest, so we can't blame him."

Sun Quan immediately said to Zhou Yu: "Arrang the ship immediately. I will go to greet Liu Jing in person and apologize to him."

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An hour later, Sun Quan led dozens of military officials, under the escort of two thousand troops, on another warship from Xujiang into the lake, and headed towards Liyang County in a mighty manner.

In the cabin, Sun Quan found Lu Su. Although Lu Su was slightly inferior to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao in terms of intelligence, Lu Su was loyal, knowledgeable, and capable in diplomacy, and was highly valued by Sun Quan.

"Respect, I feel that you have not finished your words. You have nothing to tell me."

In front of Zhang Zhao, Lu Su was indeed not easy to say. Now that he was alone with Sun Quan, he said everything that happened that night, and finally sighed: "Shuchen is frank, I feel that Liu Jing is very disappointed with Wu Hou. After all, he has had a good relationship for so many years. At the critical moment, Jiangdong has called for joining Jiangling and Xiangyang to destroy Jiangxia, and there are rumors that he would put him under house arrest in Dongwu. The anger in his heart can be imagined. This assassination happened, so he was a little out of control."

"What did he say in the end?" Sun Quan continued to ask without saying a word.

Lu Su hesitated and said, "He finally said that out of self-protection, he would have to ask Cao's army for help."

Sun Quan's face became extremely serious. Although Lu Su said that Liu Jing was out of control, Sun Quan knew that it was just a concealment that Lu Su was afraid of being angry. This should be Liu Jing's threat.

Sun Quan was walking back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his hands. He finally stopped and asked, "You said that Shangxiang also threatened Liu Jing that night."

Lu Su understood what Sun Quan meant and hurriedly said, "The assassination has nothing to do with her. Liu Jing himself admitted that the assassin was a man, and there was no woman. Moreover, Liu Jing had already agreed to the second mother's conditions, so there was no need for her to assassinate again."

Sun Quan nodded, walked to the door and asked the guards, "Have you followed Cheng Gong, too?"

The guard replied, "Biyi saw him boarding the boat."

Lu Su was shocked and thought to himself, could it be that Cheng Pu sent someone to attack him secretly, he only thought that Zhang Zhao was suspected, but he didn't know that Cheng Pu also had the intention to kill Liu Jing.
Chapter completed!