Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6619: Things That Have Been Confirmed

"I saw that this intelligence only wrote that the attack was carried out by a veteran soldier who had been tempered in the sixth level. What level of veteran soldiers cooperated?" After Pang Tong diverted Zhuge Jin's attention, he spoke with some solemnity. After getting rid of his own problems, it was time to face new problems.

"Five death warriors, three at the sixth level and two at the fifth level." Zhuge Jin said as he looked at Pang Tong with narrowed eyes. He had realized that something was wrong.

"That was definitely not done by the Jiangdong noble family. Most of the Jiangdong noble families, in terms of size, are not even as powerful as a commanding six-fold smelter." Pang Tong said calmly, "Three six-fold smelters account for more than 1% of the top resources of the Han Empire."

The Jiangdong family is very powerful, but the size of the sixth-level smelting is there. With the size of the Jiangdong family, they can win over or intimidate these guys, but if they really play with their lives, they can also kill them by the opponent's self-destruction.

As for letting such a person kill Zhou Yu, that is even more nonsense.

"It's not the Grand Commandant." Pang Tong, who may have realized that Zhuge Jin was thinking in the wrong way, said seriously, "The Grand Commandant and the Shangshu Pushe don't need to do this."

If Liu Bei and Chen Xi wanted to take action, there was no need to be so brutal. Even if they really wanted to capture Zhou Yu, all they needed to do was order Zhou Yu to return to Chang'an.

There is no need to do anything extra, just send an edict, and it must be executed whether it is with good intentions or bad intentions, it is that simple.

Zhou Yu was very powerful, worthy of being called emperor by Rome. In the eyes of most of the powerful people in this world, he was someone who needed to be respected. But the same thing applies: only when one is strong enough, flies high enough, transcends the constraints of gravity, and completes the ascension ceremony, can one realize what a terrifying existence the lonely moon hanging high in the sky is.

Zhou Yu's strength is relative to his status as a person, while Chen Xi's strength is relative to Zhou Yu's level.

Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin had both touched upon this realm, so they could realize how powerful Chen Xi actually was.

There is no need to do this to capture Zhou Yu. If I really had such thoughts, you would not be able to bear this glance from the sky falling on you!
How many aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty were afraid of nothing more than the knife in Li You's hand, but if they stand at the level of Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin, they can see that among the several materialized knives behind Chen Xi, the weakest one is Li You.

Why do I need a knife to kill you?

If I want to kill you, as long as I have the intention to do so, you will die naturally without saying anything. Why do I have to do this?

Liu Bei's benevolence, Chen Xi's saintliness, and the social rules they established have been running for too long. Have you forgotten that this was a feudal monarchy, a truly cannibalistic era?

"I suddenly realized something." Before Zhuge Jin could speak, Pang Tong's face showed a heavy expression. "That person's saintliness even made us deceive ourselves and make us believe that this era is indeed so stable."

Zhuge Jin remained silent. He knew what Pang Tong was talking about, but he had never challenged Chen Xi's ideas, nor had he ever thought of touching or testing the rules. In his opinion, the current situation was good. At least the strongest person truly loved peace. So no matter how many bad things there were, at least the overall situation followed the rules and morality.

"I have already sent the photos of these assassins to the Central Plains for the confirmation of the Grand Commandant." Zhuge Jin did not comment on Pang Tong's statement, nor did he want to delve into it. He just needed to do what he should do now. "Besides, with such a big incident, I'm afraid Chang'an has already sent people on the way."

There are no veterans above the fifth level of smelting in the Central Plains who Liu Bei doesn't know. Maybe there are a few on Yuan Tan's side, but there are definitely none in Jiangdong. So Zhuge Jin, with an attitude of identification, asked someone to send the recorded secret mirror directly to Liu Bei. Once Liu Bei gets there, he will know who these people are.

"Check the Kushan side." Pang Tong suddenly said.

"Do you think it was done by the Kushans?" Zhuge Jin said with a frown, and then his brows suddenly relaxed a lot. If it was done by the Kushans, it would at least be much better than the current speculation. However, when these words came out of Pang Tong's mouth, Zhuge Jin more or less understood what they meant.

"If something really happens, let Chang'an provide the secret technique, endorse it, and conduct testing." Pang Tong said expressionlessly. Although there were some weird possibilities, Pang Tong didn't want to think about any of them. But Pang Tong not thinking about it didn't mean that others wouldn't think about it.

Some things, as long as they are there, even if you don't figure them out at first, you will probably figure them out naturally later.

After all, from a malicious point of view, Zhou Yu fell, and Chen Xi's apprentice was just suitable to take the position. As one of the four major families in Jiangdong, the other party's foundation in Jiangdong was not weak. Considering Chen Xi's character, when Zhou Yu was around, the Jiangdong family would not be too active in this regard, but now that Zhou Yu has fallen, it is hard to say what the Jiangdong family will do.

Even considering the report provided after the seventh-generation ship's sea trial, Zhou Yu's significance as the naval commander in suppressing Montcombe is actually far less than before. In other words, Zhou Yu was once the only choice, and no matter what problems arose in the naval battle, the Han Empire needed Zhou Yu to step up. But now with the emergence of the seventh-generation ship, Zhou Yu's value has declined significantly.

Zhou Yu and the seventh-generation ships are invincible in the world. Without Zhou Yu, other people controlling the seventh-generation ships may still be invincible. At least Montcomb does not have the means to break the seventh-generation ships. As for boarding battles facing the ultra-long-range attacks of the seventh-generation ships, there is basically no room for them to display their skills.

Currently, the only means to deal with the seventh-generation ships is actually collective diving, but the seventh-generation ships of the Han Dynasty have underwater search capabilities and are equipped with special reconnaissance methods. Submarine is effective against the seventh-generation ships, but to say that you can defeat the seventh-generation ships by diving is a bit wishful thinking.

In this way, without Zhou Yu, the seventh-generation ships led by Gan Ning and Lu Xun seemed to be able to suppress Meng Kangbu. It was not the case that the navy lost its suppression capability and no longer had the ability to protect the Han Dynasty's coastal defense because of the loss of Zhou Yu.

Zhuge Jin and Pang Tong looked at each other. In fact, both of them had guessed this possibility and saw this guess in each other's eyes, but neither of them spoke.

"Maybe this is what is called heaven's favor. Even if you don't do anything, as long as you have the intention, this result will naturally occur. To be honest, it's all thanks to that person's morality which is truly trustworthy." Zhuge Jin was silent for a long time, and finally spoke with a heavy mouth.

Putting such a major issue of family and country on the moral level of others, even Zhuge Jin found it somewhat ridiculous. Even though Chen Xi's morals were absolutely trustworthy in major matters, relying on the other party's morals in such matters made Zhuge Jin suddenly realize the fragility of Jiangdong's forces.

What's more, Zhou Yu being assassinated in the street was a major event in Zhuge Jin's view, but from Chen Xi's point of view, it might not be considered a big deal at the moment.

If it is important, then it is certainly very important, but from a purely national perspective, the death of a prince or a king, being assassinated is indeed a very serious matter. By analogy, the explosion of the Yuan family's steel furnace is actually on the same level as this.

Of course, considering the personal friendship between Chen Xi and Zhou Yu, it may be higher, but if we think rationally, it is the level that Zhuge Jin currently thinks.

"I also think the other party is trustworthy. And it's not just me. If the Jiangdong noble families have a choice, more of them will trust Chen Zichuan than the governor." Pang Tong sighed and said, "Anyway, let's investigate this aspect first. It's meaningless to look for problems from our side now."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Jin nodded silently and handed the seal left by Zhou Yu directly to Pang Tong. Zhou Yu's last wishes had to be followed, otherwise Southeast Asia would be in chaos before Sun Ce could even return.

Pang Tong left with the seal. What he had said to Zhuge Jin before was actually the truth. He did not think that it was the Jiangdong family or Liu Bei and Chen Xi who assassinated Zhou Yu. Considering the elite level of the personnel mobilized, Pang Tong immediately determined that it was the Kushans.

Not to mention how much of this is for the purpose of calming people's hearts, setting a goal, and avoiding internal fighting, but in general the idea is reasonable.

But this idea has a fatal flaw, that is, someone among the Jiangdong family must have betrayed the Han Dynasty, otherwise the Kushan Empire would never have been able to send assassins to Jiangdong.

In other words, this answer cannot cover up the issue of traitors. There must be some people secretly coordinating, otherwise it would be impossible to seize this opportunity by such a coincidence.

Zhou Yu considered using a self-torture trick, and Pang Tong vaguely knew about the plan to be assassinated. However, this self-torture trick did not require Zhou Yu to fake his death, but only to be assassinated.

In order to suppress the unnecessary thoughts among the direct descendants of the Jiangdong family, there was no need for Zhou Yu to fake his death. He only needed to be stabbed. The Jiangdong family could not afford the shock brought about by Zhou Yu's fake death.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yu had fewer guards when he traveled and the captain of the guards did not provide timely protection. This was actually an arrangement Zhou Yu had specially made, but he did not expect that someone would really plot an assassination, and it was a big one. It is estimated that even after Zhou Yu's death, he could not figure out why an old soldier with six levels of experience would come to assassinate him.

"Now the question is, how many people know that Zhou Yu was plotting a scheme to torture someone?" Pang Tong's eyes were cold. He had already tested Zhuge Jin, who speculated that Zhou Yu was plotting against the Jiangdong family, but Zhuge Jin did not know the cause and effect. Using this as a reference, there should be only a few people who knew that Zhou Yu was plotting against them.

Zhou Yu's original plan was to design an assassination that would only cause minor injuries, and then use it to strengthen the scrutiny of the major families and further suppress the Jiangdong families.

After all, Zhou Yu was well aware of the resentment of the major families at the moment, and even knew that Xu Gong was leading a group of people to plot loudly or something, so he prepared to stage a drama, severely suppress this group of people, and then conduct a violent investigation. If he could find out something, that would be the evidence, proving that it was indeed a bad apple that spoiled the whole barrel. If he couldn't find out anything, then the evidence that he had prepared would be given to the Kushans.

Anyway, there are reasons either way, and you can get yourself out of it either way.

There is no need to talk about the former. As long as some things are found out, the Jiangdong family that was affected really has nothing to say. If no black material about the Jiangdong family is found, but the ironclad evidence of the Kushans is found, then there will be an external enemy that unites everyone. This is also a way to solve internal problems.

Generally speaking, Pang Tong knew very well what Zhou Yu was up to, and he also understood the normal logic of subsequent events. However, sometimes accidents happen in completely unreasonable ways. At the very least, Zhou Yu's sudden death was beyond Pang Tong's expectations.

As for whether the above-mentioned gameplay will be discovered by others afterwards, to be honest, it doesn’t matter whether it is discovered or not. There won’t be many people who can guess it, and even if they can guess it, at that time they can only pretend to be ignorant.

[Gongjin, are you really dead?] Pang Tong put the seal into his sleeve with some doubts. Even when he came out of the government office and took a look at Zhou Yu's body frozen in the ice cellar, and confirmed that it was indeed Zhou Yu, Pang Tong could not help but have doubts.

After all, that was Zhou Yu. Such an unexpected death would inevitably make Pang Tong suspicious. If it was just a fake death, there was no one in the entire Jiangdong worthy of Zhou Yu's fake death.

[Let's check my speculation first. Let's not talk about how this group of people landed on Sumatra Island. Just the fact that this group of people can accurately determine the time of Gongjin's departure and capture him at this time when the defense is weak is a big problem.] When Pang Tong lowered his eyebrows, a cold light unconsciously appeared in the corners of his eyes. There was no need to think about anything else. These two must have been interfered by internal personnel.

"Zhongsi, go and invite Pang Zhizhong to come up." Zhang Zhao had been waiting for Pang Tong in a private room of a restaurant not far from the government office. When he saw Pang Tong come out, Zhang Zhao felt much more at ease and immediately asked his son to invite Pang Tong.

To be honest, Zhang Zhao shouldn't have done such a thing at such a sensitive time, but he needed to confirm one thing, that is, whether the person who plotted against Zhou Yu was an internal thief or an external thief.

If we rank the people in Jiangdong who are working the hardest to develop Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong will definitely be at the top of the list. Having rejected Liu Bei and Chen Xi three times, in the current environment, they are not a laughing stock, but it is almost the same. They can find a suitable place where they can truly display their abilities and prove themselves. These two people definitely do not want anything to go wrong.

Therefore, after Zhou Yu fell, Zhang Zhao's despair was no less than Cai Mao's. After all, both of them had the idea of ​​proving themselves, and Zhou Yu was an important force for them to prove themselves.

Zhang Cheng jogged off quickly upon hearing this. He was also very clear about the current situation.

When Pang Tong saw Zhang Cheng blocking his way, he actually wanted to go around him, but Zhang Cheng even grabbed Pang Tong's sleeve, making it impossible for Pang Tong to leave. In the end, he had to follow Zhang Cheng into the private room of the restaurant.

After entering the private room, Pang Tong did not say anything like "we should not meet at this time", because when he entered the private room and saw Zhang Zhao, he realized what state Zhang Zhao was in.

"Excuse me." Zhang Zhao sighed and drank a glass of wine first. "Shiyuan, I only want to ask one thing. Was this done by an internal thief or an external thief?"

"The assassin was a foreign invader, most likely from Kushan." Pang Tong said truthfully.

"Thank you very much. Leave the rest to me. Since it was done by an outsider, I will find out the rest within three to five days." Zhang Zhao sighed lightly. He already understood what Pang Tong meant. The target of the assassination was an outsider, but without the help of the insider, the outsider could not get in and could not seize this opportunity.

"You're welcome. Now is the time when we need to support each other." Pang Tong said calmly.

As long as there is no turmoil on Zhang Zhao's side, the internal situation can at least be stable. Even after Zhou Yu was assassinated, the entire Southeast Asia belonging to the Wu Kingdom fell into a turbulent situation, but Zhang Zhao did not panic, and at least he could maintain calm on the surface.

"There are some problems with the Pang family. You'd better check it out. The information that Zheng Zichu has obtained through special means may be covered up by other means, but the fact that he has had contact with the Pang family will not change." Zhang Zhao toasted Pang Tong with another glass of wine, and then said very seriously.

Pang Tong remained silent upon hearing this, and Zhang Zhao also did not speak. After the two of them drank a cup together, Pang Tong left the table with an expressionless face.

"Is there a problem with the Pang family?" After Pang Tong left, Zhang Cheng looked at his father and asked.

"Zheng Zichu wouldn't do anything reckless. Since he dared to send that information up, it means he has checked it over and over again. Zhuge Ziyu wanted to play it safe and didn't want to cause civil unrest, so he continued the governor's will. But this can't cover up the fact that there is something wrong with the Pang family." Zhang Zhao said with a depressed look, "Although the cause and effect are unclear, it is certain that there is a problem."

"As for my uncle..." Zhang Cheng nodded silently to show his understanding, and then asked.

"I've already contacted General Cai. Five death warriors who are above the fifth level of smelting cannot be easily taken out by the internal thieves, so the only ones can be external thieves. And now the only external thieves can be the Kushans." Zhang Zhao said with a gloomy expression. As for other speculations, Zhang Zhao did not dare to think of any.

"Since they are foreign enemies and we are isolated overseas, we just need to find a suitable landing location and then follow the map." Zhang Zhao explained to his son.

"Landing location?" Zhang Cheng frowned.

"There are not many natural ports, and Sumatra has been managed by us for so many years. We have land-based artillery batteries, beacon towers arranged on the coastline, and so on. It is not so easy to land under the nose of our coastal defense without being discovered. We must rely on some internal manpower. Let General Cai investigate this matter." Zhang Zhao did not care about Zhang Cheng's stupidity and explained naturally.

"What if they swam directly from the sea?" Zhang Cheng was silent for a moment and then asked a fatal question.

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