Ragnarok is born

The names of the four great families of Lu, Zhu, Zhang, and Gu are highly respected in Jiangdong. Even Sun Ce himself would not dare to kill the heads of the four great families in Jiangdong.

When Sun Ce conquered Wancheng, he did not dare to act rashly against Lu Kang himself. The reason why Lu Kang died of illness after the fall of Wancheng was because he felt that he was ashamed of the imperial court and could not successfully defend the territory.

If Lu Ji and Lu Yi were beheaded by soldiers under Li Shu's command in Liyang City, then Li Shu would really be a criminal accused by thousands of people.

At that time, in order to reduce the pressure exerted by the Jiangdong gentry, even Sun Ce would have to be directly pushed out as a scapegoat.

But if Sun Ce knew in advance, does it mean that Sun Ce deliberately wanted to use him as a scapegoat?

As soon as Li Shu thought of this, he suddenly felt disheartened, his body trembled slightly, and his feet staggered.

Sun Ce is so ruthless?

Seeing Li Shu's face turned pale and his momentum plummeted, Xu Shu, Lu Ji and Lu Yi's expressions changed.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, then looked at Lu Ji's uncle and nephew, and sure enough, after they looked at each other, their expressions became extremely ugly at the same time.

But uncle and nephew Lu Ji was able to preside over the affairs of the Lu family at a young age, with a natural temperament, and he returned to his leisurely appearance in the blink of an eye.

Xu Shu couldn't help secretly applauding.

Zuo Ci sat beside him, watching the intrigue of the few people in front of him with amused expression, Wei Boyang, Zhong Liquan and the others beside him all showed a nonchalant attitude.

He stretched out his finger on the table in front of him, tapped lightly, and made a loud sound, waking Li Shu out of his trance, and asked, "General Li, you have made up your mind, the old Taoist wants you to be let go of the inn." I don't know if people can do it?"

Such an unreasonable request, to Li Shu's ears, sounded like the most pleasing sound of nature in the world.

He was all excited, nodded his head in a hurry and said flatteringly, "Mr. Wujiao is serious, since it is your old man's order, how dare I disobey it?"

Then he turned around and left, not even daring to stay any longer.

The other diners in the Tongfu Inn looked at each other, and when they heard Li Shu walking out of the inn, he ordered the soldiers waiting outside the inn to retreat loudly. They didn't know that he had really escaped a catastrophe today.

Volume 33 Dynasty Warriors Chapter [-]: Lu Yi

Although everyone knew that Zuo Ci had a high status, they still didn't expect that Li Shu would agree to his request without hesitation when he just mentioned it casually.

If it is said that before, everyone thought that Zuo Ci was a high-ranking "immortal-level" powerhouse, which made people unconsciously feel awe.

Even in the legend, Zuo Ci played tricks on the powerful and powerful, and was clearly an old god who was very down-to-earth and easily mingled with ordinary people, but his status as one of the "Three Great Immortals in the World" was still there How dare ordinary people talk and laugh with him?

But now they were able to escape their lives in Li Shu's hands, all because of Zuo Ci's words, so they naturally felt that Zuo Ci was much more amiable.

Only Lu Ji, Lu Yi's uncle and nephew, and Xu Shu had weird looks, showing thoughtful expressions, obviously the real reason why they were so decisive towards Li Shu without procrastinating, and directly withdrew the soldiers and horses, there are different guesses.

The three of them remembered that when Xu Shu exposed Lu Ji's identity, Li Shu's expression changed drastically. Perhaps the other party never expected that at this time, Lu Ji, the head of the Lu family, would come to Liyang for no reason. city.

With the intelligence of the three of them, they can naturally guess that there must be something in it, ulterior motives.

But Li Shu voluntarily withdrew his troops and made it clear that he did not dare to have the slightest disagreement with the Lu family uncle and nephew, which still made the three of them deeply moved.

For Li Shu, whether it is Lu Ji, Lu Xun's nephew, or Zuo Ci, the identities and status of these three people make him feel very afraid.

That's why I left so happily.

Lu Ji bowed to Zuo Ci, and said with a smile, "I would like to thank the old fairy for saving my life. I don't know what the old fairy wants to do?"

Among the diners in Tongfu Inn, although there were family warriors protecting him and Lu Xun, compared with Zuo Ci, these people were completely different.

Li Shu's surprise attack on Liyang this time was unpredictable, and it also let Lu Ji know that although Sun Ce already owns most of Jiangdong's territory, the entire Jiangdong is still not in a peaceful and stable state.

Being able to stay by Zuo Ci's side is naturally the safest thing in the world, I'm afraid Zuo Ci doesn't have this intention at all.

Sure enough, Zuo Ci didn't raise his head, and didn't even want to answer a word.

Xu Shu sneered, and said with a strange air, "Didn't Brother Gong Ji know that Mr. Wu Jiao likes to play tricks on the powerful and powerful?"

"Your Lu family has a great career, and you are a first-class noble family in Jiangdong. Mr. Wujiao didn't come to tease you, so he has given you a lot of face..."

Before Xu Shu finished speaking, he heard a crisp sound of "pa", and suddenly felt a pain in his forehead. He stretched out his hand to touch it lightly, and found a big lump on his forehead inexplicably.

He gritted his teeth resentfully, knowing that this was Zuo Ci's silent warning to him, after thinking for a while, he finally dared not continue to tease him.

Lu Yi didn't seem to notice Xu Shu's frustration, so he smiled wryly and said, "Four years ago, when Sun Diuni attacked Wancheng, my Lu family suffered heavy losses. How dare I call myself a big Jiangdong clan?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly, thinking to himself that no matter how poor your Lu family is, it is much better than my real poor family, so why are you so hypocritical?

In an instant, Xu Shu gave a completely different comment to Lu Ji and Lu Yi, his uncle and nephew: Lu Ji is really sincere, and Lu Yi is cunning.

After Xu Shu's weird words, Lu Ji automatically quieted down and stopped making excuses. Although he insisted on his own identity, it might not be because of his tough personality.

However, Lu Yi took up the conversation very naturally and made an excuse for the Lu family, apparently to let everyone think that the Lu family is no longer what it used to be, its strength has been greatly weakened, and it is not worthy of Zuo Ci and some caring people's concern.

The inn is one of the places where news spreads the fastest. I believe that within a few days, Lu Yi's words will spread throughout the whole country.

As the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Ce will definitely receive this insincere "complaint" from Lu Yi.

Xu Shu had even conceived in his mind, what kind of reaction would Sun Ce have when he heard the news?

Sun Ce himself led his troops to attack Lu Kang, nominally, because of the order of his immediate superior, Yuan Shu, and he could even use the phrase "can't help himself" to shirk.

And the Lu family, which suffered a serious loss of strength, has far less influence on the entire Jiangdong than before, which must be a good thing for Sun Ce.

There is indeed a "deep hatred" between Sun Ce and the Lu family, but for the aristocratic family, such "deep hatred" may not be impossible to resolve.

Lu Yi faintly expressed some grievances in the public, no matter whether Sun Ce and his important officials would believe it or not, they would definitely react accordingly.

For Sun Ce's forces, now that Jiangdong has been preliminarily determined and unified in name, then as the local gentry of Jiangdong such as Lu, Zhu, Zhang, Gu, etc., it is an important political issue that he has to consider next.

Lu Yi's seemingly simple words just rightly pushed the Lu family to Sun Ce.

Xu Shu was filled with emotion. Although Lu Yi looked young, he was flexible and strategic. In the days to come, he would undoubtedly become the pillar of the Lu family.

On the contrary, Lu Ji, as the youngest son of Lu Kang, is the current head of the Lu family in name, but the relationship with Sun Ce is really bad. Even if Sun Ce wants to make up for the Lu family, it probably won't fall on Lu Ji.

On the contrary, Lu Yi, his nephew, has become a little estranged from Lu Kang's branch, and might become the partner of the Sun family.

As soon as Xu Shu thought of this, he couldn't help feeling pity for Lu Ji, but at the same time, he secretly trembled, the little Lu Yi was so amazing, there are indeed countless heroes in the world, and he should not be underestimated.

Even Zuo Ci turned his head and glanced at Lu Yi, revealing a strange look, and there was a faint light in his eyes.

Then he looked at Lu Ji again, and sighed, "The Lu family has been robbed, but it's not just in front of us, the days are still long."

"Lu Gongji, old man, let me ask you, if Sun Ce intends to marry a daughter, are you willing to resolve the enmity with him?"

Lu Ji frowned slightly when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Old Immortal, the relationship between me and Sun Diuni is not as simple as whether I am willing to resolve our grievances with him."

"It's about whether he's willing to let my Lu family's problem go?"

Lu Ji's thoughtless reply, although he didn't answer directly, has already clearly expressed his attitude.

No matter how tyrannical Sun Ce was, he, Lu Ji, was still unwilling to bow his head.

Because for Lu Ji, Sun Ce was not only the enemy who killed his father Lu Kang, but also the tyrant who hurt the Lu family and greatly damaged their strength.

The Lu family has been a Han courtier for generations, and now Sun Ce has shown his disobedience, and his ambition to separate Jiangdong has been fully exposed.

Perhaps due to pressure and for the sake of the future of the Lu family, he, Lu Ji, would temporarily succumb to Sun Ce's tent, but it was absolutely impossible to give up his hatred.

Zuo Ci looked at Lu Ji's stubborn little face, and once again glanced at Lu Yi beside him who was deep in thought.

Just sitting by the window like that, without moving his mouth at all, he used his strength to spread his voice to the ears of his uncle and nephew and said, "A few years ago, the old Taoist used to watch the sky at night and found that the land veins in the east of the river were rising, and he became a king of his own. .”

"After careful calculation, I was shocked to find that the vitality of the Han Dynasty was exhausted. A strong man came out of Jiangdong, split half of the country, and there could be several generations of emperors before and after, monopolizing for more than [-] years."

"Two boys surnamed Lu, do you think that in 80 years, can the hatred between the Lu family and the Sun family finally die out?"

No matter how young and mature Lu Ji and Lu Yi were, when they suddenly heard Zuo Ci tell such shocking secrets, their expressions could not help but change drastically.

The two of them were born in numerous families in Jiangdong. Naturally, they know that there are many strange people and strangers in this world. Through various signs, they can infer personal good and bad fortune, and even the general trend of the world through various omens.

In the pre-Qin period, all such people were called alchemists.

After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he burned books and buried Confucianism, and the alchemists were hit hard; but after the great ancestor Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, several generations of emperors ruled the country with the methods of Huang Lao, and the strength of these alchemists gradually revived and expanded again.

Dong Zhongshu reformed Confucianism with the theory of "response between heaven and man" and "divine right of kings", and thus prophecy theology flourished; even Wang Mang's generation of Han had prophecies, saying that "Liu Xiudang is the son of heaven", so there was Xiaoguang Wudi ZTE.

When Yu Ji created "Taiping Qinglingshu" and Zhang Daoling entered Shu, various schools of Taoism emerged, and alchemists who were accustomed to fighting alone gradually merged into Taoism.

Among the "Three Great Immortals in the World", Nanhua and Yu Ji are closely related to "Taiping Qinglingshu", so they are called Taoist priests for granted.

But the last one, Zuo Ci, did not clearly state his origin, so some people thought he was a alchemist, while others regarded him as a Taoist priest.

Lu Ji and Lu Yi's uncle and nephew believed that it would be a very simple matter for this peerless powerhouse who stood at the peak of the world's ascetics and truly "immortal level" to be able to see through the general trend of the future.

However, it can be confirmed with certainty that the Sun family can sit on Jiangdong for more than [-] years, and it still makes the two of them feel the fear of this "immortal" powerhouse.

Lu Ji's expression darkened.

80 years is so long, although he is only a 12-year-old boy now, but after 80 years, maybe even his bones have already rotted away.

He felt inexplicable indignation.

If the Sun family can really rule Jiangdong for more than [-] years, how can the hatred of his father Lu Kang be repaid?

Maybe, because of this grievance, the entire Lu family will be implicated and the Lu family will fall from the ranks of the four major families in Jiangdong.

Lu Yi's expression was uncertain, his mind was spinning, he didn't know how many possibilities he thought of for a moment, and finally he had to stop dejectedly.

If the Sun family's power can really be maintained for more than [-] years, then even if he tries to do anything, it is impossible to avenge the Lu family's great revenge.

Eighty years later, both Lu Yi and his uncle Lu Ji had died for many years.

Although the Lu family is one of the top aristocratic families in Jiangdong, there is still a big gap between them and Sun Ce, who was able to conquer Jiangdong and become one of the world's most powerful vassals.

In the troubled times, no matter how powerful the family is, it is very possible that due to some unforeseen accidents, it will disappear and disappear into the long river of history.

Volume 34 Dynasty Warriors Chapter [-]: Liu Bei

Lu Yi is very clear that with the current state of the Lu family, it is already the most ideal situation to be able to maintain the title of one of the four major noble families in Jiangdong.

If it is true as Zuo Ci said, the Sun family will sit on Jiangdong for 80 years, then for the Lu family, there are no other than two choices.

Either swallow your anger and work cautiously under Sun Ce's rule; or use the power of the whole family to move to a place where Sun Ce's strength cannot match.

But no matter whether it is a wealthy family or an ordinary person, if they are not forced to, they are definitely unwilling to move from the familiar homeland where they have lived for countless years to another, completely unfamiliar place.

Moreover, the world is huge, but there are rich and powerful families born and bred in various places, and they take a strict view of the radiation range of their own strength, and keep vigilant at all times, and the rich and powerful families from other places will snatch food from other places.

For example, the Jiangdong area is the territory of Lu, Zhu, Zhang, Gu and other noble families. If there is a sudden migration of noble families from the north, it will definitely arouse the hostility of these noble families, and they will join hands to suppress it.

This is an obvious thing. The rise of every gentry represents the need for a large amount of resource consumption. As the original local snakes, how can they hope that the latecomers will take it away from their hands? What about resources?

Although the end of the Han Dynasty was also a troubled time, with continuous wars and disputes, the princes and princes everywhere were still Han Chinese.

Therefore, although the strength of the gentry in various places has been depleted, it is basically rare for the family to relocate.

Unless there are really irresistible factors.

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, aliens from the north invaded and killed people like hemp, and the gentry in the Central Plains panicked and fled south one after another.

Thus, the original gentry in Jiangdong competed with the relocated northern gentry to seize control of Jiangdong.

This even triggered again, the Five Dou Rice Sect in Taoism, led by Sun En Luxun and others, counterattacked against the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

But it was this uprising against Wu Dou Mi Dao that dragged Taoism into the abyss.

Whether it is Taiping Dao or Wu Dou Mi Dao, they all belong to the top schools of Taoism, but they have successively raised troops to rebel against the ruling court.

Therefore, in the eyes of the imperial court, Taoism and itself are not of the same mind, so they began to vigorously suppress the influence of Taoism and instead supported Buddhism.

After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whether it was the Southern Dynasties or the Northern Dynasties, the power of Buddhism jumped up and was far stronger than Taoism, but it is an indisputable fact.

Zuo Ci's eyes were dark, and he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh when he thought of the scraps and claws he occasionally saw before the big change.

To Lu Ji and Lu Yi, his uncle and nephew, he said, "The conflict between the Lu family and Sun Ce is extremely deep, but the Lu family may have a chance to ease it."

Lu Ji remained silent.

The hatred between him and Sun Ce is naturally irreconcilable, but the Lu family is a big family, if he blindly reveals his resentment towards Sun Ce, it is very likely that it will bring unexpected disasters to the Lu family.

But he has a tough personality. Although Sun Ce captured the entire Jiangdong, his strength is far superior to that of the Lu family. At a certain price, he can indeed make the Lu family disappear. This is what Lu Ji is most worried about.

For the sake of the Lu family, Lu Ji could succumb to Sun Ce; but it was absolutely impossible for him to succumb to Sun Ce.

Thinking of this, Lu Ji turned his head and glanced at Lu Yi beside him. At this time, Lu Yi also turned his eyes. The two eyes met for a while, and then separated.

Zuo Ci looked at the actions of the two teenagers in front of him, and said in a low voice, "It won't be long, the grievances between Lu Gongji and Sun Ce are irreconcilable."

"Even if you become an official under Sun Ce in the future, no matter who you are, you will feel very awkward, and you may even encounter unpredictable disasters because of the previous events."

Lu Ji and Lu Yi, uncle and nephew, nodded when they heard the words. Both of them knew very well that as long as the Sun family could gain a foothold in Jiangdong for one more day, then Lu Ji would never have a bright future.

In 80 years, there are three generations. If the Lu family can't get ahead in such a long time, how hopeless it would be.