Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 82 Crossing the River East
The Huainan navy on the river realized that it would be dangerous if they continued to pursue, so they retreated to Wujiang Ferry...
Bai Tu specially gave Sun Ce a cabin with a soft couch on the ferry. Fortunately, Gan Ning had been on the edge of a knife for many years and his men were familiar with treating external injuries, so they gave him a simple bandage first.
In addition, the generals in this world all have some physical abnormalities. Although Sun Ce's injuries are a bit scary, he is actually not dangerous.
After seeing it, Lu Bu said that the reason why he didn't wake up now was more of a sequelae of inheriting the Overlord's armor!
Especially at the end, the inheritance process was interrupted, so some "indigestion" is understandable...
Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were rescued, they were still prisoners of war for the time being and were guarded by soldiers.
Originally, Bai Tu wanted to temporarily confiscate Sun Ce's military token, but for some reason he couldn't find it, and he didn't know if it was lost. If it was really lost, it wouldn't be a big deal, it was just a temporary inconvenience, and he could report it lost to Cheng Ji later.
Bai Tu originally wanted to see how Sun Ce was doing, but as soon as he walked into the cabin, he saw Taishi Ci extending his evil hands towards Sun Ce, as if groping for something.
White picture: !!!
Bai Tu was so frightened by this that he wanted to go out but it was too late - how could he hide his footsteps from Taishi Ci?
“ Zi, Ziyi, what a coincidence! You also come to Sun Ce’s place to drink tea? Hehehe…” Bai Tu was a little flustered and wanted to call him godfather.
"Drink tea? My lord, I am not here to drink tea. I am just here to search if Sun Bofu has any dangerous goods. If he hurts my lord, I will die!" Taishi Ci said.
It was he who asked Bai Tu for permission before, hoping to rescue Sun Ce.
Although Taishi Ci did not think that Sun Ce would harm Bai Tu under such circumstances, it was his duty to search the place personally no matter how much he "believed" it!
"Huh... By the way, his military token is still not found?" Bai Tu asked after he breathed a sigh of relief.
"No, maybe it was dropped when I was carrying him after he fainted." Taishi Ci said.
But then, Taishi Ci said excitedly: "My Lord, I found this! This should be it... It turns out that he has been hiding it close to his body!"
Taishi Ci was seen holding up a jade-colored seal as if he were presenting a treasure. The seal was made of five dragons, and was completely integrated from the seal knob to the seal base. Only one corner was missing, which was inlaid with gold.
Even someone who doesn't know the value of things can tell that the material of this thing itself is a treasure, and even... it is emitting a faint precious light at this moment. I don't know where Sun Ce usually hides it!
Bai Tu took it solemnly, opened it and saw that...
Engraved on the seal are the eight words "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosperous".
The imperial seal - there is obviously no other possibility!
According to legend, this jade seal was carved by Qin Shi Huang using the Heshi Bi. When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he ordered his cousin Wang Shun to ask the Empress Dowager, Wang Mang's aunt, for the jade seal. As a result, Wang Zhengjun threw the jade seal at him in anger, and one corner of the seal broke when it hit the ground. So Wang Mang repaired it with gold...
The imperial seal undoubtedly has a very heavy weight in the hearts of people all over the world today. This weight can even prevent Yuan Shu from proclaiming himself emperor despite the dissuasion of his subjects!
Even by looking at its precious light, Bai Tu understood that in this bizarre world, the jade seal might have other magical functions.
But when he saw the jade seal, Bai Tu was not very happy - he obviously did not believe that getting a jade seal would mean he could "have the destiny", and he did not believe that a jade seal could win the hearts of the people.
Yuan Shu in history has proved this with his life.
And more importantly, Bai Tu didn't know whether Yuan Shu would still go against public opinion and proclaim himself emperor next year without this imperial seal as the last straw that broke the camel's back?
"The matter of this item must be kept secret from everyone!" Bai Tu said to Taishi Ci seriously.
"I understand!" Taishi Ci accepted the order.
I haven't figured out how to deal with Bai Tu yet...
Send it directly to Yuan Shu? Then, let alone becoming emperor, he would be paranoid and sleepless for days!
After returning to Jiangdong and landing, Bai Tu finally felt completely relieved.
Chen Gong, who was waiting for them on the shore, said, "My lord, Lord Bai."
Chen Gong saluted Lu Bu and Bai Tu in turn. When Lu Su, Zhou Yu and Lu Kang heard this, surprise flashed in their eyes - they had heard that Bai Tu entrusted half of the military secrets to Chen Gong, but they didn't expect that Chen Gong actually called Lu Bu "Lord" and Bai Tu "Mr. Bai"?
It seems that Bai Tu is really bold in employing people!
"Gongtai, have all the people from the Lu family arrived?" Bai Tu asked about the Lu family as soon as he got off the boat.
Lu Su remained calm on the surface, but he still felt a little warm in his heart.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bai. All 107 members of the Lu family have crossed the river safely long ago. I originally wanted to settle them in Qu'a, but the Lu family said that Zijing asked them to settle in Moling. So I sent someone to follow them and also reminded the Moling magistrate to look after them." Chen Gong said.
"My name is Lu Su, Lu Zijing. Thank you very much for your care, Governor Chen." Lu Su stepped forward to express his gratitude.
Upon hearing this, Chen Gong also said a few polite words to Lu Su - although he had no idea who Lu Su was, after all, Lu Zijing's reputation was only at the county level, unlike Chen Gong who had a record of fighting Cao Cao in Yanyu, so everyone in the world knew about it. But since Bai Tu had specifically instructed him and mentioned that Lu Su "had independent judgment and stood out from the crowd" , Chen Gong also began to respect this seemingly listless young man.
"Don't be so polite. There will be many opportunities for us to work together in the future. Come... Gongtai, let me introduce you to Mr. Lu from Enfu Lujiang." Bai Tu introduced .
Even though Lu Kang was defeated by Yuan Shu, he did have some "battle achievements" in the past. When Lu Kang took office as the prefect, the Lujiang bandit Huang Rang and the Jiangxia barbarians joined forces, gathered more than 100,000 people, and occupied most of Lujiang. After Lu Kang took office, he showed kindness to the people, clarified rewards and punishments to the soldiers, and finally defeated Huang Rang's rebels in one battle!
Even when facing Yuan Shu, who was much stronger than him, he persisted for nearly two years...
"I am the governor of a county, but I cannot keep it. I don't deserve Mr. Bai's praise." Lu Kang shook his head repeatedly.
"Mr. Lu has occupied a county and has been fighting against Huainan for two years...but Yuan Shu relied on his advantage in weapons and armor! When it comes to winning the hearts of the people over, I still have a lot to learn from you." Chen Gong said in the same polite manner.
Of course, Chen Gong's reputation is there, so he doesn't need to be too humble, otherwise he will appear too hypocritical. He only needs to learn from him in terms of "serving the people with kindness."
"And there is this hero from the Zhou family of Lujiang... They all say that Xun Yu, Cao Cao's strategist, is a talent who can assist the king. I think Zhou Lang is not bad either!" Bai Tu said.
Zhou Yu: Embarrassing.
Zhou Yu is very embarrassed now, and even suspects that Bai Tu did it on purpose!
Now he is still a "prisoner of war" in name, but because Lu Su is on good terms with him, he pulls him into his room early in the morning to talk by candlelight at night, but he is not treated as a prisoner of war.
In such an occasion, Zhou Yu felt that he should not stand here, but Lu Su forced him to come out.
Coupled with Bai Tu’s weird way of introducing it, people who don’t know would think they were demoted!
"Well, as a prisoner, I feel ashamed to accept Mr. Bai's reward." Zhou Yu emphasized with a stiff upper lip: I am a prisoner.
Bai Tu did not respond, let alone mention the prisoners. Instead, he pulled Chen Gong aside and continued to ask about the situation in Jiangdong over the past month...
The rescue of Lu Kang was full of twists and turns, but the goal was finally achieved. Lu Su was also recruited, and even Zhou Yu and the seriously injured Sun Ce were brought back.
It seemed that the loss of Shucheng allowed Yuan Shu to completely control Lujiang, and although the sneak attack was successful in the Battle of Wujiang River, it could only be considered a successful retreat when facing Liu Xun afterwards. In fact, the damage was not small, but... Bai Tu still felt that he had made a huge profit!
