Chapter 26 1. Force Lu Xun to death

In the past two or three years, Sun Quan, the king of Soochow, lived a particularly comfortable life.Wei Guo, the powerful enemy in the north, has never launched any large-scale attack on Soochow since Sima Yi fell ill and retired back then!Soochow finally escaped from the shadow of the catastrophe in the eighth year of Chiwu, when the city of Anhui was lost, Soochow was in a hurry, and the whole country was in turmoil, and he breathed a sigh of relief.In the past two or three years, Sun Quan has been rejoicing that the gods have treated him well in Soochow after all!At his most critical juncture, his number one rival, Wei Guotai Fu Sima Yi was suddenly recalled to Luoyang, and stopped his aggressive offensive posture; then, only half a year later, Sima Yi dramatically retired from illness and returned home.Moreover, he has been ill for more than two years!Sima Yi finally lost in the power struggle within the court of Wei State. Cao Shuang, the auxiliary general of Wei State, almost took away Sima Yi's "Heavenly Sword" that had been hanging over Soochow for himself. what!From then on, Sun Quan felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

News that made him even more joyful and comfortable continued to come from Wei Guo.It is rumored that Wang Chang, the Wei Guo Zhennan general who had put great pressure on Lu Xun and the others in the Jingchu area, was at odds with Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang showed signs of shaking the position of other towns, and sent Bi Gui to take away Wang Chang's previous concurrent post of Yuzhou. The post of governor.Niu Jin, the empress general of the Wei State who once terrified Wu Jun in Xiakou City and Jiangling City, also died suddenly. There are also rumors that he was poisoned to death because he blatantly contradicted Cao Shuang.Cao Shuang's faction brutally suppressed and persecuted the fierce generals and ministers cultivated by Sima Yi. If it were someone else, he would have already complained about it. No.It seems that Sima Yi, the patriarch of the four dynasties of the Wei Kingdom, who was nearly seventy years old, has indeed been abolished, Sun Quan thought happily.It can be seen that God has the heart to destroy the false Wei!God is using the hands of that mediocre man Cao Shuang to "self-destruct the Great Wall" and "self-destruct the screen" for Wei!OK!Just wait patiently, until Cao Shuang wipes out all the capable ministers and generals of the Wei State, the opportunity for my Great Wu to seize the Central Plains and dominate the world will come!

"Your Majesty! Prime Minister Lu delivered another urgent report from Wuchang with a fast ride of 800 miles..." Sun Jun's soft voice pulled Sun Quan's erratic thoughts back to reality.Hearing this, he frowned tightly, and muttered in great annoyance: "It's another rush secret! It's another rush! I've had enough, who does he think he is? Showing an old-fashioned appearance to make noise in front of my eyes, hum! Does he still want to be the second 'Zhang Zhao'?" Sun Jun bowed his head, not daring to interrupt. "Read it! Read it! Read it quickly! I'll finish listening earlier, and my ears will be clear sooner." Sun Quan waved his sleeves and ordered hastily.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lu wrote this: 'The crown prince should be orthodox, and should be solid; Otherwise, the ministers will compete to form a party and create chaos, and there may be accidents. The humble minister Lu Xun bleeds to hear it, and ask everyone in the east to present his views.'" Sun Jun read the memorial carefully, holding the memorial from time to time. He secretly glanced at Sun Quan. As Sun Quan listened, his face turned blue and purple with anger. After holding back for a while, he punched the imperial case hard with a "bang": "Boy Lu Xun! Humph! What exactly is he thinking? He is so self-confident. He has made great achievements, and you still want to come to Jianye to force the palace against me? Why should he worry so much about my family's affairs?" When he roared here, he secretly trembled in his heart: Could it be that Lu Xun has spared no effort to intervene in the matter of my Great Wu's establishment of an heir? He wants to divorce my children for personal gain?He also wants to follow the example of Sima Yi of the Wei State, who used this method to show favor to me, He'er, by inviting favor to Cao Pi in advance?With Lu Xun's prestige and qualifications, coupled with He'er's dependence on him, he will definitely become my Great Wu's "Sima Yi"!no!no!I absolutely cannot allow this to happen!Anyway, Sima Yi in the puppet Wei Dynasty has been abolished, Cao Shuang has no talent, and my great Wu has no major foreign troubles. It is time for me to free up my hands and clean up the internal affairs of the country!

After thinking it over clearly, Sun Quan spoke to Sun Jun and said: "Sun Jun, you should immediately write down the note of the restoration that I gave to Lu Xun. Don't worry about your subordinates; forming a party and creating chaos, isn't it just your delusional suspicion? The prince and the king of Lu, I will never take sides, and each will rely on his own power to win the great Wu. The prime minister must have the idea of ​​guarding against fear!" After reading it, Sun Quan said again: "You can use the seal to send out this edict today. I asked my attendant Sun Hong to take it to Wuchang City and read it to Lu Xun in the hall of the prime minister's office in person. Also, you Go out and pass on Sun Hong to me, I still have two gifts for him to bring to Lu Xun!"

The evening wind was so strong that the wind chimes hanging from the eaves of the Xiangfu Pavilion jingled non-stop, and the rainwater that formed puddles on the ground was also stirred into vortexes in the wind, and the leaden gray sky was very low. Very low, as if carrying some wet heavy emotion. After listening to the imperial decree read by Sun Hong in public this morning, it was as if Lu Xun had been hit hard by Sun Quan, making stars pop out of his eyes! Returning to the bedroom with a heavy kick and a shallow kick, he lit the candles and put down the yellow silk bundle.There are two gifts from Sun Quan that Sun Hong brought to him.With slightly trembling hands, he untied the tie of the yellow silk bundle, revealing a vermilion lacquer food box carved with dragons and phoenixes and a long sword with sheath inside.

A wry smile gradually appeared on his face, it turned out that His Majesty still likes to play with this kind of "hitting and pulling" method as before! After a wry smile, he stretched out his hand and gently opened the vermilion lacquer food box to take a look, his expression froze immediately, the box was actually empty, there was nothing in it! Startled, Lu Xun grabbed the sheathed sword again, and hastily pulled the sword out of the sheath to see that the blade of the sword was actually a thin, blunt piece of iron, with no edge or edge, and even a single Even a vegetable leaf can't be chopped!

The Box of Nothing and the Sword of No Edge, these are the two gifts Sun Quan gave him this time! Lu Xun stared at them blankly, and the expression on his face suddenly became very bitter, as if soaked in a thick layer of coptis water.Cold tears dripped silently on the skirt of his clothes, one after another, breaking his heart. He understood the meaning of these two gifts.The box is empty, which means that the word "box" has no "mouth", implying that Lu Xun should keep silent from now on, and only need to keep promises; When you know the fun, "sit on the side and send your name", sell the edge and remove the light, just keep the clumsy and do nothing.

After being silent for a long time, Lu Xun got up, walked to the desk, bowed deeply to the two gifts on the desk, kowtowed and said in tears, "Your Majesty, I was born as a Wu, and died as a Wu." Ghost, this heart and ambition will never change. You want me to imitate a box without a mouth and a sword without a sharp edge. I really can't do it. The mouth of a mere minister is born for loyalty and advice; the talent of a mere minister, It was originally prepared to secure the country and protect the monarch. But today, His Majesty has abandoned it like a waste. It seems that the humble minister has nothing to do to His Majesty! The way of the humble minister is dead, and there is no way to serve the country. The only way to die is to be loyal. Yes! After the minister is gone, I hope that your majesty will cherish himself, make great achievements, and always take Yao and Shun as the standard. I hope that God can bless my great Wu monarch and ministers to be happy, and the country will be prosperous forever! If so, I will die in peace!"

In the swishing evening wind, a gray pigeon flew through the air, skimmed over the treetops, and stopped on the window sill of the stone room with a "flapping sound" and stood with its wings folded. A hand with blue veins protruding like a small snake slowly stretched out. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, it protruded a kind of rigid and heavy lines and strength, which gave people a very deep feeling.This hand held the gray pigeon, and the gray pigeon stood docilely on the palm, flapping its wings and screaming "cuckoo". Letters rolled up into a thin tube were tied to its pale yellow paws.The middle and index fingers of that hand twirled lightly, and the letter arrived in the palm of his hand.

The man standing behind the window sill was twisting the letter, seemingly lost in thought. There was another sound of "fluttering", and the gray pigeon spread its wings and flew out of the window.He looked at the pigeons flying into the cage at the corner of the courtyard, with a very complicated look in his eyes, sighed leisurely, and then slowly opened the letter. I saw that the letters on the letter were written in snake-like, twisted, tangled, and weird ways, and no one could recognize them at all.However, that person was staring intently, concentrating on it, and his face gradually fluctuated accordingly! Finally finished reading, the letter was tightly squeezed in the palm of the man.He slowly raised his face, looking at the sunset near the western mountain at the end of the field outside the window, the brilliant slanting light shone on his face--this is a very handsome face, a cool and elegant face as carved from beautiful jade, with sword eyebrows Entering the temples, the star pupils shine brightly, and the heroic spirit of Lingling between Gu Pan rushes in like ice blades.It turned out that he was Shi Bao! The day is finally here!Shi Bao took a long breath, and there was a bit of indescribable excitement and a bit of indescribable anticipation in his expression. With a long howl, Qing Yue pierced the clouds, he raised his hand, and the letter in his palm was instantly shattered into powder and scattered in the evening wind! "Mr. Shi—what's your order?" Before he could finish his whistle, Murong Muyan, who had a stocky figure and a cold face, rushed to the door of the stone room like lightning, and asked him with his fists clasped. "Go! Immediately call the Dragon Knights out of the 3,000 dead soldiers to the training ground to assemble! My lord will review the lectures in person!" One stick of incense later, on the training ground in the backyard of the Sima Mansion in Xiaojingli, Wenxian County, eight hundred of the most elite soldiers of the Dragon Riding Heavenly Army stood neatly, each of them as tough as a leopard chi, and everyone wore a mask on their face. The bronze mask only reveals a pair of sharp eyes shining in the night! Standing in front of the formation, Shi Bao glanced at them sternly, raised his chest, and said in a cold voice: "Brothers! Taifu Sima has come to order and is going to dispatch us to the capital soon." On the side of the Qing emperor, punish the rebels'! Today, on behalf of the Taifu, I will pre-inspect the skills of fighting and moving that you have practiced!" After speaking, he pointed to the large bluestone that was the size of a desk and weighed six to seven hundred catties by the side of the practice field, and ordered: "Chen Jia! Go forward and use it to try your saber skills!" It turned out that each of the dead men in Sima's Mansion did not have their real names and surnames, and they all called each other by code names such as "Chen Jia", "Chen Yi", "Zhang San" and "He Si". The dead man named "Chen Jia" heard the order and more people came out, but he was born with a strong back and a leopard eye, and a beard. From his physique, he seemed to be a Xianbei warrior brought by Murong Muyan from Liaodong.Holding a golden-backed machete as wide as an oar, he strode forward with a "thud thud thump", swung the machete high with both hands, and with a "hoo", there was a thunderous wind, and the big machete moved towards that direction. The blue stone is just slashing violently! The sound of "Dang Clang" was deafening.I saw sparks flying, stone chips scattered, the huge bluestone was split in two by Chen Jia's knife like a chopstick! "Okay! Zhang Yi! Come up and perform your weight-carrying technique!" Shi Bao continued to shout without blinking her eyelids. Another tall and thin dead soldier, Zhang Yi, led the order to step forward, picked up the two large bluestones that were split by Chen Jia with his left and right hands, and held them under his side respectively, as if holding two huge stones. burden.Then, as soon as he lifted his true energy, he jumped up, and with a "swipe", he flew up from the ground with a "swipe", flying up to a height of more than five feet in the air!Look at his skill, no matter how tall the city wall is, he can fly over it lightly and deftly! "Good! Good! Good!" There was a burst of applause from the audience! Shi Bao signaled again, and the third dead man, Liu Bing, walked out slowly with a half-man-high crossbow in his hand.He walked to a place seven feet away from one of the big bluestones, stretched out his ape arm, and pulled the fine steel bowstring like a full moon, and then released his finger, with a sound of "swish", a feathered arrow on the string shot like a beam of cold light. out! When the sound of "Du" sounded, everyone looked intently—the feather arrow shot by Liu Bing was extremely sharp, and it penetrated into the hard and unusually hard edge of the big bluestone to a depth of more than six inches! ... After the eight hundred dead warriors of the Dragon Riding Heavenly Army showed their martial arts and light kung fu one by one, Shi Bao showed a very satisfied smile on his face, and said clearly and clearly: "Very good! You brothers are really skilled and skilled. , lived up to the high expectations of the Taifu! We have lived in seclusion in the countryside for the past few years, trained hard and worked hard, and finally we have truly grown into the "Yitian Shenjian" to help Taifu wipe out all treacherous and treacherous bandits! Now the dawn is in sight, and more Guard against arrogance and impetuosity, make persistent efforts, and strive to make one against ten, one against a hundred, one against a thousand in the future decisive battle with the rebels and traitors, and make an immortal contribution to Tai Tuo!" "Yes!" The eight hundred dead warriors of the Dragon Riding Heavenly Army replied loudly in unison, the voices were so neat that they seemed to come from the same person's mouth at once. "What? Lu Xun was forced to death by Sun Quan's edict?" When Sima Yi heard the news from Sima Zhao, he couldn't help being shocked, and even raised his beard and beard! Sima Zhao looked at his father squarely, with his tone still as calm as water, and continued to report: "Father, Sun Quan also issued an edict to kill the false Wu prince Fu Wucan. One of the crimes is that he communicated with Lu Xun without authorization. Moreover, Lu Xun's nephew Gu Tan, Gu Cheng, Yao Xin, etc. were all exiled to the frontier for the crime of privately attaching to the prince. The grandson of the false Wu prince and himself also submitted a request to resign from the East Palace to Sun Quan..." "Sun Quan is still clearing away the obstacles for his heir to succeed to the throne and the country will last forever!" Sima Yi sighed deeply, and pointed out sharply, "Zhaoer! Can you see clearly that Sun Quan is always sitting on the throne?" The faction of Lu Xun, who is upper-class and guarding Wuchang, has completely emptied the puppet Wu political arena! Sun Quan, like his father, is an old man in his seventies, and Lu Xun is only sixty-two years old this year. Sun Quan is worried If I die suddenly in front of Lu Xun, his heirs will have difficulty controlling Lu Xun, who has made great achievements and unparalleled status, and will lead to a chaos of "Wang Mang's overthrow of the country"..." "Father, don't you often tell your children that Lu Xun is a famous minister of pure Confucianism, whose loyalty to the emperor and wisdom of seeking the country are hardly inferior to Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu? Sun Quan is so wise, why not entrust Sun He to him to assist in governing the country? Wouldn’t it be good for the country to be appointed by the virtuous? Could it be that Sun Quan was not as good as the Wen Emperor Cao Pi? Before Cao Pi died, he knew that the Ming Emperor Cao Rui was left alone to your father!” Sima Zhao asked a little puzzled. "Hehehe... Zhao'er, there is an old saying: 'When things change, things change.' When Emperor Wen was dying, why was he willing to entrust Gu Yu to be his father? It was because Lu Xun came from Jingzhou in the east and committed crimes in the west. Zhuge Liang stared at him covetously, so he had no choice but to leave a will, thinking that his father was the assistant minister! But now, Sun Quan looks around the sea and thinks that Liu Chan of Western Shu is mediocre and has no ambitions. In the Great Wei, Cao Shuang is in power and the country is declining, so he is gone. The sense of crisis of "be wary of the neighbors, the enemy is at hand", that's why he ruthlessly forced Lu Xun to death to clean up the family's internal troubles! Speaking of which, Sun Quan is still cutting off foreign enemies for my Sima family! It seems that for the father It's really a big profit to pretend to be sick and retire once!" Sima Yi slowly stroked the long silver beard under his chin, and smiled deeply: "Sun Quan counted and counted, defending east and west, how could he have expected that my Sima family was hidden in the nine heavens and rose at the last moment?" The biggest winner!" "Father's words are so insightful, my son really admires them." Sima Zhao nodded and said, "But, for some reason, my son still can't help feeling deeply sorry for the fate of a generation of sage minister Lu Xun..." "Zhao'er is very satisfied as a father with such a love for talents and talents. Lu Xun is indeed a famous official of a generation of pure Confucianism. His loyalty to the emperor and wisdom in planning are almost as good as Zhuge Liang. These are not as good as his father's. You will be wrong. In fact, Sun Quan understands it very well in his heart." Sima Yi's tone suddenly became heavy, and he cast his deep eyes from the window to the far south, "However, the hearts of emperors are extremely selfish. In order to maintain his supremacy, as long as anyone is capable and powerful enough to pose a threat, he will definitely regard it as an enemy without hesitation, even if it is his compatriots, siblings, flesh and blood, confidantes, and relatives. Cut it off! Sun Quan was also wise once before, how much he trusted Lu Xun during the Yiling War! As the lord, he actually surrendered himself to hold Lu Xun's bridle to strengthen his prestige, and personally bestowed on him the yellow axe. right! "However, the current situation has changed, and Sun Quan's mentality has also changed. Even if Lu Xun's loyal contributions are all there, Sun Quan will no longer believe him! In fact, Sun Quan no longer even believes in himself. Now, would he still believe in Lu Xun? The power of the eight handles of "jue, lu, yu, zhi, sheng, seize, abolish, and punish" in the "Ninth Five-Year Supreme" has already fascinated Sun Quan's eyes! Zhao'er ——Leave the words here for the father, the tragedy of the court power struggle caused by the establishment of an heir in the puppet Wu is far from over! If Sun Quan doesn't even believe Lu Xun, a loyal and loyal confidant Will he still believe that Sun He, the prince of the East Palace whose wings were cut off by him? Will he still believe that Sun Ba, the King of Lu who forced his brother to seize his heir? In his subconscious mind, he may also be deeply afraid of Sun He and Sun Ba I'm afraid that one day they will force their father to abdicate like the son of Duke Huan of Qi..." "Father...Father! You...what you revealed is really chilling!" Sima Zhao sighed tremblingly. "Zhaoer—so, my brothers and grandchildren of the Sima family must not imitate their Jiangdong Sun family's frenzied cannibalism!" Sima Yi stared at him, and said deeply, "As long as my brothers and grandchildren of the Sima family If we can unite with sincerity, complement each other, and work together, there is absolutely no enemy we cannot defeat! There is absolutely no difficulty we cannot overcome! Zhaoer—do you understand?" Sima Zhao was sweating profusely when he heard it, he fell to his knees with a "plop" and respectfully replied: "My lord father has taught me that my child will always abide by the principles of filial piety and brotherhood, always put the great cause of the ancestors first, and never give birth in vain. Disagreements, do your best to assist father and elder brother to achieve great things for thousands of years!" Sima Yi smiled, stretched out his hand, and gently supported him: "Zhao'er, I believe in you for my father—I will always believe in you for my father." Then, he quietly stared at Sima Zhao's bright eyes, as if he wanted to see through to the deepest part of his eyes, and said slowly: "Lu Xun was forced to commit suicide by Sun Quan out of suspicion. My father was deeply shocked. You don’t know, when my father was at Zhao’er’s age, I secretly wanted to emulate pure Confucian ministers like Xun Yu and Lu Xun, so that I would never regret my death by being loyal to the king. My father once I also envied that Lu Xun was lucky enough to meet such a wise confidant as Sun Quan! Did you know? "However, today, as a father, I finally saw Lu Xun's final fate at the end of this road. The wise and open-minded Sun Quan, the loyal and wise Lu Xun, these kind of friends between monarchs and ministers who love fish and water, unexpectedly ended in such a sad ending The end! From then on, Weifu resolutely decided to lead you to abandon all these fantasies and distracting thoughts from now on, and uphold our Sima family's great ambition of "emerging suddenly, turning the world around, monopolizing the world, and unifying Liuhe" from generation to generation, and continue to reach the pinnacle!"