Chapter 6643 Mission: Impossible

Chapter 6643 Mission: Impossible

There is one black and one white. It is not the fault of Zhang of Wujun that she was furious. After all, everyone has to save face. Although the Zhou family has been a wealthy family for generations, Zhang of Wujun is not bad either. Even if the engagement is not finalized, they have met anyway. It's just that Zhou Yu insisted on making achievements first and then starting a family, so Zhang of Wujun was willing to wait.

As a result, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu acted as heroes to save the beauty and became friends with the Qiao sisters.

All right, the Qiao sisters are both extremely beautiful, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are both heroic young men. It's normal for the two sides to hit it off immediately, but why cut off the relationship directly? Our Wujun Zhang family doesn't allow you to take a concubine?

In short, after that incident, the relationship between Zhang of Wujun and Zhou Yu became quite bad, but they took root in Wujun and after much deliberation, they still followed Sun Ce and Zhou Yu south. After all, personal feelings are personal feelings, and family interests are family interests.

Zhou Yu was well aware of this, so he basically avoided meeting with Wujun Zhang family. People from Wujun Zhang family also knew this, so the two sides kept their distance from each other. Later, when Southeast Asia was being developed, Wujun Zhang family, as a big family in Jiangdong, also contributed money and manpower. In the end, when Sun Ce distributed fiefs according to merit and support, Wujun Zhang family also successfully got their own piece of the pie.

Originally, this matter would have just passed. After all, many years had passed and no one had mentioned it in the meantime. The Zhang family of Wujun had also obtained their due benefits, so the matter was naturally over. But who made Zhou Yu issue the Enfeoffment Order this year?

This incident really made the Zhang family of Wujun very angry. After Zhou Yu left, a group of factions that had split off from each other and the former head of the family gathered together to discuss the matter. Zhang Dun considered the issue of how to unite the family after it was divided, so he pulled out Zhou Yu as a target again.

New and old grudges were mixed together, and there were also related interests. Under Zhang Dun's efforts, the Zhang family of Wujun was very excited. After all, what could unite a group of people these days was not only interests and ideals, but also hatred. The Zhang family of Wujun fully met these three requirements, and under the target of Zhou Yu, they quickly united together.

Then the problem arises. Zhang Dun relied on this method to unite most of the branches of the Wujun Zhang family. Then he must accept the backlash brought about by this way of unity, that is, to deal with Zhou Yu.

Again, the Wujun Zhang family had never thought of killing Zhou Yu, and the head of the family, Zhang Dun, just wanted to unite the family in this way. However, the family was filled with outrage, so the Wujun Zhang family could only think of ways to vent their anger. However, they really had no intention of killing Zhou Yu.

Because the marriage was not successful, the two sides were indeed unhappy, and Wujun Zhang was indeed embarrassed. However, more than ten years have passed, and the young lady who was going to marry Zhou Yu has now married into a northern family and has given birth to several sons. Therefore, Wujun Zhang would only talk about this matter specifically after seeing Zhou Yu or hearing about related events.

As for how deep the hatred was, it has been almost dissipated over the past decade or so. After all, they got the fiefdom, and because the Zhang family of Wujun had done their best to support Sun Ce, the fiefdom they finally got was top-notch in both quality and scale among the Jiangdong families.

Interests can wear away hatred, and time can heal wounds. What really hurt the Zhang family in Wujun was that Zhou Yu came to their family at the beginning of the year to split up the family, splitting up the family that had grown so strong with great difficulty.

This immediately aroused the resentment of Zhang family in Wujun, and even the resentment from more than ten years ago was activated. This led to the idea that Zhang family in Wujun planned to do something big to open Zhou Yu's eyes.

Of course, even so, most of the rational members of the Zhang family did not think of letting Zhou Yu die, because anyone with a little bit of common sense knew how their fiefdom came about, and without Zhou Yu, whether the Jiangdong force still had any need to exist.

We have to scare Zhou Yu severely and let him know that there are some things that cannot be done!
This was the overall thought of the Zhang family at the time. There was no intention of killing Zhou Yu. Even a far-sighted head of the family like Zhang Dun was too lazy to even scare Zhou Yu. He just wanted to unite the family and then exert his due strength. As for deliberately causing trouble for Zhou Yu, there was no need for that.

But there are some things that, at this point, you have no choice but to do them. Most people in the family think that you should scare Zhou Yu and teach him a lesson, so as the head of the family, you can only accept this suggestion. As for forcing everyone to give up, times are different now.

But who could have thought that Zhou Yu would die, die!
"Master, what should we do?" As the most core participant in this matter, Zhang Ruo took the lead in not reporting the discovery of the assassin, and even created opportunities for the other party to investigate.

"It's cold." Zhang Dun said with a bit of despair, "You and I will take this responsibility. We must not commit suicide now. When the higher-ups come to investigate, as long as the people who come are trustworthy, tell the truth. Pull out any evidence you have and try to prove that we are all useless."

"Will Chang'an really send someone to investigate?" Zhang Xun looked at the patriarch with a gloomy face and asked, "What if it's Sun Bofu who comes first?"

"The first one to come is Sun Bofu, so we should send the women, children, the elderly and the weak in the family onto the ship and send them directly to the mainland. Then let Zhang Yan take the complaint and let the Han Dynasty investigate the family's violations of laws and regulations one by one. After the investigation, whoever can survive will survive." Zhang Dun said with his eyes closed.

"Ah, in that case, we..." Zhang Xun looked at Zhang Dun with an incredulous expression.

"Do you still care about losing face at this time?" Zhang Dun leaned back in the armchair. He had already figured out everything he needed to figure out. In the current situation, there was nothing more to say. Someone in their family was bound to die. If Zhou Yu hadn't died, their family could have remained stable even if blood had been shed. But if Zhou Yu died, there would be no upper limit to this matter. It would be directly treason.

In this situation, being able to save a life is a good outcome, what else would you want?

"Send someone over there to contact ..." Zhang Ruo suddenly spoke in a low voice when everyone was silent. However, before he could finish his words, he was slapped by Zhang Dun.

"Bang!" Zhang Ruo, who was kneeling beside him, collapsed directly into the armchair. Upon hearing this, Zhang Dun jumped up and slapped him to the ground. Then Zhang Dun looked at Zhang Ruo coldly.

"Listen to me. If I say stay home and wait to die, then you should stay home and wait to die. Over the years, I should have proved my ability in judging the overall situation. Don't force me to kill anyone now. Don't you know what I can do?" Zhang Dun stood up straight and glanced at everyone present with a hint of coldness.

"Zhou Yu is dead. Our family may have contributed to the situation, but this kind of thing is hard to explain and hard to find out. There is a lot of room for subjective judgment. When the people from Chang'an come down, we will make it clear that only a part of the people died. But if you have other ideas..." Zhang Dun swept his cold eyes over everyone present.

At this point, some of them are doomed to die, and even Zhang Dun, the head of the family, is bound to die. But this is just the beginning. Those who dare to throw themselves directly into the arms of the Kushans are the real ruthless people, and they will truly die and their clans will be destroyed.

"Zhang Ruo, there are some things you can't say, do you understand?" Zhang Dun looked at Zhang Ruo, the coldness in his eyes was no longer concealed. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't kill anyone at this time, Zhang Ruo would have been dead.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Ruo nodded repeatedly and looked at Zhang Dun in shock. He never thought that this patriarch who always looked weak and frail actually had the power to slap him, the steward in charge of foreign affairs, to the ground.

"Those who know about this, come with me." Zhang Dun stood up and said to the heads of various clans present. Then five or six people stood up bitterly and followed Zhang Dun into the inner room, leaving only a few members who were not actually involved or even just learned about the incident with panic on their faces.

"We don't have many choices now. What we said before is to wait for Chang'an to send someone. This is the best way, but we are not sure. Moreover, this matter is too big. Although other families are trying to suppress the intelligence and prevent Northern Europe from knowing, Marquis Chen may also suppress the intelligence, but it is probably only a matter of time before Lord Wu receives the news." Zhang Dun said with a serious expression.

The Jiangdong family is making an effort and buying time, hoping to collect enough evidence as soon as possible to make it ironclad proof to prevent Sun Ce from coming back and killing people. After receiving the news, Chen Xi, according to the judgment of the Jiangdong family, will also help suppress it for a while to allow Jiangdong to complete the identification first.

Although this is not very friendly to Sun Ce, it is beneficial to the overall situation.

Then the question arises, that is, how long can such a delay last? In Zhang Dun's judgment, it cannot exceed ten days, because there are some people who are willing to help the Jiangdong family to conduct self-examination. After a certain period of time, they will definitely notify Sun Ce. After all, this matter is too big.

For example, Sun Quan, Zhuge Jin, Zheng Du, and Pang Tong. In short, for these people, stabilizing Jiangdong is very important, but every day of delay brings risks, so after some time, these people will definitely find a way to notify Sun Ce.

This kind of notification cannot be stopped. To be precise, even if Chen Xi wants to intercept it, as long as Jiang Dong insists on notifying, Chen Xi has no better way.

It can be said that the recent period is the last gap and the last tacit understanding. If no solution is offered and the matter is not investigated thoroughly after this point, more than just a few people will die.

"We should be prepared for the worst case scenario. All the plans including the Fire Plan should be activated. We made a wrong move this time. How could Zhou Yu die?" Even though Zhang Dun had been very calm, assigned work to everyone as much as possible, and was calm in the face of death, he couldn't help but curse after he had arranged everything. How could Zhou Yu die like this?
"Is the governor really dead?" Zhang Xun asked bitterly, "Maybe he faked his death just to deceive us and punish us severely."

“The heads of the major families went to the ice cellar to confirm that it was Shu Hou’s body.” Zhang Dun sighed and said, when Zhou Yu was alive, they were thinking about how to teach Zhou Yu a lesson, but Zhou Yu really died. What they are thinking about now is whether Zhou Yu can come back to life soon. We all accept the bet and defeat, and everything that happened before should just be forgotten.

"I secretly glanced at the expressions of other families at that time. Although my expression was not good either, the Zhu family's faces turned green." Zhang Dun suddenly told a cold joke, but it did not lead others to do so, because the fate of those present was doomed after Zhou Yu's death, and there was nothing to talk about.

"Wait. Anyway, there is nothing to do recently. If we don't see anyone coming from Chang'an within three days, our family will send a report to Mr. Wu, and then we will surrender to Zhuge Jin." Zhang Dun looked at everyone present and said. If they surrender, they will lose half, but at least their clan will not be exterminated, right?

The Zhu family and the Gu family are almost the same.

After all, this time, after Zhou Yu's death, how to deal with the matter really depends on subjective judgment. If it is judged subjectively that you are just a figurehead, then only one person will die. If it is judged subjectively that you are a traitor and want to kill the pillar of the Han Dynasty's navy, then your whole family will die.

So this is a terrible thing, and there is no solution.

Fortunately, after Mi Zhu gathered all the people, he was escorted to Southeast Asia by his internal energy. When the investigation team composed of Mi Zhu and Xun Yue appeared on Sumatra Island, almost all the noble families in Jiangdong went to welcome them. There was no other way; it was a matter of life and death and they had no choice.

"So you haven't passed the message to Bofu yet?" Zhou Yu entered his dream again to contact Chen Xi to understand the current situation, but he received an outrageous message.

"No, I have someone to suppress you. After all, you are still alive, not really dead. If you were really dead, then I would have no choice but to cut the Gordian knot. First, notify Mr. Wu to come to Chang'an, and then form an investigation team to go to Southeast Asia with Mr. Wu. Aren't you still alive?" Chen Xi said unhappily, "Besides, your plan requires Sun Bofu's cooperation."

That's right. This requires Sun Ce's cooperation. After Zhou Yu's death, how to lure the Kushans over requires Sun Ce's cooperation. If Sun Ce is told that Zhou Yu is dead, then Sun Ce will explode. Although he can cooperate later, the damage to the Han Dynasty will be too great.

It would be better not to tell Sun Ce. By the time Sun Ce knew about the reaction, the Kushans would probably have already taken action. By then Sun Ce would come back furious and find Zhou Yu was still alive. He would have faked his death to lure the Kushans and reverse the strategic situation. As for why Sun Ce was not notified, it was because he was not dead and was just acting. There was no point in notifying them. Why should they be notified?

"Is it really okay for you to operate this way?" Zhou Yu said helplessly.

Although there is nothing wrong with Chen Xi's idea if you think about it carefully, it is indeed easy for accidents to happen if Sun Ce knows in advance that Zhou Yu is dead, but it is also a problem if you don't let Sun Ce know at all.

"It won't be concealed for too long anyway. I estimate that after a while, someone from Jiangdong will privately inform Sun Bofu." Chen Xi said calmly, "After all, Sun Bofu is the lord of Jiangdong. Now we can only say that in order to avoid a complete collapse of the situation, the ministers are collecting as much evidence as possible and waiting for breakthrough evidence before letting Sun Bofu come back to kill people."

"That's true, but aren't you really worried about there being a rift?" Zhou Yu said to Chen Xi unhappily. If everyone in Jiangdong were hiding this from Sun Ce, something really could go wrong.

"So Pang Tong, who is in charge of intelligence, knows that you are not dead." Chen Xi said with a smile.

"You are really a beast!" Zhou Yu was silent for a long time, then looked at Chen Xi and said, he was really silenced by Chen Xi.

At that time, Zhou Yu asked Chen Xi to notify three people, namely Sun Ce, Xiao Qiao and Zhuge Jin. However, Chen Xi did not notify any of these three people, but instead notified Pang Tong who had control of the intelligence lines. What kind of a beast is this?

"Pang Shiyuan doesn't work hard, why not give him more burden?" Chen Xi said with a smile. Zhou Yu's face twisted when he heard this. Add more burdens? Is this a question of adding more burdens? This is the rhythm of forcing Pang Tong to be a lone minister. To put it bluntly, after this incident, Zhou Yu returned like lightning and solved the Kushan navy. Then Zhou Yu still has a step to go down.

After all, Zhou Yu used his own strategy to eliminate the biggest threat of Kushan to Jiangdong, and no matter how much the Jiangdong aristocratic families thought about it, they could not say anything to Zhou Yu.

As for the assassination, there is no need to talk about it. The fact that the death was so real is also understandable. After all, if you want to deceive the Kushan Empire, if you can't even deceive the Jiangdong family, how can you deceive the Kushan Empire? Therefore, all the current actions are understandable.

Similarly, as long as Sun Ce did not come back during this period, not many people would die. Even people like Zhou Ming who were directly present would not die, because at this time they would not dare to kill anyone. They had to wait until all the evidence was available before they could take action, otherwise they would easily be blamed.

Theoretically, during the time when Zhou Yu faked his death, all the major families were in a state of panic, but no one died, because no one was afraid to die, and it would be difficult to explain if they died. So if there was anything to say, it was just pressure, not a life-threatening situation.

Therefore, the logical chain of Zhou Yu's fake death is complete - he did not harm his own people, but only created pressure for his own people, and completely eliminated the risk of the Enfeoffment Order. Even because of Zhou Yu's death, the families that were previously arguing would definitely cut ties at the speed of light to ensure that their own families would not be affected.

In addition, after such a period of time, the major families have realized the importance of Zhou Yu, and will no longer dwell on these details in dealing with subsequent matters. The previous things are in the past, and all they need to do is for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to continue to take them to eat meat.

Therefore, there will be no problems on Zhou Yu's side.

There is no need to mention Sun Ce, because for Sun Ce, who cannot receive any news at this stage, when he receives the news, it will be just that Zhou Yu faked his death to deceive the Kushans. He just didn't want to make him worry, so he didn't even send him the news. When he comes back, the most he will do is scold Zhou Yu a few words, and he won't care about this matter at all.

The only one who would be hit hard would probably be Pang Tong, because Pang Tong controlled the intelligence lines of Jiangdong, which meant that all important news had to be passed on from Pang Tong.

As long as Pang Tong was not dead, it would be Pang Tong who sent the message to Sun Ce. However, Sun Ce did not receive the message at all, which means that Pang Tong did not send it at all. After such a big event, people would definitely investigate why Pang Tong did not send the message. Then Pang Tong said, "I know Zhou Yu is not dead," and Zhou Yu also said, "Pang Tong knew it."

From now on, Pang Tong will basically not have to hang out in the Jiangdong circle anymore. He can just be his own lone minister and exert his own strength. There will even be a lot of complaints about this within the Pang family. After all, when things have come to this point, the Pang family will be in a life-and-death struggle.

In the end you told me that this was Zhou Yu's strategy and Pang Tong was involved.

It would be strange if the other families didn’t explode.

What's even worse is that Zhou Yu's death before has already proved a lot of things, and the Jiangdong families probably don't want to provoke Zhou Yu again. So it goes without saying who they will vent their anger on.

"If you do this, Shi Yuan will be a lone minister in the future, and he will be surrounded by enemies." Zhou Yu said helplessly, "He is already disliked because of his appearance. If he does this now, it will really kill people."

"But isn't this the best solution?" Chen Xi said calmly.

"Although it is indeed the best solution, I always feel that your solution is somewhat inconsiderate of others." Zhou Yu said with a hint of tiredness. He had no choice. Chen Xi was just that kind of guy. What could he do?

"It's OK as long as it works. Anyway, I have solved the problem for you. However, if there is still no movement from the Kushans for more than 20 days, Lord Wu will definitely get the news from other channels. You should be prepared. I can only buy you so much time." Chen Xi restrained his smile and said seriously, "And according to the time, Xingba should have arrived in Malacca with his ship by then. Have you considered how to appear at that time?"

"Lure the Kushan navy in and kill them. I have already prepared the men to dismantle the artillery batteries." Zhou Yu sneered, "When the Kushan navy arrives, three important land-based artillery batteries in Malacca will be cut off, resulting in a gap in the overall land-based suppression."

"You still have people in Kushan." Chen Xi smacked his lips and said in disbelief. This is real skill, not to mention that they are people worthy of Meng Kangbu's trust.

"Of course there are people." Zhou Yu sneered and said, "When I conquered Qunu City, I planted a lot of spies, and they were quite high-level ones."

"Can you accept such a thing?" Chen Xi looked incredulous.

"I conquered him just like they conquered Liu Yang." Zhou Yu said with some pride. Chen Xi was stunned and looked at Zhou Yu with a strange expression.

"What was not exposed was not AI, but forced control. It has a built-in energy source that can be forced to control for a short period of time. It can be regarded as the dark under the lamp." Zhou Yu explained, "Then I sent this person to Jiangdong to build an intelligence network and gave Kushan a lot of real information about Jiangdong, although Kushan has no use for it at all."

Whether to make up for it or not, I will make up for it on the weekend. I am really useless.

(End of this chapter)