Chapter 6645 Life and Death

Chapter 6645 Life and Death
All the major families who have some idea in mind have taken precautions in their own inheritance. After all, in this era of great contention, no one knows what they will encounter. If they succeed, that would be great. If they fail, will they really die and their clan be destroyed?
What a joke! If you really want to check the genealogy of the families that existed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, you can basically trace them back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They have managed to survive from thousands of years ago to the present. Even if it is an opportunity for a complete turnaround, it would be a shame to their ancestors if it was destroyed.

Therefore, most of the smart families have made a lot of precautions in their own inheritance. It is difficult to describe such arrangements as "a cunning rabbit has three burrows".

Take the Zhang family of Wujun as an example. The Qingzhou that Zhang Dun mentioned before actually exists. But how could he go there when he said it in front of everyone? He just asked that question to attract attention. After all, if he took a wrong step, he would die and his family would be destroyed. How could he tell the leaders of other branches the accurate news? You have to know that those who stay in Tiannan County are all targets.

Even though the Wujun Zhang family seemed to be united under the leadership of Zhang Dun, even Zhang Dun could not guarantee that at the last moment, these people would be able to accept their own death for the continuation of the family as they did now.

It is difficult to tell what is in people's hearts. Maybe these people were willing to die in order to protect their family heritage. Maybe these people gave up their last hope in order to survive at the last moment. Who knows?

Zhang Dun could only guarantee that after he had prepared himself mentally, he would be able to face death calmly in the face of the current situation. As for other things, he would be as cautious as possible.

This is also why Zhang Dun said that he wanted Zhang Yan to go to Qingzhou, but in fact he secretly gave Zhang Yan a secret mirror and asked Zhang Yan to go to Jiaozhou.

Both places have back-up plans prepared by the Wujun Zhang family, but in terms of secrecy, it is obvious that the Jiaozhou side is more secretive. After all, Qingzhou started to register the people earlier. Even if there were some preparations in the household registration, there are still some loopholes when there are a large number of local people and the connections are relatively close.

On the contrary, in Jiaozhou, the emperor was far away and even the local coconut and sugarcane processing factories were invested by Zhang Dun after many twists and turns. He specifically found a factory with a not-so-good location so that he could make some money, but not too much. The location was also relatively secretive, and the way of recruiting workers was rather strange. In addition, he would pay compensation to dismiss a few employees from time to time to ensure the turnover of personnel, so that no one who came in would be suspicious of the factory.

After so many years of movement, Zhang Dun had already created more than a dozen identities with interpersonal interaction networks for his family during the process of population transfer. When Zhang Yan brought the younger generation of his family there, he replaced the identities and it was basically seamless.

Although the Han Empire would surely be able to find out if they really wanted to investigate, Zhang Dun thought that his family was not worth the price. By the time the adult members of their clan died, they probably wouldn't pursue the matter. As for the future, he would just wait for an opportunity.

Zhang Yan looked at the secret mirror that had been shattered into dust, and suppressed the pain in his heart. Since Zhang Dun said that he would be the head of the family in the future, he must shoulder the responsibility of the head of the family, live well with the young man who was sent out with him, and then wait for the opportunity to let the Wujun Zhang family rise again.

After all, Zhang Yan did not have a thorough understanding of this era and did not understand what losing the current opportunity meant to the family. When Zhang Dun sent these young men back to their homeland, he actually realized that his family's journey to expand their fiefdom had come to an end.

For Zhang Dun, it was only a matter of time before the Wujun Zhang family reappeared with Zhang Yan's talents and the money left to him by his family after he returned to his hometown. It was not difficult for Zhang Dun to even raise the family's financial capital to the level it had never been before.

However, it is basically impossible for the Zhang family of Wujun to regain their former historical status.

Without the support of the fiefdom, no matter how prosperous the Zhang family of Wujun in the country is, there is a limit. There is an insurmountable gap between the powerful and the military nobles in the conventional sense. The latter got angry and killed the former, which was the end of the matter. After all, one knows everything after death.

But even so, Zhang Dun was not dissatisfied. After all, going abroad to explore is such a situation in itself. What's more, they originally had the opportunity to become the ruler of a feudal country. If they took a wrong step, they could still leave behind a foundation in the country that was basically the same as before. In any case, it was not a loss.

As for those who died during that period and the foundations of the princes, they are all made up of piles of bones. Where there are enemies, there will naturally be your own. This is the road to the throne, there is nothing much to say.

Zhang Dun knew very well that the bills he left at those places were enough for these people to spend. If they had no ambitions, these young people and their descendants would have no problem becoming wealthy for generations. Hundreds of millions of dollars in small and medium-denomination bills were enough for these people to spend.

The reason why large-denomination bills of exchange are not used is that, on the one hand, large-denomination bills of exchange are all from Chen Xi's hands, and the circulation efficiency is very low. If you really want to check, you may be able to find out how this bill of exchange is circulated. On the other hand, having fallen from a local lord to an ordinary merchant family, it is better not to use such large-denomination bills of exchange.

In fact, with the current situation of the Han Dynasty, an ordinary family, if they farm themselves, can get by with an annual expenditure of thousands of coins. On the one hand, they are self-sufficient in grain and vegetables, and on the other hand, in rural areas, the situation of exchanging grain for various materials still exists. There is money, but most of the time it is not spent. Using grain instead of money for barter is possible most of the time.

The identity that Zhang Dun has given Zhang Yan and others at the moment is such a local clan, but it has more potential than ordinary clans. With the existence of coconut and sugarcane processing plants, as long as these young people do not sell their parents' land in the future, they will have no problem supporting themselves.

It can be said that Zhang Dun has taken into account everything he can think of as much as possible, but the difficulties that may be encountered in the future can only be solved by Zhang Yan and others.

After Pang Tong tricked Zhang Dun onto the pirate ship, he saw that Zhang Dun was in a state of disarray, but he did not take it lightly. As expected, under his observation, he discovered the behavior of Zhang from Wujun.

That’s right, the Zhang family of Wujun was very cautious in sending away their family inheritance, but if there were people stronger than their family watching closely, how could they have kept it secret?

However, Pang Tong did not care about this. He even just asked someone to watch the young man from Wujun Zhang family board the ship and then returned. After all, it would be impolite to watch any further. He couldn't really find out what kind of back-up plan Wujun Zhang family had. That would be bad.

The two sides do not have any life-and-death feud, nor are they comrades-in-arms who have sworn blood oaths. It is enough for them to know that this has happened. If they really send someone to hang behind the Zhang family of Wujun, they will really fall out.

"I almost got fooled by that guy Zhang Dun. How could a guy who could come up with such tricks as a hero cutting off his arm or a young master offering his head be scared by a plan I just mentioned?" After burning the intelligence he had collected, Pang Tong shook his head with some emotion. The next step was to move Zhou Yu's corpse and perform it in front of the Kushans. Presumably, the Kushans were also staring at this side now.

Zhou Yu walked out of the ice cellar. The members of the major families were stunned, but at the same time, they felt it was natural. After all, Zhou Yu's assassination was outrageous in itself. The fact that a mere Kushan assassin knocked Zhou Yu down was like a cold joke. Now that Zhou Yu had come out of the ice cellar, it was in line with reality.

Of course, after Zhou Yu came out of the ice cellar, many people from the major families secretly criticized this matter, but this time no one from the major family really let out the curses they wanted to say.

There was no way. After Zhou Yu was assassinated, the Jiangdong families had realized what Zhou Yu meant to them and how much impact his death would have on them.

Therefore, when facing Zhou Yu who walked out of the ice cellar, even if they had all kinds of curse words in their hearts, when facing Zhou Yu, these people still hurried to congratulate the governor on winning the resurrection battle. As for the time when Zhou Yu was dead, their families were in turmoil, and even some guys involved in the matter were worriedly waiting for the butcher knife to fall, and they lost dozens of pounds, etc., but it didn't matter.

After all, Zhou Yu is alive!

To be honest, just as Pang Tong said, as long as no one knew that the Zhou Yu who crawled out of the ice cellar was the Zhou Yu controlled by themselves, the major families would never think in this direction. Although when Zhou Yu came out of the ice cellar and summoned all the people who were still in Tiannan County for discussions, the major families were almost scared to death, but after seeing Zhou Yu, their original uneasiness actually dissipated.

As for thinking about what the situation is with Zhou Yu, there's no point in thinking about it. As long as it's Zhou Yu, nothing else matters. As long as Zhou Yu is still alive and well, they will be able to end safely. Therefore, after experiencing Zhou Yu's fake death, when facing Zhou Yu again, the mentality of these family heads has become unusually calm.

There is no way, it is not possible to be unpeaceful. After experiencing this wave, which head of aristocratic family would not understand the significance of Zhou Yu? Sometimes, some people always exist, and you think that the other person is meaningless and prevents you from giving full play to your abilities. But when the other person is really gone, you will realize what the other person means to you. And Zhou Yu is such an existence to the Jiangdong family.

"Everyone go away. Let's not worry about this matter for now. You can deal with the people involved by yourselves. If there is a next time, you will be punished for multiple crimes." Zhou Yu gave the final verdict to the noble families present with a cold face. All the family heads felt relieved after hearing this and burst into tears of gratitude on the spot. Only Zhang Dun followed suit, but his expression remained almost unchanged.

However, all the major families knew about the Zhang family's situation, and they also knew that there were some unpleasantness between their family and Zhou Yu. Now that Zhou Yu had let them off, they could understand their expression, so they didn't think too much about it.

The noble families dispersed in groups of three or two. Zhuge Jin, Zheng Du and others looked at Zhou Yu with some surprise. In addition, they performed autopsies several times and confirmed that Zhou Yu was indeed dead, but Zhou Yu crawled up inexplicably.

It's not that they think Zhou Yu shouldn't be alive, but they think this matter is a bit strange, so Zhuge Jin and others have conducted certain tests in the previous communication. Fortunately, Pang Tong was one step ahead and was prepared, and easily avoided the language trap of this group of people.

So although Zhuge Jin, Zheng Du and others were a little surprised, they could understand it considering the reason Zhou Yu gave for faking his death and the fact that Mi Zhu did not investigate thoroughly after he came, as if he was here for a picnic. After all, the senior officials in Jiangdong were already suspicious about Zhou Yu's inexplicable death, so when Zhou Yu got up again, they were surprised but did not think much about it.

Many things are like this. As long as you don't think too much, even if there are some loopholes, it is difficult to notice them, especially what Pang Tong said. This matter itself is based on self-deception. Let's not talk about whether Sun Ce can be fooled, at least it won't be a problem to fool the group of civil and military officials in Jiangdong.

"See, Dad, I told you that the governor was probably fishing." After learning that Zhou Yu was alive, Zhang Cheng smiled and greeted his father, who was known for his ability and misfortune, with a sense of prophetic pride, "I told you before, let's talk about it after the seventh day."

Zhang Zhao used to be known for his ability, but ever since he failed to come despite being invited by Liu Bei three times, he has become known for his misfortune. There is nothing that can be done about it; this is indeed very unfortunate.

"Let's put aside whether to fish or not for now. It's indeed a good thing that Zhou Gongjin is not dead." Zhang Zhao said after a moment of silence. In fact, Zhang Zhao had doubts about this matter, but he couldn't express his doubts. He had a lot of things to consider.

[Forget it, I'll just write my doubts in the letter and have Pang Shiyuan send it to Eastern Europe.] Zhang Zhao agreed with his son's idea on the surface, but he had other ideas in his heart. He did not comment on Zhou Yu's matter. Even if he had doubts, he would not take any action now. In his opinion, it would be better for Sun Ce to solve Zhou Yu's matter.

"Ah? The governor is alive?" Chunyu Qiong led his team here when Mi Zhudu was preparing to return to Chang'an. As a result, he heard that Zhou Yu was alive as soon as he arrived. He was stunned.

"He's not dead." Pang Tong, who came to pick up Chunyu Qiong, said calmly, "You don't think that Commander Zhou would be assassinated by an assassin, do you? How is that possible?"

Chunyu Qiong looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Indeed, whether in terms of strength or defense system, the governor cannot be assassinated. But do you really want to go to such lengths? You scared Lord Yuan enough, and you still sent me here."

"If we don't make such a big deal, how can we solve Jiangdong's internal problems? I don't believe you don't know how big the problems in Jiangdong are." Pang Tong showed a cold look, as if he didn't care about exposing his family's dirty laundry to public eyes.

"Oh, I understand." Chunyu Qiong nodded, then looked at the various gifts his family had brought. These were the gifts received after Zhou Yu's death. However, Zhou Yu is not dead now, so these gifts can be given to Zhou Yu as congratulatory gifts.

After all, there is no use in taking these things back, so it is better to divide them here. Old Yuan's family is short of people and supplies, but not short of money.

"It's good that he's not dead, it's good that he's not dead. We were scared enough before, no wonder we didn't inform Lord Wu. It seems you guys also know how big a game we are in." Chunyu Qiong complained as he led his warriors carrying gifts towards Ye Diao City, preparing to meet Zhou Yu so that they could return to Eastern Europe and give an explanation to Yuan Tan.

The news that Zhou Yu was alive again was quickly spread to all major forces, and the speed of spread was exactly the same as the efficiency of Zhou Yu's death.

"Oh, he's alive." Severus looked at the expedited intelligence sent by his own intelligence personnel with an expressionless face. There was nothing to be sentimental about. It was just like what they had discussed before, Zhou Yu could be assassinated, how could that not be funny.

"It's just acting. What the hell is the Jiangdong family? Do they need to make such a big deal about it?" Perennis asked with some confusion after reading the intelligence circulated around. The Jiangdong family was just a family that needed Zhou Yu to fake his own death to be dealt with. What kind of family was this?

"Probably about the same as the Claudius family." Su answered casually. He had barely dealt with a part of the Jin Xing, so at least he wouldn't be doomed at any time.

"What a joke! How can the forces under the Duke of a border county dare to challenge our Claudius family?" Da Lizi said with dissatisfaction. He now has a strong sense of being the protagonist.

"That's right. How can the forces under the Duke of a border county dare to challenge the Claudius family?" Perennis agreed expressionlessly. The external injuries on his body had been healed. At least from the outside, there was no problem. Unlike before, when his head was almost falling off.

"Okay, okay, that's about it. There is a high probability that there is some problem with our intelligence system. Let the intelligence personnel strengthen training." Severus did not want to dwell on this matter. For him, as long as he was sure that Zhou Yu was not dead, it would be fine. As for why he did this, couldn't it be that Zhou Yu was in a spur of the moment? After all, the commanders of top legions are sometimes very good at seeking death. Instead of wondering why, he might as well deal with his own affairs quickly. He still had a lot of things to deal with.

On the other hand, the Roman Senate also received the news that Zhou Yu was alive. Compared to Severus who paid more attention to it, the Senate just glanced at the information after receiving it. They didn't even form a motion, let alone discuss it in the meeting. After all, it was consistent with their belief that Zhou Yu was not dead.

On the contrary, a heated discussion has already begun on the Kushan side.

"Zhou Yu is dead. The intelligence we have obtained confirms that Zhou Yu is indeed dead." Segdi said very confidently.

"Then the question is, since Zhou Yu is dead, who is this Zhou Yu who is alive and well in Ye Diao State now?" Dilip said unhappily. He just brought new intelligence, but after delivering it, not only did you not thank him, you even questioned his intelligence. What kind of questioning is that? Zhou Yu is alive.

"It doesn't matter who it is. What matters is that the Zhou Yu who fought with us at sea is indeed dead." Dilip said coldly, "I mobilized a lot of intelligence personnel, and even used special secret techniques to attach to people who could enter Zhou Yu's morgue to confirm this fact. Zhou Yu is definitely dead. The Zhou Yu you saw is definitely not Zhou Yu."

"Bankim, what do you think?" Vesudeva I asked Bankim.

"The result of my investigation is that Zhou Yu is also dead." Bankim said expressionlessly, then looked at Zhu Helai, "What about you?"

"Dead." Zhu Helai said coldly.

"The intelligence I gathered before was that Zhou Yu was dead, but death doesn't mean he can't be resurrected. We in Kushan have very demanding resurrection methods, so Zhou Yu may have been resurrected." Dilip said seriously, "I don't doubt that Zhou Yu was assassinated before, but I'm worried that Zhou Yu has been resurrected successfully through a special plan."

"The possibility that Zhou Yu could be resurrected was already within our estimation. Now the question is, did Zhou Yu really resurrect?" Zhu Helai looked at the people present coldly. He had internal intelligence that showed that Zhou Yu was resurrected after death, but this resurrection was too fast, so fast that Zhu Helai had to think about whether this was the level of resurrection.

"How can you be sure?" Dilip asked Zhu Helai with a frown.

"I'll prepare something and find a way to send it to Ye Diao. Even if there's a risk of being discovered, we have to conduct a test." Zhu Helai said indifferently. If Zhou Yu was really resurrected, then all their previous plans would be nonsense.

But if Zhou Yu did not resurrect, but was the same as he expected, then in Zhu He's view, the biggest opportunity for Kushan in the short term would really come.

"What is that?" Bankim asked with a frown.

"A method to monitor whether Zhou Yu is really Zhou Yu." Zhu Helai said with a serious expression. Everyone except Bankim was shocked when they heard this.

"How is it possible?" Segdi was also surprised by Zhu Helai's bold speculation.

"Since you have confirmed that Zhou Yu walked out of the ice cellar and that Zhou Yu's body is indeed Zhou Yu's, then you just need to confirm whether the flesh inside is Zhou Yu. And we already have the secret technique in this regard." Zhu Helai said indifferently.

"No matter how outrageous the Han Dynasty was, it would never do such a thing. That was Zhou Yu. How could they allow others to move Zhou Yu's body without permission?" Dilip looked at Zhu Helai with some shock and said, "The Han Empire has always maintained that death is as good as life. How could such a thing happen? After all, that was Zhou Yu. We still have to maintain this dignity."

"You are right, but what if this was a measure left behind by Zhou Yu after he realized that things were irreversible before his death, in order to guard against us?" Zhu Helai looked at Dilip and the others very seriously and said, "After all, Zhou Yu should be very clear about the impact of his death on the overall strategic situation of both sides."

It is getting more and more difficult to get up. I should sleep on Saturdays and Sundays.