Chapter 6652 Chaos

Chapter 6652 Chaos
Xun Qi looked at Meng Kangbu calmly, as if he was waiting for Meng Kangbu to give the so-called evidence, but in fact he was evaluating Meng Kangbu's situation in his heart.

Or to be more direct, Xun Qi was wondering whether Meng Kangbu was plotting against him.

After all, no one knows better than Xun Qi whether Zhu Helai is a spy. Taking the situation of Kushan as an example, without Zhu Helai's efforts, the actions of Xun Qi and his group might have brought down the Kushan Empire. So Xun Qi knows best whether Zhu Helai is a spy.

Therefore, when Meng Kangbu said that he had a piece of evidence and asked Xun Qi to check it, Xun Qi's attention was already highly concentrated, and he was prepared that this was a trap to plot against him and test him.

And more importantly, you may have been exposed and need to be prepared to escape or die.

However, even though he had such thoughts, Xun Qi, who had realized that the situation was so urgent, still maintained a relatively calm expression and a relatively calm attitude to look at the matter. This was the wisdom that Ji taught to Xun Qi and others. As a spy, no matter how dangerous the situation is, you have to ensure that you keep playing music and dancing.

Therefore, Xun Qi is now really curious about what Meng Kangbu's so-called evidence is, and why Meng Kangbu thinks Zhu Helai is a spy. In addition, is this a smokescreen that Zhu Helai deliberately released for Meng Kangbu, allowing the other party to guide himself to investigate the matter and reversely determine who the spy is.

It may sound outrageous, but Xun Qi, who has dealt with Zhu Helai for such a long time, knows very well that this monster has such ability. Although in terms of the structure of spiritual talent, the abilities of the Beigui trio back then were stronger, but in actual combat, Zhu Helai is undoubtedly a genius.

Xun Qi, Chen Zhong and Sima Zhang were in Kushan at the same time, and they were in a situation where the enemy was in the open but we were in the dark. They set many traps for Zhu Helai, but Zhu Helai either avoided them naturally, or, when he could not avoid them, fell into them, and lost trust, he used special methods to overcome the predicament.

Xun Qi thought this person was very difficult to deal with, so when he sensed something but was unable to move forward, it was not impossible that he would use Meng Kangbu's hand to pull him into the game for testing.

However, in Xun Qi's judgment, if Zhu Helai had already found some evidence and had doubts about him, even if there was no hard evidence to support it, he would not be long from being overthrown. Therefore, when listening to Meng Kangbu talking about the evidence, Xun Qi had already begun to think about what to do next.

Meng Kangbu looked at Xun Qi. He had a bad prediction about the expedition to Sumatra, but the analysis of Zhu Helai and others, as well as the consent of Vasudeva I, made it impossible for Meng Kangbu to refuse the expedition. After all, from a strategic point of view, the judgment of Zhu Helai and others was correct. He was only considering the issue from a tactical level. In the overall situation, it was indeed time to attack.

But precisely because it was strategically correct, Meng Kangbu felt anxious. He was worried that this was Zhu Helai's plan to give away their greatest Kushan advantage, so he had to pass on the intelligence he had to someone he could trust and who had enough ability.

In case I never come back, no one would ever know that Zhu Helai had a problem.

Montcomb was not afraid of death. Since he went to the battlefield, no less than 100,000 people had died because of him, so when he died one day, Montcomb felt that it was just inevitable.

Therefore, life and death are just a trivial matter in Meng Kangbu's view, but whether the Kushan Empire can survive is the most important thing in Meng Kangbu's view.

It’s not that Meng Kangbu thinks highly of himself, but the fact is that at this point, without Meng Kangbu, the Kushan Navy has become an insignificant thing and no longer has the strength to stop the Han army.

Therefore, Meng Kangbu was very clear about his own value, so Meng Kangbu had to do everything he could to survive. So after realizing that this attack might destroy the advantage of the Kushan Navy, he had to find someone to help him investigate Zhu Helai.

Unlike the previous situation where they just watched and watched, this time they had to investigate because Zhu Helai had already taken action on the biggest card of their Kushan Empire.

Looking at Xun Qi, Meng Kangbu took a deep breath. This was the man he had chosen. He had enough ability and wisdom. More importantly, his position was always clear. He was a trustworthy person. So Meng Kangbu spoke, "Your Highness, do you know where my ancestral home is?"

Xun Qi was confused when he heard this, so he shook his head and looked at Meng Kangbu in surprise, "I don't know."

"My ancestral home is in a very small village with only a dozen households. Before I was ten years old, when my parents hadn't moved away, I knew everyone in the village." Moncombe said frankly, "Unlike what you think, I'm not from a noble family. All I learned in my life was what I learned from others after my parents moved me out of the mountains."

Xun Qi sucked in a breath of cold air. There was no doubt that Meng Kangbu was the commander of a large army, and he could handle both the army and the navy. Even if he was not Zhou Yu, at least he was on the same line as Zhou Yu. It was just that the navy was such an outrageous thing, where the loser would die with his entire family, which made the gap seem so big.

In fact, the strategic and tactical gap between the two sides is not that big.

When Gan Ning returned and talked about Meng Kangbu with Chen Xi, Chen Xi actually gave Gan Ning an evaluation - if the identities of Meng Kangbu and Gan Ning were swapped, Meng Kangbu was the real naval chief in the Han Dynasty, the kind who rode on Zhou Yu's neck.

Even though he might be a little weaker than Zhou Yu, but with the support of the Han Dynasty, sufficient experience, and the ability to command a large army, with Liu Bei and Chen Xi behind him, riding on Zhou Yu's neck is like a piece of cake for him.

I won’t say much about other things. The simplest point is that, taking the real seventh-generation ship as an example, when Gan Ning was the head of the navy, the real seventh-generation ship was nominally handed over to Gan Ning, but in fact it was used by Zhou Yu as the captain. If Meng Kangbu made an exchange with Gan Ning, the real seventh-generation ship would directly fall into Meng Kangbu’s hands.

Ability is very important. The most important reason why Gan Ning could not control Zhou Yu was that there was an obvious gap between Gan Ning's ability and Zhou Yu's, like a chasm. As for the gap between Meng Kangbu and Zhou Yu, after stacking a seventh-generation ship on top, Meng Kangbu could use this thing to fight Zhou Yu head-on and beat him to death.

This is the difference between Gan Ning and Meng Kangbu, and it turns out that Meng Kangbu did not receive the best education when he was young.

Of course, Xun Qi also knew that even if a creature like the commander of a large army did not receive the best education when he was young, he could still achieve the desired achievement when he went to the battlefield. But if you look at the efficiency of Guan Yu and Zhou Yu in becoming the commander of a large army, you should be able to realize something.

Learning is very important, especially for Girls' Generation to learn at the right time, which has a strong promoting effect on the formal development in the later stage.

So when Meng Kangbu said that he was not a noble, and that he had learned, but he only listened a little here and a little there, and finally relied on silent meditation to carefully sort out all he had learned, and then he was able to reach the top in one step, Xun Qi felt his teeth hurt.

Of course, when talking about the silent meditation, Meng Kangbu couldn't help but think of Gan Ning, and the days when the two unlucky kids were fooling around in Mingnagara Port. Unfortunately, time flies and is gone forever, and the relationship between the two sides can never stay like that.

"Although it's been many years, I can guarantee one thing, I know all the adults and children in the dozen families in our village." Meng Kangbu looked at Xun Qi and said with some reminiscence, "And Zhu He said that his ancestral home is in our village, but I don't know him."

This is the biggest and most important point that makes Meng Kangbu suspicious of Zhu Helai. These wise men in the upper class of Kushan all have clear origins. Even Xun Qi's origin can withstand investigation. Only Zhu Helai's origin is false. In Meng Kangbu's words, there are only a dozen families in our village, and I know all of them. But you, Zhu Helai, have lived there for more than 20 years, and I have never seen him at all.

"He is not from that place. He lied about his origins, or to be more direct, he forged his origins. In fact, if it weren't for me, I'm afraid no one would know or notice this, because the village where I was born was wiped out by the Brahmins during the Civil War more than 20 years ago." Moncomb said with some dissatisfaction.

"This evidence is very important and enough to prove some problems, but it is still a long way to go to prove that there is something wrong with Zhu Helai." Xun Qi shook his head and said that the information provided by Meng Kangbu was very important, but long before Sima Zhang's death, Chen Xun Sima's people had deduced that Zhu Helai was not from the Northern Noble family as he said, but was most likely a Southern Noble Brahmin.

Even Xun Qi and others speculated at the time that if Zhukhrai was really born a Brahmin, his disguised identity might have been known to Vasudeva I long ago. They then concluded that the failure of the trio of Mahinda, Gumara and Rangarajan was not the result of the efforts of Zhukhrai, Bankim and others, but the result of the efforts of the Kushan represented by Vasudeva I behind the scenes.

From this point of view, Zhu Helai appeared as a glove under Vasudeva I at that time, and then gradually gained the trust of Vasudeva I and became the first person under his command.

In this case, the so-called falsification of ancestral origin does not explain anything, because Vasudeva I has probably known this for a long time. Even if Xun Qi revealed it, at most he would only reveal Zhu Helai's identity and background.

There is no difference between Zhu Helai, who was born into a Brahmin family, and Zhu Helai, who was born into a lower class family in the Northern Nobles, in terms of the current situation.

"I only have this one piece of solid evidence. There is no point in talking about other groundless evidence, and it may even put you in a mental dilemma. Just use this to verify it." Meng Kangbu said very rationally. In his opinion, he should give the most core and confirmed information to Xun Qi, and let Xun Qi check the rest himself. If he gave Xun Qi the inaccurate information he collected, it might even pollute Xun Qi's thoughts.

"Is that so?" Xun Qi nodded. In fact, he had already let this matter go because there was no need. This evidence could not be used now. "General Meng Kangbu, since you suspected Zhu Helai was a spy, why did you implement the plan provided by him?"

"This is not a plan proposed by Zhu Helai, but a plan that the Kushan Empire as a whole has to implement. I think Your Highness understands this." Meng Kangbu sighed and said, if he had a choice, he would not choose this, but the Kushan Empire has no choice now.

"If Zhou Yu is still alive, you might die there." Xun Qi struggled desperately. In his opinion, given Zhou Yu's current situation, Meng Kangbu would kill people indiscriminately if he went over, so he had to stop him if he could, otherwise the Han navy would be really finished.

"No, it's hard for Zhou Yu to kill me." Meng Kangbu shook his head and said, "I am still confident of this. Zhou Yu is indeed powerful, but I am not a pushover. Even if he fakes his death and sets a trap to plot against us, I have a plan to deal with it."

Xun Qi remained silent, as if he was worried that Meng Kangbu would never come back, but in fact, Xun Qi was cursing in his heart, cursing endlessly. The unexpected event of Zhou Yu's fall to the ground directly stunned Xun Qi. What the hell was this? How could it happen so suddenly?

"Then it's up to you." Xun Qi said as calmly as possible, "I will check with Zhu Helai, but don't hold your hopes too high. Forging an identity at his level won't have much of an impact. We need solid evidence."

"Your Highness, just do your best to investigate. I don't believe that anyone can be perfect in this regard." Meng Kangbu said with a sneer. He had already prepared himself mentally for crossing the Han Dynasty's coastal defense, and then Zhou Yu would come with a large army to block him.

After Meng Kangbu and Xun Qi had explained everything, they flew to Kushan again. After making up their minds, they went to carry out their missions.

"Zhou Gongjin actually won the bet, and Meng Kangbu really attacked. I thought the governor would be hung on the pillar of shame and whipped for a few years." Chen Xi half leaned back in the armchair, looking at the intelligence that Xun Qi urgently obtained from special channels. To be honest, only at this time could Xun Qi send the information back to the Central Plains with the fastest efficiency. After all, Xun Qi was the most powerful person in the Kushan Empire now.

"That's normal. The governor's plan itself was an open conspiracy. Although he died very hastily, the Kushan Empire had no choice but to attack if it wanted to maintain its naval advantage and prepare for the next battle. From a purely naval strategic and tactical perspective, Meng Kangbu did not need to attack, but it's different for the Kushan Empire." Fa Zheng said with a sneer.

From the very beginning, Fa Zheng knew that this matter would definitely succeed. Zhou Yu asked Chen Xi to handle it, and Chen Xi handed it over to Fa Zheng. After Fa Zheng understood the cause and effect, he realized that he did not need to do anything. He just needed to make the Kushans clearly aware of the composition of their war situation at a reasonable time.

As for the rest, the top Kushan wise men will figure it out themselves.

"Indeed, from the perspective of the navy, we don't need to worry about Zhou Yu's situation, we just need to do our best. But from the perspective of the Kushan Empire, we can't let go of this opportunity, even if it means faking our own death." Guo Jia nodded and said, "The only problem at this stage is that Meng Kangbu seems a little difficult to deal with. There are too many spies on Sumatra Island."

Nonsense, it's not the mainland, it was previously occupied and managed by the Kushans, just like Kandahar, so it's normal to have many spies. Kandahar went through three or four fishing expeditions before they cleared out most of the internal spies. Sumatra has not had a single fishing expedition so far, so it's normal to have many spies, and this time it can be regarded as a means of internal cleansing.

"That's Governor Zhou's own problem." Chen Xi said calmly, "I firmly believe that Governor Zhou will be able to defeat Meng Kangbu."

"Okay, I'll believe it too." Fa Zheng said calmly, then changed the subject and looked at everyone present. "My son is about to be born, and everyone happens to be in Chang'an this time, so I plan to hold a big party."

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also returned from East Africa. In fact, these guys could have returned on the day when the locusts were wiped out, but the problem was that Lu Bu was covered in wounds, with broken bones and tendons, and his body was lying on a pile. The cut on Guan Yu's neck and divine will was so obvious that it looked like his head was going to fall off. Zhang Fei was bleeding all over, and the eternal wound brought by the gold element almost killed Zhang Fei.

In short, he looked extremely miserable, so the officers of the Han army stayed in East Africa for a few days and managed to suppress his injuries, at least so that they could not be seen from the outside.

In the words of Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, at least they would not let their wives worry about whether they were dying. Although they could explain that this was a Taoist injury caused by the so-called metal nature, it just looked tragic and was actually nothing serious. However, the women who loved them would panic when they saw such injuries no matter how you explained it, so this group of people delayed for several days before returning.

Considering the severity of the injuries, it will take about a year or so to recover, so this group of people has recently had a rare rest time.

Of course, there are better solutions. For example, use the imperial will to sweep it over and directly wipe out the broken gold nature of Locust Sky. With the amazing recovery ability of internal energy leaving the body and breaking the realm, it will take at most one or two hours to recover to the peak.

But Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others rejected this proposal. While they relied on their own strength to erase the gold nature, they were also mastering the rules of the indestructible gold nature. It was a kind of self-cultivation. From a certain point of view, after possessing the indestructible gold nature, the probability of them being surrounded and killed by top veterans on the battlefield would drop sharply to close to 0. This thing is still very important to some extent.

However, it will take quite some time to destroy this thing, so this group of people are in Chang'an recently.

It just so happened that Fa Zheng's son was about to be born, and Fa Zheng was thinking that he could make a big fuss and give these guys a good beating. When these people got married and had children, he had given them big red envelopes. He had just become a marquis at that time, so this time he had to take it back in one go.

"Okay, I can lend you a few cooks." Chen Xi not only did not have any intention of discouraging Fa Zheng from being so excited, but also seemed to agree with him.

"Speaking of Xiaozhi, what exactly was going on when you checked it?" Li You looked at Fa Zheng in some surprise. Although he said that, Li You was actually asking Zhuge Liang, because Zhuge Liang still had no children. Li You had already taken care of one batch of children after another, but the grandson whom he wanted to take care of the most had not been born yet, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Anyway, take less drugs and exercise more." Fa Zheng said unhappily, "Also, this is not just my problem. Our family has always been a single-line family, so this situation is very normal."

It is indeed quite normal. Fa Zheng's family has only one descendant until now. His grandfather Fa Zhen was truly a great Confucian scholar in front of Ma Rong, Cai Yong, Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and others. Fa Zheng was able to enter officialdom at an early age because of his grandfather. The reason why Fa Yan engaged Fa Zheng so early was because he found that his family seemed to be cursed by the only descendant curse.

This is also the reason why Fa Yan was so furious when he found out that Fa Zheng would rather go to a brothel than stay at home and hold his child - don't you know that our family has been a single-line family for generations?
"I feel like there's something special about this thing called single-line inheritance. I seem to have seen several wealthy families with single-line inheritance." Chen Xi asked with some doubt, "It shouldn't be possible. Why would there be single-line inheritance?"

"Stop talking nonsense and stop thinking about this kind of thing." Fa Zheng said unhappily, "Anyway, when Master Jia and Wei Shuo come back in a few days, I'll treat everyone to a feast. I'll treat you first."

"By the way, has the situation in New South Wales been resolved?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"It's a fart solution. Sima Lang was also assassinated. If you want to say it's a solution, then it's a solution." Fa Zheng sneered and said, "Anyway, this is the current situation."

"Sima Lang was assassinated after all." Chen Xi sighed. He was helpless. If Sima Lang refused to repent, what else could he do? He had already tried his best.

"Right now, Xinzhou's capital city is in chaos and martial law has been imposed. Wenhe is sending people to investigate and the results should be out soon. As for Sima Lang's condition, it's hard to say now, but with Weishuo in front, security forces and doctors are all in place, maybe he can still be saved." Guo Jia looked through the information sent by Xinzhou and gave Chen Xi an answer.

Sima Lang was really lucky because Liu Yan was assassinated first, so Chang'an specially transferred a doctor who was good at treating trauma and strengthened security. Although these were all used by Liu Yan, Liu Yan was in Xinzhou and was very close to Sima Lang.

Therefore, Sima Lang received medical treatment on the spot when he was assassinated. Although the dagger had pierced his heart, he was not as unlucky as Zhou Yu, whose entire heart was directly destroyed. In addition, the doctor was very helpful and Sima Lang had a strong desire to survive. At least when he sent the letter, Sima Lang could still enjoy full medical treatment...

I still have to go to work. At least I can get up on time if I go to work. If I don't go to work, I can't get up at all. It's the end of the month, everyone, hurry up and vote. I really updated it for a month.