Chapter 7081 Each Person's Response

Chapter 7081 Each Person's Response

"Barbecuing here?" Zhou Yu glanced at Zhou Ming, then before Zhou Ming could answer, said, "Are you just letting the northwest wind blow? Go over to the living room and have the chef prepare some proper dishes for you, and some meat. Is this all the food you're eating? It's like we Jiangdong people can't afford to eat!"

When Zhou Yu said this, he wasn't joking; he genuinely felt that way. Plus, he had just pulled off a major victory with Chen Xi, so he was in a very good mood. He saw everything in the world as bright and cheerful. So he went over, drank a cup of wine that Zou had offered him, and told the guys to eat and drink well. He told them to go to the kitchen and get any meat or vegetables they needed.

"You guys keep going, don't worry about me. I just finished my own performance. It's almost New Year's, everyone should have a good time." Zhou Yu patted Zou Ta's shoulder. "Your performance in the Grand Martial Arts Competition was very good. Keep up the good work and get a good ranking. I'll prepare a reward for you too."

After saying this, Zhou Yu didn't linger. He went from the front yard to the main hall, and then to the inner courtyard.

Smash the door? Smash my ass!

Go and invite them to attend? What's the point? Let's see who has the sense to do this. Even if I, Zhou Yu, hadn't sneaked back, you all should have come to pay your respects. I'm not much of a big shot in Chen Xi's territory, but here? Fine, I'll learn from Grand Commandant Liu today and see who's missing!

Anyway, the benefits are in my hands now. Whoever arrives first today will be selected!

"The Commander seems to be in a very good mood today," Zou asked with a hint of unease after Zhou Yu left. Although Zhou Yu had always appeared magnanimous and wouldn't hold a grudge over such matters, and Zhou Ming was the head of the guards in charge of the front yard, having brought a group of burly men to eat and drink in the front yard, frankly, this was already the best defense measure.

Although the guys from Yangzhou are all separatists, they are quite capable. They all made it to the final stage of the grand martial arts competition based on their abilities.

With just six or seven people gathered together, if they were willing to use their cloud energy to suppress the enemy, even if someone broke through the barrier, this group could at least fire a signal arrow to let Zhou Yu know that an enemy was coming.

"Didn't the governor say he was going to the banquet too?" Zu Shan finished off a piece of roasted meat in one gulp, then casually said while chewing.

"It's not that simple," Qian Tong said, frowning. He had actually heard rumors, but Zhou Ming had invited him to dinner and he hadn't had time to investigate further. However, it wasn't a good time to talk about these things.

"Alright, alright, none of that matters. Let's go, let's go quickly to the side hall. I'll have the kitchen prepare some more hearty dishes. I remember they have some prepared yellow sheep and beef legs, and the governor just agreed to take them. Let's not delay, let's go." Zhou Ming was too lazy to find out the reason. He just wanted to eat and drink as he pleased. "I remember the kitchen should still have some good wine from Yuanfeng Chucun. I didn't dare to open it before, but I'll open two jars this time."

Zhou Yu has already spoken, and if Zhou Ming doesn't go to the kitchen to eat, he's not giving the host any face. Since that's the case, he should at least eat and drink his fill.

"Brother Zhou is so generous, let's go!" Lang Zhi said, giving a thumbs up. He felt the same way; compared to those uncertain rumors, eating and drinking were much more enjoyable.

Indeed, around this time, veterans with relatively strong intelligence-gathering abilities also received news of Liu Bei stepping onto the jade steps through their respective channels.

There was no way around it; in terms of intelligence capabilities and the level of attention they paid to the palace, these veterans were far inferior to the major aristocratic families. In addition, at this time, many veterans were engaged in social gatherings.

"Sixth Brother, what's wrong with you and Keke? I asked you two to get another eight or nine pounds of beef and six or seven kinds of meat and vegetables, why did it take you so long? This is not worthy of your lightning speed." Zhao Zhen laughed and scolded Bi Laoliu and Keke as they pushed open the door. Everyone at this table was Zhao Zhen's teammate. The only one who wasn't a teammate was Jiang Bin. After all, he had accidentally beaten Jiang Bin to a pulp, and he had promised to treat Jiang Bin to a meal, so he treated him as well.

Most importantly, Jiang Bin was quite familiar with everyone at the table, and had even been teammates with half of the veterans, so he wouldn't have any problems getting by in Yanzhou.

"I went out and received some big news. It seems that the Grand Commandant is about to ascend the throne." Upon hearing Zhao Zhen's words, Bi Laoliu first placed the beef wrapped in paper on the table, and then asked Zheng Ke to place the seven kinds of meat and vegetables in large food boxes on the table as well, saying with some surprise.

Upon hearing this, everyone who was about to start eating froze, their expressions quite bizarre. Before Zhao Zhen could even speak, Jiang Bin had already stopped Bi Laoliu from babbling on.

"Huh? Oh my god, Sixth Brother, stop talking! I remember you were in Jizhou back then, didn't you forget?" Jiang Bin was stunned for a moment. "Holy crap, you guys don't want to get scammed again."

"What's so fraudulent about this?" Yang Tuo asked, puzzled.

Yang Tuo wasn't in Jizhou during the Jizhou case, so he was completely unaware of the entire process. Therefore, he was somewhat puzzled by Jiang Bin's words. In his opinion, although Liu Tong was quite good as the regent princess, it was not a given that Liu Bei should become the emperor. At the very least, Yang Tuo had to agree with her wholeheartedly. Why did Jiang Bin speak in such a tone?
"Damn it, many of our brothers in Jizhou lost their titles because of this back then. It was only thanks to the Grand Commandant's mercy that things turned out so badly." Jiang Bin said with a dark face. He almost got involved back then. If it weren't for Gu Xi's poor health and constant assassination attempts, Jiang Bin would have been unable to leave. He would have even gone to participate in the event of unfurling the banner for Liu Bei and draping the Grand Commandant in his imperial robes.

After all, such a major event couldn't have gone unnoticed by Jiang Bin, who was then the Commandant of Changshan. And if Jiang Bin knew, could he have refrained from participating? What a joke! Do you remember how Jiang Guang answered back then? "If the Grand Commandant wants to become emperor, wouldn't it be heartless of me not to support him? I support him!"

And then this one supporter was used by Huo Nu and Zhao Du, and his title was stripped off on the spot. This was already because Liu Bei was benevolent. If it were anyone else, these people would have died!
This incident terrified the bigwigs of Ji Province, and they became wary of anything that could be considered a successor.

Meanwhile, Zheng Ke, who was jumping through time using the "Time Flies" technique, had already encountered the General's Sixth Team. This group of people were eating hot pot, and it was a standard copper hot pot. The pot was a gift from the General, and the meat was also prepared by the General. Huangfu Song is such a respectable person!

Therefore, upon seeing Jiang Guang and Zhao Ying, the toughest of the tough men, Zheng Ke quickly shared the good news with them. Jiang Guang's face turned green!
"Get out, get out! If you don't get out of here, your Uncle Guang will give you a couple of punches." Zhao Ying was taken aback when she saw Jiang Guang's expression, but then she remembered the Jizhou case and quickly told Zheng Ke to get away and stay away from things that only big shots were allowed to do.

Zhao Ying knew that Jiang Guang was nothing in the Jizhou case, but in the matter of supporting the emperor, Jiang Guang was almost a leader. If Zhao Ying hadn't been beaten and sent to the sanatorium by Jiang Guang for competing with him for the lead, he would most likely have been among the veterans who supported the emperor. Jiang Guang had enthusiastically participated, but ended up being stripped of his title and exiled thousands of miles away. He was only spared thanks to the benevolence of the Grand Commandant.

So this matter is a taboo subject for the group of Jizhou people present. After all, what happened last time was too shady, and they were almost killed. Now Zheng Ke actually dares to do this again. Without a doubt, they should be punished!
"Damn it, which lunatic is pulling this stunt again!" Han Duan, who was picking up meat, couldn't hold back his anger. He had no choice but to admit that he was in Jizhou during the Jizhou case. He was disabled at the time and couldn't participate in the incident. However, because of the Jizhou case, he had to protect Liu Bei, and he broke through the Eighteen Cuts with his left hand. But the incident of supporting Liu Bei was indeed a shadow over Han Duan. Damn it, here we go again.
"Catch Ke Ke, damn it, don't let him get away!" Jiang Guang said with a dark face. Qi Xiu raised his hand and used Will Overdrive Lock. Fortunately, Zheng Ke ran fast and quickly brought the message back to the current timeline.

"Don't worry about that. I asked Uncle Guang and the others, and they said it's a scam and we should never get involved. They said if something like this happens, we should report it to Chen Hou immediately," Zheng Ke said as soon as he returned to the table.

“You Yanzhou people have never experienced this. Damn, I’m from Jizhou. I was almost there with someone on the scene. Luckily I didn’t go. If I had, I would have had to come back for this too.” Jiang Bin added with a dark face, “Damn it, which bastard is spreading rumors again? Don’t get caught by me.”

The Jizhou case involved the hundreds of veterans who supported the ascension to the throne, and most of them still haven't had their titles restored. There's no way around it; the matter of supporting the ascension was just too big and had to be dealt with. Even though Liu Bei was benevolent and didn't take drastic measures, only stripping them of their titles, not everyone is a superman like Jiang Guang, who stripped them of their titles one day and then immediately restored them the next.

For most people, regaining their former titles is extremely difficult, since not everyone earns their titles through merit. Most veterans' titles have an element of luck involved, and among the elites who were "exiled" to the Ganges, there were also those who died in battle due to bad luck.

Although Jiang Bin is quite powerful, he cannot guarantee that he can get out of this kind of thing unscathed. Therefore, the best way for Jiang Bin to deal with this situation is to keep his distance.

“I’m telling you, don’t get involved in this. If we’re really going to write a joint petition, Chen Hou will definitely bring us along. Are you in the top 300?” Jiang Bin asked, pointing at Zheng Ke.

“I’m at level six, of course I am.” Zheng Ke nodded.

"Then why are you in such a hurry? Back in Jizhou, weren't you there too, Sixth Brother?" Jiang Bin pointed at Bi Laoliu and said irritably, "What did Marquis Chen say back then?"

By this time, Bi Laoliu had actually calmed down, and he chuckled dryly. After all, he was present at the scene of the Jizhou case. Now, he could be considered a high-ranking person. He escaped the Yanzhou case because he had cleared his name in the Jizhou case and then went to the Ganges battlefield to accumulate merits, which led to his current status. Therefore, when Jiang Bin said this, Laoliu remembered that he was also a party involved.

“I was careless. At the time, Lord Chen told us that if the Grand Commandant really wanted to ascend the throne and needed to persuade him to do so, it shouldn’t be us who did it. What we should have done was to sign the petition after Lord Chen wrote it, to prove that we genuinely supported him,” Bi Laoliu said with a dry laugh. “I was careless. I was too shocked to remember that I had experienced something like this before. I only remembered that I had cleared my name and gotten away with it. I forgot the experience and lessons learned from this.”

"So what's the rush? Most of us are captains or battalion commanders. When it comes to signing a joint petition, we are qualified to do so. So don't rush to the front. Who knows who's causing trouble again? Don't you remember what happened in Jizhou last time?" Jiang Bin said irritably.

"Meat, meat! You scared me!" Zhao Zhen picked up his chopsticks, pointed to the fragrant meat and vegetables in the middle of the table, sizzling with hot oil, and after confirming that nothing serious had happened, he called out to everyone, "Eat as much as you want! It's on me today. If you're not full, order more. Everyone must eat and drink to their heart's content today!"

"Let's do it!" Yang Tuo said heartily, picking up his wine bowl. "By the way, first of all, congratulations to Brother Wang Pa for reaching the sixth level. Now everyone at our table has reached the sixth level or above."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bin tilted her head and said, "Brother Yang, I'm at level five."

Hearing this, Wang Pa was speechless. Looking at the people at the table, he thought that his sixth level might be the most useless. Who could he beat? It seemed like he couldn't beat anyone. With Brother Zhao's performance in the final battle, one punch from him would have been enough to kill him. There wouldn't even be time for treatment; he would most likely have exploded on the spot.

"Your five layers are fake. You have anomalies, and those anomalies are at least equivalent to two layers of muscle defense," Yang Tuo said irritably.

"Alright, let's not talk about these strange phenomena anymore." Zhao Zhen gets annoyed whenever he hears about strange phenomena. He's tested so many people, but he's the only one who doesn't have any. If he weren't strong enough, people would say that these people are bullying him. Fortunately, he is indeed strong enough to bully almost all the veterans in return.

"Oh, Brother Zhao doesn't have any special phenomena, hahaha." Xu Yuan said with a big laugh, "But even without special phenomena, Brother Zhao is still a top expert."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!" Zhao Zhen said irritably. "Damn it!"

Meanwhile, in a corner of Weiyang Palace, the princess's guards were enjoying the wine and meat sent by the kitchen. The group was extremely happy. Then, for some reason, they received the news that Liu Bei was going to ascend the throne. On the spot, the group of veterans felt that the delicious food in front of them was no longer appealing.

"We should protect Her Highness the Princess!" Pratt gripped the gun blade that had become one with his own mind, emanating a chilling aura.

"What use are just a few of us?" Kuyle glanced at Pratt and said. He found that Pratt's progress was truly astonishing. In just a few days, his strength had steadily advanced to a level close to the seventh level. Even if he rushed up against him, he would not be able to win with certainty.

“Doing nothing will definitely be useless, but as long as we do something, there will definitely be changes.” Gorna sighed and said. He was not going back to Kushan anyway. He was staying with the Han Dynasty. He had already made arrangements for his identity and other aspects. It can only be said that Mahinda was indeed a respectable person.

“We must ask the princess about this first,” Zena said calmly, then gave Sivani a look. Sivani indicated that he would go and communicate with Mahind now to ask the elder, since they knew nothing at the moment and acting rashly might not be a good thing.

“I’ll go find the old strategist now; he’ll definitely give us some guidance,” Sivani said, standing up. He then looked at Ananda, “Ananda, if things are really as we know them, what should we do?”

“As long as the princess is willing, we Kushan have the ability to ensure that she survives and leaves the Han Dynasty,” Anada said, patting his chest. Although he didn’t know what methods there were, he could completely trust the important figures in his country on this matter.

However, to be fair, if Liu Tong were willing to cooperate with the Kushan Empire, leaving the Han Dynasty and heading to the Kushan Empire through unexpected means would not be difficult at all.

In Chang'an, at the Wenhou residence, Lü Bu, who was both disciplining Sun Er and Wei Shuang and indulging in food and drink, finally received news that Liu Bei was about to ascend the throne. Although Diao Chan had sensed something when Zhao Yun inexplicably went to Weiyang Palace and when Lü Lingqi brought her son to chat with her stepmother, it was only now that the slow-witted Lü Bu realized what had happened.

"What should I do in this situation?" After receiving the news, Lu Bu immediately thought of Chen Gong, but then realized that Chen Gong had already run away, so he hurriedly went to find Diao Chan.

“My lord, you don’t need to do anything. You just need to introduce General Wen Yuan to Zilong later.” Diao Chan shook her head and said, “As for the rest, just wait for the right opportunity.”

Lu Bu's situation is already quite good. At least in Diao Chan's view, Lu Bu was able to turn what was originally a bad hand into what it is now, which was truly a stroke of luck. The matter of returning to Bingzhou really turned everything around. Although he could not make his mark on the existing political landscape afterward, his alliance with Zhao Yun gave the Bingzhou faction a new way to survive, and a very respectable one at that.

"Alright, I'll take Wen Yuan there tomorrow." Although Lu Bu didn't understand why Diao Chan said that, so many years had taught him that it was best for him not to use his brain and to just follow the instructions of trustworthy people, so that he could perform at his best.

It is obvious that Diaochan was the person Lü Bu trusted most.

"From now on, my husband, you don't need to do anything. Just stay at home. When it's time to attend the festivals, just attend the meetings, but don't make any statements," Diao Chan instructed again. With Zhao Yun's connections, the Bingzhou faction can't go wrong.

“Hmm, there might be a change in rank this time. My husband can sit with Zilong then.” Diaochan lowered her head and thought for a while. “Remember to relinquish the position of general and go to support the Han Dynasty’s affairs in Australia as a pure marquis. Jiangdong can acquire everything in Australia, but Australia must belong to the Han Dynasty. Everything revolves around this idea.”

Sleepy⊙﹏⊙