After careful inspection, he confirmed that the wooden box was intact and there was no possibility of anyone tampering with it. Zhuge Liang was a little surprised. He pondered for a while and carefully removed the sealing mud to ensure that there was no complete sealing mud. Then he opened the wooden box.

There were two letters in the wooden box, one was Zhuge Jin's family letter and the other was Liu Bei's.

Zhuge Liang smiled and took the seal mud on the wooden box and put it together with the seal mud on the two letters. Although the seal mud on the wooden box was also Zhuge Jin's private seal, it was almost the same, but in the eyes of experts, the subtle differences could not be concealed. After a closer look, it was concluded that the seal mud on the wooden box was imitated. Zhuge Jin had a white body, and the private seal was made of copper, so it was not difficult to imitate. If you had the opportunity to get the original seal, you could even use the turn casting method to create a fake that was indistinguishable from the original seal.

Zhuge Liang had already understood Liu Bei's intention. In fact, it was very simple. Liu Bei just intercepted Zhuge Jin's private message, then forged Zhuge Jin's seal, added a wooden box, and included a letter of his own. That's all.

Zhuge Liang picked up the wooden box and came to the central army tent. Sun Ce was talking to Xu Kun. When Zhuge Liang came in, he just glanced at him and said nothing. Zhuge Liang didn't say anything and stood quietly. When Xu Kun finished drinking water, he walked behind Sun Ce, roughly told the story, and then placed the wooden box in front of Sun Ce, along with the knocked seal mud.

Sun Ce glanced and signaled Zhuge Liang to open two letters. Zhuge Liang opened Zhuge Jin's letter first. Zhuge Jin's letter was a long scroll. He mentioned that he encountered a horse thief in the west of Wuzhong City, had his bag robbed, and his life was in danger. Fortunately, he was rescued by Liu Bei who was patrolling the border. Liu Bei was very enthusiastic about him. Not only did he hold a banquet to entertain him, but he also invited him to the curtain. He did not agree, but just accepted some gifts from Liu Bei to complete the itinerary.

Zhuge Liang then opened Liu Bei's letter again. Liu Bei was very polite. He first praised Zhuge Jin's character and knowledge, and expressed his admiration for Zhuge Liang, and finally explained his difficulties. He hoped that Zhuge Liang would provide some help within his ability. Finally, he told him calmly about the forgery of Zhuge Jin's private seal, expressing his love for it and is very sorry.

Sun Ce smiled and shook his head, feeling secretly proud. Liu Bei was really anxious. Youzhou is good at everything, but there are two things that are not good. One is that there are few talents, and the other is that Liu Bei's background cannot be hidden. Even if there are talents, they may not be willing to serve Liu Bei after knowing that Liu Bei's background is not willing to serve him. At this moment, Liu Bei's reputation of benevolence and righteousness has not yet been developed, but his repeated infamous is already obvious. In addition, he sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, but he doesn't help but accept Gongsun Zan and Liu Hehuo. He just accepts Gongsun Zan's people, and only those who disdain for him are afraid of more people.

In this case, even if he is polite, Zhuge Liang will not be able to choose him.

Sun Ce called Zhu Ran and asked him to return the letter from the wooden box and Liu Bei to Jian Yong, and ordered a ban to prevent Jian Yong and others from leaving the tent and going out casually. Zhu Ran took the order and left. Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Kong Ming, whether the horse thief your brother met is true or false, in short, it is not safe to travel to Youzhou. You should immediately write a letter from home, and I will send someone to Zhongshan to hand it over to Zhongshan merchants, and ask them to contact your brother and come back."

"Here." Zhuge Liang was happy and agreed immediately. Dai County, Shanggu area is the territory of Zhongshan merchants. The Zhen family has a great influence in Zhongshan. Zhen Mi's uncle Zhang Hong is a powerful Zhongshan merchant. With the help of Zhongshan merchants, Zhuge Jin's safety can be more guaranteed, and the journey will be much easier, at least there will be no pain of being frozen and hungry.

Xu Kun reminded: "General, it's not enough to just watch Jian Yong. Gongsun Xu was impulsive and might take the initiative to find Jian Yong. I saw him outside the camp just now and felt that he was very unstable."

Sun Ce's eyes turned to Guo Jia. Guo Jia said, "This is a good opportunity. When the edict arrives, he can go back to the funeral. I told him the news of Gongsun Zan's death, and I will handle this matter too."

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Gongsun Xu sat in the tent, holding the freshly roasted pheasant in one hand, holding the wine glass in the other, and chewing the meat in his mouth. The pheasant in spring does not have much meat, and his mind is not on the meat. He just chews one bite after another, and his eating is fierce, just like a chewing enemy who is killing his father, and even his bones are broken before he spit it out.

There was a commotion outside the tent, and the guard Tian Qing walked in. "Major General, Guo Jijiu is here."

"Ji Guo?" Gongsun Xu was stunned for a moment, quickly put down the meat and wine in his hand, spit out the meat in his mouth, wiped his hands hard on the cloth towel, and stood up to greet him. As soon as he stood up, Guo Jia flirted in, looked at Gongsun Xu, and laughed out loud.

"Hide in the tent and eat meat, Gongsun Bosi, you filial son are really not obsessed with customs."

"Uh..." Gongsun Xu was embarrassed, and then he said with his neck in his arms, "What kind of filial son I am? My father was killed. I can't go back to take revenge, and I can't even wear filial piety clothes."

"Have you received any other news besides our news?"

Gongsun Xu didn't say anything, blinking his eyes, not knowing what Guo Jia meant. Guo Jia sat down, picked up the baked wild food on the table and looked at it, and threw it back. "Jian Yong is here, right in the account. He originally planned to meet you, but their little tricks made the general very upset and banned their feet, so I will notify you of this news. If you plan to go back to Youzhou, you can clean up and you can set off soon."

"really?"

"Of course it's true. The father-son relationship is natural, how can the general not understand? It's just that the time has not come, and it's just that it's time to let you go back in rush to waste your life in vain. He and Ling Zun appreciate each other, Ling Zun was harmed by others, and he was out of reach and could not save him. He was ashamed of his old friend and could not watch you die again."

Gongsun Xu's expression was a little slow, but he was still unfair. "I won't die if I go back now?"

Guo Jia hugged his legs and looked calm. "If you go back by yourself, life and death can only be yourselves. If the general sends someone to send you back, then your life and death will be the general. Even if the general is responsible, it is impossible to be foolproof, but there will always be some confidence, right? Of course, the choice is up to you. If you want to kill your enemies by your own strength, the general cannot force you."

Gongsun Xu sat back slowly and didn't say anything for a long time. Gongsun Zan died before the New Year. Until now, except for the news received by Sun Ce, no other news came. Even his uncle, Gongsun Fan, did not send anyone to deliver the letter, which shows that Liu Bei had already controlled the situation. Gongsun Fan and others either surrendered or died. Without Sun Ce's support, he would just go back by himself, let alone take revenge, even his life might not be able to be preserved. For this reason, he asked Sun Ce many times, but Sun Ce always asked him to wait patiently.
Chapter completed!