Sun Quan was very happy that Lu Meng returned safely, and his resentment for letting Xu Gong run away was lessened. Lu Meng is Sun Quan's future general candidate, and he is much more important than a small Xu Gong!
If we say that Cheng Puhan is an old minister of Sun Jian; Zhou Yu and Lu Su are the commander-in-chief of Sun Ce; then Lü Meng and Lu Xun are the generals trained by Sun Quan himself. It's not that Sun Quan doesn't like Cheng Puhan as these veteran generals, nor is it that Sun Quan doesn't trust important ministers like Zhou Yu and Lu Su. Of course, closeness is one aspect, but more importantly, Sun Quan believes that the future belongs to young people after all.
Why did Guo Jia's death hit Cao Cao so hard? It's because Guo Jia is young and in Cao Cao's mind, he is enough to take care of him. Why did the Sima family succeed in the end? A big reason is that Sima Yi lived too long.
To be honest, Sun Quan, who was also the future governor-general, was more optimistic about Zhou Yu than Lü Meng. Perhaps due to his preconceived ideas, Sun Quan always believed that Zhou Yu's talent was better than Lü Meng's. But historically, Zhou Yu died of illness, which made Sun Quan feel very unsure. He didn't know if he could change Zhou Yu's death. This kind of thing was not something he, Sun Quan, could decide. But Lü Meng is different. Sun Quan believes that the reason why Lü Meng died early was entirely due to the magic method. Now, Sun Quan has used the Taoist mind method Shangqing Heart Sutra to change Lü Meng's practice method, so he should also be able to change Lü Meng's fate. Therefore, in the long run, the value of cultivating Lu Meng is greater than that of Zhou Yu, who may die early at any time!
"Good guy! Well done!"
Sun Quan gave Lu Meng a big hug, not dissing his dirty appearance at all.
"When I take down Yan Baihu, I will reward you based on your merits!"
"hey-hey."
Lu Meng was also overjoyed and couldn't restrain the joy on his face.
"It's a pity that Yan Baihu ran away, but I captured the second young master." Lu Meng approached Sun Quan and said mysteriously.
Sun Quan's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, wasn't it? Could it be that this Lu Meng was his lucky general? Was this a double happiness? After all, besides the leader Yan Baihu, who else in this village is worthy of Lu Meng's treatment?
The answer is already there, isn’t it?
"You caught Xu Gong?!"
Sun Quan asked eagerly, and you could see how anxious he was.
Fortunately, Lu Meng did not disappoint him.
"It should be Xu Gong." Lu Meng said with a smile, "However, there is only one subordinate, so the whole group of followers ran away."
"oh?"
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and the joy on his face dimmed slightly.
"So, they know that you captured Xu Gong, and you still captured him alive?"
"What? Can't this person be caught?"
Lu Meng saw that Sun Quan's expression was wrong and asked quickly. But soon, Lu Meng realized that if he really couldn't be arrested, Sun Quan wouldn't be so excited at first. Therefore, he couldn't let others know that Xu Gong was arrested, so , Sun Quan thought. . . . . .
Lu Meng narrowed his eyes and whispered immediately,
"Second Young Master, how about I go secretly and deal with this person?"
Lu Meng didn't know why Sun Quan wanted to kill Xu Gong, but he only needed to know that Sun Quan wanted Xu Gong to die. As a subordinate, he should share the worries of his superiors.
Sun Quan frowned,
"If a person is in our hands, no matter how he dies, it will definitely be counted on us."
"Then let him go, and then secretly send people to assassinate him?" Lu Meng asked again.
Sun Quan shook his head and said,
"No need to go to so much trouble. Take me to see him first. Let me see who this Xu Gong is."
Sun Quan followed Lu Meng to the back and saw a person who was tightly tied up. Although there were many signs of fighting on his body, he was in high spirits and could not see a trace of embarrassment. Watching Sun Quan approach calmly, his eyes showed his fearlessness in the face of danger. Sun Quan knew that this was a kind of pride, the pride of a scholar. In this era, there may not be many such characters, but they are not few either.
"Xu Gong?"
Sun Quan asked. In fact, just by looking at this person's temperament, Sun Quan knew that there was no lie.
"Sun Quan?"
Xu Gong also replied like Sun Quan, as if he was not a prisoner and the two of them were communicating as equals.
"Exactly." Sun Quan nodded.
Xu Gong looked at Sun Quan, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, and finally sighed,
"Hey, the children of the Sun family are really extraordinary. I lost."
I thought that if Sun Ce left, there would be an opportunity, but now it seems that I will always be the naive one. Presumably now, Yan Baihu will not end well.
As for calling the other party despicable and deceitful?
A successful king loses a bandit, soldiers never tire of deceit, if they lose, they lose, there is nothing to scold!
"The Shanyue people are also human beings, and some of them have been very pitiful. Mr. Sun, the more oppressive your Sun family is, the more fiercely they resist. To deal with Shanyue, you still have to rely on gentleness. Over time, through education and guidance, dozens of In a few years, these Shanyue people will be no different from my Han people." Xu Gong advised Sun Quan.
"Sir, you are really insightful. I wonder if you, sir, would be willing to help me send an envoy to Shanyue to convey my Sun family's willingness to coexist peacefully?" Sun Quan said deliberately. He wanted to see whether Xu Gong was the real Holy Mother or a false one; he Do you really care about yourself and only serve the world? Or do you say this deliberately in order to gain Sun Quan's favor?
Xu Gong thought for a while, and probably didn't expect Sun Quan to be so direct. soon,
"What if I don't want to?" Xu Gong raised his head. When he was sent to Shanyue as an envoy, besides Yan Baihu, how many people knew who Xu Gong was? A narrow escape from death is a life-threatening business.
"If you don't want to, I won't embarrass you, sir." Sun Quan said.
"oh?"
Xu Gong was surprised.
"Are you willing to just let me go?"
"Of course." Sun Quan spread his hands, "I'm here to fight against the bandits and rescue Mr. Xu and his party who were imprisoned by the bandits, isn't it?"
While saying this, Sun Quan also deliberately untied the rope from Xu Gong's body.
Xu Gong understood immediately that Sun Quan wanted him to vindicate their crusade against Yan Baihu after he went out. In fact, there was no need to correct his name in the crusade against the bandits. Sun Quan must have paid him tribute by the way to save face. With Xu Gong's influence on the gentry, as long as he said something good about the Sun family, the Sun family's dominance in Jiangdong would be much more stable.
At such a young age, he is far-sighted and courageous!
Xu Gong sighed secretly in his heart. Unfortunately, he, Xu Gong, is a principled person. It doesn't mean that if others are kind to him, he will do it for public benefit. Besides, catching first and then releasing, is this considered a favor?
"Farewell!"
Xu Gong bowed his hand to Sun Quan, raised the price on the spot and walked out.
Lu Meng watched silently from the side, and finally couldn't help but approached Sun Quan and asked,
"Second Young Master, are you really going to let him go like this?"
Sun Quan remained silent.
It wasn't until Xu Gong's shadow disappeared that Lu Meng secretly sighed.
At this time, Sun Quan's voice finally sounded,
"Find a few people and rush to the front of Xu Gong, pretending to be bandits who escaped. As soon as Xu Gong came out of the stronghold, he killed him in front of everyone on the grounds that he had deceived Yan Baihu!"
Sun Quan said coldly.
Lu Meng felt a deep chill, trembled all over, and nodded quickly,
"yes!"
