"What's the matter? You're in such a panic!"
Liu Zhang looked gloomy and looked at the maid with some annoyance.
The originally warm sleep was completely disturbed.
Normally, the servants wouldn't bother at this time.
Unless there is a particularly serious and unexpected incident.
For example, there is a rebellion within the Qin State, or a sudden attack by external forces.
But at this point in time, it's obviously impossible.
Yizhou is so impregnable that it doesn't even have the power to cause rebellion.
In Liangzhou, this possibility does not exist.
Although Lu Su, the governor of Liangzhou, was in Chang'an, Liu Zhang believed that Lu Su must have made complete preparations.
Yongzhou is even more impossible.
Most of the elites of the Qin State are in Yongzhou. Whoever rebels will be tired of life!
As for external forces, the probability of internal rebellion is lower than that of internal rebellion.
Almost all the generals under Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan are in Chang'an, unless these people are crazy!
In the past, because Liu Zhang often had to lead troops in battle, he developed a set of emergency procedures.
Generally, if it is not a matter involving tens of thousands of lives or deaths, the Chancellery will make temporary arrangements and report on the next day.
"Qin...King of Qin..."
The maid could not bear the glare of King Qin, and she was so frightened that she fell to her knees.
Stuttering, even more speechless.
Indeed, it was the first time for a maid to disturb Liu Zhang in the middle of the night.
"Don't be nervous, just say something quickly."
At the critical moment, Cai Yan came to the rescue in time.
While patting Liu Zhang's back to comfort her gently, he gave instructions to the maid so that she would not be overwhelmed by fear.
The effect was very obvious. After the maid relaxed, she quickly told him.
"Qi... reported to the King of Qin that Jia Shangshu asked for an audience, saying it was very urgent!"
"I have no choice but to disturb King Qin..."
"Jia Xu?"
Liu Zhang's brows suddenly tightened.
Jia Xu is very measured. Sun Xiaomei's departure without saying goodbye yesterday did not disturb his rest.
At this time today, it must be really urgent.
"Change!"
Liu Zhang rolled under the bed and quickly ordered the maid to dress him.
Taking advantage of this gap, he turned to look at Cai Yan.
"Yan'er, Wen He is here because he has something important to do."
"Go to sleep first. I'll come back to you after I'm done."
Cai Yan nodded obediently and saluted at the same time to accept the order.
"I obey my orders!"
As long as there is a third person, no matter who it is, Cai Yan will put aside his intimacy with Liu Zhang.
"Um..."
Without saying much, Liu Zhang quickly walked out after getting dressed.
In the side hall, Jia Xu is waiting.
"Wenhe!"
"Old minister, I pay my respects to the King of Qin!"
Seeing Liu Zhang coming, Jia Xu stood up and bowed down.
However, Liu Zhang grabbed him and asked him to sit down again.
"Wen He, I didn't find an orphan yesterday, but I finally made up for it today!"
Not only was Liu Zhang not nervous, but he started joking.
When he saw Jia Xu alone, the tight strings were completely loosened.
If something really big happened, Jia Xu would not be the only one to come.
"Old minister, I didn't want to disturb King Qin's rest, but..."
Jia Xu was not as relaxed as Liu Zhang, and there was still a hint of worry between his brows.
When Liu Zhang saw this, he also stopped smiling.
"Wen He, you can speak out!"
"King Qin, or Sun...it's about Sun Jie."
"Sun Jie?"
This made Liu Zhang even more confused.
Yesterday Sun Jie was not in a hurry to report when he left, but today he was so impatient.
Could it be. . . ?
Liu Zhang opened his eyes slightly, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Isn't Sun Jie gone?"
"King Qin, Sun Jie...is missing."
"What!"
As expected, nothing good happened!
Liu Zhang straightened up and gave orders hastily.
"Why is he missing? Send someone to notify Dong He quickly and ask him to send more manpower to search!"
It is unreasonable for a living person to be embarrassed in the territory of Qin.
"King Qin, Sun Jie and the others did not return to Jiangdong along the waterway from Yizhou."
"Could it be that you went to Wuguan?"
Before Jia Xu could answer, Liu Zhang pressed the question.
However, the answer is still no.
"King Qin, Miss Sun is heading eastward along the Yellow River by boat. She should be preparing to enter Huainan from Xuzhou and return to Jiangdong."
"What, is she crazy? Why are she going around in such a big circle?"
Liu Zhang exclaimed, full of disbelief.
He never thought that Sun Xiaomei would leave like this!
"Wen He, where are the people you sent?"
"Why did you disappear suddenly?"
Jia Xu said before that he has sent people to follow and protect him.
Liu Zhang didn't take it seriously.
After all, all states in the world are owned by their own people, so there is relatively no problem with security.
"King Qin, it is the responsibility of the old minister..."
Jia Xu's face was filled with self-blame, but he did not shirk responsibility.
Ever since I heard the news, the word regret has completely occupied my heart.
"Okay, don't talk about responsibility or irresponsibility. What's going on?"
"Hurry up and tell me from beginning to end!"
Liu Zhang did not blame Jia Xu for being anxious.
He could still tell whether it was Jia Xu's responsibility or not.
"As you command!"
Jia Xu didn't dare to neglect and told the whole story.
After learning that Sun Xiaomei had left, Jia Xu immediately sent a team of ten people to follow.
It definitely deserves attention.
After all, Sun Xiaomei only has four followers, five people in total.
Even after learning that Liu Zhang had allowed Sun Xiaomei to leave, Jia Xu only withdrew five people, leaving five people to take care of him.
First, he roughly knew the ambiguous relationship between Sun Xiaomei and Liu Zhang.
Second, the route Sun Xiaomei took was completely outside the scope of Qin.
There was no problem all the time. The two parties were just wandering on the Yellow River and going down the river!
As a result, at the Yellow River ferry near Hedong County, Sun Xiaomei and his party suddenly landed.
Liu Zhang was very familiar with this place!
"Dayang Ferry? Isn't this the place where the Xiongnu ambush?"
Jia Xu kept nodding in confirmation.
"That's right there! For some reason, Sun Jie and his party suddenly landed from Dayang Ferry."
"There are Huns corpses there, where are they doing?"
This news made Liu Zhang even more confused.
In the Battle of Dayang Ferry, Liu Zhang was the commander, and he was extremely familiar with that situation.
The battle was extremely brutal, and the Huns were so frightened that they fled.
Later, he was attacked by Pang Tong and his troops, causing countless casualties!
There was no time to clean up the corpses of the Huns, and they are still lying in the wilderness!
In addition, all the people in Hedong and Hongnong counties were moved to Guanzhong, leaving Dayang Ferry with a radius of hundreds of miles of desolation!
There will be no one to clean up the tragic situation at Dayang Ferry.
From beginning to end, Cao Cao used Hongnong and Hedong as a buffer with Qin.
When they were strong, they didn't send anyone there. Now that they were defeated, Xiahou Dun and others participated in the martial arts tournament. How could they be asking for trouble?
In an uninhabited area with dead bodies everywhere, what could attract Sun Xiaomei and her group to this kind of environment?
