Shouchun County, East Palace.
On this day, Yuan Yao was admiring the two beautiful girls sparring again when a eunuch hurriedly ran to Yuan Yao's side.
"Your Highness, there's an urgent report from River East."
Yuan Yao looked at the eye-catching red feathers on the cowhide tube and knew that something big had happened in River East.
He hurriedly took out the secret letter from the leather tube and quickly read it.
Yuan Yao's pupils constricted as he quickly browsed through it.
"How did this happen? Shouldn't he die two years later?”
Yuan Yao muttered to himself.
"Your Highness, what happened?"
Lu Lingqi and Sun Shangxiang asked.
Yuan Yao waved his hand to dismiss the eunuch, then handed the letter to Sun Shangxiang.
"Take a look. Your big brother is dead.”
Sun Shangxiang hurriedly grabbed the letter and read it.
"Impossible! Impossible! Wuwuwu ~"
Sun Shangxiang looked at the letter in disbelief and then began to cry.
Yuan Yao pulled Sun Shangxiang into his arms and comforted her. He was also a little confused now.
The letter said that Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's henchman and died. Xu Gong was originally the prefect of Wu County. After Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, the two of them became enemies, and Sun Ce directly slaughtered Xu Gong's entire family.
However, Xu Gong's henchman had protected Xu Gong's youngest son and escaped, so the motive for Sun Ce's death was established. However, Yuan Yao still felt that there were many doubts.
With Sun Ce's martial arts skills, ordinary people could not get close to him at all. Moreover, Sun Ce had troops by his side. In this era, there were no sniper rifles. It was undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to the heavens for the three of them to kill Sun Ce.
Moreover, the secret letter also said that Sun Ce had left the city alone for some unknown reason. He happened to have no guards by his side, and then he happened to encounter an assassin and was killed. How could it be such a coincidence?
Actually, although Sun Ce's death had shocked Yuan Yao, it was not enough to make him panic.
What really made Yuan Yao panic was that history had quietly changed its trajectory. This would undoubtedly make his advantage as a transmigrator disappear!
In a chaotic world like the end of the Han Dynasty, even if Sun Ce died a day earlier, it would bring about a huge change in the situation, let alone two years earlier.
"Your Highness, sob…Your Highness, can you help me take revenge…"
Sun Shangxiang looked at Yuan Yao pitifully.
"Alright, I will definitely avenge you."
Yuan Yao nodded in agreement.
"Your Highness, Lu Xun requests an audience."
A palace servant reported.
"I understand."
Yuan Yao replied. He then looked at Lu Lingqi and said,"Take good care of her."
"Don't worry, Your Highness."
Lu Lingqi agreed very straightforwardly. The two girls had developed feelings for each other these days.
Yuan Yao left and met Lu Xun in the front hall.
"Boyan, what's the situation in River East?”
Yuan Yao directly asked.
Since Lu Xun was from Wu County, he was in charge of all the affairs in River East.
"Your Highness, after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan took over the Sun Family's power and immediately reached an agreement with the aristocratic families of River East. The two sides shook hands and made peace.”
"This is really not good news!”
Yuan Yao sighed. After all, the internal strife in River East was something he had planned for a long time. He did not expect that it would be settled in just a month.
"Boyan, what do you think of this matter?”
Yuan Yao could not help but ask Lu Xun.
"Hehe, whoever has the benefit will be the most suspicious.”
Lu Xun said without hesitation.
"You mean Sun Quan and the aristocratic families of River East?"
Yuan Yao quickly reacted.
Once Sun Ce died, the aristocratic families and Sun Quan would undoubtedly benefit the most.
As for the relationship between Sun Quan and Sun Ce? Yuan Yao didn't take it to heart at all. For the sake of power, Sun Quan was even willing to kill his own son, let alone an elder brother.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the State of Wu and the State of Wei did not have any kinship at all. Because Zhuge Liang was in charge of the Shu Kingdom, the power was in the hands of the Prime Minister. That was why there was no struggle for power between the royal families.
"Maybe more than that! Sun Ce had a grudge against the aristocratic families, but Sun Ce's subordinates had no grudge against the aristocratic families!
Sun Ce's subordinates wouldn't support such meaningless fighting.
In the entire River East, other than Sun Ce, no one was willing to fight amongst themselves!
Therefore, with Sun Ce's death, Jiangdong was at peace!”
Lu Xun added.
"Hiss! It really was! Sun Ce could be said to be standing on the opposite side of the entire River East. If he didn't die, who would?!”
Yuan Yao instantly understood the crux of the problem after Lu Xun's reminder.
As long as these three forces reached a consensus, Sun Ce's death was certain.
All wars served politics. War was the continuation of politics. A war without benefits was meaningless.
The first time Sun Ce went to River East to slaughter the aristocratic families was to confirm that Sun Ce and his Huai Si military group had followed Sun Ce into River East. For example, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, Zhang Hong, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, and others.
And this massacre was Sun Ce's one-sided venting of anger and revenge.
Yuan Yao began to analyze the current situation in River East.
The Sun Family had been massacred by the Jiangdong Family, and now there were only two factions left in Jiangdong: the Jiangdong Family Group and the Huai Si Military Group. With Sun Quan's political skills, balancing the interests of these two factions was as easy as flipping his hand.
"He really doesn't want us to live in peace. River East is going to be out of our control again.
Now that the internal strife in River East had ended, Sun Quan had the support of the aristocratic families and his military strength had increased, so he had to send more troops to Pill Sun County.”
"Boyan, immediately send an order to send 30,000 more troops to Danyang County. The 10,000 navy in Chaohu will pay attention to the movements on the south bank of the Yangtze River and be prepared to support Danyang County at any time.”
"Here."
Lu Xun accepted the order and left.
Only now did Yuan Yao truly feel how difficult it was to deal with the heroes of the late Han Dynasty. He had been complacent and had calculated the River East, but now the situation had immediately reversed.
Although it wouldn't cause too much trouble for him for the time being, this would involve tens of thousands of Yuan Yao's troops.
"Men, prepare a brush and ink."
After Yuan Yao gave the order, the palace servants quickly brought the Four Treasures of the Study.
Brush, ink, inkstone, bamboo slips.
There was indeed paper now, but official letters and court documents were still written on bamboo slips.
However, paper was replacing bamboo slips year by year. It was precisely because of the rise of paper that Cai Yong and Zhong Yao could become calligraphers.
In the Jin Dynasty, the idiom 'Luo Yang Zhi Gui' was born, and then Wang Xizhi was born.
After Yuan Yao finished writing the letter, he called Yuan San over.
"Yuan San, take these two letters and make a trip personally. You must deliver them.”
"Your Highness, don't worry."
Yuan San patted his chest and agreed.
"Remember not to let Old Yuan know. Otherwise, he will strangle me to death and give birth to another one.”
Yuan Yao thought of Old Yuan and specially instructed him.
"I understand. I will definitely not let His Majesty know.”
Yuan San saw the name on the envelope and understood.
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