The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Juxian was besieged for the third day.

This morning, Kong Rong heard noises coming from outside the county hall in the county hall.

The county house occupies a large area, and the hearing hall is far away from the street outside the house. Usually, the sound of the street is rarely heard in the hall, but at this time, the movement from the street can be heard, which is enough to see this. Loud noise.

Kong Rong called Wang Gui to ask, "Zifa, why is there so much noise outside the mansion?"

Wang Gui said in his heart: "Duke Ming is really not good at using military force. The city was surrounded and should be under martial law, but Duke Ming did not enforce martial law because he didn't want to disturb the people. Now there are noises in the streets. What's the reason? This must be because the people's hearts are unstable, maybe there is some trouble?"

Thinking like this in his heart, he definitely couldn't answer like this, he said respectfully: "Qi Minggong, I don't know the rules. I'll take a look at the rules."

After coming out of the hall, Wang Ji went straight to the gate of the mansion.

When he arrived at the mansion gate, he stood on the doorstep and looked out.

I saw that there were hundreds of people gathered on the street outside the gate of the mansion, including common people and scholars, and the leaders were more than ten scholars.

Most of these dozen or so scholars were recognized by Wang Gui.

Seeing Wang Gui coming out, the taxis and the people on the street knew that Wang Gui and Liu Ren were two of Kong Rong's henchmen, and one of the scholars pushed out an older man to speak to Wang Gui. Wang Gui came down from the steps and greeted the scholar.

The two greeted each other and bowed. Wang Gui asked, "Why did you gather outside the gate of the mansion for no reason? The soldiers of Xuzhou have violated our county border, and they are now surrounding my theater city. , I'm afraid it will disturb the hearts of the soldiers in the city."

The older scholar said, "I'm here to gather here to see the ruler of the government."

Wang Gui asked, "I want to see the manor? Is there something wrong?"

The scholar said, "It's because of this drama county being surrounded."

Wang Gui said, "Because of this drama county being besieged?"

The senior scholar said, "It has been three days since Juxian County was besieged. I would like to ask the lord of the government, what is the plan?"

Wang Gui said: "On the day the county town was besieged, didn't the lord of the government already tell the soldiers and people in the city? You have the responsibility of defending the land, so he decided to stick to the city."

The old scholar said, "It's easy to say that defending the city, but how do you defend it?"

Wang Gui was speechless.

The questioning of this scholar is quite right.

With a touch of lips, it was really easy to say that he would defend the city. However, in the current situation in Juxian, there were not many guards, morale was not high, and there were no reinforcements outside. The only person who could fight was Wang Xiu. How can this city be held?

The old scholar said: "If there are reinforcements from outside, then our Juxian County can be defended, but the current situation is that there are no reinforcements, and I am the only city. I heard that not only the other counties in Beihai have been captured by Xuzhou. , and Donglai has now been conquered by Zhao Yun's troops, and the Donglai Yellow Turbans have even fled into the sea! How can we be able to defend a lonely city in our Juxian County?"

Previously, there was a county official in Kong Rong's mansion whose surname was Chengzu Zuo. This person once persuaded Kong Rong to accept Yuan Shao or Cao Cao in order to protect Beihai County. Killing this man—Liu Qian became friends with Zuo Chengzu, and it was because of this that he abandoned Kong Rong and went to Xunzhen.

This Zuo Chengzu, and Liu Qian, both of them have a good reputation in Beihai County, and they also have quite a few friends. These days, although Xun Cheng has not attacked the city, he has shot a lot into the city. Letters of surrender, these letters were all written in the name of Liu Qian. Kong Rong's military discipline was not strict. After the city wall guards picked up the letter, some turned it in, and some secretly left it behind, so the content of the letter had already spread throughout the city.

In front of this old scholar who questioned Wang Gui how to defend the city, what he said was from the letter, and this person was one of Zuo Chengzu and Liu Qian's former friends. Wang Gui also knew about his friendship with Zuo Chengzu and Liu Qian. Seeing that he was so pressing, he would not answer any more questions, so he asked him back and said, "So, with the public's high opinion, what should be done now to defend against the enemy?"

The senior scholar said, "There is no other way."

Wang Gui asked, "What do you mean there is no other way?"

This senior scholar said: "Qingzhou is the income of Zhendong, and it is irresistible. With the isolated city in our play county, with more than a thousand soldiers, it is definitely difficult to defend the city. If the ruler insists on sticking to it, the final result will only be In vain, casualties of soldiers and civilians will not help the overall situation. In this case, the servant is deeply afraid that the reputation of the monarch may be ruined. The current plan, in the view of the servant, is only one way to dedicate the city."

Wang Gui said, "Dedicate the city?"

The senior scholar said, "Not bad."

Wang Gui glanced at the scholars and people gathered on the street not far away, turned around, and asked, "Is this the opinion of the public, or..."

Wang Gui didn't finish his words, but the scholar knew what he meant, so he replied: "It's not the intention of the servant, this is the opinion of the elders in the city."

When the old scholar mentioned Kong Rong, although he respected Kong Rong as "Fu Jun", the tone of his words was not respectful to Kong Rong. Wang Gui was afraid that when he saw Kong Rong, he would arouse Confucius. Rong was furious, but it wasn't beautiful, so he said to him, "I'm sorry, please stay here later, stay in the next mansion, report your request to the mansion, and see how the manor replies, okay?"

The senior scholar said, "Then you go."

Wang Gui turned around and went up the steps, lifted the hem of his robe, and hurried back to the hall.

Kong Rong was still sitting on the main seat, looking through the books as if leisurely.

Speaking of which, although Kong Rong has no military strategy or political talent, he is indeed very courageous. Not only did Juxian County be besieged by Xun Cheng's clan this time, but also the Yellow Turbans who had been in charge of Hai and other ministries several times before. When the siege of Juxian, Kong Rong was calm and calm, and he always looked unhurried. Even when the sound of shouting and killing on the outer city wall was loud and the battle between the enemy and the enemy was very fierce, Kong Rong was still in the county hall. Or reading a book, or playing the piano, the sound of the piano is not chaotic. Wang Gui admired Kong Rong quite a bit.

Seeing that Kong Rong was reading, Wang Gui did not dare to disturb him for a while, so he stood on the hall with his hands down.

After Kong Rong read two paragraphs of the book in his hand and put it on the case, Wang Guinai stepped forward and said, "Qi Ming Gong, Gui has already asked."

Kong Rong said, "Oh?"

Wang Gui said, "Duke Ming, there are some scholars and people from the county gathered on the street outside the house."

Kong Rong asked, "What are they doing in the street?"

Wang Gui hesitated, as if he did not dare to answer.

Kong Rong frowned and said: "If you have anything, just say it directly, there is no need to hide it."

Wang Gui said: "Yes, Duke Ming, the rules asked them to gather outside the mansion because they wanted to see Duke Ming, beg Ming, beg Ming..."

"Begging me for what?"

"I beg the Duke of Ming to donate the city."

When Kong Rong heard the words, he became angry and said, "Did they persuade me to surrender?"

"Qi Ming Gong, they said that there are no reinforcements outside our Juxian County today, and there is only one lonely city. There are no more than a thousand guards. The city is bound to be difficult to defend. The common people have caused the county, sergeants and people to suffer from military chaos, so, instead of this, they think..."

"Didn't I tell you? If you have something to say, you don't have to hesitate."

Wang Gui said: "Yes, yes, so they thought that it would be better to dedicate the city than this, otherwise, if Duke Ming insisted on defending the city, and the sergeants and civilians of the county were harmed by military disasters, the reputation of Duke Ming might be affected. "

Kong Rong slapped the table and said angrily: "Xun Zhenzhi trespassed on my county and besieged my city without any rules, so what's the difference between him and Dong Zhuo? It is also a chaotic thief. I am defending the city now, is it because of my own reputation? Whoever does it, is loyal and righteous!"

Wang Gui said, "Yes, yes, it's just that Duke Ming's loyalty and righteousness is something that the rank and file people in the county may not be able to understand."

Kong Rong heard that Wang Gui's tone was wrong, looked him up and down suspiciously, and said, "Zifa, don't you think it's better for me to surrender the city?"

"Ming Gong, the subordinate officials are the same as Ming Gong, and they also have loyalty and righteousness, but after listening to the words of the people who are gathered on the street outside the house, the subordinate officials feel that what they said seems to be not wrong. After the city is broken, Xuzhou soldiers may really enter the city to loot, and the county sergeants will inevitably suffer from it. Since this is the case..."

Having said this, Wang Ji stopped talking.

Kong Rong said: "So what? If you have something to say, what's the matter with you today? Don't hesitate to say anything!"

Wang Gui said: "Yes, since this is the case, the officials foolishly thought that they might as well open the city gate and give this city to the soldiers of Xuzhou."

Kong Rong said angrily, "Zi Fa. I've been wrong all this time because you are a loyal and filial person, but today I only realize that you are so timid, you are a greedy person who is afraid of death! It was I who misunderstood you."

Wang Ji bowed to the ground and said, "Ming Gong, this is not the case, and dare to ask Ming Gong, let the officials finish the sentence."

Kong Rong stood up from the seat, looked down at him, and said, "You say it."

Wang Gui said: "The meaning of the subordinate officials is that Xun Zhendong has always been courteous to Duke Ming. Although he has committed wrongdoing in our county borders without authorization, if Duke Ming taught him face-to-face, maybe he would have done something wrong. Will you come to repentance because of this, and will withdraw the troops that violated our Qingzhou? In this way, not only will the people of our county no longer suffer from military disasters, but Duke Ming has also made great contributions to the court!"

As he spoke, Wang Gui paid attention to Kong Rong's expression. Seeing that the anger on Kong Rong's face was getting more and more intense, he did not dare to speak any further, so he changed the subject.

, and said to Kong Rong: "Ming Gong, why don't you call Shuzhi and ask if the county town of this drama can be held?"

Shuzhi is the word of Wang Xiu. Wang Xiu was at the head of the city at this time. Kong Rong then ordered someone to find Wang Xiu.

After waiting for a long time, Wang Xiu put on his helmet and armor, and hurriedly entered the mansion and arrived at the Detang Hall.

He was in armor, so it was inconvenient to bow, so he bowed and said, "Xiu will see Duke Ming."

Seeing Wang Xiu, Kong Rong's expression softened a lot. He asked him and said, "Shuzhi, when you entered the mansion just now, did you see the literati people gathering on the street outside the mansion?"

Wang Xiu replied, "Xiu saw it."

Kong Rong asked, "How many people gathered?"

Wang Xiu said, "Xiu didn't take a closer look, maybe three or four hundred people gathered." Asked Kong Rong, he said, "I dare to ask Duke Ming, why are these scholars and people gathered outside the mansion?"

Kong Rong sighed and said, "I called you here for this very reason." He glanced at Wang Gui, "Tell him."

Wang Gui said yes, and said to Wang Xiu, "They are all begging to see Duke Ming and persuade Duke Ming to offer the city to surrender."

Wang Xiu said "Oh" and did not answer.

Kong Rong asked: "Uncle Zhi, you have been in the city for the past few days to meet the enemy. Let me ask you, do you think you can defend Juxian City?"

Without any hesitation, Wang Xiu replied immediately and said, "Xiu wishes to live and die with Duke Ming."

Wang Xiu's words were not a direct answer, but Kong Rong was so smart, he could hear it right away.

This is also true, not to mention that Wang Xiu is the one who guards the city. Although he has some talent in military use and courage, he is by no means able to recruit famous generals who are good at fighting, or he has changed famous generals to guard the city. Definitely can't hold back.

Wang Gui has been paying attention to Kong Rong's expression. Seeing that Kong Rong's expression seemed a little hesitant after listening to Wang Xiu's words, he took the opportunity to open his mouth and persuaded him again, saying: "Ming Gong, if the If the civilians were dissatisfied with Duke Ming's insistence on defending the city and caused chaos, then the county town of Juxian would still be taken down by Xuzhou soldiers sooner or later, which means that the city would be lost sooner or later. Duke Ming, since this is the case, it is still the humble opinion of the officials to be bold. Why not just obey the petitions of the soldiers and the people, open the city gates and welcome Xuzhou soldiers into the city, and then the Duke of Ming can rebuke Xun Zhendong and ask him to withdraw his troops to return to the state? Showing Ming Gong's loyalty and righteousness, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Kong Rong didn't speak for a while. At the end, he waved his hand and said, "You guys go down first."

After thinking about it all night, Kong Rong summoned Sun Shao, Wang Gui, Wang Xiu and other officials the next morning.

When all the officials arrived, he sighed and said, "I originally planned to die with the city, but I thought about the soldiers and people in the city. In order not to make the soldiers and people suffer from the chaos of the army, ... just go and open the city gates."

Kong Rongfei is a pedantic and ruthless person, he will not ignore the people of the city for the sake of his reputation.

What Wang Gui said was not wrong, the city would be lost sooner or later, and if he surrendered, he would still be able to save the civilians in the county. surrender.

On Kong Rong's order, Wang Xiu opened the city gate and offered the city to surrender.

...

Xun Cheng ordered his subordinates not to enter the city, and brought more than a hundred soldiers into the city to see Kong Rong.

Xun Cheng was very respectful, and when he entered the palace hall, he bowed down and bowed, saying: "The last generation will enter, Yingyin Xuncheng, and I will pay homage to Kong Gong."

Kong Rong, who was sitting on the throne, snorted, looked serious, and said sharply: "You are also worthy of calling yourself the Yingyin Xun family? In the past, I and Ci Minggong were colleagues in Yuzhou Prefecture. , he is worthy of the name of the Yingyin Xun clan; if you are, you are arrogant, arrogant and domineering, and you will tarnish the Yingyin Xun clan's reputation in vain!"

Xun Cheng's long history, Qin Xiang and others, followed Xun Cheng, and they all bowed down in the hall at this time.

Hearing Kong Rong's words, Qin Xiang's face showed anger.

Xun Cheng was not angry, but he was still respectful and said: "Before Cheng left Taishan County, Cheng's brother, General Zhendong, wrote a letter to Cheng. When Cheng saw Duke Kong, he must not be abrupt and disrespectful, and instructed Cheng that he must be invited to Tanxian County, and my brother is at the prefecture waiting for the teachings of Duke Ling."

Kong Rong raised his face and said with a sneer: "Don't you have to put Xun Zhenzhi in front of me, he launched an army without authorization, pirates invaded my realm, and he has no rules. Is there any emperor in his eyes? Is there a Han family in his eyes? It's another Dong thief too! I only hate that my soldiers are small and few. I can't kill you. Then I will kill you in Tanxian County, hold him, and send him to Kyoto. It's impossible for me to go to Tanxian! If he wants to receive teachings, he should come to Juxian, and I will wait for him in Juxian."

Kong Rong didn't ask Xun Cheng to wait until he got up, but Xun Cheng still bowed to the ground and wanted to continue speaking when he heard the sound of the front of his clothes, followed by the sound of footsteps.

He raised his head slightly and looked towards the main seat in the hall, but Kong Rong had already left the table and walked out from the back of the hall with his sleeves.

A voice sounded beside Xun Cheng, saying: "Kong Beihai has no one in his eyes, and he dares to be so rude, it's really hateful!"

The person who spoke was Qin Xiang.

After that, for several consecutive days, every day Xun Cheng went to ask to see Kong Rong, but Kong Rong saw him every time, but every time he saw him, it was like the first time. Asking him to get up, let alone giving up his seat, he showed no respect at all, and every time in front of Xun Cheng, he either accused Xun Cheng or Xun Zhen, and kept saying that they had tarnished the reputation of Xun Cheng, The words became more and more intense; in the end, when Xun Cheng went to see Kong Rong again, although he was still respectful, but under Kong Rong's unsympathetic and increasingly fierce ridicule, Mianpi not only Red for it.

Every time Xun Cheng visited Kong Rong, Qin Xiang followed him around. Seeing that Kong Rong treated Xun Cheng so badly, and even insulted Xun Zhen, Qin Xiang's anger was accumulating more and more.

But on this day, Qin Xiang followed Xun Cheng, and after seeing Kong Rong again, he followed Xun Cheng back to the camp outside the city with a belly full of anger.

No matter how good-tempered Xun Cheng is, he is now a major general who leads more than ten thousand tigers and wolves. However, for a few days, he was rudely reprimanded by Kong Rong, and asked Kong Rong to go to Tan County. Rong Ze always refused to agree, and Xun Cheng couldn't help feeling depressed.

Therefore, after returning to the camp, Xun Chengcheng sent Qin Xiangzi away.

Qin Xiang wanted to comfort Xun Cheng, but he was even more angry than Xun Cheng, and seeing that Xun Cheng looked bad, he was afraid that it would make him even more irritable, so he held back his words, bowed, and went back to his tent.

Entering the tent, there are two or three people in the tent sitting and talking. These people were all military officials who were close to Qin Xiang.

Seeing that Qin Xiang came in from outside the tent with a face full of anger, one person said, "What's the matter? Are you angry with Kong Beihai again?"

Qin Xiang said angrily: "Kong Beihai is really arrogant and arrogant. He has been in a row for three or four days. Every time he sees the general, he shows no respect at all, and is so arrogant that he even humiliates Zhendong. He, if it was me, would have been furious a long time ago!"

Another officer said, "Have you heard anything?"

Qin Xiang asked, "What's the matter?"

The official said, "I also heard it from Liu Zigong. Liu Zigong visited a friend the day before, and I heard from his friend that Kong Beihai is now writing a book in private."

Qin Xiang asked, "What is the book?"

"It's a letter to the court."

Qin Xiang asked, "A letter to the imperial court? What is he doing in writing to the imperial court?"

The official said: "What else can I do? It's nothing more than accusing Zhendong of launching an army without authorization and attacking Qingzhou. I heard that he compared Zhendong to Dong Zhuo, and he was abusive in his letter."

Qin Xiang thought for a while and said, "This is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. He is now equivalent to my prisoner in Xuzhou, and no one is available. How can he send this letter to the imperial court? Whatever he wants Write it down."

The official said, "No."

Qin Xiang asked, "Why not?"

The official said, "Kong Beihai knew that his letter would be difficult to present to the imperial court, so he had no intention of presenting it to Chang'an."

Qin Xiang was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The official said, "Kong Beihai wants to make his letter on the Dao public, so that the people in Qing, Yan, and Xuzhou can see his letter."

Qin Xiang was stunned when he heard the words, and said, "What is he trying to do?"

The official said: "Is there any need to ask? Of course he wants to attack and insult the reputation of General Zhendong. Just imagine that Kong Beihai is famous in the world. If he bluntly rebuked Zhendong for being Dong Zhuo's subordinate in the letter, he would So what will the scholars from Qing, Xu, and Yan areas think of Zhendong? Not only that, but I am afraid this will become an excuse and a reason for Yuan Benchu ​​to criticize the governor."

Qin Xiang thought about it, it was indeed like what the official said, that's what happened.

He couldn't hold back the anger that had been in his chest for several days, and his anger rushed toward his courage, and he said angrily, "Kong Beihai is so courageous that he dares to use this method to insult the lord, it is unbearable. !"

Several officials heard that his words were wrong, and they heard murderous intent, and looked at each other.

An official asked Qin Xiang and said, "What do you want to do?"

Qin Xiang said, "It is absolutely intolerable for him to write this scripture and make it public!"

Another official said: "But the pen is in his hand, how can we manage it?"

Qin Xiang's face is dark

He sank and said coldly, "But if we..." After saying this, he paused, raised his right hand and slashed down, then looked at the crowd, "Then can he still write this letter?"

The two or three officials in the tent understood what Qin Xiang meant, and they were all surprised and said, "You mean..."

Qin Xiang said: "Yes! To be honest, I have endured him for several days, and now I can't bear it anymore, not only to protect the lord's reputation from his slander, but also to vent my anger for the general, I have made up my mind to write it on him. Before, kill him!"

The three officials looked at each other, you look at him, I look at you.

One official said: "But the general probably won't agree to it?"

Qin Xiang said: "The lord worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates them to death. The general has been humiliated for many days, and now the lord will be humiliated. I plan to report to the general."

One official said, "If you don't report to the general, then are you going to do it privately?"

Qin Xiang said, "Exactly!"

"I'm afraid not."

Qin Xiang asked, "Why not?"

The official said: "Kong Beihai is famous all over the world. During the time I entered Qingzhou, I met a lot of local scholars. These scholars praised him quite a bit, saying that he heard good deeds from others, as if he was like him. He does the same thing himself; he tells others his shortcomings face to face, but praises his strengths behind his back; if he doesn't say what he knows, he thinks it's his own fault... From these aspects, he does If you kill him without reporting to the general, you will be blamed if the general knows about it, and if this matter spreads, it will definitely damage the reputation of the general and Zhendong, and may cause Zhendong to lose. Qingzhou Shiwang!"

Qin Xiang said, "I've heard all the compliments you said about him, but have you heard of two things?"

The official asked, "What's the matter?"

Qin Xiang said, "It was Kong Beihai's indiscriminate killing of innocent people."

The official said, "How to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

"Zuo Chengzu, the official in the county, just persuaded him to marry Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, so as to protect the people in the county, and there was nothing wrong with it, and Kong Rong killed him out of anger... You should know about this. I also heard that Kong Beihai once went on a tour of the play county and saw a man weeping at the grave of his dead father on the road, but this man's face was not haggard, so Kong Beihai thought he was unfilial, and even took him away. Kill! Killing soldiers out of anger, killing people without guilt, isn't this not indiscriminately killing innocent people? From this, it can be seen that Kong Beihai is just a person who has no benevolence and righteousness! Now I kill him, not only Sovereigns and generals relieve the worries and humiliation, and also remove harm for the people."

Several military officials wanted to persuade again, but Qin Xiang had already made up his mind and said, "If you are afraid of the general's accountability for this matter, I don't need you to do it with me, but before I make it happen, Don't tell the general."

These officials just responded.

Qin Xiang was a man of decisive action, he did what he said, and that evening, he left the camp alone and entered the city, and came to the prefecture to ask to see Kong Rong.

Kong Rong thought that Xun Cheng had come again, so he went to the hall and summoned Qin Xiang to enter.

When Qin Xiang entered the hall, Kong Rong glanced at him, saw that he had come alone, and asked, "Where is Xun Cheng?"

It is very impolite to nominate a Dao surname, especially mentioning his name in front of his subordinate officials, which is even more impolite.

Qin Xiang picked up the wine jug in his hand and said to Kong Rong: "The general knows that the Duke likes to drink, so I specially ordered me to send this wine to the Duke."

Kong Rong smiled disdainfully and said, "Do you want to bribe me with a pot of fine wine?"

Qin Xiang followed Xun Cheng to see Kong Rong several times in the past few days. He probably already understood his temperament and knew that he was a proud person. Just take it back and return it to the general." Saying that, he was about to leave.

Kong Gong said, "Please be slow."

Qin Xiang stopped and said, "Please tell me."

Kong Rong said: "Bring the wine, I will drink it! Not only will I drink this wine, but I will teach him the same way when I see Xun Cheng again."

Qin Xiang stepped forward and held the jug to Kong Rong.

Kong Rong didn't take the wine glass, he lifted the jug, raised his face, poured the wine into his mouth, drank most of the jug in one go, threw the jug on the ground, wiped the wine stain on his beard, and said, "Happy ,happy!"

Qin Xiang showed a stern smile at the corner of his mouth and said, "Are you happy?"

Kong Rong said, "Happy, happy." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and he didn't react for a while. He covered his chest with his hands, raised his eyes to look at Qin Xiang, saw the smile on Qin Xiang's mouth, and immediately understood. What's going on, he raised his hand, pointed at Qin Xiang, and said, "You, you, ... Is this what Xun Cheng asked you to do?"

Qin Xiang said proudly: "This matter is not about the general, it is I who want to humiliate the general!"

Kong Rong said: "Okay, okay, Xun Zhenzhi is indeed a wolf son with ambition, and he raised you, a dangerous villain, a raccoon dog on a hill."

He sat back on the table, adjusted the crown on his head and the clothes he was wearing, and sighed, "Rong Jin's death is not a pity, but the Son of Heaven is covered in dust, and I can't save the Son of Heaven. , Ying Tianzi is still in the old capital, this is my great hatred."

The poison erupted, blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth, Kong Rong finally couldn't hold it, his body slumped and fell to the ground.

Qin Xiang stepped forward and probed his breath with his hand, but his breath had stopped, and he died suddenly.

Qin Xiang wiped the black poisonous blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and glanced outside the hall.

There were not many officials outside the hall, and no one noticed this scene in the hall.

Qin Xiang put away the wine jug, hid it in his arms, stepped out of the hall, left the prefecture, returned to the camp, and went straight to Xun Cheng's tent.

Seeing Xun Cheng, Qin Xiang said, "Duke Ming, Kong Rong is dead."

Xun Cheng was dealing with military affairs. Hearing that, he was stunned for a moment, stopped what he was doing, and raised his head, "What?"

Qin Xiang said, "Ming Gong, Kong Rong is dead, he just died."

"...What do you mean by that? Kong Beihai, he, he, he..., what is dead? Why did he just die?"

Qin Xiang said, "He was poisoned to death by an official." He took out the jug from his bosom and showed it to Xun Cheng.

Xun Cheng couldn't believe it, the pen in his hand landed on the case, and he sat dumbfounded for a long time before regaining his senses.

He jumped up from the seat, panicked, pointed at Qin Xiang and said, "You, what did you just say?"

Qin Xiang said, "I just went to the prefecture, and saw with my own eyes that Kong Rong drank this pot of poisoned wine, and saw him die of poisoning with his own eyes."

Xun Cheng was stunned, and after a while, he said, "Who told you to do this?"

Qin Xiang said: "No one is instructing, it is purely a subordinate who wants to humiliate Duke Ming's xueheng."

Xun Cheng stood there, speechless for a while.

...

But it is said that in the county seat of the drama, the county seat.

Long after Kong Rong's death, he was finally discovered by Fuzhong county officials.

There was chaos in the county house. Gong Cao Sun Shao, Jiaodong Ling Wang Xiu, Wang Gui, Liu Ren and others rushed to hear the news.

I saw Kong Rong lying flat on the ground with his eyes slightly closed. Although he was dead, he still looked upright, and there were black bloodstains on the corners of his mouth. It was Qin Xiang who wiped away the poisonous blood that flowed from the corners of Kong Rong's mouth at that time. , but after wiping him and leaving, some more came out.

Sun Shao asked the official in the hall: "What's going on?"

Someone in the government said: "It was General Xun's long history, Lord Qin, who came to the mansion just now. Shortly after he left, the officials found out that the ruler had died in the hall, and his expression was painful. Black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth."

Hearing this, how could Sun Shao and others not know what happened?

Sun Shao fell to the ground crying~www.wuxiaspot.com~Wang Xiu was distraught; Wang Gui, Liu Ren and others also cried bitterly.

Sun Shao cried for a while, then got up and said to Wang Xiu, Wang Gui, Liu Ren, etc.: "Since Fu-Jun is dead, Beihai, I have nothing to linger on. I will bid farewell to Jun and others today. If we have a predestined relationship, see you in the future."

Changyi saluted, and Sun Shao left the house without returning home. On the same day, I left Beihai County and went south to Yangzhou. His fellow countryman, Liu Yao of the Han family, is now in Yangzhou, and he is going to join Liu Yao.

In the palace hall, Wang Xiu wept bitterly: "You are gone now, and I will return!"

After crying for a long time, he also left the county house and returned to his camp, but he planned to lead the headquarters back to Jiaodong.

Xun Cheng had already sent people into the city to inquire about the situation in the city.

When it was reported that Wang Xiu was about to leave the camp, a general in the tent came out and said, "The last general would like to persuade Wang Xiu to stay for Duke Ming."

Xun Cheng saw that the person who spoke was Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci's family was in Donglai, and Wang Xiu's family was adjacent to the county. The two had known each other before. Xun Cheng promised Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci left the camp immediately, and galloped into Wang Xiu's camp.

The two meet.

Wang Xiu said: "Kong Beihai was innocently killed, how can I still stay in Juxian?"

Taishi Ci said: "This matter is definitely not the order of the general and Zhendong. Zhendong has always paid tribute to Kong Beihai. Now that Kong Gong has unfortunately died, Zhendong will definitely not let the perpetrator go. Why don't you wait a moment? If Zhendong If you don't deal with the perpetrator, how about I go to Jiaodong with you?"

After hearing this, Wang Xiu obeyed Taishi Ci's advice.

Xun Chengchuan ordered to go, and ordered Wang Xiu and all the officials in the prefecture not to say that Kong Rong was killed by Qin Xiang's poison, but only said that Kong Rong died suddenly due to a sudden illness. At the same time, Xun Cheng immediately wrote a letter, writing all the details of the incident, and ordered someone to send it to Tan County to report to Xun Zhen.