Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6620 From Death Penalty to Death Penalty Reprieve
After all, Zhang Cheng is still young, and his thinking is not bound by certain stereotypes. Therefore, in his opinion, compared with the way his father said of taking a boat to find a port to land, which would inevitably leave traces, this group of very strong veterans could solve all problems by swimming directly from Kushan.

In fact, there is no need to swim directly over. You can take a boat to a place a few hundred miles near Sumatra, and then swim. It is not a problem for a five-fold smelting soldier to rush hundreds of miles on the sea. As long as this is not a problem, it doesn’t matter whether it is a port or not. Even if there are cliffs, it is difficult to stop an old soldier with five or six-fold smelting who has no burden - he can always think of some messy ways to land successfully.

Just like the coastal defenses of later generations, it is actually quite difficult to break through things like ships. But if there are super humans who can swim over directly, to be honest, it will be much more difficult to defend against it.

After all, the thousands of kilometers of coastline mean that it is impossible to station personnel in every place. Instead, you can directly infiltrate as individuals, and you can simply ignore many things that have to be considered when relying on vehicle landing. The only difficulty is that this method of infiltration is too difficult for individuals.

But this difficulty is for normal humans. For the fifth and sixth level smelting which are obviously inhuman, Zhang Cheng thought that even if he really entered the no-man's land, he could survive by killing all kinds of beasts along the way. For veterans of this level, the survivability is actually very terrifying when there is no large army or the same level targeting them.

The few issues that need to be considered are probably the small world in the Indian Ocean and some ferocious beasts in the sea. But even with these things blocking the way, it may be possible to break through with the sixth level of smelting as the lead. In this way, Cai Mao's exploration may end in vain.

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment when he heard his son's words, then he lowered his head to think. Although it sounded outrageous, considering the amazing strength of the high-smelting elite and the fact that he had heard it as a joke before, it was actually a real thing, that is, the so-called weird story of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry getting lost in the East China Sea, and then walking through the Arctic Circle without any logistics, all the way to Great Britain.

"It's not impossible. If that's the case, it will become extremely difficult for us to find out when this group of people appeared in Sumatra, how long they have been hiding, etc." Zhang Zhao nodded to Zhang Cheng. His son was still somewhat useful.

"Don't we have some special secret techniques for detecting traces?" Zhang Cheng asked with some doubt, "We can just directly reflect the remaining corpses."

Ever since Wu Yuan developed an extremely extraordinary spiritual talent for observing traces of the past, the Han Dynasty has specially developed a series of related secret techniques to match Wu Yuan's spiritual talent. After all, they can't let Wu Yuan do everything. Some things can be handled by themselves, and they still have to rely on themselves.

Jiangdong had a large amount of esoteric research materials because they had emptied the esoteric arts research laboratory built by the Kushans in the capital city of Qunu. In addition, the Jiangdong families were not good at fighting, but they were good at research. Relying on these esoteric arts materials from the Kushans, they had actually pieced together quite a few strange and bizarre esoteric arts.

The secret technique that Zhang Cheng is talking about now is actually a secret technique that relies on a certain military formation developed by Zhuge Liang that can interfere with time to locate and project images.

However, compared to the high-destructive gadgets that Zhuge Liang made, the gadgets that Jiangdong made were more used to gather intelligence and did not have any killing power.

"If only it were that simple." Zhang Zhao shook his head and said.

After all, this secret technique was developed by people from Jiangdong, so no one knows whether there is a backdoor or any targeted secret technique. On the other hand, Zhang Zhao was able to realize that Zhou Yu was most likely the work of the Kushans. In addition to those top veterans, there is actually another very important point. The intelligence detected by the secret technique was obviously restricted by some special means.

Although this restraint was not very obvious, the content detected from the brains of the dead soldiers was too concentrated, which made the relatively more cautious Zhang Zhao realize that these veterans had some special secret technique to clear intelligence after death.

Of course, this is just speculation. After all, the detection on the Jiangdong side did not detect the existence of such a special secret technique. Zhang Zhao only made certain judgments based on the information Zheng Du had collected from the brains of the dead soldiers. In Zhang Zhao's words, the collected information was a bit too complete in some aspects.

After all, the person is already dead. Although some information may be discovered with luck, this information is concentrated in certain links, as if to say that the people of Jiangdong are really lucky. However, Zhang Zhao no longer believed in luck after Liu Bei failed to come after three invitations.

Therefore, assuming that the key information of the intelligence extracted from the brains of the dead soldiers has been tampered with, and Jiangdong's secret techniques cannot screen out such tampering, it is actually equivalent to finding important information, especially after confirming that these people could not have been provided by the Jiangdong family, and with this evidence, it is actually very clear who did it.

After all, Jiangdong is a world-class force. Even if it cannot reach the top level and is suppressed on the technical level, is there any need to find out who the opponent is?
Sometimes, not getting any accurate intelligence is actually a kind of intelligence.

If the five major countries cannot find anything even if they try to investigate, then it is obvious who the opponent is.

"Is the secret technique unreliable?" After realizing that the opponent might be Kushan, Zhang Cheng quickly understood his father's expression.

Jiangdong’s secret techniques are indeed powerful, but if the assassin is really from Kushan, it would be difficult for Jiangdong to investigate. To be honest, it would be difficult not to be misled.

"Let's put it aside for now. Inform your uncle and ask him to speed up the search for coastal ports. Although there is a high probability that they did not go through the ports, they will definitely be able to find out some other things by checking the ports." Zhang Zhao did not answer his son's question. Like Pang Tong, he was thinking about the problem of internal thieves.

No matter how the Kushan veterans landed on Sumatra, landing on Sumatra was only the first step. Assassinating Zhou Yu was the key. The intelligence required to achieve this key goal could not be easily obtained by just a few assassins.

Even if there must be a Kushan insider in Sumatra, it is not easy for the insider to obtain some of Zhou Yu's core intelligence and plan such a precise assassination. It is necessary to cooperate with the locals and seize the opportunity to kill him with one blow.

It is inevitable that Ye Diao has Kushan spies on his side. After all, this place was snatched from the Kushan by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. They completely seized this place by defeating Celian, but they cannot completely eliminate the hidden Kushan insiders. This is not something that can be done in a short time.

After all, it is inevitable that some Kushans will transform themselves into local people and take root deeply, waiting to be employed by the Kushan Empire later. Before they are exposed, these people are doing their own business and it is actually difficult to detect them. Perhaps many of them will gradually be assimilated and absorbed by Jiangdong due to changes in the overall environment, but it is inevitable that a few determined guys will be left behind.

Even when Li Jue fought against Fu Ward in the ravine, he could not avoid this situation. There are always some spies who silently resist the temptation when facing a broader future.

Zhang Zhao believed that there were very few such people, but no matter how few they were, they would definitely exist.

As for the reason for assassinating Zhou Yu, to be honest, this does not need to be thought about at all. Does the Kushans need a reason to kill Zhou Yu? There is no need at all. The hatred between the two sides is too great.

“We can only investigate it slowly.” Zhang Zhao sighed. This matter is not easy to investigate, but no matter how difficult it is, a convincing conclusion must be drawn before Sun Ce comes back. Otherwise, when Sun Ce comes back, he will really go crazy.

"Father, is the governor really dead? Although you said you saw the body, you have never given a clear answer to this question." Zhang Cheng asked with some hesitation.

Zhang Zhao fell into deep thought after hearing this, and shook his head after a long while. He couldn't be sure about this aspect. After all, he had seen Zhou Yu's body when it was carried back and sent to the cellar, and he was sure that it was indeed Zhou Yu. But even so, Zhang Zhao didn't dare to be sure whether Zhou Yu was dead or not.

"Although I have seen the body and I am sure that it is the governor, even so, I cannot be sure. After all, it is Zhou Yu, and considering many details, he has actually prepared to be assassinated, and even prepared to set up a trap. So this kind of accident is itself an accident within an accident." Zhang Zhao said with a complicated expression. He did not dare to be sure of what happened to Zhou Yu. Even if he saw the body, he could not be sure whether Zhou Yu was alive or dead.

After all, Zhang Zhao also knew about some secret techniques that were forcibly activated after a fatal blow to ensure minimum life activities. There were also special life forms like Si Niang whose consciousness was transcribed. Considering that Zhou Yu himself had set up a trap, Zhang Zhao was not so sure that Zhou Yu was dead.

After all, the concept of death was distorted once by Hua Tuo and others. Some guys who seemed dead to normal people might be able to be revived. Zhang Zhao was not very clear about Zhou Yu's current situation. The only thing that could be guaranteed was that if Zhou Yu was not dead, he was probably trying every means to resurrect himself.

If he was really dead, he wouldn't have to worry about all those trivial things. But if he wasn't dead, Zhou Yu would inevitably have to consider the huge impact his sudden death would have on the entire force.

Therefore, from Zhang Zhao's point of view, if Zhou Yu's body is still in the ice cellar within seven days and there is no further news, then Zhou Yu is really dead. Because if he is not really dead, Zhou Yu must be trying every means to win the resurrection battle. No one knows better than Zhou Yu what will become of Jiangdong if he is gone. The furious Sun Ce will really destroy everyone's dreams!
"Then he is definitely not dead." Zhang Cheng said confidently, "Father, even you doubt it, the governor is definitely not dead. If he is really dead, there will be no doubt."

"I hope so." Zhang Zhao sighed and said, he also hoped so.

On the other side, Pang Tong took the seal and returned to the Pang family's clan land in Ye Diao. Although he told Zhuge Jin that this matter had nothing to do with their family, Pang Tong did not believe that the intelligence found out by Zheng Du was deliberately framing their Pang family. With Zheng Du's ability, he dared to write it, even if it was prefixed with "considering" or "suspected", but since it was written on the intelligence form, it was certain that something was definitely wrong with the Pang family.

Otherwise, Zheng Du would never have written it. At this point, every word needs to be taken responsibility. Pang Tong doesn't believe that Zheng Du can't guess who Zhou Yu will give the seal to now that Zhou Yu has been assassinated. In this case, Zheng Du still wrote it. Apart from the ridiculous possibility of internal struggle, the only possibility is that there is really something wrong with the Pang family.

Along the way, Pang Tong has been thinking about which link the problem lies in and who the problem is.

If Pang Tong didn't think about some things, he would have overlooked them. But if he started to think carefully after being pointed out that there was indeed a problem, with the wisdom of a person like Pang Tong, he would still be able to discover some clues. Or to put it bluntly, he didn't discover them before only because he habitually trusted the other party.

When Pang Tong returned from the government office, Pang Anmin and others were waiting at home, as were some of the Pang family's close relatives. After all, they were already well aware that Zhou Yu had been assassinated in the street, and now that Zhou Yu was dead, they also had some speculations about who would handle the subsequent matters.

Although everyone present felt that this matter had nothing to do with their Pang family, only when Pang Tong came back with the seal could they truly feel at ease. After all, this matter was too big, so big that once it was affected, even with Pang Tong's support, their Pang family would be destroyed.

"Go away, go away, everyone. Pang Lin and Pang Hong stay." Pang Tong did not disappoint this group of people. After entering the room, he shook the seal in his hand, sent this group of people away, and then greeted Pang Lin and Pang Hong.

The relatives of the Pang family who were present finally calmed down after seeing the talisman on Pang Tong's hand. At least this time, there would be no problem for their Pang family to end up safely.

After everyone left, only Pang Lin and Pang Hong were left. Pang Tong took the two into the study with an expressionless face.

Pang Lin and Pang Hong didn't understand, but they didn't have any extra thoughts. After all, it was the head of the family who notified them of something. Considering that the two of them were in charge of the internal and external communication of the Pang family, they also realized that Pang Tong probably wanted to arrange some things for them to deal with.

Pang Tong entered the study and took down the sword hanging on the bookshelf. He slowly pulled out the blade, looked at the blurred face on the sword spine, and stabbed with the sword when Pang Lin and Pang Hong had almost no time to react. Pang Hong dodged Pang Tong's attack without warning by reflex.

"As expected." Pang Tong sighed and looked at Pang Hong, "When did you become a spy for the Kushan Empire? Even I didn't notice it."

Pang Lin first saw Pang Tong suddenly attack, and before he could think about what happened, he heard Pang Tong speak in silence. He was shocked and quickly distanced himself from Pang Hong.

Pang Hong looked indifferent. Although he thought he had not revealed his true colors, other people did not know about Pang Tong's intelligence, not even the Pang family members knew about it. Since the other party had already taken action, he was confident enough and there was no point in explaining anything.

"No, he didn't become a spy, alas!" Pang Tong looked at Pang Hong, and suddenly seemed to realize something. He stared at Pang Hong for a long time, and finally determined that Pang Hong in front of him was suppressed and controlled by some secret technique. This kind of thing sounds outrageous, but the same thing happened to the younger brother of the head of the Ji family. In fact, Jiangdong has already conducted an investigation on this, and Pang Hong was also included in that wave of investigation.

“It’s intermittent consciousness control.” Pang Lin also came to his senses in an instant. They had encountered this situation before. After the Ji family discovered it, the Jiangdong family quickly conducted an internal screening and released several of their own people who were controlled by this method. However, Pang Hong was also checked at that time and was not found to have any problems.

"Well, it should be this, and it should have just been controlled. It won't be too long, otherwise we should have found it out." Pang Tong nodded, "Although this is very bad, it is at least a good thing. At least it proves that it is indeed an external thief, and a thief from the Kushan side."

Having said that, Pang Tong's expression was not very good. If Zhou Yu had not died, it would have been fine if Pang Hong had been manipulated by the Kushan secret technique and exposed some important information. But now that Zhou Yu was dead, Pang Hong could not explain clearly what information he had exposed. So he had to take some blame. But if the Pang family was blamed for it, it would be a huge problem.

To put it bluntly, even if Pang Tong was there, the Pang family could not bear such a heavy blame. Others may not be clear about Zhou Yu's position on Sun Ce's side, but Pang Tong knew it very well. They were brothers in the true sense, and the brotherhood might be closer than that of blood relatives.

Therefore, once this matter is confirmed, not to mention the Pang family, even Pang Tong will not have an easy time.

"This is really a big deal. Don't break the secret technique first. Find a way to extract information from it. The rest is to find a piece of solid evidence." Pang Tong ordered his brother with a gloomy face. At this time, Pang Hong, who had no fighting ability, had been tied up tightly.

Pang Tong did not think that it was Pang Hong's problem. Although he had been discovered by Zheng Du, considering the overall situation, Pang Hong was most likely a useless chess piece. However, when it came to this kind of thing, even useless chess pieces would be defeated. So he would be in a very difficult situation next and had to mobilize the Jiangdong families to investigate together.

"The simplest way to solve the problem now is that the governor is not dead. The other options only change the death penalty to suspended death sentence." After sending Pang Lin away, Pang Tong pressed his temple and thought quietly about how to break the deadlock. Although some important information has been obtained now, it is not enough to explain Zhou Yu's death to Sun Ce.

[We can only wait for the commander.] Pang Tong sighed.

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