There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

He didn't even ask the host Kong Ni for his opinion, but directly chose a place to camp and rest.

No matter how well Kong Ni cultivated himself, he was so angry that he trembled all over.

He just wanted to protest, but saw the potter come to him, waved his hand quietly at him, and said: "Uncle Shi, don't be angry, he wants 20 shi for grain and grass, Uncle Shi, you will prepare [-] shi for it later." he."

Kong Ni was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground: "Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are so deceitful that they asked me for 20 stones of food, and I offered to give them [-] stones? Nephew, do you think that Uncle Shi I'm so bully?"

The pottery merchant shook his head, seeing that Sun Jian had already left the two of them to arrange camping matters, he said: "Today's matter is not just as simple as asking for food, I will tell you in detail later, for now, Uncle Shi just needs to prepare for it. If the uncle trusts the nephew, I will help you get back the 20 stones of food and grass, and there will be a bonus."

Kong Ni frowned when he heard the words, obviously he couldn't believe that this little nephew's current child was not sincere at all, and he just opened his mouth to brag.

The pottery merchant didn't seem to see Kong Ni's questioning expression, and said with a smile: "Although Sun Jian is a military officer, he will not fail to understand the etiquette among alliances. He is arrogant and domineering here today, and it is clearly premeditated. Uncle, don't worry, I'll help you kill this bastard later."

Chapter 23 Tigers hurt people

On the outskirts of Yangdi City, Sun Jian was inspecting the soldiers camping.

I saw this fierce tiger standing on the edge of the campsite with its hands behind its back. Its expression was as cold as ice. On the surface, it was urging the soldiers to run back and forth to set up tents, but the light in its eyes flickered on and off, as if it was thinking about something. matter.

Behind Sun Jian, a big man stepped forward and stopped beside Sun Jian.

That man had a straight beard and a plain appearance, he was Sun Jian's other Sima, and also Cheng Pu, his most important right-hand man.

"My lord, why did you keep threatening that Kong Ni today?"

Cheng Pu and Sun Jian have a personal relationship, and they don't beat around the bush, directly asking the question that has been hidden in their hearts: "No matter what, Kong Ni is also the governor of Yuzhou appointed by the imperial court, and our ally in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. Words and deeds collide, quite inconsistent with the usual style, is there any difficulty?"

Sun Jian sneered, with irony in his laughter, and after a long while, he slowly took out a secret letter from his bosom and handed it to Cheng Pu: "You can read it yourself."

Cheng Pu took over the brocade with the secret written on it in doubt, unfolded it, and after a while he said in amazement: "Yuan Shu wants to express that the lord is the General Polu and leads the governor of Yuzhou?! Isn't the governor of Yuzhou Kong Ni? Yuan Shu did this What idea?"

Sun Jian said slowly: "What's the idea? Heh! I helped him kill Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, prefect of Nanyang for him. Now he has gained Nanyang County, and his strength has greatly increased! Jingzhou has no masters and they are in charge of their own affairs. It is also because he controls the current southeast territory, Jingzhou and Yangzhou are no longer in great danger, if he can get the land of Yuzhou again, he will fulfill his long-cherished wish to straddle the three states, who is the hero in the world?"

Anger appeared on Cheng Pu's face: "I'm not satisfied with killing Wang Rui and Zhang Zi!? Now I want you to kill Kong Ni, my lord? The profit is all for him, and the crime is all for you! My lord, it's too much for you!" Isn't it worth it?"

Sun Jian sighed for a long time, and said helplessly: "The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world! Yuan Shizhi in Runan, how few people in the world can compare with him? Yuan Shu is the second son of Sikong Yuanfeng, quite chivalrous now The official pays homage to the Empress General! It will be a long time coming. I made the knife in his hand today, but I just hope to find a good home. After all, this world, looking around, is turbid."

Cheng Pu was silent for a while, and then said: "My lord is bullying Kong Ni frequently today, is it to force him to resist or to find a reason to kill him on the spot?"

There was a cold light in Sun Jian's eyes, it was a light like a hungry wolf seeing its prey.

"Sun originally thought so, but after seeing Young Master Tao, he had to give up."

Cheng Pu thought about it carefully for a while, and said: "That kid? I think he is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is just a yellow mouth. Can he still stand up for Kong Ni?"

Sun Jian smiled: "What he has done today is not just to stand up for Kong Ni? Although his words and deeds are mostly humble and forbearing, but the purpose is to calm things down and even don't want the military rations and equipment that Kong Ni gave him. It is clear that he is determined to stand aside with Kong Ni."

Cheng Pu stroked his beard, and said slowly: "So what if you stand aside? I have heard for a long time that Xuzhou Tao Qian is a fool, and the child is just a rotten Confucian! Are we still afraid that he will fail in the Xuzhou army? I heard that Tao Qian There are only [-] soldiers in the Xuzhou army, and the last general only needs [-] horses to kill them all, leaving no one behind!"

Sun Jian turned to look at Cheng Pu, shook his head and said, "Actually, I had the same thoughts as you at the beginning. That Tao Qian flattered the famous family, and the people he used were all ordinary people! Forgive him, how powerful is the Xuzhou army? I am not right." I'm afraid that the Xuzhou army is just looking at this son's words and deeds today. The second is to see a general standing behind him. It may not be able to move Kong Ni."

It was Xu Chu who Sun Jian was talking about.

Cheng Pu suddenly realized: "I also noticed the person my lord mentioned, but Xuzhou is a huge place, and there are one or two fierce men here and there, which is reasonable."

Sun Jian sighed: "A martial artist, what is there to be afraid of? However, what I want to deal with is the old man Kong Ni. The Xuzhou army will not provoke them if they don't want to. After all, they are all allies. In the crusade against Dong Zhuo, we must also ask them to contribute. We don't have to Make the next enemy out of thin air."

Cheng Pu lamented that this was the case: "What the lord said is that Yuan Shu wants to get involved in Yuzhou. We really don't need to set up the Xuzhou Tao family as an enemy. But if we don't do anything today, how will the lord plan to accomplish things in the future?"

Sun Jian smiled faintly, and the smile made people tremble: "Quan let's get him a hundred thousand stones of food and grass first, and then slowly force him. No matter how good-tempered this old man is, he must not be able to sit still. Sooner or later, he will turn against him." That day."

Sun Jian was thinking about Kong Ni outside Yangdi City, and Kong Ni was thinking about Sun Jian inside Yangdi City.

Kong Ni was sitting on the soft couch, his nostrils were flapping and closing, his face was blushing and his neck was thick, obviously angry, the potter looked at him and couldn't hold back his joy

Outside the city just now, this old boy was treated like a bastard by Sun Jian, now he will enter the city, and without seeing Sun Jian, his temper obviously became a little bit up.

"Sun Jian is too deceitful!" Kong Ni gritted his teeth, and the creases on his face seemed to be squeezed together: "Zhu Zi'an dares to deceive me like this? With Yuan Shu's backing, he dares to shout at me! Who am I? The Son of Heaven The imperial edict sealed the governor of Yuzhou! He dared to ask me for [-] stones of food and grass and I refused to give him what he dared to do to me? You are a traitor!"

The potter grinned.

What you say is really not level, should the word rebellious minister and thief be used to describe Dong Zhuo?Use that word for your own ally, and what are you?

Kong Ni had complained enough, turned his head to look at the potter, and said, "Sun Jian insulted me so much, according to my nephew, what should I do?"

The potter said unhurriedly: "He is so rude, I would like to ask Uncle Shi to send troops to deal with it!"

Kong Ni seemed to have swallowed a fat fly, unable to spit it out or swallow it.If he could clean it up, he would have done it long ago, why wait until now?

"That..." Kong Ni hesitated for a moment and said: "Soldiers are also weapons. Sun Jian and I are allies. If there is internal strife, these people under his command will not attack lightly or seriously. At that time, it will take a few lives. It feels too bad." Not worth it."

Pottery merchant smiled and said: "Uncle Shi's words are quite reasonable, but people don't hurt tigers, tigers hurt people's hearts. Today, Sun Jian's performance outside the city, my nephew feels that Sun Jian has murdered uncle. Uncle Shi is thinking about it." The feeling of an ally, I want to coexist peacefully with him, but unfortunately he doesn't appreciate it."

"My nephew thinks that Sun Jian is going to kill me?" Kong Ni's face turned pale in an instant: "How did my nephew know that?"

The pottery merchant couldn't help being amused when he heard the words. He really felt deeply sorry for the vision and emotional intelligence of this famous Kong Mingshi, and he didn't know how this old boy survived until now: "Uncle Shi doesn't think that Sun Jian's attitude is really ruthless. Is it polite? The kind that is purely finding fault?"

Kong Ni frowned and said: "He is rude to me, so he must kill me? My nephew's words are unreasonable and rude. There may be many situations. For example, if I owe him money and don't pay it on purpose If not, he would be very rude to me."

The pottery merchant sighed, shook his head and said, "Uncle Shi, believe me, if you owe him the money and don't pay it back, the first thing Sun Jian did when he saw you outside the city today would be to kneel down to you, not shout at you." .”

Kong Ni: ""

After a long time.

Kong Ni's expression gradually became serious: "Why does Sun Jian want to kill me?"

Tao Shang said, "Because you are the governor of Yingchuan."

"Why did I, the governor of Yingchuan, want to kill me?"

Tao Shang asked, "Because Yuan Shu is greedy for the land of Yuzhou?"

"Why did Yuan Shu have to occupy the land of Yuzhou?"

Tao Shang said: "Because Yuzhou is a link in his strategy of straddling Jing, Yang, and Henan, and Runan is Yuan Shu's hometown, Yuan's influence here is very large. The answer is that simple."

This simple answer is really outrageous.

Kong Ni's hands hidden in the sleeves of his robe were tightly clenched into fists, his joints were white, and there was a slight creaking sound. He was both an official of the Han court and an allied comrade in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. For his own personal ambition, Yuan Shu even To be able to intentionally hurt a colleague in such a cruel way is not even as good as a beast.

Of course, when Sun Jian killed Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi and Jingzhou governor Wang Rui under Yuan Shu's secret order, Kong Ni's feelings about these things were at most shocking, and his personal feelings towards Yuan Shu were far from angry. Now that he has become the next lamb to be slaughtered, Kong Ni can no longer control his emotions.

Man is such a kind of creature, who thinks nothing of himself, and once the matter is of his own concern, he will scold his mother.

"Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are really sluts!" Kong Ni cursed at the top of his voice.

The potter sighed helplessly that a gentleman from a famous family was forced to swear, which was a harbinger of the collapse of ritual and music.