Chapter 98 Liu Wu's identity is completely exposed! Liu Zilie is Liu Bei's eldest son Liu Wu!
Chapter 098: Liu Wu's identity is completely exposed! Liu Zilie is Liu Bei's eldest son Liu Wu!
Promise to the father first and then to the son?

Sun Quan looked confused and had no idea what Zhuge Liang meant.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su each picked up the red invitation that had fallen to the ground.
After just a glance, his heart skipped a beat. This turned out to be the wedding invitation of Liu Zilie and the princess!
In order to invite Liu Zilie to fight Liu Bei together and to obtain Hefei, Jiangdong reluctantly agreed to the marriage between Liu Zilie and the princess.

Now the fact that the princess and Liu Zilie are getting married can no longer be concealed...

But you can always find an excuse.

"Ah~" Lu Su sighed: "Uncle Liu also knows that the princess was kidnapped by Liu Zilie, and I can't get Jiangdong back for a while."

"Jiangdong is naturally unwilling to marry Liu Zilie, but the princess is in Xiling City after all, and we are out of reach."

"If Emperor Liu blames Jiangdong for this, Jiangdong has nothing to say, except..."

Lu Su was really confused: "Where does this saying come from, that the father should be promised first and the son later?"

Although Liu Zilie has the same surname as Liu Xuande, it is impossible that Liu Zilie is the son of this Uncle Liu, right?

"It's really impossible to talk about [promising to the father first and then the son], Uncle Liu, please don't joke." Zhou Yu took over Lu Su's words with a complicated expression: "To be honest with Uncle Liu and Mr. Kong Ming..."

"Although Liu Zilie has only recently become popular, he is an old acquaintance of Jiangdong. Jiangdong and Liu Zilie have known each other for many years."

Jiang Dong had known Liu Wu many years ago?

This, how is this possible? !
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were stunned for a moment, and they could hardly believe their ears.

They crossed the river this time with the intention of persuading Jiangdong to disagree with the marriage between Liu Wu and the Princess of Jiangdong, but unexpectedly Zhou Yu's news caught them off guard.

After all, Mr. Kong Ming was a very smart man, and he immediately covered up his gaffe.

He looked cold and said, "In that case, Liang would like to know how Liu Zilie became an old acquaintance of Jiangdong."

A trace of reminiscence flashed in Zhou Yu's eyes: "The origin of Jiangdong and Liu Zilie has to start from the time when the first lord Gongsun Bofu conquered Jiangdong..."

"That year, General Bofu borrowed 3,000 soldiers and 500 war horses from Yuan Shu, and marched to Qu'a. He went all the way to Shenting Ridge, where he met Taishi Ziyi and the brave young general beside him..."

On the Shenting Ridge, the brave young general fought against twelve generals alone, and the generals from Jiangdong were unable to get any closer!
After the Battle of Shentingling, there was no trace of the brave young general.

It was not until Xiling changed its owner that Jiang Dongfang realized that Liu Zilie was his old friend from Shentingling...

Zhou Yu explained the whole story clearly.

Liu Bei's throat became dry and his heart was in turmoil!

At that time, the princes of the Central Plains were fighting each other. He had few soldiers and generals and was extremely weak. He had no capital to intervene. In desperation, Liu Wu rode alone to the south of the Yangtze River to explore whether there was any opportunity to succeed in Jiangdong.

As a result, Liu Wu came back not long after he left, saying that Jiangdong had a new master and his plan could not be successful.

But I never thought that I would have such an experience during this period...

Zhuge Liang had also heard these things from Liu Bei. Now, as Zhou Yu was still talking nonstop, Zhuge Liang's eyes became more and more strange.

Zhou Yu continued, "...We know Liu Zilie inside and out, so we don't know what Mr. Kong Ming meant by 'promise the father first, then the son'?"

Does Jiangdong know everything about Liu Zilie?
Zhuge Liang was almost so angry that he laughed. He could no longer hold back and said, "Where did this young general from Qu'a come from? Where did this old friend from Shentingling come from?"

"Back then, the Central Plains was engulfed in flames of war, and the various states fought endlessly. At that time, Emperor Liu's power was weak and he could not gain a foothold in the Central Plains. Liu Wu advised Lord Xuande to avoid the flames of war in the Central Plains and take the six counties of Jiangdong..."

"That's how he got to know the generals of Jiangdong!"

Take Jiangdong?
Sun Quan was completely stunned. What do you mean by taking Jiangdong?

Did Liu Xuande actually have any intentions towards the six counties of Jiangdong? !
And there is Liu Wu. I heard that Liu Xuande’s eldest son was named Liu Wu, but how is he related to Liu Xuande’s son?
Zhou Yu standing aside was stunned where he stood, his attention completely attracted by the two words "Liu Wu".

He blurted out: "What Liu Wu?"

Lu Su, who was standing behind Zhou Yu, also had a look of confusion in his eyes at this moment.

As the Grand Commander of Jiangdong, Zhou Gongjin was in charge of the navy and army of Jiangdong, and Lu Su was the confidant of the Marquis of Wu. Naturally, they both knew a lot of information from all sides.

They had also heard that Liu Xuande had an eldest son named Liu Wu...

But what is the connection between Liu Wu and the generals of Jiangdong?
Looking at the bewildered faces of Jiangdong's rulers and ministers,
Zhuge Liang was helpless: "Guoyu says that King Cheng can make Wen Zhao wise and can settle Wu Lie... Liu Wu is Liu Zilie, and Liu Zilie is Liu Wu! Don't you understand?"

Liu Wu is Liu Zilie!
Liu Zilie is Liu Wu!
That old friend from Jiangdong, now the new son-in-law of Jiangdong, is actually Liu Bei’s eldest son? ! !

boom! ~
Suddenly, huge white waves rose up on the river bank.
A roar suddenly sounded in the ears of Jiangdong's king and his ministers, who had dazed faces!

The hearts of Sun Quan and his two ministers have begun to surge...

How can this be?

If Liu Zilie was really Liu Bei's eldest son, then Jiangdong sent letters to both of them, inviting Liu Bei and Liu Zilie to fight each other, wouldn't that be...

The three of them were instantly panicked!
Zhuge Liang hadn't finished his words yet: "...it was just that Lord Xuande had no one under his command at that time, so he sent Liu Wu to cross the river in person, and then he mixed into the army of General Taishi Ziyi and fought against your General Sun Bofu!"

"He saw that General Bofu had already gained power and that Jiangdong was in vain, so he quietly returned to the Central Plains after the battle of Shenting Ridge..."

What Zhuge Liang said was well-founded and Sun Quan and others were stunned when they heard it.

The absurdity of this is really unbelievable.

They never dreamed that

Liu Zilie, who conquered Xiling, captured Cao Cao alive, and seized the land north of the Yangtze River from Cao Mengde, and who was far more brave than Lu Bu, was actually Liu Xuande's eldest son? !
Zhou Yu muttered to himself: "No wonder! No wonder we have been looking for this old friend in Jiangdong for nearly ten years and have not found any trace of him. It turns out that he has returned to the Central Plains a long time ago..."

Do not,
It still doesn’t make sense!
Zhou Gongjin looked at Liu Bei with a questioning look on his face: "Uncle Liu! If Liu Zilie is really your son, how could he have intercepted my Jiangdong Princess?!"

In this world, how could a son kidnap his father's wife before she got married?

If Liu Zilie was really the son of Liu Xuande, how could he possibly ruin the Sun-Liu alliance? !

Zhuge Liang: "This is a long story, really..."

boom! ~
Sun Quan, who had not spoken for a long time, slammed the wooden pillar on the dock hard, causing everyone to tremble under their feet.

Sun Zhongmou stared at Liu Xuande with an unpleasant expression: "I want Uncle Liu to say it himself!"

Liu Bei didn't want to talk about the matter of establishing a crown prince, so he glossed over it: "That day, because of the disagreement between father and son, Ah Wu had a few words with me and left in anger. He happened to meet the wedding procession that was sending the princess to Gong'an City for her wedding on the way..."

"Awu was so angry that he did such a ridiculous thing."

The one who kidnapped my little sister was actually Liu Xuande’s eldest son!

At this moment, Sun Quan felt a buzzing in his head. He didn't dare to believe it, but he didn't dare not to believe it.

No wonder Liu Zilie dared to kidnap his younger sister and the Princess of Jiangdong on Liu Bei’s territory!
No wonder Zhuge Kongming said that Jiangdong is a country where a woman marries two husbands, first to her father and then to her son...

Thinking of this, Sun Quan's face turned red as blood and his anger rose.

He was fooled by Liu Wu, and the entire Jiangdong was fooled by Liu Wu!

Zhou Yu looked grim, but he still didn't want to believe that Liu Zilie was Liu Wu: "Since Liu Zilie is the biological son of Emperor Liu, why was he fighting against Cao's army in Xiling without Emperor Liu helping him?"

"Even if the father and son are not on good terms, Uncle Liu would not sit idly by and watch his own son fall into danger without saving him, right?"

Battle of Xiling!

Even though Zhou Yu did not personally participate in the incident, he witnessed the tragedy with his own eyes on the river...

Tens of thousands of troops attacked the four gates fiercely, and the Xiling defenders struggled to hold on.

Corpses were piled up side by side and blood flowed like a river!
The flesh and blood almost embedded into the wall of Xiling City...

The strong smell of blood was something I could smell even though I was above the river!
Even at this moment, recalling the Battle of Xiling, Zhou Gongjin, as a bystander, couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"Didn't I help?" Liu Xuande, who had always been emotionally stable, finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

Burning anger was burning his temples: "You are waiting on the river, but you don't know that I, Liu Xuande, am in Jiangling City, holding back Cao's 50,000 troops for him!"

"For this rebellious son, I lost 20,000 elite soldiers! A full 20,000 elite soldiers!" "The thief Cao sent five of his best generals to besiege Jiangling City! They attacked for several days without stopping. I led Yunchang, Yide, Zilong and old general Huang Zhong to defend Jiangling to the death..."

"The city walls have been breached, but we are still risking our lives to defend the city and to help that rebellious son contain Cao's army..."

That's it.

Liu Xuande's nose was sore.

When he thought of the 20,000 elite soldiers who had been killed, he felt heartbroken. In a trance, he seemed to see the days and nights of defending Jiangling again...

The roaring and whistling arrows with rockets shot up into the sky!

Dense rocks fell from the sky!
One elite soldier after another,

Or being burned to charcoal amid screams.

Or they didn't even have time to scream before being smashed into a pool of meat by the huge rock!
Cao's soldiers attacked the city wall again and again, but were driven off the city wall again and again...

awful,
How miserable!

If he had not sacrificed 20,000 elite soldiers to tie down most of Cao's army, how could the rebellious Xiling City have been defended?
But now, Zhou Gongjin actually said that he never helped that rebellious son? !
The more Liu Bei spoke, the more angry he became, and the more aggrieved he felt...

Sun Quan on the other side could no longer hear what Liu Bei was saying. At this moment, Sun Zhongmou's mind was in a mess...

His sister married Liu Bei's eldest son.

He actually plotted with Liu Bei's eldest son to seize Liu Bei's four counties in southern Jing? !

I thought Jiangdong was playing both sides, allying with Liu Bei on one hand and secretly joining forces with Liu Zilie on the other...

Who would have thought that these two people were father and son!
God knows whether this father and son will secretly conspire to deal with Jiang Dong? !

messed up

All of Jiang Dong's plans are messed up!!

Sun Quan felt dizzy.
He staggered, unable to restrain himself from retreating, and retreating again, getting closer and closer to the edge of the dock...

Everyone present was still in shock about what happened to Liu Wu, and no one noticed anything unusual about Sun Quan.

at last,

Sun Zhongmou stepped into the air...

Plop! ~
The Lord of Jiangdong fell into the river, splashing a large amount of water, which finally woke everyone up.

"Wuhou!"

"Lord!"

"Quick! Go into the water and save him..."

……

……

In Xiling City,

The place is decorated with lights and red and green.

The lord's wedding is approaching, and a large number of soldiers are busy everywhere.

Some soldiers also discussed:

"Have you heard that the lord has been to Xiangyang these days?"

"My Lord, what are you going to do in Xiangyang?"

"It is said that the emperor knows about our master's wedding and specially granted the marriage. He asked Prime Minister Cao to convey the imperial decree to the master. The master is going to Xiangyang to receive the decree!"

"How is it possible that the emperor grants a marriage? Our lord has never even seen the emperor. How can the emperor give us such a favor..."

The emperor grants marriage to the lord? !

Many soldiers were shocked by this rumor, although everyone knew that the current Han emperor was a puppet.

But since Emperor Guangwu of Han restored the Han Dynasty, how many people have been granted marriage by the emperor?
Although my lord is now also a local lord, I am afraid he may not be able to enjoy this honor.

Zhao Zilong, who was standing far away, listened to the soldiers' discussion and shook his head helplessly...

He had heard of this rumor a long time ago. In Zhao Yun's opinion, this rumor must be the trick of the eldest son. He must be aware that none of his elders would come on his wedding day.

Therefore, they fabricated this rumor first and made arrangements in advance to cover up the embarrassment on the wedding day. But on the wedding day, where would the eldest son find the imperial decree to grant the marriage and silence the gossips?

Do we need to forge the imperial edict?

Young Master, this is really...

boom! ~
Suddenly, the tightly closed gate of Xiling City opened wide.

Xilulu~
A carriage with a large flag of "Liu Zi" slowly drove into the city, surrounded by five hundred cavalrymen!
Liu Wu is back...

"My Lord! It's my Lord!"

"The lord is back!"

All the soldiers in Cheng Nei stared at the carriage excitedly.

Inside the carriage, Liu Wu nodded slightly.

Dozens of cavalrymen rode out, and the first one held up a yellow silk cloth high in the air:
"The Emperor has issued an order granting marriage to the Princess of Jiangdong to the Lord!"

"The Emperor has issued an order granting marriage to the Princess of Jiangdong to the Lord!"

"The Emperor has issued an order granting marriage to the Princess of Jiangdong to the Lord!"

Da da da! ~
Dozens of cavalrymen were galloping on their horses in the city, shouting loudly.

The sun's rays, shining on the yellow silk held high, looked like a ball of golden flame wandering and running in the city!
in an instant,
All the soldiers in the city fell silent, staring blankly at the dazzling yellow silk scroll...

"Is that, is that an imperial decree?"

"Is this the imperial decree granting marriage to my lord?!"

"Oh my God, His Majesty the Emperor has really granted my lord a marriage!"

Everyone's faces turned blood red, this was not just an imperial decree granting marriage.

That was the Emperor's recognition of the Lord, Xiling City, and even all the Xiling soldiers. What a special honor! !

boom! ~
In an instant, the entire Xiling City seemed to be filled with tremendous waves of sound.

Cheers broke out everywhere.

Soldiers like a tide crowded on both sides of Liu Wu's carriage.

Liu Wu's carriage seemed to break through the waves and slowly headed towards the Xiling County Magistrate's residence.

far away,

Zhao Zilong stared at the cavalryman holding up a piece of silk that looked like dancing flames, his face pale...

He murmured to himself: "How could this happen? How could this happen..."

"This marriage actually has the emperor's approval!"

"The Emperor has granted me a marriage! It's over. My Lord, the Sun-Liu alliance is completely over..."

　Two chapters today, a total of 9,500 words, good night brothers
　　
　
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