My Father in Law is Lu Bu-Chapter 675

“What? The Lord is going to Yangzhou?” Zhuge Jin was dumbstruck.

“Why is the Lord going to Yangzhou?” Bu Lu was the first to ask.

“The Grand Governor’s injury is infected. The Lord has gone to Yangzhou to save the Grand Governor.” Ling Cao said to Bu Lu and the others.

“Go to Yangzhou to save the Grand Governor? Is our Jiangdong lacking people? What about Doctor Zhu? Isn’t he here?” Bu Lu asked anxiously. Doctor Zhu was unequaled in his field of work. If he could not save the patient, could anyone else do it?

“The doctor said he cannot save the Grand Governor. That is why the Lord is going to Yangzhou.” Ling Cao said and told the others what the doctor told them. After being intimidated by Sun Ce, he was now smarter.

“The Lord is confused!” Zhuge Jin said loudly. Even if Yangzhou had a way to save the Grand Governor, Liu Mang would not agree. Liu Mang would definitely want Zhou Yu dead.

“But maybe Yangzhou is really the key to saving the Grand Governor.” Bu Lu said for some reason.

“Quickly! Go and stop the Lord!” Zhuge Jin said to Ling Cao. He believed that saving someone with an infected wound was impossible. It was akin to surviving after being disemboweled.

“No need!” A voice came from another side. When they turned around, they saw that the voice belonged to Lu Meng.

“General Lu. Why are you here?” Bu Lu asked.

“Brother!” Ling Cao nodded with a greeting.

“Pass down the orders. All soldiers are to lay down their weapons and get ready to surrender.” Lu Meng said with a complicated expression.

Everyone froze. They knew what this order meant. It meant that the Sun Family’s Jiangdong was over.

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“Oh? Sun Ce sent an envoy?” Liu Mang was at the industrial zone looking at how the cannons were being constructed when suddenly someone came to report saying that Sun Ce has sent an envoy and Liu Mang’s presence was needed.

Liu Mang thought that something was strange. For what reason is Jiangdong sending an envoy now? Yangzhou no longer had any good impression of Jiangdong. After agreeing to surrender, they attacked Liu Mang’s men and chased them away from the Yangtze River.

If it was not because of Zhuge Liang’s persuasion, Liu Mang would have already settled accounts with Jiangdong. Even now, Lu Su had not yet return. The thought of it only made Liu Mang angrier.

“I am not going to meet them!” Liu Mang immediately refused.

“Milord. The Internal Minister said that it is extremely important and it would be better if you return.” The messenger said.

“Oh?” Liu Mang still listened to Xu Shu’s advice.

“Milord. Since the Internal Minister said this, how about going back to take a look?” Liu Ye who was standing beside Liu Mang also advised.

“Fine. I will go and take a look.” Liu Mang nodded. He had to give Xu Shu face so he had his subordinates prepare a horse before he rode back towards the city walls.

“Where is the Little Conqueror’s envoy?” Liu Mang entered the main hall while asking his guards. He was naturally escorted in. He quickly arrived at the Lord’s seat. The people below then announced the arrival of Sun Ce’s envoy.

“This subject, Wu Jing, greets Your Highness the King of Shu in place of Marquis Wu.” A middle aged man cupped his fist at Liu Mang.

“This subject?” Liu Mang wondered about the way the man addressed himself. What does Sun Ce want now? Why was he suddenly being so modest?

“Wu Jing right? Speak. Why did your Lord sent you?” Liu Mang asked the envoy.

“This subject is here to give Your Highness congratulatory gifts for your marriage.” Wu Jing said.

“Congratulatory gifts? Oh? What do you have? Bring it all up here.” Liu Mang said with a small smile.

“Men. Bring the gifts over.” Wu Jing said to his subordinates. A group of people quickly brought boxes of gifts over.

“Open it!” After putting the boxes on the ground, they went and opened it. Inside the boxes were all gold.

Liu Mang’s smile deepened but not from greed. Though these boxes were full of gold, it was only about a thousand gold. It was not even worth looking at for Liu Mang. However, Liu Mang has already been married for a long time. So why would Sun Ce only sent gifts now? There must be a meaning to it. On top of that, Sun Ce was now poor. Can he even afford to give others a thousand gold? He must definitely be here to request something.

“Did my brother-in-law ask you to send these over?” Liu Mang asked Wu Jing.

“Yes. My Lord wishes for Your Highness and the lady to live long lives and give birth to a son.” Wu Jing replied.

“Oh. Then please help me to thank your Lord. As for these gifts, I will accept it.” Liu Mang said to Wu Jing.

Hearing this, Wu Jing became happy. But then his smile froze when he heard Liu Mang’s next words. “Tell Marquis Wu that I am very pleased with the gifts. Men. See the visitor out!” Liu Mang said and prepared to leave.

“Understood! Sir. Please come this way.” Guan Hai understood Liu Mang’s intentions and gestured to Wu Jing, ready to escort him out.

“No! No!” Wu Jing panicked. The King of Shu really does not follow common sense. Wu Jing had thought that after giving these gifts, negotiations would be easier. Who knew that Liu Mang would immediately chase him away.

“Your Highness! Please wait! This subject still have other things to say!” Wu Jing shouted loudly.

Seeing that Wu Jing was almost in tears from being chased away, Liu Mang decided to show mercy. “Wait. Did Marquis Wu say anything else?” Liu Mang asked.

“Yes! Yes Your Highness!” Wu Jing quickly replied. If he got chased away, he would be in trouble as he delayed his Lord’s objective.

“Alright. Quickly speak. I am a busy man.” Liu Mang waved his hand.

“Your Highness. Our Lord knows that Your Highness have excellent medical skills. He wish to request Your Highness to heal the injured.” Wu Jing said to Liu Mang.

“I have excellent medical skills?” Liu Mang was dumbfounded. Since when did he become an expert in medical skills? He then remembered that he taught the students of the medical schools some things. However, these were only the basics.

“Who told you I am an expert in medical skills?” Liu Mang asked.

“It is Doctor Zhu. Doctor Zhu said it!” Wu Jing quickly replied.

“Doctor Zhu?” Liu Mang does not know this person.

“Milord. He means Zhu Kang. That person has a relationship with High Official Hua.” Xu Shu explained. Hua Tuo was now leading the Ministry of Health and also a medical school. Though he was not in one of the six departments, his job was also important and he has a high salary.

“Do I need to personally go when someone falls sick?” Liu Mang did not know who Zhu Kang is nor did he have any interest.

“Yes. It is the old madam that is ill.” Wu Jing thought for a long time before saying.

“Old madam? Lady Wu?” Liu Mang asked skeptically.

“Yes!” Wu Jing nodded.

“What illness does she have?” Liu Mang was also concerned. After marrying Sun Shangxiang, Lady Wu became his mother-in-law. If she were to fall ill, it was normal for the son-in-law to be worried.

“A few days ago, Lady Wu was cutting a dress for the eldest miss and accidentally cut herself. Now her arm is infected. It is an emergency. We hope Your Highness would give face to the Eldest Miss and help the old madam.

Hearing that Lady Wu’s wound was infected, Liu Mang thought of using the penicillin. But then he realized that something was not right. What kind of clothes required Lady Wu to act personally? With Lady Wu’s position, she did not need to do anything at all. On top of that, if Lady Wu was in trouble, Sun Shangxiang would already be making noise. Yet, Sun Shangxiang was still playing around in Liu Mang’s room a few days ago.

After looking at Wu Jing’s expression, Liu Mang gave a sneer. Would Wu Jing be able to speak like this if Lady Wu was in trouble? Wu Jing was obviously part of the Wu Family. It would not be good for them if Lady Wu dies so Wu Jing would have been more anxious. In other words, someone has an infected wound and this person was not Lady Wu.

“It is not good for the old madam’s wound to be infected. Since she is my mother in law, I will definitely save her.” Liu Mang said cooperatively. Wu Jing became happy.

“How about this. Bring Lady Wu to Yangzhou. I will definitely have Hua Tuo save Lady Wu.”

“Ah!” Wu Jing froze. If they could bring the patient to Yangzhou, they would have already done so instead of doing this farce.

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” Liu Mang purposefully feigned his concerns. “Is it because Lady Wu is old and cannot travel to Yangzhou?” Liu Mang helped Wu Jing to find an excuse. He did not expect Wu Jing to actually use what was given.

“Yes. Yes. The old madam is already old. She cannot walk too much.” Wu Jing said.

“That’s not good. I want to help the old madam but I cannot leave Yangzhou! It seems that I cannot only sacrifice myself for the good of Yangzhou!” Liu Mang said like he was troubled. “Sigh. The Heavens did not protect the old madam. Please forgive me.”

“Alright. Wu Jing. Please give my regards to the old madam when you return! Leave.” Liu Mang while chasing the guest away.

Wu Jing really started to panic. “Your Highness! I beg of you to save our Grand Governor Zhou Yu!” Wu Jing finally started to speak the truth.

“Zhou Yu? What happened to him?”

“The Grand Governor’s wound is infected. The whole of Jiangdong is at a loss! Doctor Zhu said that Your Highness may be able to save the Grand Governor so we come here to beg you to give us the medicine.” Wu Jing finally spoke the whole truth in fear that he would be chased away by Liu Mang.

“Zhou Yu’s wound is infected?” Liu Mang was confused. Didn’t Zhou Yu already recover?

“Milord! There is news from High Official Lu!” Suddenly a messenger arrived and handed Liu Mang a letter.

“A letter from Zijing?” Liu Mang quickly read the letter and finally understood everything. Lu Su had written that Sun Quan had rebelled. Zhang Zhao tried to use Zhou Yu to force Sun Ce’s surrender but Zhou Yu harmed himself to prevent that. However, Lu Su had written that Zhou Yu might be dead while Wu Jing told Liu Mang that Zhou Yu was not far from death.

“Milord. Once Zhou Gongjin is dead, Jiangdong will soon follow.” Xu Shu said after reading the letter.

“No! No! Your Highness! My Lord is prepared to surrender to Your Highness! We beg you to save the Grand Governor!” Wu Jing quickly said.

“Save Zhou Yu? Haha. What a joke! Do you think we agree to your Lords’ surrender? We gave you all a chance the last time but you all threw it away and killed our men! How do we calculate that enmity?” Xu Shu sneered at Wu Jing.

In the past, Liu Mang wanted to take Zhou Yu and Sun Ce in because he admired them and anyone would love to have these great historical heroes working for them. Unfortunately, they tricked Lu Su and caused Yangzhou to suffer a loss.

“That was an accident! My Lord sincerely wants to surrender!” Wu Jing explained.

“Sincere? Haha. Do we need you to surrender? Jiangdong is in ruins. Sun Quan has rebelled and Zhou Yu is almost dead. How much strength does Sun Ce still have? Taking Jiangdong would be easy.” Xu Shu said.

“Your Highness. Master Xu. Taking Jiangdong would be easy but would you want a Jiangdong that is in turmoil or a capitulated Jiangdong? If Your Highness saves the Grand Governor, then it would be a capitulated Jiangdong. Otherwise, Jiangdong would forever be in turmoil.” Wu Jing gritted his teeth and said.

“Are you threatening me?” Liu Mang sneered.

“This subject does not dare. This subject simply believes that Cao Cao would soon defeat Yuan Shao in the North. Your Highness would have to bear the brunt of Cao Cao’s attacks once Cao Cao focuses his attention towards the South. Your Highness may have great skill and strategy but even then, resisting the North is impossible without manpower. Jiangdong has the manpower and elites Your Highness needs to fight Cao Cao.” Wu Jing’s analysis was good. Liu Mang did not actually care that Jiangdong was experiencing a turmoil. He was more worried about Cao Cao. Yangzhou only had about a hundred thousand soldiers and a population of one million. How could he compete against Cao Cao who had a larger land and a larger population?

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That was why Liu Mang was trying to develop his territory. Once gains control of the Southern bank of the Yangtze River, he would be able to compete against Cao Cao.

“Haha. Can Marquis Wu give me Jiangdong? What a joke. Right now, Marquis Wu only has Jianye. How can he give me Jiangdong?” Liu Mang said with a sneer.

“My Lord only has Jianye but he also has the people’s trust that Your Highness needs!” Wu Jing replied.

“The Jiangdong people?”

“That’s right. Will Your Highness accept if my Lord helps you win the Jiangdong people’s hearts?”

“How will I gain the people’s hearts?”

“My Lord will confess about everything that happened.” Wu Jing replied.

“Hm?” Liu Mang and Xu Shu shared a glance. It would seem that Sun Ce was sincere this time since if he were to confess everything, he would lose the people’s trust. They would no longer listen to him and would instead resent him. Sun Ce himself would no longer be able to turn things around.

“Alright.” Liu Mang nodded. If Sun Ce was being truthful, then there is no harm in saving Zhou Yu. If he can gain the people’s hearts then like what Wu Jing had said, it would be easy to obtain Jiangdong.

“Have Sun Ce bring Zhou Yu over.” Liu Mang said to Wu Jing. He had already made a compromise with Wu Jing. It was just penicillin.

“No!” Unexpectedly, it was Wu Jing who shook his head. “Your Highness. The Grand Governor is now in a coma. He can only survive this long because of Doctor Zhu’s thousand year ginseng. He cannot move at all. Please send someone there to help him.”

“Hahaha!” Liu Mang laughed loudly. “Wu Jing. Do you think I am a fool? Send someone there instead? We have already been cheated once. Do you think we would be cheated again?” Liu Mang sneered. Save Zhou Yu first but after that they would become hostile again.

“What if I become your hostage?” Suddenly someone behind Wu Jing stepped forward.

“Who do you think you are?” Guan Hai started to curse before he was stopped by Liu Mang.

Liu Mang’s eyes grew wide as he stared at the man behind Wu Jing. “It’s you?”

“It’s me!” The man stepped in front of Wu Jing. “Your Highness the King of Shu. If I were to stay in Yangzhou as a hostage, will Your Highness go to Jiangdong to save Gongjin?”

“Are you not afraid that I would go back on my word and arrest you? If I do this, the whole of Jiangdong would already be mine.” Liu Mang sneered.

“I am afraid but at the same time, I am not afraid.” The man replied.

“Hm?” Liu Mang furrowed his brows.

“I am not afraid that Your Highness would arrest me. Though my life is worth a lot, it is not worth as much as the heart of the Jiangdong’s people. What I am afraid of is that Your Highness will not go and save Gongjin. If Your Highness can save Gongjin, I will not have any complaints even if you hack me into pieces.” The man declared.

This man and Liu Mang both stared at each other for a while.

Xu Shu watched the two with doubt. He did not know what these two were talking about.

Liu Mang stared for a while before he laughed. “Men. Come and give our Marquis Wu here a seat.”

“Marquis Wu?” Xu Shu was shocked. This was Sun Ce? Sun Ce actually came to Yangzhou with the envoy? Does Sun Ce not care about his own life? When Liu Mang went to Jingzhou personally, Xu Shu felt remorse and ashamed. He did not expect for there to be a person as reckless as Liu Mang.

“Marquis Wu Sun Ce?” Guan Hai was also very shocked. The Little Conqueror must be very serious to personally enter the enemy camp for Zhou Yu.

Liu Mang gave Sun Ce a seat. However, he only spoke about unimportant things and did not bring up Zhou Yu at all.

It was obvious that Sun Ce has no mood to engage in idle talk. He gritted his teeth and knelt down.

“Milord. You cannot do this!” Wu Jing said in a panic. Sun Ce was not only his liege. He was also Wu Jing’s ‘Young Master’. Wu Jing watched Sun Ce grow up. The only other time Sun Ce knelt was to reclaim his father’s corpse. It was also because of this that Yuan Shu did not dare to return Sun Jian’s subordinates to Sun Ce.

“Your Highness. This guilty subject, Sun Ce, begs Your Highness to save Gongjin!” Sun Ce kowtowed three times. His head slammed onto the ground with force. Though there was a red carpet on the floor. It only covered a small area. The rest of the floor was still made out of white marble. Soon, Sun Ce’s forehead was red. His blood dripped onto the floor.

Even then, Liu Mang remained calm and indifferent.

“Haha. Your Highness. I have never begged anyone before. This will be my first and last time. Your Highness. You want my life correct? I will give it to you. But I beg for you to save Gongjin!” Sun Ce said before he snatched a sword from one of Liu Mang’s nearby guards.

“Protect the Lord!”

“What are you trying to do!” Guan Hai cautiously stood in front of Liu Mang.

“A life for a life! Your Highness. Your misgivings is with me, Sun Ce. Not Zhou Yu. I beg Your Highness to save Gongjin!” Sun Ce said and placed the sword at his own neck.

Blood splashed out and Sun Ce fell to the ground.

“Milord!” Wu Jing wailed. Though Sun Ce had fell down. He was not yet dead. A sword had pierced his palm and nailed him to the ground.

“Did I say you can die?” Liu Mang said as he slowly walked down from his position. He looked at Sun Ce with a mixed expression of happiness, pity, and admiration. It is no wonder Zhou Yu was so hell bent on serving this man.

“Your Highness. What do you mean? Are you not even going to allow me to commit suicide?” Sun Ce asked bitterly. If Sun Ce could not save Zhou Yu then he would have really lost everything. “Never mind. Kill me. You have won.”

“Die? Haha. Your life is mine now. Can you afford to die?” Liu Mang sneered at Sun Ce.

“Hm?” Sun Ce did not understand Liu Mang’s words.

“You still don’t understand? For Zhou Yu to live, there is no more Marquis Wu. Only the dead soldier Sun Ce.”

“Hm?” Sun Ce’s eyes widened. A dead soldier? This meant that Sun Ce had already sold his life away to Liu Mang. He was lowlier compared to a regular servant. A regular domestic servant may one day be able leave after their contracts expire. But a dead soldier is for life. If their master wants them to die, they must die. Normally, Sun Ce would get angry and kill anyone who calls him a dead soldier. But this time, Sun Ce was happy, as though he was honored to be alive and happy to be a servant.

“Sigh.” Xu Shu sighed, not knowing what to think of this. He was deeply moved by the bitter hardship of a hero and at the same time, he was lamenting his own Lord’s soft heartedness. Sun Ce wanted to kill himself earlier and Xu Shu thought that Liu Mang should just let it happen. If Sun Ce is dead, Zhou Yu alone would not be able to turn things around and Jiangdong would no longer pose a danger. Yet, Liu Mang chose to keep Sun Ce’s life.

“Men! Go and get Doctor Hua to take my medicine to Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin.” Liu Mang gave his orders.

“Understood!” One person said and quickly went to the Ministry of Health to transmit Liu Mang’s orders. Hua Tuo also put his books down, grabbed the medicine from a secure location and paid his respects before leaving for Jiangdong on a ship.

“Thank you Your Highness!” Sun Ce was overjoyed and kowtowed.

“I know your kowtow is sincere.” Liu Mang said to Sun Ce’s shock.

“Your Highness. Do not worry. I will immediately write a confession to clear the name of the Yangzhou Army and help Your Highness regain the Jiangdong people’s hearts.” Sun Ce said to Liu Mang. With this confession, Sun Ce’s reputation would be finished. Who would want to serve someone who slaughters entire villages of his own people?

“No need.” Liu Mang waved his hand.

“Huh?” Sun Ce could not understand Liu Mang’s words.

“Milord? You must not be too soft hearted.” Xu Shu quickly stepped forward to stop Liu Mang.

“Sun Ce. How familiar are you with Jiangdong?” Liu Mang asked.

“It is my second hometown.” Sun Ce replied.

“Good. I hear you say that if I were to save Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin, not only would your life be mine. Jiangdong would also be mine. Am I right?” Liu Mang said to Sun Ce.

“Yes.” Sun Ce nodded at Liu Mang’s words.

“Good. Now your life is already in my hands. All that is left is Jiangdong. Go get it back and report to me.” Liu Mang said to Sun Ce.

“Hm?” Sun Ce did not understand Liu Mang’s words. Was Liu Mang probing him?

“What’s wrong? Do you not understand me? Go and write the letter and pin the crimes of slaughtering the village on my second brother-in-law. I want you to defeat him, take back Jiangdong, then come and see me.” Liu Mang said to Sun Ce.

“Your Highness. Are you not afraid of me?” Sun Ce asked with his eyes wide in disbelief. Liu Mang was letting the tiger back into the mountains. If Sun Ce were to rebel, wouldn’t Liu Mang suffer in vain?

“Afraid you would rebel? Haha. Everyone will be afraid that you, Sun Ce, would rebel. But not me! This is because I know that you Sun Ce, are someone who honors your promises. Do not doubt the ones that can be used and do not use the ones that are doubted. Or are you saying I see things wrongly? It is just a medicine anyway.” Liu Mang said freely.

Sun Ce took a deep breath before saying. “Sun Ce Sun Bofu pays respects to Milord and will pledge his life for Milord’s orders.”

“Go.” Liu Mang nodded. “I won’t give you any more men in Jiangdong. But if you need provisions, I will give you as much as you need. In three months, I want Jiangdong to be mine. Understand?”

“This general accepts the order.” Sun Ce cupped his fists at Liu Mang and turned around to leave.

“Milord. Have you gone crazy? Why did you give up this rare chance and let Sun Ce go? You are returning the tiger back to the mountain! You are too soft hearted!” Xu Shu said after he watched Sun Ce leave. “Men! Quickly go and capture Sun Ce. We cannot allow him to return to Jiangdong!”

“Haha. My good Yuanzhi. My good Internal Minister. Put your mind at ease. Do you think I would just suffer a loss?” Liu Mang said as he stopped Xu Shu’s orders.

“Milord?” Xu Shu did not understand Liu Mang’s words.

“Yuanzhi. Go to Ziyang and you will understand.” Liu Mang pretended to be mysterious, causing Xu Shu to be even more confused.

“If you come back and still have a complaint, then I will do as you say.”

“Milord. Are you serious?”

“Of course!”

“Alright. I will go to where Ziyang is!” Xu Shu said and hurried to the industrial area. He had to be fast since Sun Ce had not yet left.

“Haha!” Liu Mang laughed after he watched Xu Shu leave. His eyes then narrowed as he spoke to himself. “Sun Ce Sun Bofu. You better not disappoint me. Otherwise I will not spare you no matter how you beg.” Liu Mang did not fully trust Sun Ce. He simply trusted in his own strength.

To Liu Mang, Jiangdong was just like a dog. Sun Ce must frame Sun Quan for the crimes of slaughtering the villages or else Liu Mang would not spare him. Even if Sun Ce goes back on his word, Liu Mang would not be afraid. In the past, Sun Ce was not able to beat Liu Mang. Now? If Sun Ce were to rebel, Liu Mang would show him the might of cannons. If Sun Ce doesn’t rebel, Liu Mang would gain a powerful general.

“Boom!” Flames flickered out one after another. Xu Shu who watched this was dumbstruck.

“Yuanzhi. How is the power of my Hongyi cannons?” Liu Ye said proudly at the side.

What Xu Shu was looking at was not a single cannon but fifty cannons firing side by side. These were all of Yangzhou’s currently available cannons. Liu Ye brought all of them out just for the demonstration.

Half of the city wall that was made with cement were destroyed.

Xu Shu’s entire understanding of life were distorted.

“Ziyang. How many of these cannons do we have?” Xu Shu asked Liu Ye.

“These? We already made…” Liu Ye wanted to brag but then one of his subordinates sold him out.

“Reporting to High Official Liu. Assistant Minister Ma says you brought out all the cannons and wasted over a hundred gold for this. He asked me to tell you to get a thousand gold from Internal Minister Xu or he would report this to the Lord.”

“Go! Go!” Liu Ye’s face reddened. Xu Shu’s eyes twitched as he looked at Liu Ye. This person purposefully took out all the cannons just to show me this and now wants me to pay him money.

“This… Er… Yuanzhi. You also know that we at the Ministry of Works are short of money… That is…”

Before Liu Ye could finish his sentence Xu Shu screamed. “Get lost!”