Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - Guys, We Are On The Same Side!
Chapter 3 - The Escape Of Lu Bu
Chapter 4 - Death To Those Who Are Discontent
Chapter 5 - Shooting Of Palm In Xiapi
Chapter 6 - Formation Breaker
Chapter 7 - Breakthrough
Chapter 8 - Wrongly Kill Three Thousand
Chapter 9 - Home?
Chapter 10 - Death
Chapter 11 - Man From Heaven
Chapter 12 - Fifteen Thousand Dollars Worth Of Buns
Chapter 13 - Boss Cao’S Scheme
Chapter 14 - The Great Coax
Chapter 15 - The Flashy And Enticing Boss Lu
Chapter 16 - Look Your Sister
Chapter 17 - Got Sold
Chapter 18 - I, Lu Bu, Never Regret
Chapter 19 - Father
Chapter 20 - Wise Lord?
Chapter 21 - Trapped In Kaiyang
Chapter 22 - Long Distance Surprise Attack
Chapter 23 - Too Big Of A Joke
Chapter 24 - If We’Re Going To Do It, Then We’Re Going Big
Chapter 25 - Selling Gold
Chapter 26 - Big Transaction
Chapter 27 - Camaraderie Under The Setting Sun
Chapter 28 - Battle Of Kaiyang (1)
Chapter 29 - Battle Of Kaiyang (2)
Chapter 30 - Battle Of Kaiyang (3)
Chapter 31 - Battle Of Kaiyang (4)
Chapter 32 - Battle Of Kaiyang (5)
Chapter 33 - A Turn For The Better (1)
Chapter 34 - A Turn For The Better (2)
Chapter 35 - Cavalry Cavalry
Chapter 36 - Casualties Of The Cao Army (1)
Chapter 37 - Casualties Of The Cao Army (2)
Chapter 38 - Fengxiao Vs Fengxian
Chapter 39 - Fengxiao Vs. Fengxian (End)
Chapter 40 - The Wisdom Of Crying
Chapter 41 - The Anticipated Meeting Original By Bro Got A Gun, Translated By James, Bloodfalcon
Chapter 42 - Prince Of Shu
Chapter 43 - To Or Not To Runan?
Chapter 44 - Building An Army (1) Original By Bro Got A Gun, Translated By James
Chapter 45 - Building An Army (2)
Chapter 46 - Army March
Chapter 47 - Father-In-Law?
Chapter 48 - Father-In-Law? (2)
Chapter 49 - I Am Me
Chapter 50 - Renegade Traitor
Chapter 51 - Lu Bu Starts To Change (1)
Chapter 52 - Assaulting The Mountain
Chapter 53 - Liu Mang Become Bait (Once Again)
Chapter 54 - Mountain Fortress Infiltration
Chapter 55 - Bandit Brigade Retaliation
Chapter 56 - Urban Army Division First Battle (1)
Chapter 57 - Urban Army First Battle (2)
Chapter 58 - Fight To The Death
Chapter 59 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (1)
Chapter 60 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (2)
Chapter 61 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (3)
Chapter 62 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (End)
Chapter 63 - Xu Province Ownership Change
Chapter 64 - Teach Me Martial Arts
Chapter 65 - Selecting Weapons
Chapter 66 - Intermission Before Crossing Over To Xinyetranslated By Bloodfalcon
Chapter 67 - Luckless Boss Liu (Liu Bei)
Chapter 68 - Plot Concocting In Wan Castle, Lujiang
Chapter 69 - Hunted By Tiger (1)
Chapter 70 - Hunted By Tiger (2)
Chapter 71 - Another Tiger ???
Chapter 72 - The One Who Reign Over Tiger
Chapter 73 - Into Tiger’S Den
Chapter 74 - Did We Did The Wrong Thing?
Chapter 75 - Mother'S Flesh
Chapter 76 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (1)
Chapter 77 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (2)
Chapter 78 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (End)
Chapter 79 - Reaching Wancheng City
Chapter 80 - War Of Words
Chapter 81 - Qualifications For A Hero
Chapter 82 - Heroes In Your Heart
Chapter 83 - Yuan Shu’S Testament And Legacy
Chapter 84 - Miss Yuan’S Imperial Seal As A Dowry; The Path Of Princes Or The Path Of The Emperor.
Chapter 85 - A Worthy Drinking Adversary, Even One Thousand Cups Is Not Enough
Chapter 86 - Binge Drinking In Ancient Wedding Banquet
Chapter 87 - Fornicating With A Goddess
Chapter 88 - Wedding'S End
Chapter 89 - There Is No Such Thing As Free Lunch
Chapter 90 - Inevitable Battle With Huang Zu Of Jiangxia
Chapter 91 - The Precipice Of Battle; Enter Huang Zhong
Chapter 92 - Huang Zhong Vs Lu Bu
Chapter 93 - Duel Conclusion; Who Defeated Who?
Chapter 94 - Planning For Jiangxia'S Downfall, Liu Mang Go Back To Present To Find Medicine
Chapter 95 - Major Event In Jiangxia
Chapter 96 - Huang Zhong Is Forced To Submit Under Huang She'S Leg
Chapter 97 - Command Transfer In Jiangxia'S Army
Chapter 98 - Lu Bu Uses One Of The 36 Stratagems.
Chapter 99 - Jiangxia’S Destruction Is Coming
Chapter 100 - Jiangxia’S Downfall (1)
Chapter 101 - Jiangxia’S Downfall (2)
Chapter 102 - Sit Back And Wait For Result
Chapter 103 - Liu Mang, A Hostage???
Chapter 104 - Reusing Of Surrendered Generals
Chapter 105 - The Beginning Of An Event
Chapter 106 - Plundering Of Jiangxia By Sun Ce
Chapter 107 - Breaking Wancheng City
Chapter 108 - Da Qiao Declared As Dead
Chapter 109 - Held Banquet For Lujiang Nobles
Chapter 110 - Lu Bu Is Regarded As A Beggar; All Of Patriarch Eat Beggar’S Food
Chapter 111 - Disastrous Event For Lujiang Nobles
Chapter 112 - The Extermination Of Three Generations
Chapter 113 - So What Is Wrong With Killing Them?
Chapter 114 - Sun Ce Retreat Alone To Avenge His Losses
Chapter 115 - Liu Clan Of Lujiang Takes Refuge With Lu Bu
Chapter 116 - Inventing Weapons And Gadgets For Battle To Come
Chapter 117 - Each Sides Reaction To The Big Event In Lujiang (1)
Chapter 118 - Each Sides Reaction To The Big Event In Lujiang (2)
Chapter 119 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (1)
Chapter 120 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (2)
Chapter 121 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (3)
Chapter 122 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (4)
Chapter 123 - Extinguishing Fire In Wancheng City
Chapter 124 - All Must Be Eliminated; The Extermination Of Private Soldiers
Chapter 125 - Zhou Cheng'S Heavy Infantry Troops; The "Black Flag" Moves
Chapter 126 - The Urban Army Vs The Black Flag
Chapter 127 - The Urban Army Retreats
Chapter 128 - The Last Stand
Chapter 129 - The Black Flag Is Defeated
Chapter 130 - Drastic Changes; Wancheng City'S Administration Office Is In Danger
Chapter 131 - The Bloody Administration Office
Chapter 132 - Liu Mang And Co. Vs Superclass General
Chapter 133 - Beast-Like Man
Chapter 134 - Together We Live Or Die
Chapter 135 - Huang Xu Unleashes The Rapid Point-Shot
Chapter 136 - Damned People Should Just Die! Huang Zhong Enters The Fray
Chapter 137 - Wounded Cheetah Vs Lion King
Chapter 138 - Massacre Of The Rebellious Nobles
Chapter 139 - Reactions To The Noble Massacre In Wancheng City (1)
Chapter 140 - Reactions To The Noble Massacre In Wancheng City (2)
Chapter 141 - Sun Ce Makes His Move; The Manifesto
Chapter 142 - Sun Ce Makes His Move (2)
Chapter 143 - Sun Ce Makes His Move (3)
Chapter 144 - General Vs General
Chapter 145 - The Execution
Chapter 146 - Su Fei'S Burial
Chapter 147 - An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth (1)
Chapter 148 - An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth (2)
Chapter 149 - Three Heroes Vs Huang Zhong (1)
Chapter 150 - Three Heroes Vs Huang Zhong (2)
Chapter 151 - Oxybeles Prototype Launched!!!!
Chapter 152 - The Siege Begins
Chapter 153 - The Danyang Soldiers Unleashed!!! (1)
Chapter 154 - The Danyang Soldiers Unleashed!!! (2)
Chapter 155 - The Third Master Of The Danyang Soldiers Appears!
Chapter 156 - Sun Ce Joins The Fray
Chapter 157 - Battle Between Superclass Generals (1)
Chapter 158 - Battle Between Superclass Generals (2)
Chapter 159 - Rampage (1)
Chapter 160 - Rampage (2)
Chapter 161 - Chen Wu Has Fallen
Chapter 162 - Plan To Recruit Black Flag
Chapter 163 - Emergence The Of Black Flag Leader, Xu Sheng Of Langye
Chapter 164 - Subjugation Of Black Flag, Black Flag Agrees As Reinforcement
Chapter 165 - Sun Ce Vows To Kill Liu Mang
Chapter 166 - Sun Ce Become Shameless Once More - Use Liu Mang As Borrowed Knife To Kill Nobles
Chapter 167 - Sun Ce Become Shameless Once More - Use Liu Mang As Borrowed Knife To Kill Nobles (2)
Chapter 168 - Nobles Siege (1)
Chapter 169 - Nobles Siege (2)
Chapter 170 - Black Flag Re-Emerges!!! Calamity Has Come To Nobles
Chapter 171 - Sun Ce Is Exterminating Wu Clan
Chapter 172 - Vanquishing Private Soldiers
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176 - Choice
Chapter 177 - Killing Device (1)
Chapter 178 - Killing Device (2)
Chapter 179 - Killing Device (3)
Chapter 180 - Indulgence 3 Days
Chapter 181 - Movement (1)
Chapter 182 - Movement (2)
Chapter 183 - To Me
Chapter 184 - 3 Vs 3
Chapter 185 - Friendly?
Chapter 186 - Reinforcements
Chapter 187 - Reinforcements (2)
Chapter 188 - Counterattack
Chapter 189 - Counterattack (2)
Chapter 190 - Counterattack (3)
Chapter 191 - Counterattack (4)
Chapter 192 - Warrior Resolve (1)
Chapter 193 - Warrior Resolve (2)
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Turnabout Victory
Chapter 204
Chapter 205 - Navy War
Chapter 206 - A Shocking Battle (1)
Chapter 207 - A Shocking Battle (2)
Chapter 208 - A Shocking Battle (3)
Chapter 209 - A Shocking Battle (4)
Chapter 210 - Discussing Official Business (1)
Chapter 211 - Discussing Official Business (2)
Chapter 212 - Discussing Official Business (3)
Chapter 213 - Diplomatic War
Chapter 214 - Diplomatic War (2)
Chapter 215 - Diplomatic War (3)
Chapter 216 - Condition!
Chapter 217 - Condition! (2)
Chapter 218 - Finally Went Insane!
Chapter 219 - Wolves Offer To The Sheep
Chapter 220 - Not Peaceful Jiangxia
Chapter 221 - Wolves Offer Sheeps Warfare (1)
Chapter 222 - 4 Embraces The Flames
Chapter 223 - Cao Cao’S Vain Hope
Chapter 224 - Zhou Yu Defeated (1)
Chapter 225 - Zhou Yu Defeated (2)
Chapter 226 - Zhou Yu Defeated (3)
Chapter 227 - Zhou Yu Defeated (4)
Chapter 228 - Zhou Yu Defeated (5)
Chapter 229 - Compelled Marriage
Chapter 229.5 - Liu Mang’S Wedding Night
Chapter 230 - Cao Cao Chases Liu Ye At Noon
Chapter 231 - Talented Person Under The Heaven
Chapter 232 - Command That Shocked The World
Chapter 233 - Recruitment Order (1)
Chapter 234 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (1)
Chapter 235 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (2)
Chapter 236 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (3)
Chapter 237 - Regaining Consciousness
Chapter 238 - Charisma
Chapter 239 - Stakes
Chapter 240 - Recruiting Zilong
Chapter 241
Chapter 242 - Army Prepare For Battle!
Chapter 243 - Brother Zhuge Become An Official
Chapter 244 – Escapist Liu Wildest Dream
Chapter 245 – Battle To Reclaim Shouchun
Chapter 246 – Thank You General Guan For The Arrows
Chapter 247 – Revenge By Using Same Methods
Chapter 248 – Two Raging Battles At The Same Time
Chapter 249 – Decisive Battle?
Chapter 250
Chapter 251 – Savageness Of Fried Chick (2)
Chapter 252 – Roast Fried Chick (1)
Chapter 253 – Roasting Little Chicken (2)
Chapter 254 – Fledgling Phoenix Maturation
Chapter 255 – Yuan Shao’S Scarecrow (Yuan Shao’S Loss)
Chapter 256 - Guandu Naval Battle (1)
Chapter 257 – Guandu Naval Battle (2)
Chapter 258 – Temple Of Heroes
Chapter 259 – Liu Mang The Genius
Chapter 260 – Food Programme
Chapter 261 – Calculating Person From Behind The Scenes
Chapter 262 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (1)
Chapter 263 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (2)
Chapter 264 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (3)
Chapter 265 – Playing Each Other Sides
Chapter 266 – Liu Bei Submits A Memorial To Emperor
Chapter 267 – Liu Bei’S Scheme
Chapter 268 – Chen Gong’S Counter Stratagem
Chapter 269 – Hidden Intention
Chapter 270 – Cement
Chapter 271 – War Again
Chapter 272 – Liu Bei Mobilize
Chapter 273 – Liu Bei Gathers At Yangzhou
Chapter 274 – Gift
Chapter 275 – Runaway Liu’S Tears
Chapter 276 – Guangzhou’S Defender Hao Zhao
Chapter 277 – Crossfire
Chapter 278 – Pang Tong’S Advice
Chapter 279 – White Eared Heavy Armor
Chapter 280 – Guangzhou In Peril
Chapter 281 – Field Operations Outside The City
Chapter 282 – Fight To The Death
Chapter 283 – No Title
Chapter 284 – Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry Rides To Yangzhou
Chapter 285 – Silly Mi Fang
Chapter 286 – Liu Mang Defeated
Chapter 287 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem
Chapter 288 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem (2)
Chapter 289 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem (3)
Chapter 290 – Xu Shu’S Strategem (4)
Chapter 291 – Dog Eat Dog
Chapter 292 – Pang Tong’S Strategem
Chapter 293 – Pang Tong’S Strategem (2)
Chapter 294 – Chapter 294 Spoiler Title
Chapter 295 – Towards Yingshang
Chapter 296 – Mi Fang’S Death
Chapter 297
Chapter 298 (1)
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365 Long Chapter
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394 12K Words ;_;
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506,507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514-516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Chapter 556
Chapter 557
Chapter 558
Chapter 559
Chapter 560
Chapter 561
Chapter 562
Chapter 563
Chapter 564
Chapter 565
Chapter 566
Chapter 567
Chapter 568
Chapter 569
Chapter 570
Chapter 571
Chapter 572
Chapter 573
Chapter 574
Chapter 575
Chapter 576
Chapter 577
Chapter 578
Chapter 579
Chapter 580
Chapter 581
Chapter 582
Chapter 583
Chapter 584
Chapter 585
Chapter 586
Chapter 587
Chapter 588
Chapter 589
Chapter 590
Chapter 591
Chapter 597
Chapter 598
Chapter 599
Chapter 600
Chapter 601
Chapter 602
Chapter 603
Chapter 604
Chapter 605
Chapter 606
Chapter 607
Chapter 608
Chapter 609
Chapter 610
Chapter 611
Chapter 612
Chapter 613
Chapter 614
Chapter 615
Chapter 616
Chapter 617
Chapter 618
Chapter 621
Chapter 622
Chapter 623
Chapter 624
Chapter 625
Chapter 626
Chapter 627
Chapter 628
Chapter 629
Chapter 630
Chapter 631
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Chapter 498
“Thirty thousand gold? That Slave-Of-Three-Surnames is crazy!” The nobles cursed Lu Bu instead of Liu Mang as the Han Dynasty still existed. Poor Lu Bu was accused wrongly even though this entire case had nothing to do with him.
Liu Mang had only asked for ten thousand gold but Zhou Yu changed the demands to thirty thousand gold instead.
“I do not know if Lu Bu has gone mad but we need to fork out thirty thousand gold.” Zhang Zhao shook his head. Liu Mang could not ask for provisions as Sun Ce also needed provisions to fight against Jingzhou. That was why the letter only stated money. That being said, it was also hard to gather the money needed as Jiangdong had been warring for quite a long time. Most of their savings had already been used up.
Zhang Zhao’s words caused the others to turn silent. The most they could do was look at each other in the frightening silence.
“Milord! How are we going to get the money?” One noble asked Sun Ce only to be glared at by the others. He immediately realized he said something wrong. Sun Ce already had no money. He would not think of the nobles if he had the money. If Zhou Yu had not stopped him, Sun Ce would have even plundered their homes.
“You are correct. The Lord could not gather that much money!” Zhang Zhao said not giving the man a chance to escape. He wanted someone else to declare the current situation so that he could declare his purpose.
There were a dozen nobles there so each of them would have to come up with a few thousand gold. As they were not as rich as the nobles in Jingzhou, these amount was like cutting into their flesh.
“Lord Zhang Zhao. We are honor bound to save the Second Lord. However, you yourself know that there is war for the past few years. I, Cheng Mou, can come up with a few hundred gold by living frugally to help rescue Second Lord.” One noble spoke up.
“Me too! The Second Lord has been kind to me! I of the Liu Family is also willing to come up with a few hundred gold!”
On the other hand, Zhang Zhao sneered at them. “I of the Zhang Family will come up with three thousand gold.”
Zhang Zhao’s words caused the others to mock him in their hearts. That was so much money and it was not like they did not support the Lord by coming up with a few hundred gold.
“Lord Zhang Zhao is righteous. You are able to come up with three thousand gold unlike us, the poor nobles.” The other nobles mocked him believing that the more money Zhang Zhao took out, the less money they had to take out.
“Really? Don’t the Cheng Family have a fertile land that’s ten thousand mu wide and four courtyards?” Zhang Zhao asked back.
“Haha. That land is inherited from my ancestors. Since the weather is not good, it is mostly abandoned. As for the four courtyard, that is just my humble home.
“Oh?” Although the weather was bad, the land in Jiangdong was never abandoned since they had to make use of it to not suffer any losses.
On the other hand, each room in the courtyards were at least a hundred gold. If these people had no money, they would not have been able to fund Sun Quan’s expedition.
“Oh? The Cheng Family is really frugal! Don’t worry. I will inform the Lord about your generosity so that you don’t have to pay taxes and will be able to survive this crisis. I am sure the Second Lord would also be very touched by your generosity and give you more benefits such as the trade of salt in the future.” Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
The Cheng Family’s lord was not happy at all with this statement. Salt was expensive and could only be sold by those with permit. As it was a common necessity, the market is big which also meant that there were a lot of illegal traders of salt especially amongst the nobles. While Sun Ce was powerful, it was not possible to go after every single one of them. However, the Cheng Family would still be in trouble if Zhang Zhao point at him specifically.
“Oh! I just remembered!” The Cheng Family’s lord suddenly yelled as he smiled again. “My ancestors also left behind a lot of jewels. Since we can’t use it anyway, we can use it to save the Second Lord! We should be able to sell it for two thousand gold!”
“Haha! The Cheng Family is so generous! You can even take out your ancestors mementos to save the Second Lord! How admirable!” Zhang Zhao mocked.
“It’s nothing.” The Cheng Family’s lord knew he was being mocked but he could only tolerate the insults.
“Haha! The Cheng Family promised two thousand gold!” Zhang Zhao said as he had the Cheng Family’s lord write his name down on a piece of paper.
The other nobles could not say a word as Zhang Zhao started to threaten another family. In the end, each of these families had to give away between one thousand gold to three thousand gold. The total he obtained was twenty four thousand gold. Ten thousand would be used to save Sun Quan while the remaining fourteen thousand was for Sun Ce to spend however he saw fit. Zhou Yu’s plot worked out well.
The nobles were all very unhappy but they had to treat Zhang Zhao with respect and a smile. As for Zhang Zhao, he left after the nobles promised the money. He believed that the nobles would obediently send the money to Sun Ce and did not need to him push them any further.
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Meanwhile, Sun Quan was despairing in prison. “Zijing. Tell me. Am I truly a useless person?”
“Milord. How could you be useless?” Lu Su replied. Both of them were wearing the same white clothing of a prisoner.
“If that is the case then why am I here? How could I with an army of seventy thousand lose to an army of ten thousand?”
Sun Quan in this timeline was fated to have a tragic life. In the original timeline, Sun Ce conquered Jingzhou and ended up being more carefree. He then went for a hunting trip where he was assassinated. Unfortunately, Liu Mang’s existence changed history. While they still had half of Jiangxia, they did not have the advantage due to Zhuge Liang’s meddling. With all of his current problems, Sun Ce did not have the mood to go hunting. Since Sun Ce was alive, Sun Quan had go out to prove himself. As a result, he ended up in his current situation.
“Milord!” Lu Su did not know how to console Sun Quan. Sun Quan was absolutely not useless. Unfortunately, his brother was too powerful. As a result, Sun Quan became too eager and impatient which is the reason for his downfall. He could have succeeded if he had been patient and advanced steadily.
While Lu Su was trying to find a way to console Sun Quan, a group of soldiers visited them. These soldiers were from Yangzhou’s most elite troops, the Urban Army.
“Which one of you is Lu Su Lu Zijing!” The man entered the prison area and asked as he frowned from the stench.
“Sir. This is him.” Another soldier stepped forward and replied.
Hearing the voices, Sun Quan and Lu Su became alarmed. They did not know why the soldiers were looking for them.
“Open the cell doors.” The officer ordered. He then entered the prison cell and said with a smile. “Master Lu Su Lu Zijing. I trust you have been well!”
“Are you Chu Ergou?” Lu Su asked in doubt.
“How dare you speak so rudely to our general!” Another soldier berated him. “This is our General Chu Ju!”
“Chu Ju1?” Lu Su was stupefied for a while and then laughed. Aren’t they both the same thing? His name simply became a little bit more refined.
“Haha. Zijing. The Lord loves talent and gave me the name Ju. I hope you can call me Chu Ju from now onwards.” The officer spoke to Lu Su very respectfully as Lu Su was an admirable and impartial person.
“A dog is still a dog! Yet you want to be called Chu Ju?” Sun Quan harrumphed in disdain.
“You!” The soldier stepped forward with the intention of hitting Sun Quan but was stopped by his general.
“Why is General Chu Ju here?” Lu Su gave the man face as the soldier had advanced in life.
“I am here to send Master Zijing on his way.” Chu Ju replied.
“What?” Sun Quan was stunned. The ones that die in battle were all 1000-men commanders and 100-men commanders. It was very unlikely for generals and strategists to die, especially in captivity. They would simply be redeemed.
“Can General Chu be clearer?” Lu Su asked again calmly.
“Master Zijing, I am sorry. I cannot help you. We work for different Lords. Master Zijing could return to Jiangdong last time because people are willing to redeem you. However, Jiangdong has abandoned you this time.” Er Gouzi replied.
“Is that so?” Lu Su said with desolate eyes. The Lu Family were not particularly rich but they had enough to ransom him the previous time. This time, Lu Su’s ransom price would have definitely gone up while the Lu Family would no longer have enough money.
“Please follow me. I will make sure it doesn’t hurt. That is all I can help you with!” Er Gouzi cupped his fists at Lu Su.
“Then I will have to thank you.” Lu Su cupped his fist in reply and allowed himself to be taken away.
“Zijing! Do not leave me!” Sun Quan panicked. At first, Lu Su was still accompanying him. Now, Lu Su was going to be executed and he would be left alone.
“Scram!” The soldiers kicked Sun Quan and then threatened him with their swords when Sun Quan tried to get up. They did not care about his status as Second Lord at all.
“Milord. Take care of yourself.” Lu Su bowed at Sun Quan before being taken away. After a while, Sun Quan heard them announce Lu Su’s execution.
“Lu Su Lu Zijing of Jiangdong offended his superiors and tried to start a rebellion! The punishment will be execution!”
Sun Quan sat down on the ground in fear. He was experienced with executions as he had carried them out in the past. However, there was a difference between carrying out the execution of a stranger and experiencing the execution of someone close to him.
“Let me go! Let me go! I don’t want to die!” Sun Quan lost his cool and started shouting as he shook the bars of the jail cell.
“Shut up!” The prison guard shouted back and whipped Sun Quan on the head. He was not the Second Lord of Jiangdong. He was simply a prisoner.
“Let me go! My brother will definitely save me! My brother is the Lord of Jiangdong! He will definitely pay my ransom! Let me go! I don’t want to die!”
“Haha! Your brother have already abandoned you! He himself is helpless! Do you know how much your ransom costs? Ten thousand gold! Can your brother afford it?”
“Ten thousand gold? My brother will definitely pay it!” Sun Quan was stunned for a moment before he continued to shout. While it was a lot of money, was it worth more than his life?
At this point, the prison cell opened up again as Er Gouzi returned. He walked in front of Sun Quan.
“You must be the Second Lord of Jiangdong. Last time, I really admired you and thought of serving as your subordinate. Yet this is all you amount to. Master Zijing has already be sent off. Now it is your turn.” Er Gouzi reeked with the stench of blood. That stench caused Sun Quan to panic
“It cannot be! How is it my turn? My brother would definitely save me!” Sun Quan shouted in fear of his death.
“Ten thousand gold? Your brother is unwilling to part with that money! Jiangdong is at war with Jiangxia and they have already used up most of their money. For the sake of his great cause, your life is not worth much!” Er Gouzi said with disdain.
“Impossible!” Sun Quan still could not believe it. He wanted to go to the back of the prison cell to hide but it is not like he had anywhere to go. He was immediately caught and dragged away.
“Second Lord, let’s go. Look at Master Lu Su. His death was comfortable. If you still struggle, do not blame me for not being able to kill you in one slash.” Er Gouzi’s words were like a death sentence to Sun Quan.
“My brother will save me! I don’t want to die!” Sun Quan still believed that his brother would save him and at the same time, he was also afraid to die. It was as expected of the man who treasured life the most in the Three Kingdoms era. Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Cao Pi also could not outlive him.
Sun Quan feared death so much that he was afraid his children to seize the throne. This resulted in his fickleness regarding his heir. This resulted in the death of Lu Xun and his son Sun Ba while his other son Sun He was exiled. In the end, his youngest son Sun Liang was named heir.
Sun Quan wanted to prove himself on the battlefield. He did not want to die at Shouchun in such an obscure way. He wanted to struggle but it was useless.
“Sun Ce! Brother! Save me!” Sun Quan yelled mournfully as he was dragged away like a dog but nobody answered.
“Sun Ce! If you don’t save me, you will die a horrible death!” Sun Quan said with full of hate. He blamed his brother for not saving him. He blamed his brother for not giving him a higher position. If he had a high position, he would not have gone out to battle and be defeated. As he was dragged to the execution grounds, he saw a freshly chopped head on the ground and became even more afraid. Could this head belong to Lu Su?
“Second Lord. Be on your way.” Chu Ju said with a cold smile as he raised his sword.
“No! Don’t!” Sun Quan yelled mournfully as the sword came down.
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Gou and Ju can both mean dog.
Total Chapters in book: 622
Estimated words: 1537939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7690(@200wpm)___ 6152(@250wpm)___ 5126(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1537939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7690(@200wpm)___ 6152(@250wpm)___ 5126(@300wpm)
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