Chapter 460 - Father Loves You (1/2)
Chapter 460 – Father Loves You
Before Sun Ce made things worse, Zhou Yu slammed his head on the ground and begged, ”Please give us a chance! We know that we were wrong! Let us work for you and redeem our mistakes!”
Dong Bai scoffed, ”What can you redeem when there is nothing that you can contribute. Everything will soon convert to our husband's system, and your past experience won't even be useful anymore.”
”We'll kill Sun Fang for you!”
Everyone in the meet hall froze.
Sun Fang was one of Tong's blacklisted individuals, who had a bounty of 100,000 gold. Anyone that could bring his head to Tong would be showered with statuses and wealth.
An offer from a close aide of Sun Fang was tempting. Even Dong Bai hesitated.
Without a solution, she asked Tong in the clan chat.
Dong Bai: ”Tong, Zhou Yu said he wants to surrender to us, and he offers to kill Sun Fang for a redemption chance.”
Tong: ”And what are they doing over there in Liu Xie's city?”
The matter was too suspicious. Had Sun Ce and Zhou Yu been sincere, they should have talked to him directly.
Then, the hotshot strategist voiced his thoughts.
Sima Yi: ”Kill those bastards ASAP. They are attempting to instigate infighting between you and Liu Xie!”
Sima Yi: ”It's a conspiracy attempt to separate our forces into smaller factions like how Cao Cao did to the Yuan Clan's descendants in the other world. His majesty's successors are only her majesty and the prime consort ATM, so creating another faction will cause instability in our country.”
Typically, all strategists refrained from getting involved when Tong and his wives were having a conversation, but Sima Yi was an exception. He sometimes inserted himself into the discussion if the topics included the big picture.
With Sima Yi's lead, other advisors also gave their opinion.
Ju Shou: ”Accept the offer, your majesty. Let them fight and watch them kill each other.”
Xun You: ”Kill them now might create enmity with his highness Sun Quan and consort Wu. Let them prove their worth for now and observe how sincere they are. As for Liu Xie's issue, we can solve it together after the election.
Xun Yu: ”I just talked to Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia. They all said that we should hold Zhou Yu as a hostage and send Sun Ce back to Jianye to kill Sun Fang. Once Sun Fang is dead, we'll kill the hostage and hunt down Sun Ce later since there won't be a clan notification. Sun Quan and Wu Guotai won't have a clue about this, and we can say that they were killed in the middle of the conflict between Sun Ce and Sun Fang.”
Li Feihong: ”100% Infighting move. Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu, did these guys attempt to speak to Liu Xie?”
Zhang Ji: ”They did.”
Zhang Xiu: ”Absolutely. General Taishi Ci almost fought with Sun Ce when they first arrived, but Zhou Yu tried to have a negotiation and talk to his highness.”
Li Feihong: ”That confirms it. Kill those bastards on the spot. Don't believe in their offers.”
Everyone had different thoughts about this handling.
Sima Yi and Li Feihong wanted both Zhou Yu and Sun Ce dead right away.
Xun You and Ju Shou were a bit more cautious, so they hoped for a wait-and-see policy.
Xun Yu had many brains with him in Xuchang, including the schemer Cao Cao. As a result, they were more thorough with their thoughts and plans.
But one piece of advice shocked all officers.
Jia Xu: ”Easy. Kill Liu Xie, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce.”
Everyone: ”WHAT!?”
It was blasphemy for requesting to kill Tong's first prince.
Jia Xu: ”Liu Xie has already obtained the other world's memory, and his attitude has changed. We don't need a risk factor in our clan. Take this chance and kill him along with the other threats.”
Sima Yi: ”ARE YOU NUTS!? LIU XIE IS OUR FUCKING FIRST PRINCE!!”
Although Sima Yi also had a cultivation method and gained the dream memory, he separated the two worlds from each other. He prioritized how he could use the past experience as guidance for this world.
Liu Xie was his friend in this life, and he was not happy about Jia Xu's opinion.
Sima Yi: ”I know that Liu Xie can be handy at times, but he has done nothing wrong!”
Liu Ye: ”I disagree with Sir Jia's suggestion. We can't kill the first prince.”
Zhang Ji: ”Me too. I'm here from start to finish. His highness had been hiding from Sun Ce and Zhou Yu before they discovered him, so I don't think he wants to rebel against his majesty.”
Wei Yan: ”I'm with Sima Yi in this case. He's our friend, and I know that he's a good guy.”
All Liu Xie's colleagues rebuked Jia Xu's harsh advice. Though it might be effective for weeding out risk factors, killing an innocent for it was crossing the line.
Even Liu Xie was also shocked. Everyone seemed to forget that he was also in the clan chat.
Liu Xie: ”Father, I haven't agreed to their offer.”
Even Jia Xu did not bother following up with his suggestion, many generals and officers chastised his idea. Some were even mad at this wicked strategist for being ruthless. As for the rest, they begged Tong not to agree with Jia Xu as they feared that Tong might favor this suggestion.
As everyone was panicked by Jia Xu's vicious strategy, another newbie showed up.
Zhuge Liang: ”All of you suck.”
Everyone: ”WHAT!?”
It was like pouring oil into the fire. Everyone was already in a bad mood, so getting trolled by a new upstart youngster like Zhuge Liang infuriated them.
Moreover, Zhuge Liang had not obtained a cultivation method. Everyone knew that he was still just a brat, not the legendary strategist in the other world.
None of them was aware that it was a psychological method to gain their attention.