Chapter 279

"Heh!"

Xi Zhicai heard this and smiled knowingly: "That is because we are all the Lord's people!"

"And the Lord is a native of Jingzhou through and through; the Su clan of Nanyang is also considered a relatively famous scholar clan in Jingzhou, and has had intermarriages with the Huang, Pang, Kuai, and Cai clans of Jingzhou for generations."

"It was just that the Su clan where the previous generation of the Lord was located gradually declined, which led to their lack of fame before."

"But the relationships are still there."

"Now that the Lord has appeared out of nowhere, the Su clan has risen again, and the relationship with the major scholar clans of Jingzhou has naturally been fully restored, or even gone a step further!"

"How could they make things difficult for us?"

"On the other hand, Sun Jian is different; he is a real native of Yangzhou, and it is very, very difficult for him to integrate into the scholar clans and powerful families of Jingzhou."

"Especially if the Lord opposes and targets him~."

Saying this, Xi Zhicai and the others all looked at Su Xuan.

"Heh!"

Su Xuan smiled lightly: "There is no need to target Sun Jian for now!"

"Anyway, even if we don't target him, he won't be able to integrate or develop and grow in Changsha in the short term."

"And there is not much time left for His Majesty; the time when the Great Han is truly in great chaos is not far off!"

"By then, we won't need to drive him away; he will also leave Changsha under the instigation of the Yuan clan to help the Yuan clan fight for the world!"

"At that time, Changsha will naturally be vacated."

"We should also be able to take advantage of the situation to take over the entire Jingzhou and begin my path to hegemony."

There were still 3 years, or to be precise, more than 2 years,

and finally, he was about to see the light of day.

Of course, saying he was "enduring" was not entirely accurate.

The development time of these past few years was still quite precious to Su Xuan.

Whether it was military strengthening, commercial development, preparation of money and grain, Nanjun development, or talent cultivation.

Without these few years, if he wanted to defeat other warlords in the future, he would inevitably have to spend more time and energy.

The difficulty would also increase.

How could it be as calm as it is now?

"Hmm? Is this Sun Jian also a Yuan clan person?"

Seeing Xun You You and the others were stunned: "Isn't he Zhu Jun's man?"

Su Xuan teased with a smile: "Then how do you know, Gongda, that Zhu Jun isn't a Yuan clan person?"

"Lord, please stop joking!"

Seeing Xun You You was speechless and looked at Su Xuan: "Zhu Jun absolutely cannot be a Yuan clan person; his rise has nothing to do with the Yuan clan at all; I am clear about this point."

Speaking of this, Seeing Xun You You stroked his beard and pondered: "It seems this Sun Jian is too ambitious and seeks too much, so he chose to secretly defect to the Yuan clan and the Grand General He Jin."

"It's just that it hadn't been discovered by anyone before!"

"Otherwise, if he wanted to take the position of Administrator of Changsha this time, the hurdle of His Majesty would not be easy to pass."

Cheng Yu heard this and narrowed his eyes slightly: "This person is truly profit-seeking and forgets righteousness! To actually abandon Zhu Jun for the sake of his future, that is somewhat unwise, isn't it?"

Although he himself was a relatively utilitarian person, once he recognized his Lord, he would absolutely never betray him.

Therefore, he looked down on people like Sun Jian who were profit-seeking and forgot righteousness.

"Not necessarily!"

Su Xuan smiled and shook his head: "Zhu Jun indeed had the grace of promoting and recommending Sun Jian, but he is not Zhu Jun's family retainer."

"To climb up, leaning toward the Yuan clan does not mean he has fallen out with Zhu Jun!"

"I have also dealt with this person a few times; it is true that he is very ambitious, but it is not necessarily true that he is profit-seeking and forgets righteousness."

"He is a relatively typical soldier."

"The name 'Fierce Tiger of Jiangdong' is not in vain."

Su Xuan still admired Sun Jian quite a bit.

At the very least, he was not a hypocritically arrogant person like Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao.

It was a pity that this person was too ambitious and there was no possibility of recruiting and subduing him.

Otherwise, Su Xuan would not mind having a few more fierce generals under his command.

"That is also true!"

"The Lord's words are reasonable!"

Cheng Yu and the others nodded in realization and said no more.

Since the Lord had already given a definition, there was no need for them to slander and speculate here.

"In that case, we can just let him go and annihilate Qu Xing?"

Tian Feng frowned and asked.

"Hmm! Just watch the show!"

Su Xuan nodded and then added: "Of course, there is no need to stop secretly continuing to erode and develop our influence in Changsha."

"It just needs to be more secretive!"

He did not say that he was also prepared to wait two years for Cao Yin to instigate Sun Jian to kill the Inspector of Jingzhou, Wang Rui, as well as the future Administrator of Nanyang, Zhang Zi, so that he could then take advantage of the situation to actually occupy the various commanderies of Jingzhou and then find a way to plot for the position of Governor of Jingzhou.

If Wang Rui did not die, he would instead become a trouble when the world was in great chaos.

It would certainly be inappropriate for him to take action and kill him directly; it would easily ruin his reputation and lead to exclusion by the scholar clans.

A mere Wang Rui was not worth him doing such a thing.

Therefore, this matter would be left to our brave classmate Sun Jian.

Even if Cao Yin did not intend to do so because of his appearance, Su Xuan would still have the Secret Guards lurking beside Cao Yin remind and incite him to do so.

Anyway, over these past few years, because Wang Rui moved the Inspector's residence to Linyuan and constantly expanded his own power, eroding Cao Yin's authority, the relationship between the two had become increasingly worse.

It was already reaching a point of life and death.

If it weren't for the fact that neither of them dared to take direct action against the other, they would have already started fighting.

Several days later,

Sun Jian led his own hundreds of personal guards, headed south all the way, deliberately passed through Nanjun, and arrived at Jiangling City.

He paid a visit to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan naturally did not turn him away, but invited him in and entertained him well.

"Brother Wentai! It has been several years since we last met, right?"

"Reuniting after a long separation is truly joyful! Come! Drink!"

Su Xuan smiled and raised his cup to Sun Jian first.

"Haha! Drink!"

Sun Jian also smiled and raised his cup to signal, then drank it all in one gulp, and said with a nostalgic expression: "Indeed! The last time we met was after the Huang Jin Rebellion was quelled, when we went to Luoyang to receive titles."

"It has been more than 3 years since then!"

"Back then, Brother Boyuan, you were appointed a general and ennobled as a marquis, achieving success and fame; I was so envious at the time!"

"Fortunately, after effort, over these few years, I have finally managed to make a name for myself and become a commandery administrator!"

"Although it is still far from your achievements, Brother Boyuan, it is at least not a disgrace to the prestige of my ancestors!"

Ever since Sun Jian became famous, he had always claimed to be a descendant of Sun Wu.