Chapter 438

At this moment, the secret guards inside and outside Chaisang City were watching and listening to all of this through the eyes of their beasts.

"Tsk tsk! I didn't expect them to pull off something like this! Interesting!"

The secret guards smacked their lips and immediately reported the news to Jia San.

Then, Jia San reported it to Su Xuan.

"Oh?"

After reading it, Su Xuan raised his brows, handed it to Guo Jia and the others, and said with a light laugh: "Sun Ce is still not careful enough! He actually let Sun Sun Quan secretly usurp a lot of military power and even secretly collude with the Jiangdong aristocrats to backstab him!"

"This guy is quite a failure!"

Su Xuan could understand the aristocrats opposing Sun Ce, but for the Sun clan, especially Sun Ce’s brother Sun Sun Quan, to take the lead in opposing Sun Ce, that was Sun Ce’s own problem.

He couldn't even handle his own brother, keeping him by his side without discovering his ambition and little tricks.

Guo Jia and the others took the intelligence and browsed through it quickly; Guo Jia was also speechless: "This Sun Ce is indeed quite a failure!"

"More importantly, this Sun Sun Quan is being clever but cutting off his own future!"

"This is the first time I’ve seen someone courting death like this."

"Hehe!"

Cheng Yu sneered: "He probably thinks he is very clever! Little does he know, he has led himself into a dead end and even implicated many members of the Sun clan!"

Clearly, it would have been impossible for Sun Sun Quan to control so many troops behind Sun Ce and Zhou Yu’s backs without the support of someone in power in the Sun clan.

That person was Sun Ce’s cousin, Sun Ben.

This person was capable and highly valued by Sun Ce.

Guo Jia asked Su Xuan: "My lord, what do you intend to do? And how should the Sun clan be handled later?"

"As for that!"

Su Xuan pondered, rubbing his chin: "Let Sun Ce handle the Sun clan himself! As for those Jiangdong aristocrats, it is not impossible to let Sun Ce handle them either!"

"First, have the secret guards pass the news to Sun Ce and let him make his own choice!"

"I hope he won't disappoint me!"

"If necessary, we can send troops to help him suppress the rebellion; in short, there cannot be too much chaos in Jiangdong!"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu nodded: "That is fine!"

Immediately, Su Xuan called for Jia San and ordered him to send a message to the head of the secret guards in Chaisang City to meet Sun Ce and explain the situation and Su Xuan’s opinion.

In less than half an hour, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu met Yi Yi Shiqi, heard his purpose, and saw the detailed intelligence content Yi Yi Shiqi had delivered.

"Damn bastards! Damn aristocrats! And Zhongmou and Sun Ben, how dare you treat me like this?"

Sun Ce roared in a low voice, his anger soaring.

If he hadn't been worried about alerting Sun Sun Quan and the aristocrats in the city, Sun Ce would almost have been unable to control his voice.

After reading the intelligence, Zhou Yu’s face was also gloomy: "I didn't expect that bastard Sun Sun Quan to have done so much behind our backs!"

"Bofu! You cannot continue to indulge him this time!"

"And those aristocrats who participated in this, you cannot show mercy this time either!"

"We must cut the Gordian knot, completely purge these people, and do it beautifully; otherwise, your and my evaluation in Prince Zou Qian’s heart will inevitably drop significantly, which is not a good thing for the Sun clan or the Zhou clan."

No matter what, Zhou Yu could not allow the years of effort and planning he and Sun Ce had put in to be destroyed by such a group of villains.

"It was also our carelessness, being too confident, that led to this situation; otherwise, how could they have hidden it from us?"

Zhou Yu said indignantly.

Hunting geese all day, only to be pecked in the eye by a goose.

It is simply a great humiliation.

"Hmm!"

Sun Ce nodded with a gloomy face, his eyes flashing with cold light: "Zhou Gongjin, you are right; we have come this far, we cannot disappoint His Majesty Prince Zou Qian, and we cannot let down the families behind us!"

"I will leave the aristocrats to you! You can mobilize all the troops in the city; I have only one requirement: you must take down these people and their accomplices in the shortest possible time with minimal losses;"

"Do not be soft-hearted;"

"As for Sun Sun Quan, Sun Ben, and the other Sun clan members who participated in this, leave them to me!"

"I will give them a quick end!"

At this point, Sun Ce’s eyes were full of killing intent; it was clear he had murderous intent toward Sun Sun Quan, Sun Ben, and the others, and did not intend to spare them!

He knew he would be scolded by his mother afterward, but Sun Ce had no choice.

If he didn't want to lose points in front of Su Xuan, and if he still wanted the Sun clan to have a good future under Su Xuan, he had to do this.

"Blame only yourself for being too stupid, Second Brother!"

"Don't blame your big brother; after all, when it comes down to it, you were the one who betrayed me first and wanted to backstab me!"

"Did you ever think that everything you have today is all thanks to me, your big brother?"

Sun Ce thought resentfully in his heart.

He had raised him for several years, only to raise an ungrateful wolf.

Originally, Sun Ce had thought his second brother was exceptionally clever; once he joined Prince Zou Qian’s ranks, he was prepared to let him study at the Xiangyang Academy, and once he reached adulthood, he would recommend Sun Sun Quan to serve under Su Xuan.

He thought that by then, Sun Sun Quan’s position would definitely not be low, and his future would be infinitely bright.

Unfortunately, all of this was in vain!

"This..."

Zhou Yu hesitated, looked deeply at Sun Ce, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "It is hard for you! I will go first!"

Saying this, Zhou Yu walked away quickly.

Sun Ce stood blankly in the room, looking up at the ceiling for a long time, before sighing and walking out quickly.

"Kill!!!"

That night, Su Xuan and the others outside the city heard the countless sounds of fighting inside the city; through his beasts, he saw everything that was happening.

"Second Brother, is there anything else you want to say to me?"

Sun Ce held an iron spear, pointing the tip at Sun Sun Quan’s neck, and asked coldly.

Sun Sun Quan looked gloomy and unwilling: "Big Brother, I am your own younger brother; are you going to kill me just to defect to someone else?"

"Heh!"

Sun Ce sneered: "You still know you are my own younger brother! Then why didn't you think we were brothers when you betrayed me and backstabbed me?"

"When you wanted to seize my foundation and trap me in a life-and-death situation, why didn't you think we were brothers?"

"Do you know that if I hadn't stopped it in time, my Sun clan would have been finished?"

This fool really didn't understand the seriousness of the matter at all!

He had even boasted before that he had a chance to defeat Su Xuan and annex Su Xuan’s troops and territory.

He didn't even look in the mirror; with his stupid face, was he worthy?

He was not worthy!

Sun Sun Quan realized that Sun Ce really didn't intend to let him go this time.

His face turned cold, and he looked at Sun Ce coldly: "Hmph! You still have the nerve to say I wanted to seize your foundation? Look at what you have done!"

"You were actually absurd enough to prepare to fight Su Xuan in three duels? And prepare to give the Jiangdong foundation to Su Xuan?"

"If this continues, does our Sun clan have a future?"

"Are you worthy of Father by doing this?"

"If he knew about this, he would probably jump up and destroy you, this unfilial son, right?"

Sun Ce’s forehead veins bulged, and he gritted his teeth: "You bastard, you still haven't changed! Then don't blame your big brother!"

"Have a safe journey!"

"Pfft!"

With that, Sun Ce pierced Sun Sun Quan’s heart with his spear, ending Sun Sun Quan’s short life while he was still in shock.

Sun Ce could even see the regret and resentment in Sun Sun Quan’s eyes.

He was unwilling!

Unfortunately...

Sun Ce felt pain and sorrow for a few seconds, then composed himself and killed Sun Ben with his spear.

After that, he left the house where Sun Sun Quan had been staying and rushed to help Zhou Yu.

"Tsk tsk!"

When Su Xuan saw Sun Ce killing his own kin, cutting down his own brother and cousin, he couldn't help but click his tongue: "I didn't expect Sun Ce to be such a ruthless man! He was actually willing to kill his own brother and cousin!"

"I had underestimated his ruthlessness before!"

"This kid is just like his father Sun Sun Jian!"

Back then, wasn't it Sun Sun Jian who relied on a streak of ruthlessness to rise step by step?

Of course, his talent and bravery could not be ignored either.

"He had no choice!"

Guo Jia shook his head: "Facing such a brother who pits his own brother, what better way did Sun Ce have?"

"He knew very well that since Sun Sun Quan was the mastermind, if he didn't die, you, my lord, would not be at ease!"

"Furthermore, he was backstabbed by Sun Sun Quan and Sun Ben and almost lost his life; in such a situation, if Sun Ce still insisted on sparing Sun Sun Quan and Sun Ben, he would be too much of a saint;"