Chapter 483

However.

Although the psychological preparation before surrender had been done.

The several aristocratic leaders were in a state of confusion about how exactly to surrender to Gu Yi.

Seeing this, Lu Xun sighed:

"Everyone, leave this matter to me."

"I will go to where Gu Linzhi is and discuss the matter of surrender with him."

Perhaps it was the fearlessness of a newborn calf.

Or perhaps it was because he was confident.

Lu Xun actually volunteered to serve as the envoy.

Regarding this, the leaders of the three great aristocratic families, except for Lu Kang, were naturally overjoyed.

After all.

In the event that Gu Yi refused to accept the surrender of the four great aristocratic families.

The envoy sent to discuss the surrender with Gu Yi would surely be beheaded!

Lu Xun's move was equivalent to taking on all the risks by himself.

How could the leaders of the other three aristocratic families be anything but satisfied with this?

"Boyan, do you really want to do this?"

Lu Kang's eyes were filled with worry.

As Lu Xun's biological grandfather, Lu Kang did not want Lu Xun to meet with any accidents.

But Lu Xun shook his head, insisting on going to see Gu Yi himself.

Seeing that he could not dissuade him, Lu Kang had no choice but to sigh.

The leaders of the other three great aristocratic families began to urge Lu Xun to set off as soon as possible.

Little did they know.

In Lu Xun's eyes.

The three of them were already as good as dead.

Sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall?

Heh, that was just a pretext Lu Xun used to deceive those three!

The aristocratic families that dared to resist Gu Yi had long since been mostly destroyed.

Have you not seen the miserable state of the Yuzhou and Nanyang aristocratic families?

And those aristocratic families that voluntarily surrendered to Gu Yi, how would they dare to oppose him?

Therefore.

The real reason Lu Xun insisted on going to see Gu Yi himself was that he wanted to sell out the other three great aristocratic families and keep only the Lu family.

After all.

Selling out teammates when in doubt.

This saying is not just empty talk.

……

Because the Jiangdong aristocratic families were unaware of the news of Liu Bei's flight to the south.

Therefore, they still believed that Liu Bei was alive.

And soon.

The news of Liu Bei and his thirty-thousand-strong army being completely wiped out arrived.

The Jiangdong aristocratic families were all completely dumbfounded.

Under such circumstances.

Lu Xun, who should have rested for two more days before going to see Gu Yi, was forced to set off early on the road south to Yuzhang.

Yes, after taking Yuzhang, Gu Yi did not rush north.

Instead, he used Yuzhang as a center to send troops to expand southward.

On the other hand, he was constantly gathering refugees.

After this war, the six commanderies of Jiangdong were severely damaged.

The population loss was significant.

But soon, Jiangdong would become land under Gu Yi's governance, and he did not want this land to be completely crippled.

Therefore.

Gu Yi was not in a hurry to go north to attack Chaisang during this time.

In any case, the six commanderies of Jiangdong were already in his pocket.

During the next period, the more important thing was how to quickly incorporate this land into his territory.

And to expand his sphere of influence to Jiaozhou in the south.

As for Shi Xie of Jiaozhou.

Gu Yi did not take him seriously at all.

Later generations might have people on forums or message boards bragging about how strong Shi Xie was.

But in reality.

If Shi Xie were truly strong.

How would he have voluntarily surrendered to Sun Shiwan in the original history?

You must know that Sun Shiwan only had to send a single letter to persuade Shi Xie, who had occupied Jiaozhou for decades, to surrender!

This is enough to show that although Shi Xie seemed to have a lot of territory.

Because of the low level of development in Jiaozhou, he had no confidence to go to war with Sun Shiwan.

Now.

Facing the mighty Gu Yi army.

Even if Shi Xie were given ten times the courage, he would not dare to resist!

Therefore, Gu Yi directly sent an envoy to Jiaozhou to persuade Shi Xie to surrender.

If this fellow Shi Xie had some foresight, Gu Yi might even grant him a title and let him be a wealthy man in Chang'an.

But if Shi Xie refused to surrender.

There would be no need for the Shi family of Jiaozhou to exist from then on!

Soon.

Before the envoy sent to Jiaozhou returned.

Lu Xun from Chaisang arrived in Yuzhang first.

However.

Facing Gu Yi.

Even the courageous Lu Xun was filled with panic and unease.

……

In the Yuzhang City Lord's Mansion.

Gu Yi looked at Lu Xun with great interest.

To be honest, if he hadn't heard that the visitor's name was Lu Xun, Gu Yi might not even have met him.

At this moment.

Facing the invisible pressure from Gu Yi, Lu Xun spoke in a humble tone:

"My Lord Chancellor, I represent the Lu family and have come to pledge my loyalty to you."

"Some time ago, my Lu family was blinded by other scoundrels and dared to oppose you, which is truly unforgivable."

After speaking.

Lu Xun knelt directly on the ground.

His appearance was as respectful as could be.

It's just a pity.

How could his little tricks fool Gu Yi?

"Lu Boyan, is it?"

"You are a smart man."