"Selected Comics from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms" No. 20 "Chaos in Wu Ting" (full version)
Content introduction: Zhuge Ke was smart since he was a child, and was deeply loved by Sun Quan. After Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke became dictatorial and defeated Wei. Later, he became increasingly tyrannical and had deep grudges. As a result, he was assassinated by Sun Jun. After Sun Jun died of illness, his younger brother Sun Wei took control of the government. Sun Liang, the leader of Wu, wanted to seize Sun Wei's power, but unexpectedly he was deposed. After Sun Xiu succeeded to the throne, he was also worried about Sun Wei being domineering, so he and Ding Feng and Zhang Bu designed to get rid of Sun Wei. (Based on the 108th chapter of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Ding Feng fought hard in the snow and Sun Jun devised a secret plan during the banquet", the 113th chapter "Ding Feng made a plan to kill Sun Wei and Jiang Wei broke the battle formation and Deng Ai " )
(1) In 229 AD, Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang, established his second son Sun Deng as the crown prince, and appointed Zhuge Ke as the crown prince's left assistant.
(2) Zhuge Ke, whose courtesy name is Yuanxun, is the son of Wu State Minister Zhuge Jin (Zhuge Liang's elder brother). He was extremely intelligent since he was a child and was good at adapting to circumstances, and was deeply loved by Sun Quan.
(3) When Zhuge Ke was six years old, the Battle of Chibi had just ended, and Sun Quan held a banquet to celebrate with all the ministers. He also attended the banquet with his father.
(4) At the banquet, Sun Quan wanted to make fun of Zhuge Jin because of his long face. When the wine was half drunk, Sun Quan secretly ordered someone to bring in a donkey.
(5) Everyone laughed when they saw the donkey, because the words " Zhuge Ziyu " were written in chalk on the donkey's face. It turns out that "Tzuyu" is Zhuge Jin's nickname, which makes Zhuge Jin very embarrassed.
(6) At this time, Zhuge Ke walked to the table calmly, picked up a pen and added the word "Zhi donkey" under "Zhuge Ziyu", which became "Zhuge Ziyu's donkey". ". Those present were astonished by his wit.
(7) Sun Quan was very happy to see that Zhuge Ke was so smart, and rewarded him with the donkey on the spot.
(8) Another time, Sun Quan hosted a banquet for hundreds of officials, and Zhuge Ke was present with his father again. When Sun Quan saw Zhuge Ke coming again, he deliberately asked him: "Tell me, who is more worthy, your father or your uncle (Zhuge Liang)?"
(9) Zhuge Ke answered without thinking: "Of course it is my father. Talented." Sun Quan asked why. Zhuge Ke said: "Because my father knew that he should help the wise lord, but my uncle didn't know." Sun Quan couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and others also praised his wit.
(10) Sun Quan then asked Zhuge Ke to propose a toast to everyone. When the toast was presented to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao was already a little drunk, so he refused to drink any more and said to Zhuge Ke: "This is not respect. Courtesy of an old man! "
(11) Sun Quan wanted to test Zhuge Ke's adaptability, so he asked Zhuge Ke to persuade Zhang Zhaofei to drink this glass of wine. So Zhuge Ke told Zhang Zhao some truth, but Zhang Zhao was speechless and had to drink the cup.
(12) Others praised Zhuge Ke for his intelligence, but his father Zhuge Jin did not think so. He once sighed and said: "This kid is so smart that he can't protect his family!"
(13) Sun Quan admired Zhuge Ke very much. Ke was smart and astute, and praised: "Lantian produces beautiful jade, and it is truly worthy of its reputation!" Therefore, he was ordered to assist the prince. Later, he was promoted to the positions of Acting Jiedu and General Fuyue.
(14) Prince Sun Deng was born to Mrs. Xu. Wu Chiwu died of illness in the fourth year of his life. Sun Quan then made his second son Sun and the crown prince.
(15) Sun He’s mother, Mrs. Langya Wang, had always had conflicts with Princess . The princess often spoke ill of their mother and son in front of Sun Quan.
(16) Sun Quan listened to Princess Quan’s lies, and gradually developed a dislike for Sun He, and eventually deposed him.
(17) Sun He became sick with sorrow and resentment, and died soon after. So Sun Quan established his third son, Sun Liang, as the crown prince. He was born to Mrs. Pan.
(18) By this time, Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and other veteran ministers had passed away, so Sun Quan appointed Zhuge Ke as general and the governor of Jingzhou. He also left all the affairs of the imperial court to him.
(19) In August of the first year of Taiyuan, a storm suddenly blew in the state of Wu, and the river surged. The pines and cypresses planted in the tomb of Lord Wu were uprooted by the strong wind, flew straight to the south gate of the imperial city, and fell on the corridor.
(20) Sun Quan was frightened and fell ill. His condition became increasingly serious and he still did not recover until April of the following year.
(21) Sun Quan knew that he would not live long, so he named Zhuge Ke the crown prince and tutor. He summoned him, Grand Sima Ludai and others to the hospital bed, and told him everything after his death. He died soon after. Sun Quan was emperor for twenty-four years and died at the age of seventy-one (AD 252).
(22) After Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke established nine-year-old Sun Liang as emperor, changed the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Jianxing, posthumously named Sun Quan the Great Emperor, and was buried in Jiangling.
(23) In order to win over the people, Zhuge Ke implemented a series of policies such as exempting people from arrears in taxes, canceling tariffs, etc. The people were grateful to him. Every time Zhuge Ke goes out, there are many people watching and wanting to catch a glimpse of his grace. In this way, Zhuge Ke's power grew day by day.
(24) It is said that Wei State Sima Shi learned about Sun Quan's death, so he took this opportunity to send his brother Sima Zhao to lead an army to conquer Wu State.
(25) Zhuge Ke, the Taifu of the State of Wu, heard that the Wei army was invading, and hurriedly sent veteran general Ding Feng as the vanguard to meet the enemy.
(26) In the winter of this year, the Wu and Wei armies fought at Dongxing Embankment. Hu Zun, the vanguard officer of the Wei army, underestimated the enemy and was killed by Ding Feng and was severely defeated.
(27) After winning this battle, Zhuge Ke became determined to underestimate the enemy. Regardless of the fatigue of his soldiers and the unanimous dissuasion of Sun Liang and other ministers, he personally led an army of 200,000 to attack the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, they suffered a setback in the battle at Xincheng, suffered heavy casualties, and returned defeated.
(28) When the good news came to Luoyang , Guanglu doctor Zhang Ji said to Sima Shi: "Zhuge Ke will not live long."
(29) Sima Shi asked him how he knew, and Zhang Ji said: " Zhuge Ke's authority was so great that he didn't even care about his master, so he was seeking death. Now that he was defeated, the rift between the emperor and his ministers was even deeper, so he didn't live long. "
(30) Zhuge Ke was defeated. When I returned to Jiangdong, I felt very ashamed, so I excused myself from going to court because of my illness. The Lord of Wu, Sun Liang, personally went to the house of Taifu Hsinchu to express his greetings, and all the civil and military officials also came to pay their respects.
(31) Zhuge Ke was afraid that others would talk about his faults, so he first sent people to collect the faults of all the generals, and sent the minor ones to the border, while the serious ones were beheaded in public. As a result, the civil and military dynasties were full of people, and everyone was in danger.
(32) After that, Zhuge Ke became more and more strict with people, and he blamed people at every turn. Everyone who came to see him held their breath, not even daring to take a breath.
(33) Zhuge Ke was also preparing to send out troops again and ordered the army to get ready. He also sent his trusted generals Zhang Yue and Zhu En to take charge of the Royal Forest Army, and took over the military power of Sun Jun, the former commander of the Royal Forest Army. As a result, more and more people are resentful of him.
(34) Sun Jun, also known as Ziyuan, is the great-grandson of Sun Jing, the younger brother of Sun Jian. When Sun Quan was alive, he liked him very much and ordered him to control the forest army and horses. Now seeing that Zhuge Ke had taken away his military power, he was very angry.
(35) Taichang QingTeng Yin had long been dissatisfied with Zhuge Ke's tyranny, so he came to Sun Jun and said: "Zhuge Ke is dictatorial and tyrannical, and he must have a disobedient heart. You are a member of the royal family, how can you sit back and watch? "What?" Sun Jun said bitterly: "I have long wanted to kill him. You and I will go to the emperor of tomorrow to kill this thief together!"
(36) So Sun Jun and Teng Yin came to the court to see Sun Liang. Report this matter. Sun Liang was also afraid that Zhuge Ke would have too much power and would become treasonous in the future. After hearing the two men's secret report, Sun Liang agreed to get rid of him, but he was also afraid that it would be a bad thing if the matter was not kept secret enough.
(37) Teng Yin came up with a plan: "Your Majesty can prepare a banquet to summon Zhuge Ke. We will ambush the warriors in the wall and kill him in the middle of the banquet with the signal of throwing a cup." Sun Liang felt that this The plan was very good, so he sent someone to summon Zhuge Ke.
(38) Zhuge Ke has been in a daze all day since he returned to the court after his defeat. At noon that day, he walked out of the central hall by chance and suddenly saw a stranger wearing a hemp hat walking in.
(39) Zhuge Ke ordered the people to be tortured, and the man cried out.
(40) Zhuge Ke summoned the gatekeeper to inquire. The sergeants said they saw no one come in. Zhuge Ke was furious and ordered that the man and dozens of gatekeepers be killed.
(41) That night, Zhuge Ke was restless in his sleep. He only felt the cold wind blowing over him. In a trance, he saw that the people he killed during the day were raising their heads to ask for their lives. Zhuge Ke suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. It took a long time to wake up.
(42) As soon as he got up the next morning, someone came to inform the emperor that he was attending the banquet. Zhuge Ke quickly ordered preparations for the chariot battle.
(43) When he was about to leave the house, his big yellow dog suddenly ran up and grabbed the corner of Zhuge Ke's clothes, making a sound as if he was crying. Zhuge Ke said angrily: "Even the dogs are here to bully me!" He ordered someone to drive the dogs away and then left the house in a car.
(44) The confidant Zhang Yue approached the car and whispered: "My lord has been claiming to be ill since he returned to the court, and the emperor has never summoned him. There is a banquet in the palace today. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, but my lord should not enter the palace easily." Zhuge Ke felt that Zhang Yue's words were reasonable, so he decided not to go to the banquet.
(45) At this moment, I saw Teng Yin coming on horseback. When he saw Zhuge Ke, he said: "The emperor has called, why is the master so late?" Zhuge Ke said that he had a stomachache.
(46) Teng Yin said: "Since Taifu returned to the court, the emperor has not talked with you face to face. Today, I specially held a banquet to invite you to discuss national affairs. It would be bad if Taifu does not go." Zhuge Ke did not It was easy to refuse, so he had to follow Teng Yin into the palace.
(47) When he arrived outside the palace gate, Zhuge Ke thought of Zhang Yue's words and the strange things happening these days, so he hesitated again and wandered around the palace gate, not daring to enter.
(48) Sun Jun had already ambushed the soldiers in the tent at this time, fearing that Zhuge Ke would not come and the matter would be exposed. So he came out to meet Zhuge Ke and said, "Today the emperor is hosting a banquet for the master. You are already at the door. Why don't you go in?" Zhuge Ke had no choice but to go to the palace with his sword to see him.
(49) Zhuge Ke met Sun Liang, and Sun Liang asked him to drink. Zhuge Ke was confused, so he declined and said, "Wei Chen is ill and can't bear the power of alcohol." Sun Jun saw that he was suspicious, so he sent someone to the Taifu's mansion to get him the homemade medicinal wine that Zhuge Ke often took. Then I felt relieved.
(50) After drinking for several rounds, Sun Liang said he had something to do and avoided it. Sun Jun also excused himself from the banquet, took off his long clothes outside, and only wore short clothes with ring armor underneath. He held a sharp knife and ran up to the hall screaming.
(51) Zhuge Ke was startled, dropped his wine glass, and wanted to draw his sword to resist, but Sun Jun cut off his head with a sword.
(52) Zhang Yue, who came with him, saw Sun Jun beheading Zhuge Ke and hurriedly drew his sword to kill Sun Jun. Sun Jun quickly dodged and was only injured on his left finger by the tip of the knife.
(53) Sun Jun turned around and cut off Zhang Yue's right arm with a knife.
(54) The warriors hiding in the wall robes all rushed out, chopped down Zhang Yue, and chopped him into pieces.
(55) While Sun Jun ordered his warriors to capture Zhuge Ke's family members, he also ordered the bodies of Zhuge Ke and Zhang Yue to be wrapped in reed mats and dumped in a mass grave outside the city.
(56) But Zhuge Ke's wife and children were worried about him at home, and suddenly they heard a noise outside: "Zhuge Ke was murdered by Sun Jun!" Zhuge Ke's whole family was suddenly panicked and burst into tears.
(57) After a while, Sun Jun's army and horses surrounded the Taifu Mansion, and Zhuge Ke's whole family, old and young, were taken to the city cao and beheaded. This happened in the winter of October in the second year of Wu Jianxing (AD 253).
(58) Sun Jun killed Zhuge Ke, and Wu Lord Sun Liang made him prime minister, general, and Marquis of Fuchun, governor of internal and external military and political affairs. From then on, all the power of the imperial court fell into Sun Jun's hands.
(59) After Sun Jun came to power, he began to eliminate dissidents and successively killed Wu Hou Sun Ying, general Sun Yi, Zhang Yi, Lin Xun and other ministers who opposed him.
(60) After stabilizing the internal affairs, Sun Jun once again dreamed of achieving the great goal of dominating the world, so he personally led troops to attack Wei.
(61) Unexpectedly, during the march, Sun Jun fell ill. He was afraid that if something happened to him and his power would fall into the hands of others, he appointed his cousin Sun Wei, a partial general, as Shizhong and General Wuwei to lead the military.
(62) Soon Sun Jun died of illness. Since Sun Wei had little merit in the first place, Hussars General Lu Ju , Grand Sima Teng Yin and others were indignant when they heard that he had replaced Sun Jun. They each led their own troops. Come to attack Sun Wei.
(63) Sun Wei sent Sun Xian, Ding Feng and other generals to meet the enemy. The sergeants under Lu Ju and Teng Yin were unwilling to kill each other and fled before a confrontation. Lu Ju and Teng Yin were killed by the rebels.
(64) Sun Wei gathered his army and returned to Jianye. Sun Liang, the Lord of Wu, made him a general and a marquis of Yongkang. From then on, Sun Wei became even more arrogant, controlling the court, appointing cronies, and killing ministers. Generals Sun Xian and Wang Dun all died in his hands.
(65) Wu Lord Sun Liang is only sixteen years old, but very wise. One day he was playing in the garden and saw plums on the trees. Sun Liang wanted to eat raw plums, so he asked Huangmenguan to go to the warehouse to get the honey.
(66) After a while, Huangmenguan brought the honey. Sun Liang was about to eat plums dipped in honey, when he suddenly found a few pieces of mouse droppings in the honey, and he couldn't help but became furious.
(67) Huangmenguan knelt down and said: "The treasurer is unfaithful to his duties and often wanders around. It must be his dereliction of duty that caused rat droppings to fall into the honey. This is an unforgivable crime. Please punish him. !"
(68) Sun Liang immediately summoned the treasurer for interrogation. The treasurer turned pale with fright, kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic, and screamed: "I have always sealed the lid tightly, how could there be rat droppings? ? Besides, when I gave it to Huangmenguan, there was no rat droppings in it."
(69) Sun Liang thought for a moment and then asked, "Did Huangmenguan ask you for some honey?" Days ago, Huangmenguan asked me for some honey, but I didn't dare to give it to him. "
(70) Sun Liang turned to point at Huangmenguan and said, "This must be because you resented the treasurer's refusal to give you honey. Putting rat dung in honey to frame him." Huangmenguan hurriedly denied it.
(71) Sun Liang smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it is very simple to find out who put the rat droppings. Just cut open the rat droppings and take a look. If the rat droppings had already fallen into the honey, It must have been soaked for a long time. If it was just put in, it must be dry inside."
(72) Sun Liang asked someone to cut the rat droppings in front of everyone. Sure enough, there was a layer of honey on the outside of the rat droppings, but it was dry on the inside. Official Huang Meng had no choice but to kneel on the ground and truthfully confess his crime of framing the treasurer and deceiving the king.
(73) Although Sun Liang was smart, the government was controlled by Sun Wei. He could not make the decision in everything. Sun Wei never let Sun Liang interfere in the affairs of the court. Although Sun Liang was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do.
(74) One day, Sun Liang was sulking in the room, and Huangmen Shilang and Guojiu Quanji came in.
(75) Sun Liang was full of worries and had no one to talk to, so he burst into tears when he met his uncle. Quan Ji asked why, and Sun Liang cried and said: "Sun Wei is domineering and domineering. He kills ministers without consulting me. He really bullies me too much. If I don't get rid of him early, I will be harmed by him in the future!" "
(76) Quan Ji heard this and said angrily: "As long as your majesty can use you, I will die without mercy." Sun Liang nodded and said: "As long as you and Liu Cheng lead the imperial army to guard the city gate, I will kill him. Sun Wei. But your mother is Sun Wei's sister, so she must not know about it to avoid leakage."
(77) At that time, Sun Liang wrote a secret edict to punish the thief and gave it to Quan Ji, asking him to act according to his plan. .
(78) After Quan Ji returned home after receiving the secret edict, he discussed with his father Quan Shang what to do about the matter. The father and son discussed in secret until midnight before taking a rest.
(79) Quan Shang returned to the bedroom and said to his wife: "Sun Wei will not be rampant for a few more days. We will kill this bastard within three days." His wife was secretly surprised, but she said: "Yes, Sun Wei really deserves to be killed."
(80) After Quan Shang fell asleep, the woman quietly got up and sent her confidants to report the news to Sun Wei.
(81) When Sun Wei learned the news, he summoned four of his brothers that night, mobilized elite soldiers, and first surrounded the palace. At the same time, he sent people to arrest Quan Shang, Liu Cheng, and their entire family.
(82) Before dawn, the golden drum shook loudly outside the palace gate. Sun Liang woke up from his dream. The servants had already rushed to report in a panic: "Sun Wei led his troops to surround the inner garden of the palace!"
(83) Sun Liang knew that the matter had been exposed, and he was so angry that he pointed at Quan Hou and cursed: "It's all because of your father and brother's incompetence that they ruined my big event!"
(84) He drew his sword and wanted to rush out to fight, but Quan Hou and The attendants all held on to his lapels and cried bitterly, refusing to let him out.
(85) Sun Wei first killed Quan Shang, Liu Cheng and others, then summoned all civil and military officials to the court and announced in public: "The current emperor is lustful and immoral and unworthy of being a master. Today I will abolish him and install a new emperor. You guys Anyone who dares to object will be punished as treason!"
(86) All the officials looked at each other, and no one dared to object. Only Shangshu Huanyi stood up from the squad and angrily pointed at Sun Wei and cursed: "The emperor today is a wise master. If you dare to say such things, what else is it if you are not committing rebellion? I would rather die than listen." An order to rebel!"
(87) Sun Wei was furious, pulled out his sword and stabbed Huan Yi to the ground.
(88) Later, Sun Wei entered the inner palace and pointed at Sun Liang and cursed: "Ignorant and ignorant king! I should have killed you to thank the world! For the sake of the late emperor, I will spare your life and depose you as the king of Kuaiji. You Give up your seat to a virtuous person!" Sun Liang immediately accepted Sun Liang's seal and left the palace in tears.
(89) Sun Wei deposed Sun Liang and sent Sun Kai and Dong Chao to Hulin to welcome Sun Quan's sixth son, Langya King Sun Xiu, as king.
(90) Sun Xiu followed Sun and Dong to Busai Pavilion and met the chariot sent by Sun Wei to greet him. Sun Xiu didn't know what was going on in the palace and did not dare to ride in the imperial chariot.
(91) When he entered the palace in a small car, he saw all the officials kneeling on the roadside to greet him. Sun Xiu was so panicked that he quickly got out of the car to greet him.
(92) Sun Wei came out and asked people to help Sun Xiu up and invite him to assume the throne of emperor. Only then did Sun Xiu realize that he wanted to be the emperor, so he repeatedly humbled himself before accepting the Jade Seal and ascending the throne.
(93) After the congratulations from the civil and military officials, Sun Xiu also named Sun Wei the prime minister and the pastor of Jingzhou. The five brothers of Sun Wei's family were all granted the title of marquis and took charge of the imperial army. Now, Sun Wei was in great power, and he did not take the emperor seriously.
(94) Seeing that Sun Wei was too powerful, Sun Xiu was afraid that one day he would be rebellious, so he secretly guarded him, but on the surface he pretended to trust him very much. Sun Wei thought Sun Xiu was cowardly, so he became even more arrogant and indifferent when speaking in front of Sun Xiu.
(95) In the winter of this year, Sun Wei sent some wine and meat to the palace to pay Sun Xiu a New Year greeting. Sun Xiu did not accept it, so Sun Wei became angry and called General Zuo Zhang Bu to enjoy the wine and meat.
(96) After drinking a lot of wine, Sun Wei drunkenly said to Zhang Bu: "When I deposed King Kuaiji, everyone advised me to become emperor. I felt that Sun Xiu still had some virtue, so I made him emperor. Today I I wish him a happy New Year, but he won’t give me any face. Just wait, you’ll have a good show sooner or later!” Zhang Bu pretended to agree.
(97) The next day, Zhang Bu secretly entered the palace and told Sun Xiu what Sun Wei had said. Sun Xiu was very frightened after hearing this and could not sleep or eat all day long.
(98) A few days later, Sun Wei sent 15,000 elite soldiers to station outside Wuchang City, and also distributed all the weapons in the arsenal to the soldiers.
(99) General Wei Miao and Wu Guard Shi Shuo secretly reported to Sun Xiu: "Sun Wei is dispatching troops and generals outside, and has also moved all the weapons in the arsenal. He has evil intentions. I'm afraid there will be a rebellion sooner or later!"
(100) Sun Xiu was shocked and hurriedly summoned Zhang Bu to discuss countermeasures. Zhang Bu said: "Veteran Ding Feng is loyal to the royal family and has great scheming skills. We can find him to think of a solution."
(101) Sun Xiu summoned Ding Feng to the palace to ask him for advice. Ding Feng thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have a plan. Tomorrow is the twelfth lunar month, so you tell me that you will have a big banquet with all the ministers and summon Sun Wei to the banquet. I will make arrangements of my own." Sun Xiu was overjoyed and sent Ding Feng, Zhang Bu and others acted according to plan.
(102) The next day, Sun Wei received Sun Xiu’s invitation and was not suspicious, so he entered the palace in a carriage. Sun Xiu quickly stepped down from the throne to greet him and asked him to sit at the head of the table.
(103) After drinking for a few times, I suddenly heard someone shouting for a fire outside. I saw General Zhang Bu of the left holding a sword in his hand, leading about thirty warriors, rushing up to the hall, and shouted sternly: "There is an order to capture the rebel Sun. "綝! "
(104) Sun Wei knew something was wrong and quickly stood up to escape, but when he couldn't escape, he was swarmed by the warriors and tied up.
(105) Sun Wei was so distraught that he kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I am willing to resign my post and return to the fields. I just ask your Majesty to spare my life." Sun Xiu scolded: "Why didn't you let Teng Yin, Lu Zhi, and Wang Dun return to the fields in the first place? ?”
(106) Sun Wei was speechless. Sun Xiu ordered Zhang Bu to take him down to the east of the palace and behead him. Sun Wei’s followers were too frightened to move. Sun Xiu said: "Sun Wei is the only one who is guilty, and the others will not be held accountable." Only then did these people feel relieved.
(107) At this time, Ding Feng had captured all four of Sun Wei's brothers. Sun Xiu ordered them all to be beheaded, and at the same time killed hundreds of people in Sun Wei's clan, exterminating three of his clans. He also ordered his soldiers to dig up Sun Jun's grave and slaughter the body for public display.
(108) Sun Xiu also sent people to rebuild the tombs of Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, Lu Zhi, Wang Dun and other families who were killed by Sun Jun and others, and pardoned those exiles back to their hometowns. Ding Feng and others were given heavy rewards.
(109) After the internal affairs were settled, Sun Xiu believed that Sima Zhao was about to usurp Wei, and would show his prestige by invading Wu and Shu at that time, so he sent an envoy to Chengdu with a letter of state to discuss with Shu a joint attack on Wei. (End)
