This Joy Makes One Forget Shu

The news that Lan Yuan had retaken Rinan had already set his blood surging; what Lan Tian said now directly made Zhuge Liang's mighty frame shudder.

"Such a thing happened? Didn't Sun Quan bend the knee and submit to Wei, with Cao Pi even naming him King of Wu of Great Wei? And the two sides turned against each other so quickly? It seems Sun Quan was even the one who started it?" Zhuge Liang could not puzzle it out no matter how he thought.

Lan Tian smiled and explained, "It's a long story. First, Sima Yi of the State of Wei had his entire clan exterminated. Then Han Dang's son, Han Zong, avenged his father by killing Lu Meng's two sons and defecting to Wei. In short, there is only one word for it: chaos."

"Eastern Wu is in such turmoil? Was this Cao Pi's scheme, or did Ziyu have a hand in it?" Zhuge Liang looked at Lan Tian with a face full of doubt. He knew Lan Tian's character and methods too well. Ever since the Battle of Chibi, he had been leading Sun Quan by the nose into pits. With such a huge incident erupting in Jiangdong now, Lan Tian could not possibly have had no part in it.

Smart people really are different—they seize the crux of the matter at once. Lan Tian stroked his beard and smiled as he brushed it off. "Both, both. The little tricks I played were not much—not much at all."

"So that is how it is. Sending troops into Liang Province can indeed be moved forward." Zhuge Liang affirmed this while fanning himself with his feather fan. Lan Tian's claim that his tricks had not been much was practically an admission that he had orchestrated it. Sun Quan likely