The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 203 Nothing wrong

"Brother Xuande, it's been many years! You still have the same charm as before!"

As the two sides drew closer, the sky grew even darker. Chen Er broke the silence, stepping forward to break the stalemate. He didn't want the stalemate to continue; every minute of delay gave Liu Bei more time to mobilize his troops. Pretending to know nothing would confuse Liu Bei and his men.

However, Chen Er's words were also quite barbed. He said that Liu Bei was still as dashing as ever, but the subtext was that Liu Bei was younger than him and therefore had no manners.

"Your Highness, you are too kind. I was fortunate enough to serve under Your Highness back then and benefited greatly. It was Your Highness's cultivation that made Liu Xuande who he is today."

Liu Bei retorted just as defiantly. Chen Er's lips curled up slightly. He understood the meaning behind Liu Bei's words: what happened back then was already in the past. Even if you were kind to me back then, that was all in the past. I am no longer an official under your command, so you have no right to criticize me.

"Haha, let's not talk about that, let's not talk about that."

Chen Er smiled and said, "I wonder if Xuande would dare to speak to me in private?"

"Why don't you dare!"

Although Zhang Fei repeatedly hinted to his elder brother that he shouldn't, Liu Bei still magnanimously said so.

Although Sun Quan had not yet arrived, that did not prevent the two of them from communicating first.

Zhao Yun did not stop Chen Er. He knew Chen Er's martial prowess, and if it was just a one-on-one fight, he was not afraid that Chen Er would be in any danger.

After dismissing his attendants, Liu Bei smiled and said to Chen Er, "It seems that His Highness the King of Wei's guards are quite confident in your safety."

"Of course," Chen Er replied casually.

Seeing the two men chatting happily to the side, Zhang Fei became interested in Zhao Yun. He said to Zhao Yun, "You're Zhao Yun? The one who killed the barbarians of the grasslands and made them howl like ghosts?"

"So what if it is?" In front of outsiders, Zhao Yun was still very arrogant, especially when looking at Zhang Fei, who was obviously a brute, he was even more disdainful of discussing things with him.

Seeing how Zhao Yun treated him, Zhang Fei was furious and wanted to fight, but he held back because he remembered his elder brother's instructions. Seeing that Zhang Fei held back, Zhao Yun actually thought more highly of the man in front of him.

On the other hand, the conversation between Chen Er and Liu Bei finally got to the point after a series of casual remarks. Chen Er broke the soap opera-like atmosphere by asking Liu Bei directly, "You're from Earth too, aren't you?" Hearing Chen Er's directness, Liu Bei didn't hesitate and nodded, saying, "That's right, I'm from Earth too."

"What era are you from?"

"If I remember correctly, it was the 25th year of the Republic of China," Liu Bei said to Chen Er with a rare hint of melancholy.

"The 25th year of the Republic of China?" Upon hearing Liu Bei's words, Chen Er was taken aback. He quickly calculated in his mind that the full-scale War of Resistance against Japan had not yet begun. He said, "At that time, the Japanese devils had not yet launched a full-scale invasion of China."

"Not yet, but the Northeast has already fallen." Liu Bei was somewhat surprised to hear Chen Er mention this. In his previous life, he was a local warlord, but he was still very patriotic: "Moreover, the Japanese have been provoking us all along, and Chiang Kai-shek only knows how to fight civil wars."

"In the end, he still cooperated with the people of northern Shaanxi again to fight the Japanese together," Chen Er said.

Liu Bei said to Chen Er, "Your answer is so certain, it seems you live in a later era than I do."

Chen Er nodded and said, "That's right, I'm much later than you. The era I lived in was already the end of the 20th century." However, Chen Er still spoke to Liu Bei with some reservations. Actually, he wasn't lying; he was just stating the era in which he was born, which was indeed the end of the 20th century.

"Who ultimately won?" Liu Bei asked.

“Then the Japanese must have lost,” Chen Er said.

"That's good, that's good." Liu Bei said happily, as long as Kyushu was won.

"Alright, tell me why you called me here." Chen Er didn't continue the conversation with Liu Bei on this topic. After so many years of experience, he was no longer the naive young man he once was. He was now very mature in this regard, and he didn't want Liu Bei to find out more from him, even if these things didn't have much to do with the current world.

"Let's wait until Sun Quan arrives before discussing this further," Liu Bei said, not giving Chen Er a direct answer.

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After Chen Er and Liu Bei finished their brief conversation, Chen Er replied to his own side. Liu Bei invited Chen Er to sit down in the room. As soon as Chen Er sat down, someone came up to him and poured him a cup of tea.

Chen Er naturally wouldn't drink this cup of tea, but he couldn't show it directly. He secretly gave Wang Hui a look, and Wang Hui immediately stepped forward to test it with a silver needle and then replaced it with a different pot.

Chen Er said to Liu Bei, "I'm sorry, my men are used to this. They're all doing it for my own good, so I can't say anything to them. Please forgive me, Xuande."

Liu Bei naturally wouldn't say anything; he would have done the same thing. Who doesn't care about their own life?

Thick smoke billowed outside.

Chen Er and Liu Bei exchanged a glance. They both realized that Sun Quan was putting on a show of force. Currently, Sun Ce was in charge of the Sun family in Jiangdong, but according to intelligence from various sources...

In recent years, Sun Quan's influence in Jiangdong has been growing, and Li Zhong's intelligence department has repeatedly indicated that the Sun family is vigorously building a purely steam-powered fleet.

Although Jiangdong has not yet fully ventured into the ocean, its river fleet along the Yangtze River is already a force to be reckoned with. According to the analysis of the General Staff, if the region under its jurisdiction does not strengthen its fleet on the Yangtze River, Jiangdong's steam-powered ironclad fleet will gain control of the entire Yangtze River basin.

"It seems Sun Quan has mastered quite a few technologies," Chen Er thought to himself.

At 11:15, Sun Quan arrived at the venue. Chen Er and Liu Bei stood up to greet him: "Sun Quan, you have finally arrived."

"Gentlemen, what would you like to discuss?"

Sun Quan sat down and directly asked Chen Er and Liu Bei, who were somewhat taken aback. This was too direct, but as people who had been in the military for many years, they didn't mind such a conversation, especially since the three of them shared the same identity.

Liu Bei and Chen Er simultaneously dismissed their entourages, leaving no one behind. Sun Quan, seeing this, naturally understood that they did not want their conversation to be known by others.

Sun Quan waved for his entourage to retreat twenty meters away. Seeing that his entourage seemed pleased, Sun Quan said angrily, "Didn't you see that His Highness the King of Wei has already withdrawn his guards? What's there to be afraid of!"