Su Yan, a history PhD, woke up to find himself a fortune-teller in Zhuo Commandery at the end of the Han dynasty.
He had the family heirloom Book of Physiognomy of Ma Yi tucked in his robe and the entire history of the Three Kingdoms in his head. On his very first day at the fortune-telling stall, three sentences were enough to reveal that Liu Bei, the sandal seller, was descended from Prince Jing of Zhongshan. He joined the Peach Garden Oath before Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, becoming their fourth sworn brother, claiming to be a descendant of Su Qin and an heir to the art of diplomacy.
Others who transmigrated to the end of the Han dynasty became sidekicks to the heroes. He became their sworn brother, then personally put one of them on the throne.
He bribed Zhang Rang, trading a single official title, “General of the Household Who Attacks Bandits,” for a ticket into Jiangdong. He would build high walls, delay claiming kingship, and spend twenty years cultivating the land, waiting until the north was ravaged before making his move.
Others bought office to get rich; he bought office to get in. Others fought for the realm with weapons; he relied on calculation: reading people's hearts, assessing the times, and discerning Heaven's will.
He won people over with physiognomy, fought with strategy, crushed the competition with intelligence, and built his strength through farming. The Jiangdong navy, the Trapped Camp, and the Brocade Sail Fleet were all trump cards in his hand. Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Sima Yi were all opponents on his chessboard.
He recruited every famous general before anyone else could, and anticipated every great battle before it happened. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were his sworn brothers; Zhuge Liang was his disciple; Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were generals who surrendered to him. Half the heroes of the realm had already fallen into his trap.
Yet he never calculated his own fate.
Because he knew transmigrators were not listed in Heaven's Book of Destiny. In this life, he would turn the Peach Garden into the starting point of a new realm.
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