This night, the lights in the study of the Qihou Mansion were on until dawn. After the meeting ended, Guo Jia only squinted hastily for half an hour, and then went to Lusu's temporary residence at the foot of Yangqiu Mountain without stopping. However, the boy guarding the door told Guo Jia that Lu Su went out fishing.

Of course, Guo Jia would not go home, and under the guidance of the boy, he soon found Lu Su on the side of a mountain stream on Yangqiu Mountain. But seeing that Lu Su was wearing a moon-white kudzu robe, with a white gauze folding scarf on his head, and a green bamboo fishing rod in his hand, just like Jiang Taigong's fishing dress, Guo Jia couldn't help but step forward and greeted, "Wu Hou Yangwei Chibi, Ma shook the Central Plains, but Zijing is fishing leisurely here, do you want to learn from Fan Li and return to the hidden rivers and lakes?" ”

Speaking of the fact that after coming to Longkou with Sun Quan, he also attended the banquet of Qiying several times, and during the banquet, he had a very happy conversation with Guo Jia, who was good at wine, pushing the cup and changing the lamp. But at this time, in the face of Guo Jia, who came uninvited, Lu Su stared at the head of the fishing rod and laughed at himself without looking back, "Su has not made an inch, how dare you call yourself a business saint." ”

Guo Jia didn't care. Seeing that he sat cross-legged beside Lu Su familiarly, he cranked the folding fan and asked, "Have you made any gains?" ”

"I don't know." Lu Su shook the fishing rod lightly and replied noncommittally.

Guo Jia heard what Lu Su said, and a humorous smile appeared on his face, and then he deliberately lengthened his voice calmly, "My family master is fortunate to have a yellow carp. ”

At this moment, Guo Jia's words undoubtedly scratched Lu Su's itch. It should be known that "Xin's Three Qin Records" once contained: "Hejin is a dragon gate, Yu chisel mountain to open the door, more than a mile wide." Huang flows down from the middle, and the shore is not open to cars and horses. Every spring, there are yellow carp swimming upstream. Those who have passed are turned into dragons. So Lu Su, who couldn't pretend anymore, hurriedly turned his head and cast an inquiring glance at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia smiled and turned to fold the fan and said, "The Son of Heaven has sent an order to invite the Marquis of Qi to enter the King of Jingqin." ”

Although he had expected that Guo Jia's so-called "yellow carp" was alluding to the Son of Heaven, at this moment, hearing that the Son of Heaven had issued an edict to Cai Ji for help, Lu Su couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that Jiangdong's influence was not comparable to that of the Central Plains after all. Obviously, it was Sun Ce who defeated Cao Cao in Chibi and waved his army to force Xu Du, but the Son of Heaven still gave up his near and far to summon Cai Ji to the king of Jingqin. It can be seen that even if she is a woman. Cai Ji, who is located in the Central Plains, is also more trusted by the Son of Heaven than Sun Ce, who lives in Jiangdong. Of course, considering that it was Liu Bei who was besieging Cao Cao now, and that Sun Ce, although he was powerful, did not pose a substantial threat to Xu Du, Lu Su had no choice but to say something sourly. "The Marquis of Qi is really the minister of the Great Han Dynasty."

In fact, where did Lu Su know that Guo Jia's statement can be described as a half-truth. Although Wu Shuo claimed to have brought the holy decree to Qingzhou, so far everyone had not seen the holy decree, and they did not know what was written on it. However, Cai Ji's "King Qin" plan is indispensable for Sun Ce's support. Therefore, Guo Jia did not get carried away because of his lord's kindness, but lost no time in flattering Sun Ce. "Wu Hou is also a pillar of the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for Jiangdong Jiangdong this time, the athletes were brave. How can the Son of Heaven see the light of day again? ”

Hearing that Guo Jia spoke highly of the merits of Sun Ce and others, Lu Su's complexion softened slightly. After calming down, he soon realized that the reason why the envoy of the Son of Heaven was able to leave the capital must have been approved by Cao Ang. Considering the in-law alliance between Cao Cai, Cai Ji has probably received a letter of help from the Cao clan while receiving the holy decree. However, Guo Jia did not mention Cao Ang's request for help. Could it be that Cai Ji has decided to tear up Cao Cai's alliance and instead besiege the Cao clan with the Sun and Liu families and carve up their territory? Or is it that the other party is trying to find out Sun Ying's bottom line and decide which side to finally stand on? Thinking of this, Lu Su immediately cheered up his spirit of 120,000 points, and said tentatively at Guo Jia, "Cao Cai has an alliance of in-laws, doesn't the Marquis of Qi blame my lord for forcing Cao Gong into a desperate situation?" ”

Guo Jia waved his hand disappreciatively. "Although Duke Cao is the Marquis of Qi, the Son of Heaven has been an adult for a long time. Cao Gong refused to return to power, and the chef has been acting on behalf of him so far, which is really not the work of the ministers. ”

"Qi Hou wants to destroy his relatives in righteousness?" Lu Su asked with a little confusion. In his opinion, although Guo Jia kept accusing Cao Cao of violating the way of his ministers, his tone did not look like he was going to fight to the death with Cao Jun.

Sure enough, the next moment, I saw Guo Jia shaking his head and saying, "No, Qi Hou wants both loyalty and filial piety." ”

Loyalty and filial piety? Seeing Guo Jia talking nonsense with his eyes open, Lu Su almost burst out laughing. Previously, when Cai Ji was trapped in western Liaoxi, Cao Cao had already instigated Hou Cheng and Zang Ba in Xuzhou to invade and plunder the territory ruled by the Qi army. Later, the two fought for the annexation of the state. Recently, Lu Su also heard that Zhang Yan, who occupies Changshan, often hooks up with the surrounding Qi army. In short, there are interests and grievances between Cai Ji and Cao Cao, but there is no filial piety at all. However, Guo Jia, as Cai Ji's mastermind, made the above statement, which may indicate that Cai Ji did not intend to fall into the trap of the Cao family. So Lu Su changed his way, and suddenly raised his sword eyebrows and glared angrily at Guo Jia, "Qi Hou wants to help the abuse, and wants to be the enemy of the world!" ”

"Definitely." Guo Jia shook his head again. Seeing that Lu Su's face was full of anger, Guo Jia changed the conversation and said word by word, "Qi Hou wants to share wealth with Wu Hou." ”

"Rich and rich?" Lu Su sneered. At this time, he could already determine that Cai Ji planned to be a lobbyist for the Cao family to help Cao Cao get out of trouble.

However, Guo Jia ignored Lu Su's sarcastic smile and continued to explain to himself, "The head of my family wants to invite Wu Hou to go to Beijing hand in hand to escort the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Xiangyang, and then the two families can share the rescue work." ”

A series of words such as going to Beijing, moving the capital, pro-government, and rescuing the driver completely subverted Lu Su's previous judgment. But he quickly and keenly caught a hint of opportunity. It must be known that although Sun Ce had also written to the imperial court to ask Cao Ang for the Son of Heaven before, in Lu Su's opinion, such a bluff could not force Cao Ang to comply. On the other hand, Liu Bei in Jingzhou actually besieged Cao Cao. Unless Cao Ang of Xu Du made up his mind to burn all the jade, it would be no surprise that Liu Bei would be able to hold the Son of Heaven. And from Sun Ce's point of view, it is not a good thing for Liu Bei to get the Son of Heaven. The two states of Jingyang were already adjacent to each other, and once Liu Bei held the Son of Heaven in his hands, his momentum would surely rise and soon be shaken to the point of Sun Ce's rule in Yangzhou. You must know that just over two years ago, Sun Ce and Liu Bei were still fighting for the counties of Yangzhou.

However, Guo Jia's mention at the moment gave Sun Ce a chance to break the game. First of all, according to Guo Jia. Cai Ji went to Beijing to escort the Son of Heaven to move the capital to the government, not to take the Son of Heaven as his own. And the location of her new capital is far away from her place, and there is no trace of holding the Son of Heaven hostage. Based on this alone, Cai Ji is a cut above Liu Bei in terms of posture. So that Uncle Liu Huang can no longer coerce righteousness to exchange Cao Cao for the Son of Heaven.

Cai Ji's strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle certainly made Sun Ce unable to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, but as long as Sun Ce and Cai Ji went to Xudu to welcome the holy car together, it would be a credit for the dragon. In return, Liu Xie will definitely reward the Sun and Cai families. Judging from Guo Jia's statement that the three counties of Jingbei were divided into Wangji, Lu Su judged that Cai Ji and her advisers mostly wanted the Son of Heaven to divide the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, Ji, and Youzhou to the Cai family, so that Cai Ji, who was a woman, could legally pass on the title and fief to her heirs. Of course, this is also something that the Sun family dreams of. Anyway, Jingbei is not the Sun family's sphere of influence, so why not use the generosity of others in exchange for the Son of Heaven cutting Jiangnan to seal the Sun family?

At this moment, although Lu Su was already moved by Guo Jia's words. I couldn't wait to rush to Sun Ying to match the Sun Cai Alliance, but on the surface, he still put on a contemplative appearance and asked reservedly, "Cao Zixiu is willing to let the Son of Heaven go?" ”

How could Guo Jia not know what Lu Su was thinking. Seeing him spread his white fan, he smiled leisurely, "Whether Cao Zixiu will release the Son of Heaven or not is not decided, but if Liu Xuande takes Cao Mengde." Then everything is over. ”

Lu Su was pierced by Guo Jia's soft underbelly. I had to dispel the idea of bargaining. After all, as Guo Jia said, at the moment, time is pressing, and if Sun and Cai can't seize the opportunity before Liu Bei captures Cao Cao, everything will be in vain. So Lu Sudang threw the fishing rod in his hand into the mountain stream, then turned around and solemnly bowed to Guo Jia, "Qi Hou has this determination, and Su Zidang will do his best to promote Sun Cai's alliance." ”

Guo Jia also adjusted his sitting posture and bowed back. "Good, Jia is in Qingzhou Jinghou Zi Jing Jiayin also."

And at the same time that Guo Jia lobbied Lu Su successfully. Cai Ji, who had slept for a long time, was also in good spirits and invited Sun Quan to drink morning tea in the garden of the Hou Mansion. In September, the heat has faded, and a tree of golden cinnamon lily of the valley guards a small red clay stove while putting a ball of tea cakes into a small pot and carefully mashing it. However, she did not immediately use boiling water to make the tea powder, but successively put some salt, green onions, ginger and a small handful of glutinous rice into the pot before adding water, and then put the small pot on the stove to cook. After a while, a steaming tea soup mixed with the sweet fragrance of glutinous rice was brought to Sun Quan.

In addition to the tea soup carefully cooked by Lily of the Valley, there are also seven or eight kinds of dim sum such as horn millet, steamed dumplings, soup dumplings, steamed buns, sugar cakes, osmanthus cakes, and gimbap on the food table in front of Sun Quan at this moment. Some of these pastries are seasonal snacks, while others are specialties of the Qihou Mansion. But whatever kind of dim sum is made into bite-sized steamers made of bamboo, which at first glance looks delicate and appetizing. Among the many special dim sum of the Qihou Mansion, Sun Quan's favorite dim sum is the soup dumpling. This pastry is made with a thin dough wrapped in a filling, and has a round appearance and a rich broth. So much so that when Sun Quan first saw the soup dumplings, he used it to compare Cao Pi's face shape, which made the latter quite unhappy. It's just that so far, Sun Quan hasn't figured out how the cooks of the Qihou Mansion wrapped the soup in the dough.

However, today, in the face of the delicious food in his eyes, Sun Quan did not move his chopsticks for a long time. Cai Ji, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but put down the milk tea in his hand when he saw this situation, and asked Sun Quan curiously, "Is today's tea not in line with Zhongmou's taste?" ”

Sun Quan hurriedly replied cautiously, "It is inevitable that the envoy will lose his honor, and Quan will not dare to eat enough." ”

"Dr. Wu has always been kind, and there is no need to be nervous." Cai Ji waved his hand disapprovingly, and once again picked up the milk tea and tasted it.

Sun Quan secretly complained in his heart. It turned out that he was living in the Hou Mansion and was invited by Cai Yan to come to the garden early in the morning to drink tea with Cai Ji, and was also told that after drinking morning tea, he would go with Cai Ji to meet the envoy sent by the Son of Heaven. Just ask Sun Quan, who is unprepared for this, where will he have a big appetite to eat.

The so-called envoy of the Son of Heaven was sent by the Son of Heaven? Or was it sent by Cao Ang? What is the purpose of its visit? Is it a call for help? Or is there another plan? Alack! I knew that this was the case, and I should have let Zijing move into the Hou Mansion to live together! - Sun Quan secretly regretted that there were no people around him who asked questions, and at the same time absentmindedly drank tea and ate snacks. Rao is lily of the valley is a good tea, and the dim sum of Qi Mansion is a must-have in the world, but at this time, it tastes like chewing wax in Sun Quan's mouth.

However, what made Sun Quan even more upset was that Qi Hou didn't seem to have the habit of "eating without saying a word, sleeping without speaking". As soon as Sun Quan took a bite of the osmanthus cake, he heard Cai Ji on the other side suddenly ask, "Zhong Mou knows why Gu met with the envoy with you?" ”

Sun Quan hurriedly swallowed the osmanthus cake that he had chewed twice, and then arched his hand, "Please also ask Qi Hou to teach you." ”

Seeing Cai Ji playing with the teacup in his hand, he said his plan comfortably, "Gu is determined to go to Beijing hand in hand with Brother Ling to escort the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Xiangyang, so I need you to be the Jiangdong envoy present." ”

"Ahem! Cough! Sun Quan, who was almost choked, quickly swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva and asked, "Does my brother know about this?" ”

"I don't know." After saying that, Cai Ji put down the teacup, raised his head to look at Sun Quan, who was crying and laughing, and said with a leisurely smile, "However, Gu has sent Mr. Fengxiao to Yangqiu Mountain to ask Mr. Zijing to rush to Yuzhou to lobby Wu Hou." ”

Hearing that Cai Ji actually skipped himself and went directly to Guo Jia to see Lu Su, Sun Quan couldn't help but jump his eyelids and asked, "Mr. Zijing agrees?" ”

"Mr. Zijing will not refuse." Cai Ji confidently emphasized. And the reason why she is so convinced that Guo Jia can persuade Lu Su, and Lu Su can persuade Sun Ce. First, it is because both Sun Quan in history and Sun Ce in this time and space take it as their responsibility to divide one side. Second, in the original history, Lu Su once presented Sun Quan with "Couch Strategy", which recorded as follows, "The Han family cannot be revived, and Cao Cao cannot be killed." For the general's plan, the only way to stand in Jiangdong is to watch the provocation of the world. It can be seen that compared with the revival of the Han Dynasty, Lu Su is more inclined to assist the Sun clan to divide Jiangdong.

However, Sun Quan felt that Cai Ji was too taken for granted. Why was Zijing moved by Guo Jia's words? Why should his Sun brothers act according to her Cai Anzhen's script. Sun Quan, who was angry, immediately asked angrily, "If the brother refuses?" What should Qi Hou do? ”

"Whether Wu Hou agrees or not, Gu will go to Beijing. If Marquis Wu insisted on being an enemy of Lone, Lone would not mind honoring Cao Cai's covenant. Cai Ji glanced at Sun Quan and said proudly.

For a moment, Sun Quan only felt that the smile of the woman in front of him was cold and piercing. Thinking of the sailors of the Qi army and Cai Ji's decisive appearance in Youzhou, Sun Quan immediately changed his words and said softly, "Don't worry about the Marquis of Qi, my Sun brothers know the current affairs far better than the Cao family and his son." (To be continued......)