In the palace hall of Luoyang, Jia Xu, Xun You, Gai Xun, Tian Feng, Bing Yuan, Guan Ning, Zhuge Liang and other seven people sat there quietly and waited together, plus Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, these ten people are Lin Nan's cabinet ministers, and the cabinet plays the role of communication and distribution, and agrees on major matters. △ Small, o If it involves major military affairs, the top ten generals will be notified in advance, and then they will attend an enlarged cabinet meeting together on a certain day. This is the case with this expedition to the west.

Although Jia Xu withdrew from the Privy Council, Lin Nan is still so thick, plus he shoulders the post of secretary of the Ministry of Intelligence, and he also has the right to know and speak on major matters, and he is a veteran figure in Huaxia State, in the bureaucratic system of Huaxia State, he is the only one who is a senior member with the position of Shangshu, and together with Guo Jia and Xun You, he was named the prince of Zhenguo, and the treatment is quite respectful.

After a long time, Lin Nan came from outside the palace, and at this time he had already changed his clothes, wearing a dragon robe, wearing a crown, and a majestic look, full of royal style.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I called you here to tell you good news, that is, the army of the Western Expedition has achieved a major victory under the leadership of Lin Lin, and it will return in triumph in a few days."

"Long live my emperor, the country of China is mighty!" The ministers shouted together.

"The Western Regions are pacified, the north is settled, I am ready to leave soldiers and horses to guard the Western Regions, so as not to take advantage of the Kushan Empire to enter again. Who do you think is more appropriate? Lin Nan asked.

"It must be the Great General King." Tian Feng said first.

Lin Nan diǎn diǎn head, and then said slowly: "He was originally the best candidate. However, the southeast has not been completed, and there has been friction with Dongwu for many years, and now after cleaning up the Western Regions, he can free up his hands to deal with Dongwu completely. Soochow has been sleeping soundly on the side of the couch in my Huaxia country for many years, and I have supported Soochow for many years. But Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin don't appreciate it, they always come from time to time to find fault, my Huaxia country is now a million soldiers, and it has reached an unprecedented scale in terms of national strength, and no one can stop it again. In the second half of the year, I was ready to attack Soochow, dispatch troops, arrange troops, and force Soochow to surrender. If Soochow does not surrender, the only way to solve it is by force. At that time, the great general king will have a place to play. So, you have to make another candidate. ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and then said: "Zhang Yide, the general of the expedition to the west, bravely crowned the three armies, and this expedition to the west has not lost a single soldier. If he is left to guard the Western Regions, it is enough to make the barbarians in all directions shake. ”

Bing Yuan hurriedly said: "The minister thinks that the Tiger Wing General Tai Shi Ci can take on this position. ”

"Zhenyuan General Ma Mengqi can also take on this position." Gai Xun recommended.

After Lin Nan heard this, he turned his face and asked, "Guozhang, what do you think?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Jingyuan General Wei Yan has been favored by the emperor, and he has been even more conscientious for many years, and he is now in Guishan City. Together with Anita Partridge, the general of the Flying Guard, he led an army of 50,000 to stay behind, and the minister thought that General Jingyuan could take on this position. At least you don't have to schedule back and forth. ”

Lin Nan diǎn diǎn head and said: "Wei Yan has always been one of my more important generals, and now he has been honed into a capable general, and he can indeed take on this role, but 50,000 troops are too few, and there is the Kushan Empire eyeing him." The countries of the Western Regions have just been annexed, so it is better to allocate another 200,000 troops, all of which belong to Wei Yan, stay in the Western Regions and live with the locals, and teach the locals some farming techniques. Once there is a change, it can also react quickly so that it will not lose ground again. ”

"The Emperor Mingjian." Jia Xu said.

Lin Nan said with a smile: "Then it is decided, Feng Wei Yan is the candidate of the Western Regions Anguo, ranking first in the Hou position, and giving him 100 gold coins, commanding 200,000 troops to garrison the Western Regions, defending Guishan outside, and Anxi Regions inside." Anita is Jing Bian, all belong to Wei Yan's account, Lin Lin, Zhang Fei, Tai Shici and others all returned to the dynasty as teachers, and made other arrangements, and the meritorious soldiers were promoted one by one, and 100 silver coins were given. Secretary-General, write the decree immediately. ”

"Obey." Chen Lin sat aside and began to draft the holy decree.

After the decree was written, he took the decree to Lin Nan in front of him to let Lin Nan look at it, and after Lin Nan read it, he was stamped with a jade seal.

After that, Lin Nan said: "Then, it's time to talk about the southeast next, what do you think Aiqing thinks, how to take Dongwu?" ”

Xun You has the most right to speak, and the seven-year governor of Jingzhou is not done in vain, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is too early to take Dongwu now." ”

"Oh? Tell me your opinion. When Lin Nan heard a different opinion, he took it seriously.

Xun You said slowly: "Yes." Chen has been in Jingzhou for a long time, and he knows more about Wu Guo than you do. Emperor Sun Ce appointed Zhou Yu as the governor of the capital, specializing in the Huaxia Kingdom, so over the years, Zhou Yu often used various means to provoke friction with China. But no matter how it was rubbed, there had never been a real confrontation, the previous time Yan Hou used the pheasant as bait, and Zhou Yu was angry, and General Huya let his subordinates shoot hundreds of Wu soldiers, but afterwards he made condolences to the deceased, and gave a part of the pension. According to Zhou Yu's consistent style, he will inevitably seize this handle and press our Huaxia Kingdom step by step. ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he diǎn diǎn head, remembering Zhou Yu coming, he interrupted Xun Yu's words, and said slowly: "Zhou Yu is indeed like this, this person is both humanistic and martial, and his wisdom is outstanding, if he is humiliated like this, he will definitely not give up...... You go on. ”

Xun You continued: "However, now that almost half a month has passed, Zhou Yu has not moved, which is unusual. The minister thought that Zhou Yu must be planning something in secret, and he had been waiting for an opportunity. Moreover, our Huaxia Kingdom and Wu State are in an alliance relationship, and if we openly tear up this alliance, I am afraid that people in the world will say that our Huaxia Kingdom is treacherous. ”

"The great cause of reunification is close at hand, Wu has to make inches of progress, but I have never thought that we are allies, and we have repeatedly created border panic, and we have long not taken the alliance into account." Lin Nan said angrily.

Jia Xu hurriedly comforted: "Having said that, it is really unreasonable, once you openly tear up the covenant, you will be scolded by the world, please think twice." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not impossible to attack Wu State, just a little trick and let Wu State tear up the covenant first, so that it will be done." Our army can then push the boat down the river, go south with a heroic army, openly eat the state of Wu, and complete the unfinished great cause of reunification. ”

Lin Nandao: "It's easy to say, but how easy is it?" ”

Zhuge Liang stood up and asked, "Weichen is willing to leave the capital." Go to Jingzhou and help Yan Hou deal with Zhou Yu together. The emperor only needs to give me three months, and within three months, the minister will inevitably let Wu Guoxian tear up the covenant and be scolded by the people of the world. ”

After hearing this, Lin Nan thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, I will allow you to go on a journey." For three months, I can also conduct military dispatches. Deploy forces on the southeastern front. Chen Lin, who planned to write a holy decree, promoted Lin Qi, the prefect of Jiangxia, to the governor of Jingzhou, was fully responsible for the affairs of the southeast, and named Zhuge Liang as the prefect of Jiangxia. ”

"Obey." Chen Lin immediately picked up the pen and began to write.

Zhuge Liang thanked him and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Xunyang City.

For half a month, Zhou Yu has been taking medicine according to the doctor's instructions and recuperating from his injuries, seemingly calm. In fact, in his heart, he is deeply concerned about one thing.

Had breakfast. Zhou Yu went to the Xunyang River to inspect the navy, and saw that the soldiers of Wu Guo were in full swing, and he felt some comfort in his heart, but it was more of an inexplicable worry.

The territory of the Huaxia Kingdom is vast, and the Eastern Wu only accounts for a small part of it, and the Huaxia Kingdom has been thriving in terms of national strength in recent years. Both economically and militarily, Wu lagged behind Huaxia, and for a long time, Wu had been engaged in an arms race with Huaxia, but the final result brought Wu a series of economic crises.

Wu is located in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the population of Jiangnan was less than half of the population of the north, and the area of cultivated land was small, and there were few water conservancy projects.

Zhou Yu walked leisurely in the barracks, and after seeing the faces he was familiar with, he felt more and more heavy on his shoulders.

In recent years, Sun Ce began to recklessly recruit soldiers into the army, expand the army to 300,000, divide the soldiers and horses into two, and hand over half to Zhou Yu and half to command himself. Seven years ago, the expedition to Yizhou began, and as a result, the war was fought for two years, and how many young and middle-aged people died in this war, but after conquering Yizhou, they found that this is still a primitive land that has not been cultivated, and even Shanyue is not as good, and the people are living a primitive life, which can be described as drinking blood.

It wasn't until Sun Ce personally entered the hinterland of Yizhou that he knew that he had been deceived by Lin Nan. Since then, Sun Ce has vowed to recover the account. Although Yizhou is beautiful, the Wu people do not want to live here, and finally the Wu army still withdrew from Yizhou, so that the residents of Yizhou can pay tribute to Wu every year.

In order to capture Yizhou, Sun Ce spent hundreds of millions of military expenses, and the death of the soldier had to pay for the settlement of the family, which was the most worthless transaction.

Coincidentally, Wu Jun couldn't stay in Zhuya Prefecture, and finally gave up the place to the local natives, nominally Zhuya Prefecture and Yizhou have been included in the territory of Wu State, but in fact, they are still isolated overseas.

Zhou Yu has not returned to the capital for three consecutive years to build Ye, and Sun Ce has not met Zhou Yu for three years, Zhou Yu just heard that Sun Ce is tinkering with how to develop more powerful weapons of war, and indulges in it all day long, and also imitates the Huaxia Kingdom, establishes a Hanlin Academy, gathers a large number of craftsmen in it, hammers and hammers every day, and entrusts all the court affairs to his younger brother Sun Quan, and he often lives in the Hanlin Academy.

"I don't know what happened to the emperor?" Zhou Yu stopped walking and sat down in a small pavilion along the river, feeling a burst of melancholy in his heart.

Not long after, it was drizzling outside, Jiangnan had entered the rainy season, Zhou Yu sat quietly in the pavilion and looked outside, and saw a beautiful woman coming in the rain, that delicate and beautiful face, he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

The beautiful woman is holding an oil-paper umbrella, walking gracefully, as soon as she is in a hurry, and when she is slow, she seems to be slow, and he is not fast or slow, but it is a different kind of beauty.

The beauty walked straight to the pavilion where Zhou Yu was, and after putting away the oil-paper umbrella, she gave Zhou Yu a slight salute, and then showed a sweet smile, and said, "Husband, why are you here, let me find ...... for a while"

"Is there something wrong with me?" Zhou Yu stretched out his hand, gently took the beauty into his arms, let the beauty sit on his laps, and asked with a smile on his face.

The beauty is none other than Zhou Yu's wife Ouyang Yinying, she has been married to Zhou Yu for almost ten years, and she was still an ignorant girl in the past. Now she is a noblewoman, no matter how you look at it, she is full of luxury. She smiled and said, "General Zhou is here, saying that he has something important to look for you, and I just said that you are studying in the study." I didn't dare to disturb you, and when General Zhou came, I went to the study to look for you, only to say that you were not there, so I came out to look for you. Husband, let's go back quickly. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Well, I'll go back with my wife." ”

So, Zhou Yu and Ouyang Yinying supported each other. Prop up the oil-paper umbrella and go back together.

In the Xunyang County Yali, Zhou Tai waited anxiously for Zhou Yu, waited left and right and never saw Zhou Yu come back, so he began to pace in the living room of the county office, back and forth, and sighed from time to time.

Ling Cao, who came with Zhou Tai, couldn't help but laugh when he saw it. got up directly and pulled Zhou Tai back, and shouted: "General Zhou." You're walking around like this, it's making my eyes dizzy, can you stop dangling around? ”

Zhou Tai hurriedly said: "Do you think I want to, this matter is very important, the governor has not returned for a long time, I am in a hurry." ”

Ling Cao suddenly brought over a bowl of tea. It was handed to Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai was puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Of course, it's for you to drink, and if you're in a hurry, it's easy to get angry, drink diǎn tea to lower the fire, and then sit there and wait patiently. It's not like the Metropolitan Governor won't come back, why are you in a hurry? Ling Cao said.

Zhou Taidao: "I don't have that much spare work, if the governor doesn't come back, I will ......."

"What about you?" Ling Cao asked, hugging his arms.

"I'll just ......" Zhou Tai suddenly reached out and took the tea, drank it with a clatter, and then sat there, shouting at the officials in the county government: "Go to the tea, go to the tea, quickly serve the tea, why are you not diligent, do you want to die of thirst?" ”

So, the miscellaneous servants in charge of miscellaneous work in the county government quickly came up with a kettle, and just poured a bowl of tea for Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai raised his neck and drank it down. The handyman had to fill it again, but Zhou Tai raised his neck again and drank it. This was repeated several times, and Zhou Tai drank several bowls of tea in a row, only then did he suppress the anger in his heart, waved his hand at the miscellaneous servant, and signaled the miscellaneous servant to leave.

After Ling Cao saw it, he laughed and said, "The Metropolitan Governor said that you are a pioneer, and you are not a fake......

"You're no better!" Zhou Tai glanced at Ling Cao.

Ling Cao is slightly older than Zhou Tai, looking at Zhou Tai's appearance at this moment, it is like seeing himself when he was young, he laughed hehe, and said: "When you reach my age, you will know what it means to be calm and naturally cool, now, just sit here and wait for the Metropolitan Governor to come back, it is raining lightly outside, the Metropolitan Governor will definitely not go too far, besides, Madame has already gone to look for it, you just wait patiently." ”

Zhou Tai diǎn diǎn head, but after waiting for a while, he began to fidget, and finally he couldn't stand it anymore, so he shouted: "It's so boring to wait like this, Dadudu, why haven't you come back......"

"Youping!" Zhou Yu's voice immediately came in from outside the hall.

After Zhou Tai heard Zhou Yu's voice, he hurriedly looked outside, but when he saw Zhou Yu and Ouyang Yinying coming from the rain together, he stood up with Ling Cao and bowed to Zhou Yu: "Metropolitan Governor." ”

After Zhou Yu entered the hall, he said, "Excuse me, are you looking for me for the matter that I confessed to you?" ”

Zhou Taidao: "There is no response to that incident for the time being, it is another matter." ”

Zhou Yu said "um", hugged Ouyang Yinying, and said, "Madam, you go back to rest, I have important matters to discuss with the two generals." ”

Ouyang Yinying diǎn diǎn head, then turned around and walked towards the back hall, after turning into the back hall, her footsteps stopped and listened attentively.

Zhou Yu sat down, and at the same time motioned for Zhou Tai and Ling Cao to sit down together, and said, "Say, what is it that makes you so anxious?" ”

Zhou Taidao: "Governor of the capital, there has just been news from Jiangbei, saying that the emperor of Huaxia has promoted Lin Qi to the governor of Jingzhou, and even let Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the inspection, take the post of Jiangxia Taishou, and at the same time, his subordinates have also learned that the Huya general Zhang Liao has increased the strength of the pheasant again, and the general Hulie has also increased the strength of Runan, this kind of sign does not seem to be very good." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Youping can see the mystery? ”

"I can't see it, but I can smell the smell of the approaching war, Metropolitan Governor, is Huaxia going to take action against our Wu State?" Zhou Tai asked.

Zhou Yu smiled: "Don't worry, this will naturally not, Huaxia Kingdom will not be stupid to such a point." If you openly tear up the alliance, you will inevitably be scolded by the people of the world, and you will be nameless. ”

But why did they do it? That Zhuge Liang was originally an enemy of our Wu State, and now he is the Taishou of Jiangxia, which must also be extremely hostile to us. Don't forget, he's the one who was defeated by the Duke. I think he will hold a grudge and find an opportunity to attack the Grand Duke. Zhou Taidao.

"Youping has been with the Metropolitan Governor for several years, never thought that this head would become smarter?" Ling Cao suddenly interjected and sneered.

"What are you laughing at, don't think that you are older than me, I don't dare to do anything to you, provoke me, I'll go and spank your son's ass." Zhou Tai suddenly retorted.

"You've got a kind!" Ling Cao gave a thumbs up and sneered: "You have the ability to beat me, what are you doing if you beat my son?" ”

"Alright, alright. Stop arguing. Lin Qi is better as the governor of Jingzhou than Xun You as the governor of Jingzhou, Xun You is cunning and cunning, and I have secretly fought with him several times over the years, but I have not been able to get a bargain. Lin Qi is young and vigorous, although he deceived me last time, I was also anxious and fell for his tricks. This time. I won't be fooled so easily, and I will ruin Lin Qi's reputation. Zhou Yu hated and said.

Zhou Tai asked, "What about Zhuge Liang?" How does the Governor plan to deal with it? ”

"Zhuge Liang? He used to be my underdog. It is still the same, this person is not to worry, you go to Chaisang, invite Zijing, Zijing's talent is no less than me, enough to resist Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu said.

Ouyang Yinying listened attentively. Hearing everything Zhou Yu said to Zhou Tai and Ling Cao in the hall, when Zhou Yu sent Zhou Tai and Ling Cao out, she sneaked back to the room, and then wrote a note concisely and walked straight towards the place where the carrier pigeons were kept.

The breeding of carrier pigeons has been basically mastered by the Wu people. Most of the people in Wu used this carrier pigeon to transmit information, which was much faster, but it also saved a lot of manpower and material resources.

Ouyang Yinying came to a corner on the east side of the county government where carrier pigeons were raised, and saw that the old slave who was in charge of raising carrier pigeons was feeding the carrier pigeons there, so she called: "Old Hu! ”

Lao Hu is about 50 years old, a few years ago there was a flood in Changsha County, Zhou Yu was responsible for scheduling, when Ouyang Yinying went to disaster relief with Zhou Yu, and rescued Lao Hu who was trapped by the flood on the way, since then, Lao Hu has followed Zhou Yu and his wife as the housekeeper of Zhou's house, and he is even more obedient to Ouyang Yinying.

"Ma'am." Lao Hu turned around and saw Ouyang Yinying coming, so he asked, "Is there something to arrange for the Metropolitan Governor?" ”

Ouyang Yinying shook her head, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so she took out a note from her sleeve and handed it to Lao Hu.

Lao Hu took the note, and he already understood in his heart that when he reached out to the cage to get a gray spotted pigeon.

Ouyang Yinying hurriedly shouted, "No, the one that changed to white this time." ”

Lao Hu diǎn diǎn head, changed direction in his hand, grabbed the white carrier pigeon, and then tied the note to the pigeon's leg, and asked, "Madam, why did you change the place this time?" ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't." Although Ouyang Yinying's voice was not loud when she spoke, it gave people a great deterrent.

Lao Hu hurriedly closed his mouth, stopped asking, and released the carrier pigeon with a wave of his hand.

Ouyang Yinying watched the carrier pigeon fly into the sky, but her heart was very entangled, since marrying Zhou Yu, she has been secretly eavesdropping on the important secrets that Zhou Yu and many ministers talked about, on the one hand, her husband, on the other hand, she is a sworn brother who is kind to her, and she is caught in the middle to be a spy is also a torment for her.

"This is a tip for you." Ouyang Yinying directly threw out a piece of gold, threw it to Lao Hu, and then turned around and left.

When Ouyang Yinying returned to the room, Zhou Yu was already sitting inside, and when she saw Zhou Yu with a bad face, she hurriedly walked over and asked, "Husband, is something wrong?" ”

Zhou Yu shook his head, didn't say anything, just stared at Ouyang Yinying, and asked, "Where did Madam go just now?" ”

"Oh, I didn't go anywhere, I just had some stomach discomfort and went to the toilet." Ouyang Yinying's face was not red, and she said without a beat.

Zhou Yu stood up from the seat, walked behind Ouyang Yinying, reached out and hugged Ouyang Yinying from behind, put his hands on her flat lower abdomen, rubbed it gently, and then asked with a smile, "Is it comfortable?" ”

"Well, with my husband's care, my stomach won't hurt anymore." Ouyang Yinying leaned on Zhou Yu's chest. Holding Zhou Yu's hand tightly on his lower abdomen with both hands, he said lightly.

Zhou Yu said: "If you feel uncomfortable again, just look for a doctor." ”

"Can the doctor take it for me when he comes? It's normal, isn't there a few days every month? Don't worry, husband, I'll take care of it myself. The husband works hard for state affairs every day, and today General Zhou is so anxious to find the husband. It must also be a very important thing, the husband can't just tire out his body for the sake of state affairs. Ouyang Yinying turned around, put her arms around Zhou Yu's neck, looked at Zhou Yu affectionately, and said lightly.

Zhou Yu smiled, gathered his lips and imprinted a kiss on Ouyang Yinying's forehead, and then hugged Ouyang Yinying tightly in his arms.

Ouyang Yinying also quietly snuggled in Zhou Yu's arms, since the two of them got married. has always raised eyebrows, respected each other like guests, and the husband and wife are also very affectionate. But in Ouyang Yinying's heart, she has been worried about one thing, he worked carefully for Lin Nan and stole some important information about Wu Guo, once Zhou Yu found out, I really don't know how Zhou Yu will think of her.

Come to think of it. A few wisps of inexplicable worry appeared on Ouyang Yinying's face, and her brows furrowed slightly.

After Zhou Yu saw it. Then he said: "Madam, you don't let me frown every day, why are you frowning now, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Ouyang Yinying hurriedly said, "Aren't you worried about it?" As the governor of the capital, you are above 10,000 people under one person in the state of Wu, and your majesty has even assigned half of the soldiers and horses for you to command. Now His Majesty has been in the Hanlin Courtyard all day long, handing over all state affairs to the King of Song, in terms of power, you are even greater than the King of Song, I am just worried that one day if the King of Song listens to the slander. I'm afraid you'll ......"

Zhou Yu hurriedly interrupted Ouyang Yinying's words, and said with a smile: "Madame, I am too worried, although Your Majesty and I are not brothers of flesh and blood, but we are like brothers and sisters, and the friendship between them is beyond the comparison of ordinary people." I am loyal to Your Majesty, and I am also fiercely loyal to the State of Wu, and the King of Song also knows it. Who is going to be idle and have nothing to say? ”

Ouyang Yinying said: "Having said that, there are countless people with red eyes. Your Majesty has not summoned you for three years, and all the affairs of the state have depended on King Song for three years. King Song is His Majesty's flesh and blood brother, and he is also assisted by Prime Minister Zhang Zhao and Taiwei Cheng Pu, and there is no relationship between the husband and Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu, and there is still a suspicion with that Zhang Zhao, I am afraid that someone will look at the high power of the husband and dedicate it to the King of Song with slander. There is a way to be a master of high merit, one person said that maybe King Song didn't believe it, but the three of them became tigers, I was afraid that King Song would waver to his husband over time, in case the husband had a mistake, how should you let our mother and son live......"

Zhou Yu laughed and said: "Madame is too worried, King Song is His Majesty's younger brother, I and His Majesty are married to Jinlan, it stands to reason that I am also the elder brother of King Song, although King Song handles national affairs for His Majesty, but King Song will definitely not be alienated by outsiders." As for saying that there is a disagreement between me and the prime minister, it is even more nonsense, and the prime minister and I are just political discordants. Cheng Pu's lieutenant is a fictitious position, with no real power, I, Zhou Yu, do my best for Wu Guo, and I should be in a high position. As long as Your Majesty believes in me, no one will dare to do anything to me. ”

After Ouyang Yinying listened, her eyes flickered, and she continued: "But husband, Your Majesty hasn't summoned you for three years, you haven't seen you for three years, and Your Majesty doesn't come out of the Hanlin Courtyard all day long, doesn't your husband want to see Your Majesty?" ”

"I think I want to, but it's a pity that Your Majesty won't summon me, and I won't be able to return to Beijing." As soon as he talked about Sun Celai, Zhou Yu had a concern in his heart, he hadn't seen Sun Ce for three years, and he missed it a lot.

Ouyang Yinying saw Zhou Yu's thoughts, and said: "After a while, it will be the death anniversary of the first king, why don't you take advantage of this time to go back to Beijing?" One is to catch up with His Majesty, and the other is to worship the first king, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

After Zhou Yu heard this, he diǎn his head and said, "Madame is reasonable. It's just that this place is also very important, if I leave, I'm afraid that I will need to delay for a long time, and if something happens in the middle, I'm afraid I can't afford it? ”

"The husband has always said that Lord Lu's talent is not under the husband, if the husband goes to the capital, everything here can be temporarily entrusted to Lord Lu, I believe that Lord Lu will definitely not live up to the trust of the husband."

"Haha, Madam is really my virtuous helper, I have already sent someone to ask Zijing, it will come tomorrow, and when I make arrangements, I can return to Beijing with confidence."

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, there was a kind of expectation in his eyes. I haven't seen Sun Ce for three years, and it's a lot of anticipation for him.

The next day, Lu Su came from Chaisang, and Zhou Yu set up a banquet to entertain him.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Yu said: "Zijing, you and I have been separated for several months." When I saw it today, Zijing looked thinner than before. ”

Lu Su said with a smile: "Working hard for state affairs, Chaisang is a place that extends in all directions, and the location is very important, Lu Su dares not to do his best." However, even if I work too hard, I don't have to work as a metropolitan governor. A few days ago, I heard that the Metropolitan Governor was ill, and today I saw that the Metropolitan Governor had a normal complexion and a ruddy complexion. It seems to be fine. I just don't know what the Metropolitan Governor is calling me here this time? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Huaxia changed Lin Qi to be the governor of Jingzhou, and let Zhuge Liang serve as the Taishou of Jiangxia, Lin Qi is in Jingzhou, and it is common for him to take office, but Zhuge Liang is afraid that he has not yet arrived here." I asked Zijing to come, just to let Zijing be stationed in Xunyang and Chaisang to deal with Zhuge Liang. Recently, however, the death day of the former king is approaching. I haven't been back to Beijing for many years, and this time I want to go back to Beijing first. One is to worship the first king, and the other is to meet with His Majesty, and tell His Majesty about the affairs here in person, so that His Majesty can know. Therefore, this time I asked Zijing to come because I wanted to entrust Jing and Yue with carte blanche to Zijing. When I come back, Zijing can resign again. ”

After hearing this, Lu Su hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, how can I replace the Metropolitan Governor, Zi Jingcai is a shallow learner." I'm afraid it's not enough to take on this role. ”

"Zijing, your talent is not below me. Looking at Wu Guo, the only person who can be my second deputy is you Lu Zijing. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, this matter is very important, will the Metropolitan Governor think about it again?" Lu Su was still unwilling to replace Zhou Yu, and blindly pushed and shoved.

Zhou Yu's face was a little unhappy, and he pushed the wine glass in his hand towards the table, and said, "Could it be that Zijing looks down on me Zhou Gongjin?" ”

"No, no, no, I have no intention of doing so......" Lu Su hurriedly waved his hand.

"In that case, why did Zijing push back?" Zhou Yuhu asked suspiciously.

Lu Su thought for a while, and then said: "This place is very important, the three armies are all subordinate to the metropolitan governor, but they are not subordinate to me. Moreover, if Huaxia knew that the Metropolitan Governor was not here, he was afraid that he would be ready to make some trouble. Those generals under the account of the Metropolitan Governor, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold their breath, without the Metropolitan Governor, I am only afraid that I will not be able to suppress them, once something happens between the two countries, I Lu Su is only afraid that it will be difficult to escape the blame. ”

Zhou Yu thought about it and felt that what Lu Su said was also very right, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Xu Sheng and other generals all had more tempers than the other, except for him, there were really few people who could suppress them. He glanced at Lu Su and asked, "Zijing, what do you think of this, I will gather all the generals and hand over the power in person, so that they will not dare to make a mistake." ”

"Well...... this" Lu Su is still embarrassed to learn.

"Zijing, don't shirk it anymore, it's decided." Zhou Yu hurriedly said.

Zhou Yu gathered the generals, handed over power to Lu Su in public, let Lu Su temporarily take over the position of governor, and rushed to the capital with two relatives.

In Jiangling City, Lin Qi, the newly appointed governor of Jingzhou, led his subordinates to arrive, and Zhuge Jin, the governor of Jiangling, personally greeted Lin Qi and sent Lin Qi to the governor's mansion. Since the rule of the Huaxia Kingdom, Jingzhou has placed the Zhizhou administration of Jingzhou in Jiangling, which is closer to the four counties of Jingnan, and echoes Jiangxia from afar, and is located at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, which is convenient for controlling water traffic.

After Lin Qi entered the Zhizhou Mansion, Zhuge Jin personally feasted, and after he was full of wine and food, Lin Qi sent Zhuge Jin away, and he was very graceful in receiving people and things.

After the banquet, a group of children and maids poured into the hall and began to clean up everything, these maids were all longer than one by one, and when they passed in front of Lin Qi, they were all impressed by Lin Qi's appearance from time to time, and they all wanted to take a few more looks. However, that's also a sneaky look.

After the banquet was withdrawn, Lin Qi called the old steward of the Zhizhou Mansion and asked, "How many people are in this mansion?" ”

The old steward hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi Zhizhou, there are a total of one hundred and ninety-nine people in this mansion, including forty-eight maidservants, thirty miscellaneous servants, twenty cooks, one hundred servants, and one old man. ”

After Lin Qi heard this, he slightly diǎn his head, and said: "A Zhizhou Mansion didn't expect that there were so many people...... Old butler, you send all those maidservants home, there is no need for maidservants in the house......"

"My lord, this ...... I'm afraid that's not right, right? The old butler was taken aback.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qi asked, "These maids are more beautiful than the other, their skin is even fairer and abnormal, and the skin on their hands is very delicate. If it is really a maidservant, they do heavy work all year round, how can their hands be so delicate? You tell me the truth, these beauties, but they were originally in the house? ”

The old housekeeper hurriedly diǎn diǎn head and said, "My lord, these maids are indeed the original ...... in the Zhizhou Mansion."

"Nonsense! Zhenguo Gong has always been honest and honest, clean and self-conscious, how can he raise so many beauties in the mansion? Lin Qi suddenly asked sharply.

The old housekeeper knelt on the ground with a "plop", and hurriedly kowtowed to Lin Qi and said: "The adults are angry, the small ones know that they are wrong, the small ones should not hide anything, and the small ones will undoubtedly slander the Zhenguo Gong." These maids are indeed not the original ones in the mansion, these people are carefully selected from the city a few days ago, and they are specially arranged to serve the daily life of the adults in the mansion......"

Lin Qi glared at the old butler angrily, with a hint of chill in his eyes, and asked with a straight face: "If you don't tell the truth again, don't blame the ruthlessness of the subordinates of this mansion!" ”

The old housekeeper looked at Lin Qi's cold gaze, and couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly bowed and said: "The adults are angry, the adults are angry, and the little ones are honest." These people are the daughters of wealthy merchants in the city, and they know that the adults are not married, so they specially send their daughters in......"

After Lin Qi heard this, he asked: "You are a small governor of the state mansion, and you don't dare to be so bold as to arrange people in the mansion at will." Tell me, who is responsible for this? ”

"It is the master bookkeeper who let the small one do this......"

"When the herald came to me, he said, "I have summoned him." Lin Qi turned to the guards beside him and said.

"No!"

Lin Qi personally helped the old housekeeper up, and said slowly: "Uncle, I frightened you just now, now, you can do what I say, send all those maids home, and hang up the guest avoidance card, except for Lord Zhuge of Jiangling Prefect, in the past three days, no distinguished guests have been seen." ”

"Yes, sir." The old housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, made a false alarm, and hurriedly did what Lin Qi ordered.

As soon as the Zhizhou Mansion hung up a sign to avoid customers, there were distinguished guests who came to visit, and it was Cai Lei, the richest businessman in the city.

Cai's ten family members opened the way in front, in the middle was a dǐng eight-lifted sedan chair, followed by four servant girls on both sides of the sedan chair, the handmaidens were all graceful, and then behind were twenty guards all dressed in black and wearing steel knives at their waists, and the pomp looked very grand.

After the sedan chair was carried to the door of the Zhizhou Mansion, Cai Lei walked out of the sedan chair, raised his eyes and glanced at the plaque of the Zhizhou Mansion, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After the sedan chair was lowered, Cai Lei walked straight to the Zhizhou Mansion with steps, and as soon as he arrived at the door, the guard responsible for hanging the guest sign blocked Cai Lei's way and shouted: "What are you doing?" ”

With a smile on Cai Lei's face, he glanced at a housekeeper behind him, and the housekeeper hurriedly walked over, took out two silver coins from his arms, handed them to the two guards guarding the door, and said with a smile: "The two eldest brothers have worked hard, this diǎn meaning, not respect." ”

The two guards guarding the door were Lin Qi's personal guards, and they didn't even look at the silver coin, they stood at the door in a daze, and there was no expression on their faces, and at the same time shouted: "Just stay and go if it's okay!" (To be continued......)