this day.

Liu Zheng got up very early.

When he got up, his surroundings were empty, and men were generally more tired, so they slept more deeply and got up later.

Zhang Duyu was already sitting in the room, dressing up, and when she saw Liu Zheng wake up, she immediately walked over.

"Husband, you're awake, I'll help you change your clothes."

Liu Zheng looked at the woman in front of him, she would be his wife in the future, his concern in this world, and the person he needed to protect.

"Thank you, ma'am."

Liu Zheng didn't refuse, got up and hugged Zhang Duyu, and there was another teasing of you and me, and then asked Zhang Duyu to help him get dressed.

Although he is already married, things are not missing at all.

First of all, the people who came to congratulate him have not completely left, and Liu Zheng still needs to meet with those people to discuss some things in Yangzhou next.

At this time, Yuan Shu also sent someone to Wu County to congratulate Liu Zheng, and sent a congratulatory gift, on the one hand, to congratulate Liu Zhengdao, and on the other hand, he wanted to form an alliance with Liu Zheng.

Last time, the high-spirited Yuan Shu originally wanted to be the emperor, but the matter of being the emperor had not yet been decided, and in the blink of an eye, he was beaten by Cao Cao and Liu Dai's people, and his strength was greatly damaged.

Now Yuan Shu, the strength is not enough to continue to forge ahead, can only shrink in Runan, Nanyang, slowly accumulate strength, it was okay, now there are Cao Cao and Liu Bei three brothers in Yanzhou eyeing the tiger.

Yuan Shu had seen Cao Cao's power and knew Liu Bei's strength even more, so he always felt that he was in danger, so he wanted to find a helper to help.

Naturally, Liu Zheng became the best and only choice for Yuan Shu.

Others, at all, did not have the qualifications to become Yuan Shu's allies, and only Liu Zheng could help him.

That's why Yuan Shu let his son come to Liu Zheng and ask for Liu Zheng's help.

Yuan Shu's son is called Yuan Yao.

is not very old, it looks like he is about eighteen years old, anyway, when Liu Zheng saw Yuan Yao, he felt that this guy was young, don't look at Yuan Shu himself is only in his thirties, and he is definitely less than forty years old, but he has a seventeen or eighteen-year-old son.

It is conceivable how early the age of children was born in ancient times.

"Yuan Yao has seen adults."

Since Yuan Yao was ordered by his father to come to Liu Zheng to seek an alliance, he had already thought about respecting Liu Zheng, after all, Liu Zheng's status is different now.

is no longer the thief he looked down on before, but has become the savior of his Yuan family.

"Yuan Yao, you are Yuan Shu's son."

In Liu Zheng's mind, thinking about the word Yuan Yao, Liu Zheng didn't remember much about Yuan Yao's impression, this guy didn't have much status in history, he only remembered that he was the crown prince when Yuan Shu was emperor, and later became an official in Wu State, and his daughter seemed to be married to Sun Quan.

Otherwise, Liu Zheng didn't have much of an impression, but from his current point of view, Yuan Yao's performance was also remarkable, not like Yuan Shu's arrogant appearance.

"Someone, bring me the gifts."

Yuan Yao gave Liu Zheng a salute, and then beckoned to carry the gift he brought over.

A few large boxes, opened one by one.

The first one to open was full of gold jewelry, a whole box, but I am afraid that it is worth a lot of money, at least thousands of gold.

The second one is opened, and there is a set of good soft armor inside, I am afraid that it is specially made by the royal court, this thing is not something that can be obtained with money, and it needs to be obtained by people with some status in Luoyang.

The back boxes were all some valuable treasures, such as medicinal materials and the like, Liu Zheng didn't look closely, but he also knew that the value was precious.

These things alone have already shown Yuan Shu's sincerity.

After showing the things to Liu Zheng one by one, Yuan Yao continued to speak.

"My lord, I came to congratulate the adults on my father's orders, firstly, to congratulate the adults on their newlyweds, and to congratulate them on their early success, and secondly, to congratulate them on laying down Yangzhou and becoming the master of this great Yangzhou."

Yuan Yao did not say anything about the alliance, but respectfully congratulated him and praised it, which made Liu Zheng feel good.

This is also normal, whoever sends you so many valuable things will also be happy.

However, Liu Zheng was happy, and he was also clear about Yuan Yao's true purpose for coming here.

"Yuan Yao thanked your father for me, your father is one of my few friends Liu Zheng, I hope our friendship can last forever."

Liu Zheng said this to Yuan Yao on the surface, but in fact, in his heart, he didn't regard Yuan Shu as a real friend, the so-called friend, but it was just a matter of interest, Yuan Shu now values his strength, so he will make friends with Liu Zheng, if Liu Zheng loses power, he is afraid that Yuan Shu will be the first to start.

Therefore, Liu Zheng didn't regard Yuan Shu as a true friend, he just acted on the spot.

"Yuan Yao thanked the adults on behalf of his father, and was willing to coexist peacefully with everyone and maintain friendship forever."

"Well, tell me about your real purpose here."

Liu Zheng didn't say too much to Yuan Yao, and after a few polite words, he got to the point.

Yuan Yao didn't dare to delay, and when Liu Zheng asked, he immediately opened his mouth to tell Liu Zheng.

"My father wants to form an alliance with adults."

"Alliance, didn't we have an agreement to attack and defend before?"

When Yuan Shu sent Yang Hong over before, Liu Zheng had already had a simple alliance with Yuan Shu, and now he asked Yuan Yao to come over, which is the meaning of harmony.

"My father intends to raise troops in Jiangxia in two months, and he wants adults to help my father."

As soon as Yuan Yao just spoke, Liu Zheng understood Yuan Shu's intentions.

Yuan Shu is now in Nanyang and Runan, although there are still two counties, but they are embattled and surrounded by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

Now there is Lu Zhi's headquarters army on his top, Liu Guanzhang and Cao Cao on the right, and Lu Kang and Liu Zheng below, all of which are places that he can't understand, if he has any ideas, he can only go west and go to Jingzhou.

Nanyang and Jiangxia border, as long as Jiangxia is defeated, Yuan Shu still has the ability to enter Jingzhou, but the difficulty is that Jingzhou is not so easy to defeat.

Liu Biao is not a vegetarian.

If Yuan Shu hadn't lost these tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Yangzhou, Yuan Shu would still have the ability to fight with Liu Biao, but now after tens of thousands of people died in Shouchun, there are only thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses left under Yuan Shu, and it will be difficult to fight with Liu Biao again.

So Yuan Shu thought of Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng's territory is also bordered by Liu Biao, whether it is Jiaozhou, or now Yangzhou, it is not clear from Jingzhou, if Liu Zheng helps, even if it is just to contain Liu Biao's soldiers and horses, it can also bring great help to Yuan Shu.

"My father said that if the adults are willing to help, after the matter is completed, Jingzhou can be transferred to the adults, and my father only needs Jiangxia."