"Lu Fengchang, this is a famous dish in Sichuan, steamed tempeh, please taste it."

"Lu Fengchang, this is Luzhou Daqu, a famous wine in Sichuan, although it is not as strong as the newly produced sorghum wine in Chang'an, but it also has a unique flavor."

"Lu Fengchang, these girls' singing and dancing are still eye-catching? Lu Fengchang wants to pick a few girls from Sichuan to bring back to Chang'an? ”

"Come on, hurry up and serve Hou Lu to clean his hands......"

After the failure of negotiations with Liu Yan that day, the envoy team led by Lu Su stayed in Brazil for seven days, and suffered from the cold eyes of the Yizhou military officials, eating cold meals and living in leaky houses, and the courtyard walls were all ventilated, and even the Yizhou army instigated Brazilian businessmen to extort and extort daily necessities on the street, and even almost besieged and assassinated by the Yizhou military and civilians several times, if it weren't for the guards brought by Lu Su were all good in the Xiliang army, and they were equipped with the best weapons and armor that Dong Zhuojun could come up with - then Lu Su would definitely not be able to go back to Chang'an standing up.

However, when Dong Zhuojun broke through the dangerous Jiameng Pass, opened the door of the Shuzhong Plain, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's 'army' troops entered Nanxiang, and Zhang Ji and Li Su's 'Xiongshi' approached the news of Chen Cang's news that it reached Brazil, the treatment of Lu Su and his party immediately underwent earth-shaking changes, and they were difficult and mean, and their reception officials were immediately dismissed from their posts, and after beating 80 boards, they directly moved their families into prisons, blackmailed their Brazilian shops, and immediately closed their doors, seized their homes, searched their homes, and then converted them into gold, silver and jewelry, and compensated Lu Su and his party There has been no news of several assassins who attempted to assassinate Lu Su, and they were suddenly brought to justice, and after a short interrogation, they were taken to the vegetable market and beheaded in less than half an hour! In short, everything is to make the envoy of Dong Zhuojun, Lu Sulu, who has always been good neighbors and friendly with the Yizhou army, satisfied, contented and peaceful!

On the evening of the day when the news reached Brazil, the new reception officer of the Yizhou Army was like a marquis's father—no, it was the ancestor of the marquis—he invited Lu Su to Liu Yan's residence, and Liu Yan, who had already led his ministers and generals to wait at the gate, was full of smiles—as if he had forgotten that he almost wanted to kill Lu Su seven days ago, and his words were intimate and kind, and his tone was respectful, and he welcomed Lu Su into the hall and ordered a big banquet, which led to the opening scene.

After Liu Yan was courteous, seeing that Lu Su always maintained a pampered and unfazed look, Liu Yan finally couldn't hold on, and looked for an opportunity to turn the topic to the main topic, "Lu Fengchang, you said that day, what ...... the old man wants to compensate for the old man, the loss fee, there is room for negotiation, at that time, the old man was unwell, and he didn't listen to Lu Fengchang's words. ”

Lu Su took a sip of wine first, and then said slowly: "Back to Liu Yizhou, Taishi and his old man said that this time the matter was all caused by the Yizhou government to make it difficult and mean to the merchants of Yong, and Liang, so the Yizhou government should compensate for the loss at a discount of 500,000 yuan, and cede Shangyong to the Xiliang army to compensate for the spiritual loss of Dong Taishi and his old man." ”

Liu Yan smiled bitterly, Dong Demon King can really open his mouth, turned his head to Zhang Su and Zhang Song, and the two brothers made a look, Zhang Su and Zhang Song understood, Zhang Su arched his hand and said: "Mr. Zijing, it is true that we have negligent and wrong things, and we should compensate for the loss, but the asking price of the master is too high, right?" How could my lord say yes? Mr. Zijing, should we make the real conditions of Mrs. Dong and his old man clear? ”

Zhang Song was about to speak with his eldest brother, when someone suddenly coughed at the last seat in the hall, Zhang Song looked at it, but it was a young student who had just entered Sichuan, a native of Fufeng County, whose surname was Zhengzi Xiaozhi, only eighteen years old, and his official position was also very low, but he was full of economic and Bogu Tongjin was very talented, although the acquaintance time was short, Zhang Song admired and trusted this young man very much, and Fa Zheng also gently shook his head towards Zhang Song in the back hall, signaling him to speak elsewhere.

Zhang Song immediately excused himself to go to the toilet, left the table and entered the back hall, Fa Zheng immediately followed, this is an ordinary trivial matter, but Lu Su, who is well versed in the art of power and conspiracy, paid attention, Lu Su secretly wondered, intelligence report, this Zhang Song is the most talented and knowledgeable person in Xichuan, but he actually attaches so much importance to this student who is younger than himself, could it be that this student has something special? Then I'm going to have to be careful.

Thinking of this, Lu Su immediately said: "Liu Yizhou, Master Zhang, Taishi and his old man also know that it is too difficult for Liu Yizhou to cede Shangyong, so Taishi and others have prepared another choice for Liu Yizhou......"

Not to mention how Lu Su bargained with Liu Yan and Zhang Su, just said that Zhang Song and Fa Zheng entered the back hall and whispered, Fa Zheng said directly: "Don't drive your lord, please advise the lord to cede Shangyong to Dong Thief, and you can't agree to any other conditions." ”

Zhang Song was taken aback, "Filial piety, Shangyong is a place that the emperor ordered the lord to control, how can it be easily handed over to others?" ”

Fa Zheng paused and said: "Don't drive my lord, since the rice thief in Hanzhong (PS: Zhang Lu was the leader of the Wudou Rice Sect at that time, so the people of Yizhou called him a rice thief at that time. After the rebellion, Shangyong has been in a semi-independent state, the soldiers have no contribution to the tax, the only use is to wrap the rice thief, but the Shangyong soldiers are widowed, money and food are scarce, this role can not be played, it is really the chicken ribs of Yizhou, the food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it. After ceding Shangyong to Dong Thief, the Xiliang Army stationed in Shangyong will directly threaten the hinterland of Hanzhong and Jingzhou, and the alliance between the rice thief and the Dong thief will inevitably break down. ”

Zhang Song thought about it carefully for a while, and still wondered: "In this case, Taishi Dong has always been wise and martial, and he has no last resort, how can he still propose to the lord to cede the mediocrity?" ”

Before Fa Zheng could speak, Zhang Song had already understood, and shouted: "Master Dong is advancing and retreating!" ”

Fa Zheng nodded, "Yes, Dong Thief takes advance as retreat, and ceding Shangyong is just an excuse, and the real purpose is in the back." Don't drive your lord, go and persuade the lord. ”

A hint of hesitation flashed in Zhang Song's eyes, and after looking around at no one, he attached himself to Fa Zheng's ear and said: "Xiaozhi, our lord is faint and cowardly, incompetent, his son is even worse than him, and his health is not good, after his son succeeds to the throne, how much can we develop in Yizhou?" And Dong Taishi's soldiers are strong and strong, Corporal Lixian, and he is destined to return, that Lu Su is a living example, he is only two years older than you, but he has been so reused under the seat of Dong Taishi, we might as well ......"

In view of the fact that Yizhou had repeatedly infringed on the interests of Chang'an merchants and seriously hurt the spiritual interests of Dong Taishi, the father of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yan decided to compensate the merchants of Yong, He, and Liang 500,000 yuan in cash, exempt half of the past taxes and fees of the merchants of the three states, and promised not to make it difficult for the merchants of the three states to do business in Yizhou, and let the Xiliang army transport team freely pass through Yizhou to aid Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, the in-law of Dong Taishi. In addition, the compensation for the mental loss of Dong Taishi, the father of the Han Dynasty, was 3 million yuan, which was converted into food and weapons and paid in installments within one year. And Lu Su promised that as long as Dong Taishi's mental losses were fully compensated, Dong Zhuojun would withdraw from Jiameng Pass and return Jiameng Pass to the Yizhou Army. And Lu Su repaired the book to Kang Peng in front of Liu Yan, and asked Dong Zhuojun, who attacked Nanxiang and Chencang, to withdraw his troops to show his sincerity.

After Liu Yan signed the Brazilian treaty of loss of power and humiliation, and Lu Su and Liu Yan signed and detained, Lu Su glanced at the Yizhou civil and military forces present, and saw that everyone was indignant, only Zhang Song and Fa Zheng remained silent, their faces were not shocked, and Lu Su was even more puzzled in his heart, this person should have seen through my purpose, but he didn't say a word, who is he?

Lu Su's eyes rolled, and an extremely insidious idea suddenly popped up, pointing at Fa Zheng and shouting: "You are so bold, you dare to appear in front of me?" ”

Everyone in Yizhou was taken aback, Liu Yan was afraid of extraneous branches, and hurriedly asked: "Lu Fengchang, where did filial piety offend Fengchang?" The old decay will dispose of him. Although Fa Zheng is Liu Yan's fellow countryman, his family background has been down, and his age is young and his talent has not yet been revealed, so Liu Yan does not pay much attention to Fa Zheng.

Lu Su's face was pale, and he said angrily: "Liu Yizhou, three days ago, he insulted the villain in front of him in the market, and in his words, he was also disrespectful to Mrs. Dong and his old man, please Liu Yizhou Mingjian." ”

Fa Zheng's mouth was open enough to fit two eggs, and he said in his heart that I saw you Lu Su for the first time today, when did I insult you in person? When did you scold Dong Zhuo in public? But Liu Yan now only wants to please Dong Zhuojun, so he will distinguish the true from the false - even if he knows that it is fake, he can't care so much, "Come on, take down Fazheng!" ”

Several warriors immediately rushed up to tie up the Fa Zheng who shouted wronged, but Lu Su didn't seem to be relieved, and he arched his hand at Liu Yan and said: "Liu Yizhou, this person viciously attacked Taishi, and the villain wants to ask Liu Yizhou to escort this person to Chang'an and hand it over to Taishi Dong for disposal, and I hope that Liu Yizhou will agree." "Lu Suxin said, Master Dong sees people most accurately, back then, Wei Yan and I were both seen through by Master Dong at a glance, and we sent this person I can't see through to Chang'an, so that Master Dong can see if it can be used.

When Fa Zheng heard Lu Su say this, he immediately understood what he was planning, and he didn't shout wronged, but just hoped that Liu Yan would agree. Sure enough, Liu Yan immediately nodded and said, "Okay, just follow what Feng Chang said, and escort Fa Zheng to Chang'an to be disposed of by Taishi Dong and his old man." ”

After all the things were done, five days later, Lu Su took a large number of military supplies and grass that had extorted Liu Yan and went down the Dianjiang River by boat, turned into the Yangtze River, crossed Fuling through Wuxia, and went to Jiujiang along the south bank. And Kang Peng had already sent another envoy to negotiate with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, asking Liu Biao to release the Lusu fleet, Liu Biao was attacking Yuan Shu with Liu Bei, and the forward army had already reached Lujiang, so he really didn't dare to offend Dong Zhuojun and Sun Jianjun in Jiujiang at the same time, causing three enemies, plus Kang Peng promised the court to ask Liu Biao to be the Marquis of Jingyang, and Liu Biao also made a favor to release the Lusu fleet.

At the same time, Kang Peng, with the help of Chang'an merchants, secretly sent a large number of grain weapons and a small number of horses to Gao Shun Wei Yan, who had already occupied Jiameng Pass, and instructed Chen Gong to ask Zhang Lu for military supplies many times, hoard Guanzhong, and prepare to hold it for a long time, becoming a nail nailed between Chengdu and Hanzhong.

On April 26 of the third year of the Han Dynasty, the fleet led by Lu Su finally arrived at Jiujiang, the last stop of the diplomatic mission.

"Zijing, thank you for your hard work." On the Jiujiangkou wharf, Sun Jian excitedly took Lu Su's hand and asked long and short questions, especially repeatedly asking about his son and daughter's situation in Chang'an, and his resistance was beyond words. It's a pity that Lu Su didn't dare to tell the truth that his daughter and Kang Peng had developed to that point, otherwise Sun Jian would have fainted on the spot.

Lu Su answered Sun Jian's questions one by one, but his eyes turned to a handsome young man behind Sun Jian, the young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, his face was bright and Zhao Yun, he was heroic, although he was dressed as a military general, he had an elegant temperament, which was very eye-catching.

Sun Jian saw that Lu Su was paying attention to the young man, and hurriedly shouted, "Gong Jin, come over and see Master Lu." ”

The young man stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Xiaosheng Zhou Yu, I have seen Master Lu." ”

Zhou Yu! Lu Su almost didn't call out, this was one of the people he asked Kang Pengqian to find before he left, but he didn't expect it to be under Sun Jian. Sun Jian introduced: "Zijing, Gongjin is a close friend of Sun Ce, a native of Shuxian County, Lujiang, a civil and military all-rounder, proficient in music and rhythm, after Benhou returned to Jiujiang, he took him to Jiujiang. Sun Jian patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Although I am only serving as a former military cadet now, my future is limitless." ”

Lu Su replied with a smile on his face, but he was worried in his heart, listening to Sun Jian's tone Sun Jian loves Zhou Yu very much, and he also wants to reuse him, what means should I use to pull him back to Chang'an?

That night, Sun Jian held a banquet at home, washed the dust for Lu Su, and introduced the newly collected civil and military to Lu Su, among which Zhang Zhao, Zhou Tai, Gu Yong, Ling Cao and others are all well-known civil and military talents, Lu Su answered one by one on the surface, but in his heart he secretly sighed that Jiangnan talents were prosperous, fortunately they were allies of the Xiliang Army, otherwise they would become fierce enemies. And Sun Jianjun has now turned enemies into friends with Dong Zhuojun, and everyone respects Lu Su, especially Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other old acquaintances of Dong Zhuojun are straightforward personalities, and Dong Zhuojun who released them from the bottom of his heart is even more affectionate to Lu Su, only although Zhou Yu behaves politely and speaks deferentially, Lu Su can feel an inexplicable hostility from him.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Jian raised his glass to Lu Su and said: "Thank you Zijing for sending food and ordnance to Ben Hou thousands of miles away, now my Jiujiang soldiers are strong and strong, and I have the help of Taishi, I will definitely be able to break the puppet emperor Yuan Shu!" Come, let's toast this toast to thank Master Dong. “

Lu Su's heart tightened, and he said that Sun Nuran wanted to attack Yuan Shu. Lu Su pretended to be surprised, "Wucheng Hou, do you want to attack that puppet emperor Yuan Shu?" ”

Sun Jian snorted coldly, "Yuan Shuxiao'er, relying on the fourth generation and third duke of the family, dared to rebel and pretend to be the emperor, and for more than a year, he has been hard pressed against Benhou many times, old hatred and new hatred, I swear to kill this thief!" ”

Lu Su shook his head and said, "Wu Chenghou, the villain thinks you shouldn't attack Yuan Shu. ”

Sun Jian was taken aback, his face changed color and said, "Why? At this time, Huang Gai, who was sitting next to Zhou Yu, pushed Zhou Yu and said in a low voice: "Zhou Yu boy, what is the relationship between Lu Su and you?" How could he oppose the lord's attack on Yuan Shu like you? ”