The morning of the second day when Kang Peng arrived in Maicheng, Kang Peng and Sun Jian sat down in the official office of Maicheng to discuss the marriage of Dong Xuan and Sun Ce.

The marriage was decided, but Kang Peng and Sun Jian had a dispute on the wedding date, Sun Jian hoped that Sun Ce and Dong Jian would marry as soon as possible, so that Sun Ce could return to him as soon as possible to help him expand his territory, and wanted to set the wedding date this year, that is, at the end of the fourth year of Chuping; Of course, Kang Peng wanted to squeeze out more surplus value from Sun Ce, and in the name that Dong Xuan's noble marriage could not be hastily handled, he resolutely postponed the marriage by one year, and then let the young couple marry at the end of the fifth year of Chuping.

The marriage was set, Sun Jian couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered a banquet to reward the soldiers of both sides to show their joy. After the banquet, Sun Jian invited Kang Peng to visit the Xiangjiang River alone, and Kang Peng also knew that Sun Jian had something to talk to him alone, and he was happy to talk to Sun Jian.

Because of the war, the Xiangjiang River with fishing sails in the past was empty, only the river surging down, making a loud noise, the flowers on both sides of the river are bright and willowy, and the green mountains are majestic. Kang Peng and Sun Jian, who were pregnant with ghosts, rode along the riverside side together, but they were not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, but they couldn't help but absent-mindedly talk about each other's feelings of farewell, and took the false politeness to the extreme.

"Taishi, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han family has declined, and the thieves have taken the opportunity to divide their own territories, and disputes have continued." Although Sun Jian's actual age and experience are richer than Kang Peng's, his strength is weak after all, so he can't help but make his words clear first, "And since Taishi and Xiaohou joined forces to exterminate the thieves, they have successively pacified Han Sui, Zhang Lu, Liu Yan, Liu Ray, Xue Li, Zharong and Yan Baihu and other rebellious ministers and thieves, Liu Biao's demise was also overnight, and the Xiliang Army and the Jiangdong Army have actually controlled more than half of Kyushu, where to go in the future, I don't know what Taishi's idea is?" ”

Kang Peng was disdainful in his heart, and said in his heart that your old boy finally couldn't help but want to be the king. But Kang Peng also knew that now was not the time to turn his face with Sun Jian, so he said hypocritically: "Of course, it is to join forces with Wuchenghou to sweep the Central Plains, exterminate Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei and other national thieves, and rejuvenate my Han country." ”

Sun Jian was even more disdainful in his heart, and said in his heart, who can't see your old man's ambition? ZTE big man? Phew! Sun Jian couldn't turn his face with Kang Peng right now, and said tentatively: "What about after your two armies pacify the Central Plains?" Taishi and Xiaohou have made immortal achievements, I don't know what reward the Holy Lord will have? ”

Kang Peng was always tender, and said in a deep voice: "After pacifying the Central Plains, it is naturally not enough for the Holy Lord to give you and me the title of Marquis, and it is not an exaggeration to descend Jiuxi (PS: Feng Wang) to the body and hereditary replacement." ”

Sun Jian was overjoyed and laughed: "It should be so, at that time, Taishi was called King Kang in the north, Lingyong, And, Liang, Yi, Hebei, Yan, and Qing Prefectures, and Xiaohou was called King Wu in the south, leading the nine counties of Jiangdong and eighty-one prefectures, and Xu, Henan, Jiao, and Jing Prefectures, which could ensure the immortality of my Han Dynasty for thousands of years." ”

Kang Peng was furious in his heart, and said in his heart that this old thing actually started the idea of Xuzhou and Yuzhou again, and it was really not enough to swallow the elephant. Kang Peng remained silent on the surface, and applauded with a humiliating applause: "Okay, in this way, my Han country will be forever solid." But he scolded in his heart, "Damn, when Lao Tzu's water army is trained, I will immediately send someone to make you and bury you in three feet of loess." ”

Sun Jian laughed on the surface, and even more secretly laughed in his heart, saying that the old man Dong Zhuo was treacherous and slippery, but he was already so old, and his son was young, and when he died, his territory would inevitably be in chaos, and the world would always be mine.

Two hypocritical old things were discussing how to divide the Han River by the Xiangjiang River, but two horses suddenly ran in the distance, Kang Peng and Sun Jian looked at each other, but it was Sun Jian's veteran Huang Gai and Zhou Yu, the two ran to Kang Peng and Sun Jian and dismounted, Huang Gai rushed forward and saluted with his fists: "Huang Gai has seen the lord and the master." Zhou Yu stood aside with his head down.

"Why did the public reply and the public solemnity come from?" Sun Jianqi said.

Huang Gai pointed at Zhou Yu and said: "Back to the lord and the master, it is the public who begged Huang Gai to take him to the master and the lord to make amends, yesterday the prince was disrespectful to the master in a hurry, and now he has repented, and he wants to ask the master for guilt and is afraid that the master will not be allowed, so he found Huang Gai, and asked Huang Gai to ask the master for his guilt first, and the master was approved, and he kowtowed to the master again. Speaking of this, Huang Gai knelt down on one knee to Kang Peng and said, "Taishi, Gongjin is young and impulsive, please forgive him this time." ”

Kang Peng was very curious in his heart, could it be that Zhou Yu's temper is really like what is recorded in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, his temperament is not narrow, but magnanimous? But Kang Peng was really guilty of Zhou Yu, so he laughed and said: "Hurry up and get up, this matter is all caused by the drunkenness of the prime minister, how can you blame the public?" ”

Huang Gai was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted to Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, the Taishi has forgiven you, come over and ask the Taishi for guilt." "Huang Gai has the best relationship with Zhou Yu, and he has always loved Zhou Yu as his own son, and Zhou Yu's matter, in fact, he is also very sad and helpless.

Zhou Yu strode forward, knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to Kang Peng, and said respectfully: "The Taishi is above, the villain was blinded by eating lard yesterday, and he was jealous of the Taishi, and he also drew a knife against the Taishi, the crime deserves death, please punish the Taishi." ”

Kang Peng saw that Zhou Yu's attitude was respectful, and his words were sincere, so he didn't want to say anything, but he got off the horse and personally helped Zhou Yu up, and said sincerely: "Gongjin, this matter is caused by the original appearance, and it is also the original appearance that harmed you, and it is too late to feel guilty, how can I blame you?" ”

Zhou Yu bowed his head and said: "The second girl Qiao is serious, it is her blessing that the second girl Qiao can marry the princess, I should be happy for her......" Zhou Yu said that he was happy, but tears flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Zhou Yu's heartbroken appearance, Kang Peng felt even more guilty, and untied his favorite ghost-headed knife, which was the magic weapon transformed from Wang Yun's seven-star sword back then, and handed it to Zhou Yu and said: "Gongjin, this is the true love knife, since you often go into battle to kill the enemy for Wuchenghou, I will reward it to you now." ”

Zhou Yu was ecstatic in his heart, but he deliberately shirked: "How dare you do this?" This is the Taishi's beloved thing, and the villain dare not accept it. The guilty Kang Peng insisted on giving it, and Sun Jian also spoke: "Take it, the Taishi also looks up to you, this knife was presented to the Taishi by Meng De back then, and it is extremely precious." Zhou Yu thanked him again and again before accepting it.

"This is the prime minister, this is a table for the court, and you are the Taishou of Yangzhou." Kang Peng gave Zhou Yu another official and said: "Do a good job for the Marquis of Wucheng, and you will be indispensable in the future." Zhou Yu was immediately overjoyed and kowtowed to Kang Peng again to thank him.

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At noon, Kang Peng and Sun Jian and others returned to Maicheng, Kang Peng was thinking about how to delay Sun Jian for a few more days in the room, and buy time for the court to mediate the war between Sun and Liu, Pang De suddenly came to report, "Tell the Taishi, Zhou Tai, the general of the Jiujiang Army, heard that my Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world, and he is not convinced, so he asked our army to test martial arts and equestrianism outside the city, I don't know if the Taishi is allowed?" ”

Kang Peng raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that Pang De was full of excitement on his face full of scars, obviously eager to try, Kang Peng smiled: "We are guests, let the host be some, don't let the host's face be too ugly." Pang De was overjoyed, and immediately took his leave, and took the five hundred Xiliang Iron Cavalry out of the city to test his riding skills with Zhou Tai's cavalry, but Kang Peng knew very well that with Pang De's competitive spirit, it would be even more difficult for him to release the water, and he only hoped that Zhou Tai would not lose too badly.

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At the same moment, Zhou Yu suddenly found Huang Gai, and asked him to go to the Xiangjiang River to relax, Huang Gai knew that he was depressed, and did not refuse, so he and Zhou Yu went out of the city again, the two went to the riverside, Zhou Yu found a place where no one sat down, and asked Huang Gai to sit beside him, but he didn't say a word, just kept sighing.

"Gongjing, I want to open more, there are many good women in the world." Huang Gai knew his mood, patted him on the shoulder and said, "When the battle in Jingzhou is over, the old brother will pick a good family affair for you, and you will be able to forget about her." ”

"But I can't forget her." Zhou Yu cried and said: "Since I met her at the beginning of peace, we have been in love with each other, if it wasn't for her father blocking it, we would have gotten married, but now we ......."

Huang Gai sighed, shook his head and said, "Because you are from a humble background, if you were as powerful as the Taishi, Qiao Xuan would have given your daughter to you a long time ago." Speaking of this, Huang Gai suddenly found that Zhou Yu had a treasure knife wrapped in white cloth hanging from his waist, and said strangely: "This knife was given to you by Master Dong, right?" How do you cherish this? ”

Zhou Yu didn't answer Huang Gai's words, but slowly pulled out the treasure knife on his waist, stared at the seven jadeites on the knife and said coldly: "That's right, because I have no power or power, so Qiao Xuan would rather give his daughter to that old, ugly but high-ranking fat pig than marry my daughter." ”

Huang Gai smiled bitterly: "Gongjin, in front of me, it doesn't matter if you scold and scold Master Dong, in front of outsiders, you should be cautious, Master Dong and the lord are in-laws, don't say that Master Dong will not spare you, even the lord will not let you go." ”

"Just because the lord and he are in-laws, I can only endure it!" Zhou Yu suddenly roared, his eyes spewed fire, like madness, he jumped up and brandished Kang Peng's ghost head knife and shouted: "I want to get ahead, I want to be powerful, I want to let Wushuang come back to me!" ”

"Respectfully, respectfully." Huang Gai hurriedly held him down, for fear that Zhou Yu would do something stupid, so he comforted him with kind words: "Don't be impulsive, you will become the Taishou of Yangzhou, and you are not far from getting ahead." ”

Zhou Yu suddenly calmed down, lowered his head and stared at Huang Gai's lower abdomen, and said in an extremely cold voice: "When you become the Taishou of Yangzhou, you will get ahead?" Don't say that there is a difference of 108,000 miles from Dong Thief, even if the Lord is a big difference between the Lord and the Dong Thief, it is impossible to help me regain Wushuang. ”

"Gongjin, what nonsense are you talking about?" Huang Gai heard Zhou Yu's dissatisfaction with Sun Jian, and said angrily: "Are you blaming the lord? Before Huang Gai's words fell, Zhou Yu's complexion suddenly changed, and as soon as his right hand flipped over, the ghost head knife pierced Huang Gai's lower abdomen!

"You, you, you?" Huang Gai almost couldn't believe his eyes, his left hand covered his lower abdomen, and his right hand pointed at Zhou Yu, Huang Gai never dreamed that Zhou Yu, who he regarded as his own, would suddenly attack him and take his life.

"General Huang, I know you're good to me, but I'm sorry." Zhou Yu said with tears in his eyes: "But I love Wushuang so much, I can sacrifice everything for her." I have already thought about it, I will use the ghost head knife that Dong Thief sent me to kill the lord, and plant the crime on Dong Zhuo's head, so that I can justifiably kill Dong Thief, and then assist Sun Quan and Young Master to dominate the world, so that the power can tilt towards the government and the opposition, and no frost can return to me. ”

"You bastard!" Huang Gai flew up in a hurry and punched Zhou Yu in the chest, beating Zhou Yu to fight, and the ghost head knife was also withdrawn from his abdomen, and suddenly the blood flowed, Huang Gai wanted to step forward to kill Zhou Yu, but because of excessive blood loss and severe pain in his lower abdomen, he couldn't even lift his feet for a while.

At this time, Zhou Yu had slowly got up, put the ghost head knife to his mouth, slowly licked the blood of the yellow cover on the knife, and said coldly: "Old General Huang, up to now, only you, me, the lord and Dong Thief know that this knife is already mine, what Dong Thief said is naturally no one believes it, the Lord is a dead man and can't speak, of course I won't say, only Huang Lao General, please go to Huangquan Road first and wait for our lord who is good friends with Dong Zhuo." ”

"Gongjin, I really misjudged you!" Huang Gai roared, pulled out his feet and ran to the bank of the Xiangjiang River, Zhou Yu hurriedly chased forward, stabbed a knife, hit Huang Gai's heart, but Huang Gai ran in a hurry, this knife did not pierce deeply, when Zhou Yu chased again, Huang Gai had already run to the shore, flew down the river, 'plopped', Huang Gai had no shadow.

Zhou Yu waited on the shore for a long time, but never saw Huang Gai emerge from the water, expecting that Huang Gai was dead, so he sneered: "The water of the Xiangjiang River is so fast, you have been stabbed by me twice, I don't believe that you can still live." He didn't dare to put it aside at the moment, so he quickly rewrapped the ghost head knife and went back to the city alone.

Two hours later, Pang De took the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to compete with the Zhou Tai cavalry outside the city, Sun Jian sent someone to invite Kang Peng, saying that he wanted to invite Kang Peng to see a rare treasure, Kang Peng estimated that Sun Jian prepared a dowry gift for Dong Xuan, and he was not suspicious, and went happily with his own soldiers.

When he arrived outside Sun Jian's room, Kang Peng saw Zhou Yu with a group of Sun Jianjun guarding the door, Zhou Yu rushed forward and bowed: "Master, the Lord is just in the room, please come in." Kang Peng hurriedly helped him up and said a few words of condolences before pushing the door into the house.

After Kang Peng entered the room, he saw Sun Jian lying on the desk, seemingly asleep, so he shouted: "Wu Cheng Hou, Wu Cheng Hou." After screaming a few times, Kang Peng saw that Sun Jian had never woken up, so he stepped forward to push him, "Wu Chenghou, you said that you want to show the rare treasures to the prime minister, please take them out." ”

Sun Jian's body slowly slipped, revealing a frightened and hideous face, as well as a treasure knife inserted in his chest, Kang Peng's favorite ghost head knife!

At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Zhou Yu broke in and shouted wildly: "Dong thief, you dare to kill my father-in-law, I will fight with you!" ”