On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Sun Ce set off to leave Wanling. On the tenth day of the first month, he entered the realm of Wu County.

Lu Kang received the news and greeted him at the county border. He mainly came to see Lu Yi. After a long time, he missed this child very much, although there were frequent correspondence, after all, it was better to see it with his own eyes. Seeing that Speaker Lu was a lot taller and stronger, and his speech and demeanor had improved significantly, he was finally relieved, but he was just concerned about when Sun Ce would send him to study under Cai Yong.

Sun Ce smiled, pushed Yang Xiu out, and said to Lu Kang that Lu Yi studied scriptures with Pengcheng Zhang Zhao when he was in peace, and later studied scriptures with Guangling Zhang Hong, and transferred to many teachers, and it is not too late to have the opportunity to study under Cai Yong in the future. However, Lu Yi is more talented in military affairs, and it is possible that he will become a general in the future, and it would be a pity to be a Confucian student.

Lu Kang knew that Sun Ce was quibbling, but he was very happy to see Lu Yi, so he didn't bother with Sun Ce. He conveyed a message to Sun Ce that the imperial court had sent a new Yangzhou Assassin History, and Xu Gong, the Taishou of Wu County, had already gone to greet him, and could not come to meet Sun Ce, so he was entrusted to greet Sun Ce. He has already arranged the reception work along the way, but Sun Ce's entourage is too much, which is seriously exceeded, and it may be poorly supplied, please be considerate of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce heard the implication, he didn't say anything to Lu Kang, but just asked him if he was interested in taking office with him. Lu Kang declined. He is sixty-eight years old, his health is not as good as before, he has a son in his later years, his son Lu Ji is only six years old, he wants to teach his son to study at home, and he doesn't want to be a career again. However, he told Sun Ce that his son-in-law Gu Yong was the chief of Shangyu, and Shangyu was in Huiji County to govern the east of Shanyin, and if Sun Ce needed it, he could ask him for help at any time.

Sun Ce was very happy. Gu Yong is not only Lu Kang's son-in-law, but also Cai Yong's disciple, with this helper, he will be much easier to do in Huiji.

After talking about private matters, Lu Kang turned around and called a young man, and introduced him very solemnly: "Although you can't follow the general, you can recommend a person, although this son is young, he can be ten times as good as me, and I hope the general will believe it." ”

Sun Ce was very happy and gave a salute. "Dare to ask."

When Lu Kang was talking to Sun Ce, the young man kept standing aside and looking at Sun Ce, a little curious, but not excited, but a little disappointed. At this moment, he greeted Sun Ce and arched his hand carelessly. "Wujun Shen You, the word is right, I have seen the general."

Sun Ce glanced at Shen You twice and smiled. This history has really changed, Lu Kang actually gave face so much and recommended such a great talent. If the historical records are true, Shen You is a talented man in Wu County, of course, he has a big temper, Sun Quan can't tolerate him, and finally cut him down. If this person does not die, he will have a place in Soochow with his talents. Many people know that Lu Su is right on the couch, but they don't know that Shen You also has a similar suggestion, which may be before Lu Su.

Of course, this may also be an exaggeration of later records, after all, it is not the text of the Three Kingdoms, but the content of Wu Lu written by Zhang Bo quoted by Pei Songzhi. Zhang Bo's Wulu has a strong sense of locality, and there are many exaggerated elements, and there are flaws in the content of the record of Shen You. For example, it said that Hua Xin appreciated Shen You, but Hua Xin had never been to Wu County, and there was almost no possibility of meeting Shen You.

Wu Lu said that Shen You has three wonders: wonderful pen, wonderful tongue, and wonderful knife, saying that he has good writing, eloquence, and knife skills, and all three are the best. To be honest, Sun Ce didn't believe it. Shen You may indeed be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, but to say that the three are very powerful, it must be an exaggeration, at least in front of him, Shen You is not qualified, not to mention anything else, sword skills, he can find several masters under his command, enough to crush Shen You.

Sun Ce returned the salute and said with a smile: "Dare to ask Shen Jun Guigeng's geometry?" ”

"Xiping was born in the fifth year, eighteen."

Sun Ce nodded. "Then I'm a year old. Shen Jun, let me introduce you to a few handsome people of the same age. "He called Yang Xiu and Ma Chao." This is the son of the Yang family of the Hongjia family, the sister-in-law of Situ Yang Gong, Yang Xiu Yang Dezu, and the article is very well written. This is a son of the Fufeng Ma family, Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, a descendant of General Fubo, and his martial arts are first-class. They are all the same year as me, and they were born in the fourth year of Xiping, so they can get closer and closer in the future. ”

Shen You looked at Lu Kang and was suspicious in his heart. What does Sun Ce mean by this? He is known as Sanmiao in Wu County, and Sun Ce pulled out two people at once, one is very well written, and the other is first-class martial arts, is this a challenge?

Lu Kang was also a little unhappy. He kindly recommended talents to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce did this, which was tantamount to not giving him face.

"General, you are ......"

Sun Ce smiled and waved his hand, signaling Lu Kang not to worry. "Shen Jun, don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions. Lu Gong is someone I admire, and it is my honor that he can recommend Shen Jun to meet him. To tell the truth, I am also from Wu County, and I am usually bullied by them, and I have long wanted to take revenge, but I don't have the ability to do it. Today, I want to ask Shen Jun to show his talents, help me teach them a lesson, and let him know that our land of Wuyue is also talented. ”

Shen You will be skeptical. This should be Sun Ce's interview. However, it is also a fact that Wu Yue's land is not taken seriously, one of these two people is from the Yang family of the Hongjia of the fourth and third princes, and the other is from the Fufeng Ma family of generations of nobles, and it is not surprising that they look down on Wu Yueren. Sun Ce is a martial artist, and at most he can compete with Ma Chao in martial arts, and he will definitely suffer a loss if he is more talented than Yang Xiu. As a native of Wu County, he must correct Wu Yue's name.

Shen You bowed to Yang Xiu. "Please advise."

Yang Xiu was very depressed. A few days ago, he was ridiculed by Sun Ce in public for being uneducated, and today he was pushed out by Sun Ce as a knife envoy, why are these Wujun people so annoying? In that case, then don't blame me for being rude, let you barbarians see who is uneducated.

"Don't dare, please advise."

"Is it the first time Yang Jun has come to Wu County?"

"First time."

"How do you feel about the scenery of my Wu land, can you have poetry?"

Yang Xiu smiled proudly and stretched out his hand to invite. "Poetry is a small way, why not make a gift? Shen Jun, there is a good Nanyang pen and paper in the cabin, so it is better for us to write one article to help Yaxing. ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Shen You happily responded. "Yang Jun, please."

"Shen Jun, please."

Sun Ce was in the middle of it, and immediately sent someone to lay out the seats and desks, and prepared pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Yang Xiu and Shen You took their seats, glanced at each other, and wrote with a pen. Pang Tong, Xiang Lang and others surrounded one after another, and Jiang Gan also wanted to go over, but was stopped by Sun Ce.

"Ziyi, don't just watch the excitement, when they are finished, you will also show your hand."

"Me?" Jiang Gan was surprised. "What am I better than?"

Sun Ce looked at Lu Kang and said with a smile: "Gong Lu, this Shen Zizheng's eloquence is not bad, right?" ”

Lu Kang smiled bitterly. "General, why are you doing this, as soon as you meet, you will be tense ......"

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically, "Gong Lu, can I hide?" ”

Lu Kang thought about it for a while, and then he understood what Sun Ce meant. He nodded, sympathetic. "It's also true, you can't hide if you want to, it's better to take the initiative to fight." He looked at Sun Ce again, uneasy. "The general is here prepared?"

Sun Ce smiled. "Lu Gong, whoever counts more wins."