Chapter 42: The Dust Settles

Sun Ce's army arrived as promised, covering up from Huaishui, Huang Zu and Li Tong attacked the city under Shouchun City for two days, they were exhausted, could not resist, and were defeated and took Runan.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remnants of Yuan Shu in the north of the city withdrew early and fled into the mountains.

The siege of Shouchun was suddenly resolved.

Cao Pi, Hua Wenxuan and the others sat silently on the main hall of the puppet palace, curled up with relief.

Sun Ce took Zhou Yu and Sun Shangxiang and walked into the main hall.

Cao Pi and the others hurriedly sat up straight, "General Sun has worked hard, please take a seat!" ”

Sun Ce and the others sat in order on the side of the hall, Zhou Yu arched his hand, and said: "Now that the siege of Shouchun has been resolved, Bo Fu and I have discussed, our army will not delay here, and today we will extend Huaishui to the south and march into Jiangxia. ”

Cao Pi looked around for a long time, but he didn't see Da Qiao's figure, he couldn't help but be a little depressed, and replied with a smile: "Jiangxia is the root of Huang Zu, General Sun marched into Jiangxia, Huang Zu must be unable to stay in Runan, so Runan Li Tong will lose foreign aid, General Sun can be regarded as a favor, Zihuan is here thank you in advance!" ”

Sun Ce smiled and listened to Cao Pi's words, and laughed loudly: "Cao Pi Gongzi is fast talking, Bo Fu is not a mother-in-law's mother, my sister Shangxiang will ask Cao Pi Gongzi and He Yan Gongzi!" Sun Ce glanced at He Yan, who was sitting next to Hua Wenxuan, "If Uncle Ping dares to treat Ren'er badly in the future, don't blame your brother for going to Xuchang to find you trouble!" ”

He Yan glanced at Sun Shangxiang, who was shy, and arched his hand with a wry smile.

Sun Ce gave a color to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu turned around and walked out of the hall, as if he had taken an object from his entourage.

Sun Ce stood up and arched his hand towards Cao Pi, "In the past, my father salvaged an object in the dry well in Luoyang, and then caused a murderous disaster, after my father's death, this object came to Yuan Shu's hands again, and now by chance, Ce intercepted this thing at Liu Xun in Lujiang," Zhou Yu walked up to the hall, holding a square object in his hand, covered with red silk, everyone looked at it from afar, only Hua Wenxuan understood that this was the jade seal of the Han Dynasty.

Sun Ce took the jade seal from Zhou Yu's hand, tore open the red silk, and a square jade seal larger than the palm of his hand was presented in his hand.

Cao Pi couldn't help but stand up, this jade seal of the country is of great significance, and Guo Jia has been looking for it for a long time when he broke Shouchun, but he didn't want to be taken away by Yuan Shu. In the battle of Jiangting, Yuan Shu died halfway, Yuan Shu was scattered as a bird and beast, and he no longer knew the whereabouts of the jade seal, but he didn't expect it to be in the hands of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce looked at Cao Pi and said with a smile: "Everyone in the world regards this as a treasure, in the eyes of Bo Fu, this is just a stone, or an ominous stone!" ”

Hua Wenxuan thought about it, and it was true that Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, who had won the jade seal, did not end well, and this Sun Ce seemed to be extremely taboo.

Guo Jia stood up, respectfully took the jade seal from Sun Ce's hand, and slowly spread the red silk on the case in front of Cao Pi.

Cao Pi smiled, "Finding the jade seal of the country is a great achievement, and when Zihuan returns to Xudu, he will definitely reward General Sun with Emperor Ming!" ”

Sun Ce smiled, such a smart Cao Pi was a little unexpected to him, Sun Ce arched his hand at Cao Pi, and was about to say goodbye, before leaving, He Yan and Sun Shangxiang were called together, and commanded in a low voice: "Brother has given a generous gift as your dowry, it is expected that he Cao Pi will not dare to treat Ren'er badly, Uncle Ping should treat Ren'er well, if Xu can't stay, or Ren'er misses his brother, he will go back to Jiangdong Province, Jiangdong is rich, the scenery is beautiful, there is nothing wrong with being a literati and a gentleman to travel in the mountains and rivers!" ”

Speaking of sincerity, Sun Shangxiang couldn't help sobbing, but threw herself into He Yan's arms, and Sun Ce could only shake his head helplessly.

Sending Sun Ce and Zhou Yu away, He Yan took Sun Shangxiang to settle down first, Cao Pi glanced at Hua Wenxuan meaningfully, his eyes were full of jokes, Hua Wenxuan had to sigh deeply, what should I do at night? He Yan didn't live in the same place, if this Sun Shangxiang forcibly entered He Yan's place, once he found out his identity, it would be difficult to ensure that this little girl ran to his brother's complaint, who knew what exaggerated things Sun Ce, the Jiangdong tiger, would do?

After He Yan left, Cao Pi arranged the defense of a county in Huainan, stayed in the town to guard Shouchun, and then appointed and dismissed the officials of this county after returning to Xudu, and the rest of the people raised food on the spot and prepared to march into Runan.

After a day of fierce fighting, all the generals were tired, so they all rested early.

Hua Wenxuan quit Cao Pi and went straight to Xiao Qiao's residence, where he has been recuperating since Gan Ning returned to the city after being seriously injured. It's just that on the way, Hua Wenxuan never thought about how to tell Xiao Qiao about her sister.

Still hesitating, he has arrived at Xiao Qiao's residence. Hua Wenxuan knocked on the door, and there was already a maid waiting at the door to invite in.

Hua Wenxuan came to the house, only to see Xiao Qiao carrying a medicine basket like her sister, changing the medicine for Gan Ning, Gan Ning had multiple knife wounds all over her body, like dragon patterns, and at this time her mind was already hot, and she was groggy and asleep on the bed.

As soon as Xiao Qiao saw Hua Wenxuan coming in, he hurriedly waved his hand and whispered, leading Hua Wenxuan to the backyard.

The breeze in the moonlit night sky shook the willow branches, the lotus leaves in the pond in the backyard, and a crescent moon rippling in the water, Xiao Qiao stood by the water and asked softly, "Why didn't my sister come back with my son?" ”

Hua Wenxuan didn't think about how to tell this matter, so he had no choice but to put together the matter of Da Qiao and Sun Ce.

After finishing speaking, Hua Wenxuan looked at Xiao Qiao's expression nervously, for fear that she would overreact.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qiao sneered, and the brass bell-like laughter made the night of the courtyard seem to be full of spring, "Sister is really still so considerate of people regardless of gains and losses, but this Sun Ce can be regarded as a hero, and he really dares to force Zihuan Gongzi in person!" ”

Hua Wenxuan instantly sighed with relief, and talked with Xiao Qiao about the relationship between Da Qiao and Cao Pi, and the two chatted about it sooner or later, and when Hua Wenxuan realized that it was getting late, Xiao Qiao couldn't help but yawn.

Hua Wenxuan couldn't help but feel happy, these two sisters don't say anything about each other, they have the same temperament, they only think about others, they are all stupid girls who don't know how to say no.

Hua Wenxuan suddenly thought of He Yan in his mind, and instantly dispelled the love that had just sprouted.

He hurriedly said goodbye to Xiao Qiao, and came to He Yan's residence in a panic, but saw a piece of paper hanging on the door, on which was written a big word "roll".

Hua Wenxuan had no choice but to go back to his room to rest, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed, why didn't he go to see He Yan first? Maybe you can get close to Fangze, this chatted with Xiao Qiao for a long time, and the serious and good things were delayed, and after thinking about it, he gradually fell asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, Hua Wenxuan came to He Yan's residence early, and finally waited for He Yan to go out, busy stammering all kinds of flattery, but He Yan stared at the almond eyes, did not eat soft and hard, and deliberately went to Sun Shangxiang's residence to have breakfast together, so that Hua Wenxuan could not advance or retreat, so he had to come to the main hall to meet Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was standing in front of the sand table with Guo Jia planning to march into Runan, when he saw Hua Wenxuan enter the main hall and was about to greet him, a herald broke in and reported:

"Ten miles north of the city, I saw a group of people and horses coming towards Shouchun, with very mixed banners, about tens of thousands of people!"

Cao Pi and Guo Jia couldn't help but glance at each other, where are these soldiers and horses?

Hua Wenxuan also chuckled in his heart, could it be that the remnants of Yuan Shu were entangled in the people and horses to attack the city again?