The truth is often hard to accept! Although this "truth" is only Sun Quan's own speculation at the moment, in Sun Quan's heart, he has already determined that this so-called truth is true. For the sake of the position of the lord of Koto, his brother is suspicious and guarded against himself.

Sun Quan was first aggrieved and sad, followed by anger and helplessness. Grievance is because Sun Quan has never had the intention of replacing his brother from the beginning to the end, and it is precisely because of this that Sun Quan feels wronged, and sadness is that Sun Ce doubts himself for the sake of power, making him feel strange and afraid.

Sun Quan was sent to Chang'an as a hostage, but Liu Xie did not treat Sun Quan badly because of Sun Quan's identity, in addition to restricting a certain amount of freedom, Sun Quan basically studied in Chang'an Taixue. In Taixue, Sun Quan learned a lot, and when he came back this time, Sun Quan originally planned to apply what he had learned and assist his brother in achieving great causes, but he didn't want to splash a basin of cold water on his head and drench Sun Quan's enthusiasm.

"Which bastard is driving a wedge between me and my brother?" Sun Quan was very angry, and he couldn't wait to find out the villain who was telling right and wrong. But when Sun Quan calmed down and analyzed, the result made Sun Quan very depressed, which would make his brother so defensive of himself, his mother was impossible, and his uncle and brother were unlikely, the only possibility was either what the elder brother thought of himself, or the closest person around the elder brother reminded the elder brother. And the person who is most trusted by his brother is undoubtedly Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.

This week, Gongjin and his brother have a good relationship, and they are the life and death brothers of the eight worships. At the beginning, his brother Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu did his best to help, and now half of the six counties and eighty-one states in Jiangdong are not an exaggeration to say that half of them were fought by Zhou Yu. If Zhou Yu wants to deal with himself, he is really unlucky.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan couldn't help but feel a chill. Sun Quan didn't know where he had offended Zhou Yu, but he was now sure that Zhou Yu had bad intentions towards him.

The enemy is strong and I am weak, Sun Quan does not dare to make any rash moves, now Jiangdong is all under Sun Ce's control, those families who have been entrenched in Jiangdong for many years or bandits who are rampant in the waters of Jiangdong have now bowed to Sun Ce, and Sun Quan can't find a target even if he wants to cultivate his cronies.

Realizing his current situation, Sun Quan was so depressed that he almost wanted to vomit blood, he knew that this was the case, it was better to stay in Chang'an at the beginning, why did he have to come back and annoy people. It's a pity that there is no turning back when he opens the bow, Sun Quan is a member of the Sun family, even if he ventures back to Chang'an now, it is impossible to gain the trust of the imperial court. can stay in Jiangdong and wait for Sun Quan, maybe it is a waste life.

Sun Quan didn't want to be a useless waste, when he was studying in Chang'an Taixue, Sun Quan learned a lot, he is not yet twenty now, it is the time when he is eager to make contributions, at this time let him Taoguang and obscurity, it is really more uncomfortable than killing him. But even if there is a lot of unwillingness, his identity has already aroused the suspicion of his brother Sun Ce, in Jiangdong, there is no chance for him to play, unless he leaves Jiangdong. However, Sun Quan is the second son of the Sun family in Jiangdong, even if he votes for others, who will easily trust him?

"Well, since you don't want to use me, then I won't have to make that effort." Sun Quan thought about it all night and didn't come up with a foolproof solution, the sky turned white, sleepiness swelled up, and Sun Quan, who was in a lost mood, fell asleep on the couch.

This time, the town of Chaisang was nominally dominated by Sun Quan, but in fact, Cheng Pu was responsible for Chaisang's city defense. Cheng Pu is an old minister who follows Sun Jian, and the four generals around Sun Jian back then, except for Zu Mao, who died early to save Sun Jian, the remaining three are now continuing to work for the Sun family, among which Cheng Pu is deeply trusted by Sun Ce.

Cheng Pu has a very high prestige in the army, even Zhou Yu, a rising star, is unattainable, with him in charge of Chaisang, Sun Quan is an ornament in Chaisang. At first, Sun Quan didn't feel that he was an ornament, but after realizing that his brother Sun Ce was guarding against him, Sun Quan felt more and more that he was actually an ornament in Chaisang.

He couldn't mobilize even a single soldier in Chaisang City at all, although Cheng Pu was polite on the surface, but this also made Sun Quan feel a little deliberately alienated. Why do you want to distance yourself from yourself? Are you worried that you will become the fuse of the infighting in Koto? Sun Quan asked himself, and the loss in his heart and the disappointment in his brother Sun Ce became deeper and deeper.

I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch. The lost Sun Quan fell ill, and Cheng Pu, who was originally serving as his deputy, couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly reported the matter to Sun Ce, the lord who was leading the army to attack Jiangxia, and at the same time notified Mrs. Wu, who was in Wu County.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have launched an offensive against Jingzhou since returning to Jiangdong, according to Zhou Yu's explanation of Sun Ce, at this time, neither the imperial court nor Cao Cao had time to take care of Jingzhou, it was the perfect time for Jiangdong to attack Jingzhou, once the imperial court or Cao Cao pulled out his hand, it would not be easy to capture Jingzhou now.

Sun Ce was deeply impressed with Zhou Yu's opinion, so his attacks on Jiang Xia never stopped, and now it had reached the most critical moment. Hearing that Sun Quan was ill, Sun Ce only hesitated slightly, then put the matter behind him and concentrated on attacking Jiangxia. When Mrs. Wu, who was in Wu County, learned that her second son was sick, she immediately became anxious and ordered someone to visit, and if the condition was not serious, she was ready to let Sun Quan return to Wu County to recuperate.

Sun Quan had a heart disease, and after taking a few pairs of decoctions, in addition to being a little sluggish, his body was no longer in serious trouble. In addition, he already knew his true status in Chaisang, and when he learned that his mother intended to take him back to Wu County to recuperate, Sun Quan agreed to push the boat along the way, officially entrusted Chai Sang to Cheng Pu, and returned to Wu County with the domestic servants sent by his mother.

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"Mother ......" Sun Quan saw Mrs. Wu, and all kinds of grievances came to her heart, Mrs. Wu felt sorry for her son, and when she saw Sun Quan looking wronged, she was immediately distressed. Hurriedly retreated left and right and asked, "Zhongmou, but Cheng Demou is disrespectful to you?" ”

"It's not about Cheng Demou, it's that the child hasn't seen his mother for a long time, and he misses it very much." Sun Quan wanted to tell Mrs. Wu about his grievances, but he couldn't say it. How so? Do you mean that your brother is suspicious and defensive? Or did he not have the intention of replacing his brother at all? No matter what you say, it will make Mrs. Wu feel worried. The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and Sun Quan doesn't want his mother to be in a dilemma.

“…… Zhongmou, since he misses his mother, then stay in Wu County for more time. Your brother has worked hard day and night for the Sun family, and your younger brothers are still useless, only you can share more for your brother. ”

Hearing the words of his mother, Mrs. Wu, Sun Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Mother, it's not that the child is unwilling to share the burden for his brother, but what the brother is afraid of is that the child will share it for him." ”

For several days, Mrs. Wu was enlightening Sun Quan and encouraging Sun Quan to have the courage to take responsibility. But she didn't know the bitterness in Sun Quan's heart, and she said it too many times, and Sun Quan, who was already depressed because of this incident, finally didn't hold back and told her mother the truth.

"Mother, it's not that the child doesn't want to share the burden for his brother, but that his brother is no longer the brother he was back then, in his heart, Jiangdong is the first, and brotherhood has been placed in the second place by him."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Mother, you are in Wu County, so you don't know. When the child returned to his brother, he had suggested to his brother to attack Jiangxia, but the brother vetoed the child's suggestion with victory, and now that I think about it, it is actually that the brother does not want to give the child the opportunity to lead the army alone. After returning to Jiangdong, the elder brother attacked Jiangxia, and the child asked the elder brother for orders to go with the army, but the elder brother sent the child to Chaisang on the grounds that the battlefield was dangerous. Although the child regrets that he can't fight side by side with his brother, Chaisan is also a military location, and he is also satisfied to protect his brother's flank. But when the child arrived at Chaisang, he found that Chaisang's soldiers and horses did not obey the child's dispatch at all, and only obeyed Cheng Demou's orders. At first, the child thought that maybe the elder brother was worried that the child had never led the army independently, and asked Cheng Demou to come to assist the child, but later the child found out that the child was actually a decoration in Chaisang. ”

"Zhongmou, you are too careful, and your brother doesn't want you to make any mistakes."

"Mother, if you are worried about the child's mistakes, why not directly arrange for the child to work as a clerk in the rear. If you are worried that something will happen to the child, why did the guards who should have protected the child secretly report the child's every move to Cheng Demou? Sun Quan seemed to have gotten a chance to vent, and he told what he had known and seen over the years.

Mrs. Wu was speechless when asked, and at the same time, she also had a trace of dissatisfaction with her eldest son Sun Ce in her heart. Since you suspect your brother, then simply abandon it, anyway, now Jiangdong is the foundation of the Sun family, and let your second brother be a rich idler. Why did he send someone to spy on his brother's every move?

Without waiting for Mrs. Wu to speak to comfort Sun Quan, Sun Quan continued: "I don't know why my brother wants to suspect me and guard against me, but things in this world must have a cause and effect, and my brother will treat me like this, there must be a villain in it." The child didn't want to have a dislike with his brother, so the mother was in a dilemma, so she had to take the initiative to back down because of her illness, and hoped that the mother would not blame the child. ”

"Zhongmou, don't be discouraged, when your brother comes back, his mother will talk about him well." Seeing this, Mrs. Wu hurriedly persuaded.

"Mother, today's brother is no longer the original brother, the current brother is the lord of the six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong, his mother persuaded him, he would definitely listen, but what he would think in his heart, I'm afraid only he knows it in his heart. He won't do anything to the child when the mother is there, but if the mother is gone......" Sun Quan said this and didn't continue, just shook his head.

Mrs. Wu naturally heard the meaning of Sun Quan's words, and it was indeed as Sun Quan said, she could take care of Sun Quan when she was alive, but once she was gone, it was difficult to say whether the eldest son would still see the second son.

"What do you mean?"

"Mother, the reason why my brother is suspicious of me is that he is worried that the child will compete with him for the position of the lord of Jiangdong, and the only way to make my brother no longer doubt me and avoid Jiangdong from falling into internal strife is for the child to take the initiative to back down...... Maybe when Shao'er grows up, his brother will be at ease with the child. ”

Mrs. Wu was reminded by Sun Quan that she finally came back to her senses. Originally, she accidentally offended the eldest son because of her second son, but now it seems that the eldest son will guard against the second son in order to ensure the inheritance of the position of the lord of Jiangdong. Of course, Mrs. Wu didn't want to see the scene of her brothers reading the wall, and Sun Quan's initiative to retreat made Mrs. Wu even more dissatisfied with Sun Ce. Especially the villain who played right and wrong beside Sun Ce, which made Mrs. Wu hate her. The villain who can talk about Sun Ce, Mrs. Wu doesn't need to think about it to know that it is Zhou Yu, because in Jiangdong, only Zhou Yu's words can Sun Ce really listen to it.

For Sun Quan, Mrs. Wu has always felt indebted. At the beginning, Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong, but it was Sun Quan who stepped forward at that time and accepted the conditions of the imperial court, which allowed Sun Ce to successfully take over Jiangdong. Otherwise, even if Sun Ce could rely on force to make the Jiangdong family submit, at the same time, hidden dangers would be buried.

Sun Quan was still an adult when he went to Chang'an, and such a villain resolutely went to Chang'an for the sake of his brother's great cause, but what did he get? Brother's suspicion is on guard.

"Zhongmou, I've wronged you."

"The mother's words are serious, it's nothing more than eating and waiting for death, just so that the child can be filial piety." Sun Quan pulled out a smile and said to Mrs. Wu. But the more Sun Quan was like this, the more distressed Mrs. Wu felt, and the more she felt that her eldest son had done too much.

Sun Quan returned to Wu County to recuperate, and in addition to asking his mother Mrs. Wu for peace every day, he either stayed at home to study, or took a few guards out of the city to hunt, and he didn't care about the major affairs of Jiangdong, and he was completely a rich idler. And Sun Quan's every move was also delivered to Sun Ce's hands in a very timely manner.

Almost at the same time that this information was sent to Sun Ce, a letter from Mrs. Wu was also sent to Sun Ce. Mrs. Wu did not reproach Sun Ce in the letter, but only repeated what Sun Quan said to Sun Ce that day, and at the end of the letter, Mrs. Wu asked Sun Ce, "Bo Fuguo is not tolerable?" ”

After reading the letter, Sun Ce also regretted it in his heart. Asking himself, he seemed to be a little too defensive of his brother. Thinking that Zhongmou could justify his expedition to Jiangdong at the beginning, he went to Chang'an as a hostage regardless of his own safety, he was very moved in his heart at the time, and secretly swore that he would treat Zhongmou well in the future. But now......

"Bo Fu, the hour has come, do you want to attack now?" Zhou Yu entered the account and asked Sun Cedao. Seeing this, Sun Ce put away the letter in his hand, put on his helmet and nodded at Sun Ce, "Well, Jiang Xia will be broken today." "The attacks for days have put Jiangxia in jeopardy, Sun Ce discussed with Zhou Yu that he would take Jiangxia in one go today.

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Changan

"What? Liu Bei went to Jingnan? Liu Xie asked the right way with some surprise. Fa Zheng is currently acting as a bookkeeper by Liu Xie's side, Liu Xie plans to wait for his father Fa Yan to come back and let the father and son with a bad stomach take charge of Tianyan for him, as for the predecessors in charge of Tianyan Li Ru and Jia Xu, Li Ru is going to go to the Western Regions with Lu Bu, and Jia Xu, with his old poison, Tianyan will not become a tool of the Legalists.

"Yes, Holy Lord, is there anything special about this Liu Bei?" Fa Zheng asked with some confusion. In Fa Zheng's eyes, this Liu Bei has been defeated repeatedly, although he is surrounded by fierce generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he still can't get rid of the fate of the lost dog, and he really doesn't know why Liu Xie, the son of the day, attaches so much importance to this person, and even regards him as an opponent who is even more difficult to deal with than Cao Cao.

"Don't understand?"

"Please also ask the Holy Lord to solve the doubts of his subordinates."

"Liu Bei's luck is really not good, but on the other hand, if ordinary people experience Liu Bei's encounters, can they still cheer up?"

Hearing Liu Xie's question, Fa Zheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought, indeed, as the saint said, this Liu Bei is simply a little strong who can't be killed. When it is strongest, it can even divide one side, but after defeat, it can be reinvigorated. Many people will be depressed after experiencing Liu Bei's experience, and even commit suicide. But Liu Bei survived, although Fa Zheng didn't see anything outstanding about Liu Bei, but only the tenacity of his personality was admired by Fa Zheng.

"Who is the hardest person to be defeated? Only those who are resilient. And that Liu Bei happens to be that kind of person. Look at it, Liu Biao is definitely not Liu Bei's opponent, this Jingzhou will be occupied by Liu Bei sooner or later. ”

"It is said that Liu Bei is also a member of the Han family, and his subordinates are even more generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, why don't you take it for your own use?" Fa Zheng asked puzzled.

Liu Xie shook his head when he heard this: "You didn't think about it, but Liu Bei is the master of the Ganju people." Unless he has no other choice, he will not easily hand over the military power in his hands. When he was stationed in Wancheng, if he was willing to be used by me, he would have come over a long time ago, so why should he take someone to Jingnan at this time? ”

"It is rumored that Liu Biao asked him to lead his troops to Jingnan to quell the barbarian rebellion."

"Huh...... Liu Biao: This is a tiger for trouble. Although the population of Jingnan is small, it can be used to the south, to the west can seek the southern barbarians, and the least can also go east to compete with Sun Ce for Jiangdong. And if Liu Bei stays in Wancheng, he can only be trapped. Liu Biao asked Liu Bei to go to Jingnan, which was right in Liu Bei's arms. You look at these pieces of information, after Liu Bei led his troops to Wuling in Jingnan, he immediately ordered Guan Yu to stay in training the navy, is there no navy in Jingzhou? This is probably Liu Bei's preparation in advance for the future seizure of Jingnan. ”

"But Changsha in Jingnan is still in the hands of Liu Biao."

"What's the use? Liu Bei has two major skills, one is tenacious, and the other is good at buying people's hearts. Look at the military generals around him, no matter how miserable Liu Bei's situation is, those people always follow him without abandoning. Although Changsha is still under Liu Biao's control at the moment, I believe that it will not be long before Liu Bei will buy off most of the officials in Changsha. And Liu Biao's age is not small, if nothing else, he will definitely not be able to survive Liu Bei. And the two sons under Liu Biao's knees, the eldest son Liu Qi is close to Liu Bei, once Liu Biao is not alive, Liu Qi will become a puppet in Liu Bei's hands. ”

"Lord, should we do something?" Fa Zheng asked softly.

"We still have a lot of things to do, how can we have spare time to take care of Liu Biao's life and death. Let's make trouble, the more lively Jingzhou is, the easier it will be for us to recover Jingzhou in the future. ”