Chapter 229: Running Away from Marriage
The marriage of Sun and Liu is impossible to handle the marriage like a poor family, and it is over after a few tables of banquets. In ancient times, the marriage procedure was cumbersome, not to mention that the two parties who got married this time were the sister of the lord of Jiangdong and the lord of Jingnan, both of whom were interested in doing a big deal, and the longer it would take.
At first, Sun Quan didn't care about Sun Shangxiang's actions, and after learning that Sun Shangxiang moved to Da Qiao's mother and son, he was quite peaceful, and after either practicing martial arts in the courtyard or taking a few people to hunt nearby, he let it go. As for Sun Shangxiang driving out the guards who were originally in charge of monitoring in the courtyard from the small courtyard, Sun Quan didn't take it to heart, anyway, the people nearby were all arranged by himself, even if Sun Shangxiang wanted to forcibly take Da Qiao's mother and son away, it would be difficult to reach the sky.
After about two months, the preparatory work for Sun Shangxiang's marriage was almost over, and Sun Quan sent someone to pick up Sun Shangxiang back to Moling, intending to let his wife Xie teach Sun Shangxiang about the matters that need to be paid attention to when the cave house. This is normal, even in modern times, many people are shy about sexuality, and in ancient times, the night before the bride was married, a married woman would be responsible for teaching this knowledge.
But what Sun Quan didn't expect was that the people sent to go went faster and came back faster, and they also brought back a message that Sun Quan couldn't accept.
Sun Shangxiang is gone! Missing with her are Da Qiao's mother and son!
"How did people lose it?" Sun Quan glared angrily at Xue Zongdao, who came back to report the news.
"Tunnel, after discovering that the county lord and others were missing, the soldiers in charge of guarding searched the courtyard and found that there was a tunnel leading to the woods outside the city." Xue Zong hurriedly replied, lest he would be slow to answer and eat Sun Quan's hanging.
“…… Find it for me! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to get that dead girl back for me. Sun Quan took a deep breath and commanded through gritted teeth. No wonder I always felt my eyelids jump some time ago, Sun Quan didn't know too much about my little sister, this is a bold lord! There's nothing in this world that she doesn't dare to do! I was still a little puzzled before, why was she so honest this time? Do you also feel that it is time to get married when you are old? But now that I look at it, it was simply to numb myself.
"What are you doing here?" Sun Quan saw that Xue Zong hadn't left, and couldn't help but ask angrily.
"Lord, the county is looking for it, but what about Liu Bei?"
Hearing Xue Zong's reminder, Sun Quan couldn't help but have a headache, Liu Bei had already set a date and was waiting for the bride to pass over. At this time, the bride ran away, so how can the Sun-Liu alliance be maintained, and it can't play well.
“…… Is there a woman of the right age in the clan? Sun Quan rubbed his somewhat painful head and asked casually.
"I heard that Sun Ben's daughter is about the same age as the county lord."
"Okay, order someone to inform Sun Ben to come, Xue Zong. You immediately ordered Ling Tong and Xu Sheng, ordered them to launch a search, and at the same time ordered Ding Feng and Jiang Qin to inspect the river to prevent anyone from smuggling across the river. ”
"No, your majesty will retire."
Sun Quan was really annoyed this time, Sun Shangxiang was too ignorant, and he did everything he could, so Sun Quan couldn't help but want to take this opportunity to teach her a lesson, so that she could learn to respect her second brother. But for several days, Ling Tong and Xu Sheng did not send back any news, which made Sun Quan surprised and vigilant at the same time.
This sister of mine is usually very arrogant, and she doesn't care about the front and back, but this time she can hide so secretly, unlike her previous style of acting, I am afraid that someone behind her back will give her advice.
After Sun Quan seized power in Jiangdong, his suspicions became more and more serious. As a thief, he used improper means to get Jiangdong, and he was afraid that others would use the same means to compete with him for Jiangdong. Sun Quan's surveillance of the main figures in Jiangdong was even more than the attention of the imperial court.
Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng and others are all Sun Quan's henchmen, and Sun Quan is quite relieved of these people, they are all staying in the same boat, if the boat capsizes and they can't fall well, they will also not end well. What needs Sun Quan's attention is the old ministers who originally belonged to Sun Ce, and the two most tricky of them are Gao Zhong and He Qi.
Both of them have heavy troops, and they have a high reputation in Jiangdong, compared to the original Jiangdong ministers Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, they are only second. He Qi people were in Huiji, shocking the Shanyue barbarians, and Sun Quan was not good at attacking them at this time. Although Gao Zhong is in Wu County, he is not interested in Sun Quan. Back then, he fought fiercely with Sun Ce Shentingling, because he admired Sun Ce's martial arts and chose to surrender, in the eyes of Gao Chong, his lord was only Sun Ce, as for Sun Quan, Gao Chong did not approve. Even if Sun Ce is not in Jiangdong now, there is only Sun Shao, the son of Sun Ce, in the eyes of Gao Chong. However, Sun Quan secretly placed Sun Shao under house arrest in order to avoid extraneous branches, which made Gao Zhong more and more dissatisfied with Sun Quan.
Gao Pet has an upright temperament, not like Sun Quan has a city government, although the relationship between the two people is not serious to the extent that you live and die, but it has reached the point where you look at each other and hate each other. It's just that the high favor is on the outside, and Sun Quan is hidden in the heart.
When Sun Shangxiang didn't run away from marriage, Sun Quan didn't want to think about Gao Chong, but at this time, he realized that Sun Shangxiang might have someone behind him to give him advice, and Sun Quan took the lead in thinking of Gao Chong and He Qi. Gao Zhong is brave, He Qi is strategic, if Sun Shangxiang really got the assistance of these two, then it is not difficult to explain that this marriage escape incident can be successful. He Qi made suggestions, Gao Zhong was responsible for answering, and what Sun Shangxiang had to do was to be a good bait to attract the attention of others. When everything is ready, suddenly attack and flee from Jiangdong.
"The order was issued, and Ding Feng and Jiang Qin were ordered to strengthen patrols on the river to strictly prevent people from smuggling across the river." Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately ordered.
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After receiving Sun Quan's order to strengthen the inspection of the river for the second time, Ding Feng and Jiang Qin both felt that it was a bit of a fuss. Since Jiangdong fully retreated to Jiangbei, in order to prevent the imperial court water army from attacking, Jiangdong's investment in the water army has increased a few points. Although I dare not boast that I will not let a mosquito smuggle across the river, as long as someone wants to smuggle across the river, it is bound to be discovered.
Ding Feng was not very old, but he was brave in battle and was deeply loved by Sun Quan, which made him serve as Jiang Qin's deputy general, hoping to use this to train Ding Feng in order to be of great use in the future. Jiang Qin also understood Sun Quan's thoughts, and he could be said to have taught Ding Feng everything, and the relationship between the two was also a teacher and a friend, and Ding Feng would not hide anything from Jiang Qin.
"General Jiang, did you say that the lord is making a bit of a fuss this time?" Ding Feng, who was bored, casually asked Jiang Qin.
"Making a fuss? Cheng Yuan, you still don't understand the temperament of the lord. What's more, what the county lord did this time was indeed a bit excessive, if you don't want to, then don't agree in the first place. Now the two families are ready to hold a wedding, but at this time they ran away. It's okay for her to run away, but what can the lord do? The lord can't afford to lose this person. ”
"But even if you really stop the county lord, will the lord still punish the county lord?"
“…… Cheng Yuan, the county lord's escape from marriage is not a big deal, what the lord is really worried about is Mrs. Qiao's mother and son who fled with the county lord, and that is what the lord is worried about. Seeing that Ding Feng's mind didn't seem to turn around, Jiang Qin lowered his voice and nodded.
Ding Feng suddenly realized when he heard this, indeed, a runaway county lord is not a problem, but Sun Shao, who escaped, is a big problem. This Sun Shao is the son of Sun Ce, and when Sun Quan succeeded him as the lord of Jiangdong, he also promised in public that he would return the original title of lord when he became an adult. But that's just a scene, and I'm afraid there aren't any people who believe it. But the problem is that Sun Quan said that it means that it needs to be cashed in. When Sun Shao was in Sun Quan's hands, it was easy to deal with, a serious illness or an accident was enough to kill Sun Shao. But now that Sun Shao has fled, Sun Quan's position is one more threat, in case Sun Shao grows up and comes back to ask Sun Quan to fulfill his original promise, whether Sun Quan will let it or not.
As soon as Jiang Qin reminded him, Ding Feng immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, and at the same time had an idea, if the county lord Sun Shangxiang really took Sun Shao and wanted to smuggle across the river, then he would be able to solve a worry for Sun Quan as long as he "missed".
Ding Feng is not Sun Ce's courtier, the object of his allegiance is Sun Quan, Sun Quan's quality directly affects his own future, and the murder of Sun Shao has no psychological burden on Ding Feng. I don't know if God heard Ding Feng's prayer in his heart, and that night, Ding Feng's soldiers who were in charge of patrolling the river reported that they had found suspicious ships on the river trying to force their way through the defense line and reach the north bank.
Different on water and land, the boat is life, and without the boat, it is equivalent to losing most of your life. Although the Jiangdong Navy is inferior to the imperial court in terms of armament, it has been invincible across the Yangtze River for many years, and it is not easy to break through their defense line. When Ding Feng arrived with his people, he saw a warship of unknown origin rampaging across the river, while several warships of the Jiangdong Navy nearby were chasing and intercepting them, trying to prevent the enemy ships from breaking through their encirclement.
"Bump it over!" Ding Feng slashed the knife in his hand and shouted to the helmsman on the ship. The ship carrying Ding Feng was like a fast arrow off the string, rushing straight towards the enemy ship.
Seeing the enemy ship approaching quickly, the ship that tried to rush through seemed to panic, but quickly calmed down. I saw a person standing on the bow of the boat, looking directly at Ding Feng who rushed over.
"General Gao!" Ding Feng couldn't help but exclaim after seeing his opponent clearly. At the same time, I was even more sure that there must be the county lord Sun Shangxiang and Da Qiao's mother and son hidden in the ship.
"Ding Feng, what do you want?" Gao Pet asked coldly.
"General Gao, is this considered a wicked person suing first? You ask me what I want? Ding Feng wanted to ask General Gao, what was the intention of holding Mrs. Qiao and Shao Gongzi hostage across the river this time? Ding Fengling was sharp and asked rhetorically.
"The lord is in Jiangbei, and Gao Zhong was ordered to send Mrs. Qiao and Shao Gongzi across the river to reunite with the lord's family. Ding Feng, if you know each other, immediately order someone to get out of the way, I don't care about this faux pas with you, otherwise, Gao Zhong will recognize you, but the knife in his hand will not recognize you. ”
"High pet! You want to join the enemy? Ding Feng asked angrily.
"Humph! Back then, in Shentingling, Gao Zhong recognized the lord as Sun Ce and Sun Bofu, not his Sun Quan. Now that the lord is still here, how can a high favor turn his back on the lord and seek glory. Gao Zhong snorted coldly.
"Okay, okay, in that case, let's see the real chapter under your hands, look at the knife!" Ding Feng laughed angrily, and raised his knife to slash at the high pet who was waiting for the battle.
One is a recognized Jiangdong general, and the other is a rising star of the Jiangdong Army, and the two have a vicious fight, which has attracted everyone's attention. On the water, the boat is equivalent to land, Gao Zhong and Ding Feng hit from this boat to that boat, no matter where they went, they would leave no one on the boat they were standing on.
Ding Feng was young and didn't realize the true intentions of Gao Chong, and he fought with the fierce general, which made the always brave Ding Feng addicted, but by the time he finally realized that something was wrong, it was too late. Taking advantage of the fight with Ding Feng, Gao Chong had already driven the people on several boats that blocked his way into the water, and at this time he had returned to his own boat, and was signaling his subordinates to hurry up.
Ding Feng, who unknowingly fell into the evil role, was annoyed and ashamed, and had the heart to jump to Gao Chong's boat to fight for his life, but was desperately held by his subordinates. Although Ding Feng is brave, there is still a certain gap compared to Gao Pet. It's not that martial arts are not good, it's a matter of experience. Fearing that his own master would be lost, the guards naturally refused to let Ding Feng take risks.
Seeing that Gao Chong was about to break out of the encirclement, Ding Feng jumped like thunder but had nothing to do, Jiang Qin rushed over with someone from the oblique thorn, and Ding Feng hurriedly shouted when he saw this: "General Jiang, Gao Chong intends to hold Mrs. Qiao and Young Master Shao hostage to the enemy!" Shoot this thief with an arrow! ”
Jiang Qin was also Sun Quan's cronies, and Ding Feng was almost taught by him, so he naturally understood Ding Feng's intention of shouting, and immediately ordered the arrow to be released. Gao Zhong didn't expect Jiang Qin to really order the arrows to be released, and by the time he reacted, he had already been hit by several arrows, and was dragged into the cabin by Sun Shangxiang, who had been hiding in the cabin.
"Ahem...... I didn't expect Jiang Qin's bastard to really dare to release arrows...... Don't stop, paddle! Gao Pet felt that the speed of the ship had slowed down, and hurriedly commanded in a loud voice.
After the speed of the boat got faster again, Gao Chongqiang said to the three people in the cabin: "County Lord, Mrs. Qiao and Young Master Shao must not be handed over to Jiang Qin and Ding Feng. These two are Sun Quan's henchmen, and they will not allow Mrs. Qiao and Shao Gongzi to return to Jiangdong alive. For today's plan, the only way to go north is to Chang'an. Although the imperial court is the great enemy of Jiangdong, but now that Bofu is in Chang'an, Mrs. Qiao and Shao Gongzi are the family members of Bofu, and it is not very useful for the imperial court to seize Jiangdong, and the imperial court will not be embarrassed......"
"General Gao, don't say it, I, I'll help you pull out the arrow, right?" Sun Shangxiang nervously proposed.
Gao Chong was shot to the point, bleeding profusely, shook his head and rejected Sun Shangxiang's proposal, and continued: "Jiangdong is no longer the Jiangdong of Bo Fu, and I also ask Mrs. Qiao to tell Bo Fu for Gao Chong, don't be too persistent in everything." ”
"General Gao rest assured, the concubine will definitely tell you. Shao'er, come and thank you Uncle Gao, if he didn't sacrifice his life to save you, you would not have a chance to live. Da Qiao's eyes were red, and he called Sun Shao on the side and ordered.
"Shao'er thanked Uncle Gao." Sun Shao is an obedient and good child, and his mother tells him to do so.
Gao Zhong smiled with satisfaction, nodded slightly, and said, "In this way, it will live up to the trust of Bo Fu back then." ”
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Jiangdong general Gao Favor, in order to repay Sun Ce's kindness back then, risked death to rescue Sun Ce's family from Jiangdong. It was only on the way to escort across the river that he was intercepted by the Jiangdong Navy and unfortunately was killed by an arrow. His death was a great loss to Jiangdong, and at the same time, it also opened up a situation in which everyone in Jiangdong was in danger.
Sun Quan was already suspicious, and he was wary of Sun Ce's old ministers, and Gao Zhong's move to save Sun Ce's family made Sun Quan find an excuse. first transferred He Qi Mingsheng to Moling and put it under his nose, and then the old department of the general originally belonged to Sun Ce was cleaned, and after that, Sun Quan refused to give up, and aimed at the Wenchen in Jiangdong.
Jiangdong Wenwu, the military general is headed by Zhou Yu, and the Wenchen is headed by Zhang Zhao, the second Zhang recruited by Sun Ce to his command that year, Zhang Hong is dead, and now only Zhang Zhao remains. And Zhang Zhao is old, although he refuses to accept old age, but Sun Quan wants him to go home to support the elderly, and he has no choice but not to leave.
Zhang Zhao was driven away, the army was purged again, Jiangdong's vitality was greatly damaged, fortunately the imperial court had no intention of going south to cross the river at this time, otherwise Sun Quan's Jiangdong might not be able to continue to exist.
Jiangdong was in full swing of the "White Terror", and Sun Shangxiang and his entourage, who had escaped from the river, arrived in Chang'an under Lu Xun's personal escort.
Since the signing of the armistice agreement, Lu Xun was ordered to lead the Jiangxia Navy to move to the Lujiang River, opposite the Jiangdong Navy of Chaisang. The news of the Jiangdong Navy intercepting the ship soon reached Lu Xun's ears, and when he learned that a ship wanted to cross the river to the north bank, Lu Xun of course wanted to know who it was, and as a result, Sun Shangxiang and others were captured by Lu Xun.
Although the Sun family is the sworn enemy of the Lu family, Lu Xun is a person who takes care of the overall situation, especially after experiencing so many tribulations, Lu Xun learned to let go. This is also a helpless move, Lu Xun can't ask Liu Xie to kill Sun Ce in order to avenge his personal revenge, right? And when he thought that the former majestic little overlord was now lying on the bed and was a living dead, Lu Xun felt that he had avenged everything.
Now that both families are working for the imperial court, as long as the Lu family lives better than the Sun family in the future, most of the Lu family's revenge will be avenged. And for the fact that he is better off than the Sun family, Lu Xun has enough confidence. The Lu family is now one step ahead, and the Sun family doesn't know when they will be able to start from scratch.
Lu Xun did not embarrass Sun Shangxiang and his party, and ordered them to be sent to the carriage, and Lu Xun led the team to Chang'an. Of course, he returned to Chang'an in person this time not to leave his post without permission, but to get Liu Xie's edict, ordering him to return to Chang'an to receive his merits and receive rewards. Since the princes of the four roads sent difficulties to the imperial court to the three families to ask for peace and dismissal, the army of the imperial court has just ended the wartime state, and the post-war reward has just begun.
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Chang'an Imperial Palace
"What? Someone has been kidnapped? Why are you moving so fast this time? Liu Xie looked at Shi A who came to report in surprise and asked.
"Lord, it's not that we are moving fast, but that the plan can't catch up with the changes, our side is still planning to make a move, the goal has crossed the river by itself, and now it is in the hands of Lu Boyan." Shi A explained to Liu Xie with a wry smile.
"Huh? What's going on? Tell me more about it. Liu Xie asked curiously when he heard this.