Sun Quan and Lu Ji, the similar situation makes the two have a common language, and it is not the first time that Lu Ji has come to Sun Quan to drink, and Sun Quan did not treat Lu Ji as an outsider, so he instructed the housekeeper to prepare wine, so he drank directly with Lu Ji in the study.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Ji also explained his intention to Sun Quan. Sun Ce was injured, Jiangdong was shaken, and the families were eager to understand Sun Ce's injury as the basis for the choices they might need to face next. Lu Ji is good friends with Sun Quan, and Sun Quan is Sun Ce's younger brother, and Lu Ji is here to find out the news.

Sun Quan didn't hide it from Lu Ji, and told him the truth, but Lu Ji was speechless for a long time after listening, until Sun Quan couldn't bear it and wanted to ask Lu Ji why he was silent, Lu Ji put down the wine bowl and looked at Sun Quan and asked, "Zhongmou, don't you feel any regrets at all?" ”

"Gongji, what do you mean by that?" Sun Quan asked puzzled.

"Zhongmou, you and I have been friends for many days, and others don't understand your thoughts, don't I still understand? You don't have to pretend to be confused in front of me, and even if I wanted to tell the truth, your brother wouldn't necessarily believe me. I only ask you, are you willing to be raised as a pig for the rest of your life just like this? ”

“…… Gongji, you're drunk. Sun Quan said and raised the wine bowl and took a sip.

Seeing this, Lu Ji smiled slightly, nodded and agreed: "Well, it may be that I really drank too much, I will leave today first, and you and I will meet again another day." ”

"Okay, I'll send you." Hearing this, Sun Quan got up to send him off.

……

Lu Ji, who returned to his house, told the housekeeper not to disturb him, and then went straight to his study, pushed the door in, and said to Lu Xun, who was reading in the room: "Boyan, I'm back." ”

"Uncle Clan, what is the result?" Lu Xun hurriedly put down the book and asked.

As Bo Yan expected, that Sun Zhongmou was really a person who was unwilling to be mediocre. I tried to tell him that I was drunk, but my hand was shaking, indicating that his mood was far from being as calm as he seemed. I believe that in a few days, he will come to visit. ”

“…… That's good, as long as this Sun Quan is ambitious, then the task of the main bus generation will not be satisfied. Uncle Hardworking. ”

"Huh...... Bo Yan, why should you be so polite between you and me. Just ......"

“…… Uncle Clan wants to ask if the lord is worth serving? ”

"Well, the Lu family is now in the middle of the fall, and it can't withstand too much wind and waves." Lu Ji nodded and said.

"If Uncle Clan is worried about this, you don't have to. To tell the truth, this time the lord ordered Lu Xun to return to Jiangdong, the first consideration was Lu Xun's own safety, and he once said that if the Lu family is not credible, then there is no need to contact the Lu family. ”

"The Lu family is not credible? That lord of yours doesn't believe in the Lu family? Lu Ji frowned and asked.

"Huh...... Uncle clan, the lord doesn't believe you, and I'm worried that you won't want to see Lu Xun come back after you become the head of the family. Lu Xun explained with a smile.

“…… In this way, your lord thinks very highly of you. ”

"Uncle clan, the lord is a benevolent person who cares about his subordinates very much. And Uncle Clan, you haven't seen the strength of the Han army with your own eyes, so you have doubts about the Han army, but Lu Xun has seen it with your own eyes. Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army is powerful, right? But against the Han army, the lost soldiers were still beaten. And this is only a battle to defend the city, if it is in the field, the losses of the Jiangdong Army may be even greater. ”

"So you think that your lord can make my Lu family prosper again?"

"Uncle clan, whether the Lu family can prosper again depends not on how the lord treats the Lu family, but on whether my Lu family works hard. The lord's rewards and punishments are clear, if the Lu family has no credit at all, then the lord will not care about the Lu family. Lu Xun patiently explained to Lu Ji.

“…… Bo Yan, how do you plan to complete the master's explanation? Lu Ji trusted Lu Xun more than himself, and seeing that Lu Xun admired Liu Xie so much, he changed the topic and asked.

"Don't worry, someone is helping us complete the task now, let's wait and see what happens, and wait for the right time to help us."

"Who?"

"Han Dang."

“…… It turned out to be him. ”

……

Of course, Han Dang did not take refuge in Liu Xie! As a third-generation veteran of the Sun family, there is still that bit of discipline. However, what he was doing at this time was indeed helping Liu Xie. Now that Jiangdong Sun Ce is injured, the most worrying thing for Liu Xie in the Jiangdong Army is Zhou Yu. And Zhou Yu drove Han Zong back to Wu County before, which made Han Dang, who had an excellent face and was extremely protective of his shortcomings, hate Zhou Yu.

Sometimes, injuries from behind are even more deadly! Han Dang didn't have the consciousness of putting the overall situation first, he just wanted to trouble Zhou Yu just to save face for himself and help his baby son export his evil anger. Although Sun Ce asked people to drive him out, Han Dang didn't take it to heart, but the next appointment made Han Dang a little unacceptable.

Just when he returned home and pondered how to trouble Zhou Yu, the General's Mansion sent someone to send an order, asking him to go to the membership to take over He Qi's task of conquering Shanyue. Originally, the conquest of Shanyue was a beautiful difference, although this task has a certain degree of danger, but it is also a good opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune to strengthen one's own strength.

But Han Dang was reluctant to leave Wu County at this time. The intention of the appointment is obvious, that is, he does not want Han Dang to stay in Wu County to make trouble. If Cheng Pu came to persuade him in person, Han Dang might be able to take care of the overall situation, but Wu Guotai listened to Sun Quan's suggestion and planned to treat Han Dang with a "coercive" attitude.

It is difficult to disobey the order, but it is not really impossible to oppose it. Han Dang was sick, and he couldn't afford to be sick, so he made up his mind to stay in Wu County and refused to leave. Cheng Pu, who learned the news, was furious and immediately went to visit the patient in person, but was told that Han Dang had an infectious disease and was unpopular, so he stopped Cheng Pusheng at the door.

And with Han Dang's "serious illness", the number of guests who have come to visit Sun Quan in the past few days has also begun to increase significantly.

Compared with Sun Ce, Sun Quan is also a person with great ambitions. When he went to Chang'an as a hostage, Sun Quan was willing. At the beginning of being released back to Jiangdong by the imperial court, Sun Quan was also an aspiring young man who assisted his brother in establishing the hegemony of the Sun family. Sun Quan didn't think about competing with Sun Ce for the dominance of the Sun family at first, but when he returned to Jiangdong, he found that things were very different from what he thought, and his brother's defense of him was chilling, and Sun Quan even had the urge to return to Chang'an as a hostage at that time.

Although there were some restrictions on freedom during the hostage period in Chang'an, and there were people around him who secretly monitored them, it was not as serious as the blatant surveillance after returning to Jiangdong.

This Jiangdong is not my Sun Quan's place of residence!

Although Sun Quan had the idea of staying away from Jiangdong, he finally chose to stay. Although the elder brother is on guard against himself, he is the son of the Sun family after all, and his roots are in this Jiangdong. But it would be unrealistic to say that Sun Quan didn't have the heart to replace him at all. After all, Sun Quan is just a young man in his early twenties, and it is the age when his ambitions are inflated and he wants to make a career make him willing to be mediocre and wait for death, which is a kind of torture for him with great ambitions.

Ambition is something that needs to be nourished. If Sun Ce is safe and sound, then Sun Quan will not dare to have any thoughts and let him poison Sun Ce, at least he does not have the courage at present. But now that Sun Ce is injured, Sun Quan sees a glimmer of hope for mastering the power of Jiangdong. Nephew Sun Shao is still young, once Sun Ce has a good job, for the sake of Jiangdong foundation, Sun Quan, who is Sun Ce's younger brother, is very likely to succeed.

It is precisely for this reason that those families with the attribute of wall-head grass have come to visit Sun Quan one after another these days to test Sun Quan's attitude. At first, Sun Quan persuaded these visitors not to be half-hearted, but when there were many people coming, Sun Quan himself was inevitably a little shaken, and asked himself, deep in Sun Quan's heart, he did have the evil idea that his brother had better die here.

But it's not easy to replace it! First of all, Zhou Yu is difficult to overcome. Sun Quan knew that the reason why his brother would be so defensive about himself was because of Zhou Yu's advice to Sun Ce. Sun Quan knew that the reason why Zhou Yu would persuade Sun Ce to guard against him was out of public intentions, but this did not mean that Sun Quan would forgive Zhou Yu. But Zhou Yu was deeply trusted by Sun Ce and almost obeyed his words, Sun Quan had no choice but to temporarily endure Zhou Yu and wait and see what happened.

Han Dang and Zhou Yu had a bad relationship, and Sun Quan gloated. Han Dang is a famous demon king of the mixed world in Wu County, no one wants to provoke him, and now Zhou Yu is targeted by him, and he feels good with him.

In fact, as Sun Quan expected, not long after Han Dang said that he was ill and did not leave Wu County, rumors about Zhou Yu's desire to take advantage of Sun Ce's injury to support his own troops also began to spread widely in Wu County, causing countless people to be uneasy.

"I didn't really let me do it." Facing Cheng Pu, who came to the door in a rage, Han Dang swore with a sad face.

"Hmph, who else is it not you? Who in the entire Wu County doesn't know that you Han Dang is going to trouble Zhou Yu, you said it wasn't you at this time, who would believe it? Cheng Pu shouted angrily.

"It's not me. Demou, you and I have been friends for many years, don't you know what kind of person I am? It's true that I didn't deal with that Zhou Yu, but I really didn't let people spread any rumors that Zhou Yu was going to support his own army. ”

Cheng Pu was silent when he heard this. Han Dang is not wrong in what he said, he likes to deal with people, but he is also a responsible man, and he will never deny what he has done, whether it is good or bad. Since he swore that he was not the one who spread the rumors, there was a chance that it would not be him. But if it weren't for him, who would it be?

"If it wasn't you, who would it be?"

"How do I know where to go? There were many people who offended Zhou Yu that day, and there were many people who wished they were unlucky to see him. In the past, there was the lord to protect him, and others didn't dare to do anything, but now that the lord is injured and recuperating, won't the person who fell into the well jump out. I was unlucky, I shouldn't have been the first to trouble Zhou Yu, and now all the basins are buckled on my head. Han Dang said with a depressed face.

"Hmph, you deserve it! Who told you kid to guard the calf at this time? Besides, your hapless kid is really not angry. That Zhou Yu was already merciful to his subordinates, and if he wanted to replace me, it would not be too much to dare to neglect his duties while on duty, and cut off his head. Cheng Pu snorted coldly.

"Demou, don't talk about it, I already regret it, you still have to think of a way, how to help me clear my suspicion, right?" Han Dang smiled bitterly and begged Cheng Pudao.

"Hmph, what else can be done? You pretended to be sick before you were asked to go to the membership, and it's not too late to go now, so hurry up and prepare and leave Wu County as soon as possible. ”

“…… But if I'm leaving now, will it make people gossip? ”

"If you don't leave now, the gossip will spread more and more." Cheng Pu paused when he said this, and couldn't help complaining about Han Dangdao: "You really can't worry about it, when don't you look for something to find at this time, then Zhou Yu is now leading the troops outside, if he hears the rumors of Wu County, if something really goes wrong, I will see what face you will have to see the lord in the future." ”

“…… It turned out that Demou didn't worry about Zhou Yu's kid. ”

"Hmph, the young master trusts Zhou Gongjin a little too much." Cheng Pu snorted coldly.

“…… Demou, what do you say if the young master really has any accidents? Han Dang suddenly asked Cheng Pu a question. When Cheng Pu heard this, he immediately stared at Han Dang vigilantly and asked, "Did you hear anything?" ”

"Demou, we are the old ministers of the Sun family, and what we hope is that the Sun family can achieve a hegemony, but now that the young master is injured, and I heard that the situation is not optimistic, then we have to do some considerations for the Sun family. You said that if something happens to the young master, what should you and I do? ”

"It's not that the young master has no heirs, it's not your turn to worry about this matter."

"But the question is, the young master's heir is young now, can a five-year-old child shoulder the heavy responsibility? If there is really something unexpected for the young master, then he will definitely trust the orphan, then Zhou Yu is deeply trusted by the young master, and he will definitely be the minister of the orphan, but is Zhou Yu credible? If the young master is here, he is willing to be a courtier, but if the young master is not there...... The lord is weak and the minister is strong, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have a different heart. ”

Although Cheng Pu didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Han Dang's worries were not unreasonable. That Zhou Yu's prestige in the army is not low, although he is not as good as himself for the time being, but he is not far away. But after all, he is getting older, and sooner or later he will have to meet the old master, once he doesn't survive until the young master's heir reaches adulthood, this Jiangdong may really change his name and surname in the future.

"Zhou Gongjin is loyal to the young master, righteous father, don't be suspicious. What's more, how do you think that the young master will have an accident? Let me tell you, after this period of recuperation, the young master's body has improved significantly, and he can already walk on the ground, and I believe that he will be cured soon. You'd better keep your mouth in check, lest you get angry with your lord, and I'm not going to intercede for you. ”

"Demou, look at what you said, I am also loyal to the Sun family. Since you believe that Zhou Gongjin, if something really goes wrong, don't regret not listening to my advice today. ”

Coming out of Han Dang's house, Cheng Pu was still thinking about what Han Dang said to him. For Zhou Yu, a junior, Cheng Pu really doesn't look very well. The reason is not an exaggeration to say that it is jealousy, at the beginning of Sun Ce's army, Cheng Pu played an important role, but after Zhou Yu led his troops to vote, Sun Ce's trust in Zhou Yu was significantly higher than that of Cheng Pu. Cheng Pu has always been Sun Jian's deputy, and he is used to being the second-in-command, but after Zhou Yu came, Cheng Pu had to take a back seat, which made Cheng Pu a little unaccustomed.

Han Dang's worries, Cheng Pu also has them. After hearing someone say that Zhou Yu showed signs of self-respect, Cheng Pu was the most nervous. Because of the Jiangdong troops sent out this time, almost all the elite soldiers and horses in Jiangdong were taken away by Sun Ce, and now, Sun Ce was injured and returned to Wu County, but the elite men and horses of the Jiangdong Army were all in the hands of Zhou Yu. At present, Jiangdong, if it is faced with Zhou Yu's attack, it really has little power to fight back.

"Right Governor, the big thing is not good, the mansion of the Governor of Zhou was attacked, and the family let the strongman take it captive." Just when Cheng Pu was about to go to Wu Guotai to discuss the matter with this worry, someone stopped Cheng Pu's way to report.

Cheng Pu couldn't help but buzz when he heard the news, he was really afraid of something, Cheng Pu was assuming in his mind what arrangements Zhou Yu would make if he really planned to support the army and respect himself, and at this time, the news of Zhou Yu's family being taken captive was delivered.

"When?" Cheng Pu asked Sun Lang, who came to report the news.

"It's what happened at noon, and my third brother has already taken people out of the city to chase after him. Right Governor, please also send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

Cheng Pu didn't say a word, let go of Sun Lang and rushed to his official office, if you want to mobilize soldiers and horses, you must have tiger talismans and documents, both of which are indispensable.

"Apart from Zhou Yu's family members who were taken captive, who else was taken captive?" On the way to the official office, Cheng Pu casually asked Sun Lang, who was close behind.

"And my sister Naoka." Sun Lang replied, and immediately surprised Cheng Pu again. Sun Jian has three daughters, two of whom are married, but one of the youngest daughters is in the boudoir, but this girl has admired her father and brother since she was a child.

"What is she doing at Zhou Yu's house in a good manner?" Cheng Pu asked in surprise.

"It's the sister-in-law who has something to give to Mrs. Zhou, but the younger sister wants to help deliver it after she learns about it, but I didn't expect that a strong man came to kidnap the family of the governor of Zuodu."

Cheng Pu was a little speechless after hearing this, and he was in no mood to complain about anyone. After returning to the official office, he allocated 1,000 people to Sun Lang as soon as possible, and asked him to lead his troops out of the city to meet Sun Xu, the third prince, and be sure to rescue Zhou Yu's family. When Sun Lang took the order and left, Cheng Pu was silent for a moment, and then called his cronies and ordered: "Quickly go and invite the two generals Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan to come." ”

It is difficult to draw people and bones, and it is difficult to know people and faces. Not afraid of 10,000, just in case, as a veteran of the Sun family, Cheng Pu must consider the safety of the Sun family. Although he told himself over and over again in his heart that Zhou Yu would not support the army and respect himself, in order to prevent trouble, Cheng Pu still decided to make some arrangements in advance in case of accidents.

Zhou Yu's family members were taken captive, it may be that they were really taken captive by strongmen, but it is also possible that Zhou Yu secretly sent people to act and prepare in advance for the self-respect of the army. No matter who kidnapped Zhou Yu's family for what purpose, as long as Zhou Yu's family can be rescued, everything will be fine. But there is always a case in everything, if Zhou Yu's family is not rescued, then make some arrangements in advance, so that when the real incident happens in the future, there will be no power to fight back on your side.