Jiangdong's people's hearts will fluctuate, the fundamental reason is that Sun Ce's injury, who is regarded as the pillar of Jiangdong, suddenly deteriorated.

Through Wu Guotai's help, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had a secret meeting in the Futu Temple outside the city, and the two of them quickly discussed it, and Sun Ce still trusted Zhou Yu as always, so he had no objection to Zhou Yu's proposal. On the second day after Wu Guotai returned to the city, Sun Ce "woke up".

Sun Ce woke up, some people in Jiangdong were happy and some were disappointed, happy people were loyal to Sun Ce, and those who were disappointed were not necessarily disloyal to Sun Ce. For example, Sun Xu, he was pushed to the front by Cheng Pu, the purpose was to stabilize the hearts of Jiangdong, but when he really temporarily became the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Xu's own ambitions were also expanding day by day, and in the dead of night, he also fantasized that his brother would die, and he would change from a temporary worker to a regular worker.

But when Sun Ce woke up, Sun Xu's dream also woke up, he was still the third son of the Sun family, and Jiangdong was still his brother's world. Before Sun Ce woke up, Sun Xu's door was full of people, but after Sun Ce woke up, Sun Xu's door became a crowd. The people who worked hard to please Sun Xu before all changed their faces at this time, and they seemed to be trying their best to get rid of their relationship with Sun Xu.

Sun Ce did not embarrass Sun Xu, and after Zhou Yu's persuasion, Sun Ce only transferred Sun Xu's position as the county guard of Danyang to Sun Quan, and Sun Xu was left in Wu County by Sun Ce. In addition, the personnel transfer in Koto is not large. Looking at this "turmoil" in Jiangdong, the biggest winner is Sun Quan, who did almost nothing, and won a Danyang county guard for nothing. In the past, Sun Quan was wary of Sun Ce, not to mention the county guard, and even the county order did not have his share, but now, he can be regarded as officially entering the official career and has the opportunity to establish his own team.

And the biggest loser is neither Han Dang nor Cheng Pu, but Zhou Yu, although he is still the most trusted by Sun Ce, but his wife and children were taken away, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Because Sun Ce was injured at that time, no one cared about Zhou Yu's family, so that now even Zhou Yu has no clue if he wants to find someone.

Equally depressed as Zhou Yu was Sun Ce, and his sister Sun Shangxiang was also taken away with Zhou Yu's family, and there has been no news so far. The kidnappers who kidnapped people were done with the kidnapping, and they didn't want ransom or conditions, which made people a little confused, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had to wait except to order people to look around. And in this case, the two of them didn't have the heart to care about Cao Cao's life or death.

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Shou Chun

Liu Xie was having a headache at this time, not because he was sick, but because the gift that Lu Xun sent him was a little difficult to handle. That's right, Zhou Yu's family was kidnapped by Lu Xun. Originally, Lu Xun wanted to use this to prove that Zhou Yu had a different heart, but he didn't expect that the development of things would exceed his expectations, and Sun Ce personally came forward to prove Zhou Yu's innocence, and at this time, Zhou Yu's family members became a hot potato, which was not easy to deal with.

It's impossible to return it directly! Wouldn't that confirm that the turmoil in Jiangdong during this period was the ghost of Liu Xie's faction. Liu Xie didn't want Jiangdong to be hostile to him. But if you don't let go, then how can you deal with the aftermath?

"This Lu Boyan, he will find something for me." Liu Xie complained unhappily.

"Hehe, lord, why bother about this matter, Bo Yan probably didn't expect things to turn out like this." Sima Yi said with a smile.

"Zhongda, you don't have anything to do with yourself to say that. In your opinion, what should you do with these people? Liu Xie glanced at Sima Yi and asked angrily.

"Kill his son and take his wife...... I don't think the Lord can do this kind of thing. ”

"Don't pant for breath when you speak." Liu Xie said angrily.

"Huh...... In my opinion, it's safer to put it back. ”

"But if we put it back, wouldn't it be tantamount to telling Jiangdong that we have someone to make trouble within them?" Liu Xie frowned and said.

"Hey~ The lord listened to me finish speaking, I want to put it away, but the key is to see how to put it. It's definitely not appropriate to just put it like this, but we can operate it and let Jiangdong not know that this matter is related to us. ”

"Good idea, then I'll leave this matter to you."

"Huh? Lord, you really look up to me. ”

"Hey~ Zhongda, have confidence in yourself, I believe you will be able to complete this matter." Liu Xie replied with a smile.

“…… Lord, this matter was provoked by Bo Yan, you let me deal with the aftermath of Bo Yan......"

"Then I don't care, anyway, I'll leave the matter to you, and I don't care who you hurt again. Anyway, you have to get things done, and if something goes wrong, I'll settle accounts with you. ”

"Lord, you are the shopkeeper...... Cheng, I'll take care of it, but I need Jia Kui's help. ”

"Okay, but you'd better as soon as possible, the army will be drawn to Xuzhou in a few days, you are the leading general, if you don't catch up, then I can only change the general."

“…… Don't worry, I'll do it. Sima Yi hurriedly replied when he heard this. finally got the opportunity to lead the troops alone, Sima Yi didn't want to delay his big event because of a few women and children.

Zhou Yu's family members were taken captive, and it will definitely not work to be released openly, so they can only come secretly. It is estimated that at this time, Jiangdong's suspicion of the captivity of Zhou Yu's family was either the princes of the road, or the audacious kidnappers. And what Sima Yi has to do is to play the role of a bold kidnapper.

Using the dark line of Tianyan's ambush in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu's family was secretly sent back to Jiangdong again. And Zhou Yu, who was waiting for news in Wu County, finally waited for the ransom demand sent by the kidnappers.

"Gong Jin, but there is news of my younger siblings?" Sun Ce asked as soon as he saw Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard this, and asked in wonder, "How did the lord guess?" ”

"You look anxious, and the things that can make you anxious are probably nothing else but your siblings. Am I right? ”

"The lord is wise, and there is indeed news."

"Oh, where are my brother and sister now?"

"I don't know for the time being, but the kidnappers sent a letter asking me to prepare 3,000 gold to ransom people, presumably their hiding place is not very far from Wu County."

"Then what do you say the kidnappers are coming from? In this Jiangdong, anyone else dares to kidnap you and my family? Sun Ce asked again.

"This matter is not clear for the time being, anyway, let's redeem the people first, as for those kidnappers, there is a chance to clean up."

Sun Ce nodded when he heard this, although three thousand gold is not a small amount, but it is not as important as a human life, first redeem the person, as for whether the kidnappers have the opportunity to spend the ransom, it depends on whether they have that life.

Zhou Yu is most worried about Sun Ce's "trouble" in the process of ransom, it doesn't matter if the money is gone, as long as the person is safe. Now seeing that Sun Ce agreed with his opinion, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. I was about to discuss the specific rescue plan with Sun Ce, when I heard someone report that Sun Quan asked to see him.

Since the "Temporary Incident" occurred, Sun Ce's defense of Sun Quan has weakened a lot, and when he heard Sun Quan's request to see him, he hurriedly ordered someone to invite him in.

"Brother, the younger brother found out about a strange thing and came to inform the elder brother. Oh, Gong Jin is also there. As soon as Sun Quan entered the door, he immediately said to Sun Ce.

Zhou Yu nodded and said hello, and said to Sun Ce: "Lord, your brother speaks, I will go down to prepare first." ”

"Gong Jin is slow, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with you." Seeing this, Sun Quan hurriedly said.

"Zhongmou, what the hell is going on?" Sun Ce asked.

"Brother, this matter is also hearsay, but the more I think about it, the more strange it feels, so I came to talk to you. Before the elder brother appointed the younger brother as the county guard of Danyang, the younger brother always liked to go to a wine shop in the east of the city to drink in his spare time, and he also went there today, and he didn't want to listen to the chatter of the drinkers when drinking, saying that it was an abandoned ancient temple in the south of the city that was haunted at night during this time, and the people who passed by there at night heard the faint crying of women in the temple several times. And when I went to check it during the day, I couldn't find anything. The younger brother remembered that Gong Jin's family had not been heard from so far, so he wondered if the kidnappers had not absconded, but had set up a hiding place in that ancient temple. ”

"Is that true?" Sun Ce got up and asked.

"The younger brother is also hearsay, but I heard more than one woman crying in the temple, which means that there must be something strange about the ancient temple."

“…… Zhongmou, I won't hide it from you, Gongjin did receive a letter from the kidnappers asking for ransom, but he hasn't found out where the kidnappers are hiding yet. If it's really hidden in the ancient temple......"

"Brother, even if Guguan is really the kidnapper's hiding place, the younger brother does not recommend sending troops to Guguan at this time. Gong Jin's family and little sister are all in the hands of the kidnappers at this time, even if they want to clean up the kidnappers, they should wait until they redeem the people. Gongjin, I don't know how much ransom the kidnappers demanded? Sun Quan interrupted Sun Ce.

"Three thousand gold."

"Three thousand gold is not a small amount, and it is not easy for the kidnappers to transport it away, so please calm down and wait until the person is ransomed back before making a decision."

"Zhongmou has a point."

With the clues provided by Sun Quan, the rescue operation can be launched, in order to avoid stimulating the kidnappers to tear up the ticket, Sun Ce did not move, but ordered Ling Tong and Xu Sheng to lead people to secretly monitor, and did not take drastic actions.

On the day of the ransom, Zhou Yu drove the carriage with 3,000 gold to the place designated by the kidnappers. didn't see his family, Zhou Yu hurriedly asked, "Where is my family?" ”

"What's the urgency of Zhou Dudu? People, of course we play it back, just won't be here. You can now drive the carriage to the Futu Temple in the east of the city, and when you get there, someone will hand over your family to you. ”

Zhou Yu didn't want to agree, but the family was in the hands of the other party, and if he wanted to ensure the safety of the family, he could only do what the other party said. However, when talking with this group of kidnappers, Zhou Yu also found a clue, although these kidnappers are wearing Hanfu, but looking at their habits, they are obviously not suitable for wearing Hanfu, and most of the ornaments they wear are only worn by Shanyue people.

"Who are you? Why are you tying up my family members? Before Zhou Yu left, he couldn't help but ask the kidnapper who was in charge of negotiating with him.

"Hmph." The kidnapper just snorted, but did not answer, and only waited for Zhou Yu to walk away before conversing with his companion in the Shanyue dialect. It's just that the kidnappers didn't expect that their cheers for celebrating success fell into Zhou Yu's ears, making Zhou Yu further sure that the kidnappers of his family were inseparable from Shanyue.

When Zhou Yu hurried to a house at the foot of Futu Temple Mountain in a carriage, he saw Sun Shangxiang, who had been missing for many days, desperately waving at him on the side of the road.

"Shang Xiang, where is my wife?" Zhou Yu jumped out of the car and asked.

"It's all inside, Brother Zhou, how many people did you bring?"

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to chase those kidnappers, they just left for a short time, and now they will definitely catch up."

Zhou Yu suddenly felt a headache when he heard this, this Sun Shangxiang has always been bold, and he saw that he was about to get married, but as soon as the entire Jiangdong family heard that he was going to marry this person, he immediately shook his head like a rattle. You can't blame others for picking, it's really that this Sun Shangxiang has the potential of a tigress. Originally, the Sun family set a family for her, that is, Gu Yong's eldest son Gu Shao, but after the aunt learned about it, she hit the door with a bow and arrow without saying a word, and shot three arrows at the door of the Gu family in a row in public, which frightened the Gu family to withdraw overnight, and no one dared to come to the door to ask for a kiss.

Jiangdong people gave this Sun girl the title of a bowed waist girl, and this girl was not ashamed, but proud, gathered forty-five half-grown girls of the same age as her, and practiced martial arts all day long, rampant in Wu County, specializing in street scoundrels, as if she was about to become a tyrant in Wu County.

"Don't mess around, the old lady is already ill because of your affairs, you should hurry back to the city now to let the old lady feel at ease, instead of taking someone to settle accounts with the kidnappers." Zhou Yu said a word to Sun Shangxiang, and then stepped into the house. He is not worried that there are kidnappers hiding in the house, since Sun Shangxiang has been freed, according to her character, she will definitely not let the kidnappers hide in the house and attack her.

Seeing that his wife and children were safe and sound, Zhou Yu's heart was settled, and he comforted Xiao Qiao, who looked haggard because of fear during this time. When Zhou Yu came out with his wife and children to return to Wu County, he found that Sun Shangxiang was gone, and hurriedly asked Zhou Shandao, who was waiting outside the door: "Zhou Shan, where is the third princess?" ”

"Uh...... The third princess snatched a horse and said that she had returned to the city first. The master can rest assured that the villain has ordered Zhou Zhuang to follow with a few people. ”

“…… That's good, let's go back to the city first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

……

Back in the city, Zhou Yu first sent his wife and children home, and then didn't care to comfort his wife and children, and rushed directly to Sun Ce's mansion, he was very worried that Sun Shangxiang did not return home, but took people to chase the kidnappers. And when he arrived at Sun Ce's mansion, things were as he feared, and Sun Shangxiang did not return home.

"This damn girl! When she comes back, I'm going to stop him! After listening to Zhou Yu's report, Sun Ce couldn't help jumping to his feet in a hurry.

Just when Sun Ce was going to take someone to find it in person, someone came to report that Sun Shangxiang had returned home. When Sun Ce heard this, he hurriedly rushed out and saw his sister in the front hall who he hadn't seen for many days.

"Dead girl, have you done anything?" Sun Ce stepped forward and grabbed Sun Shangxiang to look up and down, and asked with concern.

"Brother, don't worry, my little sister is fine. It's a pity that he was still a step too late and told the kidnappers to run away. Sun Shangxiang replied with some regret, hearing that Sun Ce's eyebrows were upside down, he couldn't help but get angry, and scolded Sun Shangxiang for being bold and reckless, and he didn't know how thick the sky was. At this moment, Wu Guotai, who heard that the next person reported that her daughter had returned safely, also came to the front hall.

"Shang Xiang, are you okay?" Wu Guotai asked Sun Shangxiang with the same concern.

"The mother is relieved that the child is fine. It's a pity ......"

"Shang Xiang, shut up! Don't let the mother worry. Sun Ce shouted without waiting for Sun Shangxiang to finish speaking.

Sun Shangxiang reluctantly closed his mouth when he heard this, causing Wu Guotai to ask curiously: "Shangxiang, what do you want to say?" ”

"The kidnappers are going to run fast, or the kidnappers will have to get them back...... Oops~" Before Sun Shangxiang finished speaking, he slapped Wu Guotai on the head, looked up at his mother in confusion, and saw Wu Guotai's face angry, "You don't know how to live or die, you finally got out of the tiger's mouth, why do you still want to send it to the tiger's mouth again." ”

"Mother's ......"

"Shut up! Someone came, sent the third girl back to the room, and she was not allowed to go out of the room without the permission of the old body. Wu Guotai couldn't help but interrupt Sun Shangxiang's words.

"Ah, Mother, don't ......"

Sun Shangxiang was dragged to the back house, and Wu Guotai said to Sun Ce again: "Bo Fu, as the head of the family, you don't need to be reminded by your mother, your mother has only one request for you." ”

"Mother, please command." Sun Ce hurriedly replied.

"Your sister was tied up this time, although it is not her fault, but she represents the face of my Sun family. Now that someone has humiliated my Sun family, you, as the head of the Sun family, must get this face back. ”

"Mother rest assured, the kidnappers will not want to get away with it, and the children will have to pay the price." Sun Ce swore to Wu Guotai.

Wu Guotai nodded with satisfaction, and took the "minions" around him back to the back house to train the girl. Through this kidnapping incident, Wu Guotai finally realized that she had neglected her daughter in the past, so that she was emboldened, and in order to avoid similar things from happening again, she had to let her daughter learn to do what her daughter's family should do.

Gong sent Wu Guotai away, Sun Ce turned his head and asked Zhou Yu if he had any clues about the kidnappers, after all, Zhou Yu was the one who had direct contact with the kidnappers, and Zhou Yu was bold and careful, maybe he would find out.

"Yamagoe people? Are you sure? Sun Ce asked after listening to Zhou Yu's report.

"I can't be sure, but judging from the information we have so far, it is true that the Shanyue people are the most suspicious. Only those Shanyue people who are bold and don't know what to do with it will do hostage-taking. ”

"Hmm...... Since they have the biggest suspicion, it is better to take them as such. Gongjin, you also heard my mother's words just now, what do you think? ”

"My lord, from the current point of view, it is almost impossible for my Jiangdong to compete with the imperial court for the Central Plains, it is better to take this opportunity to withdraw my troops to Jiangnan, so as not to cause greater losses." Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Ce softly.

“…… The territory that I finally got was just handed over......" Sun Ce said with some reluctance.

"My lord, the coming day is long, why bother with temporary gains and losses." Seeing this, Zhou Yu persuaded.

“…… Well, you're right, the coming day will be long, then do as you say. Sun Ce is a little bit of a loss, and he himself knows that it will not do anything to let the Jiangdong army continue to stay in Jiangbei, but it is better to withdraw it to conquer Shanyue and continue to strengthen Jiangdong's strength.