gave a dowry, and Pang Tong replied to Cao Shuo.

In the room, Cao Shuo sat there, and Pang Tong stood in front of him.

"The bride price sent by the son, Sun Quan saw it, and his eyes were straight." Pang Tong said: "If those treasures are exchanged for money and grain, they will be enough to support the Jiangdong army for two years. ”

"Actually, it hurts me to send it out." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "But I thought that I would be able to get it back in a few days, so I was calm." ”

"After giving away such good things and marrying Miss Sun, I'm worried that it will be difficult for my son to anger the Sun family." Pang Tong said: "If you don't anger the Sun family, how can you find an opportunity to send troops in the future?" ”

"Didn't Liu Xuande already do it?" Cao Shuo smiled slightly, lowered his voice and asked Pang Tong, "Do you think that without internal response, their people will be able to get close to our ship transporting the bride price?" ”

"I understand what Childe means." Pang Tong said: "I just can't catch it......"

"As long as they do, we have a chance to hold our hands." Cao Shuo smiled indifferently and said to Pang Tong: "You clean up, and go back to the north shore after the wedding tomorrow." ”

"Childe is still here, how can I go back." Pang Tong said: "If the son doesn't leave, I won't leave either." ”

"Confused." Cao Shuo said: "Of course, I have important things to do here, what is the use of you staying here?" When I evacuate, I still have to protect you, isn't it troublesome? ”

"I also know some swordsmanship, although I can't expand my territory like the generals, it's still enough to protect myself." Pang Tong said: "I'm here to accompany Gongzi. ”

"Don't think about yourself, you have to think about your wife." Cao Shuo said: "You and General Gao escorted your wife back, with a woman by your side, and you are also Miss Sun, how can it be a little reassuring." I have Zilong, Shuzhi and others around me, and no one will dare to do anything to me. ”

Cao Shuo mentioned Sun Shangxiang, Pang Tong sighed and said: "Since Gongzi is so decisive, I don't dare to say anything, tomorrow the wedding is over, General Gao and I will escort my wife back to the north shore first." ”

He then said, "If Childe doesn't return within seven days, I will definitely come to Jiangdong again." ”

"Yes, it won't take seven days." Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Three days for me is enough." ”

The person who intercepted the bride price in the Yangtze River was captured, and the news soon reached the ears of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

The two of them sat in the room, and Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang very worriedly: "...... the people sent by Kong Ming this time?"

"I didn't send people." Zhuge Liang said: "The people I sent did not intercept the bride price, but just took advantage of Pang Shiyuan and others to welcome the bride price into Jiangdong and hibernated there. ”

Liu Bei was stunned: "People are not from the Shiyuan faction?" ”

"It's not." Zhuge Liang said: "If it is the person I sent, even if he is caught, he will commit suicide, how can he confess me?" ”

"Who could that be?" Liu Bei said in surprise: "One hundred and ten people, and I would rather be killed than bite to death, I sent it, who has such great power?" ”

"Needless to say, it must be someone from Jiangdong." Zhuge Liang said: "This person may want to rob Cao Zirong of the bride price and make him suffer a loss." But this time, it was we who suffered a loss. ”

With a long sigh, Liu Bei said: "I originally planned to marry Jiangdong, but with Jiangdong and our alliance, there is still some chance of winning against the Cao family." Now it's good, Cao Zirong has gone to Jiangdong, I'm afraid that this time I will definitely die. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, no one can say for sure if the matter is not to the end." Zhuge Liang said: "The people I sent are all good hands, and there is half a chance of assassinating Cao Zirong." ”

"If you can't kill Cao Zirong, it will be impossible to implicate Jiangdong, once the Cao family's army comes to Jiangxia......" Liu Bei sighed and said: "When the time comes, my life will be gone......"

"I don't think the Cao family will come to fight the lord, at least not until the Yangtze River is broken." Zhuge Liang said.

Liu Bei's eyes lit up: "Kong Ming thinks the Cao family and the Jiangdong Sun family will still fight?" ”

"Why don't we fight." Zhuge Liang said: "The two of them must be fighting to the death this time, otherwise the Cao family would not have stationed troops in Xiangyang, and they would not have used troops to the lord for a long time." ”

"I've been thinking about it recently, since Cao Cao and Cao Shuo both want to kill me, why the Cao family's army never moves." Liu Bei said: "Not only that, but they also transferred naval troops and weapons, and they didn't need them at all to attack Jiangxia." ”

"It's all used to deal with Koto." Zhuge Liang said: "It's just that the Jiangdong Sun family is still dreaming now, and Cao Zi has melted the Yangtze River, which makes them think that the Cao family will not send troops to Jiangdong, so they will alienate the lord." After Cao Zirong died or left Jiangdong, it was time for the lord and I to go to Sun's house. The Cao family has not fought the lord so far, it is just to find an excuse for the army to stay in Xiangyang. ”

"When I was in Xudu, Cao Zirong wanted to harm me several times." Liu Bei said: "He tricked me to buy horses but refused to pay it back, and later asked Pang Shiyuan to give me a fake sword, saying that it was a legacy of the Han royal family." I thought it was true, but I thought it was just a fake. ”

"How can the lord still believe this?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Just ask him for money." ”

"I asked him for money, but he refused to give it for a long time." Liu Bei said: "It hasn't been many days since the edict happened, and I thought that since I couldn't get the money, it wasn't too much to lose if I could get a piece of the Han family, but I didn't think that I was still deceived by him." ”

"In this way, when Cao Zirong borrowed money from the lord, he didn't think about paying it back." Zhuge Liang asked, "Why did the lord lend it to him?" ”

"How could it not be lent to him?" Liu Bei said: "I know that he wants to kill me, if I still offend him, wouldn't I be looking for death?" ”

"It's hard for the lord." Zhuge Liang said: "This time Cao Zirong went to Jiangdong, and we will ask for some fields from him to come back." If you can take his life, it will also give the lord a bad breath. ”

"Cao Zirong is alive, and I have always been unstable." Clenching his fists, Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said, "At the beginning, I lost my family to Lu Fengxian, and Jia Xiaoqiu did not commit any crimes. And I lost my family to Cao Zirong, not only did he not return me, but he dedicated the two ladies to Cao Cao......"

"This man is truly hateful." Zhuge Liang said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will kill him." ”

"There's Lao Kongming." Liu Bei hugged his fists and bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "As long as I can kill Cao Zirong, I will be able to sleep soundly in the future." ”

"Tomorrow Cao Zirong will get married, the Jiangdong Sun family must be very vigilant, and I will let the people who cross the river start tonight." Zhuge Liang said: "Whether you have killed Cao Zirong or not, we will see early tomorrow morning." ”

(End of chapter)