said that Lu Xun was spraying clouds and sprays, and Lu Ji suddenly appeared beside Lu Xun. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info looked at Lu Xun's cloud-swallowing spray, Lu Ji sat down beside Lu Xun without saying a word, and snatched the hookah in Lu Xun's hand as soon as he stretched out his hand, and took a few puffs ruthlessly before saying: "Bo Yan, you hide your secrets!" The last time I asked you the point, you said it was gone. ”

Lu Xun threw the tobacco bag to Lu Ji, and said in a calm tone: "Last time, it was really gone, and now these are brought to me by the people sent to us by my brother, and it's just these few small bags." You have to put it away, or the elders of the clan will see that these bags are not enough for them for a day. ”

Lu Ji's hand holding the hookah trembled slightly, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, ...... Sent someone to us? What's the word? ”

Lu Xun said in a deep voice: "What else can you say?" He wanted us to move to Yizhou. ”

"This ......" Lu Ji was speechless.

Lu Xun looked at Lu Ji, and couldn't say anything except with a long sigh. Most of the ancients had a strong local plot, and even the Chinese people in modern society, even if they travel abroad, when their lives are about to come to an end, I am afraid that most of them will choose to "return to their roots...... Well, a bit of a stretch. The Lu clan, as one of the "four surnames of Wu", suddenly asked them to move to Yizhou, which is of course very difficult to accept, and even many people don't think about it at all.

However, those who have that kind of thought are just ordinary clansmen, but Lu Xun deeply knows that there is such a big movement between Lu Ren and Sun Quan this time, if he doesn't make a decision as soon as possible, it is very likely that the entire Lu clan will be wiped out. And this is the main reason why Lu Xun is hiding here alone and thinking about things.

After Lu Ren and Sun Quan went to war, Lu Xun and Lu Ji both said that they were sick and did not go to work in order to avoid suspicion, but what kind of movement Sun Quan had, Lu Xun and Lu Ji still knew, at least they knew some things on the surface. And the next conversation:

"Bo Yan, do you think that my brother and Wu Hou will really go to war in an all-out way?"

Lu Xun shook his head and said, "It's hard to say about this. However, judging from the brother's actions, the elder brother is actually reluctant to start a full-scale war with Wu Hou, but if Wu Hou is still so bent on going his own way, the elder brother has no choice but to start a full-scale war. ”

Saying that, Lu Xun glanced at Lu Ji and explained: "Because whether you fight or not, the grudge between my brother and Wu Hou has already been settled. But at this time, if the elder brother still chooses not to fight, it will be difficult to deal with the people of Yizhou inside, but he will offend a northern Cao Gong more outside. My brother seemed to be a shrewd businessman a lot of the time, and he wouldn't be unaware of that. ”

Lu Ji let out an "oh" and nodded: "Then it's no wonder that my brother will send people over again and again to urge us to move to Yizhou." Now we're caught in the middle, and it's hard for this guy to do. And if my brother and Wu Hou really start a full-scale war, our Lu clan in Wu County is afraid that ......"

Lu Xun then shook his head: "It's not that I'm afraid, but it's certain." Gongji, do you know why there hasn't been an accident in our Lu clan until now? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

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"The reason why Sun Quan has not moved the Lu clan of Wu County is that we have not done things absolutely, and second, Sun Quan did not dare to do things too desperately before starting a full-scale war with us."

Lu Ren slowly put down the teacup in his hand and explained to Xue Li: "Don't underestimate the strength and influence of those wealthy families in this era. Let's put it this way, if Sun Quan wants to sit firmly in Jiangdong, he must rely on the support of the wealthy families of the indigenous scholars in Jiangdong to succeed. In the words of later scholars, the Huaisi generals headed by Zhou Yu were the barrels of guns, and the exiled Beishi headed by Zhang Zhao were the barrels of pens, so the Jiangdong scholars headed by the four major families of Jiangdong or the four surnames of Wu were the money bags.

And this money bag seems to be the weakest, but in fact, it is the most inseparable from Sun Quan. To put it simply, whether it's a gun or a pen, no matter how capable you are, you can't skip eating, right? Do you know what Sun Ce said to Zhang Zhao before he died? In history, Sun Ce's original words were: 'If you don't conspire with anyone, you will take it yourself.' Zhengfu is not defeated, slowly returning to the west, and there is nothing to worry about', which actually means that Sun Ce knows the power of these scholars in Jiangdong, in case Sun Quan succeeds to the throne and can't defeat these Jiangdong scholars, then let Zhang Zhao take the people back to the Huaixi area where Sun Ce started. ”

Shirley nodded: "So master, you ordered Gan Ning and Huang Zhong's harassment fleet to only attack military facilities, but never to attack ordinary people?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes! If it wasn't necessary, I didn't want to provoke the native scholars in Jiangdong. If this moves their interests and land, they will tie themselves to Sun Quan's chariot to deal with me together, then won't I become the second old Cao? We don't have Lao Cao's strength, if we really fight with the whole country in Jiangdong, we will really fall into the quagmire and can't extricate ourselves. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren smiled sinisterly, and continued: "But like now, we only move Sun Quan's military facilities, but not the people of Jiangdong, which is equivalent to sending a signal to the Jiangdong scholars, that is to say, this is just a personal grudge between me and Sun Quan, I don't want to get involved with the Jiangdong scholars, let alone damage their interests and land, how can Sun Quan have a reason to encourage the Jiangdong scholars to pay their own money to fight with us just for his own selfishness?" Of course Sun Quan thinks so, but the scholars in Jiangdong won't be so stupid, okay? These warriors are ghosts one by one! ”

At this time, Lu Ren pointed to a few letters on the desk: "Have you seen it?" This is a sneaky letter sent by several Jiangdong scholars in the past few days, and the letter is saying that they will try their best to persuade Sun Quan to send hostages to our Yizhou to prevent a full-scale war between us and Sun Quan as much as possible. These people are all human spirits, how could they not know that if this battle really started, their old bottom would be defeated by Sun Quan?

"Again, these Jiangdong scholars basically have a network of intermarriages and marriages, and Lu Xun's Wu County Lu clan is naturally among them. Once we start a full-scale war with Sun Quan, then we will still do a chrysanthemum business and make chrysanthemum money! Following Sun Quan's blind tossing is to lose all his old capital, and cut off business contacts with us, that is to have no future financial future, so few people will be so stupid. ”

Shirley said: "Master, I said so, but you ...... here."

Lu Ren waved his hand and said, "I understand, it's always right to be more careful in everything, I will have people keep an eye on Sun Quan's movements closely." ”

Shirley said: "What about the Lu clan of Wu County?" ”

Lu Ren muttered: "It's impossible to want their entire clan to move to Yizhou, and to be honest, I don't want these people to form a so-called scholar class in Yizhou after they come over, even if they are my nominal clansmen, this is not what we need for the future development of Yizhou." So I thought about it, at least as long as Lu Xun and Lu Ji brought some people over, the other shrimp soldiers and crabs were useless if one of them came, and the other one was that Sun Quan moved them, and it didn't matter if they moved. Further, Lu Xun and Lu Ji are the most capable people in the current Lu clan, I need the talents of these two goods to help me, and for Sun Quan, these two talented people are the people he needs to guard against the most. ”

Just as he was saying this, the correspondent outside the door reported: "Lord, Xue Changshi!" Kure County Emergency Electricity! ”

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That night, Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang talked all night, and as for what they talked about, others did not know. I only knew that early the next morning, Sun Quan urgently summoned Lu Xun and Lu Ji, and then Sun Shangxiang just casually cleaned up and said goodbye to Wu Guomu, and boarded the clipper prepared by the Lu family here in Wu County with Lu Xun and Lu Ji.

Lu Ren once instructed Lu Xun in the letter, that is, once Sun Quan promised to send the hostages, the hostages should be sent away first, but in turn, he asked the Lu family to make it more solemn here, and the purpose was to directly pass the news to Lao Cao. In short, on this day, the wharf in Wu County was particularly lively, and it was difficult for Lao Cao to think about anything if he didn't know anything.

There is no need to mention how lively Wu County is, just say that a few days later, Sun Shangxiang, Lu Xun, and Lu Ji's clippers arrived at Yizhou Foundation. Because Lu Ren has been waiting for news, he has also stayed in Keelung and has not returned to Mangjia. When the news came, Lu Ren had already rushed to the dock with Shirley, and when he saw Sun Shangxiang getting off the boat, Lu Ren and Shirley looked at each other and smiled, and then walked in front of Sun Shangxiang together.

"Mr. Lu, Sister Xue, Shang Xiang is here."

Lu Ren shook his head with a smile and said, "A few days ago, I was still making a bet with everyone, saying that if Brother Ling was willing to send hostages, he should send someone. We had guessed that it would be your brother and brother (referring to the children of Brother Sun Jian), but we really didn't expect it to be you. ”

Sun Shangxiang said calmly: "Does Mr. Lu think that Shangxiang is not enough?" ”

Lu Ren then shook his head. To be honest, Sun Shangxiang's weight may be a little insufficient, after all, Sun Shangxiang has been to Yizhou several times before, and Lu Ren analyzed the possibility that Sun Shangxiang may become an abandoned son of Sun Quan. But think about it again, Sun Shangxiang came over as a guest at least on the surface, and if he really wanted to do something to Sun Shangxiang here, it would become his own unreasonableness, that is, he was giving Sun Quan a reasonable excuse.

But now it's different, Sun Shangxiang really came over as a hostage, which is completely different from the identity of the guest before...... (To be continued.) )