Sun Jian has two wives, and these two wives are still a pair of sisters. Originally, one of them should have died of illness in the seventh year of Jian'an, but for some reason it was postponed for a year, and it was not until the eighth year of Jian'an that he suddenly became critically ill, which made Lu Ren a little puzzled. Maybe it's because the knowledge of physiology and hygiene that he brought has spread to the Jiangdong territory, which has caused this Wu Guotai to prolong his life for a year?

In fact, to be honest, this Wu Guotai is not too old. Let's count it this way, Sun Ce is the eldest son, and he was twenty-six years old when Yu Jian'an died in the fifth year. Based on this, and based on the Han Dynasty women's fifteen-year-old grade and about twenty years old, this Wu Guotai was about forty-six years old when he was five years old in Jian'an, and he should be less than fifty years old in the eighth year of Jian'an. And it is reasonable for a woman of this age to be affected by something and live an extra year.

Don't talk about it, just say that after Sun Shangxiang got the news, how could he care about other things? Immediately said goodbye to Lu Ren and went straight to the post station, just by looking at the posture, I knew that this girl would definitely rush back to Wu County day and night.

This matter came a little suddenly, and it also had a certain impact on Lu Ren's current plan, after all, with Lu Ren's current situation, if he wants to get closer to Xiao Qiao, he still needs Sun Shangxiang, the "princess", and now that Sun Shangxiang is leaving in a hurry, Lu Ren's arrangements at hand have to make certain changes.

Walking slowly into the flight room where the information was placed, Lu Ren took out the map and thought about it, his eyes swept around, and he suddenly fixed on Jiang Xia, and suddenly had a plan in his heart. After thinking about it for a while, Lu Ren asked people to call Xu Shu and Shi Tao, and when the two of them sat down, Lu Ren said to the two: "Lord Sun has just returned to Wu County, and my affairs here have to be delayed for the time being because she is missing the middleman." Now I call you, I mainly want to ask how is the movement of the Soochow Naval Army? ”

What Lu Ren is most worried about now is that the Jiangxia Battle in the eighth year of Jian'an will still be fought, and once this battle is fought, it will be very inconvenient for Lu Ren's ship group to go to the Jingxiang area at least for a short time. So Shi Tao has always been careful in secret. And with Shi Tao's talent, it is not difficult to pay attention to these things.

Looking at Shi Tao again, he shook his head and said, "Judging from the mobilization of Jiangdong's boats, ships and horses, Sun Quan will definitely raise troops. As for whether Zhou Yu has dissuaded Sun Quan, I haven't been able to inquire about this. However, judging from the current situation in Jiangdong, it is inevitable that Sun Quanxuan will raise troops at this time. It's like a sharpened sword, which has to be unsheathed to see blood at the right time, rather than staying in the sheath without feeling its sharpness. ”

Shi Tao's analogy is very vivid, and Lu Ren immediately understood the meaning of Shi Tao's words. And after getting such news, Lu Ren also determined what he wanted to do next. At the moment, he secretly instructed the two of them, and the next thing was to sit and wait for dark.

Why wait until it gets dark? Because Lu Ren wants to use the anti-gravity flying board to rush back to Xiangyang! And after dark. Lu Ren started the board and sat on it again, and pointed to the coordinates of Xiangyang that had been set a long time ago, and there was no one in an instant.

Speaking of which, the straight-line distance from Chaisang to Xiangyang at that time was not far, probably less than 600 kilometers. If Lu Ren used the anti-gravity board to fly at full speed, he would be able to arrive in about two hours. And when Lu Renren was still on the way, he connected the communication with Zhang Fang, who was staying in Xiangyang, and asked Zhang Fang to prepare horses or something to answer him.

In short, after some tiring travel, by the time of the next day, Lu Ren had already appeared in Xiangyang City. and hurriedly rushed to Liu Biao's mansion to see Liu Biao. It's just that after this person went up, the doorman said that Liu Biao was sick and couldn't see the guest.

Lu Ren knew that Liu Biao, a well-known person, had never looked down on himself as a grass-roots person, and he was polite to himself at the beginning, but he only gave some face for the sake of being a high-ranking official. At that moment, Lu Ren unhurriedly asked the doorman to bring another sentence to Liu Biao: "I'm sorry for you to pass it on again!" Let's just say that Lu Ren is here for the safety of Jingzhou, and he must have an interview with Liu Jingzhou! ”

Lu Ren said this sentence seriously, his face was cold, and even his tone was cold. And most of the people who are in charge of the rich and noble are ghosts. Now seeing Lu Ren's heavy appearance, where did he dare to slack off, he immediately turned around and ran in briskly to report again. This time, it didn't take long for the doorman to run back and introduce Lu Ren into the hall respectfully.

Lu Ren waited for about a cup of tea in the hall before Liu Biao slowly walked out of the hall with the support of two maids. Looking closely at the past, Liu's surface was pale. There is no focus in his eyes, and he still has an ancient analgesic strap tied to his head, and his steps are also very vain, but he is really sick.

Seeing this, Lu Ren was dumbfounded and said, "Is there a mistake?" At this juncture, why is Liu Biao really sick? Ay...... Liu is sick, maybe it's a good thing. People who are sick tend to have a much lower ability to analyze and judge, in other words, Liu Biao should be better at fooling now. ”

Thinking about it, Lu Ren hurriedly left the table and said: "I haven't come to visit for many days, but today I am in a hurry to talk about Liu Jingzhou's breathing sickness, Lu Ren is a capital crime, a capital crime!" ”

Liu Biao forcibly squeezed out a smile on his face, and replied weakly: "Lu Servant is serious!" This cheap body already has this old disease, and it has been attacking for a few days, and it is quite rude to not be able to meet customers under the restlessness...... Ay? Didn't Lu Servant sail with the fleet before? Why did you suddenly return to Xiangyang? ”

This kind of question is not simple for Lu Ren to Tang Sai to go over? It's okay to talk a few words, and besides, Liu Biao is sick at this moment, and he doesn't have the heart to ask too much about this kind of thing.

So the two sides said polite words, but Lu Ren's heart was really a little impatient, and he was even more annoyed by the red tape on these scenes, and when he was thinking about how to speak, Liu Biao first cut to the point and said: "Listen to what the doorman said, Lu Servant is here for the safety of my Jingzhou, but I don't know what will happen to my Jingzhou?" ”

Lu Ren hurriedly said: "Disaster will come from the east." ”

Liu Biao's tone was still so weak: "Disaster from the east? The meaning of Lu Fu's words is that the Jiangdong Sun clan is going to offend my Jingzhou? ”

Lu Ren nodded and said, "Exactly!" ”

Liu Biao said: "But I don't know where Lu Servant learned about this?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Ren stretched out his hand and patted his forehead a little helplessly, and said in his heart: "This Liu Biao is really old enough to be old and pedantic, don't you want to think that I will definitely have to pass by the territory of Dongwu after I set sail?" Forget it, now you have to use your heart to persuade Liu Biao. ”

After bowing his head and muttering for a while, Lu Ren said: "Liu Jingzhou also knows that I have been sending fleets to operate on the Yangtze River waterway over the years, and a few days ago I bought and sold goods on the boundary of Sun Wu, and I found that Sun Quan in Jiangdong has been mobilizing troops and horses and reorganizing warships in the past few months. Liu Jingzhou, I am also a former official, how can I not see these troop and horse transfers? ”

Liu Biao was slightly shocked: "Is there really such a thing? ”

Lu Ren said: "Liu Jingzhou, please forgive me for saying bluntly, when I was in Chaisang, I had several contacts with Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, who was in charge of heavy troops under Sun Quan's account, and found that although this person was only thirty years old, he was resourceful and very good at using soldiers, and I am afraid that his talent was not under Cao Mengde." As for Wu Hou Sun Quan, although I have not seen it, I can also see a little from his political and strategic measures, he must be a wise and extremely cunning person. Both of them are good at using soldiers, and those who are good at using soldiers will move at the right time. And the Jiangxia gateway guarded by Huang Zu ......"

At this point, Lu Ren shook his head again and again, and the meaning was enough, so there was no need to say it too clearly. On the other hand, Liu Biao had not yet fully believed what he said, and he seemed a little hesitant. It is no wonder that Liu Biao's political ability and literary accomplishment are very good, but he is by no means strong in military strategy. At this moment, he was a little moved but couldn't make up his mind, just shook his head vigorously.

Seeing this, Lu Ren knew that he had to take something convincing to scare Liu Biao, so he deliberately sighed before saying, "Liu Jingzhou, do you still remember what I said when I came back to sell grain and rice to the Jiangdong disaster area to make a profit?" ”

It's okay not to mention it, Liu Biao's eyes when he looked at Lu Ren immediately became full of contempt, and he almost blasted Lu Ren out when he saw that posture.

Lu Ren just smiled casually at this, he was already immune to the contemptuous eyes of others. After a pause, he continued: "Lu Ren knows that this move is very bad, and he also knows that Liu Jingzhou will definitely despise me in his heart because of this matter. It's just Liu Jingzhou, have you ever thought about other things in this? In fact, with the wealth of the counties in Jiangdong, even if a few counties have suffered some natural disasters, where can I use Lu Ren to sell grain and rice there to make a profit? Sun Quan only needed to order all prefectures and counties to open warehouses to help the victims, and the places where there was a shortage of grain and rice could also be mobilized from other counties and counties, and not the whole territory of Jiangdong was affected by natural disasters.

"But so far, I haven't heard any decree from Sun Quan to open a warehouse to help the people. Not only that, Sun Quan also concentrated a large amount of money and grain in Wu County and Chaisang, which was clearly a sign of imminent army attack. Lu Ren is no longer hiding anything here, the large amount of grain and rice I bought in the Jingxiang area before was originally intended to be transported to Haichang County, but when I arrived in Chaisang, Zhou Yu sent a navy to buy it as military rations. is to ask Sun Quan if he can't give relief, why do he still forcibly buy private grain from the people? If you don't decide to accumulate food and prepare for war, why do you need to do this? ”

I have to say that the current Lu Ren has become too insidious, how can Zhou Yu buy food from Lu Ren? However, with the situation at that time, Lu Ren could say whatever he wanted, anyway, the news was not so easy to circulate. Besides, Lu Ren does have his own reasons for doing this. The first is that he had to convince Liu Biao that Sun Quan would use troops in Jingzhou at any time, so this excuse was relatively convincing;

Secondly, he himself knew that if he fell into the pit dug for him by Zhou Yu, he must not sit still and wait for death, as long as he has the opportunity, he must find a way to turn over. Now use this opportunity to lay an ambush first, and it may be of great use in the future. At least let Liu Biao think that Lu Ren's stay in Chaisang was actually a last resort...... (To be continued.) )