Lu Ren, Xue Li, Zhen Mi, and Liu Ye were discussing Lu Lan's "star-making" plan in the wine shop, when suddenly news came from the dock that Mi Zhen's caravan had returned and would dock in a while.

By the time Lu Ren took Shirley and a few of them to the dock, the dock was already lively. Mi Zhen's fleet set off from Yizhou in the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, and the scheduled time was to go back and forth for a month, but because Mi Zhen encountered some things on the connection between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, it took nearly two months, and it was almost three months before he returned. When the ship docked, Mi Zhen stepped on the Yizhou wharf, suddenly stretched a very exaggerated lazy waist, and smiled to herself: "I'm back, I'm back!" Finally, I don't have to be so inhibited! ”

"Ah Zhen!"

Hearing the call, Mi Zhen looked for prestige, and saw that Lu Ren was leading a few people to rush over, so he hurriedly sorted out his clothes, and when Lu Ren rushed to him, he pretended to salute respectfully and said: "Husband, the concubine is on the order of her husband to do business Jingxiang, and I am fortunate not to be dishonored today!" In addition, on the way back, passing through Wu Jing, Wu Hou Sun Quan sent an envoy to arrive with the ship, and Wu Hou wrote a letter here, please see the husband. ”

Lu Ren was stunned: "Wu Hou sent an envoy?" ”

Mi Zhen nodded, and Lu Ren remembered that Mi Zhen's words and deeds just now were indeed very formal, but Lu Ren thought that Mi Zhen was joking with himself. But then again, Lu Ren is now a pastor of Yizhou, and his identity has changed a lot, and he is considered a level of existence compared to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan knows that he is about to face Cao Cao, a strong enemy, and some things will naturally be done, so it is normal to send envoys to Lu Ren to ventilate.

"Where is the envoy?"

Mi Zhen responded, and was about to send someone on the boat to invite someone, as if she remembered something, she turned around and said to Lu Ren: "Husband, the two envoys sent by Wu Hou also know each other, but they are just ......."

"How?"

Mi Zhen hesitated for a moment, but shook her head slightly: "There's nothing special, it's just to say hello to your husband first, so that your husband can be a little prepared." ”

Lu Ren's heart moved, and he asked, "Who is coming?" ”

Mi Zhen said: "The husband will know when he sees it, and wait for the waiter to invite him." ”

After a while, the attendant led two people to Lu Ren to salute, and Lu Ren exclaimed when he saw the two: "It turned out to be you!" ”

The envoy of Dongwu was actually a man and a woman, the man was Lu Xun, and the woman was Sun Shangxiang!

Lu Xun is still the same, he is still so humble and polite, and he respectfully bowed to Lu Ren and said: "Lu Yizhou, after more than a year, has it always been good?" Today, Lu Xun came to Yizhou on the order of Wu Hou to show his friendship with Lu Yizhou, and the wish of the Chengsun and Lu families is also. There are important things, public and private, and when the two official affairs are completed, Lu Xun and Lu Yizhou will be allowed to talk about the same clan for a while. ”

Seeing Lu Xun, Lu Ren looked at Lu Xun several times with a complicated mood, and then slowly replied: "That's how it should be...... The carriage and horses have been prepared, please ask the Wu envoy to board the car and go to the pavilion to rest for a while, and Rong Luren will first put wine to wash the dust for the Wu envoy. ”

The two "same clan" brothers saluted each other, looked at each other a few times, and saw a bit of indescribable meaning in each other's eyes. Lu Xun bowed his head first and avoided it, and was led by the waiter to get into the car.

Lu Xun finished it was Sun Shangxiang's turn. In fact, Sun Shangxiang came to Yizhou last year, but at that time, Sun Shangxiang was regarded as Yizhou that he secretly came to, and he did not have any official identity. Now it's almost March in a blink of an eye, and Lu Ren didn't expect Sun Shangxiang to come to Yizhou again, but he didn't expect Sun Shangxiang to come to Yizhou again as an official envoy this time.

Regardless of these, just say that compared to Lu Xun's humility, Sun Shangxiang seemed to be much more free, and generously bowed to Lu Ren and said: "Lu Yizhou, I haven't seen you for several months...... Ay? Do you seem to be a little more emaciated than you were a little bit ago? And Rong Shangxiang said bluntly, Lu Yizhou, don't be too tired, pay more attention to your body! ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded, and said in his heart that I was too high today, and people are a little tired, okay? At the moment, he smiled casually and said, "Why did the county lord come with the team?" ”

Sun Shangxiang said with a smile: "I am the main envoy, and Bo Yan is the deputy envoy." It's just that I came to Yizhou to play most of the ingredients, and I have to do everything with Boyan. I, the one who is good friends with Yizhou, is a little unworthy of the name. ”

Lu Ren said: "The county lord laughed...... Please get on the bus and go to the hotel for a while. ”

Sun Shangxiang knew that now was not the time to say some miscellaneous words, so he saluted Lu Ren again and prepared to get into the car. Just took two steps, Sun Shangxiang suddenly turned around and said, "Lu Yizhou, if you can, Shang Xiang wants to live in the courtyard of Yizhou as before, instead of living in the official post." Shang Xiang also knew that this was a bit unruly, but when she arrived in Yizhou, Shang Xiang didn't want to be too restrained. ”

Lu Renmu asked Mi Zhen, and when he saw Mi Zhen smiling and nodding, he responded: "Since the county lord has the intention, and he clearly said that he is coming to Yizhou to play, and the business is all handled by Bo Yan, then follow the county lord's wishes, Lu Ren should be respectful and obey his orders." It just so happens that these few days are my Yizhou festivals, and the county lord can join in the fun. ”

"Yizhou Festival? How did I come so well? ”

Sun Shangxiang smiled a little presumptuously, and immediately came to Mi Zhen's side, and the two girls began to whisper some whispers, and squeezed into the same carriage. Seeing this, Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "In the end, she is a pampered little girl, and it is difficult to be serious for a long time...... That's it, anyway, the real business has to talk to Lu Xun, so let her go. As for Sun Shangxiang, with Mi Zhen's help to watch, there should be no problem. ”

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At nightfall, Lu Ren held a banquet in Yizhou Mansion to entertain Lu Xun and Sun Shangxiang. Although it is a formal banquet, there is nothing mentioned in the banquet about the relationship between Yizhou and Jiangdong, after all, it is just "to show friendship", there is nothing else to do, to put it bluntly, everyone is a friendship, and it is almost the same to have a drink and chat.

When Sun Shangxiang and Minchan and Lu Lan and their children all got together, they didn't know what to talk about, but they chatted happily and drank happily, and even Cai Yan, who has always been mature and steady, was a little drunk. As for the more active female generals such as Minchan, Mi Zhen, and Xiangxiang, they even knocked on the wine glass and made a drinking order. To be honest, this is also in Yizhou, where Lu Ren is relatively open, if he changes to another place in the Central Plains, he may have something to do.

In contrast, the men's seat is much quieter, and they all have a demeanor, you respect me and I respect you for what you do. Lu Ren and Lu Xun were talking about some miscellaneous words, but their expressions were a little unnatural.

This banquet can be regarded as a happy dispersal, until the next day, Lu Xun on behalf of the Eastern Wu officially handed over Sun Quan's letter to Lu Ren in the palace, and the gift list sent by the same ship as a gift for the Eastern Wu Dynasty was also presented. The so-called official affairs are often synonymous with stylization, anyway, it is like that over and over again, in short, the friendship between Soochow and Yizhou is also like that.

The big event was agreed, Lu Ren asked Lu Xun to go back to the post house to rest first, and he sat in the hall looking at Sun Quan's letter in a daze. Liu Ye, who was on the side, saw Lu Ren like this, so he asked, "What is the general's concern?" ”

Lu Ren pondered for a long time, then handed Sun Quan's letter to Liu Ye and said, "Ziyang, do you see any significance in this book?" ”

Liu Ye shook his head and said: "According to the following opinion, this so-called letter has no practical meaning at all. Imagine that the general now sits in Yi and Quan, and secretly controls the Shanyue tribes that have a grudge against Sun Quan, in other words, the general endangers the southern mountains and coastal areas of Eastern Wu, which is a big trouble for Sun Quan. Sun Quan sent an envoy at this time to show his intention to make friends, but he was forced by the situation, and it must not be his original intention. ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes, Lao Cao Cao now has soldiers and horses in Jingxiang, and when Lao Cao comes, he will cross the river and take Jiangdong directly anytime and anywhere, Sun Quan has no ability to fight at the same time in the north and south, so he chose to make friends with me who doesn't want to fight, and he will do his best to deal with Lao Cao's army."

"Actually, these were originally my ideas. I don't have that much energy to fight with Sun Quan, he wants to be friendly with me, so I'll have a good time here. This can strengthen his determination to reject Lao Cao in the north, and his eyes are not on me. In case Sun Quan feels that he can't bear the enemy on both sides, if he wants to surrender, he will surrender to Lao Cao, and he will not surrender to me, who only has such a little territory. And if Sun Quan surrenders to Lao Cao, then I will be unlucky next. The current Cao Cao will never let me go. ”

Liu Ye nodded and said in a deep voice: "General, I'm afraid that Sun Quan will send these two envoys to be quite meaningful. ”

"How?"

Liu Ye analyzed: "Lord Sun is the sister of Wu Hou, and Lu Boyan is the brother of the lord, it is said that it is absolutely unsuitable to become an envoy to Yizhou with such a relationship, but Sun Quan was sent out like this." ”

"Let's go into details."

Liu Ye pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I heard the words of Lord Sun during the banquet last night, once the matter of peace is reached, Lu Boyan will return to Dongwu first after the Mid-Autumn Festival as the deputy envoy, and Lord Sun will stay in Yizhou. said that he would play more in Yizhou for a while, but according to his opinion, he was afraid that Sun Quan was a hostage who stayed in Yizhou to pray for peace of mind. On the other hand, Lu Boyan is the brother of the lord, and in a sense, he can be regarded as a hostage of the lord and Sun Quan. But the lord, if this is an exchange of hostages, the lord will suffer too much. ”

Lu Ren took a breath, he really hadn't thought of the meaning of this layer. Thinking about it at this time, it is true that as Liu Ye said, he will always guard against Sun Quan, but if Sun Quan will make any moves, Lu Ren is really not good at doing anything to Sun Shangxiang. Even if he did it, Sun Quan didn't seem to care much about this sister. And according to Sun Shangxiang, the identity of this envoy was easily obtained from Sun Quan, and Sun Shangxiang was originally prepared to ask Wu Guotai to come forward if Sun Quan did not agree, but she didn't expect that she would be so easy to get this errand that should not be held by her...... (To be continued.) )