The marriage between Li Sheng and Sun Ren is undoubtedly the most shocking news on the land of China in April. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Several major forces in the world have speculated about what the relationship between Li Sheng and Sun Quan will become after the marriage of Li Sheng and Sun Ren, and what impact will it have on the world. After all, for several forces that are in a delicate balance precisely because of the exhaustion of the battle, Li Sheng's becoming Sun Quan's brother-in-law is undoubtedly a move that upsets the balance.

“…… This should represent the official alliance between the two sides. Using in-laws to forge an alliance and making things so sensational. I really don't know where the two sides of the alliance will look at themselves. "Those who are wise have speculated on this question. None of them thought that the two sides that had become an alliance because of this would stop their sharp swords in their hands. Although Li Sheng and Sun Quan each have their own interests, and their power is not very strong in terms of each individual side, they both believe that with the combination of the two sides, the combined strength of the two sides will undoubtedly be higher than that of any side in the world. They all heard that Sun Quan's sister was very much loved by Sun Quan's family, and Li Sheng seemed to be full of kindness to the newly arrived lady. The wedding has not yet been held, but the pomp and circumstance of the six ceremonies is very huge, and the wedding procession of 20,000 people and the dowry that has been selected for several miles have attracted the attention of people all over the world, so as to give out this or that admiration. Li Sheng is very rich, his Changsha City is the richest city in the world, although in terms of overall strength, his Li Sheng's richness is definitely not as good as Cao Cao, who has the Central Plains, but after Cao Cao, this Li Sheng is definitely the second richest prince in the world.

When Li Sheng's procession to welcome the bride entered Sun Quan's base camp Chaisang City, the entire Chaisang City was a sensation. Countless people, whether they were officials or ordinary people, men and women, looked at this long line in shock. The red silk robes worn on everyone in the team amazed them, and the dowry that was no longer displayed outside made the saliva of those watching it all. Li Sheng's dowry in order to marry Sun Ren can be regarded as extremely rich, and there are many types, from the most ordinary gold and silver jewelry to rare overseas treasures, to the sharp weapons that are enough to dazzle people's eyes, it seems that as long as people think of something, there are all here. In the face of such a rich dowry, although Wu Guotai was somewhat unhappy that Li Sheng himself could not come to Chaisangcheng to marry his daughter, he still smiled on his face after listening to the constant praise of the people left and right and the flowery words and words from the mouth of Kong Ming, who was sent to greet Li Sheng.

"Marrying my daughter like this shouldn't make her suffer much." Wu Guotai thought so, and his heart settled down a little. She knew how busy it was to be a monarch. Therefore, when she saw Li Sheng's high profile, she also thought like most people that her son-in-law, who had never met before, still valued her daughter very much.

Everything about welcoming relatives is carried out under the joint efforts of Kong Ming and Sun Quan. Because it is not a big deal, the wedding team will naturally return to Changsha with the matchmaker, the elder, and the dowry after sending the dowry to Soochow. Because Sun Quan's mother Wu Guotai is very old and has a particularly noble status, it was not Wu Guotai who went to Changsha as the woman's honorable man, but Wu Guotai's in-laws Qiao Guolao and Wu Guotai's younger brother Wu Jing.

The welcoming party stayed in the city of Chaisang for nearly a month before setting off for the return. On the wharf outside Chaisang City, a fleet of 20 ballista warships from the Second Fleet of the Changsha Navy protected 30 ships and waited quietly by the river. Although the woman's relatives and friends were very reluctant to leave the bride, the time came, and with the long horn of the trumpeter on the battleship, the departing fleet still set off slowly. They went with the infinite reverie of the Chaisan people. For such a marriage, the people of Chaisang City are amazed and always hope that the hero and heroine in this story can have a good ending.

However, except for the people on Li Sheng's side, everyone knows that the male protagonist in this story, Li Sheng, who is very enthusiastic about marriage, is not in Changsha at the moment to be his groom, but shortly after the departure of the welcoming fleet from Changsha to Chaisang, he quietly boarded another warship, and came to Xiangyang to participate in the wedding of his "uncle" Liu Bei without anyone noticing.

Because Liu Bei's wife, Mrs. Gan, died, it triggered Zhou Yu's beauty plan. Although under the enthusiastic intervention of Li Sheng's concubine lurking in Chaisang, Zhou Yu's beauty plan was "destroyed", and the beauty was finally handed over to Li Sheng, and Liu Bei was not in danger of being placed under house arrest, but as Liu Bei, who did not know all this, still had to follow the advice of his subordinates to marry a new lady for himself when he still had a young son to take care of. In the absence of Sun Quan's sister, Liu Bei's new wife was the daughter of his new general, Lei Xu, a little girl who was only sixteen years old.

Like the marriage between Li Sheng and Sun Ren, Liu Bei's marriage with this Lei Xiu is also an outright political marriage. Liu Bei needs the support of the Lei family for him, needs to encircle this general who has deviated from Cao Cao and brought the whole clan to join him, and needs the Lei family's connections in the Lujiang area, so Liu Bei chose the eldest lady of the Lei family. And Lei Xu also needs such a thing to show his loyalty to Liu Bei, and his family also needs Liu Bei's care, so Lei Xu happily dedicated his daughter to Liu Bei.

This is called life. Out of political needs, family interests, whether it is Sun Ren or Lei Xiu, their marriage is not up to their own decisions, it seems that as long as there is this need, they must obey the will of others and marry someone they have never met.

Compared with Li Sheng's wanton operation, Liu Bei's new marriage is not simple, but it is definitely not luxurious. This is also a normal thing, after all, Liu Bei is not as rich as Li Sheng. Being able to make such a hundred tables of flowing water seats, and being able to display such hundreds of gifts, is Liu Bei's limit. Of course, there is also the credit of the Lei family. Because he became Liu Bei's father-in-law, Lei Xu, who led his clansmen to Liu Bei before Sun Quan captured Lujiang, was already betting on him and the fate of his entire family at this moment. Liu Bei Xing, the Lei family is prosperous, Liu Bei is dead, and the Lei family naturally has no hope of survival.

As a monarch, Liu Bei's wedding naturally had many people to attend, but because Liu Bei only had Huainan and Jingzhou in the north except for Fangling, and most of the scholars in Jingzhou followed Li Sheng, so in this tense relationship with Sun Quan, Liu Bei's wedding was actually attended by most of his generals and strategists and their relatives. Although it is still lively, it is definitely not grand. After all, there are no important people.

Of course, Li Sheng didn't come openly. It's just that he didn't hide his head and tail, he just hid his identity and mixed in with the Pang Tong delegation who came to congratulate Liu Bei. There are so many people in one mission, and it is very simple to hide Li Sheng, who has already taken care of everything. What's more, Pang Tong also knew about Li Sheng's coming here.

Every monarch who aspires to the world has his own layout for the world. The different layouts of each monarch and the distinction between high and low have greatly affected their own future development.

Li Sheng knew about what happened between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. He understood that it would be a matter of time before Liu Bei and Sun Quan fell out, as long as Liu Bei still clung to Huainan and didn't let go.

Since this is the case, where will he go between the contradictions between Liu Bei and Sun Quan? Sun Quan is undoubtedly more clever than Liu Bei in terms of layout, he knows how to win himself over in secret, and unite his side with Sun Quan's side through marriage. Even if you don't really help Sun Quan, don't make yourself embarrassed by him - this is Sun Quan's method.

And Liu Bei can't use such a means. Even if he had Ma Jian as his military advisor, he would not be able to make the layout so clever. In fact, for Liu Bei, his step of taking Huainan was absolutely wrong. The reason is simple, he blocked the path of Sun Quan's expansion. In this troubled world, there are no princes who do not expand, because if they do not expand, they think they will die. But even if you are bent on expanding, you can't just move around. Because if you choose the wrong direction, it is very likely to have extremely unfavorable results for yourself. At the beginning, Liu Bei chose Cao Cao as the direction of his expansion, which was definitely a mistake, because he Liu Bei was not Cao Cao's opponent. And now Liu Bei chose Huainan as the object of his expansion, which was also a mistake, because he blocked the path of Sun Quan's expansion, clashed with Sun Quan, and forced Sun Quan, an ally, into an enemy who would turn his face in a few years. This was a strategic mistake, an extremely fatal mistake for Liu Bei. For Liu Bei, he already has such a big enemy as Cao Cao in the north, and he should never set up an enemy like Sun Quan in the south behind him. This kind of two-front combat situation is a taboo for soldiers, and even the strongest Cao Cao in the whole world cannot withstand blows from two directions at the same time.

"Alas...... It seems that Liu Bei's demise is inevitable. Unless he is willing to give up Huainan. But it's not possible. How could Liu Bei give up the territory he had laid down under such a favorable situation. Li Sheng understood Liu Bei's personality, so he naturally vetoed such a possibility: "Since Liu Bei's demise is incorrigible." What I'm doing now is to delay as much time as possible so that his demise doesn't affect me until I'm done. ”

For Li Sheng, he also has his own bureau.

Li Sheng's bureau was changed on the basis of the original plan set by Zhuge Liang for Liu Bei in history. The biggest difference from the original three-thirds plan is that it has increased the need to seize Jiaozhou and Liangzhou. In Li Sheng's view, seizing Jiaozhou and developing maritime trade is the basis of his own prosperity, and seizing Liangzhou Zhan'an has Liangzhou's cavalry resources is the key to strengthening his army in the future.

In this era, the strongest soldier in the world is none other than cavalry. Although Li Sheng has developed Huoyao, and has also installed a series of Huoyao weapons to a considerable extent, it is absolutely impossible to install mature muskets and cannons before the synthesis speed of Huoyao has not been improved, the smelting of steel cannot be scaled up, and various stamping machine tools have not been invented. And without the equipment of these things, it is simply impossible to fight the cavalry with pure infantry. Just as a classic said in later generations: "The one who can deal with armor can only be armor", in the face of the cavalry of the Cao army, which already has a large scale, Li Sheng must also develop his own cavalry corps to deal with him. After all, only cavalry is the only one who can deal with cavalry.

Of course, these things have been painted on paper until now. For Li Sheng at the moment, what he needs is time, a time that can not disturb himself and reassure him to go west. It is because he is in favor of you between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but he definitely does not want Sun Quan to destroy Liu Bei or Liu Bei to annex Sun Quan again. He was worried that once a powerful force appeared in the Jiangzuo area, if it was unable to advance northward, this force would inevitably set its sights on the west, and then his back would suffer.

"Liu Bei and Sun Quan must continue and stand together." This is Li Sheng's expectation for the current situation.

So, he came to Xiangyang when Liu Bei got married and was waiting to be the bride, mixed with the congratulatory delegation, and asked to have a meeting with Liu Bei. He knew that Liu Bei was definitely not ignorant of his own situation. Therefore, Liu Bei is also very much looking forward to the appearance of an ally. After all, in such an almost embattled situation, Liu Bei himself was also very sad.

The request to meet with Liu Bei was quickly accepted by Liu Bei. Because Liu Bei also felt the hostility from Sun Quan's side, he also hoped that Li Sheng's side could give him the help of allies.

"After taking Huainan, our living environment has become even worse. Sun Quan doesn't seem to want us to get such a good place. Although Liu Bei, who became the groom, was wearing new clothes, his face was still bitter when he talked about it. In the past few days, Zhou Yu's frequent demonstrations in Chaohu have caused him a lot of trouble, which has caused Liu Bei, who is hiding far away in Xiangyang and does not want to continue to have any conflicts with Jiangdong, a headache.

"Because Huainan is a place that Sun Quan regards as forbidden. He wouldn't allow others to point fingers at his Huainan. Li Sheng said slowly.

"His Huainan?" Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, and an inexplicable trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

"That's right, Sun Quan is determined to get this place. That's why he married his sister Sun Ren to me. Li Sheng touched his nose as he spoke, and seemed a little embarrassed.

"Oh!" As soon as Li Sheng said this, Liu Bei suddenly understood, and he knew that the reason why Li Sheng was sitting in front of him at this time must not be as Sun Quan wanted: "What did Zixu teach me?" Liu Bei sincerely bowed his hand to Li Sheng and asked him for advice.

"I can't say how to teach. For me, Wu Hou's side and my uncle's side are inseparable existences. I don't want conflict between the two of you. After all, it was Cao Cao who benefited in the end. Li Sheng said half-truthfully.

"I don't want to fight with Sun Quan either. If my territory is sufficient, then it is nothing to give Huainan to him. But now Xinye has become a ruin, Xiangyang has also been plundered, if there is no Huainan, I am afraid that in less than a year our army will eat the northwest wind. Liu Bei told his embarrassment with a bitter face. Again, this is a half-truth.

"I understand this. I'll figure it out as well. But it's useless to rely on outsiders alone, the key to Uncle Huang is to enhance his strength. If Uncle Huang's strength is as strong as Cao Cao's, or even far surpasses him, does Sun Quan dare to make so many famous people on the sidelines? You must know that whoever is strong in this troubled world will speak loudly. Li Sheng smiled and persuaded Liu Bei.

"It's not a simple thing to increase your strength." Liu Bei sighed and shook his head: "If there is time, then I am naturally not afraid, but there is no time now." God knows when the Sun family will attack. As far as the military is concerned, my family is sufficient, but there is no way to do it about the lack of money and food in the internal affairs. Zixu, you also know that if you want to run a city, you don't have to think about it without a few years of hard work. ”

"That's right, but sometimes it's not always true." Li Sheng shook his head gently, the expression on his face seemed calm and serene, and a playful smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth, but it made Liu Bei look a little strange: "I don't agree with the fight between Sun Quan and the imperial uncle, and I don't think that Sun Quan's request for Huainan is just, but because Sun Quan has formed a superficial marriage with me, it is impossible for me to support the imperial uncle on the surface, and it is even possible to issue an announcement to crusade against the imperial uncle." Of course, this is definitely a superficial thing, in addition to the superficial things, please believe that I am definitely on your side, Uncle Huang, except that it is impossible to send troops openly, all support can be taken out and discussed. ”

"Oh? Is this true? Liu Bei's eyes lit up suddenly: "If Zixu really does this, it will really help me a lot." However, it will probably offend your wife and brother-in-law. ”

"There's nothing you can do about that. One comes, the wife is like a garment; Second, Sun Quan really can't stand a single word in this matter. You must know that this Huainan County was personally led by Uncle Huang himself. That is the city that was obtained because of the efforts of the warriors under the command of the emperor, how can it be given up like this? Li Sheng said helplessly, but he praised Liu Bei again between words.

"That's ...... Is that......! Liu Bei was tickled and laughed happily.

I expressed my thoughts, and the topic of business naturally stopped here. Neither Li Sheng nor Liu Bei went down in detail, because they both understood that there were many detailed things in the future, and they were not at all able to deal with a half-tone person like themselves. "Professional things can be done by professional people. We are monarchs, it is enough to check the big picture. In Li Sheng's words, that's what happened.

Li Sheng stayed in Xiangyang for three days, while his military advisor Pang Tong stayed in Xiangyang for nearly a month. It was not until the news that the flotilla welcoming in Chaisang was about to depart, and Pang Tong returned to Changsha from Xiangyang because the wedding of his lord could not be without the presence of such an important minister as himself. Of course, at that time, the terms of assistance he secretly signed with Liu Bei on behalf of his own lord had been almost written, except for some minor issues, most of the contents had been determined, and the rest only needed to be slowly finalized with Pang Tongyi and the officials who went there. Those things in the corners are dispensable, and they are mostly things about the organization of documents and words.

Although Li Sheng and Liu Bei did not intend to release this clause, Liu Bei, who has always paid attention to righteousness, was like signing an officially issued document, and every text had to be discussed for a long time. They didn't want people to see that such a document was actually about how Li Sheng was helping him. Maybe it's a so-called self-esteem problem. This really doesn't matter to Li Sheng, but it is very important for Liu Bei. Because Li Sheng still has a request for Liu Bei now, so in such a corner matter, he has to go.

On the sixth day of Pang Tong's return, the wedding of Li Sheng and Sun Ren was held. This is a grand wedding, because there are as many as 10,000 guests, the banquet can not be arranged in the Taishou Mansion at all, Li Sheng simply moved the flowing water seat directly to the square in Changsha City, and set up a full thousand tables in the open air. These guests were all of different identities, not only Li Sheng's subordinates, Liu Bei's envoys, but even the merchants who were considered to be despised were also listed in the banquet list. This is Li Sheng's intention to elevate them and improve their status. After all, for Li Sheng, businessmen are undoubtedly one of the important sources of his development. In Jingnan and even all the territories of Li Sheng, the development of merchants was restricted, but because of the corresponding constraints, they were slightly respected by others. The equality of the four people is what Li Sheng advocates, and although it is not yet possible to fully achieve this, the opening has already been opened, and the atmosphere of peace and commerce is being instilled in it little by little.

Li Sheng, who had already had an experience, was no stranger to this etiquette, but Sun Ren, who was standing beside him and had just held hands with him, was a little nervous about it. Li Sheng took her hand, and clearly felt the tax in her palm and the slightly trembling movement. It's no wonder that no matter how strong and brave she usually behaves, at this moment she is still a girl who is about to entrust her life to someone she has never met. For the unknown of the future, it is inevitable that she will suffer slightly.

Li Sheng was slightly aware of the thoughts in her heart. He felt a little pity for her, and gently squeezed her hand, trying to convey a sense of reassurance to him. This did have some effect, she quickly settled down, her body no longer trembled, and let this Li Sheng move her, and completed the three bows one by one.

After the ceremony was completed, the bride was naturally sent into the cave room by the two servants, but Li Sheng had not yet had a chance to rest. As the groom, he had to toast his guests here.

After three rounds of drinking, he also saluted several tables accordingly, and Li Sheng was already faintly drunk. He knew that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he confessed to Sima Hui and the others, got up and walked to the new house.

Although he had already seen the introduction of this princess Sun Ren in the novels of later generations, and had heard all kinds about this princess Sun Ren in this life, after walking into the courtyard where the new house was located, Li Sheng still couldn't feel a trace of fear in the face of the armed maid standing with the sword out of the sheath in his hand. Looking at the kind of toughness and arrogance that was easily displayed on the face of the girl with a beautiful face, Li Sheng finally understood why the imperial uncle who married Princess Ren in history built a small city for the newlywed lady to live in a few months after getting the beauty - because these people were so arrogant that they all looked at the top of their heads, and even when their uncle came in, they didn't show the corresponding politeness, which was really very treatable, not to mention that they were unsheathed with knives and guns. The tense appearance made Li Sheng almost think that he was in the barracks.

This made Li Sheng dissatisfied, in Li Sheng's opinion, home should be warm, no one likes such a situation in their own home, especially on such a festive day.

Facing Sun Ren's armed female guards, Li Sheng frowned slightly, and ordered someone to find the heads of these female guards. This is also a young girl, the eldest girl next to Sun Ren, who was originally waiting for her aunt to enter in the new house with Sun Ren, but at this moment, under the summons of Li Sheng, she had to obey Li Sheng's will and come to Li Sheng. Of course, at this time, she was a little puzzled by Li Sheng's summons, and she didn't know what Li Sheng was looking for her

"Can you take these people down?" Li Sheng asked her with a frown.

"How's that going to work? These are all handmaidens who serve the princess. The big girl first subconsciously shook her head and denied it, then lowered her head again, peeked at Li Sheng from time to time, and looked at Li Sheng's handsome face a little shy, but a little different feelings came out in her heart. As a big maid who came to marry, she knows a little more than her master in some aspects. Understand that as far as the general practice is concerned, I want to be taken into the house by my uncle as a concubine at some time in the future. This is the fate of these big girls of theirs, and it seems that it can't be changed. Yes, they can only pray that the uncle they met will not let them be too annoying - fortunately, Li Sheng is at least passable.

"There's nothing wrong with Hugh asking someone to serve, but you can't do it like that with guns and swords. My soldiers are responsible for the defense of the house, so I don't need you delicate women. Li Sheng raised his eyebrows and retorted to them, "I don't want my new house to become like a military camp, and I don't want other people's armed forces in my home." Either you have collected your equipment and made plain shirts to come and serve, or you will leave the house and report to the women's camp. Anyway, you seem to have good martial arts, and you can also become a soldier. It is not uncommon for a woman of mine to be a soldier. Li Sheng's words gradually became serious, and in the end, he actually had the meaning of giving them a final announcement.

"You ......" the big girl has been by Sun Ren's side for a long time, and naturally developed a proud personality, she heard Li Sheng say this about herself, and her tone was not so good, her face suddenly turned cold, and she was about to attack, and suddenly remembered that the person in front of her was her own young lady's uncle, and she was shocked at the moment, and she was deflated, and a grievance came to her heart, and she said with a little choked up: "Uncle, this is what the princess means." If my uncle wants me to wait, I'll wait until I ask the princess. ”

"In that case, go and tell me. But please all remember that now that you have married into my family with Princess Ren, you naturally need to abide by the rules of my family. If you have violated any national laws and family rules because of your previous nature, don't blame me for the form of legal principles. In this Jingnan realm, the heavens and the earth are big, and the legal principles are the largest, so you must remember. Li Sheng was afraid that the group of people who married Sun Ren would be as arrogant and domineering as recorded in the history books, so he had to sternly warn them and tell them everything ahead.

Li Sheng stood there and waited, and after a while, he heard a small rope on the side of the new house, but it was those frightened armed maids who put away their knives and guns in their hands, and bowed their heads and retreated towards themselves. I think that Sun Ren has understood the dissatisfaction in his heart and asked them all to retreat.

Looking at this scene, Li Sheng became happy, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Although some of the retreating maids were unconvinced and cast him an unconvinced and provocative look when they passed by him, such a look did not disturb his good mood, but made him walk to the door of the new house even more arrogantly, and pushed open the door of the new house, which had long been decorated with a blue curtain.

However, just as he was about to step into the door, a sharp sword flew out of the room, stabbing him straight into the throat.