On the first day of the first month of the first year of the Han Republic, Sun Shao, the king of Yue, led more than 100 people from the Sun family clan and the ministers to worship their ancestors in the newly built Sun family temple at the foot of Fuchun Mountain. Among them, Sun Yi's wife Xu, Sun Song, Sun Kuang's wife Cao, and Sun Tai were the most emotional, looking at Sun Yi, Sun Kuang's spiritual position and Sun Ce's spiritual position placed together, they howled and cried, tears like rain.

I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, the position between Sun Yi and the spiritual position and Sun Ce's spiritual position is a bit big, and it seems that there is still one missing, and the empty place is a little dazzling. After seeing this gap, many people looked at Sun Deng intentionally or unintentionally, and saw the young Sun Deng fidgeting.

He knew that it was reserved for his father Sun Quan, but would Sun Quan put the spiritual seat here in a hundred years? He was skeptical.

After the ceremony, Sun Shao has been staying in Fuchun Mountain, he will soon go on the expedition, it will be difficult to have such leisure and leisure after the expedition, while there is still a little time before the expedition, he wants to think about some problems in Fuchun Mountain, get together with the Sun clan, and enhance the relationship.

On this day, Sun Shao took Sun Deng, Sun Song, Sun Tai and others along the mountain road in front of the ancestral temple slowly, and slowly, Sun Song, Sun Tai and others fell behind, leaving only Sun Deng still behind Sun Shao. In a newly built pavilion, Sun Shao stroked the smooth white marble railing, looked at the quietly flowing Zhejiang water in the distance, and was silent. Zhejiang water in this section is also known as Zhejiang water, later generations also have a name called Fuchun River, the mountain where they are located, that is, the famous Fuchun Mountain, the great painter Huang Gongwang once painted a picture of Fuchun Mountain residence.

The mountain in front of you, this water, is a quiet and elegant ink landscape, the snow in the mountains has not completely melted, dotted between the thick black mountains and rivers, like white silk flowers.

"Zigao, your father...... Books are coming. Sun Shao turned his head slightly and glanced at Sun Deng, Sun Deng immediately lifted his spirits, but tried his best to make himself look natural, he paused, and then said lightly: "Is it?" What did my father say? ”

"He told you to go to sea with me." Sun Shao took out a letter from his sleeve, shook it, and handed it to Sun Deng. Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hands to take it, bowed to the north, and then looked at it carefully. During this time in Fuchun, he looked forward to Sun Quan's news every day, and he hoped that Sun Quan would think about him and release Sun Shao's son back, lest he have to follow Sun Shao to the sea. These days he has heard so many dangerous things at sea that every day he has nightmares about falling into the sea and drowning. He lives in Sun Shangxiang's Flying Tiger ship, which is very large and sturdy, but after all, it is not as good as the house on land, and the water of the Fuchun River has no wind and waves, but for Sun Deng, the shaking of the boat still makes him unable to find a down-to-earth feeling - and listening to those female guards, this shaking is not called shaking at all, if you go to sea, it can turn people's internal organs upside down, and spit out bitter gall and sweat.

Hearing these words, Sun Deng was terrified, and he prayed every day that Sun Quan would take him back and not let him suffer this crime. Seeing that Sun Shao's day to go to sea was getting closer and closer, his spirit was also extremely nervous, and he finally received Sun Quan's decision.

However, this decision disappointed him greatly.

Sun Quan said to Sun Shao in the book, although Sun Deng is my son, he is also your younger brother, just as I hoped that I could be as heroic as your father, I hope that my son Sun Deng can also learn from you and become a hero. Take him with me, and I trust you to take care of him, just as I can take care of your son. I know that you have built a new country and are short of manpower, so I specially asked the generals Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen to bring 5,000 sailors and a large amount of grain, grass and baggage to support you. I know, in terms of combat power, they are too far away from your Aurora Sailor to help too much, so I sent them here just to show my heart, and also to let them protect Sun Deng so that you don't get distracted.

After reading the letter, Sun Deng wanted to cry without tears.

Sun Shao saw Sun Deng's expression in his eyes, and he also felt a little depressed, he originally planned to force Sun Quan to send Daqiao and Ah Yu back, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to be so ruthless, he would rather send Sun Deng to the battlefield than resolutely refuse to send Daqiao and Ah Yu back.

From the point of view of his mind, he was completely defeated by Sun Quan this time.

"Have you had a holiday with Madame Wang?" Sun Shao asked quietly. A few days ago, he received a secret letter from Lu Yi and knew the result. If you don't provoke two sentences now, it's simply unreasonable.

Sun Deng hesitated for a moment, he heard other meanings from Sun Shao's words, he thought for a while and said, "I have very little contact with Mrs. Wang. ”

"A child with a mother is a treasure." Sun Shao turned around and looked at the jade belt of river water in the distance, sighed, and sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect this woman to have such energy for the sake of her child." ”

Sun Deng bit his lip and didn't say a word. Sun Shao's words were like a knife stabbing him in the hand, and then he sprinkled a handful of salt on it. His mother was a slave, he couldn't even remember what she looked like, his mother in his impression was Mrs. Xu, but Mrs. Xu later fell out of favor and was left out in Wu County, and then Mrs. Yuan, Mrs. Yuan was cold and far less pampered than Mrs. Xu. Later, he gradually grew up, learned to hide his feelings, learned to be gentle and frugal, learned to hide everything in his heart, and learned to maintain his demeanor in front of his sister Dahu's arrogance.

However, now he can't control his feelings, he wants to scold Sun Shao very much, scolding him for being too cruel, and using such methods on a child who is only thirteen years old.

But he didn't dare.

"Zigao, do you miss your mother?" Sun Shao seemed to sense his anger and turned his head to look at him.

Sun Deng bit his lip and didn't speak, and the hand arched in his sleeve trembled uncontrollably because he was holding it too tightly.

"Like you, I can't remember what my biological mother looks like." Sun Shao walked over, stretched out his hand to hug Sun Deng's head, took him into his arms, and said faintly: "However, I also have a mother, although she is not my biological mother, I have always regarded her as my biological mother. I'm ...... now Miss her so much. ”

Sun Deng couldn't hold back any longer, he shrugged his shoulders and sobbed, stretched out his hands to hug Sun Shao's waist, and said silently: "Big brother, I also miss my grandmother, I miss her, but she is in Wu County and can't help me speak." ”

"You mean...... Mrs. Xu? Sun Shao said in surprise.

"Yes, it's her, she's the same to me as my own mother." Sun Deng nodded.

"I forgot." Sun Shao suddenly realized, and suddenly remembered something: "She and Ziqiao (Sun Song)'s mother are sisters, right?" ”

"No, they're just from the same clan, different generations." Sun Deng was a little embarrassed. He once heard Mrs. Xu say that the reason why Sun Quan married her was because he saw Sun Yi's wife Xu, so he sent someone to the Xu family to inquire. Although Mrs. Xu is not much different in age from Xu, she is a generation later than Xu, and her father Xu Kun is Xu's brother.

"That's right." Sun Shao smiled, he pushed Sun Deng away and stared into his eyes: "If you miss her, I will invite her to Qian Tang to live for a few days, so that you can get together, how about it?" ”

"This ...... Isn't that good? Sun Deng shook his head a little nervously: "Father will be angry when he hears it." ”

Sun Shao grinned: "What are you afraid of, I'll send someone to invite my aunt and grandmother, and then ask my aunt to bring her over by the way." He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "If you are still not at ease, I will invite the people of the Wu family to come with you, so it's okay, right?" ”

Sun Deng was grateful. Although Mrs. Xu was left out in the cold, she was still Sun Quan's wife and could not move freely, and Sun Shao's aunt and grandmother were Mrs. Xu's grandmother, that is, Sun Jian's sister Sun, the old lady was sixty years old this year, and her health was very good, so she lived near Fuchun, and it was justified to call Mrs. Xu to Fuchun in her name, not to mention that Sun Shao summoned Sun Jian's wife Wu's family to come together, which is equivalent to a favor and a relative, Sun Quan should not think of the real intention of this. In this way, it is equivalent to Sun Shao spending a lot of money and a few official positions, just for Sun Deng to see Mrs. Xu - invite someone to come and show how much.

A warm current surged through Sun Deng's heart.

Sun Shao immediately started to do it, and his aunt and grandmother Sun learned of Sun Shao's intentions, and without saying a word, she immediately asked her grandson Xu Jiao to rush to Wu County at night and pick up Mrs. Xu, and then the family rushed to Fuchun Mountain to meet Sun Shao. When Mrs. Xu and Sun Deng saw each other, they hugged their heads and cried. She didn't have children herself, and she has always regarded Sun Deng as her own child, but she hasn't seen her for seven or eight years, and watching the boy of the year now become an adult, she really feels the loss of time in the past few years.

Sun was grateful for Sun Shao's affection, and she left her grandson Xu Jiao and Xu Zuo brothers with Sun Shao and let them serve Yue Guo. Sun Shao did not treat them badly, and in front of his aunt and grandmother, he named Xu Jiao as the captain of the city gate, and Xu Zuo as the middle Sima, and stayed by his side.

Soon, Wu An, the nephew of Sun Jian's wife Wu, also rushed to Fuchun Mountain, and Sun Shao rewarded them with a sum of money, but did not let them be officials, because Wu An's father Wu Fen is now the governor of Wu County, and if Sun Shao leaves them behind, it will be unfavorable to Wu Fen. Wu An didn't have any opinions at first, but when he saw that Xu Jiao had suddenly become the captain of the city gate, his heart was a little unbalanced. Wu Fen has been under Sun Quan for almost 20 years, and he is only a lieutenant of Wu County, and the gap is too big. With Sun Shao's reward, he embarked on the return journey with some loss, and along the way he was thinking about how to persuade Lao Tzu Wu Fen to break away from Sun Quan and join Sun Shao's disciples.

If you add that she was originally from Shanyin, she had already rightfully joined the family of Mrs. Xie under Sun Shao's door, so far, Sun Quan's harem relatives have been poached by Sun Shao and half of their power.

At the end of the first month, Sun Shao arranged for Yu Zhuan, the prime minister of the country, and Lu Ji, the imperial historian, to stay in Qiantang, and he took 20,000 sailors to swear to go on the expedition. The Qiantang wharf was like a cloud, the horns sounded in unison, and some of the upstarts of the Yue Kingdom who had just been promoted to the knighthood went out with Sun Shao, and some rushed to the wharf to see them off, holding the hands of their relatives one by one.

With a leisurely long sound, more than a dozen building ships hung up their sails and set sail slowly in the north wind of early spring.

"Zigao, how do you feel?" Sun Shao said to Sun Deng, who was smiling.

Sun Deng pursed his lips embarrassedly: "The scene is spectacular, and it makes people's hearts surge." ”

"Hehe, what is this, when we return victoriously, you will see it again, it will be a hundred times more lively than this." Sun Shao waved his hand with a smile, disdainful. He glanced at Zhuge Jin's father and son who were standing behind Sun Deng, and said with a smile: "With the five thousand sailors of General Zhuge and General Wei, are you more at ease?" ”

Zhuge Jin laughed helplessly. Zhuge Zhi is his clansmen, Wei Wen is Wei Jing's clansmen, and they are not so much here to assist Sun Shao, but they are sent by Sun Quan to spy on Sun Shao. Sun Shao didn't think so, he faced them very calmly, and he didn't mean to discriminate at all, but the left general Cui Qian, the right general Chen Hai, and the later general Yue Hai were different, looking at them with eyes like wolves seeing their prey, as if they might swallow them in their stomachs at any time. Especially the big pirate Cui Qian, the general of Zuo, no matter how he laughed, it looked like a cruel smile, which made Zhuge Jin's heart furious.

Sun Shao hooked his finger at Zhuge Ke, who had a straight face: "Yuan Xun, are you interested in attending my military meeting?" ”

Zhuge Ke crooked his mouth in embarrassment, he liked Sun Shao's military discussion very much, not only could he hear many experienced generals express their opinions on the battle situation, but he could also speak freely, but he knew that his identity was special, if he took the initiative to participate, it would be over in Sun Quan's ears in the future. In the face of Sun Shao's invitation, he could only endure it.

"Big brother, can I go?" Sun Deng looked at Zhuge Ke's face and took the initiative to ask with a smile. Sun Shao glanced at him and nodded: "Welcome, come together." ”

Zhuge Ke was relieved, and hurriedly greeted Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen, who were following behind: "Two generals, let's go together." ”

Zhuge and Wei saw it, glanced at Zhuge Jin with instructions, and then nodded together: "Huh." ”

In Sun Shao's new command ship Gaihai, Cui Qian and the others were gossiping around the huge sand table, and when they saw Sun Shao coming in, they hurriedly closed their voices, bowed in unison, and shouted in unison: "The ministers meet the king." ”

Sun Shao stroked his chest and returned the salute, then strode to the front of the handsome seat, ordered the generals to take their seats, and then waved their hands, and the left Sima Deng Ai and the right Sima Shibao pulled the cotton cloth on the sand table, revealing the three-dimensional chart. Sun Shao walked to the side and drew a circle with his hand in the air: "Gentlemen, this combat mission is to encircle and suppress the pirates who are invading Qingxu, you have a good discussion and see how to act to keep it safe." ”

Cui Qian and the others couldn't help laughing, but Zhuge Ke and the others looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Although he knew that Su Thick Leg was Sun Shao's No. 1 thug, but now his identity was a pirate, and Sun Shao was now at the request of Zang Ba, the assassin of Xuzhou, and Sun Guanzhi, the assassin of Qingzhou, to help them exterminate the pirates. This is why the thief shouted to catch the thief, and it is estimated that Zang Ba and Sun Guan must be so angry that they are about to vomit blood now.

"The minister thinks that pirates come and go without a trace, and it is not easy to hit them all in one hit and catch them all." Cui Qian said solemnly: "Therefore, the minister suggested that the king should implement the policy of banning the sea in Xuzhou, first cut off the livelihood of the pirates, and then look for fighters to lure the enemy deeper." ”

Before he finished speaking, Yue Hai and Chen Hai couldn't help but laugh out loud. Zhuge Ke and the others were inexplicable, looking at each other, not knowing what they meant by laughing. In the end, Wei Wen whispered to them that he had heard his brother Wei Jing say that the pirate he dealt with at the beginning of this forbidden sea strategy was the talkative Yue Guozuo general in front of him, but time has changed, and he has now become an officer and soldier, and he wants to use this forbidden sea strategy to deal with others.

Zhuge Ke and the others laughed dumbly.

Cui Qian glared, and shouted in a loud voice: "In front of the king, you are so presumptuous, don't you know the interests and disadvantages of Lord Lu, the imperial historian?" ”

As soon as they heard this, Chen Hai and Yue Hai immediately stopped talking. They have already tasted the benefits of the imperial historian Lu Ji, the lame imperial historian is too ruthless, the last time they were laughing in front of Sun Shao, he was caught by him, he impeached them for their words and deeds, and lost the minister's dignity, although Sun Shao said good things, he did not agree, and threatened to resign, and in the end they had no choice but to cross the sea, and they wrote a letter of guarantee to ask for a penalty of one year, and also wrote a letter of guarantee to promise not to commit it next time, Lu Ji let them go.

Although Lu Ji is not here now, he has subordinates by Sun Shao's side, and these people will truthfully report the situation to Lu Ji, and even Sun Shao can't interfere, so as soon as Cui Qian talked about Lu Ji, Chen Hai and Yue Hai were a little more disciplined, and even Sun Shao's face was a little unnatural, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

"General Zuo's method is indeed a good way." Sun Shao broke the cold and turned his head to look at Zhuge Jin: "I said General Zuo, alas, these two Zuo generals are really hard, I said Brother Ziyu, you see, if we want to implement the ban on the sea, we have to cooperate with General Guangling Taishou Sun, do you think you can ask His Royal Highness King Wu for instructions and ask him to send General Sun to assist us?" In addition, in the long-term war, there is a lot of food and grass needed, so you see if he can support it a little more. ”

Zhuge Jin had long known that Sun Shao would not have any good intentions when he invited them to attend the military meeting, but he was still helpless when he heard this, in order to protect Sun Deng, Sun Quan had already sent 5,000 sailors to come, and it was not impossible for Guangling to guard Sun Shao too much, but Sun Shao meant that he planned to continue to blackmail Sun Quan, and the 20,000 army imposed a ban on the sea, which could not be solved in a month or two months, how much grain did you need?

Zhuge Jin was still hesitating, Chen Hai touched his chin and smiled ill-willedly: "King, I suggest that it is best to ask King Wu to implement the ban on the sea together, otherwise, the pirates will not be able to rob it in Xuzhou, and then run to Wu County to rob it, it will not be a matter." ”

Zhuge Jin was taken aback, this is a naked threat. If you want to say that Su Thick Leg was still a bit of a drama in the Huiji before, then if he comes to Wu County to find it now, it will be real and without a little joke. When the time comes, he will go back to the sea and go straight to Jingkou and Jianye, do you know if this is a real pirate, or is it Sun Shao pretending?

"The right general has a point." Zhuge Jin hurriedly responded: "If you want to ban the sea, of course, you must ban it together, so as not to give the pirates a chance to take advantage of it." It's just that the foreign minister wants to ask the king how much time it will take to implement this policy of forbidding the sea, and I can ask King Wu to get ready. ”

Sun Shaoqiang couldn't help but smile and looked at Gu Tan, who was in charge of the military baggage. Gu Tan grimaced and said solemnly: "At least in half a year, or at most in a year or two." ”

Zhuge Jin's sweat flowed down his forehead, and he could hear it, this was definitely blackmail, and it was long-term blackmail, if Sun Quan heard the news, he would definitely be furious.

Sun Shao frowned and thought for a while: "So much, I'm afraid King Wu won't be able to take it out for a while, so let's do it, Brother Ziyu, you immediately send a message to King Wu, and ask him to prepare 20,000 troops for three months' grain and grass to send to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and for the rest, I'll go to Zang Ba again, I'll help him fight pirates, he can't let me go hungry." ”

Zhuge Jin knew that Sun Shao was threatening him, so he could only nod yes. Who made Sun Quan have no strength to deal with him, Sun Quan was absolutely sure on land, and when he went to the sea, he was completely useless. At the beginning, Sun Quan asked Zhang Fen to build a lot of new warships according to the warships of the Aurora Sailors, but as a result, Su Thick Legs turned against the water, most of these warships were abducted by Su Thick Legs, and a small number of them became the trophies of the Qingxu Sailors, and even Zhang Fen, who was responsible for the manufacture, was robbed by Su Rough Legs, and now Sun Quan wants to build a new ship, no one will, and after a lot of manpower and material resources, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources for several months, and finally all Sun Shao was cheap. Now Sun Shao pinched Sun Deng in his hand as a bargaining chip, and began to suck Sun Quan's blood like a mosquito, when will it be the end? The more Zhuge Jin thought about it, the more he felt that Sun Quan had failed to hold Daqiao and Ah Yu hostage in Jianye, which was simply provoking a scoundrel.

Zhuge Jin is not a wise person, and he is physically and mentally exhausted in the face of the shameless and cunning Sun Shaojunchen. After the completion of the military discussion, he and Zhuge Ke sat opposite each other, except for a bitter smile or a bitter smile, in the end, there was no way, Zhuge Ke still wrote, and wrote a letter to Sun Quan carefully, euphemistically expressing Sun Shao's meaning. As for what Sun Quan thought, they didn't know, they only knew that when Sun Shao arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River half a month later, Sun Shao was already waiting with people and 50,000 stone military rations.

"Fifty thousand?" Sun Shao looked unhappy: "I want 60,000 and he only gives 50,000, who does he want to make hungry?" ”

Sun Shao smiled bitterly and patted him on the shoulder: "I said Fengxian, in front of my brother, you don't have to worry too much, right?" After all, King Wu is your own uncle, you can't do things too well, you really tear your face, it's not good for anyone. ”

Sun Shao put on a smiling face, hugged Sun Shao's shoulders and said non-seriously: "Since Lord Sun still remembers that we are brothers, then I won't worry about him." I said brother, you have to help me in this battle, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with the two old guys Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who have been operating in Qingxu for almost thirty years. ”

"You're not scheming on me again, are you?" Sun Shao looked at Sun Shao vigilantly and took a step back.

"Hey, that's how you see your brother? Brother, I am also a king of Yue, how can I be such a shameless person in your eyes? Sun Shao's face sank and said very unhappily: "In that case, I will send someone to ask for the 10,000 stone grain that I lack." ”

(To be continued)