When the army returning from the expedition had already shown black spots in the distance, Lu An finally arrived at the greeting point outside the city. Seeing Lu An's arrival, all the civil and military officers who had been waiting for a long time were also relieved, if Lu An didn't come again, they would all think that something had changed.

Everyone waited in unison for a while, and the figure of the expeditionary force finally got closer and closer, until it appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Meet the lord in the clouds!" Although he had already received a notice that Lu An would lead Jiangdong Wenwu out of the city for ten miles to meet him, Zhao Yun was still a little excited when he saw such a huge battle with his own eyes.

Generally speaking, only those who have made great contributions will be treated so ceremoniously by the lord when he goes out of the city to greet him, although the merit of Pingjiao Prefecture is not small, but it is actually not up to this standard, this greeting ceremony is obviously deliberately made by Lu An in order to promote him, the lord is so loving, how can he not make Zhao Yun feel moved.

"Don't be polite, Jiaozhou is very hard, see you all tan a lot!" Lu An helped him up, looked at Zhao Yun and Lu Su carefully, and then said gently.

"It's just a little hot, and everything else is fine!" Zhao Yun said with a smile.

"Haha, it's tropical and naturally hot, but that place is not cold all year round, and it's actually a pretty good place!" Lu An smiled.

Jiaozhou includes more than half of the territory of Vietnam in the future, as well as Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, not to mention Vietnam, you may become a monkey if you stay too much, but Guangzhou is an out-and-out good place, develop it well, it definitely has a good prospect.

After the soldiers returned to the school, they could go home directly after receiving the reward, and the official positions above the captain could participate in the banquet set up by Lu An, and many civil and military personnel in Jiangdong and Lu An himself would attend, which was the so-called reception banquet, which was also a way to exchange feelings between colleagues, and it was an ancient social meeting.

At the banquet, Lu An, as the lord, was naturally quite comfortable, sitting high on the chief, and the heroes Zhao Yun and Lu Su this time could not avoid being persuaded by a group of civil and military officials, but the atmosphere was very strong, and Lu An also went with them to make trouble, anyway, they will start to go to Jingzhou again in two months, this should be the last big banquet before the expedition.

As soon as he thought of Jingzhou, Lu An's eyes couldn't help but look to the north, and the scene of the last water battle came to his mind.

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When Lu An held a banquet, Sun Shangxiang had already returned home at this time, and was entangled with her eldest brother Sun Ce, and asked him to go to the State Pastoral Mansion to bow his head to Lu An, although Lu An said that he would marry her no matter whether Sun Ce came to the door or not, but girls are outgoing, Sun Shangxiang still felt that it was best for him to let his eldest brother go to the door.

"Little sister, when did you get along with that Lu Xuantong and ask me to come to the door to talk about this?" Hearing that his little sister had actually come to this point with Lu An without anyone knowing, Sun Ce looked quite stunned, and then said with a wry smile on his face.

"You don't have to worry about this, big brother, you just need to go to the state pastor's mansion and bow your head to Xuantong!" Sun Shangxiang said with a big grin.

"He Lu Xuantong took the initiative to come over and hire him, let me come to the door first, I won't go, little sister, don't force me!" Sun Ce shook his head and refused.

"Why? Big brother, is your face more important than mine? Sun Shangxiang asked angrily. From childhood to adulthood, the eldest brother who felt most sorry for her in the family was the eldest brother, and she had always been the closest to the eldest brother, but she didn't expect that in her life's events, the eldest brother refused to even bow his head, which really made Sun Shangxiang a little difficult to accept.

Looking at his sister's puffing appearance, Sun Ce sighed lightly, and said sullenly after half a sound: "My stupid sister, do you really think that Lu Xuantong really asked me to come to the door to be soft?" Our family is already under his control, whether I accept it or not, we are losers, and it means nothing to him! ”

"But Xuantong told me that as long as you come to the door, he will come to Sun's Mansion to hire him, and he won't lie to me." Sun Shangxiang didn't believe it.

"That's right, if I go to visit him once, he will indeed be hired, but at that time, it will be rumored outside that it was my Sun Ce who took the initiative to send my sister to the door in order to climb the high branch, not that he Lu Xuantong wanted to marry my Sun family, this is the purpose of Lu Xuantong letting me come to the door." Sun Ce explained.

"What is the difference between our family's initiative and Xuantong's initiative? Anyway, he likes me, and I like him, and that's enough! Sun Shangxiang didn't follow the way.

"If Lu Xuantong takes the initiative, then in the eyes of the world, Lu Xuantong wants to climb our Sun family's relatives, but if we take the initiative, then what should others think of our Sun family? Although it is said that our family is defeated now, we are also descendants of the Soldier Saint, and we have been famous for generations, so we still need this reputation. Sun Ce said.

"I don't care, big brother, you have to, if you don't go, I'll find my mother!" Sun Shangxiang didn't want to listen to Sun Ce's strange explanations, so he made a fuss.

"Looking for me?" While the brother and sister were talking, Sun Jian's widow Wu happened to come over.

"Mother, you came just in time, I asked my eldest brother to do a little thing, but he refused to do it, you quickly persuade him!" Seeing the Wu family coming, Sun Shangxiang hurriedly pounced and said happily.

"You're so old, and you're crazy all day long." Seeing that Sun Shangxiang was too active, Wu shook his head and asked lightly, "What do you tell your eldest brother to do?" ”

"Xuantong said that as long as the eldest brother bows his head to him, he will marry me, but the eldest brother just refuses to go, and he has found a lot of messy reasons!" Sun Shangxiang said and glanced at Sun Ce angrily.

"Xuantong? Which Xuantong? Yangzhou Mulu Xuantong? Wu didn't react at first, and then exclaimed.

"Well, it's him!" Seeing Wu looking over, Sun Shangxiang responded in a low voice.

"Xiang'er, how could you have an intersection with a character like him? And it has reached the point of talking about marriage? Wu glanced at his daughter with a strange face and asked.

"No, nothing, it's just that I was captured by him once when I followed my eldest brother to the battlefield before, and he was very good to me and let me go, and then when our family lived in Jiangdong, I met him a few times, and then I 、、、、、!" When asked about this kind of private matter, Rao was Sun Shangxiang's heroic and resolute character, and he also blushed unconsciously and whispered.

In fact, she and Lu An have not met many times, but every time they meet, Sun Shangxiang has a deep impression of Lu An, especially Sun Shangxiang has always loved martial arts, and has admired his martial arts eldest brother since he was a child. Sun Shangxiang directly mistook it for herself, but under the shame and joy, she asked Lu An to propose to her family, and finally a small misunderstanding fermented into today's situation.

"Mother knows!" Listening to Sun Shangxiang's twisted words, Wu nodded, and then glanced at Sun Ce: "Ce'er, it's a good thing to be able to marry a hero like Lu Xuantong, whether it's for our Sun family or for your sister, you should go to visit Lu Xuantong!" ”

"Mother, our Sun family 、、、!" Sun Ce opened his mouth to explain.

"Ce'er, don't say those reasons, I am your mother, Zhizi Mo Ruomu, I know what you are thinking, in the final analysis, or you have a grudge against Lu Xuantong in your heart, my mother didn't care about you before, because if you were defeated by someone who wanted to spread your wings and fly high, there would be resentment in your heart, but since things have come to this point, my mother has to say something about you, it's time to let go!" Wu interrupted Sun Cedao.

Sun Ce was silent, when his mother said this, he suddenly didn't know what to say, maybe it was really because he really had a little resentment towards Lu Xuantong in his heart, so he found all kinds of excuses and refused to see Lu Xuantong, otherwise for his favorite sister's lifelong events, how could he account for those small things that took the initiative to get married.

Seeing that Sun Ce didn't speak, Wu said again: "I am a woman and don't know anything big, but I know that Lu Xuantong can go from a commoner to one of the most powerful princes in the world, then his ability must be the top in the world, and you have fought against him so many times, and he has never felt sorry for our family from beginning to end, it can be seen that his character is also commendable, such a talented and virtuous hero, our family Shangxiang will not be wronged if he marries in the past." ”

"I know, mother, I will visit Lu Xuantong in a few days and give my sister's marriage a final!" Sun Ce was silent for a long time before he said a word.

"Thank you, big brother, thank you, mother!" Seeing that Sun Ce was finally willing to let go of his arrogance, Sun Shangxiang cheered.

"Don't laugh so early, look at you, when it comes to talking about marriage, you are not ashamed at all, you don't look like a girl at all!" Wu looked at Sun Shangxiang's jumping appearance and scolded.

"That's what I'm supposed to be!" Sun Shangxiang said dissatisfied.

"Lu Xuantong has several wives and concubines, if you really get married by then, you have to change your temperament and learn some things that girls should learn, don't like to dance knives and guns all day long, it's not like words, it's also annoying!" Wu said.

"No, my Sun Shangxiang is Sun Shangxiang, if I change it, I will no longer be me!" Sun Shangxiang didn't take his mother's words to heart, smiled mischievously at Wu, and then jumped away, still so hot and heroic.