Chapter XXXII: A Letter
As soon as Zhou Han saw Sun Quan drop the cup, he immediately escorted Liu Bei with Zhao Yun to Liu Bei's side, "bang", Wu Guotai and the others had no time to react, Sun Quan's cup had already been shattered, followed by a rush of knife and axe hands, the flickering cold knife and axe, Liu Bei did not doubt its sharpness at all, and his face was slightly flustered, but seeing the two fierce generals guarding him before and after, Liu Bei panicked and restrained, making people unable to see what he was thinking.
Zhou Han said with a smile: "Throw the cup as a number, this trick has seen a lot of TV on the master" Although everyone didn't know what Zhou Han meant by the TV, but at this moment it was not the opportunity to ask questions at all, because there were one hundred and ten sword and axe hands, under the leadership of Jia Hua, the momentum was fierce towards Liu Bei, this time the ambush Liu Bei and most of the Eastern Wu civil and military officials did not know, they were all stunned, Jia Hua was ordered by Sun Quan, but he didn't care so much, while everyone was stunned, he rushed over, drew his sword, and stabbed at Liu Bei, this stab, made a sound of sword breaking through emptiness, Obviously, Jia Hua is a skilled martial artist!
Seeing this, a sneer secretly appeared on the corner of Sun Quan's mouth.
In front of everyone's eyes, Liu Bei's generation of heroes will be splashed with blood in five steps, and Sun Quan will have one less fierce rival in the world, and all the bureaucrats in Jiangdong are secretly happy in their hearts, after all, if Sun Quan rules the world, they will naturally be indispensable How can they not be happy! Jia Hua's sword stabbed quickly, he was a sword stabbed out behind Liu Bei, Liu Bei was guarding Zhao Yun behind him, he wanted to be surprised, and solve Liu Bei when Zhao Yun did not react, although this sword was suspected of a sneak attack, but he Jia Hua wanted to complete the task, not a good reputation!
Just when the edge of this sword, only two or three inches away from Liu Bei's abdomen, only to hear the sound of a sharp sword out of the sheath, the edge appeared, this sharp edge is abnormal, a glance seems to be able to pierce people's eyes, in this sharp edge, all the edges present seem to be eclipsed, everyone only saw a sword light flash, and then heard a sound of gold and iron, Zhao Yun pulled out the green cylinder sword in his hand, his eyes were sharp and vigilant Jia Hua, as for Jia Hua's sword, it had already been broken in two, and he himself also took a few steps backwards, also staring at Zhao Yun, for fear that he would strike again, It turned out that at that critical moment, Zhao Yun pulled out his sword to repel Jia Hua, this sword was so fast that everyone didn't see how Zhao Yun drew his sword, Zhao Yun's force, which made the hearts of everyone in Jiangdong dark! Zhou Han held the hilt of the sword in his hand, and there was no surprise that Zhao Yun could block Jia Hua's sword, and he was coldly wary of a group of sword and axe hands who surrounded him, and said without any emotion: "If you want to be unfavorable to my lord, step on my Zhou Han's corpse first!" â
All the swords and axes looked at each other, no one dared to move, Jia Hua reacted from Zhao Yun's sword, held half of the sword body, and shouted: "What are you waiting for, go on, take down Liu Bei's surname!" â
"Enough trouble! When the old body dies, it can't be! Wu Guotai was furious and said angrily: "Jia Hua, do you want to rebel?" â
Jia Hua saluted Wu Guotai and said in fear: "Guotai is angry, Hua is not a rebellion. â
Guotai said coldly: "Whoever allows you to bring the sword soldiers in, if you don't kill you, then it's okay, wouldn't anyone be able to lead the soldiers to the old body and do nonsense!" â
Jia Hua knelt down and begged: "Guotai wants Hua to die, and Hua is dead, but let me behead Liu Bei, and Hua will come and ask for death again." â
After saying that, Jia Hua was about to kill Liu Bei again, Wu Guotai said angrily: "It's the opposite, Jia Hua, you dare!" â
Jia Hua listened to Wu Guotai's words in anger rose, did not dare to move, looked at Sun Quan, the latter shook his head and signaled him not to provoke Wu Guotai again, although Wu Guotai is not young, but by no means blind, seeing Jia Hua like this, and then thinking about Sun Quan after throwing the cup Jia Hua rushed in, this is obviously Sun Quan's idea, and asked at the moment: "Quan'er." Tell me, what's going on with so many axes all of a sudden? â
Although Sun Quan's expression was calm, he sighed secretly in his heart, originally he wanted to surprise Jia Hua and kill Liu Bei, but he didn't expect Zhao Yunguo to be in vain, and he was actually blocked by Jia Hua's sword and saved Liu Bei, now when he asks, Sun Quan naturally can't admit that he let Jia Hua do this, otherwise his reputation will be damaged, and he will have a showdown with Liu Bei directly, and then he replied: "Mother, I don't know why Jia Hua did this, the child just drank a few more glasses, slightly drunk, and accidentally broke the cup, maybe because of this, General Jia thought there was an accident inside, so he brought someone in to protect him! â
At the same time as saying this, Sun Quan took advantage of Wu Guotai's inattention and glanced at Jia Hua, meaning, you have taken the lead, you will round this lie, and this matter may be over.
While Jia Hua was grateful to Sun Quan in his heart, he said: "Hua heard the sound and thought that Liu Bei wanted to be too unfavorable to the lord and the country, so he rushed in to escort him." Jia Hua also understood that it was impossible to kill Liu Bei again at this time, so he had to pick up this lie. Liu Bei saw that Sun Quan's ministers were like this, with his decades of experience in the battlefield, he was used to seeing power and tricks, how could he not see the dangerous way, but at this time, he had just captured the entire territory of Jingzhou, and had not yet consolidated the state and county, if he met Sun Quan with a showdown on this, it would be extremely unwise, not to mention that he was in someone's lair at the moment, and only by uniting Sun Quan could he resist Cao Ying's army.
In this way, Liu Bei is not allowed to cooperate: "Guotai, General Jia is also the protector of the master, and it is understandable, since no one is injured, let this matter be stopped." â
Wu Guotai looked at Liu Bei kindly, and said: "Let the imperial uncle be frightened, since the imperial uncle said so, then spare Jiahua's life."
After a pause, Wu Guotai looked at Jia Hua and said solemnly: "If you don't look at the face of the emperor's uncle, I will take your surname, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, go down and get twenty military sticks!" â
Jia Hua didn't dare to say anything more, so he retired and was punished, and as for the group of sword and axe hands, they all retreated under Sun Quan's order.
Wu Guotai said: "Let you laugh, it turns out that there was a misunderstanding!" â
Everyone said: "How dare you" "Guotai is really powerful, we admire it...... Flattering words poured into Wu Guotai like a tide, after all, people like to listen to good words, and Wu Guotai said happily, as if what had just happened had never happened, after Liu Bei and a few people entered the table, everyone continued to eat and drink, Wu Guotai looked at Zhou Han, thinking that he was not afraid of death, and guarded Liu Bei, it was for loyalty, and he was fearless in the face of the siege of all the soldiers, and he was brave and brave, Wu Guotai added another point to Zhou Han, if it weren't for his official position being too low, this son-in-law would have been set a long time ago. Wu Guotai smiled and said: "General Zhou, people say that you can sing and dance well, it is better to sing a song here, so that the old body can see and understand." â
Zhou Han was drinking the wine in the cup violently, and when he suddenly heard this, he almost choked to death, coughed twice, put down the wine glass, and said: "Guotai is smiling, how can the young general sing music, I am afraid that I will be humiliated."
Wu Guotai seemed to be very interested, and said with a smile: "Why should General Zhou be so modest, it is rumored in the world that the talented general Zhou Ziqi will not be stingy even when he sings two songs." â
Liu Bei smiled: "Since Guotai said so, Ziqi, you might as well sing it." â
"Gotcha... The master is about to catch up with the singers, but there is still money to be made by singing, can you ask the master to hold a solo concert in the Three Kingdoms, it's really funny! Zhou Han's heart twisted and turned, since people said so, if he didn't open his voice and sing two songs, it would be too bad for Lao Liu and Wu Guotai to lose face, and I was so sorry for the audience here, no way, singing, Zhou Han stood up and saluted Guotai, and said: "That is the case, Han Xian is ugly, can you take the kite?" â
Wu Guotai said with a smile: "General Zhou is willing to sing and listen to it, and the old body is not small." Come on, take the kite"
"No!" The subordinate standing on the side agreed, went down to get the zither, and the other people also applauded with a tactful expression.
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In Wu County, a maid walked on the bustling street, looking left and right in each stall, it seemed to be buying something, when she walked to the jewelry stall and stopped in front of the stall, looking at the neatly arranged, exquisite jewelry, the maid's eyes were attracted by these jewelry, and she couldn't move away, after all, she was also a woman, how could she not love beauty, the owner of the jewelry stall saw it, and said with a smile: "Miss, what jewelry do you want to buy, how do you see this jade bracelet?" â
The maid shook her head and pulled her mind away from those gorgeous jewelry, but the stall owner still greeted her with a smile and said, "Don't you like this bracelet?" â
The maid said: "It's not that I don't look down on it, I'm not a young lady, I'm just a maid."
The stall owner said patiently in the spirit that the customer is God: "Then you don't sell jewelry?" â
The maid looked left and right as if she wanted to determine something, and said: "I want to inquire, just now I came all the way, and I heard that Zhou Han, the general of Liu Jun, came to marry the county lord, is this matter true?" â
The stall owner smiled: "This matter is true, just yesterday it was said that General Zhou had already arrived in our Wu County, and Ju said that General Zhou would let the band play as soon as he got off the boat, and he sang a song..."
After being confirmed, the maid no longer lingered here, and hurried back to the mansion where she was...... The maid returned to the door of the mansion, walked straight in, the soldiers guarding the door did not stop, obviously knew the maid, the maid walked into the house, turned left and right, came to the martial arts training ground in the house, at this time in this martial arts training field, but it was extremely lively, two rows of female soldiers on the left and right, neat and columned, there was a woman in the center, this woman was extremely handsome, at this time she was holding a bow, the bow had been on an arrow, and suddenly pulled hard, this woman was quite arm-strong, actually pulled a full string, the arrow was facing the target under the wall, suddenly heard the door of the martial arts training ground, someone broke in, The woman frowned, looked over, the person who came was the maid who hurried back from the street, seeing it, the woman played with her surname, the corners of her mouth curled up a hint of a smile, and pointed the arrow at the maid, the maid exclaimed: "Miss, it's me, what are you doing?!" â
This woman didn't care about her shocked face, as soon as the maid's voice fell, the right hand holding the bowstring took a slight aim, and let go with a bang, and the arrow shot at the maid like lightning, if it was replaced by someone else, she would definitely be shocked to dodge, but this maid was obviously not the first time to experience this scene, the helpless color flashed on her face, not dodging, in fact, at the speed of the arrow, she didn't have time to dodge at all, this arrow whistled, flashed from the top of the maid's head, boomed, with a hairpin trembling and trembling into the wall behind the maid's side, This arrow arrow is so accurate that it passes through the small ring of hairpin on the maid's head, and then inserts it into the wall with hairpin, this female archery is so good! Although the maid was unharmed, she looked at the hairpin hanging on the arrow behind her, and couldn't help but feel helpless, "My own lady is always like this, I like to carry out surprise attacks" The maid muttered in her heart, walked to the woman and saluted, the woman smiled and said: "Xiaoju, your courage has risen, and she didn't faint in fright."
The maid Xiaoju pouted and said playfully: "Miss, you always practice arrows with me, and you never miss, Xiaoju has long been accustomed to it, but suddenly I saw it, and I was a little frightened."
It turned out that this maid was Sun Shangxiang's personal maid Xiaoju, and the young lady in her mouth was not Sun Shangxiang, who else, Sun Shangxiang smiled and said, "So you should thank me?" â
Xiao Ju raised her eyebrows, looked speechless, and then returned to normal: "Miss, don't play around, Xiao Ju went out today and heard a message"
Shang Xiang became interested, raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Oh, what is the news, so that Miss Ben's personal maid has to rush back in such a hurry?" â
Xiao Ju said with a smile: "Miss will be happy when she hears this." â
Shang Xiang said with a smile: "Xiaoju, say it quickly, don't hang my appetite, otherwise I won't be able to spare you!" â
"General Zhou Han came to Jiangdong to marry the county lord" Xiao Ju said, and then looked at the expression on his young lady's face with interest, only to see that Sun Shangxiang was not vigilant, and was thundered by the news, he was stunned at first, and the next second he showed joy, but when he thought of the reserved woman should have, he immediately feigned anger and said: "Xiaoju, what nonsense are you talking about, what do I have to be happy about, you dare to look for me to be happy, see that I don't tickle you"
Saying that, Shang Xiang rushed over and was about to reach out to Xiao Ju's armpit, Xiao Ju hurriedly ran away, and said with a smile as she ran: "Miss, you come to chase, can you catch up?" â
Shang Xiang also smiled: "Catch up with you, see Miss Ben is so indefatigable that you burst into tears"
The two began to chase and play, it was really Xiao Ju who was Shang Xiang's maid from childhood to adulthood, so good that she was like a sister, as for those female soldiers, they also knew their young lady's temper, and they were not so restrained, some smiled and watched, some clapped their hands, and some cheered for Shang Xiang, making this group of female soldiers look like cheerleaders, and the two women who are playing and chasing around the martial arts training ground seem to be running and racing......
In the Ganlu Temple, Zhou Han sang a song like a dream, won the applause of everyone, Wu Guotai tasted the meaning of the words, for a long time, and waited for the scene to calm down, before he said: "I am calm, smiling and proud of the heroes of the world, this song will be recorded in history, remembered and sung by future generations, worthy of being a versatile general." â
The big sweat in Zhou Han's heart, he said modestly: "The country is too ridiculous, Han is just singing and playing." â
At this time, some of the people were surprised by the beautiful tune of the song like a dream, some praised Zhou Han, and some seemed to be still drunk in the song, silent,
Zhou Han sat back in his seat, and then the banquet continued, not more, everyone dispersed happily, and only Wu Guotai, Qiao Guolao, and Sun Quan were left in the hall.
Wu Guotai said: "Quan'er, what do you think of Zhou Han's person?" â
Sun Quan pondered for a while before replying: "This person is loyal and brave, but unfortunately, he doesn't have much scheming, he is above the court, and it is inevitable that he will be overstretched when he fights with others."
Wu Guotai said with a smile: "My son's ambition is in the world, Zhou Han is loyal and righteous, he unloads his armor from Changban Slope to protect the master, and would rather follow the lonely and poor Liu Bei than betray the lord to seek glory, and vote for the Han thief Cao Ying, which shows his loyalty, and his martial arts are brave, and he doesn't have much scheming, such a good general, Quan Er doesn't want to recruit his command to help him fight on the battlefield?" â
Sun Quan sighed: "Of course I want to, but my mother also knows her loyalty, how could such a person turn to me."
Qiao Guolao seemed to know what Wu Guotai meant, and without waiting for Guotai to say more, he preemptively said: "Now is not the right opportunity to let Zhou Han serve under Wu Hou's account."
"Oh" Sun Quan was overjoyed, but when he thought of something, his joy fell, and he said: "The elder of the country said, could it be the little sister Shangxiang?" â
Qiao Guolao smiled and nodded, Wu Guotai smiled: "Although Zhou Han's official position is low at this time, he is quite prestigious, and now I see him in person, my mother and I are quite satisfied, and I will recruit him as my Jiangdong virtuous son-in-law, then he will be his own family in the future, how can there be a family member who is not his own family."
Sun Quan frowned slightly, and said: "However, recruiting him to come to greet his relatives is a strategy, and it is actually a house arrest for his monarchs and ministers, although I don't know what Gongjin's plan is, but ......"
"Confused" Wu Guotai scolded, interrupted Sun Quan's words, and said: "Now everyone in Jiangdong knows that Shang Xiang will marry Zhou Han, if this marriage is ruined on the grounds of calculation, then how will Shang Xiang meet people in the future?"
Sun Quan didn't dare to answer, for fear that he would say something and anger his mother.
"I will ask Ming Shangxiang about this, if he is really willing to marry Zhou Han, then he will follow Shangxiang, if he is not willing to ,......"
Wu Guotai paused for a moment and continued: "If he doesn't want to, then he will follow Quan Er and Zhou Hao, and let you use the plan to deal with Liu Bei Junchen, but before that, you must not mess around!" â
Wu Guotai finished speaking seriously, and Sun Quan reluctantly responded: "Yes, the child listens to his mother." â
Guotai saw that Sun Quan's face was not very good-looking, and said comfortingly: "Quan'er, it's not that my mother is in charge of national affairs, but that this matter is related to Shang Xiang, and since it's about marriage, it's not a state affair, but a family affair, and my mother is not overstepping!" â
Sun Quan responded: "Mother is right, Quan Er understands that everything about Mother is not for our sake. â
Guotai was very relieved to hear this, mother and son were connected, and Sun Quan was the most filial person, how could he complain about his biological mother because of this matter...... īŧpīŧ
Two flowers bloomed, one for each table, at the same time as Wu Guotai and Sun Quan talked, Zhou Han, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and the three of them went out of Ganlu Temple, and went back to the post house, on the way Liu Bei thought of the thrilling place in the hall, and his heart palpitated, if it weren't for Zhao Yun's sword fast, he Liu Bei would have been pierced by a sword, if it weren't for Zhou Han blocking in front of him, deterring those knife and axe hands, he Liu Bei might have been divided into corpses by a rush of knife and axe hands! Looking back now, Liu Bei felt that he came to Jiangdong this time and brought the two fierce guards with him!
Of course, Liu Bei could actually use other words at that time, which he couldn't shirk, but in order to envelop Zhou Han and show his attention, he had to agree to Sun Quan and come to preside over Zhou Han's wedding as a high hall...
Although Liu Bei didn't say what he thought in his heart, Zhou Han was not a fool, how could he not know the mystery.
The three ministers rode on horses, and Liu Bei suddenly sighed: "If it weren't for Zilong and Ziqi's guards, there would be no life or death."
When the second general heard this, he was as loyal as Zhao Yun, and immediately said without hesitation: "Protecting the lord is thorough, this is the duty of the last general, and the lord does not need to be so emotional."
Zhou Han followed and said: "What Zilong said, it is exactly what Han thinks, but please be relieved, with Han and Zilong, no one dares to be unfavorable to the lord."
Liu Bei's slightly furrowed eyebrows stretched out, and he said with a smile: "Zilong Ziqi, it is really a great blessing to have your second general." â
"It is my great fortune to have to serve the master." Zhou Han is very good at speaking. Then he didn't say anything all the way and went to the post house......
After a short time to return to the post house, the three of the monarchs and ministers are also lacking, Zhou Haner will retire to Liu Bei, go down to his room to rest, three people and three rooms, the rooms are connected together, the second will be the room on one side, Liu Bei's room in the middle, if there is a sudden accident, one step can reach!
After Liu Bei waited for the second general to go down to rest, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the sky above the open-air courtyard, the sky that was about to fall into the night, I don't know what he was calculating in his heart, in addition to the blue sky and the reddish sunset, there was an inexplicable flash in the depths of his eyes...
After a while, Liu Bei's eyes fell from the bloody sunset in the sky, turned around and walked straight to his room, pushed the door in, walked to the table and sat down, and was about to take the bamboo slip to watch something, when he suddenly heard a person knocking on the door outside the door and said, "Uncle Huang is here?" â
Liu Bei was slightly surprised, and said, "What are you looking for me?" â
The man outside the door said respectfully: "Back to the imperial uncle, the little one is the doorman of the post house, when the imperial uncle went to the banquet, someone happened to send a letter, claiming to hand it over to the imperial uncle."
"Oh" Liu Bei was even more surprised, who would write to him at this time, an accident was an accident, but Liu Bei was not a sloppy person, and asked: "Who is that person, do you know who sent the letter to me?" â
The doorman said: "The little one doesn't know, the man gave the letter and left, but looking at his dress, he looks like a guy in a wine shop." Of course, the doorman hid the letter fee he had received from others, and the so-called Cain was hidden! Doormen like them, unless they are their superiors, have no benefit, they are not expected to be called!
Seeing that it was not useful, Liu Bei asked the doorman to send the letter in, when the doorman retreated, Liu Bei held the letter in his hand, and the four seal characters on the surface of the letter were "Uncle Huang's personal enlightenment", which was written quite freely, and at a glance he knew that the person who wrote the letter must be a chic and good person......
PS: I want to know what the letter says, and I will know in the next chapter.
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