Chapter 23

Just after Zhou Han and Zhao Yun and Wei Yan were drunk, they couldn't wake up at the same time, a piece of news went to Jiangdong quickly, after Lu Su learned the news, he immediately went to the county government to report to Sun Quan, just entered the county government, and not long after entering a courtyard, there was a clear sound in the courtyard inside, "Heh...", but Sun Shangxiang, the younger sister of the Sun family, was practicing swords and martial arts, seeing Lu Su in a hurry, Sun Shangxiang stepped forward and saluted: "Why is Mr. in such a hurry, do you have anything important to meet your brother?" ”

Lu Su's face was full of joy, as if he had won the five million lottery, the joy on his face did not fall for a moment, and he said happily: "There is a great joy to meet Wu Hou." ”

Sun Shangxiang's face was puzzled, and he said inexplicably: "Looking at Mr. 's expression, I didn't say that Shangxiang knew a thing or two, but I didn't know what a happy thing it was." ”

Lu Su didn't think much about it, and said: "Liu Bei has seized the entire territory of Jingzhou... And this matter is greatly beneficial to the situation of our army..."Speaking of this, Lu Su didn't want to say anything, saluted Shang Xiang, and then hurried to the hall where Sun Quan was again, "This doesn't seem to be a happy event!" Shang Xiang was puzzled, and the curiosity in his heart was also aroused, and he ordered the female soldiers behind him not to follow, and he sneaked around, like a thief, followed behind Lu Su, wanting to eavesdrop on what happy events he and his brother would say?

I saw Lu Su walking through a corridor in front, turned a corner and saw the hall standing tall in front, the hall was decorated luxuriously and domineering outside, the gate was more than a few people high, the width of the two carriages, and the carving on it was dark, the dragon and the phoenix, gorgeous and abnormal, I am afraid that the palace where the Emperor Xuchang was located was only so luxurious!

The outside is like this, not to mention the inside, Lu Su walked in, only to see that the whole hall is extremely wide, a fiery red carpet in the middle, one end is connected to the door, and the other end goes straight to the hall under the stairs, there are several pillars on each side, neat and vertical, the top beam stands, the golden pillars, carved dragons and phoenixes are lifelike! There are seats on the left and right, and it is clear that this is a seat for the officials...

For these luxurious decorations, Lu Su is not surprised, turning a blind eye, obviously often see these scenes, there is nothing to marvel at, go straight to the hall, although this hall is big, but at the moment only Sun Quan is sitting on the main seat on the steps, just Sun Quan is burying his head, dealing with some government affairs, when he saw Lu Su coming, put down the bamboo slip face and said puzzled: "What did make Zi Jing happy like this?" ”

Lu Suxi said: "Great joy, my lord, there is news from Jingzhou, and my lord will be happy when he hears it." ”

"Oh" Sun Quan's eyes flashed, and he secretly guessed what kind of happy event it was, so that Lu Su, who was usually a gentleman, was so carried away! guessed: "Could it be that Cao Ying raised a large army to take revenge and killed Jingzhou?" ”

"No, the lord guesses again." Lu Su said with a smile, with a weak expression, he actually sold Guan Zi with Sun Quan.

Sun Quan's eyes were terrifying, and the thoughts in his mind were spinning at a high speed like a motor, thinking about all kinds of possibilities, and he muttered slightly: "Could it be that Liu Bei failed to seize the four counties, and the army was defeated!" ”

Lu Su shook his head like a windmill, and said: "The more the lord thinks about it, the more he deviates from the truth, Liu Bei has an army of 30,000, and Zhang Zhaozhou and other fierce generals help him, and the four counties have already been taken down by Liu Bei." ”

"What. Liu Bei took the four counties so quickly! Sun Quan was taken aback and lost his voice, obviously he knew that the four counties would be taken away by Liu Bei sooner or later, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to move so fast!

Thinking that Liu Bei captured the entire territory of Jingzhou and consolidated his strength, Sun Quan's face couldn't help but be gloomy, originally his idea was that although the four counties could not resist Liu Bei's rise, he would have to insist on it, wear down Liu Jun's strength, let himself have strong capital, and go to Liu Bei to negotiate Jingzhou, but unfortunately, the success is in the people, the plan is in the sky, everything is variable, Liu Jun's strong rise has obviously posed a threat to his Sun Quan's hegemony!

Seeing that his lord's expression was gloomy, Lu Su's face was full of joy, and his expression was a little solemn: "The lord doesn't need to be angry, then Liu Bei took Jingzhou, and he doesn't have to return it to us, the last time Liu Bei Zhuge and the two of them used Liu Qi as a statement, and now that Liu Qi is dead, look for them to ask for Jingzhou, see what else they have to say!" ”

Sun Quan raised his eyebrows, and the gloomy look on his face changed a little: "What did you say?" Liu Qi is dead, really? ”

Lu Su said with a sequiface: "The last time Su went to Nanjun to ask for Jingzhou, I saw that Liu Qi was overly drunk and terminally ill. Unexpectedly, within a few days, he should say that he was sick and died! Now that there is no banner of Liu Qi, Liu Bei's name in charge of Jingzhou is not good, and he should send an envoy to ask him for Jingzhou. ”

Sun Quan confirmed that Liu Qi was dead, laughed with joy, and said, "Okay! Well dead! ”

Pingyi was overjoyed in his heart, Sun Quan calmed down and said: "However, Liu Bei Zhuge will definitely find other reasons, according to Jingzhou, if he doesn't pay it back, Zijing can have a way to deal with it?" ”

Lu Su thought for a while and said: "I haven't got the way, but even if we don't come to Jingzhou, we still have to ask for it, first, to see Liu Jun's future intentions, and second, to show that Jingzhou is owned by my Dongwu, and you Liu Bei will have to pay it back sooner or later!" ”

Sun Quan said with a smile: "Zijing's words are reasonable, so there is Lao Zijing for the matter of envoying Jingzhou." ”

Lu Su hurriedly saluted and said: "Solve problems for the lord, how can Su have a reason to excuse himself." Seeing that Lu Su responded, the two chatted about some other things...

Not long after the two of them talked, Sun Shangxiang had already gone out of nowhere, sneaked into the hall, behind the screen where Sun Quan was located, overheard the conversation between the two, and now heard the back, Shangxiang was not interested in listening to it anymore, quietly left the screen, and withdrew from the hall, after all, he was a person who practiced martial arts, but he didn't let Sun Quan and the two of them notice, otherwise if they were treated as assassins, it would be really a big oolong...

After coming out, Shang Xiang walked to the courtyard where he practiced martial arts again, but his expression was a little trance, knowing that sooner or later the two armies of Sun and Liu would have a battle, whether they were enemies or friends, and when the time came, it would be either you or I would die! But there is always a figure faintly emerging in her mind, that figure is so majestic, the only man in her life who has walked into her heart, "Are we destined to be undying enemies?" Shang Xiang's heart was complicated, and a sadness slowly grew from her heart, slowly spreading, occupying all her mind, making her whole person a little lost and depressed...

The next day...

Zhou Han woke up with his dizzy head, rubbed his head, felt better, and said in his heart: In the future, I should drink less, and I will make mistakes and mislead my body. ”

Thinking so in his heart, Zhou Han got down from the couch, but when he was drunk, he was carried to sleep on the couch in the room by someone, and shouted out: "Crayfish, wash and serve!" ”

"Come on! The general finally woke up" The usual tone of the crayfish sounded outside the door, as if this thing was honored to be Zhou Han's personal guard, it can be said that he will not leave an inch, of course, the oil and water are also big drops, Zhou Han will not treat him badly, which makes him the envy of other guards!

Crayfish knows Zhou Han's daily life, so when washing things, it is properly prepared, and salt powder for brushing teeth is essential, of course, Zhou Han's goods are getting more and more stinky and beautiful, and you must comb your hair when you wake up in the morning! I saw that after brushing his teeth, he put his long hair, twisted into a ponytail shape with golden strips of cloth, a wisp of bangs on his forehead, and was so chic that he was draped with half an eye, and he was dressed in a blue scribe's uniform, and the unique resolute posture of the military general, it was really heroic, and the slender figure stood out from the crowd as if it stood out from the crowd, which made people look sideways, this appearance is about to catch up with Zhao Yun, but this girl is not as handsome as Zhao Yun! can only be said to be on the last train of the handsome guy, Zhou Han thinks so himself!

"OK" After washing and taking care of it, Zhou Han exploded in English, and under the stunned eyes of the crayfish, he walked out with a flick of his bangs, "What does OK mean?" The crayfish was puzzled! Stunned on the spot.

At this time, Zhou Han's voice sounded outside the door: "Crayfish, don't keep up with the master!" ”

"Come on, General, come on, little one." The crayfish hurriedly responded, and the one who came to his senses followed!

Zhou Han asked Zhao Yun where the two were resting, and was about to look for them, but the two of them didn't know if they were awake, thinking that their alcohol consumption was worse than Zhou Han's, and now it is estimated that they can't wake up, looking at the sky, the time is about to dawn, "It's still early, I didn't miss lunch!" As soon as Zhou Han finished muttering in his heart, he saw a person in front of him coming towards him, but it was one of his own personal guards, and the personal guard saluted in front of Zhou Han and said, "General, General Chen in the front hall came to look for a few generals on the order of the lord." ”

"Oh, did you say anything?" The surname is Chen, then it is needless to say, isn't it the leader of the Bai'er personal soldiers, Liu Bei's personal guard captain Chen Dao, let Chen Zhi come to the family, there should be something important, Zhou Han asked casually.

The soldier said respectfully: "I don't know, General Chen didn't mention it. He only said that he would invite a few generals to meet him and tell him. ”

"Well, you go down." After Zhou Han let the pro-soldier go down, his eyes flashed with wisdom and sparkle, "Could it be that Liu Bei knew that the three of us were righteous and had doubts in his heart, so he set up some kind of tricks!" Wants to assassinate us. However, with Liu Bei's wisdom, he should not do such an unwise move, and he will know if he goes to meet Chen Zhi" quickly clarified his thoughts in his heart, Zhou Han didn't think about it anymore, went to find Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, and went to the front hall together. It turned out that the two dead pigs were still sleeping soundly in the room, but as soon as they heard Zhou Han say that Liu Bei sent someone over, the two of them woke up immediately, hurriedly dressed neatly, and went to the front hall with Zhou Han to meet Chen Dao...

Vestibule...

Chen Zhi sat upright on the seat, looking as usual, holding the tea set and drinking tea, "Dong Dong Dong..."Footsteps came, Zhou Han and the three walked into the hall at this time, Zhou Han was not the first time to see him, but in the past, Chen Zhi stood silently behind Liu Bei, inconspicuous, did not look at it as closely as this, but saw that this Chen Zhi's face was quite elegant, with a short beard under his chin, and his eyes were beating with a shrewd color, but he had the potential to be a famous general, no wonder he later became the general of Shu Han, and also became the governor of Yong'an, but unfortunately, He fell ill and died shortly after taking office!

While observing Chen Dao, Chen Zhi also found that the three of them came in, and hurriedly got up to salute, after all, Chen Dao's official position is not as good as the three in front of him, Zhou Han and several people also saluted him back, and each took his seat, Zhou Han is not a master who beats around the bush, and asks straight to the topic: "Uncle Zhi, I don't know what the lord asked you to invite us?" ”

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "The three generals have known about the righteousness, and the lord has come to congratulate him." ”

Zhao Yun was moved in his heart, and said with a grateful expression: "The lord has a heart." ”

Chen Zhi said again: "There is another matter to invite a few generals to go to the county government, I heard that Jiangdong Lusu came recently, and Zhuge invited several generals to discuss important matters. ”

The three of them suddenly came to Jiangdong, and it is estimated that they are coming to Jingzhou, except that Zhou Han can't think of other possibilities, in history, Lu Su came to Jingzhou in the name of mourning Liu Qi...

Since the three of them already knew, Chen Zhi also counted the completion of this purpose, and he said goodbye and went back after sitting for a long time, and Zhou Han and the others did not procrastinate, and immediately got up and went to the county government...

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Changsha County Government...

When Zhou Han and the three of them arrived from Wei Yan's mansion, it was close to lunch time, except for Wei Yan, Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun were Liu Bei's confidants, and the guards at the gate of the county mansion saw it, but they didn't stop it, but politely saluted...

entered the mansion, inquired with the servants, and learned that Liu Bei was dining with Zhuge Liang. After the servant finished speaking, he left, and at this time, a person came up, but it was Chen Dao, who came back first, and Chen Zhi came close and saluted: "Three generals, the lord invites the three generals to dine together." ”

Zhao Yun was just about to say a few polite words, but Zhou Han said haha: "Then Uncle Lao will lead the way." ”

"Three generals, please." Chen Zhi waved his hand to make a gesture, and then went to the front to lead the way, Zhou Han and the three followed, during which Zhou Han also poked Zhao Yun in the shoulder with his elbow and whispered: "The lord invites our brother to dinner, but you can't help but give face." Zhao Yun smiled dumbly, acquiescing to Zhou Han's statement, and as for Wei Yan, he didn't say much to keep up...

Under the leadership of Chen Zhi, the three of them came to Liu Bei's dining place together, after the ceremony, they returned to their seats, Liu Bei had also ordered someone to serve a meal for Zhou Han and the three of them to eat, and Liu Bei did not have the slightest displeasure on his face for the three generals, but said with a little emotion:

"In the past, Bei and Yun Changyide formed a righteous alliance just like yesterday, and now the three of them are righteous, just like Bei and the second brother and the third brother, Bei is very pleased." After Liu Bei said this, his face was full of relief, but the essence in his eyes flashed and disappeared, and it was not noticeable to people who were not careful and abnormal, although he still saw that the food on the table had to be eaten, but he had secretly observed Zhou Han's expression, as for Zhuge Liang, if he hadn't heard Liu Bei's words, he didn't even raise his eyelids to deal with a table of food.

When Zhou Han heard this, after all, he was not deeply involved in the world and did not understand the art of scheming kings and ministers, so he thought that Liu Bei was really happy that they were righteous, and he was grateful at the moment:

"How can the three of Han be compared with the lord and the second general and the third general, the dragon among the lords, the fierce general of Yun Changyi and the world, but Zilong Wenchang is the hero among the people, and Han is fortunate to be able to form a righteous relationship with the two of them."

Listening to Zhou Han's praise, Liu Bei's face was as usual, but his heart moved slightly and said:

"Ziqi is too modest." After speaking, Liu Bei smiled and motioned for everyone to continue eating and drinking. Zhao Yun and Wei Yan smiled slightly and didn't make many meaningless remarks, but they were respectful to Liu Bei.

Soon after a few people finished eating, their own soldiers came up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhou Han said: "Lord, listen to my uncle's words, there is a messenger in Dongwu who will come soon, and the lord will call me to wait to welcome him?"

Liu Bei smiled:

"That's exactly what it means"

Zhuge Liang said: "Dongwu came at this time, it is nothing more than hearing the news of the death of Liu Qi's son, and came to ask for Jingzhou, but Jingzhou has been owned by our army, how can we give it up, but since there is the friendship of the alliance, I want you to go to greet it, so as to show the importance that our army attaches to the alliance of the other army."

"Yes"

Since the order came down, Zhou Han and the others had no choice but to obey, and Zhou Han asked casually: "Lord, why don't you see Yide here?"

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Yide has been sent to Xiangyang to assist Yun Chang."

"I see, no wonder I have to see Yide." Zhou Han replied, and then several people talked about some other matters. The next ......

Zhuge Liang and the generals waited for people on the riverside, and soon saw a boat sailing on the river, and the people on the boat were Lu Su and several attendants he brought, only to see Lu Su wearing a green Ge cloth shirt, his hair was tied with a green silk ribbon, and the cloth belt fluttered against the river breeze, indescribably chic and elegant, coupled with the thick short beard under the chin It gave people a sense of stability.

"This Lu Su is the four heroic generals of Eastern Wu, and sure enough, the shadow of the famous tree of the people!" Although it was not the first time that Jiangbian Zhou Han had seen Lu Su, he still couldn't help muttering in his heart. On the ship, Lu Su had already seen the person who greeted him, it was actually Zhuge Liang, he was slightly surprised, and then he also understood Zhuge Liang's intentions, he was the opposite of Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu's lord crusaded against Liu Bei, and his lord formed an alliance with Liu Jun, Zhuge Liang's pomp to greet him, nothing more than to show his importance to the alliance between the two sides.

Lu Su is worthy of being the minister that Sun Quan relies on, and he guessed Zhuge Liang's meaning in a moment. In order to pay tribute on the boat, Lu Su did not dare to slack off, hugged his fists, and saluted from afar:

"What is Su capable of, Mr. Lao Kongming greeted him personally." When the boat docked and Lu Su came down, Zhuge Liang said enthusiastically: "Zi Jing is the representative of Jiangdong envoys Wu Hou, and he is Liang's best friend, how could Liang not come to greet him in person!"

Lu Su was an honest person, and he didn't think much about it when he heard this, and said: "Kong Ming, the meaning of Su is here, I guess Qing already knows, I don't know if your lord Uncle Liu Huang is here?"

Zhuge Liang's feather fan shook lightly and said, "Zi respectfully, how about talking while walking?"

Lu Su had nothing to do, so he and Zhuge Liang got on the carriage and went to Changsha City, and the generals rode on horses and guarded behind the carriage. In the car, Lu Su said: "Kong Ming, I don't know if your lord is still in the city?"

Zhuge Liang looked slightly sad, and sighed: "Zijing, rest assured, my lord is in the county government, it's just ...... Alas......"

Lu Su was puzzled and asked, "Why is Kong Ming sighing with sadness?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed, and his heart moved to restrain his sadness and said: "It's just because my lord is sick from hard work, so he sighs!"

Lu Su couldn't help but wonder: "Uncle Huang is strong, how can he get sick, last time Su saw that Uncle Huang was safe and sound, how could he be sick for no reason?"

"Just waiting for you to ask!" With a thought, Zhuge Liang said: "Hey...... As a member of the Han family, my lord has been fighting for half his life, and has made countless meritorious contributions, but so far none of them have settled down, how can he not worry, manage all kinds of complicated affairs, how can he not be tired, this worry has been exhausted and sick, and now he is resting in the house, and he heard that Mr. is coming, and he has not neglected a little, so that Liang and the others will welcome Zijing to the post house to rest. ”

Hearing this, Lu Su didn't know whether to be happy or worried, if Liu Bei died unexpectedly, it wouldn't be a chance for Cao Ying, if he was fine, he would be a big rival of his own lord, so Lu Su's face changed and he said a word of comfort: "Uncle Huang's blessed person, I think it will be fine!"

Zhuge Liang nodded, and acquiesced in Lu Su's words of comfort, and then the two of them were both strategists, so they naturally had a lot of common topics, chatting about some strategic experiences, Zhuge Liang even raised his own way of the Eight Array Diagram Formation, which made Lu Su amazed, and he was already regarded as a heavenly man in his heart. What the two of them were talking about, although Zhou Han didn't know, he guessed a few points, it was nothing more than Zhuge Liang who started his mouth to say that the dead man coaxed Lu Su, an honest man, to turn around! At this time, Zhou Hanzui was not idle, he was an idle master, chatting nonsense with Zhao Yun and Wei Yan on the left and right, and the friendship between the three brothers was getting better and better!