Lu Fan was still waiting in Haiyan to see the news of Sun Shao's help, but he didn't expect to receive Sun Shao's good news. Sun Shao sent people to persuade Su Thick Leg to surrender, and suddenly there were 500 more ships, nearly 10,000 people, and based on this, he swept across the East China Sea with Yue Hai and Su Thick Leg, and killed the pirates who had a little strength in the East China Sea in half a month, and the pirates who had been in chaos for nearly half a year were declared pacified.

Lu Fan is an old Jianghu, of course he can see that there are ghosts in it, but he has no evidence, and he can't prove that Sun Shao and Su Thick Legs colluded. And he understands that if Sun Shaozhen and Su Thick Leg have collusion, then Sun Shao will not be able to move, as soon as Sun Shao leaves, Su Thick Leg will definitely rebel again, and whoever takes over Sun Shao will be unlucky.

Lu Fan didn't want to wade into this troubled water, this was the matter of the Sun family's uncle and nephew, and it had nothing to do with him, besides, he and Sun Ce still had a little relationship, and he didn't want to watch Sun Shao because he was killed by Sun Quan, so he pretended not to know, and transferred Sun Shao's good news to Sun Quan, and at the same time revealed it in the book, some people suspected that Sun Shao and Su Thick Legs were colluding, but there was no evidence, it might be jealousy.

Sun Quan received Lu Fan's recital, but unexpectedly did not react, and ordered Sun Shao to be moved to General Fubo, Su Thick Leg to be the general of Henghai Zhonglang, General Yuehai to be guilty of merit, for Zhenhai Zhonglang General, Gan Pi was meritorious in killing the enemy, promoted to Weihai Lieutenant, and listened to the order under Sun Shao's account together. At the same time, he ordered Sun Shao to escort the merchant ships that had been waiting for a long time, and went straight to Jiaozhou to assist Jiaozhou to assassinate Shi Buqi to pacify the pirates in the South China Sea.

The one who brought the news was the former general of the military division, the new Nanhai Taishou Zhang Zhao.

Sun Shao had a question, he felt that Sun Quan was going to give him something about the rise and secret surrender this time, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to seem to have changed his surname this time, and he had no means at all, so he directly asked him to go to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion. Doesn't he feel like he has too many people in his hands? Fifteen thousand sailors, the first in the entire Jiangdong.

"Someone reminded me." Zhang Zhao faced Sun Shao's question and smiled: "But no one dares to take your position." ”

Sun Shaole is happy, everyone is a smart person, and they know that this is a hot potato - well, it seems that there is no potato yet.

"What are you going to do when you get to the South China Sea?" As soon as Zhang Zhao entered the cabin, he directly cared about his own government affairs, and he was not polite at all to an obedient and good student like Sun Shao, and first brought his own affairs to the table. He listened to Sun Shao's suggestion this time and took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the South China Sea, probably because Sun Quan felt that the farther he went, the better, so he simply let him be too guarded in the South China Sea. Zhang Zhao was angry in his heart, the more he wanted to do things well, and let Sun Quan see if he was old.

"With the teacher, of course, control Shixie first." Sun Shao ordered someone to serve tea, and said: "If we control Shixie, we can put aside the water master under the control of the Shi family and fight Cui Qian alone." I now have fifteen thousand men on hand, twice as many troops as him, can't I still balance him? After pacifying Cui Qian, fully controlling the Jiaozhou Naval Division, and more than 10,000 elites went to the South China Sea, I don't believe that Shixie can still be so stable. When the time comes, let him spit out at least two of the four counties of Jiaoluan, Jiuzhen, Hepu, and Yuenan, and maybe strip him naked, this Jiaozhou is really the supreme Jiaozhou. ”

Sun Shao said at the end, clenched his fist, as if he had already held Shixie in the palm of his hand.

Zhang Zhao drank tea, nodded, paused for a moment, and suddenly said, "Then what are your plans?" ”

Sun Shao, who was talking happily, was stunned for a moment: "Me? ”

"Yes, after pacifying Jiaozhou, what are you going to do?" Zhang Zhao seemed to say very casually, but his eyes were fixed on Sun Shao's eyes and he didn't move. Zhang Xiu, who was sitting beside him silently, lifted the teapot in time and refilled Sun Shao with a little water. Sun Shao hurriedly thanked him, and when he was drinking tea, he quickly figured out what Zhang Zhao meant, and asked in turn, "What does the teacher think I should do?" ”

Zhang Zhao took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "Have you ever written an essay on the southbound journey?" ”

Sun Shao was really stunned this time, he wrote the southbound essay well, but it was a personal item, it could be said to be a work in the room, and there was no publicity and publication in these years, how could Zhang Zhao know?

"Don't ask me how I know, do you?" Zhang Zhao saw Sun Shao's question and dismissed Sun Shao's attempt to inquire in advance.

"Yes." Sun Shao put down the teacup and nodded slowly, although his face was still very calm, but he was very unhappy in his heart. Damn, Lao Tzu bothered about your family's affairs, and you are so worried that I will drag you down?

Zhang Zhaoren is old and refined, of course he can see the unhappiness hidden under Sun Shao's calm mood, but he is still so calm and stable, and he has no intention of comforting at all: "Do you really want to verify the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" ”

Sun Shao stopped talking, he picked up the teacup and took two sips, lifted the teapot to refill some water for himself, and then refilled Zhang Zhao a little, and then smiled very calmly: "I am really grateful for Zhang Gong's concern." ”

"I heard that there are immortals overseas? Do you want to go to the gods? Zhang Zhao's eyelids drooped, and he didn't look at Sun Shao's eyes, and continued to ask. Sun Shao was really angry, his breath was thickened, and he was just about to refute two sentences, when Yu Fu walked in from outside, his eyes widened and his mouth pouted: "Dead people can also know immortals?" General, the guests have arrived, so please take your seats. ”

This sentence was like a drop of water falling into an oil pot, and Zhang Zhao, who was originally as stable as Mount Tai, exploded all of a sudden, and he glared at Yu Pan and shouted: "Yu Turn, you are so presumptuous." ”

"Yo, isn't this Zhang Gong?" Yu turned into a look of having just discovered, and looked Zhang Zhao up and down very exaggeratedly: "I was silent just now, I thought it was a dead man, but it turned out to be the most outspoken Zhang Gong." Why, did the Supreme open the door of your house, or did you drill it out yourself? ”

Zhang Zhaode is highly respected, although his power is not as good as before, but this identity is there, no matter who he is, he has to give him three points of face, and no one calls him an official position, but Zhang Gong. is the only one who has never looked at him in his eyes, not once or twice, but even more excessively, scolding him to his face. also mentioned the closure of the door, which can be said to really poke Zhang Zhao's heart. He shot the case, had to be hairy, and pointed his finger at Yu and was about to scold. When Sun Shao saw it, he couldn't care about his own upset, so he quickly got up and dragged Yu out of the house, and at the same time signaled Zhang Xiu to appease Zhang Zhao, don't make the old man angry.

Speaking of which, in fact, Yu Chuan's skills are not under Sun Shao, he really wants to be more energetic, it is not easy for Sun Shao to drag him out of the cabin, but he is not interested in entanglement with Zhang Zhao, as soon as Sun Shao drags him, he comes out. After getting off Feilu, he tidied up his clothes and asked puzzledly, "General, why did he go to the South China Sea?" ”

"The order of the Supreme, how do I know?" Sun Shao regretted it a little, but it was not easy to show it, so he had to respond vaguely.

"It's not a good arrangement." Yu turned his face down, and said with some worry: "Zhang Zhaoni is not old, and he is your teacher again, I am afraid that he will be hindered in the future." ”

Sun Shao smiled: "They are all loyal to the country, and if there are any differences, everyone will discuss and solve them." Zhang Gong has been in charge of the South China Sea for many years and has rich experience, which is a good thing to have him in charge of the South China Sea, just to restrain the impetuousness of our young people. The Supreme is so well-intentioned, how can it be wrong? ”

Yu glanced at him, didn't say anything more, and smiled meaningfully: "What the general said is very true. The guests have already arrived, you better come over quickly, the conditions I told them, they think they are too good, they dare not accept it, and the general must accept it himself. ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed and pushed Yu over: "Mr. go and help me say hello first, I'll invite the teacher down, and then I'll go." Yu Fan also laughed and strode away. A man of fifty steps walks no different from a man of thirty steps.

Sun Shao re-entered the Feilu, Zhang Zhao was still angry, when he saw Sun Shao, he turned his face and ignored him, Zhang Xiu looked at him with a look of embarrassment and asked for help. Sun Shao clenched his fists to cover his mouth and coughed: "Teacher, Yu Zhongxiang has a very upright style, and it hasn't been a day or two, the teacher has been angry for many years, so why be angry with him." All the great sages of the Huiji have arrived, waiting to see the teacher's demeanor, and the teacher should not let him wait too long. ”

Zhang Zhao heard that he said well, and he also felt that it was not interesting to be angry with Sun Shao, so he eased his face and asked, "What great sage can you have?" ”

"Kong Zhu of the Kong family, Wei Xiu of the Wei family, and Sheng Gu of the Sheng family......"

Zhang Zhao was a little surprised: "The Wei family and the Sheng family are also here?" ”

"They've all helped, so they're going to share the benefits." Sun Shao responded with a smile, but when he saw that Zhang Zhao's face was obviously wrong, he quickly accepted his smile and asked carefully, "Is there any problem?" ”

The corners of Zhang Zhao's mouth twitched twice, and he twisted his beard and thought for a long time before he said cautiously: "Have you forgotten that Wei Teng, the head of the Wei family, almost killed your father's hands first, and then was almost executed by the Supreme?" Don't you know that after Sheng Xian was killed, Sheng Xian's son Sheng Kuang fled to the Central Plains? When you associate with them, isn't it asking for trouble? ”

Sun Shao was stunned, how could he know this, what did Yu Fu do, how did he find all those who had enmity with the Sun family?

Shen Xuan saw that Sun Shao's face was nervous, stepped forward, and bowed his hand: "Wu Jun enters Shen Xuan, dare to ask Zhang Gong." ”

Zhang Zhao glanced at it, his eyelids jumped, and his mouth was a little bitter, and he couldn't help but feel anxious for Sun Shao. What is Sun Shao doing here, others can say that this Shen Xuan's old son Shen Wu was simply killed by Sun Quan under an excuse that is not an excuse, and Sun Shao actually kept him by his side. He nodded, signaling Shen Xuan to speak directly.

Shen Xuan saluted again: "My father was falsely accused of rebellion, may I ask if my Shen family is rebellious now?" ”

Zhang Zhao was stunned, hesitated for a long time, and slowly shook his head.

"Sheng Xiaozhang was punished by the Supreme, isn't the Sheng family the people under the rule of the Supreme? Wei Zhouxiu once collided with the Supreme, could it be that the Wei family is a potential rebel? ”

Zhang Zhao's face turned red, of course he couldn't say that, he had also collided with Sun Quan, could it be that he was also a potential rebel. Shen Xuan's questions were difficult to answer. If he pushes it down according to his reasoning, then Sun Shao has been ill-intentioned since he started to learn from him?

"Silence, stand down." Sun Shao drank Shen Xuan in time, waved his hand to signal him to go out first, and then bowed down and said: "Teacher, I understand your kindness, but I really don't have too many ideas about this matter, it's just that they helped me repair the boat, and I gave them the benefits promised in advance." Supreme Sage, I think he'll understand. ”

Zhang Zhao shook his hand with emotion, interrupted Sun Shao's words, and suddenly said: "Fengxian, I understand your thoughts, and I also believe that you will not be so stupid." But what I want to tell you is that since you don't have any other ideas in your mind, don't hold back from it, and do whatever you think you should do, so that people don't think you have other intentions. The gentleman is frank, the villain is often related, and only those who have ghosts in their hearts will look forward and backward when doing things. ”

Sun Shao laughed secretly, this sounds right, but it doesn't work at all, you are frank, you can scold if you want, but what about now? If I hadn't fished you, you would still be eating in Jianye. However, on the scene, he still said very politely: "Thank you for the teacher's teaching." Teacher, the guests have arrived, you ......."

"You go first, I'll wash my face, change my clothes, and come, since I want to see them, of course I can't be too casual."

"Whoa." Sun Shao answered, glanced at Zhang Xiu, retreated, and turned around and walked towards the gangway. Shen Xuan stood outside the door, saw him come out, hurriedly followed, pulled his shirt, and motioned for him to come to the side of the boat to talk. Sun Shao was puzzled, but seeing his solemn expression, he had no choice but to follow. Shen Xuan stood at the bow of the boat and waved his hand, and the soldiers on duty understood and hurriedly stood farther away.

"General, half of what Zhang Gong said is right." Shen Xuan got straight to the point, didn't make any detours, and said straightforwardly: "Why did I join the general's door, the general must have an idea, and I don't want to hide it." However, my father died unjustly, and I, Shen Xuan, are not convinced, and in this life, I will never be colleagues with those villains. ”

Sun Shao was silent, looking at the seabirds flying on the sea in the distance, and listened quietly.

"If the general wants to be a submissive minister, Shen Xuan doesn't dare to force the general, we have our own way to survive." Shen Xuan stared at Sun Shao's eyes and didn't blink. Sun Shao was a little weak by him, and his face moved twice, letting go of his eyes. Shen Xuan sighed in disappointment, arched his hand and said, "Take care, general", turned around and left. As soon as he took two steps, Sun Shao stopped him: "Mozhi, you know, I just don't want to kill each other and be taken advantage of by outsiders." ”

Shen Xuan turned his head, a smile appeared on his cold face, he returned to Sun Shao's face, and said earnestly: "General, we are not forcing you to rebel, you have a family and a business, which of us is not a family and a business?" We just hope that the general can provide us with another choice, and if the general can give us this opportunity, we will fully support the general to create a career, not to let the general's uncle and nephew kill each other. ”

"However, to do so will arouse suspicion." Sun Shao shook his head: "I'm afraid that that won't bring you hope, but will bring you death." "General, you're wrong." Shen Xuan said earnestly: "Only when you are strong, we will be safe." The more you compromise, the more dangerous it is, and it's not us who is in danger, we can find another suitable candidate, but what about you? Would you like to be held in the palm of your hand for the rest of your life? In this case, why do you bother to go from Wuxian to Jianye, and then from Jianye to Jiaozhou? ”

Sun Shao frowned, Shen Xuan's words were too direct, making him a little unbearable, could it be that all the things he was thinking about were clearly seen by them? But it's reasonable to think about it, which of these people is not a human spirit. He squinted at Shen Xuan and was silent for a while: "My family ......"

"You have family, and we have family." Shen Xuan interrupted him very unceremoniously: "General, you are not caring about them by doing this, but you will harm them." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Sun Shao was surprised.

Shen Xuan was obviously a little excited, and he showed a very dissatisfied look: "I persuaded the general to come back from Jiaozhou, not for anything else, because I didn't want the general to lose support among the clan, not for Mrs. Qiao." He raised his hand and stopped Sun Shao, who was about to defend himself: "I know you have a good relationship, but no matter how you say it, she is not your biological mother, she is just a concubine of the rebellious general." The rebellious general has been dead for more than ten years, and she has no relationship with the Sun family for a long time, and she can leave the Sun family at any time. Even if the general does something, he will not punish her. But now that the general values her so much, she is in danger. ”

Sun Shao didn't know what to say.

"If you really want to protect her, Mrs. Guan, your son, and give them a stable life, you have to be strong, so strong that anyone who wants to deal with you must consider the consequences, and only then will they be safe. Otherwise, they are just chicks pinched in the hands of others, and they will kill whenever they want to. Although Shen Xuan's voice was low, his tone was very stern: "If he wants to kill someone, what can you do now?" ”

"What reason does he have to kill?"

"Why?" Shen Xuan sneered: "Need a reason to kill someone? Could it be that the father really rebelled? If my Shen family had a heavy army at that time, would he dare? It's okay for Gan Ning to kill so many people, why is Gan Ning deprived of everything when he kills a person? ”

Sun Shao was speechless.

"You've recruited more than 10,000 pirates, and that's enough to kill you a hundred times, but why are you're okay now?" Shen Xuan let out a long breath and continued to enlighten: "It's because you have strength. Without strength, everything is empty for you. Believe it or not, one day Su Thick Legs left by himself, and you were the first to be unlucky? ”

Sun Shao pondered for a long time and suddenly became enlightened. He suddenly understood that the reason why he was so wronged now was that he cared too much about Daqiao, too much about Guan Feng and his newborn son, in his opinion, these were all his relatives, and he couldn't cut off their surnames because of his own fault, so he kept thinking about the big escape, thinking about waiting for them to be completely safe before developing, but he forgot one thing, in the eyes of others in this world, the surnames of these three people are far less important than he thinks, and he did this, in fact, he gave a handle to Sun Quan.

Shen Xuan was right, only if they had the strength could they be truly safe. Only at that time, Sun Quan needed a reason if he wanted to move him, and he needed a convincing reason. Otherwise, you can just find a reason that is not a reason to clean him up.

"These are all families of Huiji, and their strength is self-evident." Shen Xuan saw Sun Shao's face change, knowing that he must have figured it out, and finally persuaded in harmony: "It is extraordinary that they can help the general, they will not help a reckless person, but they will never help a person who looks forward and backwards, they ...... It will only help people who are really powerful and can bring them benefits. ”

Sun Shao took a deep breath, puffed up his chest, and strode forward: "Let's go, let's go meet these powerful people." ”

Shen Xuan bowed, followed closely behind, raised his arm, and quietly stroked his forehead, if Sun Shao didn't stop him just now, maybe this road would be completely broken. The two walked to the lower cabin in a few steps, Shen Xuan took the first step, pushed open the hatch, smiled at the few people who were talking softly inside, and shouted: "General Fubo has arrived." ”

Several people in the cabin glanced at each other, left their seats one after another, and stood aside, Sun Shao slowly stepped into the cabin, looking at everyone with a smile. Yu glanced at Shen Xuan, Shen Xuan nodded quietly, Yu Xuan was overjoyed, and took the first salute, and those few hurriedly followed suit.

"I'll see the general."

"You have worked hard." Sun Shao returned the salute with a reserved smile: "All the gentlemen are all famous sages in Huiji, Shao is also young, I have never heard of each other, and I dare to ask Mr. Zhongxiang to introduce him." ”

Yu chuckled: "It's a good luck." General, this is the surname of the Confucian family, after the sage, I am the son of the prince and the prince Kong Jun, the word Junwei. This is Wei Jun, the great-grandson of Shaoying Gong (Wei Lang), one of the eight handsome, who is restless and beautiful. This is the son of the former Wu County Taishou Shengjun Xiaozhang, who is stubborn and strict. This is ......"

Yu flipped through the introductions one by one, and Sun Shao greeted them very politely, and then took their seats. After a while, Zhang Zhao came, and he made another introduction, and Zhang Zhao replied very solemnly. Sun Shao entered the main seat, Zhang Zhao and Yu Pan accompanied each other on the left and right, and the others sat down separately. The meals were served, everyone ate, and then the wine and accompaniments were served, and they drank very politely.

After the banquet, tea was served, irrelevant people withdrew, and only Sun Shao, Shen Xuan, Yu Tuo, Kong Zhu and others were left in the cabin, and then they began to get to the point. Kong Zhu and the others kept silent one by one, waiting for Sun Shao to speak. When Yu Tuo talked to them on behalf of Sun Shao, they all opened their mouths and offered to occupy sixty percent of the East China Sea trade route with a few of them. They were very happy at the time, but when the matter was done, they were a little worried. This knife was cut too hard, and if Sun Shao repented, they had no choice, so they had to come and make it clear to Sun Shao face to face. In their hearts, they were ready for Sun Shao to bargain, and the result of the discussion of several people could be forty percent, and with these forty percent, they would be satisfied.

"Thanks to your help this time, the ship was converted in such a short period of time, and I am very grateful to you." Sun Shao glanced at everyone, saw their worries, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, gentlemen, since I have entrusted Mr. Zhong Xiang to talk to you, it will definitely count." Mr. Zhong Xiang, how many percent did you promise them? ”

(To be continued)