Zhou Xun, who had just returned from sending off guests, saw the official uniform on Zhou Yin's body, he was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth were picked, revealing a self-deprecating smile: "It's still Zhongying who rises fast, this is Jiuqing." ”

Zhou Yin lowered his head, looked at his official uniform, and then picked up the seal ribbon and looked at it, pretending to smile relaxedly: "There are few people in the Yue country, so it is naturally easier." ”

Zhou Xun glanced at Zhou Yin, a little confused about what he meant. Zhou Yin's temper he knows, a little emotion will be shown on his face, it stands to reason that as soon as he arrived in Yueguo, he became a high-ranking official at the Jiuqing level, and he should be very proud, but now he can't see smugness on his face, but is a little unnatural, looking very reluctant.

Zhou Yin was embarrassed to say that although he was a captain of Changle, this captain of Changle was a chicken, and he didn't want to lose face in front of his brother, so he hurriedly said: "I'll go see Ayu, and there are some gifts for her." ”

"Alas-" Zhou Xun grabbed him: "You have a gift for Ayu, but you didn't give it to me?" ”

Zhou Yin glanced at Zhou Xun unexpectedly, their brother's surname was not very good, Zhou Xun rarely joked with him like this before, but it was easier for him to accept Sun Shao. Zhou Xun was indeed pretended to be hard-pretended, and when Zhou Yin looked at it with this kind of vision, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and it wasn't if he let go, and he didn't let go.

"Absolutely." Although Zhou Yin felt that Zhou Xun was a little fake, he was still very happy, he walked quickly to the boxes he had just brought in, opened one of them, took out a long brocade box from it, and stuffed it into Zhou Xun's hand.

"This is something I made for my brother."

Zhou Xun originally wanted to hide his loss, so he joked with Zhou Yin on a whim, but he didn't expect Zhou Yin to really prepare a gift for him, which surprised him. He looked at the brocade box and secretly praised himself. The box is made of wood, it is very heavy, there are a few faint traces of dark red patterns on it, the corners and locks are wrapped in brass, the workmanship is very fine, and the light is soft.

"What is this?" Zhou Xun looked at Zhou Yin curiously.

"A sword." Zhou Yin opened the brocade box, revealing a beautifully decorated long sword inside, and the most eye-catching thing was the seven pearls on the scabbard, each of which was full and round, and it was a valuable thing at a glance. Zhou Xun smiled disappreciatively: "This cost a lot of money, right?" ”

"This is Zhu Ya's new steel sword." Zhou Yin felt uncomfortable when he saw Zhou Xun's smiling expression, he wanted to turn around and leave, but after thinking about it, he introduced the wonders of this sword to Zhou Xun in detail: "This sword is very expensive, but it is not just expensive, this is Zhu Ya tempered with a new process, sharpening iron is like clay, the weight is appropriate, the combination of rigidity and softness, killing people without blood." Compared with this, what red sandalwood sheath, mackerel skin, and Hepu beads are all icing on the cake. Such swords are only sold to Yashi, and ordinary people can't get them. If I hadn't given it to my brother, they wouldn't have sold it to me. ”

Zhou Xun was stunned for a moment, and pulled out the long sword suspiciously, the sword body reflected a dazzling light in the sun, and Zhou Xun involuntarily narrowed his eyes. He motioned to a general beside him to draw a long knife, and with a slight wave, the long knife broke in response.

"Good sword!" Zhou Xun blurted out praise, looked at the sword with affection, and asked casually: "Such a sharp sword, coupled with these precious materials, can't be bought without 100,000 yuan?" Zhongying, you've broken the bank. ”

Zhou Yin smiled faintly: "It's good if my brother likes it, it doesn't matter if you have money or not." He smiled again: "I'll go see Ayu." He turned around and walked away.

"Joong-young is rich." Zhou Xun smiled awkwardly.

"He's the captain of Changle, of course he's rich." Xiao Qiao, who had been standing on the sidelines watching their brother talk, said.

"Captain Changle?" Zhou Xun suddenly felt a little excited. Among the three brothers and sisters, Zhou Yin is the least scheming, and he and Sun Shao, a dangerous person, have also walked the closest, but they didn't expect him to reach a high position first. Although he is going to marry Sun Luban, he is not sure in his heart whether he can achieve the goal of rest with this relationship, Sun Quan is too dark. And Zhou Yu's marriage to Sun Deng is even more unknown, although Sun Deng has been made the prince, but the contradiction between him and Sun Quan has also been put on the table, once it fails, not only Sun Deng will not be able to become the prince, Zhou Yu will also be sacrificed.

In contrast, Zhou Yin's departure has become the most secure choice for the Zhou family.

Zhou Xun held the sword and stood there dejectedly, looking depressed.

Although Xiaoqiao didn't speak, her thoughts were similar to Zhou Xun's, and she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know how to say it.

Zhou Yin carried a box, hurriedly walked into the backyard, and boarded Zhou Yu's small building. Zhou Yu was sitting in front of the piano, holding his hands on the piano, but he didn't play. His long hair was spread out like a silk horse draped over his shoulders, and his face was so pale that there was no blood at all, and even his lips had lost their usual brightness.

"Ayu-" Zhou Yin felt a pain in his heart.

Zhou Yu slowly raised his head, glanced at Zhou Yin, his eyes lit up, and then dimmed: "It turned out that my brother was back." ”

"It's me back." Zhou Yin kicked off his shoes, rushed to Zhou Yu, and held Zhou Yu's face with pity: "Are you sick?" ”

"Nope." Zhou Yu shook her head and gently pushed Zhou Yin's hand away, her hand was cold. "What official did he give his brother?"

"It's nothing, it's just Captain Changle." Zhou Yin sat down, looked at Zhou Yu carefully, and shook his head again and again: "Ayu, you must be sick." ”

"Really?" Zhou Yu smiled silently: "Maybe." Being smart is mistaken by being smart, brother, or is your choice right. The husband has no desire, so the world can not fight with it. ”

"Ayu ......" Zhou Yin stopped talking, he smacked his lips: "This is the gift I brought you, the new "New Classic of Mountains and Seas" from Qian Tang Fuchun Bookstore. ”

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, took the book and opened the pages to take a look, and a fragrance of fresh ink came to his nose. On the page of the book are a few round and strong official books, which are the fonts of Sun Shao that she is familiar with, and the content she has also read, which is the customs and rare beasts that Sun Shao remembered when he went out to the South China Sea. Now it's printed, and although the binding is more beautiful, it has a missing feeling.

Zhou Yu put down the book and picked up another one, on which was written the word "Interpretation", and there was a note on the left side: Beihai Liu Xi. She flipped through it, it was a book that explained all kinds of famous things, there were items she was familiar with, and there were items she was not familiar with, but there were a lot of illustrations in it, and she could see the pictures even if she didn't know them.

"This is the best-selling set of books in Fuchun Bookstore, and it is Mr. Liu Chengguo's masterpiece." Zhou Yin saw that Zhou Yu was not interested in Sun Shao's book, but liked Liu Xi's book very much, his face couldn't help but be a little gloomy, and he pretended not to see it and said: "Mr. Liu Chengguo has no worries about food and clothing with the manuscript fee for this book." ”

"And the manuscript fee?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise.

"Of course, but they're called Brushes." Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Every time a set of such books is sold, Mr. Liu Chengguo can get 30% of the book price." Now many scholars are planning to publish books, and the plans of Fuchun Bookstore are scheduled for next year. ”

"In this way, the rumors that the country will be established by business are true."

"Yes." Zhou Yin nodded: "The most novel thing in Qiantang City is that the market is not closed, but scattered on both sides of the street, and the merchants are not untouchables, on the contrary, they are very respected. ”

"Merchants are respected, but what about farmers?"

"The farmer is better." Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Before I came, Prime Minister Yu and Lu Yushi were still discussing national policies, I heard that they were going to use a method called subsidies to attract farmers to farm, I can't tell you the specifics, anyway, I heard my aunt say that if this thing can really be implemented, then the farmers after Yue Guo will work hard for a year, and there will be no problem with food and clothing." ”

"His methods are always unexpected." Zhou Yu said lightly, was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Did he ask me?" ”

Zhou Yin frowned, nodded and said, "I asked." He asked me if you wanted to, and I said yes, and he didn't say anything more. Zhou Yin glanced at Zhou Yu quietly, and saw that her face was pale, so he hurriedly added: "That day, I saw that his face was very bad." In fact, Sun Shao was very calm at that time, but Zhou Yin was afraid that Zhou Yu would be sad, so he added a sentence.

"Fate, it's all fate." Zhou Yu muttered: "Brother, I'm tired, I want to rest for a while, you go out first." ”

Zhou Yin sighed helplessly, stopped talking, and got up to say goodbye. He went out, the footsteps slowly walked away, but Zhou Yu was already in tears, she picked up the thin book of "New Mountains and Seas" that was on the side, stared at it for a moment, and let out a long howl, a mouthful of blood sprayed on the dark cyan cover, like a cluster of blooming peach blossoms, bewitching and moving.

Zhou Yin had just gone downstairs, and suddenly heard Zhou Yu's mournful howl upstairs, only hesitated for a moment, then turned around and ran back, and when he saw the dazzling blood at the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth who was on the ground, he suddenly gasped.

Sun Song followed behind Gu Li and walked quickly into Sun Quan's bedroom, Mrs. Xu accompanied her in front of the bed, and when she saw Sun Song coming in, she hurriedly got up to give a salute. When she was in Fuchun Mountain, Sun Song provided her with a lot of help as the Zongzheng of the Yue Kingdom, and later she was able to return to Jianye to become the queen of the Wu Kingdom, and Sun Song also came forward to mediate.

"Yue Guo Zongzheng, foreign minister Song, meet King Wu." Sun Song knelt down in front of the bed and gave a salute with a clear eye. Sun Quan, who was lying on the bed, got up and saluted, and then asked someone to bring a small couch and put it in front of the bed, waved his hand, and smiled weakly: "The gift of the monarch and the minister is over, and the brother sits wide." ”

Sun Song bowed down and thanked him, and sat aside with peace of mind. When Wu Yue hadn't broken up yet, Sun Quan had never been so polite to him.

"What about Bongxian?" Sun Quan's face was pale and his eyes were blank, although he could barely squeeze out a smile, it made people feel that he was even weaker.

Sun Song hesitated, he was very disapproving of Sun Shao leaving only 6,000 people to guard Qian Tang, and what made him even more disapproving was that before leaving, Sun Shao took care of him, if Sun Quan asked him where he went and what arrangements Qian Tang left behind, you will tell him the truth. Sun Song didn't understand this, didn't he tell Sun Quan all the details of Qian Tang, what if he had bad intentions? Qian Tang is now full of businessmen, his wealth is increasing a lot every day, and Sun Quan has just been blackmailed by him to take away two counties, can he let go of such a good opportunity?

However, Sun Shao's confident expression at that time made him full of confidence in Sun Shao, and when he heard Sun Quan's question, he said calmly: "Feng Xian led the sailor to sea, and this time he is going to Yizhou." ”

"To Yizhou?" Sun Quan's eyes rolled, and he inadvertently swept Sun Song's face, and then drooped his eyelids again, recovering his sickly expression. Sun Song nodded: "I heard that there is a Yue Wangtai in Yizhou, and there are many remnants of the Yue people, since he is the king of Yue, he can't compete with the king, so he has to go to Yizhou." ”

The corners of Sun Quan's mouth quickly picked, and he soon sighed again: "It was I who lived up to his kindness, which made the family ugly and was laughed at by Cao Ying and Liu Bei." ”

"King Yue said the same, he regretted that this incident was so big, and hoped that Wu Yue would turn his rivalry into a jade silk, and stop doing things that are painful for relatives and quick for enemies, so that Wei Shu can take advantage of it."

"yes, yes." Sun Quan nodded again and again, asked some more about Yue Guo and the situation of the Sun clan, and finally asked his aunt Sun's body in particular, until he was out of breath, and then ordered Mrs. Xu to send Sun Song out. Sun Song didn't even dare to be it, but Sun Quan said that Sun Song was not only the Zongzheng of Yueguo, but also his brother, and it should be so. Sun Song couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. Mrs. Xu sent him to the door and said to Sun Song with a smile: "Please tell Lord Zongzheng that I pay tribute to His Royal Highness King Yue." Thanks to His Royal Highness King Yue, the concubines were able to return to the palace of King Wu. ”

Sun Song smiled: "Queen, Wu Yue is a family, His Royal Highness King Yue is indeed sincere to King Wu, the crown prince and the queen, I hope that the queen is by King Wu's side, can comfort King Wu more, expose this unpleasant matter as soon as possible, trust each other in the future, and work together." ”

Mrs. Xu smiled and nodded again and again. Sun Song sent a large amount of property so that she could have a relationship, and Mrs. Xu accepted it gratefully.

Sun Song's status is noble and special, and Sun Quan arranged for him to live in the palace to show his favor.

"His Royal Highness King Fu Wei Wu Mingjian, today under the crowd, the people are uneasy, the martyr king rebelled, and the princes to discuss Dong Zhuo, unfortunately the middle way collapsed, King Huan weak crown raised troops in Jiangdong, Lai Xian and good generals assisted him, and Dingding Jiangdong was established in a few years...... I hope that the king will be close to the virtuous ministers, far away from the villain, and Wu Yue will work together to reward and support the Son of Heaven, establish the foundation of the Sun family, and be a good man for the Han Dynasty...... Gu Lu Zhu Zhang, all of them are good ministers of Wu, may the letter of the prince be at his disposal, Lu Yi ......" Lu Yi was suddenly stunned, he never thought that Sun Shao's letter to Sun Quan would actually mention him, he quickly swept the next few words, and suddenly almost jumped up in anger, Sun Quan saw that he was angry, and urged a little puzzled: "What's the matter, read it quickly." ”

"Wow. Lu Yi is greedy for money and forgetful, Zhang Wen is proud of his talents, and he is glamorous and unrestrained, and he is not a virtuous minister, and he may be reprimanded by the king......"

Sun Quan then understood why Lu Yi didn't read it halfway, he glanced at Lu Yi, and said lightly: "Do you think there is a problem with these?" Or is he not right? ”

Lu Yi put down the book, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and sobbed: "Although the minister is dull, if he never dares to be disloyal to the king, His Royal Highness the King of Yue will speak ill and slander, and the minister will ...... I just can't afford it. ”

Sun Quan smiled and raised his hand to signal Lu Yi to get up: "Are you a fool who is allowed to be deceived by others?" is alone and measured, and he will not be confused by his words. All right, get up and keep reading. ”

"King Shengming." Lu Yi sobbed and stood up, holding the book and continuing to read. At the end of reading, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and understood what Sun Shao meant. Sun Shao's letter persuading Sun Quan to accept the aborigines of Jiangdong actually stabbed Sun Quan's sadness, and there was a suspicion of coercion, Sun Quan was definitely unacceptable, and similarly, Sun Shao's persuasion of Sun Quan not to trust him would also be regarded by Sun Quan as a retaliation after the bribery failed. Sun Quan didn't know, but Lu Yi knew that he had done too much for Sun Shao, with Sun Shao's surname, how could he treat him like this? This is actually the opposite.

Lu Yi's heart was clear, but his face was more like, tears were rolling in his eyes, how aggrieved he was.

Sun Quan tilted his face and looked at the blue-black roof without saying a word, but his heavy snort revealed the anger in his heart at the moment. Sun Quan wrote him a handwritten letter, persuading him to have a good relationship with the Jiangdong family with seemingly respectful but condescending arrogance, and the kind of pride and arrogance revealed between the lines made Sun Quan furious.

However, in addition to Sun Quan's anger, there was a hint of joy.

Sun Shao got carried away, he was carried away by his victory, and he was a little fluttering. Then, his move of staying behind in Qian Tang with 6,000 people is understandable.

Sun Shao used that kind of unsightly means, not only snatched the hostages, but also took advantage of Cao Ying and Liu Bei's psychology of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and forcibly took away the two counties of Huiji and Nanhai from him, and slapped him in the face of King Wu, how could he bear such a shame? It's just that Sun Quan also knows that he was deceived by Sun Shao from the beginning, he was blindfolded by Sun Shao's forbearance, thinking that he pinched Sun Shao's weakness, as long as he firmly controlled Daqiao and Ah Yu, he could turn Sun Shao into a puppet and turn Yue into a de facto vassal state of Wu, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to perform the most lethal move after doing enough superficial work, not only achieved his goal, but also gave him a lesson.

At the beginning, Sun Quan really couldn't accept this fact, he originally thought that he was sure of victory, two thousand war horses were nothing, he wanted Sun Shao to be a horse dealer who worked for free, and asked Sun Shao to provide him with a steady stream of war horses, so he didn't take Sun Shao's words seriously, and he didn't care about his aunt Sun's advice, until he found out that he had fallen into Sun Shao's trick, he suddenly woke up and knew that he was being played by Sun Shao. He couldn't take it, he couldn't understand it, he fell ill.

But after lying on the hospital bed for a few days, he woke up from the pain and humiliation, Sun Shao just hoped that he would fall ill and die of illness, so that Sun Deng could succeed to the throne, and Sun Deng was still young, he could not master the state of Wu, and could only rely on the state of Yue in turn, so that the state of Yue could slowly annex the state of Wu. He can't let Sun Shao get his wish, he can't get sick, let alone die, and of course he can't swallow this bitter wine.

He wants to take revenge, and he wants to return all the insulting injuries of Sun Shaojia and him to Sun Shao.

Sun Quan clearly knew that Sun Shao was a sinister person, and if he wanted to take revenge on him, it was not easy to send troops to succeed, and he had a lot to do. To deal with Sun Shao, he must not only be inside, but also outside - such as Cao Ying and Liu Bei.

And now the first step is to take Sun Deng's heart back from Sun Shao's side, he can't watch his son gang up with the enemy against him. Sun Quan is a person who can afford to let go, once he understands the task on his shoulders, he becomes high-spirited and full of strength, if it weren't for the eyes and ears of others, especially Sun Song and others, he would have been in good spirits.

He needed a chance now, a chance to make Sun Deng no longer trust Sun Shao.

Sun Shao seemed to have sent an opportunity.

Sun Quan called Sun Deng, handed him Sun Shao's handwritten letter, and said weakly, you give him a letter back, just say that I thank him for his kindness, and in addition, you can discuss it again to see if the plan he suggested is feasible. Sun Deng didn't think much about it, politely asked about Sun Quan's illness and left. Back to his official office, he invited Zhuge Jin's father and son and put Sun Shao's letter in front of them.

When Zhuge Jin saw it, his face immediately sank. Sun Deng was a little surprised, to be honest, before Zhuge Jin and the others came, he had already read the letter, and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong. Now looking at Zhuge Jin's face, he knew that his hunch was right, and there was something wrong with this letter.

"It's a provocation, it's another test." Zhuge Ke said categorically.

"Why do you say that?" Sun Deng asked quietly.

"Prince, do you know how many of the court and local county commanders of my Wu Kingdom are from the Jiangdong family?" Zhuge Ke's face was ugly, and without waiting for Sun Deng to answer, he raised a hand and said: "In the past five years, the proportion of the Jiangdong family among the officials above the county order has increased from thirty percent to fifty percent, and all the officials outside Jiangdong add up, and now less than thirty percent, and two percent are Sun clan relatives. Sun's ancestral temple is in Fuchun, their hearts have gone to the Yue country, if nothing else, there will be a large number of people in the next few years to switch to the Yue country, if their vacated position is occupied by the Jiangdong clan, then the Wu country will really become the Wu country of Jiangdong. ”

Sun Deng asked knowingly, "Isn't this bad?" ”

"It's good, it's not good." Zhuge Ke sneered: "If the Jiangdong family holds the power of the Wu State, then the Wu State can get their support, which is of course good, but the future national policies must be beneficial to them before they can be implemented, otherwise, the king will not be able to move an inch." And once the king can't satisfy their growing **, then they are likely to become a different face, prince, don't forget, the Gu family and the Lu family are now in the Yue Kingdom, and the Zhu family, the Zhang family and the Yue King also have a continuous marriage. ”

Sun Deng nodded, reusing the Jiangdong family is to further embezzle the interests of outsiders like Zhuge Jin, and it will be difficult for one party to control it, and it is impossible for him not to be vigilant about this. And he now understands what Zhuge Ke meant by the test. Sun Quan obviously saw the lethality behind Sun Shao's proposal, he didn't say anything, but let him see that if he thought it was feasible, then Sun Quan would definitely let him implement this matter as the crown prince, and when the conflict broke out, he would become the unshirkable responsible person.

(To be continued)