Volume 4 East and West Compete for Dominance Chapter 25 Blue out of blue

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One quiet morning, Sun Feng carried a small backpack, stepped on the dewdrops, and embarked on an unknown journey, and only Yanghu and Du Yu came to see him off. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Yanghu stuffed a small purse into his hand: "It's useless to keep this money with us, it's better to lend it to you, maybe it can increase in value." ”

Sun Feng grinned and swept his purse: "This is the first money we have earned in our lives, don't you keep it as a souvenir?" ”

Du pre-said: "Funan Academy already has the names of the three of us, and everyone will help us remember it in the future." ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Feng pulled open the silk rope of the purse, took out two gold coins from it, put one in the hands of Yanghu and Du Pre, and touched their heads in an old-fashioned manner: "One person will keep a capital, and I will take the rest." Study hard and practice martial arts, and in a few more years you should go out to travel, maybe we can meet in a foreign land. ”

"Prince be careful." Yanghu and Du Yu arched at the same time.

Sun Feng responded, and glanced at the empty dock with some reluctance, there was no one on the dock, he sighed silently, said goodbye to Yanghu and Du Pre again, and strode away.

Yanghu and Du Yu turned around and walked back side by side, no one spoke, and after a while, Yanghu suddenly said: "Yuan Kai, you said that if the king knew that we were coming to send the prince, would he be angry?" ”

Du Yu turned his head to look at him, and said in surprise: "Did we send him?" We just got up early to exercise, and it was just a chance encounter, and we didn't know he was leaving today. He paused, then smiled again: "No one knows that the prince is leaving today." ”

Yanghu nodded: "That's true, no one knows where the prince is leaving today, where he is going, and which ship he is going to take, from now on, the prince will not exist, just like this fog." ”

"Exactly." Du Yu nodded and said, "It's everywhere, and it's everywhere." ”

"Poof!" Yanghu couldn't help but laugh. The two teenagers walked side by side, gradually disappearing into the morning mist.

On the tall building in the distance, Guan Feng held a telescope and tightly locked Sun Feng's figure that was gradually moving away until Sun Feng disappeared into the mist. Sun Shao stood aside with his hands behind his back, without saying a word, and after a while, Tu Hu came over and whispered a few words in Sun Shao's ear, Sun Shao nodded and pulled Guan Feng's sleeve: "Let's go." ”

"Let me watch it a little longer, maybe my son hasn't gone far yet." Guan Fengyang begged.

Sun Shao frowned and didn't speak, but there was some displeasure in his expression. Guan Feng lowered his head, secretly wiped his tears, and obediently followed Sun Shao. She knew Sun Shao's intentions, and the more suddenly Sun Feng left, the fewer people knew about it, and the safer he became. The crown prince Sun Feng is gone, and there is just an ordinary traveling scholar in the world.

"Mother, you persuade me well, I won't go for the next two days, otherwise she will be annoyed and unable to control her emotions." Sun Shao said softly: "In front of others, you have to keep your mouth shut, and don't show a trace of rumors. ”

"What about Yanghu and Du Yu?"

"They are the people that Ah Yu likes, you have to believe Ah Yu's vision." The corners of Sun Shao's mouth suddenly showed a smile: "At this point, Ah Yu is stronger than you, he knows who can be trusted and who can't." ”

"Hmm." Guan Feng replied in a very nasal voice, and couldn't help but look back again, the fog seemed to be heavier, and he couldn't see anything. Sun Shao stopped in front of her, and waited for her to catch up before he continued: "I just received news from Luoyang yesterday, my father-in-law is not in good health, do you think you want An Guo to go to Luoyang?" ”

"I want to go in person." Guan Feng raised his head and looked at Sun Shao with tears in his eyes.

"Are you pregnant, can you travel long distances?" Sun Shao said with some concern.

"It's okay, when I was pregnant with Ah Yu, didn't I go on an expedition to the South China Sea with you?" Guan Feng wiped the corners of his eyes and sobbed: "Grandma went early, my father loves me the most, if he can't see me for the last time, he will regret it." It's a pity that Ah Yu is going to travel, otherwise, he must go. ”

"Look at you, you just said that your health is not very good, and you didn't say what will happen." Sun Shao said reproachfully: "Since the death of King Zhaolie, my father-in-law's health has not been very good, and it has not been a day or two. ”

"I've been feeling bad lately, and I've always felt panicked." Guan Feng shook her head, tears couldn't help but flow out again, she pulled Sun Shao's arm and shook it: "Husband, let me go, I will definitely be careful." ”

Sun Shao is a little uncomfortable, he can understand Guan Feng's feelings, Guan Yu gave birth to two boys and a girl, the most painful thing is this daughter, last time he took Sun Feng in Yecheng, and specially arranged for Sun Feng to rush to Luoyang to see Guan Yu. Seeing Sun Feng, Guan Yu was very excited, and it was rare to get up to teach Sun Feng the knife technique, just like when he taught Guan Feng, his love was beyond words. Originally, Sun Feng was supposed to send Guan Yu to the end, but Sun Feng unexpectedly refused, insisting on starting his travel career immediately, and did not want to delay for a day, Guan Feng was a little unhappy in his heart, and he got angry with Sun Feng, but in the end he still failed to reverse Sun Feng's decision.

"Okay, you can go." Sun Shao agreed, "You go to Luoyang, Cao Zhang will definitely talk to you about the Western Expedition, you tell him that we are already preparing, and we will negotiate with the Romans and Sassanids next year to see when he can be ready." ”

"yes, I see." Guan Feng didn't take this seriously, Cao Zhang's body was getting worse day by day, it was said that Cao Zhang would not go out at this time, and with Guan Zhong's strength, it was impossible to support such a war, no matter how belligerent Cao Zhang was, he would not be so ignorant.

Guan Feng packed his bags, and soon embarked on a journey with Guan Xing, at the end of the month, they rushed to Luoyang, as soon as they entered the general's mansion, Guan Feng jumped out of the car, separated Guan Ping, who came up to greet him, and went straight into the mansion. Guan Ping looked at Guan Feng, who was no less vigorous than he was back then, although he was bloated, and couldn't help laughing: "Yinping is still as anxious as before." ”

Guan Xing also smiled, and glanced at Guan Ping up and down: "Brother, you are blessed, it seems that Luoyang's errand is really leisurely." ”

"Of course I'm free, in addition to patrolling the eight passes, I spend most of my time in Luoyang with my father, which is like you, follow Fengxian to fight in the east and west, how about it, it seems to be enjoyable, right?"

"Small." Guan Xing deliberately said angrily: "It's just Tianzhu, and after the New Year, I may have to go to Rome with me." ”

"Shaft, look at your pride." Guan Ping patted Guan Xing's shoulder with envy and amusement: "You stay far away by Feng Xian's side, you don't have a proper shape like him, and you're not afraid of people talking about your village?" He looked behind him, and suddenly said with some surprise: "Why didn't you see Ah Yu?" ”

"He didn't come, he went." Guan Xing sank his face and said a little unhappily. He was very unhappy that Sun Feng didn't come to see Guan Yu for the sake of traveling, was there anything wrong with going to travel a few months late? Rome is there, and there will be no problem if it is a year and a half late, so why bother to rush now.

Guan Ping was stunned for a moment, and his face was not very good-looking, but he didn't say anything, just sighed: "Father has been waiting for him." ”

Guan Feng rushed into the house and rushed all the way to Guan Yu's bed. Guan Yu was lying on the bed, his burly body was thin into a skeleton, his cheeks were deeply sunken, and there was no longer that chilling murderous aura in his phoenix eyes, but on the contrary, he looked very calm.

"It's the silver screen." Guan Yu turned his head, glanced at the pot-bellied Guan Feng, and blamed: "If you are pregnant, you don't know how to be careful, and you are still as hot as before, girl, you are now the queen, you must pay attention to your identity." ”

Guan Feng's tears rained down, holding Guan Feng's hand, which was so thin that only bones remained, and he couldn't cry. Guan Yu smiled, raised his other hand to wipe the tears on her face, and persuaded softly: "Don't cry, don't cry, how can my Guan family's tiger girl shed tears?" ”

"Father...... Dear, Ah Yu...... Ah Yu ...... "Guan Feng hesitated, not knowing how to explain to Guan Yu, Guan Yu must have hoped that Sun Feng could come to see him for the last time, but Sun Feng lived up to Guan Yu's love, and did not dare to come to see Guan Yu in order to travel.

"Ah Yu is a good boy." Guan Yu smiled, he patted Guan Feng's hand, Guan Feng raised his head in surprise, looked at Guan Yu with tearful eyes, Guan Yu moved a hand, groped in his chest for a while, took out something, and quietly stuffed it into Guan Feng's hand. Guan Feng touched it puzzled, and suddenly showed a look of surprise, she blurted out: "This is not ......"

"It's good to know, it's good to know." Guan Yu hurriedly interrupted her words, her eyes were full of smiles, and she had a childlike naughtiness. He patted Guan Feng's hand and said, "This kid is stronger than you, just like his father, no, smarter than his father." ”

Guan Feng burst into tears and smiled, and secretly glanced at the small white conch in his hand, which was Sun Feng's favorite toy since he was a child. This also means that Sun Feng did not go west to Rome at all, as he said, he actually came to Luoyang, met Guan Yu, and gave Guan Yu his favorite toy.

This trick deceived everyone, including Sun Shao and her, who thought that Sun Shao followed the merchant ship to Rome, who knew that he actually went north. Guan Feng was happy and angry, but there was a look of pride in his eyes.

"You know, I know, he knows." Guan Yu squeezed his eyes and smiled a little proudly. Guan Feng was about to speak, but she heard the sound of Guan Xing talking outside, and hurriedly stopped talking, and when she looked at Guan Yu again, she was surprised to find that Guan Yu had changed her depressed look, and let out a long sigh.

"Father-" Guan Xingyi saw Guan Yu's weak appearance, and couldn't help but rush to him and cry bitterly.

"What's howling?" Guan Yu scolded angrily, without the kindness when he talked to Guan Feng just now, but was a little murderous, showing the true colors of the previous killing field: "Lao Tzu is not dead yet, listen to your howl first, can you show me the rehearsal?" ”

Guan Xing was frightened all of a sudden, swallowed back his cry, and looked at Guan Yu blankly.

"Wipe away your tears, think about any good war, tell me about it, Lao Tzu is so idle that his knives are rusty."

"Oh." Guan Xing couldn't help but want to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh, he hastily wiped his face and began to tell him about the war in Tianzhu in the past two years. After he served as a Lang official by Sun Shao's side for two years, when Lu Xun led the Wu army to help Feroz fight in Tianzhu, he was sent to Lu Xun's side as a liaison officer, and almost saw the whole process of Lu Xun's use of troops, and learned a lot of skills from it.

Guan Yu listened very carefully, listened very quietly, asked some details from time to time, and finally sighed: "I didn't expect Lu Xun'er to have such a ability, I really underestimated him before." ”

"Yes, even now, there are still many people who look down on him." Guan Xing echoed: "General Lu is very thoughtful, whenever he has time, he either reads a book or looks at a map, and he doesn't sleep until midnight every day. Usually not obvious mountains and waters, but he doesn't want to hide it from anyone. Once Feroz wanted to induce Wu Jun to help him attack Hua's City, saying that he had found a very secret passage that could copy the back road of the Kushan people, many generals were tempted, and General Lu didn't say anything, but just said the road that Feroz said from beginning to end, which scared those Tianzhu people into bloodlessness, and never dared to lie again. ”

"Talent." Guan Yu was silent for a long time, and then muttered: "Those who can find such talents are even more talents." ”

Guan Ping and the three of them nodded in agreement, although Lu Xun is a descendant of the Lu family, but his reputation has not been very good, he has not participated in all the wars, compared with Lu Meng, who is a few years older than him, he is almost unknown, and the reputation of the Lu family in Wu County is very incompatible, who would have thought that he was such a talented person. Including Guan Feng and Guan Xing, when Sun Shao decided to have Lu Xun preside over the war in Tianzhu, they also felt that this was Sun Shao's excuse for the Tianzhu people, and they didn't expect that Sun Shao actually took a fancy to Lu Xun's ability.

Two days later, at the sound of firecrackers to welcome the New Year, Guan Yu passed away peacefully at the age of 76.

The Son of Heaven who is guarding the New Year with the queen Cao Jie, the crown prince Liu Xing and the princes got the news, silently shed tears, on the morning of the first day of the new year, he rushed to the Guan Mansion with the ministers who came to congratulate him, and ordered the prime minister Gu Yong to preside over the funeral, and gave the funeral money of 200,000 yuan, and buried it with the royal ceremony, in order to thank Guan Yu for his reinvention of the Han Dynasty. Immediately ordered the three dukes to discuss, and after discussion, the three dukes finally decided. Report to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven said: Yes!

The news reached Yecheng with the Han Communiqué, and Cao Ying, who was wrapped in a brocade quilt, was lying on a recliner, holding the Han Communiqué that Cao Zhi had just sent over, but he didn't read a word, just muttered "Yun Chang went", and then he was silent like an iceberg, until the Han Communiqué gently slipped from his hand.

On the third day of the first month of the 14th year of the Republic, the king of Wei, Cao Yingxu, died in Jinjingtai, Yecheng, at the age of 80. The news soon spread back to Luoyang, the Son of Heaven was happy and sad, on the tenth day of the first month, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to reward 200,000 yuan, and at the same time made Cao Rui, the grandson of Wei, the king of Wei. After receiving the edict, Cao Rui immediately succeeded to the throne as the king of Wei, with the eldest mother Bian as the queen mother, his mother Mrs. Zhen as the queen mother, and his wife Mao as the queen. Three days later, Xiahou Yuan was the general, Cao Zhen was the great Sima, and Cao Zhi was the general of the expedition to the west.

At the end of the first month, Xiahou Yuan, who had just received the seal of General Wei, climbed high and looked westward, sighed three times, and died suddenly at the age of 73. His son Xiahou Ba rushed back to Yecheng to report the funeral in the starry night, Cao Rui, the king of Wei, cried bitterly, and invited Cao Zhi, who was mourning in Yecheng, into the palace, and the two talked secretly for two hours, Cao Rui issued an edict to worship Cao Zhi as a general, that is, he went to Guanzhong to preside over major events, and Xiahou Ba was appointed as the general of Zhengxi.

The condolence envoys of Sun Shao, the king of Yue, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, and Liu Chan, the king of Shu, soon arrived in Yecheng.

In the spring of the fourteenth year of the Republic, the Great Han Kingdom was busy, and the busiest of them was the Wei State. With the Empress Dowager Bian inside, and Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi in charge, Cao Rui made a series of personnel adjustments, which quickly pacified the political situation of Wei, and the undercurrent of Wei's regime turned invisible in silence.

In May, the envoy of the King of Wei Yinbo arrived at the city of Datemu.

Yinbo is a native of Qingzhou, good-looking, and articulate, eloquent, he expressed to Sun Shao Cao Rui's gratitude to Sun Shao for sending an envoy to condolence, and reiterated the statement of friendship between Wei and Yue, and finally expressed Cao Rui's hope that the two sides will further strengthen cooperation and realize the westward expedition as soon as possible.

Sun Shao looked at Yin Fan carefully, and secretly admired that Wei Guo really had too many talents, like the young man in front of him, he actually had no impression at all, but looking at his eloquence, if he was trained, he was afraid that he would be another Jiang Gan, a talent who did diplomacy.

"Therefore, General Xiahou and General Cao have been operating in Guanzhong for many years, how much strength can they have now to support the Western Expedition?" Sun Shao asked lightly: "In addition, what is Xiahou Youquan's official position now, and where is the shepherd?" ”

Yin Fan said politely: "The two generals before and after my Wei State have worked hard to run Guanzhong, and there have been small successes, but it is not a trivial matter to transport grain for thousands of miles, and a stone for a thousand bells, so after discussing with the ministers, I hope that the king can transport it from the sea and transfer it to the Kangju area west of the Green Ridge, or buy grain directly from the Tianzhu area, and we are willing to buy grain from the king at twice the price of grain in Guanzhong." ”

Sun Shao couldn't help but laugh. This idea is not bad, but this price is a bit stingy, it seems to be double the price of grain in Guanzhong, but if you count the freight, he can't make a single money, and Wei has saved a lot of manpower and material resources. This Cao Rui is more as he commented, there may not be a big picture, but there is absolutely no shortage of cleverness.

"Where is Xiahou Youquan?" Sun Shao said straight to the point: "This matter is too important, it can't be done without a suitable person to preside over it, if you can let Xiahou Youquan preside over this matter, I can promise you this condition." He showed a mouthful of white teeth to Yinbo: "I can not make money, but I can't lose to you, do you say this is the truth?" ”

Yinbo was a little embarrassed: "What the king said is naturally reasonable, but Xiahou Youquan is now the general of Zhenbei, and he is deploying the final blow against the Xianbei people in northern Xinjiang, and it may be really difficult to let him come to Yueguo." ”

"Is that so?" Sun Shao was very disappointed, he thought for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, I don't force it, you can send another person, as long as he can take on such a heavy responsibility." ”

(To be continued)