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Sun Quan and Sun Deng, father and son, were stunned when they met. Sun Quan, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, stayed in Yuenan for more than a year, although he did not go into battle in person, but he stayed with the soldiers every day, ate coarse grains, did rough work, and his height jumped up a lot, more than Sun Quan's half a head, and the whole person looked vigorous, with a calm and confident smile on his dark face. The prince's military uniform, which he hadn't worn for about a year, was obviously tight on his body, and as soon as he moved his hand, he could see his bulging chest rise and fall, and his body exuded endless vitality.

Sun Quan is much older, he hasn't seen him for a year, his original black hair has turned a lot whiter, and his face looks a little thin, when he saw Sun Deng, he was reading a paperwork, and when he raised his eyelids, a wrinkle on his forehead was very clear, lined with some white sideburns, which looked particularly haggard.

Father is old. At that moment, Sun Deng suddenly had the urge to rush up and hug his father and cry bitterly. But before he moved, Sun Quan smiled: "My prince is back, this time it is said that the great victory in the south will greatly boost the prestige of my Wu country, which is gratifying." ”

Sun Deng immediately put away his impulse, knelt on the ground and bowed: "Erchen Deng pays a visit to the king." ”

"Zigao, get up." Sun Quan put down the pen in his hand, smiled and clapped his hands: "Ah Xi, don't you come out to meet your brother?" I think about seeing him every day, why is he back, and you are hiding and afraid to see him? ”

Sun Deng's eyes tightened, and then he smiled again, he looked at Sun Wei, who showed half of his little face from behind the curtain, looking a little nervous, and praised: "Ah Wei grows up so fast, I haven't seen him for a year, and he is a handsome boy." ”

Sun Quan smiled, beckoned Sun Shu to come to his side, touched his head lovingly and said, "Yes, he not only grows up fast, but also reads well, and his martial arts are also good, and he is a good boy who is all-round in civil and military affairs." I took him with me to teach, and I was tired from military work, and it was much easier to see him. ”

Sun Deng's face remained unchanged, he looked at Sun Wei gently, rubbed his hands, and said embarrassedly: "Father, my son doesn't know that my younger brother is by my father's side, and he didn't bring a gift, which is extremely rude." ”

Sun Quan laughed, half-jokingly and half-seriously: "That's not good, you are a brother, you have conquered thousands of miles and returned with a great victory, how can you not have a little gift for your younger brother?" I don't blame you if you don't bring it to me, but if you don't bring it to Ah Xu, that's not good. ”

Sun Deng touched his head in embarrassment, suddenly patted his head, and said with a smile: "My father has an edict, how dare my son disobey." One of the gifts I happened to have with me was a gift for my father, so I passed it on to Ah Shi and asked him to forgive his son for not inviting him. As he spoke, he took a brocade box from the entourage behind him, put it in Sun Xi's hands with both hands, and said with a smile: "Big brother, take a look, do you like it?" ”

Sun looked at the brocade box in embarrassment, glanced at Sun Quan uneasily, and said, "Father, I ......"

Sun Quan smiled faintly: "Since it was given to you by your brother, you can just accept it, open it and see what kind of rare treasure it is." ”

Sun Wei responded, knelt beside Sun Quan, opened the copper buckle on the brocade box, and with a "snap", the brocade box was opened, revealing a dragon-shaped jade belt hook that seemed to be green as if it could drip out leaf juice, not to mention the carving, just look at the transparent and pure texture, and know that it was a piece of high-grade jade. Sun Wei screamed in surprise, hurriedly held it in the palm of his hand, and showed it to Sun Quan happily, and after a while, he said with some reluctance: "Such a beautiful jade, the sons dare not enjoy it, so please ask your father to accept it." ”

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed, and he gently pushed back: "It's just a piece of jade, since you like it, I'll reward you." ”

Sun Wei nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly thanked Sun Deng, Sun Deng smiled, and watched Sun Shu hurriedly walk to the back account with the brocade box, but his heart was a little sour. He didn't need to look at the back, just look at Sun Wei's expression and knew that Mrs. Wang must be behind the tent.

A sense of loss welled up in his heart, although Sun Deng wanted to hold back his tears very much, he still couldn't hold back, and two crystal tears slipped down his cheeks. Sun Quan saw it in his eyes, but smiled faintly: "Why, holding the male soldiers, I didn't see you scared in a bloody battle with the Funan people, why are you showing a childlike attitude now?" ”

Sun Deng bowed down in front of Sun Quan and sobbed: "The son is not filial, he is thousands of miles away, and he can't be filial in front of his father." Father, you have been tired for more than a year. ”

Sun Quan smiled silently, looked at Sun Deng who was kneeling in front of him and sobbing, and only smiled after a long time, stretched out his hand to pull Sun Deng, carefully looked at Sun Deng's face, opened his mouth and was about to speak, but he couldn't help but sigh: "The years are urging people to get old, Zigao, you grow up, I will naturally be old, this is something that no one can resist." Zigao, don't be sad, come, tell me, what is the situation in your war in Funan, I only saw a good report, but I don't know the details, I am very worried. Now that you're back safely, I'm relieved. In the two wars, your performance was good, I am very relieved, Zigao, in terms of military ability, you are stronger than me. ”

Sun Deng hurriedly shook his head: "How can my father restrain himself like this." Erchen won in Funan by luck, not because Erchen was good at using soldiers, but General Lu and Zhuge Ke and the generals used their lives to repay their father's kindness, and in addition, the queen of Yue also helped a lot. ”

"Guan Feng?" Sun Quan raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised. In the good news written back by Sun Deng, the first credit was Lu Dai, and the second credit was Zhuge Ke, saying that the Yue State would help, but Guan Feng was not mentioned. If Guan Feng appeared on the battlefield in Yuenan, it would not be a small favor for the Yue Guo Gang.

"Yes." Sun Deng nodded: "This time, I was able to break the Funan Army and capture Fan Chang alive, and the crossbow of the Yue Kingdom was the first achievement." Sun Deng said the battle succinctly, although he was not present at the time, Zhuge Ke had reported to him in detail, and he was right. He deliberately talked about the power of the repeater, and finally told Sun Quan that Sun Shao was going to sell a batch of repeater crossbows to him, but later because of the rivalry between the two families of Wu and Shu, he didn't want Wu Guo to be frustrated, and he couldn't watch Guan Yu suffer, so he could only sell none of them, but just supported some grain.

"With such a powerful ordnance, he can actually sell it?" Sun Quan leaned back, his fingers gently caressing the armrest: "Could it be an excuse?" ”

Sun Deng was silent for a moment, and echoed with his jaw: "Father is very worried. However, with King Yue's surname, since he mentioned that he wanted to sell, he must have other plans. What's more, what he wants to sell is not one or two, but four hundred, which is almost the sum of the crossbows that Yue Guo is now selling. Erchen thought about it, he probably had better repeaters, so he had to sell these repeaters. At the beginning, he asked for 500,000 yuan for one plane, 400 for a total of 200 million yuan, which is not a small amount. ”

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed, his heart chuckled, and he seemed to stop for a moment. The meaning behind Sun Deng's words shocked him. Now the power of the repeater is so great, but Sun Shao still has to deal with it, it must be that he has a more powerful repeater, the strength of the Yue Kingdom has grown so fast, the Wu State has already fallen behind, and now the gap is getting bigger and bigger, will there be a chance to equalize in the future? Going closer, Sun Shao has made a fortune now, and taking Funan is to take down a big granary, and it will be 70,000 stone rice as soon as he makes a move, such a strong economic strength, coupled with the amazing power of ordnance, if he wants to cooperate with Guan Yu and do it behind the back of Wu Guo, then what chance does Wu have to resist?

I can't get past it.

Sun Quan felt bitter in his mouth, and originally expected Sun Deng to come back to help him, but he didn't expect Sun Deng to tell him such bad news as soon as they met. As soon as he thought of Sun Shao's relationship with Guan Yu and Cao Ying, he was extremely depressed, Sun Shao had a good relationship with anyone, but he had a bad relationship with his own uncle, not only did he read hard, but also constantly put pressure on him. Yue Guo is now like a thorn, piercing deeply into his back, hurting his heart and lungs, but he can't be scratched, and he can't pull it out.

The most difficult thing is, how to fight this battle? Since Sun Shao doesn't want them to fight, he will definitely think of all means, Sun Deng also said, Sun Shao has played the Son of Heaven, and asked Cao Ying to mediate together, then this battle can no longer be fought, otherwise, Wu will be surrounded on three sides, just like a flat boat in the sea, which may be overturned by the wind and waves at any time. But if he withdraws like this, then he will lose face, and it is better to send him back to Chengdu when Zhang Yi first arrived in Jianye.

Between two fires! Sun Quan was silent, his blue eyes full of pain and unwillingness. He is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat, and he has done no less things to lower his head and endure, but that does not mean that he is a weak person, on the contrary, he is a very strong person, and the reason why he can endure humiliation is because he hopes to be famous one day, so he temporarily endures, but now he finds that he seems to have no day to come out at all. Among the four kingdoms, Cao Ying has strength, Liu Bei has a reputation, what does he have? He has enemies! Sun Shao was originally just a minor disease of scabies, but now he has become a big problem, no matter what game he lays and what net he casts, Sun Shao effortlessly breaks through, and finally throws him with water beads on his face.

"Will he send troops to threaten our back?" Sun Quan muttered to himself.

Sun Deng didn't speak, but his expression gave the answer: if he insisted on not retreating, Sun Shao's threat of sending troops was inevitable.

"I heard that Gu Yu is a royal doctor in Qiantang, which is very majestic. Last time, the two Sheng Zhou families were discredited, and they almost lost all their money, and even Yu Zhongxiang almost fell behind. Sun Quan sighed and said, "Do you know what Gu Tan is doing over there?" ”

Sun Deng knew what Sun Quan was thinking, the Gu family stepped on two boats, and now they were thriving in the Yue country, which made it very difficult for Sun Quan to do. Sun Shao is dead, in terms of ability and prestige, Gu Yong is a very suitable candidate, but his son and grandson are officials in the Yue Kingdom, if he himself becomes the prime minister in the Wu State, then the Gu family is in an important position in Wu Yuedu, and the strength will expand rapidly, if he can't be the prime minister, it seems that Sun Quan is not as good as Sun Shao, and in the end it is very likely that Gu Yong will be forced to leave the Wu State, as soon as Gu Yong leaves, it is not just the Gu family, it is likely to be just a beginning, and the Lu family and the Zhang family may leave together. At that time, will Wu still be able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong?

Sun Deng understands Sun Quan's current mood very well, but there are not many options left for them, if they insist on continuing to restrict the development of the Jiangdong people's power, then the Jiangdong people will abandon them, if the restrictions are lifted, then the Jiangdong people's power will soon be out of control, and the tail will not be lost. The lesser of two evils is to make concessions to the Jiangdong people and try to keep the situation within a certain range.

However, this is only Sun Deng's opinion, and Sun Quan may not be able to adopt it.

"Zigao, how is Zhuge Ke's ability to use troops?" Sun Quan asked suddenly, his originally tightly knit brows had loosened, and it seemed that he had made a certain decision. Sun Deng hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "There is talent, but after all, he is young, and he still needs more training from his father to become successful." ”

"Okay, you preside over the war in Chaisang, let Zhuge Ke and Lu Xun assist you, and the elite you brought will be led by Zhuge Ke." Sun Quan suddenly stood up and said very simply: "I'll go back to Jianye and discuss the choice of prime minister with the ministers." The position of prime minister is always hanging, and it is not suitable after all. ”

Sun Deng was overjoyed and hurriedly got up to thank him. Of course, he knew that Sun Quan's arrangement was not only to give Zhuge Ke a chance, but also to make concessions to Jiangdong, the Lu family is also a Jiangdong clan, he and Zhuge Ke will inevitably contain each other when they serve as his left and right hands at the same time, and he is the one who benefits the most, with the assistance of these two people, as long as he can balance the relationship between them, he will be left and right between Jiangdong and Huaisi people.

Sun Quan acted vigorously and quickly conveyed his decision. As soon as Lu Su, the governor of Lukou, received the news, he immediately understood the meaning, Zhuge Jin and his son had become the representatives of the Huaisi courtiers, and he, the governor of the capital, should retire. He immediately asked Changshi Zhang Cheng to draft a resignation from the Metropolitan Governor and return to Jianye to recuperate. When Zhang Cheng heard this, he was stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, he picked up the pen, did not add any points, waved it, and sent it to Lu Su with both hands.

Lu Su looked at the article written by Zhang Chengdai and sighed: "Zhong Hei, your father and younger brother are both officials in Yueguo, you don't want to stay here, go to Yueguo, with your ability, you will soon be useful." ”

Zhang Cheng was also not polite, and nodded with a smile: "Dudu, I will accompany you back to Jianye, and I will clean up at home, and then I will go to Qiantang to find an opportunity." Governor, what are you going to do? Don't want to leave Jianye, maybe a change of environment will be better for your body. Yue Guo has several medical craftsmen in the Zhuya Taoist Academy, and the medical skills are quite unique, and the South China Sea is rich in spices, which is said to be very good for curing diseases. ”

Lu Su laughed: "Thank you Zhonghei, I know my own body, it's not a disease, it's an old injury." When I was young, I didn't know how to pay attention to my body, so I let my surname come to Hu, but now that I'm older, all of them have come out, and it's not a medicine stone that can cure well. Zhou Gongjin died young, and I have lived many years longer than him, which is enough. ”

"Governor ......"

Lu Su raised his hand, interrupted Zhang Cheng's words, and said with a smile: "If it's convenient for you, take Lin Zhi away, he has been with me for so many years, but I haven't been able to recommend him to be a teacher, I'm really sorry for him." ”

When Zhang Cheng heard him say this, he knew that he had already made up his mind, and it was useless to say more. On the same day, they packed up and went to Chaisang together to ask Sun Deng, the newly appointed prince of the prison army, to resign, Sun Deng was very surprised, personally rushed to Lu Su's residence, and persuaded him for a long time, but Lu Su refused Sun Deng's detention on the grounds of illness.

When Zhuge Ke heard about this, he immediately rushed to Zhang Cheng's residence and persuaded Zhang Cheng to stay. Zhuge Ke's sister is Zhang Cheng's wife, who just gave birth to a daughter a few years ago, and the relationship between the husband and wife is good. Zhuge Ke said to Zhang Cheng, although I am still below Lu Xun now, my father may not be able to become prime minister this time, but we will definitely be able to achieve our goal in the future. The Lu family has a land record in Vietnam, and the king will definitely not trust him unreservedly, and Lu Xun will inevitably give way in the end. Now we need to gather the talents of Huaisi, how can you go?

Zhang Cheng blocked Zhuge Ke with a word, and he said to Zhuge Ke, yes, Lu Ji is in Yueguo, and Lu Xun will not get the unreserved trust of the king, but my father and brother are also in Yueguo, and the official positions they hold are much more important than Lu Ji, can the king believe me?

Zhuge Ke was speechless, so he had to watch Zhang Chengyang leave. He was unwilling, and wrote an urgent letter, asking people to send it to Zhuge Jin and his sister as quickly as possible, so that they could persuade Zhang Cheng again. When Zhang Cheng returned to Jianye's house, Mrs. Zhuge had already received the news, but before she could say a few words, Zhang Cheng interrupted her: "Madam, do you also think that Yuanxun has a bright future?" ”

Zhuge looked at Zhang Cheng inexplicably, and didn't quite understand why Zhang Cheng said this. Zhang Cheng is known for being good at reading people, but the meaning of his sentence shows that he is not optimistic about Zhuge Ke, who is in the limelight.

"If your Zhuge family wants to lose, it must be defeated by Yuan Xun." Zhang Cheng smiled faintly: "If you believe me, pack up immediately, and leave Jianye with me as soon as possible to go to Qiantang, if you don't believe me, I can write you a letter of resignation, and we will go our separate ways from now on." ”

Zhuge hesitated, she knew that Zhang Cheng's words were not a joke. Zhang Cheng had already made up his mind to leave Wu, and their family had nothing to do with King Yue, and it was precisely because of this that she gained Sun Quan's trust, and her marriage to Zhang Cheng had lost its original political significance.

"I'll go with you." Zhuge pondered for a long time and sighed: "I'll go and say goodbye to my father and mother." ”

"It should." Zhang Cheng agreed.

Zhuge went home and told Zhuge Jin what Zhang Cheng said, Zhuge Jin frowned for a long time and did not say anything. Although Zhang Cheng is his son-in-law, Zhang Cheng is only four years younger than him, they have been dating for many years, they know each other well, and he also admires Zhang Cheng's wisdom very much. It's just that now Zhang Cheng's comment on Zhuge Ke makes him very uncomfortable, and now Zhuge Ke is all his hope, and it doesn't seem to be the bane of the ruined family and the clan.

Zhang Cheng packed up the house as quickly as possible, left a farewell letter, asked people to send it to Sun Quan, and took Cao Gen, Shangguan Xuefei and Lin Zhi to drive straight to Qiantang, without stopping all the way, until Wu County, he stopped in the post pavilion outside the city.

Zhang Wen, who had already received the news, greeted him outside the pavilion.

This post pavilion is the post pavilion where Sun Shao sang "outside the long pavilion and by the ancient road" when he said goodbye to Zhou Xun, the post pavilion is still the post pavilion, the trees are still those trees, and the years of the past few years do not seem to have left any traces. It's just that those people at the beginning are no longer those people, Sun Shao became the king, Zhou Xun became the general of the Yue Kingdom, and Zhang Wen, who was called a young man with Zhou Xun, was placed under house arrest at home, and his future was dark.

"Zhonghei, you're leaving too?" As soon as Zhang Wen saw Zhang Cheng, he showed a bitter smile.

"Yes, I'm leaving." Zhang Cheng was not polite, and said straight to the point: "What about you, do you want to come with me?" ”

"I'm not you." Zhang Wen shook his head: "Your father and brothers are all in Yueguo, Jianye doesn't care about that bit of belongings, I can't do it, my Zhang family has hundreds of people, how can I say that I can move?" Besides, you and King Yue have a brotherhood, I ...... Hehe, but it's ......"

"Megumi, a few years in prison has made you like this?" Zhang Cheng shook his head again and again, and said unceremoniously: "You not only misjudged yourself, but also misjudged King Yue." ”

Zhang Wen was silent. It's not that he didn't have the mind to go to Yue Guo, but when he thought of the fact that he used Sun Shao back then, and finally abandoned Sun Shao, he felt empty in his heart. In addition, Shen Xuan, who was desperate at that time, is now an important minister of the Yue Kingdom, but he is now a person under house arrest, and he has completely turned it over, which makes him feel a little shameless to face the old man. Zhang Cheng asked him to meet here, of course he knew Zhang Cheng's intentions, but he thought about it, he and Zhang Cheng could not be compared, Zhang Cheng would definitely be reused soon when he ran to Yueguo, but he may not. This time, Lu Xun became the governor, assisted the crown prince Sun Deng, and led the army to fight against Guan Yu, and Lu Xun's nephew Gu Cheng was his brother-in-law, and Lu Xun might give him a chance. Gu Yong, who values him very much, is very likely to become the prime minister, and he will not be a little helped, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to stay and take a look.

Zhang Cheng saw that Zhang Wen was single, so he probably knew his decision, persuaded a few words, and had to regret parting.

"Zhang Huishu seems to be smart, but he is actually confused." Leaving the Long Pavilion, Lin Zhi said unabashedly: "He still has unrealistic illusions about King Wu, he is really stupid." ”

"It's no wonder he does." Zhang Chengshen shook his head sympathetically: "These Jiangdong clans, their family businesses are all in Wu Kingdom, how can it be so convenient as us, they can leave after a little tidying up." They want to leave, not only are there many people, but the most important thing is that the land cannot be moved, leaving the country of Wu, at least half of the property will be lost, and it is not until the last step, how can it be so easy to make a decision. ”

"I don't think so." Shangguan Xuefei snorted coldly: "Yue Country is vast and sparsely populated, when will there be a shortage of land?" He just didn't have confidence in King Yue, for fear that King Yue would snub him, so he looked ahead and looked back. There is a way to overcalculate, and this is the meaning. He was destined to be a cautious person all his life, and he couldn't do bold things. ”

"Miss Xuefei has wanted to go to Yue Guo for a long time, right?" Cao Gen, who had been silent, couldn't help but laugh.

"You don't talk about me, don't you too?" Shangguan Xuefei glanced at Cao Gen and smiled heartily: "Actually, I feel sorry for Zhang Jun, with Zhang Jun's ability, if he had gone to Yue Guo earlier, he would have been at least a county Taishou now, and maybe it would be possible for a state pastor." As for staying in Wu for a few years, it has always been a long history. ”

(To be continued)