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Although it is already March, Jianye is still a little cold in spring, the trees that have withered for a winter have not returned to green for a long time, and the branches that should have been green in previous years are silent, and the canopy like smoke is shaking helplessly in the wind. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sun Quan stood by the pond with his hands behind his back, looking at the two carps in the clear water. The bright sun shone on his gorgeous royal robe, shining brightly, contrasting his face with a little gray. However, the forty-five-year-old Sun Quan inadvertently showed some old state, although the white hair on the sideburns was carefully plucked, but the crow's feet at the corners of the eyes could not be hidden.

When Sun Quan was at a loss, he would often unconsciously look to the west, his eyes crossed the high palace wall, and he could only see the sometimes clear, sometimes gloomy sky, and he couldn't see the small building he wanted to see at all, in fact, there was no one he wanted to see in the small building, even if he could see it, what was the use.

The courtyard was always empty, and Sun Quan did not reward anyone, but arranged for a dozen slaves to live in it and be responsible for cleaning and keeping the house tidy, but he himself had never been there, he only occasionally looked there unconsciously when he lost his mind.

Wu has been very idle lately, unlike the other three kingdoms that are busy with war, Wu is a little uneasy, and seems to have been forgotten by the world, the court of Wu is as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and there is no trace of waves, and occasionally only when he hears the news from the other three kingdoms, there is only a slight movement, and then it quickly falls silent.

Sun Quan has been in charge of things for a long time, and the political affairs were handed over to the prince Sun Deng, Sun Deng, with the assistance of Prime Minister Buqi and the general Lu Xun, his ability has been greatly improved, and the state of Wu has been governed in an orderly manner. Sun Quan occasionally heard these rumors, just smiled, and did not explain, others thought that Sun Quan was modest, only the close servant Gu Shi knew, Sun Quan was helpless.

Sun Deng's foundation is stable, he does things without leakage, he takes the initiative to report to Sun Quan in big and small things, and he doesn't give anyone a handle at all, who can still move him?

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and Sun Quan withdrew his gaze and quietly looked at the fish in the water again.

"Gu Hou, is my father here?" It was Sun Deng's voice.

"Your Highness, the king is watching the fish by the pool." Gu Li replied respectfully.

"Really?" Sun Deng said politely, Sun Quan raised his head, glanced at him from a distance, and saw that he was bowing slightly to talk to Gu Li, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull, a sneer flashed, and then he regained his calm. "Please report to the Marquis of Gu, there is a big matter to report to my father."

"Zigao." Sun Quan raised his voice and shouted: "Come here, what kind of big thing makes you so anxious?" ”

"Father......" Sun Deng nodded to Gu Li, holding the hem of his clothes in one hand and a piece of paper in the other, he trotted all the way over, walked through the crooked fish beam, came to the pavilion in the pool, stood three steps away in front of Sun Quan, raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead, and showed a sad look on his face. Father, Zhu Junhou is gone. ”

"Who?" Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and then thought again: "Zhu Zhi? ”

"It's not Lao Junhou, Lao Junhou passed away two years ago, it's his eldest son Zhu Cai Zhu Junye." The corners of Sun Deng's eyes moistened, he handed over the paper with both hands, and swallowed: "Zhu Wan just rushed to Jianye to report the funeral." ”

"Zhu Wan?" Sun Quan took the obituary and muttered suspiciously: "Who is he?" ”

"Father, Zhu Wan is the eldest son of Zhu Junhou." Sun Wei, who had been standing next to him, reminded him.

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Zhu Cai is dead?" He stared, obviously a little disbelieving, until he saw Sun Deng nodding, he relaxed his expression, and said with some regret: "Junye (Zhu Cai) is not yet thirty years old, just in the prime of life, how can it ...... How could it be ......"

Sun Deng also felt sad, Zhu Zhi was loyal to the Sun family all his life, and was deprived of his rights by Sun Quan before he died, Zhu Cai was originally very trusted by Sun Quan, just when he was reused, and now he is dead again, the third son Zhu Wei and the fourth son Zhu Wanzai are all young and arrowy, only the second son Zhu Ji is still there, but he has moved to Funan with his family a few years ago, and it is said that he is now arranged by Sun Shao to be a Taishou in Yi County, and his political performance is very good. In Danyang's hometown, the Zhu family fell within a few years. What made him even more sad was that his father was obviously old, although he was only forty-five years old, he was already showing his old age, and he couldn't even remember that Zhu Zhi died two years ago.

Sun Quan was stunned, and was stunned for a while before he said wistfully: "Reward some more money, and you can go to Danyang on my behalf at that time." The Zhu family has meritorious service in our Wu country, see who else can use it among his descendants, arrange an official position, and don't let the old prince run out of blood and food. Title...... It's inherited by this Zhu Wan. ”

"Whoa." Sun Deng bowed and said, "Father, there is one more thing, the sons dare not decide, and they must ask their father to consider it." ”

"What's the matter, and what else you can't break?" Sun Quan glanced at Sun Deng, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Sun Wei looked at his eyes intently, taking in his unhappy look, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and then looked at Sun Deng's eyes became a little strange.

Sun Deng was used to hearing this tone, he didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to say calmly: "Brother Fengxian sent a message, saying that he wanted to compete with the Tianzhu people, but the troops were insufficient, and asked if we were interested in going out together and attacking Tianzhu. ”

"And attack Tianzhu?" Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, suddenly came to his senses, his eyebrows and eyes became vivid, and he greeted happily: "Zigao, sit down, tell me what is going on." ”

Sun Deng thanked him, sat down on a stone bench, and explained the situation. It turned out that Sun Shao sent a letter of state, mainly talking about two things, one is that he has defeated the Tianzhu sailor, controlled the entire Tianzhu Sea, and the trade routes at sea have all been under his control, he sent someone to ask Wei and Wu if they are interested in organizing a fleet to do business, because the territory is expanding too fast, the development speed of Yue Guo cannot keep up, and a lot of opportunities are wasted, so he wants to ask Wei and Wu to increase the scale of the caravan and make a fortune together. As for the Shu Kingdom, after the great general Zhang Fei pacified the southern frontier, they had already sent people through the southern frontier and entered Tianzhu, and the trade was already underway, so there was no need to discuss it anymore.

The other is that Sun Shao asked Wu for support, he wanted to take Tianzhu, but the troops were seriously insufficient, and it was more than enough to control the sea route, but it was overstretched to go ashore to attack, Wei was clearing the Xianbei people in northern Xinjiang, Shu had just pacified southern Xinjiang, and was accumulating strength to prepare to go west with Wei, and now only Wu had nothing to do, because Wei Shu was busy with his own business, so more than 100,000 troops of Wu had been idle, except for the troops guarding the towns in various places, Wu had at least more than 30,000 idle troops, Sun Quan once thought about taking the opportunity to cut some, but the resistance was too great, and in the end, only some generals whose strength had been greatly weakened were cut, and none of the ones Sun Quan really wanted to cut were cut.

Now Sun Shao hopes that Sun Quan will send some people to help, and the conditions are very favorable, except for the Wu State, all the ordnance and baggage are borne by the Yue State, and the spoils of war will be distributed according to the war profits, and once the war is completed, it can be withdrawn at any time. If a soldier is killed or injured, he will be given a bereavement pension according to the standards of the Vietnamese country. In addition, depending on the number of troops, Yue Guo can also give Wu a sum of money, in other words, Yue Guo is ready to pay to hire Wu Jun to help him fight.

Sun Quan stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and glanced at Sun Deng: "Does he have a favorite object?" ”

Sun Deng hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes, he mentioned a few names, all of them are important generals of my Wu State, and he didn't dare to make a decision, so he wanted to ask his father to issue an edict." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and pushed it in front of Sun Quan with both hands. Sun Quan picked up the paper, and before he could look at it, he first smelled a faint fragrance, and after taking a closer look, he realized that it was the fragrance of the paper in his hand.

"This is honey incense paper, which is said to be a specialty of Funan, and after improvement, it is now the favorite paper used by the literati of the Yue Kingdom." Seeing Sun Quan's curiosity, Sun Deng explained with a smile: "If my father likes it, I will ask him for some next time I write a book for my eldest brother." ”

Sun Quan disagreed, and was about to shake his head, when suddenly a figure appeared in his mind, he hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is there any news about your aunt and Dahu?" ”

"My aunt is in confinement, and she just gave birth to a son at the beginning of the year, the mother and son are safe, and she is accompanying the Empress Dowager Qiao in Funan, and it is said that now she is also taking her uncle and likes to read. As for the Great Tiger, she went to the island of Ceylon and went with Zhou Xun, as if in the battle in the Andaman Sea last year, she made another meritorious service and captured the King of Chola with Zhou Xun. ”

"Oh?" Sun Quan raised his eyebrows, and became a little excited: "Is the big tiger still leading troops now?" ”

"Of course I led the troops." Sun Deng said with a smile: "After my aunt is pregnant, the Flying Tiger Camp will be handed over to her for the time being. ”

"Oh," Sun Quan frowned, thinking about how to turn around and inquire about the bridge, but after thinking about it, it seemed that he couldn't find any suitable excuse, and when he was in a hurry, Sun Deng continued: "Originally, the Flying Tiger Battalion would not be handed over to her, but was led by Queen Guan Feng, but Queen Guan Feng was also pregnant, so it was handed over to Dahu, this was still an order from the Empress Dowager Qiao, she was afraid that her aunt and the queen would have a fetal gas in training, so she locked the two of them in Temu City and played with her every day." ”

Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief, inquired about some of the situation in Funan, and asked the bridge in a roundabout way, Sun Deng actually knew it a long time ago, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to mention the bridge, but he knew that the bridge was not as enthusiastic as Sun Quan. He just said a few words to make Sun Quan happy.

"I'll think about this for two days, and you can think about it more, some people ......" Sun Quan clicked the name on the paper: "You can't go." ”

Sun Deng responded, Sun Quan said this, that is, he agreed to send some people, the question is only who they are.

…… General Lu Xun's Mansion, Lu Xun also had a honey incense paper spread out in front of him, but if Sun Quan could see this paper, he would definitely feel strange, because the name on it was not exactly the same as the one he saw.

Sun Xiuying straightened her stomach, supported her waist, walked in slowly, smelled the faint honey fragrance, wrinkled her nose, stroked her round belly and said, "Fengxian is really rich, he actually writes on such a good paper." ”

Lu Xun glanced at her, then at her belly, his gaze was obviously much gentler. After Lu Mao arrived in Funan, he quickly took on important responsibilities and is now a captain with 800 people. Although there are only 800 people, his 800 people are the vanguard of the vanguard, the elite of the elite, and the important surname is no less than a general of 2,000 people. On the one hand, this is related to Lu Mao's own ability, and on the other hand, Sun Shao looks at his face, otherwise, Lu Mao is a great ability and would not have a chance so soon.

"Feng Xian has the style of a general, he is bold, he values righteousness and squanders money, besides, Yue Guo is rich in business, what is the use of a few pieces of paper, he still has to hire our Wu army to help him fight, that is called a big deal."

"Hire Wu Jun to help him fight?" Sun Xiuying scratched her brows in confusion: "Who is he fighting again?" ”

"Tianzhu people." Lu Xun got up and walked to Sun Xiuying's side, helped her to sit down on the edge of the couch, and personally placed her legs, which were a little inconvenient due to swelling, and then brought the piece of paper to Sun Xiuying: "Nag, this is his favorite name." ”

Sun Xiuying glanced at it and found that there were some famous people in the Wu army, but there was no Lu Xun's name among them, so she couldn't help but say with some disdain: "Feng Xian really looked away, what's the use of picking these people, it's better to go to ten than to go alone." ”

"Ma'am, you're wrong for him." Lu Xun disagreed: "I think he is taking care of me." ”

Seeing that Lu Xun was not angry, Sun Xiuying couldn't help laughing, and said in her words: "I don't think I'm taking care of you, but I'm afraid that you will refuse and lose face, so I won't say anything." ”

In the past, Sun Shao sent people to ask for help several times, hoping that Lu Xun could come over to help, and even promised Sun Xiuying that as long as Lu Xun went to Yueguo, he would not treat him badly. But they were all rejected by Lu Xun, even in the end, Lu Xun only sent Lu Mao to Yueguo, but he did not accept Sun Shao's invitation, for which Sun Xiuying also had some complaints, feeling that Lu Xun was too stubborn, but she had always respected Lu Xun and was not good to show on her face, today I took this opportunity to remind Lu Xun. Wu has no war to fight, and Lu Xun is born to belong to the battlefield, and he can only watch his good youth go to waste in Wu State. Although he is now a general, because he has not fought a war, he does not have much military power in his hands, his position is high and his power is light, far inferior to Zhuge Ke and Quan Cong and others who are in charge of the troops on the Western Front, in Sun Xiuying's eyes, none of these people can be more talented than her husband.

"You want me to go?" Lu Xun was not angry, and smiled slightly.

"Of course." Sun Xiuying said very bluntly: "The eldest sister's family has arrived in Funan, Zimo has already become Funan Yin, and Zizhi is now also by Fengxian's side, and he will be released soon." As soon as the second brother-in-law arrived in Funan, he went to Yijun to be a taishou, and even brought his family with him, which shows how much Fengxian valued them. If you go to Funan, can Fengxian not reuse you? ”

"Even if it is, but the more he wants me to go, the more he can't mention me." Lu Xun folded the paper with a smile: "Don't worry, I estimate that there is a chance that I will leave Jianye this time." ”

"Really?" Sun Xiuying's eyes widened in disbelief.

"It's really not true, you can't move for the time being." Lu Xun gestured to her stomach and said, "No matter what, we have to wait for another half a year, wait for you to give birth to a child, and recuperate for a few more months, and when the north wind rises, we will take advantage of the big ship of Yue to go south." ”

"Yes, yes." Sun Xiuying couldn't help but dance with her eyebrows, clapped her hands and smiled: "Great, I can finally leave Jianye and go with my eldest sister and second sister." ”

"Settle down, don't get angry." Lu Xun smiled reproachfully: "Besides, this is just my guess, what the result will be, in the end, it depends on the arrangement of the king and the prince." ”

"I trust your vision." Sun Xiuying giggled: "This is fate, you have to fight side by side with Fengxian after all, how can people fight against God's destined fate?" ”

"Yes, people can't fight against life." Lu Xun's mouth was a little bitter, he was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "If you give birth to a son, name it Kang." ”

Sun Quan thought about it for a long time, and invited Bu Qi and Lu Xun and other important ministers to discuss, everyone had no objection to accepting the invitation of Yue Guo, the generals had no war to fight, no war exploits, they could not be promoted, of course, there was no windfall, they could only guard those food towns, it was really boring, and for the court, there was no war to fight, but to waste a lot of food to raise soldiers, it was indeed not a cost-effective thing. More importantly, if they do not fight for many years, these soldiers will have no other use except to harm the people, and it is better to send them to the country of Yue to fight with the country of Vietnam.

Under such circumstances, it is a very difficult question of who to send and who not to send. Some people want to make a fortune, some people don't want to go so far to work their lives, they only want to fill the gap left by the people who go, but Sun Quan is thinking about how to send out those generals who want to move but can't, and take advantage of their absence to eat away at their forces step by step.

As Lu Xun said, after a long time of discussion, he did not come to a conclusion, he noticed a problem, that is, several Jianghuai generals are not among the foreign assignments, such as Lu Meng, Jiang Qin's sons and Zhuge Ke, and Buqi's two sons are not under discussion, and among the Jiangdong people, generals like Quan Cong and Zhu Ran are not among the foreign assignments, and the candidates for discussion are mainly concentrated in the declining portals of Jianghuai nationality, such as Han Dang's son Han Zong, Cheng Pu's son Cheng Zhi, are all under discussion, On the contrary, the ministers from Jiangdong are all people who hold heavy troops and are not very obedient, such as He Qi's son He Jing, although He Qi is old, but he has more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, Sun Quan still can't touch it, plus He Qi's eldest son He Da is now a heavy general of the Yue jungle foot soldiers, Sun Quan has long been worried about the He family, and it is not surprising to take this opportunity to push them out.

Lu Xun watched coldly, and saw the hidden thoughts of Sun Quan's father and son clearly, knowing that he was also the same as the He family, among the people Sun Quan wanted to push out, but he was very calm, during the court discussion, he didn't say a word, Sun Quan said whatever he said, he didn't say anything, he didn't take the initiative to mention it, and later Sun Xiuying gave birth to a child, he simply told him to stay at home and accompany him, and didn't go to the court to listen to their nonsense.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed, and Lu Xun went against the norm and sent a large invitation to make a full moon wine for his son. Lu Xun originally had two sons, but unfortunately he died before he became an adult, and later married Sun Xiuying, but he didn't move for several years, seeing that Lu Xun was in his early forties. The status of the Lu family in Wu County is transcendent, although Lu Xun is not a heavy soldier now, but he is also a general under one person and above ten thousand people, no matter what the reason, everyone has to give him a face. A small full moon wine soon became a well-known event in Jianye City.

However, when Sun Quan's father and son received the invitation, they invariably frowned.

(To be continued)