Before Sun Song said this, Sun Deng did have a kind of ** in his heart that he wanted to compete with Sun Shao, he had always admired Sun Shao, but when he found that Zhou Yu he liked only Sun Shao in his heart, he was angry, he wanted to compete with Sun Shao, so he knew that the task of envoying Qian Tang this time was very arduous, and it was impossible to get back those accounts from Sun Shao's mouth, but he still came.

With Sun Shao's expedition to Liaodong for a year, and then a year of government affairs by Sun Quan's side, Sun Deng, who was only fifteen years old, has unconsciously completed the psychological transformation from a boy to a man, he has put himself on an equal footing with Sun Shao from the perspective of the problem, he wants to protect his territory like a fighter, he is sensitive and deep, his eyes are keen, and he is full of vigilance against the people around him, so he soon discovered Sun Luban's strangeness. Although Sun Luban has become a relative, in front of Sun Deng, she is still the naughty boy who frolicked in the palace of King Wu with a few friends.

Sun Luban's pretended calm expression was quickly recognized by Sun Deng, however, Sun Deng regretted it very much, he hoped that he had not seen through the truth, so that he could still maintain some composure, and now he was like an enraged lion cub, and he could no longer maintain his composure, even on the surface.

The woman he had been thinking about for a long time was actually dressed as a maid, not far from him, and her intention was to escape from him, to rush to Qian Tang, to be the woman of the eldest brother he used to admire.

When Sun Deng first discovered this secret, he almost wanted to cut people with a knife, but the experience of these two years was not in vain, he quickly hid his anger to the deepest part of his heart, he suppressed his anger, and watched Sun Luban pretend to be calm in front of him quietly, he looked at Zhou Yuyin in the distance with the rest of his eyes, and watched his every move timidly.

All this, he has to ask Sun Shao back, he wants to defeat Sun Shao in front of Zhou Yu, and he wants Zhou Yu to know that although he has not yet become the king of Wu, he is no worse than the king of Yue.

However, Sun Song's words poured him a basin of cold water head-on, "Do you think you are smarter than the eldest brother?" ”

Yes, Sun Shao is the king of Yue and his opponent, but Sun Shao is first of all his eldest brother and a leader among his peers, Sun Song himself is an outstanding talent, he is happy and sincere to Sun Shao, but he is condescending to Sun Deng.

Do you think you're smarter than your big brother? No, you're not as good as him.

Sun Deng understood what Sun Song meant, and a wave of blood surged up on his head, making his originally white face turn red. His teeth rattled, and he almost jumped out of the car in an instant, biting Sun Song hard, just like after being bullied by Sun Luban when he was a child.

Xie Jing grabbed him in time and reminded him not to get excited with imperceptible eyes.

Sun Deng opened his mouth and said with a somewhat dry voice and said with a smile: "Ziqiao said that he laughed, the eldest brother has a handsome man like you as a supplement, how dare I be self-righteous, this time I came to Qian Tang, I mainly came to ask the eldest brother for advice." ”

Sun Song glanced at Sun Deng with some surprise, he felt that Sun Deng's reaction was a little excessive, and then laughed again, Sun Deng was the crown prince, and he was probably used to his subordinates being respectful to him, and he couldn't turn around for a while. He smiled faintly: "What kind of handsome am I, Zigao, you are too exalted of me." ”

"What, isn't Ziqiao unsatisfactory?" Sun Deng smiled and regained his composure in the shortest possible time: "Also, the Yue country is full of talents, and there are dozens of people in the Sun clan alone, which is no better than my Wu country's thirst for talent now." Ziqiao, why don't you come to my Wu Kingdom to help my father? ”

Sun Song's mouth crooked, laughed, and didn't say a word. Sun Deng smiled casually, pointed to the shop next to him and laughed with Sun Song. Although this street is the main road of Qiantang City, it is not long, but it takes a cup of tea to come to an end. Sun Song got out of the car in front of the Yue Palace, Zongzheng Sun Song was already waiting on the side, and when he saw Sun Deng, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Prince, please come with me." ”

Sun Deng politely arched his hand, followed Sun Song into the post house not far from the Yue Palace, and before entering the door, he turned his head to look at the Zhou family's convoy that turned onto another road. Sun Song arranged their accommodation, and then said with a smile: "The king is very happy to hear that you are coming, and is preparing for you in the palace to catch the wind and wash the dust, please rest for a while, and after a while, someone in the palace will come to invite." ”

"Thank you." Sun Deng pretended to be casual and said, "Is the big tiger also participating?" ”

Sun Song shook his head and said with a smile: "They shouldn't participate, today it should be Zhou Yin at home to pick them up, Ming said maybe the Queen Mother will invite them, I haven't heard that the king has a plan to set up a banquet for them." ”

"Oh." Sun Deng smiled softly and saluted again. Sun Song glanced at Sun Deng appreciatively, and felt that he was much more mature and more gentle than the last time he came to Qian Tang as a hostage, so he really praised two words, and then withdrew.

Sun Deng washed his face and rested for a while, and someone came to the palace to lead Sun Deng and others into the palace.

There is no big difference between the Yue Palace and two years ago, it is still so simple, and it is very incompatible with Sun Shao's reputation in the world. The reception banquet is set up in the side hall, the scale is very small, there are only two hosts and guests of Sun Shao and Sun Deng, and there are only two accompanying guests, Sun Song and Sun Tai, but this Sun Shao is very enthusiastic, personally greeted out of the palace door, as soon as he saw Sun Deng, he smiled, stepped forward to hold Sun Deng's shoulder, patted it hard, and said with a smile: "Zigao, I have grown up very fast in the past two years, like a real man." ”

Sun Deng was a little unnatural, he took a step back in a restrained manner, and saluted respectfully: "Foreign Minister Wu Prince Deng, meet His Royal Highness King Yue." ”

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, couldn't help laughing, pointed at Sun Deng and said to Sun Song and Sun Tai: "You see, Zigao's rules are strict, compared with him, we are just village husbands." ”

Sun Tai pursed his lips and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Of course, the righteousness of the monarchs and ministers of the Wu State is very clear. ”

Sun Deng smiled faintly: "Respect and humility are orderly, the saint is in charge, this is a matter of course, and where can he be praised by the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom." ”

Sun Tai snorted and twisted his head. Sun Shao watched them bickering with interest, pulled his shirt, returned the salute in a proper manner, and then said with a smile: "Okay, the rules are over, let's go in." Zigao, today is a family banquet, there are no outsiders, in order to restrain you, I didn't even invite Master Zongzheng. However, looking at you like this, I should have invited them here, but it's too late now, next time, next time, not only Lord Zongzheng will be invited, but also the ministers will also be present, so that they can see the demeanor of you, the crown prince of Wu. ”

Entering the hall, the two sides sat down, Sun Deng was serious, but Sun Shao and the three of them couldn't get serious, they were drinking and laughing, and unconsciously left Sun Deng aside, and the eyes that looked at Sun Deng were also a little weird. Sun Deng was sitting on pins and needles, wanting to laugh with them, but he couldn't pull his face, he wanted to lead the topic to political affairs several times, but was stopped by Sun Shao. Sun Shao said, today is a family banquet, don't talk about political affairs, don't worry, I will arrange for Prime Minister Yu to see you tomorrow, if you have anything to talk to him directly. Sun Tai also said coldly on the side, although I don't have as many rules as King Wu, but the division of labor is also very clear, if you want to talk about government affairs, you should first go to Da Honglu, he is specifically responsible for related affairs with foreign countries, and then look for the prime minister, the prime minister is in charge of government affairs, but you can't come directly to the king.

One sentence choked Sun Deng enough. Sun Deng had already understood why he was looking for Sun Song and Sun Tai to accompany him, and the four of them sat down, that is, the descendants of the four siblings who came down from Sun Jian's lineage, and now the situation is obvious, the three of them have hugged each other tightly, and the Sun Quan he represents is very isolated.

Sun Deng ate this meal unpleasantly, and in the end he didn't negotiate anything, so he went back. After Sun Song sent Sun Deng away on behalf of Sun Shao, he returned to Sun Shao's study. Sun Shao and Sun Tai were drinking tea, Sun Tai looked angry, muttering that Sun Deng's was not, Sun Shao just smiled, but he didn't think so, when he saw Sun Song come in, he motioned for Sun Song to sit down, and then asked, "Ziqiao, what do you think?" ”

"I think Zigao seems to have something on his mind, he has a fire in his heart, and he is not unhappy." Sun Song took a sip of tea and said with a faint smile: "Although he tried his best to be calm, I could see that he was forcibly suppressing his anger. ”

Sun Shao blinked his eyes and smiled a little reluctantly: "Can you estimate why he is angry?" ”

"Not the people yet?" Sun Tai sneered disappreciatively: "Wu Guo must be nervous, so he rushed over to ask for an explanation, but these people were not taken captive by us, they came to my Yue country voluntarily, and Wu Guo wants to go back, but it is not so easy." ”

"I don't think so." Sun Song scratched his head: "Zi Gao must have come for the sake of the household registration, but this matter is obvious, he doesn't need to be so calm, I think he may have something else." Sun Song thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "But it's okay like this, he can't hold his breath, and there will be chaos during the negotiation, and if he is in a mess, our opportunity will come." Big brother, do you want to embarrass Kong Jun and Duke Yu and embarrass him, and provoke him a little more? ”

Sun Shao burst out laughing, took a sip of tea noncommittally, and said after a while: "I don't need to talk about this, they know what to do." So many people have arrived in the Yue country, and these families in Yue County have benefited the most, and when they want to spit out the meat in their mouths, how can it be so easy. By the way, Ziqiao, you go and remind Lu Gongxu to prevent someone from taking advantage of the opportunity of the increase in people's household registration to suppress the wages of workshop workers. ”

"Whoa." Sun Song responded: "Doctor Yu Shi has already prepared, he asked people to post notices in several workshops, and the minimum wage standard is posted everywhere, even foreigners who have just entered the city to find something to do can see it, and it is not so easy for those people to play tricks." ”

"It's one thing to know, it's another thing to be guaranteed." Sun Shao thought for a while, turned his head and said to Sun Tai: "Zi'an, I think you should not join the army for the time being, first be a servant of the imperial history under the imperial historian, and specifically support the people who have been wronged, how about it?" ”

Sun Tai was stunned for a moment, looked at Sun Shao with some suspicion, and thought for a long time before saying, "What, my aunt has found the eldest brother again?" ”

Sun Shao smiled. Sun Tai is the only son of the fourth uncle Sun Kuang, who has just come of age and has not yet married, but he and Sun Kuang Haowen's surname is not the same, he inherited the surname of the Sun family, and his martial arts skills are very good. Sun Shao took him out a few times, he was not satisfied with following Sun Shao in the formation to command, every time he asked to lead the team to go first, scared Sun Shao enough, and when he came back, he said to Sun Tai's mother Cao, which scared Cao's face white, and almost dragged Sun Tai directly home to confinement. Cao's life is hard, she lost her father when she was young, and she lost her husband in middle age, she didn't want to give birth to her son just a few days later, and see her son have an accident. Sun Shao also agreed with her idea, so he resolutely rejected Sun Tai's request to lead the troops, Sun Tai did not give up, he stalked and stalked, soft and hard, and asked to destroy the front camp at the first opportunity.

"No, I think this work is very challenging, although Lu Gongxu is thoughtful, but his temper is too soft, if none of his subordinates dare to take responsibility, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress those guys who forget their righteousness." Sun Shao looked at Sun Tai and said seriously: "With you going, I will be much more relieved." ”

When Sun Tai heard this, he immediately straightened his chest, and his eyes lit up: "Since the eldest brother can afford me, I will reluctantly help my uncle to clean up those guys......"

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment and interrupted Sun Tai's words: "What did you say?" When did Lu Ji become your uncle? ”

Sun Tai subconsciously covered his mouth and glanced at Sun Song, but Sun Song shrugged his shoulders, looked away, and muttered, "Don't look at me, I don't know." ”

Sun Shao looked at Sun Tai and then at Sun Song, suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Is it Aunt Tiger?" ”

"I ...... I didn't say that. Sun Tai stammered, "This is ...... It's not going to happen yet, and I don't know what will happen in the end. ”

", tell me what's going on." Sun Shao suddenly got up and said with a smile: "When I was in Zhuya, I thought she was a little weird, but I was busy and didn't care about it, why, did she think it was Lu Gongxu, or did Lu Gongxu take a fancy to her?" No, Lu Gongxu is a scholar, how can he have the courage to provoke her? ”

"Lu Gongxu can't hide from his aunt, how dare he take the initiative to provoke his aunt." Sun Song said with a smile: "This matter is still known to a few parties, and no one knows whether it can be done in the end, so it's too early to say this." ”

"You all know it, why don't I know?" Sun Shao feigned anger.

"No way, we were forced to try to make up the soup, and my aunt told us this secret in order to comfort us." Sun Tai said with a bitter face: "Although I don't know what's going on, but I estimate that my aunt took the initiative, as far as Lu Gongxu's scholarly temper is concerned, he is embarrassed to say it even if he has ideas, where is my aunt so refreshing." ”

Sun Shao remembered the bowl of soup that was jokingly called seawater boiled by the bridge when he was in Zhuya, and he understood a little in a trance, but no matter how he carried forward the spirit of the paparazzi, Sun Tai and the others just didn't say it, looking at their frightened looks, they should have been threatened by Sun Shangxiang, especially Sun Tai, maybe he was threatened by Sun Shangxiang by force.

"Don't talk about pulling down, I'll find an opportunity to ask in person." Sun Shao laughed while talking, although Lu Ji has a bad temper and can speak well, but he has no power to restrain the chicken, if he really wants to meet such a fierce girl as Sun Shangxiang, he can't really be forced by Sun Shangxiang's overlord. Thinking of this possibility, Sun Shao couldn't help but want to laugh.

Seeing that he was smiling evilly, Sun Tai couldn't help but feel a chill, and hurriedly begged: "Big brother, don't tell your aunt that I said it was me who leaked my mouth, otherwise I will be in trouble." I'm an only child, and I haven't married yet. ”

"Look at your timid look." Sun Shao glanced at Sun Tai with disdain and didn't say anything more.

…… In the newly decorated mansion of Zhou Yin, the captain of Changle, Xiaoqiao visited the new house under the guidance of Zhou Yin, and praised it: "Not bad, not bad, I don't look worse than Jianye's house." Zhongying, these are all bought by your Yulu? ”

Zhou Yin smiled proudly: "Mother, although I have a lot of money, in just one year, how can I afford such a house, most of which is sponsored by my aunt." ”

"Well, she's really nice to you." Xiaoqiao smiled with satisfaction: "I look a little more beautiful than the Yue Palace." ”

"The Yue Palace's palace is the most broken official office in the city." Zhou Yin pouted disappreciatively: "Ming said that my mother will go around the city and know that none of the most beautiful houses in Qiantang City are official offices, and the most broken of the official offices is the Yue Palace, followed by the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Doctor's Mansion." Oh, I'm not right, there are still beautiful official offices, and it's quite beautiful if you learn too much, and now it's all a scene of Qian Tang, and if you don't go to Qian Tang, it's the same as if you don't come to Qian Tang. ”

"What's going on?" Zhou Xun was also curious: "Yue Guo is founded by business, and King Yue is the richest of the four kings of the Han Dynasty, why is the Yue Palace's broken like that?" ”

"He doesn't want to build the palace, saying that this is real estate and can't make money." Zhou Yin scratched his head and said with some puzzlement: "He said that I don't know much about those, anyway, except for the Changle Palace where the aunt lives in the Yue Palace, the others are very shabby." By the way, mother, my aunt said that the eldest brother built a separate courtyard for her in Zhuya, and there is a hot spring in it, but it is comfortable, she wants you to go to Zhuya with her next time to spend the winter. ”

"Hot springs?" The small bridge was confused.

"It's a hot spring, right?" Zhou Yu interjected, "I seem to have mentioned it in "Essays on Southbound Travel", it is that kind of spring water, the water that comes out is hot, and it is said that bathing in it often can maintain health." ”

"Yes, yes." Zhou Yin laughed: "Ayu still reads a lot and knows more." I bought these books, but I put them in my house as decorations, and I never read them properly. He suddenly remembered something, waved his hand to rebuke the servant next to him, and said to Xiaoqiao with a sinking face: "Mother, hasn't the marriage contract between Ayu and Sun Deng been dissolved yet?" ”

Xiaoqiao was a little surprised by Zhou Yin's suddenly serious expression, she nodded: "As soon as Ayu is sick, I will let your brother go to withdraw from the family, but I don't know why, the prince just doesn't agree." Bo Ying later asked someone to inquire and said that the king had agreed, but the prince was unwilling to withdraw from his family, so he ...... The matter dragged on. ”

Zhou Yin twisted his head towards Zhou Xun, and there was obviously some distrust in his eyes: "Is it true?" ”

Zhou Xun was very unhappy, and his face sank: "What am I going to lie to you for, this matter is true." ”

"What does Sun Deng want to do?" Zhou Yin touched his nose and was puzzled: "Could it be that he saw a flaw?" He wouldn't want to marry a sick woman and go back to be the crown princess. ”

"I don't know." Zhou Xun put his hands behind his back, looked at a plantain in the corner of the wall, and was stunned for a moment before continuing: "I also had this suspicion, but the imperial doctor ordered Zhao Quan to not see the flaw, how did he know?" So I thought later, it should be that he really likes Ayu, anyway, he is still young, and he can't say if he wants to wait a few more years. ”

"It's okay for him to wait a few more years, but what about Ayu?" Zhou Yin roared, "Ayu will be twenty years old this year, if she doesn't get married, who will she marry in the future?" In my opinion, it's not that Sun Deng disagrees, it's that you still think about your status in the state of Wu and refuse to let go. ”

Zhou Xunhuo turned around, glared at Zhou Yin angrily, his face was pale, he gritted his teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth: "That's how you looked at me?" ”

"Humph!" Zhou Yin was not afraid, he glanced at Zhou Xun: "It's not the first time you've done this, what's so strange, didn't you just say it, if you go back this time, you will be able to take over Lu Zijing as the governor of Lukou." But have you thought about it, Lu Zijing has such a big credit, and now he is just a second-rate character, if it weren't for Lu Meng who has been sick in bed, I'm afraid Lu Koudu would not have been his for a long time. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Xun roared.

"Don't yell at me." Zhou Yin rolled his eyes and dismissed: "I can tell you, Ayu's marriage contract has not been dissolved, and the aunt can't help it, so think about how to solve this problem first." Wu Yue's contradictions are enough, don't make trouble for the eldest brother anymore. He turned his head and muttered, and then blamed: "What's the matter, my aunt and I are not good people." ”

Zhou Xun was so angry that his face was red and white for a while, and Xiaoqiao was also stunned, but Zhou Yu's face was pale, even his lips lost their blood, his thin body shook twice, and he almost fell to the ground. Zhou Yin saw it, hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said with some regret: "Alas, it's all my fault, the words have been held in my heart for a long time, and you can't help but say it as soon as you arrive." Ayu, don't worry, let's think about it, there must be a way, there must be a way. ”

Zhou Yu moaned weakly, his lips trembled, he didn't say a word, but the tears fell, and he looked at Xiaoqiao with complaining eyes. Xiaoqiao felt a pain in his heart, took her and comforted: "Don't worry, Grandma has agreed to you, and tomorrow I will give up this face to beg your aunt, and I will definitely let you get your wish." ”

"No need to go." Zhou Yu sobbed: "Do you want me to be humiliated again?" Mistakes have been wrong, and now we can only make mistakes wrong. I shouldn't have been here...... I shouldn't have come......"

"What's wrong?" With a burst of footsteps, Sun Shangxiang and Sun Luban's aunt and nephew appeared in front of them, and four big eyes were turning around on the faces of the four mothers and sons of the Zhou family.

(To be continued)