Chapter 144: Abandonment
The blue waves are stacked, and the white clouds are long.
On the river, a fighting ship went down the river to the east, and its line was like the wind.
On the deck, Lu Su stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the end of Tianshui in a daze.
"It turns out that Zijing is blowing the wind here."
A leisurely voice came from behind him, Lu Su came back from the fugue, and when he looked back, a short, black man in a green shirt was walking towards him with a smile.
When Lu Su received Sun Quan's secret order and was about to set off from Baqiu to Moling, he happened to meet Pang Tong from Jiangling, and he was ordered by Zhou Yu to go to Moling on an errand, so Lu Su invited him to accompany him.
"The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the river breeze is in a good mood, since Mr. Shiyuan is on the deck, he might as well enjoy this leisure with Su."
With a smile on his face, Pang Tong stepped forward and stood side by side with Lu Su, his eyes on the ethereal sky, "Marquis Wu urgently summoned Zijing back to Moling, presumably Miss Sun's marriage is indecided, so I want to ask Zijing's opinion." ”
Lu Su's heart was shocked, although Sun Quan mentioned this matter in the secret letter, Lu Su also guessed what Sun Quan summoned him to, but he did not reveal it to outsiders in advance, but he didn't want to be easily guessed by Pang Tong.
"Why did Mr. Shiyuan say that?" Lu Su was not in a hurry to admit it.
Pang Tong smiled faintly, "The matter of Erliu's courtship has already caused a lot of trouble, Zijing is a person trusted by Wu Hou, and he was recalled by Wu Hou to Moling at such a delicate moment, if it is not for this, what can it do." ”
I see.
Lu Su's heart was secretly ashamed, Pang Tong's speculation was so simple, and he was still suspicious for a long time.
Haha laughed, to hide the shame in his heart, Lu Susuo asked: "Since Mr. has guessed correctly, I don't know how Mr. thinks I should suggest this matter to Wu Hou." ”
"Zijing asked me like this, don't you know that I went to Moling this time, but I was entrusted by the governor of Zhou to make a statement to Marquis Wu about this matter?" Pang Tong replaced the answer with a rhetorical question.
The deep meaning of Pang Tong's words is quite vague, in fact, he is implying that for such a major matter, Wu Hou did not ask Zhou Yu, the nominal first minister, but asked for your Lu Su's opinion, and I am representing Zhou Yu, at this moment, the positions of the two are very likely to be inconsistent, so it is naturally inappropriate for Lu Su to ask each other like this.
Lu Su immediately understood, and immediately laughed, "Gong Jin and I know everything about life and death, and I don't understand what Mr. said." ”
Pang Tong also smiled, but he smiled a little strangely, and suddenly asked: "I have also heard of Zijing's friendship with Zhou Dudu. It is said that Zijing was also a wealthy family at that time, when Zhou Dudu passed by, because of the lack of food, he led the soldiers to the door to borrow grain from Zijing, Zijing you did not frown, simply gave a warehouse of 3,000 grains generously, which was appreciated by Zhou Dudu, and the two became close friends. ”
The friendship between Zhou Yu and Lu Su is known to everyone in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lu Su's chivalrous reputation has also spread far and wide.
Pang Tong mentioned this good story, Lu Su listened to it and was useful, his face unconsciously showed a little smugness, but his mouth was humble.
After the compliment, Pang Tong stepped forward, his expression suddenly became secretive, and he said in a low voice with a smile: "Zhou Dudu is really magnificent, borrowing grain and bringing troops to the door, in fact, Tong has been guessing, if Zi Jing refused to borrow food at that time, would Zhou Dudu not do two things and directly wave his troops to rob it?" ”
Under these words, Lu Su's heart seemed to be suddenly whipped by a whip, and there was a kind of heart-piercing pain for a moment.
Pang Tong's words are actually very clear, he is implying that the friendship between him Lu Su and Zhou Yu is far from being as good as the world has sung about, and this so-called friendship is not so much due to fate as it is forced out for Lu Su.
The old past came to mind, and Lu Su will never forget the scene when Zhou Yu led the armor soldiers and came in a surging manner, openly asking for a thousand taels of grain in that unquestionable tone.
Lu Su knew very well that if he dared to refuse, the sword in Zhou Yu's hand would never show mercy.
Lu Su was inspired at that time, thinking that this grain must be borrowed, and it is borrowed but not returned, rather than hesitating, why not be a favor and be generous and bold, so he simply tripled it and borrowed three thousand yuan directly.
Zhou Yu was just rushing for grain at that time, as long as he could borrow a thousand grains, he didn't plan to embarrass Lu Su, but what he didn't expect was that this lowly giant businessman could be so generous and such an extraordinary person, but it was also worth befriending.
A friendship that is exchanged for swords and interests, who knows the truth except the world.
Lu Su didn't expect that Pang Tong's insight was so deep that he could deduce the truth of the whole thing just based on this story that was circulating.
After being poked by Pang Tong, Lu Su did not deny it, he suddenly thought of something, and said: "Mr. Shiyuan, you also said just now that you are entrusted by Gongjin, why do your words now seem to be a little inconsistent with your identity." ”
Pang Tong laughed and said bluntly: "I might as well tell Zi Jingming that now that Zhou Lang is a master of high achievement, Wu Hou has long been suspicious, and he is bound to take advantage of Liu Xuande to take the opportunity of Nanjun to abandon Zhou Lang, if you and I are tied to Zhou Lang again, there will be all kinds of harm and no benefit, at this critical moment, we must not stand on the wrong side." ”
Pang Tong's heart-to-heart and lungs shocked Lu Su, but after a calm analysis, Lu Su quickly understood that what Pang Tong said was not wrong at all, and all kinds of signs showed that Wu Hou was indeed planning to abandon Zhou Yu.
As Pang Tong said, isn't this a God-given opportunity?
Thinking of this, Lu Su lowered his voice and said, "I am really moved that Shi Yuan can say these sincere words to me. But I don't know what Gongjin means in this matter? ”
"Nanjun was single-handedly defeated by Zhou Lang, he heard that Liu Bei wanted to borrow Nanjun, naturally he was furious, not only did he not agree to lend Nanjun to Liu Bei, but also asked me to make a proposal to Wu Hou, asking Wu Hou to take down Erliu and put him under house arrest in Jiangdong, and then he took the opportunity to annex Erliu's soldiers and horses and annexed Jingzhou in one fell swoop."
Lu Su's expression changed immediately, and he exclaimed: "How can Gong Jin have such a big appetite, if he speaks like this, not only will he not convince Wu Hou, but it will make Wu Hou even more suspicious of him." ”
Pang Tong sighed, "I think so too, but Zhou Lang is so angry, if he doesn't insist on this, think about it, if we still breathe out of the same nostril with Zhou Lang, how will Wu Hou look at us." ”
Lu Su nodded heavily and asked, "According to Mr. Na's opinion, how to make suggestions to Marquis Wu when I return to Moling this time." ”
The corners of Pang Tong's mouth raised a sly smile, and he stroked his beard and said: "It's very simple, we don't need to have our own ideas at all, just figure out the mind of Wu Hou and follow the trend." ”