However, a few days later, Cao Cao led his army to Shouchun City, and the general who defended the city came to greet him; After arriving in Shouchun, Cao Cao did not rush to use troops but waited, Ji Ling, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Liao's Eastern Route Army Horses were in place before starting the war, and he would not be idle in the meantime, collecting information on Jiangdong's civil and military affairs and understanding their characteristics is also a job; "Does Feng Xiao know how many powerful people there are under Sun Quan?" , Cao Cao asked, Guo Jia shook the feather fan lightly: "There are many more outstanding generals, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Gan Ning heard that they are all good, but I only care about two people!" ”

"I heard that Sun Ce had such a sentence in his last words before his death: ask Zhang Zhao if you don't decide on internal affairs, and ask Zhou Yu if you don't decide on foreign affairs! Feng Xiao, but let's talk about these two again? ", frustrated while writing something, without raising his head to ask; Definitely! Definitely! Hearing Guo Jia's veto, he was stunned for a moment: "Who is that?" ”； Guo Jia smiled: "Does Zhang Zhao really have such a strong ability?" Of course not! It's not like I've never seen this person, he came to Yingchuan back then, and he couldn't talk about Wang Zuozhicai! At least not even you, Mr. Frustration! But he is the leader of the Jiangdong clan! So I don't decide to ask him about internal affairs! Nothing special! Hehe! The two people I want to talk about, one is Zhou Yu, and the other is Lu Su! ”

"According to the information from Wei Hong, he is Sun Quan's most trusted person, and there is no one! Because it was Sun Quan who Lu Su first surrendered to, and at that time Sun Ce was rising rapidly! I think he saw what happened to Sun Ce! And he once put forward the idea that the world is divided into three, and now it seems that his prediction is really reasonable! This man is strategic, far-sighted, and insightful, and he is a fierce enemy! ”

"And such people? I really want to see it! So what do you think of Zhou Yu? If there is civil strife in Jiangdong, in addition to winning over the Shi clan, I am afraid that the strategy will be used on these two people! Cao Cao asked Guo Jia while drinking tea; In the following opinion, this person can be judged by elegance, talent, and martial arts. If our army wants to enter Jiangdong, I am afraid that Zhou Yu will be the number one enemy! ", Guo Jia said lightly; Do you think there is a chance to separate him and Sun Quan? ”

"I'm afraid it's hard! Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, the previous lord of the Sun family, are brothers, and now they can be called Tuo Gu and important ministers, and looking at this person's past deeds, it is almost impossible for him to have a heart for Sun Quan! "Guo Jiadao;" But it's not impossible! The key is what is Sun Quan's personality? If Sun Quan is too jealous, he can use Zhou Yu's high power and want to plot misdeeds, so that he can fold his arms; If Sun Quan has a generous temperament and is knowledgeable and elegant, this plan will inevitably fail! ”

"Whether it works or not, you have to try it! Let's let Wei Hong live in Koto! ”

"Uncle, have you heard of some rumors circulating in Jiangdong counties in recent days?" A young man in his mid-twenties, with a white face and a beard, and a pair of strange blue eyes, said worriedly to a middle-aged man sitting below him. This person is the "blue-eyed child" Sun Zhongmou in Cao Cao's mouth; "What the lord said is a rumor about Zhou Gongjin and his intention to be disobedient?" , The middle-aged man is Sun Quan's uncle Sun Jing, and there are some things that Sun Quan can only talk to their Sun clansmen, just like this matter; "Exactly! Uncle, what do you think is true or false? Sun Quan nodded; Tut~~! Sun Jing twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Zhou Gongjin should not be disobedient!" He and Bo Fu are brothers of righteousness, there is a friendship between life and death, and Bo Fu has a word of trust before he dies, probably not! That said, but the tone wasn't so sure.

"This time and that time! In the past, when my eldest brother was alive, the soldiers of the six counties of Jiangdong were all in the hands of my grandson's family, and Zhou Yu naturally had no heart. But now, most of the military horses in Jiangdong are under the command of Zhou Yu, and there are only a few soldiers and horses in the hands of the second brother. The lord is weak and the minister is strong, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have different intentions! ”

It was Sun Yi who spoke, Sun Quan's younger brother, Sun Jian's third son, quite the style of the eldest brother Xiaobawang, before Sun Ce's death, someone recommended him to be the heir, but Sun Ce thought he was too short-tempered and liked to be rash, so he refused and handed over the power to Sun Quan; He wanted to become a general but Zhou Yu refused him to serve under him, so he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in fact, there was also a meaning to prevent him from making a statement in the future and bringing harm to Sun Quan's rule, who is Zhou Yu? He couldn't figure it out here! I don't know if Sun Quan understands or doesn't understand; After all, Sun Quan is still too young to be familiar with many of his political conspiracies; "What Shu Bi said is reasonable, how can the Jiangdong army be controlled by people who are not from my Sun clan. If you let General Cheng and General Huang, who have followed their uncle and brother for many years, be in charge of the old ministers, but now that Zhou Yu has the power alone, he has no other thoughts! Sun Jing's son Sun Yu said in a weird way that he had a deep friendship with Sun Yi, and he also looked down on Zhou Yu; Shut up! You know a fart? Sun Jing scolded Sun Yu sharply, then turned to Sun Quan and said, "Zhongmou, Zhou Gongjin should be trustworthy. Those rumors outside are nonsense! The lord has been in Jiangdong for two or three years, why didn't he have it originally, but there were rumors about Cao Cao's army when he arrived? I think it's Cao Cao's strategy! The top priority is how to guard against Cao Cao! ”

"But there is no wind and no waves, if Zhou Yuguo has no such heart, why is there such a rumor? Why did this rumor point to Zhou Yu, instead of Zhang Gong, General Cheng, and General Huang? I thought it was better to believe what it is than not to believe it! Sun Yi shook his head and retorted unconvinced.

At the moment of the external enemy, the internal troubles are born again, Sun Quan is a little uncertain, there is a military report outside the door, and the governor Zhou Yu has a letter - please resign?

It's even more interesting!

"I don't know what the princes have to do about the resignation of the governor?" Sun Quan asked in a deep voice to the group of civil and military officers in the hall.

After receiving Zhou Yu's letter of resignation, the younger generation of the Sun clan, led by Sun Yi and Sun Yu, were all very excited, and strongly advocated taking this opportunity to take back the military power in Zhou Yu's hands.

In contrast, Sun Jing was opposed, believing that it was inappropriate to change the governor rashly, which was not conducive to the stability of Jiangdong. Sun Quan was in a dilemma, and he did not dare to make a rash decision, so he summoned a group of important ministers and veterans in Chaisang to discuss the matter.

The people involved in the deliberations in the conference hall knew that rumors that were unfavorable to Zhou Yu had been widely spread in the six counties of Jiangdong recently, but they did not expect that Zhou Yu would take the initiative to resign in order to avoid suspicion.

After looking at each other for a while, the veteran Huang Gai came out of the column and said: "My lord, in Huang's opinion, the resignation of Governor Zhou is unacceptable!" The governor is talented and loyal to the lord, and he is really the pillar of my Jiangdong! ”

"Faithful?? What's going on with those rumors outside", Sun Yu muttered in a low voice, but then Sun Jing glared at him angrily and closed his mouth unconvinced.

"Zhang Gong, do you have a high opinion on this matter?" Sun Quan asked Zhang Zhao, the general of the Fujun and the chief of the Wenchen column, quite respectfully.

Zhang Zhao, who is nearly fifty years old and has a stern appearance, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Although Zhou Gongjin is a little frivolous, it is unlikely that he will turn his back on the lord and start a new heart. Those rumors and rumors outside are not enough to be believed! ”

Zhang Zhao has a rigorous personality, loyalty and straightforwardness, which is diametrically opposed to the elegant and elegant Zhou Yu temperament, so the relationship between the two is not harmonious, and it can even be said that there is some discord.

But discord with Zhou Yu is not in harmony, and the priority of the matter is very clear, Zhang Zhao is very clear about this major issue of right and wrong that may be related to the future and fate of Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao did not take the opportunity to fall into the ground, but defended Zhou Yu.

"Yes!" Seeing that Zhang Zhao also expressed his disbelief that Zhou Yu would have a heart of rebellion, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and his heart was a little wider. Immediately, Sun Quan noticed a person smiling at the end of the Wenchen column, as if he was confident, and hurriedly asked, "Zijing, what do you think of the resignation of the public?" ”

The person who was questioned by Sun Quan was in his thirties, with a strange appearance and an unpretentious temperament, but his eyes flashed with wisdom from time to time, and it was Lu Su and Lu Zijing, the military lieutenant, Sun Quan's most trusted person, and the most low-key person.

Lu Su heard Sun Quan's inquiry, took a few steps forward, and said loudly: "Lord! Governor Zhou's resignation was nothing more than because of the rumors of the people. And these rumors, in my opinion, must be spread by other parties, so as to divide the trust and friendship between the lord and the governor of Zhou, and disturb the peace of my Jiangdong! ”

"Oh~~?" Cheng Pu, who was in the second seat of the military generals, stroked the long gray hair under his chin, and asked with some doubts: "How can you see that these rumors are scattered by other parties?" ”

Cheng Punai is a veteran who has followed the three generations of the Jiangdong Sun family, and he is highly respected! Seeing Cheng Pu's question, Lu Su didn't dare to slack off at all, but his expression was still calm, and he replied loudly: "When I first heard these rumors a few days ago, I felt a little inexplicable, so I specially ordered people to go to various places and carefully inquire where these rumors spread first?" ”

"Have you ever found out where it came from?" Sun Quan asked urgently.

"Lord Qiqi, it is the first of Huiji County and Wu County!" Lu Su nodded and replied.

"But what does that mean?" Cheng Pu asked puzzled.

"If Governor Zhou really has a disobedient heart, of course these news should have come out of Poyang where Governor Zhou had troops first, and not appear in Huiji and Wu County hundreds of miles away first, which shows that this must be a rumor deliberately spread by the enemy!" Lu Su calmly analyzed, and his verbal confidence made him feel unconvinced.

"Did it really spread from Huiji and Wu Jun first? God knows if it's true! "Sun Yi was still a little unwilling, muttering;" Uncle Bi, Hugh has to guess! Mr. Zijing is a sincere gentleman, how could he do this! Sun Quan's face was cold, and he stopped Sun Yi with a deep voice.

After a pause, Sun Quan continued to ask Lu Su, "Zijing, where do you think these rumors may have been spread?" ”

Lu Su was not affected by Sun Yi's deliberate difficulty, and said with great certainty: "Cao Cao! ”

(To be continued)