Chapter 3: Heroes or Cowards
Daqiao hugged Ah Yu, flipped through the book in his hand and read the words, Ah Yu followed the reading unintentionally, and tried to stretch out his little hand to grab the book in Daqiao's hand, and worked hard for a long time, and finally grabbed it in his hand, laughing so much that his saliva flowed, "bang", tore off a page and stuffed it into his mouth. Daqiao hurriedly snatched the paper and took the silk handkerchief to wipe it for him, but Ah Yu grinned dissatisfiedly and cried "wow".
"Don't cry, don't cry, Ah Yu, eat cakes." Daqiao stood up and shook while holding him, and turned his head to look at Qiao Yue, Qiao Yue quickly turned around and took out a small piece of cut cake, and shook it in front of Ah Yu, Ah Yu was immediately attracted, two teary eyes followed the cake around, and a big bubble was blown on the end of his nose.
"Mother, you spoil him too much, don't you?" Sun Yuanying laughed, stepped forward to take Ah Yu, and said in surprise: "Alas, this kid is so heavy, I can't hold it anymore." Mother, your strength is very long. ”
Ohashi smiled: "Really? I hug it every day, but I don't feel it. This kid is born with heavy bones, but he is not fat, and he wants to be like his parents, and he is also a good material for martial arts. ”
"Not sinking yet?" Sun Yuanying looked at Ah Yu, who stuffed the whole cake into his mouth, and sighed wordlessly. Daqiao is now all devoted to the child, just as he put all his thoughts into Sun Shao's body. "Mother, I have a message first."
"What did he say?" Ohashi raised his head, his eyes shining.
"Feng Xian said, the Yue Kingdom was first built, external and internal troubles, and at the moment he could not break with the Supreme, and the child may only be able to stop in Jianye for the time being, he ...... He wants you to go to Qian Tang first. ”
"I'll go to Qiantang and leave the child here?" Daqiao immediately sank his face, glanced at Sun Yuanying, and said angrily: "It's a shame that he can figure it out." ”
"Mother." Sun Xiuying came over and persuaded softly: "Ah Deng is going to Qian Tang to worship his ancestors, Feng Xian will find an excuse to leave him behind, and his uncle will not dare to do anything to Ah Yu." Mother is here......"
"What is a rat trap? Is my grandson a device? He is the eldest grandson of the rebellious general, and he will still be the prince of Yue in the future, not a weapon! Daqiao suddenly became angry, and he couldn't help but raise his sleeves, his face was so gloomy that he could drip: "I'm not leaving, where Ah Yu is, I'm there, I'm not going anywhere." ”
Sun Xiuying and Sun Yuanying glanced at each other and smiled helplessly. They expected this situation before they came, and I am afraid that Sun Shao also expected it, so they asked Gu Tan to ask them to come forward and say, but they didn't expect it to be in vain, Daqiao refused to leave the child at all. Sun Yuanying frowned, and persuaded him with good words: "Mother, I think Feng Xian may have other arrangements, if you don't leave, won't it be bad for him?" ”
"What's wrong with him?" Daqiao couldn't help but widen his eyes: "If he really has the ability to take Ah Yu away, even if he does it, he doesn't need to think about me." ”
"Mother, can't you see it?" Sun Xiuying said bluntly, "Feng Xian's method can only save one, not two at the same time, so he has to ensure your safety before he can do it, if you don't leave, how dare he move?" ”
Daqiao was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "No, although he is the king of Yue now, he is a small man, and it is not the time to turn his face with King Wu." What's more, Cao Liu is powerful, if the Sun family has internal strife, it will only create opportunities for outsiders. If it is difficult to save even one more person, then it must be a dangerous move, so let's not do it for the time being. I'll stay in Jianye, with Ah Yu, and with your sisters to protect me, there will be no danger in thinking about it. ”
Sun Yuanying was helpless, and persuaded again and again, but Daqiao did not agree, so he had to return in vain. Gu Tan listened, although he was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything. When it was almost the New Year, he was about to rush back to attend the ceremony, so he left Jianye in a hurry, and his uncle Gu Yu was with him. Gu Yu is not in good health, normally speaking, he will not have the opportunity to be an official under Sun Quan, although Mrs. Lu feels sorry for her youngest son, but for the sake of the future of the Gu family, she still asked Gu Yu to follow Gu Tan to Qiantang to look for opportunities. Sun Shao now wants to form a court, and there are many more opportunities than Wu Guo - of course, the reason on the surface is not to be an official, but to treat diseases, who let Sun Shao have a young divine doctor Dong Feng under him.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Zhuge Jin and his son escorted Sun Deng to Qiantang, accompanied by Sun Huan and others. Sun Shao sent Zongzheng Sun Song out of the city to greet him. Sun Song is Sun Jing's eldest son, who is over forty years old this year, and is the oldest and oldest among the living people in the Sun family. He has been staying in Fuchun's old house, this time Sun Shaoding is Qian Tang, and invited him out to Ren Zongzheng, not too far from home, but also can enjoy the glory and wealth of Jiuqing, which can be described as a tailor-made good errand, Sun Song is very satisfied with this, full of energy, for this sacrifice to the ancestors After being busy, his face was still red, and he couldn't see fatigue at all.
As soon as Sun Deng saw Sun Song, he hurriedly got out of the car to pay respects, and Sun Song happily helped him up and said a few words affectionately. The eldest Sun Xuan, who was standing behind him, led his younger brother Sun Chao, Sun Gong and his younger brother Sun Tai to salute, Sun Deng saluted them one by one, and finally pulled Sun Tai and said with a smile: "You came early, you actually rushed ahead of me." ”
"We're here early." Sun Tai smiled faintly, quietly brushed Sun Deng's hand away, bowed respectfully, and stepped back. Sun Deng was a little embarrassed, and Sun Sui hurriedly smiled: "The prince doesn't know, Atai and his uncle came two months ago, and they will settle in Qiantang in the future, and they will never return to Wu County." ”
"Don't go back to Wu County?" Although Sun Deng is young, he has been by Sun Quan's side for a long time and is also very sensitive to these things. How Sun Tai's father, Sun Kuang, died, he probably knows a little. Now that Sun Tai's family has moved to Qiantang, it means that they don't plan to have anything to do with Sun Quan anymore, which is ugly for Sun Quan. But Sun Tai's family has no official status, and it is their freedom where they want to move, and Sun Quan can't restrict them from leaving the country.
"Then what about your business in Wu County?"
"Thank you Prince for your concern." Sun Tai said without being salty: "King Yue took pity on our mother and son and gave us Qiantang's wine industry. In a few years, when I turn thirteen, I will enter the palace as a Lang official to earn a fortune. ”
Sun Deng trembled his eyebrows unnoticed, Sun Shao's move was really ruthless, whoever Sun Quan suppressed, he would win him over, it wouldn't be long, I was afraid that the people of the Sun family would run to his country. He glanced back at Zhuge Ke, and it happened that Zhuge Ke was also looking at him, and the two of them pulled the corners of their mouths in unison, and smiled silently wryly.
Seeing the embarrassing scene, Sun Song hurriedly stepped forward to lead Sun Deng into the palace. Sun Shao's Yue Palace was very simple, the Son of Heaven originally asked him to take Shanyin as the national capital, but he took a fancy to the geography of Qiantang and moved the national capital to Qiantang. Qiantang was originally a county seat, although it is close to Zhejiang Water, it is also prosperous, but as a national capital, it is obviously too simple, not to mention that it cannot be compared with Luoyang, even compared with Jianye, it is not small, and his Yue Wang Palace is even simpler, but the original county temple is slightly decorated.
However, although the palace is shabby, but the column of unsightly tiger benlang standing outside the palace makes people dare not take it lightly, everyone walked here, naturally held their breath, did not dare to laugh loudly, and walked in in a proper manner. Sun Sui and others were not qualified to enter the hall, only Sun Song led Sun Deng, Zhuge Jin and his son to go inside, and after checking the waist card at the palace gate, the captain guarding the door politely let them in. After walking more than a dozen steps, he arrived at the main hall, Sun Deng saw more than a dozen craftsmen in short clothes being led by a young man in a brocade robe, pointing to the palace and discussing something softly, he was very curious, how could there be craftsmen in this heavily guarded palace? Even if they came to build the palace, they couldn't be so presumptuous.
Sun Deng was curious, a handsome young man wearing Lang official clothes strode over from the side, arched his hand at Sun Song, glanced at Sun Deng and said, "Is this the father and son of Wu Zideng and Zhuge Ziyu?" ”
Sun Song returned the salute and nodded. The one smiled and saluted Sun Deng: "His Royal Highness Sima Shibao, the minister is the king of Yue, and he is ordered by the king to invite the monarchs into the side hall to discuss matters." ”
Sun Deng hurriedly returned the salute, followed Shi Bao around the main hall, turned a few steps, and came to a more humble side hall in the side courtyard. As soon as they entered the hall, Sun Shao, who was standing in front of a big case, saw them and said with a smile: "Zigao is here, come here, come here." ”
Sun Deng stood still at the door and bowed respectfully: "Foreign Minister Wu Zideng, meet His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Yu Fan, Lu Ji, Cui Qian and others next to him, and couldn't help laughing. He bypassed the big case, walked in front of Sun Deng, leaned over to help him, held his shoulders with both hands and looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, Zi Gao has grown a lot taller, and he looks like a man." ”
Sun Deng was moved, he thought that Sun Shao would definitely embarrass him, but he didn't expect that although Sun Shao was the king of Yue, he was still the same as the previous brother, in comparison, the father who was the king of Wu was even more difficult to approach than before.
"Come, Zigao, take a look at my plans." Sun Shao pulled Sun Deng to stride to the front of the case, and motioned to Zhuge Jin and his son to follow, Cui Qian and the others looked at Zhuge Jin and his son proudly, and slowly moved a little space, Zhuge Jin has a good temper and is not angry at all, Zhuge Ke is a young man's surname, and he is about to have a seizure at the moment, but his eyes swept on the case, and the anger was immediately forgotten.
On the case is a large map, the most striking is a blue area, this large blue walking dots, large and small white dots, Zhuge Ke glanced at it, and quickly distinguished Huiji, Qian Tang and the last time he went to the South China Sea, he passed through several islands.
"The king wants to send troops to fight?" Zhuge Ke was moved.
"The kid still has some eyesight." A female voice sounded from the opposite side, Zhuge Ke looked up, and found that the two generals in red robes beside Sun Shao were actually women, and the one who spoke just now was Sun Shangxiang.
"It's not uncommon for Zhuge to have a lot of talents." Sun Shao laughed softly: "General Zuo, your second brother is now the prime minister of Shu State, and you are General Zuo of Wu State, are you interested in sending Ling Lang to my Yue Kingdom to be an official?" ”
Zhuge Jin was embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thanks to the king's attention, the ministers and fathers are grateful, and they can't afford it." This time I came to the Yue Kingdom, I was ordered by King Wu to escort the prince to participate in the shrine ceremony, and I was ordered not to return, which was not the way of the ministers. ”
"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed, turned his head and smiled at the others: "I have heard for a long time that Ziyu is a cautious person, and sure enough. ”
"That's it." Yu turned his skin and stroked his beard without smiling: "Ziyu can be said to be the most golden-mouthed person under the throne of Wu, be careful to walk the ship for ten thousand years." ”
Zhuge Jin was a little embarrassed, he knew that Yu was unforgiving, and he didn't dare to refute, but Zhuge Ke didn't care, and sneered at each other: "As the saying goes, disaster comes from the mouth, too many words will be lost, as long as the words are beneficial to people, how can there be too many?" There are many famous ministers in ancient times who can't speak, so why should Yu Xiangguo be so rare and strange? ”
Yu was stunned for a moment, and then his old face was a little unbearable. He can be said to be in Yue Country to see who to kill whom, even Sun Shao has to give three points when he sees him, but now he is being ridiculed by Zhuge Ke in front of so many people, so how will he mix in the future? He sneered: "The kid is well-informed, don't you know that you can't talk to you and talk to you, so you can lose your words?" A gentleman should say what he says, and if he doesn't say what he doesn't say, he won't say anything, when will he not lose his words? But if you don't say anything about it, you will lose someone, and you will be taken as an explanation? ”
Zhuge Ke Khan came out, he understood Yu Xuan's sharp mouth for the first time, and directly quoted the words of the sage, so that he couldn't refute it, he froze for a moment, and then said strongly: "Your country is discussing the military, and we and other foreign ministers can make a big statement." Could it be that Yu Xiangguo thinks that now is the time for my father and son to speak? ”
"Hey, hey, hey......" Yu turned into a burst of laughter, laughing so hard that Zhuge Ke's heart trembled, and there was an ominous feeling that went straight up. Zhuge Jin also felt that something was wrong, he knew Yu Fu's temper, although he was wild, but he would not worry about a junior, not to mention that he was still in front of Sun Shao. And Sun Shao seems to be a smiling bystander, how to look at it makes people think that he has a problem.
Without waiting for Zhuge Jin's father and son to come back to their senses, Yu turned and spoke: "Yes, now is the time for you to speak." Because His Royal Highness King Yue will send troops to recruit after the New Year, Wang Zi Deng will accompany him, and of course the virtuous father and son will also accompany him, this matter is related to the safety of Wang Zi Deng, of course, it is your duty, you say...... You shouldn't say anything? ”
Yu flipped his voice, and there was a bit of ridicule in his words, but Zhuge Jin was scared. Sun Deng came to Qian Tang to be a hostage, which was expected, but he never expected that Sun Shao would take Sun Deng on the expedition. Expedition, is that fun? The battlefield is dangerous, and it is at sea, even if you can't fight on the front line, if you encounter a storm, it will be a life of death. Sun Quan has two sons so far, Sun Jian is still young, all hope is in Sun Deng, if he feeds the fish in the sea, then what else does Zhuge Jin have to live?
"The king, the king can't-" Zhuge Jin's face turned pale, rushed to Sun Shao, and fell to his knees with a thud: "The foreign minister, please think twice about the king." Zhuge Ke, who usually has sharp teeth and sharp teeth, was also stupid, and looked at Sun Shao in a daze, unable to say a word.
"What are you doing here?" Sun Shao frowned, helped the tearful Zhuge Jin up, and said puzzledly: "I just took him on the expedition, and I didn't want to kill him, why are you so nervous?" Not to mention that my son is also in Jianye, just say that Zigao and I are brothers, and it is impossible to harm him. ”
Zhuge Jin didn't believe him. Your son has only been around for a week, and it is a question of whether he can support him, but Sun Deng is almost an adult. Besides, you are still so young, there are many opportunities to have sons in the future, but Sun Quan is almost forty years old, it is already fate that the heirs are not prosperous, and if you die, there will be one less, although they are all sons, but this is not the same thing at all. He struggled to get to his knees again, begging and pleading. Sun Shao persuaded him with good words, but he didn't let go.
was at a stalemate, Sun Shangxiang said impatiently: "What are you arguing about, don't ask Zigao's opinion first." Zigao, you said it yourself, are you willing to be a hero who fights the world like your eldest brother, or a coward who can only hide in the palace? ”
Yu turned dumbly and laughed, who said Sun Shangxiang was stupid? You see, what people say seems to be letting you choose, but in fact, you don't have to choose at all. He glanced at Lu Ji and the others, Lu Ji understood, and immediately picked up the words: "Do you still need to ask, the Sun family is the descendant of the Martial Saint, from King Lie to King Huan's brothers, and then to the current King of Yue, which one is not a person who can fight habitually?" As a woman, General Sun can gallop on the battlefield, let alone the prince. ”
Sun Shangxiang squeezed his eyes at Lu Ji very proudly, thanked him for helping him speak, and directly squeezed Sun Deng to a dead end. Lu Ji was a little unbearable, his face flushed, and he let go of Sun Shangxiang's eyes. He didn't approve of Sun Shao letting Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang attend this kind of occasion, but this was a family matter, not to mention that Sun Shao said that the wife of Shang King Wuding had led an army to conquer, and it was not unprecedented, it was not surprising that a woman led the army, so he reluctantly accepted it. But now that Sun Shangxiang is flying at him in front of everyone, he really can't bear it.
Sun Shangxiang didn't notice that her behavior was a little ridiculous, she stared at Sun Deng with round eyes, looked at Sun Deng viciously, and urged: "Say it quickly, do you want to be a hero or a coward?" ”
Sun Dengbai's little face was swollen red, and he stammered, "I'...... Of course I'm going to be a hero. ”
"That's it." Sun Shangxiang clapped his hands boldly, stepped forward and pushed Zhuge Jin away: "It's decided, if you don't dare to go, it's too late to rush back and replace people now." ”
Zhuge Jin opened his mouth and his mind went blank.
"Alright, that's it." Sun Shao waved his hand and made arrangements directly: "My General Sun, Zigao's safety will be handed over to you, after the meeting, you will take him to live on your Flying Tiger, the sea is stormy, you have to adapt to it for a while, otherwise I will fall into the sea before the war, how can I explain to King Wu?" ”
Zhuge Jin had just regained some sanity, and was directly beaten into an idiot by this sentence. Not only to accompany the expedition, but also to participate in the battle? This is no way to pass, hurry up and inform Sun Quan, no matter how you send Sun Shao's son back, Sun Shao is really a black hand - he can take Sun to the battlefield, Sun Quan can't do the same, take a two-year-old child to the battlefield.
Later, Zhuge Jin didn't listen to a word of what Sun Shao and they discussed, all he was thinking about was how to write a letter to Sun Quan.
When Sun Quan received Zhuge Jin's urgent report, he had just finished eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and today he sent Mrs. Bu to invite the bridge over, and the family had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together. Daqiao watched the big tiger play crazy with Ah Yu, his mood was calm, and he chuckled from time to time, seeing that Sun Quan was fascinated, and when he was in a good mood, he drank two more glasses. Accompanied by Mrs. Wang, who has recently been favored, his seven-year-old son Sun Ji stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, reciting the Analects in a childish voice, and saw Zhu Ji hurriedly walking in with an urgent report, he didn't take it seriously, and when he saw the three cinnabars above, his eyebrows suddenly twitched involuntarily twice, and with a wave of his hand, Sun Ji stopped talking.
Sun Wei was carrying happily, but was suddenly interrupted by Sun Quan rudely, frightened and overwhelmed, pursed his lips, tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry, and stood aggrievedly against his mother, Mrs. Wang. Sun Quan didn't care to look at them, staring at the cinnabar imprint on the book for a while. Zhuge Jin is cautious, he rarely has such a nervous time, and if he gets three cinnabar seals at once, something must have happened.
Could it be that Sun Shao went crazy and killed Sun Deng? Sun Quan's heart was beating like a drum, he couldn't hold his breath involuntarily, and the hand holding the bookbook trembled involuntarily. The room was a little scary, although Zhu Ji didn't dare to say anything, Mrs. Wang's mother and son didn't dare to come out.
After a while, Sun Quan slowly took a breath, slowly spit it out, and calmed himself down, then gently knocked off the sealing mud, slowly pulled the silk rope, unfolded the book, and quickly glanced at it, and his frowning brows had just been flattened, and then he stood up again.
"Take Ardennes to the sea?" Sun Quan was surprised at first, but then understood the meaning, and immediately gasped. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Ji with a blank face, his eyes were a little hollow, and his face seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, as if he was crying rather than crying.
Mrs. Wang stood up quietly, walked behind Sun Quan, stretched out her hands to pinch Sun Quan's shoulders, but her eyes crossed Sun Quan's shoulders, and she carefully read the book, her eyes lit up, and a smile appeared from the corner of her mouth, and then she realized something, and quickly put away her smile, and lowered her head in a proper manner, as if she hadn't seen anything just now.
"You go out first." After a while, Sun Quan finally regained his composure and waved his hand to let Zhu Ji go out first. When Zhu Ji went out, he stood up irritably, and circled back and forth in the room like a trapped beast in a prison, sometimes sighing on his back, sometimes lowering his head, and cursing something through gritted teeth.
Mrs. Wang sat upright and couldn't help coughing.
Sun Quan stopped suddenly, stared at Mrs. Wang's pretty face, glanced at the book that was opened on the case, suddenly sank his face, snorted unhappily, and looked at Mrs. Wang's eyes a little unkindly. Mrs. Wang bit her lip tightly, her pretty face was flushed, and finally she mustered up the courage to bow to the ground: "The concubine thinks that General Zuo's words are exaggerated. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Sun Quan said gloomily: "Do you think Zigao should be allowed to follow Sun Shao to the sea?" ”
(To be continued)