Chapter 43: The Handle
"A little higher!" Guan Feng shouted loudly, Sun Feng was startled by her drinking, his mouth pouted, he glanced at Guan Feng dissatisfiedly, pouted and continued to practice, but his spirit was obviously not as good as before.
Sun Shao stood outside the hall gate with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the aggrieved Sun Feng and Guan Feng, who looked a little anxious, until they noticed him.
"Ah Weng ......" Sun Feng did not pounce as usual, but stood in place, holding his arm, not knowing whether to continue practicing or end today's ordeal. Guan Feng frowned and glanced at Sun Feng fiercely.
"Ah Yu, go play for a while, Ah Weng has something to do with his mother." Sun Shao chuckled and touched Sun Feng's head: "Mother taught well, Ah Yu learned well, let's be here today, okay?" ”
"Okay." Sun Feng showed an innocent smile, tugged at Sun Shao's sleeve and said with a smile: "Shall I go to play with my eldest mother?" ”
"Go ahead, my mother misses you too." Sun Shao waved his hand, Sun Feng was so happy that he jumped three feet high, put all the unhappiness just now, and ran away, Guan Feng waved his hand, and the two guards hurriedly followed. Sun Shao entered the hall, Guan Feng followed, and when he saw a piece of paper in his hand behind his back, he couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Yinping, are you too anxious?" Sun Shao turned his head and glanced at Guan Feng, his brows furrowed. Guan Feng hesitated, licked his lips without saying a word, and said after a while: "If you eat hard, you will become a master." ”
"The words are good, but you can't pull out the seedlings to help you grow, Ah Yu is only five years old, and he is still a child, and guidance is more important than oppression at this time." Sun Shao walked to the hall, Guan Feng helped him take off his coat, the two sat down side by side, Sun Shao continued: "Haven't you noticed, Ah Yu's interest in practicing martial arts has decreased greatly recently, and he is no longer as active as before. ”
Guan Feng stretched out a finger and rubbed his temples, and sighed in distress: "I'm also having a headache about this, when I'm free, I also know that I may be pushing too hard, but when I see him, I can't wait for a day to make him as civil and military as you." ”
"Is it possible?" Sun Shao couldn't help but glared at Guan Feng, thought about it, and suddenly said: "Yinping, have you noticed, Tan Zhi (Guan Ping) is obviously not as interested in martial arts as you." ”
Guan Feng blinked, looked at Sun Shao with some surprise, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "You mean, it was his father who forced him too tightly in the first place, making him not like to practice martial arts?" ”
"Maybe." Sun Shao nodded: "Although Tan Zhi's qualifications are only average, but with a master like Yuezhang, his martial arts skills should be much higher than ordinary people, but now he is only average, why?" I guess my father-in-law always uses you as a standard, which makes him feel too stressed. ”
Guan Feng pouted a little proudly. Her talent in martial arts is indeed stronger than that of several brothers, Guan Yu often said that Guan Ping and they don't use their skills, so they can't catch up with her. She thought for a moment and said, "Ah Yu's talent is better than mine. ”
"No matter how good it is, he's a kid too." Sun Shao couldn't help but interrupt her: "Let's let him follow Han Long to practice, you are the same as your father-in-law, you are a master, but you are not a qualified teacher." ”
Guan Feng smacked her lips in embarrassment, then nodded again, and didn't say anything more, to be honest, she didn't want her son to have a bitter face when he saw her, not to mention that Han Long's martial arts were far above her.
"Auntie, they're here in Qiantang." Sun Shao pushed the paper that had been pinched in his hand in front of Guan Feng, Guan Feng took it and looked at it, and said a little unhappily: "They are too risky, they can hide Zhou Yu in the princess's guards?" The princess is a rough person, and this news may leak out at any time, not to mention that Sun Deng is a delicate person, so I am afraid that he will be seen before Jianye. ”
Sun Shao looked at Guan Feng silently. Guan Feng only then remembered that this matter was promoted by herself, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, she secretly glanced at Sun Shao: "King, you ...... I...... I did it...... Reckless. ”
"Hmph, you know you're reckless?" Sun Shao had no choice but to pull back the note, crumpled it vigorously, threw it into the wastebasket next to him, and thought for a moment before saying: "Yinping, do you know, Sun Deng has never canceled the marriage contract, what do you say he is thinking?" ”
Guan Feng bit his lip and was silent. Of course she knew about it, before Sun Shao returned to Qiantang to recover the secret soldiers, Zhou Yi had been reporting to her, when she heard that Zhou Yu had a "strange disease", but Sun Deng had refused to cancel the marriage, she knew that something had gone wrong, Sun Deng should have known the truth of the matter, and Sun Shao's many efforts to win over Sun Deng had been in vain.
And the reason is her little selfishness.
Guan Feng regretted it, but there was no solution to the dilemma in front of him. Why did Sun Deng come to Qiantang? She can vaguely guess some, this is related to the recent implementation of the policy of benefiting farmers in Yueguo, because a large number of people are constantly migrating to Yuejun, although the adjacent Wuguo County has been blocked, strictly prohibiting the people from leaving the country, and even the merchants who come in and out must be strictly checked, so as not to entrainment the population, Sun Denglai, of course, is to talk to Sun Shao about this matter, and now Sun Deng is pinching Zhou Yu's matter, and Sun Shao has fallen behind before he talks about it. Guan Feng faintly felt that Sun Shao no longer had the original feeling for Zhou Yu, although he was not disgusted, but he was definitely not interested, if it wasn't for the face of the bridge, he might not see Zhou Yu again.
And the one who helped Daqiao come up with this idea was Xiahou Hui, it can be said that Sun Shao's current predicament was caused by her and Xiahou Hui.
Guan Feng regretted it very much, she lowered her head, her chin rested on her chest, and she was as disappointed as Sun Feng who was reprimanded by her just now.
"The king, the queen mother has invited the king." A palace maid stood cautiously at the door, as clever as they were, of course they wouldn't fail to see that Sun Shao and Guan Feng were in a bad mood. Sun Shao answered, stood up, stretched out his arms, the palace maid next to him hurriedly changed into a coat for him, Sun Shao glanced at Guan Feng, who was still sitting there, and frowned: "Let's go, go with me to see the Queen Mother." ”
"I ......" Guan Feng wanted to say and stopped.
"At this point, it's useless to think too much, just don't be so impulsive next time." Sun Shao shook his head, stepped forward and took Guan Feng's hand, squeezed it, and said with a smile: "I should also find something to do for you, otherwise, either make trouble for me, or make the child angry, why bother." ”
Guan Feng's face turned red, he honestly changed his clothes, followed Sun Shao out of the hall, and went straight to Changle Palace.
When he arrived at the gate of Changle Palace, before he entered the door, Sun Shao saw the jubilant Zhou Yin standing at the door, and saluted from afar: "Meet the king and queen." ”
Sun Shao stopped, looked Zhou Yin up and down, and said with a smile: "Zhongying, didn't you let go of your marriage leave, why are you still on duty today?" You have to be careful, your lady is the pearl of my aunt's palm, and if there is something that is not done properly, I will support her, my cousin-in-law!"
Zhou Yin's wife Xu is Sun Shao's junior according to her generation, and she wants to call Sun Shao a cousin, Zhou Yin was originally the same generation as Sun Shao, and this marriage is a little shorter, and she is a little unhappy, but this can't be helped, who let him fall in love with other girls, she won't marry. If Sun Shao hadn't come forward, the Xu family wouldn't have looked down on him at all, and in order to hold the beauty, the younger generation would have to recognize it. But Sun Shao called him his cousin and son-in-law in front of so many subordinates, and he was still blushing with shame.
"The king, the palace is important, don't use the title of the family." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "The queen mother is waiting in the palace, the king and queen should go in quickly." ”
Sun Shao didn't think much about it, and entered the hall side by side with Guan Feng, as soon as he entered the door, he greeted him with a smile on his face: "Mother, why are you so happy, you hurriedly called us here, is there someone who has offered any treasures, and you want to appreciate it with us?" ”
Ohashi was overjoyed, and beckoned again and again: "If you don't have a baby, can't you be invited?" How's it going, have you been delayed on your business? Without waiting for Sun Shao to answer, she took Guan Feng's hand again, and said distressedly: "I know that he is an idle person and will not have anything to do, but you, Yinping, you have to pay attention to your body, and hurry up and have a few more children for me to hug." I went to Zhuya for a few months, I ate well and played well, but my strength was small, I couldn't hold Ah Qi anymore, and I didn't have anything in my heart. ”
Guan Feng hurriedly smiled and said, "Mother, it's not just that you can't hold him, even I can't hold him." Don't worry, your old man, Yuanrong is also thirteen, and in two years, you will be able to give birth to a grandson for you to hold. ”
"Hahaha......" Daqiao laughed happily, glanced at Xiahou Hui who was standing aside with a red face, and said with a smile: "You two are different, I heard people say before, there are many wives and concubines competing for favor in this wealthy compound, and they can't wait to monopolize their husbands, you are good, you have to push him to others, why, our king is so unpopular with women?" ”
Sun Shao saw that Daqiao was a little out of shape with joy, and he didn't know what good things she had encountered, so he coughed and said with a smile: "Mother, you called us here to let Yinping have a few more children?" I'm not in a hurry. ”
"You." Daqiao glanced at him, picked up a letter on the case next to him and stuffed it into Sun Shao's hand, and said happily: "Your aunt is coming, this is a letter she wrote to me, Bo Ying and Lu Ban are also here." She glanced around, and squeezed her eyes mysteriously: "Ayu is also here." ”
Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, took the book and read it, especially paid attention to the date, the letter was sent two days ago, it was definitely not sent by mail, it should have been sent by Kuaima, because he had just received the secret letter from Zhou Yi. He glanced out, and when he saw Zhou Yin standing at the gate of the palace but peeking into the hall, he immediately understood what was going on. He read the book quietly, and then returned it to Daqiao, and said with a calm smile: "Okay, this time I just let my aunt stay with you for a while." ”
Seeing that Sun Shao didn't have a particularly excited expression, Daqiao couldn't help but be a little surprised, she looked at Sun Shao for a while, and suddenly understood. She glanced at Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui and others, Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui hurriedly got up and retreated, only Sun Shao and Daqiao were left in the hall, and Daqiao said: "Aman, tell me the truth, do you have any opinions on Ayu?" ”
Sun Shao was silent.
"I knew she really shouldn't have done that. To tell you the truth, I was also very angry at that time, and I wanted to cut off the relationship with her mother and daughter from now on. But Aman, I can't do this. Daqiao's nose was sour, and his eyes were a little moist: "There is no one in my Qiao family, I apologize to you for bothering, I have been looking for so long in Huaiyang, and I have not found anyone from my Qiao family, and now I only have this sister left to rely on each other, how can you let me be ruthless and disown her?" She's a bit snobbish, but ...... It's no wonder that she, don't talk about her in the situation at the time, it's me, and I didn't expect you to get out of danger. ”
"But my mother didn't turn her back on me." Sun Shao suddenly became angry, he straightened his waist and looked directly at Daqiao's tearful face: "I don't blame Zhou Xun, he has to think about the future of the Zhou family, he has the right to choose, I don't blame Zhou Yu, she and I don't have a marriage contract, no matter what the reason is for changing her mind, I can understand it." But I can't accept that she has turned her back on you, you only have her sister, why is she not only your sister, a sister of the same mother's mother? Dumping you when you needed her support the most? ”
Sun Shao spoke very quickly and in a loud voice, as if these words had been suppressed in his heart for a long time, and he only said them in one breath today: "Mother, although we are not biological mother and son, you care for me more than mother and son." You miss her, I can find a way to let her come, but I can't accept their behavior of cutting off family affection for their own interests, no one can do this. There is power in this world, but there is more to it than just power in the eyes of people. He stood up angrily and flicked his sleeves: "If you want to be rich, I can give them wealth, and if you want power, I can also give them power, these are all right, but if you want me to forgive them, I can't do it." ”
Daqiao was dumbfounded, she stared at Sun Shao with tearful eyes, not knowing why he was so excited. After Wancheng, Sun Shao never mentioned that incident, Zhou Yin came to Qian Tang, Sun Shao also properly arranged his position, settled down for him, and recently went out to ask his aunt and grandmother for help, fulfilling Zhou Yin's wish. She always thought that Sun Shao had forgotten about that incident and no longer hated Zhou Yu, but she didn't expect that Sun Shao didn't hate Zhou Yu from beginning to end, but hated Xiaoqiao, the reason was not that the Zhou family abandoned him, but because Xiaoqiao abandoned her.
"That'...... Na Ayu ......"
"Ayu is now the crown princess of the Wu Kingdom." Sun Shao waved his hand, forcibly suppressed his unhappiness and said: "As far as I know, they have not officially proposed to dissolve the marriage contract until now, and she came secretly this time, what can I do?" Sun Deng is also here, he wants to come and talk to me about those household registrations, Ayu may not be suitable to appear in Qian Tang at this time, I can only pretend not to know. ”
"What then?" Daqiao panicked, no matter how big the thing is, as long as Sun Shao takes it over, she will have a bottom in her heart, now that Sun Shao doesn't care, what should Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu do when they arrive in Qiantang? She never knew that Zhou Yu and Sun Deng's marriage contract had not been dissolved, so it was really inconvenient for Zhou Yu, as a quasi-crown princess, to appear in Qian Tang, not to mention that Sun Deng also came to Qian Tang, if the two met, what should they think?
"Let her stay in Zhongying's mansion in peace, try not to go out, and rarely come to the palace, as the crown princess of Wu Kingdom, it is not suitable for her to show her face in the capital of my Yue Kingdom." Sun Shao shook his head: "After the wedding, it's best to let her go back to Jianye, it's not impossible to live in Qiantang for a long time, but she can't live in Qiantang in this capacity." ”
Daqiao's face turned pale, he had no idea, and she didn't know when Sun Shao went out. It wasn't until Zhou Yin came in to inquire about the results that Daqiao came back to her senses, she looked at Zhou Yin very unhappily, and asked him: "Why hasn't your aunt dissolved the marriage contract until now?" Is she still thinking about going both ways? ”
"Engagement?" Zhou Yin was stunned for a moment, and looked very surprised: "No, Ayu is sick like that, and the marriage contract has not been dissolved?" ”
"I'll ask you that." Ohashi was annoyed: "If you don't break the marriage contract at this time, do you still want to be the princess of Wu Kingdom?" Since you want the princess of Wu Kingdom, why bother to talk so much and marry into the palace steadily? ”
Zhou Yin was very embarrassed, and he hurriedly explained: "Auntie, I really don't know about this matter. After a while, he said: "Auntie, there must be something wrong here, what Mother thinks, I don't know, but I know that Ayu definitely doesn't want to be a princess, she ...... The thing she vomited blood was something I saw with my own eyes, and it would never be bad. If she ...... She wants to be the crown princess, how can this be? ”
Seeing that Zhou Yin was serious, Daqiao couldn't see any hypocrisy, but he was a little uncertain. She walked a little irritated for a while: "Anyway, they are already on the road, and they will be able to get to Qiantang in two days, and ask her when the time comes." If she really wants to come to Qian Tang, then don't be half-hearted, I will ask Feng Xian for help with this old face, if she still wants to be the crown princess, then hurry back to Jianye, anyway, I don't have a princess in Yue Guo to let her do it. ”
Zhou Yin nodded again and again, his face became very ugly, he stomped his feet hatefully, and walked away stupidly. In his memory, Sun Shao had never spoken to Daqiao so loudly, although he didn't hear what he said, but judging from Daqiao's attitude, it was obviously not a good thing. Daqiao has said good things for the Zhou family many times, but the Zhou family is still thinking about it until now, which not only makes Daqiao difficult, but also makes him unable to be a man.
Two days later, Sun Deng and Zhou Xun and his entourage stepped on the afterglow of the falling day and entered Qiantang City, which had not yet closed its doors, and the shops on both sides of the avenue were still doing business, and the lanterns with the names of the shops in various colors illuminated the street clearly. Sun Deng lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the bustling flow of people on both sides curiously, and was full of praise. Sun Song, who was ordered to come to greet him, said with a smug smile: "Prince, my Qian Tang is quite prosperous, how is it better than Jianye?" ”
Sun Deng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Ziqiao, I haven't seen you for a year, you have become a little arrogant like this Yue Guo, not only arrogant, but also a little domineering, I just arrived in Qiantang, and I only entered the city a few steps, so you are anxious to let me compare Jianye and Qiantang?" Isn't it too deceitful? ”
Sun Song smiled, but the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, he was just playing with Sun Deng, how could Sun Deng react so much? actually said that the Yue country was domineering, and it was too much to deceive people, which has something to say. He shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "Prince, your crime is a bit too big, when did I become overbearing and deceitful?" If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, the prince's status is precious, and he must be cautious in his words and deeds. ”
Sun Deng glanced at the car not far behind him, a touch of fierceness flashed across the corner of his eyes, and then he smiled again: "The Yue Kingdom has robbed a large number of the people of my Wu Kingdom, and the nearby counties are almost ten rooms and nine empty, and some even died in the county, isn't this overbearing enough?" This is much more domineering than bullying men and women, and I came this time to seek justice from His Royal Highness King Yue. ”
When Sun Song heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Robbing? Prince, you are wrong, I did not send a soldier to your Wu country, the people of Wu country came to my country, it was their own volition, it was because the king of my country was good to the people and implemented benevolent government, so those who are near are happy, and those who are far away come, this is the royal road, not overbearing. The prince is familiar with poetry and books, so he won't even be able to tell the difference, right? ”
Sun Deng retracted into the carriage and sneered: "Relying on your financial resources in the country, using the simple wishes of the people to live a good life, attracting them to leave their hometowns, and finally they can't support it, and then abandon them, what is that benevolent government?" said that it is domineering, that is for me Wu Guo, for these people, how can it be summarized as domineering, I am afraid that it will be described as sophistry. ”
"The prince is serious." Sun Quan was not angry, he looked at Sun Deng very calmly: "How do you know that I just deceived them from Yueguo, and I can't guarantee their long-term interests?" ”
"Do you need to ask?" Sun Deng sneered: "It's okay for you to deceive those stupid people with those methods, can you still deceive me?" Brother Ziqiao, I have been in contact with some government affairs to some extent, so many people have poured into the country, how much food, how many houses, how much arable land are needed, I can probably still estimate, although you have money, how long can you support it? ”
"You're not me Yueguo, how do you know that I can't support Yueguo?" Sun Song put away his smile, glanced at Sun Deng, was silent for a moment, and then said very confidently: "My Yue Kingdom monarch has never been a person who is beyond his ability, as long as we do it, then we will definitely have the ability to do it well." If the prince doesn't believe it, he might as well wait and see, so why rush to conclusions? ”
Sun Deng crooked his mouth with a look of suspicion: "Brother Ziqiao, although we belong to two countries, Wu Yue is originally a family, and you and I are also in the blood of the Lie King, why do you want to bully me?" Do you think I dare to come to Qian Tang just based on some hearsay news? ”
"I know that Hu Zong often haunts Qiantang, and there are many businessmen in Wu in Qiantang, but is it so easy to understand the affairs of my Yueguo?" Sun Song unceremoniously interrupted Sun Deng's words: "Do you know more about the situation in Yue Guo than I do?" Since you said that Wu Yue is a family and admits that we are all the blood of the Sun family, then I might as well remind you. If you think that I am deceiving the people, then you are wrong, very wrong, you might as well go to the people who have been settled down first, and discuss it with these resourceful people you brought, maybe you won't come to Qian Tang in vain. ”
He finally said to Sun Deng earnestly: "Zigao, do you think you are smarter than the eldest brother?" ”
Sun Deng was speechless.
(To be continued)