Sun Shao walked slowly in front with his hands behind his back, and the snow-white waves rushed to his feet, did not pass the surface of his feet, and then retreated. Sun Shao bent down and picked up a white shell, pinched it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he sighed and threw it back into the sea.

"Ah Yu likes white shells the most."

Sun Deng, who followed behind with arched hands, closed his lips tightly and said nothing. Sun Shao is missing his son, but what about his father Sun Quan, what is he doing? He may be loving Sun Shu as he loved Sun Shu before he was born. At that time, Sun Quan often took him for a walk in the corridor of the mansion, listened to his endorsement, and listened to him tell all kinds of interesting stories. He remembered that when he heard from Zhou Yu that Sun Shao was reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas and told his father, his father listened very attentively and smiled very kindly.

Then, it was all gone, he was no longer Sun Quan's only son at first, but now he was no longer Sun Quan's favorite son, and the difference between this was clear only to him. At the age of fourteen, he is already an adult.

Back in Jianye, what else does he have? I heard that Mrs. Xu was going back to Wu and might have to be the queen, and then Sun Deng knew that Mrs. Xu could no longer become Sun Quan's favorite, and since she had withdrawn from Sun Quan's heart, it was impossible for her to come back. The reason why she can come back now is just a last resort decision made by Sun Quan in the face of the pressure of the country.

His father, Sun Quan, was a man who could bend and stretch, and he could do anything to survive.

"Zigao, after you go back, it may be difficult for a while." Sun Shao said apologetically: "It may have been a mistake to detain you at the beginning, and I didn't expect things to turn out like this." ”

Sun Deng opened his mouth and squeezed out a trace of an unnatural smile: "Brother, this is also the will of heaven, and the will of heaven cannot be disobeyed." ”

"Alas, providence, I hope there is really providence, if Ah Yu can really save the day, how good it would be." Sun Shao lowered his head and walked slowly in front. Sun Deng arched his hands and followed cautiously behind, the two of them talked without a match, although they didn't feel much enthusiasm, but there was a very warm feeling rippling in Sun Deng's heart. In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the Cheqi General's Mansion, and in front of him was not his brother Sun Shao, but his father Sun Quan. The illusion of this moment made Sun Deng's heart ache, tears rolled in his eyes a few times, and dripped on the beach along his face, which was a lot rougher by the sea breeze, and was soon washed away by the waves, leaving no trace.

"Brother, why haven't you seen your sister-in-law these days?" Sun Deng asked in disguise.

"She hates me and is ruthless, and she won't avenge Ah Yu for the sake of the two counties." Sun Shao looked at the sea level in the distance, and the corners of his mouth suddenly picked: "Zigao, is it that a father is always ruthless, and he is not as unreservedly thinking about his children as a mother?" ”

Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, he said softly: "Maybe." ”

"So, maybe it's a blessing that I haven't met my father." Sun Shao shook his head and sighed, wanting to say something, but he didn't say it. The hesitant look fell on Sun Deng's eyes, but it was full of indescribable loneliness. He suddenly had some impulse, took a step, walked in front of Sun Shao, and looked directly into Sun Shao's eyes: "Big brother, can I still see you in the future?" ”

"You want to see me?" Sun Shao smiled silently and let go of Sun Deng's eyes: "I think you should hate me, because of me, you have a relationship with your father, why do you still want to see me?" ”

"I just wanted to ask." Sun Deng held his hand a little nervously: "Anyway, our surname is Sun, isn't it?" ”

"All surnamed Sun?" Sun Shao sighed vigorously: "I'm afraid you won't think so in the future." Your father said that to me, too, but now you see that we are all enemies. He probably wants to eat my flesh and drink my blood. ”

"I'm not him." Sun Deng blurted out, took Sun Shao's hand, and his eyes were full of desire: "Big brother, we won't be enemies in the future, okay?" ”

Sun Shao looked at Sun Deng a little strangely, a smile slowly bloomed in the corners of his eyes, and his face, which had been very gloomy, gradually became sunny and full of warmth, so that Sun Deng's gloomy mood involuntarily improved, as if the dark clouds in the sky had cracked a crack, and the long-lost sun shone the earth again. He looked at Sun Shao nervously, hoping to get the answer he expected from him.

"I couldn't be more than willing."

Although these five words were not loud, they moistened Sun Deng's heart like a rain, he laughed, and his immature face showed relief, and his dark eyes brightened a lot.

"Zigao, actually...... Don't blame your father either. Sun Shao took Sun Deng's hand and continued to walk forward, turning to excuse Sun Quan, "When he arrives in this position, he also has a last resort, you can't understand it now, and when you reach his age, you may know." He did it for his inheritance, and for what? Not for you in the end? ”

Sun Deng listened quietly, he began to be a little unaccustomed, and felt that Sun Shao was a little hypocritical to exonerate Sun Quan, but listening to Sun Shao's chattering analysis, he unnaturally compared with Sun Quan, in this case, will Sun Quan still say that Sun Shao is good as before? I'm afraid not.

Zhuge Jin's father and son followed from afar, Zhuge Jin rushed back from Jianye, brought Sun Quan's promise, and Sun Shao's conditions he agreed. It seems to be just a sentence, but Zhuge Jin knows the meaning behind this sentence, this conflict, Sun Quan completely lost to Sun Shao, without reservation, he was taken away by Sun Shao not only the entire Huiji County and Nanhai County, but also dignity and confidence. Sun Shao was angry, Sun Quan fell into a situation of internal and external difficulties, and there was no way to fight back, everyone from the Son of Heaven to the Sun family was blaming Sun Quan openly or secretly, for Sun Quan, who had been in Jiangdong for more than 20 years, this was something that had never happened, even when he just took over Jiangdong, there was no such situation.

"The king is sick." Zhuge Jin said softly: "I often forget things, but this time I actually forgot to call the prince back." ”

Zhuge Ke kicked the stones on the beach with his toes and pouted: "It's a heart disease." ”

Zhuge Jin blinked his eyes in confusion.

"King Yue is good at getting along with people, from the Son of Heaven to the common people, and there is no one who does not like him, whether they are enemies or friends." Zhuge Ke looked at Sun Shao's figure in the distance, and said with some regret: "Zigao has been with him for so long, this time Mrs. Xu has returned to Wu as the queen, how can the king not suspect the reason behind this?" ”

"This ...... Not really, right? Zhuge Jin said hesitantly: "After all, they are father and son. ”

"Not really? Father and son? Zhuge Ke sneered: "The king's surname is suspicious, but he is good at covering it up." Now that the monarchs and ministers of Wu are jealous of each other and distrust each other, Zigao has the support of King Yue and the old lady behind him, and the king can only pretend not to mind, but when this crisis passes, Zigao will suffer sooner or later because of today's affairs. ”

Zhuge Jin's brows furrowed, and he looked at Zhuge Ke with puzzled eyes, as if he didn't know him anymore.

Zhuge Ke didn't look at him, his thin lips were beating, and all he spit out were cold words: "Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, others only see the means of King Yue's siege, but they don't know that what he is best at is attacking the heart." Grass as Su thick legs, cunning as Cao Pi, were all impressed by his words, and now it is Zigao's turn. He turned his head and looked at Zhuge Jin, whose face was uncertain: "Father, believe it or not, he must be interceding for King Wu now." ”

"How do you know?" Zhuge Jin laughed, wanting to relieve his surprise, but felt that the laughter was a little dry.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first, and if you fix it, you must first open it. The opposite is the way of moving. Zhuge Ke raised his head and smiled proudly: "You only know that he and Zhang Gong have learned Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn, but you don't know that he has the most experience but Lao Tzu, right?" ”

"He studies Lao Tzu?"

"He not only studied Lao Tzu, he also studied hundreds of academics, although he is rarely seen quoting scriptures, but he still shows a lot of clues." Zhuge Ke scratched his head, and then he showed some of the expressions he should have at his age, and his face showed a trace of embarrassment: "But I have never seen him read these books, but occasionally I see him draw some unsightly pictures of male and female copulation, maybe he still has some research on the art in the room, I heard that Ge Xuan Ge Xian Weng is in Zhuya." ”

"Pounce!" Zhuge Jin didn't come up in one breath, and choked and coughed.

After talking to Sun Shao, Sun Deng left, and he took a generous gift from Sun Shao. The two thousand war horses that were originally intended to be exchanged with Sun Quan, Sun Shao asked him to take away one thousand, saying that this was what he deserved for his meritorious service in Liaodong. Although he reported to Sun Deng, Sun Deng was the prince of Wu, so it was not good for the Son of Heaven to seal him, so he could only reward him, and the Son of Heaven was very poor, so he could only entrust Sun Shao to reward.

Sun Deng was very grateful, with these thousand war horses, Sun Quan would be somewhat psychologically comforted.

Sun Shao detained Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi and the five thousand water masters, this is agreed with Sun Quan, the families of the two of them have come to the water master with Zhuge Jin, as for those real estates, Sun Shao will naturally make up for them. Before leaving, Zhuge Jin was in a somewhat complicated mood and said bluntly, you are under the Yue Wang, you must work hard, and if it is convenient in the future, you will often go back to Langya's hometown to see. Zhuge was originally from Zhucheng, Langya, Xuzhou, and later moved to Yangdu, Yangdu originally had a Ge surname, so people called them Zhuge Shi, which is the meaning of Zhucheng Ge. Yangdu is not far from Lianyungang, and the relationship between Xuzhou Mu Zangba and Sun Shao is often good, so it must be very convenient for Zhuge Zhi to go home in the future.

"General Zuo, the king is really sorry for what happened last time." Sun Song walked over, arched his hand at Zhuge Jin, and pointed to a boat in the distance: "This is a little apology from the king, I hope General Zhuge will accept it." ”

Zhuge Jin was slapped a few times by Sun Shaolian last time, and he was embarrassed, and when he heard this, his face was still a little hot, but he had apologized repeatedly, he was generous, and he was embarrassed to hold on, so he had to return the courtesy: "The king's beloved son is sincere, and Jin can understand." ”

"General Zuo is magnanimous and kind to others, and he will be blessed." Sun Song said with a smile, and then glanced at Zhuge Ke, who was watching coldly: "In the future, if the general's father and son can be used by me to cross the country, they only need a foot of books, and they will not disappoint you." ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Yue, for your care." Zhuge Ke replied lukewarmly. Sun Song didn't mind, saluted, turned around to leave, took two steps, remembered something, turned around and said: "By the way, His Royal Highness just received a letter from Prime Minister Zhuge Ling, saying that Ling Lang Bosong (Zhuge Qiao) just married a few years ago, and Mrs. will be happy after the year." ”

"Really?" Zhuge Jin's father and son glanced at each other in surprise.

"Yes, Yuan Xun, you can step up." Sun Song joked about Zhuge Ke, he is the same age as Zhuge Ke, he usually gets along very well, and often makes harmless jokes. Zhuge Ke is one year older than Zhuge Qiao, and he has not yet married, and his son is impossible to talk about.

"So are you." Zhuge Ke laughed.

Sun Song and Zhuge Ke laughed for a while, and then said to Zhuge Jin: "Also, Ling Disciple Ping (Zhuge Jun) will come to Yue Kingdom soon, and when he passes through Jianye, he should be able to visit you, and your brothers should be able to get together at that time." ”

"Really?" Zhuge Jin was surprised, he didn't know anything about such a thing, but he still had to know it from Sun Song's mouth, he was really ashamed.

"King Yue and Shu have some cooperation, and Brother Ling was ordered to work together in Zhuya." Sun Song smiled faintly, didn't want to talk more, politely arched his hand, turned around and left. Zhuge Jin's father and son looked at each other and smiled, and shook their heads in unison.

Sun Deng returned to Jianye, where he had been absent for a year, and when he stood at the gate of the palace, he sighed with emotion, when he walked out of here more than a year ago, he thought that he was staying in Qiantang for a while, who would have thought that he would go to Liaodong with Sun Shao in the ice and snow. This trip for a year, enough to be thousands of miles away, what he saw, what he heard, all opened his eyes, and after so many things, now he is no longer the simple-minded, only the saint preaches in his heart, only knows benevolence, etiquette and righteousness of the young man, he is strong, the mind is mature, through the wind and waves on the sea, but also knows the sinister of the human heart.

"Zigao!" Surrounded by more than a dozen maids, Mrs. Xu walked out of it with a smile on her face, her face was smeared with powder and rouge, and her lips were smeared with Dan. After being neglected in Wu County for more than ten years, she suddenly returned to Jianye and suddenly became the queen of Wu Kingdom, and all the things that she didn't dare to think about before have now become a reality, which makes Mrs. Xu often feel like she is in a dream.

"Mother." Sun Deng took two steps, fell to the ground, hugged Mrs. Xu's leg and sobbed.

"Zigao, get up, get up." Mrs. Xu also shed tears. However, her tears were tears of joy. She picked up Sun Deng and walked in side by side, Sun Deng asked a few words about the current situation, and said, "What about my father, I heard that he is sick, have you recovered a little?" ”

Mrs. Xu was stunned for a moment, and said a little unnaturally: "When I saw him the day before yesterday, it seemed to be ...... Nothing improved. ”

"The day before yesterday?" Sun Deng frowned, and then regained his composure: "Mother doesn't live with my father. ”

"I live in the queen's palace, but your father is not in good health, and the imperial doctor said that he wants to live alone." Mrs. Xu lowered her head and said weakly.

"Oh." Sun Deng sneered silently: "Then I'll go to see my father first, and then I'll talk to my mother." ”

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare some refreshments for you." Mrs. Xu was happy again: "I've been here for more than ten days, and I'm looking forward to your return, otherwise there will be no one to say a word, and it's really suffocating." You've been out for a long walk, and you've definitely seen a lot of things, but you have to tell me about it. ”

Sun Deng nodded again and again, saw off Mrs. Xu, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, he walked quickly along the corridor to Sun Quan's bedroom, and when he arrived outside the door, his face had returned to the respectful smile he had before. Standing under the stone steps outside the hall, he arched his hands in front of his chest and reported loudly: "Chendeng, meet His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

Standing under the porch under the bell (a kind of attendant officer) hurriedly went in to report, and after a short time, he came out to summon Sun to log in. Sun Deng respectfully went up the steps, took off his combat boots outside the door, untied his socks, and then rushed to Sun Quan's bed, first bowed to the ground, knelt down according to the rules, and then got up, stretched out his head to look at Sun Quan's face, and his voice changed and choked.

"Father, my son is back, why are you so sick?"

"Don't you feel happy to be sick like this?" Sun Quan, who was lying on the bed, rolled his eyes and looked at Sun Deng expressionlessly.

Sun Deng was startled, plopped and knelt on the ground again, folded his hands, stuck to the ground, knocked his forehead on the back of his hand, and sobbed: "Father, the son is not filial, and he has not been able to fulfill his filial piety in front of the bed, but the son misses his father at night, why did the father say this, the son can't bear it." ”

Sun Quan smiled silently and hooked his finger at Gu Li next to him, Gu Li stepped forward to help him up and stuffed a large pillow behind his back. Sun Quan sat on the bed, his eyes wandering over Sun Deng's back, and after a long time, he smiled dumbly:

"Zigao, get up, my father is joking with you, why should you take it seriously. You're still the same as before, too cautious. These people who have fought in wars don't have a little pride. ”

"Father, my son is terrified." Sun Deng then raised his body, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and carefully looked at Sun Quan's face, only to see that Sun Quan's face was gray, his eye sockets were deep, and his eyes that were originally a little blue were now more yellow, but his eyes were still sharp, and he seemed to be able to see people's hearts. He said cautiously: "Father, when the son left, the father was still very healthy, why didn't he see him for a year, but he was sick like this?" ”

Sun Quan sighed, beckoned, and asked Sun Deng to sit on the edge of the bed. He took Sun Deng's hand and touched it, and said with a smile: "Didn't you go into battle?" ”

Sun Deng's hands had never touched the weapon, and it was still as soft and brocade as before, only a little darker and a little rougher in the skin. He smiled embarrassedly: "No." ”

"Is the Battle of Daliang Water fake?"

"The son just led the troops to break Meng Liangjin, and did not fight with Yangyi."

"I know that shaft is lying to me." Sun Quan let go of Sun Deng's hand, leaned on the pillow, raised his face, looked at the top of the curtain, and suddenly laughed to himself: "This shaft, the scheming is too deep, one plan is one plan, it is really impossible to prevent it." ”

Sun Deng was silent, but he was a little disdainful in his heart, Sun Shao said good things for Sun Quan, hoping that he could understand what Sun Quan did, but Sun Quan said bad things about Sun Shao as soon as they met, which was too different.

"Zigao, do you hate me?" Sun Quan said suddenly.

Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, his body was a little stiff, but soon he calmed down again, and said with a smile: "How can a son hate his father, I know that my father is doing this for his son's good, and I don't want him to think that he is a strange thing." ”

"Did he teach you that?" Sun Quan tilted his head and looked at Sun Deng's face. Sun Deng shook his head very calmly: "No, I thought so myself." ”

Sun Quan smiled silently: "Zigao, you went out for a walk, and you have grown." ”

Sun Deng didn't know what he meant, just smiled modestly and didn't speak. After a while, Sun Quan said again: "Tell me about the war in Liaodong, the communiqué says that it is amazing, I always don't believe it, he really captured Xiangping City in three days?" ”

Sun Deng frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not three days, it's one day." The first two days were just a siege, not a siege, and on the third day the city was attacked, and the city was broken that night. ”

"One day?" Sun Quan sat up in surprise, his movements so flexible that he couldn't see a little sickness. Sun Deng's eyes flashed, and then he pretended to be casual and smiled: "Yes, I have discussed with Zhuge Ke until now, and I haven't figured out how he broke the city." He attacked for a day with thunderbolts and crossbows, and although the attack was fierce, he did not break the city, and fought at night, and about a while, suddenly the east gate was opened, and the city was broken. How exactly the gates were opened has always been a mystery, and when I asked him, he just laughed but wouldn't say anything. ”

"Didn't Gongsun Yuan open the door?" Sun Quan's eyes rolled, and asked Gu Li to bring the Han Gazette of the Battle of Xiangping to Sun Deng, Sun Deng read it, and still shook his head: "They all said that Gongsun Yuan opened the door, but Gongsun Yuan was at the south gate at the time, not at the east gate, how could he run to open the east gate?" Sun Deng thought for a while and said with some hesitation: "I think this matter may be related to my aunt." ”

"Your aunt?" Sun Quan also frowned.

"Yes, as early as half a month ago, my aunt suddenly disappeared, and her two hundred female guards were also gone. After the destruction of Xiangping City, she reappeared. Sun Deng thought for a while, and said: "There is another point, I think it is very doubtful, after my aunt came back, she was smiling all day long, as if she was happy, but I asked her once, but she just laughed and didn't speak." ”

Sun Quan realized: "Could it be that your aunt and the others first went into the city, and then opened the door when there was chaos in Xiangping City?" Although her two hundred female guards are not many, their combat power is not bad, if they are unexpected, they suddenly appear at the east gate after a day of battle, and they do have the effect of surprise soldiers, and it is not impossible to open the city gate while they are in chaos. ”

Sun Deng's eyes rolled, nodded again and again, and said with a convincing smile: "It's still the father who is wise, and the son has thought about things that he hasn't figured out for a long time, and the father has figured it out at once." ”

"It's nothing, I just know a little bit about his means." Sun Quan smiled sarcastically: "Zigao, if you think about it more, you can figure it out." No matter how paradoxical things are, it is possible for him to happen, and you must not be careless. ”

(To be continued)