In April of the first year of Tongtai in Southern Chu, the lord of the country sent Dayong to pay tribute to the ministers, Wan turned to seek peace, and asked for redemption with a lot of money.

History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of King Yang of Chu

I slept soundly in the middle of the night, and was suddenly woken up, and when I opened my eyes angrily, I saw Xiao Shunzi happily holding a basket of hot osmanthus cakes to offer treasures, I was surprised and asked where he got it, after all, this is the most famous pastry shop in Nanchu 'Guixiangfang's specialty. I took a bite of a piece and it was sweet and soft, melting in my mouth, and I asked contentedly, 'Where did you buy it?' I'm going to have to go there more often. ‘

Xiao Shunzi's face changed, and his face was gloomy, and I asked strangely, 'What's wrong?' ‘

Xiao Shunzi hesitated for a long time before telling the truth, it turned out that he thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to find a random Dayong food instead, who knew that as soon as he went out, he heard that the envoys of Nanchu had arrived in Chang'an, he went to the post house overnight to listen, originally wanted to see if there was anything unfavorable to me, who knew that the mission brought two masters of Guixiangfang over, and just made two cages of the most famous osmanthus cakes, ready to be sent to Zhao Jia, the lord of the country under house arrest, and Princess Changle, maybe they wanted to please Princess Changle, in order to talk and succeed, but they cheapened Xiaoshunzi, He used the technique of stealing the sky to steal a basket of osmanthus cakes that had just been made.

I almost fainted, I don't know if the Nanchu mission that lost the osmanthus cake will report to the official, after thinking about it, let's quickly destroy the evidence, gobbling up a cage of osmanthus cake with Xiao Shunzi, at this time, the sky has gradually brightened, and Xiao Shunzi slipped away. I just wanted to sleep a little longer, when Xiao Shunzi came to report again: 'Childe, Nan Chu is asking Lu Can to see you. ‘

My heart moved, why did this former student of mine come to see me, shouldn't he be disdainful of me, after all, I am already a rebel of Nan Chu. I asked Xiao Shunzi for advice in confusion, and Xiao Shunzi cried and laughed and said: "Childe, now you are a close confidant of His Royal Highness King Yong, this matter of peace, His Royal Highness can at least be the master of four points, if you want to start from His Royal Highness, Childe, you are not the best candidate, although they are all defeated and sued, but you can get more benefits, it is also beneficial to Nanchu." ‘

I sat up, took the coat handed over by Xiao Shunzi, and thought about how to solve it while dressing, originally I thought 'see each other as if I didn't see each other', and I wasn't going to meet Lu Can, but if he lobbied around for the sake of peace, then if he didn't give him a chance, it would be a bit excessive, anyway, he was a minister of Southern Chu, and now he is a subordinate of King Yong, if he is polite, then in the eyes of outsiders, he will think that His Royal Highness King Yong has no intention of making peace, this matter can be big or small, I can't deal with it at will. After walking a few steps, I felt that I was in good health today, and there should be no problem with meeting guests, so I said: "Please General Lu come to the flower hall to meet me, it is still early, ask someone to send breakfast to the flower hall, prepare more, and say that I will invite General Lu to dinner." Your Highness should already know, you send someone to ask His Highness what he means, whether he wants to meet the envoy of Nanchu, I don't know much about the matter of peace, Gou Lian should understand better, if His Highness is inconvenient to come, please ask Brother Gou to come to accompany him, so as to explore the bottom line of Nanchu. Xiao Shunzi, did Lu Can come alone? ‘

Xiao Shunzi replied: "Childe, General Lu has brought a young man, that person is very good-looking, and he should be a person of outstanding intelligence. ‘

I smiled and said, "It's okay, Lu Can is young after all, if he comes alone, I suspect that he just came to see me privately, since there is someone to accompany him, it is mainly business, okay, go and invite them in." ‘

Lu Can stood quietly in front of the door of King Yong's Mansion, at the age of twenty-two, he was the age of blood and strength, but many years of military career made him more mature than his peers, his appearance was rough and heroic, and he was not like Jiangnan characters, but he saw a faint light in his eyes, and he was brave and elegant in his temperament, so he knew that this young general was a genius in both civil and military affairs. Standing half a step behind him was a young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old, who was scarf-square, delicate and elegant, and had a special demeanor between his demeanor, which made people feel happy to approach.

The young man looked at Lu Can, who looked indifferent, and his heart was turbulent. His name is Yang Xiu, he was originally a native of Shu, when Shu was destroyed, he was still studying abroad, when Southern Chu occupied Shuzhong, he returned to his hometown, Shuzhong was very calm under the governance of Lu Hou, although there was a splendid alliance raging, but they did not set off any big waves, Yang Xiu lived very calmly at home, two and a half years ago, one of his cousins was convicted for participating in the assassination of Lu Hou, Yang Xiu was also implicated in prison, and it was Lu Hou's only son Lu Can who was responsible for the trial, this young general did things clearly and decisively, and it was reasonable, Yang Xiu was soon acquitted, and Lu Can saw that he had outstanding bearing and talent, so he personally came to ask him to join the army. Yang Xiu is not a pedantic person, he has not achieved fame in Shu, and it is not a loss of discipline to serve Southern Chu, after following Lu Can, he feels more and more that this young general is outstanding, although Lu Can is young, but the battle array is strategic, the art of war and strategy are superhuman, when King Yong raided Southern Chu, Lu Hou led troops to help, King Qing of Dongchuan took the opportunity to press the border of Shuzhong, Lu Can led troops to meet the enemy, the two armies clashed several times, Lu Can's hard-trained elite soldiers actually thwarted Dayong's male soldiers, forced King Qing to retreat, and ensured that Southern Chu would not be attacked on both sides. Although Lu Can's exploits were not made public because of the fall of Jianye, the Southern Chu army had faintly regarded Lu Can as the heir of Prince Zhao Jue. What makes Yang Xiu even more impressed is that although Lu Can was born in a family of military generals and does not know how to write poems and essays, he has unique insights into history.

A few days ago, Yang Xiu couldn't help but ask Lu Can, who can teach the children of military generals like Lu Can to be proficient in literature and history, but Lu Can was silent, but yesterday he just arrived in Dayong and handed over the national letter, and today Lu Can took himself to visit Jiang Zhe, who had heard his name for a long time. Although Yang Xiu knew Jiang Zhe, he didn't take him very seriously, he was just a talented man from Southern Chu who surrendered to Dayong, if it weren't for the uproar about the assassination of the son a few days ago, which made him pay attention, he wouldn't have noticed Jiang Zhe's existence. Knowing that he knew yesterday, he realized that Jiang Zhe turned out to be Lu Can's mentor. He still remembers that last night, under the silver lamp, Lu Can's face was hidden in the shadows, and said lightly: "I have been stubborn since I was a child, every day I either climb the wall and trees, or play with guns and sticks, or I go to fight with those green skins on the street, my father doesn't want to see me like this without learning and no skills, so he invited Xixi to teach me, I relied on my fists, and beat away several Xixi, Mr. Jiang is the fourth Xixi, I originally wanted to give him a dismount, but as soon as he came, he said to me, he is just a mixed bowl of rice, anyway, if I beat him away, My father is going to ask for a new one, and if I am willing to compromise with him, he will make it easy for both of us. ‘

Speaking of this, Lu Can showed a faint smile on his face, and then said: "Mr. Jiang said that as long as I stay in the study every morning and do whatever I do in the afternoon, he will not leave me too much homework, and he will help me hide from my father." I agreed at the time, but I regretted it after a few days, and every morning I was bored in the study, just watching Mr. Jiang read with relish, and ignored me, but if I regretted it, it would be too embarrassing, and then I had to beg Mr. Jiang to think of a way to let me kill time. Mr. Jiang said, in this case, you might as well tell me a book, although I feel bored, but it is better than a person bored, but I didn't expect that Mr. Jiang is really talented, he will not let me be those four books and five classics, nor will he ask me to write poems and compositions, he said that I am a child of a family, and I don't have to participate in the imperial examination, it is useless to learn those things, he first told me the Analects, a boring Analects that others say, he told me interestingly, and then he told me history books, and he did not tell me the original text, Just told me those historical facts like stories, and mixed with a lot of his own opinions and some things in the history of the field, since then, I have been listening to him tell stories every morning, and then he saw that I prefer to use soldiers to fight, and told me about the art of war, war examples, I don't know how he knows so many things, he is obviously not a few years older than me, but unfortunately I was too playful at that time, I don't understand how precious Mr.'s teachings are, until I led the troops to fight, I didn't know how important the things Mr. taught me, It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to ask my husband for advice anymore. Yang Xiu, I say this to make you understand what kind of person my mentor is, now that he has returned to Dayong, it is inevitable that we will meet on the battlefield in the future, you are full of scheming, you will be his opponent in the future, I must not be able to do it alone, you have to seize the opportunity to understand him well, if you don't understand your enemy, then there is no certainty of victory. ‘

The more Yang Xiu thought about it, the more he felt Peng Pai, and he really wanted to see what kind of character this respected young general who respected him very much. So the longer he waited, the more worried he was that Jiang Zhe would not accept them.

Fortunately, after a while, a young guard came over and saluted: "General Lu, Lord Sima received the general in the Cold Garden, and the Lord was seriously injured and was inconvenient to go out to greet him. ‘

Lu Can glanced at the young guard, only to see that this person had a simple appearance, but his eyes were cold, his palms were wide and large, his knuckles were protruding, and his tendons were tangled, he must be a person who cultivated external skills, but he was not shocked by his actions, it can be seen that the fire has reached the point of perfection, and then look at this person Zhou's murderous aura and tall posture, this must be a warrior who has been in the army for a long time, King Yong let such a person be his teacher's guard, which shows his importance to his teacher. Thinking in his heart, Lu Can smiled and said, "Trouble Huyan guards to lead the way." ‘

The two followed Hu Yanshou for a long time before they arrived at a quiet and far-reaching garden, and when they saw the plaque on the garden gate, Lu Can knew that he could finally see Jiang Zhe. Hu Yanshou greeted the four colleagues who were guarding in front of the garden gate and led the two into the cold garden. As soon as he walked into the cold garden, Lu Can felt a big shock in his heart, although he didn't see it, but he could faintly sense that there were people hiding in all the key positions in the garden, although he couldn't see anyone, but just with that kind of condensed murderous aura, he knew that the guards here were at least on par with Hu Yanshou. It seems that King Yong's respect for his teacher is incomparable.

The two were invited into the flower hall, and the first thing they saw was Jiang Zhe sitting there and Xiao Shunzi standing behind Jiang Zhe.

Yang Xiu looked boldly, and there was a thin and pale young man sitting at the table, he was wearing a pale green robe, and his hair was only tied with a hairpin and a snow-white silk scarf. He sat idly there, looking so calm that if he hadn't seen him look haggard, he would never have thought that he had just returned from the brink of death. Yang Xiu sighed in his heart, he originally thought that since Jiang Zhe had escaped from the hands of the Nanchu assassins just now, he would inevitably be very indifferent to Lu Can, he didn't know that there was another person who succeeded in assassinating Jiang Zhe, and the truth had already been hidden, that is, King Yong also said to the outside world that Jiang Zhe was seriously injured by the assassination of Nanchu, after all, no one wanted to expose Dayong's internal strife to the outside. Therefore, although Jiang Zhe was not discouraged and disappointed in Nan Chu, he did not hate it very much.

I glanced at Lu Can, he was more calm than the last time we met, he must have matured a lot after being alone, I stood up and said with a smile: "Little Hou Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are getting stronger and stronger." ‘

Lu Can was stunned when he saw me, and only woke up when he heard me speak, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Disciple to meet the teacher." The tone was choked, I knew that he was sad to see me describe it like this, that is, I felt a little out of shape when I looked at myself in the bronze mirror, which was also helpless, I was fortunate to be able to save my surname, where would I dare to ask for it, anyway, I would be able to recover my health in a year and a half at most.

I raised my hand and said: "Little Marquis, hurry up, no, you are now the general of Nanchu, I should call you General Lu, Zhe is just a Xixi who has been a general for a few days, how dare you be called a master and apprentice." ‘

Lu Can's mood had calmed down, and he said lightly: "The disciple was stubborn back then, and he didn't know the importance of the teacher's teachings, but now he can't regret it, and please don't shirk the teacher, the disciple will not ask the teacher to do extraordinary things with the status of master and apprentice." ‘

I smiled slightly bitterly and said, "Your surname is still so straightforward, it's just that, I don't want to argue with you, get up, I haven't eaten yet, you can accompany me, this is?" I looked at Yang Xiu.

Lu Can stood up and said, "This is Yang Xiu, who joined the army under the command of his disciple. ‘

Yang Xiu stepped forward and saluted: "I have heard that Lord Jiang is famous for a long time, and I will see you at the lower officials." ‘

I wanted to step forward to help, but I felt a pain in my heart, so I had to frown and say, "Please forgive the official for the inconvenience of returning the courtesy." Yang Senjun is also invited to sit at the table. ‘

Yang Xiu saw that Jiang Zhe had a cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said, "My lord is inconvenient, so I don't need to be polite." ‘

The three of us sat down, and Xiao Shunzi personally brought three bowls of porridge up, and I smiled and said, "These porridges are carefully made medicinal food, and they are filled with nourishing medicines, so you might as well try them." ‘

Lu Can stood up and took the bowl handed over by Xiao Shunzi, he knew that some time ago, this Li Shun killed the poisonous hand evil heart at the Yangtze River ferry, and the poisonous hand and evil heart were the masters of Southern Chu before he took refuge in the incognito of Prince De, and this time he was 'successful' in the Yongwang Mansion, and he fought for thousands of miles, escaped from Dayong, and his reputation soared, but on the bank of the Yangtze River on a moonlit night, he was killed by this young man, and overnight, Li Shun's name spread all over the world, so Lu Can did not dare to slack off.

Lin Xiu also stood up and took the porridge bowl, he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Zhe, what is so strange about this thin young man, how strange is it that he allows such a master to be willing to be a slave and do the things of a subordinate?

Seeing them so restrained, I couldn't help but smile and said, "I heard that Lu Can is the envoy of Nanchu this time, and you must have already made a comprehensive plan, I don't know what I can do to help?" ‘

Lu Can's expression was a little confused, but he quickly returned to normal, and said respectfully: "Although Nanchu was defeated, but now the new monarch has been established, and the top and bottom are united, and the soldiers and horses are ready, so although this time I call the ministers for peace, I hope that Dayong will not ask for too much gold silk, and hope that he can redeem the lord of the Taishang Kingdom and the civil and military officials, but this matter is only possible with the approval of the Dayong military, and His Royal Highness King Yongwang is the most important person among them, so the disciple knows what His Royal Highness means."

I said lightly: "The matter of peace is presided over by the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and who dares to speculate on the intentions of His Royal Highness King Yong, and besides, Your Majesty has no intention of embarrassing Nan Chu, you are too worried, and I don't pay much attention to these things, you are looking for the wrong way." ‘

Lu Can knew that Jiang Zhe was just a pretext for saying this, and was about to continue to persuade, when a hearty voice came from outside the door and said: "How can you say that you have found the wrong way, if General Lu didn't come to see you first, this king would never let Nan Chu feel at ease." ‘

With that, Li Zhen walked in with Gou Lian. Lu Can and Yang Xiu both stood up to give a salute. Li Zhen smiled and said: "General Lu, this king once had a relationship with Lingzun Lu Gong, I have heard that Lu Gong has a tiger under his knees, and now I see that it is really worthy of its reputation, my third brother wrote a letter to say that General Lu is like a god, and he admires it very much." ‘

Lu Can said calmly: "The young general is just a fake father Yu Wei, His Royal Highness King Yongwang is the master of soldiers in the world, how dare the light of the fireflies compete with Haoyue." ‘

Li Zhen sat down and said calmly: "The two countries are reconciled, and this king also knows that it is imperative, but your country claims to be the emperor without authorization, regardless of the identity of the vassals, and my Dayongxing army crusades, which is the great righteousness, although your country has suffered heavy losses, but it should be ceded and reparated, as for the redemption of the captives, this king has no opinion, but how much ransom do you want to pay?" ‘

Lu Can Zhengrong said: "Although Southern Chu also has a reason, but it is also a fact that the king of Qi Xianxing invaded the territory, His Royal Highness captured Jianye, abducted our monarchs and ministers, and took away countless gold silks, and now our country is united, if your country still wants to bully, although our country is small and weak, we must resist to the end, although Nanchu Dayong is a monarch and a minister, but also an in-law, your country has long had the intention of encroaching, and now although we bend our knees to seek peace, but we cannot allow your country to take what you want, our country's new monarch has ascended the throne, and the first lord of the country is already a commoner, If your country wants to stay, please do it, the first lord of the country and the princess of your country Changle are husband and wife, and it is natural for the son-in-law to live dependent on his father-in-law. ‘

Li Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Well said, it is really a young hero, and there are so many geniuses in Nanchu." This king admires. Then he said meaningfully: "Things are also negotiable, although this king cannot be the master, but he will not embarrass General Lu." ‘

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