Chapter 50: An Accidental Assassination
"Master Hou got up so early today!" When Lu Fan came to the garden at the front gate of Ganlu Temple, he saw Lu Rui practicing martial arts.
"Ziheng is here? Ben Hou has nothing to do and plays kung fu. Lu Rui took the maid's sweat towel and wiped the sweat.
"Hou Ye's martial arts make Fan admire."
"Ziheng has won the award, I don't know what happened to Ziheng?" There must be something important when Lu Fan is here.
"Master Hou, great joy!"
"A big event?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, it is a happy event to come to get married, what other happy events?
"Master Hou, Wenzhou Zhiyue sent people to pay tribute to express their surrender to the Han Dynasty, isn't it a great joy?" Lu Fan looked at Lu Rui with a smile, and there was still a slight smug look in his eyes.
"I see, that's something to celebrate!" Lu Rui nodded, no wonder Lu Fan was so happy, it turned out that there was a Shanyue who surrendered to Sun Quan. Lu Fan came to tell himself that he was afraid to increase the bargaining chips of the alliance between the two families, after all, Sun Quan's current Jiangdong was only a second-rate county.
"This is all the work of Lord Sikong, the revival of the Han Dynasty, and His Majesty's edict can be conveyed to the four seas, so there is a matter of Shanyue coming to the court."
"General Sun also contributed a lot!" Lu Fan is really good at bragging, this has something to do with Cao Cao? Lu Rui didn't know that this matter was really related to Cao Cao, and an assassination by accident was about to begin.
"Master Hou, tomorrow the envoy of Shanyue will come to the Mansion of Marquis Wu to offer tribute, and the lord of my family invites Lord Hou to take Gongzi Chong to the Mansion as a guest."
"Since it was General Sun's invitation, how could this Marquis not go, please Ziheng tell General Sun that I will definitely be there tomorrow."
"Thank you, Master Hou. Fan took his leave! ”
"Ziheng, please!"
The next day. Lu Rui took Cao Chong and his personal guards to Sun Quan's mansion.
"General Sun has arrived!"
"See the lord!" The ministers of Eastern Wu saluted Sun Quan. Lu Rui just arched his hand. Signal that you have arrived.
"Old Madam Sun has arrived!"
"See Old Lady Sun!"
Lu Rui also followed everyone to salute, after all, this is Wu Guotai!
"Mother, slow down!" Sun Quan personally went to help Wu Guotai sit down.
"Xuanshan Yue Messenger!" The guards next to Sun Quan shouted, and the Shanyue envoy entered the main hall.
"See Wu Hou!" A man dressed as a Han scholar came in and arched his hand, see Sun Quan.
"Excuse me!" Sun Quan raised his hand and signaled that the envoy could get up.
"Xie Wuhou!"
"Who is the king of your family?"
"Back to Wuhou, the king of my family is Wenzhou Shanyue, the king of Fengling Mountain Chijiao." The scribe arched his hand and replied to Sun Quan.
"The Barefoot King? It's ridiculous! The scribe's words had just fallen. In Jiangdong, Wenchen stood up, the barefoot king? Isn't it the king who doesn't wear shoes?
"This lord, my king is the king of the red horn, with a red horn on his head, so he is the king of the red horn, and the king of my family has an army of 30,000 and dominates Wenzhou!" The scribe proudly held out three fingers.
As soon as the scribe's words fell, Jiangdong Wenwu began to discuss. 30,000? The number of regular troops in Soochow is the same!
"Thirty thousand?" After Lu Rui heard this, he was also stunned for a moment, 30,000 people. Shanyue's soldiers and horses organization is the people are soldiers, and soldiers are the people. 30,000 people is this What kind of Wenzhou king has a standing army of 30,000, in Shanyue, he should be one of the best kings, this kind of person, now he also comes to rely on Sun Quan?
"There is no way under the rule of power, please don't be surprised by the envoy!" Sun Quan was also stunned for a moment when he heard the 30,000 people, and he could not rule out that the envoy was lying. But if it weren't for a lie, Sun Quan would have sent it, and he would have had face in front of Cao Cao. Too young, just have confidence in yourself!
"Wu Hou is polite, since Wu Hou took charge of Jiangdong, Jiangdong singing and dancing is leveling, and the trade between my Shanyue and the Han people is becoming more and more numerous, and the king of my family feels the kindness of Wu Hou, and he is sent to come down as a messenger to offer the Han! Please Wu Hou to transfer the gift of my king to His Majesty the Han Dynasty! The scribe made a clear statement of his intentions.
When Jiangdong's civil and military heard this, they whispered again, they were really Baiyue barbarians. actually worships the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty as orthodoxy, and now who doesn't know that the power of the Han Dynasty is lost, and the princes from all walks of life are ready to move?
"Ben Hou will definitely convey the hearts of the people of Shanyue to Your Majesty!"
"Xie Wuhou!"
"Wu Hou, this is the topographic map of Wenzhou presented by the king of my family, please accept it with a smile." After saying that, the scribe clapped his hands, and several soldiers came up from behind, holding the scroll in both hands.
These Shanyue soldiers have colorful colors painted on their faces, a bit like the special forces of later generations. The Shanyue people have a good face, and in the mountains and forests, for the needs of concealment, they use natural materials as dyes and paint them on their faces, which can not only identify their own people, but also conceal the enemy.
"Wait!" Lu Su stood up.
"Messenger, present a topographical map of Wenzhou, which can be presented by the personal soldiers of my lord."
The messenger asked the leading soldier in Shanyue, and the leading soldier shook his head.
"Emissary, what does this general mean?" Lu Su also didn't know Shanyue, so he only had the help of messengers.
"Back to Wu Hou, the rules of Shanyue are personally presented to Wu Hou by the messenger of my king, as a sign of respect. But Wu Hou actually used his own soldiers to do the work on his behalf, did he look down on our Wenzhou Shanyue? The scribe arched his hand and explained to Lu Su.
"This?" Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lu Rui and Cao Chong next to him, originally Sun Quan could put on the domineering spirit of the lord of Jiangdong, and angrily scolded the Shanyue envoy for not knowing etiquette. But Lu Rui and Cao Chong are here, if they are angry, it will be too embarrassing!
"Zijing, since it is the rule of Shanyue, we can't break it."
"Zijing, tell Shanyue that this is the messenger of Lord Xudu Sikong, since Shanyue is grateful to my Han, then I still dedicate the topographic map of Wenzhou to Lord Sikong and the imperial court, and ask the virtuous brother to present it to Your Majesty as a brother?" Sun Quan glanced at Lu Rui.
Okay, you Sun Quan, you will actually borrow flowers to offer Buddha, topographic map of Wenzhou? Waiting for Cao Cao to occupy Jiangdong is naturally useful! Sun Zhongmou, do you think this picture is useless for my Cao Jun, come to borrow flowers and offer Buddha? I'll make you suffer a big loss!
"Since the elder brother can afford the younger brother, the younger brother will definitely do it for him and express his brother's intentions to His Majesty." Lu Rui arched his hand and promised Sun Quan.
"Emissary?" Sun Quan glanced at the scribe, and Lu Su hurriedly explained the identities of Lu Rui and Cao Chong to the scribe.
The scribe touched his chin and spoke another piece of Shanyue, and the leading soldier nodded in agreement.
"Back to Wu Hou, since the little Hou Ye is the messenger of Lord Sikong, then it is only natural that we should dedicate the gift to the little Hou Ye."
After speaking, several Shanyue soldiers came to Lu Rui with the scroll. Lu Rui nodded and took the scroll with both hands.
At this moment, a Shanyue soldier made a look. Several Yamakoshi soldiers drew daggers from their chests.
"There are assassins, protect the lord!" Lu Meng was the first to react, and then a large number of guards surrounded him.
Lu Rui learned the way of killing under Wang Yue since he was a child, and he has seen a lot of this kind of scene, Lu Rui kicked the desk with his legs, then jumped back, pulled out his sword, and killed a Shanyue tribesman with a backhand sword.
The banquet was suddenly chaotic, and Lü Meng commanded the guards to protect Sun Quan and withdraw from the hall. Came to the backyard.
"Ziming, order someone to protect the old lady and go back to the room."
"No!"
"See the lord!"
A captain knelt in front of Sun Quan with four guards.
"No need to be polite, quickly protect the old lady and return home."
"No!"
As soon as the captain of the pro-soldier got up, with a whoosh, a flying knife flew out of his cuff, which happened to stab Sun Quan in the left abdomen.
"Lord!" Lu Meng was taken aback, he didn't expect the assassin's backhand to be here.
Lü Meng kicked the assassin into the air, and Sun Quan's guards reacted quickly and immediately rushed forward.
In the main hall, several Shanyue soldiers have been killed, and the scribes have also been controlled.
"Master Hou, are you okay?" Lu Fan hurriedly ran over.
"Master Ben is fine!" Lu Rui secretly wiped a cold sweat, it was too dangerous, if he hadn't moved fast, he would have burped.
"Chong Gongzi!" Suddenly, Xu Shu shouted.
"Brother Chong!" As soon as Lu Rui turned his head, Cao Chong was actually stabbed? Lu Rui immediately ran over and helped Cao Chong up.
"Ziheng, hurry up and ask the doctor to come over!" Grandma's, Cao Chong was actually stabbed, how to explain to Lao Cao!
"Oh no, the lord was stabbed! Get a doctor! A maid ran into the main hall in a panic. Sun Quan was also stabbed!
Suddenly, the Jiangdong General's Mansion was in chaos. (To be continued......)
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