Chapter 1494: The Target of the Jiangdong Assassins
Lu Bu first accepted the benefits from Lu Su, and then got Liu Bian's will, and went to inform the two that they would rush to the palace early the next morning, and Liu Bian was going to summon them.
At the same time in Jiangdong, in the Zhou Yu military camp.
Zhao Yun and Sima Yi were not idle.
Liu Wei issued an order to marry Zhao Yun and Da Qiao, and the imperial court also sent people and sent a lot of dowry gifts.
First of all, the dowry prepared by Zhou Yu was sent back by Da Qiao, and when the dowry of the imperial court arrived, Da Qiao also wanted to give it away, but was blocked by Xiao Qiao.
Xiao Qiao's reason is very simple, since he wants to marry Zhao Yun, the dowry will belong to the Zhao family in the future, how to deal with it, and leave it to Zhao Yun to do, it is more appropriate than Da Qiao's own decision.
Obeying Xiao Qiao's advice, Da Qiao no longer insisted on offering the dowry, but stayed.
Not only does Xiao Qiao have to prepare for Da Qiao's marriage every day, but Zhao Yun, Sima Yi, and Zhou Yu are also busy around this matter.
After all, it was the emperor's marriage, which was very different from that of ordinary generals.
It is impossible for Zhou Yu and others to slack off.
Sima Yi and Zhao Yun were sitting in the barracks, discussing the details of the wedding, when a voice from Yu Linwei came from outside the door: "Qi two generals, there is a dragoon guard ≈ ★ to deliver the letter!" ”
Hearing that the dragoon guard sent a letter, Zhao Yun and Sima Yi were stunned, and Zhao Yun ordered outside the house: "Please let him in and talk!" ”
The door opened, and a dragoon guard wearing a big red armor and a golden feather on his helmet stepped into the house, clasped his fists and arched at Zhao Yun and Sima Yi and said, "Two generals, General Huang, the deputy commander of the dragoon guard, has a letter to submit!" ”
His gaze stayed on the dragoon guard, and Zhao Yun nodded at him.
Taking out a letter from his arms, the dragoon guard strode towards Zhao Yun and Sima Yi, and when the two approached, he held the letter in both hands and handed it to Zhao Yun.
Taking the letter from his hand, Zhao Yun first glanced at his face again, and then opened the letter and browsed it.
After reading the letter, Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment and handed it to Sima Yi again.
From Zhao Yun's expression, Sima Yi saw a hint of strangeness, took the letter and quickly browsed it.
When he finished reading the letter, his mouth opened slightly, and he asked Zhao Yun with a stunned expression, "What does the general think about this?" ”
"Jiangdong Sun's family, obviously pointing the finger at Zhou Yu!" With a solemn face, Zhao Yun first waved his hand at the dragoon guard who delivered the letter, and then said to Sima Yi: "Otherwise, His Majesty would not have sent a hundred dragoon guards, and even Huang Sheng, the deputy commander of the dragoon guard, came." ”
"The general had earlier written to General Deng, asking him to send twelve dragoons." His face was also very solemn, Sima Yi frowned, and said to Zhao Yun: "The letter also said that the unknown general led eight people to set off one step earlier than the dragoon guard, and now it should be almost here." The nameless general is a swordsman who has been famous for many years, and His Majesty asked him to come ......"
"It's hard to deal with!" Sima Yi only stopped talking halfway, Zhao Yun nodded solemnly, first answered, and then shouted outside the house: "Someone!" ”
Hearing the shout, one of the Yu Linwei strode into the house and stood at the door with his fists clenched.
"Go and invite General Zhou!" Glancing at that Yu Lin Wei, Zhao Yun instructed him: "Inform the general that a certain person wants to go to the meeting, but because the matter is urgent, it is best for General Zhou to come in person!" ”
"No!" In response, Yu Linwei withdrew from the barracks.
Seeing him leave, Zhao Yun leaned towards Sima Yi and said to him: "If Sun Quan intends to deal with Zhou Yu, should he allocate some Yu Linwei to accompany him all day?" ”
Shaking his head, Sima Yi said with a solemn face: "Zhou Yu commands the soldiers and horses here, and he has his own personal soldiers, if the general transfers Yulinwei, he understands that the general is protecting him, and if he doesn't know, he will think that the general is coercing Zhou Yu!" ”
Sima Yi's words were not unreasonable, but Zhao Yun was a little embarrassed.
Compared with the soldiers under Zhou Yu, Yu Linwei's combat power is much stronger.
But Yu Linwei is a direct descendant of the imperial court after all, and Zhou Yu is just the newly canonized Jiangdong general of the imperial court!
Sending Yu Linwei to protect his generals is not something that Liu Wei has never done before.
The people who were protected at the beginning were all the people who followed Liu Wei earlier, and even if those people were stared at by Yu Linwei all day long, they would never have any extra thoughts.
Zhou Yu is different.
In his early years, he followed Sun Ce.
will turn against Sun Quan, most of the reasons are because of Da Qiao's mother and son.
Liu Wei's marriage was mostly due to this consideration, but it just so happened that Zhao Yun and Da Qiao had a good impression of each other, and it was not against the will of the two.
It is obviously not appropriate to install Yu Linwei next to Zhou Yu!
"If Zhou Yu has three longs and two shorts, this time I will come to Jiangdong, there will be a lot of twists and turns!" With his brows furrowed, Zhao Yun said with a solemn expression: "I have to think of a way to protect him!" ”
Sima Yi didn't say anything.
He also frowned, thinking if there was a perfect way to install some good hands next to Zhou Yu.
The two were thinking about how to put a good hand next to Zhou Yu to protect him, when the door was pushed open, and Zhou Yu strode in.
"I heard that the two generals have something important to discuss with a certain minister?" Entering the house, Zhou Yu first arched his fists at the two, and said with a smile: "A certain is explaining the wedding of General Zhao with the following, and the two generals want to come here, but it is also for this matter?" ”
"General!" Seeing Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun and Sima Yi stood up almost at the same time, hugged their fists and gave him a salute back, Zhao Yun said: "The marriage of the last general, compared with the matter of inviting the general to come, is really not tight!" ”
At present, for Zhou Yu and others, the marriage of Zhao Yun and Da Qiao is the most urgent and urgent.
The emperor personally made a decree to marry the two, as a courtier, how could he be lazy.
Looking at Zhao Yun suspiciously, Zhou Yu really couldn't think of anything that would be more important than the marriage between Zhao Yun and Da Qiao?
"General, please look!" Seeing the doubts on Zhou Yu's face, Zhao Yun picked up the letter written by Huang Sheng and handed it to him with both hands.
He glanced at Zhao Yun suspiciously, took the letter from his hand, and Zhou Yu unfolded it.
After browsing the contents of the letter, Zhou Yu was stunned, as if he didn't believe it, and read the letter from beginning to end.
When he finished reading it for the second time, his face was even more stunned, and he looked up at Zhao Yun and Sima Yi very blankly, his lips moved, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it at all.
"Sun Quan has decided to make a move on the general!" Looking at Zhou Yu with a stunned face, Sima Yi also said to him with a solemn face: "It's just that he didn't want to send troops here, but secretly sent assassins." The so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, so the general should be cautious! ”
"Your Majesty has already received the news, and the assassin sent by Sun Quan has arrived!" It wasn't until Sima Yi spoke that Zhou Yu licked his lips, took over the conversation and said, "I just haven't figured it out, why haven't they done it so far?" ”
Zhou Yu's words made Sima Yi and Zhao Yun stunned.
The two glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces were much more solemn than before.
Zhou Yu is right, since Liu Weidu, who is far away in Luoyang, has already received the news, Jianye, which is very close to here, should have sent someone to arrive.
The assassins who came here had every chance to attack Zhou Yu these days, but why didn't they move for a long time?
The two glanced at each other, and Sima Yi frowned, as if talking to himself, as if asking Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun, "What are the intentions of those assassins......?" ”
Only halfway through his words, Sima Yi's eyes suddenly opened.
At the same time, Zhou Yu was also stunned, and looked at Sima Yi for a moment, and the two shouted almost at the same time: "Da Qiao's mother and son!" ”
Shouting these four words, Zhou Yu and Sima Yi's hearts suddenly became clear.
The assassin sent by Sun Quan was not Zhou Yu, but Da Qiao's mother and son.
"Someone!" Thinking of this floor, Zhou Yu hurriedly shouted outside the house.
One of his own soldiers who had followed him to the room strode into the house, fists clenched and bowed to face the servants.
Turning his head to look at the pro-soldier, Zhou Yu said to him: "Immediately lead a team of people to the eldest lady's residence, and strictly protect the eldest lady and the little son!" ”
"Wait!" The soldiers answered, and just as they were about to leave, Sima Yi shouted.
Hearing Sima Yi's shout, the soldiers stopped, turned to face Zhou Yu, and waited for his orders.
"What does Zhongda mean?" Sima Yi stopped his own soldiers, and Zhou Yu looked at him blankly and asked.
"General!" Holding his fist and arching towards Zhou Yu, Sima Yi said to him: "Recently, can the general find that someone has entered the barracks or walked around?" ”
Being asked by Sima Yi like this, Zhou Yu shook his head.
"Recently, the general has recruited troops?" Zhou Yu shook his head, and Sima Yi asked again.
Still shook his head.
With the Jiangdong Sun family, there is not much room for relaxation, but Zhou Yu did not recruit troops because there was not a lot of grain and grass in the camp, and the soldiers in the camp were all the generals who were originally under his command.
"There are no idlers to move around, and there are no recruits!" His face was very solemn, Sima Yi lowered his voice and asked Zhou Yu: "In the general's opinion, who should Sun Quan send assassins?" ”
Sima Yi's words immediately stunned Zhou Yu's question.
There were no suspicious people nearby, he didn't recruit troops, and no recruits entered the barracks, if Sun Quan sent an assassin, there was only one possibility, the assassin was originally dormant in Zhou Yu's camp.
If you don't send someone to protect Da Qiao's mother and son, maybe the assassin hasn't had a chance to do it yet.
Once they are dispatched to protect them, I am afraid that the assassins will have the opportunity to cover the mother and son at close range, waiting for the opportunity to attack, and even more so close to the water!
Zhou Yu, who understood this layer, didn't say anything, but his face was like ashes, but Sima Yi said: "General Zhao is the future husband of the eldest lady, and it may be more appropriate for him to protect the eldest lady's mother and son!" ”