—181 A.D.——

In the northwest of Xuzhou, a team of about 1,000 people and a mixed group of people and horses is slowly moving east along the official road.

Sun Jian, who was not heavy on armor and only wore a cloth robe, was in front of the queue with a horse whip in his hand and pointed: "The city in front is Pei County, it can be seen that we have stepped into the boundary of Xuzhou, and in about ten days, we can return to Xiapi - Demou?" Why do you seem so sad? ”

Cheng Puzheng, who was dressed as a Confucian general, rode a horse to Sun Jian's side, and when he heard this, he responded: "My subordinates just remembered that when they left Xiapi, they boasted that they wanted the young master to make a meritorious contribution that was enough to rise, but unexpectedly, there were many heroes in this battle, and the achievements were thin, and the official position of the young master was not moved, and I was very ashamed." ”

"Oh......" Sun Jian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "It can't be said that the place has not moved, didn't the imperial court seal me a 'Yilang'?" Have the right to monitor and report. ”

"What's the matter with giving a military general a civilian position!" Huang Gai on the other side said angrily when he heard this, after he tasted the sweetness twice with the help of his peerless "bitter meat", he seemed to gradually stop taking armor seriously, and at this time he was wearing a strange leather armor with an almost shirtless upper body and only armor protection at the heart and waist, and he was carrying a ...... behind his back Well...... A canoe.

"That's right, the post of 'councilor', the target of supervision and reporting is the courtiers, where are the courtiers in Xuzhou?" Zu Mao also chimed in.

"Haha......" Sun Jian was speechless for a while, and only after thinking about it did he say: "Compared with merit and reward, this batch of Jiangdong sons and daughters I brought is more important unscathed, if there is any damage, I will have no shame to entrust them to my father and fellow villagers." ”

"This ......" Cheng Pu Huang Gai had nothing to say for a while, although he thought in his heart that even if he paid some casualties, as long as he had enough merit, it would be worth it, but he couldn't say it clearly.

This time to pacify the Xiliang Rebellion, whether it was Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song, who were stubborn, or Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who went deep behind the enemy, many of their soldiers were injured, Cheng Pu could see that those people had their own goals, and no one cared how much they sacrificed in order to achieve those goals that outsiders could not know.

As for the young master Sun Jian, unless he was in a helpless situation such as being attacked or surrounded, he always hoped to achieve his goal at the lowest cost, and he never thought that the purpose achieved because of it would be reduced much.

As for the cause of this character, it is also very easy to guess that before the head of the family, Sun Zhong, decided to let his son try to become an official, the relationship between the Sun family and many generals was like this, more like a brother than a master and a slave, and even the young master's measures to govern that Xiapi, let the people develop on their own, and only provide legal and military protection, how similar is the attitude of ordinary fathers and brothers towards their children?

If the young master is promoted and governs a county and a state, he must be able to stay open at night and leave no roads behind.

In addition, the foundation of today's imperial court is unstable and stormy, if the Sun family is likely to break the ground or win the championship, I am afraid that within the scope of control, it is only to realize the "family world" mentioned in the classics.

The only problem at present is that the young master is now quite confident in the imperial court, and he does not understand the hints of the head of the family at all, and the teachings and subtleties of the four generals are completely like mud cows entering the sea.

"Zu Mao Huang Gai, lead the troops to the military camp outside the city to station, Demou, you follow me into the city to meet the local governor." Seeing that Pei County was already close at hand, Sun Jian began to order the resettlement of troops and personnel.

That's it, Cheng Pu thought, the young master will one day give up his illusions in the court because of a major lesson, and hope that the loss of that "lesson" will not be too great.

"My lord, what about me?" Han Dang, who had been beside him, asked.

"Uh......" Sun Jian was slightly messy: "Follow me." ”

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"But Sun Xiapi in person?"

In the post house set up in Pei County, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe greeted Sun Jian.

"It's Sun Jian, what advice does Your Excellency have?" Sun Jian replied helplessly.

This method of associating surnames with official positions was probably passed down from the descendants of Confucius, who had been officials in Beihai County for generations, and they called "Kong Beihai" was okay, but other governors would be a joke if they were unlucky.

"I don't dare to give advice, in the lower Zhuge Jue, the new Taishan County Guard, adjacent to Your Excellency's governance, I met here unexpectedly, so I came to visit one or two, so that I could communicate with each other in the future." The middle-aged man bowed his hand and had a gentle and polite attitude.

Look, Zhuge Taishan...... Wait, the county guard is bigger than the county order, right?

"The county guard is serious," Sun Jian's face straightened slightly: "If there is anything that needs the assistance of Xiapi, Sun will cooperate." ”

"What I need is not 'Xiapi' assistance," Zhuge said: "Although Xiapi and Taishan are adjacent, they belong to Yanzhou and Xuzhou. ”

"Well, indeed." Sun Jian thought about it for a while, and then thought of this, the current situation is not so much that the emperor rules the world, but that the emperor governs the history of the state, and the history of the assassination rules a state, and reports to the emperor on time - but at present, there is only one thing left to pay the money.

Two counties belonging to different state capitals, no matter how close they are, prohibit officials from interacting with each other on official business, and it is okay to exchange banquets privately, but as long as it is official business, they must each report the exchange request to the two assassins separately, and wait for the two of them to exchange documents and forward them during the routine meeting, which is quite cumbersome and time-sensitive.

This Zhuge Taishan came to propose to himself that when some cooperation is carried out in the future, the two sides will bypass the suggestion of the top boss together.

"I will seriously consider Mr. Zhuge 's proposal." Sun Jian made a reply that seemed to be shirking, but had already been promised, and Zhuge also showed a smile of understanding.

"Father, the post house said-" At this moment, a little boy about seven or eight years old ran in from outside, and when he saw Sun Jian, he was slightly startled, and bowed his hand decently before running to Zhuge Jue and standing.

"Little Zhuge Jin, a little naughty, makes Your Excellency smile." Zhuge Jue said with a smile.

"He's already quite well-behaved, I have a son who is about the same age as Ling Lang, if one doesn't look at it, he dares to go to the house to uncover the tiles." Sun Jian waved his hand.

Speaking of which, Sun Jian thought, I haven't seen him for more than a year, and I don't know how tall Ce'er has grown.

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Xuzhou, Xiapi.

"Ha-ha-"

Sun Ce wrinkled his little nose, his facial features almost shrunk into a ball, looking up at the sky, and he was accumulating something.

"Hah

A loud sneeze turned into a muffled sound because Sun Ce was covering his mouth.

"-Bastard Zhou Yu!" Sun Ce, who didn't dare to make more noise, waved a pair of short sticks in his hand and was about to hit another boy next to him, but as soon as he raised his hand, he was suppressed by Zhou Yu with two strokes of the long stick in his hand.

"If you want to be discovered by that Yu Ji Lao'er, continue to make trouble." Sun Ce originally planned to resist again, but was glared at by Zhou Yu and silently coaxed.

At this time, about six years old, two young boys, a mischievous and a calm one, were on a low hill on the outskirts of Xiapi, trying to touch the top of the mountain silently.

"Who do you think this trip is for?" Seeing that Sun Ce was still unconvinced, Zhou Yu continued to whisper: "Your mother is pregnant with Liujia and is cultivating in a manor outside the city, and the demon road is watching on the top of a nearby mountain, your father has not returned from the expedition, and my father is busy with government affairs in Xiapi, at this time only you and I can deal with him, but you care about the trivial matter of being sneeze by me?" ”

"Count me wrong!" Sun Ce turned his head stupidly.

"Yu Ji is a person, known as an immortal, but he doesn't do good things," Zhou Yu casually threw away the handkerchief he used to cover Sun Ce's mouth and nose before: "It is said that he tried to separate Uncle Sun and Aunt Wu back then, and tried to kidnap you several times after you were born, which also affected Uncle Sun's political achievements, and also created some chaos a year ago to try to steal your unborn brother......"

"Why can't it be my sister?" Sun Ce raised the bar.

As a result, the date of birth of your brother or sister has been postponed as a result, and it is now ...... It's been sixteen months. Zhou Yu ignored Sun Ce's raising of the bar and continued: "So, if you don't want him to make trouble again, we have to take him down today, do you understand?" ”

"Of course, I was young, but now I'm not a three- or four-year-old kid." Sun Ce waved the small whirlwind stick in his hand: "If you don't beat him to the point that his face is full of peach blossoms, he won't know why the flowers are so red!" ”

As soon as the words of "......" came out, the two children were silent together for a moment for unknown reasons.

"Anyway, keep moving." "Yes, yes." Shao leaned, Zhou Yu broke the silence, and Sun Ce echoed again and again.

The two children continued to climb to the top of the mountain, which was covered with many dense jungles and shrubs, but it did not stop them at all, and the occasional mountain hare and fox passed by, but they ignored the two children.

After about a cup of tea, the two children successfully reached the top of the hill, where there was an old man with a goatee and a cunning face standing on the top of the mountain, looking far away in the direction of the Sun manor at the bottom of the mountain, unaware of the two children who were gearing up not far behind them.

It's now, Sun Ce gestured and asked, start?

Begin! Zhou Yu also replied with an affirmative gesture.

"Boom!" The fists that the two children had been comparing tightened into fists together and hit each other in the face.

"What-" Old Dao Yu Ji, who was looking from afar, suddenly realized that when he turned around, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had already killed in front of him.

"You demon way-" Zhou Yu swept Yu Ji in the abdomen with a stick, knocking him to the bent over.

"-Death to the master!" Sun Ce's pair of whirling sticks smashed into Yu Ji's head, sending him flying off the top of the mountain with a whirlpool.

"Merlin, you're actually—" Yu Ji's voice quickly disappeared as he fell from the top of the mountain.

"I guess he's not going to die that easily, but at least he'll be going to stop for a while before his brother or sister is born." Sun Ce rubbed his wrist that was a little numb and said.

"You just took the opportunity to take revenge." Zhou Yu covered his face.

"I didn't-" [Choke!!] 】”

The two friends were about to quarrel routinely, but they saw ten thousand rays of light light in the air, and a five-clawed golden dragon with a red glow appeared from the sky, and disappeared straight into the Sun Manor at the bottom of the mountain.

"Uh...... This is ......" Sun Ce was dumbfounded.

"Congratulations," Zhou Yu rubbed his red and swollen face, and responded, "Whether you want a younger brother or a younger sister, it's all here." ”