On Taihu Lake, the breeze is coming, and the flat boat is draped in a bright moonlight, as if coated with a layer of silver frost. The lonely lamp hangs the black canopy, and the fishermen sing the Wu song, although there is no bamboo string cloud plate harmony, but it has a unique charm.

In the general's mansion, everyone had dinner, Mrs. Wu and Wu Jing and his wife went back to the inner hall to talk, and the juniors went to the pavilion to admire the moon. The chrysanthemum moon shadow, the osmanthus tree is fragrant, everyone tastes crab paste, and then drinks osmanthus wine to warm up, gossip and laugh, so happy.

Da Qiao joked to Sun Quan: "Uncle, you went to chase that girl that day, did you catch up?" He didn't tell us about it. ”

Sun Shangxiang was wrestling with the crab legs, and the red tassel shook and shook it, and when he heard this, he was relieved: "What girl, what girl?" Second brother, why haven't I heard you talk about it? ”

Sun Quan scratched his head embarrassedly, and sent Sun Shangxiang indiscriminately: "That day, I went to worship the Buddha with my eldest sister-in-law and Miss Xiaoqiao, and someone wanted to take the opportunity to rub oil, so I hurriedly made a move, but I hit a person by mistake, and it was still a girl, so I was in a hurry to compensate for it." It's okay already, don't listen to my sister-in-law's arrangement. ”

The so-called desire to cover up is like this, Sun Shangxiang heard a little bit of off-string sound from Sun Quan's flickering words, and held his chin and sighed: "The more the second brother is out of the way, the more problematic it is...... What's the use of having a brother, once I have a wife, I'm fascinated, where can I be cared for. It's better to be a sister-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law loves me the most. ”

Sun Ce laughed angrily: "You stinky girl, if you don't have a brother, where will you come from, sister-in-law?" I haven't said you yet, don't run into our room at every turn, you're not too young, you should know some rules. ”

Sun Shangxiang glanced at Sun Ce, obviously not taking what he said to heart: "I went to find the sister-in-law of the great beauty, not the eldest brother." If my sister-in-law doesn't let me go, I won't go. ”

Seeing that Sun Ce was also eating at Sun Shangxiang's place, Sun Quan couldn't help laughing: "The eldest brother is used to Shangxiang, and he is used to her being so rude, and he can't teach her back now." Two days ago, she was still clamoring to learn to fly stones with Miss Xiao Qiao, if she really learned it, wouldn't she make the chickens and eggs in the family beat, and no one would want to live in peace. ”

After listening to Sun Quan's arrangement, Sun Shang picked up the crab leg on the case and threw it over. Sun Quan took it with his hand and smiled very happily: "Thank you, little sister, I still remember that I like to eat crab legs." ”

Today is different, no matter how others make trouble, Xiao Qiao has never participated. Sun Ce caught a glimpse of Xiao Qiao, who was sitting in a regular manner, and whispered to Da Qiao beside him: "It's really strange, my sister-in-law seems to have fallen into evil today, and she doesn't make trouble anymore, she actually looks like a lady in the boudoir, which is quite scary." ”

Looking at Xiao Qiao, who was looking at Zhou Yu blankly, Da Qiao smiled: "Wan'er has reached the age of generals, it's time for someone to be a family, where can you be unruly." ”

But Da Qiao didn't know that Xiao Qiao was like this, it was entirely because of Sun Shangxiang's sentence "Isn't Brother Gongjin's sweetheart you", at this moment, her little brain is a mess, and she can't care about listening to others.

Sun Shangxiang is still young, and she still can't observe words and feelings, she is still tied with her horns, and she is very envious when she sees Xiao Qiao, who will wear her hair: "Sister Xiao Qiao, the hosta on your head is so beautiful, I have never seen you wear it before." ”

Xiao Qiao came back to his senses when he heard Sun Shangxiang shouting about himself, and smiled suddenly, not commentacion. Da Qiao knew that this hosta was given by Zhou Yu, so he deliberately pretended not to know, and said: "What my sister-in-law said is true, I don't know where Wan'er got such a good hairpin, and she is reluctant to wear it on weekdays, but today she is dressed up, and she looks even more delicate under the moonlight......

When Sun Ce heard Da Qiao say this, he thought that she liked it too, so he hurriedly said: "If Madame also wants it, I will take you to the jade shop tomorrow to pick one, if there is no good one in Gusu, I will ask someone to find it in the side." ”

Da Qiao didn't know whether to be happy or annoyed, and said softly: "I just see that Wan'er looks good when she wears it, and she doesn't mean to want it, I can't finish the ones you bought for me." ”

In the past, Xiao Qiao would definitely refute Da Qiao's ridicule, but today she didn't say anything, looking at the reflection of Zhou Yu in the flowing water, she only felt that it seemed to be very close, and it seemed to be very far away.

Zhou Yu took the wine and drank it himself, not knowing whether he was admiring the moon or watching Xiao Qiao, but he was a little drunk unconsciously.

Sun Ce and Sun Quan were also drunk, and the guests and hosts were happy, and they went back to their rooms to rest. Zhou Yu was also going home, before leaving, Xiao Qiao avoided everyone's attention, lowered his eyes shyly and whispered: "Tomorrow ......"

"Tomorrow, come to my house and plant flowers."

The little flower in Xiao Qiao's heart bloomed suddenly, she gently agreed, watched Zhou Yu leave, ran back to the room quickly to pick out clothes, bathed and burned incense, and tossed until midnight before going to bed, but she couldn't sleep, tossing and turning until dawn before she fell asleep, and it was already three poles of the sun when she opened her eyes again.

Xiao Qiao patted his head, and a carp straightened up, washed and cleaned up, didn't care about breakfast, and ran quickly to Zhou's house not far away.

Aunt Zhou was playing with the lotus pod in the front hall, and when she saw Xiao Qiao, she greeted with a smile: "Miss Xiao Qiao is here, Lang Jun is in the backyard, and you can see it when you walk to the end of the corridor." ”

Xiao Qiao agreed loudly, and strode through the corridor in his clothes, only to see Zhou Yu dressed in Confucian clothes, standing among the ridges of the fields, holding a flower hoe in his hand, and concentrating on cutting weeds. Xiao Qiao's heartbeat skipped a beat again, and he thought to himself, why did he look so out of the dust no matter what he did?

Zhou Yu also looked very happy when he saw Xiao Qiao: "It's a coincidence that I haven't planted anything in this garden, so it's very appropriate to plant this bowl of flowers." ”

Xiao Qiao stepped forward to take the flower hoe, tilted his head and smiled: "I thought you only liked precious flowers like peonies, and it is rare for bowl flowers to enter your eyes." ”

Zhou Yu carefully placed the flower seeds in the small pit planed, and then covered the soil: "Precious and cheap, but in my own heart, in my opinion, the bowl of flowers is excellent." ”

After Zhou Yu buried all the flower seeds, Xiao Qiao handed him a clean cloth to wipe his sweat, but Zhou Yu had flower mud on his hands, which inevitably stained his cheeks.

Xiao Qiao couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that you also have such clumsy times", she stood on tiptoe, pulled the clean cloth, and carefully wiped the sweat from Zhou Yu's forehead.

The two were not close to each other, they both blushed, but they didn't dodge, Zhou Yu seemed to have something to say to Xiao Qiao, and whispered: "Sister Wan......"

But before he could say anything, he saw a small group hurrying over and said to Zhou Yuli: "My lord, there is a son named Zhang Xiu at the door who asks to see him." ”

Zhou Yu never thought that Changmu Xiu would dare to come to his mansion to ask for a meeting, and said coldly: "No, you just reply to him." ”

The little guy retreated, but it didn't take long for him to turn back again, with a sad face: "That Zhang Gongzi said that he came today for General Qiao's business, and the adults will definitely see him." ”

In the general's mansion, Sun Ce was having breakfast with Da Qiao, and Da Qiao was rarely in bed until this time, he felt very guilty, and said to Sun Ce: "Originally, I said that I would accompany my sister-in-law to choose materials for winter clothes, but I have slept until now, where does it look like." ”

"I was too tired last night, what are you afraid of if you go to bed late? Besides, Shang Xiang is not without clothes to wear", Sun Ce was full of energy, did not take this matter to heart at all, put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up, and the mother-in-law immediately handed over the red cloak.

"Although my sister-in-law is still young, she is also a girl's family in the end, but you raise her as a child all day long. Now she finally has a little bit of her daughter's thoughts, you still say so. ”

"Okay, well, the affairs of the family are arranged by the wife, and the husband is only responsible for supporting you. I'll summon Brother Zibu to come over in a while and take a look at the tax regulations drafted by the civil officials", Sun Ce tied the red tassel and leaned over to Da Qiao's ear and whispered, "Madame worked hard last night, you might as well sleep for a while." ”

Seeing that Sun Ce dared to talk nonsense regardless of others, Da Qiao picked up the grapes in the fruit bowl and stuffed them into his mouth.

Sun Ce smiled triumphantly, bowed his hand to Da Qiao, strode out of the wing, and when he reached the front hall, he instructed the little servant: "You go and spread the word, let Zhang Changshi bring Brother Lu Zijing to see me." ”

The little guy said yes and handed over another invitation. Sun Ce took it and unfolded it, frowned, and said to the little guy who was about to go out: "You don't have to invite Brother Zibu, prepare a horse for me, I want to go out." ”

In the front hall of Zhou's mansion, the autumn sun gently shone into the window lattice, and Zhou Yu, who was cooking tea and boiling water on the side of the case, bathed in the morning sun, showing even more majestic and heroic, but his expression was very cold, staring on his handsome face, not angry and arrogant. In the inner hall, Xiao Qiao hid behind the door panel, standing with his little ears and waiting to listen to the movement. Just now I heard that the little girl came to report that it was about her father, she refused to avoid it alive or dead, and begged Zhou Yu to hide in the inner room.

Changmu Xiu was dressed in a plain robe, entered the hall with his hands in his hands, and said to Zhou Yu: "Lord Zhou's mansion is really not easy to enter." ”

Zhou Yu brewed tea, picked up the cup and drank to himself: "I don't know what wind blows Zhang Gongzi here, but I teach him." ”

"How dare you teach? Mr. Zhou has been disgusted with Zhang for a long time, and Mr. Zhang has obviously had no grievances or hatred with Mr. Zhou, but Mr. Zhou has embarrassed Mr. Zhang several times for no reason. If Zhang doesn't come out with something real this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy Lord Zhou, right? ”

Zhou Yu looked at Changmu Xiu, who deliberately took Qiao, and said coldly: "The so-called 'do unto others as you would like to be done to yourself', no one wants others to mention their father at will, you rashly use General Qiao's safety as bait, and want to lure Zhou to take the bait, in the end, you are abruptly Wanmei." ”

Changmu Xiu smiled dumbly, and without waiting for Zhou Yu's invitation, he stepped forward and sat down, took the teacup and tasted it: "Good tea, it should be the Ming Qian Longjing produced in Huiji County." Lord Zhou is really elegant, and he is so particular about food and clothing. It's just that the so-called reincarnation of heaven, I don't know how long you and the young general can be in the limelight under the destiny of heaven? ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he didn't get angry but laughed: "Zhang Gongzi's words are really funny." If you are not a god of the Heavenly Dao, how can you know the destiny of heaven? As long as Zhang Gongzi can live a few more days, he will naturally be able to watch our scenery for a few days. ”

The conversation between the two was full of taste, and Xiao Qiao listened to it with mixed tastes in the inner room, but before she had time to think about it, she heard Changmu Xiu laugh a few times and said: "That's it, it's that I'm not interested, Lord Zhou is so wise and martial, I think I will be able to protect General Sun." It's just that now although General Sun sits on three counties, he has no name to match. A few days ago, Yuan Shu's performance to the court had been transferred to the hands of the Son of Heaven, and he asked to crown his younger brother Yuan Yin as the Taishou of Danyang, replacing you from the position of father. Lord Zhou squeezed me like this, aren't you worried that this time it will be like the last time he attacked Lujiang, so that Yuan Shu will have the advantage of being a fisherman? ”

"I heard that Prime Minister Cao Cheng took a fancy to Bo Fu's talent, and specially ordered Zhang Gongzi to woo him. Now that Prime Minister Cao Cheng is serving the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if he is not willing to allow Yuan Yin Danyang to be too guarded, why do you want to spy on the hearts of the two of us? ”

Changmu Xiu thought about it for a while, and chuckled: "Lord Zhou is really clever and eloquent, and he is used to prevarication. It's just that although General Sun and Miss Da Qiao do not have the name of husband and wife, they have the reality of husband and wife, when Yuan Shuyi will be happy to be the emperor, I don't know if General Sun will take care of General Qiao is still under Yuan's account, and open the net, or will he take the righteousness first and crusade against it? ”

"General Sun's plan is still in his heart, if Zhang Gongzi wants to discuss with General Sun, he can move to the General's Mansion and ask sincerely. If it weren't for that, it would be deliberately contrived, using General Qiao's safety as an excuse to test Zhou's hypocrisy, and his heart would be punished. ”

Seeing Zhou Yuyun say this cruel word lightly, still with a Confucian scholar, Changmu Xiu laughed: "When General Sun attacked Danyang, Lord Zhou was thousands of miles away, but he could understand the battle situation and led more than 1,000 troops to break through Qu'a, and even shot Liu Xuan's helmet with an arrow...... However, Zhang has a question, the difficulty of shooting the helmet is much greater than that of shooting the center goal, is Lord Zhou afraid of this battle achievement, or is there another plan? Could it be that you deliberately let Liu Miao have a way to live, so that you can leave a place for yourself in the future? ”

Zhou Yu knew that after the first battle of Qu'a, there were indeed such rumors in the army, but Sun Ce never took it to heart, and he never explained it. Zhou Yu's expression became three points colder: "Justice is in the hearts of the people, and between me and General Sun, I will never be instigated by a villain like you." "Lord Zhou has a clear conscience, but the safety of General Qiao is more delicate than that of Qu'a city and a county, not only about the relationship between General Sun and his wife, but also about Wan'er. Dare to ask Lord Zhou, if Yuan Shu is immediately proclaimed emperor, what skills do you have to ensure that Yuan Shu will not send General Qiao to the front line? If General Qiao goes to the front line, how can you protect General Qiao in front of the Cao army? If the imperial court's edict of rebellion is sent to General Sun ordering him to send troops, what are your clever plans to make him not have to send troops, but also be justified in front of the imperial court? ”

Changmu Xiu asked Zhou Yu tightly, and seeing that he didn't answer, he laughed and said, "Master Zhou knows that with your strength today, you can't make General Qiao safe at all. And the person who really has the ability to keep General Qiao safe and sound is not you, but me. What kind of face do you have to brag about yourself in front of Wan'er, saying that you have the ability to protect General Qiao? Even now, you are still doubting and mocking my intention to protect General Qiao. Do you have what it takes? ”

Xiao Qiao hid in the back hall, heard their conversation clearly, and listened to Changmu Xiu's two questions, Xiao Qiao's heart suddenly rose to his throat. Obviously there was only a moment of silence, but Xiao Qiao seemed to have waited for a lifetime, only listening to Zhou Yu's tone calm as usual, but the words were unquestionable: "Wan'er's father is Zhou's family, and you are not allowed to stir up trouble between us." ”

"Although you call her Wan'er in front of me, you can never call her so to your face, am I right? Wan'er is not your Wan'er, and General Qiao is not your relative. Since you still insist on not giving an inch, we might as well make a bet, who can really keep General Qiao safe and sound, who is really qualified, and let him be his family, how about it? ”

No matter how Chang Mu Xiu instigated it, Zhou Yu always remained calm, but since this matter was about Xiao Qiao, Zhou Yu would not give Chang Mu Xiu any chance, he chuckled lightly and agreed: "Okay, since this is the case, I should make this bet." It's just that Zhang Gongzi had better pray for God's blessing, so that he can drive that person for a few more days, and don't fall to the point of 'the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks'. ”

Changmu Xiu ignored the contempt in Zhou Yu's words, bowed his head lightly, bowed down, and strode out of the Zhou Mansion.

There was silence all around, except for the sound of falling leaves and the west wind. After not hearing Zhou Yu's call for a long time, Xiao Qiao walked out by himself, only to see Zhou Yu standing under the corridor, looking up at the sky in all directions.

Hearing Xiao Qiao coming, he didn't look back, but just said leisurely: "The bowl of flowers is too lonely, just plant another pine and cypress to accompany her." ”

On the path of Gusu City, Sun Ce rode a horse alone to Wangchun Tower, knocked on the agreed room on the second floor, but did not see Changmu Xiu, only to see a beautiful woman sitting on a soft mat.

Sun Ce was suspicious and asked, "Changmu Xiu asked me to come here, what about the others?" ”

The woman stood up and saluted Sun Ce: "Today I asked the young general to come, I wonder if the young general can give face?" ”

Sun Ce saw that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember when he had seen him: "Who are you?" It's also with Nagaki Shu? ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and smiled embarrassedly: "The young general is really a noble man who forgets things, the little woman Ji Qing, is the sister of Changmu Xiu, who is in charge of school affairs, and has a two-sided relationship with the young general......"

Sun Ce thought of this person at this time, and was a little more vigilant than before: "Since this eldest sister is looking for me, it should be your prime minister who has something to explain?" ”

Ji Qing smiled very flatteringly, and handed over a glass of warm wine: "The prime minister's explanation is one thing, but the little woman's mind is another." Now this Wangchun Tower is opened in the Gusu territory, and the little woman has not yet worshiped the young general's mountain, and she will ask the young general to take more care of it in the future. ”

Sun Ce took the wine cup but didn't drink it, and put it back on the wooden case: "You should pay taxes, you should pay taxes, Tong Suo is not deceitful, do business well, no one will embarrass you." If there is nothing to do, I will go. "Hey, General Sun, don't go", Ji Qing grabbed the hem of Sun Ce's clothes, saw that he showed displeasure on his face, and hurriedly let go, "The little woman invited the general to come, and she had something important to tell her: the prime minister was very happy to see that the general had obtained the land of the three counties, but now General Sun has no official rank, whether the name is not right, if he is driven away, he will be driven away in the future......"

"Driven away?" Sun Ce sneered, "Does Prime Minister Cao Cheng think that with Sun's current situation, he will still be slaughtered and expelled at will as he did back then?"

"General Sun has a good general, so he naturally has confidence, if he can add icing on the cake, he will live up to it in the end."

Sun Ce has always planned to pay tribute to the imperial court, but now Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty has been welcomed to Xudu by Cao Cao, and paying tribute to the Son of Heaven is paying tribute to Cao Cao. For the sake of temporary expediency, it doesn't matter, but Sun Ce refused to spit out, and asked in a deep voice: "Your prime minister has completely planned for Sun, but I don't know what official title your prime minister wants to allow Sun?" ”

"Yuan Shu has no subordinates, and he has the intention of arrogating himself to be the emperor, and the young general must have heard of it. What the prime minister means is that once he promises to be a thief, he hopes that the major general can work with us and others to punish the national thief. At that time, the prime minister will promise to give the young general the title of a five-grade general, so that the general can continue the glory of his father's broken general. ”

Sun Ce pondered for a moment, and sneered: "You prime minister will calculate, in addition to this mere five-grade official rank, what benefit does Sun have to collect?" ”

"General Qiao will be constrained by General Sun for one day under Yuan Shu's tent. If General Sun responds to the call of the world and crusades against Yuan Shu, General Qiao will definitely be transferred away from General Sun's front line of operations, and General Sun will not be able to rescue General Qiao even if he wants to. If the major general is willing, the Monk will go to Yuan Shu to advise and ask General Qiao to be dispatched to meet the prime minister's army, and then we will find a way to save General Qiao while the chaos is in chaos, and then secretly send him to Jiangdong. ”

Sun Ce understood that once Yuan Shu became emperor, he had to crusade against him. Yuan Shu was jealous and would not kill Qiao Rui for a while, but he would not let Qiao Rui face the Sun family, lest Qiao Rui turn against him before the battle and really vote for his son-in-law. If you can really follow what Ji Qing said and successfully pick up Qiao Rui, you can avoid a big trouble for your henchmen, Sun Ce didn't immediately agree, and only said: "It's a big matter, let's talk about it when I think about it." ”

Ji Qing got up slowly, waved his long sleeves, and fell to the ground in a burst of strange fragrances: "The prime minister has the intention to form an alliance with General Sun, and he also asks General Sun to allow the little girl to serve on his side, and it is more convenient to exchange letters." When Sun Ce heard this, Huo Di stood up and said, "I have enough maids and wives in my family, so I don't have to bother the prime minister anymore." Sun resigned. ”

After speaking, Sun Ce did not stop for a moment, and strode out of the wing. Ji Qingming knew that Sun Ce would be like this, but he still felt a little annoyed: Why did all the good in the world let Qiao Rui's eldest daughter get it? She should also learn some lessons and be less complacent.