Since then, the jade pendant carved with a blue bird has become Zhou Yu's favorite thing for a moment. He followed Sun Ce to fight for many years, and with his extraordinary courage and talent, he quickly helped Sun Ce break away from Yuan Shu, and then pacified the entire Jiangdong. Whether it was in the dusty battlefield or the silent military tent after nightfall, the jade pendant never left Zhou Yu's side. He took it to the north and south, and the uniform system symbolizing the official title on his body changed and changed, but the blue bird was always by his side.

Over the years, the beak of the blue bird has drunk human blood and also contains knife light.

Its wings were stained with hot mud, and they had been wiped clear and warm again and again in the dim light.

On that day, they broke through Anhui City, Sun Ce was very happy, so he took Zhou Yu to the tavern to drink a few more glasses. Talking about this great victory during the banquet, Sun Ce smiled like a young man who was ignorant of the world. Everyone else thought he was drunk, but an ordinary battle, is it worth the brave Sun Lang to be so happy? Someone quietly suggested to Zhou Yu and asked him to take Sun Ce back to sober up earlier, but the rebellious general seemed to be very drunk. Zhou Yu didn't say much when he heard it, he only smiled faintly and said that it didn't matter, this was his good day.

Anhui City, to others, is just a small city.

But for Sun Ce, this is not only a fortress place to go to Jingzhou to fight, but also Qiao Ying's home.

Sun Ce never forgot his love at first sight when he was a teenager, just as he couldn't forget the gentle and bright eyes back then. The eyes of the cut water were mighty, and thousands of emotions swept and surged, beating Sun Ce's heart day and night like a wave. During the years of his commitment under Yuan Shu, Sun Ce remembered his father in countless sleepless nights, who had sheltered them like a tiger under their claws, and now had also given him sharp and ferocious fangs. Sun Ce closed his eyes, as if he saw the picture of his father being shot to death by random arrows in a mountain stream. The arrows were like meteors, dense as the violent raindrops of summer, piercing Sun Jian's broad back into a blur of flesh and blood. The blood gushing from the wound soaked Sun Ce's vision, and he opened his eyes full of murderous aura, his eyes full of scarlet.

But looking at the cold tent, he saw a pair of soft hands in a trance, lighting new tea brewed in spring water, pinching the porcelain cup and offering it to him with both hands. Sun Ce took a closer look and saw Qiao Ying's figure hidden in the dense blood, only the delicate and delicate hands were still clearly recognizable. He panicked, afraid that the killing intent would swallow her in, afraid that his momentary impulse would be separated from her forever. Sun Cefu closed his eyes again, slowly calmed his mind, and everything around him was restored to a clear and clean state. He saw Qiao Ying, who gradually became clear in the center of his vision after the blood and qi dissipated. She smiled at him, and her smile was kind and gratifying, as if she was waiting for a long-lost spring rain.

Sun Jian made Sun Ce a good man with strong blood.

And Qiao Ying made Sun Ce learn to be calm and self-contained in hatred, and wore away his arrogance.

Just as Zhou Yu misses Sima Xian, Sun Ce always misses Qiao Ying.

Today, he was finally able to fulfill his promise and personally return to Anhui City to welcome her into the Sun family. After breaking through Anhui City, Sun Ce went to find Qiao Rui, who brought his daughter back, early. Qiao Rui has been interested in Sun Ce as her son-in-law since a few years ago, so she naturally agreed to this family business. Sun Ce was happy, but he saw that Qiao Rui's face suddenly turned embarrassed, and his eyes were a little distracted.

"Don't worry, Ah Ying will never suffer any grievances when she marries, she must be my only wife, I should respect her and love her until she dies." Sun Ce thought that he was worried that his daughter would suffer with him, so he hurriedly promised.

"With General Sun here, how can the old man worry about Ying'er. The little girl is fortunate to marry a general, which is a blessing accumulated by our ancestors. Qiao Rui waved her hand again and again: "It's just that the old age is old...... In addition to Ying'er, there is still a daughter in the family who is not married, and she also has a crush. The two girls get married on the same sun, which is not only an old idea, but also a common wish of their sisters. It's just that I don't know if the general can help the old man with this, draw the strings from it, and complete the marriage of the little girl? ”

Sun Ce smiled: "What should I be." In the next few years, if I can say this medium for the second lady, it will also be my luck. I don't know who the second lady belongs to and where she lives? ”

Seeing that he agreed, Qiao Rui let out a long sigh of relief. The two daughters of the Qiao family, he hurt them impartially, gave them the best food and clothing, taught them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and female red embroidery, so that he could find a lover and enjoy the blessings of all people. Now the two girls are graceful and graceful, and they are famous for their beauty in the country and the city, and the people of the world call the two sisters Er Qiao. It's just that Qiao Rui is old and no longer suitable for fighting with the army, so she can only return to her hometown to retire. His body is also getting worse, and he pinchs his fingers every day to count the days, but he is afraid that he will not survive the marriage year of his second daughter Qiao Wan. Qiao Rui has also seen his beloved little daughter Qiao Wan staring at a portrait countless times, and the man in the portrait is majestic and heroic, with a body as long as jade.

The gentleman that Qiao Wan admires is naturally Sun Ce's best friend with a good head and a love of flesh and blood.

Zhou Gongjin.

"Bang dang!"

Sun Ce frowned, looking at the broken porcelain pieces on the table with a stern expression. At this time, the guests dispersed, and only some leftovers were left on the wine table. The edges of the broken wine cup are outlined by the lamp, and the remnants of the wine dew are attached to the inner wall, still a little bleak and crystalline.

In contrast, there was irrepressible anger on Zhou Yu's face.

"What do you mean?" Sun Ce's wine had already sobered up for the most part. He crossed his arms and stared coldly at Zhou Yu across the wine table.

This is the second time that Zhou Yu has been so angry since Gu Yao pushed Sima Xian into the water. Sun Ce understood, he understood that as long as he said this, Zhou Yu would definitely be furious. But he had to say. This is not only Sun Ce's selfishness to marry Qiao Ying, but also an inevitable decision after several careful considerations.

"I wanted to ask you what you mean!" Zhou Yu glared at him, his eyes flushed with moisture after drinking, "You obviously know that I am sincere to Ah Xian." There will never be a second wife in my life besides her. You know that's the case, why do you-"

"Do you think you still have that kind of opportunity in this life?"

Sun Ce almost shouted this sentence. He wanted Zhou Yu to understand from a very early age that this fate had long ended with him. They were both twenty-four years old, past the age of an ordinary man to take a wife. In the past, Sun Ce did not marry in order to return to Anhui City to marry Qiao Ying. Qiao Ying is a distant but end-of-the-line flower to him, therefore, he never cares about the mountains and rivers or the iron horse glacier, he only knows how to ride a horse and whip and cross thousands of rivers and mountains to rush towards her. But what is Sima Xian to Zhou Yu? Maybe it's the ethereal moonlight in the sky, or maybe it's the reflection of the dew flowers in the water.

"Between me and Jiayan, you don't have to worry about this." Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce, his tone was cold and resolute.

She is Zhou Yu's dream, a bubble that he has worked hard to reach all his life.

Sun Ce didn't want his friends to go on like this again. He is obviously such a hero, extremely talented, and can withstand the heavens and the earth. Wu Zhong, regardless of men, women, and children, called him Zhou Lang, and he was never admired and envied. Over the years, Zhou Yu has followed Sun Ce to conquer many cities, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Sun Ce has been strengthened with his assistance. Now he worships the Chinese Protector Army, which can be described as a great achievement and is famous all over the world. It is said that even Cao Cao, who was far away in Xuchang, heard of Zhou Yu's prestige, and once wanted to pay him for his own use. But when others told Zhou Yu about it, he only laughed it off, and never showed a little wavering.

Such a perfect man as white as a man, but he never married a wife.

If it falls into the mouths of the idlers in the market, it doesn't hurt to say that the man who stands up to the sky is mistaken by the love of his daughter.

Sun Ce was only afraid that their enemies, or those in the military camp with ulterior motives, would spread rumors that Zhou Yu had a "habit of breaking sleeves". One is detrimental to Zhou Yu's reputation, and the other is not conducive to the unity of his subordinates. If the people in the army are not aligned, it is easy to suddenly change drastically.

“…… You know I'm for your good. Sun Ce stood up with his hands on the table, leaned forward, and looked at Zhou Yu oppressively: "You are a son of man and do not extend the incense, it is for unfilial piety; To disobey the Lord's command as a servant is to be disloyal; To be a righteous brother and disobey his brother is to be unjust. ”

Zhou Yu looked back coldly into Sun Ce's eyes. From the sharp eyes of the tiger and leopard, he saw himself alone. He saw that the streamer seemed to go back to the source, and in the peach blossom Shouchun ten years ago, Zhou Yu knocked on Sun Ce's door for the first time. They talked happily with each other, and at first sight, they naturally worshiped as righteous brothers. After that, they lived in Lujiang, and it was always Zhou Yu who half-jokingly pressed Sun Ce, and Sun Ce was not to be outdone, but he was always suppressed more violently. Sometimes Sun Ce was angry, so he ran to the teacher's house and called his sister to help him clean him up. After Sima Xian, who was confused, listened to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu talk about the ins and outs, he looked at them from head to toe with the eyes of Sanlingtong, and then comforted Sun Ce with a helpless smile for a while, and pretended to be angry and said a few words to Zhou Yu, everything can be left at that.

"Then let me ask you, if I insist that you also marry her sister in order to marry Jiayan, are you willing?"

"You don't have that chance." Sun Ce smiled calmly: "You are not the lord of this Jiangdong, but I am." ”

Sun Ce has never been stupid, but he deliberately let him in the past. Compared with Zhou Yu, who is elegant and courteous and treats people equally, Sun Ce always gives in on small things. And only in this way can he fundamentally control the dominance of major events. Sun Ce has always understood this. This is precisely why Sun Ce can become the coach, and Zhou Yu is a general who is born as a minister.

In the past, Sun Ce would probably have deliberately exposed the contradiction in an extremely naïve way.

But now is different from the past, they have all grown up in the flames of war in troubled times, and their words and deeds affect their interests. This interest may be in oneself, or in one's country, or in one's country, or maybe—

It is a severity that affects the whole body.

"Sun Ce, you're forcing me." Zhou Yu had a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, but he raised his hand and pressed his thumb and index finger on his eyebrow bone, deliberately covering his drooping eyes.

"I'm just pushing you. Zhou Yu, I just want to ask you. Sun Ce's eyes narrowed. The muscles of his eyelids trembled a little, but the voice on the ground was firm and ruthless: "The relationship with Qiao Wan - do you agree or not?" ”

I can't go back.

The dusty friendship of the past was once born and died together. Under the persecution of interests, all of them have lost their original meaning.

"You can do that." Zhou Yu put down the hand holding his brows and looked at Sun Ce with a bit of banter. His attitude changed so quickly that Sun Ce didn't know whether to be surprised or delighted for a while. The corners of his lips rose involuntarily, and Sun Ce was about to say something, but he heard Zhou Yu speak coldly:

"If Miss Qiao marries, she can only be a concubine."

"Zhou Gongjin !!"

Sun Ce was completely enraged. He flipped the table uncontrollably, his fiery pupils trembling violently. Zhou Yu still sat in place and stared at him, quiet and indifferent.

Zhou Yu knew that Sun Ce would definitely not agree, so he was only angry with him. If a sibling sister marries, if the elder sister marries Wu Hou as his wife, and the younger sister can only be the concubine of the Zhonghu Army, this matter can be judged to be unruly. If Qiao Wan marries into the Zhou Mansion as a concubine, then Qiao Ying can only commit herself to being a concubine, which Sun Ce does not want to happen.

He just wanted Sun Ce to understand that he would never give in to this matter.

In Zhou Yu's heart, only one person in the wife room can deserve it. Even if you can't join hands with her and stand side by side, you must keep the position of your wife for her permanently. Just as she also secretly swore never to marry for herself, she willingly lived up to the best Shaohua.

But Sun Ce didn't understand. He never understood why two people who were obviously not possible were so persistent. The emotions of youth have long been a thing of the past, and instead of hastily living a life for the sake of an untraceable past, why not seal the affection of the past years in each other's hearts and just treat it as a memory?

However, for Zhou Yu, the lifelong love he met when he was young is a life that is difficult to look forward to in the future. They are the desire and love of each other, and they cannot be replaced by any one person. In the past, Zhou Yu rarely had a dispute with Sima Xian. They always comforted and encouraged each other, and never had the slightest doubt about their trust in each other. They always think that they and each other may be the same soul, otherwise how can they have such a long-lasting relationship, how can they believe it unreservedly. Their minds are so complex and rich. And the sense of love and destiny that arises from this, Sun Ce is naturally impossible to understand.

The feast that was supposed to be a celebration broke up unhappily. Fortunately, the guests dispersed early, and the final farce was not seen by others.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu both thought so. However, they didn't know that Qiao Ying, who turned back because she heard the sound of the wine cup breaking, stood alone outside the door and heard everything that happened behind her.

It is said that the next day, someone saw Qiao Ying stepping into Sun Ce's temporary residence, and took the initiative to ask the rebellious general to take her as a concubine, instead of the main wife that Ming Media was marrying.

Zhou Fujun said that he didn't have to worry about his sweetheart. Even so, there is no need to care about the position between the little woman and the general. Facing Sun Ce's hesitation, Qiao Ying said with a shallow smile. Her smile was the same as in Sun Ce's dream, warm and gentle, not even half a point of sharp energy.

Qiao Ying knew that Sun Ce's feelings for her over the years were true, and she was willing to do her best to respond to his love. It's just that her sister Qiao Wan is also a piece of heart that she can't give up no matter what she wants before she gets married. The two Qiao sisters have depended on each other since they were children, supporting each other to live a life of exile in the troubled times, and they are all together. Qiao Ying also held Qiao Wan's hand in the lonely and cold night and asked what to do if Zhou Yu didn't want to marry her. At that time, Qiao Wan lowered her head, and her beautiful face was bright and dark under the candlelight. She said that even if he served his maidservants for the rest of his life, he would not be disappointed in this bitter longing.

So Qiao Ying had to help Qiao Wan with this. Even if he is not the main house, he must not let his sister waste a good year in vain.

After that, it was Sun Ce who personally set the wedding date and wrote the invitation. The delicate and festive red wedding note, the first one was sent to Luoyang first. Those who know the inside story understand what this means, and they are also secretly amazed that Sun Ce has shown his ruthless side in fields other than military and political affairs. It's just that the letter was written and sealed by Sun Ce, and he personally handed over the messenger to send it to Luoyang, so naturally no one was fortunate enough to read the words on it.

Naturally, no one will know that the warm invitation in red and black on the wedding note, but it is clearly Zhou Yu's tone between the words and sentences.

Sun Ce's ruthlessness has always been worse than others imagined.

Zhou Yu soon learned about it. Sad and shocked, he was powerless to resist. When he heard that the wedding date had been set and the wedding note was sent by Sun Ce himself, Zhou Yu thought of everything in an instant. He didn't get angry with Sun Ce anymore, and he didn't question why he did it, but he went to the wine shop alone and drank one glass after another until he was drunk.

Zhou Yu has always regarded Sun Ce as a teenager in the past. Because he broke away from the splendor that bloomed unbridled on the battlefield after Yuan's surgery, because he was still as informal as before, and because he would bring the tokens carved by his sister to himself thousands of miles away.

But Zhou Yu finally understood that Sun Ce was not just his friend.

In the final analysis, he is the only master of this Jiangdong.