The big ship going down the river has not yet reached Koto. Zhuge Jin began to think about the way to retreat with his whole body, if such a fact was known by Yuan Shu, he would definitely vomit blood three liters in anger. Yuan Shu can only blame himself, who let him know people unknowingly, and sent a messenger who was unwilling to help him become king from the bottom of his heart?

Zhuge Jin, as a staff member, can provide reference advice for Yuan Shu to govern internal affairs, but he has no obligation to help Yuan Shu become king and hegemon. Even if he went to Jiangdong this time in vain, Yuan Shu had an opinion on Zhuge Jin in his heart, and he couldn't do anything to others, after all, no one stipulated that he would be able to successfully complete the task.

Zhuge Jin didn't want to compromise Sun Jian against his will, so as to promote an offensive and defensive alliance that was already hopeless. Zhuge Jin didn't want to return to Shouchun and be attacked by Yuan Shu's gang of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Therefore, he thought of an idea that could not only prevaricate Yuan Shu, but also not go against his will, that is, pretending to be sick!

Although the method of pretending to be sick is a bit vulgar, it is the easiest to implement, Zhuge Jin only needs to go to the post house to lie in bed once, and throw the heavy responsibility of meeting Sun Jian to his housekeeper Zhuge Fang, and then he can sleep soundly. Wait until the mixed days are enough, Zhuge Jin will return to Shouchun with the little housekeeper sickly, if anyone has an opinion, then go to Soochow by himself, anyway, this time Zhuge Jin plans to be ill, until he sees the situation in the world clearly and then talks about recovery.

If Zhuge Jin is "sick", everything has to rely on Zhuge Fang to respond, and if he is sick, he must also cooperate vigorously with the little housekeeper to be able to play the role enough. So before entering Wu County, Zhuge Jin told the little housekeeper about his plan, which only provoked Zhao Zhenbang to slander in his heart, but he couldn't refuse.

Thinking about it, Zhao Zhenbang was really wronged, he was originally going to stay in Shouchun to toss Yuan Shu's father and son, but because he was too close to Zhuge Jin, he was dragged to Jiangdong by the captured soldiers. Now Zhuge Jin has asked him to be in front again, not to mention acting as a shield, but also in front of his future father-in-law, forcibly suppressing the contempt for the Yuan family, and pretending to say good things for Yuan Shu, which makes Zhao Zhenbang, who has always been good at disguise, a little unbearable. He fooled his old Taishan this time, how should he meet after marrying someone else's daughter?

Although he was a little unwilling and reluctant, in order to successfully recruit Zhuge Jin in the future, Zhao Zhenbang still took on this very "oolong" errand.

When Yuan Shu's team from Eastern Wu entered the city gate of Wu County, he naturally had to be interrogated by the guards, and at this time, the little butler, known as "self-cooked", stood up and began his flickering journey.

Zhao Zhenbang saluted the leaders of the officers and soldiers guarding the east gate of Wu County, and then said anxiously: "This soldier, the younger one is engaged in the steward of Zhuge Ziyu's mansion in Yangzhou Zhizhong, and my son-in-law is entrusted by Yangzhou Mu Yuan Highway, and he came to Wu County today to visit Sun Zhoumu. However, because of the strong wind on the river, my son-in-law has contracted a cold and has been sick for several days, and today he has begun to have a fever and a pendulum, and I also asked the soldier to spread the word for us, and quickly let the son-in-law enter the city for medical treatment!" Zhao Zhenbang's voice was very loud, so that the people who came and went near the east gate could hear it clearly.

The general who guarded the east gate of Wu County was named Xu Sheng, who lived in Jiangdong because of the war, and had just joined the army the year before last, and was constantly promoted because of his outstanding performance, and now he has reached the post of goalkeeper. However, it is said that Xu Sheng is not simple, but in the official history, he is an important general under Sun Quan, the Emperor of Eastern Wu, who has the style of a general, is thoughtful and scheming. Although he is just a goalkeeper now, he can also know the priorities of things.

Xu Sheng heard that the envoy sent by Yuan Shu to envoy to Eastern Wu was seriously ill, so he immediately opened the door for the envoy team piled up at the gate of the city, and personally guided Zhao Zhenbang and his party to the post house.

Entering the post house, Zhao Zhenbang very quickly "served" Zhuge Jin, who was already unconscious, to lie down on the bed, and then found the little official in the post house, stuffed it with silver, and asked people to help boil some hot water and send it into the room.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Zhao Zhenbang whispered to Zhuge Jin: "Eldest prince, Langzhong is coming later, you can't be idle, you must hold this water cover in your arms, and pretend to talk nonsense and play tricks!"

Zhuge Jin squeezed his eyes at the little butler, signaling that he knew how to pretend to be sick.

Not long after, the enthusiastic and careful Xu Sheng led Lang Zhong into the house to diagnose Zhuge Jin, but Zhao Zhenbang took advantage of this stall to start a family routine with Xu Sheng. Zhao Zhenbang, like his father, has a pair of eyes that are good at observing people, and he thinks that the young goalkeeper he met at the gate of Wu County today is very good, so he has a little more thought about making friends.

After Lang Zhong's diagnosis, it was preliminarily determined that Zhuge Jin was because of his weak body, and then he contracted a cold on the river, and now the fever does not go away, so he messed up his mind, as long as he took a few antipyretic medicines and took more bed rest, he would gradually recover after a while.

After sending Lang Zhong and Xu Sheng away, only Zhuge Jin and the little housekeeper were left in the room, the two of them muttered in the room for a long time, discussing the matter of Zhao Zhenbang going to see Sun Jian tomorrow.

In fact, not long after Sun Jian entered the city after Zhuge Jin entered the city, he received a message sent by Xu Sheng. But as the lord of a state, he would not personally run to the post house for a messenger, not to mention that this time Yuan Shu sent someone to Jiangdong, nine times out of ten it was not a good thing, so he pretended not to know, so he saved his trouble.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhuge Fang, the little butler who had packed up his stalls, took the gifts that Yuan Shu had prepared when he came to Wuzhou, walked in front of several followers in a big way, and went straight to the Wuzhou Pastoral Mansion.

Sun Jian, who was talking to Zhang Zhao, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Gu Yong in the mansion, suddenly heard a report from the door, saying that Yuan Shu's deputy envoy and Zhuge Fang, a younger brother from the Zhuge Jin clan, came to visit Lord Zhou Mu, saying that he had something important to report. Sun Jian was stunned, he didn't expect Zhuge Jin to bring a deputy envoy, it seemed that he had to see him this time no matter what, so he asked Men Chuan to invite Yuan Shu's deputy envoy into the hall.

If an ordinary boy of fifteen or sixteen years old suddenly wants to meet Sun Jian, a fierce tiger in Jiangdong who has an army of 100,000 and sits in several counties, he is afraid that he will be a little nervous, and if he is timid, he is afraid that he will not even be able to walk.

But Zhuge Fang is different from other teenagers, he has followed his father over the years, but he has never seen any big names such as state ministers, state ministers, governors, and army commanders, and there are two kings who have been accepted as younger brothers. So when he came to the hall and was watched by everyone, especially Sun Jianhu, he behaved chic and calm, and the heroic aura exuded from his body made everyone in the hall impressed.

Zhao Zhenbang bowed to Sun Jian in the seat, and then said loudly: "Zhuge Fang, who is engaged in the housekeeping of Yangzhou Zhizhong, today came to visit Sun Zhou's ...... instead of Zhuge Ziyu, the special envoy of Yuan Highway."