However, he said that Cao Cao gave an impromptu speech, revealing his scheming, and everyone paid homage: "Although Yiyin and Zhou Gong, it is difficult to compare with the prime minister." ”

Seeing Cao Cao's export of writing, the literati broke through the shackles of the old frame of prose since the Han Dynasty, fresh and free, all of them were happy and convinced, and praised him as "a model of articles".

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and ordered a banquet with wine to celebrate with a drink.

Cao Cao drank several cups in a row, and on a whim, he called the left and right to hold the pen and inkstone, and wanted to compose "Tongquetai Poem". Just as he was about to put pen to paper, he suddenly reported that the envoy of Soochow had come to ask for a meeting.

Cao Cao is called in.

After the visit was completed, he presented a recital: "Sent by Sun Hou to meet the prime minister in Xudu, I heard that the prime minister would meet the ministers in Ye County to celebrate the bronze bird platform, and I rushed to wait for the meeting." Today, most of Jingzhou has belonged to Liu Bei, and Sun Hou married his sister to Liu Bei, and praised Liu Bei as the pastor of Jingzhou. ”

After Cao Cao finished reading the recital, he taught people to sit down in the audience.

After coming and going, Cao Cao said: "Sun Quan Chibi won and should have captured Jingzhou, but he was asked by Liu Bei, but instead married his sister to Liu Bei, and praised Liu Bei as the pastor of Jingzhou, I don't know what it means?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Sun Quan was jealous of Liu Bei, and wanted to attack him with troops, but he was afraid that the prime minister would take advantage of the situation and attack. Therefore, he sent an envoy to recommend Liu Bei, firstly, to appease Liu Bei's heart, and secondly, to signal that Sun Liu should be married, and not to move troops easily, in order to stop the prime minister's hope. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "If you can break up Sun and Liu's joint forces, things should be able to help." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Sun Quan relied heavily on Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu hated Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Prime Minister Ruo played Zhou Yu as the Nanjun Taishou and Cheng Pu as the Jiangxia Taishou. In this way, Zhou Yu will take Liu Bei as his enemy and seize Jingzhou. When Sun and Liu annex each other, both sides will lose, and they can take advantage of the plan to collect the effect of one drum and two enemies. ”

Cao Cao also said: "The north is established, but due to years of chaos, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, I should vigorously recruit talents for good governance of the people, resume production as soon as possible, develop the economy, and promote the people to live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Hua Xin Huaziyu, the edict worships Yuzhang Taishou, good at governance, because the government is not annoying, and the people love it." Sun Ce passed through Jiangdong, and Yuzhang became a lonely boat. Hua Xin took care of the safety of the people, protected the lives of the military officials, and returned to Sun Ce without a fight. If the false Son of Heaven invites him to come to Beijing, he can comfort Sun Quan and use it for me, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Cao Cao said: "Good! Then he summoned the envoy to the stage, rewarded him again, that is, returned to Xudu, and played Zhou Yu as the Taishou of Nanjun and Cheng Pu as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and invited Hua Xin as a good envoy to Xudu.

came to make Feng Zhao return to Eastern Wu, met Sun Quan, and gave an edict, preparing to say that Cao Cao invited Hua Xin to enter Beijing to pass well.

Sun Quan didn't want Hua Xin to leave, so Hua Xin said to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu can form a friendship with Duke Cao because he can obey the emperor's orders, but this friendship is not strong. Wouldn't it be better for me to go over there and deepen it for you? Leaving me here is raising a useless thing, which is not a good way. ”

Sun Quan was very happy to hear this, so he agreed to send him to Beijing.

When Hua Xin left Jiangdong, more than 1,000 guests, friends and former colleagues rushed to see each other off and gave a huge amount of money and goods of "hundreds of gold".

Hua Xin did not refuse to come, but secretly marked the bonus.

On the day of his departure, he put out all the belongings given by his guests and friends, and said to the send-off: "I didn't refuse your gifts, so I received a lot of gifts." Thinking that I was traveling alone on a bicycle this time, I was innocent, but I had a reason to be killed if I hid the wall, and I hope that my friends and friends will think of a foolproof plan for me. ”

None of them assured him that he would be safe on the road with his heavy gold and silver treasures, but had to withdraw his original gift, and all admired his noble character.

Hua Xin came to Beijing with two sleeves in this way, and was very valued by Cao Cao, and was appointed as a councilor, and also a military officer, and was later promoted to Shangshu, and then promoted to Shizhong.

Let's say that Zhou Yu and Cao Ren fought in Jiangling, Liu Bei used Zhuge Liang's plan to help Zhou Yu in the name of teaching Zhao Yun to secretly seize Jiangling, so angry that Zhou Yu screamed, and the gold sores burst.

Zhou Yu used a beauty trick to earn Liu Bei to Nanxu as a hostage in exchange for Jingzhou, but was designed by Zhuge Liang to escape, lost his wife and broke his soldiers, and was so angry that the gold sores burst and fell on the boat.

Now he was edicted to be the Taishou of Nanjun, intending to take revenge, he wrote to Sun Quan, and begged Lu Su to return Jingzhou.

Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "Zijing used to guarantee to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei, but he has not paid it back, when will he wait?" ”

Lu Su said: "It is clearly written in the document that if you get Xichuan, you will return it." ”

Sun Quanqi said: "I only said that I would take Xichuan, but I didn't use troops for a long time, wouldn't I wait for the old man?" ”

Lu Su said, "I'm willing to go and say." Then he took a boat to Jingzhou to meet Liu Bei.

Besides, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang gathered grain and grass in Jingzhou and trained military horses.

A spy sent by Zhuge Liang to Xudu had already reported: "Cao Cao Yecheng set up a banquet to celebrate Tongquetai, the generals showed their abilities, and the literati gathered." Returning to Xudu, Zhou Yu was the Taishou of Nanjun and Cheng Pu was the Taishou of Jiangxia. ”

Liu Bei heard this and laughed and said: "Cao Cao Chibi was defeated, and it was just enough to gather the generals to show their ability, and get rid of the elegance and vulgarity of ordinary literati, and recite poems as endowments, wouldn't it be fun in defeat and self-comfort?" ”

Zhuge Liang secretly thought: Cao Cao relied on martial arts to determine the world, and relied on his writing to settle the world, and his worries were very far, and the emperor's strategy was also. Then he said to Liu Bei: "Cao Cao sealed Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu because he wanted Sun Quan to relax his vigilance, so that he could compete with me for Jingzhou, so that both sides would lose and gain benefits." ”

While he was talking, the secret agent of Eastern Wu came to report: "Zhou Yu led the southern county to defend and wanted to seize Jingzhou." Sun Quan sent Lu Su to ask for it, and it was coming soon. ”

Liu Bei said: "Lu Su is here to ask for Jingzhou, why should he respond?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "If Lu Su mentions the matter of Jingzhou, the lord can only cry loudly. When I cry to the point of sorrow, I will come out again to persuade him. ”

The plan was decided, and the report said: "Lu Su to." ”

Liu Bei welcomed Lu Su into the mansion and sat down after the ceremony.

Lu Su said: "Today, on the orders of Wu Houjun, I came specifically for Jingzhou. Uncle Huang has been borrowing it for a long time, and he has never said to return it. Now that the two families have married, when looking at the family affection, I hope to return it as soon as possible. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he didn't say a word, he hid his face and cried.

Lu Su asked in surprise: "Why is Uncle Huang like this?" ”

Liu Bei didn't answer, just cried.

Just when Lu Su was at a loss, Zhuge Liang walked out from behind the screen: "Zijing knows why my lord is crying so much?" ”

Lu Su said: "I really don't know. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "This is an obvious thing. When my lord borrowed Jingzhou, you and I guaranteed that Xichuan would be repaid. Thinking about it carefully, Liu Zhang of Yizhou is the younger brother of my lord, and he is all the flesh and blood of the royal family. If you don't take it and return Jingzhou, where will you stay? did not take Xichuan, and did not return Jingzhou, Yu Zun's uncle Sun Hou was not good-looking, and you and I were in the middle of the guarantor, whether to pay it back or not, the dilemma was in place, so I burst into tears. ”

Zhuge Liang's words really touched Liu Bei's heart, since he and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were recruited from the conscription, they have fought and killed, the north is close to the south, and there is still no fixed place to stand, a place to live, sorrow comes from the heart, sadness comes from it, and it really comes from the bottom of my heart beating my chest and crying.

Seeing this, Lu Su panicked and stepped forward to comfort: "Uncle Huang, don't worry about it, and discuss it with Kong Ming in the long run." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I know that my son is respectful, benevolent, and kind, and good at understanding people's difficulties. If you have troubles, you will see Wu Hou again, don't hesitate to say a word, and I will be troubled by my lord, plead with Wu Hou, and beg for a few more hours. ”

Lu Su said: "If Wu Hou doesn't obey, what can he do? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Since Marquis Wu married his sister to the emperor's uncle, how can he not obey? I also hope that Zi Jing will reply with kind words. ”

Lu Su has always strategically advocated that Sun and Liu unite to resist Cao, and his nature is generous and benevolent, but out of consideration for the overall situation, he saw Liu Bei so broken and grieving, so he couldn't bear it, so he had to agree.

Liu Bei showed people by crying bitterly at every turn, and he was able to receive the expected results, and later generations had a saying: "Liu Bei's country, the more he cries, the more stable he becomes." ”

Lu Su said goodbye to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, went to Chaisang, saw Zhou Yu, and said something.

Zhou Yu paused and said: "Zijing fell for Zhuge Liang's plan again. At the beginning, Liu Bei was attached to Liu Biao and treated him very well, and he still had the intention of annexation, but it was only because of the public opinion of the world that he waited until the death of Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi, and occupied Jingzhou in the name of Liu Biao's dying bequest, both for his name and for his benefit. Now the old tune is repeated, and it is excused on the grounds that he can't bear to enter the army to seize Xichuan, and his wolf ambition is revealed! ”

Lu Su said: "What should I use to get Jingzhou back now? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Zijing doesn't have to go to see Wu Hou, so as not to blame." Then he went to Jingzhou and said to Liu Bei: 'Since Sun and Liu are married, they are a family. If Uncle Huang can't bear to take Xichuan because of his face, I will raise troops to get it. After obtaining Xichuan, as a dowry, it was exchanged for Jingzhou. Liu Bei will be happy when he hears this, and Jingzhou can get it back. ”

Lu Su said: "Xichuan is a long way away, and it is not easy to obtain, so this plan may not be feasible. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Zijing is really real. You said I'm really going to fetch Xichuan and give it to him? It's just in the name of it. Dongwu raised troops to collect Sichuan, passing through Jingzhou, he asked him for money and grain, Liu Bei must go out of the city to work the army, at that time to take advantage of the situation to kill, seize Jingzhou, not only snow the hatred in my heart, but also solve the root cause of Zijing. ”

Lu Su led the plan and then went to Jingzhou.

There were already secret agents who sent Lu Su to Nanxu to see Sun Quan, but went straight to Chaisang and Zhou Yu to plot against Zhuge Liang.

When Lu Su arrived, he said that Sun Hou was willing to raise troops to take Xichuan, and then use it as a dowry in exchange for Jingzhou, and asked the military horses to receive some money and grain when they passed through Jingzhou.

Zhuge Liang knew that this was Zhou Yu's plan to destroy the enemy on a false path, so he planned it and said to Lu Su: "If the male master arrives in the day, he should be rewarded from afar." ”

Lu Su was secretly happy and returned to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu thought that he had a plan, so he told Sun Quan of the plan to exchange Yizhou for Jingzhou, and after approving it, he raised 50,000 troops and marched to Jingzhou, but he fell into Zhuge Liang's plan again, filled his chest with anger, and the arrow sores were three angry and cracked, and he screamed, fell under the horse, and returned to the ship with first aid left and right. Walking to Baqiu (now Yueyang, Hunan), suddenly unconscious, the generals wept and shouted, slowly woke up, called left and right to take paper and pen to write a book to Sun Quan, and said to the generals: "I don't want to be loyal to the country, Nai's destiny has been extinct." You and others should do good deeds to Wu Hou and achieve great things together. "Say it, look up to the sky and sigh;" Both Shengyu and He Shengliang!" He screamed several times and died at the age of thirty-six.

When Sun Quan heard the news of Zhou Yu's death, he opened the suicide note to watch it, and recommended Lu Su for the position of acting governor, and couldn't help crying: "Gongjin has the qualifications of Wang Zuo, but his life is short, who else can I rely on?" Since the suicide note is specially recommended Zijing, there is no reason not to follow. On the same day, he ordered Lu Su to be the governor, and personally put on mourning clothes to mourn for Zhou Yu, and both left and right were moved.

When Zhou Yu's coffin was transported back to Wu County, Sun Quan went to Wuhu to greet him, ordered a generous burial, paid various funeral expenses, and generously compensated Zhou Yu's eldest son Zhou Xun, second son Zhou Yin and their daughters.

When Pang Tong heard the news of Zhou Yu's death, he hurried to Baqiu to send the funeral to Chaisang.

The literati of Wu Di knew much about Pang Tong's name, knew that he had made great contributions in the Red Cliff War, and liked to evaluate characters and establish the reputation of others. The people who are evaluated by him often exceed their actual talents.

Someone wondered why he was like this?

Pang Tong said: "Fang is in great chaos today, the way of justice is gradually declining, and there are few good people and many evil people. I want to raise such customs for the purpose of promoting righteousness, so I want to preach good examples and improve the world. If this is not done, there will be fewer and fewer good people. If five out of ten people can be improved, they can accomplish half of this thing, and then achieve the purpose of educating the world, so that those who are aspiring can encourage themselves. ”

Many people are willing to approach him and listen to his comments.

Pang Tong sent Zhou Yu's coffin to Chaisang with everyone When he wanted to return, Lu Ji, Gu Shao, Quan Cong and others who were mourning with him came to say goodbye.

Pang Tong knew what they were coming for, so he told them: "Lu Ji can be said to be a horse, with the power of ease; Gu Shao can be said to be a cow that can travel far away with weight. Said to Quan Cong: "You are good at admiring your name, like Fan Zizhao in Runan, although he is not intellectually deficient, he is also a beautiful woman for a while." ”

Lu Ji and Gu Shao said to Pang Tong: "If the world is too peaceful, I hope to evaluate the celebrities in the four seas with you." ”

So Lu Ji, Gu Shao, Quan Cong and others had a deep friendship with Pang Tong and returned.

Afterwards, someone once asked Pang Tong: "Is Lu Ji better than Gu Shao?"

Pang Tong said: "Although the horse is excellent, it is only one person; The ox travels thirty miles a day, and where is the weight of a man on its load?"

After Gu Shao heard about it, he went to see Pang Tong and talk to him.

Gu Shao asked: "Mr. has a reputation for being good at knowing people, tell me, who is better than you and me?"

Pang Tong said: "When it comes to cultivating the world and comprehensively analyzing characters, I can't compare to you. However, when it comes to giving advice to the emperor, I am a little better than you. ”

Gu Shao thought that Pang Tong's words were reasonable, so he got close to him.

However, it was said that Zhuge Liang heard the news of Zhou Yu's death in Jingzhou, and in order to further consolidate the Sun-Liu alliance and jointly resist Cao Cao, he staged another "Zhuge Liang Hanging Filial Piety".

Zhuge Liang went to Chaisang, and Lu Su greeted him with courtesy out of the overall situation of joint resistance against Cao.

Most of the generals of Zhou Yu thought that the governor was angry with Zhuge Liang and wanted to kill Zhuge Liang to take revenge, but they didn't dare to start because they saw Zhao Yun following with a sword.

Zhuge Liang knelt in front of the spirit and cried bitterly. In the drama "Zhuge Liang Hanging Filial Piety" written and performed by later generations, a song designed for Zhuge Liang said: "Crying Du Du Yingxian, crying Zhou Du Dudu!" Call my brother Zhou Xian again! I really expect you and me to work together to achieve a great cause, but when Cao Cao was rampant, my virtuous brother you, you died early!

The third dedication to Kong Ming bowed down and bowed, remembering the previous incident in my heart.

Since Sun and Liu, we have worked together to break Cao's army and fight Chibi to revitalize Jingzhou.

Who would have thought that Brother Gongjin, you would not live long, but you can really sigh that you will give up before you are paid.

Why did the virtuous brother die and not report the funeral home? Could it be that people are not in love and do not stay?

Suddenly, Xiaojun reported the death of his virtuous brother, and when he heard the bad news, he was in a hurry and did not prepare the etiquette well.

For my brother and me, I repair the sacrificial text to pay tribute to the deceased friends, and a thousand lines of words cannot write your lifetime merits!

The old friend before the soul sacrifices the loyal soul, my Zhou Dudu, remembering my life hurts my heart.

Brother Gongjin Bao Dongwu, you have exhausted your hard work, and Chai Sangkou is in charge of the three armies.

In order to break Cao's chason, I respect you and I will be hired to discuss the affairs of the world and break Cao's army.

I said that my henchmen are suffering from Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and the knowledge of water warfare is not conducive to our army.

Brother Gongjin couldn't help laughing, and he was sure to get rid of the two thieves.

Coincidentally, there is a person in Cao's camp who boasts about the book, and he is the governor of the old friend who is the governor of you, and abandons Wu to surrender to Cao and call him a minister.

It's ridiculous that Cao Mengde is unstable in his calculations, so he sent Jiang Gan to Chaisang to talk to you.

Brother Gongjin was annoyed and hated when he saw this person, and you secretly made a plan as mysterious as a god.

On the public case, you repaired the divisive letters, and Jiang Gan planned to steal the books and elope.

Cao Mengde was furious when he heard this, so he beheaded Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and got rid of our opponents.

Your strategy of borrowing the enemy to kill the enemy is accurate, and it seems that you are three points better than my Kong Ming.

The strange man in the world can be regarded as Gongjin, my virtuous brother!

Zhuge Liang came to pay his filial piety today, but he really couldn't cry, and I was worried.

I have lost a confidant in my life, how can I be competent to break Cao alone?

There is a way, it is difficult to sing alone, and a single tree cannot make a forest.

I once remembered that you went to watch the Cao Array at the mouth of the three rivers, and saw that the warships were ten or ten times murderous, and the virtuous brother was seriously ill.

For my brother, I was busy going into the account to inquire about the disease, and I didn't talk about the cause of your illness.

I said that you must use one word to cure your illness, and you said that even if you invite Huatuo, it will be difficult to get rid of the roots.

I said I might as well take out the two rods of the pen and try to see if I am willing to throw my heart or not.

The two of us wrote with each palm of our hand, and stretched out our hands together when we turned around.

Look up at the words "fire" and "fire" are the same.

I said good brother! Your illness will be eradicated by an east wind.

In a word, you clasp your hands and laugh, you say Brother Kong Ming! Our brothers can be regarded as confidants who know themselves and their opponents.

This word "wind" is worth a thousand gold.

I am willing to take advantage of the east wind to help you, and you drive the boat to set fire to the red clouds.

Then he ordered the Sanjiangkou warship to be stable, and went up to watch astronomy for my brother and I on Nanping Mountain.

Borrowing the east wind to fly sand and walk away from the rocks, the roar is tight, covering the sun and covering the sky in the heart of the river.

The fire took advantage of the wind to help the fire to roll across the river, burning the 830,000 soldiers of the Cao battalion and running nowhere to go.

Cao Mengde Chibi was defeated, who dared to invade the Sun and Liu families?

The credit is inexhaustible, it all depends on our cooperation and concentricity.

You and my brother have a comparison, as if they were on the opposite side and stroked the harp.

You have a charm in your hand to touch the yaoqin, and you know the sound of the piano for my brother and me.

The person who listens to the piano is still there, and the person who caress the piano is destined to return to the yin.

Those in the know say that we are confidants, and those who do not know say that we are enemies.

As soon as you die today, how can you distinguish between black and white? My virtuous brother! ”

Although Zhuge Liang was younger than Zhou Yu, the nickname of "Brother Zhou Xian" kept saying that the people present were quite moved, so that later generations compiled the story of Zhuge Liang's hanging filial piety into a post-break sentence, "Zhuge Liang hangs filial piety - fake drama is really done".

Lu Su listened to Zhuge Liang's crying like a song, his feelings were sincere, his words were pathetic, and he was also sentimental, thinking to himself: Kong Ming's words should be from the bottom of his heart, not like delicate and pretentious, presumably the public Jin is narrow and cannot tolerate people.

After the sacrifice, Lu Su set up a banquet to entertain Zhuge Liang and discuss the strengthening of the alliance.

Zhuge Liang congratulated Lu Su on his appointment as the governor of Eastern Wu and resigned.

Just as he was about to get off the boat, he saw a person by the river in a robe and a bamboo crown, a soap silk shoe, and he grabbed it and laughed and said: "Okay, you Kong Ming, Sanqi Zhou Lang died, but he came to hang his filial piety, and he bullied no one in Dongwu, so he was not afraid that the generals of Dongwu would kill him to pay for his life?" ”