When Deng Zhi led the delegation to the Yong'an border, he was noticed by the Wu army.

Previously, before the Deng Zhi mission arrived, Sun Quan had ordered Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Yong'an, not to slack off after discovering the traces of the Deng Zhi mission.

So when Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Yong'an, Zhu Ran immediately led the army to welcome Deng Zhi and his party into the city.

Zhu Ran originally wanted to entertain Deng Zhi and the others for a few more days in Yong'an City.

However, Deng Zhi felt that state affairs were important, so he only rested in Yong'an City for one day, and said goodbye to Zhu Ran on the second day.

Because of the existence of the Yangtze River, the Deng Zhi delegation traveled down the river from Yong'an to Jianye, but it was only a few days.

As early as the day when Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Yong'an, Zhu Ran ordered someone to report the matter to Sun Quan quickly.

And the day before Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Jianye, Sun Quan had already made all the preparations to greet him.

Sun Quan led the civil and military officials in Jianye and waited for the arrival of Deng Zhi's envoy at the port ten miles outside Jianye City.

The scouts of the navy on the Yangtze River kept going back and forth, reporting to Sun Quan all the movements of the Deng Zhi Mission.

Sun Quan sat on the chariot, and when the naval scouts reported that the ship carrying Deng Zhi's mission was about to arrive at the port, Sun Quan, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked with a mighty gaze at the harbor ahead.

Under the gaze of his gaze, a huge building ship began to appear on the wide river.

The Han army's missions were all on that huge building ship.

Although Deng Zhi's mission numbered only a few hundred when it set out from Chengdu, when they arrived in Jingzhou, the general Guan Yu sent more than 1,000 Han troops to join Deng Zhi's mission as escorts.

Sun Quan looked at the building ship that had begun to dock in the harbor in the chariot, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes when he looked at the big flag of "Han" fluttering in the wind on the huge building ship.

When Liu Bei was still the king of Hanzhong, although his army also had the banner of the character "Han", most of the banners in Liu Bei's army at that time were mainly the three characters of "King of Hanzhong".

But now all the banners in Liu Bei's army have been replaced with the word "Han".

This scene that quietly changed made Sun Quan's heart feel uncomfortable.

When the news of Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty as emperor reached Jianye, Sun Quan was actually happy in his heart.

Because Cao Pi's move is equivalent to completely moving away a mountain that is pressing on his head.

As he grew older, although his territory did not expand much, Sun Quan's ambitions continued to grow.

The Han family was still in the righteousness before, no matter how big Sun Quan's ambition was, he always had a layer of fear.

However, Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty as emperor made Sun Quan's jealousy disappear.

The Han has died in the hands of thieves, so Sun Quan, who was originally a Han minister, has too many things to hope for in the future.

But now Liu Bei has re-established the crimson banner of the Han Dynasty in the world, which has dealt a blow to Sun Quan's previous ambitions.

When he saw Deng Zhi and the other envoys coming down from the boat one after another, Sun Quan's face showed a "smile", and he immediately got off the chariot and walked quickly towards Deng Zhi and the others.

As Sun Quan approached Deng Zhi, he knew that his move today meant that Jiangdong had officially become a vassal to the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei.

But what can he do if the times are like this?

Anyway, he was originally Hanchen, and now his strength is not good, so it doesn't hurt to be a Hanchen for a while.

With a quick step, Sun Quan soon came to Deng Zhi.

Before and after coming to Deng Zhi, Sun Quan took the lead in bowing to Deng Zhi and said, "The minister has come to see the messenger of the Son of Heaven."

Sun Quan did not come to Deng Zhi alone, there were many Jiangdong civil and military ministers behind him.

Although there were many people with reluctance on their faces of those civil and military ministers, Sun Quan had already saluted Deng Zhi, and as Sun Quan's courtiers, they could only bow to Deng Zhi helplessly in the end.

Deng Zhi had just gotten off the boat when he saw Sun Quan leading the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of Jiangdong to salute him.

Because he is currently the envoy representing the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, he calmly accepted the visit of Sun Quan and the ministers of Jiangdong.

After saluting, Sun Quan was busy and wanted to connect Deng Zhi and others to Jianye City.

It's just that Sun Quan prevented thousands of Han troops from entering the city with Deng Zhi.

In the face of Sun Quan's excuse to stop him, Deng Zhi did not object.

Jianye is the seat of Jiangdong, and Wu has at least tens of thousands.

If Sun Quan wanted to be unfavorable to him, he could do it with just a thought.

So Deng Zhi ordered the thousands of Han troops who came with him to stay in the military camp prepared by Sun Quan outside the city.

Deng Zhi only led a few dozen people from the mission into Jianye City.

When Deng Zhi came to Sun Quan's mansion, Sun Quan immediately ordered someone to set up a fragrant eucalyptus and prepare for Deng Zhi to read Liu Bei's edict of reward.

Originally, according to common sense, after the mission arrived in Jianye City, it should have a good rest for a day and then reward tomorrow.

But there is a reason why Sun Quan is so anxious.

Deng Zhi is the envoy of the Son of Heaven, as long as he does not read Liu Bei's reward to Sun Quan for a day, then as the envoy of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, his status will always be higher than Sun Quan.

This made Sun Quan dissatisfied.

Once upon a time, Deng Zhi still needed to salute him, but now it has been the other way around.

Only after Deng Zhi read out Liu Bei's edict of reward, Sun Quan did not have to pay too much respect to Deng Zhi.

Of course Deng Zhi understands Sun Quan's thoughts, but he didn't break it.

Before Sun Quan set up the eucalyptus, Deng Zhi successfully read out Liu Bei's reward to Sun Quan.

When Sun Quan learned that he was worshiped by Liu Bei as the chief lieutenant of the Three Princes and was named the Marquis of Jiujiang, he was sensitive to political smell, and immediately understood Liu Bei's intentions.

It's just that although he understood Liu Bei's intentions, Sun Quan's face didn't show anything.

At least Liu Bei's reward for him is reasonable on the surface, and there is no problem at all.

After Sun Quan suddenly received the edict of reward from Deng Zhi, Deng Zhi and Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

Deng Zhi felt relaxed because he had completed his mission, and Sun Quan felt relieved because he no longer had to salute Deng Zhi.

The two have their own thoughts, but at least on the surface, the two sides still show a happy state.

After receiving the edict of reward, Sun Quan invited Deng Zhi to participate in tonight's banquet.

Faced with Sun Quan's invitation, Deng Zhi naturally had no reason to refuse.

Sun Quan saw that it was still early, so he asked Deng Zhi and others to take them to their residence to rest.

And after Deng Zhi and the others left, the smile on Sun Quan's face in the lobby instantly converged.

The edict that was originally held by him in both hands was now held lightly by him with one hand.

Sun Quan's move reflects his true psychology at the moment.

Sun Quan's eyes looked at the back of Deng Zhi and the others leaving, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, tonight's banquet is the beginning of the show.

The delegation led by Deng Zhi soon went to their respective dormitories under the leadership of his subordinates.

It's just that not long after Deng Zhi entered the dormitory, a scribe who was only in his twenties came to Deng Zhi's bedroom and found him.

This scribe was the deputy envoy of the Han Mission, and was appointed by Liu Bei not long ago as Fei Yi of Zhaoxin Zhonglang.

He is also one of the famous Ji Han Four Phases in later generations.

When Fei Yi came to Deng Zhi's bedroom, he bowed to Deng Zhi and said:

"Waiter, tonight's banquet may not be a good one."

Although Sun Quan has been worshiped by Liu Bei as the captain of the Han Dynasty, everyone in Chengdu knows that this is a means for Liu Bei to appease Sun Quan.

Sun Quan is essentially a prince who has a heart of disobedience.

Therefore, Fei Yi privately called Sun Quan by his first name, and was very suspicious of his intention to hold a banquet tonight.

Faced with Fei Yi's speculation, Deng Zhi's face showed appreciation for Fei Yi.

He was appreciating Fei Yi's keen insight at such a young age.

The fact that Sun Quan was so eager to let him read the edict showed that he was dissatisfied with Liu Bei's claim to be emperor.

He has been an official for many years and has seen much more things in the world than Fei Yi.

Fei Yi could see it, how could he not know it?

It's just that Deng Zhi, who is a righteous envoy, has a dependence in his hands, so he doesn't have too many worries about tonight's "Hongmen Banquet".

Deng Zhi ordered his entourage to bring a wooden box for Fei Yi to see, and when he saw the familiar wooden box, Fei Yi's eyes froze.

When Mi Yang sent the war report to Chengdu, he also brought the wooden box containing Cao Ren's head.

When Liu Bei gathered his ministers in the main hall that day, the wooden box containing Cao Ren's head was placed in front of him.

So after the discussion was over, because of Cao Ren's fame, the style of the wooden box containing his head had already spread in Chengdu.

Fei Yi, one of the three heroes of Shu County, although he didn't witness everything in the hall that day, he had heard about the style of the wooden box.

Fei Yi looked at the wooden box that Deng Zhi took out, and he only felt extremely familiar.

After seeing this wooden box, Fei Yi bowed to Deng Zhi, and he already understood Deng Zhi's intentions.

This is their means of countering Sun Quan tonight.

Deng Zhi saw that Fei Yi reacted so quickly, and he felt that Fei Yi was a manufacturable material.

When he set off from Chengdu, the Son of Heaven specially called him and handed him over the head of Cao Ren.

The Son of Heaven instructed him that if everything was normal for Sun Quan, then there was no need to take it out.

If Sun Quan made some small moves, then he would take this thing out to deter the ministers in Jiangdong.

It was precisely because he had this thing in his hand that Deng Zhi did not have much worry about the banquet held by Sun Quan in his heart.

If the heads of celebrities in the world are sold at a price, the price of Cao Ren's head and Sun Quan's head should be about the same.

Maybe it will be higher?

...

Time always flies, and before long, night is already in the sky.

When the Taiwei Mansion was shrouded in night, Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and other more than a dozen envoys who were qualified to attend the banquet began to slowly enter the banquet under the guidance of their subordinates.

And when Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others were seated, the lobby, which was the venue for the banquet, was already full of people.

Those people were all Jiangdong ministers who were in Jianye City today, and almost all of them had arrived except for Zhang Zhao, who had not arrived.

Compared with those military generals, those ministers in Jiangdong looked at Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others with a somewhat unkind gaze.

They know their mission tonight.

Of course, Deng Zhi and Fei Yi also watched the eyes of those Jiangdong Wenchen, but they didn't care.

After Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others took their seats, Sun Quan, the captain of the Han Dynasty, came to the main seat in the banquet and sat down under the escort of his entourage.

After Sun Quan arrived, it represented the official start of a grand banquet.

With the beginning of the Wu Di dance music in the banquet, the atmosphere of the banquet is slowly developing towards a climax.

Listening to beautiful music in his ears, Sun Quan, who was sitting on the main seat, paid no attention to those fair-skinned and beautiful dancing girls.

His eyes were constantly staring at Deng Zhi.

And under Sun Quan's gaze, when dancing and playing in the banquet were non-stop, many Jiangdong ministers began to toast Deng Zhi one after another.

At the banquet today, Sun Quan prepared all the first-class good wines in Wu Dizhong, and most of the good wines were spirits.

Therefore, under the continuous toasting of many Jiangdong ministers, Deng Zhi, who was not strong enough to drink, soon became drunk.

When the flush climbed up Deng Zhi's cheeks, Sun Quan saw that Deng Zhi seemed to be drunk, so he clapped his hands to stop the singing and dancing in the banquet.

After the singing and dancing stopped, the feast fell into silence.

Then Sun Quan, the captain of the Han Dynasty, took the lead in attacking Deng Zhi.

Sun Quan was funny, he deliberately lowered his voice and teased Deng Zhi in a small and playful voice, hoping that Deng Zhi would answer his tune

Words of laughter.

Most of Sun Quan's ridiculous words are strange and difficult to answer.

Although Deng Zhi is also an eloquent person, he is currently drunk.

In addition, Sun Quan deliberately lowered his voice, so that Deng Zhi couldn't hear his words clearly, so under the dullness of his thoughts, Deng Zhi didn't know how to respond for a while.

Seeing that Deng Zhi looked drunk and unable to answer, Sun Quan's face showed a smile, and he hurriedly ordered someone to draw Deng Zhi's performance at the moment.

The messenger of the Great Han is nothing more than that.

But just when Sun Quan thought that his female plan had succeeded, a person he had ignored suddenly stood up and began to answer Sun Quan's teasing words.

This person is the deputy envoy Fei Yi.

In the case that Deng Zhi was drunk and couldn't deal with it, Fei Yi, as the deputy envoy, came out to answer instead of Deng Zhi, which was reasonable.

Although Fei Yi is still young, his talent can be described as very agile.

After he stood up, he answered Sun Quan's teasing words one by one in smooth and clear words.

He also secretly ridiculed Sun Quan in his words, which made Sun Quan's face suddenly become extremely ugly.

But this matter was originally Sun Quan's fault, so as long as Fei Yi could answer his words, Sun Quan would not be able to attack even if he was angry in his heart.

Seeing that the master Sun Quan was deflated, Zhang Wen, Yang Qian, Yan Jian and other ministers who were famous for their talents and learning, stood up one after another to make things difficult for Sun Quan.

It's just that these literary ministers don't care about etiquette like Sun Quan, and the way they make things difficult is to test the content of Fei Yi's scriptures and the affairs of the world.

All the Jiangdong talents are all widely educated, and they are talented and eloquent, and they have to discuss Fei Yi and resign endlessly.

But in the face of this situation, Fei Yi did not look nervous.

In terms of talent, he is no less than any of the ministers present, and he also has a natural ability, that is, he will never forget.

Fei Yi used the righteous reasoning of his faith to make a defense.

Although because of the large number of opponents, Fei Yi could not answer the other party's questions immediately.

But every time he answered a question from a Koto minister, he only had to think a little about what the other party had asked, and after a few moments, he could answer them one by one, and he didn't make any mistakes.

Therefore, the scene in the current banquet is that there are more than a dozen Jiangdong ministers opposite Fei Yi who are questioning Fei Yi one after another.

On the other hand, although Fei Yi was the only one on his side, he always stood proudly on the spot, and no one could distinguish him.

This scene stunned Sun Quan: Where did this young man named Fei Yi come from?

And this scene also made Jiangdong painter stupid: how does this make him paint?

Painting Fei Yi alone tongue battle Jiangdong sages do not fall behind?