Although the situation in Jiangling has stabilized temporarily, it still cannot be regarded as peaceful, so Zhang Xi did not dare to stay in Chang'an for a long time.

After his daughter returned to the province to save her family, Zhang Xi took Sun Shangxiang and some maids and servants on the road together, and the whole family went back to Jiangling.

As for the mansion in Chang'an, it is naturally not necessary to deal with it extraordinarily, and it is directly left to Xiao Xuan'er as a dowry.

When it comes to the location of Zhangxi, there are a few houses in various places, which is not a normal thing. It really can't be regarded as a faction of the feudal landlord class.

There was no delay along the way, and the family returned to Jingzhou smoothly.

After taking Jingzhou, Zhang Xi first took Sun Shangxiang to visit Zhang Zheng, the youngest son who stayed in Xiangyang and handed over to Xu Shu to teach, and stayed in Xiangyang for a while.

As for the sons who are in their teens, it's time to learn some serious skills, so Zhang Xi simply made the decision, let Xiao Zheng'er worship Xu Shu as a teacher, and stay in Xiangyang to learn skills from Xu Shu.

It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't want Zhuge Liang to teach, Zhuge Liang's ability is beyond doubt, but the problem is that Zhuge Liang is too busy, he is busy when he has something, and he has to be busy when he has something to do. Where does he have the heart to teach his disciples?

Therefore, it is better for Xu Shu, when Zhang Xi followed Liu Bei into Sichuan, didn't he also entrust Xiao Deng Ai to Xu Shu for a period of time, during which Deng Ai's knowledge, art of war, and martial arts were not left behind.

Xu Shu is really a good teacher.

After settling the children's schooling, Zhang Xi took his wife on the road and returned to Jiangling.

Back in Jiangling, Sun Shangxiang immediately began to look for a new mansion, saying that he disliked that the Taishou Mansion where Zhang Xi lived now was too noisy and unsuitable for living, and there were quite a lot of requirements for women.

However, it is also true that Wang Ji has now been transferred to Jiangling, and he has no place to live for the time being, so he lives in the Taishou Mansion.

If Zhang Xi is just a master, it is not a big problem to squeeze down with Wang Ji, and the Taishou Mansion is not small, not to mention living two old men, even if there are ten more to live.

But now it's different, Zhang Xi not only brings his wife, concubines, but also more than 20 servants and maids. How can this be squeezed with Wang Ji.

Besides, Wang Ji also has to have his own private life.

As for Shi Bao, as early as when Zhang Xi was the pastor of Jingzhou, Shi Bao had already consciously moved out to find a house to live on his own.

There's no way, Shi Bao's wife, there are many, Zhang Xi alone knows no less than five or six, if this is counting concubines or something, God knows how many wives Shi Bao has.

If Zhang Xi and Shi Bud were crowded in the Thorn History Mansion, Zhang Xi would be embarrassed, and Shi Bud would be just as embarrassed.

Anyway, Sun Shangxiang went to be busy with the affairs of Zhang Luo's mansion, and Zhang Xi also took the time to meet with Wang Ji and learn about the current situation in Jiangxia and Jingnan.

Now the situation has eased for the time being, but the preparations on the front line still cannot be careless.

Shi Bao still personally led the troops to nail to Lingyang County to contain the Eastern Wu Army in Wuling County, and the guard of the Public Security City was in charge of Li Qiu and Zhou Tai.

Among them, Li Qiu was the main general, leading 5,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in the city, while Zhou Tai was the deputy general, and camped outside the public security city to serve as a horn.

Of course, the soldiers will definitely not be able to stand the long-term camping in the wild, so these two people will regularly adjust their defenses, but they dare not withdraw their troops for the time being, in case the Jiangdong Army makes a detour and sneaks attack.

The situation in Jingnan has not changed much, and Jiangxia is quite quiet.

Wen Ping still led the naval army, swaying back and forth in the Hanshui basin between Xiangyang and Yicheng, threatening the three northern counties of Jiangxia from time to time, and after Zhang Wei led the troops to Yingxian, he also immediately made a posture of renovating the city defense, training soldiers, and attacking Jiangxia by land.

But Zhou Yu's response was simple. He simply did not cope.

Judging from the intelligence, Zhou Yu still led the land and water armies to garrison Xiakou, and did not move, ignoring the Wenpin army in the upper reaches of the Han River, and not even doing the patrol of the navy, it seems that he is not worried about Wenpin going south at all.

In the direction of Yingxian, Zhang Cheng was still asked to lead 5,000 Eastern Wu soldiers to guard Jingling, without any intention of cross-border attack.

The old guy is responding to all changes with the same, just watch your Shu army toss blindly, you really have the ability, you fight to Lukou and then talk about it.

I have to say that in front of Zhou Yu, playing this kind of trick is really boring.

Therefore, Zhang Xi had no choice but to order Wen Hi to be hired, and let him return to Xiangyang to garrison first, taking into account the defense of Yicheng, so that Zhang Wei could also rein in his momentum, and it was okay to defend the border and secure the people, and not to scare people anymore It is also a waste of food and grass to scare people.

The rest is to wait for Deng Zhi to return from Jiangdong and figure out the true intentions of Soochow before making a plan of action.

And about half a month after Zhang Xi returned to Jiangling, Deng Zhi returned from Jiangdong's envoy.

On this mission to Jiangdong, Deng Zhi crossed the river in early September and did not return until mid-November, staying in Jiangdong for two and a half months.

But the results of the mission can be said to be there, but it can also be said that there are none.

The reason why he said no was that Deng Zhi's mission was not completed, and Sun Quan refused to give any explanation for the last offense, with a posture of what you like to do.

If you want him to be soft in the Eastern Wu Emperor, there is no door!

As for Deng Zhi's request to sign a "land borrowing" clause with Jiangdong, Sun Quan almost blackened his face on the spot. If it weren't for diplomatic etiquette, Sun Quan would have wanted to drive Deng Zhi out directly.

Then, Sun Quan told Deng Zhi that Jingzhou has always been Jingzhou of Eastern Wu, and it was your Emperor Zhaolie who was shameless, and Sun Quan, who was deceived from Eastern Wu, continued to bring up the old matter and talked about borrowing Jingzhou.

Then, Deng Zhi began to argue with Sun Quan.

Let's not talk about whether the first emperor borrowed Jingzhou at the beginning, but this Jingzhou has never been the territory of Eastern Wu. That's the inherent territory of the Han Dynasty.

In the past, when Huan Ling, the Han dynasty declined, resulting in Jingzhou being based on the princes of all parties, but the princes of all parties are still the courtiers of my Han Dynasty, and Jingzhou is naturally my Han land.

If today's endless Yan Han, the heir of Emperor Zhaolie and the second ancestor of Wu, inherit the unification, this Jingzhou is naturally still the Jingzhou of my Han Dynasty.

As for your Sun Quan, if it is my King Wu of the Han Dynasty, then Jingzhou can barely apply to the imperial court as your fief, but that is also the grace of the Son of Heaven, but you are now the Supreme Emperor of Great Wu, and this Jingzhou has a half-dime relationship with you?!

Sun Quan, who was angry, brushed his sleeves away on the spot.

Cool, it's cool, but the problem is that this matter is a dead end, and Sun Quan can't sign any land borrowing treaty with the Han at all.

It's all said like that, if he Sun Quan signs this treaty again, won't he really become the king of Wu of the Han Dynasty!!

As for the matter of public security and Wuling County. Sun Quan and Deng Zhi had a very tacit understanding, and they didn't mention it.

It's all over, the situation is already like this, if you don't want the two sides to go to war directly, then it's boring to mention it.

And if Sun Quan really wants to go to war directly, then there is no need for him to talk to Deng Zhi for two and a half months.

Of course, in fact, Sun Quan didn't want to really talk to Deng Zhi for so long, and there was another important reason why Deng Zhi went to Jiangdong for so long.

On Cao Wei's side, he also sent Jiang Ji, an old acquaintance of Sun Quan, to Jiangdong to discuss the reconciliation between the two families.

At the end of last year, when the Jingzhou army had just returned to the army and the war had just ended, Sun Quan was afraid that the Jingzhou army would directly launch an attack and recapture Jingnan after returning to help, so he sent an envoy to Luoyang to discuss with Cao Wei about the truce and repair.

At that time, Cao Ei had not left Luoyang, so he met Sun Quan's envoy, and the two sides agreed on a temporary truce, but it was not a matter of repair, Cao Ei did not decide for a while, he asked the envoy of Eastern Wu to go back first, and then send a messenger to visit Jiangdong after he returned to Yecheng.

Then this messenger was dragged on until now before he was sent out by Cao Rong.

After all, Cao Xiu, who had a lot of opposition to the reconciliation with Soochow within Cao Wei, was the first to disagree.

It's a big shame, Cao Xiu will never forget this shame, and he still thinks that one day, he will have another chance to lead the troops back to Huainan.

But in the end, Cao Rong still made his own decision and sent Jiang Ji across the river to discuss the matter of reconciliation with Eastern Wu.

By the way, after Cao Xiu learned of this result, he was angry and went directly to bedridden.

It's really not pretending, it is said that it was a carbuncle attack, so it was difficult to get up when he was seriously ill.

Well, back to the point.

Cao Rong sent Jiang Ji to envoy to Eastern Wu, on the one hand, he thought that Jiang Ji was in Yanzhou, and it was convenient for him to cross the river, on the other hand, Jiang Ji, like Deng Zhi, was also a candidate who often sent envoys to Eastern Wu, and he was also an old acquaintance with Sun Quan.

In Jiangdong, Jiang Ji and Deng Zhi met like this.

It's hard for you to say, is there an element of Sun Quan's intention in this, okay, Deng Zhi and Jiang Ji are not stupid, these two people know very well that Sun Quan is deliberate.

But there is no way, now Dongwu is shaking.

The Han and Wei families, no one wants to completely turn their faces with Dongwu, but they can only reconcile with others, and people have a reason to tremble.

But the most important thing is that Deng Zhi and Jiang Ji don't want to see Dongwu re-align with each other, so the fighting between the two people in Dongwu is also very exciting.

Deng Zhi, thanks to the connections and goodwill accumulated by the Han in Eastern Wu during the Han-Wu alliance period a few years ago, used these things to influence the operation of the Eastern Wu court and Sun Quan's decision.

Jiang Ji, on the other hand, repeatedly emphasized that the Shu thieves were difficult to control, and then vigorously talked about Jingzhou, saying that Liu Bei did not have Sun Quan's protection back then, and he was afraid that it would have been finished long ago, but now he was stunned, but in turn accused Dongwu of betraying the alliance.

Everyone can hear that Jiang Ji is sowing discord, but the problem is that Sun Quan loves to listen to what Jiang Ji said.

In this way, Jiang Ji and Deng Zhi were at loggerheads in the open, and all kinds of means were used, from the beginning to complete their mission as much as possible, and gradually changed to not allowing the other party to complete the mission.

And among them, the happiest person is probably Sun Quan.

Especially after these years of pretending to be a grandson, it can be regarded as making Lao Tzu look forward to this day.

You, the Han and Wei dynasties, also have a day when they ask for my Dongwu head!!

(End of chapter)