Chapter Seventy-Nine: Forming an Alliance with Soochow (5)

The curtain moved slightly, and then slowly opened, and the faces that had appeared countless times in the dream bloomed in the sunlight.

The sunlight flowed like waves of flowing water, flowing over the snow-white, almost bloodless face.

Sun Shangxiang has lost weight and seems to be old, at the age of thirty-three, she actually has a trace of silver hair on her head. She looked at me, as if happy, sad, excited and a little hesitant, her lips trembled, but she couldn't speak--where is this still the bold and capable and heroic Sun Shangxiang back then.

I also looked at her, just looking, and I was too excited, but at the moment I fell into extreme calm. Sun Shangxiang, a person I regarded as my sister and mother, a person who had been cared for me since I was a child, a person who betrayed me and my father, a person who made me worry about whether to love or hate, a person who I tried my best to snatch her back, but I didn't know how to face her when she came back.

Looking at her haggard face, my heart broke. There was even a moment when I wanted to pounce on her, hug her legs and cry, tell her about my pain, and ask her why she had abandoned me.

Is it difficult that I risked my life to go to Soochow to find her, only to get her cold pair like a sword and heart-rending cutting?

Did she know that her words at that time almost cost me my life?

However, I can't ask these words, and even on this mountain, I can't even think about it. I am the nominal crown prince of Ji Han and the actual emperor of Ji Han, and my every move must be in line with etiquette and proportion. What's more, there is an opponent Sun Deng by his side.

When I think of the people around me, I can even feel Zhou Shan's unkind gaze on my vest at this moment.

Yes, he and she are together, but what about me, my father?

Hatred rose again.

Before Sun Shangxiang could speak, I stood up and waved my hand: "Send my mother to Yong'an Palace to rest." ”

The guards rushed forward and escorted Sun Shangxiang. The incense car drove past me, and Sun Shangxiang didn't have time to say a word from beginning to end.

I slowly turned around, faced Sun Deng, and said, "Thank you." ”

Sun Deng smiled: "Cousin, why did he say this. Speaking of which, it was my father who did not do it right back then, so that your family was separated, but now it is good, and my cousin's family is reunited, which is gratifying. ”

I said, "Yes, congratulations, congratulations." It's a great joy. ”

Sun Deng seemed to notice the peculiar smell in my words, was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "My cousin has put forward a total of four conditions, and this is the fourth. The younger brother has come here and brought the first and second conditions at the same time to express our sincerity, I wonder if my cousin can show your sincerity? ”

In this way, Yu Ban and the generals of Jingzhou have returned. I want to meet them again, the time must not be short, it is not appropriate to let Sun Deng wait, so he said: "In this way, I will meet with the old subordinates first, the river is windy, please go and rest for a while first, I will settle here, and then discuss with my cousin." Tomorrow we will meet, and you will see my sincerity. ”

Sun Deng took his leave. I took Zhao Yunzhu and the generals to wait for Yu Ban and Jingzhou people.

The sergeants came, and it was Yu Ban who arrived.

At this time, Yu Ban was gray-haired, his face was full of dust, and he couldn't find the spirit of the majestic mountains and rivers of the year. He was the first to raise troops with Bao Xin, and later joined Cao Cao and was appointed as the official army Sima. Since then, he has followed Cao Cao to fight in the south and the north, and has made great achievements. When Zhang Xiu rebelled, Qingzhou soldiers robbed everywhere, and were severely hit by Yu Ban, they went to report Yu Ban's rebellion, just at this time Zhang Xiu came to attack, Yu Ban first camped and then saw Cao Cao, Cao Cao asked him why he didn't come to explain first, Yu Ban said that the matter of argument is small, and the retreat of the enemy is big, so Cao Cao is very heavy on him, and he is named the Marquis of Yishou Pavilion. After that, he defeated Lu Bu, broke Yuan Shao, and repeatedly defeated strong enemies in the forbidden war. Another time, Cao Cao hated Zhu Ling and wanted to remove his military power, so he sent Yu Ban to do it, and Yu Ban only led dozens of horsemen directly into Zhu Ling's army with documents, easily relieved Zhu Ling's military power, and completed the task brilliantly, and his prestige is like this. His life is full of energy, and many deeds are remarkable, comparable to the famous generals of ancient times.

For a long time, people always felt that he was defeated by the hands of the second uncle, and felt that he was not as good as the rest of the five good generals, but they ignored that in Cao Ying, in addition to Xiahou and Cao's clansmen, Yu Ban has always been the most valued one. Among Cao Ying's generals with foreign surnames, he is the only one who can command the Seven Routes Army at the same time.

However, this is all in smoke. Today's Yu Wenze is no longer the Yu Ban of the past. God didn't help him, and a heavy rain ruined his life's reputation. What's even more regrettable is that not long after he surrendered, his second uncle was defeated, and he fell into the hands of Sun Quan instead, although Sun Quan was kind to him, Sun Quan's subordinates sneered at him, making him miserable, and life was worse than death.

I stepped forward and said softly: "From Jingzhou to Yizhou, the general has walked hard. "It's not hard, nearly three years of exile, pressure and insults that ordinary people can't match.

Yu Ban looked a little dumbfounded, his first reaction was to be stunned for a moment, and looked up at me at a loss, and then someone around him told him my identity. He shook his body and fell to his knees: "Surrender to the ban, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

I clasped my hands together: "General, please get up." Alas, the fate of heaven is unpredictable, life and death are impermanent, and success or failure is just a passing cloud in the end. The general does not have to worry about it. The defeat of the general is a defeat to the sky, and it is not a crime of war. It is benevolence and compassion for the general to surrender for tens of thousands of generals under his command to save them from dying in the flood, and it is not a merciful general who cannot do this. With the name of his life in exchange for the life of the robe, the general is a real hero! ”

Yu Ban looked at me blankly, and suddenly burst into tears, crying so much that he couldn't cry. All three armies were shocked.

Zhao Yun stepped forward and patted Yu Ban's shoulder: "Why is Wen Ze bothering to be a child for this, wouldn't it make people laugh, get up, get up." ”

Yu Ban still cried loudly, and said for a long time: "Let me cry happily once, please." ”

When I saw it, the fourth uncle's eyes couldn't help but turn red, knowing that he felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and immediately smiled: "General Wen Ze, why is this so?" ”

Yu Ban cried: "No one, no one has ever known why I have fallen? Yu Ban's life, but he is afraid of death? I'm bitter, bitter! ”

Looking at his appearance, I couldn't help but be touched by my feelings, sighed, and finally helped him up, comforted him, and asked the fourth uncle to accompany him up the mountain in person.

For Yu Ban, to be honest, I didn't think about his value or anything like that. If I want to get him back, it's purely because I don't want him to die in Soochow or Cao Wei. Cao Pi's method of forbidding him was to let him go to guard the mausoleum, but he painted all kinds of ugliness of his surrender on the wall of the mausoleum, and shamed him alive. He is a great general, one of the few generals worthy of respect during the Three Kingdoms period, even if he dies, I hope he will not die so miserably.

As for his future life, he will definitely not be able to count on him in the war, at most he will be given a free errand, so that he can write about his experience in using soldiers when he has nothing to do.

Thinking about it, I heard that someone came to report that Zhao Lei and others had arrived. I hurried down the hill and went up.

When Zhao Lei was in Jingzhou, he was deeply used by the second uncle, and he also foresaw the failure of the second uncle, and gave the second uncle a lot of good advice, but unfortunately the second uncle did not adopt it. When we finally left, he stayed behind in Maicheng to hold off our pursuers for us, and was finally captured. At that time, we used a trick to capture Yu Fu of Eastern Wu, and Zhao Lei exchanged him for the lives of soldiers and civilians in the city. But he was locked up until today.

It seems that Zhao Lei has not suffered much in the past two years, and seems to have gained some weight. Seeing me from afar, he jumped off his horse, hurried up the mountain, turned over and bowed down: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"General Zhao, I'm finally home, please get up quickly, get up and talk." I put my hands on each other.

"Yes." Zhao Ti got up and looked at me, tears flashing in his eyes, "I knew that Ji Han would not abandon us, Your Majesty would not abandon us, but it is ridiculous that those Wu dogs made up some lies all day long to deceive us, saying that Your Majesty doesn't want us anymore, saying that our family members have been killed, I don't believe it at all." ”

"Good. General Zhao will take a rest first, and I will hold a banquet for everyone to wash the dust in a while. ”

Zhao Lei agreed loudly and went, followed by the generals of Jingzhou, no matter the size of their positions, I talked to them one by one, or patted their shoulders, or held hands, said hard work, and said that they had gone home. They have been wandering outside for more than two years, and I want to give them the warmth of home. And this is where my father's strength lies in uniting people's hearts. Sure enough, these people were moved, and they burst into tears and wept bitterly.

The last to come were the second uncle's wife Xu in Jingzhou, and the second uncle's children, Guan Suo and Guan Feng.

Guan Feng is fifteen years old, the same year as Sun Deng, and he has been beautiful since he was a child. On that day, Sun Quan begged Sun Deng to marry her, but the two sides turned against each other. In fact, as far as I saw Sun Deng's handsome appearance, that appropriate demeanor and speech, I felt that he was worthy of anyone, even if Sun Quan proposed to his father back then, I was afraid that his father would agree to marry his daughter to him. It's a pity that Sun Quan's target is her, and the second uncle is an excellent general, and he is only an excellent general.

Guan Suo is twelve years old, thin and thin, and has been sick since he was a child, not as healthy as Guan Ping and Guan Xing. Looking at his weak appearance, it is difficult for me to imagine that he may be able to ride a horse and wield a knife in the future.

I personally helped Xu get out of the car and hugged Guan Suo again, while Guan Feng blushed and saluted me. Looking at Guan Feng up close, I felt that her phoenix eyes had a charm of seducing the soul and retribution, and I couldn't help but be amazed.

I'm not a very sensitive person for beautiful women. In fact, as a prince, there are many beautiful women around me, and Xingcai is one of the most beautiful. But when I saw the beauty of Xingcai, it was the time when she shot and killed the enemy in front of the palace gate.

And this woman gave me this feeling the first time I met, which really reminded me of a word unconsciously, red face and trouble.

It is inappropriate to think of the second uncle's daughter like this, but this word is so abrupt in my heart. A woman with such eyes is destined to not be able to nest in the kitchen and bedroom, and is destined to be unable to get used to a plain and calm life. There was a fire in that look, a fire that could burn heaven and earth and oneself.

At that moment, I felt a cringe in the face of fear.