I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 921: Heroes and beauties, all in the hub

At the end of September, the sweet osmanthus is fragrant.

At the ferry outside Shouchun City, flags were waving, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians saw the general off as he returned to the capital.

Su Yao stood at the bow of the flagship, looking at the kneeling officials and civilians on both sides of the river, listening to the sounds of praise and cheers, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

Since the troops were sent out in May, in just a few months, Yuan Shu was destroyed, Yuan Shao surrendered, Jiangdong was pacified, and even Liu Biao and Tao Qian of Jing and Xu states submitted reports to hand over power. The results were far beyond expectations.

In Huainan, due to his great military power, the new policy was implemented without any resistance, and all the major families and powerful people cooperated with him, so that all his backup preparations were of no use.

So, Su Yao, who had nothing to do, visited the areas around Jianghuai, investigated the people's conditions and explored the places. He gained a lot during his leisurely journey. This time when he returned to Beijing, he brought back several famous passengers.

Among them, the most important is naturally Sun Ce’s younger brother Sun Quan.

As one of the conditions for Sun Ce to exchange for his old subordinates and go on the expedition to Rinnan, the young Sun Quan will return to Luoyang with Su Yao and live in Beijing with the rest of the Sun clan.

In addition to Sun Quan, Sun Ce's friends Zhou Yu and Su Yao were also present.

Although Danyang prefect Zhou Shang was punished for shielding Sun Ce, he was given a lighter punishment because he persuaded Sun Ce to surrender and submitted early, so his family was not implicated and he was only fined and dismissed from office. His close relative Zhou Yu remained in their hometown of Shu County, Lujiang.

After Wujun was pacified, Sun Ce was finally able to legitimately recruit men in Jiangdong and make final preparations for the conquest of Jiaozhou.

Immediately, Sun Ce, whose identity had been cleared, went to find his good friend Zhou Yu, hoping to get his help.

However, when Sun Ce rode at full speed to the Zhou family's residence, the old servant said that Zhou Yu was not there.

"The general summoned the young master to the capital the day before yesterday, saying that he wanted to study in the Imperial College."

"what?!"

Sun Ce was struck by lightning when he heard this, and the whip in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

He never expected that he had just regained his freedom and was about to plan something big with his best friend, but he was one step too late.

This is actually natural.

The Zhou family is not an ordinary family. The reason why Zhou Shang was valued by Yuan Shu and recommended to be the prefect of Danyang was because the Zhou family had a very deep foundation.

The Lujiang Zhou family became wealthy much earlier than the Sun family. Zhou Yu's great-grandfather Zhou Jing had served as the Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty. His son Zhou Zhong, Zhou Yu's uncle, still serves in one of the six ministries of the court. Even Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi had just taken over Sima Fang's position as the prefect of Luoyang.

The era today is not the era in history when the imperial court collapsed and the world fell apart a few years later.

Zhou Yu watched Su Yao sweeping across the world and the world was about to be at peace. His elders were all serving in the court in Luoyang. Although Zhou Yu felt reluctant, he chose to obey the general's call between going south to Jiaozhou and north to Luoyang. He set off for Beijing to be filial to his father and plan for future development.

In response to this, Sun Ce stared at the closed door of the Zhou Mansion with mixed feelings, knowing that he and his good friend had ultimately embarked on different paths.

In addition to Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and Su Yao in Xuzhou were naturally not spared. He directly sent a letter to summon the two to serve in the General's Mansion.

Among them, Zhang Zhao was relatively easy to deal with. He was a famous scholar in Xuzhou and had rare talent. He had a very good relationship with Wang Lang, and Chen Lin also admired him very much. However, due to his personality problems, he had a bad relationship with Tao Qian and was imprisoned.

This time, Su Yao rescued him with a piece of paper, and Chen Lin also made a great contribution and even went to Xuzhou in person.

Zhang Zhao's campaign was simple, but Lu Su's was quite dramatic.

At this time, Lu Su was only nineteen years old. Although he came from a wealthy family and had great ambitions, he was not from an aristocratic family. Not to mention that he had any fame among the literati, even the local people's impression of him was just that of a generous young man in Dongcheng.

"Sir, is this true?"

"How can a nameless boy like me win the favor of the general?"

"Please take another look. Is there something wrong?"

Lu Su's father pulled the official who came to summon him, his voice trembling and his face full of disbelief.

The official was actually full of questions, but the text clearly stated that the general specifically asked for the young master of the Lu family, so he had no choice but to put on a smile and said loudly:
"Master Lu, please relax. The general is eager to recruit talented people. Your son is so talented that it is normal for the general to take a fancy to him. You should quickly get him ready and try to catch up with the general and return to the capital."

In this way, several important figures in the future of Eastern Wu, including Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Zhang Zhao, were recruited by Su Yao and boarded the ship back to Beijing with him.

This is the power brought by the combination of Su Yao's prestige and the orthodoxy of the imperial court. Whoever he wants, he only needs a word.

However, compared to the first few people, the other two passengers on the boat attracted more attention from the people who were seeing them off, and they became the focus of people's imagination and discussions.

Those two were the daughters of the Qiao family in Wan County, Lujiang County - the Qiao sisters.

That’s right, they are the concubines of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in history, the beautiful Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao.

The Qiao family in Wan County was not a famous family, but a local wealthy family.

This time, Su Yao pacified Jianghuai and implemented new policies. Seeing the trend of the times, the Qiao family naturally did not dare to stop it.

However, these two girls were not the first to be offered by Qiao Guolao. The reason is very simple. It is only 191 now, and the two Qiaos are only or years old.
The reason these two people boarded the ship was simply because Su Yaolai had come and, after taking in Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he suddenly had an idea and wanted to go and see how the two Qiao sisters were doing now.

In the Three Kingdoms games he had played in the past, those characters who were under the age limit had not yet appeared on the stage, and they could only wait for a certain number of years and then be promoted in time.

Now that everyone is here and he has nothing to do, Su Yao thinks of going to their house first to take a look. Even if he can't invite the two of them, it would be good to say hello in advance and leave a mark.

Unexpectedly, Su Yao's visit gave Mr. Qiao a great shock.

Seeing the general's ceremonial procession appear outside the mansion, old man Qiao was frightened silly. Fearing that he would be killed as a warning to others, he hurriedly took everyone in the mansion out to kneel and greet them, repeatedly explaining that he abided by the law, cooperated with the new policy, and had never done anything lip service.

"Great General, please understand!"

Qiao Guolao knelt on the ground, knocking his forehead against the floor:
"I have registered all the land in my family, dismissed most of the servants, and re-signed contracts for everyone else. I have absolutely nothing to hide!"

This scene made Su Yao feel both amused and helpless.

He reached out and pulled up Qiao Guolao, coughing twice and said, "My dear father, you have misunderstood. This general is not here to ask for punishment."

Su Yao glanced at the people kneeling in front of him from the Qiao Mansion and said slowly, "I heard that Mr. Qiao has two daughters, both beautiful and intelligent. I thought of taking a look when I passed by this time."

When Qiao Guolao heard this, he was stunned and extremely frightened, thinking that this was the general's hidden request.

But the problem is that although the two young daughters are beautiful, they are kept in a secluded place. How can their reputation spread out?
How could the general know this?

Could it be that his enemies in Lin County wanted to harm him and framed him maliciously?

Qiao Guolao couldn't figure it out, but since things had come to this point, he dared not resist, so he could only grit his teeth and call the two girls over, respectfully presenting:

"If the general does not mind, I am willing to offer my two daughters to you as your maids. I only ask that you protect the safety of our Qiao family and do not listen to the slander of evil people."

This guy can't deal with Su Yao.

He was not a beast. Although it was part of his plan to take in Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, it was too degenerate to let two little girls who looked only eleven or twelve years old serve him.

However, no matter how Ren Suyao explained, Qiao Guolao remained firm, fearing that it would bring disaster.

In the end, Su Yao simply stopped refusing, and with a wave of his hand, he took the two girls with him, allowing them to enter the Luoyang Girls' School first, and even allowed the Qiao family to send a few servants to accompany them and serve them.

Although Qiao Guolao didn't quite understand this, he was relieved to see that the general was willing to accept the two daughters, and secretly felt lucky that his family had escaped a disaster.

Before leaving, Qiao Guolao first called a few loyal servants and maids and asked them to take good care of the young lady, and then earnestly instructed the two girls:

"Once you are in Luoyang, you must obey the general's orders. Do whatever he tells you to do. Be careful and cautious and don't cause any trouble."

Just like that, Su Yao's journey to the south came to an end.

As Su Yao traveled, the once divided Han territory has now almost all returned to the rule of the imperial court.

Among the thirteen states in the country, apart from some sporadic internal banditry, only Jiao and Yi states have not yet made a clear statement.

But that is mainly due to the long distance and inconvenient transportation.

While Su Yao was on his way back to Beijing, envoys from Jiaozhou and Yizhou were also rushing to Luoyang.
(End of this chapter)