Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 266 Special Guest
The tasting session is the evolved version of Xu’s Yuedan review.

The reason why this thing is still preserved is that it is a means for the noble family to enhance their reputation.

Every year, some young talents from aristocratic families are evaluated.

Of course, it is inevitable to be biased towards the aristocratic families in Jiangdong and to increase their reputation.

The day of the tasting meeting is indeed approaching. After hearing what Lu Ji said, Quan Cong and Gu Shao nodded slightly: "It will be next month, and there are still ten days left."

Quan Cong thought for a moment and said, "This year, Grand Commander Zhou's youngest son, Zhou Xun, will also participate."

Lu Ji was startled when he heard this, but he asked, "Isn't Zhou Xun in Chengdu? How can he come to participate?"

Quan Cong shook his head and said, "I am also confused about this matter, but the letter from Madam Qiao must be correct."

Lu Ji listened without commenting, and only asked: "Where will this year's evaluation meeting be held?"

Quan Cong and Gu Shao were surprised to hear this, so they responded, "According to the past, it would naturally be held in Wu County, and presided over by Lord Yuan Tan."

Lord Yuan Tan is the head of the Gu family, Gu Yong.

When he was the prefect of Yuzhang, two generals, Xu Sheng and Dong Xi, went to ask for help to rescue Lu Meng who was trapped in Jingzhou.

Gu Yong and county official Lu Mao were unable to send troops and were also criticized.

Fortunately, the Jiangdong family argued and said that what Xu Sheng and the others said was complete nonsense, thus saving Gu Yong.

After that, Gu Yong became somewhat disheartened and didn't care about Sun Quan's affairs at all.

However, the Gu family's assets are here, and the aristocratic families are united with each other and share the same blood.

This year's tasting session was still hosted by him, and everyone was respectfully addressed as Mr. Yuan Tan.

But when Lu Ji heard that it was Gu Yong, he suddenly became interested.

But he said, "Wu County is not a good place. This time when Marquis Wu goes on an expedition, we should not get involved too much. Let's finish this year's tasting first."

The two were stunned when they heard this, thinking that this war was much more important than a tasting meeting, right?

However, Lu Ji seemed to have made up his mind. After he finished speaking, he said firmly: "Our tasting meeting cannot be done behind closed doors. All the evaluations must be done by people from Jiangdong."

"We should expand it, so that people won't say that it's just our Jiangdong's own fun."

Having said this, he added one last sentence: "I will discuss this matter with Lord Yuan Tan, so don't worry about it."

After saying that, he actually wanted to leave and went straight to Gu's house.

Only Quan Cong and Gu Shao were left confused, not knowing what Lu Ji was up to.

Only two days later, the result of Lu Ji and Gu Yong's discussion came out.

He actually said that he wanted to hold this tasting event on the Yangtze River!

This proposal completely confused Quan Cong and Gu Shao.

How to place the tasting event on the Yangtze River?

Just as I was wondering, I heard Lu Ji say, "Not only do we have to go to the Yangtze River, we also have to find a special guest!"

Guest?

Who can be the guest?

Quan Cong and Gu Shao really didn't understand, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "Hey, Gongji, don't keep us in suspense, what's going on, please tell us quickly!"

But Lu Ji just smiled and said, "I would like to invite Zi Yu to come to this tasting meeting to taste the talents of Jiangdong together!"

When these words were spoken, both of them were shocked!

I didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a while I realized what was going on, I said, "Gong Ji, are you kidding me? Why did you ask General Xing to come here?"

Lu Ji said, "It's certainly not easy to come to Jiangdong, but it's not necessarily the case above the Yangtze River."

"I will write to invite you first. Whether it will be successful or not depends on Zi Yu's reply."

"Just considering Zi Yu's talent, he will definitely respond to this matter!"

Quan Cong and Gu Shao just didn't believe it. Although the Sun and Liu families had been in collusion and backstabbing, and had been constantly splitting up and getting together, the current situation was still good.

But it is really ridiculous to invite Xing Daorong to participate in the tasting.

Just seeing Lu Ji's serious expression, although the two of them didn't believe it, they still had some hope.

If Xing Daorong could really come, this tasting session would definitely be recorded in history books!

Lu Ji's letter arrived very quickly.

But when Xing Daorong saw the letter for the first time in Chengdu, he thought that Lu Ji had something wrong with his brain.

What is this guy doing?
He knew about the tasting event in Jiangdong. The last time Xiao Qiao taught her son, it was for this tasting event.

But isn’t this thing used to enhance the reputation of the Jiangdong family?
What does it have to do with yourself?
Besides...

The situation is so tense right now, there is no need for me to get involved with Jiangdong!

I immediately refused.

But I didn't expect that Xiao Qiao got the news from somewhere and came to me again.

Seeing Xing Daorong, he asked straight to the point, "General Xing, did Jiangdong receive a letter saying that they want you to attend the tasting meeting?"

Xing Daorong looked surprised, but asked, "How did Madam Qiao know?"

Xiao Qiao said, "I only found out about this after receiving a letter from my father."

It turned out to be Mr. Qiao!
wrong…

Now that the eldest daughter, Da Qiao, has remarried, Mr. Qiao can only be called Mr. Qiao.

Having said that, both of Mr. Qiao’s daughters ran away, and I don’t know how life is in Jiangdong.

I'm afraid I'll miss you sometimes, but it still makes me feel more at ease than being in Jiangdong.

However, even if it was a letter from Mr. Qiao, there was no reason for me to attend this grand event in Jiangdong.

Xing Daorong just said: "It's not that I won't go, it's just that this matter has nothing to do with me, and even the lord won't let me go."

Xiao Qiao said, "That's fine. Brother-in-law, go ahead and give it a try. Tell them that the Jiangdong noble family specially invites you to the river. If the King of Hanzhong won't let you go, I won't be able to say a word of invitation."

When Xing Daorong saw that Xiao Qiao even mentioned "brother-in-law", he knew that she would not let him off today.

He looked at her serious expression again and finally nodded.

As far as he thought, Liu Bei would not agree to this matter. He thought it would be difficult for him to refuse his sister-in-law, so there would be no problem if he brought Liu Bei into the picture.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Bei heard about this, he hesitated.

He asked in return: "Zi Yu, do you want to go?"

When Xing Daorong heard this, he found it strange.

It seems that Liu Bei is really considering participating himself.

He immediately frowned and said, "How can I do such a trivial thing when the situation is like this?"

Liu Bei said, "No, no, this cannot be said to be a trivial matter. The Jiangdong family is the foundation of Jiangdong. If we can win them over, Jiangdong will fall without attacking, isn't that good?"

Xing Daorong understood that the Cui family's surrender had made Liu Bei taste the sweetness.

This surrender of a noble family is more useful than winning a battle on the battlefield.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Just say that if the Cui family hadn’t surrendered, Cao Cao wouldn’t have been so worried.

Of course, if all the Jiangdong families surrendered, taking over Jiangdong would be easy, but it would not be easy for them to give up their current status.

The key is to have a place for communication.

And it is obvious that Liu Bei wants Xing Daorong to be the "bridge of communication".

(End of this chapter)