The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 120 Set sail and who fooled who?

"You want to kill me?" Sun Shao was furious, pointing at Yang Xiu's nose and yelling: "I admire him so much, and sent him to chase Fengsan, but he just pushed me into the fire pit. This old man The thief is too vicious, no wonder people say he is a traitor, I really misjudged him."

Yang Xiu was speechless by Sun Shao's unscrupulous scolding. Although he also had opinions on Cao Cao, he couldn't yell like Sun Shao, otherwise he would die without a place to die after returning.He laughed dryly, comforted Sun Shao and said, "Sun Jun, why are you so angry? The prime minister has good intentions, otherwise you can be the general of Henghai and the prefect of the South China Sea?"

"Go to your grandma's General Henghai, go to your grandma's Nanhai Prefect." Sun Shao was furious, looking impatient: "Five boats, [-] people, this is General Henghai, and we still have to go Fighting pirates? Acting as the governor of the South China Sea? I really want to be the governor of the South China Sea, I’m afraid it won’t take a month, and I’ll be done. You treat me like a pig, can’t you see that?”

"Oh, calm down, Sun Jun." Yang Xiuhao talked badly, and finally persuaded Sun Shao, and he explained patiently: "Although things are not satisfactory, but this is finally an official position, right? With your talent, you will be an official in the future It's not impossible to be a real prefect."

"Bah!" The more Sun Shao thought about it, the angrier he became, and he slapped Yang Xiu all over the face.Yang Xiu was very aggrieved by him, but he had no choice but to raise his sleeves to wipe off the saliva, reached out to take a brocade box from his entourage, and shook it like offering a treasure: "Sun Jun, Jiaozhou Shepherd is fine, Whether it is General Henghai, those are all used to test Sun's chariot, but this one is the prime minister's sincere reward for you."

"What kind of crap, I'm not in the mood to watch it." Sun Shaoyu was still angry, and turned away dismissively.

"I really don't want to see it?" Yang Xiu said with a half-smile, "This time Qingxu Marine Master showed his supernatural power, thanks to this thing. Although Sun Jun only has five warships, if he has this sharp weapon, hehe, ordinary pirates can I really can't help you."

Only then did Sun Shao turn his face, with a suspicious look on his face: "What is it?"

"Thunderbolt car." Yang Xiu mysteriously opened the brocade box, revealing a corner of a few pieces of paper inside: "The complete set of pictures of the Thunderbolt car."

"Well, it's more or less the same." Sun Shao immediately changed his face, took a look at the blueprint with a smile on his face, and then his eyelids twitched, and he smiled cheerfully: "Not bad, not bad, with this sharp weapon, I'll keep it safe." The cost has increased a lot."

"How could Cao Gong harm you?" Yang Xiu sat down triumphantly, drank a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Cao Gong is still planning to marry you, and he will go back and carefully choose a woman to marry you. But it is a rare honor for ordinary people."

"Does he still have a daughter?" Sun Shao dismissively said, "Besides, I'm already married. Could it be that Cao's daughter can still be a concubine?"

"That's not necessarily the case, as you know, Mr. Cao is not very constrained by common etiquette, he only uses talent." I don't know why, when he said this, Yang Xiu's tone was a little weird, but soon It's back to normal again.He waited for a while until Sun Shao carefully put away the blueprint, then lowered his voice and said: "Sun Jun, the prime minister rewarded you with this blueprint, you must not leak it, otherwise, the prime minister will not be able to explain it to the generals. "

"I see." Sun Shao agreed, then turned around and handed the brocade box to Shen Xuan for safekeeping: "Mo Zhi, hold a banquet in honor of Yang Jun, and give him a farewell party." Shen Xuan smiled, took the blueprint and walked out .Yang Xiu waved his hand, motioned his followers to retreat, moved towards Sun Shao, and said with a serious face: "Sun Jun, Xiu has a few words from the bottom of his heart, and he wants to tell Sun Jun, and please pay attention to Sun Jun."

Sun Shao blinked, looked at Yang Xiu carefully for a while, then nodded and said: "Brother Dezu, please tell me."

Seeing that Sun Shao had changed his address, and his tone became much gentler, Yang Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Sun Jun is a smart person, and I don't need to talk too much, but the prime minister feels sorry for Sun Jun's amazing talent but useless. I wanted to bring Sun Jun to Yecheng to take on a heavy responsibility in the name of asking for quality, but Sun Cheqi refused, saying that he was sympathetic to his brother's blood. In fact, he misunderstood the prime minister's intentions. How could the prime minister be possible? Hurt Sun Jun. Mr. Cao doubted his intentions, so he used Jiaozhou Mu to try him, and now it seems that, just as Mr. Xian expected, Sun Cheqi was wrong."

Sun Shao remained calm and looked at Yang Xiu very vigilantly.Yang Xiu took a sip of tea and continued, "Although General Henghai gave it to you, but five boats and 300 people, is this what General Henghai should have? To fight pirates? Do you believe this?"

"So what if you believe it, so what if you don't believe it?" Sun Shao curled his lips: "I know who I am, and I've given up on it a long time ago. You don't use it to fan the fire. I'm afraid I'll burn you to death."

"Hehehe..." Yang Xiu straightened up, showing a disappointed smile: "It seems that the prime minister thinks highly of you, you didn't see through the murderous intention at all, it's a pity that you really thought you could be a businessman safely. "

Sun Shao was silent for a moment, turned his eyes several times, then put away his smile, and said with a disappointed face: "I can't be a businessman?"

A smile flashed in Yang Xiu's eyes, and he said sincerely: "Sun Jun, you can start from the overall situation and do business to defile yourself. This measure is very admirable. However, you obviously underestimated the relationship between you and Sun Cheqi. Do you really think that you can live in peace without power? Maybe you can, Sun Cheqi is your uncle anyway, but will he succeed you? Can he tolerate you like he is now? Sun Jun, it depends You should take a long-term view, not just look in front of you."

Sun Shao didn't say a word, his eyes flickered. From Yang Xiu's point of view, he was provoked.Yang Xiu tactfully stopped the conversation, as long as these things are provoked, it will be fine. If he talks too much, it will make people suspicious.He made a very sympathetic look: "Sun Jun, people don't hurt the tiger's will, and the tiger hurts the heart. You can't think too ideally about everything."

"Hmph, brother Dezu, why don't you think about your own situation." Sun Shao showed an angry look, and retorted: "In my humble opinion, I'm afraid brother Dezu's situation is more dangerous than mine."

His sudden outburst of anger fell in Yang Xiu's eyes, but it was a signal that the psychological defense line was breached, and his counterattack showed that the thorn in his heart had been pulled out, which made him no longer calm, and could only use Attack instead of defense.Yang Xiu was secretly proud of himself, but his face was stunned: "What danger am I in?"

Sun Shao put on a contemptuous expression, looked at Yang Xiu arrogantly, pressed his arms on the table, tapped the rhythm with his fingers in turn, stared at Yang Xiu fiercely for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, brother Dezu, we might as well open the door." Let’s speak bluntly. I know that when you come to Jiaozhou, it’s not just as simple as passing an imperial edict, but it’s not so easy to travel for thousands of miles. It’s a hard journey, right?”

Yang Xiu looked at him expressionlessly, but the corners of his eyes twitched a few times involuntarily, then he lowered his eyes guiltyly, turned his head away from Sun Shao, squeezed his hand hidden in his sleeve subconsciously, passed After a long while, he nodded and said, "As Sun Jun said, my visit to Jiaozhou this time is not just as simple as delivering an imperial edict."

"En." Sun Shao pinched his nose habitually, lowered his eyes, and put on an expression of listening attentively.

"Thanks to Sun Jun's guidance, I met my brother and sister Yuan Yin in Jianye this time." Yang Xiu's eyes suddenly became moist, and he blinked quickly to prevent Sun Shao from discovering his weakness. "It's been more than 20 years. I never expected to see them again. My old mother will be ecstatic after receiving my letter."

"Family love always makes people intoxicated." Sun Shao expressed his emotion in a timely manner.

"Yeah." Yang Xiu sniffled, his voice murmured a bit: "Sun Jun must also know that my Yang family and the Yuan family are related by marriage, and I am Yuan Gong's nephew. Although he is now a rebellious man, The Yuan family lost its former glory long ago, but the influence of the Yuan family still exists—especially... For me, of course, your grandson's family has also suffered a lot."

Sun Shao nodded, but did not speak.Yang Xiu is Yuan Shu's nephew, and Yuan Shu is a rebellious idiot who failed in his attempt to usurp the throne. In this era of family background and fame, Yang Xiu is under great pressure.And the Sun family was not much better. From Sun Jian to Sun Ce, they were all Yuan Shu's thugs. Although Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu and became self-reliant, Jiangdong people still regarded him as Yuan Shu's running dog.As Sun Quan's strength was gradually confirmed, although the Jiangdong family was forced by the situation and did not dare not cooperate as before, they did not really accept the Sun family in their hearts.To put it bluntly, this is being raped helplessly, not willing adultery.

"Not only the Yuan family, but myself, as Sun Jun said, was caught in a fight that had nothing to do with me." Yang Xiu's voice gradually became firm: "Family affection is intoxicating, but there is something wrong with it." The first premise is that rights cannot be involved, otherwise, even between father and son, or between brothers, there is nothing to talk about."

"You mean Brother Cao Pi?" Sun Shao looked at Yang Xiu lightly, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.

"It's no secret that the brothers of the Cao family are fighting each other. Sun Jun must know it, and I have nothing to hide, but for me, it's hard to ride a tiger now." Yang Xiu said sincerely: "Sun Jun can make progress with In order to retreat, I jumped out of Jianye, I admire Sun Jun's great wisdom, and I would like to ask Sun Jun for advice, so as to save my life."

"You want to test me again?" Sun Shao pouted.

"Don't dare. Although Xiu has a little wisdom, good doctors don't heal themselves. I really want to ask Sun Jun for advice." Yang Xiu smiled embarrassedly: "Sun Jun, we are all sensible people, so don't play tricks. It’s the way of keeping a low profile. Gentlemen treat each other with sincerity. At this moment, only you and I, out of your mouth, into my ears, no outsiders will know.”

Sun Shao rubbed his nose, raised his head, looked at the light blue curtain above his head, pondered for a long time, and then sighed: "Since brother Dezu thinks highly of me, if you pretend to be confused, you will feel sorry for my friend. To be honest Yes, I have also been friends with Marquis Linsu for a long time, but let me put it bluntly, in terms of strategy, you are really no match for Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and others."

Yang Xiu showed displeasure, his brows twitched twice, but he restrained himself from speaking.He is caught in a dilemma between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, the crisis is approaching day by day, of course he can't fail to see it with his intelligence.It’s just that people always have a little fluke mentality. They are afraid that something will happen and hope that nothing will happen, so they are always hesitant. He asked Sun Shao for advice, not because he thinks that Sun Shao is smarter than him. He is confident. If he is in Sun Shao’s position, maybe He will do better than Sun Shao, and he doesn't even need to engage in cheap work to protect himself.All he needed was to hear Sun Shao's opinion to help him make up his mind.Now Sun Shao said that he was not as good as Sima Yi and others as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was very uncomfortable.He actually looked down on people like Sima Yi and Wu Zhi. Needless to say, Wu Zhi was not only from a poor family, but also had a poor character. Even his fellow villagers didn't have a good impression of him. In the eyes of the Hong family and the Yang family, apart from the Yuan family back then, there were really few who dared to say they belonged to the Wang family.Now that Sun Shao said that he was not the opponent of Sima Yi and Wu Zhi, it was hard for him to accept it because of his arrogance, but considering his original intention, he still held back and did not refute.

"Brother Dezu, you have talent, but your talent is the talent for governing the country, not the talent for intrigue." Sun Shao saw Yang Xiu's face, smiled lightly, and gave a step: "Marquis Linsu Well, he also has talent, his talent is literary talent, and I personally think that he is the closest to Duke Cao, but unfortunately, his talent will not help him compete for the position of heir."

Only then did Yang Xiu's expression soften, he hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask back: "Then... what should we do?"

"Don't worry." Sun Shao became more calm: "Speaking of which, you have all been harmed by the sage's book. To a gentleman, of course you must use the right way, but to deal with a villain, if you still use the right way, you can only do it yourself. Take the blame. Think about it carefully, is everything you have done before, is it like this. "

Yang Xiu frowned and pondered, "Then...if you deal with a villain in the way of a villain, what is the difference from a villain?"

"No." Sun Shao shook his head again and again: "A gentleman treats a villain in the way of a villain, and a gentleman treats a gentleman in the way of a gentleman. A villain responds to a villain and a gentleman in the same way. It's the difference."

Yang Xiuruo realized something, but he still didn't take it seriously.

"Let's talk about the possible consequences first, and then you decide which method to use." Sun Shao calmly prescribed medicine to Yang Xiu: "You also said just now that family affection cannot involve rights. Once rights are involved, Then I will ask you again, what kind of power in the world is more like poison than imperial power?"

Yang Xiu raised his head and looked straight at Sun Shao.

"Then you estimate again, if Cao Pi succeeds, how will he deal with Cao Zhi?" Sun Shao sneered: "Okay, even if he takes care of his reputation and won't kill Cao Zhi, what about you? Can you still be alone? Brother Dezu, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait until that day, if Duke Cao has made a decision to abandon Cao Zhi, you will be the branch that has to be removed first."

Yang Xiu's face turned pale.It's not that he didn't think of these things, it was because of these thoughts that he asked for orders to come to Jiaozhou.He admired Sun Shao's ability to escape from Sun Quan's side, so he used the matter of the Yuan family brothers and sisters to get in touch with Sun Shao, and then asked Sun Shao for advice on how to escape.But now hearing what Sun Shao said, it is obvious that the situation is more serious than he imagined. Not only is Cao Pi going to deal with him in the future, it is entirely possible for Cao Cao to get rid of him first.

He will, based on Yang Xiu's understanding of Cao Cao's character, he believes that Sun Shao's judgment is entirely possible to become a reality.

Once his reasons for comforting himself were ruthlessly broken by others, Yang Xiu suddenly fell into despair, and beads of sweat the size of beans slowly slipped down.He said in a hoarse voice, "Then...is there any way out?"

"There is only one way." Sun Shao held up a finger: "Defeat Cao Pi and make Cao Zhi the successor. You will be the founding hero in the future."

"Is it possible?" Yang Xiu laughed miserably, his voice becoming hoarse and unpleasant: "Although Cao Pi has not been established as the heir, but since last year, Marquis Linsu has lost the favor of the prime minister. You don't know, his wife Mrs. Cui was ordered to be executed by the prime minister just because she wore a beautiful dress?"

"Yes, these are all dangerous signals, but you still have a chance." Sun Shao looked at his palm with confidence, as if the whole world was in the palm of his hand with such calmness. "Although Lin Suihou has a small setback, the prime minister has not yet established an heir. What does this mean? It means that he is still hesitating. If he hesitates, you will have a chance."

"What chance is there?" Yang Xiu involuntarily moved towards Sun Shao, with hope in his eyes.

"It's better to draw fire from the bottom of the pot." Sun Shao clenched his fist and shook it vigorously: "Cao Pi can cheat, but he can't have a flaw. It's better to grasp his vitals than literary talent or martial arts. , Give him a fatal blow and turn defeat into victory."

"The key point?" Yang Xiu pondered: "What kind of key point can we turn defeat into victory?"

"Can you tell me, Mr. Cao Jian'an has been the Duke for 16 years, why hasn't he established a son yet?" Sun Shao's mouth twitched, his lips curled up slightly, and he looked down at Yang Xiu.So what if people are smart?In the face of life and death, there are not many people who can not mess up their positions.Yang Xiu is talented and knowledgeable, but unfortunately, he is a scholar after all.

Yang Xiu hesitated for a long time before letting out a sigh of relief: "Sun Jun...do you know Mr. Cao Chong?"

Child prodigy, who doesn't know, it's a pity that he died early.Sun Shao nodded: "I heard a little bit."

"Actually, Duke Cao's favorite successor is not Marquis Linsu, nor Cao Pi, but Cao Chong. He killed countless people in his life, but he only regretted once, that is, he regretted killing Hua Tuo. Because he killed Hua Tuo, so He can only watch Cao Chong die of illness. Now he always unconsciously judges Brother Cao Pi by Cao Chong's standard, so he is always dissatisfied."

"So, Cao Chong is his heart disease?" Sun Shao raised his head thoughtfully.

"you can say it this way."

"Then... why did Cao Chong die?"

"I don't know much, I just know that I had a strange disease and then died."

"Could it be that someone poisoned him or something, or...was frightened or something?"

Yang Xiu was stunned, and stared at Sun Shao with wide-eyed eyes, gradually showing a complex expression of horror and surprise in his eyes.He somewhat understood what Sun Shao meant, but he didn't dare to say it out. He opened his mouth a few times, and then murmured: "If you want to say it might be possible, but there is no evidence, I'm afraid..."

"Don't stop, but suffer from it." Sun Shao patted Yang Xiu's shoulder in an old-fashioned way: "If you want to play with this, you really can't do it. Evidence, what is evidence? As long as Cao Gong can believe it, fake ones can also become fakes." It will come true, it all depends on how you do it. If you can pour dirty water on Cao Pi, even if you can’t kill him, he will still be suspected, and he will definitely not want to be the son of this world.”

Yang Xiu gasped, and looked at Sun Shao with some fear and contempt in his eyes. This Li Zi was indeed a ferocious tiger, and he could come up with such a shameless trick.But contempt is contempt, if you want to save your life right now, you can only ask him for advice.He bowed respectfully: "I also ask Sun Jun for advice."

However, Sun Shao acted like a fool, looked at Yang Xiu with a smile, and stretched out his voice: "I will help you, what benefits do you give me?"

Yang Xiu rolled his eyes, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "As long as Sun Jun's plan succeeds, I promise you on behalf of Marquis Lin Sui, there will be rich rewards."

"Do you mean what you say? Don't cheat me again then."

"I guarantee it with the reputation of the Hongnong Yang family." Yang Xiu was a little impatient, and raised his hand to swear: "If you hear this oath, heaven and earth will perish, and the century-old reputation of the Hongnong Yang family will be wiped out."

Seeing that he was so solemn, Sun Shao was relieved.Although there are quite a few people who are not trustworthy these days, compared to the twentieth century, they are more or less honest, not to mention that he swears on his family's reputation.He clung to Yang Xiu's ear and whispered a few words. Yang Xiu's eyes flashed, and then he looked at Sun Shao in astonishment: "It's that simple?"

"Simple?" Sun Shao chuckled: "Who said that a complicated scheme must be used? If you trust me, you just do it like this? If you don't trust me, then pretend I didn't say anything."

"Of course I can trust Sun Jun, but it's too dangerous to do so. If I miss it, I will regret it."

"Then you just wait to die." Sun Shao clapped his hands and said nonchalantly, "It's none of my business anyway. By the way, tell Cao Gong after you go back. If you really want to marry me, you must find a beautiful woman." , looks average, don't take it out to disgust me." After finishing speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

"Sun Jun, Sun Jun stay." Yang Xiu hastily pulled him back, "Sun Jun stay. Dare to ask Sun Jun, if Marquis Lin Sui makes great achievements now, is there any chance?"

"Make meritorious deeds?" Sun Shao stopped and turned to look at Yang Xiu: "As far as I know, it seems that several important generals who lead the army are all close to Cao Pi, not Lin Suhou, right? Any chance of meritorious service?"

"Yes." Yang Xiu showed a smug smile, but didn't say who it was.Sun Shao stared at him blankly for a while, and then said: "Building meritorious service is just the icing on the cake, not the bottom line. It is of course useful to use it, but it may be too difficult to turn defeat into victory."

With a flash in his eyes, Yang Xiu slowly loosened Sun Shao's lapel.

(End of this chapter)