The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 219 The Pirate Empire Goes the Right Way
Zhou Xun, who had just returned from seeing off the guests, saw the official uniform on Zhou Yin's body, and was taken aback for a moment, then twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a self-deprecating smile: "It's Zhongying's promotion that is fast, and this is Jiuqing."

Zhou Yin lowered his head, looked at his official uniform, then picked up the seal and looked at it, pretending to be relaxed and smiled: "There are fewer people in Yue, so it is naturally easier."

Zhou Xun glanced at Zhou Yin, somewhat confused about what he meant.He knew Zhou Yin's temper, and he would show any emotions on his face. It stands to reason that he should be very proud that he became a senior official at the Jiuqing level as soon as he arrived in Yue, but now he can't see it on his face. Complacent, but a little unnatural, it seems very reluctant.

Zhou Yin was embarrassed to say that although he was Changle Weiwei, but this Changle Weiwei was a weakling, and he didn't want to lose face in front of his brother, so he said in a hurry: "I'll go and see Ayu, and there are some gifts for her .”

"Oh——" Zhou Xun grabbed him: "You have a gift for Ayu, but you didn't give it to me?"

Zhou Yin glanced at Zhou Xun unexpectedly. Their brothers were not very friendly. Zhou Xun seldom joked with him like this before. It would be easier for him to accept Sun Shao.Zhou Xun was indeed pretending, and Zhou Yin looked at it with this kind of eyes, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, it's not true to let go, and it's not true if he doesn't let go.

"Of course there is." Although Zhou Yin felt that Zhou Xun was a little fake, he was still very happy. He walked quickly to the boxes he had just brought in, opened one of them, took out a long brocade box from inside, and stuffed it into Zhou Xun's box. hands.

"I specially prepared this for my brother."

Zhou Xun was originally trying to hide his loss, so he joked with Zhou Yin on a whim. He didn't expect Zhou Yin to actually prepare a gift for him, which surprised him.He looked at the brocade box and secretly praised it.The box is made of some kind of wood, it is very heavy, and there are a few dark red patterns faintly on it, the corners and locks of the box are covered with brass, the workmanship is very fine, and there is a soft light.

"What is this?" Zhou Xun looked at Zhou Yin curiously.

"A sword." Zhou Yin opened the brocade box, revealing a beautifully decorated long sword inside. The most eye-catching thing is the seven pearls on the scabbard, each of which is plump and round, and looks like a valuable thing .Zhou Xun smiled disapprovingly: "It cost a lot of money, right?"

"This is Zhu Ya's new steel sword." Zhou Yin felt uncomfortable when he saw Zhou Xun's half-smile expression. He wanted to turn around and leave, but after a second thought, he introduced it to Zhou Xun in detail. The beauty of this sword: "This sword is very expensive, but it is not just expensive. It was tempered by Zhu Ya with a new technology. It cuts iron like mud. It is light and heavy. It combines hardness and softness. It kills without blood. Compared with this In comparison, red sandalwood sheaths, shark skins, and Hepu beads are all icing on the cake. Such swords are only sold to refined scholars, and ordinary people can't get them. If it wasn't for my brother, they wouldn't sell them to me. .”

Zhou Xun was taken aback for a moment, and pulled out the long sword suspiciously. The sword body reflected a dazzling light in the sun, and Zhou Xun involuntarily narrowed his eyes.He motioned to a family next to him to draw out his long knife, and with a light wave, the long knife snapped off.

"Good sword!" Zhou Xun blurted out praise, looked at the sword fondly, and asked casually: "Such a sharp sword, plus these precious materials, can't be bought without a hundred thousand dollars? Zhongying, you spent a lot of money." .”

Zhou Yin smiled lightly: "It's good that brother likes it, money or not is not important." He smiled again: "I'll go see Ayu." Turned around and left.

"Zhongying has gotten rich." Zhou Xun smiled awkwardly.

"He's Changle Weiwei, of course he's rich." said Xiaoqiao who had been standing aside watching their brothers talk.

"Changle Weiwei?" Zhou Xun suddenly felt a little dispirited.Among the three brothers and sisters, Zhou Yin was the least scheming one, and he was the closest to the dangerous person Sun Shao, but unexpectedly, he was the first to reach the high position.Although he was going to marry Sun Luban, he was not sure whether he could use this relationship to achieve his goal. Sun Quan was too dark.And Zhou Yu's marriage to Sun Deng is even more unknown. Although Sun Deng has been established as the crown prince, the conflict between him and Sun Quan has also been put on the table. Followed by sacrifice.

In contrast, Zhou Yin's leaving has become the most secure choice for the Zhou family.

Holding the sword in his hand, Zhou Xun stood there slumped with a depressed expression.

Although Xiaoqiao didn't speak, her thoughts were similar to Zhou Xun's, with mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know what to say.

Holding a box in his arms, Zhou Yin hurried into the backyard and boarded Zhou Yu's small building.Zhou Yu was sitting in front of the piano, with his hands on the piano, but he didn't play.Her long hair was spread out like a piece of satin on her shoulders, her face was so pale that there was no blood at all, and even her lips lost their usual vividness.

"Ayu—" Zhou Yin felt a pain in his heart.

Zhou Yu slowly raised his head, looked at Zhou Yin, his eyes lit up, and then dimmed again: "It turns out that brother is back."

"I'm the one who came back." Zhou Yin kicked off his shoes, rushed to Zhou Yu, and held Zhou Yu's face pitifully: "Are you sick?"

"No." Zhou Yu shook his head, and gently pushed Zhou Yin's hand away, which was cold. "What official did he give his brother?"

"It's nothing, it's just Changle Weiwei." Zhou Yin sat down, looked at Zhou Yu carefully, and shook his head repeatedly: "Ayu, you must be sick."

"Really?" Zhou Yu smiled silently: "Maybe. Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness. Brother, your choice is still the right one. A husband has no desires, so no one in the world can compete with him."

"Ayu..." Zhou Yin hesitated to speak, he smacked his lips: "This is a gift I brought you, the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas" newly published by Qiantang Fuchun Bookstore."

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, took the book and opened the pages to take a look. A smell of new ink came to his nostrils.On the pages of the book were a few round official scripts, which were exactly Sun Shao's handwriting that she was familiar with, and she had seen the content before. It was the customs, customs, rare and exotic animals that Sun Shao wrote when he went to the South China Sea. Articles, will be hand-copied for her.Now it is printed, although the binding is more beautiful, but it lacks a feeling.

Zhou Yu put the book down, and picked up another one, with the word "Shi Ming" written on it, and the signature on the left: Beihai Liuxi.She flipped through it, and it was a book explaining various names and objects. There were items she was familiar with and items she was not familiar with, but there were a lot of illustrations in it, even if she didn't know them, she could look at the pictures.

"This is the best-selling set of books in Fuchun Bookstore, and it is the masterpiece of Mr. Liu Chengguo." Zhou Yin saw that Zhou Yu was not interested in Sun Shao's book, but liked Liu Xi's set of books. Unavoidably a little gloomy, he pretended not to notice and introduced: "Mr. Liu Chengguo can live comfortably with the manuscript fee of this book."

"And the manuscript fee?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise.

"Of course, but they are called Runbi." Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Mr. Liu Chengguo can get [-]% of the book price for every set of such books sold. Now many scholars are planning to publish books. until next year.”

"So, the rumors that the country was founded by business are true."

"Yes." Zhou Yin nodded: "The most novel thing in Qiantang City is that the market is not closed, but scattered on both sides of the street, and the merchants are not untouchables, on the contrary, they are very respected."

"Businessmen are respected, but what about farmers?"

"Farmers are better." Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Before I came, Prime Minister Yu and Lu Yushi were still discussing national policies. I heard that they planned to use a method called subsidies to attract farmers to plant land. I can’t tell, but I heard from my aunt that if this matter can be implemented, then the farmers from Yue Kingdom will have no problem with food and clothing after a year of hard work.”

"His methods are always unexpected." Zhou Yu said lightly, and after a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Has he ever asked me?"

Zhou Yin frowned, nodded and said, "I asked. He asked me if you were willing, and I said yes, so he didn't say anything else." Zhou Yin glanced at Zhou Yu quietly, seeing that her face was pale , and hastily added: "That day, I saw that he looked very bad." In fact, Sun Shao was very calm at that time, but Zhou Yin was afraid that Zhou Yu would be sad, so he added a sentence himself.

"Fate, this is all fate." Zhou Yu murmured, "Brother, I'm tired and need to rest for a while, you should go out first."

Zhou Yin sighed helplessly, hesitated to speak, and got up to leave.He went out, and the sound of footsteps slowly walked away, but Zhou Yu was already in tears. She picked up the thin "New Book of Mountains and Seas" that was set aside, stared at it for a moment, then let out a long howl, and took a deep breath. Blood was sprayed on the dark blue cover, like a cluster of blooming peach blossoms, coquettish and soul-stirring.

Just as Zhou Yin went downstairs, he suddenly heard Zhou Yu's mournful howl upstairs. He hesitated for a moment, then turned around and ran back. Seeing the glaring blood at the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth, which was on the ground, he gasped. .

Sun Song followed Gu Li and walked quickly into Sun Quan's bedroom. Mrs. Xu was beside the bed, and when she saw Sun Song coming in, she quickly got up and saluted.When she was in Fuchun Mountain, Sun Song provided her with a lot of help as the Zongzheng of the Yue Kingdom, and it was Sun Song who came forward to mediate when she was able to return to Jianye and become the queen of the Wu Kingdom.

"Zongzheng of the Yue Kingdom, Foreign Minister Song, pay homage to the King of Wu." Sun Song knelt down in front of the bed and saluted in a formal manner.Sun Quan, who was lying on the bed, got up and received the ceremony, and then asked someone to move a small couch in front of the bed, waved his hands, and said with a weak smile: "The ceremony of the monarch and minister is over, brother, please sit down."

Sun Song thanked him with a bow, and sat aside with peace of mind.Before Wu Yue separated, Sun Quan had never been so polite to him.

"Where's Feng Xian?" Sun Quan's complexion was sallow, his eyes were dull, although he forced a smile, it made people feel that he was even weaker.

Sun Song hesitated for a moment. He was very disapproving of Sun Shao leaving only 6000 people to guard Qiantang. What made him disapprove even more was that before leaving, Sun Shao had taken care of him. You should tell the truth about the arrangements Tang left behind.Sun Song didn't understand this very much. Didn't he tell Sun Quan all about Qian Tang? What if he had evil intentions?Qian Tang is now crowded with businessmen, and his wealth is increasing a lot every day. Sun Quan has just been blackmailed by him to take away two counties. Can he let go of such a good opportunity?

However, Sun Shao's confident expression made him full of confidence in Sun Shao. Hearing Sun Quan's question, he calmly said: "Fengxian led the navy to go to sea, and this time he is going to Yizhou."

"Go to Yizhou?" Sun Quan's eyes rolled, and he inadvertently glanced at Sun Song's face, then drooped his eyelids again, and resumed his sickly expression.Sun Song nodded: "I heard that Yizhou has the Yuewang Terrace, and there are many descendants of the Yue people. Since he is the Yuewang, he can't compete with the king, so he has to go to Yizhou."

The corner of Sun Quan's mouth twitched quickly, and soon he sighed again: "It was I who failed his kindness, which made the family scandal public, and was laughed at by Cao Cao and Liu Bei."

"The king of Yue also said the same thing. He regretted that this incident was so big. He hoped that Wu Yue could turn the war into a treasure, and stop doing things that hurt relatives and make enemies happy. Wei and Shu can take advantage of this opportunity."

"Yes, yes." Sun Quan nodded again and again, and asked some more about the state of Yue and the situation of the Sun family, and finally asked about his aunt Sun's health, until he was out of breath, and then told Mrs. Xu Send Sun Song out.Sun Song even said that he didn't dare to take the title, but Sun Quan said that Sun Song was not only the Zongzheng of the Yue Kingdom, but also his elder brother, and it should be so.Sun Song couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.Mrs. Xu sent him to the door, and said to Sun Song with a smile on her face: "Master Zongzheng, please convey my compliments to His Royal Highness Yue Wang. Thanks to His Royal Highness Yue Wang, the concubines can return to the Wu Palace."

Sun Song smiled: "Queen, Wuyue is originally a family. His Royal Highness King Yue's affection for King Wu, the crown prince and the queen is indeed sincere. I hope that the queen will comfort King Wu more when she is by King Wu's side, and put this unpleasant matter to rest as soon as possible. Let’s uncover the past, trust each other and work together in the future.”

Madam Xu smiled and nodded repeatedly.Sun Song also sent a large amount of property to help her establish a relationship, and Mrs. Xu accepted it gratefully.

Sun Song's status was distinguished and special, and Sun Quan arranged for him to live in the palace as a show of favor.

"Fu Wei, His Royal Highness King Wu, has learned that today the people are crowded together, and the people are uneasy. The martyr king revolted and fought against Dong Zhuo with the princes. Unfortunately, the middle way collapsed. King Huan's weak crown raised troops in Jiangdong. ... I hope that the king is close to the virtuous ministers and far from the villain, and Wu and Yue will work together to reward the emperor and establish the foundation of Sun's family. He will be a good man of the Han... Gu Lu Zhuzhang, all of them are good ministers of Wu, and I hope that the king will trust him , Lu Yi..." Lu Yi was stunned suddenly, he never expected that he would be mentioned in Sun Shao's letter to Sun Quan, he quickly scanned the following few sentences, and was so angry that he almost jumped When he got up, seeing his angry face, Sun Quan urged in a puzzled way, "What's the matter, read it quickly."

"Here. Lu Yi is greedy for money and forgets righteousness, Zhang Wen is proud of his talents, and Yan Yan has no restraint. They are not virtuous ministers. I hope the king will reprimand them..."

Only then did Sun Quan understand why Lv Yi stopped reading after halfway through the reading. He glanced at Lv Yi and said calmly, "Do you think there is something wrong with this? Or is he wrong?"

Lu Yi put down the letter, knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and said in a sobbing voice: "Although I am weak in stature and strength, if I never dared to be disloyal to the king, His Royal Highness King Yue spoke ill and slandered me, I... really can't bear it."

Sun Quan smiled and raised his hand to signal Lu Yi to get up: "Do you think you are a fool who allows others to deceive you? You have a sense of propriety, and you won't be distracted by a few words from him. Alright, get up and continue reading. "

"Your Majesty Shengming." Lv Yi stood up, sobbing, and continued reading with the book in his hand.At the end of the reading, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and understood what Sun Shao meant.Sun Shao’s letter persuading Sun Quan to accept the natives of Jiangdong is actually stabbing Sun Quan’s heartache, and it is suspected of being intimidating. Sun Quan must not accept it. Think of it as retaliation after the bribe failed.Sun Quan didn't know, but Lu Yi knew that he had done too much for Sun Shao. With Sun Shao's character, how could he treat him like this?This is actually doing the opposite.

Lu Yi's heart is clear, but his face is more like, tears are rolling in his eyes, how wronged he is.

Sun Quan looked up at the blue-black roof without saying a word, but his heavy breathing revealed the anger in his heart at the moment.Sun Quan wrote him a letter in his own hand, advising him with condescending arrogance that he seemed to be respectful, and told him to build a good relationship with the aristocratic family in Jiangdong. The pride and arrogance revealed between the lines made Sun Quan furious.

However, apart from anger, Sun Quan also had a hint of joy.

Sun Shao was overjoyed, he was dazzled by his own victory, and he was a little smug.Then, his move to stay behind Qian Tang with 6000 people seems understandable.

Sun Shao not only snatched the hostages with that shady method, but also took advantage of Cao Cao and Liu Bei's mentality of taking advantage of the fire to snatch the two counties of Kuaiji and Nanhai from him abruptly. He slapped a loud slap in the face, how could he bear such a humiliation?It's just that Sun Quan also knew that he was deceived by Sun Shao from the very beginning. He was blindfolded by Sun Shao's forbearance, thinking that he had pinched Sun Shao's weakness, as long as he firmly controlled Daqiao and Ah You can turn Sun Shao into a puppet, and turn Yue into a substantive vassal of Wu. Unexpectedly, after doing enough superficial work, Sun Shao used the most lethal move, not only achieving His own purpose, and severely taught him a lesson.

At the very beginning, Sun Quan really couldn't accept this fact. He thought that he was sure of winning, and what two thousand horses were nothing. He provided war horses, so he didn't take Sun Shao's words seriously, and he didn't pay attention to his aunt Sun's suggestion. It wasn't until he found out that he had fallen into Sun Shao's tricks that he woke up and knew that he was being played by Sun Shao severely. A pass.He couldn't take it, he couldn't understand it, he fell ill.

But after lying on the hospital bed for a few days, he woke up from the pain and humiliation. Sun Shao just hoped that he would fall ill and die, so that Sun Deng could succeed to the throne, and Sun Deng was still young, so he could not control the state of Wu. , can only rely on the State of Yue in turn, and the State of Yue can slowly annex the State of Wu.I can't make Sun Shao fulfill his wish, he can't get sick, let alone die, and of course he can't swallow this bitter wine swallowing his anger.

He wants revenge, and he wants to return all the insults Sun Shaojia and him have suffered to Sun Shao.

Sun Quan knew very well that Sun Shao was an insidious person. If he wanted to take revenge on him, he would not be able to succeed simply by sending troops. He had to do a lot of things.To fight against the outside world, one must secure the inside, but to deal with Sun Shao, he must not only fight against the inside, but also fight against the outside—for example, Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

But now the first step is to win back Sun Deng's heart from Sun Shao. He can't watch his son join forces with the enemy to deal with him.Sun Quan is a person who can afford to let go. Once he understands the task on his shoulders, he becomes full of fighting spirit and full of strength. If it is not for the purpose of deceiving others, especially Sun Song and others, he would have already I feel refreshed.

He needs a chance now, a chance to make Sun Deng no longer trust Sun Shao.

Sun Shao seemed to have presented him with an opportunity.

Sun Quan called Sun Deng, handed Sun Shao's handwritten letter to him, and said feebly, "You write him a letter and say that I thank him for his kindness. In addition, you can discuss it again and see the plan he suggested." Feasible or not.Sun Deng didn't think much, asked about Sun Quan's illness politely, and left.Back in his official residence, he invited Zhuge Jin and his son, and put Sun Shao's letter in front of them.

When Zhuge Jin saw it, his face immediately sank.Sun Deng was a little surprised. To be honest, he had read the letter before Zhuge Jin and the others came, and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.Now seeing Zhuge Jin and the others' expressions, he knew that his hunch was right, there was something wrong with the letter.

"This is a provocation, and this is another test." Zhuge Ke said firmly.

"Why do you say that?" Sun Deng asked calmly.

"Prince, do you know how many people from the imperial court of Wu Kingdom and the magistrates of the local counties are from the aristocratic families in Jiangdong?" Zhuge Ke's face was very ugly, and before Sun Deng could answer, he raised a hand Said: "In the past five years, the proportion of Jiangdong family members among the officials above the county magistrate has increased from [-]% to [-]%, and all officials other than Jiangdong add up, now it is less than [-]%, and [-]% are Sun clans. The Sun family's ancestral temple is in Fuchun, and their hearts have already gone to Yue. If there is no accident, a large number of people will switch to Yue in the next few years. If their vacant positions are occupied by the Jiangdong clan , then the state of Wu has really become the state of Wu in Jiangdong."

Sun Deng asked knowingly, "Isn't this bad?"

"It's good, it's not good." Zhuge Ke sneered: "If the Jiangdong family controls the power of Wu, then Wu can get their support. This is of course good, but future national policies must Only when it is beneficial to them can it be carried out, otherwise, the king will be unable to take a single step. And once the king cannot satisfy their growing desires, then they are likely to change their faces, prince, don't forget, the Gu family, Lu There are people in the Yue State right now, and the Zhu family, the Zhang family, and the King of Yue also have unending marriages."

Sun Deng nodded, reusing the Jiangdong family is to further embezzle the interests of outsiders like Zhuge Jin, and it will be difficult for one party to dominate, and it is impossible for him to be unaware of this.And now he also understood what Zhuge Ke meant by the test.Sun Quan obviously saw the lethality behind Sun Shao's proposal, he did not express his opinion, but let him see, if he thinks it is feasible, then Sun Quan will definitely let him carry out this matter as a prince, and when the conflict breaks out , he has become an inescapable responsibility.

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