In the Three Kingdoms period, the opening scene features the killing of Huang Gai, shocking Zhou Yu!

And so on, and so forth.

Zhao Yu was also very happy.

Following my uncle, I lost all sense of time.

He was lying in the yard, pretending to sleep.

"Angel Zhao,"

A voice came.

Woman,

With a stern face,

Zhao Yu didn't get up, but yawned.

"Who are you?"

I didn't recognize this person when I first saw them.

"I am the head of the Grand Commander's Office, and my name is Green Pearl."

"Oh, Green Pearl."

"What is the meaning of this, you mere servant?"

"Zhao, let's not beat around the bush. My wife sent me here to ask you one thing."

"I remember the angel proclaiming by the river that he had a sachet and a letter from Cao Cao that were given to my wife."

"But my wife has been confined to her chambers since childhood, never venturing beyond the inner chambers. She has never met Cao Cao, let alone been to the north. How could such a token have been lost?"

"Sir, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for fabricating such a defamatory lie just to cross the river?"

Oh.

I understand.

They came to demand an explanation.

It seems the security situation in Jiangdong isn't very good either.

It's unbelievable that such a rumor reached Xiao Qiao's ears.

After Zhao Yu listened,

His face was filled with bitterness.

"The girl is right to scold him."

"Zhao... was forced into this situation."

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Yu pointed in the direction of Hefei.

"When we crossed the river, the Grand Commander wouldn't even give us a boat. He even made us wait, saying he was going to catch thieves. We were forced into this situation."

"We are Han envoys, acting on the Emperor's orders! We have no choice but to resort to this tactic in order not to disappoint His Majesty."

"Borrowing the names of Cao Cao and your wife, we'll intimidate the garrison in Jiangdong."

"This is entirely my fault, and has nothing to do with Cao Cao, let alone your wife."

Green Pearl's expression softened somewhat.

That sounds like human speech.

At least he admitted that it was made up.

Moreover, it has a legitimate reason for its actions.

It was for the purpose of a normal mission to Jiangdong.

"Since it's all made up, then the so-called 'sachet' is obviously also a complete fabrication?"

Green Pearl continued to press for answers.

"If you explain things clearly, sir, I can go back and report to my wife, so that there won't be any rumors outside that might cause the Grand Commander and his wife any resentment."

"Oh, that's where the misunderstanding lies."

"There are indeed no sachets."

"But the Prime Minister does indeed have something in his possession."

"What?"

Green Pearl's heart, which had just settled down, jumped again.

"Please wait a moment."

Zhao Yu turned and went into the inner room.

After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets,

He took out a box.

Open the box in front of Green Pearl.

Inside was the very towel that Zhou Yu used to wipe his sword—the original version by Ding Yi.

Although it was washed clean, it still smelled nice.

"What is this?"

"When the Prime Minister was young, he was just a passionate young man. During the Lantern Festival in Luoyang, he once met a woman from Jiangnan."

"The woman lost this item, and the Prime Minister has always treasured it and kept it with him."

"This area has been like this for twenty years."

"No one knows how the prime minister got here."

"When the Prime Minister led his troops south last year, he also spoke the truth while drunk: 'I have come here for two reasons: first, for the sake of the world, and second, for the sake of old friends. If I can find that woman from back then and return this item, I will have no regrets in this life.'"

"This was also unintentional. When the Prime Minister heard that we were going on a mission to Jiangdong, he said that we had finally come all this way. We couldn't find them last time, so what if we find them this time?"

Actually, it's all a misunderstanding.

Zhao Yu delivered the box over.

"Now that we've laid it all out, perhaps the Prime Minister was just an ordinary girl from Jiangnan back then, and it was just too dark at night for him to see clearly."

"Leaving this thing with me is like a hot potato. If the Grand Commander sees it later, he will misunderstand and think that my wife and I are having an affair."

"To avoid suspicion and to completely eliminate any outsiders' thoughts, please take it back and hand it over to the Grand Commander or his wife for disposal."

"Just say that Zhao knows he was wrong and will hand over the 'stolen goods' to prove his wife's innocence."

"Even if we burn it, it will stop outsiders from having any ideas, don't you think?"

Green Pearl thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Since this is to clear up a misunderstanding, let's take this so-called token back and let the lady and the governor handle it.

This would reassure the lady and also show the governor that Zhao Yu had admitted his guilt.

It is the best choice.

Moreover, Zhao Yu's attitude in admitting his mistake was so good.

She couldn't press the issue any further.

"Alright."

Green Pearl picked up the box.

"It's rare to see such a reasonable person as Angel Zhao. This kind of thing really shouldn't be left in the world."

"I will report the truth to you, Madam. It was you who made up this story to cross the river. This has nothing to do with you."

"Um!"

Zhao Yu waved goodbye with a smile, seeing the guest off all the way to the door.

Once everyone left.

Zhao Yu's smile immediately turned into disdain.

He quickly wiped his hands on his clothes.

"Old Ding, oh Old Ding,"

"Your stale, musty smell is finally gone."

……

evening.

The Grand General's Office.

Zhou Yu returned home from get off work.

I'm in a bad mood.

There's no war going on lately.

But then he received a bill from Liu Bei from Sun Quan.

The royal uncle said he's been having stomach problems lately and can't stand bad smells.

So they bought a cartload of spices from the Western Regions to fumigate their outhouses.

He felt his self-control was almost completely exhausted.

He even considered taking a knife to Liu Bei's residence in the east to ask him questions.

Is your butt made of gold?

Filled with anger, I pushed open the door.

The room was quiet.

Xiao Qiao was sitting in front of a bronze mirror, doing her makeup.

Calm expression

"Gongjin, you're back?"

"Um."

Zhou Yu took off his cloak and was about to sit down when...

But his gaze was drawn to an exquisite rosewood box on the table.

The box was exquisitely crafted and was definitely not an ordinary item.

"Madam, what is that?"

Zhou Yu asked casually,

Xiao Qiao glanced at him through the bronze mirror and said calmly:

"That was brought back by Angel Zhao through Green Pearl."

"He said that he fabricated the rumor that I had a token in Cao Cao's hands in order to cross the river."

"This is to apologize. I've specially handed over that so-called token so that you and I can dispose of it ourselves to prove our innocence."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he felt completely disoriented.

It can't be that pink one...

He reached out and took the box.

It smells good, but it doesn't seem to be.

Open, pink,

There was also oil stains nearby.

This, isn't this the towel he used to wipe my sword back then?

On the banks of the Yangtze River

Zhao Yu took out the handkerchief.

"Oh? Brother Gongjin, you're wronging me. When did I ever humiliate the lady?"

Zhao Yu casually took out a handkerchief and wiped Zhou Yu's sword.

This smell... even after washing,

Even if it's masked by incense,

He, Zhou Yu, will never forget this in his entire life!

This is hardly an apology.

This is direct, head-on attack!

This is like Zhao Yu pointing his finger at him and saying:

Zhou Yu, didn't you refuse to give me a ship? Weren't you so arrogant?

Now I've put this on your wife's desk.

Your wife even considers it some kind of "bitter love token"!

Surprised? Unexpected? Disgusting?

Close the box.

"Gongjin, what's wrong?"

Xiao Qiao noticed Zhou Yu's unusual behavior.

Turning around, somewhat surprised,

"That's just a piece of old cloth," Zhao Yu explained, adding that it might have belonged to one of the women from Jiangnan that Cao Cao met when he was young.

He said he was handing this over to put your mind at ease.

Xiao Qiao paused.

"Actually... don't take it too hard."

Perhaps that woman was simply wiping Cao Cao's sweat.

Since it's a misunderstanding, just burn it.

Wiping sweat?

He longed to say it.

That's not for wiping sweat!

That's for me to clean my sword!

That was something Zhao Yu, that bastard, used to humiliate me!

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't bring myself to say them.

Family matters should not be taken into account.

And how do you explain this?

Tell Xiao Qiao that this is actually a man's handkerchief?

So here's the question:

If Xiao Qiao asks, "How did you know it was a man's?"

Have you smelled it?

Why are you so impressed by a man's handkerchief?

Okay, let's put it another way.

Tell Xiao Qiao:

Is this Zhao Yu's tool for humiliating me?

Wouldn't that be admitting that Zhao Yu tricked him twice?

If this thing stays in the mansion for even a second longer...

All of these are insults to Zhou Gongjin's character!

It was also a mockery of his intelligence.

"Zhao Yu..."

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Qiao was increasingly puzzled.

"It's nothing."

Zhou Yu pinched the corner of the box with two fingers.

Minimize the contact area between your skin and the outside environment.

It was thrown directly out the window.

"Someone come here!"

"Take that box outside and burn it! Bury the ashes far, far away!"

Turning around, Zhou Yu looked at Xiao Qiao, whose face was full of question marks.

"Madam, from now on... from now on, please don't bring anything Zhao Yu sends into the house."

"Dirty".

"oh."

Xiao Qiao nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"understood."

That night,

Zhou Yu couldn't sleep at all.

He closed his eyes, and there he saw Zhao Yu holding a pink handkerchief, waving it in front of him as he wiped his sword...

"Grand Commander, is this gift impressive enough?"

"Zhao Yu!!"

"I swear to kill you!!!"