Zhou Yu frowned deeply, followed Cao Pi into Xiyuan, and saw Zhen Mi talking with a middle-aged lady.
"You are Zhou Yu?" The lady laughed immediately.
Zhou Yu was stunned and said, "Do you recognize me?"
"Isn't he the son of Master Zhou?" The noble lady is Sun Jian's wife, Sun Ce and Sun Quan's biological mother, Wu, she stepped forward and took Zhou Yu's hand, and said with a smile, "I saw it when I was young, oh, I've grown up so much." ? Ce'er went home and kept talking about you, but I didn't expect to see you here."
Zhou Yu looked worried, and said, "Meet Mrs. Sun."
"You can just call me aunt," Wu said.
Zhou Yu nodded, and was about to speak, but he didn't dare to say too much considering that Zhen Mi was nearby. Mrs. Wu also understood when she saw it, so Zhou Yu found an excuse and said, "Where's younger brother?"
"My younger brother is ill." Wu Shi said, "Go and show him, I'll go later."
A maid came and took Zhou Yu into the backyard of Xiyuan, but Mrs. Wu looked as usual, chatting happily with Zhen Mi.
I saw a child lying in the backyard, with red cheeks, about the same age as Cao Pi, with a hot forehead and a fever.
"The wind and cold invade the body." Zhou Yu said.
Having the same illness as before he set out on the road, Cao Pi lay down beside the bed, glanced at Zhou Yu, and said, "You are so amazing, why do you still see a doctor? You can see what's wrong just by looking at it?"
Before Zhou Yu set off on the road, Lu Su specially packed four packs of medicine for him to take on the road. However, Zhou Yu’s physique was good and he didn’t move. Bring the medicine."
As he spoke, Zhou Yu patted Sun Quan's head again, and said, "It's okay, you'll be fine after taking the medicine."
Sun Quan was lying on the couch gasping for breath, his lips were red, Zhou Yu thought to himself that there must be a wind blowing on the road, and it is always unbearable for a child to be sick. After Cao Pi took the medicine and came back, Zhou Yu decocted medicine for Sun Quan in the house. Instead of the herbal medicine Yuan Shu prescribed for Sun Quan, he used the medicine of the dumb monk and poured it for Sun Quan that night.
Mrs. Wu came to visit once, and Zhou Yu explained everything in the room. Mrs. Wu's face was serious, and she didn't say a word while listening to the narration, and finally said, "Yu'er, is there any way for you to leave the city right now?"
"I asked Fei Yu to deliver the letter." Zhou Yu said, "I have to stay in Shouchun for the next few days, in case of accidents."
"That's fine." Wu sighed, "The violent temper of these two fathers and sons... Okay, I understand, Fei Yu is faster than humans, and he will definitely catch up."
Zhou Yu was also worried. While he had to take care of Sun Quan, he was also worried about when Yuan Shu would attack. He was afraid that Fei Yu would lead to a murder before it was too late.
Cao Pi patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Zhou Yu laughed, and Cao Pi said again, "Can you cure a headache?"
Zhou Yu said, "No, why? My medical skills are limited to common diseases and trauma."
Cao Pi was helpless, thought for a while, and said, "My father has a severe head ailment."
Zhou Yu thought for a while and said, "I heard that there is a famous doctor who travels all over the world, his name is Hua Tuo. If you can find him, maybe you can find a way."
Cao Pi said again: "When will you send me out?"
Zhou Yu said: "Patience, I have to find helpers before I can send you out of the city to your father."
Cao Pi: "Is the assistant Sun Ce?"
Zhou Yu didn't speak.
Cao Pi: "I don't think they can protect themselves. Can you send me away? If not, I will find another way."
"What can you do?" Zhou Yu was already familiar with Cao Pi, and he kept talking in the same way, teasing, "Can you walk back to your father's barracks alone? You can't even find anyone anywhere?"
"Hey." Cao Pi sighed, "The rise and fall of things in the world, such as the dew in the morning, the past is full of hardships... but there is nothing to do."
Zhou Yu: "... who taught you this?"
"My dad."
Zhou Yu was almost defeated by Cao Pi, and said: "Be patient and wait, there must be a way, don't act rashly."
Cao Pi nodded to understand.
At this moment, Sun Quan woke up.
"Big...big brother..." Sun Quan gasped for breath and wanted to get up. Zhou Yu hurriedly pressed his little shoulders and told him to lie back.
"Have you sent a letter to my brother?" Sun Quan said.
Zhou Yu knew that Sun Quan should have heard what he said just now, so he comforted him: "Fei Yu is gone, Fei Yu is faster than humans, your mother said so."
Sun Quan nodded and said, "Thank you..."
Zhou Yu saw that Sun Quan was still frowning deeply in his illness, and expected him to feel uncomfortable, wondering why children nowadays are so big.
One night passed, and at dawn, Sun Quan's illness was slightly better, and his forehead was no longer hot, so Zhou Yu went back to his room to sleep. For several days, he did not get any news, and Fei Yu did not come back, which made him even more worried. He didn't dare to get too close to Mrs. Wu. One day he saw no one in the conference hall, so he went in at a risk, flipped through the report on the military division's table, and found that Yang Hong still held a grudge in his heart, pressing the food and grass, and he hadn't made a move yet. send.
So Zhou Yu took the courage to approve the official document like Yang Hong, and stuffed the document into the last one issued on behalf of him.
After putting it away, Zhou Yu's back was covered with cold sweat, and he walked out quickly, but bumped into someone head-on in the corridor.
"Little brother, may I ask..." the man said politely, and the two met each other, both of them were stunned.
Zhou Yu: "Zilong?"
Zhao Yun: "Gongjin?"
Zhou Yu: "Why do you..."
Zhao Yun said: "My lord sent me here to deliver a letter to General Yuan. I have been waiting for a whole day today, and I am still discussing matters, but I have not been seen..."
Zhou Yu immediately had an idea and said, "You came alone?"
"There is also Bo Fu, the son of General Sun." Zhao Yun said, "I am meeting General Yuan in the hall."
Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun waited under the corridor, and after a while, the flying feather flew down from the roof and landed on Zhou Yu's shoulder.
Yuan Shu's scolding came from the hall, as well as the sound of a glass being broken, obviously scolding Sun Ce and his father. Zhou Yu took a deep breath, and it seemed that he couldn't solve it for a while, so he said to Zhao Yun, "Brother Zilong, can you do me a favor."
Zhao Yundao: "But it doesn't matter."
When Zhou Yu saw Zhao Yun, he had an idea in his heart. If he wanted to find a helper, Zhao Yun was obviously the best helper, and no one would doubt him.
"I'll take you to meet a kid." Zhou Yu decided to settle Cao Pi's matter first, and Sun Ce's arrival meant that he had received the letter. Sun Jian did not come, and the situation was still under control.
So Zhao Yun followed Zhou Yu through the backyard and into the garden. The scene in front of him was two children rolling and wrestling in the mud.
"You raised a turtle!" Sun Quan's voice roared angrily.
Cao Pi: "Hurry up and call Your Majesty!"
Zhou Yu roared angrily, "Stop it all!"
The two strode forward, one separated from the other, Zhao Yun grabbed Cao Pi, Zhou Yu pulled Sun Quan, the faces of the two children were still flushed, Zhou Yu couldn't do anything about them.
"This little...friend," Zhou Yu said to Zhao Yun, "I'll leave it to you, you two get closer."
Zhao Yundao: "What's the big deal? Don't say a word or even do it! Come with me."
"What are you doing!" Cao Pi struggled unconvinced.
Zhao Yun said: "I want to teach you a lesson."
Zhou Yu glanced at Cao Pi, and the moment they looked at each other, Cao Pi roughly guessed that Zhao Yun was the "helper" he had invited, so he stopped struggling and followed Zhao Yun to wash his face.
Zhou Yu took Sun Quan in and handed it over to Mrs. Wu. When she came out, she went back to her room and saw a person standing in the garden. Without saying a word, she rushed forward and hugged her tightly.
At that moment, Zhou Yu's eyes almost went dark, and he said, "Thank God, you are finally here."
"Fortunately, I received your letter." Sun Ce said, "My father is about to leave soon."
Zhou Yu almost gritted his teeth and asked, "What are you bothering about?"
Sun Ce said again: "The jade seal is on my body, but I didn't give it to him."
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment.
"Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade. You must present the jade seal immediately."
"Are you kidding..."
"How long have I been waiting for you here? Who is joking with you? At this time, no one should come back. It's fine if you don't come back! Yuan Shu hated your Sun family so much!"
"My father asked me to come to solve this matter thoroughly. I won't give him the Chuanguo Yuxi, and I'm sure he won't be able to get anything good..."
"Solve it completely! What a big joke! Do you think Yuan Shu will listen to you? Arrest you, won't he search!"
"Zhou Gongjin, I thought you would say something else, can't you say something nice!"
"I'm here in fear, who are you for!"
"You... stop! Zhou Gongjin! Is this how you treat your savior!"
"You... don't fight!" Sun Quan shouted, "I'm going to call my mother!"
Zhou Yu twisted Sun Ce's collar, pushed him onto the pillar, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't know how dangerous your Sun family's situation is now..."
"Shut up!" Sun Ce said angrily, "It's against you... Zhou Yu!"
Sun Ce pushed Zhou Yu away. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Sun Quan turned around and ran away. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce scuffled in the garden. Sun Ce realized that he could not do anything to Zhou Yu, so he shouted, "You are crazy! Stop fighting!"
Zhou Yu grabbed Sun Ce several times, trying to make him stop, but Sun Ce just dragged him. Finally Zhou Yu couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Sun Ce's belt, and kicked him behind the back.
With a sound of "crash", Sun Ce fell into the pond, jumped up in the water a few times in embarrassment, and said angrily, "I figured it out, you want revenge!"
Zhou Yu didn't speak, just stood on the bank and watched. The scene shocked many people, even Mrs. Wu came out, and said coldly to Sun Ce from a distance: "Ce'er! What are you doing!"
Zhou Yu stood on the bank and looked at Sun Ce, but did not stretch out his hand. Sun Ce felt something in his bosom, and was startled, but Zhou Yu twitched his eyebrows slightly, and Sun Ce understood.
Zhou Yu stretched out his hand and dragged Sun Ce out of the water. Sun Ce looked back at the pond and said nothing.
An hour later, incense was burning in Zhou Yu's room, and light smoke curled up. Zhou Yu was reading on the couch, and Sun Ce was soaking in the bathtub, exhaling exhaustedly.
"You don't have to follow." Zhou Yu said to the maid outside the room.
"Yes, Mr. Gongcao."
The door was closed outside, Zhou Yu put down the book, and came over to wipe Sun Ce's back. Sun Ce's strong back was exposed outside the bathtub. His body was full of young muscles and his hair was wet. Zhou Yu said, "How long are you going to stay in Shouchun this time?"
Sun Ce said lazily: "I will leave after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. My father told me to..."
In winter, the hot water was steaming, and Sun Ce's neck and back were covered with water droplets and sweat. Zhou Yu dipped his fingers in the water and wrote four words on Sun Ce's bare shoulders: Partition walls have ears.
He continued: "... It is decided that after the year the troops will send troops to Changsha and besiege Chang'an."
"Yeah." Zhou Yu replied lightly, "Take a good rest these few days."
Sun Ce raised his eyes and saw the corner of a person's clothes disappearing at the end of the beam, so he put his backhand on his shoulder. Zhou Yu squeezed green juice out of acacia leaves and rubbed his back. Sun Ce patted the back of Zhou Yu's hand lightly to express his relief.
With the sound of water, Zhou Yu rolled up his sleeves again, sat on the porch, and brushed the mud on Sun Ce's martial arts boots. With a "splash", Sun Ce came out of the water and stood naked inside the door.
Zhou Yu roared angrily, "Go and put on the clothes for me!"
Zhou Yu got up and rolled up his sleeves to beat Sun Ce, but Sun Ce swiftly grabbed the robe and wrapped it up in twos and ran away.
That night, Sun Ce led Zhou Yu to pay homage to the Wu family. It was a formal meeting. Zhou Yu knew that Yuan Shu must be after him. As soon as Sun Ce came back, he had a hot fight with him. It was tantamount to telling Yuan Shu that he was actually Sun Ce. home people.
This is tantamount to tying yourself to the Sun family's boat, but it also has advantages—that is, it serves as a slight warning. No matter what, the Sun family father and son still have people to handle affairs in Yuan Shu's general's mansion, no matter what Yuan Shu wants to do. No matter what method is used to deal with Sun Ce, it should not be too blatant.
The conversations between Sun Ce, his mother and younger brother Sun Quan were nothing more than trivial matters such as winter cold, how Sun Jian was in health, how much he ate, whether he was sick, and other matters in the army. If it involves Yuxi, Yuan Shu, etc., it will not be mentioned at all. At this moment, the jade seal has been sunk into the pond outside the courtyard where the grandson's mother lives, and Zhou Yu has done it so quietly that no one knows.
In the middle of the night, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu walked back to their room through the corridor, and their clogs squeaked softly in the corridor. A waning moon came out of the distant mountains, and Sun Ce could feel prying eyes everywhere.
"After the Shangyuan Festival, let's go together." Sun Ce said solemnly.
"Where are you going?" Zhou Yu said, "Changsha?"
Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Wu Jun."
Zhou Yu said, "I think Shouchun is pretty good."
Sun Ce snorted and picked Zhou Yu up, Zhou Yu said, "Put me down quickly, what do you look like!"
A tall man hugged the other and ran across the corridor. Zhou Yu couldn't laugh or cry, and Sun Ce said again: "Don't you know how our Changsha army pulls the strong man? You don't want to go..."
"First this and this... Then I will tie you up and throw you on the horse's back..."
"Let go! Sun Bofu!" Zhou Yu said angrily.
Sun Ce was playing vigorously when he heard noises in the corridor. Several people came, and the two separated hurriedly. The person in front lit a lantern, illuminating a small half of the corridor.
"My lord." Zhou Yu hurriedly saluted.
"Hmm." There was no joy or anger on Yuan Shu's face. Sun Ce looked up and saw that there were quite a few people coming. Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Yang Hong, and Tian Feng, Yuan Shao's counselor, stood in the corridor one after another.
"Uncle Shi." Sun Ce saluted, Yuan Shao smiled and said, "You two have such a good relationship, hehe."
"I'm sorry." Zhou Yu said lightly, "My father and Sun Shibo knew each other before their death."
Yuan Shu made a noise in his nostrils, and said with a fake smile: "It's getting late, let's go to rest early."
Zhou Yu hummed, and when several people passed by, Yuan Shu brushed past him and said, "Starting tomorrow, you don't have to go to the meritorious service department. When spring begins, you will be assigned a new job. Young people, do your best."
"Yes." Zhou Yu replied, he was patted on the shoulder by Yuan Shu, and suddenly felt a murderous aura. When he straightened up, everyone he saw was staring at him.
Yuan Shu didn't even bother to talk to Sun Ce, and left. The corner of Sun Ce's mouth twitched, obviously talking behind his back, his face flickered, and he dragged Zhou Yu back to his room.
Back in the room, there was another light sound on the roof, neither of them raised their heads, Sun Ce sat down on the couch with a smile as if nothing had happened, put on his clogs, crossed his legs to boil water and make tea, and asked, "Is there any way in the general's mansion?" If you are short of food, if you have something good, please come quickly."
Zhou Yu casually pointed to the couch and said, "There are tea cakes in the box."
Sun Ce glanced at it and saw that the box had been tampered with. Before going out, he saw Zhou Yu's mark with his own eyes. Looking around, the whole room had been searched. Reminiscent of the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao who ran into them before, they probably didn't feel at ease when they sent someone to search, so they wanted to come and watch them in person.
Sun Ce's face was not very good-looking, but Zhou Yu smiled slightly, straightened his sleeves a little, sat on the couch, brought up boiling water, and poured tea for Sun Ce.
"Not happy?" Zhou Yu twitched his eyebrows.
"What did you call him just now?" Sun Ce looked unhappy, and he didn't know what he wanted to find trouble with.
Zhou Yu said: "I don't remember what I called him, should I call you the lord?"
Sun Ce shook his head helplessly and smiled. The two of them faced the pot in silence. After drinking the tea, Zhou Yu yawned and said, "You can do what you want, I'm sleepy."
Sun Ce said, "Let's sleep together."