Zhou Yu made up the bed, and the two of them covered a quilt and slept together. Zhou Yu's couch was very small, and both of them were tall, so they touched the ground with their hands and feet. There were some noises outside again, and Sun Ce looked up at the roof, jokingly said, "There are a lot of mice in this severe winter."
Zhou Yu was not wary of Sun Ce's words, so he burst out laughing.
Sun Ce said again with great interest: "Tomorrow, I have to tell the general to take care of the rats."
"You brought the mouse." Zhou Yu replied, "I have lived here for more than a month, and I have never seen a mouse. As soon as you come, the mouse will follow. Be careful that you will be eaten by the mouse when you sleep."
Sun Ce's face changed slightly, and he narrowed his eyes, seeing that the moonlight was obviously brighter under the eaves outside.
Sun Ce held his breath, but Zhou Yu put his hand on his ready-to-go hand and shook his head lightly.
The assassin outside the room seemed to be waiting for something, but Zhou Yu knew that Yuan Shu would not kill him at this time. After all, Yuxi hadn't been found yet. Killing Sun Ce now would be tantamount to turning against Sun Jian. Sun Ce was also very courageous, he smiled and stopped looking outside.
After a stick of incense, Zhou Yu moved his ears, and heard the sound of a bamboo whistle coming from a distance, most of the assassins on the roof withdrew, there should be a few left, listening to their conversation.
Sun Ce had just taken a shower, and he smelled like a man's skin, and he was holding Zhou Yu's hand tightly all the time.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Yu asked softly, "Are you asleep?"
"No." Sun Ce said in a low voice, and turned over, pressing Zhou Yu under him.
Zhou Yu: "..."
Zhou Yu was pressed down by Sun Ce in a strange posture, and their mouths and ears were touching. Sun Ce opened his eyes, and his moist lips moved: "One on the left, three on the right."
"They're all asleep." Zhou Yu said in a very low voice, "There's only one monitor in the backyard wall..."
"What do you want to say?" Sun Ce whispered in Zhou Yu's ear, "Gong Jin, you smell very good. It's the same as when you were a child."
"Fuck you..." Zhou Yu patted Sun Ce's groping hands away, and said in a low voice, "I have a plan to let you, Sun Quan and the old lady leave safely, do you want to try it?"
"Speak." Sun Ce put his arm around Zhou Yu's waist and put his legs on his body. The two were entangled. Sun Ce smiled and said, "I knew you had a way."
"Stop talking nonsense... what are you doing? Stop!" Zhou Yu whispered, "If you make trouble again, I will leave you alone."
Sun Ce had no choice but to keep that action still, Zhou Yu said something in a low voice, and Sun Ce's eyebrows furrowed.
"Think clearly." Zhou Yu said, "There must be no hesitation in this matter, otherwise Zhang Zifang will not be able to help you if he lives again."
"What if you want to kill me?" Sun Ce said seriously.
Zhou Yu's face darkened, and looking into Sun Ce's eyes, Sun Ce smiled and said, "Then I have to send it to your door for you to kill."
Zhou Yu tried his best to kick Sun Ce out of bed, but Sun Ce hurriedly begged for mercy, saying, "Do as you say..."
In the afternoon of the next day, in Yuan Shu's room, the panes cast dim gray light.
It was snowing heavily outside, Zhou Yu rubbed his red hands, his hair, eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost, standing by the stove trembling.
"Zhou Yu, what are you going to do!" Yuan Shu just got up from his afternoon nap, and sat on the couch carelessly. Zhou Yu's teeth were chattering from the cold, and the cold snap swept through Shouchun overnight. For this plan, he was really desperate. I've had a hard time.
"My lord." Zhou Yu tremblingly said, "Don't let anyone know about this, otherwise Gong Jin's life will die..."
As he spoke, Zhou Yu placed a square parcel wrapped in yellow cloth that was dripping downwards in front of Yuan Shu.
"this… "
Now it was Yuan Shu's turn to tremble, he looked at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu nodded vigorously, Yuan Shu tremblingly said, "Sit down, sit down... Where did you get it from!"
Zhou Yu went to sit aside, Yuan Shu said again: "Come on!"
Yuan Shu covered the package with a cloth, ordered someone to bring the wine, and asked someone to pass it on to Yang Hong. After a while, the arrangements were finally made. Zhou Yu drank a few sips of shochu and warmed up a little. Yuan Shu asked someone to wrap Zhou Yu in a blanket again. Zhou Yu blushed and sat on one side.
All the servants were sent away, and on the low table in the hall, a square jade seal with a full size was turning around, and one corner was even plated with gold. Yuan Shu watched with bated breath, completely forgetting Zhou Yu's existence, with a greedy look in his eyes. His gaze seemed unwilling to leave Yuxi for a moment.
"My lord." Yang Hong said in a low voice, "This must be the one that Sun Jian picked up... it must be the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom."
As soon as this jade seal, which symbolizes the emperor's imperial power and the common people's land, appeared, Yuan Shu felt as if he was in a dream. Yang Hong brought the lamp again. Under the light, Yuan Shu's dignified appearance disappeared instantly. Just repeating over and over again: "It's terrible, it's terrible..."
"Master." Zhou Yu said sincerely again, "In order to paralyze that fellow Sun Ce, Yu had no choice but to trick him into trusting him to temporarily store the jade seal in the pool of the other courtyard, and it was brought out smoothly in the early morning of this morning..."
"Oh—" Yuan Shu came back to his senses, Yang Hong waved his hand lightly again, and said in a low voice, "My lord!"
Yang Hong still wrapped the jade seal with yellow cloth, Yuan Shu reluctantly came back to his senses, seeing Yang Hong carry the jade seal into the backyard, heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded to Zhou Yu.
"Good job." Yuan Shu said, "The old man blamed you earlier, Zhou Yu."
Zhou Yu choked up and said, "Yu didn't do anything. This thing has been tossed and turned for many years, and finally it came into the hands of the lord. It can be seen that the lord... was ordered by the heavens. Since his life will last forever, Yu can make it here. It's just a chance. A seat, Yu Yu's brains are completely overwhelmed... I still can't repay the lord's kindness... "
Zhou Yu stared at the wine glass, choked up several times, but couldn't continue, Yuan Shu laughed heartily, and felt emotional in his heart, he went up to hold Zhou Yu in his arms, Zhou Yu hurriedly turned sideways to help, one old and one young, just like old friends.
Yuan Shu said: "Nephew, it's inconvenient for me to say something, anyway, you and I understand."
Zhou Yu nodded, knowing that Yuan Shu was at the happiest time in his life at this moment, and asking for something from him was almost a reward. However, since the play has reached this point, there is still the most important thing, which needs to be waited for the opportunity to speak.
Yuan Shu said again: "However, this matter must never be mentioned to others."
Zhou Yu nodded to show that he was reasonable, and said: "Now the door is blocked by heavy snow, and the pond is frozen. Sun Ce should not go to investigate the bottom of the pond again, but there are many dreams in the night..."
"That's right." Yuan Shu waved his hand and said with a sneer, "Since the thing has been found, let me see..."
"My lord." Yang Hong came out from the inner room, sat down beside him, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Mr. Zhou, but please listen to me."
Zhou Yu nodded, Yuan Shu was in a good mood, and said with a twist of his beard, "Speak."
Yang Hong squinted his eyes, looked at Zhou Yu, smiled, and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to be so thoughtful. It can be seen that I really misjudged this time. The matter of the Sun family must be resolved, but my lord must not be in a hurry." At this moment, I think Mr. Zhou already has countermeasures, why don't you come and listen?"
Zhou Yu smiled, knowing that Yang Hong was a genius, he didn't want to take responsibility, and wanted to kill Sun Ce with a knife, so he pondered for a moment, and said, "I'll tell my lord, Yu did think about this before, Sun Jian Chen Binghu is still in front of the prison, and now kills his eldest son, lest there will be changes."
"Hmm." Yuan Shu said, "Talk about it."
"Now that Sun Ce is coming, the relationship between me and the Sun family can be used as a breakthrough." Zhou Yu was confident, knowing that he had successfully won the trust of Yuan Shu with the Chuanguo Yuxi, no one would doubt what he said.
"It's better to stabilize Sun Ce for the time being. After all, the jade seal has been returned to its original owner. When spring comes, the water in the pond thaws, and this guy won't know about it." Zhou Yu cleverly used the word "return to its original owner", which attracted Yuan Shu again. laughed.
"As soon as the Shangyuan Festival arrives, my lord might as well pretend to clear up the past and let me go with Sun Ce. Then send a team of dead soldiers disguised as soldiers to escort the three members of the Sun family. At that time, I will make a plan for Sun Ce to deliver the letter. Tricking Sun Jian into the carriage, Sun Jian has become paralyzed, thinking that his wife has left Shouchun and has no worries, so he can take the opportunity to take her."
"Once Sun Jian is defeated, Sun Ce will be punished again. Only in this way can future troubles be eliminated." Zhou Yu said.
Yuan Shu said: "Good way!"
Yuan Shu looked at Yang Hong, Yang Hong just laughed and didn't answer, Yuan Shu said to Zhou Yu, "Then go and stabilize Sun Ce first, and I will ask Yang Hong to assist you in the follow-up matters."
Yang Hong still had doubts, and said: "With Sun Jian's skills, I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to fall into the trap."
Zhou Yu said: "The younger generation rescued his wife and children. Sun Jian must be grateful when he arrives at the camp. He will host a banquet and entertain him. We will see the situation at that time and clean up the poison."
"Hmm." Yang Hong nodded thoughtfully, and said, "So you can't let Sun Ce notice it at all."
Zhou Yu: "Exactly."
"Mrs. Sun can be let go, and Sun Quan can be let go." Yang Hong said to Yuan Shu again, "But Sun Ce... my lord, you must never let Sun Ce go."
Zhou Yu's heart skipped a beat.
"Let Sun Ce go, there will be endless troubles." Yang Hong said, "Even if Sun Jian is successfully dealt with and Sun Ce is left behind, it is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. In my opinion, it is not as good as this. Since Sun Ce has completely trusted Mr. Zhou, then let's take advantage of this time. The Wu family and Sun Quan were sent out of the city and sent to Sun Jian's camp. As for Sun Ce, he is still detained here."
Zhou Yu said worriedly, "I'm afraid that if Sun Ce stays here, I won't be able to persuade him."
"It doesn't matter." Yang Hong said again, "He heard that his mother and younger brother were able to escape, why don't you thank you? Just let him wait a few more days in Shouchun."
"Well." Yuan Shu said, "That's right, even if nephew Zhou failed to get rid of Sun Jian, at least we still have Sun Ce in our hands. If Sun Jian detains you, we can exchange them. He doesn't need to care about his wife. Son, but this old man can't help but care about your life, Nephew Zhou!"
Yang Hong's plan was very poisonous. Until now, he still didn't fully trust Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu couldn't help sweating, knowing that once he arrived at Sun Jian's camp and followed Yuan Shu's plan, Shouchun would kill Sun Ce. , to eliminate future troubles forever.
"Master Yang has a great idea." Zhou Yu had no choice but to say, "Then you only need three sets of badges for leaving the city and one document."
"Well, the specific details." Yang Hongdao, "I'll make a long-term plan and try to solve it once."
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, showing that he was relieved. In the eyes of Yang Hong and Yuan Shu, what they saw was that he was guilty of a thief. He was afraid that Sun Ce would find out that he had stolen the jade seal. It is undoubtedly a happy thing to be able to bring down the Sun family.
Zhou Yu knew that Yuan Shu still wanted to admire his jade seal, so he got up and said goodbye, leaving Yang Hong and Yuan Shu in the hall.
"Take it out and take it out." Yuan Shu said, "Quickly go get it and show it to the lord, do you know about this at the beginning?"
"I don't know." Yang Hong whispered, "When Zhou Yu came over, he obviously kept it from his eyes and ears..."
Yang Hong went in and took out the jade seal again. Yuan Shu untied the yellow cloth like a madman, and watched it fixedly. Yang Hong said in a low voice again: "My lord, Zhou Yu's heart is like a jackal. You see, he even beat up the little acquaintance. Sun Ce can kill... If this person stays with the lord..."
"I know, I know." Yuan Shu said, "It's about Sun's family business, you can figure it out."
Yang Hong also heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words.
On that day, almost all the people monitoring Sun Ce withdrew, leaving only one outside the courtyard wall.
Sun Ce taught Sun Quan to write in Zhou Yu's room, drawing strokes one by one, and said in a low voice, "He still doesn't believe you."
Zhou Yu said: "I'm afraid that there will be variables..."
"Don't worry." Sun Ce said, "Yuan Shu doesn't have many masters, so they can't stop me."
"Be serious." Sun Ce frowned and said to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan was obviously a little afraid of Sun Ce. The eldest brother was like a father. Sun Jian was usually busy fighting, and most of the time it was Sun Ce who taught his younger brothers, both reading and writing. Whenever Zhou Yu met Sun Quan and met Sun Ce, it was like a mouse meeting a cat. General, couldn't help interjecting: "Don't treat him so fiercely, he's only a little kid."
Sun Ce laughed and said, "You're not his sister-in-law, why are you protecting him like this?"
Zhou Yu didn't understand the meaning at first, so he spit out a sip of tea in an instant, and wanted to trouble Sun Ce, but Sun Ce threw away his pen and avoided, calling at the door: "No more! Sun Quan, remember! Jin covers you, beware of being beaten!"
Sun Quan was happy and said: "I... I don't want you to be my brother anymore, I want Brother Zhou..."
"Sun Quan!" A child shouted unceremoniously at the door.
Sun Ce almost bumped into the child, glanced at him, and Zhou Yu said, "Cao Pi, come in, I haven't studied for a few days."
"Brother Zhao is with me." Cao Pi said reluctantly, took off his boots and went inside. Sun Ce put the two children's boots side by side on the porch, thinking it was very interesting. Cao Cao's son is very handsome, and Sun Quan is also immature. The two children are as clear and beautiful as finely carved jade, and what's more rare is that they have no trace of worldliness.
"Where's Zhao Zilong?" Sun Ce asked.
"Going to ask for reinforcements." Cao Pi glanced at Sun Ce angrily, and then said to Sun Quan, "Is this your brother?"
"Yes." Sun Quan replied.
"Have you been taught a lesson by Zhao Zilong?" Seeing Cao Pi's appearance, Zhou Yu was clearly disciplined by Zhao Yun. Cao Pi didn't answer, and asked, "Brother Zhou, sister Zhen will set up a table at the end of the year, and invite Brother Zhao to drink with you. Are you going?" Here you are, hello." Cao Pi moved Sun Quan's arm, and Sun Quan's pen drew a picture on the paper, and immediately began to yell.
Zhen Mi is a great beauty, presumably because she was afraid that Cao Pi would be bored, she would accompany him alone during the New Year's Eve watch, but the two of them were not very interesting, so Cao Pi called Zhao Zilong, and then dragged Zhou Yu and Sun Quan to make it more lively.
Zhou Yu was silent, while Sun Ce sat on the window sill and said casually, "Don't even think about it. Zhou Gongjin, my mother and I will have a drink and dinner on New Year's Eve. Sun Quan can give it to you."
"I don't!" Sun Quan said, "I'm with my mother!"
"How about that?" Zhou Yu said to Cao Pi, "If Mrs. Yuan is interested, the two families will join together and set up a table for wine in the other courtyard. There is no distinction between male and female relatives. Just sit and eat together. You can go back and ask? "
Obviously, Cao Pi is also a child who likes to be lively, so he thought about it and said, "I'll go back and ask."
Zhen Mi is Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, and she has already married. It is obviously against the rules to sit and eat with them, but since they are all guests, they don't care about these complicated etiquette. After asking, Zhen Mi politely declined, which Zhou Yu expected.
Zhou Yu made an appointment with Cao Pi to go to the Lantern Market together on the Lantern Festival and spend it together, so Cao Pi reluctantly nodded.
In a blink of an eye, the end of the year came, and on the twenty-eighth night of the new year, Yang Hong specially called Zhou Yu to him once, and handed him a three-sided customs pass badge and documents. The two made arrangements, and gave Zhou Yu the poison in case of emergency.
"This poison is colorless and odorless." Yang Hong said, "It is a treasure that I have kept privately for many years. Just a little fingernail can poison hundreds of people. When the attack occurs, the eyes will be blind first, and after a stick of incense, the seven orifices will bleed and die. die."
Zhou Yu just listened in silence, nodding from time to time, Yang Hong said again: "I have changed the guards in Gongcao's department for a round, and they are all highly skilled dead soldiers. Then you will pretend to steal the waist badge from me. In the middle of the night, secretly send the three members of the Sun family out of the city, don't stay longer after leaving the city, go straight to Sun Jian's camp, and leave the rest to you."
Zhou Yu said: "In the night of Shangyuan Festival, I have to make arrangements to win Sun Ce's trust. Try not to send people to follow us, Sun Ce will definitely return to the mansion, as long as we send people to ambush outside the house."
"Hmm." Yang Hong nodded meaningfully. Zhou Yu also knew that with Yang Hong's careful thinking, he would definitely be prepared, and said: "Let the city guard check the number of people. If there are not three people, they must not be released from the city. In this way, Master Yang will not have to send people to watch."
"At that time, I will send someone." Yang Hong said, "I will wait at the city gate to check your car."
"Okay." Zhou Yu nodded.
It snowed lightly on New Year's Eve. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu walked through the corridor and went to the main hall to pay homage to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu gave him wine that afternoon. Seeing Zhou and Sun talking intimately together, he came over to have a drink with Sun Ce. At dusk, the banquet was over, Yuan Shu went to offer wine alone, while Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went to another courtyard for a reunion dinner.
"I've already got the badge." Zhou Yu said.
"Either leave early?" Sun Ce said, "There is no need to wait for the Lantern Festival."
"No." Zhou Yu said, "Yang Hong will definitely let me go, but I guess he still has a backup, so there is no rush at this moment, not to mention that I promised Cao Pi, and I will send him out no matter what. As for you, you have to do it yourself." Try to get out of town."
"Here are three badges." Zhou Yu returned to the room and said, "One is for you, one is for Zhao Zilong, and I will keep one in case there is any change."
Sun Ce said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with the twenty people Yang Hong sent to you."
Zhou Yu said: "The second player should be here, but don't worry, if you change the plan hastily, it is easy to change."
That night, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Wu's family and Zhou Yu drank in the living room, chatting about things from a few years ago. Wu obviously liked Zhou Yu very much, and said that he must go to Shu County in the coming year to have a good reunion with Zhou's mother. Snow all over the sky, red stoves in every family, and the fragrance of wintersweet. Zhou Yu couldn't help feeling sad when he thought of his mother spending the New Year at home alone.
"Your friend Lu Zijing, I've often heard about it." Seeing Zhou Yu's homesickness aroused, Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "Your mother must be celebrating the New Year at Lu's house."
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Yu immediately came back to his senses, and said to everyone, "Most likely, Zijing took my mother over after offering sacrifices to my ancestors on my behalf."
"It's better to go back this time and not go home." Sun Ce blushed from drinking, and said with a smile, "I'll go to Gong Jin's house as a guest first, how about eating and drinking for nothing?"
"You monkey." Wu reprimanded.
Zhou Yu's heart moved, he glanced at Sun Ce, and Sun Ce said, "Anyway, Shu County is not far away, let Dad send some people over, the two families live together, and it will be more lively."
Zhou Yu immediately understood that Sun Ce did this because he was afraid that he would offend Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu would take revenge on his family, so he hurriedly said, "Auntie would like to be a guest, but it's too late for Yu to welcome you."
Mrs. Wu probably understood what her son meant, so she smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later. If I have time, I can bring your mother over. It would be good for us to talk."
Zhou Yu nodded, and that night when Mrs. Wu went back to the inner room, Sun Quan went to play with Cao Pi after dinner. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu exchanged glasses and drank for a while before going back to the room drunkenly.