In the evening of the next day, Sun Ce's reply came, calling him back to Wu County to discuss the matter. Zhou Yu arranged for Danyang to respond to political affairs and return to Wu County to report on his work. When he arrived in Wu county, the flying feather came through the air and landed on his shoulder, which made him a little happy.
However, when he entered the city, Zhou Yu found that the people on the road were hesitant and nervous. It seemed that during the three months since he left, the defense and surveillance in the city had become much stricter. The people looked at each other and saw Zhou Yu passing by. It seems that someone wanted to stop the horse, but was driven away by the guards.
Sun Ce still had the same foolish look, sitting in the main hall without raising his eyes, wiping a painting halberd.
That is Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd, his only relic.
"I don't know where Diaochan has gone." Sun Ce smiled and said, "I heard that she is very beautiful? She must have been taken into the harem by Cao Cao again."
"It's not enough." Zhou Yu said lightly, untied his cloak, and asked, "Is there any wine?"
Sun Ce ordered someone to warm the wine, and asked, "Where's the soldier talisman?"
Zhou Yu took out Sun Ce's tiger talisman and returned it to him.
Sun Ce said, "Sun Quan is getting more and more courageous, didn't he come back with you?"
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "You really don't plan to send troops?"
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Both public and private, we must help Cao Cao, right?"
Zhou Yu said: "After Cao Cao's victory, the world can be settled. If you don't want the people to live in poverty..."
"But how to settle this account!" Sun Ce slapped Fang Tian's painting halberd on the table heavily, and said, "Lv Bu has no grudges against you or me, and with such an understatement letter, it can be completely wiped out." ! Lao Tzu has let go of his son! He wants me to send troops to fight for him!"
Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Yes, my lord is right."
"You admit it with your mouth, but you are not convinced in your heart." Sun Ce said, "That's all, it's boring."
"No." Zhou Yu raised his hand and said, "I am convinced. I am serious. Although the late rice has been harvested, Wu County is still not strong enough to support the long-term use of troops. Let Cao Cao fend for himself."
Sun Ce snorted coldly, and looked at Zhou Yu as if he didn't know him. Zhou Yu sighed inwardly, didn't mention the matter again, and was about to get up and leave.
"How about Danyang?" Sun Ce said.
"Father governs well." Zhou Yu smiled and said, "I didn't cause trouble for him, but I couldn't do anything great."
Sun Ce softened his tone and said, "Next year I plan to use troops against Jingzhou, and then you will be in charge of leading the navy."
Zhou Yu nodded, and Sun Ce said, "If there are no major mistakes in the coming year, I will give you the post of commander of the navy."
"Thank you, my lord." Zhou Yu got up and saluted, "I'll go back first."
Sun Ce was taken aback, and said, "Going away?"
Zhou Yu replied: "Sun Quan is still in Danyang, I won't go back and watch, for fear of something going wrong."
Sun Ce seemed upset, waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
So, Zhou Yu went to visit Lu Su, and the two led the horse, and it was still Lu Su who sent him out of the city.
"You and Sun Bofu," Lu Su said, "are suitable for being friends and family members, not for being monarchs and ministers."
"I found out too." Zhou Yu said.
After so many years, how did they get from being intimate to this point? Are you competing with each other? Zhou Yu thought that he had given in a lot. Knowing that Sun Ce didn't like others to interfere with his decisions, he always followed his lead; knowing that Sun Ce was the lord, he had to be the lord. Call him brothers and sisters in front of him.
Lu Su added: "Everyone in Wu County is afraid of him now, saying that he is Xiang Yu's reincarnation and came to be a little overlord."
"Don't pay attention to gossip, rumors stop at wise men," Zhou Yu said.
Lu Su said again: "But some rumors still reached his ears."
Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Su.
Lu Su said: "The big family in Kuaiji said that he made his fortune because of your support behind him. His ability is not enough to govern Jiangdong."
Zhou Yu let out a long breath. For some reason, not only did she not feel irritable as expected, but she felt relieved.
"Sure enough." Zhou Yu said, "What else did you say?"
Lu Su said leisurely: "The Sun family is not a local. Their ancestors lived in Fuchun and Kuaiji. The whole Wu County has a lot of complaints against Sun Jian and his son, and has always been resistant to their family. At first, you and I suppressed and used the big families in the county. My son, it stopped for a while, and now it starts again."
Zhou Yu said, "Zhang Zhao didn't say anything?"
"They belong to the Xuzhou faction," Lu Su said. "Northern scholars wish to exclude southerners. We must find a way, otherwise regional disputes will be deeply rooted, and sooner or later it will lead to disaster..."
At this moment, the messenger came and asked Zhou Yu to go back, but Sun Ce changed his mind again and refused to let him go.
Zhou Yu had no choice but to go back to the prefect's mansion, but Sun Ce was not in the mansion. He was only allowed to stay for a few days and had other arrangements. Zhou Yu and Lu Su looked at each other, neither of them knew what kind of medicine was sold in Sun Ce's gourd.
Now that I’m back, let’s stay here first. Zhou Yu wanted to talk to Sun Ce at night. Maybe he changed his mind, but he was told that Sun Ce left Wu County this afternoon. Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Lu Fan and others had dinner, and when Zhou Yu came back, everyone exchanged a few polite greetings. Zhou Yu asked about the situation in Wu County, and learned that the competition between the Southern faction and the Northern faction was especially fierce.
Sun Ce didn't like the Kuaiji people. From the very beginning when Sun Jian sent troops to become the prefect of Changsha, Kuaiji always opposed him. The previous borrowing of food was rejected, and the relationship between the two parties deteriorated. Zhou Yu wanted to discuss with Zhang Zhao, use it to raise Xiaolian's censorship book, and promote a small number of Kuaiji people, but Zhang Zhao and others collectively opposed it.
"You have to be gentle," Zhou Yu said, "otherwise things will only get worse, and people can't be killed forever."
"You don't care about his affairs." Lu Su said.
Lu Meng listened awkwardly in the study, neither sitting nor walking.
Lü Meng was from Runan, and in fact he was not on the same side as Sun Ce's advisers. Zhou Yu did not hide it from him and asked for his opinion.
Lu Meng replied: "Jiangdong is not stable, and Yuan Shao is at your side. I have persuaded my lord that the best way at this moment is to send troops to form an alliance with Cao Cao, and at the same time appease the internal affairs and promote the officials of the southern faction."
"Why is such an old man?" Zhou Yu frowned, "still so childish?"
Both Lu Su and Lu Meng didn't answer, Zhou Yu realized that he had gone too far, and said after a while, "General Lu, I have something to ask you."
Lu Meng nodded happily and said, "But please be frank."
Zhou Yu said: "Tomorrow morning, please leave for Danyang. I don't know what the master has planned. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back for a while. Sun Quan is only fifteen years old this year. I'm afraid he will be impulsive and send troops to the city." Guandu."
"I thought it was the prefect's arrangement." Lu Meng smiled, "Don't you want General Zhongmou to go out, so that the emperor's life will not be tolerated once?"
Zhou Yu was also a little hesitant. It stands to reason that it is best for Sun Quan to beheaded first and then to play, leading troops to help Cao Cao. In this way, Sun Quan is Sun Ce's younger brother, and Sun Ce can't behead his younger brother according to military law.
"Let's persuade him first." Zhou Yu said, "I'll make indirect remarks and talk to the lord, maybe there will be a turnaround."
Lu Meng was easy to talk to. When he was under Sun Ce's command, he could not be reused and had nothing to do all day long. Now that he had something to do, he took Zhou Yu's letter and went to Danyang the next day.
Another day later, Sun Ce finally came back.
It turned out that Sun Ce had gone to Shu County and brought his grandma and Zhou's mother along. When the guard came to notify, Zhou Yu was startled, what do you mean? Chinese New Year in Wujun
"Gongjin!"
Zhou Yu changed into formal clothes and hurried into the hall, but Lu Su chased after him and said, "You're in trouble."
Zhou Yu stopped.
"Yesterday, as soon as Lu Meng arrived in Danyang, Sun Quan took your soldiers and horses away."
Zhou Yu: "..."
"This bastard..." Zhou Yu had already had a premonition, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to be one step ahead.
"Lv Meng sits in Danyang and is here to send a letter." Lu Su said, "Zhang Zhao asked me to detain the soldiers and horses in advance, and not report to the lord, and see if I can chase them back."
"Where did you go?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Shouchun is over." Lu Su replied.
"I can't get back," Zhou Yu said, "Huang Gai will definitely support Sun Quan to go to the war. Immediately notify Lu Meng to supply the army with food and grass. If it is not enough, call Shouchun first... I will go to see the two elders first, and you will do it right away, my lord. Found it, let him ask me."
After Lu Su left, Zhou Yu came to the main hall with a cloudy expression on his face, and saw his mother and grandma.
Sun Ce was talking to the two of them with a smile, when Mrs. Sun saw Zhou Yu, she said, "What's wrong! You're so skinny after eating! Is it short or used?"
Zhou Yu said with a smile, "The weather has turned cold, so I didn't sleep well at night."
"Gong Jin has lost weight." Sun Ce patted his knee and said with a smile.
Mrs. Sun poked Sun Ce's forehead with her finger, and said, "You are the one who treated Yu'er badly. Seeing how thin he is, he won't be able to escape if you work day and night."
"He was like this when he was a child." Zhou's mother interrupted with a smile, "Just like his father, his brows are almost knotted, he eats less and thinks more."
"It's not going to work if you don't take care of it," Mrs. Sun said, "There's no such thing."
Sun Ce pulled Zhou Yu and said with a smile, "Come on, kneel first, I have something to say."
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce knelt down in front of the two elders and worshiped their mother. It has been two years since we parted. Seeing his old mother again, Zhou Yu couldn't help feeling sore in his heart, thinking that since he came, he should take him to Danyang.
After three worships, Sun Ce said, "Mother, Gongjin and I are planning to get married this winter."
Zhou Yu suddenly had a "click" in his head, almost lost his mind, and said, "Wait, Bofu, you... what are you talking about? Get married!"
"It turned out to be for this." Zhou's mother suddenly realized, laughed, and said to Mrs. Sun, "I said that Ce'er is so mysterious. Isn't this a good thing?"
Mrs. Sun said: "That's right, this monkey is finally doing something serious."
Zhou Yu's face was flushed, almost flushed, and he asked: "Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me first? No... just getting married, you and me... why..."
Sun Ce smiled and pulled him, but Zhou Yu couldn't get up, and he didn't dare to raise his head, as if the hall had turned into the setting sun, and the river was full of red after thousands of miles of light, which made him at a loss, and his hands pressing on the floor tiles were trembling.
Sun Ce said: "I was afraid that Gongjin would not like it, so I didn't dare to say it. Now let Gaotang make the decision for us. Gongjin, mother is here, why don't you say you are willing?"
"I..." Zhou Yu was about to scold Sun Ce directly, what kind of nonsense is this going to be!
Sun Ce said, "Tell me, tell me first."
Zhou Yu turned his head and looked at Sun Ce. At that moment they looked at each other in a daze. Zhou Yu's eyes were a little red, and his lips trembled slightly because of nervousness and excitement.
"I... I don't know." Zhou Yu finally said, "You can ask my mother, mother is in charge, she can do it if she says so."