"Which girl do you like?" Mother Zhou asked with a gentle smile.
"Qiao Family." Sun Ce said with a smile, "Hey, Gong Jin, how long are you going to kneel?"
Zhou Yu knelt quietly, the burn on his face faded unconsciously, and Sun Ce's voice seemed extremely distant.
"It's the Qiao family." Zhou Yu said with a smile, "I said so."
Zhou Yu patted the ashes on his robe to get up, and sat aside. What Sun Ce said later, rang in his ears "emptily", sometimes far away, and sometimes seemed to be right next to his ears. Mrs. Sun took Zhou Yu's hand, and Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu's shoulder from time to time. Everyone laughed together again. Zhou Yu couldn't remember what they said.
At night, the winter rain continued.
Zhou Yu followed Zhou's mother's veins. Zhou's mother was holding a book, her eyes were dim, and she said, "Yu'er, what is this writing? Can you read it to me?"
Zhou Yu glanced at it. It was the etiquette written by Zhang Zhao to Sun Ce, and said, "Don't read it, it's a chore. What time do you start and end when you get married?"
"It just so happens that one day," Zhou's mother was overjoyed, said, "It's God's will to be able to get along with you and Ce'er, and not be at odds with the two girls from the Qiao family."
Zhou Yu sighed and asked, "Does your head still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Zhou's mother said, "It's just a knee pain. It's been rainy recently."
Zhou Yu came over with the medicine box and administered the needles to his mother. When Zhou Yu heard the news that her son was going to get married, she sighed and said, "When I married Mrs. Sun, I never expected today. Ce'er grew up. Yes, my Yuer has also grown up."
"Are you still referring to your belly as a marriage?" Zhou Yu asked, looking up at Zhou's mother.
"Yes." Zhou's mother said, "It was said at the beginning that if a man and a woman are married, they will marry each other. Now that you two are married, it is also very good."
Zhou Yu said, "Look at how happy you are, and it's as if Bo Fu and I are married."
"You don't know," Zhou's mother smiled, touched Zhou Yu's handsome face, and said, "Your father left early, and I have been worrying about your marriage. I have no explanation. Ce'er takes it to heart. It's best, you Under the father's nine springs, I can feel at ease."
Zhou Yu didn't answer, his eyes gradually turned red, and after a long time, tears flowed out silently.
"Okay, okay," Zhou's mother said with a smile, "isn't this a happy event?"
"I'm not married." Zhou Yu choked.
Zhou's mother said: "Don't talk stupidly, but tell me why you are not married anymore?"
Zhou Yu shook his head, the hand holding the needle trembling. At the end, Mother Zhou reached out to hug her and said, "You can stop talking childish things..."
Zhou Yu lay in Zhou's mother's arms, choking with difficulty, her back trembling uncontrollably. The nine-foot man cried like an ignorant child.
Inside the Taishou Mansion of Wu County, the color changed overnight, the long gray walls and tiles were replaced with new ones, and the red silk reflected the lights, all of which turned into inextricable clouds of fire. That ray of red pressing down on the solemn and solemn black is like an overwhelming brocade quilt covering the vast land, making people so nervous that they cannot breathe or turn over.
Sun Ce specially ordered people to bring in cold plums and plant them all over the garden, and the plum blossoms were in full bloom.
On this day, the guards were decorated with lanterns and festoons, but Sun Ce's face was darker than his wedding gown.
The matter of Sun Quan's privately leading troops was finally beyond his control. When the news reached the mansion, Sun Ce became furious in an instant.
Zhou Yu was trying on the wedding dress. As soon as Cao Cao's ceremony came, Zhou Yu immediately turned around and knelt down in the hall.
"It's against you!" Sun Ce, wearing the groom's official red and black wedding gown, stepped forward and kicked the tea table, spilling snacks, cups and plates all over the floor.
"My lord," Lu Su said outside the hall, "Captain Zhou didn't know about this matter."
"I don't know?!" Sun Ce roared, "This is what you did! Why did you send Lu Meng to Danyang! Tell me I don't know?!"
"I did it," Zhou Yu said, "beheaded first and then played. Please punish the lord, or behead me, and I won't get married."
Sun Ce never expected Zhou Yu to say that. Zhou Yu took off the red veil on his shoulders, threw it aside, turned around and walked out.
"What are you doing?" Mrs. Sun happened to pass by the porch and said, "Arguing again?"
With Sun Ce's appearance, anger was simmering in his eyes, heart, and body.
"Send someone to tie Sun Quan back to me immediately!" Sun Ce shouted.
However, it was too late. The Battle of Guandu had already been fought. Sun Quan and Cao Pi led an army to raid Wuchao. Liaodong, took shelter of Gongsun Zan.
Cao Cao won a complete victory and supported Jizhou, Sili, Chang'an, Xuzhou and other places.
Sun Ce embraced Wujun, Jiaozhou, and Yizhou.
Liu Biao scorns Jingzhou, Liu Zhang leads Yizhou, and the Central Plains has gone through years of swords and soldiers, and finally came to an end with a big battle at Guandu.
At night, Zhou Yu was wearing a wedding gown, standing in front of the map, and said to the crowd: "Now the north has been set, and Cao Cao has sent repair documents and wedding gifts, and we will rule the river. Our enemies, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, have gone. .Tao Qian was defeated."
"Cao Cao fought a battle, and his vitality has withered." Lu Su said, "In ten years, he will be unable to start another war. Congratulations, my lord."
"Congratulations, my lord." Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
"Congratulations to Lord Zhou and Governor Zhou," Zhang Hong said.
Cao Cao won, and Zhou Yu's bet obviously won a grand slam-Wu Jun attacked Yuan Shao's rear, with a total of 1,000 troops in Danyang, 2,000 in Shouchun, and 3,000 soldiers, which played a role in turning the entire battle situation around. Cao Cao specially sent a gift to congratulate Sun Ce and Zhou Yu on their marriage.
Sun Ce's expression was not good at first, but all the ministers changed the subject knowingly, and Sun Ce relaxed a little.
"My lord, the enemy will be ahead of the enemy." Zhu Zhi said with a smile.
"In this way, we can free up our hands to deal with Jingzhou." Zhou Yu said again. He knew that attacking Jingzhou was the most important thing for Sun Ce. Ever since he moved into Wu County, Sun Ce had never forgotten about avenging his father.
"I suggest sending troops to Jingzhou at the beginning of next year." Lu Su said, "Cao Cao has the intention of marrying..."
"No." Sun Ce said, "Even if I have a daughter, I will not marry the Cao family."
Zhou Yu winked at Lu Su, but Lu Su stopped talking and replied, "Then I'll go and say no."
Lu Su got up, saluted Sun Ce, and left.
Lu Su always did things neatly, and he would do it immediately when he was refuted. Zhou Yu had to admit that he was not as capable as him. Even if he agreed now, he would try to persuade Sun Ce later.
Sun Ce also has a younger sister in Changsha, named Sun Shangxiang, who is the youngest sister. If the other side is willing, if it is consensual, next time Cao Pi comes, it may as well take Sun Shangxiang over to have a look. But this is the Sun family's business after all, so it's inconvenient for me to interrupt.
The ministers said some more congratulatory words, and agreed that next year the navy and army would go to war with Liu Biao, and they dispersed. Zhou Yu packed up the documents and wanted to leave, but Sun Ce said, "Stop."
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce.
"When did we become like this?" Sun Ce didn't look at Zhou Yu, but glanced elsewhere.
Zhou Yu sighed slowly and said, "It's my fault."
Sun Ce said: "Someone is right, you and I are both the masters."
Zhou Yu couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, thinking who is telling the story? However, before he had time to think about it in the future, Sun Ce said, "You don't agree with my idea, and I don't agree with yours. You think more and see things more clearly than I do. That's not bad."
Zhou Yu wanted to say that you are too stubborn, there are many things, there is no difference between who is right and who is wrong, but in the end he still didn't say it.
"I don't want to be a lord." Zhou Yu said, "I don't have the ability."
"They all said, you can listen to persuasion, but I can't." Sun Ce finally raised his eyes to look at Zhou Yu, and said, "I have also thought about it these days. Leading troops to fight is not suitable for being the lord of a city, otherwise, how about we change?"
Zhou Yu's shock was no small matter. He immediately put down the document and knelt down in front of Sun Ce.
"I don't dare..." Zhou Yu tremblingly said, "If my lord says so, I will have no choice but to die..."
Regardless of whether Sun Ce said this as a temptation or out of intention, the consequences of a courtier's arrogance will be extremely serious.
Zhou Yu didn't dare to say a word, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally said: "Bofu..."
Zhou Yu's eyes were red, and he endured the pain in his heart, as if a sword had severed the connection between Sun Ce and his past.
Is it the Sun Ce who is dressed in white, or the lonely boy who sees off his father and walks on the wet mountain road
"At the beginning you said, let me assist you." Zhou Yu said, "I still remember what happened at Hangu Pass."
"I don't know what happened," Zhou Yu said, her voice trembling all the time, "I thought that the meaning of assisting is to help you do what you haven't done, and help you do what you can't do well... Sometimes you overstep your authority and judge. Everything comes from the heart, remembering the promise we made back then."
Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and suddenly felt a little sorry.
Sun Ce said, "You cry too?"
Zhou Yu knelt on the ground, looking at his own shadow.
Sun Ce said, "It's my fault, get up."
Sun Ce stepped forward to help Zhou Yu get up.
Sun Ce laughed instead, and said, "I thought you would be stern, scold me, and teach me a few words..."
"Forgive me." Zhou Yu felt exhausted at the moment, and said, "I don't know what to do to make you satisfied."
"I don't know how to speak in front of you." Zhou Yu simply looked at Sun Ce, his heart was so blocked that he finally said everything at once, "Ever since I entered Wu County, I felt that whatever I said would easily make you angry , everything is wrong.”
"It's my fault." Sun Ce said, "That's all, I'm just a little flustered these days. You go back first, come and have a drink with me later, okay?"
Zhou Yu nodded, not daring to say more, and immediately left the hall. After going out, he immediately found Lu Su and asked, "When I'm not around, who walks closest to the lord?"
"What was said?" Lu Su asked.
Zhou Yu took a deep breath, quite uneasy. Lu Su said: "He never suspected you, don't worry, he misses you every day when you are not around."
Zhou Yu relayed Sun Ce's words once, and Lu Su said: "Zhang Zhao is an old fox, it is impossible to say such things. The rest of the people know that you two are close, and they will not come to provoke trouble. This is a troubled time. Half of the people in the house are facing You, this will never happen."
"I'm guessing," Lu Su said to Zhou Yu, "He said 'someone said', but he asked others to say it. Most likely he thought so. If you are really worried, just ask him."
In the middle of the night, when Zhou Yu went to look for Sun Ce, Mrs. Sun was lecturing in the room, and her voice could be heard outside.
"Why don't you listen to Gongjin?" Mrs. Sun said, "Your father also said that the Sun family's family affairs are everyone's affairs. If she can marry Shang Xiang, she is naturally willing."
"Stop it! Mom!" Sun Ce said impatiently, "Do you still have to teach me a lesson at this time? I'm almost married."
Mrs. Sun said a few more words, but Zhou Yu couldn't listen anymore, so she turned and left. That night, Sun Ce was nagged by his mother all night, while Zhou Yu waited in the porch, and fell asleep when he was too sleepy. In the middle of the night, Sun Ce came to see him, led him in, and covered him with a quilt.
The first snow didn't come until the twelfth lunar month, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's wedding was approaching, and Qiao Xuan's daughter was living in the city, preparing for the wedding ceremony.
Sun Ce sat in the high hall, and Zhou Yu and the steward confirmed their marriage for the last time. Sun Ce was in a very good mood today, and joked to Zhou Yu: "The bride should be left alone later, and we are going to bridal chamber first?"
Zhou Yu blushed again when he thought of Sun Ce's mischief in the hot spring that day.
"Should I teach you first?" Sun Ce said, "Come here, come and sit with me. My brother will teach you what to do when you enter the bridal chamber first."
Zhou Yu threw the notebook down, and wanted to push back his words with a serious face. Suddenly, he thought about it and couldn't help saying: "I went back and thought about it all night. Who said this nonsense?"
"What?" Sun Ce had long forgotten.
Zhou Yu replied, "Tell me what you are suitable for and what I am suitable for."
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Xu Gong, do you still remember?"
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment.
Sun Ce ordered someone to fetch the document, threw it on the table, and said, "This is Xu Gong's secret letter to the court. It is a letter to the emperor, saying that I am cruel and tyrannical, and I am not enough to be the shepherd of a place. you."
Zhou Yu's heart thumped, Xu Gong's move was extremely ruthless, it was tantamount to drawing a salary from the bottom of the pot, and if he sent a secret letter to the court, who would it fall into? It is nothing more than Cao Cao who coerced the emperor to make the princes! Once Cao Cao got the letter, maybe he would take away Sun Ce's general seal and appoint Zhou Yu as the prefect of Wujun.
After all, Cao Pi also received a closed door from Sun Ce. Cao Cao should know that Sun Ce and the Cao family are very at odds.
Zhou Yu said, "Where's Xu Gong?"
Sun Ce said, "I'm just trying to find a reason to kill him, let someone bring him here."
"No." Zhou Yu said, "Killing the court prefect without authorization, the matter will be pursued endlessly, let him live."
Sun Ce said, "I knew it would be like this."
After finishing speaking, Sun Ce stopped talking. Zhou Yu was in a state of turmoil. Xu Gong escaped with his own hands, and Sun Ce wanted to kill him to sacrifice the flag when he first entered Wu County. Xu Gong went to the court to sow discord between the two. If it really succeeded, Cao Cao asked the emperor to make a decree. I'm afraid it won't be clear in one or two sentences.
"It's still too late for you to think clearly." Sun Ce said, "Will you kill me or not?"
"On the day of marriage," Zhou Yu said, "spare his life, pardon him, and exile him to Jiaozhou."
The corner of Sun Ce's mouth twitched slightly, and he sneered.
"Bring Xu Gong up," Sun Ce ordered.
With Sun Ce's expression, Zhou Yu immediately had an ominous premonition. Sure enough, Xu Gong's face was ashen, and he was thrown under the hall in his prison uniform, trembling all over.
"My lord," Zhou Yu said, "listen to me, okay?"
Sun Ce said, "Xu Gong, did you write this secret letter?"
Xu Gong fell on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, please forgive me... please forgive me..."
"You have talented people under your command," Sun Ce sneered, "thieves and thieves gathered. In order to intercept your letter, seventeen people in my guard died."
Zhou Yu shuddered again, and Sun Ce said angrily, "If you spare your life, who will pay for the lives of my subordinates! Drag them out and behead them!"
Xu Gong screamed loudly, Zhou Yu's expression changed, "My lord!"
Sun Ce raised his hand, it was obvious that his stubborn temper had broken out again, and he didn't listen to anyone, Zhou Yu watched Xu Gong being thrown out.
"Let's talk." Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and smiled at Zhou Yu.
"Tonight is a big wedding," Zhou Yu said, "No, murder is a bad omen, my lord! Xu Gong is an official of the court and has many followers. Although there are more than 100 people in his death, the Kuaiji and Yuhang areas are not stable. I am afraid there will be counterattacks in the future. It is better to cut off one by one first. , leave him till the end..."
There was a muffled sound outside, and Xu Gong's screams and Zhou Yu's persuasion came to an abrupt end.
Zhou Yu stopped talking, bowed and said goodbye.
At dusk, the wedding ceremony was ready, the congratulatory ceremony was stopped, Wu County was brightly lit, and the whole city lit up lanterns to celebrate the respective marriages of the city lord Sun Ce and the governor Zhou Yu. The two bridegroom officials did not talk, each wearing black and red wedding gowns, walked side by side through the promenade with revolving lanterns, and entered the hall.
Everything was illusory like a colorful dream, and the brilliance reflected in Zhou Yu's eyebrows seemed to turn into countless feelings of the past, present and future. Sun Ce smiled and bowed his hands to the congratulatory ministers, saying that they were all happy together. Lu Su followed behind and sent them into the hall of worship.
"I once thought that in this life, I would never marry a wife or have children," Zhou Yu said.
"Don't say stupid things." Sun Ce said calmly.
Zhou Yu said again: "When I was young, Master Gu Shanya said that I was destined not to have a family, but to start a career. Later I thought about it, why not help you for the rest of your life, and when you don't need me, I will still go to the lonely Go to the mountain, guard the dumb temple, the morning bell and the evening drum, waiting for you to come up and drink tea."
Sun Ce's expression was rather unnatural, and Zhou Yu said again: "Since you married me for me..."
The two stood in front of the hall, waiting for the bride. Zhou Yu arranged Sun Ce's wedding gown, then knelt down on one knee and tied his bootlaces.
"If you don't know what to say, let's take a look at your joy and get married together." Zhou Yu said.
"Gongjin," Sun Ce said, "you often say that I look like a child, but look at yourself, you are the youngest one. How can a man not get married?"
Zhou Yu smiled and replied: "If you are married to a daughter-in-law, you have to be careful and listen to what your daughter-in-law says. Don't treat Da Qiao like you did to me. Don't be rash anymore, just take it easy."
Sun Ce seemed to be about to say something more. He had a lot of thoughts for a while, and under the red candlelight, he was melancholy, sad, and a little bit intolerable. He frowned, seeing Zhou Yu stepping back and reaching out to hold his hand, but Zhou Yu avoided it calmly.
"Gongjin." Sun Ce said suddenly.
At this moment, the door of the hall opened.
The female relatives came in surrounded by Qiao and Qiao, and Mother Zhou and Mrs. Wu entered the hall.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu raised their eyes at the same time, looking outside the door.
Sun Ce is like a beautiful tree facing the wind, Zhou Yu is handsome and elegant, Sun Ce's handsomeness is like a bright and clear sky, and the spirit of a goshawk; Zhou Yu is like a green pine standing upright, calm as a mountain.
"Welcome the wife personally—" the master of ceremonies sang.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went forward together, stretched out their hands, took the hands of Xiao Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and led them into the hall. All around the outside.
"Baigaotang—"
The two bridegroom and the bride knelt down at the same time, bowing to the two mothers.
"Hey—Licheng—"