Zhou Yu also had a stubborn temper and did not make any compromises. The next day Zhou Yi came out of his spirit, and the people of Shu County sent him ten miles away, and the county magistrate was also there. Zhou Yu cried out of control. Sun Ce talked quietly with the county magistrate for a while, and when Fuling went up the mountain, Sun Ce also burst into tears.
"Master Zhou!" Sun Ce just howled dryly, "Your bones are not cold yet, someone came to steal your Zhou family's property..."
Zhou Yu: "..."
"Bullying your orphans and widows..."
Zhou Yu was so howled by Sun Ce, but he couldn't cry anymore, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay..."
All the people who sent their spirits along the road heard this, and the county magistrate naturally heard it too. The relatives who knew the inside story had a bad face, and the distant relatives who didn't know the inside story talked and pointed. After crying a few words, Sun Ce silenced his voice and went up the mountain with Zhou Yu.
On the afternoon of the day after the burial, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went to the silk shop in person. Zhou Yu wrote in his own hand that the business was temporarily closed. The mulberry fields were closed first, and a few mulberry farmers who took care of the mulberry trees were left to raise silkworms in the spring of next year.
In late spring, the peach blossoms all over the mountains and plains in Shu County are in full bloom.
After several days of work, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went back to the mansion side by side. Looking at the fertile fields, green mountains and green waters, Sun Ce said, "Gong Jin, I suddenly felt that maybe you really should sell the land."
"What?" Zhou Yu asked, "Are you short of money?"
Sun Ce joked: "I want to borrow money from you, will you sell it?"
Zhou Yu replied without thinking, "If you want to use money, you can sell it naturally. Is it worth it?"
Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "I was thinking, would you like to go to Changsha with me to find a job? I'm missing a master secretary. You're here, so we can be together every day, drinking and discussing swords."
Zhou Yu said, "No."
"What?" Sun Ce walked backwards in front of Zhou Yu, his new boots were covered in mud.
"My parents are here, so I won't travel far." Zhou Yu only said six words.
Sun Ce continued the second half of the sentence with a smile: "There must be a way to swim, is that what you said?"
Zhou Yu said: "Wait a little longer, I understand your thoughts, my father just left, and my mother has no one to accompany me at home, I'm afraid she's not in good health."
Sun Ce thought about it, so he nodded, and said after a while, "Fei Yu brought news yesterday, and my father urged me to go back."
Zhou Yu was startled, feeling an indescribable loss in his heart.
"Are you leaving now?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Begging for thieves." Sun Ce turned around again, walked side by side with Zhou Yu, and said casually, "I don't want to part with you either, so I'm asking you, if you want, you can go out with me. If you are good at it, I will protect you." You don't have to rush ahead when fighting, just help me figure it out, just give me an idea."
Zhou Yu said, "How can you still protect me, a reckless monkey head like you?"
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Don't believe me? You haven't seen me on the battlefield."
"Trust." Zhou Yu said lightly.
That day he saw Sun Ce go out to fight, like a tiger coming out of the mountain, shaking the world, what does a young hero look like? It should look like Sun Ce.
Sun Ce said again: "If you are worried about your mother, you can take it together. In Changsha, I can talk to my mother to relieve boredom."
Zhou Yu was really moved at that moment. However, with such a large family business, you can't just leave it, nor can you just give it up. After a long journey, I am afraid that my mother will be exhausted, and I am also afraid that she will not adapt to the environment. Leaving is equivalent to giving up Shu County's property.
Sun Ce made good friends with himself, but the officials under Sun Jian, especially the experienced veterans, may not all treat him as well as Sun Ce, and it is always not easy to depend on others.
In the final analysis, I still can't pass this level.
Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu expectantly. For a moment, Zhou Yu almost nodded, but finally he said, "Let's live a while."
"When?" Sun Ce stood still and asked.
"When are you leaving?" Zhou Yu asked back.
Sun Ce: "We have to leave early tomorrow morning."
Zhou Yu felt very uncomfortable immediately. He originally intended to set aside ten days and a half months to settle the matter here, and then ask his mother for instructions. After careful consideration, he went on the road with Sun Ce, but Sun Ce left in such a hurry. He stayed with him for a long time, and the military situation was very important, so he couldn't force him to stay.
Zhou Yu looked up at Sun Ce. They stared at each other in silence for a long time. Sun Ce suddenly said, "Gong Jin, I really want you to come to me. It's not because I feel sorry for you that you have nowhere to go."
Zhou Yu said: "You are overthinking, I have never thought about it that way, you saved my father and stayed with me these days, I really..."
Zhou Yu looked away, and said after a while: "Bo Fu, you are a person who does great things."
"Really?" Sun Ce laughed and said, "Many people said the same thing."
"Here we go again." Zhou Yu couldn't help but cry.
Zhou Yu walked away, and Sun Ce followed behind him, and said seriously: "Gongjin, I am in need of someone to help me. I came to you this time to ask you to come and help me, but so many things have happened. I didn't dare to mention it to you for a while, as long as you come under my command, what can I do in the future... "
Zhou Yu stopped, and Sun Ce said, "Half of it is yours."
Zhou Yu knew that Sun Ce was making a promise to him. He nodded lightly and replied, "Bo Fu, I believe that you will be a famous general or a Sangong in the future. I believe it. But I can't do it now, I don't believe it." Own."
"What?" Sun Ce asked unexpectedly.
"Give me some time." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "How? When I feel qualified enough to assist you, I will come to you."
"How long will it take?" Sun Ce laughed, "Don't wait ten or twenty years, I can't wait."
"Three years?" Zhou Yu asked.
Sun Ce didn't answer, Zhou Yu knew he was reluctant, and he was afraid that he couldn't wait so long, so he didn't mention it again. The two had different thoughts and walked slowly along the road. Peach blossoms were flying in late spring, and many children were holding kites , running on the ridge.
"Going to fly a kite?" Zhou Yu asked.
Sun Ce nodded, and Zhou Yu bought a kite outside the farmhouse. The two of them boarded the black-padded boat. Sun Ce took the kite and dragged the string, and let it fly all the way. At the bow of the boat, children looked up, while Sun Ce stood at the stern, holding the string in his hand.
"Okay." Sun Ce suddenly replied.
Zhou Yu looked back and saw Sun Ce's hearty smile.
"Three years is three years, you are this kite, the string is in my hand, and you will always come." Sun Ce said.
Zhou Yu smiled and said nothing. He took the qin in the boat, pondered for a while, and plucked the five strings. The clear sound of the qin pierced the clear sky.
The next day, the mountains and forests were full of mist. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu stayed up all night, lying in bed and talking all night. Zhou Yu was still yawning when seeing them off, but Sun Ce was very energetic and took the reins of the horse to say goodbye to Zhou Yu.
"Send it here." Sun Ce said, "Remember, three years."
"I remember." Zhou Yu replied wearily.
The white falcon flew over and landed on Zhou Yu's shoulder. Sun Ce said, "Fei Yu will send you a letter for me, take good care of yourself."
Zhou Yu took a step forward, mixed feelings instantly, he stopped, but Sun Ce understood what he meant, he was not polite at all, he took a step forward and hugged Zhou Yu tightly, and the two stood on the mountain road like this.
After a while, Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu on the back, pushed him away, and got on his horse without saying a word.
"Drive!" The moment Sun Ce turned around, Zhou Yu could clearly see his red eyes, but Sun Ce had nothing to say, the horse's hooves sounded, and he left the mountain road in a blink of an eye and disappeared into the mist.
The autumn wind soothes the morning wind, and the east knows it in a moment.
A white falcon passed through thousands of rivers and mountains, passed over Chaohu Lake, lit up a lake of autumn water, and the ripples spread.
The white falcon flew towards a black-covered boat and landed beside the fisherman fishing in the bow. The fisherman was wearing a bamboo hat, with one foot hanging four inches away from the lake, swaying.
The other boy was lying lazily on the bow of the boat, wearing a beautiful long robe, with a face like a crown jade, eyebrows like cold mountains, lips like vermilion spots, white teeth and star eyes.
"Zijing," the fisherman said to the young man, "can you see if that is our bird?"
The young man called Zijing was Lu Su, and he didn't bother raising his eyelids, and said, "So you came here to fish just to wait for the white bird?"
"It's it! Bofu's letter is here!" The fisherman collected his pole, took out a small fish from the bucket, and fed it to the white falcon. The white falcon jumped up and down on the bow and looked up at the fisherman. The fisherman pushed up his bamboo hat, showing a handsome face—it was Zhou Yu.
Lu Su said casually: "It's this bird again, and it's Sun Bofu again. I'm tired of hearing it. Zhou Gongjin, I guess there is still no result."
"Come here." Zhou Yu smiled.
Bai Falcon jumped over, and Lu Su flicked it with his fingers. Bai Falcon had obviously been teased by Lu Su, as soon as he saw his finger approaching, he hurriedly jumped away.
Lu Su solemnly took a small fish to seduce it, and Bai Falcon approached vigilantly. Lu Su raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said casually: "Other falcons eat meat, but you are the only one who eats fish."
The white falcon stared at Lu Su and turned his head sideways. Zhou Yu patted its head and asked, "Where's Bo Fu's letter?"
Lu Su pulled its paw, untied a small foot tube, and took out the letter from it.
From brother Gongjin Xian:
After a few years, how is the situation? Brother will pull out his army to go north in a few days. Zhang Jiao's general situation is over, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion is gradually eliminated. However, He Jin introduced Dong Zhuo, Marquis of Mei, into Beijing. The situation in Luoyang is extremely unstable. The brother's father, Chen Bing, was the official, in case there was any change. There are more and more refugees in front of Hulao Pass, and the people are unbearable. What my brother mentioned, I tried to investigate in many ways, but I didn't have a clue, and I was worried about my brother, so I passed it on first, my brother, don't worry, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, wait for my brother to find out slowly.
Two years have passed since the three-year agreement, and there is a vacancy for Brother Yu's military counselor.
On behalf of my aunt, please don't miss me too much.
Bofu
"Sure enough, saying it is equivalent to not saying it." Lu Su laughed at Zhou Yu relentlessly, Zhou Yu looked helpless.
Lu Su said: "The letter has also been accepted, should we go?"
"You go back first." Zhou Yu said, "I won't be scolded by my younger siblings again."
"You were scolded because you didn't have a daughter-in-law to care about, and you still laughed at me? When will I tell you about marriage, I have to win the hearts of girls all over the street as soon as possible." Lu Su patted his clothes.
Zhou Yu: "I'll catch some more fish."
"What's on your mind?"
"What's on your mind? I just want to go fishing."
"Misunderstanding." Lu Su threw down a sentence, picked up the wooden board beside the boat, threw it towards the lake, stepped on the side of the boat, and shot it out like an arrow from the string. , with one foot slightly bent, stepping on the wooden plank, lighting up half of the autumn water in the lake, and then flying to the shore, landing leisurely, unrestrained and endless.
Zhou Yu's handsome side face is reflected between the mountains and the clear water, holding a fishing rod, silent, like a sculpture. Until it started to rain and thousands of flowers, large and small, bloomed on Chaohu Lake, Zhou Yufang sighed, carried the fishing rod and bucket and went home.
It has been two years since he and Sun Ce last parted. Emperor Ling passed away and Emperor Xian ascended the throne. The news from Luoyang became increasingly tense. It was said that He Jin had lured Dong Zhuo to the capital, and that Lu Bu had killed Ding Yuan and transferred to Dong Zhuo's command.
For a while, some people said that Thief Dong had usurped the throne, accused Emperor Xian and ordered the officials; for a while, some people said that all heroes from all walks of life in the world came out together, and they would make Yuan Shao the leader of the alliance to challenge Dong.
The news was raging, and the Jiangzuo land was also affected by the tense atmosphere, and there were many more guards patrolling the road. The autumn rain was bleak, and the mountains were shrouded in a puff of twilight smoke. Zhou Yu carried a bucket, wore a bamboo hat, and parked on his shoulder the white falcon that Sun Ce handed over to him two years ago, winding along the mountain road.
In the past two years, their letters have never been broken. Zhou Yu wrote letters to Sun Ce from time to time, and Sun Ce replied faster than Zhou Yu. However, the fish and geese talked about indifferent things, just like children's fights. Every time there is a letter, it is nothing more than the fact that the peach blossoms bloom and wither, Chaohu Lake rises and falls, the seasons change, and Vientiane is renewed.
Until half a year ago, at the beginning of the spring of this year, the shops in Shu County sent caravans out of Hangu Pass along the land route to Liangzhou, and then went to the Silk Road via Liangzhou to do business with the Western Regions. However, in this year, the turbulent situation was beyond his control. Less than three months after the merchants set off on the road, they brought back news that a large number of goods had been detained.
That batch of silk was not only the Zhou family's silk, but all the merchants in the entire Shu County disappeared. Only two mules came back, which were sent by the officials at the post stations along the way.
The troubled times have come to this field, and the family members in Shu County panicked, and asked many people to inquire. However, the thirty-six members of the caravan disappeared without a word.
The goods are gone, as long as the people can come back, but now there are no people alive or dead bodies. Zhou Yusi's shopkeeper had just been working for less than a year, but his life was at stake, so he had to write to Sun Ce in a hurry for help.
Sun Ce comforted Zhou Yu repeatedly, and everyone knew that in troubled times, human life is like grass, and most of them are hopeless. If someone was on duty in the court, they might be able to communicate with each other and inquire about the whereabouts of the caravan. The thirty-six families, each with orphans and widows, cried all day long, waiting for this glimmer of hope.