Chapter 24 Who fooled whom

"Do you want to kill me?" Sun Shao was furious and pointed to Yang Xiu's nose and cursed: "I admired him so much and sent him to chase the wind. He pushed me directly into the fire pit. This old thief is too vicious. No wonder people say that he is a hero. I really misread him.

Yang Xiu was speechless by Sun Shao's unscrupulous scolding. Although he was also full of opinions about Cao Yan, he could not curse like Sun Shao, otherwise he would definitely die after going back. He laughed twice and comforted Sun Shao, "Sun Jun, why are you so angry? The Prime Minister has a good intention. Otherwise, can you be the general of Henghai and lead the governor of the South China Sea?

"Go to your grandma's General Henghai, go to your grandma's South China Sea Taishou." Sun Shao was angry and looked anxious: "Five boats, three hundred people, this is General Henghai. Do you still want to fight pirates? The governor of the South China Sea? I really want to treat myself as the governor of the South China Sea. I'm afraid I won't be able to play for a month. You think I'm a pig, can't you see this?

"Oh, Sun Jun's anger." Yang Xiu said something and finally persuaded Sun Shao. He explained patiently, "Although I can't do what I want, I finally have an official position, right? With your talent, it is not impossible to be a real Taishou in the future.

"Bah!" The more Sun Shao thought about it, the more angry he became, and sprayed Yang Xiu's face. Yang Xiu was very aggrieved by him, but he had no choice but to raise his sleeves to wipe his saliva. He reached out and took a brocade box from his attendant's hand and shook it like a treasure: "Sun Jun, whether it's Jiaozhou Mu or General Henghai, it's all a trial Sun's ride. This is the Prime Minister sincerely rewarded you."

"What a slapid thing, I'm not in the mood to watch it." Sun Shaoyu's anger did not subside, and he turned around disdainfully.

"I really don't want to see it?" Yang Xiu smiled and said, "This time, Qingxu Shuishi showed his power, but thanks to this thing. Although Sun Jun only has five warships, if he has this sharp weapon, hey hey, ordinary pirates really can't help you.

Sun Shao turned his face and looked suspicious: "What is it?"

"The Thunderbolt." Yang Xiu mysteriously opened the brocade box and exposed a corner of the paper inside: "The full set of pictures of the Thunderbolt."

"Well, that's about the same." Sun Shao immediately changed his face and glanced at the drawings with a smile. Then his eyelids jumped and he smiled happily and said, "That's good. With this sharp weapon, the capital I saved has increased a lot."

"How could Cao Gong hurt you?" Yang Xiu sat down proudly, drank a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "Mr. Cao is still going to marry you. He wants to go back and carefully choose a woman to marry you. This is a rare honor for ordinary people."

"Does he have a daughter?" Sun Shao disdained: "Besides, I have been married. Is it possible that the daughter of the Cao family can still be a concubine?"

"This is not necessarily true. You know, Cao Gong is not very polite, but only useful." I don't know why, when he said this, Yang Xiu's tone was a little strange, but it soon returned to normal. He waited for a moment, and then Sun Shao carefully put away the drawings. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Sun Jun, this drawing is rewarded by the Prime Minister. You can't leak it out. Otherwise, the Prime Minister can't tell the generals."

"I know." Sun Shao agreed and turned around and handed over the brocade box to Shen Xuan: "Silence, set up a banquet to entertain Yang Jun and give him a feast by the way." Shen Xuan smiled and took the drawings and walked out. Yang Xiu waved his hand, signaled his entourage to withdraw, moved to Sun Shao, and said with a serious face, "Sun Jun, Xiu has a few heartfelt words. I want to tell Sun Jun, and please pay attention to Sun Jun."

Sun Shao blinked his eyes and carefully looked at Yang Xiu for a while. Then he nodded and said, "Brother Dezu, please speak."

Seeing that Sun Shao changed his name, his tone became much milder. Yang Xiu was secretly relieved: "Sun Jun was originally a smart person. He didn't need me to talk much, but the Prime Minister pitied that Sun Jun had amazing talent but it was useless. He wanted to take Sun Jun to Ye City for a heavy responsibility in the name of seeking quality, but Sun Cheqi refused. It is said to pity his brother's blood. In fact, he misunderstood the Prime Minister's intention. How could the Prime Minister hurt Sun Jun? Cao Gong doubted his intentions, so he tried him with Jiaozhou Mu. Now it seems that, as the current public expected, Sun Cheqi is wrong.

Sun Shao was silent and looked at Yang Xiu very vigilantly. Yang Xiu took a sip of tea and continued, "Although General Henghai gave it to you, there are five ships and three hundred people. Is this what General Henghai should have?" Go to fight pirates? Do you believe this?"

"What if you believe it? What if you don't believe it?" Sun Shao curled his lips and said, "I know my identity. I've given up for a long time. You don't have to fan the wind and light the fire. I'm afraid you'll burn me to death."

"Ha ha ha..." Yang Xiu straightened up and smiled disappointedly: "It seems that the Prime Minister looks up to you. You didn't see through the murderous intention here at all. It's a pity that you really think you can be a businessman safely."

Sun Shao was silent for a moment, and his eyes turned several times. Then he put away his smile and said with a lost face, "Can't I be a businessman?"

A smile flashed in Yang Xiu's eyes and he said sincerely, "Sun Jun, you can start from the overall situation and do business to defile yourself. This measure is very admirable. However, you obviously underestimated the contradiction between you and Sun Cheqi. Do you really think you can live in peace without power? Maybe, Sun Cheqi is your uncle anyway, but is he the successor? Can he still tolerate you as he is now? Sun Jun, you should take a long look at things, and you can't just look in front of you.

Sun Shao didn't say a word, and his eyes flashed. In Yang Xiu's opinion, he was provoked. Yang Xiuzhiji stopped talking. He just needed to stir up these things. He said too much, which made life suspicious. He looked very sympathetic: "Mr. Sun, people don't hurt the tiger. The tiger is harmful to people's hearts. You can't think too much about everything."

"Well, why don't you think about your own situation?" Sun Shao looked angry and said to each other, "In my humble opinion, I'm afraid that Brother Dezu's situation is more dangerous than mine."

His sudden outbreak of anger fell on Yang Xiu's eyes, but it was a signal that the psychological defense line had been broken, and his counterattack expressed that the thorn in his heart had been pushed, which made him calm again and could only use attack instead of defense. Yang Xiu was secretly complacent, but there was a stunned expression on his face: "What's the danger for me?"

Sun Shao changed into a look of contempt, looked at Yang Xiu proudly, pressed his arms on the desk, and knocked on the rhythm with his fingers in turn. He stared at Yang Xiu fiercely for a long time, and suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Dezu, let's open the skylight to speak out. I know that when you come to Jiaozhou, it's not just an edict. It's not so easy to walk thousands of miles. It's hard all the way, isn't it?

Yang Xiu looked at him with no expression on his face, but the corners of his eyes involuntarily twitched a few times, and then lowered his eyes with a guilty heart. He turned his head, avoided Sun Shao, and subconsciously pinched his hand hidden in his sleeve. After a long time, he nodded and said, "As Sun Jun said, I came to Jiaozhou this time, not just the edict. It's simple."

"Hmm." Sun Shao used to pinching his nose, lowered his eyes, and put on a look of obedience.

"With the guidance of Sun Jun, I met my Yuan Yin brothers and sisters in Jianye this time." Yang Xiu's eyes were suddenly a little wet. He quickly blinked his eyes to prevent Sun Shao from discovering his weakness. For more than 20 years, I didn't expect to see them again. My old mother will be ecstatic when she receives my letter.

" Family affection is always intoxicating." Sun Shao expressed his feelings at the right time.

"Yes." Yang Xiu sniffed and his voice was a little silent: "Sun Jun must also know that my Yang family and the Yuan family are in-laws, and I am Yuan Gong's nephew. Although he is now a rebellious word, and the Yuan family has long lost his former glory, the influence of the Yuan family still exists - especially... For me, of course, your Sun family has also suffered a lot.

Sun Shao nodded and said nothing. Yang Xiu is Yuan Shu's nephew. Yuan Shu is a rebellious fool who failed to usurp the throne. In this era of family and reputation, Yang Xiu is under great pressure. And the Sun family is not much better. From Sun Jian to Sun Ce, they are all hitters under Yuan Shu. Although Sun Ce later broke away from Yuan Shu and became independent, Jiangdong people still regarded him as Yuan Shu's lackey. With the gradual determination of Sun Quan's strength, although the Jiangdong family did not dare to cooperate as before because of the situation, they did not really accept the Sun family in their hearts. To put it bluntly, this is helpless to be annibbed, not willing to be annibbed.

"It's not only the Yuan family, but also, as Sun Jun said, I have fallen into a fight that has nothing to do with me." Yang Xiu's voice slowly became firm: "The family affection is intoxicating, but there is a premise that power cannot be involved. Otherwise, even between father and son and brothers, there is nothing to say."

"You mean Brother Cao Pi, right?" Sun Shao looked at Yang Xiu faintly with a sarcastic smile on the corners of his mouth.

"It's not a secret that the brothers of the Cao family compete with each other. Sun Jun must know that I have nothing to hide, but for me, it's hard to get off now." Yang Xiu said sincerely, "Sun Jun can take advance as a retreat and jump out of Jianye. I admire Sun Jun's great wisdom very much. I want to ask Sun Jun for advice to save his life."

"Do you want to test me again?" Sun Shao curled his lips.

"How dare you. Although Xiu is also a little smart, the good doctor does not treat himself. I really want to ask Sun Jun for advice. Yang Xiu smiled shyly: "Sun Jun, we are all understanding people, so don't play the trick of keeping a light and keeping a light. Gentlemen communicate with each other with sincerity. At this moment, only you and me, out of your mouth, into my ears, will never be known by outsiders.

Sun Shao touched his nose, raised his head, looked at the pale blue curtain above his head, and pondered for a long time before sighing: "Since Brother Dezu thinks highly of me so much, I'm a little sorry for my friend if I pretend to be confused. To be honest, I have been friends with Lin Yuhou for a long time, but if I don't listen to it, if you want to talk about power and conspiracy, you are really not the opponent of Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and others.

Yang Xiu showed an outcry and frowned twice, but he couldn't help saying anything. He was in a dilemma between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, and the crisis was approaching day by day. Of course, he could not see it with his cleverness. It's just that people always have a little fluke mentality. They are afraid of something wrong and hope that everything will be fine, so they are always a little hesitant. He asks Sun Shao for advice. It's not that he thinks that Sun Shao is smarter than him. He is confident that if he is in the position of Sun Shao, he may do better than Sun Shao, and he may even protect himself by not need to engage in a cheap business at all. All he needs is just to listen to Sun Shao's opinion to help him make up his mind. Now as soon as Sun Shao opened his mouth, he said that he was not as good as Sima Yi and others. He was very uncomfortable. In fact, he looks down on Sima Yi and Wu Zhi. Needless to say, Wu Zhi is not only a poor family, but also has a bad character. Even his fellow villagers do not have a good impression of him. Although the Sima family is a Wang ethnic group in Hanoi, in the eyes of the Yang family of the Hong family, except for the Yuan family in those years, there are really few people who dare to say that they are a Wang nationality. Now Sun Shao said that he was not the opponent of Sima Yi and Wu Zhi. He was a little embarrassed to accept it, but considering his original intention, he still couldn't resist and refute it.

"Brother Dezu, you are talented, but your talent is the talent of governing the country, not cheating." Sun Shao looked at Yang Xiu's face in his eyes, smiled faintly, and gave him a step: "Where is Lin Yuhou? He also has talent. He is Wencai, and I personally think he is the closest to Cao Gong. Unfortunately, his talent does not help him to compete for the position of heirs."

Yang Xiu's face softened a little. After a moment of hesitation, he couldn't help asking, "So... what should we do?"

"Don't worry." Sun Shao became more and more calm: "Speaking of which, you have all been harmed by the saint's book. For a gentleman, of course, you should use the right way, but if you still use the right way to deal with villains, you can only take the blame. Think about it carefully, what you have done before, isn't it?

Yang Xiu frowned and pondered, "So... If you deal with the villain in the villain's way, what's the difference between dealing with the villain?"

"No." Sun Shao shook his head repeatedly: "A gentleman should deal with the villain in the way of a villain, and deal with a gentleman in the way of a gentleman. The villain responds to the villain's way to the villain or the gentleman, which is the difference.

Yang Xiu realized something, but he still didn't think so.

"Let's talk about the possible consequences first, and then you decide what to use." Sun Shao quietly drugged Yang Xiu: "You just said that family affection cannot involve rights. Once rights are involved, there will be nothing to say. So let me ask you again, what kind of rights are there in the world, more like poison than imperial power?

Yang Xiu raised his head and looked straight at Sun Shao.

"Then you can estimate again, if Cao Pi succeeds the throne, how will he deal with Cao Zhi?" Sun Shao sneered: "Okay, even if he takes care of his reputation, he will not harm Cao Zhi's life, so what about you? Can you still be alone? Brother Dezu, I'm afraid that you can't wait for that day. If Cao Gong makes a decision to abandon Cao Zhi, you will have to remove the branches and leaves first.

Yang Xiu's face turned white. It's not that he didn't think of this. It's because he thought of this that he asked to come to Jiaozhou. He admired Sun Shao's ability to get away from Sun Quan, so he took advantage of the matter of the Yuan family's brothers and sisters to get in touch with Sun Shao and asked Sun Shao for advice on how to get out. But now after listening to Sun Shao, it is obvious that the situation is more serious than he thought. It is not only Cao Pi's problem to deal with him in the future, but it is completely possible for Cao to remove him first.

He will. With Yang Xiu's understanding of Cao Qian's surname, he believes that Sun Shao's judgment is likely to become a reality.

Once his reason for comforting himself was ruthlessly broken by others, Yang Xiu suddenly fell into despair, and beads of bean-sized sweat slowly slipped down. He said in a hoarse voice, "So...is there any way out?"

"There is only one way." Sun Shao raised a finger: "Beat Cao Pi and let Cao Zhi take the throne. You will be the founder of the country in the future."

"Is it possible?" Yang Xiu laughed miserably and his voice became hoarse and unpleasant: "Although Cao Pi has not been established as the son of the world, Lin Yuhou has lost the favor of the Prime Minister since last year. Don't you know that his wife, Mrs. Cui, was ordered to be executed by the Prime Minister just because she wore a beautiful dress?"

"Yes, it's all dangerous signals, but you still have a chance." Sun Shao looked at his palms confidently, as if the whole world was in his palms. Although the Marquis of Lin has a small setback, the Prime Minister has not yet established an heir. What does this mean? It shows that he is still hesitating. If he hesitates, you will have a chance.

"What other chances are there?" Yang Xiu couldn't help moving to Sun Shao, with hope in his eyes.

"It's better to raise the soup and stop boiling." Sun Shao clenched his fist and shook it vigorously: "Cao Pi can fake it, but he can't be flawless at all. Compared with literary talent and martial arts, it's better to hold on to the key point, give him a fatal blow, and turn defeat into victory.

"What's the point?" Yang Xiu muttered, "What kind of key point can turn defeat into victory?"

"Can you tell me why Cao Gong has been a public official for 16 years, and why he hasn't had a son yet?" The corners of Sun Shao's mouth tilted, his lips curled up slightly, and looked at Yang Xiu condescendingly. No matter how smart people are? After all, there are not many people who can not mess up in the face of life and death. Yang Xiucai is a scholar, but it's a pity that he is a scholar after all.

Yang Xiu hesitated for a long time before exhaling gently: "Sun Jun... Do you know Prince Cao Chong?"

Prodigy, who doesn't know, but it's a pity that he died early. Sun Shao nodded: "I heard a little bit."

"In fact, Cao Gong's favorite heir is not Lin Yihou, nor Cao Pi, but Cao Chong. He killed countless people in his life, but he only regretted once, that is, he regretted killing Hua Tuo. Because he killed Hua Tuo, he could only watch Cao Chong die of illness. Now he always unconsciously measures Cao Pi's brothers by Cao Chong's standards, so he is always dissatisfied.

"So, Cao Chong is his heart disease?" Sun Shao raised his head and thought about it.

"You can say so."

"So... What on earth did Cao Chong die for?"

"I'm not sure. I just knew that I had a strange disease and then died."

"Is it possible that someone poisoned or something, or... frightened or something?"

Yang Xiu was stunned and stared at Sun Shao with wide eyes, and his eyes gradually showed a complex expression of panic and surprise. He understood what Sun Shao meant, but he didn't dare to say it. He opened his mouth a few times before he muttered, "There may be such a possibility, but there is no evidence, I'm afraid..."

"When the interruption is continuous, it will be disturbed." Sun Shao patted Yang Xiu's shoulder angrily: "If you want to play these, you really can't do it. Evidence, what is evidence? As long as Cao Gong can believe that the fake can also become real. It all depends on what you do. If Cao Pi can be splashed with dirty water in this way, even if he can't be killed, he can't escape the suspicion. He must not think about the position of this son.

Yang Xiu took a cold breath and looked at Sun Shao with some fear and contempt in his eyes. This vertical was indeed a fierce tiger, and he could come up with such a shameless trick. But contempt is contempt. If you want to save your life at present, you can only ask him for advice. He saluted respectfully: "Please give me some advice."

Sun Shao sold his attention, looked at Yang Xiu with a smile, and said in a long voice, "I'll help you. What benefits do you give me?"

Yang Xiu turned his eyes and immediately arched his hand and said, "As long as Sun Jun's plan is successful, I promise you on behalf of Lin Yuhou that there will be a good reward."

"Do you keep your word? Don't cheat me again then."

"I promise with the reputation of the Hongnong Yang family." Yang Xiu was a little impatient and raised his hand and swore: "If you hear this oath, the heaven and the earth will be destroyed, and the reputation of the Yang family will be in vain for a hundred years."

Sun Shao was relieved to see that he was so solemn. Although there are many people who are not trustworthy these days, compared with the 20th century, they are more or less honest, not to mention that he swears by the reputation of the family. He attached to Yang Xiu's ear and said a few words softly. Yang Xiu's eyes flashed, and then looked at Sun Shao in astonishment: "Is it that simple?"

"Simple?" Sun Shao smiled and said, "Who said that it must be complicated to be easy to use? If you can trust me, will you do it like this? If you can't believe it, then pretend I didn't say it.

"Of course, I can trust Sun Jun, but it's too dangerous to do so. In case of failure, I will regret it."

"Then you just wait to die." Sun Shao clapped his hands and said indifferently, "Anyway, it's none of my business. By the way, tell Mr. Cao when you go back. If you really want to get married with me, you have to find a beautiful and ordinary-looking person. Don't take it out to disgust me. After saying that, he got up and was about to leave.

"Sun Jun, Sun Jun, stay." Yang Xiu quickly grabbed him and said, "Sun Jun, stay. Dare to ask Sun Jun, if Lin Yihou makes contributions now, is there any chance?

"Building achievements?" Sun Shao stopped and turned his head to look at Yang Xiu: "As far as I know, it seems that several heavy generals who lead the army are close to Cao Pi, and they are not close to Marquis Lin, right? What other opportunities does he have to make contributions?

"Yes." Yang Xiu smiled proudly, but didn't say who it was. Sun Shao looked at him for a long time, and then said, "The contribution is just the icing on the cake, not the bottom of the pot. It's a little useful to use it naturally, but I'm afraid it's too difficult to turn defeat into victory.

Yang Xiu's eyes flashed and slowly loosened Sun Shao's skirt.

(to be continued)