Chapter 51 People are not as good as God

When Zhou Xun walked into the cabin, he slowed down in front of the main cabin for Sun Deng to rest, and bowed to Sun Deng and others who were sitting together to negotiate. Sun Deng smiled and did not say anything or invite him in. He just watched him slowly walk over. Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing both closed their mouths and said a word. Zhou Xun did not hesitate any more. He quickly walked into his cabin opposite and gently closed the door.

As the door clicked, the smile on his face immediately disappeared.

It was obvious that Sun Deng was not satisfied with his answer just now. The three of them were talking secretly and deliberately or unintentionally excluded him. He felt helpless. Did he answer wrong? What did Sun Deng do in Jiaozhou? Isn't it just to make contributions and seize the military power? Since you want to make contributions and seize military power, how can you not fight on the front line? Do you really want to hide behind Sun Shao and be as good as Liaodong?

Zhou Xun shook his head and sighed. Sun Deng may have read too many books and do not have the courage to open up. If he has a good relationship with Sun Quan, he may be a prince of Taiping, but at present, the situation of the State of Wu is very difficult. There is Wei in the north, Shu in the west, and a powerful Yue in the back. There are also people inside coveted the position of the crown prince, which can be said to be a lot of crisis. Sun Deng was timid and did not have any courage. He was by no means a suitable successor.

Zhou Xun sat alone thinking about his thoughts and unconsciously drank a pot of tea. During this period, he looked at the opposite side from the crack of the door. The opposite hatch closed quietly. All he could hear was the neat horns and the sound of the rowing soldiers under the deck.

"Dong Dong Dong..." A rapid sound of footsteps sounded. Zhou Xun, who was thoughtful, raised his head in surprise. The footsteps seemed to be coming to his side. As soon as he stood up, someone had knocked on his door, knocking again and again: "Dong! Dong! ! Dong!" !

"Who?" Zhou Xun was very strange. Who knocked on his door and didn't even stop the guards standing at the door?

"Open the door!" It's Sun Luban's eager voice. Zhou Xun quickly got up and opened the door. As soon as the door opened, Sun Luban squeezed in. She was wrapped in a big coat, [***] all over her body, and her face turned blue. As soon as she entered the door, she closed the door with her backhand and shook off the big coat, revealing her slender figure wearing only a swimsuit.

"Quick, take a hand towel and wipe it for me!" Sun Luban shrank and stamped his feet, and his white feet stamped on the deck, which made the deck thump. Zhou Xun was shocked and didn't have time to call the maid to serve Sun Luban. He took a hand towel and wiped the water on Sun Luban's body. Sun Luban jumped into bed like a fish and got into the quilt. Then he shivered and said, "Oh, I'm freezing to death."

"What's going on? It fell into the water?" Zhou Xun said sadly and angrily.

"No." Sun Luban wrapped himself in the quilt, showing only one head, and grinned shyly: "I went into the water with them, but I didn't expect the water to be very cold. After barely swimming for half a mile, I couldn't hold on.

"Nonsense." Zhou Xun couldn't help but get angry when he thought that she was only wearing a swimsuit and quarreling in the water in front of so many people: "You are a magnificent princess. How can you do this? There are also the Destroyer Camp and Zhenhai Camp next to it.

"What's wrong with the princess?" Sun Luban curled his lips and said, "Aunt and sister-in-law are in the water together."

Zhou Xun was speechless. If Sun Shangxiang and Guan Feng did it together, there was really nothing to say.

"Du Du Du..." The door rang again.

Zhou Xun opened the door angrily. Xia Houhui stood at the door, and behind him stood two maids holding trays. Xia Houhui smiled and said, "The queen ordered to send two bowls of ginger soup. Please ask the princess to take it while it's hot, so as not to catch a cold. It's not good for your health."

"Thank you, Queen, thank you, madam." Zhou Xun hurriedly bowed, and a maid next to him came to pick up the tray and sent it to Sun Luban. Sun Luban stretched out a hand from the quilt and shook it, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, it's okay. Tell Sister-in-law Yinping that I'll go tomorrow."

"Well, have a good rest, and I won't bother you." Xia Houhui shook his hand with a smile and left with two maids. Zhou Xun closed the door and quickly brought ginger soup to Sun Luban. The ginger soup was steaming hot, and a sweet smell of ginger permeated the cabin.

"Is it okay not to drink?" Sun Luban looked at Zhou Xun with a bitter face and said pitifully: "It's too spicy."

"No, it's easy to catch a cold if you don't drink." Zhou Xun shook his head and advised him kindly, "The fifth general is really. Why didn't you get used to it and go into the water directly? What if you catch a cold? Drink it quickly.

"I don't want to drink. I'm fine. I'm much better now." Sun Luban twisted his body and found all kinds of excuses, but he didn't want to drink ginger soup. She didn't like to eat ginger since she was a child. She had to pick out ginger in the dish. Suddenly, she was asked to drink a large bowl of ginger soup. What's the difference between that and drinking medicine? I was disobedient just now and jumped into the water without drinking ginger soup.

"No way!" Zhou Xunhuo hugged Sun Luban's waist with one hand and stared fiercely: "If you don't drink, you won't go tomorrow. I'm going to tell the king that you don't follow the military order and it's not appropriate to join the army."

"Uh--" Sun Luban pouted and no longer resisted. He leaned on Zhou Xun with a small mouthful, and his face was so bitter that he could drip water. Zhou Xun didn't dare to pretend to be a color. He looked at her and finished drinking in one gulp, and then smiled. Sun Luban looked at him timidly and said, "Husband, you were so fierce just now!"

Zhou Xun was stunned, touched his head, and smiled shyly, "I was in a hurry just now. There was something disrespectful in my words. Please forgive me."

"Hee hee..." Sun Luban waved his little hand and said grandly, "Look at your performance today. I have spared you."

While holding [***]'s hair, Guan Feng entered the cabin. Sun Shao, who was sitting in front of the case and writing something, heard the sound of footsteps. He didn't raise his head, so he smiled: "Listen to this sound and you will know that the queen is in a good mood today."

Xia Houhui, who was grinding ink, quickly got up and ordered people to bring a handkerchief and wipe Guan Feng's hair in person. Guan Feng nodded to thank him and said to Sun Shao, "I haven't been in the water for more than a year. Today, I finally had a good time and swam for more than two miles in one breath."

"It's only more than two miles?"

"Alas, I haven't been in the water for a long time, and my physical strength can't keep up." Guan Feng shook her head: "The group of female soldiers in the Flying Tiger Camp is not simple. I can't keep up with them. In my opinion, if they really want to let go of the test, they should be comparable to the soldiers of Zhenhai Camp.

"Each has its own strengths." Sun Shao smiled faintly and said, "You have just arrived in the camp for a few days, and you are not very clear about their advantages and disadvantages. When you get familiar with them for a period of time, you will know it. How about let the Flying Tiger Camp be your personal defense camp or another battalion?

"Let's fly the tiger camp. It's all women. It's convenient." Guan Feng looked at Sun Shao with satisfaction, and his eyes were full of happy joy.

"Well, be careful not to let the tiger have an accident." Sun Shao said while writing and drawing, "Dahu's child has been spoiled since he was a child. He has never suffered. Don't work too hard. I'm afraid I won't notice my aunt's newlyweds. You should pay more attention to it.

"I know, I'll pay attention." Guan Feng grinned happily and exchanged a look with Xia Houhui with a smile. Xia Houhui nodded. Guan Feng then said, "The big tiger is willing to suffer and is bold. As long as you ** well, you will be a tiger general in the future."

"Alas--" Sun Shao sighed, put down his pen, gently tapped his thighs with both hands, and frowned slightly: "The second uncle's pulse is also strange. How come the daughter born is full of tiger, but the son is slyspirited? I just talked to Zi Gao about cooperation, but he actually wanted to hide behind and walk through the motions. He didn't have the courage to come to the front line in person at all. Do you read a lot of books? If you can really kill people's blood, you only dare to point out the country with your mouth, but dare not take action?

Guan Feng was stunned for a moment. She didn't know how Sun Shao suddenly had such an idea. However, at the thought of Sun Deng's gentle appearance, she couldn't help smiling. She was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, you should have invited the Empress Dowager today. You haven't been there since you went to sea."

Sun Shao's eyebrows tightened, and he picked up the pen again: "Go with Yuanrong. I still have a lot of things to do."

Guan Feng moved to Sun Shao's side, gently pushed him, and pleaded softly, "Husband, it's not the same thing for you to hide like this. The Empress Dowager is also kind. In my opinion, Zhou's sister is also a miserable person. For some things, she can't help it. Just like Yuanrong and I, why do we have the opportunity to make our own choice?

"Why, you are not willing?" Sun Shao glanced at them and pretended to be angry.

"Husband, how can it be? We just cherish this blessing, so we don't dare to concentrate on ourselves." Guan Feng sighed: "If my husband doesn't go to see the empress dowager because of his anger, we can't get along with ourselves in front of others."

Sun Shao glanced at Guan Feng. Guan Feng nodded solemnly. He glanced at Xia Houhui again, and Xia Houhui also lowered his head in embarrassment. Sun Shao snorted and nodded, "In that case, we will have a family banquet on the empress dowager's ship tonight. Let's go there together."

"That's great." Guan Feng nodded happily.

"Okay, okay, you go out and prepare first. I still have a manuscript to finish. After a while, Yuanrong will come in and polish it for me. I don't think these lines are smooth."

"What?" Guan Feng took a look. A lot of words were written on a piece of paper in front of Sun Shao, and there were some sketches, but it was very messy. I couldn't see what it was. Sun Shao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll show you later."

Guan Feng still wanted to inquire, but was pulled away by Xia Houhui. Xia Houhui smiled as he walked and said, "Sii-in-law, you don't know anything. My husband said that the journey on the sea is lonely, and the soldiers are prone to homesickness, so he made up some plays and was ready to choose some people who can speak and sing. He sang a paragraph every day to relieve the boredom and morale the soldiers. Originally, they wanted to find someone to write it, but although they were familiar with poetry and books, they couldn't figure out what their husband wanted, so they decided to write one first.

"Drama?" Guan Feng was curious, "What on earth is it?"

"It's just some stories, from the court to the people." Xia Houhui patted his chest with his little hand upright, his eyebrows flew, and said with a smile, "I just watched a paragraph. It's very interesting. The young man killed people in anger and hid everywhere, but he was found by the officials, and I don't know if he was caught. Oh, I'm a little nervous. When my sister came in, my husband was thinking about how the young man would answer the official's questions. It was not easy to answer well and relieve people's anger.

Guan Feng rolled her eyes and was speechless at the excitement shown by Xia Houhui.

The bridge and the bridge sat side by side on the flying quarters, looking at the flying tiger camp that was still training in the distance. The bridge frowned: "Sir, sister, are you also dressed like this to swim?"

"I only dress like this in my manor." The bridge smiled and said, "There are so many people, I dare not."

Xiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That's almost the same. I can't imagine you wearing so little."

The bridge glanced at her and subconsciously looked at the eagle in the distance. The smile on her face was a little lonely. She thought for a moment and suddenly smiled and said, "What don't you dare to imagine? Didn't your princess daughter-in-law just jump into the water just now? In fact, it's really comfortable in the water, especially in the soup spring of Zhuya. Soak for half an hour. When you come out, you are really refreshed and relaxed.

Xiaoqiao curled his lips and said nothing. She didn't agree with Sun Luban's wandering in the Flying Tiger Camp as a princess, but it was useless for her to disagree. Neither she nor Zhou Xun dared to disobey Sun Luban's intention. Sun Luban is unruly. Only Sun Shao can control her, and she doesn't listen to what others say. Whether the Zhou family wants to make a difference in the State of Wu or to develop in the State of Yue, they cannot offend Sun Luban, otherwise it is equivalent to offending the King of Wu and the King of Yue at the same time.

"You don't like it?" The bridge asked a question.

"What does it matter whether I like it or not?" Xiaoqiao sighed and was very depressed. She was calculating the stakes all the time, but in the end, she found that she still didn't seem to be as good as her sister. Qiao didn't like to calculate these. She only did things with her own heart and suffered a lot, but in the end, she was full of hardships. She got almost everything she could imagine. She became the empress dowager of Yue as her father and concubine. Sun Shao was no less like her biological mother. Queen Guan Feng and his wife Xia Houhui also regarded her as the real empress dowager. They came to ask for warmth and talk to her every day. It's just that during this period, she found that the bridge was not in a good mood. Sun Shao seemed to have not come to her ship for a while. It was said that he was busy, but he used to be busy and still had to take a little time every day, but now he didn't come at all.

Xiaoqiao** realized that it might be related to their mother and daughter on the boat on the bridge. Sun Shao didn't want to see them, so he didn't come to the boat on the bridge. Thinking of this, Xiaoqiao was so aggrieved that he was about to cry. He weighed the pros and cons over and over again, but finally ended up with such an end. Is this really what the sage said? There are too many scheming, and people are not as good as God?

But she can't retreat. Even if it's not for her daughter's happiness, she has to work hard for the future of the Zhou family. Zhou Xun married Sun Luban. The relationship between the couple was not bad, but he did not make contributions. Even if the king of Wu wanted to promote him, there was no excuse. This time, he went to the South China Sea with the prince. Wu's strength was very poor. If he wanted to perform, Zhou Xun could not do without Sun Shao's support. Zhou Yin was an official in the State of Yue. Now he gave up the captain of Changle and entered the vandal camp to be a military marquis. Although the marquis did not have to rush to the front, he was a middle-level officer after all, and the danger was not small. If he wanted to make contributions and promotion, he also needed Sun Shao's promotion. Therefore, she knew that Sun Shao was avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally, and she could only pretend not to see it. Otherwise, the future of the two sons would be over.

"You, you just look forward too much." The bridge stared at her with reproach: "This hand doesn't want to be let go, and that hand wants to hold it again. In the end, of course, both ends will not be implemented. Up to now, you haven't realized it yet. I really don't know if your cleverness has been blocked. How can you become so stupid? According to me, you just let Bo Ying come to Yue. With his ability, there are 2,000 people in his hands. Isn't it a matter of a word to make contributions?

"Can this... work?" Xiaoqiao muttered, "What if you don't give him a chance?"

"You...you!" The bridge was so angry that he raised his finger and poked the bridge fiercely: "Is that what you think of Fengxian? You treat him so much, but did he ever feel sorry for Zhong Ying when he came to Yue? You always take care of others. No wonder you are not happy about everything you do. Fengxian is right. Bo Ying and Zhong Ying each got five points from Gong Jin. As a result, no one is like Gong Jin.

"What five points?" Xiaoqiao rubbed his forehead, blinked his eyes, and said blankly.

"Boying is elegant, but has no demeanor. Zhong Ying has demeanor, but a little less elegance." As the bridge walked into the cabin, he said, "I thought too much about it. There was no courage for Gongjin to abandon Lujiang's family business and cross the river in those years. Therefore, although he had the ability, he was too limited and could not play it at all. Zhong Ying dares to do it, but she is a little less delicate and her thinking is not thorough enough.

Xiaoqiao was silent for a long time, and then muttered, "Doesn't that mean that none of them value Gong Jin's achievements in those years?"

"It's not true either." The bridge said, "If you don't have the courage, you can cultivate it. As long as you put down the burden, you will naturally move forward bravely. It's not delicate enough, and it's not a big defect. Not to mention more experience, it will naturally be more thoughtful. Why do you need so much elegance when dealing with those barbarians now? Can you defeat the enemy by chanting poems?

"Simi, you have become mercenary now." Xiaoqiao looked at the bridge in surprise and couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, "I don't like elegance when you are all over the country. Even a scholar like Lu Gongxu likes a woman like your sister-in-law."

"What's wrong with Shang Xiang?" The bridge looked at the small bridge unhappily: "Shang Xiang is not scheming, and she is righteous. I look good."

"Good, good." Xiaoqiao knew that she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly accompanied her. After a while, she said, "Soon, do you think Bo Ying will come to Yue with more opportunities?"

"You want to go by yourself." The bridge impatiently shook off the hand of the small bridge, took two steps, and couldn't bear to turn back. Looking at the small bridge standing there, he turned around and took her hand and said, "If you are a woman, you are not convinced. You always think that you are also a strange woman who can beat Xu Mei. In my opinion, just let go. Bo Ying is so big that it's time for him to make his own decisions. You can't help him make decisions all his life, can he? When Gong Jin was as old as him, he had resigned Yuan Shu's appointment and went to Jiangdong to fight in the world with Bo Fu.

"Maybe... it's time for me to let go." Xiaoqiao nodded: "For so many years, I have been in charge of things, but the more I manage, the worse it gets. Bo Ying has been delayed by me, and A Yu has also been delayed by me. Only Zhong Ying is the most disobedient and has been the least affected by me."

"Who said I was disobedient?" Zhou Yin showed his head from the side of the boat, strode over, saluted the bridge, and then to the small bridge. He said with a smile, "Mom, you can't say that I'm not in front of my aunt."

"Who said you weren't." Xiaoqiao wanted to make a joke, but his heart was heavy and he couldn't smile. When the bridge saw it, he sighed secretly and changed the topic and said, "Zhong Ying, you have finished your training. Why do you have time to come to me?"

"The training is over." Zhou Yin was happy: "I was ordered by the queen to tell the empress dowager that the king is going to hold a family banquet on the empress dowager's ship tonight. Please ask the empress dowager to prepare."

"Home banquet?" The bridge was surprised and happy. She exchanged a look with Xiaoqiao and nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, I'll get ready right away."

"There is no need for the Empress Dowager to prepare." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "The queen will bring someone to arrange it later. The empress dowager just needs to order her men to cooperate."

"Great, great." The bridge was inexplicably happy, and it was a little gaffe for a moment. Xiaoqiao thought that the bridge was happy to finally have the opportunity to speak to Sun Shao. The bridge may think so, but the bridge has another layer of thought. After not seeing Sun Shao for a few days, she inexplicably felt bored. Although she still ate well and lived well, and the people next to her were also very conscientious, she always felt that something was missing. She is also very contradictory. She hopes that her mother's family can enjoy glory and wealth in Yue like herself, but she doesn't want to lose Sun Shao because of this, even if it's just alienation in her heart.

"The Empress Dowager, are you so happy? Is there anything happy?" Da Changqiu Qiaoyue came out when she heard the sound. As soon as she saw the forgetful appearance of the bridge, she couldn't help laughing. She hurried forward and held the bridge and reminded her to pay attention to her identity with her eyes. Don't be too happy. As soon as he saw Qiao Yue, Zhou Yin smiled and said, "Aunt Yue, the handsome general has just arrived and is reporting the military situation to the king. He may come to see you in a while. But..."

"But what?" Qiao Yue said with a smile. The year before last, the bridge was the master and promised her to Shuai Zeng. Shuai Zeng has been fighting with Sun Shao, and now he has become a confidant. Most of the time, he is carrying out secret missions. It is normal not to see each other for half a year. Suddenly, he heard that Shenlong's husband came back. Although Qiao Yue was anxious, he could not see anything strange on his face.

"However, he seems to have brought a Yi girl."

"What?" Qiao Yue raised her slender eyebrows, and her face was suddenly full of evil spirits. The elegance just now was gone.

(to be continued)