Chapter 22 Do the opposite

Zhou Xun, who had just sent the guests back, saw the official uniform on Zhou Yin's body. First, he was stunned for a moment and picked it out the corners of his mouth, showing a self-deprecating smile: "It's still Zhong Ying who rose quickly. This is Jiuqing."

Zhou Yin lowered her head, looked at her official uniform, and then picked up the seal and looked at it. She pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "There are fewer people in the country, so it's naturally easier."

Zhou Xun glanced at Zhou Yin and couldn't figure out what he meant. He knows Zhou Yin's temper, and a little emotion will be shown on his face. According to reason, he became a high-ranking official at the level of Jiuqing as soon as he arrived in Yue. He should be very proud, but now he can't see complacent on his face. On the contrary, he is a little unnatural and seems very reluctant.

Zhou Yin was embarrassed to say that although he was a captain of Changle, this captain of Changle was a chicken rib, and he didn't want to lose face in front of his brother, so he hurriedly said, "I'll go and see Ah Yu, and there are some gifts for her."

"Alas--" Zhou Xun grabbed him: "You have a gift for Ah Yu, but you didn't give it to me?"

Zhou Yin looked at Zhou Xun unexpectedly. Their brother's surname was not very good. In the past, Zhou Xun rarely joked with him like this, but it was easier for him to accept Sun Shao. Zhou Xun is indeed hard-dressed. When Zhou Yin looked at it with this kind of eyes, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. It's not that he let go, and it's not that he doesn't let go.

"Of course there is." Although Zhou Yin felt that Zhou Xun was a little fake, he was still very happy. He quickly walked to the box he had just brought in, opened one of them, took out a long brocade box from it, and stuffed it into Zhou Xun's hand.

"This is specially prepared for my brother."

Zhou Xun was originally to hide his loss, so he joked with Zhou Yin on a whim. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yin really prepared a gift for him, which surprised him. He looked at the brocade box and praised himself secretly. I don't know what kind of wood the box is made of. It is very heavy, and there are faintly a few dark red patterns on it. The corners and locks of the box are wrapped in brass. The workmanship is very fine, with soft light.

"What is this?" Zhou Xun looked at Zhou Yin curiously.

"A sword." Zhou Yin opened the brocade box and revealed a gorgeously decorated sword inside. The most eye-catching thing was the seven pearls on the scabbard, each of which was full and round, which was valuable at a glance. Zhou Xun smiled disapprovingly: "This cost a lot of money, right?"

"This is Zhu Ya's new steel sword." Zhou Yin felt unhappy as soon as he saw Zhou Xun's smiling expression. Originally, he wanted to turn around and leave. After thinking about it, he introduced the beauty of this sword to Zhou Xun in detail: "This sword is very expensive, but it is not just expensive. It is tempered by Zhu Ya with a new process. It cuts iron like mud. It is light and heavy, and soft. Help each other, killing people without blood. Compared with this, red sandalwood sheath, mackerel skin, and Hepu beads are all icing on the cake. Such a sword is only sold to Yashi, and ordinary people can't get it. If it hadn't been for my brother, he wouldn't have sold it to me.

Zhou Xun was stunned and pulled out the sword suspiciously. The sword body reflected a dazzling light in the sun, and Zhou Xun couldn't help squinting his eyes. He motioned a family next to him to pull out a long knife, waved it gently, and the long knife broke in response.

"Good sword!" Zhou Xun blurted out praise, looked at the sword in love, and casually asked, "With such a sharp sword, coupled with these precious materials, can't you buy it for 100,000 yuan? Zhong Ying, you have spent a lot of money.

Zhou Yin smiled faintly: "As long as my brother likes it, it doesn't matter whether it's money or not." He smiled and said, "I'll go and see Ah Yu." Turn around and leave.

"Zhong Ying is rich." Zhou Xun smiled awkwardly.

"He is Lieutenant Changle. Of course he is rich." Xiaoqiao, who had been standing aside and watching their brothers speak, said.

"Captain Changle?" Zhou Xun suddenly felt a little depressed. Among their three brothers and sisters, Zhou Yin is the least scheming one. He and Sun Shao, a dangerous person, have been gone recently, but they didn't expect that he was the first to reach a high position. Although he was going to marry Sun Luban, he was not sure whether he could achieve the goal of rest with this relationship. Sun Quan was too dark. Zhou Yu's marriage to Sun Deng is even more unknown. Although Sun Deng has been appointed as the crown prince, the contradiction between him and Sun Quan has also been put on the table. Once he fails, not only will Sun Deng not be the crown prince, but Zhou Yu will also sacrifice.

In contrast, Zhou Yin's departure has become the most secure choice for the Zhou family.

Zhou Xun held the sword and stood there dejectedly, looking depressed.

Although Xiaoqiao didn't say anything, her mind was similar to that of Zhou Xun, and her heart was mixed. She didn't know what to say.

Zhou Yin hurried into the backyard with a box and climbed into Zhou Yu's small building. Zhou Yu was sitting in front of the piano, with his hands on the piano, but he didn't play it. The long hair spread out, like a piece of silk draped over the shoulders. The face was so pale that there was no blood color at all, and even the lips lost their usual brightness.

"A Yu--" Zhou Yin's heart ached.

Zhou Yu slowly raised her head and looked at Zhou Yin. Her eyes lit up, and then dimmed: "It turned out that my brother came back."

"I'm back." Zhou Yin kicked off her shoes, rushed to Zhou Yu, and held Zhou Yu's face with pity: "Are you sick?"

"No." Zhou Yu shook her head and gently pushed away Zhou Yin's hand. Her hand was cold. What officer did he give to his brother?

"It's nothing, it's just Captain Changle." Zhou Yin sat down, looked at Zhou Yu carefully, and shook his head repeatedly: "A Yu, you must be sick."

"Is it?" Zhou Yu smiled silently: "Maybe. Smartness is mistaken by cleverness, brother, or your choice is right. The husband has no desire, so the world can't fight with it.

"A Yu..." Zhou Yin stopped talking, and he sniled his lips: "This is the gift I brought to you, the new "New Mountain and Sea Classic" from Qian Tang Fuchun Bookstore."

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, took the book, opened the page and took a look, and a new smell of ink came to her nose. On the page of the book are several round official scripts, which are the fonts of Sun Shao that she is familiar with. She has also read the content. They are the customs and rare beasts that Sun Shao recorded when he went to the South China Sea. In the past, every time Sun Shao wrote an article, he would copy it to her. Now it is printed. Although the binding is more beautiful, it lacks a feeling.

Zhou Yu put down the book and picked up another one, which said the word "explaining the name", and there was a signature on the left: Beihai Liu Xi. She turned it over. This is a book that explains various famous things. There are items that she is familiar with and items that she is not familiar with, but there are a lot of illustrations in it, and you can read pictures even if you don't know them.

"This is the best-selling set of books in Fuchun Bookstore. It is Mr. Liu Chengguo's masterpiece." Zhou Yin saw that Zhou Yu was not interested in Sun Shao's book, but he liked Liu Xi's set of books very much. His face was a little gloomy. He pretended not to see the introduction and said, "Mr. Liu Chengguo has no worries about food and clothing with the manuscript fee of this book."

"And the contribution fee?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise.

"Of course, but they are called Runbi." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "For every time such a book is sold, Mr. Liu Chengguo can get 30% of the book price. Now many scholars are planning to produce books, and the plans of Fuchun Bookstore are scheduled for next year.

"So, the rumors of establishing a country with more merchants are true."

"Yes." Zhou Yin nodded: "The most novel thing in Qiantang City is that the market is not closed, but scattered on both sides of the street. The merchants are not unbeans, and on the contrary, they are very respected."

"The businessman is respected, what about the farmer?"

"The farmer is better." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "Before I came here, Prime Minister Yu and Lu Yushi were still discussing the national policy. I heard that they were going to use a method called subsidies to attract farmers to farm. I can't tell the details. Anyway, I heard from my aunt that if this matter can really be implemented, there will be no problem for the farmers after Yue to work hard for a year. "."

"His means are always unexpected." Zhou Yu said faintly, silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Has he asked me?"

Zhou Yin frowned, nodded and said, "I have asked. He asked me if you would like it. I said yes, and he didn't say anything more. Zhou Yin looked at Zhou Yu quietly. Seeing that her face was pale, she quickly added, "That day, I saw that he looked very bad." In fact, Sun Shao was very calm at that time, but Zhou Yin was afraid that Zhou Yu would be sad, so he added a sentence.

"Life, this is all life." Zhou Yu muttered, "Brother, I'm tired. I have to rest for a while. You go out first."

Zhou Yin sighed helplessly, stopped talking, and got up to say goodbye. He went out of the door, and his footsteps slowly walked away, but Zhou Yu was already full of tears. She picked up the thin "New Mountain and Sea Sutra" placed aside and stared at it for a moment. Suddenly, there was a long howl, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the deep blue cover, like a cluster of blooming peach blossoms, enchanting and touching.

As soon as Zhou Yin went downstairs, he suddenly heard the sad roar of last week. After a moment of hesitation, he turned around and ran back. Looking at the dazzling blood on the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth, he immediately took a cold breath.

Sun Song followed Gu Li and quickly walked into Sun Quan's bedroom. Mrs. Xu accompanied him in front of the bed. When she saw Sun Song coming in, she quickly got up and saluted him. When she was in Fuchun Mountain, Sun Song, as the patriarch of the State of Yue, provided her with a lot of help. Later, she was able to return to Jianye to become the queen of the State of Wu, and it was also Sun Song who came forward to mediate.

"Yue Zongzheng, foreign minister Song, pay a visit to the King of Wu." Sun Song knelt down in front of the bed and saluted him. Sun Quan, who was lying on **, got up and received the salute, and then asked someone to move the small couch in front of the bed. He waved his hand and smiled feebly and said, "The ceremony of the king and minister is over, and my brother, sit wide."

Sun Song bowed and thanked him and sat aside with peace of mind. When Wu Yue was not separated, Sun Quan had never been so polite to him.

"What about Fengxian?" Sun Quan's face was pale yellow and his eyes were godless. Although he reluctantly squeezed out a smile, it made people feel that he was even weaker.

Sun Song hesitated for a moment. He was very disapproved of Sun Shao's leaving only 6,000 people to guard Qian Tang. What made him disapproving was that before leaving, Sun Shao took care of him. If Sun Quan asked him where he had gone and what arrangements Qian Tang had left behind, you should tell him truth. Sun Song doesn't understand this very much. Didn't he tell Sun Quan all the details of Qian Tang? What if he has bad intentions? Qian Tang is now full of merchants, and his wealth is increasing a lot every day. Sun Quan has just been blackmailed from two counties by him. Can he let go of such a good opportunity?

However, Sun Shao's confident expression at that time made him full of confidence in Sun Shao. Hearing Sun Quan's question, he calmly said, "I will take the sailor to the sea first. This time I'm going to Yizhou."

"Go to Yizhou?" Sun Quan's eyes turned and inadvertently swept Sun Song's face, and then lowered his eyelids to restore his sick look. Sun Song nodded: "I heard that there is Yuewangtai in Yizhou, and there are many relics of Yue people. Since he is the king of Yue, he can't compete with the king, so he has to go to Yizhou."

Sun Quan quickly picked up the corners of his mouth and quickly sighed again: "I failed to live up to his kindness, which made the family ugly and was laughed at by Cao Yan and Liu Bei."

"The king of Yue also said the same thing. He regrets so much about this matter. He hopes that Wu Yue can turn war into jade and silk. Don't do things that hurt relatives and enemies are fast, and give Wei and Shu the opportunity."

"Yes, yes." Sun Quan nodded repeatedly and asked some questions about the State of Yue and the situation of the Sun clan. Finally, he especially asked his aunt Sun's body. It was not until he was out of breath that he ordered Mrs. Xu to send Sun Song out. Sun Song said that he did not dare to be, but Sun Quan said that Sun Song was not only the Zongzheng of the State of Yue, but also his brother. He should be like this. Sun Song refused and had to suffer. Mrs. Xu sent him to the door and said to Sun Song with a smile, "Lord Zongzheng, please tell me my greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Yue. Thanks to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, my concubine can return to the Wu Palace.

Sun Song smiled and said, "Queen, Wu Yue was originally a family. His Royal Highness is indeed sincere to the King of Wu, the prince and the queen. I hope that the queen can comfort the King of Wu more, expose this unpleasant matter as soon as possible, trust each other and cooperate with each other in the future."

Mrs. Xu smiled and nodded repeatedly. Sun Song sent a large amount of property so that she could have some relationship with her, and Mrs. Xu was grateful.

Sun Song's status is noble and special. Sun Quan arranged him to live in the palace to show his favor.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wu Mingjian, today is in a hustle and bustle, and the people are uneasy. The king of the martyrs revolted with the soldiers, and fought with the princes to discuss Dong Zhuo, and the collapse of the middle road. The king of Huan weakly raised his army in the east of the Yangtze River. Lai Xianchen and good generals assisted him, and settled in the east of the river for several years... I only hope that the king is close to the virtuous ministers and the distant villain, Wu Yue will work together to reward the son of heaven and establish the foundation of the Sun family. , for the great Han Liangbi... Gu Lu Zhuzhang, all Wu's good ministers, may the king's relatives do it, Lv Yi..." Lv Yi was suddenly stunned. He never expected that Sun Shao's book to Sun Quan would mention him. He quickly swept the following few words, and he was so angry that he almost jumped up. Sun Quan saw that he was angry. Qi, a little puzzled, urged, "What's the matter, read it quickly."

"Eh. Lv Yi is greedy for money and forgets righteousness. Zhang Wen is proud of his talent and things. He is strong and unscrupulous. He is not a virtuous minister. May the king rebuke him from afar..."

Only then did Sun Quan understand why Lv Yi stopped reading half of it. He glanced at Lv Yi and said lightly, "Do you think these are wrong? Or is he wrong?"

Lv Yi put down the book and knelt to the ground with a "plop" and sobbed, "Although I am blunt, if I never dare to be unfaithful to the king, His Royal Highness the King of Yue is slandered, I... I really can't afford it."

Sun Quan smiled and raised his hand to signal Lv Yi: "Are you a fool who is deceived by others? He is so measured that he will not be disturbed by his words. All right, get up and continue reading.

"King Shengming." Lv Yi choked and stood up and continued to read with the book in his hand. At the end of reading, he suddenly flashed and understood what Sun Shao meant. Sun Shao's letter persuaded Sun Quan to accept the Jiangdong natives, which actually stabbed Sun Quan's sadness, and he was suspected of being intimidated. Sun Quan certainly could not accept it. Similarly, Sun Shao advised Sun Quan not to trust him, and he would also be regarded by Sun Quan as revenge after he failed to buy him. Sun Quan didn't know, but Lv Yi knew that he had made too much effort for Sun Shao. With Sun Shao's surname, how could he do this to him? This is actually the opposite. It's just the opposite.

Lv Yi's heart was bright, but his face pretended to be more like that. Tears swayed in his eyes. How much he was wronged he was.

Sun Quan looked up and looked at the blue and black roof without saying a word, but his heavy breath exposed the anger in his heart at this moment. Sun Quan wrote a handwritten letter to him, with seemingly respectful and condescending arrogance to advise him to have a good relationship with the Jiangdong family. The pride and arrogance between the lines made Sun Quan furious.

However, in addition to anger, Sun Quan also has a trace of eavestiness.

Sun Shao was complacent. He was overwhelmed by his victory, and he was a little flustered. Then, his behavior of leaving Qian Tang with 6,000 people seems understandable.

Sun Shao not only took the hostages with that shady means, but also took advantage of Cao Qian and Liu Bei to take advantage of the fire to rob the two counties of Huiji and Nanhai from his hands, and slapped him in the face of the king of Wu. How could he stand such a shame? However, Sun Quan also knew that he had been deceived by Sun Shao from the beginning. He was blindfolded by Sun Shao's forbearance and thought that he had pinched Sun Shao's weakness. As long as he firmly controlled the bridge and A Yu, he could turn Sun Shao into a puppet and turn Yue into a de factoty of Wu. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao had done enough. After the superficial kung fu, he made the most lethal move, which not only achieved his goal, but also gave him a lesson.

At the beginning, Sun Quan really couldn't accept this fact. He originally thought that he was sure to win, and two thousand war horses were nothing. He wanted to treat Sun Shao as a free horse dealer and asked Sun Shao to provide him with a steady stream of war horses, so he didn't pay attention to Sun Shao's words and didn't care about his aunt Sun. It was not until he found that he had been tricked by Sun Shao that he suddenly realized that he had been fooled by Sun Shao. He can't accept it. He can't understand. He fell ill.

However, after lying down for a few days, he woke up from pain and humiliation. Sun Shao just hoped that he would fall ill and die of illness, so that Sun Deng could succeed to the throne. Sun Deng was still young. He could not control the State of Wu. He could only rely on the State of Yue in turn, and the State of Yue could slowly The annexation of the State of Wu. He can't let Sun Shao do what he wants. He can't get sick, let alone die. Of course, he can't swallow this bitter wine.

He wants to retaliate and return all the insults of Sun Shaojia and his insults to Sun Shao.

Sun Quan clearly knows that Sun Shao is a sinister person. If he wants to revenge on him, he can't succeed easily. He has a lot of things to do. The outside must be safe, and to deal with Sun Shao, he must not only go inside, but also fight outside - such as Cao Qian and Liu Bei.

And now the first step is to take Sun Deng's heart back from Sun Shao. He can't watch his son and the enemy deal with him. Sun Quan is a person who can afford to let go. Once he understands the task on his shoulders, he becomes ambitious and full of strength. If it hadn't been for hiding the eyes and ears of people, especially Sun Song and others, he would have been energetic.

He now needs an opportunity to make Sun Deng no longer trust Sun Shao.

Sun Shao seems to have sent an opportunity.

Sun Quan called Sun Deng, gave him Sun Shao's handwriting, and said feebly. If you reply to him a letter, just say that I thank him for his kindness. In addition, you can discuss it again to see if his proposal is feasible or not. Sun Deng didn't think much about it. He politely asked Sun Quan's sick body and left. Returning to his official house, he invited Zhuge Jin and his son and put Sun Shao's letter in front of them.

Zhuge Jin looked at it and immediately sank his face. Sun Deng was a little surprised. To be honest, before Zhuge Jin and others came, he had read this letter and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. Now looking at Zhuge Jin's faces, he knows that his hunch is right. There is something wrong with this letter.

"This is a provocation, and this is another test." Zhuge Ke said firmly. "

"Why do you say that?" Sun Deng asked quietly. He

"Prince, do you know how many people in the court of the State of Wu and the governors of local counties are from the big family in Jiangdong?" Zhuge Ke looked ugly. Before Sun Deng could answer, he raised his hand and said, "In the past five years, the proportion of officials above the county magistrate has increased from 30% to 50%, and all the officials outside Jiangdong are now less than 30%, and 20% are Sun's relatives. Sun's ancestral temple is in Fuchun. Their hearts have gone to the State of Yue. If nothing unexpected happens, a large number of people will turn to the State of Yue in the next few years. If their vacant position is occupied by the Jiangdong people again, then the State of Wu will really become the State of Wu in Jiangdong.

Sun Deng asked knowingly, "Isn't this good?"

"It's good, it's not good." Zhuge Ke sneered: "If the Jiangdong family holds the power of the State of Wu, then the State of Wu can get their support. Of course, this is good, but the future national policies must be beneficial to them before they can be implemented. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the king to do anything. And once the king can't satisfy their growing desires, they are likely to become another face. Prince, don't forget that the Gu family and the Lu family are now in Yue, and the Zhu family, the Zhang family and the king of Yue also have a constant marriage.

Sun Deng nodded and reused the Jiangdong family, which further embezzled the interests of outsiders like Zhuge Jin. It would be difficult to control if one side was dominant. It was impossible for him not to be alert to this. And now he understands what Zhuge Ke said about the meaning of the test. Sun Quan obviously saw the lethality behind Sun Shao's proposal. He did not make a statement, but let him see that if he thought it was feasible, Sun Quan would definitely let him carry out the matter as the prince, and when the conflict broke out, he would become an inescapable responsible person.

(to be continued)