Chapter 36 New Woman

"General Fuyi?" Sun Quan hummed disdainfully and gently shook the thin paper between his fingers. It took Hu Zong ten taels of gold to get the information like a butterfly. He turned over a few heels in the air and fell to the edge of the fire basin. The light yellow paper was licked by the flame and rolled up by the fire. The flame lit up lit up, and it only took a breath. It turns into ashes.

Hu Zong looked at the still curled ashes and was as silent as a stone. When he got this emergency report, he knew that Sun Quan would be unhappy, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to behave so fiercely. However, since Sun Quan has seen it, it doesn't matter whether it burns or not. If Sun Quan feels that it burns, it will be gone, and Hu Zong doesn't think it's necessarily a bad thing.

Sun Quan stroked his knees with one hand and put the other on several. His nose sucked quickly, and the sound of gasping clearly reached his ears. His slightly purple beard was blown away, and his suspended fingers kept pinching, as if he were rubbing something.

"Is there any news coming from Yizhou?" Sun Quan looked at the sky sandwiched into a line by the eaves and the roof in front of him, and felt more and more sulking.

"The king of Yue forced more than 10,000 Yi people, and then moved all their families out of the mountains one after another. Now they are building a city in Keelung, with a total population of nearly 30,000." Hu Zong replied carefully that he was afraid that Sun Quan would be unhappy and had greatly reduced the number. In fact, according to the situation he got, Sun Shao moved out of 20 or 30 tribes from the mountains this time, and the total number of people may be more than 60,000. What is the concept of 60,000 people? There is a custom in the Han Dynasty that if the number of households in a county exceeds 10,000, it can be called a large county. So far, the six counties in Jiangdong - no, now five counties - only have five large counties with more than 10,000 households, and Sun Shao has built a large county out of thin air in only half a year from Yizhou. Such a record is enough to make anyone jealous. For Sun Quan, who was already uncomfortable, the stimulation was even greater, so Hu Zong chose a conservative number to avoid causing Sun Quan's anger.

But he was disappointed, and Sun Quan was still very angry.

"30,000 people? So, he has another county. Sun Quan snorted with a smile and never spoke again. Originally, he thought that Sun Shao rushed to Yizhou, thousands of miles away, and he was alone. It was not only difficult to transport, but also the Yi people did not obey discipline. The harvest must be very limited. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao harvested a county as soon as he took action.

Hu Zong didn't say anything. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally carefully reminded him: "Your Majesty, this is just the Yi people in the north of Yizhou. Now the king of Yue is sending people to the south, or stroking or suppressing them. With his foundation in Keelung, if it goes well, three to four more counties can be built in about two to three years. Although Yizhou is mountainous, there is a lot of land, and the weather is hot. It is said that you can grow two to three seasons of rice a year.

"I won't wait for you." Sun Quan sighed and became more and more irritable. He stretched out two fingers and rubbed his eyebrows. Suddenly, he asked, "How are Zhang Wen and others? What have you been busy with recently?"

"This... I'm not sure." Hu Zong hesitated for a moment: "I just came back from Yue, and I haven't understood these situations yet."

"Oh, I see." Sun Quan waved his hand and motioned Hu Zong to go down to rest. Hu Zong took two steps and was stopped by Sun Quan: "Wei Ze, Ziming has been lost, and I can't find a suitable candidate for a while. You and Ziyu have to work harder."

Hu Zong was stunned, and Xu Xiang died? He looked at Sun Quan for a moment, and then came to his senses. He bowed his head and said, "Well." Then he turned around and hurried away. He, Xu Xiang and Shi Yi were in charge of secret affairs under Sun Quan's account. Although they usually don't get along well, after all, after a long time, their friendship is not bad. Suddenly, when they heard that he was dead, they couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Hu Zong quickly walked into the small courtyard next to him. At a glance, he saw that Yi was sitting in front of a pile of documents, frowning and checking a document. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Yi looked up and immediately showed a happy smile on his face: "Wei Ze, when did you come back?"

"Just arrived." Hu Zong didn't care about the cold noise. He went to the opposite side of Shiyi and sat down. He reached out and poured himself a cup of tea first. He poured it into his mouth and wiped his mouth. Then he said, "Ziming is gone?"

It was the smile on Yi's face that stiffened, showing a sad look. He nodded silently: "It's what you just left."

As soon as he saw Shiyi's face, Hu Zong was a little surprised. As a person who had been engaged in secret affairs for many years, and his understanding of Shiyi, he knew that Xu Shi's death might not be so simple. He quickly lowered his voice: "What's going on? When I left, he was nothing strange.

"Wei Ze, don't worry. Take a break first and wait for me to explain these things to you, and then tell you about Ziming."

Hu Zong nodded and sat quietly without saying anything more. Shi Yi took a few documents and told him that it was nothing more than which ministers have been getting closer recently, which people have some abnormal actions, and then there are also a few about the two countries of Wei and Shu. The State of Wei is making a lot of trouble for the prince. Cao is old, and his health is getting worse day by day, but the position of the crown prince is still hanging. Decide. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi each have a group of supporters, and none of them have an absolute advantage. The State of Shu looks relatively calm. Although Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang have some contradictions, they are still at peace on the surface. However, after the prince Liu Chan got married, he had a bad relationship with the crown princess Zhang family. After more than two years of marriage, the Zhang family has not been able to give birth to a man and a half a woman. As a result, Liu Bei took a favor of Zhang Fei's second daughter and wanted to take a concubine for Liu Chan, but it seemed that Liu Chan was not satisfied, and the father and son quarreled because of this. Liu Bei slapped Liu Chan in the face in anger.

Hu Zong listened carefully. Of course, there is very important information in these news, but it is undeniable that there are also a lot of hearsay, and they account for the majority. Their task is to find problems from these true and false mixed news, then verify them, and finally send reliable information to Sun Quan's desk for reference. .

After handling the business, it was Yi who told him that he took Hu Zong out of the Wu Palace and went all the way home. When he arrived at home, it was Yi who asked people to have tea, and then closed the door. Then he approached Hu Zong and said, "Wei Ze, Ziming is on duty for public service. Two months ago, there was a robbery in Jianye. Someone entered Zhou's house at night and stole some property. After hearing this, the king sent Ziming to investigate. Unexpectedly, during the round-up, a scoundrel teenager injured people, cut Ziming with a knife, and then fled. Ziming was seriously injured, and the doctor was out of breath before he arrived.

"Is there such a thing?" Hu Zong took a cold breath. You know, Xu Xiang is an important minister around Sun Quan. Although his official position is not high, his identity is extraordinary. If he goes to investigate the case, there must be excellent martial arts soldiers around him. It is too strange that someone can kill him with one knife and then go away. He thought for a thought, "The Zhou Mansion you mentioned is the mansion of Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the old governor?"

"Exactly." Yes, Yi nodded.

"The house was hit by a thief, and what else was lost?"

"There are some betrothal gifts and a few belongings. There is a list of specific things. I'm not sure about the king." She Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said slowly, "After Ziming's death, the case was put on hold because the hands were too tight. When the Zhou family suffered from this disaster, Zhou Yu was frightened and got a strange disease, and the marriage was also delayed.

"Strange disease?" Hu Zong's light flashed: "What strange disease?"

"I can't tell the details." Shi Yi's eyes flashed and stared at Hu Zong's eyes and said, "The king sent Zhao Quan to have a look. He only said that she was no different from ordinary people when she was normal, but every two or three days, she would always fake death. When she faked to die, she had no breath, which was no different from the dead. The length of time was uncertain, either an hour or one night, and she woke up again. She knew nothing about this period.

"What kind of disease is this?" Hu Zong was stunned: "Zhao Quan claims to be able to identify life and death, but he can't see what kind of disease it is?"

"I can't see it." Shi Yi smiled bitterly: "Zhao Quan was greatly disappointed about this. He thought that his medical skills were not good. He resigned from the imperial doctor's order and traveled all over the world to visit the master. Because I couldn't figure out what the disease was, there was naturally no way to treat it, so the marriage was delayed. The king originally wanted not to choose a beautiful wife for the prince, but the prince was unwilling. For this reason, the father and son also argued several times. Fortunately, the prince was reasonable. After every conflict, he came to accompany the king first, but... Regarding the marriage, he resolutely refused to give in.

"So, is Zi Ming's death related to Zhou Yu's illness?" Hu Zong muttered, "Is it possible that Ziming found something wrong and was killed?"

It was Yi who stared at Hu Zong's eyes without saying a voice. After a while, he nodded: "I think so too, but no one dares to say so. The king didn't let me check it later, so I can't tell whether it was the case or not.

"That Ziming died so unclearly?"

"The king gave him a marquis, with a son as his husband, and rewarded him with 10 million yuan and a hundred pieces of silk."

Hu Zong curled his lips. No matter how much the reward was, it was useless. Xu Shi died. The cause of death was unknown. Sun Quan didn't let people investigate. Obviously, he knew what was wrong with it, but he kept it secret for some reason. He suddenly felt a chill. Xu Xiang was loyal to Sun Quan. He didn't know how many secrets he had dealt with over the years, but he died like this. He went to the State of Yue this time. In order to prevent being discovered, he had been hiding in his residence for five or six days. If he died, would it be the same as Xu Xiang? His task is to investigate the King of Yue, which is much more serious than the investigation of the Zhou family. In order to prevent Sun Shao, the king of Yue, Sun Quan will definitely not admit it, and even bite back, and it is possible to falsely charge him of fleeing.

The two of them thought about each other's thoughts, and neither of them spoke. After a long time, they sighed at the same time.

Zhoufu.

Sun Luban, wearing a deep coat with grass patterns on a red background, quietly turned his legs and sat in front of Zhou Yu's sick couch. She tied her bun, traced her thin eyebrows, and painted a little Danzhu on her lips. She looked dignified, but her eyes looked at each other uneasily, which was very in line with her makeup. She pushed Zhou Yu, who was pretending to sleep: "A Yu, get up."

Zhou Yu's face was pale and weak. Sun Luban pushed her several times before she slowly opened her eyes. As soon as she saw that it was Sun Luban, she forced a smile: "It turned out to be a princess. Why are you free to see me today?"

"Which day am I not free?" Sun Luban stared and waved his sleeves and shouted, "Your eldest brother is in the camp every day. I can't see him once in half a month. I'm so bored that I have to come to play with you."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, which was really difficult for the princess. She was only 14 years old this year. She was nearly ten years old from her eldest brother. Her eldest brother became a general and trained soldiers in the barracks every day. She couldn't see anyone for ten days and a half months. No wonder she was so depressed that she was crazy.

"Then wait for me to get up and wash up and play chess with the princess?"

"What kind of chess do you play?" Sun Luban jumped three feet high and turned his eyes: "Go to the big market with me. I'll buy you a gift."

"Go to the big city?" Zhou Yu shook her head with a wry smile: "I'm not in good health, on the way..."

"What are you afraid of? If you really get sick, I can carry you back." Sun Luban didn't think so. He waved his arms and put on a posture as strong as a mountain. He smiled proudly and said, "I practice martial arts in the way taught by my brother. I have great strength. Your brother is not my opponent. Fortunately, he still came out of the destruction camp. Let me tell you, what I want most now is to go to Yue, enter my aunt's flying tiger camp, and fight with them. Hey, you know what? My aunt is now very majestic. She became the fifth general, with more than 500 female soldiers under her. A few months ago, she fought with 20,000 Yi people in that village for a day and a night, beat the Yi people to pieces, and finally set up an ambush and cut the skull of a Yi leader..."

Sun Luban's words were so fluttering that he couldn't stop talking. When it came to excitement, he danced and demonstrated, for fear that Zhou Yu could not understand, as if she had come to the scene in person. Zhou Yu was fascinated and smiled yearningly at the corners of her mouth.

"Oh, I hate it." Sun Luban patted his thigh: "If I had known it was so funny, I would have gone to Yue like Zhong Ying."

Zhou Yu's face suddenly stiffened. She was stunned for a moment before saying, "You are a fair princess, and now you are my brother's wife. How can you go to Yue when it comes to Yue?"

"I hate it." Sun Luban held his chin and blinked his eyes: "If I had known that marriage was so boring, I wouldn't have been married." She turned her eyes and suddenly smiled and said, "Ayu, do you get sick because you don't want to get married?"

Zhou Yu's eyes jumped, looked at Sun Luban, and smiled helplessly, "Princess, this is a bad word. I don't get this disease as much as I want, and I can't get it if I don't want to. I can't get married because I'm sick, but I don't get sick because I don't want to get married. It's okay for the princess to say this at home. If it reaches the king's ears, my Zhou family will commit the crime of bullying the king. If I can afford it?"

"And!" Sun Luban waved his hand disapprovingly: "No matter what's going on with him, you want me to say that you are well sick." She looked around, came to Zhou Yu's ear, and said mysteriously, "Let me tell you, although your eldest brother is a little boring, he is not bad. Ah Deng, tut..." Sun Luban scolded his mouth and shook his head: "Don't see that he is only one year older than me. It's bad. The eldest brother has helped him so much, but you see. What did he do to his eldest brother?

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Luban's expression without saying a word. This big tiger princess is really a tiger. In her mind, the grandson of the prince became a hypocritical guy, while the obviously cunning king of Yue became a good man. What kind of world is this? However, although Zhou Yu did not have any bad feelings for Sun Deng, she did not have a good impression. Sun Luban's words were heard in her ears, except for some nervousness, but there was nothing harsh. She was very curious about what Sun Luban had just mentioned, and did not dare to inquire rashly. She had to wait for Sun Luban to speak before interrupting, "Why, the fifth general won the battle again?"

"Yes." When it comes to war, Sun Luban was very interested. As she was talking, she suddenly remembered something. She patted her head and shouted, "Wait a minute, I just asked someone to buy the second volume of the New Mountain and Sea Classic. It's very good. I'll show it to you. Come on, come on, come on--"

Looking at Sun Luban, who was screaming, Zhou Yu was very embarrassed. No wonder his brother Zhou Xun wanted to hide in the barracks and come back. No one could stand her.

A maid ran over in a hurry. Seeing that Sun Luban was angry, she knelt to the ground in fear and begged for mercy. Sun Luban picked up his clothes and rushed up with a kick. He scolded angrily, "Where have you all died? No one heard me for a long time. Go and bring the "Xinshan Haijing" in my room. I want to discuss the scriptures with A Yu.

The maid was kicked by her and hit her head on the door frame. She grined in pain, but she didn't dare to say anything. She quickly got up and flew away. After a while, she came back with a letter and carefully sent it to Sun Luban. Sun Luban took the book in his hand and suddenly frowned: "Who made my book dirty? Is this your blood?"

"Ah? Ah!" The maid looked at her hand in horror and found that there were blood stains on it. Presumably, she had just broken the skin. When she went to touch the wound, she touched the blood on her hand and printed it on the book. She was so scared that she fell to her knees with a plop: "Princess, spare your life, princess, I didn't mean it--"

"You useless thing actually stained my brother's book, I--" Sun Luban was furious. He reached out and went to his waist to draw a knife, but it was empty. Only then did she remember that she didn't have a knife now. She looked around the wall. There were pianos and books in Zhou Yu's room, but there were no weapons such as swords. She was so angry that she was so angry. Screaming, like an angry tiger: "Bre the knife, take my knife--"

"Princess." Zhou Yu quickly got up and fell down in front of Sun Luban. When Sun Luban saw her kneeling down, he didn't feel bad for a moment and said disapprovingly, "Get up, it has nothing to do with you. I'm going to kill this clumsy maidservant."

"Princess, it's not good to spread it to the king's ears for killing people for a book."

"King?" Sun Luban curled his lips and said disdainfully, "My father won't care about me. He will only praise me for killing well. This maidservant stained the book written by my eldest brother. She deserves to die. I only killed her once, and it was already a bargain for her.

Zhou Yu was stunned and then smiled bitterly: "Princess, if King Yue knew that you killed someone for this book, he would probably regret it, right?"

Sun Luban was stunned and looked at Zhou Yu with some hesitation: "Will you?"

Zhou Yu hurriedly said, "Of course, King Yue cherishes human life and refuses to kill people easily. As you just said, he is mainly caressed by Yi people, so Yi people will be grateful to him. He not only cares about men, but also about women, so he can set up the Flying Tiger Camp. There are many maidservant and Hu girls in the Flying Tiger Camp.

"It seems to be the same." Sun Luban scratched her head. Her hair, which had been made a little messy by her jumping and jumping, was even more messy. She glanced at the pale maid and shouted, "For the sake of my eldest brother, spare you to die. Get out and lead thirty military sticks by yourself."

The maid escaped from death and didn't dare to say one more word. She looked at Zhou Yu gratefully and ran out as if she had escaped.

"Alas, I don't understand why my aunt can train women into elite soldiers, but I can't do it?" Sun Luban muttered, "It seems that we have to find an opportunity to ask her for advice."

Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and didn't answer her words. She picked up the letter, pulled out a book and turned it over. These books are all printed by Fuchun Book Club. Fuchun Book Club is the property of Fuchun Xu's family. It is known for its fine carving. Not only is the handwriting clear, but the illustrations are also vivid and vivid, just like hand-painted. Zhou Yu looked at the new book with the fragrance of ink, and suddenly felt a heartache. It turned out that when this book was also called "Southern Travel Essay", she could get a handwritten book by Sun Shao every time. Now these books have been changed to print. As long as she likes it, she can buy it, but she can't have it, and even the treasured manuscript is gone.

"Ayu, do you look good?" Sun Luban didn't notice the abnormality of Zhou Yu's face. She turned to a page excitedly and pointed to a bird with a beautiful pattern on it and said, "The eldest brother's book says that this bird has five-color patterns on its body, which is very beautiful. The most unexpected thing is that this bird can speak human language. The eldest brother heard the bird say with his own ears that the world is peaceful. Do you think it's fun?

"Is it?" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Luban suspiciously, crossed the page with his slender fingers, and whispered, "The world bird is written in five colors, with a red beak and a crown on its head. It can speak, and it is said that 'the world is peaceful'. If the king has virtue, he will appear."

"Well, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Sun Luban raised his eyebrows and said proudly.

"Can birds speak human language?" Zhou Yu still doesn't dare to believe it.

"It's okay if you don't believe it. The eldest brother said that he would send a pair of such birds to Jianye, and then you will see it."

"Oh, when will it arrive?" Zhou Yu is also interested.

"Hmm--" Sun Luban turned his eyes, held a finger, thought for a while and said, "I think it should be in the New Year. The eldest brother said before that he was going to find the unicorn to dedicate to his father. Now although he has not found the unicorn, if he can find this kind of music bird, he will definitely give it to his father in the New Year.

Zhou Yu nodded and said nothing. She is not as simple as Sun Luban. In her opinion, Sun Shao and Sun Quan have become water and fire. They probably won't be so kind to send Shile birds to Sun Quan. There is nothing to say if they can't do it well.

(to be continued)