Mi Han

Chapter 172
A few days after the [-] Han army received Sun Deng, a car team of more than a hundred people drove from Xiakou City to the Han army camp.

Among this team were Zhuge Ke, who had been summoned from Jianye by order of Sun Quan before.

In the team of more than a hundred people, perhaps Sun Quan was worried about arousing Liu Bei's fear, so he did not arrange too many soldiers among them.

There are only a dozen guards among the hundred or so people.

The remaining dozens of people are all servants and maids.

And many of the cars in the team were loaded with gold and silver, as well as classics.

Sun Quan knew that with Liu Bei's character, Sun Deng's life in Jingzhou would not be too bad in the future.

But out of a father's care and love, Sun Quan still gave Sun Deng the best material conditions within his ability.

As for the four heroes of Wuzhong carefully selected by Sun Quan for Sun Deng, Sun Quan had other intentions.

Although Zhuge Ke, Gu Tan, Zhang Xiu, and Chen Biao are all minors, their average age is around 17 years old, and their mentality and character have already matured day by day.

Moreover, these four people were either born in high schools in the world, or had a reputation in Wuzhong when they were young, and they are currently the best among the young generation in Jiangdong.

With these four people accompanying Sun Deng, on the one hand, they can study together with Sun Deng, and on the other hand, they can persuade Sun Deng by their side, so that Sun Deng will not lose his mind in Jingzhou.

Another point is that behind these four heroes of Wuzhong, they represent almost all factions in Jiangdongzhong.

Sending these four outstanding heroes from different factions to Sun Deng as companions in advance, Sun Quan is undoubtedly cultivating Sun Deng's political background in Jiangdong in advance.

As long as Sun Deng can get along with these four heroes of Wuzhong, even if Sun Deng succeeds Jiangdong in the future without any political achievements, with the support of these four heroes of Wuzhong and the factions behind them, Sun Deng can initially stabilize Jiangdong seat of the lord.

This is a dark move Sun Quan made to prevent the worst from happening.

Sun Quan is a professional in political struggle and balance.

Of course, the purpose of Sun Quan, these four Wu Zhongjun who have just fledgling naturally do not understand.

They only knew that they were ordered by Sun Quan to come to Jingzhou to protect Sun Deng and accompany him to study.

When the four Wuzhong heroes headed by Zhuge Ke led a car team of more than a hundred people into the Han army camp, the car team of more than a hundred people was immediately stopped by the Han army in the camp, and then began to check .

While the Han army was inspecting the vehicles, entourage and belongings, Zhuge Ke and the other four were taken by Wang Fu to Sun Deng's big tent, and saw Sun Deng.

Sun Deng, who was unaccompanied and uneasy in the camp of the Han army, immediately beamed with joy after seeing Zhuge Ke and the other four.

After Zhuge Ke and the other four saw Sun Deng, they also came to Sun Deng and saluted him: "See the eldest son."

Because Sun Deng was delighted, he supported the four in front of him one by one, the only confidants he could trust in Jingzhou in the future.

After being helped up by Sun Deng, Zhuge Ke, the oldest of the four companions, took the lead to ask Sun Deng: "Since the young master came to the camp of the Han army, has Guan Yu bullied the young master?"

Zhuge Ke is the eldest son of Zhuge Jin. This year he is already, although he has not yet reached the age of the crown, but his character and mind have roughly matured.

Zhuge Ke is seven feet six inches long, has a small beard and eyebrows, a wide forehead, and a loud mouth. He has been known for his intelligence since he was a child in Jiangdong.

Zhuge Ke was the tallest of the five people present, and he was obese, so he stood in front of Sun Deng, who had not yet grown up, giving Sun Deng a faint sense of oppression.

Because Sun Quan and Lu Meng had bad feelings towards Guan Yu before, most people in Jiangdong, under the influence of the two of them, felt that Guan Yu was an arrogant and rude neighbor.

Under this impression, Zhuge Ke was very worried that Sun Deng would be bullied by Guan Yu.

Under Zhuge Ke's inquiry, Gu Tan and the others also showed worried expressions on their faces.

But unexpectedly, Sun Deng said to Zhuge Ke: "Guan Gong is not as unreasonable as rumored.

He is very concerned about me. Before you came, Guan Gong ordered people to prepare everything I needed, and Guan Gong responded to my requests. "

After hearing what Sun Deng said, Zhuge Ke and others showed astonishment on their faces.

This may not match the image of Guan Yu in their impression.

But after Zhuge Ke heard Sun Deng's answer, he stopped paying attention to Guan Yu, and asked Sun Deng again: "Has the young master met Mi Zisheng?"

When Sun Deng heard Zhuge Ke mention Mi Yang's name, he remembered the scene of him in Mi Yang's arms that day, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

Seeing Sun Deng's performance, Gu Tan, Zhang Xiu, and Chen Biao all expressed their understanding.

After they heard Mi Yang's name, the expressions on their faces were not much better than those of Sun Deng.

At this time, only Zhuge Ke said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, my lord."

"General Mi is Kong Minggong's apprentice, and Kong Minggong is Ke's uncle. In terms of the relationship between close and distant relatives, it is okay for Ke to call General Mi a brother."

"In the future, Ke will be by your side to assist the young master. With the relationship between Ke and General Mi, under the care of General Mi, Ke will not let the young master be bullied in Jingzhou in the future."

A look of complacency appeared on Zhuge Ke's face.

Zhuge Ke was intelligent since he was a child, and he was famous in Jiangdong for his wit and quick thinking, but at the same time he thought highly of himself.

Although Zhuge Ke couldn't fully guess all the thoughts of Sun Quan sending him and Gu Tan to Jingzhou to accompany Sun Deng, but with his intelligence, he came to a judgment.

The Jingzhou entourage, from the performance point of view, made him escape from the comfortable and comfortable life in Jiangdong.

But there is no doubt that this may also be an excellent opportunity for him to make a fortune in the future.

Needless to say, Sun Deng's identity, if there are no special circumstances, then Sun Deng will probably be Jiangdong's "Prince" in the future.

So if he had become Sun Deng's confidant when he had no relatives and no one to rely on in Jingzhou.

So once Sun Deng returns to Jiangdong to inherit the throne in the future, won't his Zhuge Ke's status immediately rise?
In the end, it is not impossible to become Jiangdong's most important minister like his uncle.

Moreover, Zhuge Ke thought highly of himself, among the three people who were traveling with him this time, Gu Tan, Zhang Xiu, and Chen Biao, he didn't think highly of anyone.

Since he has been arranged by Sun Quan to be one of Sun Deng's four friends, he must either not do it, or he must be the head of the four friends.

Just now he asked Sun Deng if he had been bullied. In addition to caring about Sun Deng, he also wanted to finally draw him out that Zhuge Ke has a unique advantage among Gu Tan and others-he has an extraordinary relationship with Mi Yang.

Only with this advantage can Sun Deng trust himself more, so that he can truly become the head of Sun Deng's four friends.

As for the reason why Zhuge Jin didn't pursue his uncle Zhuge Liang's relationship, it was because Zhuge Liang was far away in Shu.

Sun Deng will stay in Jingzhou for a long time in the future. Compared with Zhuge Liang, who is thousands of miles away, Mi Yang, who has recently gained fame and is very likely to stay in Jingzhou in the future, is Zhuge Ke's goal.

As for whether Mi Yang will take Zhuge Liang's face and give him a little face, Zhuge Ke thinks this is not a big problem.

Although Zhuge Liang and Zhugejin brothers are separated by thousands of miles from one east to the other, they are their masters.

But their brotherhood is very deep, and there are often letters between brothers.

A few years ago, Zhuge Liang wrote to Zhuge Jin, and Mi Yang studied government affairs with him.

At that time, Zhuge Liang had praised Mi Yang in his letter for his benevolence and filial piety. Mi Yang could be so praised by Zhuge Liang, and the relationship between the master and apprentice should be good.

After Sun Deng heard Zhuge Ke's confident words, the fear on his face really dissipated a lot.

Sun Deng has a style of humility, and he is never proud of his identity.

Therefore, after hearing Zhuge Ke's assurance, in order to show his gratitude, Sun Deng took the initiative to salute Zhuge Ke slightly and said:
"In Jingzhou from now on, brother Lao Ke will protect him."

Although Zhuge Ke thinks highly of himself, he has not yet developed to the level where his eyes are above the top as in history.

So facing Sun Deng's gift, he immediately stooped to avoid it, not daring to bear it.

But Gu Tan and the others looked a little displeased when they saw Zhuge Ke's appearance of being in the limelight.

The same young people, who would like the limelight, were snatched away by Zhuge Ke.

Sun Quan's original intention was to let Zhuge Ke and other four people work together to help Sun Deng.

But thinking about the existence of Zhuge Ke among the four, it is not certain whether Sun Deng's life in Jingzhou will be better in the future.

In Yong'an City, a hundred miles away, Sun Quan, who had sent Sun Deng away, hadn't thought about food and drink these few days, and his energy was rather sluggish.

Because of missing Sun Deng and feeling guilty for Sun Deng, Sun Quan has been in a bad mood these days.

As the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Quan certainly wouldn't just let himself feel the misery.

In the past few days, Sun Quan's temper has been very violent. Most of the servants around him who were not as good as Sun Quan's wishes were killed by Sun Quan's stick.

Because of Sun Quan's capricious and violent temper, there has been a feeling of uneasiness in Yong'an City in recent days.

Just when Sun Quan was unable to vent his bad emotions, he received a letter from Liu Bei.

Liu Bei mentioned in the letter that in a few days he would send Shangshu Deng Zhi to Yong'an to formally sign the alliance with him.

Although Sun Quan handed over Changsha, Guiyang and Sun Deng, he did not formally sign an alliance with Liu Bei.

It's not that Sun Quan didn't know about the formal signing of the covenant.

It's just that he has no intention in his heart to completely sever friendship with the North.

Therefore, he has been hesitant about whether to sign a written covenant.

Now that he saw Liu Bei taking the initiative to bring up this matter, he felt even more upset.

But now he did not dare to refuse Liu Bei's sending of envoys.

Sun Quan can only hope that Liu Bei's emissary Deng Zhi is a fool.

Three days after Sun Quan received Liu Bei's letter, Deng Zhi came to Yong'an City under the escort of a team of Han troops.

Deng Zhi, courtesy name Bo Miao, was born in Xinye County, Yiyang County.He was the descendant of Deng Yu, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the early years of Jian'an, Deng Zhi went to Shu to avoid the war and settled down, but Deng Zhi's reputation was not obvious at that time, and no one knew how to use him.

At that time, Zhang Yu, who worked in Yizhou, was good at meeting. Deng Zhi asked him to meet him. Zhang Yu said to Deng Zhi: "You are over [-] years old, and you will be a general and a marquis."

Later Deng Zhi learned that Pang Xi, the prefect of Brazil, liked to make friends with scholars, so she went to attach herself to him.

In the 19th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Deng Zhi served as the governor of Picheng Mansion.

One day, Liu Bei passed through Picheng, and after talking with Deng Zhi, he was very surprised, and promoted him to Piling, and later promoted to Guanghan prefect.

Deng Zhi was clean, rigorous, and accomplished a lot during his tenure. After Liu Bei heard about Deng Zhi's political achievements, he recruited him to serve as a minister.

When Deng Zhi entered Yong'an City holding the Hanzhong King's envoy's talisman, Sun Quan deliberately refused to meet Deng Zhi.

After Deng Zhi came to Yong'an City for a few days, he had not been summoned by Sun Quan, so he guessed what Sun Quan was thinking.

Deng Zhi thought that Liu Bei was still waiting for his news in Xiangyang City, and he knew that he could not delay like this any longer.

So Deng Zhi personally wrote a letter and ordered his followers to send it to the Hussar General's Mansion in Yong'an City.

Sun Quan, who was deliberately avoiding Deng Zhi, saw Deng Zhi's performance, and thought it was Deng Zhi who wanted to ask to leave.

He happily opened Deng Zhi's memorabilia and took a look. There was a sentence in it that made Sun Quan very suspicious.

"My minister also wants to be a general, not just my king."

Later Deng Zhi added another sentence after this sentence.

"If the general is gone, the army will not retreat."

After seeing this sentence, Sun Quan's eyes froze, and he immediately summoned Deng Zhi.

When Deng Zhi came to Sun Quan with a talisman in hand, he bowed to Sun Quan and said: "Hanzhong Wang Shangshu Deng Zhi is ordered by the king to come to pay homage to General Hushi."

Even though Sun Quan has been in a bad mood these days, and even Sun Quan's bad mood was caused by Deng Zhi's master, Liu Bei, when Sun Quan saw Deng Zhi, he still had a gentle attitude on his face.

Sun Quan asked Deng Zhi to get up, and he let Deng Zhi sit down in the living room, and said to Deng Zhi: "I have been busy with government affairs recently, and I have delayed my time to see Bo Miao. I hope Bo Miao will not be offended."

After saying these words, Sun Quan deliberately sighed and said: "Gu Cheng is willing to sign an alliance with the King of Hanzhong and announce it to the world."

"However, Jiangdong is weak now, and the country is small and powerful. Gu often fears that Wei will take advantage of him and cannot be preserved."

"Today, Gu has given the two counties and the eldest son to the King of Hanzhong. The King of Hanzhong has already obtained the benefits. The sincerity of Gu is known to all the world."

"Since this is the case, why does the King of Hanzhong insist on a letter of alliance?"

After Sun Quan finished speaking, he looked at Deng Zhi helplessly.

What Sun Quan said to Deng Zhi now is half true and half false.

The reason why he was unwilling to sign the alliance was that he was afraid of offending Cao Cao and causing Cao Cao to send troops to conquer him in the future.

The second is that Sun Quan wanted to leave a way out for himself. Although he wanted to join forces with Liu Bei, he didn't want to completely tear himself apart with Cao Cao.

In this way, he will be able to have both sides in the future and gradually recover his strength.

After he recovers his strength, he will make further choices according to the current situation.

The old double-faced.

In the demarcation of the Xiangshui River back then, in fact, there was no formal agreement between the two parties, but an oral agreement.

It was only later that Sun Quan had the opportunity to talk nonsense.

But Liu Bei, who suffered a loss once, would leave this loophole again?

Besides, if the covenant is not formally signed and announced to the world, how will Mi Yang's plan be completed next?

Deng Zhi knew Sun Quan's purpose well, but he didn't expose it face to face.

He just looked at Sun Quan, and then said in a solemn tone: "The signing of the alliance is not for my king, but for the sake of the people of the world."

"If the name is not right, the words will not go well. If there is no covenant in hand, how will the two families join hands to fight against the enemy in the future?"

"My king and the general occupy the land of the four states, my king is the hero of the world, and the general is also the outstanding man of the moment.

The two alliances, the solidity of danger and the resistance of the three rivers, combine these two strengths, and they are the lips and teeth. If you advance, you can merge the world, and if you retreat, you can stand on three feet. This is natural.

If the general does not sign the covenant today, my king will doubt it.

If the general begs for mercy from Wei, Cao Cao will definitely hope that the general will enter the court to straighten his mind.

If the general does not follow his orders, the army of Cao Wei will arrive.

At that time, the [-] Han troops in Xiakou will be led by General Mi, and they will surely advance along the current.In this way, the land in Jiangbei may not belong to General Fu. "

Hearing the threat from Deng Zhi's mouth, Sun Quan's face showed anger.

He gave away his land and his son, and now he is still saying that he will send troops to attack him.

Moreover, they have to send Mi Yang here, too much deception!
　There are only 2 chapters today, and one more chapter will be written soon, and it will be published in the early morning.

　　I didn't finish the exam until after five o'clock in the afternoon, but the exam went well, and my grades should be good.

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