I am a sister-in-law in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141 Another young man who gives Cao Cao a headache
Now whenever Sun Quan thinks of his eldest brother Sun Ce, his eyes will be red.

Zhang Zhao has also calmed down.

He said: "It's not that I can't go. I'm always worried. No one can guarantee this. The general will definitely return in triumph!"

As he talked, Zhang Zhao became anxious again.

Sun Quan said: "I am familiar with the inside and outside of Lujiang City. When I go this time, in addition to using money and weapons, I also need to bring trustworthy people with me.

Zi Bu just needs to tell me, who can I trust?
Gong Jin led the troops to guard Wu County, and the prefects Zhu Zhi and Zi Bu were in charge of the internal affairs. I had no worries at all. My sister-in-law took care of everything in the house, so I had no worries. "

Speaking of this, Qiao Jingjing recommended Sun He, an important member of the clan, to Sun Quan.

Sun He has been following Sun Ce all these years, from the very beginning of the battle of Lujiang City to the pacification of Qu'a Kuaiji, he is quite qualified.

And Sun He can learn from his sincerity, and his ability is not inferior to that of his cousins ​​such as Sun Bi and Sun Fu.

then.

Sun Quan personally led his clan Sun He, fierce generals Jiang Qin, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and ten thousand troops, and quickly set out from Wu County and went straight to Lujiang City.

As soon as Sun Ce died, the news that Sun Quan took his men to fight spread throughout Jiangdong and reached Cao Cao.

While Cao Cao was on an expedition to Wuhuan, he was thinking about this time.

Not only did it solve Sun Ce's big problem.

And because of the turmoil in Lujiang, Sun Ce's heir Sun Quan, the second eldest son of the Sun family, also left Wu Jun and ran to Lujiang City.

This is an opportunity. It is better to take the opportunity to detach part of the troops and go south, attack Lujiang City after Shouchun, and kill Sun Quan in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao's strategy is a good one.

But Cao Cao had no choice but to have advisors from the Jiangdong faction such as Hua Xin and Zhang Hong around him.

Zhang Hong, Hua Xin and others also felt deeply sorry for Sun Ce's death.

Zhang Hong also advised Cao Cao:

"Brother, it is unjust to attack others when they have just died!"

Zhang Hong's words made Cao Cao, who would rather kill thousands of people than spare one person, give up his thoughts.

Cao Cao is a very strange person. He had the opportunity to kill Liu Bei directly.

In the end, because Liu Bei came to seek refuge with him, Liu Bei bore the title of Uncle Liu Huang, and Liu Bei was also a talent, Cao Cao killed one of the talents who came to seek refuge with him, which chilled the hearts of others.

So although Cao Cao wanted to kill Liu Bei, he let him go.

This time too.

Originally, Sun Quan led his troops to attack Lujiang City, which was a perfect opportunity for Cao Cao to kill Sun Quan.

But because Sun Quan had just died of his eldest brother, Cao Cao was very sad, so Cao Cao decided to let him go and fight Sun Quan again after a while.

This so-called benevolent and righteous style was somewhat influenced by the customs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

When the two armies are at war, they will not be beheaded.

Even if they want to start a fight, they still have to bow to each other.

Or write a letter of challenge first and agree on a certain day in a certain year and month.

Of course, you can also carry out sneak attacks, pursue, intercept, and use tactics.

But like this, the big brother takes advantage of someone else's death and carries out a sneak attack.

It's really disgraceful.

This is the superficial impression that Cao Cao gives people.

The deeper level lies in Sun Quan himself.

First of all, Sun Ce is so important in Sun Quan's life. This eldest brother acts like a father.Very deep and exciting.

The burden of responsibility left by the eldest brother to Sun Quan is also very deep and heavy.

Sun Quan wants to attack Lujiang City to avenge his eldest brother. The weaklings on both sides of Lujiang City must ask Cao Cao for help.At this time, Sun Quan was still too weak to fight against Cao Cao. What should he do?

Sun Quan was very smart. He hoped that Cao Cao would not come out to harm him. He wrote a letter to Cao Cao early.

In the letter, Sun Quan took the initiative to expose Li Shu's unauthorized killing of Yan Xiang, the governor appointed by Cao Cao, and said that I would represent the imperial court to conquer the remnants of Lujiang City.

Doing things for Cao Cao.

It is still a reflection of the harmonious relationship between Sun and Cao.

After Cao Cao received the letter, he didn't see anything fishy at first. He was just very angry because he hadn't been able to find the culprit who killed Yan Xiang, the governor he appointed.

Since Sun Quan wanted to send troops to take revenge on behalf of the imperial court this time, he readily agreed.

After a few days, Cao Cao figured out the twists and turns.

Secretly he felt that this second Sun, like Boss Sun, was a young man who gave him a headache.

After Sun Quan contacted Cao Cao, he personally led the clan troops to attack Lujiang City.

Li Shu died before, and Sun Ce died next. The people in Lujiang City who were originally standing behind Li Shu naturally stood at the front.

He thought he could take advantage of the chaos to rob and become a prefect himself.Unexpectedly, Sun Quan turned around and attacked, while Cao Cao from the north chose to sit back and watch.

Under the double attack of Han Dang and Sun Quan.

Lujiang City was not rich to begin with, and the food in the city was quickly depleted. Some were so hungry that they swallowed it with mud balls for food.

Sun Quan easily captured Lujiang City.

All Li Shu's close ministers and subordinates were found and their heads were shown to the public.

Those who had ulterior motives cultivated by Li Shu in just a few years, and those who defected from Wu County and came to Lujiang City because of Sun Ce's death.

Sun Quan didn't let them go.

They were all killed.

Then, Sun Quan asked his clan member Sun He to garrison Lujiang and serve as the prefect of Lujiang.

Let Han Dang lead the troops back to Wu Commandery with him.

Sun Quan's performance in Lujiang City was bloody, cruel, decisive and dangerous.

This directly made the panicked Jiangdong people understand.

Sun Quan is not a rat hiding behind the wisdom of his father and brother.

Don't underestimate him just because he is young.

The eldest brother Sun Ce was in his early 20s, and he controlled the entire Jiangdong. He was granted the title of Marquis of Wu and was known as the Little Overlord.

Sun Quan is not bad either.

After Sun Quan returned to Wu from Lujiang City, the whole Jiangdong was calm for a while.

Cao Cao was in the north and calmly watched this performance belonging to Sun Quan.

Cao Cao was silent for several times.

His head hurt a little again.

It was better a while ago.

For two reasons, his second sons Cao Pi and Zhang Liao escaped from Jiangdong, and by the way they brought back Hua Tuo, a benevolent and righteous doctor with the world in mind.

Cao Cao was unhappy and wanted to scold his second son. Why did he leave his third son alone in Jiangdong?
The second son, Cao Pi, said with a filial look on his face: "Because I was worried about my father's illness, I had to leave my third brother in Jiangdong as a temporary measure. Hua Tuo must be sent back quickly to treat my father."

Now that Hua Tuo has been sent back, the old father's headache is getting worse again.

He quickly asked Hua Tuo to treat his old father.

Hua Tuo listened to Cao Cao's explanation of his condition and gave him an effective solution.

Just use an ax to split open Cao Cao's head, then take out the bugs in his head, and then sew the head back up, this disease can be cured.

Cao Cao got angry and dragged Hua Tuo down and locked him in prison.

Cao Cao claimed that it was because Hua Tuo wanted to kill him.

In fact, Hua Tuo was just a doctor who devoted himself to treating diseases.

The diagnosis and treatment method Hua Tuo proposed to Cao Cao was nothing more than advanced craniotomy surgery.

Cao Cao did not accept it.

Of course Cao Pi understood why his father wanted to kill Hua Tuo.Hua Tuo, if you want to keep him well, Xu will not be able to keep him.

Hua Tuo always travels here and there. It would be okay if he went to Jingzhou and Yizhou. The coaches in those places are just boring people, and they can't do anything good with Hua Tuo.

But it was different when Hua Tuo ran to Jiangdong.

Hua Tuo ran to Jiangdong and was able to grow flowers there.

So this is the final reason for Hua Tuo's death.

The front foot Hua Tuo had just died.

Cao Cao told the public that his head wind was much better without treatment.

This is to save face even if you are beaten to death.

Cao Cao himself had to go crazy with pain in the middle of the night.

If that servant came to tuck Cao Cao in the middle of the night, Cao Cao would get sick and suspicious. He would sit up, draw a sword, and kill the person who was tucking him in.

Until Sun Ce suddenly died.

Cao Cao's headache stopped at that time, and he didn't have any pain for a long time.

Cao Cao knew that if Sun Ce died, Jiangdong would be in chaos.

If Cao Cao wants to annex Jiangdong, he must first stabilize the north and pluck out Yuan Shao's foolish sons who hid in Wuhuan.

So Cao Cao concentrated on fighting the Wuhuan people and was bound to collect the heads of Yuan Shao's sons into a bunch.

Then Sun Quan wanted to attack Lujiang City, and he wrote a decent letter to him saying that there were bad guys in Lujiang City, and he killed Yan Xiang, the governor of the state who Cao Cao personally accepted his fate.

Cao Cao only showed kindness for a moment, and Sun Quan had already established his authority in Jiangdong.

It really is!
All of Sun Jian's sons are great, and they are all in a daze.

Cao Cao wrote another letter to Sun Quan.

The meaning of the letter was very simple.

He first sympathized with Sun Quan, who was feeling sad after his eldest brother had just died.

Cao Cao said that he was willing to help Sun Quan raise the son his eldest brother left behind, and help him take care of the pretty widow his eldest brother left behind.

I am willing to take them to Xudu to raise them.

After the kind words were said.

That's a serious order.

Cao Cao ordered, using the tone of an emperor, to order Sun Quan to send Sun Ce's Yi Shuang and Sun Ce's son to Xudu as hostages immediately.

Isn't Sun Ce's widow Qiao Jingjing?
Wasn't it because Cao Cao personally wanted to choose her as his daughter-in-law that year, but Cao Cao's sons didn't like that girl.

The girl turned around and married to Jiangdong, gave birth to children for Sun Ce, helped Sun Ce make Jiangdong a turmoil, made Cao Cao angry and had a headache, and even gave Cao Cao a box of Jiangdong's specialties.

Cao Cao still missed that beautiful woman.

Sun Quan had just won the battle in Lujiang City. When he returned to Wu County, he had not yet taken off his armor. He was so exhausted that he had not even had time to take a hot bath.

Zhang Zhao told me that he had received a letter from Cao Cao in the north.

"Cao Cao requests that, general, you send Mr. Shao and Mrs. Da Qiao to Xudu as hostages."

This is a big deal.

Sun Quan quickly summoned his ministers for discussion.

For a time, the ministers had different opinions.
Those civil servants actually held their own opinions and seemed unable to make a decision.

"If we send a hostage, we can temporarily protect Jiangdong and allow us to continue development and production safely. I believe that Mrs. Da Qiao and Mr. Asao will be willing and will not refuse."

I don’t know which one should be beheaded, that’s all.

Lu Xun also belonged to Wen Cheng's group. He jumped out and yelled at the man:

"What! Send Mrs. Da Qiao and Mr. Asao to Xudu as hostages? Fortunately, you are still a scholar. Where do you read about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness? It is the matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor that the Marquis of Wu selected you from many poor scholars. Come out! The bones of Wu Hou are still cold. Are you afraid of Cao Cao's accountability and exerting pressure with the power of the emperor? Although scholars are weak and have no strength to tie a chicken, they still cannot lose their backbone. The more Cao Cao exerts pressure, the less likely we are to Agree! Don’t say that it’s Mrs. Da Qiao and Mr. Asao, don’t say that this is Wu Hou’s legacy and Wu Hou’s only son! Even if we ask for a blade of grass or a piece of fruit from Jiangdong, we won’t agree.”

Lu Xun showed his determination.

Qiao Jingjing's adopted brother Liu Ji has reached adulthood and has become an official and has begun to participate in government affairs.

He also joined Lu Xun's team and had a heated argument with those weaklings.

Suddenly there was a lot of noise in the living room.

Zhan Zhan wanted to deafen Sun Quan's ears.

Of course Sun Quan would not give his sister-in-law and nephew to Cao Cao as hostages.

Not to mention his sister-in-law's brains and ability in housework, farming and business matters, even if his sister-in-law is just an ordinary housewife, a weak woman who cannot take care of herself.

He couldn't just give his sister-in-law and nephew to Cao Cao as hostages as soon as his eldest brother died.

Isn't this not as good as a pig or a dog?

The reason why Sun Quan wanted to bring this matter up for everyone to discuss.

He just wanted to see how many of them really worked for him, Sun Quan, and think about things from his perspective.

Sun Quan let these scholars and talented people continue to make noise.

There was already a commotion outside.

Qiao Jingjing can still sit still at home.

Quietly watching Asao read and practice calligraphy, watching the twin daughters playing in the yard and the maid playing shuttlecock.

Xiao Qiao looked at her sister worriedly.

Why is my sister so pitiful?
My brother-in-law's body is still cold.

Cao Cao has already been thinking about Jiangdong, and his sister, an orphan and widowed mother, is really pitiful, weak and helpless.

And there are these rotten scoundrels from Jiangdong!

On weekdays, everyone is nice. When my brother-in-law was still alive, he would always come to fawn over me.

At this time, my brother-in-law died suddenly, and my sister lost her support, as if the building had collapsed.

They say you can send hostages!
With Qiao Manman's good temper, she thought that if she had been there at that time, she would have drawn out her dagger, competed with those rotten literati, and cut their tongues.

But Qiao Jingjing just sat at home so quietly.

Not in a hurry at all.

"Sister, do you hear what the noise is like outside? Although General Sun values ​​​​love and righteousness, and promised my brother-in-law to take good care of you, A Shao, and Big Bear and Little Bear, these people are noisy outside, and Cao Cao's power has changed. Big, don't worry, if General Sun can't stand it..."

Xiao Qiao was really afraid that Sun Quan wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure.

But who is Sun Quan?
Don't underestimate his youth.

After Sun Quan discussed it, he specially brought Zhou Yu to his mother, Mrs. Wu.

Sun Quan told his mother about Cao Cao's letters.

Mrs. Wu's health was getting better, but she was very angry after hearing this letter.

He scolded Cao Cao directly:

"This thief Cao is very old. It is unbearable to bully orphans and widowed mothers!"

Mrs. Wu quickly called her maid and went to Fuyuan with her daughter Sun Shangxiang:

"Hurry up, go quickly! Invite Mrs. Da Qiao here, I have something to say to her."

Sun Shangxiang went to invite her sister-in-law over.

Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Mrs. Wu are all here.

Mrs. Wu did not wait for Zhou Yu and Sun Quan to speak.

She was the first to say:
"Look at you silly kid. You don't come to me when something happens, and you just hide in the house and feel sad? Son, Bo Fu's life is short, there's nothing you can do about it!
But Cao Cao, Cao Cao is out of reach of us. He is far in the north.

With just a letter, he wants you and Ah Shao to come next to him as hostages. He's dreaming!

I tell you, unless I die, never say this again. "

(End of this chapter)