Soldiers come to the world

Lu Su was already ready to set off, and the earliest notification was that he would set off in three days, but on the day of departure, there was no news, no one notified him to set off, and no one arranged for him to board the ship. Another person was changed, and when Lu Su asked him about the situation, he said that he had just arrived and knew nothing about it.

Helpless, Lu Su had no choice but to go to the county yamen to find Xu Shu, but unexpectedly Xu Shu was not in the county yamen, he went to Xiakou to find Dong Yun, and Dong Yun also went to Xiakou, and he waited until dusk before Lu Su returned to his hotel wearily. Post, he got nothing.

After entering the gate, Wang Yicheng, who took care of him, greeted him with a worried face, "Where did Duke Lu go? I've been looking for you all afternoon."

Lu Su's spirit lifted, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart, "Is there any news?"

Wang Yicheng shook his head, "There's no news, but Duke Lu didn't come back for lunch, so I'm worried, why don't I go prepare the meals now?"

Lu Su was immediately discouraged, and said listlessly: "It's okay! Just get a little bit."

Wang Yicheng promised, and hurried away. Lu Su went into the courtyard with his hands behind his back. In fact, the house he lived in was very nice. The post house covering an area of ​​[-] mu had only five courtyards in total, and each courtyard was independent.

The fish in the rockery pond is filled with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. There are more than [-] rooms alone, and there are three maids and a special postman to take care of them. Only people like Lu Su are qualified to be in charge of this posthouse. At present, Lu Su lives alone in the whole house.

Although the board and lodging were all good, Lu Su was in a bad mood and went back to the house sullenly. He suspected that he had misremembered the departure date, but after careful checking, it was indeed today, and he should leave early in the morning. It's almost dark, but there is no movement, what's going on?

In the room, Lu Su lowered his head and paced back and forth. He felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. Setting off to Soochow was a big event. It should be that officials came to him yesterday to arrange things like ship luggage, and even Liu Jing or Xu Shu wanted to meet him. Once, make sure about the reception on the Jiangdong side.

He sent his entourage back to Soochow to report the letter three days ago, and asked Marquis Wu to arrange the reception, but even if the plan was temporarily changed, he should inform himself, so that he could send someone back to deliver the letter, so that he would keep silent. What kind of?

Lu Su's heart was full of uneasiness and dissatisfaction, and his intuition told him, what might have happened?It is very likely that it has something to do with Bu Zhi's mission to Jiangling, maybe Liu Jing is dissatisfied with Wuhou.

In fact, Lu Su also felt that Marquis Wu had handled Liu Bei's affairs improperly. Marquis Wu had vowed to support Liu Jing as the shepherd of Jingzhou three years ago, but at this juncture, he changed his mind again. Could it be that Liu Jing thought that Marquis Wu was not sincere, so he temporarily canceled today's departure?

At this time, Wang Yicheng walked in quickly with a food box and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu has been waiting for a long time, please eat!"

A maid stepped forward to help, and Wang Yicheng smiled while arranging the food and wine: "I heard a news at noon today, it seems that our prefect rushed to Xiakou early in the morning."

Lu Su was surprised, Liu Jing went to Xiakou!He knew that both Xu Shu and Dong Yun had gone to Xiakou, and now that even Liu Jing had gone, something must have happened in Xiakou, so he quickly asked, "What are you prefects doing in Xiakou?"

Wang Yicheng shook his head, "I don't know about this, but I asked many people, and no one knows."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yicheng bowed and retreated. Lu Su sat at the small table, feeling more and more confused. He suspected that there was a war in Xiakou, but it was impossible to think about it. If there was a war in Xiakou, the whole city of Wuchang would have mobilized.

Could it be related to Xiangyang, but even if it was related to Xiangyang, Liu Jing didn't need to go in person. Lu Su thought wildly, but couldn't come to a conclusion.

At this time, his entourage rushed back and said out of breath: "Vice Governor, the largest main courtyard has started to be tidied up. Many people have come and are cleaning and arranging. They brought a lot of expensive furniture, and there is a two-foot-long The long white jade screen is said to be the treasure of Huang Zu's town house."

Lu Su wondered, who wants to stay here?Could it be related to Liu Jing's going to Xiakou, he was not allowed to eat, so he put down his bowl and hurried to the main courtyard.

The house where Lu Su lived was called Guibinyi, and only people with high status could live there. Covering an area of ​​eight acres, it is said that only when Liu Biao visited Jiangxia did he live in Qilin Hall.

It has been unoccupied for seven or eight years, and it started cleaning up today. In the square, main hall and back hall of Qilin Hall, more than 200 soldiers and dozens of craftsmen are busy cleaning and repairing some rotten places.

The square is filled with all kinds of expensive furniture and utensils. These are the original belongings of Huang Zu's home. After they were taken back to the government, they have been stored in the warehouse. Today they all moved here.

Lu Su saw the white jade screen, which was one piece high and three feet long, with a red sandalwood bracket underneath. The whole screen was composed of three pieces of fine and flawless white jade. It was painted with a picture of Jingzhou thousands of miles away. The treasure of the town house has also been moved to the front of the Kirin Hall.

Although the sky was about to get dark, the Qilin Hall was still brightly lit, and countless soldiers and craftsmen were busy cleaning and installing the huge mantle curtains on the girders.

Lu Su was even more astonished. With this posture, the visitor was no small matter. He found a young village chief, cupped his hands and smiled, "Little general, who is coming?"

The young head of the village shook his head, "We don't know, anyway, it's an order from above, and the cleaning and arrangement must be completed before noon tomorrow. I guess it will work all night tonight."

Lu Su asked several people in a row, but he didn't know who was going to move in. Even the officials in charge looked blank, which showed that this matter was very secret, so he had to go back to his residence depressed.

In the next two days, there was still no news and no sign of departure, which made Lu Su even more worried. He was very worried that Liu Jing would give up the alliance with Jiangdong.

On the evening of the third day, Wang Juncheng rushed over and said anxiously: "Mr. Lu, hurry to the pier. It seems that something important has happened. Someone saw the prefect's boat."

Lu Su jumped up, ran outside the gate, got on his horse, beat the horse and ran towards the pier. If there is no news, he will be driven crazy.

Flying to the pier, I saw several large ships parked on the pier, dozens of Jiangxia officials were already waiting in front of the pier, surrounded by more than [-] soldiers, fully armed and heavily guarded.

But Lu Su was not allowed to enter. He could only stand on a high place and watch from a distance like ordinary people. At this time, his followers found him and whispered: "Deputy governor, I found out that it seems that the imperial envoy is coming. .”

Lu Su's heart sank, as expected, it was the envoy from Yedu who came, he thought for two days, except for this reason, Jingzhou really didn't need to make such a big move to arrange the Qilin Hall.

But what Lu Su wants to know is whether it is the envoy of the emperor or Cao Cao's envoy. Surrendered to Cao Cao.

At this time, amidst the sound of drums, Liu Jing, Xu Shu and others accompanied a middle-aged man in a cape and robe to disembark, followed by a group of Cao soldiers.

This middle-aged man was not tall, he was gentle and elegant, and he talked and laughed happily. Looking from a distance, Lu Su felt that this person looked familiar. He seemed to have seen him before. When he lowered his head and thought about it, Lu Su was suddenly surprised that this person was Xun Yu.

Lu Su suddenly understood why Liu Jing refused to go to Jiangdong with him. It turned out that it was Cao Cao's envoy, and it was Xun Yu. It was not surprising that Cao Cao's envoy came. After all, both Cao Hong and Li Dian were captured, and they wanted to negotiate an exchange of prisoners. .

The key is Liu Jing's attitude. He personally led the important officials to Xiakou to greet him, and spared no expense in arranging the Kirin Hall. There are all signs that Liu Jing attaches great importance to the arrival of Cao Cao's envoy.

A terrible idea suddenly popped up in Lu Su's mind, "Could it be that Liu Jing wants to surrender to Cao Cao?"

In fact, he had this worry the day before yesterday, but he didn't dare to think about it, but in the scene before him, Liu Jing greeted Xun Yu so respectfully. ． ． ． ．

At this time, this kind of worry became more and more intense in his heart. If Liu Jing surrendered Cao, his warships and troops would definitely deal a fatal blow to Jiangdong, and Lu Su could hardly think about it.

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At night, Lu Su was sitting alone in the room drinking wine, when Wang Yicheng ran to the door, panting, "Lu Gong, Xu Changshi is here."

Lu Su was overjoyed. Xu Shu's arrival was like a drowning man suddenly grabbing a piece of wood. His original dissatisfaction with Liu Jing and Xu Shu was instantly swept away, and he quickly got up to greet them.

Xu Shu had already walked into the courtyard, and said with a smile, "I've kept Zijing waiting for a long time these two days."

Lu Su quickly took Xu Shu's arm, as if he would grow wings and fly away suddenly, and complained in a low voice: "Yuan Zhi lied to me so badly, Mr. Jing should tell me if he doesn't have time, let me worry here. "

Xu Shu smiled, "Aren't I here to explain? Can't wait two days later?"

The two entered the room and sat down. Lu Su ordered the maid to take away the wine glasses and exchange them for two new cups of tea. Then Xu Shu said slowly, "Because I received the news that the imperial court wants an envoy to come to Jiangxia, because it is related to the ownership of Jingzhou Mu, so Mr. Jing attaches great importance to it, and took us to Xiakou to meet him. He was too hasty when he left and forgot you. Mr. Jing asked me to say sorry to Zijing. In addition, we have prepared a better accommodation, please Zijing Move over tonight as an apology."

Xu Shu's words were obviously insincere. How could he forget such an important matter as going to Jiangdong? Moreover, Lu Su recognized Xun Yu as an envoy from the imperial court. Contact Cao Cao's envoy by yourself.

Lu Su was silent in his heart. Although he felt depressed, he still couldn't expose Xu Shu's lies. Now he was begging Liu Jing. If he turned his back on him, Liu Jing really had no way out and surrendered to Cao Cao. He would be Jiangdong's sinner.

Xu Shuken came to him to explain, at least it meant that the door to the negotiation had not yet been closed, and Jiangdong still had room for recovery. Thinking of this, Lu Su asked a little nervously, "Mr. Jing still plans to go to Jiangdong?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly, "Of course I'm going, but please Zijing wait for another three days, we send the Han envoy away, and then Young Master Jing and Zijing will set off."

"Is it a deal this time?"

Xu Shu nodded, "No joke!"

Lu Su suddenly realized that Liu Jing was really going to Jiangdong, but his real intention of going to Jiangdong was to compare the interests of Sun and Cao.