The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 100 Daughter's Mind

The lights in the couple's room had already been turned off, and the guests in the front yard had dispersed. The Sun Mansion, which had been noisy all day, finally calmed down. The cold moonlight shone in the courtyard, making it extraordinarily quiet.

Daqiao was tired all day and had already fallen asleep.Xiaoqiao was wearing clothes, looking at Zhou Yu who was still sitting in front of the window, his heart ached.Zhou Yu performed very well today, she didn't show even the slightest gaffe at the banquet, when facing Guan Feng who came to toast, she even praised a few words generously and decently, even when facing Sun Shao's jokes as usual, she smiled like a flower, Can't see any difference.But Xiaoqiao knew that when Zhou Yu was laughing, his heart was bleeding.

"Xiao Yu'er, it's getting late, go to sleep." Xiaoqiao put the brocade robe on Zhou Yu's small body, hugged her cold body tightly in his arms, and said with a choked voice, "Why are you doing this?" Well, mother will be very distressed."

Zhou Yu turned his face away, and there were two tear marks on his pale face.She grinned, wanting to smile, but that smile made Xiaoqiao feel even more uncomfortable.

"Mom, I know."

"What do you know?" Seeing that Zhou Yu's expression was wrong, Xiaoqiao couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"I know why big brother did that." Zhou Yu wanted to stand up, but she sat too tight, her legs were already numb, and she felt a sharp pain when she moved. The pain made her groan, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.Seeing Xiaoqiao, he quickly picked her up, walked to the couch in a hurry, stuffed her under the quilt, and then went to bed himself, holding Zhou Yu in his arms.

"I know he did this, it's not that he doesn't like me." Zhou Yu murmured to himself as if dreaming, his tone was very calm and joyful.Xiaoqiao frowned, thinking that her daughter's heart was out of control, and was about to persuade her, but Zhou Yu raised her head and looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I don't want to hurt our Zhou family."

"Complicated?" Xiaoqiao was also stunned for a moment.She sighed, her daughter is so insane, she still has to find reasons for Sun Shao at this time, or more importantly, she is looking for reasons for herself.She didn't speak, just listened quietly, a reason is better than no reason.

"Brother married Miss Guan, but he is not happy." Zhou Yu continued, tears wet the front of Xiaoqiao's chest, and it was cool, making Xiaoqiao feel a chill.Following Zhou Yu's words, she asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Have you seen the two hundred guards of the Guan family?" Zhou Yu suddenly sneered, "Did you see the expression on Supreme's face at that time?"

Xiaoqiao was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "The Supreme Master didn't show any signs of displeasure."

"It's because he has no abnormalities, so it's scary." Zhou Yu's voice became smoother. "Guan Yu is guarding Jingzhou, bordering Jiangdong with me. Eldest brother belongs to the clan. If Miss Guan marries eldest brother, no matter whether Liu Bei or Zhi Zun, they will not go unguarded." She paused, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face : "Guan Yu knowing that the eldest brother can't lead troops, but he still wants to send two hundred elites as a dowry. This is obviously the opposite. I think Guan Ping's face is a bit reluctant. This is probably not Guan Yu's original intention. Since it is not his original intention, then It must be Liu Bei's intention. Liu Bei wants to use the hand of the supreme to suppress the elder brother, so that Guan Yu can't borrow it."

"You mean?" Xiaoqiao gasped.

"Yeah." Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, his expression was a little excited, and a flush made his pale face look a little strange. "Supreme doesn't respond, which means that he has already made the decision to suppress the eldest brother. Liu Bei's doing so is just giving him a more legitimate reason."

"That's not right." Xiaoqiao hesitated for a moment, and then felt that Zhou Yu's words were a bit inappropriate: "If you really want to suppress him, why do you want to make such a fuss? The specifications of this wedding have never been obtained by any public family before." , even if Sun Deng gets married in the future, it will probably be nothing more than that."

"The more grand it is, the more problematic it is." Zhou Yu snorted and wiped the tears from his face fiercely: "And this time, it may be more serious than before. Brother probably thought of this a long time ago. So he avoided me on purpose, because if he married me, then my Zhou family would also be implicated by him, and my elder brother, who is a partial general, would probably end up with it."

Xiaoqiao looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously. She felt that what Zhou Yu said seemed reasonable, but it seemed far-fetched.She said that Sun Quan would suppress Sun Shao, she believed it, because Sun Quan had always done this, the reason was very simple, Sun Shao had a special status, it was fine to give him wealth, but absolutely not to give him power, especially military power.If it were her, she would do the same.Zhou Yu said that Sun Shao didn't want to hurt the Zhou family because of this, and she could figure it out, but Zhou Yu said that Sun Quan was preparing to deal with Sun Shao, but she didn't want to believe it.After all, Sun Shao is Sun Quan's nephew and Sun Ce's only son, and now he is voluntarily studying and does not want to fight for power and profit. He is no longer a threat to Sun Quan. At this time, if Sun Quan deals with him again, isn't he afraid of provoking criticism from others?
Zhou Yu still seemed to have too much knot in his heart, thinking too seriously.Xiaoqiao looked at his daughter with bright eyes, feeling more and more sad, and did not refute Zhou Yu, turned off the lamp, and lay down with his arms around Zhou Yu.

In the darkness, Zhou Yu's eyes were still bright. After a long while, she said distressedly: "I just can't figure out what method the Supreme will use to deal with the elder brother. I can't even warn the elder brother. I It's really useless."

With a sore nose, Xiaoqiao hugged Zhou Yu even tighter.

"You did a good job on your mission to Yizhou this time." Sun Quan didn't smell of alcohol on his face at all, and he looked very energetic and energetic.He looked at Zhang Cheng, stretched out his hand to motion for Lu Yi to take a letter, and pushed it in front of Zhang Cheng.

"Lu Zijing wants you to go to Lukou." The corners of Sun Quan's mouth trembled, and he calmed down quickly, explaining: "Feng Xian and Guan Feng are married, and there is nothing serious on the western front. Zijing is not in good health and wants to come back I recommend you to be the successor of Lukou Governor. But I think that although you are talented, after all, you have not gone through battles and heavy responsibilities, which will be harmful to you, so I hope Zijing will recuperate in Lukou, and you will do great things. Let him handle it, and you will take care of the details, so that he can also rest, and you can also get experience for future use."

Zhang Cheng had nothing to say, Sun Quan had finished what he could say, so it would be unreasonable to refuse.Although Sun Shao suggested that he go to Lukou when he was on the way, and now this result is exactly what he wanted, but he doubted Sun Quan's intentions. He felt that Sun Quan was in such a hurry to send him to Lukou because he didn't want Let him have any contact with Sun Shao again.But it's not easy for him to ask these questions, this is not something he can ask.He could only thank him: "I thank you for your trust, I will definitely assist General Lu with all my heart to ensure that the western front is safe."

"Hehehe..." Sun Quan laughed twice, and said again: "Lu Zijing has a good command of the army. It's rare for someone to look up to you this time. It's really rare. You should cooperate well and don't make me worry about the situation on the western front." In the war, we should do our best to deal with Cao Cao." He hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Zhong Si, how is the war in Berkshire? Can Liu Bei handle it?"

Zhang Cheng knew well that Sun Quan was not afraid that Liu Bei would not be able to deal with Xia Houyuan, but he wanted to know whether it was possible for Liu Bei to send troops to Jingzhou now.He quickly shook his head: "My lord, Zhang Fei just defeated Zhang He in Dangqu, Cao Jun has withdrawn from Berkshire, and Chengdu is temporarily stable. Now General Zuo is preparing food and grass, and it seems that he is going to attack Hanzhong. Based on what we saw in Chengdu Look, they don't have much chance of winning this battle, if nothing unexpected happens, they will have a stalemate with Xia Houyuan for a while. The final outcome may depend on God's will."

"God's will?" Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and thought for a while, then asked, "What do you think about this battle?"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "I think Cao Cao's dispatch of troops this time violated the common law of military affairs, and he will definitely lose."

"Oh, how do you say that?" Sun Quan became interested, moved his body forward, and looked at Zhang Cheng with piercing eyes.

"The law of war says, use the fast to attack the slow, use the strong to attack the weak, and use the high to attack the down. Although Cao Cao has thousands of cavalry, but the river is not conducive to cavalry, even if he has cavalry known as the world's famous cavalry, it is useless. On the contrary, Compared with my Jiangdong navy, how far is his navy from? How can there be any reason to win by using the weak to attack the strong? Furthermore, in terms of using troops, we should divide the enemy's soldiers and gather our strength to attack them. Today At that time, he should attack Yizhou with all his strength, instead of fighting on two fronts. As long as he captured Yizhou and then went down the river, I would be in danger in Jiangdong. Jiangdong, how can we win?"

Sun Quan nodded again and again: "Zhong Si, what you said is reasonable, and I think so too, but unfortunately, they were all frightened by Cao Jun, and when they heard Cao Cao personally came, they were afraid of fighting, which really disappointed me. "

"I think that since the Battle of Wulin, Cao Cao has attacked Jiangdong many times, and none of them returned without success. Our army has the advantage of a boat division, which is enough to defend the river. Why should we be afraid? The current situation is that the land battle , Cao Jun has the upper hand, and does not have the strength to win. In the water battle, it is our army that has the absolute advantage. The victory and defeat are clear, so there is no need to worry. With the supreme wisdom, Jiangdong will certainly have no worries about the faint Cao bandits."

Sun Quan smiled. He patted the letter on the case lightly, glanced at Zhang Cheng, and said suddenly: "You are the second person who has confidence in me." Zhang Cheng was stunned.Sun Quan said again, "The first person who had faith in me was Fengxian. Zhongsi, is Fengxian really doing too much this time in Chengdu?"

Zhang Cheng was stunned, thought for a while, and immediately showed displeasure on his face, and replied: "I think that Sun Shao, as a public family, doesn't think about making progress, and only wants to do business for profit. It's really inappropriate. My position is humble Gentle, loyal words are harsh, and I ask the Supreme to teach me more."

"Tell me, what kind of unmotivated things did Feng Xian do in Chengdu that made you so angry."

(End of this chapter)