The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 200 Pirate Empire Hero or Coward
Daqiao put his arms around Ah Yi, flipped through the book in his hand and recited something, Ah Yi followed up with the words without thinking, and stretched out his little hand to grab the book in Daqiao's hand. After working hard for a long time, he finally caught it in his hand, laughing so hard that his mouth watered, With a "crash", he tore off a page and stuffed it into his mouth.Daqiao hurriedly snatched the paper, and took a silk handkerchief to wipe it for him, but Ah Li grinned dissatisfiedly, and burst into tears with a "wow".

"Don't cry, don't cry, good girl, eat cakes." Daqiao hugged him and stood up shaking, while turning his head and giving Qiaoyue a look, Qiaoyue quickly turned around and took out a small slice of cake , shaking in front of A-Yi, A-Yi was immediately attracted, her two tearful eyes turned around following the cake, and a big bubble blew from her nose.

"Mum, you dote on him too much, don't you?" Sun Yuanying smiled, stepped forward to take Ah Li, and said in surprise: "Oh, this kid is so heavy, I can't even hold him. Ah Mother, your strength can be seen growing."

Daqiao smiled: "Really? I hug him every day, but I don't feel it. This child is naturally heavy-boned, but he is not fat at all. Like his parents, he is also a good material for martial arts."

"Not heavy yet?" Sun Yuanying sighed silently as she looked at Ah Yi who stuffed the cake into her mouth.Now Daqiao puts all his heart on the child, just like he put all his thoughts on Sun Shao back then. "Mum, I have a message first."

"What did he say?" Daqiao raised his head, his eyes sparkling.

"Fengxian said that the Yue Kingdom was first established, and there were external and internal troubles. Right now, he can't break with the Supreme. The child may only stay in Jianye for the time being. He...he wants you to go to Qiantang first."

"I'm going to Qiantang, leaving the child here?" Daqiao immediately darkened his face, gave Sun Yuanying a white look, and said angrily, "It's a good thing he figured it out."

"Mother." Sun Xiuying came over and persuaded softly: "Aden is going to Qiantang to worship his ancestors. Fengxian will find an excuse to keep him. Uncle will be wary and dare not do anything to Ah Yi. Grandma it's here……"

"What is a mouse-throwing weapon? Is my grandson a weapon? He is the eldest grandson of the general who is against the rebellion, and he will be the prince of the Yue Kingdom in the future. He is not a weapon!" Daqiao suddenly became furious, and he couldn't help but waved his sleeves, his face was so dark that he could drip water: " If I don't go, I will be wherever Ah Yi is, and I won't go anywhere."

Sun Xiuying and Sun Yuanying glanced at each other and gave a wry smile helplessly.They had expected this situation before they came, and I'm afraid Sun Shao had also expected it, so Gu Tan asked them to come forward to speak out, but unexpectedly it was a waste of time, Daqiao refused to leave the child at all.Sun Yuanying frowned, and persuaded with kind words: "Mother, I think Fengxian may have other arrangements. If you don't leave, won't you ruin his business?"

"What's wrong with him?" Daqiao couldn't help but stare: "If he really has the ability to take Ah Yi away, he can do whatever he wants and don't need to think about me."

"Mum, can't you see it?" Sun Xiuying said bluntly, "Fengxian's method can only save one, not two at the same time, so he has to ensure your safety before he can do it. If you don't leave, how can he save you?" Dare to move?"

Daqiao froze for a moment, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "No, although he is the king of Yue now, but he is small and few people, it is not time to turn against the king of Wu. What's more, if Cao and Liu are powerful, if the Sun family has internal strife , It will only create opportunities for outsiders. If it is difficult to save one more person, then it must be a dangerous move, so don’t implement it for the time being. I will stay in Jianye and stay with Ah Yi. With your sisters protecting me, I don’t even think about it. What's the danger?"

Sun Yuanying had no choice but to persuade him again and again, but Daqiao didn't agree, so he had to return without success.After hearing this, Gu Tan felt a little disappointed, but he didn't say much.It was approaching the new year, and he had to rush back to attend the big ceremony, so he hurriedly left Jianye, accompanied by his uncle Gu Yu.Gu Yu is not in good health. Normally, he would not have the chance to be an official under Sun Quan. Although Mrs. Lu loves her youngest son dearly, for the sake of the future of the Gu family, she still let Gu Yu go with Gu Tan to make money. Don looks for opportunities.Now that Sun Shao wants to form a court, he has much more opportunities than Wu Guo-of course, the obvious reason is not to be an official, but to treat diseases. Who made Sun Shao have a young genius doctor Dong Feng? Woolen cloth.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 29th year of Jian'an, Zhuge Jin and his son escorted Sun Deng to Qiantang, accompanied by Sun Huan and others.Sun Shao sent Zongzheng Sun Song out of the city to meet him.Sun Song is the eldest son of Sun Jing. He is over 40 years old this year. He is the oldest and oldest member of the Sun family.He has been staying in the old house in Fuchun. This time, Sun Shao appointed Qiantang as his capital, and invited him out to be Zongzheng. He does not need to be too far away from home, and he can enjoy the glory and wealth of Jiuqing. It can be said to be a tailor-made job. , Sun Song was very satisfied with this, and was full of energy. After busying himself for this grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the ancestors, his face was still rosy, and he didn't look tired at all.

As soon as Sun Deng saw Sun Song, he hurriedly got out of the car to pay his respects. Sun Song happily helped him up and greeted him affectionately.Standing behind him, the eldest son Sun Chuo led his younger brothers Sun Chao, Sun Gong and his younger brother Sun Tai to salute. Sun Deng greeted them one by one, and finally pulled Sun Tai with a smile and said, "You came early, how dare you snatch him?" ahead of me."

"We came early." Sun Tai smiled lightly, brushed Sun Deng's hand away calmly, saluted respectfully, and stepped back.Sun Deng was a little embarrassed, and Sun Chuo quickly smiled and said, "The prince doesn't know, Artest and his aunt came two months ago, and they will settle in Qiantang in the future, and will never return to Wu County."

"Not going back to Wu County?" Although Sun Deng was young, he had been by Sun Quan's side for a long time and was very sensitive to these matters.Sun Tai's father, Sun Kuang, probably knew something about how Sun Kuang died.Now that Sun Tai's family has moved to Qiantang, it means that they don't plan to have any relationship with Sun Quan anymore, which is very ugly to Sun Quan's face.But Sun Tai's family has no official status, and it is their freedom to move where they want to. Sun Quan can't restrict them from leaving the country.

"Then what about your business in Wu County?"

"Thank you, Prince, for your concern." Sun Tai said indifferently: "The King of Yue took pity on our mother and son, and gave us Qiantang's wine business. In a few years, when I turn 13, I will enter the palace as a man The official earns his salary."

Sun Deng trembled his brows unnoticed, Sun Shao's move is really ruthless, he will win over whoever is suppressed by Sun Quan, and it won't be long before all the members of the Sun family will come to his country up.He turned his head and glanced at Zhuge Ke, just as Zhuge Ke was also looking at him, the two of them tugged at the corners of their mouths in unison, silently wry smiles.

Seeing the embarrassing situation, Sun Song hurried forward to lead Sun Deng into the palace.Sun Shao's Yue Palace is very simple. The emperor originally asked him to use Shanyin as his capital, but he took a fancy to Qiantang's geography and moved the capital to Qiantang.Qiantang was originally a county town. Although it is close to Zhejiang River, it can be regarded as prosperous, but it is obviously too simple to be a capital of a country. Not to mention that it cannot be compared with Luoyang, it is not inferior to Jianye. His Yuewang Palace is It's even simpler, it's just a little decoration of the original county temple.

However, although the palace is shabby, the row of staring tigers standing outside the palace made people dare not take it lightly. Everyone walked here, naturally held their breath, did not dare to talk and laugh loudly, and behaved in a well-behaved manner go inside.Sun Chuo and others were not eligible to enter the hall, only Sun Song led Sun Deng, Zhuge Jin and his sons in, and after handing over their badges at the entrance of the hall, the captain guarding the gate politely let them in.After walking a dozen steps, we arrived at the main hall. Sun Deng saw a dozen craftsmen in short jackets led by a young man in brocade robes, pointing at the palace and discussing something softly. He was very curious. How could there be craftsmen in the temple?Even if they came to build the palace, they couldn't be so presumptuous.

Sun Deng was curious when a handsome young man in Langguan costume strode over from the side, cupped his hands at Sun Song, glanced at Sun Deng and said, "Is this the father and son of Wu Zideng and Zhuge Ziyu?" ?”

Sun Song returned the gift and nodded.That one smiled and bowed to Sun Deng: "The subject is His Royal Highness Sima Shibao, King of Yue. By the king's order, please come to the side hall to discuss matters."

Sun Deng hurriedly returned the gift, followed Shi Bao around the main hall, took a few steps, and came to a simpler side hall in the side courtyard.As soon as he entered the hall, Sun Shao, who was standing in front of a big case, saw them and said with a smile, "Zigao is here, come here quickly, come here quickly."

Sun Deng stood still at the door, and bowed respectfully: "The foreign minister, Prince Wu Deng, pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

Sun Shao was taken aback, and looked at each other with Yu Fan, Lu Ji, Cui Qian and others beside him, and couldn't help laughing.He bypassed the big case, walked up to Sun Deng, leaned over to help him up, looked at his shoulders with both hands, and nodded with satisfaction: "I haven't seen you in half a year, Zigao has grown a lot, and he looks like a man." gone."

Sun Deng was moved for a while. He thought that Sun Shao would definitely make things difficult for him. He didn't expect that although Sun Shao became the king of Yue, he was still the same as his previous brother. In contrast, he was the father of King Wu. But it is more difficult to approach than before.

"Come on, Zigao, take a look at my plan for the expedition." Sun Shao pulled Sun Deng to the front of the case, and motioned for Zhuge Jin and his son to follow. Cui Qian and the others looked at Zhuge Jin and his son proudly, slowly Move away a little space, Zhuge Jin has a good temper and is not angry at all, but Zhuge Ke is a young man, and he is about to explode immediately, but his eyes are swept away on the case, and his anger is immediately forgotten.

There is a large map on the case, the most eye-catching is a blue area, there are dots, large and small white dots walking in this large blue area, Zhuge Ke glanced at it, and quickly distinguished Kuaiji, Qiantang, and the islands that I passed by when I went to the South China Sea last time.

"The king wants to send troops to conquer?" Zhuge Ke was very moved.

"Boy, you still have some eyesight." A female voice sounded from the opposite side, Zhuge Ke looked up, only to realize that there were two generals wearing red war robes beside Sun Shao who were actually women, and the one who spoke just now was Sun Shangxiang.

"It's not unusual for Zhuge's lineage to have a lot of talents." Sun Shao said with a soft smile, "General Zuo, your second brother is now the prime minister of Shu, and you are General Zuo of Wu. Are you interested in sending your son to our country of Yue? Be an official?"

Embarrassed, Zhuge Jin quickly bowed down and said, "Thanks to the King's attention, the father and son are so grateful, I can't bear it. This time I came to Yue Kingdom, and I was ordered by the King of Wu to protect the prince to participate in the sacrificial ceremony. I was ordered not to return. , not the way to be a minister."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed loudly, turned to the others and said with a smile, "I have heard for a long time that Ziyu is a kind person, and it is as expected."

"That's right." Yu Fanpi smiled and stroked his beard: "Ziyu can be said to be the most golden-mouthed person under Wu's throne, so be careful."

Zhuge Jin was a little embarrassed, and he knew that Yu Fan's mouth was not forgiving, so he didn't dare to refute, but Zhuge Ke didn't care, and retorted: "As the saying goes, misfortune comes from the mouth, and many words will be lost, as long as the words are beneficial to others Why are there so many of them? There are so many famous ministers in ancient times who can't say anything, so why should Yu Xiangguo be so rare and so strange?"

Yu Fan was taken aback for a moment, and then his old face couldn't hold back.In the Yue Kingdom, he can be said to see whoever destroys whom, and even Sun Shao has to be courteous when he sees him, but now he is ridiculed by Zhuge Ke, a yellow-mouthed child, in front of so many people, so what will he do in the future?He sneered: "The boy is well-informed, don't you know that you can't speak with what you say, and it is a slip of the tongue? A gentleman speaks when he speaks, and when he speaks improperly, he keeps silent. When he says that he doesn't speak, he is a slip of the tongue? But If you don't talk to him, you will lose someone, so why should you understand?"

Zhuge Kehan ​​came out, and he experienced Yu Fan's eloquence for the first time, and he directly quoted the words of the sage, which made it impossible for him to refute. Minister, how can you speak nonsense. Does Yu Xiangguo think that now is the time for my father and son to speak?"

"Hehehe..." Yu Fan laughed for a while, Zhuge Ke's heart trembled, and an ominous feeling rose up.Zhuge Jin also felt that something was wrong. He knew Yu Fan's temper. Although he was wild, he wouldn't argue with a junior, let alone in front of Sun Shao.And Sun Shao watched with a half-smile, no matter how you look at it, people think there is something wrong with him.

Before Zhuge Jin and his son came back to their senses, Yu Fan said: "That's right, now is the time for you to speak. Because His Royal Highness King Yue will send troops to conquer disobedience after the new year, Prince Deng will accompany him, and of course the father and son will also accompany him. This matter is related to Wang Zideng's safety, and of course it is your responsibility, you say... are you right?"

Yu Fan's voice was drawn out, and there was a bit of ridicule in his words, but Zhuge Jin was so frightened that his eyes were filled with stars.It was expected that Sun Deng would come to Qiantang as a hostage, but he never expected that Sun Shao would take Sun Deng to the expedition.Expedition, is that fun?The battlefield is dangerous, and it is at sea. Even if you don't go to the front line to fight, if you encounter a storm, you will be close to death.Sun Quan has only two sons so far, and Sun Lu is still young, so all hope rests on Sun Deng. If he feeds fish in the sea, what will Zhuge Jin have to survive?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty can't do it—" Zhuge Jin's complexion was pale, and she rushed to Sun Shao and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "Foreign ministers, please think twice, Your Majesty." Zhuge Ke, who usually has sharp teeth, was also dumbfounded Looking at Sun Shao, he couldn't say a word.

"What are you doing?" Sun Shao frowned, helped up the tearful Zhuge Jin, and said puzzledly: "I just took him out to fight, and I didn't intend to kill him. Why are you so nervous? Let alone My son is also in Jianye, so even if Zigao and I are brothers, it is impossible to harm him."

Zhuge Jin didn't believe him.Your son is only a week old, and whether he can support him is a problem, but Sun Deng is almost an adult.Besides, you are still so young, there are many chances of having sons in the future, but Sun Quan is almost forty, and it is destined that he will not be prosperous, and if one dies, there will be one less. one thing.He struggled to kneel down again, begging bitterly.Sun Shao tried to persuade him with good words, but he never let go.

During the stalemate, Sun Shangxiang said impatiently: "Why are you arguing, and you didn't ask Zigao's opinion first. Zigao, tell yourself, do you want to be a hero who conquers the world like your elder brother, or do you want to be a hero who can only fight in the world?" A coward hiding in the palace?"

Yu Fan burst out laughing, who said Sun Shangxiang was stupid?You can see what they said, it seems that you are allowed to choose, but in fact there is no choice at all.He winked at Lu Ji and the others, Lu Ji understood, and immediately answered: "Do you need to ask, the Sun family is the descendant of Wu Sheng, from King Lie to Brother Huan, and now King Yue, Who is not a person who is used to fighting? As a woman, General Sun can gallop on the battlefield, let alone Wang Zideng."

Sun Shangxiang winked at Lu Ji proudly, thanked him for speaking for her, and directly pushed Sun Deng to a dead end.Lu Ji couldn't take it any longer, and blushed, averting Sun Shangxiang's eyes.He originally disapproved of Sun Shao letting Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang attend this kind of occasion, but it was a family matter, not to mention that Sun Shao said that the wife of King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty had once led an expedition. It was not unprecedented for women to lead troops. Surprisingly, he reluctantly accepted it.But now that Sun Shangxiang was staring at him in full view, he couldn't take it anymore.

Sun Shangxiang didn't notice that her behavior seemed to be molesting. She widened her almond eyes, looked at Sun Deng fiercely, and urged, "Tell me, do you want to be a hero or a coward?"

Sun Deng's fair face was flushed, and he stammered, "I...Of course I want to be a hero."

"That's it." Sun Shangxiang clapped his hands boldly, stepped forward and pushed Zhuge Jin away: "That's it, if you dare not go, there is still time to go back and change people."

Zhuge Jin was tongue-tied and his mind went blank.

"That's fine, this matter is settled." Sun Shao waved his hand and made the arrangement directly: "My General Sun, Zigao's safety will be entrusted to you. After the meeting, you will take him to live in your residence." Going aboard the Flying Tiger, the sea is very windy and rough, so it takes a while to get used to it, or else I fell into the sea before the battle, how can I explain to the King of Wu?"

Zhuge Jin had just regained some sense of sanity, but was directly beaten into an idiot by this sentence.Not only do you want to accompany the conquest, but you also want to participate in the battle?This day can't be passed, so let Sun Quan know quickly, no matter what, Sun Shao's son is sent back, Sun Shao is really doing something wrong - he can take Sun to the battlefield, Sun Quan can't follow suit, bring a son Let the two-year-old go to the battlefield.

Later, Zhuge Jin didn't listen to a word of what Sun Shao and the others discussed about the war. All he could think about was how to write a letter to Sun Quan.

When Sun Quan received Zhuge Jin's urgent report, he had just finished the New Year's Eve dinner. Today he sent Mrs. Bu to invite Daqiao over, and the whole family had a reunion dinner.Daqiao watched Dahu play wildly with Ah Yi, in a calm mood, and chuckled from time to time, making Sun Quan mesmerized by watching, and when he was in a good mood, he drank two more glasses.Mrs. Wang, who was recently favored, was talking with his seven-year-old son, Sun Li, standing in front of him with his hands behind his back, reciting the Analects of Confucius in a childish voice. He didn't take it seriously, and when he saw the three lines of cinnabar on it, his eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and he waved his hand to silence Sun Li.

Sun Li was memorizing happily, but was suddenly interrupted roughly by Sun Quan, so frightened that he was at a loss, pouted, tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry out, leaning against his mother, Mrs. Wang, to stand aggrieved. next to.Sun Quan didn't bother to look at them, staring at the cinnabar mark on the letter with shock.Zhuge Jin is a cautious person, and he is rarely so nervous that if he gets three cinnabar marks all at once, something must have happened.

Did Sun Shao go crazy and kill Sun Deng?Sun Quan's heart beat like a drum, he held his breath involuntarily, and the hand holding the book trembled involuntarily.The silence in the room was scary, although Zhu Ji didn't dare to say a word, Mrs. Wang, mother and son also didn't dare to speak out.

After a while, Sun Quan took in a breath slowly, then let it out slowly, forced himself to calm down, then gently knocked off the sealing mud, slowly pulled the silk rope, unfolded the letter, and quickly read With a glance, the frown was just flattened, and then raised again.

"Take Arden out to sea?" Sun Quan was surprised at first, but then he understood the meaning and took a deep breath.He raised his head and stared blankly at Zhu Ji with a blank face, his eyes were a little empty, his face was half smile, half cry, half cry.

Mrs. Wang stood up quietly, walked behind Sun Quan, stretched out her hands to pinch Sun Quan's shoulders, but looked over Sun Quan's shoulders, read the letter carefully, her eyes lit up, a smile appeared from the corner of her mouth, and then she realized again What, he quickly put away his smile, and lowered his head in a polite manner, as if he didn't see anything just now.

"You go out first." After a while, Sun Quan finally regained his composure, and waved Zhu Ji to go out first.After Zhu Ji went out, he stood up irritably, circled the room like a trapped animal in a prison, sometimes looked up and let out a long sigh, and sometimes lowered his head, gnashing his teeth and cursing something.

Mrs. Wang was sitting up straight with a restrained face, and couldn't help coughing.

Sun Quan stopped abruptly, stared at Mrs. Wang's pretty face, glanced at the open letter on the case, immediately lowered his face, snorted unhappily, and then looked at Mrs. Wang with a somewhat unkind look.Mrs. Wang bit her lips tightly, her pretty face flushed, and finally mustered up the courage to prostrate herself on the ground: "My concubine thinks that General Zuo is exaggerating."

"How do you say that?" Sun Quan said grimly, "Do you think Zigao should go to sea with Sun Shao?"

(End of this chapter)