The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 379
Zhuge Ke met Sun Shao in Qiantang City.Sun Shao didn't stay in Temu City for a few days, barely ate a New Year's Eve dinner, and then rushed to Luoyang with a gift for the emperor.Daqiao and Xiaoqiao walked with him, and they went to Huainan to worship their ancestors. They have left their hometown for more than 20 years, and now they have completed their merits and deeds. They should come back and report to the ancestors of the Qiao family.

Zhou Xun can also be regarded as a root passed down from the Qiao family. Since Xiaoqiao wants to go back to his hometown to have a look, of course he must be brought along. Similarly, Sun Luban will also go with him.

Sun Luban was very upset, and complained as soon as he saw Sun Shao, saying that what she did as a princess was boring, and she couldn't do anything if she wanted to send some soldiers, and no one would pay attention to her without the queen's edict, otherwise, she would probably be It has already reached Jianye.

Sun Shao was angry and funny, and scolded with a tiger face: "You have caused such a big disaster, and you don't know how to blame yourself, but you still have plausible excuses?"

"What trouble have I caused?" Sun Luban said with his head held high and his hips akimbo: "He forced Zi Gao to death because he was disrespectful to the superior and unkind to his father. No son, what’s wrong with doing the same thing? This is what the sages said.”

Sun Shao was speechless, this vulgar man actually knew how to use the words of the saint as a cover.He nodded her nose angrily: "The four kings of the world, Wuyue's family, you are lucky to bring soldiers to beat Lao Tzu. Now it is father not father, son not son, do you think it looks good? Then you know that family ugliness should not be publicized." Does it make sense? Have you ever thought about how your mother is dealing with herself now? You still want soldiers? The queen really wants to give you a hundred thousand troops, so are you going to fight your uncle to the death? "

Sun Luban rolled his eyes, and only then did he feel a little bit of a fight, as if a fight was really going to happen, no matter who won, there would be no real winner.

"Then what do you say?" Sun Luban's tone softened a lot: "Zigao can't just die like this."

"Besides fighting, there are many other ways to solve things." Sun Shao said with a bitter grudge: "In the future, use your brain more, and don't lead troops to fight with others, especially with your family."

"Then you don't take me to Sassan, my hands are itchy." Sun Luban muttered a few words, shrugged, and obediently stepped aside.Sun Shao immediately asked Zhou Xun about the situation, knowing that there was actually loud thunder and little rain here, and he didn't really do anything, so he was relieved.He asked about the situation in the state of Wu again, and he knew that the general Bu Zhi actually didn't have many people under his command, because Sun Luban clamored to lead troops to the Qing Dynasty. There are no more than five or six thousand people who are directly controlled by Bu Zhi, and the others are in the hands of Zhu Huan and Zhu Ran. mildew.

"Be careful." Sun Shao smiled disapprovingly, "Who else was implicated?"

"Zhu Ju." Zhou Xundao.Zhu Ju is a native of Wu, quite talented. In the ninth year of the Republic of China, he married Xiaohu again, and was named General Zuo and Marquis of Yunyang. His official career was going smoothly, but he also accepted the trouble caused by the big tiger. He was implicated, not long ago he was reported by the school official Lu Yi, saying that he had embezzled [-] yuan in military funds, and he was sent to prison. He is still in prison. I heard that he suffered a lot, so Xiaohu went to Mrs. Bu and cried for it. It's a pity that Mrs. Bu couldn't protect herself, and she didn't even dare to send a letter to Du Hu. It was the news sent by the spies sent by Zhou Xun.

"Is he crazy?" Sun Shao frowned in confusion: "Isn't this self-defeating martial arts?"

"I don't know." Zhou Xun shook his head, also very puzzled: "Speaking of it, this matter has made people feel puzzled from the beginning to the end. Although King Wu is very suspicious, he is not such an unreasonable person, otherwise he would not be able to I have been sitting in the southeast for 30 years. Although Mrs. Wang is young and beautiful, when did King Wu miss state affairs because of a woman?"

Sun Shao didn't understand, at this moment, Zhuge Ke came, and when he heard Sun Shao's question, he said directly: "It's not because Mrs. Wang is young and beautiful. I heard that Mrs. Wang has a skill. Good cooking skills, the king would not be able to swallow meals that had not been made by her."

Sun Shao and Zhou Xun looked at each other, Mrs. Wang could cook, Sun Quan was fascinated by her cooking?Is it really necessary to grab a man's heart, first grab a man's stomach?
"He's really sick." Sun Shao said with a disdainful smile: "There are so many chefs in the Shangshi Supervisor who are not as good as a woman?"

"Your Majesty is seriously ill." Zhuge Ke said solemnly, "I met him once in the palace before I came. His body is so weak that he can't even speak. He yawns with his mouth open from time to time and has a runny nose. , and later...after drinking a Gu soup offered by Mrs. Wang, I became more energetic."

"What fairy soup is so effective?" Zhou Xun couldn't help laughing, and Sun Shao also laughed, but what Zhuge Ke said afterwards made him unable to laugh anymore.

"Immortal soup? I also think it's fairy soup." Zhuge Ke also looked puzzled: "I watched the king drink it with my own eyes. After a few words, the king's eyes became brighter, and his voice became louder. He also straightened up, as if he was a different person. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe it. After seeing this scene, I knew that Mrs. Wang was favored for no reason."

Zhou Xun asked in surprise: "What kind of soup is this? Why is it so effective? Could it be the old mountain ginseng from Liaodong?"

"No." Zhuge Ke shook his head: "I don't know what kind of soup this is, I only know that if the king doesn't drink this soup for a day, he will become manic."

The smile on Sun Shao's face slowly froze.This situation reminded him of one thing. When he was in Sassan, he heard Emily’s father say that there was a valley near Damascus that produced a special product called Wangyou. Grass, originally a kind of flower appreciated by the nobles, is also very delicious when used to make soup. The Sassanians once occupied the valley, and specially attacked these forget-sorrow grasses to the Sasanian temple and dedicated them to Ahura. Hula's blessing.Emily's father said that the reason why Ardashir failed was probably because he gave up the outskirts and the valley in order to attract Sun Shao to the city of Taixifeng. , so Ahura abandoned him.

Later, Sun Shao had the opportunity to see the legendary Nessence Grass. As soon as he saw the bright flowers, he recognized this beautiful and poisonous plant. And before the purification, the damage is actually not that big, similar to the five-stone powder that those famous people ate.He just told Sun Feng, Lu Xun and others that this plant can be used as medicine, but it is easily addictive, so don't get it.

But now, when he heard about Sun Quan's situation, he immediately thought of this kind of forget you care grass.In his impression, this kind of plant seems to be produced in the Golden Triangle region of Thailand and Myanmar, but he has never heard of it since he got here, thinking that he remembered it wrong.It now appears that this drug has been discovered, but not on such a large scale.

It seems necessary to go back and remind the relevant personnel.

"Yuan Xun, you came here to ask about this?" Sun Shao coughed and said calmly.

"I came here to ask for medicine by the king's order." Zhuge Ke explained his purpose and looked at Sun Shao with a smile on his face.Sun Shao raised his eyelids, and immediately understood what Sun Quan meant, asking for medicine was just a cover, and the key was to find out his purpose.If he wanted to kill Sun Quan, of course he would not give him any medicine, and Sun Quan would have to prepare for war or other solutions.If he gave the medicine, he naturally had no plan to attack Wu, and Sun Quan had another way to deal with it.

Facing Zhuge Ke's relaxed and nervous smile, Sun Shao smiled without saying a word. He blew on the tea in the teacup for a while, drank the tea slowly, and said after a long time: "In my opinion, He's sick."

"In mind?" Zhuge Ke savored for a while, but still didn't quite understand. He looked at Sun Shao curiously, waiting for his explanation.

But Sun Shao changed the subject: "Yuan Xun, you came just in time. Some of your old friends must be thinking of seeing you. I'll have someone call them over right away. Let's get together. Since the last farewell , we haven't seen each other for about two or three years."

Seeing that Sun Shao refused to continue the topic just now, Zhuge Ke couldn't help feeling a little worried. Could it be that Sun Shao intended to annex Wu?Wu Guo is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and Sun Quan is like this. If Sun Shao takes advantage of the prestige of victory and joins forces with Wei and Shu to attack Wu Guo, it will be a lot of bad luck for Wu Guo.Although he was brooding over Sun Deng's death, he did not want Wu to perish.As for old friends, he really doesn't have much in mind now.

Sun Shao didn't care whether he wanted to or not, so he had people invite Gan Guan, Cheng Zi and others.Gan Yu and others are familiar with Zhuge Ke, but Zhuge Ke is a child prodigy and a celebrity, and they are warriors who cannot be compared with Zhuge Ke. Now the situation is different. Zhuge Ke is at home, but they have a fief of hundreds of miles. , everyone is surrounded by a few righteous servants and maids with deep noses and high eyes, enough for them to shake their prestige in front of Zhuge Ke.

Hearing Gan Yu and others talking and laughing loudly, Zhuge Ke felt bitter. If he had participated in this battle, how could he let these poor people show off in front of him? When he fought against the Funan people in Rinan County, these People are just school captains charging forward.

Unfortunately, he lost this opportunity forever.

"Yuan Xun, it's a pity." Seeing that Zhuge Ke was silent, Gan Yu was in a particularly good mood, and patted Zhuge Ke on the shoulder with the strength of wine and said: "My king is right, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books." If you don't go out for a walk, I really don't know how big the world is. Although our knowledge is shallow, our horizons are wide open. If you go, you will definitely be ten times stronger than me. Yuan Xun, go out more while you are young. Right. I dare not say anything else, if you are willing to pay me a visit to Persia, I can send someone to escort you all the way to the Mediterranean Sea, without any money from you."

"I know you have two bad money, so you don't need to show off like this. Is Yuan Xun a man without money? He is a celebrity, a child prodigy, and he is as talented as Xia Hou Youquan. Establishing a country and opening up borders is much more prestigious than you." Cheng Zi half-truthfully pushed Gan Yu, and said with a smile, "Yuan Xun, don't just stay in such a big place like Wu State, go out for a walk if you have a chance. It’s good to relax. Now our scholars of the big man have traveled all over the world, and they are very popular no matter where they go. You are very knowledgeable, and you will definitely not lose to Cao Zijian, Xiahou Youquan and the like.”

Zhuge Ke was moved by what they said one by one, with mixed flavors in his mouth. Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen after not seeing each other for two years.With an army of [-], Sun Shao managed to win the expedition. The big Han people destroyed the mighty Sassanid Persia, and planted the battle flag thousands of miles away. The city lord who lost the fief for a hundred miles shows how much Sun Shao has gained this time.

Suddenly, Zhuge Ke felt a little boring. Sun Shao made such a fortune, would he be interested in Wu's territory?Is it interesting for Sun Quan to engage in those petty thoughts?This is like a beggar who is always worried that a rich man with a lot of money will snatch his broken bowl. He is very nervous, but in the eyes of others, it is as ridiculous as it is.

Heart disease, Sun Shao is right, Sun Quan is heart disease.The more Zhuge Ke thought about it, the more depressed he became, feeling that he was really ashamed to come this time.He drank cup after cup of stuffy wine, and soon became very drunk.

……

"If I'm not wrong, this is a drug. If you get on it, you will no longer be a person." Sun Shao said with a heavy tone: "He...he now..." He hesitated for a long time, but still didn't say it out, just With a long sigh, he slapped the desk bitterly.

Sun Luban's face turned pale with shock, and he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped into a rage, and shouted: "Am I right? There are traitors around him, Lord Qing's side, I must go back to Qing Lord's side."

"Fuck you." Sun Shao glared at her unhappily, and shouted, "Sit down, don't you think you've caused too much trouble?"

"I provoked..." Sun Luban stiffened his neck, and was about to refute when Zhou Xun frowned and tugged at the hem of her clothes.Sun Luban opened his mouth, unconvinced, swallowed back the words that rushed to his mouth, muttered and sat beside Zhou Xun, sulking with his neck stuck.

"Your Majesty, I think..." Zhou Xun said carefully, "If the poison is really so poisonous, then the affairs of the Wu Kingdom are really uncertain. Zigao's death may be just the beginning. Moreover, this Will there be another mystery behind it? Does a woman have such a scheme? Where did she get the forget you grass?"

"Yeah, if you don't get this cancer out, it will be a disaster after all." Sun Shao tapped on the table lightly, his eyes flickering.Although Wangyoucao is rare in the West, it is not a secret thing. The person who can use this kind of thing to control Sun Quan must be a person who is familiar with the characteristics of this Wangyoucao, but why use it to control Sun Quan? Purpose?
Sun Shao couldn't understand it.

"Boying..." Just as Sun Shao was about to speak, he met Zhou Xun's gaze. Zhou Xun seemed to understand what he wanted to say, but he just shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My lord, at this moment, I probably cannot Intervene."

Sun Shao was speechless, he opened his mouth helplessly, and had to admit that Zhou Xun's words hit the point.He and Sun Quan had always been at odds, and the Worry-Free Grass came from the west, so it was easy to associate it with him. If he sent people to interfere with Wu's affairs at this time, I'm afraid everyone would suspect that he was responsible for this incident.It would be too unfair to say that, although he didn't like Sun Quan, but he really didn't have much interest in Wu's territory, there was no need to get angry and make Wei Shu laugh for nothing.

"What are you talking about?" Sun Luban looked at Sun Shao in puzzlement, and then at Zhou Xun: "What charade?"

Sun Shao suddenly had an idea, smiled and said to Sun Luban: "Dahu, in my opinion, we can't handle this matter. Only one person can settle it."

"Who?"

"Auntie." Sun Shao explained: "I now very much suspect that your father is fascinated by that carefree grass, he has been controlled by someone..."

"It goes without saying that even I know that woman is not a good person." Sun Luban interrupted him angrily.

"It's not just that woman." Sun Shao shook his head, and said patiently: "The saffron is something from Rome, where did that woman come from? I can guarantee that there is someone behind that woman, who can control your father through this sativa." Wang, naturally he can control that woman and her son, in other words, if this person is not found out, sooner or later there will be chaos in the country of Wu."

Sun Luban gasped, not daring to interrupt anymore.

"Go find your aunt, ask her to go back to Jianye, and tell your father the consequences of this incident." Sun Shao sneered: "If your father is still clear, that woman will naturally lift a stone and smash her own. Feet, the bamboo basket is empty for fetching water."

When Sun Luban heard this, he ran out without saying a word.When she went out, Zhou Xun said worriedly: "Your Majesty, you said that the Sorrelweed is so vicious, and King Wu has been poisoned quite deeply, can he still get away?"

"I don't know." Sun Shao shook his head: "According to what I said, some people can get rid of this drug addiction, but... very few."

"If that's the case, it will be difficult." Zhou Xun twitched his lips and let out a long sigh.

Sun Shangxiang came soon, and she had already heard about the general situation from Sun Luban, so she asked loudly when they met, "Can this poison be cured?"

Sun Shao shook his head.

Sun Shangxiang was taken aback, and after a while: "Then we have to let him rest, otherwise, sooner or later, Wu will be destroyed in his hands."

"It's probably more difficult than detoxification." Sun Shao sighed: "Go to Jianye first, and explain the situation to him first. He will decide what to do."

"What do you mean by letting him decide?" Sun Shangxiang said angrily, "You muster the army immediately. If he dares not abdicate by himself, then force him to abdicate."

"You..." Sun Shao shook his head again and again, not intending to explain further to her, "You go to Jianye first, and if you can persuade him to abdicate himself, that would be the best. I heard that although Zigao left early, he still If you have a son, you can stop by and see if there is anything you can make."

Sun Shangxiang glanced at Sun Shao meaningfully, nodded, turned and left.

……

Sun Quan was very happy to see Sun Shangxiang, but after hearing Sun Shangxiang's words, his expression changed immediately: "Poison?"

"That's right, and it's an addictive poison." Sun Shangxiang strode in front of him with his hands behind his back, with a very ugly expression on his face.She had some doubts about Sun Shao's words at first, but when she saw Sun Quan's appearance, she knew that what Sun Shao said was right.Now Sun Quan was as skinny as a stick, but he was exuding a strange excitement, his evil spirit was exposed, and his hands and feet were trembling non-stop.

"Come on!" Sun Quan shouted, "Catch that bitch."

(End of this chapter)