The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 49 Bad news

Sun Shao was sitting in the study, holding a Jane in one hand and a pen in the other, muttering something: "The Master said, only women and villains are difficult to raise..."

Qiaoyue sat aside and rubbed ink with a displeased face, mumbling in her mouth: "What kind of saint is this? Wasn't he born by his parents, and he actually said that about us women?"

Sun Shao chattered with a smile, and tapped the tip of Qiaoyue's upturned nose with a brush: "Xiaoyue'er, you slander the saint, be careful when your mother hears it, and spank your ass."

Although Qiaoying was strict, Qiaoyue knew that Sun Shao was joking with her and would not really tell Qiaoying, so she was not afraid, she curled her lips and said, "I'm right, why should you beat me? A man who talks about filial piety every day, but puts his aunt and villain side by side, hypocrite, I am! Alas, young master, why did you paint on my face? What if you can’t wash it off..."

Looking at the ink marks on her fingertips, Qiaoyue stomped her feet angrily, threw down the research stone, twisted Xiaoman's waist and ran away angrily.

Sun Shao chuckled for a while, then lowered his head and continued to write. There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and without raising his head, Sun Shao asked casually, "It was cleaned so quickly?"

"What's cleaned?" Shuai Zeng asked in surprise when he just entered the door.

"Huh? It's you." Sun Shao raised his head unexpectedly, and saw Shuai Zeng holding a bamboo slip in his hand, standing at the door inexplicably: "What's the matter?"

"The Zhang family's patriarch advocates Wen's visit." Shuai Zeng handed the bamboo slips to Sun Shao. Sun Shao glanced at it and saw that it read: "Zhang Wen of Wujun, asked about daily life, the word Huishu." Put down the pen quickly, Stand up and go out.

Zhang Wen arched his hands and bowed his waist slightly, resembling the pictures of saints in later generations. When he saw Sun Shao coming out with a smile on his face, he quickly stepped forward and bowed: "I'm bothering Sun Jun."

Sun Shao didn't look like a disciple of the Holy Gate. He returned the salute casually, then pulled Zhang Wen's sleeve affectionately and walked in. Although Zhang Wen was not used to his affectionate posture, he didn't refuse. , followed Sun Shao into the door, and sat down among the guests and hosts in the hall. Sun Shao arranged for people to serve tea while smiling and said: "After the last Liushang meeting, I visited the door several times. Brother Huishu has been very busy, so I didn't have the chance to meet. Today What kind of wind brought Brother Huishu's chariot here?"

Zhang Wen smiled lightly. After the last Liushang meeting, he intended to make friends with Sun Shao, but he did not take the initiative to come to the door. Instead, he sent his younger brother Zhang Zhi to come twice. When Sun Shao came to visit, he deliberately avoided Yes, for this effect.He smiled apologetically and said: "What a coincidence, the young master visited the humble house twice, and I was too busy with mundane affairs. I am also very sorry that I couldn't be with the young master for a while. No, this time I have the audacity to visit, just to hope Going to Jianye with the young master, we can discuss each other along the way, relieve the loneliness of the journey, and gain something. I wonder if the young master can bow down?"

"Going to Jianye?" Sun Shao was stunned for a moment: "What are you going to do in Jianye? Brother Huishu is going to be an official? That's really gratifying."

Zhang Wen was also stunned: "Doesn't the young master know? Gu Junxiao is dead."

Gu Shao is dead?Sun Shao was really taken aback this time, Gu Shao is only 32 years old this year, how could he die?Could it be that there was a war in Yuzhang?He was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven't got the news yet, the person who reported the funeral must be still on the way, where did Brother Hui Shu get the news?"

Zhang Wen nodded: "My family has a son who is doing business in Yuzhang. I heard that Gu Jun was not in good health a while ago. I just received news yesterday that Gu Jun died in Yuzhang five days ago, and now I am going back to Jianye. The funeral. According to the distance, the person who reported the funeral will probably arrive in Wu County today or tomorrow. I thought that the young master is Gu Jun's wife and brother, and he must go to Jianye, so I came here to make an appointment to go with him."

"Oh, my poor big sister." Sun Shao sighed and shook his head again and again.His eldest sister, Sun Yuanying, is only two years younger than Daqiao. She married Gu Shao at the age of 14, and she is only 29 now. When he was showing his grand plans, who would have thought that he would die.

"It's not just the young lord and elder sister who are unlucky, Mr. Gu must be very sad too." Zhang Wen also sighed, with a rather unbearable expression on his face.

Gu Yong is also from Wu County, Zhang Wen's father's famous person, and he was appreciated by the famous person Cai Yong, who said that he will become famous in the future.But Gu Yong's luck seems to be a bit back.As one of Wu's four surnames, he has been relying on Sun Quan for more than ten years, but now he is just a Zuo Sima, and it seems that things are not as smooth as Cai Yong expected.He married Lu Ji's sister and had three sons, the eldest son Gu Shao, the second son Gu Yu, Gu Yu was born weak and sick, and the other son died before his first birthday, Gu Shao was the only one he could count on. Now that Gu Shao is dead, the blow to Gu Yong who is nearly fifty years old can be said to be extremely heavy.

"That's right, it's kind and sad for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person." Sun Shao smiled wryly, and the two sat silently facing each other, neither of them wanted to talk, and the tea in their mouths tasteless after drinking.

In the evening, the mourners from Gu's residence rushed to Wu County, and Sun Shao got the accurate news, so he went inside to report to the bridge.When Daqiao heard this, he also sighed silently.The relationship between her and Sun Yuanying was not good. When she entered the Sun's mansion, Sun Yuanying was already 11 years old. She always believed that her entry into the mansion caused the death of their biological mother, Lu Shi, and was very hostile to her.After marrying into the Gu mansion for so many years, Sun Yuanying never went back to the mansion to visit relatives. Even when she was still in Wu county a few years ago, she did not go back to the mansion during the holidays. She missed Sun Shao, so she sent someone to bring him there Staying for a few days, anyway, is determined not to meet the bridge.

Daqiao didn't have any hostility towards Sun Yuanying. She could understand Sun Yuanying's pain of losing her mother, but it was beyond her control. She hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, and it gradually faded away.Now that she heard the news of Gu Shao's death and looked at Sun Shao's sad face, the image of a young girl with eyes full of resentment slowly emerged in her mind, but her face was blurred and indistinct.

"Then you should clean up quickly." Daqiao sighed.

"Here." Sun Shao responded and retreated slowly.After packing his luggage overnight, he took Shuai Zeng and others on the road early the next morning.Outside the gate of Chang, he saw Zhang Wen who was waiting for him, and he couldn't help being surprised. There were at least a hundred people gathered around Zhang Wen. There are many new faces, each of them looks like a mourning concubine, serious and unsmiling.

Seeing Sun Shao getting off the car, Zhang Wen rushed up to meet him, and said, "Young Master, let me introduce you to the gentlemen. These are people who are close friends with Gu Jun on weekdays. They heard that Gu Jun passed away, and they met to mourn the funeral. In the next few days, we may have to advance and retreat together."

Sun Shao's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at Zhang Wen involuntarily.Zhang Wen's use of the word "advance and retreat together" seems to have other meanings. It is not as simple as rushing together. Could it be that he has other goals?He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't show his expression, he bowed and said: "Thank you, brother."

Seeing Sun Shao's expressionless face, Zhang Wen didn't know whether he understood but didn't respond, or didn't understand at all. He couldn't make the words too clear for a while, so he had to use Huatou to say: "This is Bu Jun of Wu County, Taboo Jing, written as Xuanfeng, this is Qiantang Dingjun, taboo, named Yuanming..."

With Zhang Wen's introduction, Sun Shao once again experienced Gu Shao's bullishness. Among the more than 100 people who have feelings, most of them have received Gu Shao's favor. What's more, Gu Shao once promoted them as a celebrity, like that tall and strong Ding Jiao, who was originally a servant of Qian Tang, and the taciturn Wu Can, who was originally Wu Cheng's lonely family. Was selected by Gu Shao, and then introduced to Shilin.

(End of this chapter)