Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1591 A crabapple tree

  Jiangdong, although the spring has warmed the south of the Yangtze River, there is still not much temperature in many places. The rain is like a lingering sadness, which makes people think of the pain of the past.

  Riding fast horses, they galloped on the official road outside Wujun City like flying.

  The knight covered his mouth and nose with sackcloth, on the one hand to resist the still cold air, and on the other hand to resist the dust coming along the way. The originally ecru-yellow cloth strips had become a little gray and black, filthy and filthy.

  Although there are few horses in Jiangdong, they are not without horses, especially for those families who have been in Jiangdong for a long time. However, there are still some differences among the war horses. The war horses that galloped towards Wu County are obviously the best among them. They are tall and have long legs, and their fur is soft and shiny, but now they are glued together because of the mixture of Han water and dust , as embarrassing as you want.

  Wu Jun did not have such a wide stone road, but in the past two years, another section has been paved, which is still decent. The horse's hooves knocked on the stone slabs and made a clicking sound. The pedestrians and soldiers on the side of the road had already moved out of the way without shouting. These days, there are no traffic lights, but no one dares to break through, and all pedestrians are obediently walking on both sides.

  The soldiers guarding the city gate were waiting to step forward to intercept them, but when they saw the token held up high by one of the cavalry, they hurriedly removed the horses blocking the way, allowing these cavalry to enter the city.

The leading knight, sitting on the horse, did not speak, but had a sullen face, and the eyes exposed on the sackcloth showed deep tiredness and eagerness. forward.

   Entering Wujun City, it used to be a bustling street, but now there are few pedestrians, and there are armored guards guarding around at a distance. It is quiet everywhere, only the sound of horseshoes passing by.

Looking north, the original Sun Mansion, those overlapping eaves and building corners, those red walls and blue tiles, for some reason, is a little less prosperous, but a little more decadent. The smell emanating from his brother.

  This government office, like Sun's foundation, is anxiously waiting for the final decision.

  Several guards, surrounded by the silent Sun Quan, dismounted at the gate of the government office.

  Soldiers were standing outside and inside the door. When they saw Sun Quan coming, the leader of the army gave an order, and all the soldiers hurriedly greeted Sun Quan. At this moment, the city of Wu Jun has been completely controlled by Sun's soldiers, monitoring and controlling everyone's every move in Wu Jun to avoid any unexpected problems.

  Especially after Sun Quan left.

   But now, after seeing Sun Quan return smoothly, the Marquis Jun is obviously slightly relieved.

  However, the military marquis could also see Sun Quan's unwavering expression, so he didn't say much, and asked someone to open the door of Sun's mansion, and sent someone to pass the message inside, while stepping aside to welcome Sun Quan into the mansion.

Sun Quan just strode forward, and several guards followed him closely, his boots trampled on the ground, and the scales of his armor jingled together. bye.

  Sun Quan tore off the robe that was mixed with muddy water and Han water, revealing a suit of armor that was also covered in dust. He prevented the old steward from asking someone to come forward to serve him, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is Mrs. Tai?"

  The old steward said: "Still in the backyard..."

  Sun Quan strode forward quickly. When passing through the corridor, he didn't have the patience to wait for the servants who came to get out of the way. He frowned and pushed away the palm blocking the way, and went forward. The servants, big and small, who had come to change Sun Quan's clothes quickly prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

  The mansion of the Sun family originally belonged to the Xu family. Relying on the relationship of the Yuan family in Nanyang before, the Xu family was like a strong dragon crossing the river. With the position of the prefect, it was also prosperous in Jiangdong. The business was doing a lot, and the mansion was naturally built magnificently. , but unexpectedly, a catastrophe fell on Xu's head, and then the Sun family was taken advantage of.

  However, Xu Shi may die, and it is not clear who betrayed him...

  Many properties of the Xu family in Wu County, like this mansion, fell into the hands of the Sun family. Of course, this became a clear proof that the Sun family occupied the Xu family's foundation. Someone talked about this issue with Sun Ce before, but Sun Ce didn't take it seriously...

   What's interesting is that Xu Gong's dragon crossing the river died in the hands of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's disciples. Of course, there is no need for Mrs. Sun to say anything about this matter, it has already spread throughout Jiangdong.

Several guards stayed outside the gate of the inner courtyard, and only Sun Quan entered the inner courtyard, walked through the middle hall in a few steps, and as soon as he entered the inner courtyard, Sun Quan saw Mrs. Wu standing in the courtyard with her back turned and her head raised. , looking at the crabapple in a corner of the courtyard. Sunlight shone in from the courtyard wall on one side, and the dividing line happened to fall obliquely on Mrs. Wu's body, making it look half bright and half dark.

  The crabapple has sprouted many new shoots, which seem to be full of new hope.

   "My lord!" Sun Quan lowered his gaze, took two steps forward, and bowed down.

  Madam Wu didn't turn around, she didn't seem to hear Sun Quan's voice, she waited for a long time before asking calmly: "...things...are you done?"

   "It's all done..." Sun Quan kowtowed.

Before Sun Ce died, Sun Quan ran out of Wu County under Madam Wu's instigation and contacted all over the world. Not only did he get the support of Wu Ben and other Madam Wu's family members, but he also got the support of Zhou Yu and Huang Gai. The acquiescence of the new and old generals of the Sun family has basically completed the power transition of the Sun family and rushed back to Wu County.

There are some exchanges of mutual interests among them, but more of them are still holding together to keep warm, because the Sun family, Wu family, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and even Zhang Zhao and others actually don't want the Sun family to fall like this, but The various ethnic groups in Jiangdong also don't want the Sun family to be cornered, and the whole Jiangdong will be completely destroyed by jumping over the wall in a hurry.

  Sun Quan was not the first choice of Jiangdong gentry.

However, with the support of Zhou Yu, Huang Gai and other generals of the Sun family, as well as the endorsement of the Wu family such as Wu Ben, and Zhang Zhao and others intervening in it, the original wound was stitched up, and Jiang Dong seemed to be able to reopen Melting into a complete piece…

   Of course, there is a price to be paid.

   "Huh..." After breathing out in one breath, Mrs. Wu's body trembled, and her whole back was obviously hunched up, and she was a little stooped, "It's done... let's go... mourn..."

In fact, not only Mrs. Wu, but also Sun Quan and others knew what the Jiangdong gentry did or did not do during Sun Ce's assassination. Mrs. Wu even persuaded Sun Ce at the beginning, but Sun Ce was helpless. Not one to follow the advice of others.

  Sun Ce subconsciously chose the simple and rude way. Anyway, he has killed all the way, so why not kill all the way back? The world is so big, how can there be a knife that can't cut it? Even if a knife is not enough, then add a gun! If you can't kill one person, then kill a group of people!

  So, when Sun Ce was about to be in danger, even though some people knew about it first, no one reminded him.

   At some point, Mrs. Wu was already in tears. Although the relationship between Mrs. Wu and Sun Ce is not very harmonious, after all, it is the flesh that fell from her body, especially after Sun Ce's death, all the shortcomings and unhappiness disappeared, and only the shining points of Sun Ce in the memories remained. It kept pricking Mrs. Wu's heart.

  Sun Ce’s wounds were so severe that he was able to heal all the time, but in the end he couldn’t make it through and died. Mrs. Wu has been guarding the backyard for the past few days, in order to delay Sun Quan to deal with the interpersonal relations of various factions, so as not to cause any major problems when the power is handed over.

   It was once a choice between Mrs. Wu and Sun Quan whether to fully develop with the Jiangdong gentry, but in the end they chose to give in for the time being. Because if you make a move, you will definitely move your whole body. The manpower and material resources accumulated by the Jiangdong gentry for a hundred years cannot be completely resisted by the two families of the Sun family and the Wu family...

  That’s all for the Sun family, even if the Sun family works together, the Wu family does not agree to push the whole family to fight for the death of Sun Ce alone.

  Reconciliation has become an inevitable choice.

  The Jiangdong gentry knew this, and they also understood that the Sun family and the Wu family would eventually choose this.

   However, reconciliation requires some sacrifices...

  Sun Quan kowtowed again, his forehead knocked on the bluestone slab with a "dong" sound: "Master, please wait a moment... I must kill the murderer first, so that my brother can rest in peace..."

  The murderer, of course not those assassins.

"You want to kill again?!" Mrs. Wu turned around abruptly, although she still had tears on her face, her eyebrows were already raised, "You brother is like this, why don't you teach me a lesson! You want to die here Almost!" Mrs. Wu thought that something had changed, and she was exhausted and could hardly suppress her emotions.

  Sun Quan was silent for a moment, raised his head, and said, "I have to kill!"

   Mrs. Wu was very angry and laughed back: "Who said you have to kill? Is it Zhou Gongjin again?"

  Sun Quan was silent.

   "With Zhou's wisdom, he must know who the real culprit is, but why didn't he do it!? Ah?" Madam Wu said angrily, "This move is forced on you!"

  Sun Quan was silent again.

   "Zhou Gongjin!" Mrs. Wu yelled angrily in a low voice, and after panting for a few quick breaths, she stopped, remained silent for a moment, and asked, "What did he say?"

   "This matter is not resolved, Jiangdong is restless..." Sun Quan replied in a low voice.

   "Hmph! Ha, ha..." Mrs. Wu looked up at the sky, the tears on her face gradually dried up, "He's thinking about 'Ning' now...Why didn't he think about it before...Ah?! I hate it so much!"

   "Zhou Gongjin invited Baqiu, the outer town, to be the Sun family forever..." Sun Quan bowed his head and said.

"Good! I don't want to see him again in this life!" Mrs. Wu lowered her head, stared at Sun Quan, and said, "...So you see Zhou Gongjin's courtesy as a monarch and minister, so you don't understand what he meant? You must know Zhou Gongjin's strategy. It is used for five! Not all of them are for the Sun family!"

  Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Its use is five? A certain one only knows four..."

   Madam Wu snorted coldly, disdainful of explaining.

   "Master..." Sun Quan kowtowed again.

  Killing the so-called murderer means closing the case, and Mrs. Wu doesn't want to close the case now, but wants to leave a hole, and then slowly clean up after the Sun family has survived this catastrophe...

  However, it is obvious that the Jiangdong gentry naturally knew this. So they asked to close the case, even if they handed over a few people, they were unwilling to leave a clue in the hands of the Sun family.

  You are dead, and I am dead. Everyone returns to the original point. There is no such thing as who owes whom.

  Unless Sun Quan does not want to be the Lord of Jiangdong...

  Madam Wu let out a deep sigh: "Tell me... who do you want to kill?"

  Sun Quan set his sights on the crabapple tree in the corner of the courtyard.

   "..." Mrs. Wu looked over, "Flower Fairy? Huh? Fairy?"

  Sun Quan nodded.

  Madam Wu shook her head and said, "No. Ge...um, could it be...Yu?"

  Sun Quan nodded and said: "Yu Ji is a thief, he cursed his elder brother with poison, and he committed evil and chaos, which is an unforgivable crime!"

   Was assassinated by a few ants like thieves, wouldn't Sun Ce's reputation on the battlefield all his life be paid for? How can the two generations of the Sun family, Sun's father and son, have made great military exploits on the battlefield, be tarnished by a few thieves?

  Because of being cursed, his personal ability declined, so he was taken advantage of by Xiao Xiao, so that Sun Ce's reputation would not be damaged.

  Madam Wu narrowed her eyes and said, "Is it Zhou Gongjin's intention again?"

  Sun Quan replied: "Zhang Zibu can do it too..."

   "Zhang Zibu..." Mrs. Wu groaned for a moment, then sighed, and said, "So... it's more or less... alas... but it's just for Taoists..."

   "So it is necessary to die in Jiangdong..." Sun Quan said, "I heard that Yuji's bandits often come to Jiangdong, and I am very happy to live in Yutangzhuang outside the city..."

  Killing Yu Ji naturally couldn't quell Sun's anger, but handing over a leading figure of the Jiangdong gentry would more or less reflect the sincerity of the Jiangdong gentry.

  Yu means Magnolia, and Tang means Begonia. There is a mountain outside the city, and some magnolias and crabapple flowers are planted everywhere in the mountain. When the flowers bloom, the mountain is full of dazzling beauty, so there is a manor located in it. Live for many days.

   "The Lu family is willing?" Mrs. Wu said coldly.

  Sun Quan said: "It's up to him... The Zhu family and the Gu family have nothing to do, only the Lu family has gathered Xu's guests..."

"Lu Jicai is a modest gentleman with mellow character, loves poetry and books, loves flowers and birds..." Mrs. Wu suddenly laughed, "Those who do not compete with the world will die a bad death, but those who plan hard will live forever... Haha, hahaha... Very kind, very good..."

  Sun Quan gritted his teeth, kowtowed again and said, "My lord, the family members are also implicated..."

   Madam Wu was stunned for a moment, then she smiled a little bit, lowered her head, and stared at Sun Quan: "The dead of the Sun family are not worth it? What do you want?!"

Sun Quan buried his head on the ground, he couldn't see his face clearly, he could only hear a dull voice that seemed to come out from the cracks in the bluestone slabs on the ground: "If no one in the family leaks the news, how will the thief know where my brother is? "

   Here's a reason. But Sun Ce likes hunting, but it is not forced by others. From the Sun Mansion to the mountain, not only the Sun Mansion had the opportunity to pass on the news, but even the people in the city also had the opportunity to pass the news. Sun Quan's reason was not very sufficient.

  However, as before, an excuse is actually needed.

  Mrs. Wu walked up to Sun Quan, but she didn't help Sun Quan up, but lowered her eyelids, and stood like that for a long time.

   There is no sound in the courtyard, only the sound of whimpering when the wind blows through the treetops, as if someone is sobbing...

   "Although Lang'er has a stubborn personality, he has no intention of killing his brother!" Mrs. Wu said in a deep voice, "There is no need for this!"

   "However, he has a lot of complaints, which is enough to make him stay in the Hinayana..." Sun Quan still fell down, "He made friends with Jiji, and he asked about his fortune... If the child is spared, how can everyone feel at ease..."

   "This..." Although Mrs. Wu still insisted on not giving in, her tone was a little looser, "However, this will not lead to death!"

  Sun Quan raised his head, and there were tears on his face at some point, and he emphasized again: "My lord, the child is not willing to do this! If you don't blame him, Sun Wu will not be at ease!"

Mrs. Wu sighed for a long time, and said after a long time: "...it's not Sun Wu who is upset, but you are upset... Well, let's take a step back, Lang'er is imprisoned in Shanyin...will never be released...so, that's good ?” (Note to this chapter)

  Sun Quan kowtowed silently.

   "That's it..." Madam Wu turned around, hunched over, and moved slowly step by step, moving from the light to the shadow.

  Sun Quan stood up, stretched out his hand, and wanted to go up to help, but in the end he didn't. After bowing his hands again, he turned around and left the yard.

  Madam Wu did not look back, but looked at the begonias in the yard, looked at the sprouts on the begonias, and suddenly shouted loudly after a long time: "Come here! Cut down the begonias in the yard by their roots! Chisel and burn them!"

   Note: Sun Lang, the son of Sun Jian, was also called Sun Ren, and he was regarded as a child, but the author thought that Lang and Ren each had their own people. After all, the two characters are quite different, so it is not unintentional to make a mistake.

   Sun Lang appeared in the early period of history, and then disappeared quietly, leaving only Sun Ren, and the concubine Sun Ren was finally convicted of a fire in the army. The accident...

  (end of this chapter)