In Jiangdong, although spring has warmed Jiangnan, there is still not much temperature in many places. The rain is like lingering sadness, which makes people think of the pain of the past.
Several fast horses galloped by on the official road outside Wujun City as if they were flying.
The knight covered his mouth and nose with linen cloth, not only to resist the still cold air, but also to resist the sand and dust that came along the way. The original hemp yellow cloth strips had become a bit gray and black, and were dirty.
Although Jiangdong has few horses, it is not without horses. Especially those families that have been in Jiangdong for a long time. There is still no shortage of more than ten or twenty war horses, but there are not enough numbers to form an army. However, there are still some differences between the war horses.
, these war horses galloping towards Wu Jun are obviously the best among them. They are tall and long-legged, and their coats are smooth and shiny. However, now they are stuck together because of the mixture of Han water and dust. They are as embarrassed as they want.
Embarrassed.
Wujun didn't have such a wide stone road originally, but in the past two years, a section has been paved, and it looks decent. The horses' hooves hit the stone slabs, making a clicking sound. There are pedestrians and soldiers on the roadside, so there is no need to shout in particular.
Just get out of the way. These days, there are no traffic lights, but no one dares to cross. All pedestrians just walk in both directions.
The soldiers guarding the city gate were about to step forward to intercept, but saw the token held high by one of the cavalry, and immediately hurriedly moved the resisting horses out of the way, allowing these cavalry to enter the city.
The leading knight sat on the horse and did not speak. He just had a sullen face. His eyes exposed above the linen cloth showed deep weariness and eagerness. When he saw the horse being moved away, he almost immediately beat the horse and continued.
forward.
Entering Wujun City, the streets that used to be bustling were now sparsely populated, and there were armored guards standing guard at a distance. Everything was quiet, except for the sound of horse hooves passing by.
Looking further north, the original Sun Mansion, with its overlapping eaves and corners, those red walls and green tiles, for some reason, was a little less prosperous, but a little more decadent, like...
The smell emanating from his brother.
This government office, just like the Sun family's foundation, is anxiously waiting for the final decision.
Several guards, surrounding Sun Quan who remained silent, dismounted at the gate of the government office.
There were soldiers standing outside and inside the door. When they saw Sun Quan coming, the military marquis leading the team gave an order, and all the soldiers quickly saluted Sun Quan to greet him. At this moment, the Wujun city was completely controlled by Sun's soldiers and was under surveillance.
Control everyone's every move in Wu County to avoid any unpredictable problems.
Especially after Sun Quan left.
But now, after seeing Sun Quan return successfully, the military prince was obviously relieved.
However, the military prince could also see Sun Quan's unswerving expression, so he didn't say much, and just asked people to open the door of Sun Quan's house. While sending people to pass the message inside, he stepped aside and respectfully welcomed Sun Quan into the house.
Sun Quan just strode forward, and several guards followed him closely. Their boots stepped on the ground, and their armor scales jingled. The old steward of the Sun family rushed towards him. When he saw Sun Quan Doutou, he
bye.
Sun Quan tore off his outer robe that was mixed with muddy water and Han water, revealing his armor that was also covered in dust. He stopped the old steward from letting people come forward to serve him, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where is the lady?"
The old steward said: "Still in the backyard..."
Sun Quan walked forward quickly, and when he passed through the corridor, he didn't have the patience to wait for the servants who were coming to get out of the way. He frowned and pushed away the palm blocking the way, and then went forward. He originally came to change Sun Quan's clothes.
The servants, big and small, all crouched on the ground, not daring to make a sound.
The Sun family's mansion originally belonged to the Xu family. The Xu family used to rely on the relationship with the Yuan family in Nanyang, just like a powerful dragon across the river. Relying on the position of the prefect, the Xu family was also prosperous in Jiangdong, doing business and so on.
It was very big, and the mansion was naturally built magnificently. However, unexpectedly, a disaster would befall the Xu family, and then they would take advantage of the Sun family.
However, Xu may not know who betrayed him until his death...
Many of the Xu family's properties in Wu County, like this mansion, fell into the hands of the Sun family. Of course, this became clear evidence that the Sun family occupied the Xu family's foundation. Someone had also discussed this issue with Sun Ce before,
But Sun Ce didn't care at all...
What's interesting is that Xu Gong's dragon crossed the river and died in the hands of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's disciples. Of course, Sun did not need to say anything about this, as it had already spread throughout Jiangdong.
Several guards stayed outside the door of the inner courtyard. Only Sun Quan entered the inner courtyard and walked through the middle hall in a few steps. As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, Sun Quan saw Mrs. Wu standing in the courtyard, with her back on her back and her head raised.
, looking at the crabapple in the corner of the courtyard. The sunlight shines in from the courtyard wall on one side, and the dividing line falls diagonally on Mrs. Wu's body, making it look half bright and half dark.
Begonia has sprouted many new shoots and seems to be full of new hope.
"Mother!" Sun Quan lowered his gaze, took two steps forward, and bowed.
Mrs. Wu did not turn around, and did not seem to hear Sun Quan's voice. She waited for a while and then asked calmly: "...Everything...is done?"
"It's all done..." Sun Quan kowtowed.
Before Sun Ce died, Sun Quan, under the instruction of Mrs. Wu, rushed out of Wu County and contacted everyone. He not only received support from Wu Bi and other members of Mrs. Wu's family, but also received support from Zhou Yu and Huang Gai.
With the acquiescence of the old and new Sun family generals, the transition of power in the Sun family was generally completed and they rushed back to Wu County.
There are some exchanges of mutual interests among them, but most of them are still holding together to keep warm, because the Sun family, the Wu family, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and even Zhang Zhao and others actually don't want the Sun family to fall like this, and
The various ethnic groups in Jiangdong also do not want the Sun family to be cornered and completely destroy the entire Jiangdong in a hurry.
Sun Quan was not the first choice of the 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 Bi, and with Zhang Zhao and others threading the needle, the originally open wound was sewn up, and Jiangdong seemed to be able to reopen.
Fusion into a complete piece...
Of course, this comes with a price.
"Huh..." As she exhaled in one breath, Mrs. Wu's body trembled, her whole back was obviously hunched up, and she was a little rickety. "When it's done... let's go... mourn..."
In fact, not only Madam Wu, but also Sun Quan and others knew what the Jiangdong nobles did or did not do when Sun Ce was assassinated. Madam Wu even tried to persuade Sun Ce at the beginning, but Sun Ce had no choice but to
Not a person willing to follow other people's advice.
Sun Ce subconsciously chose the simple and crude method. After all, he fought all the way here, so why not fight all the way back? The world is so big, how can a knife not cut it? Even if a knife can't cut it, then add another one.
Get a gun! If you can’t kill one person, then kill a group of people!
Therefore, when Sun Ce was about to encounter danger, even though some people knew about it first, no one warned him.
I don't know when Mrs. Wu burst into tears. Although Mrs. Wu's relationship with Sun Ce was not very harmonious, after all, she was the flesh that fell from her body. Especially after Sun Ce's death, all the shortcomings and unhappiness disappeared.
Only the shining points of Sun Ce in the memories were left, which kept piercing Mrs. Wu's heart.
Because Sun Ce was too seriously injured, the wound never recovered, but in the end he was unable to survive and died. Mrs. Wu has been guarding the backyard these days, just to delay some time for Sun Quan to deal with the interpersonal relationships between the various factions, so as not to
What big problems will arise during the transfer of authority?
It was once a choice between Madam Wu and Sun Quan whether to fully develop the relationship with the Jiangdong gentry, but in the end they chose to give in temporarily. Because if they make a move, it will inevitably affect the whole body, and the manpower and material resources accumulated by the Jiangdong gentry over the past century will also be lost.
Not the Sun family and the Wu family can completely resist...
That's all for the Sun family. Even if the Sun family worked together, the Wu family would not agree to put the entire family in a fight to the death just for Sun Ce's death.
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.
It's just that reconciliation requires something...
Sun Quan kowtowed again and made a "dong" sound with his forehead on the bluestone: "Mother, please wait a moment... I have to kill the murderer first, so that my brother can rest in peace..."
The murderer is of course not those assassins.
"Are you going to kill again?!" Mrs. Wu suddenly turned around. Although there were still tears on her face, her eyebrows were already raised, "Brother, why don't you teach me a lesson! I want the Sun family to die here."
Huh!" Mrs. Wu thought something had happened, and she was so exhausted that she could no longer suppress her emotions.
Sun Quan was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I have to kill him!"
Mrs. Wu was extremely angry and laughed back: "Who said he had to kill? Is it that Zhou Gongjin again?"
Sun Quan was silent.
"With Zhou's wisdom, he must have known the real murderer, but why didn't he take action!? Huh?" Mrs. Wu said angrily, "This move is to force you!"
Sun Quan was silent again.
"Zhou Gongjin!" Mrs. Wu shouted angrily in a low voice. After breathing rapidly for a few times, she stopped, remained silent for a moment, and asked, "What did he say?"
"If this matter is not decided, Jiangdong will be uneasy..." Sun Quan replied in a low voice.
"Hmph! Ha, ha..." Mrs. Wu looked up at the sky, the tears on her face gradually dried, "Now he actually thinks about 'Ning'... Why didn't he think about it before... Ah?! Someone is so disgusted
Of!"
"Zhou Gongjin asked himself to go to Baqiu to be the vassal of the Sun family forever..." Sun Quan lowered 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 when you see Zhou Gongjin performing the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, you ignore it? You must know Zhou Gongjin's strategy.
, the purpose is five! Not all of them may be for the Sun family!"
Sun Quan was stunned, frowned and said: "What is the use of five? A certain person only knows four..."
Mrs. Wu snorted coldly and did not bother to explain.
"Mother..." Sun Quan kowtowed again.
Killing the so-called murderer means closing the case, but Mrs. Wu does not want to close the case now, but wants to leave a hole until the Sun family has passed this disaster and then slowly clean it up...
However, it was obvious that the Jiangdong gentry also knew this. Therefore, they demanded that the case be closed. Even if they handed over a few people, they were not willing to leave a clue in the hands of the Sun family.
You die, I die, everyone returns to the original point, no one owes anyone anything.
Unless Sun Quan doesn’t want to be the lord of Jiangdong...
Mrs. Wu sighed deeply: "Tell me...who do you want to kill?"
Sun Quan turned his attention to the crabapple tree in a corner of the courtyard.
"..." Mrs. Wu followed and looked over, "Flower fairy? Huh? Fairy?"
Sun Quan nodded.
Mrs. Wu shook her head and said: "No. Ge...um, could it be...Yu?"
Sun Quan nodded and said: "I am a traitor to Ji, cursed my brother, acted like a monster and caused chaos. This is an unforgivable crime!"
If Sun Ce was assassinated by a few ant-like thieves, wouldn't Sun Ce's lifelong reputation on the battlefield be in vain? Two generations of the Sun family, Sun Ce and his son, have cultivated great military exploits on the battlefield, how can they be tarnished by a few thieves?
Because he was cursed, which caused his personal abilities to decline, he was taken advantage of by Xiao Xiao, so as not to damage Sun Ce's reputation.
Mrs. Wu narrowed her eyes and said, "Is it Zhou Gongjin's intention again?"
Sun Quan replied: "Zhang Zibu can also do it..."
"Zhang Zibu..." Mrs. Wu groaned for a moment, sighed, and said: "This... can be regarded as more or less... alas... but only for a Taoist..."
"Therefore he still needs to die in Jiangdong..." Sun Quan said in passing, "I heard that the bandits of Ji often come to Jiangdong, and they are very happy to live in Yutangzhuang outside the city..."
Killing Yu Ji would not quell the Sun family's anger, but handing over a leading figure from the Jiangdong gentry would somewhat demonstrate the sincerity of the Jiangdong gentry.
Jade is magnolia, and the hall is begonia. There is a mountain outside the city, and magnolia and begonia flowers are planted all over the mountain. When the flowers bloom, the mountain is dazzling and very beautiful, so there is a manor located in it. When Ji came to Wujun
, also loves its beauty, making it easy to live in it for many days.
"Is the Lu family willing?" Mrs. Wu said coldly.
Sun Quan said: "He can't help it... The Zhu family and the Gu family have nothing to do with it. Only the Lu family has gathered the guests of the Xu family..."
"Lu Jicai is a humble gentleman with mellow conduct. He loves poetry and books, flowers and birds..." Mrs. Wu suddenly burst into laughter. "Those who have nothing to do with the world will not die well, but those who are thoughtful will live forever... Haha, hahaha...
Very good, very good..."
Sun Quan gritted his teeth and kowtowed again: "For the record, mother, everyone in the family is also involved..."
Mrs. Wu was stunned for a moment, then she dropped her smile little by little, lowered her head, and glared at Sun Quan: "The deceased of the Sun family are not worthy of mention. What do you want?!"
Sun Quan buried his head on the ground and couldn't see clearly what his face was like. He could only hear a dull voice, as if coming from the cracks of the bluestone on the ground: "If no one in the family leaks the news, how will the thief know where my brother is?
"
This is a reason. But Sun Ce likes hunting, but he is not forced by others. From the Sun Mansion to the mountains, not only the Sun Mansion has the opportunity to pass the news, but even the people in the city also have the opportunity to pass the news. Sun Quan's reason is not very sufficient.
.
However, just like before, I actually need an excuse.
Mrs. Wu walked up to Sun Quan, but did not help Sun Quan up. Instead, she lowered her eyelids and stood like that for a long, long time.
There was silence in the courtyard, except for the whimpering sound made by the wind blowing through the treetops, as if someone was sobbing quietly...
"Although Lang'er has a naughty personality, he has no desire to kill his brother!" Mrs. Wu said in a deep voice, "This is unnecessary!"
"However, there are many complaints, which are enough to make Xiao Xiaoyuan..." Sun Quan still fell to the ground, "He made friends with Ji, and once asked about his fortune... If the child is exempted from his sin, how can he calm the hearts of everyone...
"
"This..." Although Mrs. Wu still insisted on not giving in, her tone became more relaxed, "But this will not lead to death!"
Sun Quan raised his head, with tears on his face. He emphasized again: "Mother, my child does not want this! If he is not blamed for his crime, Sun Wu will not be safe!"
Mrs. Wu let out a long sigh, and then said after a long time: "...it's not Sun Wu who is uneasy, it's your heart that's uneasy... Anyway, let's each take a step back, Lang'er will be imprisoned in Shanyin... and will never be pardoned...
Is this good?" (Note to this chapter)
Sun Quan kowtowed silently.
"That's it..." Mrs. Wu turned around, stooped, and moved slowly step by step, from the light to the shadow.
Sun Quan stood up, stretched out his hand, and wanted to help him, but in the end he didn't. After bowing his hands again, he turned around and left the yard.
Mrs. Wu did not look back, but looked at the begonias in the courtyard and the new shoots sprouting from them. After a long time, she suddenly shouted loudly: "Come here! Cut down the begonias in the courtyard by the roots! Chisel them with axes and burn them!"
