When he walked to a deserted alley corner, Zhuge Liang handed the woman a small packet of frosting. The woman smiled happily, nodded to the two of them, turned around and walked away neatly.
Zhuge Liang looked back at Xu Mei, thinking that she would be surprised, but unexpectedly, she just looked at him lightly, with a smile on her lips.
Zhuge Liang always felt that his strategic knowledge was among the best in the world.
But when he met Xu Mei and the others, he felt frustrated many times.
"Have you thought of it before?" he asked tentatively.
Xu Mei shook her head, "No."
Zhuge Liang was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard her add: "I originally wanted to go directly to the Sun Mansion. Although we arrived one day earlier than scheduled, the war on the front line cannot wait. I must see Sun Quan today."
Seeing that she was going to continue talking, Zhuge Liang raised his hand and painfully expressed that he didn't want to listen anymore.
He didn't want to admit that he disrupted Xu Mei's plan.
But he can remedy the situation and let Xu Mei see Sun Quan today.
In this case, why not just let him make the mistake?
Xu Mei smiled lightly and said no more.
"Then you go ahead. I've already told you the purpose anyway."
Zhuge Liang smiled gratefully and immediately turned serious. He led Xu Mei out of the alley, observing the surroundings and thinking about a way to enter the Sun Mansion.
The two of them just walked around and had no interest in the bustling market in Wujun.
Xu Mei has already practiced so much that no matter how shaken her heart is, her face should remain calm.
Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, had no intention of enjoying it at all. He was preoccupied with how to see Sun Quan as quickly as possible.
He knew that Xu Mei must have had a solution, but if she didn't say anything, she was just trying to test his intentions.
The reserve of knowledge in Zhuge Liang's mind is as vast as the sea. He regards himself as a machine, sifting out useful information in his mind.
Finally, after walking down a street, a light flashed in his mind: "Yes!"
Xu Mei stopped.
"Sister Xu, can you give me two more packets of icing sugar?" Zhuge Liang asked tentatively.
Xu Mei generously took out two packets of sugar wrapped in oil paper and handed them over, "Here."
Seeing that Xu Mei didn't take these rare white sugars seriously at all, Zhuge Liang felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He asked Xu Mei to find a foot shop on the street to wait while he put down the box and hurried away with two bags of sugar.
Xu Mei simply squatted down in the shade, holding the box with one hand and fanning with the other. She scanned everything in front of her with sharp eyes. She felt in her heart that it was worthy of being the granary of Jiangnan. Wu County was indeed rich.
Since the Sun family is not short of money, Sun Quan may not be tempted by the idea of ​​exchanging benefits.
If the money and silk are not used, then she will have no choice but to use her trump card!
"I'm back!"
The tall young man ran over with sweat on his head, "I'll do it, Sister Xu, come with me!"
Xu Mei patted her numb legs, took out her electronic watch from the pocket of her short-sleeved jacket and took a look. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhuge Liang had been gone for an hour and a half.
Zhuge Liang watched Xu Mei put away the watch with eager eyes, and made up his mind that this time he must exchange his credit for such a magical object!
Xu Mei fanned herself, Zhuge Liang carried the box on his back, and the two came to a typical large house with three deep courtyards in the south of the Yangtze River.
An oxcart covered with straw lay across the open space in front of the gate, with two mats placed on it.
That mat was not for ordinary use, but a rotten straw mat specially used to wrap dead people.
This kind of performance art has attracted many people to watch. The ox cart was left unattended, but it was not lost.
Xu Mei had to sigh once again that the people of Wu County were living a really good life.
If this were the same situation in another place, there wouldn't even be any grass left on this ownerless ox cart.
"Sister Xu, you lie down." Zhuge Liang opened the mat and gave Xu Mei a trusting look.
Xu Mei didn't waste any time and lay down directly.
Zhuge Liang put the box next to Xu Mei's hand, then pulled the ox cart and strode towards the gate of Sun Mansion.
The guards at the gate had long been alerted by the people watching, and they recognized Zhuge Liang.
This boy came here before, saying that he was an envoy from the Xu family army, coming to pay homage to their lord and discuss important matters.
Who doesn't know that Xu and Cao are fighting fiercely in the north?
This Xu Jiajun envoy coming here will definitely be up to no good!
Besides, the Cao family's envoys had just arrived a few days ago. At this critical moment, how could they dare to let the Xu family's envoys in?
If the envoys of the Cao family knew about this, I am afraid that the master would severely offend the Cao family.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang showed up earlier, the guards rushed him away. They were afraid that the matter would cause trouble to Cao's envoys, so they didn't even dare to tell Sun.
Now seeing Zhuge Liang appear with great fanfare again, the guards in front of the Sun Mansion just felt a headache.
"What should I do?" Several guards looked at each other in panic.
One of them asked the other three to guard him first, then ran towards the house.
"My lord! My lord!"
"Oh no, the Xu Jiajun envoy is here!"
Sun Quan and others, who were discussing with their staff how to respond to Cao Jun's envoy's request to send troops, stood up in excitement.
"How did it come so fast!" This was the collective voice of the staff.
Moreover, the most unbelievable thing is, isn't the Xu family army far away in the north?
If they want to reach Wu County, they have to cross the Cao family's territory to get there. Even if they don't have the Cao family's intervention, they shouldn't have to go around so fast!
Sun Quandong and his subordinates looked at each other in confusion, and their faces all darkened.
The guard said: "My lord, the two envoys of the Xu family army are wrapped in the death bed and lying on the bullock cart. They have said that they know that you have your own thoughts in your heart. They do not intend to interfere with you, but they just want to say something to you."
"He also said that if you are worried about Cao Jun's misunderstanding and Cao's envoys thinking that you have second thoughts in allowing Xu Jiajun to enter the palace, they are willing to wrap themselves up inside and remain motionless. If there is no agreement, you can directly kill them.
Pull him out and Cao's envoy will not misunderstand."
After hearing what the guard said, Sun's staff were all surprised.
This method is really wonderful!
It seems that the Xu Jiajun envoy on this mission is not a simple person.
Sun Quan was itchy. In fact, these were the things he was afraid of, but the other party took all his worries into consideration.
"What do you think?" Sun Quan asked the staff behind him.
They were hesitating whether to get involved in the battle between Xu's army and Cao's family.
On the one hand, the Sun family were still nominally officials of the imperial court, and did not establish themselves as kings like the Xu family army.
Therefore, Cao's envoy came to mobilize his troops with the emperor's edict. Logically speaking, if they did not obey the order, they would die.
Of course, if you resist now, you won't die immediately.
What Sun Quan and others were worried about was that if the Cao family won a complete victory in the northern battle, they would definitely use this as an excuse to send troops to Jiangdong.
But what if the Xu family army wins?
The result didn't seem to be much better for the Sun family.
The centipede insect is dead but not stiff. It is impossible for Xu's army to hammer Cao to death in just one battle.
Then when the Cao family calms down, they will still turn against them Jiangdong.
Wait, Sun Quan thought about the thoughts that just passed through his mind.
He seems to be thinking about the consequences of not sending troops!
