Sun Quan, who had just asked about Guotai's physical condition, was extremely depressed along the way.
He was in a good mood today. Not long ago, he sent someone to rush to invite the two heroes who captured Sun Shangxiang back to Jianye. Then he came to Lin'an Street to discuss with Guotai to free up Sun Shangxiang for tomorrow's wedding.
Come to the house——
As a result, being scolded like this was beyond Sun Quan's expectations.
Lu Su, who came to ask for information, bumped into Sun Quan. When he saw the black line on Sun Quan's face, Lu Su didn't want to ask anything - basically what he wanted to know was written on Sun Quan's face.
.
"Ahem...Is Kunita okay?"
"It's okay for now - the Sun Mansion is free. Zijing, please go and let Boyan arrange the remaining matters... I... I want to go back to the Mansion for some quiet time..."
"Uh this..."
Lu Su scratched his head on the side. Sun Quan's look made it clear that he didn't want to talk to others. Not only did he not want to talk to others, he even planned to push the things he should do to Lu Xun.
Although...Lu Su himself felt that Lu Xun was quite reliable in his work.
"This... Lord, I'm sorry to mention this... Although Boyan is also one of the heroes who captured the eldest lady... but... this marriage is a family matter after all... If Guotai knows about it, even you, the elder brother, won't do it personally
I have to worry about the arrangements in the house...I'm afraid..."
Lu Su was a kind reminder, not to exclude Lu Xun - compared to Zhou Yu, Lu Su actually didn't have much prejudice against the young talents in Jiangdong. In his opinion, as long as they were young and had potential,
Newcomers are all qualified to be cultivated.
The reason for reminding Sun Quan so much is... Mainly because the rumors of Wu Guotai scolding Sun Quan were too sensational - I heard that only half an hour had passed since the incident, but the entire Jianye City now knew about Sun Quan's betrayal.
My dear sisters, use it as a bargaining chip for political marriage...
The reviews that were originally mixed, but somehow, suddenly developed overwhelmingly in a direction that was unfavorable to Sun Quan.
Not being beneficial to Sun Quan is also equivalent to being detrimental to this marriage——
"If this matter is allowed to ferment and gossip reaches the ears of the Emperor's uncle...then we will be in trouble!"
Lu Su looked anxious. He was not an alarmist. If Liu Bei really knew about all the chaos that had happened in the past month, including Sun Shangxiang escaping from marriage, Sun Quan pretending to invite a drink, but actually delaying time, and other misdeeds of Soochow, they would eventually be captured.
Given a dishonest name, engagements, covenants, land, etc. will all come to naught in the blink of an eye.
Sun Quan listened as he walked. In fact, he was a little impatient at first, but in the end, Lu Su's tone was sincere enough. When he spoke the second half, Sun Quan actually came to his senses.
Not to mention now:
"Hey...I understand what you mean, Zijing, but...it was my original intention to let Lu Xun handle the arrangements related to the marriage. This time I handed over such an important matter to him, not only to train him, but also to take this opportunity.
Sell a favor to the Lu family - you know, Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang are not monolithic... In the future, if we want to disintegrate their power from within, this will be a good opportunity."
"Well... However, I should bear in mind what Zijing said. I will come back later to preside over the arrangements. Now let me calm down a little bit..."
The two of them walked and communicated.
After Sun Quan calms down, he will definitely not be a stupid person. On the contrary, he will be a very independent and thoughtful person.
It's just a coincidence that the words haven't finished yet.
The person Lu Su and Sun Quan were most worried about meeting would suddenly appear at the corner not far from them.
And looking at the opponent's momentum up close... Sun Quan knew that Lu Su might have been right about something.
——
"So... Zhongmou, I treat you like my own brother. Don't you have anything you want to say to my brother now?"
When Liu Bei came up, he enlarged his moves.
His big soft eyebrows were squeezed and wrinkled, and his wrinkled old face shrunk, and he appeared in front of everyone like a bitter character.
Coupled with his tearless eyes and dry and hollow voice, Sun Quan was already in a completely weak state before he even opened his mouth.
Of course, Sun Quan knew that this was Liu Bei's usual tactic, and he would not care about the other party's deliberate talk of a close relationship.
His scalp was just numb - why... why did this matter reach Liu Bei's ears so quickly - no... not entirely right. Sun Quan raised his head and saw Liu Bei's aggressive look, and his heart was filled with emotions.
waves.
He vaguely felt that he and Liu Bei were not thinking about the same thing.
So he wisely chose to show weakness, but at the same time, he also threw the problem to the other party.
"Well...since I am the elder brother and I have been wronged, then I, as the younger brother, will naturally seek justice for my brother...but...I just don't know what the brother is talking about?"
Sun Quan smiled awkwardly. For a moment, his eyes met Liu Bei's, and he only saw a suspicious look in his eyes. However, this look was fleeting. Liu Bei... concealed his inner thoughts very well.
It was another round of acting competition. Liu Bei said the lines he had prepared without any hesitation at all:
"Brother, I was just walking on the road today when I heard someone on the side of the road spreading rumors about the relationship between Zhongmou and Guotai——"
Hearing this, Sun Quan's heart was pricked. It was indeed the part he didn't want to hear. He had no idea how to explain it to the other party. The most important thing at the moment was to find out the rumors that the other party had heard.
What is it like——
therefore……
"If this is the case...brother, please rest assured. The relationship between my mother and I is just a small friction. It is true that my mother is ill this time, but I have also hired the best doctor in the city for my mother. I believe that soon,
My mother will be able to meet my brother in person!"
"oh…"
After Sun Quan explained, Liu Bei suddenly showed a thoughtful expression. His "oh" lasted for a very long time, as if he was testing the situation playfully.
"But... Zhongmou seems to be talking about something different from brother Wei..."
"Brother, I heard that Princess Xiangxiang ran away again for unknown reasons, and it was just to protect her that Guotai had a conflict with you, Zhongmou?"
Liu Bei finished his words expressionlessly, which made everyone present in Soochow quite embarrassed.
Everyone looked at each other, especially Lu Su, who didn't know how to evaluate the rumors Liu Bei had heard.
Probably it was too outrageous and deviated from the truth. Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief and half-jokingly said to Liu Bei:
"Uncle Huang must have fooled those stupid people by hearing the joke from nowhere. In fact, the eldest lady is preparing to go to the Sun Mansion and wait for tomorrow..."
"Oh, that's it - it just so happens that we will go to the Sun Mansion - we will find out if the rumors are true or false."
"this…"
Liu Bei finally revealed his purpose, which made everyone present, including Sun Quan, extremely nervous.