The people of Wu and Yue have been famous for their bravery and valor since ancient times.
Therefore, only two days after Zheng Pu joined Jianye, his nickname "Scar Pu" became known to everyone.
After Quanxu returned with Zhu Yi and others because of his anger, he was asked about the Han Dynasty envoy by a meddlesome person. He claimed, "Scar Pu is really an arrogant person! He actually insulted the ministers of Wu State for their unworthy achievements. Treat us and all the people in Jiangdong as incompetent people!"
How can you make people feel unjust and indignant by saying something like this?
If Zhuge Jin's general's residence was not accessible to ordinary people, perhaps Zheng Pu would have been humiliated by everyone.
Zhuge Rong also regretted inviting Zheng Pu into his home.
On the one hand, the allied envoys must not be neglected or let him suffer any mistakes; on the other hand, colleagues and friends are knocking on the door and asking for admission, making him in a dilemma.
Simply, he took Chen Zhi and fled to the home of Prime Minister Gu Yong.
That day and the banquet were different from Zheng Pu's tense and tit-for-tat confrontation. He and Gu Tan invited Chen Zhi to a separate room to talk about the past and the present. They danced, wrote and ink with great elegance. And when parting, Gu Tan also extended a warm invitation, saying that if Chen Zhi got some free time, he would definitely pay a visit to Gu's house, so that he would have the opportunity to host a banquet in honor of Runan Gaodi.
It also gave Zhuge Rong a reason to avoid it.
Zheng Pu wouldn't stay in Jianye for too long anyway. He excused himself from visiting friends and stayed out for a few more days, which was the best of both worlds.
Therefore, Chen Zhi's reputation suddenly rose in Jianye.
Many people who came to look for Zheng Pu to no avail turned back to look for Chen Zhi.
With the hard work of Zhuge Rong and Gu Tan, coupled with Chen Zhiduo's skills, with his arithmetic skills and long-sleeved dance skills, he treated people like a spring breeze, and his reputation was inevitably spread.
It doesn't take much thinking to know that there must be people from Jiangdong deliberately promoting Chen Zhi's moral character and contrasting it with Scar Pu's bad reputation.
Zheng Pu was completely indifferent to this.
He didn't care about feathers, and he had no interest in leaving a good reputation in Jiangdong, so he just had a few days to relax.
Yes, the date of meeting you has changed.
For some unknown reason, Sun Quan postponed the date of the envoy's meeting for five days.
Even Zhang Cheng, who was assigned to discuss the war horse transaction, never came to the meeting again because Zheng Pu had made the price of the war horse unequivocal and would not allow any change.
Are you angry with me for saying that my repeated conquests in Jiangdong have not achieved any significant results?
Or are they gathering together with my ministers to discuss and find reasons to force me to price the war horses at a lower price?
Zheng Pu, who was temporarily informed that the meeting was to be rescheduled, had such speculation in his mind, and took advantage of his quiet time to think about it.
But soon, his mind no longer focused on this aspect.
Since he could not go out, he entrusted his accompanying officers and retinue to buy some rare items to take back to Chengdu as gifts for relatives and friends.
Unexpectedly, the servant Qi Yacuo actually brought back a letter.
It should be said that it is a letter.
When Qi Yacuo purchased a rhinoceros bone comb from Jiaozhou in a shop, the merchant gave him a rhinoceros skin as a gift, claiming that it could be used as a comb cover. However, when Zheng Pu came to check it out, he felt that the rhino skin was a little thick. It seemed to have an interlayer. Out of curiosity, I cut it open with a small dagger, and got a small piece of cloth, on which I recorded a few numbers.
Said: "If you want to hand over the state, buy more scholars."
It seemed to be in the clouds and foggy, and he didn't know what it meant, but Zheng Pu could roughly guess what it meant after reading it.
When Jiaozhou and Shi were added together, it was known to the whole world that Shi Xie, the Marquis of Long Duting, was born. However, among Shi Xie's descendants, only Shi Kuang is still alive.
Shi Xie was a native of Cangwu Guangxin, so he handed over to the prefect.
When the world was in chaos, he was commended by the court for not abolishing his tribute duties. He was appointed General Anyuan and supervised the seven counties of Jiaozhou.
At that time, Shi Xie and his brothers were the governors of the county, and they were safe thousands of miles away, so they dominated the territory of a state. Their wives and concubines rode on carriages, and their children rode in the army, and they went in and out and sounded bells and chimes. Their majesty was not the same as that of Zhao Tuo, the former king of South Vietnam.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent Bu Zhao to be the governor of Jiaozhou. Shi Xie surrendered and sent hostages, and they continued to pay for them year after year, so they lived in peace for a while.
After the death of the later scholar Xie, Sun Quan separated Guangzhou from Jiaozhou and no longer granted the position of governor to the scholar family. Therefore, Xie Zihui appointed himself as the governor of Jiaozhou and gathered his clansmen and private soldiers to rebel.
Lu Dai, who was in charge of Guangzhou at that time, was ordered to fight against him. Because he had an old relationship with Shi Kuang, he sent Kuang into the city to persuade Shi Hui to plead guilty and promised to let things go.
Shi Hui believed it, and all six members of the clan bound themselves and surrendered.
However, Lu Dai repeated his actions and broke his promise, so General Hui and others were executed, and he was sent to Wuchang.
Sun Quan then demoted the hostages sent by the former Shi Xie and demoted all the scholar families outside Jiaozhou to common people. However, it did not take long before they died of illness or were punished for violating the law. The scholar family who once dominated the territory of Jiaozhou was only one of them. Shi Kuang lives alone.
With such a past, it is easy to understand why Zheng Pu was entrusted with trusting him.
Shi Kuang, whose clan had been wiped out, wanted to eat the flesh of Lu Dai and Sun Quan. He also knew that revenge was impossible with his own strength, so he pinned his hopes on the Han Dynasty.
Although Han and Wu were allied with each other, they had blood feuds that they dared not forget, and the land in Nanzhong bordered Jiaozhou.
Furthermore, Shi Kuang, who was demoted to a commoner, would definitely be monitored by Sun Quan's people and would not have the opportunity to submit a letter to Wei.
However, Zheng Pu did not have a good impression of the scholar family.
This is because when the late emperor Liu Bei died, Shi Xie, who was still alive, lured Yong Kai and others to rebel against Sun Quan from various counties in the south.
He chose a master without knowing it, and after his death, his family members and heirs were exterminated, so what did he have to do with the Han Dynasty?
Not to mention, now is the time when the Han Dynasty needs Jiangdong to disperse Wei's forces in order to recuperate and restore people's livelihood, so why should they destroy the mutual alliance between the two countries just to hand over a useless person to the state.
With a sneer, Zheng Pu took the candle and planned to burn the small piece of cloth to avoid leaking information and causing future hidden dangers. However, when he got close to the candle, he was suddenly startled.
He suddenly realized that there was another possibility in this matter.
For example, this incident was caused by the people from Jiangdong whom he humiliated, who deliberately used the name of the scholar family to lure him into the trap.
Because after the defeat, Sun Quan would definitely be furious and detain or expel his entire party, and write a letter of credence to demand justice from the Han Dynasty.
In this way, whether it is ruining his reputation or devaluing the price of his war horse, it will be a matter of course.
"call"
After blowing out the candle, Zheng Pu stuffed the letter back into the rhinoceros skin again.
Wu Zi stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then called his servant Qi Yacuo and asked him to explain in detail how he purchased the rhinoceros bone comb and the gifts.
When he found out that the shop was huge and gorgeously decorated, and that the merchant who gave the rhinoceros skin as a gift was about forty years old, Zheng Pu was sure of his guess.
Shi Kuang, who was reduced to a commoner, still relied on Sun Quanyue's salary to survive. How could he have such a large shop?
If you plan such a confidential matter, you should do it yourself or entrust a blood relative to do it for you.
However, Shi Kuang is now nearly sixty years old, and there are no members of the Cangwu Shi family who are still in their prime.
Therefore, Zheng Pu followed the message and asked Qi Yacuo to go back to the shop the next day to purchase some items. When he found that there was still a message, he called the guards of the mansion and asked him to ask him for urgent matters. Please bring Zhuge Rong back quickly.
A moment after Zhuge Rong returned, he rode alone to the palace of Wu, asking to see Sun Quan.
When you are called in, you will pay homage without hesitation, even if you are in a panic.
"Your Majesty, a wealthy family in Jianye will rebel!"
