[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

The hour is about to pass, and the layers of mist gradually disperse from the river to the riverside as the sun rises eastward, and finally disappear invisible.At this time, the golden crow is in the sky, the blue waves are shining, the breeze is intoxicating, and the river is slowly passing away.Occasionally, I heard the melodious sound of warblers, birds chirping, or skimming on the river to play with fish, or perched on a light boat on the bank, which attracted those who stood still to hear the sound and look back.

The broken boards and the remains of soldiers have all gone with the river.If he hadn't personally experienced the water battle ten days ago, he might really have thought that this was a safe haven in the Taoyuan sheltered from the wind and rain.

That water battle should be called tragic.Countless ships were crashed, countless soldiers sank in the river, and countless supplies and food were lost.The enemy's losses were several times higher than theirs. I still remember that day, the blood on the north side of the Yangtze River was more intense than that on the south bank.

Even so, they were the losers.That's why on the day agreed with the enemy army, he came early in the morning in a light boat with the morning dew, and waited on the bank of the river.

As for the agreed time, he had been waiting here for nearly an hour.

However, no matter what the opponent wants to do, as the defeated party, he can only continue to wait here quietly.With nothing to do, watching the river and hearing the birdsong can barely be regarded as an elegant thing. He pulled up the thin cloak that had not yet faded, and was about to walk to the boat that was occupied by the birds first, but the birds seemed to be ahead of schedule. Knowing his plan, he spread his wings and flew away.

At the same time, behind him, a clear and smiling voice sounded: "Brother Zijing, have you been waiting long?"

He turned his head to look at Guo Jia who was late.It's cold in the spring, and it's hard to resist the wind on the riverside only in robes, but I'm afraid few people will wear as many clothes as Guo Jia. Those who knew thought that Guo Jia was in the cold desert of the northwest, not the southern land.Guo Jia has a slender figure, much thinner than ordinary people, but wrapped in layers of warm clothes, he looks rounder than Lu Su.

"It's okay, Su didn't wait long."

"It seems that what Kong Ming said at the beginning is correct, Zijing really has a bad temper." Guo Jia walked to the side of the boat and said, "It has been delayed for a long time. In order not to make your lord wait in a hurry, what can I say? Why don't we go to the boat and talk?"

Lu Su also had this intention, so he boarded the boat with Guo Jia.The boatman propped up the pole, the water rippled, and the boat sailed lightly to the south bank of the river.

"Guo Jijiu, Su..."

"Wait a mininute."

After Guo Jia put the hand stove on the table and freed his hands, he immediately took off the white headband on his head, untied the fox fur wrapped around his body, and took off the thick robe filled with cotton wool, revealing the light blue clothes underneath. .After finishing all this, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his waist greatly. When he opened his eyes, he happened to see the astonishment in Lu Su's eyes, and explained with a smile:

"It's cold by the river, and Jia has been in poor health due to some unexpected things recently. The military doctor is worried about Jia, so he forced Jia to wrap up like that just now."

"Oh? Could it be that Guo Jijiu is unwilling, and the military doctor in the camp can force Guo Jijiu to wear some clothes?"

"That's really true. It's because Jia was too angry with them, but when they grew up, they all learned to make their own way... It hurts Zijing to wait for so long, and now let Zijing see it again." It's a joke."

To be honest, Guo Jia really didn't intend to keep Lu Su waiting for a long time today after ten days in the air.However, not long after he got up from the couch at a rare time, Cang Zhu pushed him back on the bed, forcing him to sleep for more than half an hour.When he packed up his clothes and was about to go to the place agreed with Lu Su, Cang Zhu found out from which of his suitcases the thick robe and fox fur that the coldest geniuses would wear last year.Just at this time, Jia Wen and the old fox came to look for him in the tent again, and seeing him and Cang Zhu standing in a stalemate, they resolutely forced him to wrap up the cotton robe and fox fur, and vowed to put him on The warmest felt hat over there.Throughout the whole process, Guo Jia seized every opportunity to refuse this unbearable combination, but Cang Zhu recognized the deadly reason, and Jia Xu was an old fox as always.

The more Guo Jia thought about it, the more sad and indignant he became, and his emotions leaked out on his face, but in Lu Su's eyes, he had other thoughts.Lu Su, who was not in Cao Ying, naturally did not know Cang Zhu's attitude towards Guo Jia after the Xixi poisoning incident ten days ago, so he took it for granted that Guo Jia's statement of "being dressed like that by a military doctor" was a lie.What concerned him was why Guo Jia would lie about such a trivial matter that seemed irrelevant to the overall situation.

Could it be to get closer and make Su relax his vigilance?

As soon as this guess came out, Lu Su felt unreasonable again.Now it is Cao Jun who takes the initiative. Jiangdong has so little room to play games, so why does Guo Jia need to keep going every step of the way?

At this time, a soldier came in with an altar of wine.He pried open the mud seal of the wine jar with a knife, and immediately, the aroma of wine overflowed from the boat canopy.

"Guo Jijiu asked Jiangdong's fine wine, and Su happened to have a friend who was in the wine business passing by, so he asked him to help Su leave an altar for Guo Jijiu to taste." Lu Su nodded lightly, and the soldiers stepped forward to serve Lu Su and Guo Jia each poured a cup of wine, then left the wine jar, bowed his fists and exited the boat canopy.Lu Su raised the wine cup and said to Guo Jiawen, "Guo Jijiu may as well have a taste. Although this wine is fragrant but not strong, it won't take a while for Jijiu to discuss business with the lord."

Naturally, Guo Jia would not take the obvious lie of "friends in the brewing business" seriously.He picked up the wine cup and took a sip of the clear liquid, and it was really mellow and delicious as Lu Su said: "Zi Jing is not curious, why did Jia let the octopus mention Jiangdong fine wine when passing the message?"

Lu Su also lowered his head and took a sip, then put down the wine cup: "Gu Gu guessed, Guo Jijiu thinks that he can speak freely after drinking wine."

"Then since you and I have both drank wine, why don't you ask Jia directly through the wine?" Guo Jia looked at the light in the cup and narrowed his eyes slightly, "For example, why did you ask Jia after ten days of that battle? Only then are you willing to discuss future matters with Jiangdong."

Lu Su said: "Then... please ask Guo Jijiu to explain why."

"It's actually not complicated." Guo Jia said, "If Jia told you on the first day that Xiling City would not be captured and that Zhou Yu's illness could not be cured by any doctor you could find, you would definitely think that Jia was here. It's alarmist. So, it's better to set aside ten days. Ten days should be enough for you to give up those fluke mentality." Of course, there is another reason that he must set aside time to detoxify and nourish his body.He had to do things like bargaining with Jiang Dong himself to be at ease.

When Lu Su heard Guo Jia's words, he secretly smiled wryly, but did not answer.Within ten days, Jiangxia's defenders tried their best, but failed to capture Xiling.But Zhou Yu...has been unable to wake up ever since he vomited blood and fainted after receiving the news from Xiling City that day.They tried their best to invite almost all the famous doctors that Jiangdong could get, but they all said that they were terminally ill and unable to recover.

Just as Guo Jia said, ten years ago, they certainly did not believe that Xiling City was so difficult to attack, and they did not believe that Zhou Yu, who was healthy the day before, would have no cure.And it was these ten days of painstaking attempts that finally convinced them that Jiangdong was indeed at an irreversible disadvantage.Although it will not be slaughtered by others, it is not far behind.

"Jia answered Zijing's doubts, can Zijing do Jia a favor?" A glass of wine was drank again, Guo Jia filled it up for himself, and shook his head at Lu Su again. Putting it down, he held the wine cup by himself, and said slowly, "Jia is here, and I have a heavy trust from my lord, so I dare not slack off in the slightest. It is a pity that Jia and General Sun Qiulu have never masked their faces, and I am really afraid that there will be omissions in a while. , Offended General Sun. Why don't you, before the boat reaches the south bank, Zijing tell Jia who Sun Chaolu is in your eyes?"

This request was not too much, but it made Lu Su even more wary because it was too reasonable.He pretended not to know that Guo Jia had other goals, but he just said like others said: "The lord is young and talented, and he has always respected talents. Although he and Prime Minister Cao met each other in battle, they also have a father's friendship. Guo Jijiu doesn't have to worry... "

"Zijing," Guo Jia interrupted Lu Su directly, "it's boring if you are not an honest person. You know that what Jia wants to hear is the Sun Quan in your eyes, or to put it more clearly, Jia What I want to hear is what the Jiangdong family behind you think of Sun Quan."

After Guo Jia's voice fell, the two fell into a long silence.It was very quiet in the boat tent, only the sound of the rolling water stirred by the boatman pole rowing outside the tent could be heard.After an unknown amount of time, Lu Su rarely poured himself a cup of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"The lord is very good." He said, "Suddenly changed, he inherited his father and brother's foundation at a young age, but he was able to quell the rebellion in all directions and make Jiangdong stable for so many years. No one can do better than the lord. This is not only Su the opinion of."

"No one can do better than him. Rather, they are at the same disadvantage. No one can do better than Sun Quan." Guo Jia said, "But what if there is someone who doesn't need to deal with those disadvantages and is as capable as Sun Quan? ? Obviously, he is more likely to do better than Sun Quan."

"For example, Prime Minister Cao?"

"For example, Sun Bofu."

Guo Jia and Lu Su did not hide or dodge, their eyes met.Each of them wants to hide from the other, and each of them wants not to be fooled by the other.

"As you said, Sun Quan succeeded his father and brother's foundation. Now that his elder brother has returned, does Sun Quan have the heart to abdicate for the virtuous?"

Lu Su replied calmly: "This question, Su is still the same as before. That position, the lord is more suitable than anyone else. This is not Su's opinion, but a consensus."

"Then, Jia has one more curious thing." Guo Jia kept Lu Su's words in mind, and asked again, "The children of the Jiangdong family, like you, Lu Zijing, or the Lu family, just want to find a suitable one. The Lord of Jiangdong, but never thought... Are you the Lord?"

This question is more sensitive than the previous question.If it were a narrow-minded protagonist who knew that Guo Jia and Lu Su had this conversation, even if Lu Su didn't say anything, he would feel resentful.However, Lu Su didn't seem to be worried about it at all.He smiled lightly, and replied: "Guo Jijiu will ask such a question, it seems that the oyster, which claims to be all-pervasive, has not been able to thoroughly investigate the situation in Jiangdong.

In Jiangdong, there are indeed many families that have been passed down from generation to generation. However, no matter when the court was stable or when the traitors were in chaos, the Jiangdong family could hardly compete with Ru Ying's family, and they were never taken seriously, so they had no ambitions at all.In recent years, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and countless clans have been wiped out overnight. These aristocratic clans in Jiangdong have no other ideas, just want to avoid disasters and live in peace.Therefore, as long as there is someone who respects the family and can keep Jiangdong stable, they are very satisfied. "

"So that's the case." Guo Jia nodded frequently, "There are no powerful families in the Jiangdong family, and all they want is a stable family. But... have they ever thought that if one day they choose this lord of Jiangdong who is happy to be conservative? , changed your mind, and want to rely on Jiangdong's prosperity to become the lord of the world?"

"Sun Zhongmou is different from Sun Bofu."

"But the key power is still the most reassuring to hold in your own hands, isn't it?

If Jia was one of the Jiangdong aristocratic family, he would definitely do this.There is nothing wrong with enshrining Sun Quan as the Lord of Jiangdong. Jiangdong also needs such a person who can reconcile and stabilize the interests of all parties.But at the same time, when Sun Quan's power declined, he surrendered to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to send another official to manage Jiangdong.

Both Sun Quan and this official can be called the masters of Jiangdong in name, but because of mutual checks and balances, no one can really control Jiangdong.In this way, the power that affects Jiangdong can fall into the hands of the aristocratic family, and there is the so-called shelter from the wind and rain, and the world is stable. "

As soon as the words fell, the boat suddenly bumped forward.Then, the soldier who delivered the wine earlier walked into the canopy, clasped his fists and said:

"Mr. Qi, the boat has landed."

"The time is just right." Guo Jia stood up, pointing to the padded robe and fox fur and felt hat that he threw aside, "I'll help Jia look at these things, if Jia didn't wear these when she went back, she might be caught again." People are chattering." On the last step away from the boat tent, he suddenly turned back to Lu Su and said, "I hope Zijing thinks about Jia's last words. Not only for the Sun family, but also for the Jiangdong clan."

After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the boat tent and said softly to the soldiers waiting outside: "Brother Zijing is drunk, please find someone to help him wake up from the bar first. As for General Koulu, please lead the way for Jia. "