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Although Li Mu could read and read military newspapers without any obstacles, he still felt that the complicated and complicated vertical seal script looked too depressing. Zhou Yu knew that she was too lazy to read, so he took the scroll of brocade silk first.

Spreading out the brocade and looking at it, his expression suddenly changed, and then he raised his eyebrows, and asked the envoy, "I heard that Cao Sikong fought with Yuan Shao on the bank of the Yellow River a few days ago, what is the result of the battle?"

The envoy's surname was Jiang, his name was Qi, his style name was Liangxiu, he had a fair face, a round face and small eyes, and he always smiled when he met everyone, and looked extremely kind.Hearing Zhou Yu's bad tone, he couldn't help laughing first, and then cupped his hands again and again: "We are here to discuss the marriage with Jiangdong on behalf of my lord. If the general asks me about the children in Si Kong's family, their appearance and temperament, you can describe them in detail. But this The battle situation and military affairs... It is impossible to talk about it, but I really don't know it, and I hope the general will forgive me."

He spoke unhurriedly, with a humble attitude and gentle words, but it seemed as if he suddenly dropped a stone on the calm lake...or a large stone, and Li Mu, who was unprepared, happened to pour a cup of tea in his spare time. Hearing this, he almost spit out a sip of tea, and was stunned: "Cao...Sikong...want to marry me?"

"It's a marriage with Jiangdong!" Zhou Yu glanced at her, and saw that she showed a flattered expression, and she couldn't help turning livid even if she didn't want to show happiness or anger.

The emissary Jiang Qi reacted very quickly. When everyone was still looking at each other, he immediately smiled and bowed to Li Mu: "Sikong asked the Son of Heaven to be a matchmaker, and wanted to marry Cao's daughter to Marquis Wucheng, or hire Sun's wife for the second son. The daughter is the wife, and the two families will always be good friends of Qin and Jin, and they will fight against the traitor Yuan Shao with one heart."

The Sun family is not a wealthy family, and there are not many people in the clan. Among them, Sun Zhi is the only woman who has reached the marriageable age... Cao Pi marrying Sun Zhi?

Li Mu couldn't accept it for a while, and she was always a bit unfamiliar with the title of Wu Chenghou, so she was in a daze, so she ignored the latter sentence, and didn't realize that Xu Cao's daughter marrying Wu Chenghou had something to do with her. what relationship.

At this point, Jiang Qi paused, as if deliberately leaving some time for everyone to think, and then said: "Of course, Sikong admires Wu Chenghou as a brother like a father, filial piety is rare, the two families can go through the dowry ceremony first, and get married The etiquette can be discussed in the coming year."

Even the excuse of being filial piety for Sun Ce has been thought out for her, which shows that he came prepared.

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows suddenly, and slowly sneered: "Cao Sikong is short of food before the battle?"

Jiang Qi's complexion changed slightly, and then he chuckled, and said the same sentence: "Qi really doesn't know about the war, I hope the general will forgive me."

At this moment, Li Mu had also come to his senses.In troubled times, it is normal for princes to use marriage to maintain a long or short covenant, but if Cao Cao really wants to use marriage to restrain Jiangdong from sending troops when he is at war with Yuan Shao, he should bring it up in Xuzhou. Why is it that now that the siege of the White Horse has begun to fight, let's talk about marriage?

If she made up her mind to take advantage of the chaos to attack him, what difference does it make if she agrees or not?

Li Mu knew very well that Cao Cao was not the kind of person who would do useless work. What's more, even she knew that this kind of marriage was unreliable. How could a hero who can achieve a reputation through the ages believe in a covenant made by marriage alone?She made an agreement with him on the Huai River, according to the common interests of the two families, each will take what they need, and cooperate with each other to have common interests, this kind of promise is credible.

Why did Cao Cao bother to marry again?

Li Muyuan still couldn't figure it out, but Zhou Yu's "lack of food" suddenly reminded her.

She remembered that after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao seemed to be facing a crisis of food and grass, and there was even a way to kill the officials to calm the morale of the army, which was spread as an unofficial story.The phrase "Your wife, I will raise her" has been passed down through the ages.

Even though this story may not be true, but thinking about it along the way, and thinking back to when Cao Cao asked for [-] hu of grain and grass on the Huai River, she only thought it was a cheeky asking price. Now think about it carefully. After a while, Cao Jun was short of food and grass, maybe there would be clues at that time.

Then Cao Cao's proposed marriage proposal now, could it be that Jiangdong should prepare food and grass as Sun Zhi's dowry?

Even the dowry can be calculated, isn't it because there is a shortage of food before the battle?

Thinking of this, Li Mu raised his eyebrows and sighed that Cao Cao would be invincible just because of his thick skin.

"My sister grew up in the hands of my father and brothers since she was a child. I want her to marry. I wonder if Cao Sikong's dowry is ready?" Sighing is sighing. Regarding this kind of behavior of openly calculating the dowry, Li Mu slowly revealed his innocence. Prepared for the lion's wide-open smile, Jiang Qi's back felt cold for no reason.

The so-called "three letters and six ceremonies", from acceptance to asking names, until the man sends the dowry, and then asks for a date to set the marriage date, and the woman starts to arrange the dowry.

The wedding ceremony of this week is extremely complicated. In the troubled times, it is actually impossible for most people to follow the steps. Even the princes, nobles and wealthy families rarely perform the six rituals.For wartime marriages, it is more simplified. There is a marriage letter and a wedding ceremony, and the silk gift for the man to wear an ox cart is mostly a gift, which can pull the woman away.

But Zhou Yu insisted that the "three letters and six ceremonies" are indispensable, and he discussed with Tai Shici from time to time, and ran diligently, and Li Mu now has a clear understanding of this complicated Zhou rites and rituals.

Leaving aside Sun Zhi's marriage or not, Li Mu started counting from Na Cai's name with a smile, twelve pairs of live geese and twelve pairs of cast geese, regardless of gold or iron, would cost enough.The letter of engagement must be signed by Cao Cao himself, and the betrothal gift will be given after the book arrives in Jiangdong. With Sun Zhi's identity and the fact that she deliberately pointed out that she was "loved since childhood", Jiangdong will give her a lot of dowry.

But the dowry is not enough, this dowry...not even an empty box will be sent out.

After rambling on for a long time, Li Mu seemed to be really a brother who cared for his younger sister and was afraid that she would be wronged if she married off.

Every time she counted, the corners of Zhou Yu's lips rose a little.

In times of war, it is not easy to prepare the "three books and six rituals".He came from a prominent background, but the elders of the family lived far away in Luoyang. Just for the letter of appointment, he used the army's fast horse to rush to the north to ask his uncle and father to stand up, and then his brother sent him back. for several months.

He knew that Li Mu was impatient with these things, so he only discussed everything with Tai Shici, and if he couldn't find it, he respectfully invited Madam Wu to come forward.But I didn't expect... It turned out that Li Mu knew all about his thoughts.

Looking back at Li Mu, it happened that Li Mu was also looking at him, their eyes met, Zhou Yu smiled brightly, Li Mu raised his eyebrows, and laughed too.

"Three Letters and Six Ceremonies", of course, is to use this to fully establish her reputation of filtering the sea into salt-Jiangdong Zhou Lang married this one wife, which is equivalent to pinching the salt production of the six counties, and even most of the world. , Three books and six rituals, what's wrong?

But Li Mu knew that Zhou Yu really wanted to marry her with the most thoughtful etiquette.

One person has heart, one person appreciates love, the mountain has trees and trees have branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king, and the king knows it.

When Jiang Qi came here, he was indeed ordered to obtain food and grass from Jiangdong.Whether it is a dowry or a bride price, Cao Cao wants his sons to have sons, and his daughters to have daughters.However, Li Mu's attitude made his heart sink, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether she really loved her sister, or whether she saw through the fact that Cao Jun's marriage was fake and wanted food for real.

He didn't dare to let it go.Although Cao Cao broke the siege of Baima, Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun, was seriously injured. Although General Xu Huang beheaded Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang and defeated Wen Chou, he was blocked in the south of Baima Ferry when Cao Cao broke the rear. There are seven days.I don't know how long the suspicious soldiers deployed in Yanjin to disperse Yuan Shao's forces can last.

This military report flew from Guandu to Xudu like snowflakes, and a drought last year had left Xudu almost empty of food.Yuan Shao occupied the territory of the four prefectures. He had many soldiers and many generals, and his military strength was far superior to Cao Cao. In such a tense situation, if the army rations could not keep up, the army's morale would be shaken, and it would be a crushing defeat.

It's not that you can't bluntly borrow food from Jiangdong, but this will leak the news that Cao Jun is short of food.The current strategy is to use the marriage as an excuse to make Yuan Shao think that Cao Cao is only worried about Jiangdong's attack from behind and conceals the shortage of food and grass in the army.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Qi replied tentatively: "Second son Pi is still young at the moment, if we want to get married, we have to wait another two years..."

Moreover, Sun Zhi is less than fifteen years old... Therefore, if the current plan is to complete the marriage immediately, looking at Jiangdong, it seems that it is not impossible to marry Sun's daughter, and the only remaining single youth of the right age is Li Good luck.

Under Jiang Qi's narrow eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, Li Mu finally realized what this matter had to do with her——Cao Cao made it clear that he wanted to send a daughter over...Give it to her!

The dowry comes first, this is what she said by herself just now!This Jiang Qi simply wanted to trick her on purpose.

"Mr. Liangxiu has worked hard from afar, and it's getting late, so why don't we go to the post house to rest for the night, and we'll discuss it tomorrow." Seeing Li Mu's dumbfounded expression, Zhou Yu understood that this belated woman finally figured it out. Apart from laughing, his mood became better and better, and even talking to Jiang Qi had a hint of spring breeze blowing on his face, completely missing the cold and solemn meaning at the beginning.

It's just that he always has a smile on his face, he is elegant and handsome, and has an airy demeanor. Unless he is close to someone, outsiders can easily be fooled by his highly camouflaged appearance, and it is extremely difficult to see this smile and the sneer just now. difference between.

Jiang Qi didn't see it.

He only felt that Zhou Yu had seen through his purpose of coming here before, but only pointed to the end, leaving room for him, which is rare.He also knew that this matter could not be accomplished with a single word from him, and Jiangdong's ministers would naturally have to discuss the gains and losses before making a decision.So he nodded his thanks along the steps Zhou Yu gave, and gave another salute, secretly thinking in his heart that maybe he should send a copy of the "gift" he brought this time to Zhou Yu's mansion after dusk.