Chapter 90 Liu Wu marries Sun Shangxiang! Jiangdong wants a gift, Hefei!!!

Chapter 090: Liu Wu marries Sun Shangxiang! Jiangdong wants a gift from Hefei!!!

Pang Shiyuan asked the biggest question in his mind: "Why did your father Liu Xuande stand by and watch you do such a big thing?"

"He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, why didn't he send a single soldier to support Xiling? And why did you use the name of Liu Zilie to establish a separatist regime in Jiangbei instead of using your real name?"

When Pang Tong asked this question, the atmosphere around him became a little weird.

Wei Yan and Sun Shangxiang had different expressions.

Lu Xun couldn't help but was about to speak, but was interrupted by Liu Wu shaking his head: "It's a long story, hard to tell in one sentence."

"Zi Lie is my courtesy name now. You can call me by that in the future... This is not the place to talk. Please wait for the bus with me to return to Xiling."

After saying that, Liu Wu turned aside and asked Pang Tong to get on his carriage.

"Even if you don't say it, I can guess it. It must be that Liu Xuande was jealous of your talent and suppressed you, forcing you to leave Gong'an City!" Pang Tong sat in the car with Liu Wu, still talking nonstop.

"Liu Xuande couldn't even tolerate a young phoenix like me, let alone you, Liu Zilie."

Rumble, rumble~
The convoy of carriages and horses slowly set off towards Xiling City.

In the carriage, when Liu Bei was mentioned, Pang Tong's face was still full of contempt. It was bad enough that he suppressed Fengchu, but he even suppressed his own eldest son. This Liu Bei was really narrow-minded and petty.

"My good disciple, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I wonder what gift you have prepared for me?" Suddenly, Pang Tong asked Liu Wu with great interest.

Liu Wu laughed in silence: "I defeated Prime Minister Cao before and got a lot of gold, pearls, jade, shells, and rare treasures. I have prepared them for you."

"These vulgar things are nothing..." Pang Tong shook his head repeatedly; "I hate hypocritical villains the most in my life!"

"Liu Xuande suppressed my Fengchu and didn't tolerate you, his eldest son. He was able to do such a despicable thing. I'm afraid that under his loyal and righteous appearance, he is also a hypocrite."

"If you know about his past despicable deeds, why not tell me about them as a gift?"

Just as Pang Tong said, he deeply hated hypocritical villains. Liu Bei suppressed himself and his apprentice, which was almost a world of difference from the character of respecting the virtuous and loving talents that Liu Bei usually advocated.

In the mind of Mr. Fengchu, Liu Bei was already a hypocritical villain who could not be more hypocritical, and the feud between him and Uncle Liu was completely sealed.

Liu Wu was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "He did do something recently."

Pang Tong perked up: "Tell me about it?"

Liu Wu's eyes were solemn, and his voice was calm: "At that time, I had not yet come to Jiangbei. That night I returned home from Jiangxia on business, and Liu Xuande..."

As Liu Wu narrated, the scene of the banquet on a snowy night seemed to reappear in front of him: "Liu Xuande toasted me three bottles of wine during the banquet and told me one thing... He wanted to establish a crown prince."

Liu Xuande wants to establish a crown prince?
Pang Tong smiled and said, "You are Liu Xuande's eldest son, and you are also very talented. Liu Xuande will definitely make you his heir."

Although Pang Shiyuan did not know about Liu Wu's previous achievements, just looking at the fact that Liu Wu was now entrenched in Jiangbei and had established such a foundation, he knew that Liu Wu must be a great talent.

Liu Xuande has such a wonderful son. Even if he suppresses him on a daily basis, he will not make mistakes on such an important matter as the inheritance of the foundation.

"No." Liu Wu shook his head gently, his voice as cold as the wind: "Liu Xuande wants to make his seven-year-old youngest son Adou the crown prince..."

"He asked me to pledge my loyalty to that Ah Dou!"

There was silence in the carriage and the smile on Pang Shiyuan's face froze.

In this chaotic world, Liu Xuande wants to make a seven-year-old boy his crown prince? !

Liu Da'er is crazy!!
Pang Tong had a dazed look on his face. At that time, the world was in the midst of constant war and all the princes chose their eldest son as their heir.

Anyone who deposed the eldest son and enthroned the youngest son, such as Liu Jingsheng and Yuan Benchu, is a lesson for us!
Moreover, many princes could not even dream of having a successor as talented as Liu Wu, but Liu Da'er actually...

What on earth is going on in this big-eared thief's mind? !

"Unbelievable, really unbelievable!" Even Mr. Fengchu, who had always despised Liu Bei, was shocked by Uncle Liu's magical operation.

"Liu Xuande was able to get to know Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two powerful generals, from among the common people. He must have had a keen eye. How could he do such a foolish thing?"

Although Pang Tong despised Liu Bei, he had to admit that Liu Bei, before he became famous, had won over Guan and Zhang, who were also at the grassroots level. This vision was definitely far superior to that of mediocre people.

But if he had such a vision, why did he not make Liu Wu, a promising son, the heir apparent, the heir, but instead made a seven-year-old boy named A Dou the crown prince?

Isn't that ridiculous?!
"Ha ha……"

"Although Liu Bei recruited capable generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it is my lord who has a keen eye!" Pang Tong was in a daze, but was awakened by a sneer from outside the carriage.

The person who spoke was Lu Xun, who was riding a horse following the carriage.

Pang Tong was stunned: "What does this mean?"

Lu Xun's face was full of sarcasm towards Liu Bei: "Mr. Fengchu, you don't know that when Liu Bei was weaving mats and selling shoes, my master was young and followed him."

"The lord saw the two men at the market and saw that they had heroic spirit, so he advised Liu Bei to recruit them. However, Liu Bei was proud of being a descendant of the Han Dynasty. Although he was a shoemaker, he looked down on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were butchers and date sellers!"

"It was my master who repeatedly urged Liu Bei to agree to befriend these two people, which led to the Peach Garden Oath, and Liu Xuande had generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Hu Xiong!"

Liu Xuande was unwilling to make friends with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at first, and it was only after Liu Wu's persuasion that Liu Bei got this pair of tiger and bear generals? !
Pang Tong sat in the car, dumbfounded.

He subconsciously looked at Liu Wu beside him, but Liu Wu said nothing.

Could it be, could it be really like this? !
Gudong~gudong~
Pang Tong's heart was in turmoil. He picked up the wine gourd and drank it in one gulp to ease the shock in his heart.

“Huff!~”

He raised his sleeves and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, the shock in his eyes still not gone...

Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, passed five passes, killed six generals, and rode alone for thousands of miles. What a hero he is!
Zhang Fei stood on his horse, spear in hand, at Dangyang Bridge, and shouted at and drove back Cao Cao's millions of soldiers, like a god!

At the Hulao Pass, it was said that the three heroes were fighting against Lu Bu, but in fact it was Guan Zhang who was fighting against Lu Wenhou, and Liu Xuande just followed to pick up the slack... Guan and Zhang were both such powerful generals, how could Liu Bei have the courage to look down on them? !
Is it just based on his title of being a descendant of the Han Dynasty, which is not sure whether it is true or not? ! !
"This, this is truly shocking! But..." Pang Tong muttered to himself. Even though he drank a lot of wine, he still felt dry in the mouth at this moment: "But Liu Xuande is so blind that he actually invited Kong Ming to leave the mountain?"

"Has Kong Ming also been fooled by Liu Da'er?"

Lu Xun on the side sneered: "Mr. Fengchu is wrong again. Zhuge Liang's coming out of seclusion was not Liu Xuande's achievement! It was all because of my master's sincerity that he was willing to help Liu Bei."

Lu Xun's voice reached Pang Tong's ears clearly.

Pang Tong froze.

Kong Ming came out of seclusion because of Liu Wu's sincerity? ! !
its not right!
This is completely different from what I heard!
Mr. Fengchu's eyes were filled with dullness. He subconsciously looked at Lu Xun: "Wasn't Kong Ming invited out of seclusion by Liu Xuande after three visits to his thatched cottage? This has to do with your master..."

Looking at his lord coming to greet him in person, the famous Mr. Fengchu was shocked by the news he had revealed.

Lu Xun felt extremely relieved. "Sir, you may not know that Liu Xuande visited Mr. Wolong twice, but Mr. Wolong avoided him. It was my master who knelt in the Wolonggang thatched cottage for three days and three nights!"

"This is what moved Mr. Wolong..."

call! ~
The cold winter wind blew through the carriage, and Pang Tong, who was in a daze, suddenly shivered and woke up.

Although Pang Tong felt that Liu Bei was jealous of talented people and suppressed talented people, he also believed that Liu Xuande at least truly respected Kong Ming, apart from anything else...

Although Kong Ming appears to be gentle to others, he is actually just as arrogant as himself.

If Liu Xuande had not visited him three times at his cottage with all his sincerity, how could Kong Ming, with his high and proud character, have come out of seclusion to assist a displaced and impoverished descendant of the Han Dynasty who was nearly fifty years old and had no place to stand?
But who would have thought...

Pang Tong was completely numb, his eyes were filled with confusion: "I only knew that Liu Xuande was despicable, but I didn't expect him to be like this... How unfair is God, such a hypocritical lord actually has the destiny?"

"By the Tan River, if it weren't for Lu the Savior, Liu Xuande would have jumped onto the high cliff..."

"It was not some Dilu horse that saved Liu Xuande from Tanxi!" Lu Xun, who was outside the carriage, interrupted Pang Tong's words again impatiently.

"That day, Cai Mao chased Liu Xuande to Tanxi River. Liu Xuande had nowhere to escape. It was my master who dressed in white and risked his life to carry Liu Xuande across Tanxi River, allowing him to escape!"

"How despicable that Liu Xuande was. Not only did he conceal the merits of my master afterwards, he also pretended to be Lu Shenyi, the hero who saved the lord! Bah, he is really shameless..."

Rumble, rumble~
The convoy of carriages and horses headed towards Xiling at a leisurely pace.

On the carriage, the once arrogant Pang Tong now just held up the wine gourd and drank it sip by sip with a confused look on his face.

The impact of the secrets revealed by Lu Xun on Fengchu is almost beyond description...

He originally thought that Liu Bei was just a polite, benevolent and honest person, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei was completely fake from the inside out!!!
……

It's almost dusk.

As the sun sets in the west, the river water forms a golden belt, dividing the nine provinces of China.

A speedboat came from the direction of Jianye and docked at Xiling Wharf on the north bank.

"Written by the Marquis of Jiangdong Wu himself! Written by the Grand Commander!"

"This is written personally by Marquis Wu of Jiangdong. Please pass it to your master Liu Zilie as soon as possible!" The bamboo slips wrapped in a cloth bag were handed to General Qu who was guarding the dock.

This matter was of great importance and could not afford to make any mistakes. General Qu kicked the cloth bag into his arms, jumped on his horse, and rushed towards the nearby Xiling City.

In just a moment, the messenger Qu Jiang had entered the city.

He rode his horse in Xiling City and stopped at the county magistrate's mansion. Then he hurried into the mansion, and after three inspections and two body searches, he finally came to Liu Zilie.

"My Lord, the letter from Jiangdong is said to be written by the Marquis of Wu himself and by the governor."

Liu Wu took the bag and opened it.

There are bamboo slips inside.

After checking the ink and spreading out the bamboo slips to confirm that it was written by Zhou Gongjin, the Grand Commander of Jiangdong, Liu Wu said, "It was indeed written by the Marquis of Wu himself, and Gongjin was the penman."

"The messenger treated me well."

"Yes." General Qu retreated.

Liu Wu immediately stood up and stretched.

It was not until the last few days that he truly felt that his body was beginning to show signs of recovery...

Liu Wu had a rough idea of ​​the condition of his body and knew that he would be able to function like a normal person in two or three months. However, only God knew whether he could truly rebuild the physical body of a celestial being.

The bamboo slips were picked up and Liu Wu began to read:
[Personal letter from Liu Zilie of Xiling]

【Gongjin and others have returned to Jiangdong. I already know everything that happened.】

[Bo Yan, since Xingba and you are of the same mind, I should not stop you.]

[But the Princess of Jiangdong is my own sister, so I cannot ignore her. My sister was originally going to be promised to the Emperor's uncle Liu Bei, but she was kidnapped by you. If you really want to marry my sister and form an alliance with Jiangdong, please use Hefei as the betrothal gift.]

[If you are willing to give Hefei as a gift, I am also willing to give the four counties of southern Jing as a gift to help you replace Liu Bei...]

In a nutshell, if you want to marry Sun Shangxiang, you have to pay a betrothal gift.

On the Jiangdong side, Sun Zhongmou finally bowed his head, and Zhou Gongjin was still the one writing the document. It was obvious that this one pound represented the final will reached by the entire Jiangdong top leadership.

Hefei is the betrothal gift!!!

This mother's family is really brave enough to ask...

(End of this chapter)