Chapter 93 Liu Wu marries Sun Shangxiang and invites uncles to the wedding banquet! !
Chapter 093: Liu Wu marries Sun Shangxiang and invites uncles to the wedding banquet! !
"Brother! Military Advisor..."
Deng Deng Deng!
Before Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang left the hall, Zhang Fei's dark tower-like figure hurriedly ran in.
The two were startled...
Why is Yide the only one here? Where is Fengchu?
Yes, Fengchu must have returned in a carriage and is waiting outside the mansion.
"Brother! Military Advisor! That Phoenix Cub..."
"Yide! What are you doing in the mansion?" Liu Bei's face changed: "How can you let Mr. Fengchu wait outside the mansion alone? You should serve Mr. Fengchu by his side. The military advisor and I will go out of the mansion to welcome him!"
Kong Ming also frowned: "Pang Shiyuan has already been wronged by the lord. Now that we have invited him back, we must not let him think that we are being disrespectful. Yide..."
"Oh! What do you mean Feng Chu Hou is outside the palace? What do you mean he was invited back?" Zhang Fei interrupted the two people's scolding with an impatient face, and his voice was as loud as thunder:
"I went to Leiyang County, and that Fengchu...left long ago!"
Fengchu is gone?!
Kong Ming's head buzzed and he froze in place...
"How is this possible!" Liu Bei grabbed Zhang Fei's arm and said, "Even if I let Feng Chu go to Leiyang County as a magistrate, he is still a county magistrate. How can he just leave like that?!"
Zhang Fei said in a muffled voice: "I have asked the county clerks, and they said that the county magistrate has been unhappy since he took office. He does not take care of his affairs every day, but just drinks to relieve his sorrow..."
"Fortunately, in the first two months, someone from the Public Security Bureau sent him a lot of money, wine and meat, so he was able to make ends meet..."
On the public security side, is there someone who sends Fengchu money, wine and meat every month?
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were both stunned. They looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.
Zhang Fei continued, "Unexpectedly, the public security seems to have cut off his money, wine and meat in the past two months. Fengchu has no wine to drink and no meat to eat. He feels bored and just leaves."
Feng Chu fled to Leiyang because the Public Security Bureau cut off his money, wine and food? !
Considering that Liu Xuande occupied the four counties in southern Jing, the money and grain collected by the counties were incalculable. What was the value of just supplying one person with silver, money, wine and meat?
If this can keep such a great talent for him, what does a little wine and meat mean?
Liu Xuande was even willing to build a pool of wine and a forest of meat for Fengchu!
But there are such short-sighted people in Gongan City who are unwilling to give up the wine and meat and force away such a talented person as Fengchu? !
"Who cut off Mr. Fengchu's money, wine and meat?"
"Who on earth would force such a great sage to flee Leiyang for such a small gain? This is really outrageous!"
Liu Huangshu is now very angry...
This is not just Fengchu's business!
If this gets out,
If people said that Liu Xuande was reluctant to give up a few meals of wine and meat, which caused such a great sage like Fengchu to leave in anger, wouldn't all the famous scholars and experts in the world laugh at him, Liu Bei?
Who among the scholars in the world would be willing to submit to such a stingy lord?
"My lord, please calm down..." Zhuge Liang, who was standing aside, breathed a sigh of relief at this moment: "If Pang Shiyuan fled to Leiyang just because of a few meals of wine and meat, it wouldn't be a big deal..."
If Pang Shiyuan really left Leiyang just because he had no money, food and wine, he felt that Leiyang was boring, then the matter would be easy to deal with.
Kong Ming's feather fan, which had been quiescent for a long time, began to wave briskly again:
"After all, the four counties of Jingnan are vast. If Pang Shiyuan left alone, I don't think he could go very far. It might still be in time to look for him now."
"Yes, Kong Ming is right!" Liu Bei seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw: "Pang Shiyuan can't go far alone, so it's not too late to find him now!"
"Somebody come!"
"My lord!" The captain who was on duty at the county magistrate's mansion that day arrived.
"Leiyang County Magistrate Pang Tong is missing. Send people to the garrisons around Leiyang County as quickly as possible to pass on my military order! Order the troops to search for Pang Tong's whereabouts. Go quickly!"
"Here!"
"Call Mi Zhu!" Liu Bei wanted to find out who had cut off Pang Tong's money, wine and food, and who had forced his great sage away!
The Mi family was originally a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou and was extremely wealthy.
At that time, Lu Bu launched a surprise attack on Liu Bei's Xia Pi and captured Liu Bei's family. For a time, Liu Bei was extremely weak.
At this critical moment, Mi Zhu not only married his sister to Liu Bei, but also donated 2,000 servants in his family and gold, silver and other goods to Liu Bei's army, so that Liu Bei, who was facing danger, could regain his confidence!
Later, Cao Cao wanted to recommend Mi Zhu as the governor of Ying County and his brother Mi Fang as the prime minister of Pengcheng, but Mi Zhu remained unshakable and was still determined to follow Liu Bei.
Liu Xuande was deeply moved by Mi Zhu's timely help.
Therefore, over the years, Liu Bei had always handed over the allocation of all the food, grass, and money under his command to Mi Zhu. In Liu Bei's opinion, it was no exaggeration to say that Mi Zhu was in a high position and had great power.
Liu Bei has always been extremely trusting of Mi Zhu...
After a while,
Mi Zhu hurried to Liu Bei and said, "Mi Zhu, I pay my respects to you, my lord."
Just as he was about to pay his respects, he heard the voice of Liu Huangshu: "Mi Zizhong, I trust you so much, is this how you repay me?"
Mi Zhu's heart trembled.
He knew that something might have gone wrong in his assignment.
"It is ultimately my fault for failing in my duty, but Mi Zhu is stupid and ignorant. Please give me some advice, my lord." Mi Zhu did not argue but directly pleaded guilty.
"Are you stupid?" At this moment, Liu Bei's anger almost exploded: "The transfer of money and food for the entire Public Security Bureau is under your personal control."
"Let me ask you, why did the monthly wine and meat that Gong'an sent to Pang Tong of Leiyang suddenly stop?!"
Wine and meat sent to Pang Tong?
Mi Zhu had a strange look on his face and was about to say something.
"Short-sighted!"
"Just because you couldn't bear to part with these mere wine and meat, you actually drove away the talented person who came to me..."
"Feng Chu, that's Feng Chu!"
"Even Mr. Kong Ming admires this famous scholar from Jingxiang, a genius in the world. If I can get his help, my great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty will surely be accomplished soon."
"The Mi family is also a big family in Xuzhou. How could you do such a ridiculous and absurd thing..."
"My Lord!" Seeing that Liu Bei's big hat was being put on him more and more, Mi Zhu finally couldn't help but interrupt Liu Bei: "Mi Zhu did know about sending wine and meat to Pang Tong in Leiyang."
"But the person who cut off Pang Tong's money, wine and meat was not Mi Zhu, but..."
"It's my lord..."
For a moment, the hall was silent.
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei were stunned and subconsciously looked at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was stunned. He was also caught off guard by Mi Zhu's words...
"What nonsense!"
Liu Bei quickly reacted: "I never knew that Gong'an sent Pang Tong wine and meat every month. How did I cut off Fengchu's money, wine and meat?"
"Mi Zizhong, you are talking nonsense. Now that the Leiyang incident has happened, are you still going to blame me?!"
Mi Zhu smiled bitterly: "Yes, yes... the eldest son."
Liu Wu?
Liu Bei was stunned.
It's Liu Wu again!!
These two words were like hot oil poured on the anger in Liu Bei's heart!
This little bastard stole my wife before she even got married!
Now, unexpectedly, he has forced his own phoenix chick away!
boom! ~
In an instant, Liu Xuande's fair face turned red as if it were burning with rage...
"Liu Wu, you evil creature!" Every word Liu Bei spoke seemed to be bitten out from his back teeth, and his voice seemed colder than the winter wind.
"Evil creature! Evil creature! Evil creature without a father or a king!"
"Sure enough, when he wanted to personally send Feng Chu to Leiyang, he had bad intentions!"
"All this nonsense about serving and being attentive, all this nonsense about being diligent, is just an act!"
"How can he still regard me as his father? How can he still regard the foundation of the Sanxing Han Dynasty? The fate of the Han Dynasty will be destroyed by this little beast..."
call! ~
The cold wind was howling, and the voice of Liu Xuande angrily cursing Liu Wu echoed in the lobby.
He pinned all the charges he could think of on Liu Wu...
"Huchi~"
Plop! ~
I don't know how long I cursed.
Cursing breathlessly,
I cursed till I had no more strength left.
Liu Xuande was scolded until he fell down behind the table and said, "Since it was Liu Wu who cut off Fengchu's money, wine and meat, why did you blame me just now?"
Mi Zhu hesitated for a moment.
He wanted to say something, but seemed a little hesitant.
"Ugh……"
Zhuge Liang sighed and sat down opposite Liu Xuande again: "Zi Zhong meant that he never gave Feng Chu any money, wine or meat."
"These things were sent by Liu Wu himself."
"Now that Liu Wu had a dispute with the lord and fled to Gong'an, the wine and meat were naturally cut off. So this is in addition to Fengchu's wine, meat and money..."
"It was decided because of Liu Wu, but it was also decided because of the Lord."
Listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to refute, but when he opened his mouth, he could only lower his head helplessly without saying a word.
Because he knew that what Mi Zhu said was right, and what Kong Ming said was also right.
If he had not insisted on making Liu Chan the crown prince, and if Liu Wu had not broken with him because of this, the Fengchu incident would not have come to this.
Zhang Yide, who had been patiently listening for a long time, finally couldn't help but shout: "If it weren't for my nephew running away to Gong'an, Fengchu wouldn't have left..."
Zhang Yide was outspoken and directly revealed the real reason why Fengchu ran away.
No one in the hall dared to say a word.
Liu Bei's face turned pale and uncertain. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit it!
Liu Wu had been silently helping me maintain many of my things! Now that Liu Wu was gone! Many things naturally couldn't be maintained!
Fengchu's departure from Leiyang was actually just one of countless events.
If that rebellious son were still alive...
Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, but then he became determined again. No! That rebellious son had such a wicked ambition that even if he didn't fight for the title of Crown Prince, he would betray him sooner or later!
"This kind of procrastination is really driving me crazy!"
Seeing that everyone had been struggling for a long time but still couldn't come up with a serious idea to find Fengchu, Zhang Fei was full of impatience: "Brother, why don't you just take us to Xiling together!" "I don't believe it. Liu Wu detained Zilong, but he can really detain all of us! As long as we bring my nephew back, Fengchu will come back with him, right?"
If we bring Liu Wu back, will Feng Chu come back with him?
Liu Xuande looked at his third brother in silence. That little beast tore up all his letters. How could it be so easy for him to come back?
If he comes back...
Liu Bei was suddenly stunned. Why did he feel something was wrong with what Yide said?
"Yide!" Zhuge Liang's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Liu Bei's thoughts.
Kong Ming looked at Zhang Fei solemnly and asked, "How do you know that Fengchu is in Xiling City?"
"Besides, Pang Shiyuan has been without wine and meat for two months. If he wanted to leave, he would have left long ago. Why did he wait until now?"
Yup!
Pang Tong had been without money, wine and meat for such a long time. Why didn't he leave earlier but waited until now?
Liu Bei woke up with a start. He looked at his third brother and said, "Third brother, what news did you hear during your trip to Leiyang? Don't hide it. Tell me now!"
Seeing that he had let the cat out of the bag, Zhang Fei had no choice but to tell the truth: "I heard from a minor official in Leiyang..."
"That day Pang Tong was drunk and asked this clerk to tell him something new to cheer him up. The clerk mentioned the story of Liu Zilie going to Xiling and capturing Cao Cao alive. Unexpectedly, when Pang Tong heard the three words [Liu Zilie], his drunkenness disappeared and his demeanor changed drastically..."
"Not long after, Fengchu left."
Zhang Fei told everything he knew.
Liu Bei sat there in a daze, not saying a word. The thing he least wanted to happen still happened...
Fengchu actually went to seek refuge with that rebellious son!
The warm winter sun shines into the lobby.
It shone on Zhuge Kongming's desk.
call! ~
The feather fan was raised suddenly, with endless resentment, as if it was going to slam it hard on the table!
But after all,
The feather fan stopped in mid-air.
The hand holding the feather fan drooped weakly, and the snow-white feathers on the top of the fan pointed dejectedly to the ground...
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In Xiling City,
In a large military tent somewhere, Lu Xun was very busy, carefully assigning tasks:
"The ceremonial procession should not be excessive, but considering the status of the lord and the princess, they should at least follow the standard of two thousand stones."
"Where's Pinyan?"
"Ridiculous, if the lord gets married without betrothal goose, won't people laugh at you if it gets out?"
"Buy all kinds of silk according to the five colors. Buy as much as you can get!"
"Gold, silver, bronze instruments, drums and music entourage..."
Lu Xun expertly gave orders for everything needed for the wedding of Liu Wu and Sun Shangxiang, both big and small. He was very familiar with this job.
When Emperor Liu Bei married Princess Jiangdong, he was a palace attendant, responsible for all matters related to the marriage between the Sun and Liu families.
Now Liu Wu is getting married to Princess Jiangdong, it’s just a new person, other things basically remain unchanged.
Pang Tong, who was standing next to him, stared at Lu Xun with eyes wide open. He saw this Lu family genius holding orders and giving instructions. All the officials came and went, taking orders and leaving.
Lu Xun handled all the matters concerning Liu Wu's wedding without any error, even faster than he handled his own official business.
"Boy from the Lu family, you're arranging a marriage for my good disciple, and you don't care about the military affairs of Xiling anymore?" Pang Tong couldn't help complaining to Lu Xun while holding a wine gourd and drinking.
Now, 30,000 new soldiers in Xiling are being trained. Except for the training, which is under the charge of Zhao Yun, the rest of the military affairs, such as the allocation of military equipment, food and fodder, are all handed over to Lu Xun and Pang Tong.
But at the moment, Lu Xun was concentrating on preparing for Liu Wu's marriage, so how could he care about these military affairs?
Lu Xun was so busy that he didn't even raise his head: "Right now, the master's marriage is the most important thing, Lu Xun can't be separated... All military affairs depend on Mr. Fengchu!"
One after another, carriages and horses rushed out of Xiling City, and then returned to the city, leaving heavy ruts.
Various carriages and horses loaded with pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks, noisily and neighing, passed through the city in an endless stream...
On the school field.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
A large number of new recruits were sweating profusely and stabbed out with their spears again and again.
Zhao Yun kept moving among the soldiers, correcting their inappropriate movements.
But there are still soldiers who are absent-minded...
Although the soldiers kept thrusting their spears, they were muttering something in a low voice:
"Have you heard? Our lord is going to marry the Princess of Jiangdong!"
"real or fake?"
"It's true! Mr. Lu Boyan has been sending people everywhere to buy all the necessary items for the wedding. Haven't you seen how many pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks have entered the city in the past two days?"
"Ha! Then we can have another greasy meal..."
Several soldiers were talking happily when they suddenly realized that the shouting and killing around them had stopped? Their comrades nearby looked at them with strange eyes...
what happened?
They looked around subconsciously.
Suddenly, all of their bodies froze, because right behind them, a figure in white armor was looking at them silently.
"Zhao, Zhao, General Zhao..."
The faces of several soldiers lost all color and their eyes were filled with fear.
In recent days, they have already witnessed how well General Zhao Zilong is at training his soldiers and how strict his military law is.
If you dare to cheat under his nose, even if you don't lose your life, you will be beaten half to death with a military stick.
Zhao Yun had been standing behind them for a long time, and he heard everything the soldiers said clearly.
But at this moment, Zhao Yun had no time to punish these careless soldiers.
Zhao Yun looked at them and asked: "Where did you hear the news just now?"
Contrary to the soldiers' expectations, General Zilong did not punish them harshly today. Instead, he asked them some "irrelevant" questions.
"Report to General Zhao..." A soldier bravely said, "The news of the wedding between our lord and Princess Jiangdong has spread all over Xiling City."
"I saw Mr. Lu Boyan buying all the items needed for his wedding with my own eyes."
The eldest son is really going to marry the Princess of Jiangdong? !
Once the eldest son really marries the Princess of Jiangdong, not to mention that the lord's family scandal will become known to the world, it will make the lord lose face.
The most important thing is, what should be done with the Sun-Liu alliance?
And what was that Wu Hou thinking? How could he just watch his own sister messing around and not do anything about it?
At this moment, Zhao Zilong, who had been in and out of Changbanpo seven times, felt like his head was about to explode!
The marriage of Princess Jiangdong is not just a matter for his Sun family, but concerns the entire six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong!
If the marriage between the eldest son and the Princess of Jiangdong was approved by Marquis Wu, then wouldn't it be...
Thinking of this, beads of sweat appeared on Zhao Zilong's forehead.
He turned around without hesitation.
He walked quickly towards the Xiling County Magistrate's mansion.
Whether for the sake of the relationship and face between his lord and the eldest son, or for the interests of the four counties in southern Jing, he will try his best to persuade the eldest son to change his mind!
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Xiling County Governor's Mansion,
Sun Shangxiang was grinding ink carefully, and the gentle scent of ink was echoing in the room.
Liu Wu held a rabbit hair brush in his hand and slowly moved the brush on small wooden boards dyed with vermilion, as if he was writing something.
While grinding, Sun Shangxiang secretly glanced at what Liu Wu was writing, with a blush on her face.
At this moment,
"My Lord! You can't..."
A figure rushed in hurriedly.
Zhao Yun was about to speak, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his face turned ugly...
Zhao Zilong saw it clearly.
The names of the guests that Liu Wu was going to invite came into Zhao Yun's sight...
Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong...
Looking at those familiar and eye-catching names, Zhao Yun felt his scalp tingling.
These small vermilion lacquered wooden boards in front of you are the invitations to guests for the wedding of Liu Wu and Princess Jiangdong!
If these invitations were sent out,
There is really no room for easing the tension between the eldest prince and the lord!
"The eldest son."
Zhao Yun said in a low voice: "If you change your mind now, everything between you and my lord will still be in time."
Liu Wu didn't respond to Zhao Yun's words at all.
It was not until this moment that he raised his head and looked at Zhao Zilong: "Uncle, you are here just in time..."
pat~
He put down the rabbit hair brush in his hand, pulled out a piece of invitation from the pile, and handed it to Zhao Yun with both hands: "I am getting married to the princess, uncle, please remember to come to the mansion to have a cup of wedding wine."
Wedding wine?!
Zhao Zilong lowered his eyes and looked over.
On the vermilion invitation, his name was clearly written...
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PS: Two chapters today, a total of 9,800 words. Good night, brothers. I was not in a good working state today. I couldn't sleep at night and was not energetic during the day. I bought sleeping pills to adjust myself. The plot will be accelerated later.
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