"Xiang'er, what do you want your mother to say about you? You girl dances with guns and sticks all day long and is in public. You encountered danger today. How are you? Are you injured?"
Wu Guotai originally wanted to give Sun Shangxiang a hard lesson, but when he heard that his daughter was at the scene of the assassin's assassination and helped Zhuge Liang subdue the assailant, all his anger disappeared, and all that was left was worry.
"Mom, Xiang'er is fine. She has official duties to protect me. Mother knows Xiang'er's skills. Except for the eldest and second brothers in Jiangdong, no one else is my opponent."
Wu Guotai stretched out his right index finger and tapped Sun Shangxiang's forehead and said: "You, you, yes, let's give in to you. Do you really think you are invincible? How dangerous this time is, Xiang'er, don't give in. Mother is no longer worried about you. If it were an ordinary family, you wouldn't even know how many children you would have."
Sun Shangxiang pouted and said with disdain: "I am the little overlord's sister and mother. If Xiang'er wants to be a heroine or a general, how can she be tripped up by her children's affair? Besides, unless there is another me in the world, A hero like my eldest brother, otherwise Xiang'er would rather stay by her mother's side without getting married."
"What nonsense are you talking about? As a woman, you should stay at home to take care of your husband and raise your children. Your mother asked you to learn how to take care of your future husband when you have nothing to do, but you are favored by your two brothers. Alas...you two I have a mellow temperament and will let you in on everything. If your eldest brother were still here, you wouldn’t be like this.”
"Mother~~ But tonight my daughter is not without success. Do you know? Zhuge Kongming, Liu Bei's military advisor, looks weak and weak, but he is actually very powerful with his actions. Neither Gongji nor I could win before. He was a killer, but he killed him in just a few strokes using an unknown method, which is really impressive."
"But Zhuge Jin's younger brother, the young man called Mr. Wolong?"
"Yes, yes, mother has heard of it too?"
"Of course I have heard that the Langya Zhuge family is a big family, but I didn't expect that Zhuge Kongming is so skilled. It seems that we need to pay more attention during this period. By the way, Xiang'er, your second brother mentioned it to me As a matter of fact, Zhuge Kongming was assassinated in his official residence. He will never allow this to happen twice, so he wants to take Kongming back to live with him in his mansion. You go with your mother to check it out and clean up a guest room."
"What? Second brother wants to take that Zhuge Kongming home to live? That lewd thief?"
"What? Xiang'er, what did you say?"
Sun Shangxiang covered his mouth in time, pretended to cough twice and said: "No...it's nothing, mother, it's getting late. You should rest quickly. Xiang'er is also a little sleepy~"
"You know you're sleepy now, and you don't even care what time it is. Forget it, I'll have someone else clean up the room. You can live with your mother tonight."
"Okay, okay~~Xiang'er will sleep on her mother's bed tonight~~"
Facing his 28-year-old precious daughter, Wu Guotai really couldn't get angry, so he could only give up.
The next day, when Zhao Yi got up, finished his warm-up exercises, and pushed open the door of his official residence, he discovered that there were actually soldiers standing outside. Gan Ning, who was wearing a bird feather on his head and a bell on his waist, was also waiting outside the door early in the morning, with people parked behind him. A carriage.
"You woke up Mr. Kong Ming. How did you sleep last night?"
Zhao Yi pulled up the corner of his mouth, showing a very perfunctory smile and said: "Okay, okay, I heard the bell ringing all night, General Gan, this hobby of yours is really unique."
Gan Ning was a little embarrassed by what he said. He raised his hand and stuffed the bell hanging on his waist into his belt.
"Brother Kong Ming, please get in the car. I will take you to see my lord now. He specially held a banquet and invited many famous people from Jiangdong to welcome you."
The curtain on the carriage window was opened, Lu Su revealed his head and waved to Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi lifted up his robe and got into the carriage, made eye contact with Lu Su, and said nothing.
The carriage was guarded by soldiers in the center all the way and drove into Sun Quan's mansion.
The carriage stopped, and Lu Su got off first. Zhao Yi was wearing Zhuge Liang's outfit, holding a feather fan, with a smile on his face that seemed to see through everything.
He walked slowly along the way, but in fact, he used his peripheral vision to habitually design an escape route for himself. Although he knew that this route was of no use at all, his years of special operations habits had penetrated into his bones, and even if he traveled for a short while, he would not be able to escape. It cannot be changed.
"Mr. Kong Ming, please come this way."
Under the guidance of Lu Su, Zhao Yi walked into the main hall and saw people kneeling everywhere.
Of course, these people were not kneeling down to him, but in this era, high tables and high chairs had not yet been invented. Everyone was kneeling on low couches, with a small low table in front of each person, with exquisite items placed on it. food and tea.
Zhao Yi took a look and saw that the seat at the top that should have belonged to Sun Quan was empty. What happened up to this point was no different from what he knew about the verbal battle among the Confucian scholars. He only had to follow the plot in his memory and the words Zhuge Liang told him. Go ahead and say that there shouldn't be any problems. After all, Sun Quan still prefers to form alliances, and his main opponent is this room of civil servants.
Zhao Yi, also known as Kong Ming at this moment, folded his hands and saluted everyone in the hall, and then with the help of Lu Su, he recognized the Soochow civil servants present.
Of course, the first person Lu Su wanted to introduce was also a heavyweight civil servant in Soochow. Sun Ce told his younger brother before his death, "If you don't decide on foreign affairs, ask Zhou Yu, and if you don't decide on internal affairs, ask Zhang Zhao."
It can also be said that the reason why Sun Quan was able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong was mostly due to Zhang Zhao. This old man was a good hand in internal affairs, but he was relatively conservative in thinking. Because of his conservatism, Sun Quan became emperor. Later, he became distant from him and did not participate in any political affairs in his later years.
Next is Yu Fan, who can be regarded as a veteran of Soochow. He followed Sun Ce when he was just starting out. He was originally a subordinate of Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, and later defected to Sun Ce. He was proficient in the mathematics of Yi and was also good at using spears. It can be said that he is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.
A young man who sat after Yu Fan was named Bu Zhi. The Bu family was also considered a wealthy family in Jiangdong. He was a very close person to Sun Quan. His sister Bu Lianshi also married Sun Quan and became a concubine. It was also this Wu She became the most favored concubine of the great emperor of the country, and the Bu family's status also rose accordingly.
After introducing these three people, Lu Su also introduced Xue Zong, Lu Ji, Gu Yong, Yan Yan and others in turn.
Of course, Zhao Yi knew in his heart that what Lu Su introduced to him was what he needed to convince today. As long as these people were captured, the civil servant group in Soochow, or the surrender faction in Soochow, would be defeated.
Zhao Yi also knew that although he was here to replace Zhuge Liang in a verbal battle with the Confucian scholars, in the final analysis, Liu Bei, whom he represented, was the weaker side. Having the upper hand verbally was not a skill. He had to convince the people of Soochow without leaving any doubts. Only by letting go of the gap can we pass this hurdle perfectly.
So when Lu Su introduced everyone present to him, there was nothing wrong with Zhao Yi's etiquette. As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face, but Zhao Yi is a person who loves to laugh.
"It's true that seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Jiangdong is indeed a place of outstanding people. General Sun is really lucky to have all of you helping him~"
After Zhao Yi recognized the faces of several people, he put a tall hat on everyone first, and set the tone for today's debate. He told everyone present that he was here to talk about cooperation and alliance, and that the Sun and Liu families were both here. No contradiction.
Zhang Zhao, who was sitting at the top of the civil service staff, nodded slightly. His arrogant look was exactly what Zhao Yi was thinking.
"It turns out that at his feet is Zhuge Kongming, who was called Crouching Dragon by Mr. Shui Jing. When I saw him today, he didn't have three heads and six arms. He is no doubt an ordinary person like you and me."
As soon as Zhang Zhao said this, the smile on Lu Su's face froze.
Zhao Yi didn't pay attention, knowing that Zhang Zhao had already entered the state and started to attack.
He was not angry but happy. He smiled and saluted Zhang Zhao again and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Zhang, for the compliment. I deserve it."
Zhang Zhao was obviously stunned by Zhao Yi's gratitude, "How did you hear that I was praising you?"
Zhao Yi chuckled and imitated Zhuge Liang's behavior. He did not answer immediately, but shook his feather fan incomprehensibly a few times, and then said: "Mr. Zhang just said that Liang is an ordinary person like you, no doubt. But how could Mr. Zhang be an ordinary person?
I remember that when the Sun family's little overlord raised an army, Duke Zhang would be the official of Chang Shi and the lieutenant general of the Fu army. He would ask Duke Zhang about all civil and military matters. And when the little overlord was dying, he even entrusted the current Lord of Wu to him. Zhang Gong, the saying "ask Zhou Yu if you are not sure about foreign affairs, ask Zhang Zhao if you are not sure about domestic affairs" has become famous all over the world. What kind of trust is this? "
