After dealing with Sun Quan, Sun Ce sat alone on the steps of the hall in a daze.
Ji Shu and Zhou Yu pushed open the door and entered. A ray of sunlight shone in and the room seemed to become brighter all of a sudden.
There were obviously no dark clouds in the sky, but everyone felt that the rain had passed and the sky was clear at this moment.
"I'm sorry." Sun Ce murmured.
This was not said to the two of them, but Sun Ce's farewell to Han Dang.
Ji Shu and Zhou Yu both had faint smiles on their faces. They gently sat down next to Sun Ce and let out a sigh of relief as they looked at the empty hall.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Gong Jin, Zi Yuan, do you think that as a ruler, you really can't trust anyone? Even your own brothers?"
Sun Ce's expression became calm, but a little depressed. He would never ask such a question in the past.
"No, you can believe it."
"For the rest, we can help you doubt it."
Zhou Yu answered Sun Ce without thinking. He only hoped that Sun Ce's end would be a patch of sunshine instead of desperate loneliness.
After looking at each other, Sun Ce couldn't help but smile.
"Brother, do you know? You are my dream."
Ji Shu said this, which made Sun Ce and Zhou Yu couldn't help but look over.
"In every era, countless heroes are born, and they make that era shine with brilliance."
"There are countless heroes in this world today, but none of them can be as dazzling as you, big brother."
"When Gan Ning killed Shen Shi, many people would choose to compromise, at least on the surface, they would severely punish Gan Ning to settle the dispute. But you never look at other people's faces, you only do what you think is right, and you only follow your own path. "
"When Zhuge Jin handed in the answer sheet, who else would dare to do it? You are the only one who has never known fear and firmly believes in your victory."
"I know you want to dominate the world, and you also want the people to have enough to eat, and you also want the people to have dreams like yourself. In this era, there is a king like you! How I cheer for you in my heart I’m afraid I don’t understand at all!”
"I also know that shouting ideals and justice cannot save this country. But what is the difference between a life without dreams and salted fish?"
"Ordinary people can't understand it at all! Not to mention that what we did is simply shocking! Many officials have advised you, and even Sun Quan fell out with you. But you have never lowered your dream by a word."
"You will just move forward and let those old rules succumb to your feet!"
"marvelous!"
"Brother, even if General Han dies, don't doubt yourself! Whether it's me, second brother, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci, Zhuge Jin... all of us are willing to use our own strength if necessary. I’ll give you my life in exchange for yours!”
"That's how great you are!"
"Brother, some people in Jianye no longer call you 'General Sun', but call you 'Sun Lang'. This is by no means a slight against you, but a love for you. Throughout the ages, only those ancient sages and sages, the people How dare you be so close to the king!"
"So, don't doubt yourself! Don't change yourself! You have always been outstanding. Let's go and build a country where you can dream good dreams."
Sun Ce's eyes were shining, but his face was a little red. He was actually a little shy!
"Hahaha!"
Zhou Yu laughed and joked.
"Okay! Well said! Ziyuan, when we first became sworn brothers, I thought you were down-to-earth, capable, and didn't talk much. But after we got to know each other better, I realized that you were actually so eloquent!"
"I never expected you to be such a Ziyuan! It seems you are honest on the outside but coquettish on the inside!"
Ji Shu gave Zhou Yu a big roll of his eyes, and the three brothers burst into laughter.
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Many days later, those families who rebelled in Jiangdong were killed and released. Some officials involved in the rebellion were also picked up and imprisoned.
The entire Jiangdong can be said to be a river of blood, shocking the world.
There has never been a place where so many aristocratic families rebelled at the same time and dared to point their swords at the local princes.
There has never been a place where the princes dared to slaughter most of the local aristocratic families like Sun Ce, but he spared no children of the aristocratic families except women and children.
Since then, Sun Ce has gained a few more titles outside of Jiangdong, such as "Butcher" and "Demon King", but he himself doesn't care.
The entire Jianye City was deserted, and I don’t know how many families were having funerals.
There are military officers, people in the city who were affected, and rebellious aristocratic families. Perhaps they can no longer be called "aristocratic families."
Many things were finally settled, and Sun Ce also took great pains to arrange Han Dang's funeral.
On this day, all officials from Jiangdong, both civil servants and generals, went to the Han Mansion to express their condolences to Han Dang. Three of them were particularly eye-catching, or in other words, three pairs.
Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Ji Shu were dressed in mourning clothes and tied up their hair with white cloth. They held the hands of Qiao Xin, Qiao Wei and Huang Yueying respectively and slowly walked into the mourning hall.
The three girls have no makeup, their long hair is tied up with white cloth, and a thin gauze covers their heads. They are dressed in white clothes like the first snow in winter, with long sleeves reaching their wrists, and white gloves on their small hands. There is no decoration on the skirt, but the layered design looks like rolling waves when the breeze blows, which is eye-catching.
Dressed in white, everyone was stunned. There is no doubt that this is Ji Shu's handwriting.
Sun Ce originally wanted to serve Han as a filial piety for three years, but Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Mrs. Wu disagreed. The reason was nothing more than the cliché "There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no heirs is the worst."
According to Mrs. Tai, what they mean is that the Lord should be simple and observe filial piety for three months.
Sun Ce felt that if this was the case, it would not be considered filial piety, but it was just a formality. He felt that since it was to observe filial piety, it would take at least one year.
The two sides argued endlessly, and Ji Shu proposed a way to get married in front of General Han's body and ask General Han to witness it.
With this statement, Sun Ce agreed. The wife originally thought this was a bit disrespectful, but she couldn't bear that Sun Ce had to observe mourning for another year, so she agreed to this method.
Originally, it was just Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who were getting married. Ji Shu wanted to fight back to Jiangxia and then marry Yueying. However, after experiencing this incident, Ji Shu felt that cherishing the people in front of him was more important than boring face.
When Ji Shu knelt down on one knee and gave a jade pendant to Yueying as a token of love, she blushed and was stunned.
There was no big sedan chair, no gorgeous clothes, no expensive jewelry, but thanks to the three women's thoughtfulness, they enjoyed it without any complaints.
At this moment, Sun Ce and Qiao Xin were walking in front, followed by Zhou Yu, Qiao Wei, Ji Shu, and Huang Yueying. Sun Ce knelt down and said to Han Dang's memorial tablet.
"Jiangdong's reform is to conform to the trend of public opinion and lay the foundation for hegemony."
"I didn't expect that the aristocratic family would conspire to rebel. Many Jiangdong soldiers would be killed or injured, and the people of Jianye would also be slightly affected."
"Uncle Han has watched Ce'er grow up. He has shown great kindness to Ce'er, and this time he even sacrificed his life for Ce'er."
"Sun Ce and Zhou Yuben were married to the second Qiao of the Qiao family. Unexpectedly, today's happy event turned into a funeral."
"Today Sun Ce is bold and wants to ask Uncle Han's spirit in heaven to officiate the marriage of my three brothers together!"
After saying this, Sun Ce kowtowed three times, and everyone and officials behind him followed suit.
It was already evening after the complicated ceremony, and all the officials dispersed.
Ji Shu only learned at the funeral that Han Dang had a twelve-year-old son, Han Zong. He asked Sun Ce to be Han Zong's teacher because he still felt he owed a lot to the old general Han and wanted to do something for him.
Sun Ce agreed and explained the reason to Han Dang's widow, and Han Zong also worshiped Ji Shu as his teacher on the spot.
After everything was settled, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Ji Shu knelt down in front of Han Danngling and worshiped.
"Today in front of Han Shuling, Sun Ce vowed to inherit the legacy of his fathers, put an end to war in the world, and restore a peaceful world to the people!"
Instead of solemnly swearing to heaven and earth, or making a declaration in front of all the officials, Sun Ce just silently made a promise to Han Dang.
When Ji Shu and Zhou Yu saw this, they also bowed down and said, "Please ask the general's spirit in heaven to bear witness for us."
It was already night by the time everyone left the Han Mansion.
"My benefactor! My benefactor! Oh? Sun Lang! Sun Lang!"
These calls seemed familiar. Everyone stopped slightly and turned around to see the soldiers stopping a man holding a sword.
When they stepped forward, they saw that it was Li He, a tenant farmer of the Chen family who they had met when they were investigating the situation of the people.
Li He smiled naively and handed the sword in his hand to Sun Ce.
"My benefactor, I heard that you are getting married today. I have nothing to give as a gift, so I made a sword and gave it to my benefactor as a souvenir. Please don't dislike it."
Sun Ce was stunned, took the sword and said, "Brother Li, you know how to blacksmith? You must know that this is a good craft. How can you end up working as a sharecropper if you know this craft?"
Li He said awkwardly: "This is something I learned from my old man in the past. Later, my old man died due to the Yellow Turbans, and this ancestral craft was discontinued. My own kung fu is not good, and the sword I forged is of poor quality and cannot be used." In other people's eyes, I have no choice but to live on renting land from the landlord."
"But when my benefactor is getting married, you can't give him some fruits and cakes, right? As soon as the villagers and I gathered together, we picked up the hammer again and finally made a decent sword to give to my benefactor. To commemorate. I asked the old man in the village to teach me how to carve the words on the sword. Just don’t dislike it, my benefactor."
Sun Ce pulled out the sword and took a look. Sure enough, there was nothing outstanding about it. It wasn't even a sharp weapon. It was just an ordinary piece of iron at best. Under the bright light, you can see these two lines of small words engraved on the sword: May you always win, and may you be well.
"Thank you" Sun Ce was very happy.
Seeing Sun Ce put away the sword, Li He seemed to have completed some important task. He laughed non-stop. After saying goodbye to everyone, he gradually disappeared into the night.
Sun Ce couldn't put it down holding this sword.
In fact, it was not just Sun Ce, everyone was a little happy.
There are only two lines of small words, imprinted on it are the blessings of the people of Jiangdong for Sun Ce.
Looking through the long night, everyone seemed to have seen the dawn.
Bathed in blood, Jiangdong will be reborn in the future.
