Sun Shangxiang couldn't leave after all.
Although the warships of Zhang Xi and his party were anchored on the shore, they only chose a shallow place to anchor and dock temporarily.
The warship was still six or seven meters away from the river bank. At this distance, unless Sun Shangxiang was so determined that he would rather jump into the river and swim than leave, he would be somewhat hesitant.
As for Zhang Xi, when Sun Shangxiang sheathed his sword, he breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw Sun Shangxiang leaving his cabin door, he finally reacted and hurriedly chased him out.
But we can't let this girl leave like this. What should we do if a girl runs out of the house in the middle of the night and encounters danger?
Zhang Xi quickly ran out of the cabin, and then saw Sun Shangxiang who was standing on the bow of the boat worried, hesitating whether to jump off and swim ashore.
Zhang Xi really couldn't care less at this time. He must not let this girl jump.
Although the weather is getting hotter in May, the temperature at night is not too high. If you jump out and swim ashore, you will definitely catch a cold.
Therefore, Zhang Xi almost shouted and rushed forward, trying to drag Sun Shangxiang back.
When Sun Shangxiang heard Zhang Xi's shout, he subconsciously turned around and saw a figure rushing towards him, and then subconsciously turned around to avoid it.
Well, unlucky Zhang Xi didn't drag Sun Shangxiang, but he didn't stop the car and fell off the boat.
Everyone in Sun Shangxiang was dumbfounded. What's going on? !
Fortunately, the warship Zhang Xi chose was an ordinary warship, not a large ship like the Mengchong Fighter, so the edge of the ship was only more than one meter high from the river surface.
In addition, the water in Lin'an River is not deep, and Zhang Xi is not a landlubber, so nothing happened.
The guards heard Zhang Xi's cry and arrived just in time. Sun Shangxiang didn't need to go into the water to rescue him personally. They dragged and dragged Zhang Xi to the boat in a matter of seconds.
Except for Zhang Xi taking a sip of river water when he fell, nothing really happened.
It's just that Zhang Xi fell into the river like this, which made Sun Shangxiang feel uncomfortable and left.
Although Zhang Xi was the one who felt sorry for himself first, it was not Sun Shangxiang's original intention to cause him to fall into the water.
Another thing is that she is being watched by several guards. This damn Zhang Yuanchang, the first thing he did after coming up was to tell the guards to watch her and not let her get away.
It wasn't until Zhang Xi cleaned up in the room again and changed his clothes that Xiaoba came to pick him up, and Sun Shangxiang returned to Zhang Xi's cabin.
This time, the two of them were no longer alone. Xiaoba was also there, because Xiaoba was worried about Zhang Xi and stayed to look after him.
Zhang Xi didn't care about Xiaoba. After all, Xiaoba already knew that Sun Shangxiang was a woman.
So, Zhang Xi invited Sun Shangxiang to sit down again, and then said with a wry smile, "Sorry to make you laugh, but you really can't leave, at least not now?!"
When Sun Shangxiang heard this, the trace of pity he had just now dissipated again.
He didn't say anything, just looked at Zhang Xi coldly.
Zhang Xi couldn't help it. Although he didn't think it was wrong, he still needed to explain it.
"I admit, I have indeed known your identity for a long time, but along the way, I have treated you politely, right?! Even if you are angry and want to break up with me, then at least wait until I send you to oil Let’s go to Ekou. You’re in such a hurry to leave, why bother?!”
It's okay not to mention sending it to Youjiangkou. As soon as it was mentioned, Sun Shangxiang became angry.
"Send me to Youjiangkou?! So you can claim credit and reward in front of your lord?!"
Zhang Xi didn't understand this. This girl had said this twice.
"What are you talking about?!" Zhang Xi asked strangely, "Indeed, protecting the safety of General Sun's sister and maintaining the alliance between the two families, in front of my lord, I have more or less meritorious service, but please reward me for this, my lord You can’t be so generous, right?!”
"Where are these?!" Sun Shangxiang sneered and said, "You escorted the future mistress to Youjiangkou to marry your lord. With such great credit, you, the county magistrate, might be promoted to the prefect! !!”
"You even know about this?!" Zhang Xi looked at Sun Shangxiang in surprise and asked.
As soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the room became weird, including Xiao Ba, who had been eating melon, and now looked at Sun Shangxiang differently.
This young lady is actually the future mistress of my lord? !
But in fact, there is a misunderstanding here.
Zhang Xi mistakenly thought that Sun Shangxiang already knew about the marriage between the two families.
Although Zhang Xi has not heard any news about this matter, if you want to get married these days, no matter how fast it is, you still need at least two or three months of preparation time. Maybe Sun Quan of Jiangdong has sent someone to contact Liu Bei by this time. , the intention of marriage was discussed, but the outside world didn't know it yet.
So Zhang Xi thought that Sun Shangxiang learned about the marriage from Sun Quan.
But what Zhang Xi said to Sun Shangxiang's ears was that Zhang Xi had already known about the marriage between the two families, and this time he sent himself to Youjiangkou to get married.
This time Sun Shangxiang became even more angry.
"Zhang Juncheng is really trying his best!" Sun Shangxiang continued to say sarcastically, "In Xia Zhi, you discovered my identity early and tried every means to please me, including giving money, buying Xiaohong, and even letting me live in the county government office. , and finally used the excuse to send me to Jiangling and take me to the mouth of Youjiang River. I am really blind, how could I treat a partisan like you as a friend!!!"
No, we have to be reasonable.
Look, Xiaoba is staring at you. Is it really okay for you to slander me like this? !
"You want to say that I please you, I admit it!" Zhang Xi said to Sun Shangxiang, "To be honest, if I hadn't noticed your identity, I really wouldn't have done that to you. But you want to say that I It's not okay to follow the trend, it's about reputation, you have to make it clear to me."
These days, if your reputation is bad, you can't live anywhere.
"If you didn't follow the trend, why did you send me to Youjiangkou?!" Sun Shangxiang asked loudly.
"You said you were going to Nanjun to visit your relatives, so I sent you to the mouth of Youjiang River. Across the river is Jiangling City. By the way, you are going to seek refuge with Zhou Yu, right?!" Zhang Xi said speechlessly.
"It has nothing to do with you who I vote for!" Sun Shangxiang objected to Zhang Xi for a moment, and then said, "But ask yourself, are you really so kind, are you going to send me to Jiangling?!"
"Why not?!" Zhang Xi said strangely, "I went to Youjiangkou because the Lord invited me to take you along. Could it be that you thought... Uh, wait, you seemed to be talking about something before. ?! Send you to Youjiangkou to get married?!"
Sun Shangxiang sneered and looked at Zhang Xi without saying a word.
Zhang Xi became vague. Could it be that this matter has actually reached the final step? !
That's not right. I didn't hear anything about it before.
There is one more mistress, and it is a major matter like marriage. Even if Liu Bei does not discuss it with him, it is impossible for Zhang Xi not to receive any news.
Another thing, when the lord sent a letter to invite him, he just asked him to go to Youjiangkou to discuss matters, and did not mention Sun Shangxiang at all. Bringing Sun Shangxiang with me was completely impromptu and I didn't tell anyone.
This shouldn't be the case.
"Hey" Zhang Xi hesitated again and again, and asked, "Let me ask you. Who did you listen to when I sent you to Youjiangkou to get married?!"
Sun Shangxiang still looked at Zhang Xi coldly and said nothing.
Zhang Xi had no choice but to speak again, "I can swear to God, I have never received any order to send you to Youjiangkou to get married. Even taking you to Youjiangkou is my private decision. My lord does not knew!"
Um? !
This was true, and Sun Shangxiang somewhat believed it.
People these days take their oaths very seriously and will not say them casually.
Since Zhang Xi swore, Sun Shangxiang naturally believed that Zhang Xi was telling the truth.
But if what Zhang Xi told the truth, then...
"So you really sent me to Jiangling?!" Sun Shangxiang asked in surprise, "Didn't you really get the order to send me to your lord Liu Bei?!"
"No, let's not be so ugly. Why don't you give something up? Am I the kind of person who gets lucky?!" Zhang Xi said dissatisfied, "One more thing, the marriage between two families, such a big thing, how could it be done so secretly? I’ll just send you there and that’ll be it, don’t publicize it in a big way, otherwise what’s the effect of the marriage?!”
Zhang Xi's thinking circuit is naturally different from Sun Shangxiang's.
Sun Shangxiang only cares about whether his second brother wants to marry him to a fifty-year-old man, while Zhang Xi considers a political marriage and would never be such a childish person.
How can one secretly send someone to Youjiangkou and get married? Are the etiquette of this era and the face of the princes all gone? !
Is this considered a marriage or a concubine?
There are a lot of things going on here, and it’s not that simple.
Zhang Xi briefly explained to Sun Shangxiang the influence of marriage, as well as the rules and etiquette that marriage should have. Only then did Sun Shangxiang understand that even if there was to be a marriage, Zhang Xi could not just send her to Youjiangkou.
If they want to get married, Sun Shangxiang must stay in Chaisang obediently, waiting for Liu Bei to send someone to arrange a matchmaker to propose a marriage, go through a whole set of procedures, and then Liu Bei will beat the gongs and drums to marry the person back.
Send someone to secretly send Sun Shangxiang to the mouth of Youjiang River. That is not a marriage, that is concubinage.
She, Sun Shangxiang, is the sister of the Lord of Jiangdong after all. No matter how much the second brother doesn't love her, he will never abuse his sister like this.
Now that he understood that Zhang Xi was not selling out his friend to ask for rewards, Sun Shangxiang felt a little embarrassed.
I feel a little red in the face, and I feel sad all the time.
After all, you have wronged your friend, and you have harmed the friend who fell into the water.
Zhang Xi didn't care about this. The question he was more concerned about was - "By the way, since you knew that the two families were getting married and couldn't stay in Wu County properly, why did you come to Jiangxia?!"
Could it be that he couldn't wait any longer and wanted to marry her as soon as possible? !
So you just acted like I betrayed you, what kind of trouble are you trying to make? !
When Sun Shangxiang heard this, he became even more nervous.
Xiao Ba couldn't stand it anymore, so he secretly poked his master in the waist, then leaned into Zhang Xi's ear and whispered a few words.
Then Zhang Xi's eyes widened and he exclaimed.
"You actually ran away from marriage?!"
By the way, let me ask you weakly, do so many people dislike Sun Shangxiang? Is it because I was too poisonous before and it caused adverse effects? !
(End of chapter)
