July.
The sun was scorching, even on the deck on the river, it still felt like being in a steamer. The heat was unbearable, and the wind blowing across the river carried rolling heat waves, leaving no place to hide.
Jia Mu, courtesy name Jingzhang, was the eldest son of Jia Xu, Prime Minister of Dajing Shangcheng Pavilion.
He first served as Minister of Rites, and was ranked in the third rank. This time, I came to Soochow specifically on the order of Qin Mi to welcome Queen Sun Shangxiang back to China to get married.
This is a good job.
Minimal effort, maximum credit.
He was able to get this good job because of his father. Li Ru specially asked Jia Mu to take fifty Jinggan troops to Soochow to welcome his bride.
"What a bad weather! It's so suffocating!" Jia Mu's younger brother Jia Wang fanned himself vigorously with a fan. He was lying on a chair with his robe open and juice in his hand, but he still shouted that it was hot. He saw his brother again. Jia Mu was neatly dressed, looking around with vigilant eyes, and said: "Brother! There are Soochow guards and Jinggan troops guarding you. What are you afraid of? Come here to enjoy the cool air!"
Jia Mu followed his father's character and said without a smile: "We are about to enter the Jingchu realm. We must be careful. If this job goes wrong, even my father will be implicated."
Jia Fan smiled disdainfully, "Liu Chu dares to take action against Dajing? He doesn't even consider how capable he is. Don't worry, brother, I guarantee they won't dare to take action."
Jia Mu shook his head: "Aweng often teaches us: the light is the root of the heavy, the small is the source of the big, so the embankment breaks..."
Jia Wang looked impatient, shook his head and answered: "Therefore, the embankment bursts through the ant holes, and the breath leaks out. Therefore, the wise are cautious, and the wise know the difference. I said, brother, we finally came out, can we do it for ourselves?" Song Kuai, don’t try Awen’s tricks again?”
Jia Mu stubbornly remained silent and stared at the river ahead.
Suddenly, a cloud of dust rose up from the right bank of the river ahead. From a distance, it looked like a lot of cavalry were rushing over. The distance was too far to see the situation clearly. Jia Mu's nerves suddenly became tense, and he felt a feeling in his heart. With a bad premonition, he hurriedly shouted: "General Chen!"
Chen Wu had also seen it a long time ago and ran over in a hurry.
Jia Mu pointed to the place where the dust was rising and asked: "This is the State of Chu. Why is it stationed here?"
Chen Wu said: "Zhang Fei."
Jia Mu's face suddenly turned gloomy. Who in the world doesn't know that Zhang Fei is a reckless person? After several rounds of fighting between Jing and Chu, Chu State suffered a loss and lost its troops and horses. Today, Dajing is passing by Chu State to welcome his bride. How could Zhang Fei be willing to let this good opportunity pass?
"Get ready for battle quickly!"
Although you don’t know what the other side is going to do, you must be prepared to deal with it in advance. This trip to Soochow was a large ship. On the second and third floors, there were twenty armor-piercing crossbows with flower blades on each floor. After receiving the order, the crossbowmen immediately loaded up the crossbows and made preparations.
Jingqian's army came out of the deck one after another, holding weapons and preparing for battle.
The Soochow soldiers also hurriedly took countermeasures and stared at the cavalry on the river bank with vigilance. After all, it was Liu Chu's territory, and the person on the boat was one of the ten queens of Dajing. If anything went wrong, none of them could afford it.
Not long after, the horses on the opposite side approached the other side.
Jia Mu looked around and saw a black war horse with a tall head on the other side. A tiger general stood majestically with weapons. He was more than eight feet tall. He had a leopard head with eyes and tiger beards. He was as powerful as a galloping horse. Who was it if it wasn't Zhang Fei? ?
Feeling the intimidating power of the tiger general on the opposite side, everyone couldn't help but sweat.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Fei, who was on the opposite side, came in a grasshopper boat alone. His awe-inspiring aura shocked the people on the boat.
Jia Mu stared at Zhang Fei who was getting closer.
Chen Wu asked: "Sir, do you want to shoot this man?"
"This man is the sworn brother of the Emperor of Chu. If we kill him, how can we go back alive?" Jia Mu thought calmly and said, "Everyone, please don't draw your bow without my order. Let's see what he wants to do first."
The grasshopper boat approached, and Zhang Fei walked up calmly.
Jia Mu greeted him at the entrance of the boat and said with a smile: "I have heard that General Zhang is an enemy of ten thousand people. When I see him today, he really lives up to his reputation..."
Zhang Fei said with a straight face: "What's on board?"
Jia Mu said: "It's me, Queen Dajing, who went to Soochow to welcome her back to China to get married. Didn't the general hear that our emperor offered the city as a betrothal? I have a document from the Emperor of Chu." He took it out.
Zhang Fei didn't look at it, but just nodded: "Of course I know, but how can I be sure that the person sitting inside is Queen Sun and not someone else? Quickly pull the ship to the shore for inspection before it can pass."
Chen Wu frowned and said coldly: "I, Queen Dajing, is there anything you can check?"
Zhang Fei sneered: "You dare to show off in front of me? Unless I make things difficult, if you want to pass through my defense zone, you must check before walking together, otherwise there is no way you can pass."
Seeing Zhang Fei like this, Jia Mu's face turned cold: "General Zhang, I have always heard that you and our emperor have a close friendship. Don't you know that you should not bully your friend's wife? What the general is doing now is not afraid of staining the general's chivalry and losing his friend." Are you ridiculed by the righteous people in the world for your love?"
Zhang Fei's eyes widened: "It's your duty to get to the shore quickly for inspection."
Jia Mu: "I have a document from the Emperor of Chu here. Doesn't General Zhang even obey the imperial edict of the Emperor of Chu?"
Zhang Fei did not look at the document: "Did I see it immediately? If you don't check the shore, you can't even think of passing through. The river in front has been blocked by our army. If you don't check, then stay here."
Jia Mu remained calm and stared at Zhang Fei: "General Zhang, does he know the consequences of what he did today? The person sitting above is the sister of Emperor Wu and the wife of our emperor. If he is detained here, if something goes wrong, the Chu State will soon face a war between the two countries. With millions of soldiers, I hope the general will think twice."
"snort!"
Zhang Fei snorted coldly, "What are the rats from Jiangdong to be afraid of! Although you, Jingguo, are strong, how can I, the great Chu, be afraid of you? If we want to fight, we will fight. I want to have a good fight with Emperor Jing."
Jamu stood there angry.
Jia Fang didn't expect Zhang Fei to be so unreasonable, but now in the Chu Kingdom, there was nothing he could do.
In fact, Zhang Fei didn't dare to do anything to them. Although he was a little reckless, he was not a fool. He was just convinced that Jia Mu and the others did not dare to let Empress Sun be humiliated by inspection. They did not dare to go to the shore at all, so they dared to come arrogantly. Make things difficult for them.
Just as Zhang Fei expected, Jia Mu really didn't dare to dock.
Jia Mu knew in his heart that even if he reached the shore, Zhang Fei would not dare to actually enter Sun Shangxiang's room to check, but people's words are terrible, and if bad rumors spread, the impact would be too great.
Just when he was in a dilemma, Sun Shangxiang's voice came from inside the building, "Shilang Jia, since General Zhang wants to investigate, why bother to stop him? Lianxiang, open all the windows and doors!"
Then there was the sound of doors opening and windows opening.
The doors and windows of the cabin where Sun Shangxiang was located were all opened. Although the bead curtains were hung, some of the furnishings inside could still be seen.
Sun Shangxiang said: "If General Zhang wants to investigate, please come in."
Jia Mu, Jia Wan, and Chen Wu looked at each other in surprise and a little respect.
Zhang Fei also never expected that Sun Ce's sister would be so strong and powerful, but she actually made it difficult for him. The inspection was just an excuse. Regardless of the current situation or his friendship with Zhang Xiu, he did not dare to take a step through the open doorway.
"Ah~hahaha!"
Such was the love, Zhang Fei immediately started to fight, "I have always heard that Emperor Wu's sister is known as a martyr, and she is truly worthy of her reputation. Since she has the document from me, Emperor Chu, I can let her go!"
With that said, he turned around and left.
Jia Mu and others also breathed a sigh of relief.
