After Zhuge Jin sat down and saluted with a smile, Guan Yu nodded slightly while stroking his long beard, still not changing his previous aloof style.
"The military advisor is far away in Chengdu, why did Ziyu come here?" Guan Yufeng's eyes were bluffing.
Zhuge Jin put his hands on his legs and said with a smile: "I am here today for two reasons. One is that Governor Zijing died of illness in Jiangxia a few days ago..."
"Zijing died of illness? When did it happen?"
Guan Yu was quite surprised after hearing this. Lu Su was the only person he liked in Jiangdong, and his sudden death shocked him a little.
Because Sun Quan raided Jiangxia a few years ago, the Sun and Liu families had an irreparable rift, so there was not much contact between the two parties, and the news of his death came a little late.
Last year, Lu Su sent envoys to express goodwill to Guan Yu, allowing the two families to resume trade and promote people-to-people exchanges. Unexpectedly, the yin and yang were separated so quickly.
Before Lu Su died, he was worried that Cao Ren or Guan Yu would attack Jiangxia. He ordered the defenders of Lukou and Jiangxia to patrol Lukou and Jiangxia without announcing the funeral as before. Moreover, they secretly transported the corpse out of Jiangxia and back to Jianye at night, so Guan Yu had no idea about Lu Su's death.
"It's been two months..."
Zhuge Jin pretended to be careless, but in fact Lu Su had died four or five months ago.
When Guan Yu heard this, he suddenly frowned, thinking that people in Jiangdong were very secretive in doing things, and no news of such a big matter had ever been heard.
"Lu Zijing is magnanimous and forthright, but it is a pity that God is jealous of talents. I wonder who you would choose to replace him?" Guan Yu asked with a sigh.
"General Huwei Lu Ziming."
After Zhuge Jin finished speaking, he watched Guan Yu's expression closely and saw a look of disdain on Guan Yu's face when he heard Lu Meng's name.
"This man is far inferior to Zhou Gongjin and Lu Zijing. He can be regarded as embarrassing Sun Chaqi." Guan Yu shook his head.
Zhuge Jin knew that Guan Yu was arrogant, but he did not dare to get angry and refute easily. After all, Guan Yu was known to be arrogant.
"The first is to report the news of Zijing's death, and the second is to have a happy event for the prince." Zhuge Jin forced a smile.
"What happy event is this?"
Guan Yu's brows were furrowed and his face was full of confusion.
Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "I heard that your beloved daughter is nine years old this year. My lord's legitimate son is about the same age as her. The Sun and Liu families are already allies against Cao Cao. Your Jingzhou and Jiangdong are close neighbors. I will be the matchmaker." The two families have a good relationship between the Qin and Jin Dynasties. In the past, Duke Xuande married the wife of the Sun family, and later the daughter of a monarch married the heir of the Sun family. If this marriage comes true, wouldn't it be a beautiful story for the ages?"
"Is Ziyu too impatient? The children are still too young." Guan Yu neither agreed nor refused, because he instinctively felt that Sun Quan's proposal for marriage had bad intentions.
"Both parties only need to decide on the names. Children grow up very quickly. Look how tall Mr. Guan is." Zhuge Jin pointed at Lan Ji with a smile on his face. He mistakenly thought Lan Ji was Guan Xing.
In addition to being excellent in martial arts, Guan Yu was also very sophisticated in politics. After thinking about it carefully, he could figure out Sun Quan's intentions. Did he want to use the relationship between children to drive a wedge between himself and his eldest brother? That is simply a fantasy.
"Ziyu, you have recognized the wrong person. This is not my son Guan Xing, but Lan Ziyu's young master." Guan Yu shook his head gently with a face as deep as water.
Zhuge Jin was very surprised after hearing this. He heard that Lan Tian's eldest son Lan Yuan was only twelve years old. How could he be so tall now? Aren’t all Jiaozhou people short in stature? Why does this child look so exaggerated?
Zhuge Jin took another closer look and found that Lan Tian's son was very talented and would definitely not be a talent in the pool in the future, so he had a very favorable impression of Lan Ji.
"What about the marriage between the two families?" Zhuge Jin continued to ask.
Guan Yu didn't want to give Sun Quan a chance to take advantage of him, so he waved his hand and said: "It's not a coincidence that Ziyu is here. My daughter Yinping has been promised to someone else, so my daughter cannot marry Quan Zi..."
As soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, Guan Ping and Lan Ji looked at each other. They both wondered when this happened? Guan Yinping is only so big.
"Aren't you joking with me? Which young master is worthy of the general's daughter? Probably not as good as my lord's eldest son, right?" Because Guan Yu's logic was not rigorous, Zhuge Jin felt that the other party was perfunctory, so he wanted to break the casserole Ask to the end.
Guan Yu stroked his beard and said slowly: "Guan thinks that the man is talented and the woman is beautiful. He is the second son of Lan Ziyu, the Mu of Jiaozhou."
Lan Ji and Guan Ping's eyes widened at the same time, wondering if he was joking and perfunctory, right?
"Uh... I heard that Second Young Master Lan is only ten years old. How can I tell what he is like now? It stands to reason that General Lan will be granted a title of marquis in the future, but Lan Ji may not be able to get the title. Why? It's not as good as my heir apparent, right? You might as well consider it more," Zhuge Jin continued to fight.
"Hahaha, I've decided that Lan Ji is my son-in-law. Your master can't hire him even if he is hired by Jiang Shan." Guan Yu sneered.
Zhuge Jin saw that Guan Yu had said so resolutely that Sun Deng would not be able to marry Guan Yinping. He thought for a moment and saw the young Lan Ji. Suddenly, hope was ignited in his heart. He seemed to recruit the young man in front of him to the Sun family as his son-in-law. Not bad.
Originally, Zhuge Jin should say goodbye to Guan Yu, but he remembered the other party's arrogance just now, and thought of a plan to regain some dignity.
"It's a pity that my lord can't become a son and daughter with the king. Jin will say goodbye and go south to Jiaozhou. General Lan Ziyu will agree to the marriage, right?"
Zhuge Jin deliberately said this in front of Guan Yu. In addition to responding to the cold reception just now, he also intended to indirectly instigate the relationship between Guan Yu and Lan Tian.
Guan Yu is now on the same level as Lan Tian, so he cannot make the decision for Lan Tian. Regardless of whether Lan Tian finally agrees or not, Guan Yu will definitely report the situation to Chengdu out of his loyalty to Liu Bei. At that time, the gap between Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Lan Tian will be produced.
Zhuge Jin thought of this and felt that he was too smart. This was a plan to kill two birds with one stone. After being shrouded in Zhuge Liang's halo for a long time, he could finally feel proud for a while.
"Tzuyu wants to propose marriage to Ziyu?" Guan Yu's serious face was filled with an exaggerated expression. He thought to himself that Jiangdong doesn't have women or something, even his newborn daughter?
"What? Isn't it possible?" Zhuge Jin looked slightly interested.
"Ziyu's daughter was only born last year. Is Ziyu too eager for quick success?"
"Hahaha, General Guan, you misunderstood. I am not asking for the prince's marriage to General Lan's daughter. In fact, the lord's descendant Lu Ban is cute and well-behaved. I think he will marry General Lan's son. You can't make the decision for General Lan, right?" Jin pointed at Lan Ji and smiled.
Zhuge Jin amused Guan Yu, "Hahaha, Ziyu, don't be so talkative. I can really make the decision for Ziyu on this matter."
"General Guan is too domineering, aren't you afraid that General Lan will know about his displeasure?" Zhuge Jin frowned.
"Didn't Guan just say that? My daughter Yinping is going to marry the second young master of the Lan family. I'm talking about Lan Zhongling." Guan Yu pointed at Lan Ji and explained.
Zhuge Jin was stunned. He pointed at Lan Ji and asked hesitantly: "He...he is the second son of the Lan family? Isn't he only ten years old?"
"Zhong Ling, tell me." Guan Yu turned around and ordered.
Lan Ji bowed and clasped his fists: "Lan Ji has met Mr. Ziyu. I am indeed only ten years old this year."
Zhuge Jin's worldview collapsed instantly, because the ten-year-old Lan Ji was not much shorter than him. What did the Lan family children eat when they grew up?
