Coincidentally, this Shouchun City in Yangzhou is the place where Zhou Yu and Sun Ce met and became the famous "General Horns of Good Will" in later times.
Sun Jian was ambushed and died young, and his son Sun Ce was also ill-fated. When he finished his mourning in Jiangdu, he went to Shouchun to look for Yuan Ji with the ambition left behind by his father, but there was no news from him, and his life and death were unknown.
Zhou Yu heard the bad news from Zhang Vast, a famous scholar in Yangzhou who was entrusted by Sun Ce to take care of his family, and was worried and had trouble sleeping and eating. Later, he was shocked to learn that not only the big Yangzhou, but also Yuan Shu and his men were all wiped out, and all fell into the hands of Lu Fenxian, who is well-known for his fierce reputation, he could not stand by and watch any more, and anxiously set off for Shouchun to see if he could save his best friend, who was in jail, from heaven by spending some of the money to make some arrangements.
In the past, Dong was executed, his old party were purged, blood flow into the river, corpses everywhere, even if it is deserved, eliminate the root and branch is also the court's will, but enough to prove that it is not a good person.
For Sun Ce, who has just put himself under Yuan Shu's command and has not yet established an inch of success and is still unknown, whether he will be chopped up by Lu Bu, who has broken the battlefield and chopped down the generals along the way, will become a complete unknown.
He traveled day and night, as soon as he arrived in Shouchun on the hoof to go to the assassin's residence to hand over the invitation to pay respects, originally thought that at least to wait for a few days before receiving a reply, do not want to that has been to excuse the housekeeper temporarily away from the rhetoric for a while, came back to change the face from the perfunctory to become polite, will lead them into the banquet hall.
On the main seat there is a person sitting quietly drinking alone, leisurely out of mind, surrounded by bright lights, dazzling that person like a beautiful silhouette more and more delicate such as jade, better than the moonlight bright, eyes like a bit of lacquer, clean and dust-free, condensed not sunken, raise their hands and raise their feet without losing the flow of dashing, but also no lack of elegance and modesty.
Hearing not light and heavy footsteps, the man unhurriedly put down the wine, smiling, his eyes flow, like a deep bottomless pool, there is a hidden anger but the posture of power.
Zhou Yu saw his eyes swept through a few strands of stunning appreciation, heart a ring, but heard the other party heartfelt sigh: "Qing heard Gongjin elegant name for a long time, today to fulfill a long-cherished wish, really better to hear than to see."
Zhou Yu bowed first without being overbearing, before taking his seat under Yan Qing's gesture, and modestly replied, "Your honor is too kind. A certain person is only favored by the townspeople and has only gained a few points of fame, how can he deserve this praise?"
Unbeknownst to him, Yan Qing's heart was pounding at the moment, exactly as it had been when he had first viewed Diaochan's dance.
Only his Diaochan radiant, it is the most flourishing period of color, and the object of exerting every effort to charm and sit near him Lu Bu, is to be able to feast their eyes on.
At this moment the beauty of the Zhoulang has not yet been crowned, although it is also a dragon chapter phoenix posture, jade tree wind, majestic hair, compared to the latter days of the words extolled by the "talk and laugh, the boom and scaffolding smoke", or a little tender, poorer than some of the experience brought about by the fire.
Not wanting to expose his true feelings with his overheated gaze, which would in turn make the wise and sharp Zhou Yu suspicious, Yan Qing, who had satisfied his curiosity, calmly withdrew his gaze, ordered the people to send the wine and food, and before the singers and dancers came on the stage, he opened the door to Zhou Yu, who was deliberating how to speak, and said, "Is Gong Jin here for Sun Wentai's son, Bofu? "
Zhou Yu was not surprised that his intentions would be seen through, only a little surprised at his straightforwardness, and after a pause, admitted with a smile, "Your Honor's discerning eye, Yu has come precisely for this close friend."
Yan Qing also returned a dazzling smile, but as Zhou Yu waited cautiously for the next step, he naturally stopped talking, gently hit the beat, and had someone present a song and dance.
It was as if it was simply to verify a trivial guess of his own.
Zhou Yu: "......"
He had a bad instinct.
He is far away from Jiangdong, to this in Luoyang and Yuzhou turn over for the clouds, overhand for the rain, the wisdom of nearly demon adults know very little, but also mostly from hearsay. On the other hand, the other side, but only in his hometown some of the fame of their own understanding of very detailed, behavior is watertight, extremely puzzling.
However, on second thought, he thought that since this penetrating adult had gained insight into his own thoughts, and had not turned his face to be merciless and kicked him out, it already meant that there was a chance for things to turn around, and that worrying too much would not be of any help.
Unconsciously, with the mindset of both come and go, Zhou Yu has already drunk three cups, like beautiful jade on the handsome face slightly tinted with drunkenness, there is some suave style, even the usual assassin of Yangzhou used to see that day people of the Lord servant can not help but sneak glances at him for a few moments.
Yan Qing saw the fire to, rushed that the leading musician played music made a wink, the other side of the heart will understand, play caressing yaoqin gestures deliberately miss a few points, such as murmuring spring water like smooth and pleasant tunes on the hidden flurry up.
Even the insiders, not listen carefully if it is difficult to judge this beautiful zither music out of the wrong place, eyelids slightly drooping Zhou Yu is not among them, as early as the first wrong place appeared, his eyebrows on the light invisible condensation, deeply uncomfortable, only in the way in the assassin's banquet is not good manners, only forced to endure.
Unexpectedly, this error is not occasional, Zhou Yu noticed this only just opened a head, and then came in an endless stream - he was unusually difficult to listen to, even if the onset of the liquor to make the spirit slightly drowsy, but also did not have the reason to turn a deaf ear, straight to make his final patience, twisted his head to look at the repeated offenders.
Will be alive "song has a mistake, Zhou Lang Gu" this scene in full view, Yan Qing in the enjoyment to appreciate enough, secretly sighed a name is not false, and then forced to hold back the laughter, just the right amount of applause called a halt, do not have to suffer from this torture of Zhou Yu also relieved as a sigh of relief.
Yan Qing said with concern, "Is Gongjin alright?"
Zhou Yu never thought that this handsome, like a full-fledged immortal adults are actually full of bad taste, purely intentional, got this care, he will go with the flow of the boat to get up to say goodbye: "Yu ventured to come, can Meng adults to see, has been a great fortune, and to get this feast, is flattered. But your business is busy, Yu is not good to stay too long, also have a few not able to drink, only to come back to see you again on a different day, please forgive me."
Yan Qing reasonably agreed, but before he really left, slightly smiled and gave a pill of peace of mind: "Gongjin for friends around, deep love and righteousness, Qing very admirable. If you don't mind, you can wait for a few more days, and Qing can also make arrangements for the two to meet?"
This is really a pleasant surprise. Originally thought that Yan Qing will put forward some conditions to make things difficult one or two, Zhou Yu also prepared for the other side of their own will be sitting on the price of psychological preparation, plans to prepare a few days to re-visit the gift, do not want to darkness, Yan Qing did not promise to release, but he only had to wait a few days, will be able to meet with Bofu on the side of the.
Zhou Yu was both grateful and wary in his heart, and gracefully bowed, "Your Honor's kindness is unforgettable to Yu."
Yan Qing smiled and personally escorted him out the door.
His attitude towards Zhou Yu is mostly one of admiration, but he will not be so whimsical as to make a gesture of goodwill or recruitment: anyone who knows a little bit about the history of the Three Kingdoms knows clearly that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are not brothers, but better than brothers, and he neither wants to, nor has the ability to destroy this popular and beautiful friendship.
Without Zhou Yu's assistance, Sun Ce is just a tiger general who is brave and overbearing, but not wise enough, but as long as they can keep Sun Ce, they are not afraid that Zhou Yu will abandon his longtime friend.
So he just need to maintain the most basic goodwill with Zhou Yu, and then focus on pulling in Sun Ce can be, do too much anti-descriptive not beautiful.
Sighting the carriage that Zhou Yu was riding away, Yan Qing also made up his mind, and before he had the chance to turn around and go back to his room, he saw his lord come in with a haughty look on his face, striding in without even greeting him.
When she saw what he was carrying on his shoulder, Yan Qing raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Lord has even gone hunting?"
Lu Bu responded with a lazy hmmm.
He strided into the inner hall, and, with a casual toss of this most satisfying trophy onto the blanket, he rolled sharply onto the long collapse, saying in a vicious voice, "Your reward."
It was actually a piece of mottled giant tiger skin that had only been roughly handled and still reeked of thick blood, but was incredibly intact.
Just now, Zhou Yu was unable to guess Yan Qing's thoughts, and his heart was inevitably apprehensive, but now the wind and water have turned, and it is Yan Qing's turn to be full of puzzles, unable to figure out what Lu Bu, who is cold and hot, really wants to do.
Yesterday he went to visit and was still in love, only concentrating on reading small yellow books, today he took the initiative to send to the door, and even brought a big gift.
Yan Qing leaned over and carefully examined this piece of tiger skin before having it put away, and gratefully said, "Thank you, Lord, for the reward, but Qing has not made an inch of merit recently--"
He rolled over, facing away from him, and furrowed his sword brow impatiently, "You don't like it?"
Yan Qing: "How could it be? It's just--"
Lu Bu snorted and abruptly interrupted, "Then take it and go and do a great banner."
Yan Qing: "......"
This idea is really creative - halfway through the spring to open the tiger skin banner, maybe in late spring and early summer to wear.
In any case, there was no reason for Yan Qing to refuse to accept the gift that Lu Bu had gone through the trouble of sending.
Especially since it also represents a sign of an offer of peace.
Can always get high-minded and proud, know that there are mistakes are not willing to recognize Lu Bu bowed, Yan Qing heart a soft, touched to order people to discreetly put away, even if the tacit acceptance of the fact that the two are back together.
Yan Qing Fang lowered his head, not realizing that Lu Bu had slackened his concentration without a trace.
Yan Qing said with a straight face, "Lord has come at the right time, Qing has something important to discuss."
Lu Bu's tone was much more moderate than that of the party, "There is no harm in Shiguang speaking directly."
Yan Qing laughed, "Feng Xiao advised Qing yesterday to surrender Sun Bo Fu who is still in prison. What does the Lord think?"
Lu Bu to Sun Ce's father Sun Jian still have some impression, but half do not understand that the milky boy can have much ability, listen to the end of the road: "If the heavy light think this person can be used, cloth from no objection."
Yan Qing also said, "Sun Bo Fu is now a prisoner, it is not difficult to beckon him to surrender, but in order to make him serve us faithfully, he must be treated with courtesy and trust."
Sun Ce in the history of the Yuan art under the command of the service, repeatedly built a miraculous achievement, but in exchange for the other side of the many broken promises, not to mention to return to the Sun family of the old part, back to the birth of the death, and even the promise of the post of the governor of their own also several times by the Yuan art reneged on his word, only to call him disillusioned, and thus determined to as soon as possible by their own power to grow their troops and horses from the Yuan art of the independence of the.
Lu Bu's heart stirred, and he actually understood Yan Qing's hint at once: "According to Shiguang's intention, is it to return the Sun family's old division to him?"
Yan Qing did not expect Lu Bu to be so enlightened and was pleasantly surprised, "Exactly!"
The original Sun family for that group of people, itself on the new master loyalty is not high, especially after seeing the old master's son Sun Ce's elegance is not inferior to his father, hard pinch in the hands of only become a hidden danger may explode at any time.
It would be better to return it to Zhao with great fanfare, using this piece of chicken ribs in exchange for Sun Ce's gratitude and Lu Bu's reputation for generosity and courage, even if Sun Ce really wants to go back to the water later, a bad reputation for treachery will certainly be deducted up.