"Liu Jingzhou, who is engaged in Yi Ji, pays homage to the Marquis of Wu." Under the leadership of Lu Su, Yi Ji entered the palace and bowed to Sun Quan.
"Messengers don't need to be polite. I wonder what your purpose is in coming here this time?" Sun Quan followed the usual practice and asked the Yiji why they came.
Yi Ji smiled slightly: "My lord specially ordered me to visit Wu Hou and congratulate my two families on the alliance. In addition, he also ordered me to come down here to ask for the marriage of Wu Hou's sister for my second son Liu Cong."
"Envoy, our two families have just fought. The second son Liu Cong you call not only forced my lord to cede the land, but now he even wants to marry my lord's sister?" Zhang Zhao stood up slowly on crutches and walked towards Yiji.
Walked over.
As he walked, he kept talking, "I, Jiangdong Civil and Military, will never forget the shame of ceding land and the hatred of persecution. One day, I will take back the city land that belongs to me, Jiangdong."
"As for Liu Cong's request to marry the lord's sister, that is a delusion!"
Yi Ji looked at the old man and probably guessed that this was Zhang Zhao, an important minister of Soochow.
"If what I predict is correct, then I am Mr. Zibu, an important minister of Jiangdong, right?"
"Exactly!"
Yiji chuckled: "Mr. Zibu is both a wise man and an elder. How could he say such unwise words?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"In the whole world, is it the land of the king? The world belongs to the Han Dynasty, and the land and cities all belong to the emperor. How can we talk about Jiangdong?"
"Moreover, the war between Jingxiang and Jiangdong this time is just a misunderstanding. The Cao thieves have now unified the north and are holding the emperor hostage. Now the only people in the world who can withstand his army are you and me."
"My young master and the Marquis of Wu have formed an alliance. Only when the two families are in harmony can we jointly fight against Cao Cao's thieves. If the two families continue to attack each other, they will be attacked and destroyed by Cao Cao sooner or later!"
"It is precisely because my young master and Wu Hou understood this that they stopped fighting and formed an alliance. But Mr. Zibu only wanted to start a war between the two families. Isn't this short-sighted?"
"You!..." Zhang Zhao was stunned by Yi Ji and was speechless for a moment!
"Zibu, please step back first." Sun Quan couldn't stand it anymore. After all, Zhang Zhao was also a minister of Jiangdong, and the one who disgraced Jiangdong was always the one who disgraced Jiangdong.
"Envoy, I heard that Liu Jingzhou has arranged a marriage with the Cai family on behalf of Mr. Liu. Is my sister marrying Jingxiang to be a concubine?"
Yiji opened his mouth and replied: "My lord has made Cai's daughter his equal wife, and Wu Hou's sister his first wife!"
"I still need to ask my mother for her opinion. Without her consent, I can't make the decision." Sun Quan still didn't want to agree easily.
Although the victory or defeat of the two armies' attack depends on their own abilities, Sun Quan will not forget the fact that he was forced to cede territory by Liu Cong. Even if he didn't say it with his mouth, he must have recorded it in his heart!
"Envoy, please go to the hotel to rest for now. I will receive the envoy after my mother agrees."
"Nuo, then I'll sue you..." Yi Ji handed over his hands and prepared to leave.
"Messenger, please wait." Wu Guotai walked slowly from the back of the palace on a crutch, supported by Sun Shangxiang.
"Zhong Mou, it's time for men to get married and women to get married. Your sister has also reached the age of marriage. Do you think so?"
Sun Quan trotted over and supported Wu Guotai from the other side: "Children all obey their mothers."
"I've met Guotai!" Yi Ji bowed and saluted Wu Guotai.
Wu Guotai sat down with the support of Sun Shangxiang and Sun Quan and said: "Messengers don't need to be polite. I don't want to interfere with men's battles on the battlefield, and I can't. But I can still make the decision on my daughter's marriage."
Wu Guotai also had his own considerations. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Liu Cong was tougher than his father. If one day in the future, like when Jingchu conquered Soochow during the Warring States Period, Sun Shangxiang would marry Liu Cong, so that Sun Shangxiang could be saved.
Shi.
"Today, my old lady made the decision, agreed to Liu Jingzhou's request, and agreed on a wedding date. What do you think, Quan'er?"
Sun Quan stood behind Wu Guotai: "A child listens to his mother."
Wu Guotai nodded and said to Yi Ji: "The envoy will stay for a few more days. We will agree on a wedding date and sign a marriage contract. You can discuss the specific matters with Zhong Mou in detail."
In ancient times, there were fixed rules for the period of engagement and marriage: one year for the emperor, half a year for the princes, one season for the officials, and one month for the common people.
Sun Quan and Liu Biao were both considered great princes, and their marriage rules were more complicated than those for common people and officials.
"promise!"
"I will obey my mother's orders."
After Wu Guotai said that, with the support of Sun Shangxiang, he walked into the back of the palace.
Yi Ji negotiated with Sun Quan in Wu County about the wedding date and specific matters of Liu Cong and Sun Shangxiang, and then returned to Xiangyang to return to Liu Biao.
At this time, Liu Cong was preparing for a big event in Jiangling.
The generals at all levels in Jiangling's army were Liu Biao's cronies, but in fact most of them followed Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's lead.
This is also the reason why Cai Mao and others were able to coerce Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao in history. There were almost no troops in Jingzhou to support Liu Cong.
The only influential Wenpin was transferred to Jiangxia. When he realized what he was doing, he was already summoned by Cao Cao.
On the one hand, he was supported by Cai Mao, but on the other hand, the situation was over, so Wenpin had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao and save his old master.
The rest, Wang Wei, Liu Pan and others, no longer have much influence on aristocratic families such as Cai Mao.
After that, Cao Cao easily crossed the Han River, entered Xiangyang, and entered Jiangling. He took over most of the entire Jingzhou army.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to the north, while Jingzhou was fought over by Sun Quan and Liu Bei. Later, most of the talents scattered in Jingzhou belonged to Liu Bei.
After Liu Cong arrived in Jiangling, he quickly discovered this problem. The prefect of Jiangling was led by Liu's cousin, and his successor would be Liu Cong.
However, all the officers at all levels in Jiangling only knew Cai Mao, the commander-in-chief, but not Liu Biao, the governor of the state!
"Shi Yuan, Wen Wei, now there are tens of thousands of troops in Jiangling, and the officers at all levels are almost all Cai Mao's cronies. If this status quo is not changed, the consequences will be disastrous." Liu Cong was sitting in Jiangling's Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, discussing with several cronies.
Ever since Liu Cong entered Jiangling, the civil and military officials in Jiangling actually told him to ask Cai Mao for instructions on what he wanted to do in Jiangling!
I’m asking for instructions from Cai Hao! Cai Hao!
Rather than Liu Biao, the governor of the state, now, I am afraid that only Liu Biao still thinks that Jiangling is still under his control.
Bang! Wei Yan and Xu Feng grabbed two soldiers from outside the door and came in! They were all tied up and had cloth balls stuffed in their mouths.
These are not the people brought by Liu Cong, but Jiangling's army. If Liu Cong remembers correctly, these two people are the personal guards of Cai Zhong (Cai Mao's younger brother).
Now, they are eavesdropping outside the door!
"Lord, the two of them were eavesdropping outside the door and were discovered by me and Chang Wen." Xu Feng and Wei Yan led 500 people to guard the Prefecture Mufu.
Liu Cong looked at the two people kneeling in the hall coldly. He was so presumptuous that he dared to eavesdrop on the conversation between him and his confidants!
"Lord." Pang Tong suddenly walked from his seat to Liu Cong and whispered, and Liu Cong gradually opened his frowning eyebrows.
"Hmph!" "Bang!" Liu Cong kicked the table over. "Wei Yan, Xu Feng, I asked you two to find me a pretty girl from Jiangling City. Can you get this for me?"
"Ah? This..." Wei Yan and Xu Feng looked at each other, confused.
"Cough, cough." Hearing Pang Tong's cough, the two of them looked at Pang Tong and understood.
Immediately he knelt down and said, "My lord, please stop playing with things to lose your mind!"
"Fart, if you don't help me find it, call Cai Zhong to come and untie them!" Liu Cong looked like a playboy!