The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 468 Volume Meeting
Sun Quan did not get the answer he wanted from Li Ru, so he could only return to his mansion and think about how to deal with the sudden arrival of the emperor.

What made Sun Quan's scalp numb was that as soon as the emperor arrived in Hefei, he sent an envoy to ask Sun Quan to go and meet the emperor.

"can not go!"

How can this be possible! ?

What if the emperor detained people after Sun Quan crossed the river?
Now in the entire Jiangdong, only Sun Quan can balance the forces of all parties.

If Sun Quan were gone, Jiangdong would immediately fall into chaos!
And that emperor was famous for his skill in picking peaches!
When Liu Yan died that year, the emperor immediately sent Liu Bei to sneak across Yinping to seize Yizhou.

If Sun Quan were captured now, everyone would have no doubt that the emperor would swim across the Yangtze River even if he had to swim and take Jiangdong into his possession!

"The Marquis of Wu may claim to be ill and send an envoy to meet the Emperor!"

“Who can take on this important task?”

"Langya Zhuge Jin."

Zhuge Jin!
Zhuge Ziyu!

The top scholar in the imperial examination of the imperial court is also the elder brother of the Minister of Works!
After some thought, Sun Quan made a decision.

"In that case, just let Tzuyu go!"

Zhuge Jin was handsome, gentle and generous, and was in no way inferior to his brother Zhuge Liang.

After crossing the river by boat, Zhuge Jin rushed to Hefei Post Station.

The people who received them were Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.

After Zhuge Jin met Zhuge Liang, he never talked about personal matters from beginning to end. He only discussed official matters and asked about the etiquette of meeting the emperor.

After Zhuge Jin left, Sima Yi asked Zhuge Liang: "Zhuge Jin is your brother, Kong Ming, so why did he act like a stranger when he saw you?"

Zhuge Liang, however, was quite sympathetic towards Zhuge Jin.

"Brother, you have come here this time to represent the face of Sun Quan, the Marquis of Wu. You are an envoy and you have dignity."

"When it comes to moral cultivation, I have always been far inferior to my brother, and this is where I want to learn from him."

Sima Yi suddenly realized.

"High and low are in the heart, rivers and lakes accept filth. Mountains and hills hide diseases, and jade hides flaws."

"I guess your mother had the same sincerity when she named your brother, right?"

But Sima Yi was also strange.

"Since Zhuge Jin and you are brothers, why didn't he go to Jingzhou with you at that time?"

Zhuge Liang responded: "When my father passed away, my elder brother had already grown up, but my family had no extra money to support me, so I lived with my uncle Zhuge Xuan. My uncle also had an old relationship with Liu Biao, so I went to Jingzhou."

"Afterwards, wars broke out in Xuzhou one after another. My brother could not bear the trouble and had no choice but to flee to Jiangdong and became Sun's staff member."

"I see."

It's a pity for Sima Yi.

When he talked with Zhuge Jin, he felt that Zhuge Jin's character and talent were actually not inferior to Zhuge Liang's.

It is such a pity that such a great talent cannot be utilized by the court.

He returned to the city to look for the emperor, but found that he was not there.

"For some reason, the emperor insisted on taking General Zhang Liao to Xiaoyaojin, and they set off early in the morning!"

The two of them rushed to Xiaoyaojin again.

Shihe is in Fei, so it is called Hefei. It is not Xiashui. Shishui flows eastward to the south of Hefei County. The city is located in the four waters. There is Xiaoyaojin in the east, and there used to be a bridge on the water.

When the two came here, they felt that the scenery here was beautiful and suitable for elegant residence.

But soon the emperor's voice came, which ruined the mood.

"This place is fan-shaped. If we can set up a fort here to guard it, the navy of Jiangdong will not be able to enter the Fei River easily, right?"

The Emperor and Zhang Liao were discussing the military affairs of this place under such beautiful circumstances!
Liu Xie looked at this beautiful scenery and always felt that something was missing.

correct!

It is probably because Sun Quan’s 100,000 troops are missing, so it looks a bit awkward!
"Wenyuan, I'm afraid you will have to stay in Hefei for a long time to defend against Jiangdong."

Zhang Liao immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"

Liu Xie looked at another person next to him.

"Wen Chang, I want to keep you in the east to guard Guangling."

When Wei Yan heard the emperor's order, he was immediately delighted: "Yes!"

"Wen Chang, I have appointed you as the governor of Guangling, don't you want to say something?"

Wei Yan immediately issued a military order:

"If Sun Quan leads an army of 50,000 to attack, I will defeat him for Your Majesty!"

"If Sun Quan brings all the troops of Jiangdong to attack, I will defend him for Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie smiled with satisfaction, but shook his head.

"not enough!"

"If Sun Quan brings all his troops from Jiangdong to attack, Wenchang will join hands with Wenyuan to annihilate Sun Quan here in Jiangbei!"

"Here!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

After Liu Xie made the appointments, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang also came to the emperor and informed him that Zhuge Jin had come to pay a visit on behalf of Sun Quan.

"I expected that Sun Quan would not dare to come to see me."

However, when Liu Xie heard that it was Zhuge Jin, he still joked to Zhuge Liang: "Can you try your best to kidnap your brother?"

"It's a pity that such a beautiful jade fell into Jiangdong."

Liu Xie never had too many talents.

"I thank Your Majesty on behalf of my brother."

After Zhuge Liang saluted Liu Xie, it also explained that—

"Brother has always been grateful and now he is an envoy, so he will never be easily persuaded."

Liu Xie shook his head: "I know how to repay a favor, but I also understand what is righteousness."

"Kong Ming, please ask your brother something for me."

"If the imperial court and Jiangdong go to war in the future, who will your brother help?" After Zhuge Liang returned to Hefei, he also brought the emperor's words.

This time, even though there were only the brothers Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin, and there were no outsiders to disturb them, they still remained cautious and only talked about state affairs, not family matters.

"If the emperor really has this question, then I would like to trouble Kong Ming to relay my words to the emperor——"

Zhuge Jin's voice was as gentle and refined as his personality.

"Now that Sun is the Marquis of Wu appointed by the Emperor himself, what reason does the court have to send troops to attack Jiangdong?"

"The Marquis of Wu is now also a subject of the emperor, a citizen of the emperor! I have never heard of parents beating their children for no reason! Isn't this the fault of the parents' lack of kindness?"

Sun Quan is now your son, the emperor!

My son didn't do anything wrong, why do you want to beat him for no reason?
If the court cannot have a legitimate reason, wouldn't that be inhumane?
Zhuge Liang did not argue with Zhuge Jin, but acted as a perfect tool and told the emperor Zhuge Jin's words verbatim.

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but smile, but he didn't make any more noise.

……

There is really no movement!
For more than ten days, the emperor did not agree to meet Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin was not in a hurry either. He always maintained the attitude of "the envoy of the Marquis of Wu", being humble and polite, as if he was at home. He spent his days reading and eating leisurely.

It was not until two days later that Zhuge Jin was summoned by the emperor.

The location of the summons was also strange.

It’s not in Hefei city.

Instead, it is an inn west of Hefei.

Zhuge Jin finally saw the emperor...'s back!

The emperor stood at the front of the post station, with a sea of ​​people between him and Zhuge Jin.

Although Zhuge Jin was puzzled, he could only be patient.

until noon.

Liu Xie stood up and looked towards the end of the sky in the distance: "Here it comes!"

The thin lines on the horizon gradually turned into a neat square array.

Pound's flag gradually appeared.

Zhuge Jin, who was behind the scenes, saw that the emperor was actually waiting for Pang De, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and his face became as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.

"His Majesty!"

Pang De excitedly dismounted from his horse and then stood in front of the emperor, grinning foolishly.

"Alright! You won't be missing!"

Liu Xie naturally knew what Pang De was waiting for, and he also cursed with a smile.

Sima Yi, who was the Minister of the Interior, also stepped forward at this moment: "Pang De, please accept the title!"

Pound's expression immediately became extremely solemn!

"You are brave and good at fighting. You flew over Tongbai, outsmarted the Martial Saint, and plotted to seize Jiangxia, cutting off the retreat. You are truly a powerful figure in Jiangdong."

"Today, I promote you to the rank of Pillar of the State, General Zhennan, and confer you the title of Marquis of Guanmenting!"

at last!

The twelfth pillar of the Han Dynasty was finally born!
Now, Pang De has finally got what he wanted and was honored as a pillar of the country!
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Lu Meng had returned to Guan Yu's army and assisted Guan Yu in guarding Jingzhou.

The only one who came back with Pang De was Lu Xun.

Liu Xie immediately praised Lu Xun, saying, "Bo Yan really deserves the title of No. 1 scholar!"

Although Lu Xun is still a long way from being as good as Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, it can be seen from his following Pang De this time that Lu Xun himself has unlimited potential and is very likely to be on par with the two in the future!
Lu Xun felt a little embarrassed when he received the emperor's praise, but he also smiled innocently.

After rewarding the Han army generals, a prisoner car appeared in front of everyone.

Liu Xie was obviously displeased by the appearance of the prisoner cart: "How can you treat them like this?"

"They took the initiative to ask for it. They said that although they surrendered, they were still prisoners in essence."

"Let them get off the prisoner cart and come before me."

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Taishi Ci.

The four men were not wearing armor, they were all wearing coarse cloth clothes, and their eyes were always lowered.

"Keep your head up."

Although Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were in much better spirits than at the beginning, they still looked half-dead at this moment.

Lu Su and Taishi Ci were in high spirits and even took the initiative to observe the emperor's appearance.

Liu Xie couldn't help but frown when he saw Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who were half dead.

"Kong Ming, call Zhuge Jin over."

Zhuge Liang went to call Zhuge Jin.

But Zhuge Liang discovered that his brother, who was usually upright, was now deliberately avoiding and did not dare to meet Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others.

It was not until Zhuge Jin came over that Liu Xie introduced the two parties to each other.

"This is Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Sun Quan, the current Marquis of Wu."

"This is Sun Ce, the elder brother of Sun Quan, the Marquis of Wu."

"You two can have a good chat. I'm not in a hurry. There's plenty of time."

Liu Xie also specifically told Zhuge Jin: "Talk slowly, and after that, answer the question I asked you a few days ago."

And when Sun Ce, whose body had almost lost its soul, heard the name "Sun Quan", he actually jumped reflexively!
He looked around, as if wondering why he was here.

Until I saw Zhuge Jin...

"Tzuyu!"

Zhuge Jin lowered his head in shame.

Sun Ce took a step forward and grabbed Zhuge Jin's collar with both hands.

"Tell me, Zhongmou...was just held hostage by those people? Is that right or not? He didn't do this on purpose! Is that right or not?"

(End of this chapter)