Since his intent to provoke trouble in Hebei, Guo Huai took Guo Pei to cross the Yellow River south to the Jingzhou area and hibernate.

In the dark room, Guo Huai stood in front of the closed window and turned his back to the few figures standing behind him.

One of the men with a strong voice complained to Guo Huai about the failure of Hebei's plan:

"Your Highness wanted to let Cao Cao fall into the battlefield in Hebei and to destroy his strength, he would have made such a careful plan. Now he has not only lost Xun Chen and Li Meng, but also his Highness almost..."

Then another young woman interrupted him:

"Okay, now our strength is traumatized. I think Sima Fang and others will notice us. What is even more worrying is that Zhong Yu, Cheng Wu and others have been hiding in the dark against us. At this moment, we should be careful of them instead of complaining here."

"What did you say?"

Obviously, the woman's words made the man full of complaining very dissatisfied. He immediately took a step and wanted to go forward to settle the score with her, but was blocked by Xun Yun, who was standing beside him:

"Although losing Li Meng and Xun Chen is a big blow, it won't make us kill each other, right?"

Xun Yun's plain words made the man who was still furious just now be forced to calm down. He glared at the woman who taught him a lesson and obediently retreated back to his original position, not daring to continue to make rash moves in front of Xun Yun.

Guo Huai, who had been closely watching Xun Yun's actions, finally spoke up to stabilize the chaotic atmosphere just now:

"Now your Highness is ordered to convey the latest instructions to you: Since our recent failure in Hebei, we will not allow any action during this period, and we will wait for your orders."

At this time, Xun Yun asked Guo Pei who was standing beside Guo Huai:

"I heard that Cao Cao sent Cui Yan to Hedong to discuss the matter of taking Cai Yan back with Hu Chuquan. I wonder if it is true?"

Guo Pei seemed to have an indescribable sense of estrangement towards Xun Yun like his brother Guo Huai. However, given that the "Your Highness" they mentioned had extraordinary trust in Xun Yun, no matter how much they were dissatisfied with Xun Yun, they had to bear it in their hearts.

From Guo Huai's eyes, Guo Pei received instructions to allow him to disclose, so he told Xun Yun truthfully.

"That's it..." Xun Yun walked towards the door with his hands behind his head, as if he was talking to himself:

"It seems that this is God's will... It's a pity that such a talent with both civil and military qualities..."

Everyone knows what Xun Yun means, and the woman who just argues with the strong man also expresses her feelings:

"Indeed... Anyone who is involved in Cai Yan and Sima Yi will not be destined to have a good ending..."

Cui Yan, who was ordered by Cao Cao to Hedong, arrived at the Xiongnu royal court within the scheduled time, which is the base camp of Luantihu Chuquan.

Since Hu Chuquan has officially surrendered to Cao Cao, he expressed great sincerity to Hu Chuquan, the mission sent by Cao Cao, and Cui Yan did not see the person he wanted to meet in the grand welcome team: Cai Yan.

According to the usual etiquette, Cui Yan first read out a large number of rewards given to Huchuquan by Cao Cao in the name of the Han Dynasty. After Huchuquan led his men to kneel down and accepted the gifts from the court, he quickly stepped forward to express his respect to Cui Yan, the special envoy of Cao Cao: "I have been here from afar, thank you for your hard work. Please rest in the tent. Later, this Shanyu will set up a small wine to entertain the envoy."

After entering the tent, Cui Yan recalled the welcome team just now and felt that Hu Chuquan seemed to have special protection for Cai Yan. His intuition told him that Cao Cao's task was not easy to complete, and it seemed more difficult in comparison.

According to the information given to him by Zhong Yao, the Han girl who was suspected of Cai Yan was already the concubine of Yu Fuluo, the eldest sister-in-law of Hu Chuquan, and the mother of Liu Bao, the next heir of Shanyu.

Thinking of this, Cui Yan felt the pressure doubled.

During the dinner, after several rounds of wine, Hu Chuquan took the initiative to ask Cui Yan about the real purpose of coming here:

"The envoy came from afar, probably not to give me these brocade, silk, grain, and grass?"

Cui Yan put down his wine glass and thought that this opportunity could test Hu Chuquan's attitude towards Cai Yan, so he took the opportunity to answer:

"In the war in Hedong in the past, Shanyu, my Commander Zhong and the Allied Forces of Xiliang and Mahayana and South Korea, worked together to stabilize the situation in Hedong. For this, the Emperor of Han and Lord Sikong are grateful to Shanyu, so I will come here to repair it with you..."

Before he finished speaking, Cui Yan suddenly turned the topic to Cai Yan:

"I heard that one of the widows of Shanyu Yufuluo was a woman from my Han Dynasty. Why didn't she attend today?"

Hu Chuquan's expression became bad as soon as he heard this, but he quickly adjusted his emotions: "My sister-in-law is the widow of Brother Wang. She has been living in seclusion since Brother Wang's death. This kind of occasion is not suitable for her, so she has never been in the seat."

"Oh, that's right..."

Although Hu Chuquan did not avoid the question about Cai Yan, Cui Yan still felt that he was unwilling to talk about such sensitive issues. However, since the topic was already on, Cui Yan seized the opportunity tightly:

"I heard that the name of my wife is the same as mine, and they are all called 'Yan'. It's a coincidence that the name of my late Han Dynasty, Mr. Cai Yong, is also called 'Yan'. I wonder if Shanyu had heard of this person..."

During the conversation, Cui Yan was closely following Hu Chuquan's facial expression. From his slightly panicked expression, Cui Yan was sure that the "sister-in-law" he said must be Cai Yan, so he had a clear idea in his heart:

"To be honest, the ministers came here on the entrusted by Lord Sikong to find Miss Cai Yan who had been living in the army many years ago. Lord Sikong and Mr. Cai Yong were old friends and deeply admired his talent and knowledge. They were deeply concerned about the whereabouts of his daughter, Lord Sikong. I heard that she is in a noble place now, so before leaving, I specifically told me to find her, and I wonder if Shanyu could know her whereabouts..."

This sentence hit the problem Hu Chuquan didn't want to face the most. He was furious after hearing Cui Yan's words. However, in such an important diplomatic occasion, he knew the consequences he might face if he acted recklessly, so he forced himself to suppress his emotions again and forced a smile to look at Cui Yan:

"I think it shouldn't be true. Once such a famous person is here, we should know..."

Hu Chuquan lied to deceive the Han Dynasty envoy and told a lie, and cold sweat broke out behind him.

This trick can naturally be hidden from Cui Yan. He temporarily put this problem on hold and picked up the wine glass on the table to toast Hu Chuquan and said, "Since that's the case, Shanyu has tried to pay attention to me. After all, Lord Sikong has given me a death order. If I can't take Miss Cai Yan back, the consequences will be very serious..."

Knowing the seriousness of Cui Yan's words, Hu Chuquan quickly wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead while drinking, and forced himself to smile:

"It must...it must..."

At the same time, after Lu Xun pacified the Shanyue bandits led by Pan Lin, he caused a great sensation in Kuaiji, Danyang and Wujun, and also verified that Zhou Yu's vision was accurate.

Zhou Yu was very satisfied and said to Lu Meng:

"It seems that Lu Boyan will be a really amazing person in the future. You and I may not be able to match it."

However, after Sun Quan in the deep palace learned that Lu Xun had two thousand troops stationed in Haichang, he felt very uneasy. He thought that the Lu family represented by Lu Xun had old grudges with the Sun family, and he also stole the love from his heart. Once he took advantage of the unprepared defense of Wu County and led the victorious army to attack him, the generals who were divided into troops would not be able to rescue him at that time.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan hurriedly ordered Chen Wu, who was stationed in Piling, to lead his troops to defend Lou County to prevent Lu Xun from launching a sudden attack on Wu County. However, it was not easy to deal with Lu Xun and Sun Quan, who made great contributions, and could only give a temporary reward.

After learning about Sun Quan's actions, Pang Tong said to Zhou Yu:

"The governor's move is obviously to make Lu Boyan prestige under the Eastern Wu tree, but he didn't know that it might hurt him..."

After calming down, Zhou Yu also found that he had ignored the unavoidable contradiction between Sun Quan and Lu Xun. He regretted it: "Indeed, the lord is afraid of Lu Xun. Although he rewarded his contribution this time, the act of transferring Cheng Wu to the southern part of Wu County can still show his true thoughts. Then Lu Xun..."

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Lu Xun is a smart person. For him, this situation is not even a crisis."

Zhou Yu felt a little relieved when he heard Pang Tong say this, and then he asked Pang Tong: "One of the problems we have to deal with when we send troops to attack Huang Zu in Jiangxia is that Gan Ning, the powerful general under him, can take him for his own use..."

This idea was not only for Zhou Yu to be in mind for a long time, but Pang Tong had already thought about this issue. Now he has achieved the goal:

"I heard that Gan Ning established a high prestige in the army after shooting General Ling Cao, which angered Huang Zu's authority. So Huang Zu consciously adopted some suppression policies against him, which aroused great dissatisfaction with Gan Ning. We can start from this aspect. Su Fei and I are old friends of Gan Ning, and we can instigate Gan Ning through Su Fei."

Afterwards, Zhou Yu followed Pang Tong's plan and successfully got a positive contact with Su Fei. Su Fei was willing to help rebel against Gan Ning. According to Pang Tong's deployment, Su Fei suggested to Huang Zu that Gan Ning would stay away from Jiangxia and serve as chief. After arriving at the station, Gan Ning immediately summoned his old naval army along the river to Chaisang and defected to Zhou Yu.

Everything was following Pang Tong's plan. Gan Ning quickly gained Sun Quan's reuse soon after he defected to Zhou Yu.

After Lu Xun learned that Gan Ning was valued by Sun Quan, he learned that Pang Tong wanted to rescue him, because Gan Ning knew very well that the terrain of the Jiangxia River guarded by Huang Zu, and that Sun Quan, who wanted to avenge Sun Jian, would inevitably be anxious to attack Huang Zu. At this time, he would be respectful in Wu County, and he would definitely be his worries.

Then Lu Xun also responded one after another: he handed over all the more than 2,000 troops in his hand to Commander Zhu Ran, and wrote a letter to Sun Quan that he had suffered from serious illness and hoped that he could allow him to resign and go home to recuperate and study.

After receiving Lu Xun's request to resign, Sun Quan immediately let go of all the concerns in his heart. Not only did he agree with Lu Xun's request to resign, but he also gave Lu Xun's ancestral home in Wu County to him, allowing him to return to his hometown.

In fact, Lu Xun understood that the generosity and glory that Sun Quan gave him was just a cover-up of the eyes. From returning to his ancestral home, Lu Xun found that the servants around him were all spies who arranged for Sun Quan to secretly monitor him, and he would repay Lu Xun's actions and every word and action to Sun Quan every day.

To be honest, Lu Xun was under house arrest.

Lu Xun, who had lived in the deep house for a long time, suddenly welcomed an unexpected guest one day: Pang Tong.

The first time we met was at Lu Xun's doorstep. When they saw each other with their own eyes, they felt that the person in front of them was not a thing in the pool.]

As a junior, Lu Xun bowed to Pang Tong first: "Mr. Feng Chu..."

"Mr. Luanying..."

Both of them called each other based on the name given to them by the world, which made them laugh quickly.

After welcoming Pang Tong into the inner hall, Pang Tong looked around and said to Lu Xun:

"Mr. Wu is good to you. I heard that Mr. Sun Lang has been coveting the Lu family's ancestral home for a long time. He has long mentioned Sun Quan's request to possess Lu's home. However, Mr. Wu has never agreed. Now it seems that he returns this home to you and shows his respect for you."

After hearing Pang Tong's words, Lu Xun looked at the maid standing aside to serve him. He understood it:

"Mr. Feng Chu said that I, Lu Xun, can provide such a good care environment for Wu Hou, is very grateful."

While talking and laughing, Pang Tong took out an embroidery bag from his sleeve bag, and he held it in his palm and handed it to Lu Xun:

"A few days ago, I went to visit my old friend and thought he gave me this, saying that it can have the effect of calming my heart and calmness."

From Pang Tong's eyes, Lu Xun noticed that he seemed to have something else to say. He leaned down his face and found a fresh fragrance. Then he said to Pang Tong: "It's true that the smell is special, what? Brother Shiyuan is planning to give it to me?"

Just as Lu Xun reached out to get it, Pang Tong quickly pulled his hand and put the embroidered bag back into his sleeve bag:

"You'll find out soon..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire inner hall fell to the ground without realizing it, except for Pang Tong and Lu Xun.

Pang Tong, who stood up, looked at the two maids who had lost consciousness on the ground, then took out another sleeve bag from the left and threw it on the table, and said to himself: "I didn't expect that the thing Mrs. Huang made was really effective..."

Lu Xun was not surprised at the scene in front of him at all. He smiled calmly:

"Brother Shi Yuan has worked so hard, I guess he has something to say to me, right?"
Chapter completed!