The competition between Wu Fan and Ling Tong and Ding Feng just now was actually just a matter of a flash. From 'Crazy' Ww]

To be precise, from Ling Tong and Ding Feng pounced on Wu Fan together, to Ling Tong was shaken away by the energy, and the iron sword in his hand flew out of his hand, only five seconds.

Such a short time, coupled with Wu Fan's extremely fast speed, not only shocked the civil and military officials standing in the main hall, but also Sun Shangxiang, who was hiding behind the screen, was also extremely surprised.

Sun Shangxiang's feelings for Wu Fan have always been very complicated.

When she was only in her teens, her brothers Sun Ce and Wu Fan were almost burned to death by Wu Fan in the battle of Pengcheng; this incident made Sun Shangxiang feel uneasy.

Later, when Sun Shangxiang grew up, he gradually understood the truth and knew that it was normal for both the enemy and us to kill each other on the battlefield, so his resentment towards Wu Fan was slightly reduced.

Later, Wu Fan became more and more famous, especially after the National Martial Arts Competition, he was praised by the world as the number one in the world and became the first of the world's famous scholars. His obsession with martial arts made Sun Shangxiang even develop some vague admiration for Wu Fan, hoping that he would see Wu Fan with his own eyes in his lifetime.

Sun Shangxiang's wish was soon realized. Not only did she meet Wu Fan, she also became Wu Fan's prisoner. She was captured by Wu Fan from Heifeng Town and returned to Jiangling. No matter who became an enemy's prisoner, it would not be very good, let alone Wu Fan still ate her tofu while pretending to be asleep. This made Sun Shangxiang both ashamed and annoyed, and angry and hated Wu Fan.

However, Sun Shangxiang, who was thrown into prison afterwards, was moved back to the mansion by Wu Fan because of his physical discomfort and personally diagnosed Sun Shangxiang's condition. When a person was taken care of by others when the patient was weak, he was prone to have a good impression of the person who took care of him. Therefore, Sun Shangxiang's feelings for Wu Fan changed again.

After this experience, Sun Shangxiang really couldn't tell what Wu Fan felt at this moment; it was as chaotic as fluff, as chaotic as numbness. After seeing Wu Fan easily repelling Ling Tong and Ding Feng with bare hands, Sun Shangxiang felt a sense of joy for no reason, with an excited flush on his face, just as many civil and military ministers looked at Wu Fan as if they were looking at her.

After the maid finished talking to Sun Shangxiang with a crying voice, although Sun Shangxiang was reluctant to leave, she felt that it was indeed not suitable to stay here. Otherwise, if someone discovered it, it would be inevitable that her father would be scolded.

I had to sigh inwardly and leave with the maid gently. Before leaving, Sun Shangxiang turned around and looked at Wu Fan sitting in the main hall several times. A sense of melancholy arose in my heart: Maybe after leaving at this moment, Wu Fan and I will never meet again in my life.

Instead, Sun Shangxiang was puzzled by his melancholy: Even if he would still meet Wu Fan again in the future, what could it be? It was really strange, I didn't understand what I was thinking.

...

At the same time, when Sun Shangxiang and his maid walked out of the side door behind the screen, Wu Fan turned his head and glanced in this direction.

Long before Wu Fan competed with Ling Tong and Ding Feng, when the maid persuaded Sun Shangxiang to leave, Wu Fan heard someone behind the screen. However, because the two of them were very quiet and far away, Wu Fan could not be sure who was hiding behind the screen, so he kept guarding secretly, thinking that Sun Quan hid an assassin or something.

At this time, the two left, and Wu Fan couldn't help but glance at this direction, and at the same time he looked at Sun Quan again.

When Sun Quan saw Wu Fan looking at him, he took it for granted that Wu Fan was hinting at him to surrender. He smiled unnaturally and said:

"Uh... Governor Wu, the two generals just now are young and energetic, act recklessly, and have offended Governor Wu. I hope Governor Wu will forgive you. As for the persuasion of surrender, all the civil and military generals in Jiangdong have truly felt your sincerity in this trip. However, I cannot take the initiative to report this matter to my father, and it is determined by my father."

Wu Fan smiled indifferently and said:

"Of course. Everything is not too late. Please ask General Sun to report this to Lord Sun Jian as soon as possible. You can go back in time to report to the elder brother."

After hearing this, Sun Quan nodded repeatedly, and then ordered the civil servants to lead Wu Fan to the post office and take a good room to rest. He led the ministers to see Sun Jian immediately.

He took Wu Fan to the side of the Sun family's ministers.

The group entered the prefect's mansion where Sun Jian lived from the back door of the main hall.

After coming to the main room, most of the people stayed outside the door. Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and other old ministers entered the room. After coming to the bedroom, some people stayed in the screen in front of the bed, only Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Huang Gai walked around the screen and came to Sun Jian’s bed.

From only three days since he learned that the defeat of the Hefei army in the battle, Sun Jian seemed to have been thirty years old. His original heroic and masculinity disappeared, and he was lying weakly on the bed like an old man in the evening.

Sun Jian knew very well that his last ace was gone, and the terrain of Jiangdong was like a trunk, and he could not resist the Cao army at all, let alone the dream of dominating the world. At this time, Sun Jian only hoped that his family, children, and his ministers would be able to save their lives. Others were really nothing, and he did not have the ability or qualification to think about other things.

However, can Cao Cao satisfy his wish? Now it is easy for Cao's army to capture Jianye City. He has been fighting with Cao Cao for many years, and the two sides have won and lost each other, and the hatred is very deep. If the general situation is determined today, Cao Cao no longer needs to pretend to be polite to win over the hearts of the people. He can completely trample Jianye City as a fan at a command to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Sun Jian was worried about this, and he couldn't even sleep well.

At this time, after Sun Jian had just had a while of sleeping, Sun Quan brought people in.

When he arrived at the bed, Sun Quan bent down and called in a low voice. After calling out three times, Sun Jian opened his eyes.

Sun Jian was not aware of the incident of Wu Fan entering Jianye City as an envoy. Seeing Sun Quan bringing several important officials to the bed, Sun Quan immediately realized that something must be important and hurriedly asked Sun Quan:

"Cao's army has captured the city?"

He was a little anxious. After asking this, Sun Jian couldn't help coughing for a while.

Sun Quan quickly helped Sun Jian to sit up, and while pounding Sun Jian's back, he said:

"Don't worry, my father, Cao's army did not attack the city."

When Sun Jian learned that Cao's army did not attack the city, he felt relieved. He looked around Zhou Yu and others, and saw that there were many generals and ministers standing behind the screen. Sun Jian became more and more puzzled and said:

"Since Cao's army has not attacked the city, what are you doing here?"

Lu Su stepped forward and walked:

"Back to the lord, this is the thing. Cao Cao sent his eighth brother, Wu Fan, the governor of the Second Corps of the Cao army, to serve as an envoy to come to our city."

The years of fighting on the battlefield made Sun Jian extremely familiar with the diplomatic strategies of the enemy and us. At this time, Sun Jian's army was in a weak position in front of Cao's army, but Cao's army sent envoys? Could it be...

Sun Jian had a vague premonition in his heart, and this vague premonition even made Sun Jian feel an inexplicable surprise. However, he was not sure whether his premonition was correct, so he turned his head and looked at Sun Quan with a consulting gaze and asked:

"What is the purpose of Wu Fan's trip?"

Sun Quan said in response to his father's eyes:

"Back to my father, Wu Fan came to persuade our army to surrender."

Upon hearing the word "supplication", Sun Jian couldn't help but close his eyes and let out a long sigh. He nodded and said to himself:

"I didn't expect that Cao Cao would have such a generous heart. This is indeed a blessing for me, Jiangdong."

How could he know that the reason why Cao Cao sent Wu Fan to persuade him to surrender was entirely because Wu Fan volunteered and insisted repeatedly. Otherwise, Cao Cao's original wish would have to directly attack the city.

Next, Sun Quan told all the actions of Wu Fan's persuasion to surrender during this trip, including the battle with Pang Tong, Ling Tong and Ding Feng. Sun Jian nodded repeatedly when he heard this, sighed and looked around and said:

"I originally wanted to join you to fight for the hegemony of the princes, which made me famous all over the world, and even started a dynasty. However, God did not bless me in Jiangdong, and even defeated me in such a situation. Fortunately, Cao Cao had the intention to surrender. You have followed my Sun family for a long time and worked a lot. If I could not die well because of my will, it would be difficult for me to die. Forget it, I will surrender according to Cao Cao's wishes."

When everyone heard this, the big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground. This is not because everyone is afraid of death. It is unwise to insist on hitting the stone with eggs when the situation is no longer reversed.

Just as the generals and ministers were very pleased, Zhou Yu, who had not spoken, suddenly said:

"Lord, Cao Cao is suspicious by nature. We have been fighting with Cao's army for many years and have had deep grudges with the generals of Cao's army. Today we surrender to his tent. If there are ministers secretly slandering in his ears in the future, it is difficult for us to be the meat of the chopping board."

Zhou Yu's words were like a bucket of cold water, which suddenly fell from the top of everyone's heads, extinguishing everyone's warm joy.

Sun Jian, including everyone, looked at Zhou Yu, with hopeless eyes. Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu for a while before asking:

"With the intention of being cautious, can we and the Cao army have a chance to fight for death?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said:

"No, I agree with my lord's intention to surrender Cao Baoquan. However, I am suspicious of Cao Cao. We have made many enemies among the generals and ministers of the Cao army, so we need to think more about surrender. In my foolish opinion, we should at least find a reliable person in Cao's army so that we can have a backer to surrender."

Sun Jian suddenly heard this and then asked:

"I don't know what reliable people Gong Jin said?"

Zhou Yu bowed to Sun Jian, then stood up and talked:

"This person must be upright and famous all over the world, be selfless and have a word of all. Moreover, he holds great power and has a close relationship with Cao Cao. Even if there are ministers who want to harm him, Cao Cao will not believe it, and even cause trouble from this slander, which makes other people with ulterior motives dare not try it."

After Zhou Yu said this, he looked at Sun Jian and said:

"Lord, if I wait for this person as my backer, I will definitely be able to protect myself from worry after surrendering to Cao."

Sun Jian and everyone nodded repeatedly when they heard this, but where can you find such a person? Who under Cao Cao can meet so many conditions?

Sun Jian expressed his question to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said:

"Lord, this person is far away from the sky, near, but only in the city. He is either Cao Cao's eighth brother, the governor of the Second Corps of the Cao army, the General of the Cavalry, and the Duke of Jin Wu Fan."

When Sun Jian and everyone heard this, they woke up. Zhou Yu had already continued:

"Lord, this person not only meets the many conditions mentioned above, but also has a very important point: the Second Legion under his command rarely confronts our army, and only fought twice in the previous battle of Hefei and the battle of rescuing Lujiang, and there was almost no resentment between each other."

After hearing this, Sun Jian even claimed goodness, and a smile appeared on his face that was frowning for many days. However, Sun Jian quickly realized another problem and asked Zhou Yu again:

"Although Wu Fan is an excellent backer, how can we rely on him?"

The implication is: How can we be related to Wu Fan? Moreover, this relationship should be very close, and it cannot be achieved by drinking a few meals of wine and hunting a few times.

Zhou Yu, who had always been full of confidence, suddenly became silent at this time. After Sun Jian's urge to ask again, he raised his head and said in a bit embarrassedly:

"I thought of a wonderful solution, just..."

"Just what?"

Sun Jian asked.

"Just... I don't know if it's said or not."

Sun Jian waved his hand and frowned:

"Gong Jin and Bo Fu are sworn brothers. Since I am your uncle, why should I hesitate to speak to my uncle? Even if I say it bluntly."

Zhou Yu bowed again and stood up and said:

"The daughter of the lord, Shang Xiang, is about to marry. If Shang Xiang can make a favour with him, he will be able to achieve a supporter."

...

But Sun Shangxiang's close maid just came in with the boiled soup.

The reason was that the maid who was responsible for making medicine for Sun Jian felt a little uncomfortable temporarily. The relationship between the two was good, so she helped to boil the medicine and brought it over.

So, the maid naturally heard Zhou Yu's words, and she heard them very clearly.

Putting the medicine beside the bed, Sun Quan waved his hand and asked the maid to retreat. After all, this occasion is not as good as usual, so it is naturally not suitable for servants to stay here.

The maid hurriedly retreated, and then ran towards the courtyard where Sun Shangxiang lived alone in two steps.

There were many servants in the prefect's mansion, so Zhou Yu naturally didn't know that this maid was Sun Shangxiang's personal maid, so he had no shyness in his words. Sun Jian and Sun Quan were listening to Zhou Yu's arguments attentively, so they did not notice her.

Let’s talk about this maid, hurried to the attic where Sun Shangxiang lived alone, and ran to Sun Shangxiang’s boudoir on the second floor in one breath. He hurriedly said to Sun Shangxiang, who was standing in a daze with his sword:

"Miss, something big happened, something big happened"

Sun Shangxiang was startled, gave the maid a blank look and put the sword into the sheath, and said angrily:

"It's a big deal to worry about you. Could it be that the sky has fallen?"

As early as behind the screen in the main hall, Sun Shangxiang had learned that Wu Fan was here to persuade him to surrender, so he was very clear that Cao's army would definitely not attack the city before the negotiations broke down. Since Cao's army would not attack the city, in Sun Shangxiang's opinion, there was nothing to do to him.

The maid gasped for a few breaths and replied:

"Master, I want to marry you out"...
Chapter completed!