Chapter 62: Mission (IV)

But on this day, Sun Quan was talking to Xue Bing, and suddenly reported that the Hukou Guard Lu Xun arrived. Xue Bing was stunned when he heard this and said to Sun Quan: "Brother has something to do, Bing, please retreat and avoid it for the time being."

Sun Quan was also stunned when he heard the news, as if he hadn't expected Lu Xun to come back suddenly. While asking him to invite him in, he said to Xue Bing: "Brother, wait for a moment, and I will go find you later."

Xue Bing then said goodbye. When he went out, he saw a young scholar-like person coming in. The man was stunned when he saw Xue Bing, turned his eyes a few times, then smiled clearly, bowed to Xue Bing, and then continued to enter the hall. Xue Bing watched the person walk in from behind, and said in his heart: "Is this person Lu Xun? It's true that he is a talented person. Moreover, looking at him like that, he seemed to have guessed my identity."

Just as he was thinking, Xue Bing suddenly had a strange idea. "It seems that Lu Xun's time to join Sun Quan at this time is still short, and I wonder if he can kidnap this person?" As soon as this idea appeared, he was shocked by himself. He shook his head and said to himself, "How is it possible? The Lu family is a Jiangdong clan. As the leader of the clan, Lu Xun had to consider the interests of the family. It is impossible to give up Jiangdong's foundation and join Liu Bei." However, since this idea emerged, it kept surrounding Xue Bing's heart, and he kept giving himself to himself.

The reason for his success is that "Lu Xun is not valued now, and Zhou Yu is not dead, Lu Su and Lu Meng are all there, and they will not be reused in a short time. The Lu family and the Sun family have conflicts, and Lu Xun's uncle died at the hands of the Sun family. In this regard, if the Sun family was not forced by the Sun family, they would probably not serve him." Thinking of this, Xue Bing could no longer stop the idea of ​​abducting Lu Xun. He came out of the Marquis' Mansion and went to the Taifu of the State Council, and was thinking about how to convince Lu Xun to abandon Sun and Liu.

But Xue Bing stayed in Chaisang for several days. During the time he chatted with Sun Shangxiang, he often talked about Lu Xun, which made Sun Shangxiang ask with a strange look: "Why are you so interested in Bo Yan?"

Xue Bing replied awkwardly: "I think this person is a talented person..."

"So he loves talent, so he wants to pull him to Uncle Liu, right?" Sun Shangxiang took Xue Bing's words with a crooked look on his face.

When Xue Bing heard Sun Shangxiang take out all the things he wanted to say, she could only smile awkwardly: "That's right."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Sun Shangxiang's face changed. The smile that was originally hanging on his face disappeared. Instead, he changed into a tigress face and said to him: "If you pull someone to my brother, your hand is too long, right?" As a result, the voice seemed too loud, and he woke up Xiao Xue Ning who was asleep in his arms. The little guy looked at his mother's fierce look, as if he was frightened. He stared at the fierce Sun Shangxiang with his black eyes.

Xue Bing was taught a lesson by Sun Shangxiang, so she had to lower her head, admit her mistake, and said that she would never dig up the corner of her brother-in-law again. Seeing Xue Bing's attitude of admitting her mistake, Sun Shangxiang smiled again and said, "That's right! Moreover, my brother and Uncle Liu are allies again, why do you have to ask Bo Yan to go to the Uncle's position?"

And the little guy in Sun Shangxiang's arms looked at his mother and father, as if he had understood something, then closed his eyes again and fell asleep...

After staying in Jiangdong for a long time, Xue Bing had decided to return to Shuzhong. After all, it was already autumn. In a few months, Liu Bei's army would attack Hanzhong. He still needed to go back now and prepare for the adapted first-level troops.

Wu Guotai wanted to keep him again and again, but Xue Bing insisted on leaving, so he had to call Sun Shangxiang into the room and live together for three days to tell the story of mother and daughter. Then he let Xue Bing and others leave.

When Xue Bing left, Sun Quan personally sent him onto the boat. Seeing that the big ship was getting farther and farther away, he could no longer see the people on the boat, he suddenly came down to report that the Grand Governor Zhou Yu had a letter.

When Sun Quan heard this, he took the letter and read it on the riverside. The letter said: "Yu was in Hefei. He heard that Xue Zihan returned to Jiangdong with his wife. The lord should not be careless. If possible, try to keep him in Jiangdong as the reason of the Grand Prince. At least, he should keep him as a hostage. The lord can say to Xue Bing: 'It is better to keep him one son than to accompany his mother.' If Xue Bing keeps him in Jiangdong, he will not become an enemy of the lord in the future!" After reading it, Sun Quan looked at the missing ship and breathed a sigh, "It's a pity that Gongjin is not by his side. Even if he has a good plan, it will be difficult for me to use it!"

At that time, Lu Su stood aside and heard Sun Quan's words, he asked, "What is the matter in the letter of General Zhou?" Sun Quan then handed over the letter in his hand. After reading it, Lu Su said to Sun Quan: "Although what General Zhou said in the letter of General Zhou is feasible. However, if the lord does this, he is afraid of becoming a grudge with Xue Bing. If he gets back to his parents in the future, he will come to take revenge and take his son with snow."

When Sun Quan heard this, he said, "Zi Jing said so much!" So he stopped thinking about this and led everyone to look at the Marquis' Mansion and returned...

Besides, Xue Bing took a boat to Jingzhou first. When he met Guan Yu, he told him that the matter was done and asked him to prepare early.

Guan Yu said, "I have asked my subordinates to order the prefect of Guiyang to withdraw from the city's garrison and wait for the people from the Eastern Wu to come. In addition, most of the strong people in the city have moved to other places."

Xue Bing said in a daze: "Moving away the strong city? Who did this plan?"

Guan Yu smiled and said, "It was Mr. Yuanzhi who gave birth to him. Mr. Yuanzhi once said that his brother was the most labor-intensive now, so it would be okay to let the three counties go. However, the people of the three counties must not be sent to Dongwu."

After hearing this, Xue Bing said to Xu Shu: "Mr. Yuanzhi was still thoughtful, but Bing forgot such an important thing." After saying that, he said in his heart: "It was not in vain to persuade Xu Shu to come back. If he didn't say it, he would almost forget about it. In the later period, Liu Bei's shortage of the population was the population. A country with a population of less than one million. Although it has something to do with the region, it is indeed too cold."

Xu Shu said: "It is what we should do for the Lord to worry about, and we should do as subordinates. Zi Han formulated military reforms and trained elite soldiers for the Lord to do, and did much more than I did."

Xue Bing said: "But there is no difference. I just talked and made suggestions for the so-called military reform. It was all led by Mr. Jiang Gongyan and Mr. Jiang."

Guan Yu gently stroked his long beard and said, "This Jiang Wan is a talent!"

As he was speaking, a young man came in next to him with a kettle. He first poured a bowl for Guan Yu, and then poured it for Xu Shu and Xue Bing respectively. When the young man saw Xue Bing, he looked at him for a moment, as if he was curious about him. When he saw Xue Bing, he was also looking at him, but the young man was not afraid at all, but instead looked at him.

Xue Bing looked interesting and asked Guan Yu, "How is this young man?" As she asked, she picked up the water bowl and took a big sip.

"Oh! This is my newly adopted son whom I had just taken a few days ago. The surname was Deng. I wanted to change him to follow my surname, but he said: "The surname was given by my father. Now my father is not here, so I dare not change him in vain." So I left his original surname and took him with me." Guan Yu just sat upright on the head, except for the hand that always stroked the long beard, the rest seemed to have not moved too much, which made Xue Bing admire him.

After hearing this, Xue Bing put down the water bowl. When the boy saw that the bowl was empty, he immediately came over and filled it. Xue Bing nodded to the boy and said to Guan Yu, "The second general now has a lot of children, why did he accept this son as his adopted son again?"

Guan Yu smiled and said, "But he said that after he went to Jiangdong that day, I walked with Yuan and I to Jingzhou everywhere. That day, when I arrived near Xiangyang, I saw this son arguing with others. I was curious at one time, so I rode my horse over to hear what these people were arguing." As he said this, Guan Yu chuckled again.

When Xue Bing saw it, she became even more curious and asked, "But what are you talking about?"

Guan Yu said, "It turns out that those people ridiculed this son and stuttered, even if they had some knowledge, they could not be used by others. Then Guan could not see the arrogant attitude of the scholars, so he came forward to test the test of the few people. All of them were stumped, only this son." As he said, he pointed to the young man with his fingers. "Although he stuttered, he answered it like a stream. Guan saw that his talent was extraordinary, so he asked a few more questions, and all of them answered one by one. Later, he learned that this son lost his father in his early years and had only an old mother in his family, and his life was very hard. Guan pity his talent, so he accepted him as his adopted son."

After hearing this, Xue Bing sighed, "But I don't expect there will be such twists and turns. This son has to meet the general, but it is also an opportunity." Speaking of this, Xue Bing suddenly felt something was wrong and said in his heart: "I stutter, my surname is Deng? Why are I so familiar with him?" So he asked Guan Yu, "I have been talking for a long time, but I haven't asked about this son's name yet.

"This son's surname is Deng and his name is Ai." Guan Yu said lightly: "Originally called Deng Fan, but his fellow clan had the same name, so he changed his name to Ai."

As soon as Guan Yu said that, Xue Bing was shocked there. He looked at the slightly thin young man in front of him and thought to himself: "This is Deng Ai Deng Shizai who will destroy Shu Kingdom in the future? Why was Guan Yu accepted as his adopted son?" After thinking about it, he still couldn't understand it.

It turned out that Deng Ai should have arrived in Yuzhou because Cao Cao moved the people of Nanyang. Later, he met Sima Yi, and then he started his glorious life. However, because of Xue Bing's appearance and when the Battle of Chibi was in progress, he conquered Jingxiang, which made Cao Cao not have time to move the people of Jingzhou, causing Deng Ai to stay in his hometown. As for Guan Yu's adoption as his adopted son, this was a complete coincidence. That day, Deng Ai had an old problem again. Seeing a mountain, he pointed out that there could be ambushing here and camping in that place. He was heard by several scholars passing by and stuttered and sarcastic. This was why Guan Yu accepted him as his adopted son.

Xue Bing looked at the boy in front of him, and suddenly an evil thought popped up in his heart and asked Guan Yu: "I wonder if this boy has ever called a word "王子?"

When Guan Yu heard this, he said, "This son has not changed his name for a long time, and he has not yet reached the age of the crown ceremony, so the word "not" has not been published."

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Why would I give him a word for it? I should congratulate the second general on receiving this gift!"

Guan Yu said, "Oh? Zihan, let me tell you!"

Xue Bing laughed even happier when she heard this, and said, "Why would you call Shizai?"
Chapter completed!