The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

Zhou Yu woke up from the nightmare again, and Xiaoqiao on the bed next to him was also disturbed. Seeing Zhou Yu's uneasy expression, Xiaoqiao walked up familiarly, twisted a cloth towel from the basin prepared next to him, and handed it to Zhou Yu for him to wipe. Wiping his face: "General, is it still that nightmare?"

Zhou Yu nodded. It was the same nightmare. It had been going on for more than a month. Every night, she dreamed that in an abandoned factory/residential building, she was hunted down for no reason. fate.

"Why don't you invite someone to do a divination to see what is good or bad for the Lord?" Xiaoqiao suggested kindly.

"No need." At any rate, Zhou Yu had read several psychology textbooks back then, and knew that such a dream meant an unspoken worry deep in his heart. Being chased and killed was actually nothing more than being chased and killed by worry.

Why am I worried?Zhou Yu asked himself, now the world is in chaos, the situation is good, Jiangdong is basically calm, and the two heroes in the north are fighting, whoever bites can get a piece of meat.

As long as it doesn't happen.

if only.

Zhou Yu looked up at Xiaoqiao: "A few days ago when you went back to Lujiang, did you see Sister Ling and Shao'er?"

Xiaoqiao skillfully replied: "How come the general forgot? I told the general when I came back two days ago. My sister is fine, and Mr. Shao is also fine. My sister is very dedicated to taking care of Mr. Shao. General Sun and his wife can't stay here." praise."

"If I asked you to bring it to General Sun, did you bring it?" Zhou Yu was a little worried.

"Here, you said that since Xu Gong's death, his retainers have been scattered. Some of these people may seek revenge from General Sun, so you want me to tell General Sun to be careful. General Sun also agreed, he said He remembers what you told him back then, and he will definitely not ride rashly."

"That's good, that's good." Zhou Yu muttered to himself.Xiaoqiao persuaded softly: "It's still early, the general should sleep for a while. The concubine will naturally ask the general to get up tomorrow morning, so it won't delay the training."

"I dare not sleep. I will have nightmares again when I fall asleep." Sun Ce would sometimes be seen in subsequent nightmares. He stood in front of the rosewood tablet and yelled at him. stand in front of him.

"Tomorrow there will be a routine array drill for the navy, so how can the general give orders if he is not energetic enough?" Xiaoqiao said while gently shaking the quilt considerately, and helped Zhou Yu cover it again.

Zhou Yu finally fell asleep.

Zhou Yu has been in a good mood these days. Starting from a certain day, she no longer has nightmares, and the worries no longer bother her in her dreams. She feels much more relaxed.

Since Sun Ce wrote to capture Luling, he has not received a letter from Sun Ce for many days. Seeing that April is coming to an end, Zhou Yu thought with relief: The curse is about to be broken.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu galloped up to a small hill by the river, followed by everyone, overlooking the surging river, looking back at the bright flags of his soldiers, Zhou Yu felt so proud. At this moment, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao seemed to be ignored up.

At this time, a subordinate pointed to the distance: "General Zhou! There are messengers arriving!"

Zhou Yu was taken aback.

Lu Meng looked at the banner: "It's from Luling, could it be that the lord sent it? Why is it so urgent that we can't wait until we return to the camp?"

Zhou Yu didn't have time to think about it, the horses were already approaching, and the messenger immediately wrapped his waist in sackcloth and wore white on his head. Before he could see him, he got off his horse and fell to the ground crying: "My lord Xiangri was killed by Xu Gong's disciples. Commander, please return to Lujiang to preside over the plan!"

your happiness is the sun in my world.

Then there was a thunderbolt.

Zhou Yu struggled to reach the bed tent and passed out immediately. Xiaoqiao had also received the news and was weeping for her elder sister's life. Seeing Zhou Yu fainted, she was anxious and frightened, so she repeatedly ordered someone to call for a military doctor.

Before the military doctor came, Zhou Yu slowly opened her eyes. She barely recognized the person in front of her, and vaguely called "Xiaoqiao".

"It's me! It's me! General, are you alright? Waiting for my concubine to help you to rest on the couch, and ask the servant to fetch honey water for you to drink?" Xiaoqiao showed joy when he saw Zhou Yu wake up.

Zhou Yu shook his head and grabbed Xiaoqiao's hand: "Pack up your things, let's go back to Luling...for the funeral." The last two words seemed to take a lot of effort to come out.

There was no time for Zhou Yu to continue to pass out, and there was no time for her to cry. She felt that tears were too unreal, and even felt that nothing was real. She wondered if Sun Ce was fine?How could he be killed?Didn't I tell him in advance to be careful?How could he go his own way?Isn't this someone maliciously spreading rumors?

The unreal feeling outside the city of Dongzhi came back again. Mrs. Song's green dress was faintly swaying in front of her eyes, and it turned into Sun Ce's silver armored spear after a while.

Xiaoqiao was very worried about this situation, because Zhou Yu didn't go to sleep after getting the news, and every time she persuaded her, she said "I can't sleep".Xiaoqiao was worried that Zhou Yu would collapse before Luling could support him like this, so he could only persuade him: "General! My lord has ordered that the general return to take charge of the big plan. If there is a gap in the general's body, wouldn't it be a burden to the lord! Nai Jiangdong What are the peoples!"

"Jiangdong Wanmin" made Zhou Yu suddenly sober, as if she had finally found her target in the chaos, she immediately called people: "Beat the drums and gather the generals! Discuss the matter of returning to Lujiang!"

In front of the generals, Zhou Yu carefully questioned the messenger, and then made a decision that surprised everyone present: take the troops back to Lujiang!

What are you trying to do? You can't... Everyone dare not think about it anymore.Only Lu Meng said "Wei" and turned around and walked out. He did it in one go without dragging his feet. He went to order troops.

"The lord is dying, and the young lord will be in charge of Jiangdong. At this time, when it is time to change the commander, everyone in the court has their own concerns, and the soldiers return to protect the foundation of Jiangdong." Zhou Yu was still very upset about the general who did not understand. Patiently explained.

At the end of April, Zhou Yu led his troops back to Lujiang.

At that time, countless pairs of eyes were fixed on the 26-year-old Zhou Yu. Apart from Sun Quan's eager eyes, especially the eyes of the three women, some were worried, some vented their anger, and some were jealous.

Zhou Yu rushed all the way back to Lujiang, and went directly to the mourning hall, even in a hurry to change his clothes, lined with thin armor, cut off the outer cover, and wore sackcloth and filial piety.

If Zhou Yu was somewhat lucky before, then seeing the whiteness of the mourning hall and the glaring black tung oil coffin and memorial tablet opposite, this slight hope was completely shattered.

Zhou Yu staggered and fell to his knees in front of the coffin, tears finally welling up in his eyes: "How could this be... how could this be... Bofu, I was late, so I couldn't see you for the last time!"

After saying that, he fell to the ground and wept bitterly.

Countless people in the mourning hall were reminded of their sad past at the same time, and they cried out in grief for a while.

Sun Quan, the new head of state of Jiangdong, was kneeling beside him, wanting to comfort him. He could not see Zhou Yu being so sad, but he didn't know what to say. He didn't know how to persuade him at the family meeting yesterday.He thought of his father, his elder brother, and Zhou Yu who was beside him in high spirits. All the good impressions and peaceful life in one day were shattered, and he couldn't help crying.

At this time, someone walked past Sun Quan towards Zhou Yu. Sun Quan recognized that person was the servant girl beside his mother through his teary eyes. He wanted to stop him, but he opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He just looked at the servant girl helplessly. The maid whispered in Zhou Yu's ear: "General Zhou, Mrs. Tai is here to invite you", and watched Zhou Yu follow the maid to the back hall.

Zhou Yu suppressed her grief, wiped away her tears, and came to see Mrs. Wu. She originally thought that she must not cry and not arouse Mrs. Wu's sadness, but this simple wish was wiped out by Mrs. Wu's trembling "Yu'er", Tears could not be stopped like broken pearls. Zhou Yu cried bitterly and fell into Mrs. Wu's arms and called "Mother" repeatedly, her voice trembling and desperate. cry together.

Zhou Yu had served Mrs. Wu as his mother a long time ago. After Dongzhi slaughtered the city, Zhou Yu, who had no relatives and cut off his retreat, even regarded Mrs. Wu as his own mother.Mrs. Wu did not regard Zhou Yu as an outsider, but always regarded her as her own child. After Sun Shao was born, Mrs. Wu was very angry and punished Sun Ce to kneel for half an hour. It was because Sun Ce concealed the truth from his mother, but Zhou Yu came to visit At that time, Mrs. Wu was still as dear and kind to her as before.Therefore, for Zhou Yu, when the sky is about to fall, Mrs. Wu's existence is like a biological mother. She is trustworthy and can be honest. She can vent any emotion and tell any secret. This is the only thing in Zhou Yu's heart. One life-saving straw.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Wu suppressed her mourning and said to Zhou Yu, "Yu'er, did you lead troops when you returned to Luling this time?"

Zhou Yu replied honestly: "I have. Five thousand elite soldiers are stationed outside Luling City, and I only brought Cheng Plumeng and a few generals into the city with me."

Mrs. Wu was taken aback: "Why do you bring troops here?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a few seconds, some things were not so easy to say clearly. "I heard that Zhongmou has newly led Jiangdong, and he is afraid that something will happen, so the soldiers came to suppress it."

"Sounds good!" A voice suddenly yelled from outside the bead curtain. A noble girl in her early ten years, dressed in jewels and emerald silk, with a dagger hanging from her waist, flashed into the curtain. Zhou Yu recognized that she was Sun Ce's younger sister. Everyone calls her "Little Sister".

Mrs. Sun approached in three steps and two steps, first bowed to Mrs. Wu, then looked at Zhou Yu with raised willow eyebrows, then turned to Mrs. Wu, and said sharply: "Mother, now I know what I expected! What did you say the day before yesterday?" Yes? The second elder brother doesn’t know who people are, and keeps saying that Zhou Gongjin has no second thoughts and will definitely not bring troops here. Only the son predicted that she would definitely bring troops to come, and she has ulterior motives, and now it has come true! Zhou Yu! I, Jiangdong, have never wronged you ! Why are you rebellious!"

Zhou Yu was stunned: "My little sister, why did you say that? I sent troops here to protect Jiangdong. Otherwise, why would I order five thousand elite soldiers to garrison outside the city? Since Jiangdong is safe and sound, as long as the lord gives an order, I will immediately retreat Bach!"

Sun sneered: "That said, your five thousand soldiers are already outside the city. As long as you give an order, they will be able to enter the city. The foundation of the three generations of my Sun family will belong to you, Zhou Yu."

Zhou Yu was not in the mood to argue with others on this day, so he turned to Mrs. Wu: "In this case, mother, after I go to see the lord, I will declare my heart in public, and immediately order the troops to withdraw to Baqiu."

"Yu'er!" Madam Wu hastily stopped Zhou Yu, "I know you have no other intentions, but Ce'er has just died, and many people in Jiangzuo are dissatisfied with Quan'er. It would be suspicious to bring troops here. Situation... Before Ce'er was alive, you gave all the power of the general to you, so at this time, it is inevitable that someone will use you as a prey to cause evil."

"Mother doesn't need to worry about this matter. Yu is willing to return the military power to the lord. From then on, she will no longer lead the army." After a few words, Zhou Yu understood a little bit: anyway, I can't show my heart to them. What's the meaning?She had already accepted the fact that Sun Ce had left her forever, and she felt disheartened. The military power and so on was obtained for Sun Ce. Since the Bofu is gone, let's hand it back, just to make it clean.

But Zhou Yu's promise did not satisfy Sun, she was furious: "You are threatening to stop leading the army!"

"Little sister shut up!" Mrs. Wu stopped Sun.

Zhou Yu didn't have the heart to discern carefully which of the Sun family's words was sincere and which was malicious. She left in a hurry. Sun Ce's body was lying cold in a high-quality coffin in the mourning hall outside, and she was going to guard it. Only when she saw Sun Ce's funeral was done in an orderly manner and without perfunctory, could she feel at ease: "Then, my little sister, please enlighten me, what should Zhou Yu do."

"Yu'er, don't be as knowledgeable as my little sister. She is also worried about Jiang Dong and speaks too much. A few days ago, Zhang Zhao led all the civil servants to help and protect Quan'er. Only the military officers went along the way... You probably saw it when you came. Some people are against Quan'er. I'm not very respectful." Mrs. Wu hastily explained.

"Understood." Zhou Yu tried to calm herself down, "Mother, don't wait." She got up and went out, ignoring other people's comments, and went straight to Sun Quan. Just as Sun Quan was about to say something, Zhou Yu had already raised her hand to increase her quota. Bowed ninety degrees, straightened up, raised hands to eyebrows, knelt down on both knees, and bowed slowly...

The civil servants and military generals behind were all dumbfounded. This is a great gift, the most respectful etiquette.

Zhou Yu did all the obeisance and worship carefully, then knelt down, and said sonorously and forcefully: "Jianwei Zhonglang will lead Zhou Yu to pay homage to the lord. From now on, I will serve the lord as the leader, and I will live and die without regret, forever. Jiangdong, if you have a different heart, the world will not tolerate it!"

As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Lu Meng took the lead, followed by Cheng Pu, all the generals knelt down and saluted, and the civil servants followed the generals and also knelt down in a large area.

Sun Quan hurriedly supported Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, please, I am still young, and I have to rely on you..."

Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at Sun Quan: "My lord, you can't say that anymore. You are the master of Jiangdong, and no one in Jiangdong can surpass you."

But Sun Quan did not dare to look Zhou Yu in the eye.

Zhou Yu led the crowd to swear the oath, and then returned to the back hall to meet Mrs. Wu: "Mother, Zhou Yu has already led the crowd to swear allegiance to the Lord, so mother will have no worries."

Contrary to Zhou Yu's expectation, Mrs. Wu did not express any relief, she sighed.

"Mother...what else?"

"Do you think it's over if you take a few people to swear an oath?" Mrs. Sun didn't buy it at all, and continued to sneer.

Zhou Yu turned to Sun: "Little sister, please speak directly. Zhou Yu is blunt and doesn't understand the meaning."

Mrs. Sun stood up: "My elder brother clearly left a will on his deathbed, ordering his second elder brother to take Jiangdong back. But there are still people who have ulterior motives, all because of one person, do you know who it is?"

"who is it?"

"It's your good son Sun Shao!"

Sun Shao's name reminded Zhou Yu: "Shao'er!"

"That's right! My eldest brother has only one son in his life, and that is Sun Shao. According to the rule of 'father follows son', Sun Shao should be the successor instead of my second brother. If someone plans to support Sun Shao, can you promise to oppose it? Others I don't know, but mother and I know that he is your own son, don't you want to watch your son take Jiangdong away?"

"Shao'er is too young to take on this important task. My lord made the lord succeed me after careful consideration. Yu has no objection to this."

"Others may not think so," Sun glanced at Zhou Yu, "We don't know if you think so."

"I can move Shao'er out of Dongfu, find him an ordinary place to live, and never allow him to intervene in Jiangdong's affairs from now on."

"It's useless! As long as he is Sun Shao, as long as he is the only parent of my eldest brother, as long as you are his biological mother, he is the biggest threat to Jiangdong's stability! There will always be someone who will make up his mind. When the time comes, Shao'er himself I'm afraid it's hard to keep it safe!"

"Then please tell Zhou Yu what to do to win Jiang Dong's trust." Zhou Yu was tired, and traveling for several days without eating, drinking or sleeping was not as tiring as today's conversation.It is not enough to hold the military power, it is not good to resign from the military power, it is not good to support Sun Quan, it is not good to not support Sun Quan, it is not good for Sun Shao to fight for power, and it is not good not to fight for power!This is cutting off all escape routes, and there is nothing more helpless than being unable to argue.

Sun smiled: "Gongjin wants to win Jiangdong's trust? It's not difficult. You and my elder brother have known each other since childhood, and we have a deep relationship. My elder brother trusts you and entrusts you with important tasks. Now Jiangdong is in charge of my second brother. You If you want to gain the trust of my second brother, how you served my elder brother that day, you will serve my second brother in the same way in the future."

Zhou Yu slowly raised her head and looked at Mrs. Sun. She felt that she didn't understand what she said, or she misheard: "Little sister, can you speak more clearly?"

"To put it simply, if you are willing to remarry my second brother, I, the Sun family, will believe that you have no second thoughts!"

Zhou Yu thought, I must have heard wrong.

She turned to look at Madam Wu, Madam Wu turned her head away and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Zhou Yu just sat there blankly for a long time.

Mrs. Sun was not in a hurry for success, so she also sat down and looked proudly at Zhou Yu's bewildered expression. Mrs. Wu couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't ignore Zhou Yu's pitiful eyes, so she took Zhou Yu's hand: "Yu Yu Son……"

"Mother, little sister... are you kidding me?" Zhou Yu had difficulty uttering these words.

"No..." Mrs. Wu answered with difficulty, "Gongjin, we have discussed it. For the stability of Jiangdong, there is really no other way..."

"Mother, it's not true, Bo Fu's body is still cold, it won't happen, right?"

Madam Wu turned her head away and did not answer, tears falling like rain.

"Zhou Yu, don't brag about your worth!" Sun's tone was a little impatient, "My elder brother is needless to say to you, my second brother is already infatuated with you, what's wrong with you following my second brother? Anyway, my Sun family will not treat you badly, who are you showing your hypocrisy to? If you insist on not obeying, you have confirmed your intention to support Sun Shao as a disaster for Jiangdong!"

"I don't have that in mind!"

"There is nothing to say! In fact, it is all because of Sun Shao. If you insist on not following, then there is another way to ensure that Jiangdong is safe-kill Sun Shao." Sun said, from the waist Slowly drew out the dagger.

"No—" Zhou Yu's expression instantly became terrified.

"It's fine if you don't kill him. Shao'er is my nephew, and I'm still reluctant to do it. If you agree, everything will be settled, isn't it great?" Sun put the sword back into its sheath slowly, and came to Zhou Yu , bent down and looked down at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu stopped talking and just shook his head.

"If you don't want to, that's good. I have to bear the pain and kill my relatives. I will kill Sun Shao now, so that Jiangdong will never suffer from future troubles! Come!" Sun called out a group of female soldiers, all of whom were her daily cronies.The sword is ready.

"Little sister—" Zhou Yu rushed over, grabbed Sun's skirt, and cried mournfully. Sun shook her off in disgust, and pulled out her clothes with all her strength.

"Mother—" Zhou Yu could only hold a glimmer of hope, and turned to Mrs. Wu for help, hoping that she would save Sun Shao for the sake of her own grandson.

Mrs. Wu hugged Zhou Yu, just crying.

"Whether it will be done or not, Gong Jin, please say something early." Sun continued to press forward.

"Today and late, Gongjin was exhausted all the way again. Let her go back to rest first. If there is anything, we can talk about it tomorrow." Mrs. Wu may not be able to see it anymore, so she stopped Sun.

"Alright, then tomorrow, my mother's second brother and I will listen to Gong Jin's reply here, and Gong Jin must think about it." By this time, Sun's tone was already vicious.

Zhou Yu couldn't believe that today ended like this, she didn't even know how she said goodbye.

"Yuer—"

Zhou Yu turned around and saw Mrs. Wu's tears streaming down her face: "If you want to hate, you can hate mother, mother really has no other choice—"

The author has something to say:

Sun Ce has indeed fulfilled his promise to Zhou Yu. He did not rush forward when he was fighting, but when he was hunting...

The reason why Zhou Yu hesitated when facing Mrs. Wu's first question was because she was too embarrassed to say directly, "The second strategist lacks prestige, and the generals are not convinced." She never said the new boss's shortcomings, so she just said it in a general way. It is easy to be regarded as an excuse to say "fear of variables".

The author Hei Sun is very dark, in fact, this is a proud noble lady in the official history, the author doesn't like her, so there is no pressure to be black.

The stalk of this paragraph actually comes from two places: Zhou Yu of Xinsan went to the funeral.And Tianya's weird entertainment gossip version post "My sister-in-law, who I love to the bone, has been widowed for ten years..." Uh, I can't say any more, Jinjiang will say that I am advertising.But as many people have said, watching the scene where the Xin San Sun family forced Dudu, countless viewers thought that the next sentence would be "If you don't agree to do this, you will never see your son Sun Shao again!" You see, the crowd's The eyes are discerning.Everyone thinks so.The author just embodies what everyone thinks without shame.