The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

In June of the 13th year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang.

She lived in Lujiang for three months, and the three months were too tiring, even more tiring than doing morning exercises every morning.

Receiving messy people every day, and dealing with Sun Quan, even Mrs. Wu... Sun Quan really felt sorry for her, and told her that you don't have to see those people if you don't want to see them. Zhou Yu smiled wryly. Degree.Xiaoqiao was very dissatisfied with Sun Quan's statement: "If my lord really cares about the general, why don't you just order those people not to come!"

Zhou Yu has nothing to say, how can he explain to Xiaoqiao the psychology of a political person?Zhou Yu didn't want to offend others, so would Sun Quan?Sun Quan also has calculations. Zhou Yu may be the most important person in his heart, but he is not important enough to be compared with the entire Soochow bureaucracy.

This is different from Sun Ce.If it was Sun Ce, how dare he give such an order... Zhou Yu realized that she was comparing Sun Ce and Sun Quan again, so she resolutely dismissed the idea.Nothing compares, she told herself.

Mrs. Wu sent Zhou Yu to hope that she would persuade Sun Quan to pay attention to the women in the inner house. Sun Quan's harem was deserted.Zhou Yu didn't answer. Xiaoqiao heard that Mrs. Wu and Zhou Yu were very strange. She couldn't question Mrs. Wu, so she could only ask Zhou Yu: Doesn't the general not want to be with the lord?Then persuade him to go to the inner house more, so that the general will be freed.

Zhou Yu took the sand table to think about the cooperation of the ships, and replied without raising his head when he heard Xiaoqiao say this: "Why am I going to persuade you? In what capacity should I go?"

Xiaoqiao was right when he thought about it, and then he wanted to continue to ask why Mrs. Wu was the one who forced Zhou Yu to remarry Sun Quan at the beginning, and now it is Mrs. Wu who persuaded Zhou Yu to distance himself from Sun Quan, but seeing Zhou Yu's expression, he decided not to ask.

A woman who has become a mother cannot use common sense to deduce the problem.

I am also a mother, Xiaoqiao thought a little unconvinced, I have three children in total.

Before Zhou Yu came back, Sun Quan secretly slipped a piece of thin tissue to her in the tent, asking her to go back and read it again.Zhou Yu did so, and found that it was a letter written by Sun Quan to her. It probably said: Gong Jin, I will send someone to your place, and you should take good care of him. His name is Lu Xun, and he is Lu Jun. eldest son.Zhou Yu read the letter back and forth twice, wondering why there was a kind of flattery and suggestion between the lines in the content.

Does this Lu Xun or his father Lu Jun have any grudge against the lord?Zhou Yu couldn't figure it out after much deliberation. She didn't remember this incident.So she brought Lu Meng over. Lu Meng stumbled but he finished reading the letter much better than before. He felt similar to Zhou Yu, but he didn't think the Lu family had any grudge against Sun Quan.He returned the tissue paper to Zhou Yu: "General, I see what my lord means—this man has enmity with you, general, so my lord let you do whatever you want, as if to make you happy."

Zhou Yu thought it was ridiculous. She had almost never dealt with the Lu family, so what enmity could there be?

The next day Zhou Yu met Lu Xun, a young man in his twenties, well-born, with a baby face.Seeing Zhou Yu, he behaved very modestly. Zhou Yu asked him a few questions casually, and when he heard that Cao Cao might threaten Soochow at present, he nodded in satisfaction and left him under the tent.When Lu Xun resigned, Cheng Pu had just entered the account. When he saw Lu Xun, he had a strange expression on his face. This expression did not escape Zhou Yu's eyes. Seeing that Lu Xun had left, Zhou Yu asked Cheng Pu: "General Cheng, do you recognize this young man? "

"This man is Lu Jun's son. My lord transferred him to my side two years ago, and now he is sent to the general's account—how does the general plan to deal with it?"

Zhou Yu felt baffled: "Ah, he has good knowledge, so I'll let him be a side general first."

"So the general doesn't remember his father, Lu Jun?"

"Mr. Lu is also a celebrity of the generation, but I don't have a deep friendship with him."

Cheng Pu's face flushed slightly, he hesitated to speak, hesitated for a long time, and then said hesitatingly: "The general really doesn't remember, when, when, outside the city of Dongzhi..."

Zhou Yu suddenly remembered.The massacred Dongzhi, Mrs. Song's body, the cousin's glaring gaze, and Lu Jun's sharp sarcasm back then...

Cheng Pu was still saying: "My lord... My lord sent Lu Xun to the general, I think..."

Zhou Yu waved her hand and turned to discuss the ship formation with Cheng Pu. She didn't want to discuss Lu Xun's matter anymore.She never hated Lu Jun, but what Lu Jun said at the beginning made her feel extremely regretful and ashamed. Every time she recalled it, she wished to hide in the field, but it was because she was wrong, and Lu Jun didn't say anything wrong.People who have done nothing wrong, why should they seek revenge?

It was Sun Quan...Zhou Yu remembered the way Sun Quan stared at Lu Jun and shuddered. At that time, Sun Quan was only in his early tenth year. Only when he was confident, he began to lay out the layout slowly as if nothing had happened... What a terrible and profound patience.

Zhou Yu found Lu Meng and told him to take Lu Xun with him and protect Lu Xun whether he was there or not. Lu Meng was puzzled, Zhou Yu smiled tiredly, patted Lu Meng on the shoulder and said, "Ziming, I can only tell you, Boyan will be the hope of the entire Jiangdong in the future, do you believe it?"

"I believe it." Lu Meng didn't even think about it. "I'll take a good look at him."

Zhou Yu nodded.

I am protecting the entire Jiangdong, so I want to protect Lu Xun well.But why should I guard Jiangdong?

Zhou Yu couldn't answer this question by herself, but whenever she thought of this question, she would naturally think of Sun Ce.

Bo Fu.

Sima Yi stared at the sky outside the house in a daze.

The weather in June became too fast, and it rained suddenly for several days in a row, and everything in the house felt a little damp to the touch.

Fortunately, the sun showed his big face today, and guessed that the weather would be fine and sunny. Sima Yi rang the bell and called Zhang Chunhua, telling Zhang Chunhua not to just remember to dry the bedding, but also to take out the bamboo slips on hand to dry in the sun. .

Zhang Chunhua was not happy, because no one was allowed to enter Sima Yi's house, so she had to move outside the house first to dry the bedding, and then let the servants move to concentrate on drying, which was troublesome enough, and Sima Yi returned it to her. Overweight.

But she didn't dare to offend Sima Yi completely, so she satirized and satirized Sima Yi who was lying on the couch over there, saying "you are old and widow with illness" and "you have worked hard" while taking the advantage of her mouth, and at the same time she still put all the scrolls. Moved to the yard to dry.

"Today, let the servants enter the yard to help carry things. Don't go out and let them see you." Zhang Chunhua warned worriedly.

"Understood." Sima Yi didn't take it to heart, and he didn't always come here like this in the past.She reached out and handed Zhang Chunhua a piece of white silk spread out next to her to take it out to dry, and specifically told her to put it in an inconspicuous place.

Zhang Chunhua took it and found that the names written on it were roughly the names of people, but they were not written in common official script, and the font was a bit weird.This was the first time Sima Yi handed it to her. She didn't ask Sima Yi what it was. After working as a housewife for several years, she already knew the rule of "pretend not to see anything you see", so she Take it and leave, no more words.

Written on that piece of white silk were the names of some people in the world that Sima Yi could think of, and recorded the relationship between these people and himself - naturally in simplified characters.It read: Father: Sima Cheng.Mother: Qiu Ping.Grandfather: Sima Yong.Grandmother: Ren Shi.Grandfather: Qiu Zhentong.Grandmother: Liao Hui. ...The ones who wrote the most were college classmates and those in the student union: Yu Xin, Jia Ming, Hua Ziyu, Wang Tu... Naturally, the names of Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang were also on it.

Sima Yi started writing this piece of white silk after a nightmare.In the dream, she vaguely felt that she had returned to the present world, and she was so happy that she didn't know what to do. Many people she knew came to pick her up. She knew clearly that these people were her parents, relatives, classmates and friends, but she opened her mouth to call , but was surprised that he could not remember their names.Sima Yi broke out in a cold sweat, struggling to wake up from the dream, and then fell into deep fear.She has adapted to life here, but she has forgotten her origin, and she is afraid that one day she will also forget who she is.As a descendant of the Central Plains whose ancestral home is in Henan, Sima Yi has inherited the idea of ​​"returning from life to death" from her ancestors and fathers. She doesn't know where she came from, and there is no way back after death. She warns herself not to forget, but she is true. She really can't remember so much, she has no choice but to record what she remembers as much as possible, and often take it out to review when she has nothing to do, repeatedly emphasizing that she does not belong to this world.

Sima Yi is actually resisting the assimilation of a new life, but she may not have this awareness.

This piece of white silk is the treasure in Sima Yi's heart.When she first came to this world, because of the military disaster, she abandoned all the things left to her in this world, so the only connection with this world is this piece of white silk. Holding this piece of white silk, Sima Yi will have a false sense of happiness : I have not been abandoned by this world, and one day I will go back.

At noon, Sima Yi drank a bowl of plum soup iced with well water and felt a little tired, so he leaned against the couch and took a nap.I don't know how long it took, but there was a sudden thunder, and Sima Yi woke up suddenly, and then saw the lightning outside the window.Junetian's baby face really changed again.

Sima Yi leaned back again, intending to go back to sleep, but it was only raining anyway, and it would be cooler, suitable for sleeping, but she glanced at her bookcase inadvertently, and sat up abruptly!

It was still empty!

That is to say, the things that have been taken out to dry have not had time to be brought back!

Sima Yi's first reaction was to think of that piece of white silk, on which her hope was recorded!Once it was washed away by the heavy rain... Sima Yi didn't want to think about it anymore, her mind was only on saving that piece of white silk, she stumbled out of the house, and anxiously searched for her hope among the bamboo slips all over the yard.

When the wind picked up suddenly, Zhang Chunhua hurriedly called the housekeeper and asked him to arrange for someone to fetch back all the quilts that the whole family had put to dry.After the butler left in response, a maidservant ran over with a happy face, watched the butler leave, then saluted Zhang Chunhua, and whispered with a smile: "Congratulations, madam."

Zhang Chunhua recognized this maidservant as Mrs. Zhang's personal servant, because she was very clever and liked by Mrs. Zhang, her name was Jiayu.Because Mrs. Zhang was very kind to Sima Yi, so before Sima Yi pretended to be sick, he did his filial piety to Mrs. Zhang with Zhang Chunhua, and by the way, he became very close to Jiayu.After Sima Yi became paralyzed, Mrs. Zhang still visited Sima Yi more times than anyone else, and she always brought this Jiayu with her every time.

"Jiayu, what do I like?"

Jia Yu looked around again to make sure there was no one there, so she lowered her voice and said, "Second Young Master has recovered from his illness!"

Zhang Chunhua was stunned: "What is the second son?"

"Young Master Nai Yi."

"How did you get it?"

"The servant girl happened to pass by the corridor and saw a man picking up books in the courtyard. Looking at his clothes from a distance, he suspected that he was a son. So I came here to report to my wife."

Zhang Chunhua listened, and also showed joy: "This is good, can you confirm it? Does anyone else know?"

Jia Yu made another salute: "Only the servant girl watched from a distance. Although she looks familiar, she is not sure, so she only came to report to Madam first, and did not dare to speak to others. I am afraid that she may make a mistake for a while, and Madam will blame her."

Zhang Chunhua nodded: "The old lady and Jing Zhaoyin are also unknown?"

"I didn't dare to report it, I just waited for my wife to deal with it."

Zhang Chunhua was satisfied, she thought for a while, and said to Jiayu: "If this is true, it will be a blessing from God. You can take the clothes and hats and go to have a look together. If Zhong Da is cured, let him change clothes and go to see his uncle. Small, there should be a big reward; if the matter is incompatible and others don’t know, it’s okay—just don’t leak it.”

The "heavy reward" promised by Zhang Chunhua made Jiayu very happy, and she kept saying "Weiwei".Zhang Chunhua opened the cabinet and took out a set of clean clothes for Jiayu to hold, and the two came back to the house.

Walking near Mrs. Zhang's residence, Zhang Chunhua remembered that it was better to inform Mrs. Zhang about this matter, so she told Jiayu to go around behind Mrs. Zhang's room.Ever since Mrs. Zhang became mentally disturbed, Sima Fang ordered people to stop disturbing her and let his wife live in a quieter place. Some flowers and trees were planted in front of the house, and a nest of emerald bamboo, which is rarely seen in the north, was planted in the back of the house.A well that originally represented the wife's status was also behind the house, but it was gradually abandoned, and everyone got water from other wells. Sima Fang had the idea of ​​simply filling the well, but he gave up because of Sima Lang's firm opposition.

Zhang Chunhua walked through the emerald bamboo, and suddenly backed up several steps with a soft cry.Jiayu was startled, and hurried up to help her, Zhang Chunhua looked at Jiayu with a pale face, grabbed the clothes from Jiayu's hand and hugged her tightly, pointed to the well beside the green bamboo, trembling He said: "Jiayu, just now, there seems to be...a giant rat...you...you drive it away..."

Jiayu was relieved when she heard this, and quickly comforted Zhang Chunhua. She was originally from the south, and she had seen a lot of bamboo rats since she was a child. Watch where your fingers are.

In fact, bamboo rats are not very courageous, even if they really existed, they would have been scared away by Zhang Chunhua long ago. Jiayu was nothing more than a formal comfort to Zhang Chunhua.

But Zhang Chunhua persisted: "It's inside, drive it away!"

Jiayu had no choice but to bend down, push aside the bamboo pole, and let out a "heh, heh" sound.

There were no bamboo rats at all, and Zhang Chunhua tentatively stepped forward. Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief and planned to straighten up.

For a moment, Jiayu suddenly felt something cool on the right side of his back entering his body, followed by severe pain.

Jia Yu wanted to shout, but someone covered her mouth tightly from behind. The man held something in his hand, went around her body and stabbed into her left chest.She knew that the murder weapon was the same one that had been stabbed into the back, but this time it felt warm.

Maybe it's because of being spattered with warm blood.

Jia Yu didn't know where she was hurt, she only knew that even breathing was already in great pain, she tried hard to break away the hand that prevented her from speaking, in fact, she was already in so much pain that she couldn't speak a word, but that hand The hand didn't mean to relax, not only that, Jiayu then felt something scratched her throat, and at the same time as the severe pain came, she had been pushed down a deep cave.

In Jiayu's consciousness, it was too late to realize that it was actually a well.

Zhang Chunhua looked at the small splashes of water at the bottom of the well, and let out a sigh of relief. Then she took off her blood-stained skirt, wiped the blood on the side of the well rail, put it on and put it aside, originally it was for Sima Yi. The prepared train.Finally, he looked at the extremely sharp pair of tailoring scissors in his hand, and while wiping with the replaced train, he regretted that it would have been more convenient if he could have a knife in the kitchen.

Zhang Chunhua carefully tidied herself up from head to toe, and then walked towards the outer courtyard, when she met two servants who saluted her, she waved her hands impatiently, until a gardener came over, Zhang Chunhua stopped him, and reprimanded him impolitely He said a few words to him, and asked him why the flowers and trees behind Mrs. Zhang's house didn't know how to take care of them.

The gardener was very wronged, it was out of his control, and Sima Fang didn't want anyone to disturb Madam Zhang easily, but he didn't dare to say anything more.Zhang Chunhua softened his tone: "The old lady is very unhappy, and blames you for being lazy. You can go and trim the flowers and trees yourself, and don't tell others. The old lady will think that you have a heart and praise you - but you can't say it is mine. teach."

Such a kind reminder made the gardener very happy, so he hurried back to get the tools and rushed to Mrs. Zhang's residence, and Zhang Chunhua also left in a hurry.

Not long after, the gardener was cleaning the bamboo. When he saw Zhang Chunhua coming to oversee the work, he quickly got up and saluted.

Zhang Chunhua said "Excuse me", looked it over, frowned, and asked what the bamboo bushes were growing on the ground behind, and why they hadn't been cleaned up.The gardener hastily turned around and squatted down to take a closer look. Before he could figure out what happened, a wide and sharp kitchen knife came over with the sound of the wind, and half of his head and body were separated in an instant.

Zhang Chunhua took a lot of effort to throw the man's body into the well, and then cleaned up the scene. Wipe it, the blood splattered on the ground couldn't be wiped off, she didn't panic, picked up the shovel dropped by the gardener on the spot Collected materials, covered up the blood, and then Shi Shiran left.