With a light breeze, Sun Shangxiang kept kneeling in front of the tombstone, and never said a word. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info her mood is very calm at the moment, but it is completely different from the calm when she was in Jiangdong. The calm when you are at the threshold of Jiangdong is simply a pool of stagnant water; And the calm at this time, but there is a sense of relief and relief, which is real peace.

This calm was suddenly broken by a few gentle footsteps, and when Sun Shangxiang looked back, he saw that it was Lu Ren and Lu Lan who were coming over with a few people. When their eyes met each other, Lu Ren and Sun Shangxiang nodded lightly, and then asked Lu Lan to gently put the flowers they brought in front of the tombstone.

After the ceremony, they had to be polite to each other, and then the topic came to Sun Shangxiang's return to Yizhou as a hostage. When talking about this, Sun Shangxiang hesitated for a while before saying: "Mr. Lu, to tell you the truth, after thinking about it carefully, I feel that I really don't have enough weight to be a hostage. My second brother is not your Mr. Lu, he has never cared about my sister. It might be better if I were a man, but unfortunately I'm just a woman. Now as a hostage in Jiangdong, the second brother may have some scruples about me as a hostage because he has to take care of filial piety when his mother is alive. But once my mother died, I was afraid that he would not take my sister to heart. ”

Lu Ren smiled indifferently: "What the county lord said, in fact, I have already thought about it. Here I also say something unpleasant, that is, what covenants, oaths, and protons can always prevent a gentleman but not a villain. Unfortunately, the candidates who were able to gain a foothold in the troubled times were actually villains, even including myself. It's not that human nature is like this, but people in this position have to be like this, otherwise they won't survive at all. Therefore, the only thing that can really make the covenant between you and me strong is the common interests and strong relations between each other. ”

Sun Shangxiang was stunned: "Then, why does Mr. Lu insist on asking me Jiangdong for hostages, instead of reconciling with my Jiangdong?" ”

Lu Ren tilted his head and muttered, "On top of this...... The county lord and with all due respect, the situation some time ago has reached a very critical stage, if you Jiangdong does not make any big moves, you will not be able to appease the people, a war will be chaotic, chaos will be defeated, and then my Yiquan will not be able to protect; On the other hand, we here in Yizhou also need a reason for reconciliation that the people can accept. If it is a hasty reconciliation, even if the people of Yiquan do not feel resentment, they will be uneasy. ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded abruptly, and then said worriedly: "According to Mr. Ming, doesn't it mean that there will be a war between Wu Yi after all?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Not really. The county lord, you are now hostage, maybe Wu Hou will not care about the county lord, but there is Cao Gong waiting for an opportunity in Jiangbei, but Wu Hou does not dare to act rashly. In my opinion, if Wu Hou and I reconcile this time, there will be at least ten years of peace between the two families. In the past ten years, I can consolidate the defense of the spring, expand the Pearl Cliff, and the realm of Jiaonan, and take the benefits of the South Seas in the open sea, and the national strength will inevitably increase greatly. So ten years later, I dare to say that my strength is comparable to Jiangdong, and how dare Wu Hou invade my territory at that time? I believe that Wu Hou is a wise lord, and he will also understand that if he commits a crime against Yiquan, it will be dangerous, and he will have huge profits to be gained. Therefore, at that time, Wu Hou will sincerely form an alliance with my Yizhou and not offend each other. ”

"Oh......" Sun Shangxiang was a little relieved when she heard this: "Then Mr. Lu, will you offend me Jiangdong?" ”

Lu Ren shook his head and said, "No, at least I won't, it's hard to say what will happen in the future." In my opinion, this kind of battle is not interesting. To put it mildly, I don't have the slightest interest in the one-third acre of land in Jiangdong. Fighting for profit, and fighting for no profit is useless. And the advantage of war is nothing more than for the territory of the land.

"Today, the Central Plains lands stand side by side, and the power relationship is also complicated. Although you can get a small profit by committing a state and county for a while, the self-damage is not light, and if you lose an inch of land, you will inevitably send troops to take it back. In this way, unless one side of the party is completely destroyed, the war will never be settled. Even after the extermination, there will still be too many hidden dangers to be eradicated.

"I have always been very self-aware, knowing that I don't have the ability and courage to sweep the world, so instead of competing with the Central Plains candidates, it is better to look at the uninhabited fertile land in various parts of the South Seas. As for the vast territory of the Nanyang Realms and the abundance of goods, I'm afraid it is not something you can imagine Sun County Lord. Let's put it this way, counting from my generation, I'm afraid that it will take at least five generations to build a shape. And with such huge profits, why should I continue to compete with the Central Plains candidates? Of course, don't come to eat any of them, just mess with me if you have nothing to do. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren smiled at Sun Shangxiang again, stretched out his finger and pointed to the bridge of his nose and asked Sun Shangxiang: "County Lord, do you say that in your eyes, I, Lu Ren, look like the kind of person who can achieve the cause of the king?" ”

Sun Shangxiang was stunned, looked at Lu Ren repeatedly for a long time, and then shook his head and said, "It's really not like ...... Looking back, when I first met Mr. You, it was because I looked down on Mr. that I felt that Mr. You were not worthy of Sister Xiu. ”

To make it clear, Lu Ren's policy is to learn from Spain and Britain in the European Age of Discovery under the premise that Yizhou can completely protect itself, and take a development route that suits him. With their great maritime power, these two countries have almost dominated the world in two eras, and they have colonies everywhere, but how much land and resources do they have on their own soil?

What does it mean to dominate the Central Plains? The real fight may not be able to win Cao Liu Sun. If you want to play, simply play bigger, and take a long-term view. Do you dominate the Central Plains? Lao Tzu will go to dominate the seven seas! At that time, I just compared, Lao Tzu's achievements are much greater than your Cao Liu Sun, and even if the descendants are not angry, isn't it the same place that can go? Of course, the most important thing is that at this point, the matter of dominating the seven seas can be done with Lao Tzu's ability!

said that after Sun Shangxiang listened to Lu Ren's words, his heart finally relaxed, and his eyes looked at the tombstone again. After a long time, Sun Shangxiang sighed softly: "I'm sorry for the sisters who are buried here...... Mr. Lu, maybe I have to say sorry to you on behalf of my Sun clan. ”

Lu Ren was stunned, but immediately came back to his senses, shook his head very indifferently and said: "This is the troubled times, I won't kill you, you won't kill me, but others may kill you and me, and Brother Ling's insistence on sneaking up on Quanzhou is also out of this mentality." If you want me to say, county lord, you are not sorry for the girl who sleeps here, because you have been working hard for Wu Yi's friendship, but the development of things is beyond your ability. I'm really sorry for these girls, as well as the many soldiers who died in the battle in Quanzhou, it's me...... I knew that I should not take my brother Wu Hou lightly, but I still neglected to take precautions. If I had been more prepared then, at least at least these girls, who should have been alive and kicking, would not have been sleeping here now. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ren didn't say anything more, just lowered his head and sighed continuously. When Sun Shangxiang looked up, he saw Lu Ren's face that was not very handsome, but it showed a somewhat melancholy expression, and a very strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart. Anyway, at this moment, the melancholy man in front of Sun Shangxiang was very fond of him, but for a while, he couldn't tell why this was happening.

After pondering for a while, Sun Shangxiang himself felt very inexplicable and smiled: "Things in the world seem to be really strange. You and I should have been feuds, but now we are sighing here for a long time, and all the sighs are our own mistakes. I just don't know if we're like this? ”

After hearing this, Lu Ren smiled for no reason: "Maybe that's the case." At this moment, if the county lord is a man, Lu Renzhi really wants to invite the county lord to have a few drinks together, but he ......"

Sun Shangxiang's brows immediately furrowed: "What?" Just because I'm a daughter, you don't bother to drink with me? ”

Lu Ren was stunned, but immediately remembered Sun Shangxiang's temper, which had a bit of a feminist tendency, so he hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "The county lord misunderstood, Lu Ren said that he was afraid of causing suspicion." ”

Sun Shangxiang said dissatisfiedly: "This is Yizhou, not anywhere else." ”

In the past ten years, Yizhou has a relatively open atmosphere. This openness is not that kind of openness, anyway, it is common for men and women to sit together in taverns and drink and chat; Lu Ren is out of line. What does he usually look like? It's ridiculous to think about it when you suddenly say something like that.

Thinking about it again, Lu Ren smiled and said, "Then let's go, I'll be the east, let's go have a few drinks." You know, county lord, although you are a hostage nominally and politically, I, Lu Ren, have always regarded you as a good friend. ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded: "Thank you Mr. Lu, Shangxiang also knows that Mr. Lu is telling the truth." There is a family feud between us and a country, and it would be best if we could drink a glass of wine to relieve the feud. By the way, Mr. Lu, you don't restrict my behavior, so let me say hello to Mr. Lu first...... One day when I'm free, I still want to go to Quanzhou to have a look, is it okay? ”

"Absolutely."

Not to mention how Sun Shangxiang and Lu Ren left, just to say that far away from the cemetery, Lu Xun and Lu Ji were standing in a small pavilion. They originally wanted to come to worship, but when they saw Sun Shangxiang and Lu Ren talking there from a distance, Lu Xun pulled Lu Ji back in time, and then hid in the distance to watch. At this moment, seeing the two of them leaving while chatting, Lu Ji touched his chin thoughtfully and said, "Bo Yan, do you see that there is such a meaning between the county lord and his brother?" ”

Lu Xun was startled, and looked at Lu Ji as if he was looking at a monster, but after a while, he nodded silently and said, "If there is really a ...... between my brother and Lord Sun, That's really great, because that means that the grudge between my Lu clan and the Sun clan can be forgotten for a long ......time" (To be continued.) )