Two days passed quietly.

On the third day, the sky was still clear and cloudless.

In the past two days, Li Li has not met with Zhou Yu alone, except for going to banquets every day, there is no in-depth conversation.

However, Lu Su slept and ate with Zhou Yu in the past two days, talked very happily, and had a deep friendship.

As for what they said to each other, Li Li didn't ask a word.

Even if Lu Su wanted to say it, Li Li waved his hand to stop it, so as to show his attitude and never interfere with his personal relationship with Zhou Yu.

At noon, Zhou Yu came to the door again to invite Li Li to the banquet, but the banquet was not placed in the back hall, but in the pear orchard on the mountainside behind the county government.

In fact, Li Li was ready to say goodbye to Zhou Yu in the morning, but unfortunately he couldn't find Zhou Yu, so he had no choice but to delay until noon. And Lu Su repeatedly persuaded him to wait, and after directly explaining his intentions, it would not be too late to leave.

In fact, Li Li has long lost hope for this trip.

After being together under the same roof for nearly three days, with Zhou Yu's wise mind, it was impossible for him not to know the purpose of Li Li's trip, and even when they met for the first time two days ago, he already knew why Li Li and the others came. However, Zhou Yu has been avoiding Li Li for the past two days, and he has already shown his attitude invisibly, but he just didn't say it to his face.

In view of this, it is pointless to stay here any longer, so Li Li doesn't want to say anything, just resign and leave, why bother to be bored.

He Nai Lu Su was unwilling to give up lightly, and insisted on persuading Zhou Yu, and he would not leave until he got a clear answer from Zhou Yu. As a brother, seeing that Lu Su was so resolute, what else could Li Li say, he could only wait patiently for two days, hoping that there was still room for redemption.

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who had disappeared for a morning, suddenly appeared. The banquet is also placed in the pear orchard in the back mountain, which is really intriguing.

However, no matter what, Li Li's trip to the nest is about to come to fruition, and whether it will succeed or fail will be announced at the banquet in the pear garden.

The pear orchard is 300 steps away from the backyard of the county government, and the pear trees in the garden are luxuriant, the green trees are shady, and the walnut-sized green pears hang above the branches, and they need to grow for several months before they can ripen in autumn.

Follow Zhou Yu in the pear orchard. Li Li glanced at the back mountain a little and found that this mountain was really not small, with a north-south direction spanning dozens of miles in a radius, lush and green, except that the seat of the county government was a little gentle. The rest of the mountains and forests are steep and dense, and they are very steep.

Pause. Li Li turned his head and glanced at Huan Fei who was following him. There was no hint in his eyes, he simply glanced back, and then followed Zhou Yu towards the mountainside pavilion.

"Brother, please take a seat." Seeing Li Li walk into the pavilion, Lu Su, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately got up and saluted and invited Li Li to sit down.

"Huh?" Li Li groaned, and said with a smile: "Gongjin is the landlord. We should be seated, we are guests, and the strong guests do not oppress the lord, how can we trespass! Hehehe! ”

"Brother Wenchang doesn't need to be humble. Only you can sit on this main seat, if I, Zhou Yu, sit on it, it will be an arrogance! Zhou Yu invited Li Li to the throne with a smile on his face, and then he and Lu Su sat on the left and right.

After sitting down, Zhou Yu suddenly found that Huan Fei, who was still following behind just now, actually followed, but now he was gone.

Immediately, Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, his brows twitched slightly, and he asked casually: "Where is General Flying Tiger, why doesn't he come to the table and sit down?" ”

Li Li smiled slightly and said frankly: "Feihu was worried that something would happen, so he stayed in the park to patrol and guard. This is also a snake bite for three years afraid of the well rope, before it was because of my negligence, so that the Xiahou brothers under the command of Cao Cao in Yanzhou designed to assassinate. When he re-entered the mountains and forests today, he suddenly became vigilant and insisted on patrolling to rest assured. There is no big mistake in being careful, please forgive Gongjin. ”

Li Li said these words very frankly, did not hide it, and told him bluntly.

But the truth hurts the most. After Lu Su heard this, his cheeks were slightly red, and he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything.

Compared with Lu Su, Zhou Yu seemed extremely calm, and after his expression was stunned, his face immediately returned to normal. After getting up and pouring Li Li a glass of wine in person, he said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Wenchang doesn't need to explain, I can understand." If it were me, it would be the same, as Brother Wenchang said, there is no big mistake in being careful, and only when you are prepared can you be safe. That's fine, the three of us can have a drink today and talk about everything! ”

"Gong Jin is really a reasonable person, which makes me deeply ashamed." Li Li smiled, raised the wine bottle, got up and said, "Come, this first wine right is when I apologize to Gong Jin, Gong Jin please!" ”

"Zijing, I'll wait for the three of us to drink together!" Zhou Yu happily raised his glass and drank it all.

After taking his seat, Zhou Yu looked at Li Li with a smile and said meaningfully: "What Brother Wenchang did just now, I'm afraid many people can't accept it, and it may even offend the master's family, Brother Wenchang must know this. That being the case, why did Brother Wenchang still tell him bluntly? ”

Li Li smiled when he heard this, stretched out his hand to pour a glass of wine for Zhou Yu, and then poured Lu Su and his own cup full, but he drank by himself and did not answer positively.

"Hahaha!" Zhou Yu laughed when he saw this, then took the wine bottle and drank it all, and then asked: "Brother Wenchang's intention to come this time, Zijing has already told me many times, isn't Brother Wenchang worried that I will hold a grudge because of what happened just now?" ”

After Li Li heard this, the smile that had been hanging on his face quickly rose, and he said calmly: "If Gongjin is determined not to serve me, then I will be very disappointed, but the saddest person is not me, but Zijing, who has always regarded Gongjin as a brother." In addition, Gong Jin refused my solicitation, and the person who lost the most was not me, but Gong Jin himself. ”

"Oh? Why is Brother Wenchang so confident, is it only the Son of Heaven in Chang'an City or the 300,000 Xiliang Army? Zhou Yu asked.

Li Li shook his head slightly and said: "It's not that I, Li Li, am arrogant, but that my strength determines a qiē." Since I integrated the Xiliang Army two years ago, there is not much time left for the princes of the world to accumulate strength and expand their territory.

Now that the Xiliang Army under my command has been recuperating for nearly two years, the people are already self-sufficient, which frees me up to wait for the opportunity to send troops. Only if the entire strength of the Xiliang Army is not mobilized, only 350,000 soldiers and horses will go out to fight, it will not affect the overall situation of Xiliang, and there will not even be a need to increase taxes, labor and money. Fang is in the situation today, as long as the Xiliang Army under my command moves. Within five years, the situation in the world will become clearer, and the small princes of all towns will also perish one after another within five years.

Therefore, if some people with great ambitions have not yet made a fortune at this time, or have not yet occupied a solid foundation, then they are not qualified to compete in the world. Even if he was able to conquer a few counties as a foundation, it would be short-lived at best, and the foundation was too shallow to survive for a long time.

I don't know if Gongjin thinks so? ”

After Zhou Yu heard this, the confident smile on his face disappeared. His expression became calm, his sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he was silent in thought.

At this time, Lu Su's melancholy expression relaxed instead, and he smiled and nodded lightly to Li Li. There was a hint of joy in his eyes.

In the past two days, Lu Su tried his best to persuade Zhou Yu to join Li Li. I say it during the day and at night. A basket of good things to say. How could it be that Zhou Yu never had a clear attitude, he was hesitant, plausible, and had a noncommittal demeanor, and he refused to let go.

Until today, Lu Su has completely died. There is no longer any hope, and this pear orchard wine banquet is actually a practice of wine, but also a farewell banquet. When you have eaten and drunk your fill, divide your food. Since then, they have been strangers to each other, and they will even become enemies in the future.

However, what Lu Su never expected was that Li Li changed his previous attitude of respecting and courteous Zhou Yu this time, and did the opposite. The result was unexpected, Zhou Yu was a little tempted, not as left and right as before, avoiding dodge, but revealing a loose tone that he had not had before.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu woke up from his contemplation and asked with a drink to himself: "Among the princes of the towns under Fang today, how many people can enter the eyes of Brother Wenchang?" ”

"Huh?" Li Li was stunned when he heard this, looked at Zhou Yu with a calm face, and said tentatively: "Nowadays, more than a dozen princes in the world are not easy people, maybe their current strength is not as good as mine, but the potential is huge, not to be underestimated!" ”

Zhou Yu looked slightly stunned, looked up at Li Li, and said in a sincere tone: "Why should Brother Wenchang deceive himself!" Brother's strength is already the best in the world, and he is actually the most powerful and stable overlord among the princes, maybe others are not qualified to talk about the princes of the world, but Brother Wenchang has the qualifications and confidence to comment on the princes of each town. ”

After a pause, Zhou Yu changed his words and said, "If Brother Wenchang is inconvenient to speak directly, how about I try to say it?" If what you say is not true, I would like to hear Brother Wenchang's high opinion. ”

"It's okay, please Gong Jin try to say, let's start with Yuan Shu who seized Yangzhou." Li Li nodded happily.

Zhou Yu nodded lightly, and after drinking a glass of wine, he said: "Jiujiang Yuan Shu Yuan Highway, born in the Yuan family, relying on the identity of the eldest son of the Yuan family, arrogant by nature, arrogant, untrustworthy, mediocre and incompetent but proud of the world. When I look at them, they are really waiting for the dead rats, and sooner or later they will be destroyed by other princes. Therefore, Yuan Shu is not afraid, and he is not a hero, and he is not in the eyes of Brother Wenchang. ”

Li Li smiled noncommittally, raised his hand to pour Zhou Yu a glass of wine, and said: "Yuan Shao of Jizhou, once the leader of the Eighteenth Route Princes, led the heroes to expel Dong Zhuo, and occupied Jizhou, the richest and most populous prefecture in the world. Nowadays, Yuan Shao has more than 200,000 troops, and the military generals under the account are gathered, and the strength is flourishing day by day, and there is a tendency to swallow the secluded, green, and three states. I don't know if Gong Jin thinks Yuan Shaoke is still a hero in the world? ”

Zhou Yu took the wine bottle handed by Li Li, drank it all, and then shook his head and said: "Yuan Shao of Jizhou, heavy on soldiers and light on people, heavy on officials and light on business, vain fame, good at strategy and no decision, ambitious but talented, sitting on the land of Jizhou where the soldiers are strong and the people are rich and do nothing. I think this person and Yuan Highway are really the same hill, coinciding with troubled times, the two Yuan are out of the same door but incompatible, this section alone is not enough to become a big thing. Therefore, Yuan Shao is not afraid, he is not a hero, even if he can be strong for a while, but he can't last long, sooner or later he will make wedding clothes for others! ”

Li Li's eyes opened slightly, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, he poured Zhou Yu a glass of wine again, and asked, "Gongsun Zhan, the general of Youzhou White Horse, is quite prestigious, but he can still be regarded as a hero in the world?" ”

Zhou Yu didn't drink first this time, but continued: "The white horse general Gongsun Zan is a general who can lead the army and fight well, but he can be a general but has no handsome talent, let alone the open-mindedness of the princes. In the past, because of the death of his younger brother Sun Yue, he used sword soldiers in vain, sent troops to attack Yuan Shao but was not victorious, and regarded himself very high but could not tolerate others, and killed the wise man Liu Yu in vain, and he would be abandoned by the people of the world. How can such a person be called a hero of the world? ”

After speaking, Zhou Yu picked up the wine bottle and drank it all, which was really enjoyable.

The smile on Li Li's face became more and more intense, and this time Lu Su wanted to pour wine for Zhou Yu, but he waved his hand to stop him.

Filling Zhou Yu's wine bottle again, Li Li asked out loud: "Xuzhou Tao Qian Tao Gongzu is known as a virtuous person, but can he be a hero in the world?" ”

"Tao Gongzu is dying, and the bones in the grave are dry, what a way!" Zhou Yu replied without thinking.

"Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, Hanoi Zhang Yang, Yangzhou Liu Miao and the others, what about it?" Li Li reported the princes of equal strength in the three roads in one breath.

Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard this, raised his eyes to look at Li Li in surprise, and said, "These three people are not as good as Yuan Highway, let alone heroes?" ”

"Jingzhou Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng?" Li Li's eyes and Zhou Yu looked at each other, and they didn't let it go at all, and once again reported the names of the princes all the way.

Zhou Yu didn't blink his eyelids, and blurted out: "The dog that guards the household, even if there are nine counties in Jingzhou, what is the use?" How can such a caretaker be compared to the heroes of the world! ”

Li Li's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he asked casually, "Yizhou Liu Yan?" ”

Zhou Yujian's eyebrows moved slightly, his eyes blinked slightly, and he said two words softly: "Dead!" ”

"Liu Yan is dead? When did this happen? Li Li asked in surprise.

Zhou Yu poured Li Li a glass of wine in turn, and said with great certainty: "Liu Yan died of illness ten days ago, and his son Liu Zhang succeeded him as Yizhou Mu. It is said that Liu Zhang rushed to Chengdu the day before, and Liu Yan died the next night, and the Yizhou Wenwu wanted to push Liu Mao to inherit his father's will, but he didn't expect Liu Zhang to carry the edict of the Son of Heaven, and there were several generals around him to protect him, so that he could sit on the throne of Yizhou Mu. I heard before that Liu Zhang was the general's mansion under Brother Wenchang, and he had a very good personal relationship with Brother Wenchang, and the edict of the Son of Heaven in his hand must have been given by Brother Wenchang, right? ”

"Hehehe! Unintentionally, it came in handy if I didn't think about it, and it was a fluke. Li Li laughed.

Before the words fell, Li Li immediately changed the topic and continued to ask: "Yanzhou Cao Cao was praised by the famous scholar Xu Shao: 'The capable minister who governs the world, and the traitor who is in troubled times'. Now he has more than 100,000 troops, occupying Yanzhou, an important place in the Central Plains, and most of his ministers are famous men in the world, and the generals are also brave warriors. In Gongjin's opinion, Yanzhou Cao Cao can be regarded as a hero in the world? ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and chuckled quite slyly, and said meaningfully: "Looking at all the princes in the world, why did Brother Wenchang put Cao Cao at the end, presumably the most feared person in Brother Wenchang's heart is Cao Cao Cao Mengde?" ”

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