Chapter 401 Sun Xiaomei chooses a sword
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At the same time as the Battle of Chibi broke out, Sun Quan personally led ten thousand troops across the river to attack Hefei, but was stubbornly resisted by Hefei's garrison Man Chong. The Jiangdong army could not capture it for a long time. Cao Cao immediately ordered the Qiao County garrison Zhang Xi to quickly lead 5,000 troops to support Hefei.
At the same time, Jiang Qu, a former Yangzhou leader, made false news. General Zhang Liao led 50,000 elite troops to arrive soon, and sent someone to pretend to be Zhang Liao envoy to Hefei, secretly ordered Man Chong to hold back the Jiangdong Army, but he was deliberately captured by the Jiangdong Army.
Sun Quan was trapped, so he gave up Hefei and withdrew his troops and returned to Jiangdong.
The New Year of the 14th year of Jian'an is also an important day for Jiangdong. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Jiangdong officially moved the capital to Jingkou, which means that the Jiangdong regime changed from keeping a low profile in the Eastern Wu era to the enterprising expansion of the Yangtze River era.
Iron City is also called Jingkou City. It is just Sun Quan's capital, so it is not built very large. It has a circumference of about twenty miles. It has two city gates in the south and west. The city is tall and sturdy.
Although the city is not big, its strategic location is important. It is backed by the middle and main peaks of Beigu Mountain. It is located in the east, west and north of the Yangtze River. It looks to the vast hills and plains of the south, and it can be said to occupy a place of beauty.
Before dawn, Sun Quan got up early. This was a habit he had developed over the years. He had to get up to handle government affairs before dawn every day. At this time, his wife Xie also woke up. Sun Quan apologized: "He woke up the wife again."
"I didn't sleep well, and I was thinking about that all night."
The thing that Xie said was about Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang's lifelong event. Sun Shangxiang was eighteen years old and no one came to propose marriage so far. Sun Quan did not take it seriously, but the old lady Sun was a little anxious. She called Sun Quan to the next month and scolded her fiercely. Only then did Sun Quan realize that his sister should get married, and he handed the matter over to his wife Xie again.
Xie had a long time ago. She wanted to betroth Sun Shangxiang to Gu Ji, Gu Ji, Gu Ji and Wu, a young talent, and once served as a guard in the Eastern Wu Palace. Xie liked this young man very much. His father also held a high position. He was also a famous scholar in the Eastern Wu family, with a famous family and a family.
Ten days ago, she and Gu Yong's wife mentioned this matter half jokingly and half seriously. Gu Yong's wife did not refuse like others. Xie took this matter to heart. Since her husband finally decided to find a family for Shangxiang, Xie thought of the Gu family first.
The key is that Mrs. Sun does not object to the Gu family, so Xie will go to talk about this matter with Mrs. Gu today. If the negotiation is done well, then the marriage will begin to follow the six-legged process.
Sun Quan also thought the Gu family was good, so he nodded, "This matter has made the wife worry."
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After cleaning up and using breakfast, Sun Quan came to his study room. Instead of rushing into the study room, he pulled out a sword and practiced the sword in the yard. He saw the sword light flashing and the sound of the wind.
Sun Quan and his father had a very skilled sword skills since he was a child. He was also very good at martial arts. He dreamed that he could become a powerful general like his father and lead the army to the battlefield. However, his father insisted on letting him make him unable to practice the peerless martial arts like his elder brother Sun Ce, which became a regret for Sun Quan throughout his life.
At this time, a light shout came from his ear, and a sword stabbed from behind. Sun Quan dodged sideways, waved the sword across the line, and with a sound of urging, blocking the sword.
Sun Quan jumped out of the battle circle and turned around and saw his sister Sun Shangxiang standing behind him with a sword, smiling.
She was wearing a white samurai uniform, with a archer on the back, a long sword on the waist, and a pair of long leather boots. Her face was rosy and her eyes were gem-like, making her look particularly heroic and magnificent, making her look extremely beautiful.
Sun Quan sighed in his heart, "Why is no one willing to marry my sister who looks so beautiful and beautiful."
Sun Shangxiang has undergone some changes since last year. The biggest change is that Sun Quan accepted his wife's advice and took advantage of the opportunity to move the capital to order Sun Shangxiang to disband her mother's army, which relieves the people of the Eastern Wu from a major headache and slightly changes Sun Shangxiang's image.
Of course, the fundamental purpose of doing this is to get Sun Shangxiang to marry, which is also the wish of all Jiangdong people. She is eighteen years old, but no aristocratic family is willing to marry her, which has become Mrs. Sun’s biggest concern.
However, Sun Quan was a little surprised at this time. Didn’t my sister be angry with herself because of the disbandment of the mother army? Why did she smile all over today? After a moment of thinking, he guessed that my sister must have something to ask for him.
She has been like this since she was a child, with a unrestrained and outgoing personality. She ignored people when she was angry, but when she was happy, she turned around and forgot why she was angry. She was just a straightforward and scheming girl.
"Shang Xiang, why did you come early in the morning?"
"I was so bored in Ganlu Palace that I went down the mountain and took a walk."
The Ganlu Palace mentioned by Sun Shangxiang is located on Beigu Mountain and is the place where Mrs. Sun, the mother of Jiangdong, was resting. Because the old lady converted to Buddhism, Sun Quan specially built Ganlu Temple not far away to practice Buddhism for her mother.
Sun Quan smiled slightly, "Then go and play, I'm going to handle official business."
He turned around and walked into the study, but Sun Shangxiang followed in, "Second brother, I'll discuss something with you."
"Haha, have you taken a fancy to a young man? I want my brother to be in touch with you?"
Sun Shangxiang curled her lips, "Forget it, I like you, but haven't appeared yet."
"Really, there is no one?" Sun Quan sat in his seat and looked at his sister with a smile.
Sun Shangxiang's face suddenly turned red, and she said coquettishly: "Don't always talk about this matter, my mother reads it every day, and my ears can hear calluses. When you come to you, you are still talking about this matter. Brother, I will leave Jingkou."
"Okay, I won't say it."
Sun Quan smiled and said, "Then tell me what to do?"
Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but excitedly and said, "I heard that my brother has already taken back the ancient ingot knife. Can you show it to me?"
My father's ancient ingot knife was sent by Liu Jing the day before yesterday. Unexpectedly, this little girl would find out so soon, and Sun Quan couldn't help laughing.
He carefully took out the ancient ingot knife from the box beside him. The shape of the knife was very simple, quite like the Yue sword in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was made by Gan Long, the first craftsman in Kuaiji County, spent years to work hard. The handle of Sun Quan's father was engraved on the handle.
Although the knife is not ordinary, for Sun Quan and even the entire Jiangdong, this knife is a sacred object. It is precisely because of this knife that Sun Quan did not hold Zhou Yu responsible for signing the agreement with Liu Jing without authorization.
Sun Shangxiang picked up the knife and slowly pulled it out. The blue blade flashed coldly, and her eyes gradually became brighter. Sun Quan suddenly understood what she meant. Before she could speak, he immediately said: "This knife is a sacred object of Jiangdong. Only the monarch of Jiangdong can own it, you can't take it away."
Sun Shangxiang's thoughts were revealed by her brother. She felt embarrassed and said, "It's not that I want them, I want to leave them to my mother and keep them to her mother."
"nonsense"
Sun Quan said angry and funny: "When did your mother want this knife? It is obvious that you want it, so you use your mother as an excuse. I tell you that this will be the power knife in Jiangdong, owned by the Jiangdong monarch for generations and as a symbol of power transfer."
Sun Shangxiang had no choice but to return the knife to his brother, and said, "Then you have to give me a weapon. When I was twelve years old, what you promised was not fulfilled."
Sun Quan smiled bitterly in his heart. He had never agreed. He spoke seriously, as if he really owe her. In order to pamper this sister, Sun Quan never disobeyed her intentions. He put away the ancient ingot knife, walked to the sword room, pushed open the door, "Pick one by yourself."
Sun Quan loves collecting famous swords, which is his biggest hobby. Over the past decade, he has collected many famous swords, all of which are displayed in the sword room.
In fact, this is also a hobby of the Sun family. From Sun Jian to Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and even Sun Shangxiang also liked to collect various weapons. After Sun Ce's death, his wife Da Qiao gave the collected sword to Sun Quan according to her husband's will, and the rest of the weapons were given to Sun Shangxiang, so that Sun Shangxiang had several high-quality weapons and filled the room.
Sun Shangxiang came today and wanted an ancient ingot knife, but she knew that her brother would not give it to her, so her backup plan was to ask for another sword, and in short, she could not return empty-handed.
Sun Shangxiang suddenly smiled. This was the first time she asked her brother for a sword. She walked into the sword room happily. Sun Quan reminded again: "It's still the same rule. Don't touch it, just look at it. If you take a look at it, you will settle down and you will not regret it."
"I know"
Sun Shangxiang smiled so much that her face seemed to have peach blossoms. She looked at it one by one with her hands behind her back, dazzled by her eyes. She liked every one and wanted to take away all the swords on the wall.
After walking for two laps, she didn't settle down and said a little coquettishly: "Second brother, I want it all, what do you think you should do?"
"no"
Sun Quan said angrily: "You can only give me one, or you close your eyes and point it by the way, and it will be yours if you hit it."
Sun Shangxiang really closed her eyes. She turned around and pointed casually, "It's this one."
She pointed to a short sword, and Sun Quan was stunned. The sister pointed to the sword, which turned out to be the Qingyue sword given to him by Liu Jing. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Shang Xiang, please change to another sword."
"Why should I change it? This is the sword God gave me, and I like this one."
Sun Shangxiang stepped forward to take down the sword. The sword body was one foot long and was light and light. She pulled out the sword again. She saw that the sword body was light green, with the sword light as the moon, with a very cold air and extremely sharp. The word "Qingyue" was engraved on the sword body with small seals.
"Qingyue Sword, good name"
Sun Shangxiang immediately fell in love with the sword. She waved it twice and couldn't let it go even more, "Second brother, I want it."
Chapter completed!