Sun Quan left the courtyard and wandered aimlessly along the hillside. Before he knew it, he walked to a secluded place. This was a cliff, more than ten feet high, with a wall standing like a shaved one, without plants and trees, and exposed a red rock wall. A clear spring fell along the cliff wall. When the wind was blowing, most of it turned into water mist and sprinkled.

Sun Quan felt like this stream.

I thought my mother could speak for her, but now it seems she was going to fail. In fact, from the moment I knew that my mother lived in Dalei Mountain, he had an ominous premonition. Over the years, whether it was my eldest brother who established a camp in Dalei Mountain or a capital in Jianye, his mother lived in Wu County, which was an attitude in itself. Wu County and Dalei Mountain were only more than ten miles apart, but the meaning was very different.

The father was injured and the mother changed his attitude, so the others could not count on him. Needless to say, the eldest brother, the third brother Sun Yi and the younger sister Shang Xiang both received one, but he was transferred back to the Central Plains from Jiaozhou, and his future ended abruptly.

Do I want to be a painter for the rest of my life like my fourth brother?

Sun Quan sat on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves beating the cliff under the cliff, his mood fluctuated until the moon rose eastward, and a silver thoroughfare sprinkled on the lake, bright but not dazzling, with indescribable temptation.

In an instant, Sun Quan had the urge to jump, but he still restrained himself, stood up and looked around. The evening breeze blew across the woods all over the mountains, making a rustling sound, but there was no one, and it seemed that he was the only one in the world.

Sun Quan sighed and turned back. Standing at the intersection, he couldn't find his way back for a moment, and he felt panicked. Fortunately, he fought in the mountains and forests over the years and was often lost. Compared with those deep mountains and dense forests, the environment of Dalei Mountain is not complicated. He thought calmly, then found the direction, walked along the mountain road not far away, and suddenly opened up in front of him, and a small path appeared in front of him. This is the highest point of Dalei Mountain, looking down at the overall situation, several small courtyards scattered among the forests, with lights dotted. My mother, Empress Dowager Wu's courtyard is not far ahead, and there are two lanterns that mark her identity in front of the door, emitting warm light. A figure stood in front of the door, looking up.

Sun Quan felt warm in his heart, and quickly walked down the hillside and came to the yard. Wu Qi, who was standing in front of the yard, saluted. Seeing him, Sun Quan felt a little guilty and patted Wu Qi on the shoulder exaggeratedly. "Boy, I haven't seen each other for a few years, I'm so tall? Oh, so strong." He then saw the combat boots on Wu Qi's feet and raised his eyebrows. "Are you joining the army?"

Wu Qi grinned. "I just joined the army and am now serving as a servant by the king. Zhongmou, am I, Aweng?"

"Okay, my uncle is fine." Sun Quan forced himself to calm down. "These leather boots are the uniforms of the servants? It's such a hot day, isn't it hot to eat this?"

"Not hot." Wu Qi raised his feet in a show of flaunting manner and wiped the floating dust on it with his sleeve. "This is a new style, specially designed. Oh, by the way, where have you been? The king asked me to meet the queen mother. There are some things that may have to come later, so you can eat first. But I didn't find you for a long time. The king has come and you are back."

"The king is very busy recently?" Sun Quan took Wu Qi's shoulder, entered the door, and walked towards the atrium. It was during dinner that several slaves were preparing in the East Kitchen, and a few were standing in the corridor. Seeing Sun Quan and Wu Qi came in, they saluted one after another. Sun Quan glanced and found that there were two slim and dark-skinned Kunlun female slaves, and he couldn't help but be curious. He had seen such Kunlun slaves in Jiaozhou. It is said that they are a race in the South China Sea. He had bought a few, but he had never seen such a good figure.

"Where did these Kunlun slaves come from?"

"Thank you, Master Cai." Wu Qi said in a lingering manner: "He came back from Yizhou and sent twenty to the king. The king gave them to them separately, and there were a few of them on the Empress Dowager's side."

"Cai Mao?"

"If it weren't him, who else could it be." Wu Qi suddenly slowed down and whispered: "I heard that there are big things in the world, and there are many overseas places like Yizhou, and there are quite a few that are bigger than Yizhou. Zhongmou, have you heard of such places in Jiaozhou?"

Sun Quan glanced at Wu Qi. "You want to go out to sea too?"

"Hehe." Wu Qi touched his head and laughed. "I just asked for it, it's still early to go to sea."

"A man is small and a ghost is big. Is it so easy for you to go to sea? People and land are not suitable for both life, and no matter what kind of thing is, you may be unable to move forward, and you will lose your life if you accidentally. Starting from Qin Shihuang, Jiaozhou is my land of China. Hundreds of years have passed, and the people there are still not accepting the king's transformation, let alone those overseas places."

"Why is Yizhou so easy?"

"Yizhou is not a wild land. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, people have been moving around, mainly from Yue people. Besides, you think Cai Mao has completely controlled Yizhou. In my opinion, he has only built several camps on the coast..."

As Sun Quan said, he entered the atrium with Wu Qi. Suddenly, he saw Sun Ce standing in the courtyard, looking at him, quickly closed his mouth, stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and stepped forward to salute.

"My brother meets Brother Da." He hesitated for a moment and said again: "My brother is incompetent, and Jiaozhou is defeated again. Please punish Brother Wang."

The two brothers met here. Empress Dowager Wu and Mrs. Sun, who were talking in the hall, looked at each other. Yuan Heng and others looked at each other, and they were a little nervous. Especially Yuan Heng and Yuan Quan, they knew that Sun Ce was dissatisfied with Sun Quan's actions and were worried that he would make the Queen Mother Wu look bad in public.

"Today is a family dinner, so I won't talk about official business." Sun Ce stared at Sun Quan for a while, and said slowly: "You continue to talk about Yizhou." While saying that, he signaled Sun Quan to come to the hall to take his seat.

Sun Quan followed, his footsteps a little heavy. He followed Sun Ce to the hall. Empress Dowager Wu sat in the chief with Mrs. Sun. Yuan Heng, Yuan Quan and Wu Fen's wife Yu and others sat on one side. Sun Ce and Sun Quan were on one side. Sun Quan was next to Sun's side, next to Sun Kuang. Xu Hua was holding a painting and was asking Sun Kuang for advice. Seeing Sun Ce and Sun Quan entered the seat, he hurried back to his seat with the painting.

Sun Ce stopped her. "What are you drawing? Take it to me to see."

Xu Hua was a little shy, and Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "The king wants to see, what's wrong with you? Don't think that the king is not good at painting things, but has a vision. If he sees it, recommend it to everyone Cai, and your wish will be fulfilled."

Xu Hua suddenly realized and hurriedly walked to Sun Ce and gave the painting with both hands. "Please correct me." The sound was like a mosquito and a red glow. Sun Ce laughed, took the painting, and spread it on the table. Xu Hua obediently took a lamp and illuminated it more so that Sun Ce could watch.

The painting is a flower. Sun Quan looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered that he had seen it in the flowerbed of Empress Dowager Wu not long ago, and he broke the flower pot. The local Xu Hua also helped in the flowerbed. It turned out that he was copying the flowers. Xu Hua painted well and could see that he had put a lot of effort into it.

Sun Ce said while looking, "What, do you want to take Cai as your teacher?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that everyone in Cai will dislike mediocre qualifications and refuse to accept me. I want to ask the king to come forward to make an agreement."

"Who is your enlightenment?"

"I haven't officially become a disciple, so I learned some brushwork from Mrs. Liu. I usually give advice from Uncle Yao."

"They have their own level, but they are almost the same as they teach." Sun Ce smacked his lips and looked at Sun Kuang beside him. "You are really ignorant and fearless. You dare to give guidance to others with half a bowl of water. It's really a misleading child."

Sun Kuang laughed and said, "It's not what I want to teach her, she asked me for advice. I can't stop teaching me."

Sun Ce also laughed, rolled up the painting, and gave it to Xu Hua. "You have talent, but you can't learn well, and you've been delayed by some half of the bowl of water. If you want to be a teacher for everyone, don't paint from now on, practice small seal script every day."

"Practice small seal script?" Xu Hua was a little confused, and his big black and bright eyes were flashing.

"You have a foundation in composition, and your brushwork is a little weaker. Practicing small seal script can help you improve your brushwork. Is there any good rubbing of small seal script? If not, go back and find someone to rub it, preferably the Tongbei of Yishan, which will help you improve your brushwork. After practicing for three months, I don't need to recommend it. Cai everyone will accept you, but you won't be able to refuse to become a disciple."

"Okay, okay." Xu Huaxin was very happy and bent her knees to salute. "Thank you for your advice, the king."

"Remember, don't learn the brushwork casually in the future. The foundation is very important. The enlightenment of famous teachers can lay a solid foundation for you and avoid detours. If you are eager to achieve success and have not yet laid a solid foundation, you will think about drawing something. Instead, it will be easy to go astray and develop accumulated habits. It will be difficult to make changes at that time."

"Yes, yes." Xu Hua responded happily and turned around and retreated.

Sun Quan's heart moved and his face looked a little bad. Sun Ce said that Xu Hua learned to draw things, but in fact he implied that he was not good at using military force and was eager to achieve success. He did have the problem of being eager to achieve success, but is this his responsibility? His father Sun Jian was good at using military force, but he had been fighting abroad for many years and had no time to teach him. Later, he was interned under Sun Ce's tent with Sun Yi, and he also wanted to calm down and learn, but not long after, Sun Ce arranged for him to be intern at the prefect of Runan. His military strategy was basically self-taught, and it was already very good to have the current achievements.

Sun Ce turned his head. "Zhongmou, you continue."

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment. "Say...what?"

"Yizhou. You just talked about Cai Mao's affairs in Yizhou, and I'm very insightful, so I'll continue."

Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce in surprise, unable to contain his anger. "Brother Wang also thinks that my brother is a little insightful?"

Sun Ce stared at Sun Quan and looked at him. "You are twenty years old this year. Do I need to coax you and encourage you?" He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a bean, put it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly. "I will turn around and say slowly that you should be responsible for your responsibility. You cannot escape, and you should not be responsible for your responsibility. Now I want to hear your opinion on Yizhou. If you are willing to say it, you will say, and if you are unwilling to say it, I will not force you."

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment, turned to look at his mother, Empress Dowager Wu. Empress Dowager Wu glared at him and said angrily: "Your brother Wang asked you to say, you said it, you are right, what's the point of hesitation? If you have any mistakes, you have to admit it, and if you have punishment, you must be punished. Ji Bi is younger than you. He caused trouble and was punished by your Brother Wang, but he didn't say a word of nonsense. Otherwise, how could he be today?" While saying that, he quietly winked at Sun Quan.
Chapter completed!