Chapter 63: Zhuge Jian's Pride (Part 2)

  In Eastern Wu, the king's order is the sacred decree, who dares to disobey!

  "Are you still talking about reason?" Zhuge Jun thought to himself. His anger rising, he said loudly: "Zhang Wei wants to kill me, his siblings took action only to protect me. What crime have they committed? They are ordinary civilians, but they are also human beings. They risked their lives to protect me, they are my brothers. Even if it means losing my own life today, I will not hand them over!"

  Upon hearing this, Sun Quan nodded secretly in his heart and thought: "My brother-in-law has backbone and takes responsibility, my sister's deep affection for him is not in vain."

  Zhuge Jin looked at his younger brother, feeling a bit ashamed: "For the sake of family, for the people around him, Xiaojun did better than himself as an older brother. Has he become numb from being in office?"

  Sun Shangxiang gazed up at her lover with admiration, thinking: "He would sacrifice himself to save two servants, let alone for me."

  The servants of the Zhuge family all looked at their master with excitement, thinking: "Our master has always been kind to us servants, and is willing to sacrifice his life to save us in critical moments. Such a master is truly worth serving."

  The lower-ranking officers and soldiers also admired Zhuge Dan very much, thinking: "If their superior was like him, it would be great."

  Zhang Zhao secretly despised him: "This Zhuge kid is really good at acting, clearly knowing that in this situation, no one can do anything to him, yet he still pretends to be dignified and righteous, trying to win people's hearts."

  Regarding Zhuge Jin's disobedience, Sun Quan was still very angry and felt that he was not worthy of being treated this way for the sake of two low-ranking officials. He then ordered his soldiers to go in and search. The leading centurion did not dare to delay and immediately led his troops to charge inside.

  Sun Shangxiang jumped out again, her eyebrows inverted, the sword blade reversed and placed horizontally on her neck, shouting: "I'll see who dares! Today, if even one person comes in, I won't live!"

  Her reaction was already within Sun Quan's expectations. At this time, seeing her like this, he was secretly delighted in his heart. He thought to himself: "Little sister, you've helped your brother out of a difficult situation. Now Zhang Zhao and the others have nothing to say."

  "He hastily said: 'Little sister, don't be impulsive.' Then he immediately stopped the soldiers."

  Zhang Zhao and his son were also frightened by this outcome. They thought to themselves, "The county master's daughter cannot come to any harm; if she does, the Zhang family will be doomed to destruction," so they had no choice but to give up.

  Sun Quan called them father and son, saying in a low voice: "If you want to take revenge, it's not urgent at the moment. Can't you find another opportunity?"

  Zhang Zhao and his son felt relieved in their hearts, thinking: "The king of Wu really values himself, what he said is also true, as long as we monitor their actions, see those two culprits, and then capture them." They quickly paid their respects to express their gratitude. Led the troops to retreat.

  The crisis has been resolved, Sun Quan left and Zhuge Jin also left.

  Back in the house, Zhuge Jun hugged Sun Shangxiang and said: "Baby Xiang'er, you're still amazing, today was all thanks to you."

  She proudly raised her little head, hummed a sound, and said: "I'll see who dares to bully you, I won't let them off." Then she turned her head again, looking at him with an admiring face, saying: "Jun Ge, you're the most awesome. You don't even know how heroic you were back then. Xiang Er can be with you, and this life has no other desires."

  She said up to here, suddenly felt shy, lowered her head down.

  Huang Yueying received a letter from Jingzhou and was overjoyed. She hurried to find Zhuge Jun and said, "Little Jun, your second brother is coming."

  He was also very happy and said: "Great, I was just thinking of asking my second brother to attend the wedding." Then he said with some concern: "We must pay attention to Second Brother's safety."

  He turned his head and said to Sun Shangxiang: "I think it's better for us two to go pick up Second Brother."

  "Alright," said Sun Shangxiang, nodding, "I'll go prepare now."

  Qiao saw Zhou Yu's poor complexion and asked anxiously: "Husband, you've been unwell lately, why not report to the King of Wu and take a break?"

  Since last month, Zhou Yu's chest has been feeling painful. He saw a doctor and nothing was found to be wrong. The only thing the doctor could do was prescribe some medicine and tell him to rest carefully.

  Zhou Yu saw Xiao Qiao's tense appearance, smiled and comforted her, saying: "It's okay, maybe it's just exhaustion from the previous period, rest for a while and you'll be fine. But if I don't take care of anything, I'll get sick from being anxious."

  Qiao helped him lie down on the bed and said, "I still don't understand you. As soon as something happens, you can't take care of yourself and must deal with it no matter what. Which day in the army doesn't have things to do? You've lost a lot of weight recently. I don't care about that much, I just want you to rest more. Why not ask Wu Wang for leave?"

  Zhou Yu stretched out his arm and gently wrapped it around her shoulder, Xiao Qiao naturally leaned her forehead against his chest, quietly nestling in.

  At this time, someone came to report: "Grand General, Lu Zan's army (Lu Su was then a colonel in the Zan Army) has arrived."

  Xiao Qiao's expression turned slightly solemn as she said, "Haven't you seen that the Grand Commander is ill? Let him rest for a couple of days before bringing it up again."

  Zhou Yu patted her fragrant shoulder and said, "It's all right. You go ahead and take a break." Then he turned to the newcomer and said, "Please come in, General Lu Zan."

  Lu Su saw Zhou Yu lying on the bed wanting to get up, and hurriedly supported him, sitting beside him, and asked with concern: "Is the Grand Marshal's body better?"

  Zhou Yu said: "Nothing's wrong, you came today, what's the matter?"

  Lu Su came here because Zhuge Liang was going to attend Sun Shangxiang's wedding. Zhuge Jin was worried that Zhou Yu would harm Zhuge Liang again due to the previous incident, so he discussed with Lu Su.

  Lu Su was firmly in favor of the alliance between Sun and Liu to resist Cao, and he also worried that Zhou Yu would take action against Zhuge Liang, thus destroying the good situation of the Sun-Liu alliance that had just been formed. He decided to test Zhou Yu's attitude.

  Lu Su said: "The county master's big wedding is imminent, Zhuge military advisor wants to attend his brother's wedding, I don't know about the military and political aspects of things, does the commander-in-chief have anything he wants to talk to him about?"

  He couldn't ask Zhou Yu about his personal views on Zhuge Liang, so he asked some military and political questions to see how Zhou Yu would react.