Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 84 Gift
After being in a coma for three days, Sun Ce finally woke up.
Bai Tu also always ordered that the supervision of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce should be kept to the minimum, not even under house arrest.
Not only could Zhou Yu freely enter and leave the prepared mansion, but even the three or five close confidants who had crossed the river with him could go out to Qu'a to gather information!
Not to mention Zhou Yu, Bai Tu believed that with Sun Ce's character, even if he really wanted to leave, he would definitely come to him first to say goodbye and would never leave without saying goodbye.
Lu Su had already tested Zhou Yu and understood that his brother Gongjin would never abandon Sun Ce and join Bai Tu, so Bai Tu did not go out of his way to see him before Sun Ce woke up.
It was not until he learned that Sun Ce had woken up that Bai Tu went to visit him. Zhou Yu was also in the room at that time.
"Thank you, Mr. Bai, for saving my life. I am deeply grateful." Sun Ce quickly stood up and said when he saw Bai Tu coming in.
When attacking Lujiang and chasing the enemy all the way, Sun Ce kept calling "Bai Tu". Now he was saved by Bai Tu, and he looked very embarrassed.
"Bofu, there is no need to be so polite. I just don't want the hero chosen by the Overlord to die in the hands of a villain." Bai Tu said.
Bai Tu was a pure and considerate person, so he did not think there was anything wrong with calling him "Xiang Ji" when reporting the matter in the previous memorial to the court, and now respectfully calling him "Overlord" when facing Sun Ce.
Xiang Yu's name was Ji and his courtesy name was Yu. In official documents, Xiang Yu could not be addressed with honorific titles and had to be called by his name "Xiang Ji". This was a rule set by Emperor Gaozu of Han.
However, in Jiangdong, there are still many temples and shrines dedicated to the Overlord among the people. Under the circumstances at that time, no matter how much Liu Bang disliked Xiang Yu, he had to adopt a conciliatory approach towards the Chu region, so he did not interfere too much with the spontaneous actions of the people in Jiangdong.
This is also why, after being slandered by the official dynasty for 400 years, Xiang Yu still received mixed reviews in later generations, and was not as disgraced as Xia Jie and Shang Zhou.
However, all the Chu surrendered officials who dared to call themselves Overlord in their memorials were expelled from the court. On the contrary, during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, as long as the Chu surrendered officials were willing to call themselves "Xiang Ji", they could be promoted one or two levels.
Sun Ce himself was from Jiangdong, and he also inherited the armor left by the Overlord, so naturally he respected Xiang Yu.
Bai Tu used different names to address Xiang Yu to different people, which just showed his considerateness and that he was not two-faced. Even if Yu Ji was here, Bai Tu dared to call him "King" openly.
"And my promise to Bofu is still valid." Bai Tu said earnestly.
Sun Ce was deeply moved was about to agree to it, but at this moment, Zhou Yu interrupted and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Bai, but now Yuan Shu has detained my and my brother's clansmen, as well as our old generals. It is not appropriate for my and my brother to serve Lord Bai any longer."
Although Zhou Yu was unwilling to let Sun Ce surrender to other people, what he said was not all excuses. Now Cheng Pu and other old subordinates of Sun Jian, as well as the clansmen of the two families, had all been captured by Yuan Shu. Faced with such a completely shameless behavior, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu could only feel helpless besides anger.
"Oh? Is this true? Well... I know. By the way, I will ask someone to get a four hundred year old ginseng from the warehouse to nourish Bofu's body. You two must accept it and take a look at it in person then." Bai Tu seemed to have thought of something and said with a gleam in his eyes.
“That’s not necessary! Lord Bai, I just suffered backlash because I was attacked when I inherited the Overlord’s armor. In fact, now I’m…” Sun Ce was about to refuse.
But Bai Tu said: "Then give Gongjin some tonic! Look at his pale face, he needs some tonic!"
Zhou Yu: ...
After saying this, without giving the two a chance to refuse, Bai Tu immediately turned around to make arrangements.
Not to mention Sun Ce, even Zhou Yu didn't understand what Bai Tu meant!
A 400-year-old ginseng? Is it so accurate? Do you have to brag like that?
Not long after, someone brought a sandalwood treasure box, and the person who brought it was none other than Taishi Ci.
"Ziyi, thank you for helping me before. In the future..."
Before Sun Ce could say "later", Taishi Ci interrupted and said, "I only took action because the lord agreed to my action. You don't have to thank me. This is the lord's "treatment" for you."
"We are not sick! Mr. Bai means well..." Sun Ce said helplessly.
"Well, Bofu already know what Bai Gong meant. General Taishi thanks Bai Gong on our behalf!" Zhou Yu looked at the treasure box and finally understood what Bai Tu wanted to give.
The 400-year-old medicine that can "cure diseases" does cure diseases, but it cures heart diseases.
After Taishi Ci left, Sun Ce still said with a headache: "Gongjin, although Lord Bai is a trustworthy person, isn't he too eager to show his favor? Hey, we are fine, why do we need ginseng..."
Zhou Yu said, "Well, we must indeed acknowledge this 'favor'. If I'm not mistaken, it is the treasure that can cure our current worries!" Then he opened the treasure box.
I saw a ray of green light coming out from the box!
"This is..." Sun Ce naturally knew what this was. After all, this thing was on him a few days ago.
Sun Ce had discovered long before that the "Imperial Seal" on his body was missing, but considering the treatment they received as "prisoners of war", this was perfectly normal.
Besides, this is not something of the Sun family. Even from the perspective of the Han officials, if Bai Tu found this thing, he should send it back to the court. There is no reason for them to continue to possess the jade seal.
Therefore, neither Sun Ce nor Zhou Yu mentioned this matter.
But who would have thought that Bai Tu would take the initiative to "return" the imperial seal?
While Sun Ce was still stunned, Zhou Yu reached out and closed , explaining at the same time: "Mr. Bai returned this artifact because he heard that my two families' relatives and General Cheng were detained by Yuan Shu in Huainan. I think... he was hinting that we can use this item to exchange with Yuan Shu!"
Sun Ce could understand why he was being mysterious - it was naturally to avoid being involved in this matter.
Bai Tu, a great sage of the time, would certainly not do such a thing as using the imperial seal to exchange for someone else with a traitor!
Even so, Sun Ce was very moved. No matter how much Zhou Yu doubted Bai Tu's motives, he could only say "admiration" for Bai Tu's actions in this matter.
For a guy who was not his subordinate and was even his enemy a few days ago, he actually took out the imperial seal...
"Gongjin, Lord Bai is so kind to us, why don't we..." Sun Ce began to waver.
"Wait! There is no rush for this matter. We... at worst we can not take Jiangdong and go to Jingzhou. There will be a chance to repay Bai Gong in the future!" Zhou Yu dissuaded.
Afterwards, out of resentment towards Yuan Shu and under the guidance of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce wrote a letter cryptically hinting that he wanted to use the imperial seal in exchange for letters from his former subordinates and clan relatives in Jiangdong, and sent the letter to Huainan by his confidant!
