Tai Sui Fu came looking for Wang Chong in a fury, shouting from afar, "Wen Zhengchun, why did you deceive me?"
Wang Chong hurried out to greet him and cried, "Brother, why do you wrong me?"
Tai Sui Fu flung the letter onto the ground and thundered, "You've occupied Huazhou now, haven't you?"
Wang Chong smiled. "Did you want to take a tour of Huazhou, brother? I hear Huazhou has Eight Sceneries and Four Wonders. If you want to see them, I'll accompany you myself and make sure you enjoy yourself to the fullest."
Tai Sui Fu sneered. "What if I want Huazhou?"
Wang Chong said, "We're sworn brothers. If you must have it, what else can your younger brother do? It's yours."
Tai Sui Fu stood stunned for a long while. He truly had never encountered such a rogue and had no idea how to answer.
He could not actually bring himself to demand an entire province. He still cared about saving face, after all.
How could Wang Chong possibly give up Huazhou? He was merely playing a few tricks. At once, like a snake climbing the pole held out to strike it, he seized the opening and smiled. "I hear Green Snake Prefecture in Huazhou has beautiful scenery, with five of the Eight Sceneries and Four Wonders nearby. Why don't you bring a force to garrison Green Snake Prefecture first, brother? It would make it easier for us brothers to visit each other, too."
Tai Sui Fu had never seen tactics like these. He could not help saying, "But that's an entire prefecture."
Wang Chong answered firmly, "How could our brotherly bond not be worth five provinces?"
Tai Sui Fu had nothing more to say. He had come bristling with fury, only for Wang Chong to dissolve it