Pei Shaoqing figured Zhou Xiangyang would write to Lu Dingchuan to complain, so he decided to beat him to the punch.
'Lu Dingchuan is certainly closer to Zhou Xiangyang than to me, but I'm a Marquis's Son! I'm a capable general who's performed a great service! How could Lu Dingchuan not side with me?'
In the letter, he truthfully recounted the entire incident.
After all, he had shown ample respect by leading his men out of the city to greet him. Zhou Xiangyang was the one who had been disrespectful first.
At the end of the letter, he told Lu Dingchuan that as long as Zhou Xiangyang remained in Tongzhou, the Tongzhou Hundred Households would be under his sole command. Therefore, he requested that Lu Dingchuan send someone else, under whom he would willingly serve.
Sun Youliang made another trip to Jin Guan City.
Lu Dingchuan didn't see the letter until three days later.
"That bastard!" he cursed, furious.
