Huguan outside the city.

A horse-drawn carriage was parked on the side of the road, its wheels wrapped in pampas leaves. Next to the carriage, an old man in brocade clothes stuffed a burden into Ding Yuan's arms, and said with a grateful face: "Thank you for your help, otherwise our father and daughter would really not be able to get out of the city." ”

Ding Yuan took the burden and weighed it - heavy, the weight was really not light, he laughed: "It's just a gesture, this is what Gongzi Lu entrusted me to do, I should do my best." ”

Miss Yan came to Ding Yuan's side and saluted: "Thank you, my lord, the little girl will never forget the kindness of my lord." ”

Ding Yuan raised his hand and waved: "Miss doesn't need to be polite, please leave as soon as possible, Ding still has something to do when he returns to the city." ”

Father Yan helped Miss Yan up, and saluted again: "Lord Ding, when you come to Wuyuan in the future, you must come to my house as a guest, and let me do my best to be a landlord."

Ding Yuan smiled: "Uncle Yan doesn't have to be so polite, as the so-called road is uneven, draw a knife to help." At this point, I have to learn from Lu Gongzi. If it hadn't been for Lu Gongzi passing by that day, the consequences would have been unimaginable. ”

When Miss Yan heard Ding Yuan praise Lu Bu like this, her pretty face was slightly red, she lowered her head and said nothing, and secretly glanced at Father Yan with the rest of her eyes. I saw Yan's father stroking his beard and laughing: "Yes, Lu Gongzi is the life-saving benefactor of the little girl, and he is interested in the little girl, which is really a great blessing for the little girl." ”

When Miss Yan heard her father's words, she was even more embarrassed to reply, gently pulled the corner of Yan's father's clothes, and murmured, "Dad-"

Father Yan understood, and immediately haha: "Then Xiaomin won't delay Lord Ding's time, Xiaomin will leave." ”

"Uncle Ding, have a safe journey!"

After Yan finished speaking, he led Miss Yan into the carriage and left.

In a wine shop in the city, Lu Bu and Ding Yuan sat opposite each other.

Lu Bu picked up a bowl of turbid wine and poured it down: "Lord Ding, this kindness, Bu has written it down, and he will repay it in the future." ”

"Haha! It's a trivial matter, don't worry about it. Ding Yuan smiled heartily and looked at Lu Bu like a loving father looking at his son.

Lu Bu continued: "Then the son of the county order, what should Lord Ding do? ”

Ding Yuan smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, Childe, you have your own arrangement, and you won't leave any traces." ”

Lu Bu nodded reassuringly: "That...... What are your plans for the future? ”

"I want to go to Luoyang, the imperial capital, and go to He Jin and Lord He. In the past, when the He family was a butcher, I had some friendship with their family. Ding Yuan said confidently.

Lu Bu looked at Ding Yuan's heroic appearance, picked up the turbid wine and toasted Ding Yuan with a bowl of wine: "Today, when thieves and soldiers are flowing, it is the time for a good man to make a contribution." Bu wishes the adults success and pays homage to the generals. ”

The two of you said a word, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and talked very happily.

After three rounds of wine, the two of them were full of wine and food.

Lu Bu got up and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, the kid will go back to the mountain this time to continue his studies, and after he finishes his studies, he will definitely come to the adult, and I hope the adult will take him in." ”

"Then let's settle it, haha! Childe must come to me in the future. Ding Yuan became more and more satisfied with Lu Bu, and readily agreed to Lu Bu.

The two said goodbye and set off separately.

Ding Yuan led the county officials to a secluded courtyard. The small courtyard is a little dilapidated, but it is a separate courtyard and very hidden.

A county official entered the house and slipped the brocade-robed young man out, threw the young man on the ground, came to Ding Yuan and asked softly, "Big brother, do you want to do it now?" ”

Ding Yuanyi raised his hand: "Wake him up first." ”

Another county official brought a bucket of water and poured it all over the head of the brocade-robed young man.

Stirred by the cold water, the brocade-robed young man woke up with a fat head and big ears, and soon found that his situation was not good, and shouted in fright: "Are you going to rebel?" What are you doing, have you eaten the bear's heart leopard gall? Let me go! ”

Ding Yuan said disdainfully: "I don't know how to repent when I die, it's really mud that can't support the wall." Today I will remove you from this evil for the people. After saying that, he drew his sword and plunged it into the young man's heart.

The brocade-robed boy vomited blood from his mouth and died of anger.

Ding Yuan pulled out his sword, wiped the blood on the sword, and said to the county officials: "Dig a pit and bury it, and deal with it cleanly." ”

After dealing with the scourge of the brocade-robed boy, Ding Yuan and his party went straight out of the city and went to Luoyang.

After Lu Bu and Ding Yuan separated, he didn't stay in the city for a moment, and hurried back to the mountain.

On the second day, Lu Bu returned to the mountain, and as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw the carriage parked in the courtyard. He knew that it was Uncle Shi and they were coming, so he didn't care about washing off the dust of his body, so he went straight to the outside of the main house and bowed inside: "Master, the apprentice is back." ”

"Come in and talk." Li Yan's deep voice came from the room.

Lu Bu entered the house and stood still, and saw that Li Yan and Tong Yuan were playing chess, so he bowed to Tong Yuan and said, "Meet Uncle Shi, Uncle Shi is okay recently?" ”

Tong Yuan didn't raise his head, held the chess pieces in his hand, and said lightly: "Tobour's blessing, everything is fine." ”

"Tell me what you heard." Li Yan picked up a chess piece, slowly landed on the chessboard, and glanced up at Lu Bu.

"Back to the master, the apprentice is here, the news found is roughly the same as before, the only difference is that the Taiping Road has not been divided recently, and the number of sects has increased sharply recently, and it is rumored that there are nearly 100,000 Taiping sect members in the eight states of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? It's a little unusual. Li Yan was slightly startled.

Tong Yuan looked down at the chess game, and said leisurely: "It seems that the Taiping Dao created by that horn is quite popular. ”

Li Yan frowned slightly, remained silent, and also lowered his head to watch the chess.

Lu Bu continued: "That Taiping Dao Zhang Jiao used talismans and spells to cure people's diseases, which seemed to be quite effective, so the people vied with each other to support the Taiping Dao. ”

Li Yan glanced up at Lu Bu and said lightly: "Fu Shui and spells are just a disguise, now it seems that Zhang Jiao founded Taiping Dao and worked hard for more than ten years, so he must have ill intentions." ”

Tong Yuan nodded in agreement: "Yes, Zhang Jiao's "Taiping Sutra" is written by Fang Shi Yu Ji, and it is widely circulated among the people, and the content of the book is mixed. ”

Li Yan dropped a chess piece and said with emotion: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and the Taiping Taoist congregation has suddenly increased dramatically, and there must be an ulterior affair." ”

"What Master and Uncle said is very true, the disciples will continue to pay attention to the movements of the Taiping Taoist sect."

As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Tong Yuan stood up from the ground, "No, it's boring, it's about to lose all morning, this time to speak, senior brother, you won another game." I'm going to see how the four kids are doing. ”

Lu Bu didn't know who the four children Tong Yuan was talking about, he only knew that Tong Yuan now had a disciple - Zhao Yun. Lu Bu couldn't react a little, he thought to himself: Is it popular to accept new disciples now? Even Uncle Shi has begun to accept new disciples.

Li Yan got up and sent Tong Yuan away: "There is Senior Brother Lao, and I will pass the halberd method to a few of them another day." ”

Lu Bu was stunned: Master wants to teach uncle's apprentice, what is the situation.

Li Yan said to Lu Bu, who was in a daze: "Bu'er, you can also go over, and by the way, you can see your uncle's stunts." ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Master!" After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the back mountain.