instructed Fa Zheng to garrison the Sanguan and guard the ritual vessels, and left him a sum of money and food as a start-up capital for settling down.

Other relatively light Dinggui bells and redundant looted weapons and iron armor were transported to Nanzheng County for storage and handover.

Even Princess Wannian was temporarily placed in the Taishou Mansion in Nanzheng County, and temporarily handed over to Liu Bei's concubines Mi Zhen and Zhen Jiang to take care of. At the time of separation, Li Su also explained the identity and entrustment of the princess of Wannian clearly, and instructed Mi Zhen to treat the princess with the etiquette of "aunt taking care of niece".

After doing all this, Li Sucai took five hundred elite guards and Emperor Gaozu's snake sword, and continued to go south along the Western Han Shui-Jialing River waterway to join Liu Bei and them.

When he walked out of Maming Pavilion Road along the Western Han River, Li Su learned that as early as more than half a month ago, Zhang Fei had already taken half of Liu Beijun's main infantry to take Jiangyou and Zitong after going around the Fujiang River, and attacked Zhang Ren at Jianmen Pass on his back and abdomen, forcing Zhang Ren to surrender.

Therefore, if Li Su is in a hurry and wants to go directly to Mianzhu by land on Jiange Road, he can reach it by walking a mountain road three hundred miles away in a straight line, and there is no need to go around the Jialing River and Fujiang River for nine hundred miles of waterway.

However, Li Su thought about it, firstly, he didn't like to go over the mountain and walk to the Sword Pavilion in such a dangerous place, it was too hard, and he didn't have to work hard if he took the boat.

More importantly, according to the plan he discussed with Liu Bei before going north, the final Mianzhu or Chengdu did not need to be taken by force, but could slightly besiege Liu Yan for two or three months, so as to help solve the subsequent internal rule problem.

And to make Liu Yan willing to "be good at what people say" and cooperate with Liu Bei as this villain, a very crucial chess piece is Liu Yan's sons who are officials outside, and Liu Zhang, the only one who is likely to be got-

Liu Yan's eldest son and second son are both skilled, and they are also old in age and officialdom, so Dong Zhuo will not let it out easily. Only one Liu Zhang, known for his cowardice, is also an idle lieutenant, and his official position is not high, according to the information he has before, it seems that he has been relaxed by Dong Zhuo, left Luoyang, and can operate within the scope of Henan Yin.

Later, Liu Zhang took advantage of the battle between Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo to fight Liangdong, escaped from Liang County in Yin, Henan, and entered the Luyang front line in Nanyang County, where he was controlled by Yuan Shu-

In fact, this is also normal, and it belongs to the natural development of the butterfly effect. Because Liu Zhang in this life wants to run, he must find a place to ask for the cooperation of Dong Lianjun, and escape while the chaos, otherwise he will not be able to get out of the dangerous jams in the eight passes of Luoyang.

Cao Cao has been beaten away by Dong Zhuo, and the other princes are watching the play, and at present, only Sun Jian is still at war with Dong Zhuo, and Liu Zhang must desperately get close to the jurisdiction bordering Sun Jian in order to catch the loophole.

How Liu Zhang escaped, Li Su didn't care. But since Yuan Shuken used Liu Zhang as a bargaining chip in exchange for Guan Yu as a guest general for reinforcements in the spring of next year and help Sun Jian fight Dong Xiao together, then this deal is still acceptable to Liu Bei's camp.

Anyway, Guan Yu's begging for Dong is a matter of fame, and he originally planned to fight soy sauce and shout, and it was not considered to be a part-time job for Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shudong's mind was nothing more than that "my territory is in Nanyang, as long as I attack Henan Yin, Guan Yu's base is far away from the Jingyi border, and I will definitely not be able to hold Henan Yin's enclave, and the territory I have fought will be mine in vain."

But Li Su knew that when Dong Zhuo retreated, he would burn Henan Yin to all the people of Baidi, and play the bad deed of "if you don't get it, you will destroy it", so Yuan Shu's abacus will definitely fail at that time, he can only look at Henan Yin in a scorched earth state and cry without tears and get nothing.

Moreover, Li Su explained to Guan Yu: As long as he hits Yiling in Jingzhou and ensures the route of sending troops to the north in the spring of next year, he can ask Yuan Shu to fulfill the contract first and send Liu Zhang here, don't pay attention to what "pay with one hand and deliver with the other", and the diplomatic attitude must be tough.

Li Su believes that Yuan Shu will accept it, because Yuan Shu must not figure out what the value of Liu Zhang's goods is and how it can be used - Yuan Shu doesn't know that Liu Mao is dead, let alone Liu Yan's recent situation, at best, he only thinks that Liu Zhang is a dispensable bargaining chip, and the value is far less than "Guan Yu helps fight a battle", in this case, of course, the relatively worthless side of the chips must be delivered first to win the trust of friendly forces.

……

Li Suzhou was tired of driving and walked for another five or six days from Jiameng to the east of the river before arriving in Jiangzhou.

As soon as he arrived in Jiangzhou, he met his long-lost mentor, Bajun Taishou Cai Yong.

His fiancée, Cai Yan, also came with his father to greet him, but he just sat in the car and didn't show his head.

As soon as Li Su got in the car, Cai Yan cherished the nest and came over: "Husband, this time you are here, don't you have to go?" After Mianzhu returns, we can go to Mianzhu? Or go directly to your fiefdom of Pixian? ”

Li Su lovingly helped his wife smooth her hair, and the girl of this era also smeared osmanthus oil on her hair, which made him slightly unaccustomed: "Don't worry, it's not long before you can get married in the first month, and you will return to the fiefdom when the time comes." But now, I still have to see if Elder Brother Yun has sent Liu Zhang.

If there is an accident in him, I may have to take a few days to go to Yidu to have a look, pick up Liu Zhang, and then go back to report to the lord. ”

Cai Yan is very well-behaved and sensible: "General Guan has taken White Emperor City and Wuxian half a month ago and continued to advance eastward, but there is no news yet. The husband turned out to be hard, so let's stay for a little longer for two or three days, and let the messenger inquire about the current situation. ”

Li Su did not refuse, so he temporarily stayed in the Cai Mansion villa outside the city.

The Taishou Mansion in the city is not suitable for living because of the poor geographical environment and the summer is too hot. So after occupying Jiangzhou this year, Li Su spent money for his mentor to choose a place to build a villa manor on the mountains outside the city. The house itself has no features, but fortunately, it has a deep well mountain spring.

The spring water is very cold, and in summer it can be connected to the water in the house, so that the cold spring flows down from the roof, like a rain curtain, taking away the heat, and a lotus pond is specially built in the middle of the house, and the water of the patio is introduced into the pool through the eaves of the pool, and there is a culvert at the bottom of the pool to form a small stream to flow out.

Cai Yan liked this house very much at that time, after all, the design of the Water Cool Palace, the Han Dynasty did not have it originally, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Tang Xuanzong were known for their extravagance and lewdness that the monarchs tossed these things.

Cai Yan saw it, of course, she felt very novel and happy, and thought that her husband had bothered to design it for her to live a happy life, for a literary girl, it was so comfortable to be able to look at the lotus flowers directly in the boudoir.

Now that the mansion is finally completed, the husband has come to live, of course, he has to serve him well.

The couple has also had no chance to stay and fly again for most of the year since the beginning of the year - Li Su has been running around for the state war for most of the year, only for the two or three months from May to July, for the siege of Diaoyu City, and lived with Cai Yan in Dianjiang County.

It's a pity that because it was the height of summer, the hottest time of the year, the weather in Ba County was so hot that it was irritable, Li Su was troubled by the shadow of tropical diseases, and he was afraid that his body would be weak and infected, and the women were very restrained and sexual.

Fortunately, Cai Yan is also a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, her body is young, and she cares more about being spoiled and comforted spiritually, and she doesn't know much about it. In the summer, Li Su was too hot, and she just hugged and spoiled her every night, and she didn't move her, she also felt very happy, and thought that her husband took pity on her delicate physique.

"Husband, you have been resting in my boudoir for the past few days, and when you open the window, you can see the remnants of the lotus below, although there are no flowers, but it is quite meaningful." Cai Yan put his arm around Li Su crookedly and introduced it into his room, knowing that these things were made according to her husband's brain, she still couldn't help but want to introduce them.

Li Su hugged his wife and asked with a smile: "This is the two months I was absent, and the weather is still hot, so I let you live here, and now it's almost November, isn't it good to live in a drier house?" Aren't you afraid of the humidity here? ”

Cai Yan pouted: "No, it's beautiful here, the humidity is fine, every few days, there are maidservants who sprinkle lime in the corner of the wall to absorb moisture." Don't be perfunctory to me, first of all, you can talk about the lotus pond in this patio, is it quite meaningful to keep dead leaves? ”

Li Su tightened his arms, shook his wife sitting on his lap, and said: "That is, how can my beloved wife's aesthetics be bad: the bamboo dock is dust-free and the water threshold is clear, and the lovesickness is separated from the city." The autumn clouds do not disperse, and the frost flies late, leaving the residual lotus to listen to the sound of the rain. ”

Li Su did not intend to plagiarize, it was purely because of this situation, it can only be said that some of Li Shangyin's tones are too appropriate among literary and artistic youths. When I first went to Wushan, I "talked about the night rain in Bashan", and then to today's "residual lotus rain", which is very close.

Moreover, it can also be seen that Li Su does not seek to understand this person when he reads - Li Shangyin's original poem is actually written "Leave the dry lotus to listen to the sound of the rain", but Li Su has no culture, he knew this poem by reading "A Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, and Lin Daiyu mistakenly changed it to "residual lotus" in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and he also thought it was a "residual lotus".

Who made him popular and uneducated?

However, Cai Yan didn't care about the residual lotus or the dry lotus, she listened to her husband's words, only to feel soft all over, such as in the clouds, the artistic conception was ethereal, and she couldn't help but comment leisurely:

"Since ancient times, I have only seen five-word Yuefu, but I didn't expect that the seven-word Yuefu also has a rhyme, and the artistic conception is more tortuous, lingering and sympathetic, in one sentence, it is staggered several degrees."

Nowadays, there is no concept of quatrain poetry, Cai Yan regards this as a new kind of Yuefu.

The husband and wife are harmonious, should be harmonious, and do not forget the vulgar.

The days of waiting for the messengers and hostages don't seem so boring either.

……

The words were divided into three ends, and finally it was the last turn.

When Li Su sent a messenger to inquire about the news of the Jingzhou army, Guan Yu, who led 5,000 Danyang soldiers to the east, finally cleared the Zigui surrounding counties in Jingzhou Nanjun, and further marched eastward, arriving at Yidu and Xiling.

Yidu is the later Yichang of Hubei, which is the outlet of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and the aforementioned Zigui is between two of the two gorges of the Three Gorges. Therefore, when they arrived in Yidu, the local county guards in Jingzhou who were loyal to Dong Zhuo or were newly appointed by Dong Zhuo also became fierce.

The land of Jingzhou, especially Jingnan, has had many thieves and heroes since the Huan Ling period, which is also one of the important reasons why Liu Biao was unable to go to his life when he first took office in history. In this life, Liu Biao reached a tacit understanding with Guan Yu and tacitly agreed that Guan Yu would cut off Yidu and Wuling, also in exchange for Guan Yu to kill the thief and handsome. Guan Yu has troops anyway, and he is right and left between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, anyway, as long as he moves his fists, he will catch the benefits.

These thieves and heroes don't care what they want to do to please Dong or not, they only need to stand on what position they stand to make it easier for them to keep their one acre and three points of land and continue to be the emperor of the soil. Therefore, if the outsiders are begging for Dong, they will support the Dong and drive the outsiders away. If the outsiders support Dong, they will pretend to beg for Dong and still drive the outsiders away.

Therefore, when Guan Yu arrived in Xiling, Zhang Xian, the biggest thief in Jingnan, and Jin Xuan, the Taishou of Wuling appointed by Dong Zhuo a few months ago, reported to the group to keep warm and began to resist Guan Yu.