On the eve of summer, the cool temperature without warning makes the night wind chill and penetrate your skin, making you feel that winter is not far away.

The sun was silent behind the horizon, and the room without sunlight was extraordinarily dim, and the oil lamp was on the table and burned itself, releasing all the energy that could only illuminate the face of the unconscious man lying on the bed.

The wick emitted a disc-like glow, the yellow color of his face, bloodless, his lips white, and although he was unconscious, the sweat on his forehead kept bubbling out.

Next to him was a young man with a necklace on his headband, and a basin of hot water was placed in front of him, and his slender ten fingers took a towel to wet it in the water a few times, and then wrung it out vigorously and applied it to the forehead of the unconscious man.

The long night, I don't know how many hours, the boy doesn't know how many times the same action was repeated, how many times he changed the hot water, how many times he wrung the towel, his ten fingertips were blistered and wrinkled, so thick dark circles under his eyes, I don't know how many days and nights he stayed up.

The oil ran out of lights, and the morning sun came to meet the rising sun, and a round of damp red sun slowly rose from the farthest part of the earth, and the sparse sunlight ran into the room, replacing the oil lamp to light the room.

The young man touched the forehead of the unconscious man, and then touched his forehead, revealing a hint of a smile, the little tiger tooth looked extraordinarily cute, a heart that was carried was finally put down, and he almost stayed up to his limit, he lay on the side of the bed, smiled and fell asleep.

At this moment, the unconscious man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and just wanted to get up, but he felt that his whole body was in hot pain, and he couldn't move at all.

Lying on the bed was Xiang Qing, who was unconscious and had been hit by several arrows that day, and the boy next to the bed was Xiang Xu.

In addition to the three scars left by Bi Lan, there were also five arrows all over his body, and the arrows of the Imperial Forest Army's shooting battalion were all specially made arrows with barbs, which were extremely difficult to pull out, if Yuan Shao hadn't asked the imperial doctor in the palace to take action, I am afraid that Xiang Qing would have really died.

He smiled bitterly, turned over with difficulty, and looked at Xiang Xu, who was sleeping sweetly with a smile on his face, and suddenly felt that the haze in his heart had been swept away, and even the pain on his body had been reduced a lot.

A maid walked in with a hot water basin, saw that Xiang Qing had already grinned and sat up with great difficulty, just wanted to speak, Xiang Qing's index finger was on his lips and he shushed to signal him not to speak, and then pointed to Xiang Qing who was asleep, the maid understood what he meant, and gently put down the basin.

Xiang Qing asked in a mosquito-like voice, "How many days have I been in a coma?" ”

The maid also lowered her voice: "Childe, you have been in a coma for five days and five nights." ”

Xiang Qing looked at Xiang Xu: "Has he always been here?" ”

"Yes, the little boy has been guarding here, not leaving an inch, he hasn't closed his eyes for five days and five nights."

Not only is he taking care of Xiang Xu in his way, Xiang Xu is also taking care of Xiang Qing in his way, Xiang Qing is smiling, he can't close his mouth and dare not make a sound.

"Childe, you are so seriously injured, how can you still laugh?" The maid asked puzzled.

"Leave that alone, is there anyone else outside the door?"

"I woke up on the day I was injured with you and sent back to the house, and now I'm outside the door, and Cao Da and Cao Er are also there."

"You call them in and tell them to move lightly and not speak loudly."

The maid saluted and walked out of the room, followed by Liu Hu, Cao Da and Cao Er had already followed in, everyone tiptoeing like a kitten, covering their mouths tightly.

Xiang Qing beckoned, then pointed at Xiang Xu and said, "Cao Da Cao Er, you two send Xiao Xu to his room and let him sleep well." ”

"No."

Seeing Xiang Xu being carried out of the room by Cao Da and Cao Er, Xiang Qing and Liu Hu breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiang Qing asked, "Huzi, how is your injury?" ”

"Don't worry, the second master's injury is much more serious than mine, and my injury is not worth mentioning."

"That's good, I thought the two of us had to meet on Huangquan Road, but I didn't expect that the second master would have a big life, and Lord Yama wouldn't accept me, hahaha."

Xiang Qing smiled, and the wound was bleeding, he immediately changed his face, hissed and took a breath of cold air, wanting to cover the wound but afraid of pain, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

saw that Liu Hu was already kneeling on his knees, and Nuo Da's head had already slammed on the ground, making a loud bang, which startled Xiang Qingdu.

"What are you doing, Huzi, scare Lao Tzu!"

Liu Hu didn't raise his head, the blood flowing from the door of his head was already flowing on the floor, and the tears fell to the ground one by one as if the floodgates had been opened.

"Second master! Kill Bi Lan outside the northern city, you avenged this blood sea for me, and saved me under ten thousand arrows in Weng City, such a great kindness, I Liu Hu is difficult to repay! From today on, my Liu Hu's life is the second master's, before and after the saddle, on the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, the liver and brain are smeared! ”

Xiang Qing wanted to go down and help him up, but his leg was really painful, so he could only sit on the bed and said: "Your life is your own, and if you really have to calculate it, if we don't come to Luoyang, your mother won't die, and we still have a burden on you, Weng Cheng, you also saved me, we don't owe each other." ”

As soon as Liu Hu raised his head, he pulled out the saber at his waist and put it across his neck, and said sharply: "If the second master doesn't need me, then I am also a useless person in this world. "If you say that, you will cut your throat and kill yourself.

Xiang Qing cried and said with a smile: "Wait, I'm really convinced, okay, okay, I promised, you quickly put down the knife, what if you miss." ”

Liu Hu slashed his palm with a knife and raised his palm high: "Today Liu Hu made a poisonous oath here, wishing eternal life and eternity, for the second master's retainers, if this is violated, people and gods will be angry, and heaven and earth will be destroyed!" ”

Xiang Qing didn't stop it, he knew that the ancient oath was very important, which also represented Liu Hu's determination, he ordered: "Okay, you're done, go and help me call Brother Cao." ”

"No!"

Liu Hu went out, and after a while, Cao Cao had already come over, followed by Yuan Shao and Xu You, and the three of them stood in front of the bed looking at Xiang Qing.

Xiang Qing grinned: "Brother Cao, who are these two?" ”

Cao Cao looked at Xiang Qing's chest wrapped around and around with gauze, and hurriedly took two more futons and put them at the head of the bed, letting Xiang Qing lie on them.

"Oh, I'm so badly injured, why don't I lie down well, it's all my brother's fault, if I can get a step earlier, you won't be injured."

In fact, this was discussed by the two of them, since the swordsman Bi Lan would attack Liu Hu's family, then he would definitely attack other officials, and when the time came, he would use Xiang Qing as a bait to seduce Bi Lan to make a move.

Bi Lan couldn't have imagined that an ordinary official would have such superb martial arts, and when he defeated Bi Lan, he would never be able to kill him, but would take him back to the city.

"Come, introduce to you for my brother, these two are my best friends, and the one on the left is Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu, who you have always wanted to see."

Yuan Shao and Xiang Qing arched their hands to each other, in terms of etiquette, Xiang Qing and Yuan Shao are far apart, Xiang Qing is like a person in the rivers and lakes, Yuan Shao is a gift, even everyone in the Ministry of Etiquette can't find fault.

"Meng De boasted to me in his letter, saying that his second brother was able to lift the throne and was an enemy of 10,000 people, and he was disdainful at first, but he saw with his own eyes that day, and your two brothers were able to capture Zhang Ju under the siege of the Imperial Forest Army, which was really a martial art and admirable." Yuan Shao bragged first.

Hearing others praise himself, Xiang Qing couldn't stand it, and said with a smile: "Listen to what the eldest brother said, he has a good friend, Wen Tao Wuluo, the first in the world, and I only knew it at first sight today, it turned out that it was not only Wenzhi martial arts, but even this sound and appearance, which is better than not knowing the geometry of the next, and I have admired it for a long time." ”

"In Xia Yuan Shao, the word is at the beginning, a person from Runan."

"In the next Xiang Qing, the word Junhe, a person from Shandong."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Cao Cao said again: "Second brother, the one on my right hand, that is also a famous man in Nanyang, Xu Ziyuan, is also my best friend, Ziyuan is the upper knowledge of astronomy and the lower knowledge of geography, every time I debate with Ben Chu about major events in the world, Ziyuan's words can be better than a thousand words for the two of us." ”

Xu You touched his goatee and listened to Cao Cao praise himself, and his smug head was raised: "Ah Pu doesn't have to brag, I Xu Ziyuan is what catty and two, I know it very well in my heart." ”

"Xu Ziyuan is far away."

"In the next item, clear Xiang Junhe."

Several people laughed together, arrogant, Xiang Qing was afraid of pain and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so he could only laugh with them without laughing, which was really painful.

When they had laughed enough, Yuan Shao said that if there was something to do in the general's mansion, he would leave first, and come back another day, so he took Xu You out, and Cao Cao asked the promise outside the door to send the two out of the mansion.

Cao Cao asked, "How about Junhe, brother, these two friends have an appetite for you?" ”

Xiang Qing replied: "The air is lofty, the arrogance is dry, very good, very good, let's not talk about the two of them, what about Zhang Ju?" ”

"I knew you were going to ask this, three days ago, I was beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and Liu Hu was responsible for the execution."

"Well, he's dead."

After speaking, Xiang Qing fell into silence, he always felt that this matter was simply a mess, what Bi Lan, Zhang Ju, Jian Shuo, Jian Tu and the like, he couldn't find a connection at all.

Cao Cao understood what he was thinking, and said: "I understand what you think, this matter Wang Shu has already investigated, we banned the casino, and then there is the revenge of Bi Lan and Zhang Ju, this Zhang Ju is the godson of Zhang Rang, the first of the Ten Standing Servants, and Bi Lan is an assassin under Jian Shuo, in fact, this is just the temptation of the Ten Standing Servants to us." ”

"We killed Zhang Rang's godson so easily? Isn't it said that there are popular conspiracies and tricks in Luoyang City? This one came to kill me with the Royal Guards in the open, what kind of conspiracy is this? ”

Cao Cao smiled: "I'm just a seven-rank lieutenant, an official the size of a sesame seed, and they use conspiracies and tricks against me?" Our fight with Zhang Ju Bilan is like a child's wrestling in their eyes, they don't care about it at all, they play intrigue against us, and they are not afraid to make people laugh. ”

"Oh, then I'm relieved, these eunuchs can still have the military power of the Imperial Forest Army, if you really want to play with them, you can't be played to death."

"Junhyuk is scared?"

"I'm afraid of his grandmother's leg, even if this injury is the ten permanent servants, I will return it to them sooner or later!"

The two laughed, then fell silent together.

"What's next? Big brother, you've figured it out, right? ”

Cao Cao and Xiang Qing looked at each other, two young people who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and there was a raging fire in their eyes.

"When you are healed, we will do it, this time, our brothers will have a big game, so that those eunuchs in the palace will not dare to look down on us, we must let the people of Beicheng understand that no high-ranking officials and nobles can run rampant and domineering in the place under my Cao Mengde's jurisdiction, fish and meat people!"

"Big brother, who are you doing?"

"Jian Shuo's uncle, Jian Tu!"