Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, in the fourth year of Xiping (175 years), suffered disasters for many years, and the people were miserable.

In June, on Zheng Xuan's mansion, two eleven or twelve-year-old children were shirtless, sweating against a pile of stone locks and stone chips in the small courtyard.

One of them is more than five feet tall (about one meter two), with a delicate face and well-proportioned muscles, although he is full of strength, he is not the kind that bulges high, he is very beautiful, it is Zhang Hao, who has lived in Zheng Xuan's house for more than five years.

Zhang Hao put down the stone lock in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face, stared into the distance, thinking about something.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Zheng Yi, who was half a head shorter than Zhang Hao, walked over and asked with concern.

For five years, Zheng Yi has been living with Zhang Hao and exercising together, and even later Zheng Xuan handed over the things that taught Zheng Yi to Zhang Hao to do, and the two basically got along day and night, inseparable.

Zhang Hao has always taken care of Zheng Yi very much, even closer than his own brother, it has been more than five years since he came to this era, and the shadow of his family in another era has gradually blurred, and Zheng Yi has gradually coincided with the figure of the younger brother in his heart.

And Zheng Yi is very dependent on Zhang Hao, for this brother who is not much older than himself, he admires him very much, he is about the same age as himself, but he knows so much more than himself.

"Brother, promise my brother one thing, if I am not by your side in the future, you can't waste your studies, and you must continue to exercise every day." Zhang Hao looked at Zheng Yi and said solemnly.

"Brother, brother, are you leaving?" Zheng Yi was stunned.

"Well, my brother has something to do." Zhang Hao replied.

Zhang Hao has watched the people live in a difficult situation over the years, and remembered the history he knew, after the Three Kingdoms, there were only more than one million people left in the Central Plains, and they almost wiped out the clan, which led to the tragedy of the Wuhu Rebellion in China.

The peak population of the Han Dynasty reached more than 60 million, which led to the reason why the population did not exist for 10 years, in addition to the turbulence of the current situation and years of war, food and plague were also a big factor, so Zhang Hao had a preliminary plan.

"Can't Yi'er follow her brother?" Zheng Yi's eyes were already red.

"No, it's too dangerous." Zhang Hao flatly refused.

"Yi'er is not afraid of danger, Yi'er wants to go with her brother." Zheng Yi hugged Zhang Hao and cried.

"Don't cry, don't remember if the boy has tears and don't flick, and besides, we're both gone, who will take care of my father and mother." Zhang Hao's eyes were also a little red.

Getting along with each other day and night must be reluctant, and Zhang Hao is more afraid of the feeling of being alone, but he can't live in this comfortable nest all the time.

"Brother, you stay and assist your father in sorting out the classics."

At this time, Zheng Xuan was idle at home because of the disaster of the party, sorting out the classics, and creating Zheng Xue, when Zheng Xue appeared, the emergence of Zheng Xue ended the dispute between the ancient scriptures and the modern scriptures at that time, and unified the scriptures.

"But Yi'er can't bear to give up his brother." Zheng Yi sobbed.

"Oh, it's not life and death, okay, come with me to see my father." Zhang Hao comforted, then put on his clothes and walked towards Zheng Xuan's study.

"Father-in-law"

"Father"

The two knocked on the door, walked in, and stood there respectfully.

"Father-in-law, the child has something to discuss with you." Zhang Hao said.

"Oh? What's up? Zheng Xuan put down the pen in his hand and looked up.

"Father-in-law, if the child wants to go out to study, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and the child wants to go out and see it."

"Really? Any plans? ”

"The child does have a plan, please ask the stepfather to refer to the child in detail"

"Tell me about it." Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang Hao curiously.

"Father-in-law, the child knows that there are some magical plants that can be used as food to alleviate the famine of the people, but the road is far away and there are many dangers, so the child wants to find martial arts and learn some skills." Zhang Hao replied respectfully.

"Oh? I don't know what the magic of what Hao'er said? ”

"Back to my father, in the land that the child said, there are many plants, some of which are especially produced on rice and wheat, and some are born from the ground and are not afraid of barren things."

"There is such a miraculous thing, Hao'er both decides, for the father and does not hinder, just for the father when he was young to study, on the way to make friends with a person, for the father to repair a book, you can take this letter to Jizhou Changshan to go."

"Father-in-law, Changshan?" As soon as he heard Chang Shan, Zhang Hao's first thought was Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong with a white horse and a silver gun, and his heart was full of expectations.

"Yes, but you still need to look for it when you get to Changshan, that person should live in seclusion among the mountains and wilderness."

"Father-in-law, is that person's surname Zhao?" Zhang Hao hurriedly asked, and then regretted it a little, how old is Zhao Yun now, it is impossible to know Zheng Xuan when he was studying, and then he was a little disappointed.

"No, no, no, that person's surname is Tong Yuan, the word Xiongfu."

Tong Yuan? Zhao Yun's master? There are also Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the North Land, and Zhang Ren, the gun god, all of whom are his disciples. If I can succeed in apprenticeship, wouldn't I be able to learn the ability of Zhao Yun to kill seven in and seven out of a million army?

Zhang Hao, who was a little lost, began to get excited again, and said in his heart, father-in-law, father-in-law, why didn't you say it earlier.

"Hao'er?" Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang Hao, who was crying for a while and smiling for a while, with a curious face, in his impression, he had never seen Zhang Hao like this.

"Huh? The father-in-law, the child obeys the father-in-law's arrangement. Zhang Hao knew that he was out of shape, so he quickly sorted out his mood.

"That's it, Hao'er, although you haven't reached the crown, but you don't know when you can return, besides, if you want to walk outside, it's okay for your father to pick up words for you now?" Zheng Xuan groaned.

"The child thanked his father-in-law."

"Your name is Hao, and your father will take the word 'Zihan' for you," Zheng Xuan thought about it and said.

"Thank you for the word." Zhang Hao gave a deep salute.

"When is Hao'er going to leave?"

"Back to the father-in-law, it is better to be sooner rather than later, the child is ready to leave tomorrow."

"So anxious......" Zheng Xuan muttered in a low voice, his eyes full of reluctance.

At night, Zhang Hao packed his bags in the room, and there were not many things, only a few changes of clothes, and the letter from Zheng Xuan.

"Hao'er" Zheng Xuan's wife knocked on the door and walked in.

"Stepmother" Zhang Hao hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Hao'er, my lord asked me to send you some plates to wrap around."

"Stepmother can't" Zhang Hao looked at a small cloth bag handed over by Mrs. Zheng Xuan, and hurriedly refused, looking at the small cloth bag, which may contain most of the family's savings.

"Hao'er, the poor family is rich, the road is far away, stay for self-defense."

The two began to push each other, but in the end, there was no way, Zhang Hao left some of the money.

Mrs. Zheng Xuan helped Zhang Hao pack her luggage while talking to Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao felt it, and she was deeply reluctant in her words, and she missed him until late at night, and Mrs. Zheng Xuan left.

Zhang Hao is also a little sad, over the years, Zheng Xuan and his wife have regarded Zhang Hao as their own, and now they want to hike, and they are very reluctant in their hearts.