Yang Xiu put down the letter in his hand, held his cheeks, and sighed faintly.

He was beaten by Sun Ce, suffered from flesh and skin, and couldn't lie on his back for more than a month, so he could only fall asleep on his stomach, write a letter to his family to complain, but he didn't expect to be scolded by his father again, and even his mother, who had always doted on him, did not intercede with him, but blamed him for being frivolous, insulting his mission, and unable to share his worries for his father.

For the first time in his eighteen years of life, this is the first time.

He couldn't quite understand it, but he could only accept it. The phrase "can't share the worries of the monarch's father" is too heavy. His goal since he was a child was to cultivate his body and mind like the ancestors of the Yang family, practice the world externally, and be good to himself if he is poor, and help the world and share his worries for his father. This is his first task, and it is related to whether the Han can prosper, he will never allow himself to fail, disappoint his father, and humiliate the lintel of the Yang family of Hongnong.

It was because I was too negligent to underestimate Sun Ce's cunning and the difficulties of the world. It has never been an easy task to be an official and a minister, the fourth and third princes of the Yang family, famous all over the world, but every generation has paid the price for this, Gaozu Yang Zhen stopped mourning in Shaanxi County, exposing the side of the coffin; Great-grandfather Yang Bing was dismissed from office several times, and even lost to the left colonel; Grandfather Yang Ci earnestly admonished and offended the eunuchs, if it were not for the righteousness of the master with the Son of Heaven, he would have been almost killed; His father, Yang Biao, prevented Dong Zhuo from moving the capital and almost died.

Walking in a straight line, you always have to endure some hardships, and being beaten is nothing.

Yang Xiu comforted himself, reluctantly allowed himself to get up, and walked out slowly. Yuan Yao walked out from the side and shouted, "Brother, where are you going?" ”

Yang Xiu stopped and turned around slowly, squeezing out a smile on his face. "I'll go to General Sun, will you go with you?"

"You wait." Yuan Yao answered, asked the waiter to bring two pieces of Daqi, and handed one to Yang Xiu. "It's windy, put on a little warmer."

Yang Xiu replied and asked the waiter to help him put it on. The wind in Nanyang is really strong, and it is not at all Hongnong. However, I heard that the wind in Fangcheng is stronger, which can blow away big stones, and one-third of the weather blows strong winds in a year. Yang Xiu hadn't passed through Fangcheng, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he felt that the wind in Wancheng was strong enough. The only good thing is that Wanyang is not as cold as Hongnong, stabbing like a knife.

When the two went out, Yuan Yao carefully helped Yang Xiu into the carriage and asked very casually. "Is it a letter from my uncle?"

Yang Xiu was about to nod, but suddenly his heart moved. "No, it's Cai Bojiao's reply. I wanted to visit him, but I was afraid of disturbing him in his study, so I wrote him a letter the other day, as you can see. ”

Yuan Yao smiled and said nothing. Yang Xiu said: "You don't believe me? ”

"Believe it, I believe everything my brother says."

Yang Xiu stared at Yuan Yao for a long time, then suddenly laughed, and reached out to flick Yuan Yao's head. "It's strange to believe, you kid, you've been with Sun Ce for too long, and you've learned badly. You guessed it, this is a letter from my father. ”

Yuan Yao touched his head and pouted. "Brother, it hurts." He rubbed it and said, "My brother-in-law is bad to bad people, but he is good to me, otherwise my sister would not marry him." Brother, you see which Nanyang people don't like him, whether it is a scribe or a warrior, they are willing to work for him, and even the women in Wancheng call him Sun Lang one by one. ”

"Well, I can see that you like him quite a lot, open brother-in-law, shut up brother-in-law. Yao, don't you really want to get all this back? These should have been yours, you are your father's son-in-law, and you are the only son. ”

Yuan Yao didn't speak, and looked at Yang Xiu with a smile. "Brother, does your buttocks still hurt?"

Yang Xiu rolled his eyes angrily, and stretched out his hand to play Yuan Yao again. Yuan Yao hurriedly covered his head and begged for mercy. The two burst into laughter. Yuan Yao laughed for a while, and then said, "Brother, with your intelligence, if you are willing to serve him, he will definitely reuse you." Look at Qin Song and Chen Duan, as soon as they came, they became the general's guests and participated in secrets. In terms of intelligence, how can they compare to you? ”

Yang Xiu wanted to express his disdain, but when he thought about the letter he had just received, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips. He looked out the window. "I'm not asking to see him now. Ah Yao, you have to say something nice for me later, I scolded him before, and I am worried that he will hate me. ”

"No, it won't." Yuan Yao patted his chest excitedly. "He's the most generous. You scolded him, and he beat you, so you won't remember it. He is not a person who holds grudges, and if he has a grudge, he usually takes revenge at the time. ”

"Poof!" Yang Xiu didn't hold back, and his saliva sprayed Yuan Yao's face. Yuan Yao looked at Yang Xiu innocently with a straight face. Yang Xiu couldn't help it anymore, holding his stomach and laughing. Yuan Yao didn't hold back, and laughed along. Yang Xiu laughed breathlessly, the depression in his heart dissipated a lot, and his eyes gradually recovered.

The two went out of the city, came to the camp, got out of the car, and walked directly into the camp. Yuan Yao often comes, the guards in the door know him, and Sun Ce has also instructed that Yuan Yao does not need to be reported, and can go in directly. Of course, the military orders that should be guarded must be kept, and it is not allowed to drive, it is not allowed to speak loudly, it is not allowed to look left and right, and it is not allowed to inquire about military affairs at will. It's just that Yuan Yao is not Yang Xiu, he is very quiet and guarded, never causes trouble, and the soldiers in the battalion like him very much.

The two came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Ce was busy, Yuan Yao stood outside the tent, first reported his name, until he let him in first, he asked Yang Xiu to stand outside the tent first, and he entered the tent to report to Sun Ce, and only with Sun Ce's permission did he come out to take Yang Xiu into the tent.

Yang Xiu stood in the tent, a little embarrassed. He knew that he should take the initiative to salute Sun Ce, and lowered his posture, but he couldn't do anything. Just when he was embarrassed, Sun Ce glanced up at him, laughed, picked up two glasses of water, walked out from behind the desk, handed a cup to Yang Xiu, and touched the cup with him again.

"Okay, the past is in the past, let's just think it's the first time we meet."

Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, held the ear cup in both hands, and smiled slightly. "Xiu is young and ignorant, frivolous Meng Lang, violates the general's military order, and asks the general Haihan."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly, circled around Yang Xiu twice, and reached out to press on Yang Xiu's shoulder. "Yang Dezu, your change is a bit abrupt. As the saying goes, nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, are you not going to be hard, and you want to change to a soft one, what tricks are waiting for me? ”

The cold hairs on the back of Yang Xiu's neck stood up. He hurriedly turned around, faced Sun Ce, and said with a forced smile: "The general is too suspicious." ”

Sun Ce crooked his mouth, raised his eyebrows, raised his ear glass, took a sip of water, and then said slowly: "If you really want to settle your old suspicions with me, why are you so nervous?" He pinched Yang Xiu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are now like a cat with a hairy hair, ready to attack at any time, and you still say that I am too suspicious?" Yang Dezu, you are indeed very smart, but your cleverness is not in this kind of thing, you are Xiao He, not Chen Ping, being an assassin or doing this kind of thing is not suitable for you. ”

Yang Xiu's heart moved, and he suddenly had a feeling of meeting a soulmate. He looked at Sun Ce and forced a smile.

"The general has won the award, and he is ashamed to be ashamed."