In the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Puyang, Hao Meng's residence.

Hao Meng has lost count of how many times this is the first time to defend Cao Cao's attack, and it seems that all that life is now is to defend and fight.

The only thing that made him feel at ease was that when he returned to his own place, there was a confused girl to talk to.

Since saving Ling Yuan that day, Hao Meng ordered to find two maidservants to take care of her. As a general in Lu Bu's army, it is nothing to have two women in the residence, it is nothing more than being ridiculed by Zhang Liao and them. It's just that he was afraid that others would know about it, so he didn't mention Ling Yuan's matter to others.

Since Cao Cao would come almost every few days, Hao Meng could only return to his residence once every five or six days. In the past two days, the soldiers guarding outside did not find anything abnormal, so Lu Bu asked them to take turns to come back to rest, but when Hao Meng entered Ling Yuan's house, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

"Girl, can you explain why this time?"

At this time, Ling Yuan was lying on the ground, his left hand wrapped around the curtain on his body, the flower pot was buckled on his face, his feet were on the bed, and his right hand was holding a shoe and waving it indiscriminately.

Hao Meng reluctantly snatched her shoes, took away the flower pot on her face, picked her up and put her on the side of the bed, then untied the curtain from her left hand, and beckoned the maid to get a towel to wipe her face.

"Why don't you come in and have a look?" Hao Meng blamed the maid for dereliction of duty, and her face was ugly.

"Will ...... General, the slave maid didn't dare, Miss Mandarin loved to shout when she was asleep, at first the slave didn't know, thinking that something was wrong and came in to wake up Miss Mandarin, but Miss Mandarin was reprimanded, and strictly ordered not to disturb her rest in the future. So......" replied the maidservant timidly.

Hao Meng smiled bitterly and waved them to put down their towels and go out, and then looked at Ling Yuan helplessly.

"Girl, can you tell me what's going on down there?"

Ling Yuan picked up a towel and wiped his face and said, "I just dreamed that someone called me to eat, so I woke up suddenly, and just wanted to get out of bed, but I couldn't remember where the wall was. I tried to grab the edge of the bed, but I only grabbed the curtain, and naturally I fell down, and my left hand was also entangled. Then I was hit hard in the face by something, and I thought that a thief had taken the opportunity to sneak up on me, so I picked up my shoes and waved them wildly......"

"Hahahaha!"

Hao Meng's sudden laughter frightened Ling Yuan, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Hao Meng blankly, "General, why are you laughing?" ”

"Haha...... I...... I...... Hahahahaha! Hao Meng couldn't stop laughing, but she still couldn't stop laughing.

"General!" Ling Yuan shouted angrily.

"Hah...... Ha ha...... Okay, okay, stop laughing, haha...... Girl, Hao Meng's encounter with the girl must be a gift from God, and the girl really makes me a lot easier. ”

Although Ling Yuan vaguely felt that he was laughing at himself, when he heard that he had helped others, he also learned to be humble and said: "Where, where, the general praises." ”

"Poof!" Hao Meng was easy to control, and was about to drink saliva to pressurize, but when he heard this, he immediately squirted.

……

After cleaning up for a long time, I finally cleaned the house. Hao Meng sat down on the chair and asked Ling Yuan: "Girl, are you still used to living here these days?" ”

"The general bothered, everything is fine." Finally able to use the words that Guo Lan taught herself, Ling Yuan immediately became a lady.

"That's fine. During these days, Puyang was often attacked by Cao Cao, and if you were sent out of the city, I was afraid that something bad would happen, so the girl had to be wronged for a while, and then leave after Cao Cao withdrew his army. Hao Meng said slightly apologetically.

"General, in fact, the little girl has no relatives since she encountered the mountain bandits," Speaking of this, Ling Yuan became very sad. This is also what Guo Lan taught her, if she really doesn't pretend to be like it, think about Li Dao and Xi Yan, that is, her biological parents. Although it is a little cruel, it can deceive Hao Meng.

"If the general doesn't dislike it, the little girl is willing...... I am willing to follow the general, hold the broom, and serve the left and right. Ling Yuan didn't know the deep meaning of these words, and Guo Lan lied to her that she was letting her be Hao Meng's subordinate, and Ling Yuan believed it so naively.

Hao Meng opened her mouth and couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, he smiled awkwardly, "You and I meet in Pingshui, how can I be virtuous, worthy of the girl." It's not too early, so let's rest early. With that, he hurriedly strode out.

……

It was late at night, but Ling Yuan still hadn't slept.

She was still wondering which of her words made Hao Meng embarrassed.

Suddenly, a dark figure flew in through the window, pressed her directly to the bed, and covered her mouth with his hand.

But Ling Yuan didn't make any resistance.

The reason why Guo Lan did this was also helpless, the first time he came in like this, Ling Yuan was so frightened that he shouted directly, causing all the maids to run in. Fortunately, Guo Lan reacted quickly at that time and hid directly under the bed, while Ling Yuan told the maidservant that there were rats before he got through.

Since then, every time Guo Lan comes, she has to "subdue" this girl before she can speak well.

The first two times, Guo Lan would blush when he looked at Ling Yuan, who was holding his mouth but motionless and blinking at him. But slowly got used to it, and Ling Yuan almost adapted to this kind of "visit", and then he didn't even react at all, just waiting to be covered.

Guo Lan let out a sigh of relief and slowly stood up.

"What's the progress?"

Ling Yuan also sat up, combed his hair with his hands, and replied, "I told him what you taught me before. ”

"Do you know what that means?" Guo Lan asked.

"Aren't you going to be a subordinate for him?" Ling Yuan's two big eyes were full of doubt.

Guo Lan slowly bent down and whispered a few words in her ear.

"Huh? …… Well! She was about to scream when her mouth was covered again. Guo Lan had expected her to react to this, so she prepared in advance.

Ling Yuan broke Guo Lan's hand vigorously and protested in a low voice: "I don't want it!" ”

"What's the hurry, I naturally won't let him really marry you. But if not, do you think you can meet Lu Bu? ”

Ling Yuan thought for a while and shook his head.

"That's it, only in this way, when the wedding is over, you can take the opportunity of toasting to poison Lu Bu. Don't worry, I'll make a riot and save you from it. Guo Lan touched her head and smiled.

"Oh, that's fine." Ling Yuan was relieved at this time.

"But there's no need to be in a hurry, maybe he will be killed by Cao Cao, which will save you and me worry. If Puyang is really captured, I will take you out of the city with the night talk here. ”

Seeing Ling Yuan nodding, Guo Lan stood up, stretched his waist and said, "It's not early, you can rest, I'll go find the night language in the city to make arrangements." ”

With that, Guo Lan jumped out of the window again, climbed out of the courtyard wall and disappeared into the night.

Ling Yuan stared blankly at the window, but his mind was full of Hao Meng's smiling face.

Do you really want to take advantage of such a kind person? Is that right or wrong......

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Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

This is a remote old house in the city, although it can be seen that it used to be a large family, but now it is dilapidated, the plaque on the door is slanted, and there are thick cobwebs in the corners of it, and it is obvious that no one has lived in it for a long time.

Mi Zhu took the car to the mouth of the alley, then got out of the car and walked to the door of the old house.

Pushing open the door, the dust fell from it, and he raised his sleeve in front of his nose.

Strangely enough, he didn't bring any retinue with him except the coachman, so he came here alone.

Mi Zhu walked through the courtyard to the lobby, where a man was curled up on the ground with a gun in his hand, his hair scattered and half of his face covered.

"I didn't want to believe when I got the news, but you left him after all." Mi Zhu said.

The man slowly opened his eyes, sat up, leaned his gun to the side, and looked at Mi Zhu, "At the beginning, I thought that I could follow the Eleventh Sages to the end, and I didn't want him to support the Thirteen Sages in the uprising, but in the end, the Thirteen Sages failed, and he disappeared." Since then, I haven't met anyone worthy of my followers. Defecting to Gongsun Chan is just an expedient measure, and now he doesn't care about the lives of the people, and sooner or later he will be defeated, so why should I go with him to the funeral. ”

"Being so disheartened doesn't look like you I remember. If I tell you that there is such a master in Xuzhou now, would you like to go to see him? ”

"My men are all in the city, and if there is such a person, I will gather all of them to serve him, but I am afraid that there is no one in the world with whom I can identify."

Mi Zhu smiled and said to him, "You have already seen this person, his name is Liu Bei." ”

"What?! When did he come to Xuzhou? The man stood up in surprise.

"Looks like you admire him too." Mi Zhu squinted and said.

"I'm just a little interested in his character, because I can't tell whether this person is benevolent or treacherous, he is too deep in the city."

"I intend to send Xuzhou to him, and when the time comes, I will know whether I am loyal or treacherous. Would you like to help me? ”

The man hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Hehe, Ye Feng is Ye Feng after all, even if you are no longer Ye Shuai, you are still dedicated to the world." Mi Zhu nodded approvingly.

But the man shook his head with a cold face and said, "Zizhong, you are wrong, if you live or die today, I have no intention of asking. I just want to find a good place for the brothers who have followed me for many years. ”

When Mi Zhu heard him say this, he couldn't help but have a sad expression on his face, and said in a trembling voice: "The 'Aoye Spear' back then, has it really lost its edge?" ”

The man didn't answer, just lowered his head and looked at the tip of his spear.

Mi Zhu sighed, turned around and walked out.

When he arrived at the door, he suddenly stopped, turned to the man inside, and said, "Maybe we are no longer Yefeng, but I don't believe that your heart to save the people from fire and water will die." Ten days later, I'll get to work. I just want you to come forward when I need you to come forward, to see your spear skills that were proud of the world again, and to let me see the laughing and talking about life and death back then - Changshan Zhao Zilong! ”