In the third year of the first peace, the first month of spring, Xinye.

Sun Ce took Dian Wei and a few righteous servants on horseback, left the camp, walked along the official road for a while, and came to the Meijin Ferry. Just received the news that Pang Shanmin rushed from Yingchuan on the order of Sun Jian. It stands to reason that Sun Ce doesn't have to greet Pang Shanmin, but Pang Shanmin's identity has changed now, and Sun Jian appointed him as a long history, and he became Sun Jian's messenger. At this special time, Sun Ce was very careful not to let Sun Jian have any ideas.

At this time, he deeply realized the importance of "if the name is not right, the word is not good".

In order to avoid crowding the people, Sun Ce did not wear armor, but was dressed in regular clothes, wearing a martial arts on his head, and did not lead a thousand troops to break, only wearing a long knife around his waist. This is the new war knife of Nanyang Tieguan, which adopted Sun Ce's suggestion and changed the way of wearing, not directly inserted into the belt, but hung on the belt, the range of motion has become larger, and it is much more convenient to draw the knife, which is very popular. Not only the officers and men in the army like it, but also the young people who love to chase the fashionable are also flocking to it, some of them buy new knives for their connections, some of them modify them themselves, and the streets and alleys are full of teenagers with their heads held high and holding knives up.

The ferry port is very busy, large and small ships are docked one after another, vehicles and pedestrians come and go, and the lines are in a hurry. When Sun Ce arrived, a large group of people were preparing to board the boat and block the ferry tightly. Pang Shanmin's official boat couldn't dock for a while, and Sun Ce could only wait on the side of the road.

"Wait for someone?" A young man next to him took the initiative to say hello. He has a slender figure, almost on par with Sun Ce, with fair skin and a gentle appearance, but his eyes are not very restful, and he looks Sun Ce up and down. With his hands behind his back, he still held a scroll of Jian Ce in his hand. He looked to be in his twenties, with a beard on his lips, not too thick, but very dark.

"yes." Sun Ce smiled: "Brother Tai too? ”

"I'm not." The young man shook his head and glanced back at Shinno Castle. "I'm going to flee."

Sun Ce was a little surprised, but he was relieved again. Although the defense of Nanyang was won, the people's hearts were not settled, especially for those powerful families. Yuan Shu still had some scruples when he was alive, but now that he is in power, he has just won a vicious battle, and his reputation is growing, so he took the opportunity to let Du Ji take action to rectify the family, many people choose to not be able to afford to hide, and they have moved their families, and the young man in front of him should also be one of them.

However, Sun Ce did not intend to stop them. Cracking down on Haoqiang, his purpose is land, these people choose to move in his arms, it is more convenient for him to receive land, and it can also avoid conflicts, and each takes what he needs, so when he received the news, he did not object, let it be.

"When I was fleeing, I was still in the mood to read, it seems that Brother Tai really likes to read."

"Yes, it's a pity that the huge Nanyang can't put a bookcase anymore." The young man sighed, tapped his palm with a bamboo slip, sighed for a while, and said, "The foot is very born and has a calm demeanor, it must be an upstart, right?" ”

"Upstart?"

"Follow General Sun, promotion is like riding a green dragon, riding a flying yellow, a thousand miles a day."

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh. He could hear the ridicule and sarcasm in the young man's tone, and his heart was full of banter. He nodded. "Brother Tai has good eyesight, and he can be said to be the same as Xu Zijiang. Would you like to give me a review? ”

The young man also smiled, crooked his mouth, not angry. "The young man is ambitious and high-spirited, and he doesn't think much of Xu Zijiang, so why bother asking. However, being proud and not getting carried away is really rare for your age, I didn't expect there to be a character like you in Sun Cejun's army. It's a pity I'm going to get on the boat soon, otherwise I'd really like to talk to you. ”

Sun Ce glanced at the boats in the river, some of which had already set off and were heading down the river. "Where does my brother want to go? Heading south? ”

"Yizhou."

"Yizhou." Sun Ce shook his head. "Yizhou is not a good place to study, and the choice of Brother Tai is not very good." He is not talking about it, he has occupied Nanyang, and the next step is to control the entire Jingzhou, and then Yizhou. There is no difference between this young man abandoning his ancestral business and rushing to Yizhou and staying in Xinye.

The young man sighed. "It's all good, it's not as good as home, and there's a good place to flee. Yizhou was only chosen because Yizhou had relatives and friends to take refuge in. Rather for the peace dog, not for the troubled world, although the phoenix bird arrived, the peace is not expected. Wang Daoyin, domineering see, this world chaos has just begun, and it is the time to be hired, but it is not good news for us who read. ”

Pang Tong rolled his eyes and couldn't help but want to refute, but was stopped by Sun Ce. He found the young man funny, and perhaps prejudiced against him, but in general he was not a wicked person. All he wanted was to read. If he hadn't seen the large number of clansmen, he might have persuaded him to stay.

"Yizhou is good. Although Yizhou is more remote and its culture is not as prosperous as the Central Plains, it is connected to Tianzhu and has different customs and customs from the Central Plains. ”

"Tianzhu is a barbarian state, what knowledge can it have?" The young man shook his head disappreciatively, waved his hand, and walked along. "Okay, my companion is looking for me, I'm leaving, I won't talk to you. If there is fate, see you in the future. ”

Sun Ce smiled. "If Brother Tai can learn something, we should meet again."

The young man stopped, turned his head to look at Sun Ce, and laughed: "Dare to ask the name of the honorable person?" ”

Pang Tong couldn't help but scolded: "It's really blind, you don't even know the general, you read so many books in vain." ”

The young man raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Ce with a smile in his eyes. As soon as he wanted to speak, two young men hurriedly walked over, pulled him away, and complained as they went: "Cinda we are looking for you everywhere, but you are here chatting with a little soldier, and I will tell Madame later that it is good to have you." ”

The young man glanced back at Sun Ce as he walked, and saw that Sun Ce was smiling, not angry at the rudeness of his companion, and there was a hint of strangeness in his eyes. He broke free from his companion, raised Jian Ce in his hand and waved, and said loudly, "See you soon." ”

Sun Ce raised his hand and waved.

The young man got into the boat, and his two companions also got into the boat, and ordered the boatman to untie the cable and lift the sails, and the big boat slowly sailed away from the dock. The young man stood at the bow of the boat and looked at Sun Ce on the shore, his eyes flickering. A middle-aged woman in her forties stepped out of the cabin and looked at Sun Ce on the shore.

"Who is that, why have you never seen it?"

The young man blinked, bowed his head and slipped into the cabin. "The phoenix bird."

The woman was stunned for a moment, then followed in, staring at the young man for a long time, with some unease in her eyes. "You mean...... That young man is Sun Ce? ”

"yes." The young man sighed. "Eldest sister, I don't think my brother-in-law will be mistaken, this Sun Ce...... is not a great evildoer, besides, he has just repelled Xu Rong and held Nanyang. ”

"But don't forget, Xu Rong is a general sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion." The woman pushed open the window and looked at Sun Ce from a distance. "Now that Dong Zhuo has been sentenced and the princes of the imperial court are back in power, do you think the father and son of the Sun family will obey the edict of the Son of Heaven and give up Nanyang? The war in Nanyang has just begun. ”