Chen Wu had long been staring at Hu Chi'er's movements and calculated the time to respond to Cao Liang. Cao Liang jumped off the courtyard wall, Chen Wu rode a horse and fled quickly with Cao Liang, Hu Chi'er just arrived at the Zhonglang General's mansion, and the men and horses on both sides showed their blades, and the Han envoy asked Hu Chi'er: "Hu Chi'er, you are so bold, you dare to murder the Han envoy Zhonglang General!" Where is Choi Zhao-hee? Hand her over quickly, or the official will bring you to justice. ”

Hu Chi'er wanted to explain, but the more he described it, the darker it became, and the two sides finally clashed, which also bought Chen Wu and them precious time to evacuate. Back at the inn, Chen Wu asked Cao Liang to briefly treat the arrow wound, and gave the innkeeper and his companions a few pieces of gold to keep it secret. After that, Chen Wu took Cai Wenji into the carriage and blended in with the flow of people leaving the royal court.

Many of Chen Wu's men were killed in battle, and the group agreed to separate first to avoid too big a goal. Chen Wu drove the carriage with Cai Wenji and Cao Liang all the way first, and they fled like a merchant, and quickly passed the lax inspection on Wangting Road. These people just paid attention to whether there was any trace of King Zuoxian, and as for Cai Wenji, the concubine of King Zuoxian, who disappeared a few days ago, they didn't have time to pay attention.

Mixed in the procession, the road was marching for a day, the distance was getting longer and longer, and the flow of people on the road gradually decreased. Chen Wu and the others also found an opportunity to leave the main road and head towards the grassland, and when night fell, there was no trace around the carriage, only a few fireflies were flying.

Chen Wu stopped the carriage and let Cai Wenji come down to breathe the air. Cai Wenji looked at the fireflies in the sky, admired the night, and asked, "Zilie, where is this?" ”

Chen Wu shook his head, he didn't know either. So he said: "When the sky is clear and we will discern the direction, we will set off south!" "In this vast grassland, only the morning sun and the night North Star can guide the way.

Judging from the direction in which they came out during the day, they were in the southwest direction of the royal court, no more than thirty miles. This distance is dangerous, and I don't know if there is an army of King Zuoxian. Chen Wu and Cao Liang took turns to be on duty for the night, but fortunately, the night passed and nothing happened.

The next day's itinerary was still boring, and Cai Wenji did not have the slightest joy, but a faint sadness. Chen Wu knew that Cai Wenji must be missing her son, and sighed, he took out a guqin from under the carriage and handed it to Cai Wenji. Cai Wenji's eyes widened in surprise, she stroked the body of the piano, this piano is black, faintly glowing green, like green vines wrapped around the ancient wood, and the small words engraved inside are "Tongzi Hejing".

"The name of this piano is 'Green Qi, which is a piano given to Sima Xiangru by the former King of Liang of the Han Dynasty. Once, Sima Xiangru visited a friend, and the wealthy Zhuo Wang Sun held a banquet to entertain him. When the wine was in full swing, everyone asked Xiangru to stroke the qin, and Xiangru had long heard that Wenjun, the daughter of King Zhuo, was talented and proficient in the piano, and admired him very much. Sima Xiangru played the piano song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" and ........... to her"

Chen Wu liked to listen to short stories the most, and hurriedly asked, "What to her?" Oh, say it! ”

Cai Wenji's face turned red and continued: "Courtship her." After listening to the piano, Zhuo Wenjun understood the meaning of the piano song, and couldn't help blushing and being fascinated. She fell in love with the literary talent, and in order to repay the 'bosom friend', she went to her residence at night to form a good relationship. ”

Chen Wu didn't expect that Zhuo Wenjun, an ancient woman, was quite open, and under the restrictions of ancient etiquette, she actually lived in the same room with Sima Xiangru as a lonely man and widow, saying that nothing had happened to him. Cai Wenji's face was also crimson, and she secretly glanced at Chen Wu a few times. Yes, Zhuo Wenjun was widowed at the age of seventeen, and in order to pursue his own happiness, he was not afraid of worldly prejudices, and eloped with Sima Xiangru. The man in front of him, who traveled thousands of miles for himself and went through hardships and dangers to take him back to the Central Plains, is indeed a person worthy of trust.

Chen Wu said: "Zhao Ji, you also know that I am a rough person. This piano is used by me to press the bottom of the carriage, and it can only play its value in your hands, so I will give it to you! ”

"How does this work?" Cai Wenji hurriedly excused herself, but Chen Wu insisted on pushing the piano into her arms. Chen Wu's hand accidentally touched the softness on her chest, and both of them turned red, Cao Liang accidentally saw it, coughed twice and said, "General, Miss Cai, I'll go to the front to explore the way first!" ”

Cao Liang rode to the front, and Cai Wenji, in order to defuse the embarrassing atmosphere, said: "Uh, okay, how about I stroke the qin to thank the general for giving the qin?" ”

Chen Wu applauded in agreement, only to see Cai Wenji's slender hand gently flicking on the strings, and a quiet music sound seemed to come from the sky, hovering around the two. Immediately afterwards, the sound of the piano swirled turbulently, like thousands of iron horses coming from afar, and the sound of hooves was like a dark cloud covering the sun, like a surging river. Hearing this, Chen Wu's heart was surging, and he almost wanted to step forward to fight, and then he was stunned, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, the dragon soared, bypassing the three mountains and five mountains in the clouds and mist, until there was no trace of him.

Before Chen Wu could react, Cai Wenji then flicked the strings, and a desolate and lonely resolute sound resounded through the clouds, as if a lonely wolf on the grassland was howling there, and countless desolations filled it. Chen Wu thought of the past, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, he and Han Xuan fought all over the Jiangnan invincible, he couldn't get Cai Wenji's heart, and Ju Rong was also trapped by Zu Xun and couldn't go with him. And Han Xuan was also negligent for a while, allowing Dong Wan to be defiled and killed by Li Dao. Maybe there are always some regrets in life!

Chen Wu sang loudly, his voice was extremely high-pitched and tragic:

"Drunk on the battlefield

Listen to the hoarseness of the shouts

Laugh at the fire trees and silver flowers in the world

The numbers are overwhelming

But it's a scar

The difference between success and defeat is a thought

Life and death in an instant

The pride will always shine

The country is so big, where is home

Go through many levels to see the fireworks in the prosperous era

Won the world and lost her

subverted the world's greed and exaggeration

Life is nothing but a fight

Red blood stains yellow sand, and youth turns into white hair

If it is a true hero, how can he be afraid

Quickly slash the mess and stumble the iron horse

Pack up the old mountains and rivers and set off again

The heart of the immortal war horse will not collapse

If it's a real hero, how can it be fake

..................”

Cai Wenji saw that Chen Wu was singing very devotedly, and also played along with his tune, and with the song "True Hero" sung by Chen Wu, there was no sense of disobedience. Cai Wenji played a song and praised Chen Wu and said: "This song is composed by the general himself?" ”

Chen Wu nodded cheekily, and Cai Wenji said: "The lyrics are heroic and tragic, expressing a kind of sigh of intertwined love between heroes and children, and the artistic conception and words are also good." It's just that what is the 'fireworks' in the word, why have I never heard of it? ”

Chen Wu was stunned for a moment, and said to Cai Wenji: "This is a new gadget invented by my eldest brother and me, and when I get to Jiangnan, I will ask him for some to show you." ”

Chen Wu and Cai Wenji talked and laughed all the way, and soon returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty, and on the way, they met the brothers who had parted ways with Chen Wu and them before. The group walked continuously for more than a month, and finally arrived at Runan County.

During this time, on the battlefield of Guandu, Cao's army once attacked, and the battle with Yuan's army was unfavorable, and he retreated to the camp to hold on. Yuan Shao built a turret, piled up soil like a mountain, and shot Cao Ying with arrows. The Yuan army dug tunnels to attack again, and the Cao army also dug long trenches in the camp to resist, crushing the Yuan army's strategy. The two sides held each other for three months, Cao Cao's external situation was difficult, the front soldiers were short of food, the soldiers were tired, and the rear was not stable, Cao Cao almost lost the confidence to hold on. ”

Cao Cao wrote a letter to Xun Yu to discuss retreating to Xudu, and Xun Yu replied: "Yuan Shao gathered the main force in Guandu and wanted to fight the public victory. If you can't control it, you will take advantage of it, which is the key to determining the general trend of the world. At that time, Chu and Han were between Xingyang and Chenggao, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were unwilling to take a step back, thinking that if they retreated first, they would be succumbed. Now the public is one as ten, and Yuan Shao cannot enter because of the main rush, which has been more than half a year. The situation is clear, there is no room for manoeuvre, and there will be times when things change. When it comes to winning by surprise, don't miss the opportunity. So Cao Cao decided to continue to hold on to the standby while strengthening the defense.

(End of chapter)