The girl was startled by a dark shadow that suddenly flew in silently from the window, turned around, grabbed a pair of scissors in her hand, and looked at it vigilantly.

Guan Yu put the index finger of his right hand on his lips and made a "shhhhh While thinking that if the girl yelled, should he turn away or restrain her first? Unexpectedly, in addition to being startled at first, the girl looked quite calm when she saw him clearly, and even smiled, revealing two white tiger teeth.

After a moment of stalemate, the girl spoke first: "I know you!" ”

Guan Yu was stunned when he heard this, and then he smiled and said, "I'm not a bad person!" ”。

The girl chuckled a few times when she heard this, raised her head and said, "It's not going to be a good person who broke into the young lady's boudoir in the middle of the night, right?" ”

This time it was Guan Yu's turn to be completely embarrassed, and he was speechless for a while.

Under the flickering light, Guan Yu carefully observed the girl, who looked sixteen or seventeen years old. White duck egg face, two slender eyebrows, and a pointed small nose. There was no trace of panic and shyness between his eyebrows, and he looked calm and composed, but he was quite similar to the goatee during the day.

It was the girl who broke the silence first: "I know you, aren't you the young general who came to my father during the day?" ”

Guan Yu sweated on the tip of his nose, waved his hand again and again, and said, "What kind of general am I?" I came to your father to borrow food. ”

"Did you borrow that?" The girl said as she motioned for Guan Yu to sit on an embroidered pier opposite him.

Guan Yu sat up unceremoniously and cocked Erlang's legs.

"Xiaosheng is presumptuous, dare to ask the girl's name?"

"People's daughter Chen Min'er, dare to ask the general's surname?"

"Under the surname, the name is the feather word Yunchang." Guan Yu hugged his fist with a big grin, and completely returned to normal.

"My father has a little problem with being stingy, but he doesn't have a bad heart, if he doesn't borrow you, you won't embarrass him, right?" Chen Min'er asked seriously with big eyes.

"How so?! Said I'm not a bad person! ”。

Chen Min'er nodded reassuringly when she heard this, smiled happily, and showed two little tiger teeth.

"You're doing a good job!" Guan Yu looked down at the silk handkerchief that Chen Min'er had embroidered just now, and the two small carps on it were vivid, as if they were about to jump out and swim away at any time.

"Do you have paper and pen here?" Guan Yu suddenly seemed to remember something, Chen Min'er took the paper and pen suspiciously, only to see Guan Yu first clumsily draw a piece of cloth fluttering in the wind with a brush on the paper, and then drew an outstretched hand.

"This one is called a cape, and this one is called a glove. Can you help me do that? I'll give you the silver when it's done. ”

Chen Min'er pointed to Guan Yu's masterpiece and covered her mouth and smiled: "The cloak is a cloak, I have it myself, which is what you painted like this?" I thought you were drawing diapers in the wind! What kind of weird thing are gloves? ”

Guan Yu scratched his head, and it took a lot of effort to finally let Chen Min'er understand the general appearance of the gloves.

"Okay, I'll make the cloak and gloves for you, I don't need any silver, my family is not short of silver!"

Suddenly, her face changed, and she said pitifully, "If only you could come and talk to me often!" Ever since my sister was taken away by the old nun, I have rarely been accompanied to talk. ”

"Oh, by the way, I heard your father say that he has two daughters, what's wrong with your sister?"

"My sister has been frail and sickly since she was a child, and I heard that she had to be fostered in a temple to concentrate on the Buddha in order to live a long life, and then an old nun took her away from home, and she has never returned."

After chatting for a while, Guan Yu stretched out his head to look at the crescent moon in the sky and said, "It's not early today, I should go back." I'll come back to see you another day. Seeing Chen Min'er's face change, Guan Yu immediately continued: "Next time, I'll talk to you more and tell you a lot of interesting stories, okay?" ”

Chen Min'er's face turned from gloomy to clear: "Next time you come to the cloak and what --- gloves, I'll help you make it!" ”。 Guan Yu jumped to the window, made a grimace at Chen Min'er, and turned around and fell into the night without a sound.

The next day, there was nothing to do, and after the morning exercise, Guan Yu returned to the tent and was about to cover his head and sleep again. Suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and after a while, Cui Dakui hurriedly stepped into the tent and arched his hand: "Commander Qiqi, yesterday that Commander Mu returned to the camp and complained in front of the big leader, saying that you injured your brother for no reason, and the big boss sent someone to send you back for questioning." ”

Hearing this, Guan Yu jumped up and said angrily: "The wicked sue first!" He didn't say that I would go back to him to theorize! ”

Cui Dakui's face changed, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, don't be too angry, after all, it is the seven-day ban announced by the big leader." Don't hurt your friendship with your brothers because of these little things, and offend the big boss again, it's too unworthy! ”。

Guan Yu didn't answer, and walked straight out. "Do you want me to bring some of my sworn brothers with you?" Cui Dakui asked anxiously behind his back.

"No!"

Walking to the door, Guan Yu seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and said to Cui Dakui: "You stay here to assist Patriarch Chen in raising food, and --- else"

Guan Yu paused, looked around, leaned over Cui Dakui's ear and said, "Protect the safety of Miss Chen's family, don't let her be harmed in any way!" ”。

"Miss Chen? What Miss Chen? The second monk Cui Dakui was puzzled, and was about to ask again, but there was still no trace of Guan Yu. At this time, Guan Yu and his "Black Panther" had already left a trail of dust and smoke and rushed away.

Back at the camp, Guan Yu finished cooking the "Black Panther" and hurriedly walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army. When he came to the gate of the big tent, he said to the junior colonel at the door: "Please go in and say hello, Guan Yu, the commander of the cavalry battalion, is ordered to meet the big leader." ”

A moment later, the little school came out and opened the curtain, and Guan Yujian stepped inside. There were only two people in the big tent, Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong, Guan Yu walked a few steps quickly, bowed down and said loudly: "Meet the big leader, meet the military advisor."

Liu Qian glanced up at Guan Yu, shook his head imperceptibly, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Guan, Commander Mu has injured your own brother for no reason, but is there such a thing?" ”

Guan Yu arched his hand and replied: "The injury is real, and it is fake for no reason!" ”。

Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong glanced at each other, turned their heads and said, "Oh, let's hear it?" ”。

Guan Yu took half a step back and made a generous statement: "The official army has always called my Red Turban Righteous Army a bandit, and my Red Turban Righteous Army is a righteous teacher and a good teacher for the heavens and saves all the people from fire and water!" In the name of the big leader, Commander Mu connived at his subordinates to burn, kill, loot, and oppress the people. happened to be bumped into by the last general, so naturally we want to teach a lesson this kind of behavior that tarnishes the prestige of our army and traps the leader in unrighteousness! ”。

Liu Qian exchanged glances with Shi Tiangong again, with a helpless, laughing and helpless expression on his face, and after a while, he walked out of the tent without saying a word. Guan Yu froze for a moment, and was about to turn around to chase after him, but his sleeve was grabbed by Shi Tiangong.

"Sit, sit, brother." Seeing Guan Yu sitting down unwillingly, Shi Tiangong stroked his long hair and sighed softly: "Brother, you are right!" I and the leader don't want my brothers in the Red Turban Army to love the people like children, and they have not committed any crimes. But have you thought about it? The officials and soldiers have the monthly salary allocated by the imperial court, what do we have? If you hire a long-term worker, you have to feed others, right? What's more, we are licking blood with a knife head and pinning our head to the waistband of our trousers! Who wants to follow you desperately if you don't eat for a full meal?! Where does the money come from? I have to figure out how to do it myself, the so-called robbing the rich and helping the poor! Of course, it is inevitable that there will be people who are greedy and hurt the innocent. But I guarantee that as long as we capture the county seat, we can open a warehouse to release grain, and open an official treasury to distribute silver. From then on, it is necessary to rectify military discipline, strictly enforce law and discipline, and truly love the people like sons and never commit any crimes in the autumn! In this period in front of us, as the saying goes, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and we as brothers must also understand the difficulties of being a big brother! ”。

Seeing that Guan Yu was still silent with his head down, Shi Tiangong patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Don't worry, the big boss has always been kind to you, and he doesn't care about you hurting your brother, young people are strong-blooded, who doesn't have an impulse?" Don't leave tonight, the eldest brother specially prepared a wine banquet to talk with you and share brotherly love! ”。

At the banquet that night, there were only Liu Qian, Shi Tiangong, and Guan Yu, and everyone invariably forgot about the day's events, just chatting about some homely things, and the atmosphere was unusually relaxed and happy.

From the conversation, Guan Yu learned that Liu Qian was originally born in the martial arts, and he went to Beijing several times to take the exam, although he made a bull ear big ring knife famous in the rivers and lakes, and fell into the resounding name of "God Arm and One Knife Liu", but because of his poor family background, he did not have the silver to play the examiner and fell to Sun Shan. After returning to his hometown, he planned to break off the idea of career and live a life facing the loess with his back to the sky. Unexpectedly, he encountered drought for many years, or starved to death or rebelled, he did not hesitate to choose the latter.

Shi Tiangong said in his own words that he was a down-and-out poor teacher, who had studied hard for decades but had no hope of fame, and also fell into the problem of not being able to lift his hands and shoulders, and he lamented that reading was useless, and his fate was sad, and he planned to accept his fate honestly, who expected to encounter the surging tide of rebellion, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, against his mother! Maybe a belly of knowledge can come in handy and create a new world!

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Qian's face was slightly red, and he shouted: "Happy! Joyfully! In life, one of the happy things is to drink and talk with like-minded brothers who want to do something big! Brother Guan, I heard the second brother say that you are one of the few people among the brothers who cares about the general situation in the world. Yes, taking the county seat is just the beginning, and our goal is to look at the world! If you don't dislike the vulgarity of a few brothers, little brother, I am willing to marry Jinlan with you, not to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month! Blessed and shared hardships, you will be our sixth brother in the future! Would you like to? ”。

Guan Yu was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly got up and retreated, and knelt on the ground: "How can you be a foolish brother, thank you for my brother's wrong love." In the future, I will be in the same boat with several brothers! ”。

Liu and Shi both had ruddy faces, laughed, and leaned over to hug each other: "Get up, sixth brother, come, let's drink together, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return!" ”。

When I woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun. I drank it happily last night, but today I am dizzy. remembered that Cui Dakui and other brothers were still waiting for his news, since he had married his eldest brother with a brother with a different surname, it was even more difficult to be lazy in his work. So he got up in a hurry, washed up, and planned to go to the eldest brother and second brother first, and rush back to continue collecting food. Who knew that he led the horse to the outside of the tent, and was told by the guards in front of the tent that they had not yet gotten up, and explained that the guards would inform the two after they got up, and then beat the horse and whipped and went out of the camp.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when I was about to reach the entrance of the village, I saw a group of cavalry pressed by the black pressure on the opposite side, and the people on the horse wore red scarves on their heads, and the person headed by them was Zhai Longbiao. Guan Yu hurriedly turned his horse and leaned on the side of the road to salute, Zhai Longbiao also saw him, laughed and walked forward: "Congratulations, Brother Guan, you have made a fortune catching a big fish!" ”。

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhai Longbiao pursed his lips disdainfully: "Don't pretend to me!" You have completed the task of collecting 100 loads of grain, so I will go back to the big boss to repay you for your merits! After saying that, he laughed and rode away, leaving only Guan Yu, who was confused, messy in the wind.

After entering the village, the smell of blood in the air made Guan Yu's heart "chuckle", and he couldn't help but hurry up and rush towards the center of the village.

"Commander Guan is back!".

Guan Yu turned a deaf ear to the shouts of his soldiers, and from a distance he saw several large carts parked in front of the mansion, the gate of the mansion was open, and a group of people with red scarves on their heads went in and out, busily carrying bags of grain to the carts.

When Cui Dakui saw Guan Yu, he hesitated with a complicated expression and didn't dare to step forward. "What's going on?" Guan Yu asked sharply.

Cui Dakui stepped forward and stammered: "Tell the commander, he's not us--- it's General Zhai'---."