Chapter 63: Xiahou Juan's melancholy

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Two jasper-like streamers, the Fu River and the Zhanghe River, traverse the vast land of Dangyang, selflessly nourishing the fields on both sides. Under the blowing of the spring breeze, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, begonia flowers, and white orchids converge into a sea of flowers, red, white, pink, and green, together with tender spring buds, green grass and green trees, inlaid in the brocade-like green earth, purple and red, extraordinarily enchanting.

At first warm, it is still cold, occasionally a few traces of spring rain are lightly sprinkled, and there is a saying that "last night's light rain was as moist as crisp, and the grass color was close but there was nothing; It is the most beneficial spring of the year, and it is absolutely better than the smoke and willows in Jingzhou. ”

Small bridges and flowing water, red roofs and white walls, shepherd boys, buffaloes, and fishermen fishing leisurely decorate the spring fields, a scene of peace and prosperity.

In the distance of the clear blue sky, a blood-red cloud hung strangely, indicating that the smoke of war had condensed into the sky.

However, the people working in the fields ignore the beautiful and charming scenery of the world, and most of them sigh for a long time, and their faces are full of melancholy.

On the official road from Jingzhou to Dangyang, a carriage was escorted by six cavalrymen and rushed to the county seat of Dangyang.

A woman with a moth-headed eyebrow and a beautiful peach and plum looked sad, bowed her head to think about her thoughts, and turned a deaf ear to the laughter and shouts of the two pink-makeup children beside her and the neighing of horses.

She is Zhang Fei's wife Xiahou Juan, and the children are her sons Zhang Bao and Zhang Xingcai.

Ever since she knew that Xiahou Yuan personally led the troops to conquer Jingzhou, she had always had something on her mind, and she couldn't sleep and eat all day, but she didn't dare to confide in her husband Zhang Fei, and she didn't have the opportunity to tell. As early as a few days ago, Zhang Fei received an order from the general of the army division and led his headquarters to the front line in Dangyang.

Uncle Xiahou Yuan was very kind to her, regardless of the poverty of the family, entrusted his biological son Xiahou Ba to relatives, and in turn picked up Xiahou Juan, who had lost her parents since childhood, and raised her in every detail. Until Xiahou Juan went up the mountain to collect firewood, Zhang Fei obtained it.

This selfless affection for the world touches the earth, every time she thinks of the past when her uncle took care of her like her own daughter, Xiahou Juan is in tears, but the sky is high and the road is long, the mountains are blocked, and there is no news, so she can only silently miss her relatives who are thousands of miles away in her heart, and pray for their health and happiness.

Now that she heard that her uncle's father was recruiting for the sun, she was happy and worried, happy that she finally had the information of her relatives, and had the opportunity to see her family who had been lost for many years.

On the one hand, there is an uncle who raised himself to grow up, Xiahou Yuan, who is like a father, and on the other hand, a husband and children who love him a lot. How to choose between these two incompatible family relationships, time and situation do not allow her to hesitate too much.

The Han and the thief are not separated, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao are mortal enemies. Xiahou Yuan was Cao Cao's chief clan general, and Zhang Fei was Liu Bei's third brother, an indispensable right-hand man, each of them as one of the pillars of the rival camp, and they were born enemies. When they meet on the battlefield in the future, they will definitely fight to the death. It was the last thing she wanted to see.

If he does not take this opportunity to express his position, it will affect the prestige, status, future and destiny of his husband in Liu Han Jingzhou Group.

Since marrying Zhang Fei, the husband and the two have been flying like wings, and their love is incomparable, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and other high-level officials and family members have treated them like relatives, and the entire Liu Han Group is like a family, and they have long been integrated into it, sharing the same fate.

"Ma'am, someone stopped the car." Just when Xiahou Juan was thinking nonsense, the captain of the guard reported.

Xia Houjuan ordered to stop and come down to understand the situation.

On the side of the official road, more than a dozen ragged and thin-skinned people knelt beside the carriage with the old and the young, begging in unison.

It turned out that they were all ordinary people in the north of Dangyang County, who were forced to flee from their hometowns due to the destruction of their homes by the war, and were ready to go to Jingzhou to join their relatives. Although there were relief points set up by the Jingzhou government to take care of them along the way, due to the long distance and the next point, there was still a long way to go.

Xia Houjuan didn't say a word, and hurriedly asked them to get up and sit down to rest, soothe them with kind words, and personally distribute food and entanglement.

The refugees were overjoyed and bowed, praising the kindness and righteousness of the Jingzhou government, and at the same time scolding Cao Cao and Cao Jun under the command of Xiahou Yuan for burning, killing, plundering, doing all kinds of evil, killing people like hemp, and bleeding like rivers, which made Xiahou Juan cry.

The refugee's cry ruthlessly tore apart Xiahoujuan's tenderness, and the sights she heard and witnessed tormented her motherly heart all the time.

She was extremely shocked how her uncle, who was once extremely kind and amiable, suddenly turned into a murderous devil and committed such a cruel and unkind crime.

The refugees said goodbye with great gratitude, and Xiahoujuan looked at the beautiful scenery of the fields near and far, her heart was surging, her thoughts were thousands, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

She is the identity of Xiahou Yuan's niece, because Liu Bei strictly ordered it to be kept secret, except for Liu Bei, Sun Shangxiang, Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and a few other confidants and generals, few people in the entire Jingzhou Group know.

Despite this, Xiahou Juan, who is Xiahou Yuan's niece, has now begun to have a strong sense of guilt and endless guilt. At this moment, her mood was terrible, and the bloody pictures of ordinary people being hacked and killed by Cao Jun kept appearing in front of her.

She thought about how to help the people and try to atone for their sins with practical actions. Along the way, when the carriage saw the refugees, it stopped to give money and food, and so on. After resting overnight at the stopover, we continued our journey north in the early hours of the next morning.

The bright and warm sunshine awakens the dreary earth of Dangyang, whether it is a hundred miles of fields or a continuous hill full of spring light.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan, who got up early at this time, were in mixed moods.

Guan, Zhang, and Zhao broke the tiger and leopard cavalry, beheaded more than 2,000 ranks, surrendered more than 500 people, and captured countless ..... of military funds. This was a great victory for the Jingzhou army since the Battle of Chibi.

The news of victory spread like wings throughout Dangyang County, and the streets and alleys, the common people, and the peddlers and pawns all talked happily and excitedly about the victory of the Han army in Jingzhou last night.

The officers and men in the barracks were even more excited, especially when they heard that the meritorious soldiers had been rewarded for their military merits, they were all envious and asked for battle.

The worry is that the Cao army burned, killed, plundered, and the number of refugees pouring into Dangyang City increased day by day, and the cries and complaints came and went, especially the family members who were ruined and killed, and they were crying day and night, and the crying shook the sky, which made people feel sad with it.

Zhuge Liang, Jian Yong, Ma Liang, and Lei Xu discussed how to properly resettle the refugees, and instructed Dangyang Taishou Mansion to build houses, set up porridge sheds, and arrange laborers.

Liu Chan witnessed Zhuge Liang arranging everything in an orderly and proper manner, and couldn't help but admire him from the bottom of his heart, admiring that he was indeed a first-class political person and a master of governance.

After all the arrangements stopped, Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan led officials of all sizes through the streets and alleys, distributed food and clothing, and comforted the refugees with kind words. The common people were grateful, thankful, and denounced Cao Jun's crimes.

At this time, Ma Liang quickly organized a propaganda team to post "Essays on Fighting Thieves" everywhere, organizing speeches on thieves and mobilization meetings in front of Zhang to publicize the heinous crimes of Cao Cao and Cao Jun's Eight Massacres. All kinds of propaganda activities have been carried out in a sound and impressive manner.

For a time, the military and people of the whole city were impassioned, they shared the same hatred for the enemy, they had money to contribute, and they made great contributions, and the machine of the anti-Cao war was advancing in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly high.

All this was seen by Xiahou Juan, who had just arrived in Dangyang, and she had secretly made up her mind.

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