Youzhou right Beiping, the sky will be dark, and the carriage will drive through the snowy streets.

The wind and snow have gradually subsided at the end of the year, and on warm winter days, children come out of the house, crying out to their playmates happily, playing games under the eaves, or chasing and playing. The adults swept the snow in front of their house on the street, and then the wheel ran over, and then stopped in front of a mansion with a two-character plaque on the word Gongsun.

The mighty figure that got out of the carriage walked straight into the mansion, and the servants who passed by bowed their heads one by one.

"Husband, it's early to come back today, and the meal hasn't been prepared yet." Beside her, a woman of great grace and a soft face, shook off the cloak and gave it to the maid to fold up.

Gongsun Zhan sat down, took the hot tea handed over and took a sip, and then slammed it on the table, his eyes were round: "Liu Yu, this old guy, as soon as he took office, he appeased Wuhuan and Xianbei, but he has never seen the ferocity of these barbarians when they plagued the border counties, he is really angry...... The most infuriating thing was the gang of Wu Huan, begging Liu Yu, the old guy, but he also sympathized and withdrew the garrison army...... The gateway of a country, only more than 10,000 people remain, and the white-eyed wolves are coming again, so how can I guard this right Beiping? ”

"These things, my husband has already said in the army, why bring them into the house again, otherwise what will General Yan and Master Guan do when they raise them?" Liu Shi stuffed the tea back into his hand, sat on the other side, and reached out to pat the low table, "It's been closed in recent years, and Xu'er is coming back from the army, my mother and son haven't seen each other for three months, and I'm worried about it, so don't add to the blockage like this." ”

The rather majestic figure closed his eyes and nodded, and soon after, a maid walked in quickly, looked at the master in the hall and bowed, "The second son is back." ”

Gongsun Chan hummed and let her leave, and the Liu family next to her stood up happily and didn't take a few steps, in the courtyard outside the house, a sturdy and calm figure was striding over, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, dressed as a martial artist, and bowed to the woman standing in the middle when he crossed the threshold of the living room.

"The son has seen his father and his mother."

Liu hurriedly pulled up his son and brushed off the dust, "It's good to come back, don't learn from your father at home, sit down quickly, let your mother take a good look, you have lost weight, and you must have suffered a lot with General Yan...... Don't be afraid, when you get home, if you have any grievances, tell your mother, I will call the shots for you. ”

"That's not true, General Yan takes care of it in the army." Gongsun Xu smiled brightly, knelt down with his mother in his arms, looked at Gongsun Zhan, who was silent with his eyes closed, and said: "Xu'er did not use his father's name in the army, nor did he disgrace his father. ”

"Hmm." Gongsun Chan still closed his eyes and nodded.

Here, Gongsun Xu asked in a low voice: "Mother, why is my father like this, is it my son who said the wrong thing?" ”

Liu squinted his eyes over there, and gently patted the back of his son's hand: "Ignore him, as soon as you go home, you will look like this, come and tell your mother how you lived in the army." ”

The fire in the house crackled softly, and the mother and son laughed for a while, and Gongsun continued to talk about one thing: "The son heard outside in the army that there was a horse thief on the side of Daijun who went deep into the grassland and robbed the rear of the Huns. ”

"Oh?" Gongsun Zhan, who had been thinking about things, opened his eyes at this time and nodded approvingly: "This group of horse thieves is not bad, how many of them are there, and how many Huns have they killed?" ”

Gongsun continued to see his father speak, his face was stained with joy, and he arched his hand: "This child is not clear, but I heard that they took away the cattle and sheep of the Huns, and slaughtered all the cattle and sheep that could not be taken away, and the old and weak in the Hun tribe also suffered many deaths and injuries. ”

Phew-

"Good!!" Gongsun Zhan stood up, clapped his hands, walked a few steps on the couch, stroked his beard and laughed: "This is what my Han family son-in-law should do, treat these foreign races, you shouldn't be soft-hearted, who is the leader of this horse thief?" I'd like to recruit him into my ranks. ”

Next to him, Liu looked at the father and son talking and laughing, nodded with satisfaction, and slowly got up, "You talk slowly, my woman doesn't understand, go down first and tell the next person to make a meal." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the door on the back side, and then the voice of Gongsun Xu in the hall came: "That person seems to be surnamed Gongsun, but I don't know if it is from the Gongsun family in Liaodong, or ......."

The woman who walked around froze for a moment, her kind and kind eyes flickered and changed, her fingers pinched the flesh, and after a while, the lotus veil rose and fell, and she walked quickly into the room.

The sky was completely dark, and the servants came to take charge of the lamp, and the candlelight shone on the silent figure, and the face of the long-bearded majesty became cloudy.

Even his son called him several times in a row, but he didn't notice it.......

"It's... He—" Gongsun Chan pursed his lips softly.

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The convoluted clouds stretched thousands of miles to the west, crossing Yuyang and flying over Shanggu County, and not far from Macheng, the wind and snow were falling, and the ground was covered with thick fallen leaves.

The man led the footsteps of the horse, rustling in the snow, walking through the woods under the hills, the snow fell from the leaves to the shoulders of the figures, and the lively cheers came from the end, from the cave under the hills, Zhang Liao was dressed in thick clothes, crossed the sword and raised the knife, handed the reins to a horse thief scout who was guarding outside, and went down the hole alone.

The noisy voices became clearer, the figures of the torches shone longingly, and the figures around the seven or eight stone tables and wooden tables held wine bowls and toasted loudly, and some people hugged the woman beside them with drunkenness, patting their chests and shouting: "This is my person, and none of you will see much in the future." ”

The woman who was being held in her arms turned red and did not refuse.

When many people saw Zhang Liao coming in, they stepped forward one after another, and a voice shouted: "Lord Zhang is here, come and drink, get out of the way of a seat in front......"

The stone room, which originally easily accommodated one or two hundred people, became crowded, Zhang Liao squeezed his figure, and on the stone seat, a man dressed in a big hat was holding a pottery bowl and fighting with a horse thief, the wine poured out from the corner of his mouth, stained on the fur collar, and a big white wolf crawled on the edge of the stone seat, tearing a bloody leg of mutton, and a bowl of blood-colored wine.

"Wen Yuan is here." Gongsun Zhi, who put down the wine bowl, wiped the wine stains from his mouth, beckoned, Gao Sheng put down the big bowl, and lifted a horse thief who was sitting and fighting for wine away, took a piece of bluestone, and said sullenly: "Lord Zhang, our conditions are not as good as those in the city, so let's sit down." ”

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and thanked him, sat down without caring at all, took the wine bowl filled by the other party with both hands, touched it with Gongsun Zhi, raised his head and drank it all in a big gulp, and took a breath of white air, and his stomach was much more comfortable.

"I didn't expect the Gongsun leader to be so lively here, much better than the cold mansion." He put down the wine bowl, twisted a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to chew, and a woman came over and poured the wine.

On the stone chair, with one elbow propped on his knees, and the other hand wiped his mouth with a faint short beard, Gongsun Zhi grinned: "That's why I wrote to ask Wen Yuan to come here with me, but why didn't Wen Yuan go home, Ma Yi is not far from Yanmen." ”

Zhang Liao put down the long chopsticks and sighed: "My mother died early, and my father had a concubine, I just don't like it, so I just don't go back, think about it for two years now." ”

"Talking to my brother about this, it's the ugliness of the family that makes the eldest brother laugh." He forced a smile and took his head back to drink.

The two of them talked about each other at this time, the tone was calm and indifferent, and when they talked about the happy place, they laughed, late at night, the wind and snow outside blew through the hole, and there was a whining sound, and the drunk people in the stone room were helped away, and gradually became empty, and soon after, Zhang Liao was also ready to leave, and the two made an appointment to meet in the future, go to the grassland to play a circle, and then parted ways.

Walk alone in the snowfield.

The wind and snow hit his face, and his short beard formed tiny ice crystals, and he led the horse to look back at the hills behind him, and there were some things that he wanted to say, but after all, there was no outlet in that atmosphere.

He received an order from Assassin Shi Ding Yuan and was about to go to Jinyang.

Zhang Liao let out a long breath, the white gas floated in the flying snow, and after bowing his hand, he turned over and got on the horse, shook the reins and galloped away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It was the last day of 188, and when the page was turned, another era of chaos began.

PS: There is only one change for Gongsun today, and in another chapter, Lu Bu will come, and then a bigger stage will appear, and you need to consider the personalities, words and deeds of various characters.