As the sky fell and the clouds fell, Hao Meng rode his horse and looked at the vendors and pedestrians on both sides of the street.

Xiapi is the seat of Xuzhou, the center, the city is huge, the population is dense, although it is not as good as Jizhou Yecheng, the original Luoyang, Chang'an, but fortunately it is also a prosperous place, now the clouds of the soldiers are rolled from the west, the faces of countless people in the city are ugly, and the pedestrians on the street have become scarce, showing a depression and anxiety.

He rode through the crowd and looked up at the red-stained sky to the west, and from the point of view of the street, the red light from the folded roof was breathtaking. Hao Meng was born in Hanoi, and has been following Wenhou Lu Bu from birth to death, and has traveled all over the world, but he has no regrets, but recently, he suddenly felt that he should no longer live this kind of bumpy and displaced life.

Enough of these days have passed.

To a large extent, his status is not as close as Wei Xu, Cheng Lian and Lu Bu, one of these two is related to each other, the other is powerful, and his martial arts are good, even less than Chen Gong and Gao Shun, not to mention that there is also a Zhang Liao who is both civil and military, and now Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi's army is surrounded by them, and only because this little soldier in the city wants to defend it, he knows the ending better than anyone else, but fortunately, the person in the prison was not killed.

It's time to find another way out for yourself.

After looking at the pedestrians coming and going around him for a while, the complicated mood dissipated a little, pinched the reins, turned the direction of the horses, and went to Lu Bu's mansion.

All the way to the Lu Mansion, handed over the horse to the guards in the mansion, and after unloading the weapon, he led the servants into the front yard, and before he approached the main hall, several generals he knew gathered under the eaves, a figure raised his head, he walked up the stone steps, and arched his hand: "General Cheng, why are you standing outside the house." ”

Cheng Lian, who had seen it, shook his head, "The rear army was ambushed, and Gao Shun and Cao Xing were killed in battle......"

In the middle of the words, in the main hall, there was a bang, and something shattered on the ground. Hao Meng pushed open the door or walked in, a fragment of the bounce rolled past his feet, he lowered his head and arched his hand: "Lord, the last general will come to report the situation in the city." ”

On the other side, the figure in front of a screen didn't seem to hear his words, and with another thud, he slammed his sword to the ground and poured his wine.

"Huh...... Cao thief...... Gongsun Pifu, the crowd bullied me too much! ”

In the main hall of the meeting, the atmosphere was full of fire, and the several generals standing in the room did not make a sound, Lu Bu dragged his cloak, gritted his teeth and looked at the wine buds thrown on the ground, for a long time, Zhang Liao next to him spoke to comfort: "Fengxian, as long as the city is not lost, as long as you are there, there is no problem in guarding the city, don't blame yourself too much." ”

Lu Bu's clenched fists trembled slightly, and his bloodshot eyes raised to look at him: "I deplore Gao Shun them!" ”

"Liao understands, I'm sad too, but now I have to defend the city......"

"I know!!" Lu Bu took half a step forward and roared with a fist: "I want to know how I lost..... This kind of unwillingness..... How can you understand! ”

He turned and drew his sword and cut off the corner, threw his sword on the ground, and stood there with a sigh in his eyes. Hao Meng stood in the middle and looked at him, his heart was up and down, and on the other side, Zhang Liao walked over: "General Hao, you go back first, Wen Hou has a little gaffe in his heart for Gao Shun and Cao Xing, come back tomorrow." ”

Hao Meng nodded, rushed to the back over there, and arched his hand: "The last general will retreat first." ”

After a while, the door closed again, and Lu Bu turned around: "Wenyuan, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city to defend the city now?" The fist clenched and smashed into the palm of his hand: "But if there is a chance, I, Lu Bu, will not sit still." ”

"There are still more than 14,000 soldiers in Xiapi County." Zhang Liao looked at him, frowned and thought for a while: "The cavalry under Fengxian can't move, we can only send some soldiers and horses to Liangcheng and Wuyuan to help defend the city overnight, Zang Ba and Chen Gong will return to Taishan County if they escape, as long as they hold on for half a month, once Cao Cao's 70,000 soldiers and horses can't be attacked for a long time, they will retreat." ”

After a pause, he gritted his teeth, and finally said something else: "Fengxian, if the city can't be defended, after Liaolai is broken, it is also feasible for you to take your brothers to join Huainan Yuanshu." ”

"Who said I couldn't keep it!" Lu Bu suddenly yelled at him: "Right in this city, I will defeat Gongsun Zhi and Cao Cao, if I can't retreat, I don't want to vote for others again, send people under the fence, live like a dog-"

"Bongxian! There is a huge disparity in troops, even if the soldiers from the two counties are pulled to Xiapi, it is only 20,000 people, once the four gates of Xiapi are attacked, we will not have many soldiers available, and we can't drag the people in the city to the city wall to die! ”

"I only know until I beat it! This...... I don't want to wander around......"

Lu Bu waved his hand at the generals in the hall, "You all go down, rest for your life, and then fight the last battle with me, if you lose, you will surrender." The voice gradually lowered, and he waved his hand again to drive away the complicated expressions, and sat down, and after a long time, his shoulders slowly shook, "Hahaha...... Lu Bu...... Lu Fengxian...... Hahahaha......" muttered a laugh, he grabbed the golden crown on his head and threw it out, the mighty and tall figure collapsed at this moment, and his eyes looked at the rolling golden crown, full of pathos.

"Husband......

The creak sounded, the soft footsteps slowly opened the side door, the figure holding the woman's hair in a bun dragged the long skirt out of the screen, walked to pick up the golden crown on the ground in his hand, patted off the dust, sat down beside the husband, reached out and gently pressed the back of the man's hand.

Yan asked softly, "Wen Yuan, are they gone?" ”

After being silent for a while, Lu Bu hummed, held his wife's hand, and kneaded it gently, "I remember that when I was in Jinyang, I once told you that it would make you and Lingqi settle down, but ...... Over the years, on the contrary, you have been running around with me, and you have not lived a stable life. ”

"Does the husband regret taking this path?" Yan felt the tenderness brought by the big hand, and gently leaned on her husband's shoulder armor, "But...... The concubine and Lingqi have never regretted it. ”

"......." Lu Bu looked at her.

Yan laughed, his bright eyes blinked, and he looked at the afterglow that spilled in from outside the house: "Because you are the husband of the concubine, Lingqi's father, no matter what decision you make, Lingqi and I will be on your side, and it will never change." ”

"You two are stupid......"

Lu Bu replied a little dryly and tiredly, rubbing his wife's face, he had a little smile: "No matter whether I regret it or not, I also killed Ding Yuan, killed Dong Zhuo, and came to Xuzhou, people in this world already know my Lu Buwei's name, and I have no regrets in this life." ”

"Husband...... Don't you want to see Lingqi get married in the future, and you and I can still sit together in such a sunset? Yan sat up and suddenly spoke: "I know my husband's temperament, and my concubine won't say anything, but a few days ago, Zhang Yang's last letter was sent over, so my husband might as well go and take a look." ”

"Uncle Zhi......" Lu Bu whispered the name, patted the back of his wife's hand, stood up and walked outside, and the last rays of the remnant sun were stabbing over.

Under the eaves, the figure of the young man ran to greet the master, who just waved his hand and left thoughtfully to go to the backyard. Sima Yi watched the back walk away, he turned around and walked quickly to the side courtyard, along the way most of the servants and maids would greet him, until he passed the pavilion pool, walked into the crescent arch, there was a row of side courtyard rooms, knocked on one of the doors.

A nice female voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

Push open the door, the incense burner in the house curls green smoke, a girl in a white dress sits quietly behind the long case, looking through the bamboo slips, humming softly in the tune, a few volumes of books that seem to have been read near the feet, the white hand occasionally picks up the pen and ink on the bamboo slips to sketch, writing something, hearing the sound of pushing the door, only then did he raise his head, with a faint smile.

For a moment, Sima Yi, who was a young man, sat down opposite him a little shyly, feeling the girl's tranquility and elegance, and put his hand on his knees at a loss, like an honest student seeing a gentleman.

"Master has returned...... General Hao's side I also ventilated, that's what I did, will Master forgive me in the future? ”

On the other side, Su Rou's hand put down the pen, and Cai Zhenji pursed her lips: "...... I heard that my brother-in-law is very powerful and never soft on the enemy, I am afraid that Lingqi and my aunt will be implicated, Wen Hou should understand our hard work. ”

"I hope so......" A wry smile appeared on the corner of Sima Yi's mouth, and then his head was raised again, holding down the desktop, "By the way, since that wolf governor is your brother-in-law, when the time comes, I will personally send you over......"

"What about you?"

"Where you are, I'll be there!"

The young man's cheeks were slightly flushed, his fingernails picked at the tabletop, and he muttered in a low voice, which attracted the girl opposite to cover her face and chuckle.

The sun is falling, and the warm yellow lights reflect the warmth of the house.

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In the black streets, a carriage drove slowly by, stopping in a dilapidated courtyard, a general named Hao Meng, dressed in regular clothes and carrying a sword, walked in.