The clouds were dark, the long-singing eagle swept across the sky, the flying figure overlooked the earth, the spreading banner stretched, the cavalry roared and galloped in front of the road, a body of armor with swords and axes was exposed, looking at the outline of the city in front of it, and on the opposite side of the field of vision, a group of more than 2,000 cavalry lined up and waiting.

"Dismount—"

Gongsun Zhi raised his hand, Li Ke opened his voice and shouted, the cavalry behind banged, all rolled off the horse, dozens of soldiers came over with urns, one of them was held by Gongsun Yue, and strode towards the opposite side with Gongsun Zhi, among the cavalry lined up over there, a figure slowly walked a few steps, walking faster and faster, and then ran, when approaching, he knelt down abruptly, moved towards the urn, his eyes were wet and red, his lips trembled, and he bit the words that were difficult to pronounce.

"Hah...... Ahh

In the end, his body arched and let out a heartache and sour cry, containing not only because of his father's departure, but his father's love for him in the past, little by little from real to untouchable memories, he held the urn jar containing Gongsun Zhan's ashes, tears and snot on it.

"Father...... Father...... "Heart-rending cry, at this moment, resounded through the gloomy sky.

A figure walked over, Gongsun Zhi stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of this sad and painful figure, and cast his gaze: "...... Nothing mattered before, stay, with a bite to eat from my brother, you won't be hungry. ”

"Xie ......" Gongsun continued to hold the urn jar and wipe away his tears: "...... Brother Xie. ”

Gongsun stopped humming, turned around and got on the horse: "Go, go home with me." He glanced down at his brother, laughed, and whipped his horse forward.

Soon, the news of Gongsun stopping to enter the city spread throughout the city.

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Gongsun Mansion.

When the small figure heard the news, he hurriedly ran back, quickly ran through the corridor of the long eaves, shouted and ran into the backyard, knocked down a maid halfway, and didn't care about the other party, shouting as he ran: "Madam! Madam! Come back...... Came back......"

Cai Yan, who had taken a nap, was walking in the garden, talking to Jian Shuo about some things in the house, and when he heard the news from the maid who came over in a panic, Jian Shuo's thick eyebrows furrowed, and he snorted, "What kind of shouting in front of Madame, what kind of system, the miscellaneous family is looking at you as a little girl and lacking discipline." ”

Xianglian shrank in fright, and always relied on the grace of her wife to walk sideways in the mansion, but in the end, she was still afraid of the eunuch who came out of the palace in front of her, especially afraid of hearing the other party's hoarse and shrill voice, and felt that the hairs around her body stood up.

"Don't scare her, children are such innocent and innocent." Cai Yan smiled and explained to the little maid, and then asked, "Xianglian, who did you say came back?" ”

Over there, the little figure timidly glanced at Jian Shuo, and whispered, "Naturally, the biggest and biggest one in the family is back." ”

"Who's the biggest and biggest one in the house?!"

A voice came from behind, Jian Shuo immediately bowed, the little maid raised her voice and turned around: "Of course it's my master, is it your ......" The childish voice was stuck in his throat, his face fell, and he hurriedly bent down and didn't dare to speak anymore, on the side, Cai Yan pursed his lips and smiled, and walked quickly towards the figure who came over, in the field of vision, the distance was getting closer, Gongsun Zhi, who was dressed in military uniform, threw the white horse to Li Ke, and said to Dian Wei and Li Ke: "After serving in the army for so long, you will find a steward to lead a maid in the house to warm the bed, If you like it, you don't have to send it back. ”

"And this good thing...... Dian Wei hurriedly pulled the eunuch over there and urged the stupid boy who was still stunned: "Let's go, let's pick someone." ”

"Don't go, what's so good about women, they still take up half of the bed, I'll go to the military camp outside the city to find Hua Xiong, he said to teach me wrestling in the northwest......" Li Ke carried his mace and walked out.

Dian Wei didn't care about him, and pushed Jian Shuo to leave here: "Let's go, is there a ...... in the house who can sing songs?"

"Yes, buy a batch of color and art ...... It is used to play and dance...... But Madame said that they should not be treated as casual abuse. Jian Shuo looked at Madame with some embarrassment, and explained to the rough man.

“…… Is there a kind with a big butt and a thick waist...... It's a very energetic ...... on the bed."

"Then you're looking for Madame's female soldier...... It's all the kind of ...... you say."

“…… No, they're too wild......"

The voice was far away. Cai Yan looked at the two backs that left, her eyes were already smiling, and she held her husband with her hands: "How can my husband fool his subordinates like this, how bad it is to spread it." ”

The two of them helped each other to walk in the garden, Gongsun Zhi looked at her bulging belly, and smiled unconsciously: "This way did not deceive Dian Wei, the husband was able to come back alive, thanks to the mountain road he carried on his back for more than ten days." ”

"Badly wounded?"

Gongsun Zhi nodded, remembering the grogginess of more than ten days, and he also had palpitations: "...... Basically, I can't get off the ground, let alone ride a horse, it's like I have lost all my strength, I can't lift my eyelids, and it is estimated that even a young child can be put to death for my husband. ”

Cai Yan was so frightened that she clenched her husband's hand, bit her lips, and was speechless for a long time, a fear that made her tremble crawled all over her back, causing her stomach to throb, her face suddenly turned pale, fine beads of sweat covered her forehead, and her breathing became short. She didn't feel much when others were injured like that, but when it happened to her husband, it was a different feeling, and there was even more heart-wrenching pain, and she pinched her husband's arm even tighter.

"Husband...... Jun is the commander...... Why bother to risk the stone arrows to go up and fight. The woman's voice was choked.

"If you don't go, you can't do it, it's a rout, if the commander can't arouse the morale of the soldiers, the whole army will be wiped out...... "Feeling his wife's worry, he patted the back of her hand, "But everything is still over, go, go back to the room and apply medicine to your husband...... By the way, strip naked to see how old the child is. ”

Cai Yan had tears in his eyes and slapped him: "It's not serious." Then she burst into tears and laughed.

The sky is skewed, the lanterns are hung on the eaves earlier than usual, the main backbone returns to the mansion, there are many laughs in the house, the little maid Xianglian commands the servants to hang lanterns everywhere with high spirits, and scolds a certain maid to prepare pastries and fruits, the two figures holding the wooden plate nodded timidly, holding the long corridor and looking at the men and women walking under the eaves from a distance, about to pass, the companion next to him reached out and pulled her, shook his head, and a big man on the side of the side led a team of soldiers to patrol with a double halberd.

The two of them had to bow their heads and leave.

The whispered exchange of code words was transmitted in some people, and soon after the night fell, the bright yellow light shrouded the backyard, Gongsun Zhi had dinner, and Cai Yan returned to the warm yellow room, Xianglian fetched water and came in, served the two to soak their feet, and then retreated to wait outside the door.

At this time, the husband and wife get together less and leave more, but there is still a relative tacit understanding, in such an environment, many things need to be tolerated and considerate, especially the smart woman, who feels very sorry for her husband. In the dead of night, the two of them snuggled up to each other, without too many words, only a rare time for the two to get along.

In the side courtyard, the evil man unloaded his errand, found the small servant here, swept among the many maids, rubbed his palms with excitement, although he was not lustful, but the depression brought by the three-month march and war was still there, and in the dark he pointed to a person who looked quite eye-catching, and his figure was stronger than other women, so he left with his arms and went to his side room.

The night grew deeper, the wind blew through the corridor, whimpering, and a woman's moan came from a certain room. Moaning, the man's rough gasp, became intermittent and drifting away in the wind.

After the winter, it was relatively late, and the house was quiet, but there was a slight sound of footsteps, and someone was sticking to the door to announce: "Master, Jun Cheng and Mr. Li are waiting for you in the study room in the side hall." ”

The curtain in the room shook gently, Gongsun Zhi sat up gently, looked at the woman who was still sleeping beside him, covered the quilt for her, and got out of bed lightly. ”

"Well, please rest assured that the lady's diet is tasted by the maidservants first."

After fastening his belt, Gongsun Zhi opened the door, stepped out, and smiled: "The steward has also used the set in the palace here, not bad!" ”

As he spoke, he left with Li Ke outside the door and several waiting guards. After walking through the corridor and coming to the study, Li Ru and Dongfang Sheng had been waiting for a long time, and were roasting the fire on the small stove, when they saw the figure striding in, they got up and bowed their hands, waved them to sit down, and then sat down.

"In terms of political affairs, I don't have so much energy to take care of it, just look at the results when the time comes, but before I talk about the mutual market, I want to say a more important thing!" Gongsun Zhi beckoned people to take the sheepskin map and hang it, and pointed his finger at the two places on it: "In the spring of the next year, Yuan Shao will definitely take Youzhou, this is already the meat in his bowl, and it can't be changed, but I want to build a Juyong Pass in Jundu Mountain, not only this place, but also the Juzhu Mountain in Yanmen County, and also the pass, it is called Yanmen Pass!" ”

Two big hands pressed it, on the power under him: "...... Since we can't eat two pieces of fat, let's bite a small piece of each and let Yuan Shao lead the two incomplete states, and feel sorry for him-"

Li Ru and Dongfang Sheng didn't expect the leader's action to be so big when he came back, and they looked at each other......

……

The sky is bright, the winter sun is hard, and the temperature rises slightly. When Cai Yan woke up, it was just when the sun was rising, and he saw that there was no one around him, so he asked the little maid to know that he had discussed things with Dongfang Sheng and the two scribes before dawn, so he had to sigh and wash up, and then go to have breakfast with the female guards.

When she passed by the study, the conversation inside was still going on, she smiled, didn't bother, and left lightly.

“…… It did take time, manpower, and money to build the pass, but we didn't have to do it, didn't Wen You want to unite those merchants together? No problem...... As long as they form a group, they are also a great force......"

Li Ru twisted his beard, and his eyes flashed with joy: "What does the lord mean, do you want those businessmen to do that?" It's a way to save trouble. ”

While he was talking, the door suddenly opened, and the figure of the giant man blocked the door, looking around for a moment, as if looking for something, and then turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Li Ke, who was waiting on the side: "The leader is talking about things, and he ran in in a panic to do something...... Hey, why are you so late today? ”

"I didn't know that the lord was talking about important things in the study...... Dian Wei picked his head, and his eyes were still a little confused: "...... My iron halberds are gone...... I searched all over the house, so I was late. ”

Li Ke raised the mace in his hand: "The guy who eats by himself can lose it, and he tossed himself last night......

In the first place, Gongsun Zhi was about to continue talking to Li Ru, his fingers were raised in the air and froze for a moment, his eyes returned to the rather embarrassed big man, and his eyes narrowed.

The corners of his mouth grinned, and his voice lowered the temperature: "...... Get Jian Shuo. Then he looked at Li Ru on the side: "It seems that there are 'distinguished guests' in the house!" ”

The latter got up and bowed his hands, and the spirit would leave.

………

In the backyard, the woman who had breakfast was walking to the garden, waiting for her husband to finish talking, while walking around to eat, and several maids came over with a wooden plate, looking at Cai Yan who was holding her stomach intentionally or unintentionally.

……

Two feet.

The cold light flickered faintly, revealing a sharp edge.

……

Lotus step lightly, the woman who was supported smiled and talked and laughed with several female pawns next to her, after a while, she frowned slightly, and then moaned. With a groan, he leaned on the arms of the female guard, holding his stomach.

Among them, the guards with childbirth experience boldly touched Cai Yan's bulging abdomen, his face was nervous, and he shouted anxiously: "Madame is about to give birth...... Go and inform Taishou, the sisters quickly escort Madame back to the room, and call Wen Po—"

Countless pairs of feet rushed around, and the guards in the palace who heard the movement around them also leaned over and strengthened their vigilance, and the several oncoming maids retreated to the side in a panic, not daring to move.

The news that Gongsun Zhi's wife was going to give birth came out in an instant, and a group of old people such as Hua Xiong and Gao Sheng wore military uniforms and entered the city with soldiers and horses to guard the surroundings of the mansion, and the whole city seemed to be as exaggerated as if facing a great enemy......