The howl of the wolf resounded in the mountains and forests.

In the dead city, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, the scorched beams still had residual warmth, and the streets that fell in the dark night could occasionally see the faint light of fire, which was not yet extinguished. At the gate of the city, Gao Sheng and dozens of people looked at the black end, and the sound of horses' hooves approached, turning into a rumbling sound.

When he saw the comer, he grinned: "Chief, if you don't show up again, a group of brothers are preparing to go over to look for you." ”

"Did you find something?" Gongsun stopped his horse, glanced at him, and then his gaze fell on the girl.

The bald man shook his head, "Nangong is too big, and there are many wells, and we haven't even finished Nangong yet, and it's getting dark." ”

"What are you looking for... Why is it in the well? Cai Yan met the sight of the seeker, flashed doubts, opposite, the horse's hooves slowly approached without waiting for her to resist, put it in front of him, rode a horse towards the dilapidated Luoyang, Gongsun Zhi ordered to the people behind him: "It's already late at night, just find a dilapidated house and sit for the night, let the horses rest." ”

"Is it here?"

Cai Yan struggled and raised his pretty face, and his vision was full of corpses and the unpleasant smell of burning.

The man she leaned on, nodded in silence, and led everyone into Luoyang, Gongsun Zhi came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and saw the largest city, that is, Yanmen County, now this city that thought of the once million people, prosperous and splendid, is now in ruins, collapsed houses, ruined high-rise buildings like a huge burn wound showing a tragic scar.

The night breeze blew through the long broken streets, and in the deserted city, there were occasional strange sounds, and in the small courtyard where half of the wall had fallen in the distance, the broken wooden tables were piled up and a bonfire was lit, and hundreds of people slept in the corners wrapped in leather jackets, making dreams, and after a while, a few people sat around the fire, and there were voices talking.

“… I didn't find your father this time...... originally thought that Dong Zhuo valued his father-in-law very much, and he must be in that good-looking ox cart, but it turned out to be a mother and daughter......"

Gongsun Zhi threw a wooden stick into the fire, "...... I'm afraid that my father-in-law will be taken by Dong Zhuo's side, and the Xiliang front army is an elite, and I am not sure that it will pass, so after that, I will wait for it to settle down, and I will send someone into Chang'an to take my father-in-law out. ”

The firelight flickered, reflecting the girl's wet red gaze, and then covered her mouth.

"Do you want to ...... Went to the prairie? ”

Gongsun Zhi nodded, handed over the roasted jerky, and the girl covering her mouth opposite shook her head, her hair shaking.

"By the way, when I robbed it, I robbed an old man, and at first I thought it was my father-in-law, but it turned out to be Wang Yun, who was quite strong when he was so old, and kept struggling, and then ...... I threw him away...... Fall him to death! ”

Tears were still hanging, Cai Yan laughed, quickly turned around, and said softly: "That's Situ Wang Yun, you actually threw him away, there is a righteous girl at home who is as beautiful as the closed moon, you must be reluctant to see it." ”

Situ Wang Yun...... Beautiful Woman...... Diao Chan ......

Smack-

Gongsun Zhi slapped his thigh fiercely, "When I robbed the old man, it seemed that a woman pounced on me, and I thought it was a female guard or something...... And then a knife slashed. ”

"Dead?" Cai Yan opened his mouth slightly, and his bright eyes were almost round.

"I don't know, who dared to keep his hand at that time, it should be a heavy knife." Somehow, when Gongsun stopped in front of her, his tone became much more relaxed, and occasionally there was a little humor hidden inside, which attracted the originally sad girl to other topics.

Gao Sheng caged his hands, shrunk his neck to see the men and women talking and laughing over there, snorted lightly, turned his head away, and when he was lying on the ground on his side, a noisy sound suddenly sounded outside, and then Jin Ming exchanged blows, and after a few hits, Li Ke's voice was torn apart and shouted outside.

“… Everyone here is dead, who are you going to visit...... Turn your face around—"

The two who spoke stopped talking, Gongsun Zhi stretched out his hand and pressed it, and said to the girl beside him: "You stay here, I'll take a look." ”

Around, dozens of wolf riders followed and walked out.

……

The ragged figure was staggering away, Li Ke and several wolf riders were knocked to the ground, and the mace was not far away. When Gongsun Zhi came here, the person was already lying down, and the tendoned pony thief got up from the ground, picked up his weapon and was about to rush up, but was stopped by Gongsun Zhi.

"What's going on?"

“…… Chieftain... That guy is sneaky... I followed him all the way and saw him coming this way... Only... was beaten..."Li Ke pointed to the back of the swaying walking in front of him, and shouted: "I'll fight back again..."

Ahead, the man with the cloak didn't seem to hear the conversation, and walked slowly and swayingly forward. Gongsun Zhi waved his hand and told them to put away their weapons, and then walked up to follow, and soon the outline of the imperial city appeared in view, and the man reached out and stroked the charred city wall, and continued walking.

Gao Sheng frowned: "I'm afraid I'm a madman......"

The ragged figure stroked the palace wall, and just when everyone couldn't see anything and was about to leave, the man walked to the palace gate, knelt down, and his strong body trembled slightly.

“… The First Emperor... Your Majesty..."

Vaguely, the man's vague words reached Gongsun Zhi's ears, intermittently, and he couldn't hear what was said very clearly.

“…… The home is gone. The man knelt and crawled forward slowly, his fingers trembling lightly and caressing the collapsed and broken palace gate, tears mixed with the filth on his face and fell, "Emperor Xian...... Look at it, our house has been smashed......"

I don't have a home......

The man's tears fell again, and the person walking in front of him in the garden seemed to appear in front of him again, sighing: "My body, only I know, I'm afraid it won't work, I think I've been on the throne for twenty years, and at the end of it, I realized that I had done a lot of things wrong." ”

“…… The whole court dared, they wished I would die now......"

“… I'm dying... It's up to you...... Jian Shuo..."

Then, the picture shattered, the figure got up from the ground and wiped his tears sadly, staggering forward, the imperial city behind him was his home for many years, and now there is no more, a rootless, homeless person, nothing matters, he doesn't even know where to go.

Gongsun Zhi lowered his eyes and opened his big hand: "Stop him, it's a pity that the loyal man died in vain." ”

Several wolf riders rushed up with their bare hands, and Gao Sheng grabbed the other party's shoulder: "The leader of my family won't let you die." As soon as the words fell, the arms were suddenly opened, and several more arms stretched out and pressed each other, and the man's eyes were gray, and he had the intention of death.

"You killed me..."

“… Kill me..."

Pushing and punching out, the man shouted at the wolf rider beside him like crazy, and then was pressed to the ground by everyone and dragged in front of Gongsun Zhi.

Looking at the struggling and roaring sturdy figure, he squatted down and opened his lips lightly, and his voice was cold: "You have no home, I'll give it to you." ”

On the ground, the figure stopped.

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The sky is rising above the clouds, and the white clouds are walking.

After crossing Luoyang, Cai Yan looked back at the ragged and beggar-looking man at the back of the team from time to time, and this person gave her an indescribable strange feeling...... Occasionally, one or two voices came out of the other party, hoarse and sharp, like a eunuch.

"It's... How could it be—" She shook her head, abandoning the thought.

Two days later, the Yanshi and Gongxian went north to the Yellow River, preparing to go to Yewang to enter the Taihang Mountains and return to the grassland, but when they were about to reach Chenggao, the scouts came to the front with the news that the two armies were fighting.

There is one of the Cao Zijing banners, and it was defeated.