Since the departure of the Qiao family, the Zhou family has briefly shown peace.

During this period, in addition to paying tribute to his parents from time to time and visiting local celebrities, Zhou Yu taught silk and bamboo orchestras, reviewed hundreds of collections, and practiced bows, horses, swords, and lances.

Speaking of silk and bamboo orchestras, it is Zhou Yu's hobby; Speaking of hundreds of book collections, it is also Zhou Yu's heart; Speaking of bows, horses, swords, and lances, it is not what Zhou Yu loves. The reason why Zhou Yu forced himself to practice martial arts was because he could prevent the disaster of killing himself when it came; The second is to be able to walk freely on the battlefield in the future.

In the blink of an eye, the most unbearable summer of the year has passed, and the scorching atmosphere has quietly come to an end.

On the twenty-eighth day of July, the Zhou family in Shu County, which had been quiet for more than a month, finally set off another storm.

In the afternoon, I saw a well-equipped iron horseman, lined up in a neat queue, crowded in front of Zhou Yu's mansion. In the front of the iron horse, holding high is the "Yuan" flag with the word "Yuan" on a white background. The one who led this iron horse in front of him was Yuan Shu Yuan Highway. Next to Yuan Shu, the two most conspicuous entourages, except for the mysterious person who covered his face with bronze tools, were Sun Ce and Sun Bofu.

"Phew!"

Yuan Shule stopped his horse, took out the famous post from his arms and said, "You go." ”

"Yes."

Sun Ce took the name post, quietly clipped in a note that had already been prepared, dismounted and came to the front of the house, handed the name card to the doorman and said, "Give it to your master." ”

"Wait, everyone."

The doorman took the post, found the study, handed the poster to Zhou Yu, and said, "Master, there is a guest visiting outside the door." ”

Zhou Yu opened the name post, and the note immediately slid onto the bookcase. He first looked at the name post, only to see that the book said: "The Yuan family in Ruyang, Runan, the son of Yuan Feng, the former Han court Sikong Yuan Feng, the later general Yuan Shu, the table word highway." ”

Looking at the note again, it reads: "Beware of the person who covers his face with a bronze tool, Sun Celiu." ”

Zhou Yu put away the note and greeted Yuan Shu in person. In front of the mansion, he said, "Zhou Yu see General Yuan." ”

Yuan Shu said, "Please get up", and then stepped forward immediately: "The author of "Ruthless Song", the senior apprentice of Du Leshi, and the nephew of Zhou Xian, I haven't seen it for a long time. ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Sun Ce. I didn't want Sun Ce to shake my head again and again, indicating that it was not my own doing.

"Who else but Bo Fu will reveal this......

Just when Zhou Yu was secretly stunned, Yuan Shu took the initiative to explain: "Thanks to Senior Brother Ling Shao Deng, Shu was able to comprehend the attainments of the virtuous nephew's music and rhythm. It's a pity that Shao Leshi was bound by my brother and couldn't come with him; Otherwise, your brother and sister will be reunited here. ”

It turned out that after Luoyang City was broken that day, Shao Deng complied with the agreement and wrote a letter to Yuan Shu to inform Yuan Shu of Zhou Yu's identity.

"General Yuan, please."

Zhou Yu took Yuan Shu, Sun Ce and the mysterious man to the guest hall to talk.

Everyone sat down in the guest hall, and Zhou Yu said: "General Yuan didn't come here to visit the juniors. ”

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew said that he was laughing." Does the virtuous nephew have plans to enter the phase? ”

"What does General Yuan mean?"

Before knowing Yuan Shu's intentions for sure, Zhou Yu didn't dare to answer easily.

Yuan Shu said "um" and glanced at the mysterious man, who immediately said: "The Zhou family has been loyal to the Han Dynasty for generations, and Ling Zun, Ling Tang, and Ling clan brothers are all recovering the Han Dynasty and died tragically at the hands of Dong thieves. At present, the power of the Zhou family is not as good as before, and if it is not revived, it may disappear. If the son intends to glorify the lintel of the Zhou family, my lord is willing to give the son a chance. Where to go, I hope that the son will think twice. ”

"This ......"

Zhou Yu was silent for a long time before replying: "The matter is big, Yu doesn't dare to make his own decisions." After consulting the elders in the family, Yu will reply. ”

"How many days does Childe need to think?"

Zhou Yu replied, "Three days is enough", and called Zhou Andao: "Clean all the rooms in the mansion so that General Yuan and his entourage can stay." ”

"Yes."

Zhou An left, and Yuan Shu talked to Zhou Yuchang about the rhythm. From Yuan Shu's words, it can be known that his high quality of music and rhythm is not under Du Kui's high-level disciples, and his love for music and rhythm is not below the Zhou family brothers and sisters.

An hour later, Yuan Shu was full of sleepiness, so he stopped the topic and went to the guest hall to rest.

When he was young, the mysterious man also went to the outside of the Zhou Mansion and began to settle the guard iron horse.

Zhou Yu took advantage of this leisure time and rode straight to the bamboo forest in the west of the city with Sun Ce.

After arriving at the bamboo forest, Sun and Zhou led their horses to tour the winding path in the forest. In the meantime, Zhou Yu couldn't help but ask again and again: "Who is that mysterious person?" How is Yuan Shu a person? What did they do here? ”

"Gongjin is not in a hurry, let me come and ...... one by one"

According to Sun Ce, the mysterious person's name is Yang Hong, and he is an official who worships the position of Changshi, and is a staff member under Yuan Shu's account. Over the years, almost all the major decisions made by Yuan Shu have come from Yang Hong's handwriting. Yang Hong heard Zhou Yu's actions during the period of discussing Dong, and felt that he was outstanding in military and political talent, so he came here to fight for him, intending to work with him in the same palace.

Speaking of Yuan Shu's personality, Sun Ce only used words such as indecisiveness, fame and fortune to summarize. Yuan Shu came to find Yu, and initially only valued his ability to sound and rhythm, not his talent. Later, after Yang Hong's repeated persuasion, Yuan Shu reluctantly agreed to give him a military and political position.

Knowing the cause and effect, Zhou Yu only looked up to the sky and sighed, "Wang Zuozhicai, how can he be with mediocre people", and then walked along the winding path to the deep seclusion of the bamboo forest. As they walked, they suddenly felt a bump under their feet, and the two of them looked down to see scattered granular objects scattered on the trail. Zhou Yu leaned over and picked up a grain of grapes, only to find that what was scattered on the ground were grapes that had long been dried. Gradually, the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth unconsciously rose slightly.

Just when Zhou Yu was secretly out of his mind, Sun Ce suddenly called "Gong Jin" and said, "Why are you laughing inexplicably?" ”

"Ahh

After Zhou Yu came back to his senses, he said a few "nothing" casually, put down the raisins, got up and walked forward.

"Gongjin, why are you laughing?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhou Yu had no intention of answering, so he had to open the topic and said: "Bo Fu is a hero in the world, and he is also a brave talent, according to the usual theory, he should not be willing to be subordinate to the mediocre." ”

"Now, all the men, women, and children of the Sun family are all in the hands of Yuan Shu. For the sake of my family's safety, I can only succumb to mediocrity and hide my ambitions for the time being. Now, I really can't afford to have another accident with my family......"

In this quiet bamboo forest, Sun Ce poured out his body involuntarily, and it was not until the sun gradually turned west that they rode back.

In front of the house, they handed over the reins of the horses to the two doormen, and went straight back to the house. He carefully arranged a deep guest room for Sun Ce and personally led him there. He and Sun Ce briefly introduced the furnishings in the room, and then returned the same way.

"Presumptuous!"

When passing by the guest room where Yuan Shu was resting, a fierce quarrel suddenly penetrated through the door and into Zhou Yu's ears.

"Yang Hong is dedicated to the public, even if he angers the lord, it is also his duty!"

"You don't want to live anymore!"

"I also have the good heart of my heart, although I have not regretted it after nine deaths."

"Is there any humility to speak of!"

After a fierce quarrel, Yang Hong used his trembling voice to solemnly advise for the last time: "Like Zhou Yu's generation, if it is not used by the lord, it will be removed by the lord, and the lord must not have the kindness of a woman!" ”

"Okay, General Ben understands." Yuan Shu said perfunctorily.

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's mood was extremely complicated, and he crept away from this guest room, bowing his head aimlessly along the road in Fuzhong. When he looked up, the first thing he saw was the lush grape trellises on both sides of the road.

"It's more than ten months, and I don't know if it's ripe."

Zhou Yu chattered as he stepped forward and picked a grape to taste.

When the grapes entered, Zhou Yu showed an unconscious smile and said, "Sweet." ”

At this moment, he seems to have completely forgotten the troubles of Shicai. Instead, there was a picture of him feeding Xiao Qiao to taste the grapes before the tenth month.

"Da Da Da, Da ......"

"Stop, Stop......"

A rush of iron hooves, mixed with noisy shouts, suddenly echoed in Zhou Yu's ears. When he heard the sound, he saw that it was his beloved mount, Piao'er, who was speeding in front of him. Behind Piao'er was the groom who was chasing with all his might, and Zhou An, who was shouting again and again. Looking at this situation, it should be that Piao'er tried her best to break free from the servant's shackles due to some unknown factor.

In the blink of an eye, Piao'er was on Zhou Yu's side, stopping its light steps. It pressed its face tightly against Zhou Yu, as if it was using actual actions to tell its inner feelings to its owner.

"Gong, Gongzi, Piao'er ......"

Before Zhou Anqi could catch his breath, he began to explain.

Zhou Yu knew that the sweaty BMW was a famous horse in the world, and if it didn't want to be restrained, ordinary people couldn't stop it, so he responded: "No need to explain, you are not responsible." ”

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu caressed Piao'er and asked in its ear.

Piao'er held her neck high, stared at the heights, and "hissed".

Zhou Yu followed its gaze, only to find that where Piao'er's gaze could reach, there were bunches of grapes hanging under the bamboo frame.

"You're telling me to go to her?"

As soon as Zhou Yu's words fell, Piao'er "hissed" twice, as if to say: "Go find her, I'll take you to her." ”

"Bring me the food box."

He plucked a few bunches of grapes with his own hands, put them in the food box brought by the servant, and carried the food box and stepped on the piao'er and drove away. Before leaving, he only instructed Zhou An: "Entertain guests for me." ”

At this moment, behind the dusty horses' hooves, Zhou An's solemn complexion was made; In the dense footsteps, it was the urgent shouts of the servants, but Zhou Yu did not hesitate and did not look back.

The matter was big, and Zhou An didn't dare to entertain the guests for the host, so he had to go to Zhou Jue and ask Zhou Jue to ask her father Zhou Shang to call the shots. When Zhou Shang learned the news, although he complained a lot about Zhou Yu, as a member of the Zhou family, he still came to Zhou Yu's house to take care of everything in the family for his nephew.

In the early morning of the next day, after a whole night of traveling, Piao'er finally arrived in Anhui County with Zhou Yu at the beginning of Mao. In a frustrated area in the city, where the water and grass were abundant, Zhou Yu gently patted Piao'er's back, causing Piao'er to stop its progress. He muttered, "It's still early, and it's inconvenient to visit Qiao's house. You've been around all night and you're tired, so you should eat some aquatic plants and take a break. ”

The food box was on the ground and the shoes were dewed, Zhou Yu simply washed his face, then took out a silk scarf to wet it, and wiped the reddened body of Piao'er, who was full of hunger. This rub is a full half an hour, until Piao'er's belly is full and the blood red on the skin surface fades, and he has to take care of himself. However, he only closed his eyes and rested on Asakusa for an hour before he was awakened by the gradually dazzling sunlight.

It is time to see the sun. Zhou Yu was eager to admire the beauty, so he lifted the food box on the green grass, dragged his tired body, and walked with Piao'er to Qiao's house nearby.

In front of Qiao's mansion, Zhou Yu handed the food box to the servant: "Present it to the second lady of your family." ”

The servant took the food box and said, "Haven't you asked for the name of the son?" ”

Zhou Yu was afraid that revealing his identity would disturb the peace of the Zhou family again, so he prevaricated: "A person's name is just a code name, what does it matter if you know it or not?" ”

The servant nodded, "uh-huh" in response to Zhou Yu, and said, "If the second lady asks, can you answer like this?" ”

"In May, the mantis move the stocks, and in June, the eclipse and the sting."

Zhou Yu read two lines of poetry.

The servant couldn't ask the visitor's name and surname, so he had to carry the food box, came to the second lady's bedroom, knocked on the door and reported: "There is a son outside the door, and the small one has brought the food box." ”

"Put it on the table."

When she opened the food box with her own hands and saw the bunches of grapes in the food box, the first thing that came to her mind was Zhou Yu's name.

"Is that him? Did he send it himself? Or a servant? ”

In the game of emotion and reason, Xiao Qiao with a trace of illusion in his heart, he muttered expectantly: "Who gave it?" ”

"The man refused to give his name, but only read two lines of poetry."

"Oh! What poetry? ”

"In May, the mantis move the stocks, and in June, the eclipse and the sting."

"Yes, it's him, it's Zhou Yu, he's here."

At this moment, she rushed out of the bedroom excitedly, she carried the hem of her skirt, and ran in the house regardless of it. Now, she doesn't look like a young lady from a big family at all, but like a young child chasing and playing.

When she ran to the door of the mansion, the slightest hint of reserve in the woman's nature made her stop for a moment. She tidied up her clothes, adjusted her breathing, folded her hands in front of her clothes, and walked out of the door in a dignified manner.

Zhou Yu stepped forward and said, "Shuang'er, I haven't seen you in the tenth month, how are you doing?" ”

Xiao Qiao didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "Why are you so haggard?" ”

Because Zhou Yu, who had not slept all night, had a dull face, dull lips, red eyes, and blue and black eyes at the moment.

From Xiao Qiao's reaction, Zhou Yu could foresee how ugly his face was. He had no intention of deceiving and was powerless to weave reasons, but he did not want little Joew to think about it, so he wrote lightly: "Yesterday evening, when I was strolling in the house, I saw the grapes ripening in the garden. Remembering what I said that day, I picked a few strings and sent them to you overnight. ”

Although a few bunches of grapes are not worth a few taels of silver, Zhou Yu's intention to offer them is something that cannot be exchanged for ten thousand taels of gold. Xiao Qiao cherished this rare heart very much, she red-eyed, and said, "You haven't slept all night and haven't eaten?" ”

"Shicai was on the edge of depression, and I took a nap for an hour, but now I don't get tired, but I'm a little hungry."

"Come with me."

Xiao Qiao Waner smiled, took Zhou Yu, and went to a nearby restaurant.