When it was nearly dusk, in the wing room behind a restaurant in Dai County, when Zhu Minghuo pushed open the door, Xun You was sitting next to the desk, staring at a few dried fruits placed separately in a daze.

"Mr. ......"

The window was closed in the room, the curtains were drawn, it was dim and dark, Xun You's figure was a little weird in the darkness, Zhu Ming walked over quickly and shouted, and saw Xun You raise his palm and put it up, put away a few dried fruits on the table, and when he raised his head, his neck bones made a few crisp sounds, and his eyes were bloodshot, probably he hadn't slept much, "Although I know that according to your heart, it is not a good thing to die...... But next time, don't be so flustered......"

Xun You took a breath and said with a smile: "Say, is it smooth, or is it smooth?" ”

Zhu Ming hesitated: "Lord...... Let people bring the news over, last night the city was banned, and Zhao Qian and they disguised Bai Ma Yi from the frightened retreat. ”

Xun You's expression froze, he was silent for a moment, and then nodded, "How many people died?" Did they send someone to hunt them down? ”

That expression was extremely calm in the gloom, and even a little indifferent, Zhu Ming was stunned, "The people who came said that the lord didn't say it, but it seems that no one is chasing and killing, and the people of Badun are still stationed in the original camp." By the way, the man said something strange, saying that the lord had sent news that he had not been bathing recently...... The rest is not much to say. ”

In the middle of the words, several robes and Song's little Lu Yu ran in in a panic.

"Don't blame me and don't ask me about the aftermath......"

Raising his hand and throwing it, a jujube was thrown into his mouth, Xun You muttered, his cheeks were slightly stiff when chewing, "Don't take a bath, give up decency to make people see embarrassment...... This is causing public outrage...... Oh, I don't chase it, I probably want to stand on the rational word, and I want justice in a dignified manner...... It's shameless, are you going to be a scoundrel? ”

He muttered to himself for a moment, looked at the dried fruits enclosed on the desk, and nodded: "Good things, all good things, so that there will be time to prepare." Don't worry, he didn't send someone to chase and kill last night, he didn't have enough hard heart and scruples, since he has missed the opportunity, we will definitely not lose. ”

"If you want revenge, you definitely want the public opinion of the Hu people, the army is assembled, and you pass by Guangyang County in a grand manner, so that Liu Zhijun acquiesces in this matter, and even takes advantage of Liu Yuanjun's momentum, plus he wants to make trouble to set off the resentment of the people of Youzhou against Deran...... It will take at least half a month before there is a big move. ”

A few more people broke in, Xun You looked at those people with strange expressions, threw a few dried fruits and chewed them, and after glancing a few times, his eyes suddenly glanced at Ran Lian a few times, "In this way, you are going to send Mrs. Song and Xiao Yu to Fuyang to wait for Zi Gangong...... Well, if possible, send it directly to Jixian County. Dye Girl...... Uh, Xun actually wants to call Miss Bu too, but Bu's Bu's Isn't it nothing? Haha, gaffes. It's just that, Miss Dye, this fate has passed, so don't think about it. ”

Dye Lian's face turned pale, everyone's expressions became more and more strange, Xun You could feel that several of them had become indifferent to their faces, but they kept smiling, stood up and arched their hands, and said: "Back to business, Xun Mou still has to dye the girl to help Xun Mou and accompany Xun to Jizhou." ”

Dye Lian was stunned, Zhu Ming frowned slightly, and said, "Sir, but lead the way?" Why do you need to dye the girl to accompany you. The map of Youzhou has still been drawn, from the upper valley to the south, from the Taihang Mountain Wuruan Pass to Zhuo County, we also know the ......"

Xun You looked over, his eyes were bloodshot, and he saw Zhu Ming's words.

He knew that he was a little rude, and when he put forward opinions in the past, it was when everyone had a meeting, but at this time, he was obviously out of the house, according to Liu Zheng's instructions, everything had to be listened to Xun You, and his words clearly exposed his distrust of Xun You.

"Commander Zhu, you can find a few brothers in the city to accompany me and Miss Dye, and then take the rest of the people back to Fuyang, remember to protect Mrs. Song thoroughly. Mrs. Song, it's Xun who implicated you and waited......"

Xun You looked at the Song family, arched his hand, the Song family shook his head slightly, looked at the dyed ripples, and the dyed ripples also looked over, hesitated, and nodded.

Song didn't ask the reason, and advised: "I have to take care of my family...... Don't let her be wronged. ”

"Why? I don't want my sister-in-law to leave......"

Xiao Lu Yu shook his head, with a reluctant face, and the look of worry was overflowing, the little guy was used to calling his sister-in-law, but he couldn't change his mouth for a while, Xun You smiled, walked over and patted his arm, "Xun miscalculated things and needs to make up for it, but borrowing troops needs the fastest speed, not only to recognize the way, the girl is your father's daughter, but also to increase my confidence in the past negotiations...... Xiao Yu thinks you have something wrong with Brother Deran? ”

"I don't want to ...... How's Brother Deran? ”

Everyone understood Xun You's intentions and suddenly realized, Xiao Lu Yu shook his head again and again, his face palpitated, Xun You shook his head and said: "Your brother Deran is unparalleled in the world in martial arts, how can there be anything?" It's just that two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and for today's plan, I have to borrow troops from the Jizhou Black Mountain Army...... Well, without further ado, I heard that Xiao Yu recognized Deran as the lord, this time he was obedient, set off immediately, and took care of your mother, how about it? ”

"Then you also have to protect Brother Deran and ...... Sister Lian...... There is no room for error, it can't be like yesterday. ”

Xiao Lu Yu opened his mouth and looked quite sensible, but everyone knew that it was impossible for a child to know that yesterday's situation came from him, so Zhu Ming and the others were slightly embarrassed, and someone came over to explain the situation, they knew that Xun Yu was the initiator of this matter, and they did slander a few words, but they didn't expect to be said by Xiao Lu Yu.

Xun You was not annoyed, laughed dryly, and said to Zhu Ming: "Commander Zhu, let's go." ”

He was the first to go out, walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and said, "Of course there will be no mistakes." If you think that the mistake is to speak of the dead, where is the reason for the immortal to fight? If you are a handsome general, you will die...... How could you and I ever think about avoiding it? ”

He paused, "It's a little impulsive to murder Nanlou, but Zhao Li's matter is mine?" Well, I didn't take his thoughts into account, but didn't he think he was smart enough to push things in this direction? ”

Seeing that Zhu Ming and the others were frowning, their faces becoming more and more ugly, Xun You smiled with relief, "Xun doesn't want to shirk responsibility, nor does he want you to blame Brother Zhao Li, I just want to say that on the battlefield, the situation is unpredictable, and there is not necessarily a happy result." There will always be changes of one kind or another in the future, and what we can do is to do our best to keep what we have and forge ahead. Don't care who is right and who is wrong, but try to make up for it and fight for it. ”

He paused and arched his hand: "Since Deran believes in me and does not pursue it, I hope that your brothers will not complain about me." Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and I haven't done it wrong, have I? Youzhou needs stability, and that's what I intended. Brother Zhao Qian contributed to this situation, why can't they cut through the mess quickly? And, even if I'm wrong, there are people who can make amends. Besides, even if something goes wrong, I can afford it. After all, behind Xun, there is still Xun's. They can also make suggestions, at least they must be better than you, Xun believes that they will definitely be able to make up for my mistakes. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to everyone and said unceremoniously: "Don't forget, I am the biggest backer now, but my daughter Aunt Xun, what do you want to do...... Where did I Xun do something wrong? Shut up for the rest of me. Let's disperse! ”

In Ran Lian's view, even if Xun You's identity is placed there, but everyone is already complaining, just afraid that they will deviate from morality in the future, she is a little nervous, but she didn't expect Zhu Ming and others to laugh with relieved expressions, and some people either hugged their fists or bowed their hands to apologize, gags with Xun You, and echoed them, praising Xun Cai.

This scene seems to be a sincere respect for Xun Cai, not because Xun Cai is Liu Zheng's wife, Ran Lian tilted his head a little curious, but he didn't expect that the gentle sister-in-law between the lines of the letter still had such an ability, and then admired a little, after all, the sister-in-law was born in the Xun family, but after that, I heard them mention Geng Qiuyi, mentioning Geng Qiuyi's businessman's background, not showing mountains and waters, but in just a few years, his knowledge has also been small.

She followed behind everyone, listening to everyone's words and sighing at the changes of the two ladies, and admired the diligence and studiousness of the two in her heart, and finally she didn't know who started it, and she heard someone sigh: "The women who follow the lord are all unusual." It is said that the Zou girl in Luoyang has never met the lord, and she has repeatedly done nothing in the past, but she has become a disciple of the lord, and now she is also a long-sleeved dancer. ”

So someone chimed in, "Yes, and the woman who was saved by Ciming Gong in the past, what is it called...... Oh, Miss Ren. Along the way, I heard Uncle Zou say that in Miss Zou's letter, the girl was very worried about the lord, and she was grateful to Dade, and I didn't know when the lord was in Zhuo County, when he contacted the girl...... It is said that the girl is also a capable person...... Guarding himself like jade, I think I was waiting for the lord to come to the door in person...... Ha ha. ”

Everyone was chattering, and there were also rough men's straightforward and meaty words in the words, Dye Lian listened with some surprise, and Song suddenly whispered on one side: "Actually, the master also said about this." It's strange to think about it, that Geng family girl, I heard that she was not smart and knew some words, but she has always been an ordinary woman's natural qualification. He never thought that after following your brother Deran, he has advanced by leaps and bounds, and even his knowledge and intelligence even feel that he has the ability to govern the world...... After a few years of training, it may not be possible to become the qualification of the county order. ”

"She is a hard-working person, and it is normal for her to be more studious after a big change, but the master said again, your brother Deran definitely used some means, otherwise the girl would not have learned it so quickly...... For about three years, she has been familiar with what the master taught, which is something that Lian Zizhang and Zide have heard and watched for so long. For the mother, she also thinks that Deran is also generous, and she must be happy to be his wife and concubine, so she can let the girl learn things without distraction. Hey, that's why there are so many girls who have never met each other, and they are thinking about your brother Deran. ”

Song didn't say some words, but these compliments, Ran Lian could also hear the meaning, and then smiled, didn't say anything, but also understood in his heart that this year does not exclude widows from remarrying, and it is not a shameful thing to change the court, but probably because of guilt in her heart, the stepmother is still too impatient......

But I'm happy to be able to respect my wishes.

The little girl did not reject the Song family blowing the wind in her ears, but she only thought about what she should think, and then after a long time, she stopped at the door of the shop in Dai County in a carriage sent by several Xun Yu people, and then said goodbye to Song and others, and Xun You, Zhu Ming and others moved towards the south, and always felt that her future should be different, and she felt a sense of relief.

……

In late April, it rained in Jixian County.

I don't know why, since the beginning of the month, the rain in various parts of Youzhou seems to be rare and more, and it can rain for several days in a row. It is said that there is more rain in the south, and many people are worried about this year's harvest.

Fortunately, in the past few decades, the strange weather of sunsets and hailstorms in summer and hot sweating in winter has not been encountered, people are accustomed to it, plus the first two years were quite peaceful, the grains were abundant, and there were some reserves of grain at home, compared to the people in other states and counties who were requisitioned for grain and grass because of the history of thorns and Taishou raising troops to crusade against Dong Zhuo, at least the psychological pressure of the people here in Youzhou was not so great.

But on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, this nearly ten days of rain still made many people worry about the food problem, of course, there will be such a situation, but also because rumors are overwhelming in the surrounding area, all of which reflect that there is going to be a war in Youzhou, and once there is a war, life will definitely be much more difficult.

In fact, if it is just a single rumor, such as Wuhuan Xianbei is in chaos again, or where the bandits gather again to prepare for trouble, it will not make people so worried, in recent years, the people have been able to survive the suffering and have seen large and small scenes, Wuhuan Xianbei is in turmoil, and some thieves use rumors to stir up the people's hearts and take the opportunity to make trouble, everyone has not heard of it before, and has experienced some.

Originally, even if he really experienced it, he didn't worry too much, after all, as long as he didn't lose his life, Liu Youzhou would take care of them and resolutely safeguard their interests and safety.

But this time it became a little unusual, there are many rumors that there are a group of wounded people from the western boundary of Shanggu County across Shanggu County towards Jixian County, one by one dressed in bloody clothes, scarred, and dead people were carried by carts, saying that they were attacked by Wuhuan and wanted to come to Jixian County to shout grievances against Liu Youzhou, it is said that the identity of several of them is quite special, even Liu Zhijun has to scruples, but there are different opinions, and they may not be able to fully believe it.

On the other side, there is also news that from the counties in the north of Jizhou and several counties in the south of Youzhou, thousands of people have gone north in batches, either passing by Guangyang County or passing by Yuyang County, heading towards Youbeiping.

It is said that those people are actually pretending to be the Black Mountain Army and the Yellow Turban Army, according to the original statement, these two so-called armies should actually be called thieves, but there are really many good people among the Black Mountain Thieves and Yellow Turban Thieves.

For example, Zhang Yan and Zhang Junan, the marshal of the Black Mountain Canal, used to be a figure who led the people to Qingjun, but after being assassinated, he was assassinated and did not die, and he was really dedicated to confronting thieves from all over the world for the people. There are also a few people in the Yellow Turban Army, what Zhao Yu, Zhang Min, Ma Tai, I haven't heard much about it before, but after most of the brutal and annoying Qu Shuai died a few years ago, these people have sprung up, and although they were born in the Yellow Turban Army, they are really capable.

As a result, some people spontaneously changed the "thief" behind the team led by several generals on both sides to "army".

According to everyone's inference, Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the cavalry, is preparing to go south, and this group of people going north seems to be to prevent the chaos that may be caused by Wuhuan and Xianbei, it is out of kindness, but after all, there are too many people who come up, and there has never been such a big move in the past, and Liu Youzhou still doesn't care about anything, which seems a little anxious.

Of course, these news are not a big problem, the biggest problem is that there is news that Liu Youzhou does not want to take care of it, but he has been annoyed by a big man in the past few days and can't take care of these things.

This news came out from the mouths of several officials in the palace of Liu Youzhou, saying that the big man was the famous Lu Zhi Lu Zigan of Zhuo County, who was an important minister of the imperial court in the past, and he was also a murderous figure who did not blink an eye when he fought against the Yellow Turban Thief.

Liu Youzhou also seems to have received news from Liaodong to confirm the matter, but the people don't want to work and lose money, but Gaozu said that a different surname cannot be called the king, as a clan member of the Han family, the descendants of the Liu family, Liu Youzhou has the need to resist, and it is also a time of uncertainty at this time.

This news came out of the official's mansion, and it also had some credibility, and everyone felt that it was a matter of urgency when they heard it, coupled with the changes on the other two sides, as well as the possible rebellion in Wuhuan, all sides were combined, and everyone also noticed that something was wrong, and they were very frightened.

Of course, these are superficial things, and people who are really in the whirlpool of these things feel an unusual atmosphere.

After all, Liu Yu, as the first person in charge of Youzhou, did not show a posture of being annoyed at this time, perhaps, it would be more appropriate to describe it as not having any trouble at all.

In the past few days, their Liu Youzhou, but he and Lu Zhi are drunk day and night, and even the basic affairs are only handed over to Zhizhong Zhao, how can they have any troubles?

This attitude of ruling the arch and not asking about the world is not leisurely, and the ones who can be troubled at this time are just the state shepherds who are in the middle of it but can't make up their minds.