At night, the wind and snow blew again, and the temperature plummeted.

In the damp and cold Xuchang cell, there was a thin layer of frost on the ground, and the hay was paved on it, and there was the sound of footsteps of people, looking at the door that cast a dim light on the opposite side, Guan Yu frowned slightly on the left side, and looked at the guards vigilantly, "If Cao Sikong has bad intentions, brother must remember to hide behind me." ”

"The second brother just takes care of the eldest brother, even if it is the tiger's den in Longtan, he dares to break through!" Zhang Fei squeezed his big fist and waved it, and then shouted viciously at the door over there: "Cao Sikong, we are here, hurry up and open the door!" ”

Liu Bei turned his face, shook his hand, and said in an indifferent tone: "Yi Demo wants to be reckless, and his status is respected, how can he shout here, the three of us brothers should go over and knock on the door to meet him, don't make trouble out of the ordinary." ”

"Hey! Brother is really worried, calling us over late at night, is it a good thing?! Zhang Fei crossed his arms and muttered, but he didn't leave the hands of those guards.

The footsteps passed, and at this time, the guards on both sides looked at the figures coming over and asked their companions in a low voice: "This person is Liu Bei of Xuzhou?" The ears are quite large. The other guard snorted disdainfully, "The two behind him are powerful, and they fought with Gongsun Dudu in front of the Bishui Pass to fight against Lu Bu that day, but unfortunately they followed a lord who had no skills." Between the words, the opposite side came over, and the two of them stopped muttering quietly, looked at the three of them, and searched for no personal weapons, before opening the door and entering.

.......

In this cell, because Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi are going to celebrate the New Year here, in addition to the hay on the ground and the two beds remain unchanged, there are people who have cleaned them inside and out, and there are even lanterns hung on the walls to illuminate the cell.

In addition to the original identities of these people, the room seems warm and harmonious.

Gongsun Zhi talked to Cao Cao opposite about Yuan Shao, and after talking, he thought that the other party was about to leave, but he didn't know that he stayed here and didn't leave to return home, and celebrated the New Year with Cao Mengde, which he didn't expect.

He glanced at the picture of everyone living in harmony in the house, and felt a little emotional, putting aside the issue of identity, if everyone was in the prosperous age, they must be friends under the eaves of the same house, but unfortunately, as soon as Yuan Shao died in the future, this scene would be difficult to see again.

In the midst of the noise in the house, the door was pushed open, and the three figures stood at the door looking at the atmosphere inside with some surprise, and after a while, Liu Bei came back to his senses and bowed down: "Xuzhou Liu Bei, I've seen Sikong." On both sides behind him, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also bowed their hands together.

At the other table, Dian Wei and Xu Zhu heard the movement, raised their heads and stared at Guan Zhang, and the two of them also noticed the two huge burly people in the room, Guan Yu frowned slightly, and subconsciously reached out to touch the hilt of the sword.

"Xuande is here, come in and sit down to eat together." Cao Cao turned his head and beckoned to the figure at the door, "There's no need to pay attention to it today, the two of you will also come in together, there are just a lot of people." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fei straightened up slightly, and when he saw Gongsun Zhi behind the long case, his beard relaxed, and he laughed, "Hahaha, second brother, don't you see that is the little brother of Gongsun, why is it also here, just right!" Just right! ”

At the door, Liu Bei didn't seem to hear the words of the third brother, and stepped forward and said respectfully: "Yes!" Cao Cao looked at him and his eyes were half-closed, and then glanced at Guan Zhang, who followed the left and right and did not sit down: "Why don't the two righteous brothers of Xuande sit down?" Afraid that I will harm your brother? ”

"The elder brother is here, and the younger brother should serve the side." Guan and Zhang arched their hands.

At this time, after the long case, Gongsun stopped pouring two bowls of warm wine, got up and handed them to the two, "Bishui Guan, many years have passed, can the two generals Guan and Zhang accept Gongsun's bowl of wine?" ”

Zhang Fei was also refreshed, took the wine, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, "Hahaha, this cold day has the best wine!" ”

"Guan is a little unwell today." Guan Yu's phoenix eyes closed and turned his face slightly.

The room was quiet, and on the seats over there, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and Li Ke looked at the eyes coldly, but Cao Cao looked at the red-faced man with a smile on his face, stroking his beard and nodding, with some appreciation.

"Little brother Gongsun, my second brother has this temper, this bowl of wine, I'll drink it!" Zhang Fei hurriedly took the wine from Gongsun Zhi's hand, poured it down, wiped off the wine on the thick beard, and raised the empty bowl: "Happy!" Joyfully! This wine is much stronger than usual, how about another bowl? ”

Dian Wei slammed the table and shouted, "Does that black-faced man dare to come to this table to fight for wine?" ”

"Come on, second brother, let's go, let's go over and drink these three people!" Zhang Fei dragged Guan Yu, who was standing still, towards the table, and Liu Bei also raised his face, "Yun Chang went over to drink wine and eat meat, and he was here to accompany Shi and Sikong for my brother." ”

"Yes."

Guan Yu retreated to the table of Dian Wei and the others and sat down, and from time to time he would look over here, Liu Bei shook his cuffs, and stretched out his hand to raise the warm wine: "Prepare for my second brother to compensate Sikong and Assassin Shi." Immediately, he raised his head and drank it all.

"It's okay!" When Cao Cao came, he had already drunk a few bowls, his face was already flushed with wine, and he waved his hand heroically: "I Guanyun Chang is a loyal and righteous person, and it is common for me to be a little arrogant in my heart, so Xuande doesn't want to be entangled in this matter, and I have the atmosphere in the banquet." ”

"Yes." Liu Bei nodded modestly.

Gongsun Zhi saw it in his eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, put down the empty bowl, scooped up the wine from a small ding, and poured it for him, "Liu Xuzhou, why did you suddenly come to Xudu today?" ”

"This ......." Liu Bei looked at the rippling wine and sighed: "Tao Thorn Shi handed over Xuzhou to take care of it, and he was able to sit down, but he was taken away by the tiger who was waiting for the opportunity, and it also affected the separation of his family. At this point, there were faint tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Lu Bu seized Xuzhou?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, after all, the first piece of information had not yet been transmitted, and when he heard the bitter complaint of the victim, his fingers knocked on the table, and he muttered: "Lu Bu is so brave in the world, if it wasn't for the original Gongsun reminder, I would almost lose Yanzhou." He raised his hand and patted Liu Bei's arm, "Xuande is not worried, when the spring and winter snow melt, Cao will capture this tiger." ”

The noisy sound of shouting came from another table, and the black-faced man with the head of a leopard with ring eyes spilled his collar to reveal his thick chest hair, held the bowl, stepped on the table with one foot, and the moment the wine spilled, his eyes were round, and he shouted: "What is Lu Bu, if it weren't for the sneak attack at night, how would I Zhang Yide be afraid of him...... If I hadn't covered my brother's escape, I'd have had to fight him for three hundred rounds—"

A group of big men standing at the pinnacle of force in this world are also shouting and slapping the table with indignation. In the noisy and lively atmosphere, Gongsun Zhi also raised his wine, "Lu Bu can also be regarded as a hero, and now that he has won Xuzhou, he is even more powerful, and after the beginning of spring, I don't think I can give him a chance to breathe." ”

"Next to Xuzhou is Yuan Shu." Cao Cao nodded and frowned: "Cao is worried that Lu Bu will unite with him, once the fight starts, the battlefield will be spread, but let Zhang Xiu of Wancheng sit big, if he is allowed to sneak attack Xu Du, things will be in trouble." ”

Gongsun Zhi tapped his fingers on the table and snorted, "Yuan Shu is just a dry bone in the grave, Sikong Don't forget Sun Ce who is conquering Jiangdong, now he seems to have the heart to break away from Yuan Shu, it is better to allow him to take the official position and let him contain Yuan Shu." As for Zhang Xiu...... There are only 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, and now there is no food and straw to worry, where can he go north to attack Xudu, as long as he sends a general to stay, this person will not dare to act rashly. ”

Hands clenched to form fists.

"After taking Xuzhou, it's better to destroy Yuan Shu by the way, and I will go on another trip in the future."

The ferocity of the tone made Liu Bei, who was not able to pass Zhang and Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others, tremble, and during the conversation, he already knew that the young man in his twenties in front of him was already the governor of the five border counties, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and more importantly, most of the sources of war horses in the Central Plains and even the north had to rely on each other.

"Haha, Gongsun is as heroic as he was at the beginning!" Cao Cao drank a bowl and put it down: "Then Gongsun thinks there are still many heroes and heroes in the world?" ”

Gongsun Zhi smiled, leaned forward slightly, and his gaze stayed on his usual figure, "What does Liu Xuzhou think?" ”

"Majestic in Hebei, Yuan Shao, who owns four states, is counted as one." Liu Bei sat upright, pursed his lips, and snorted: "There is also the late White Horse General Gongsun Zhan, who is also counted as one." ”

"Yuan Shao is scheming and less decisive, I have fought with him several times, knowing his temperament, he can only be regarded as half a hero."

After a while, Gongsun Zhi spoke slowly and in a low voice, thinking of the figure that sacrificed himself to fulfill him, he shook his head: "My father, brave, externally, he is called a hero, but unfortunately he is not good at scheming, not sympathetic to soldiers, and finally lost to Yuan Shao, he can't talk about heroes, Liu Xuzhou next thinks it must be said that Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, or Liu Biao who rode alone in Jingzhou, or Sun Ce who inherited his father's business?" ”

"Isn't it?" Liu Bei looked at him, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Gongsun Zhi shook his head.

On the other side, Cao Cao suddenly laughed, and his fingers nodded Gongsun through the air: "I know what Gongsun wants to say, this world hero ......"

“....... Only Liu Xuzhou is alone! Gongsun leaned forward and picked up Cao Cao's words, his voice was slow and low, and he said word by word.

"Hey—"

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted, "You wicked man, how can you only pour half a bowl of wine, it must be full-"

There was a sudden thunderous harmony over there, Liu Bei's hands trembled, he dropped the long chopsticks on the ground, hurriedly leaned over to pick them up, smiled awkwardly, and sat on pins and needles: "Bei can't even stand the voice of his brothers, how can he be worthy of the word hero, don't dare to ..... Don't dare ......"

"Hahaha-" Cao Cao laughed as he knocked on his chopsticks

Late at night, soon after, the banquet gradually dispersed, the three brothers walked outside, stepping on the snow and silent, only Zhang Fei smiled and carried a jar of wine, and shouted: "Two brothers, too restrained, that little brother Gongsun is now the governor of the north, and Cao Sikong has spent this year with the three of us, which is really moving." ”

He ran to the front and looked at his brother: "Big brother, what do you think of this banquet?" ”

Liu Bei clutched his cuffs, lowered his face, took a deep breath, and shook his head: "Don't dare to move." ”

......

Behind them, at the door of the prison, figures walking side by side came out.

"Today, why does Gongsun want to scare this Liu Xuande?"

Cao Cao looked at the backs of the three brothers who walked into the street in front of him, and while he was talking, white gas came out of his mouth, and he turned his face, and Gongsun Zhi next to him was wearing a big coat, and he was also looking at the other side, "What does Sikong think of this person?" ”

"Joy and anger are colorless, but crying can be easily cried."

Gongsun Zhi put his hands on his back, walked a few steps, and turned his head slightly, "After beating Lu Bu, it is better to bring Xu Du back and dispose of it together." ”

"We'll talk about it then!"

Cao Cao waved his hand, walked to the side of the carriage, stood on the carriage, and turned around: "Tomorrow Gongsun will come out, and above the court, you should also make a decision, after all, it won't be long before the winter snow will melt." ”

Gongsun Zhi said goodbye and sent him outside the prison, and after watching Cao Cao get into the carriage and leave, he turned around and walked into the prison, where he would probably sit for another night. As for Liu Bei's three brothers, what to do with them in the future can only be decided after beating Lu Bu.