Chapter 15 Return to Chang'an
"Fifth sister!?" Seeing Zhen Mi hiding in the box, Zhen Jiang suddenly felt crying and laughing. The fifth sister of her own family was born bold, and because she was the youngest in the family, everyone in the family spoiled her, although she did not have the title of a princess, but in fact, her life was no different from that of a princess.
This girl doesn't know what to be afraid of! If she hadn't accidentally made a noise, Zhen Jiang really wouldn't have thought that there would be someone hidden in the box she carried, no wonder she didn't see this girl when she left Wuji, and dared to love this little guy who had already mixed into the team first.
Zhen Jiang didn't want to take Zhen Mi to Chang'an, not because he didn't want to be with his sister, but because Chang'an was more dangerous than Wuji County. Zhen Jiang went to Chang'an for the future of the Zhen family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a gamble, but if this bet is added to Zhen Mi, Zhen Jiang is unwilling.
"The fifth sister is obedient, and she will go home with her sister's people in a while." Zhen Jiang persuaded with good words.
"Eldest sister, but I want to be with you." Zhen Mi didn't cry either, but just looked at Zhen Jiang pitifully, Zhen Jiang was defeated in an instant, and could only look at Liu Xie who was sitting on the side for help.
Liu Xie didn't want to worry about this, he wanted to follow Liu Xie's method and directly let people escort Zhen Mi back, so he didn't believe that a nine-year-old girl could have more strength than five big and three thick guards. But the problem is that Zhen Mi is a member of the Zhen family, and Liu Xie is just an outsider. Seeing Zhen Jiang asking for help, Liu Xie coughed lightly and said to Zhen Mi: "Miss Zhen, your eldest sister is not going to Chang'an for fun, Chang'an is very dangerous, there are many bad people, in case you are caught by the bad guys, then you will not have enough food and clothing, you have to do a lot of work, you have to be beaten every day, and you have to ......."
"Who are you scaring about?" Zhen Mi didn't wait for Liu Xie to finish speaking, rolled her eyes and said.
Didn't scare...... Liu Xie touched his nose a little embarrassed, and helplessly spread his hands at Zhen Jiang, saying that he had no choice. Zhen Jiang couldn't help but feel angry when he saw it, and just wanted to persuade his sister again, but he soon fell under Zhen Mi's tearful offensive, and he could only compromise. However, Zhen Jiang also made it clear to Zhen Mi that he would send someone to send Zhen Mi home after a while, and Zhen Mi nodded again and again after hearing this. Only Liu Xie pouted secretly on the side, he could see that Zhen Mi was very favored in the Zhen family, don't look at Zhen Jiang had already made an agreement with Zhen Mi, but when Zhen Mi's tears came out, there was a chance that Zhen Jiang would disarm.
There is an extra Zhen Mi on the road, which is a good thing for Liu Xie, Zhao Yu, who was originally pestering himself to tell stories, can be regarded as finding a little partner, and Liu Xie also has time to learn the details of Lu Bu's defeat.
Lu Bu among the people, and the red rabbit among the horses. It stands to reason that Lu Bu shouldn't capsize in the gutter of the White Wave Thief. You must know that before he voted for Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu had been fighting with the Hu people on the frontier, and he was not a rookie. What's more, he still has 20,000 state troops in his hands, wolf horses, traps, and bags, no matter which one can be regarded as the elite of the army, how could he be defeated by the little-known white wave thief?
Deliberate defeat is absolutely impossible. Lu Bu doesn't have that heart, although Liu Xie is very wary of Lu Bu, but judging from the experience of contact, Lu Bu is not the kind of treacherous villain, and playing conspiracy is not what he is good at, because he believes in the supremacy of force, and now Lu Bu does not have any famous strategists around him, and he can barely be regarded as able to give him ideas, it seems that only Li Su, who betrayed Dong Zhuohou's uncle and grandmother's love.
In today's Chang'an, only Li Su's army is left in the Xiliang Army. Li Dao Guo Yan did not want to see Li Su, and Wang Yun was not at ease with Li Su, although he participated in the Zhu Dong plan and even played a key role in the plan, but after the matter was completed, Li Su did not get the reward he hoped to get. If he analyzes it in this way, he has a reason to bewitch Lu Bu to raise a thief and respect himself.
However, before figuring out the truth of the matter, Liu Xie did not speculate, relying on the only information in his hands, Liu Xie can be sure that the leader of the White Wave Thieves who defeated Lu Bu is named Zhang Baiqi.
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The team crossed the Yellow River, because it was acting with the Zhen family, Liu Xie and these people did not attract the attention of the local government. After crossing the Yellow River and entering Hedong County, Liu Xie's hanging heart finally let go of half of it. In order to ensure that Tongguan, the eastern gate of Chang'an, was not disturbed, Hedong County was also under the jurisdiction of Liu Xie, and Dong Cheng was sent to serve as the county guard.
Dong Cheng has been conscientious since taking office, although he may not be able to govern Hedong County, but at least it has not changed worse. Liu Xie entered Hedong County, which was equivalent to returning to his own territory, and he originally planned to send someone to inform Dong Cheng, but Liu Xie temporarily changed his mind and ordered the team to speed up and rush to Chang'an in one go.
It's not that Liu Xie has any prejudice against Dong Cheng, but Liu Xie suddenly remembered the two women around Liu Xie in history, as if one of them was Dong Cheng's daughter. Liu Xie didn't want to be a father when he was a child. In fact, this is Liu Xie thinking too much, Dong Cheng just wants his daughter to enter the palace, then at least after Liu Xie is sixteen, as for now, Dong Cheng does not have that mind. However, Liu Xie did not send anyone to inform him, and Dong Cheng did not know that Liu Xie passed by Hedong County. He is now busy dealing with various families in Hedong County, so he has no time to care about anything else.
The team marched in the direction of Tongguan for two days, and as long as they rushed for another day, they could reach Tongguan. Liu Xie had already sent someone back to Chang'an in advance to inform Wang Yun. This trip was a bit of a lot of time to go out, several times the time agreed with Wang Yun, and when he thought of Wang Yun's old-fashioned old man's advice, Liu Xie couldn't help but have a headache.
"Hi, what's wrong with you? Sick? Seeing Liu Xie shaking his head, Zhen Mi, who was playing a game with Zhao Yu, asked curiously.
"Go, go, play, annoyance." Liu Xie waved his hand and said angrily.
"Hey~ I don't know the hearts of good people, do you? Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, if you don't say it, I'm not happy to know. Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Xie, turned his head and ignored Liu Xie. Liu Xiecai doesn't care about a girl's film making trouble with herself, what about Luoshen? It's not just a girl now.
"Brother Xie, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Yu also leaned over and asked at this time.
"Alas~ I'm worried about how to explain to Situ when I go back." Liu Xie sighed and said.
“…… What do you mean by the surname Wang? I asked you if you didn't say it, why Xiaoyu and you said it. Seeing this, Zhen Mi couldn't help but say angrily.
"Can it be the same? Xiaoyu is my sister-in-law, although she is not a pro, but she is much better behaved than someone. Unlike someone, with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. ”
"Who do you say? Who do you say? Who do you say? ”
"Whoever says it understands in their hearts."
"You, you ......"
"What? You want to bite me again? As soon as Liu Xie saw Zhen Mi gritting his teeth at himself, he immediately put on a defensive posture and said.
"Xiao Mi, don't make trouble, listen to Brother Xie first." Zhao Yu hugged Zhen Mi and persuaded.
"Xiaoyu, you let go of me, I have to teach him a good lesson today."
"Good men don't fight with women, I can't afford to hide." Liu Xie dropped a sentence and jumped out of the carriage to find Zhao Yun outside. Dian Wei had already left the team a few days ago, and was ready to take his brother's family, who was still recuperating in his hometown, and his own family to Chang'an. Liu Xie believed in Dian Wei's character, and asked Dian Wei to return to Chen Liu with ten people. and Hao Zhao, who was ordered to go to Zheng Xuan in Qingzhou to deliver the letter before, Liu Xie also agreed with Hao Zhao that after the letter was delivered, he could return to Chang'an directly, and it is estimated that when Liu Xie returned to Chang'an, Hao Zhao should almost arrive.
Speaking of Hao Zhao, Liu Xie had already made up his mind to ask Lu Bu about the important people, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were the people under Lu Bu who made Liu Xie drool the most, but these two people were also people that Lu Bu would not let go easily. And Hao Zhao is different, Lu Bu does not know Hao Zhao's future achievements, the Tiebi General who was able to block Zhuge Liang in Chencang for several months until the Northern Expedition failed, even if the offensive ability is poor, but it is more than enough to defend the side.
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"Lord, why did you come out?" Seeing Liu Xie running to find him, Zhao Yun asked with some confusion.
"If you don't come out, can't you fight with that savage girl?" Liu Xie asked angrily. Zhao Yun immediately understood when he heard it. The savage girl in Liu Xie's mouth is Zhen Mi, the little girl looks very cute, but she didn't expect to be ruthless. I had a quarrel with Liu Xie a few days ago, because I didn't say anything about Liu Xie, so I just didn't do anything. really moved, and when he took his mouth, Liu Xie immediately softened. However, Liu Xie has been on a par with Zhen Mi since then, and the two have to fight a few words from time to time.
Judging from the current situation, it must be that Liu Xie said that the little girl was in a hurry again, so he ran to himself to avoid trouble. Thinking of this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. He thought that his little lord was an old man, but he didn't want to have a child of this age. However, Zhao Yun did not regret his original decision, if he continued to grow old, Zhao Yun would also suspect that his father-in-law had become a refinement.
"Zilong, when I return to Chang'an, how about you take the time to teach me to practice marksmanship?" Liu Xie suddenly said to Zhao Yun.
"This ...... Lord, it's not Zhao Yun's hypocrisy, it's just that the master's order is difficult to disobey......" Zhao Yun replied with some embarrassment.
"Then Zilong, you just teach me the basics, okay? As for the marksmanship of the master, how about teaching it after I officially worship the teacher? When Liu Xie heard this, he hurriedly changed his words.
"Hmm...... The foundation of teaching is nothing, but the lord can endure that loneliness? ”
"Does Zilong know how to build a house?"
"Huh? Know. ”
"If you want to build a strong house, the most important thing is to lay a solid foundation. And practicing martial arts, in my opinion, is actually similar to building a house, only by practicing the basics well, can you learn the real skills. Otherwise, it will not be useful to embroider the legs. ”
Hearing Liu Xie say this, Zhao Yun nodded slightly, and Liu Xie was very happy to see that Zhao Yun had agreed to his request. Born in troubled times, it is necessary to learn martial arts to defend oneself. I don't expect to be like Zhao Yun and Dian Wei to take the rank of general among the ten thousand armies, but it is still necessary to be able to protect oneself and not become a burden to others.
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Nothing happened all the way. Without Li Dao Guo Yan to cause trouble in Chang'an, the counties around Chang'an were not affected much, and when the Xiliang Army was fooled by Liu Xie to go to Longxi County, the public security situation in the surrounding counties of Chang'an was still good at this time. By the time night fell, Liu Xie's group had already arrived twenty miles outside Tongguan.
Everyone decided to rest for one night and enter Tongguan again tomorrow morning. As Liu Xie, if you really get to Tongguan, you can also let Tongguan open the door, but that is not what Liu Xie is willing to do. It's only one night or so, so what's the matter.
According to the usual arrangement, Zhao Yun led the team to be responsible for the perimeter guard, while the Zhen family's guards were responsible for the security in the camp. There is no way, the people led by Zhao Yun are all masters who have rolled back and forth on the battlefield, and their sensitivity to danger is much higher than that of the Zhen family's guards.
The contradiction between Liu Xie and Zhen Mi is just an awkwardness between children, and it will be fine after a while. And Liu Xie also has a magic weapon to keep Zhen Mi from settling accounts with himself. Those stories that have never been heard are too attractive to Zhen Mi. After dinner, as usual, Zhao Yu dragged Zhen Mi to find Liu Xie. And Liu Xie seemed to have forgotten the festival with Zhen Mi during the day, and continued to talk with a smile.
After the White Snake was finished, the story of the West Chamber was also finished, and Liang Zhu was almost finished. When it came to Liang Zhuhua butterfly flying away, the story ended, Liu Xie originally planned to go to sleep, but was pulled by Zhao Yu and begged Liu Xie to tell another story.
"Xiaoyu, you're not well-behaved, didn't you say that you would have a section in one night?"
"But people can't sleep. Brother Xie, it's still early, let's talk about one more. Zhao Yu shook Liu Xie's hand and said coquettishly.
"Hmph, I don't think you have to talk about it, do you?" Zhen Mi on the side snorted lightly.
"Hey...... Okay, since you don't feel sleepy, let's talk about one more one, but this time we won't talk about love, let's talk about something else. ”
"Brother Xie, what do you want to talk about?" Zhao Yu asked expectantly.
"The best stories of this big night are ghost stories. In this wilderness, I can't help but attract real ghosts. Liu Xie said with a smile.
"Hmph, nonsense." Zhen Mi snorted softly again.
“…… Isn't Miss Zhen afraid? Otherwise, why would you be so reluctant to listen? Liu Xie looked at Zhen Mi with a smile and said.
"I'm afraid? You wait. Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Xie, turned around and ran. After a while, I saw Zhen Mi running over with Zhen Jiang in tow, and when Zhen Jiang sat down, he also sat next to Zhen Jiang, reached out and put his arm around his sister, looked at Liu Xie and said, "Say it." ”
Zhen Jiang didn't know what was going on, and when he saw this, he asked, "Wang Gongzi, what are you going to say?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just that your sister wants to hear ghost stories."
“…… What kind of ghost story is this big night? Zhen Jiang's face changed slightly, and he said to Liu Xie.
There are few girls who are not afraid of ghosts, and Zhen Jiang is not. However, in front of Zhen Mi and Zhao Yu, she was embarrassed to admit that she was afraid of ghosts, and in order to give herself courage, Zhen Jiang called several of her personal maids over.
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"What I'm going to say next is not something I've personally experienced, but it's something that has actually happened. This happened ...... Taixue" Liu Xie deliberately lowered his voice and slowly began to speak. And before the lecture, in order to create a terrifying atmosphere, Liu Xie asked everyone to gather in a circle, and a bonfire was lit in the middle......
Ghost stories want to be scary, but in fact, they mostly create an atmosphere and a soundtrack to achieve a frightening effect, and the soundtrack plays a great role in it. However, the current conditions are a little worse, and Liu Xie can only achieve the terrifying purpose through the rendering of language.
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Looking at Zhen Jiang and the others who were frightened from time to time with the plot of the story, Liu Xie felt a sense of accomplishment at this time. However, after seeing that Zhen Mi was still calm, Liu Xie's eyes rolled and asked slowly, "Have you ever heard the old man say a word?" ”
"What?" Zhen Jiang asked when he heard this.
"Don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night."
"What do you mean?"
"In fact, this person and the ghost can't stand the chatter of others, talking about people during the day, it is very likely that the person who is being said will appear, and at night talking about ghosts ......" Liu Xie deliberately lowered his voice, and everyone couldn't help but look at Liu Xie, wanting to hear what Liu Xie said.
"Hand, hand ......" A maid who was dragged by Zhen Jiang to accompany her suddenly opened her eyes wide, pointed at Liu Xie and said in a loud voice.
Everyone looked in the direction of the maid's finger, and saw that on the left side of Liu Xie's body, a hand was suddenly on Liu Xie's waist in the dark.
"Wow! ~Ghosts! ~”
Liu Xie was not startled by the real ghost, but was shocked by the screams of Zhen Jiang and others, even if there were really ghosts, hearing the screams of Zhen Jiang and others, I am afraid that he would be frightened at this time.
"Hands? What hand? Liu Xie stretched out his two hands with a puzzled face and asked the frightened women.
The "ghost hand" that was discovered just now was originally deliberately carried behind by Liu Xie to scare people, and Zhen Jiang and others, who learned the truth of the matter, also glared at Liu Xie angrily at this time, but then thinking about it, everyone couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"Okay, okay, let's be quiet, don't affect other people's rest." After laughing for a while, Zhen Jiang said softly to everyone. Hearing this, Liu Xie pouted, among the people who were scared and screamed just now, it seemed that you Zhen Jiang was you, and at this time, you became the master who cared about the subordinates.
"It's not early, let's go back and rest." Zhen Jiang commanded again. When everyone heard this, they immediately dispersed, only Zhen Mi looked at Liu Xie with hateful eyes, and Liu Xie asked puzzledly: "Miss Zhen, why do you look at me with such eyes?" Aren't you afraid? ”
“…… Wait and see. Zhen Mi threw down a cruel sentence and pulled her sister away. Zhao Yu fell behind, and seemed to be a little gloating and said to Liu Xie: "Brother Xie, you're done, this time you really offended Xiao Mi." ”
"Hey, girl, what can she do to me? Light rain, it's not early, you should go and rest, you have to hurry tomorrow. ”
"Well, Brother Xie also rested early." Zhao Yu obediently agreed, and turned to chase Zhen Mi. Liu Xie stretched his waist, moved his somewhat stiff neck, and planned to go back to rest. As soon as he stood up, he heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching. There are people arranged by Zhao Yun outside who are in charge of guarding, and no one should be able to sneak into the camp, thinking of this, Liu Xie stopped, intending to see who is coming.