Tang Zhou got out of the mountain, found a random direction and began to walk, and not long after, a village appeared vaguely in front of him.

Tang Zhou needed to find someone to ask where he was, so he quickened his pace, and gradually the village got closer and closer.

Tang Zhou stood at the head of the village and looked at this small village, there were about a dozen families. Tang Zhou looked at the sky and saw that it was noon, and it was not the busy season for farming, so he found a family and knocked on the door. Soon a woman's voice came from inside the house, "Who's it?" ”

Tang Zhou said with a pleasant face outside the door, "Sister E, I am a businessman and want to go to Luoyang, but I am lost, I want to ask you for directions." ”

The "crunch" door opened, and a woman came out of the door, and before Tang Zhou could speak, the peasant woman screamed at the top of her voice, "Mom, ghost"

With a bang, the woman closed the door.

Tang Zhou was a little stunned, but soon he understood that his current appearance was indeed terrifying

"Hey" Tang Zhou shook his head with a sigh and turned to leave.

The man in the house was sleeping on the kang, and when he heard the cry of his own woman, he sat up impatiently and scolded, "What are you old ladies calling blindly?" Don't let Lao Tzu sleep! ”

The woman covered her chest, and described the appearance of Tang Zhou standing outside the door, and the man cursed in a low voice, "Where the hell are you stealing ghosts at noon, I'll take a look" After that, the man got up and went to the kitchen to carry a kitchen knife, and then opened the door.

What the hell is there in front of the door? The man went out and looked left and right, not to mention the ghosts, not even anyone. The man threw the kitchen knife at home, and said in his heart that his mother-in-law must be bored at noon, since he was bored, the man smiled and closed the door. When she returned to the house, she took off her woman's clothes, and the woman beat the man's chest and said, "Dead ghost, don't do this in broad daylight."

"What are you afraid of in broad daylight" The man pushed the woman to, and the warm spring day was delayed.

Tang Zhou walked a little dejectedly, thinking back on his life, it felt like a joke. Abandoned by the Han Empire, he deserved to be dead, and he never thought that there would be a person who claimed to be a great sage and good teacher, this person gave him a fantastic country and a reason to survive. But dreams are dreams after all, and sooner or later you have to wake up. With the rapid expansion of Taiping Dao, all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods have arrived in Taiping Dao, Tang Zhou stubbornly thought that all this was just the need for an uprising, until in the mourning hill, he saw Zhang Bao, saw Zhang Jiao, they unscrupulously went to make zombies, human life in their eyes, like ants. When he woke up from the dream, everything was shattered, he really didn't want this world to be ruled by the devil, he was now no one or a ghost, he was alone, he had nothing to worry about, he had to go to Luoyang.

"Zhang Jiao!" Tang Zhou muttered to himself in a low voice, his face distorted and terrifying because of anger, as if he was a demon from hell.

Tang Zhou calmed down and found a black cloth to cover his ugly face. Tang Zhou found another family, Tang Zhou knocked on the door, this time it was an old man who opened the door, the old man looked Tang Zhou up and down and said suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Tang Zhou Shili said, "I am a businessman, I got lost, and I want to ask my husband where this is and what county he belongs to." ”

The old man looked at Tang Zhou and said, "Oh, ask for directions, this daylight took a black cloth to cover his face, and the old man thought it was a mountain bandit!" ”

Tang Zhou smiled helplessly, the old man was also enthusiastic, and invited Tang Zhou to the house to sit down, the old man brought a bowl of water and put it in front of Tang Zhou and said, "Come, drink saliva"

Tang Zhou said thank you, he was really thirsty after walking for a long time, Tang Zhou picked up the bowl and put the black cloth on it and drank the bowl of water. The old man looked at the scars that Tang Zhou exposed, and asked, "How did you ruin your face?" Tang Zhou was stunned, and then smiled and said, "On the way to business, I fell down the mountain and almost died" Tang Zhou pointed to the direction of Dian Wei's mountain and said, "It's that mountain."

The old man's face changed, and he said, "You came out of the Death Mountain?" ”

Tang Zhou blinked, he didn't know what the mountain was called, but seeing that the old man was so nervous, Tang Zhou regretted it a little, and when Tang Zhou didn't know how to answer, the old man circled around him twice and said, "Tut, your life is really big, that mountain is called the Mountain of Death in our place, no one who enters the mountain can come back alive, for so many years, you are the first, tsk"

Tang Zhou couldn't imagine that the mountain was so feared by people outside, it seemed that Dian Wei really didn't lie to himself, Tang Zhou echoed, "Yes, maybe my life is big"

Tang Zhou chatted with the old man for a while and asked, "Uncle, may I ask where this is?"

The old man touched his beard and said, "This place is called Xiaoxi Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Chenliu County."

Chen Liu, Tang Zhou was secretly surprised in his heart, Chen Liu belonged to Yanzhou. He was actually teleported from Qingzhou to Yanzhou by Zhuge Jue's Dunjia technique? It's simply amazing. Tang Zhou hurriedly saluted to express his gratitude, and then asked, "Can the old man tell me how to go to Luoyang?"

The old man smiled and said, "Are you stupid, I'm a mountain old man who hasn't even been to Chen Liu, let alone Luoyang, how to show you the way"

Tang Zhou touched his head in embarrassment, but then the old man said, "Although I haven't been to Luoyang, I have a map of Chenliu County at home, do you want to see it?" ”

Tang Zhou dared to nod hurriedly, and it didn't take long for the old man to take out a pair of yellowed drawings from the back room and spread them in front of Tang Zhou, "This picture was left by my son when he was a school captain, and the old man is illiterate, but I remember that my son told me before that this is our village" The old man said while pointing his finger at a place in the drawing, which was Xiaoxi Village.

Tang Zhou looked at Xiaoxi Village on this map, and then looked at Chenliu County on the map, and soon Tang Zhoubian wrote down these map routes.

Tang Zhou respectfully folded the drawings neatly and handed them to the old man, and praised, "Your son is really amazing, he has become a captain of the empire."

The old man smiled, but his smile was a little ugly, "What's the use of being great, it's not dead yet." Leave this picture with the old man and me, lonely, hey, I'm afraid I won't even have a corpse collector after I die."

Tang Zhou was a little stunned when he heard this, "What disease did your son have", and the old man pouted, "It's not that he died of illness, he offended his superiors and was transferred to Xiliang, and then it didn't take long for the news that he died in battle, and he didn't even find the body after so many years" The old man didn't know what happened to him, although he couldn't keep his mouth when he met this junior, maybe it was because he was about to run out of oil.

The old man carefully put the drawing into the box and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

The room was a little dull, and after a long time, Tang Zhou got up and seemed to have made a decision. Tang Zhou stood up and said goodbye, he said, "Uncle, I'll go first, go to Luoyang, and when the things there are done, I will come back to see you." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Okay, let's go, I won't keep you, good luck"

Tang Zhou walked out of the village, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist the moment he turned around, although it was only a short time together, but this old man reminded him of his dead father. Tang Zhou walked a few steps and turned around, and saw the old man leaning against the door frame looking at him, Tang Zhou didn't know where the courage came from, turned around and said to the old man, "Uncle, if I can come back from Luoyang alive, I will raise you in the future!" ”

"What?" The distance was a little far, and the old man didn't hear what Tang Zhou said clearly, but he saw Tang Zhou waving at him, and he couldn't see his joy or anger on a black cloth.

Tang Zhou left, and after arriving at Chen Liu, he asked for directions, and then Tang Zhou Xingxing rushed to Luoyang, the imperial capital, all night long.

In the land of Qingzhou, you can now see Confucian disciples and teams of cavalry roaring by, these people have been busy for a long time, and they have searched the whole Qingzhou, and they have not found Kong Ci's body.

However, there is a small discovery, which is that a large number of standard weapons of imperial soldiers and a few Confucian swords were found in the mourning hills. Soon these Confucian swords were sent to the Confucius Temple.

Kong Zhou looked at one of the broken swords, tears flowed down, although this sword was broken, he still recognized it, this was his son Kong Ci's one. The name of this sword is indisputable, it was given to him by Kong Ci himself during the coming-of-age ceremony, although it is not a famous sword, but Kong Ci has always liked it, so he has always carried it on his body to use. Kong Zhou stroked the broken sword, he knew that most of his son was dead, and he couldn't help but feel sad, "My son, for my father, I must seek justice for you!" ”

In the imperial capital of Luoyang City's General's Mansion, He Jin sat on the main seat, and there were many heroes and talents sitting in the hall. There is Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, Yuan Shu's brothers; Tian Feng, who is known for his strategy, Xu You; There is also Zhang Miao, who has the style of a gentleman. One of the most eye-catching is a man sitting at the end of the hall, with a short figure, his appearance is not good, but his eyes are unforgettable. This man is the Dunqiu Commander Cao Cao and Cao Mengde who have just been transferred to the General's Mansion by He Jin. He Jin listened to Yuan Shao's suggestion and sealed Cao Cao as a cavalry captain, which can be regarded as a flat adjustment, today's banquet is a reception banquet specially arranged by He Jin for Cao Cao, but I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, He Jin actually put Cao Cao at the last table.

After half a round of drinking, He Jin opened his mouth and said, "Meng De, in the past, you were the uncle of the northern lieutenant in Luoyang who killed Jian Shuo, do you know, your hand really surprised the Manchu ministers, and also let the Manchu ministers know that there is still a character like you Cao Cao in Luoyang."

Yuan Shao and others chimed in, "Yes, Meng De's hand is really beautiful"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "General, you have won the award." In the eyes of Cao, the state has national laws, and the family has family rules. A state cannot be no different from a man without a head, a state with laws that is not followed, and a man of his mind is no different. Nothing in this world can be bigger than the law, let alone a small plan, if the general violates the curfew that day, I will give the same order. ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked at He Jin with a pair of eyes, He Jin paused for a moment, he didn't expect Cao Cao to say such a thing, and these eyes were really like a poisonous snake as rumored.

"Mengde," Yuan Shao reprimanded loudly, "Did you drink too much?" ”

Cao Cao looked away from He Jin's face, complacent, and raised it from afar, "Of course, if you die like that, it will definitely be under the bottom, who doesn't know that the general is guarded by a thousand armor soldiers in and out, and when the time comes, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely point to my corpse and say: Look at this is a fool."

He Jin laughed and said, "Meng De is really interesting, come, let's drink this cup together"

He Jin drank the wine in the cup, and secretly thought in his heart, this Cao Cao is really a talent, just when He Jin was thinking, a soldier came in from outside the hall, "General Qiqi, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the general of Taiping Dao Tang Zhou!" ”

He Jin threw his cup and said, "Didn't you see that I was busy?!" What Taiping Dao Tang Zhou, not seen! ”

"Nuo" The armor soldier turned around and was about to leave, Cao Cao got up and said, "Slow! ”

Cao Cao looked at He Jin and said, "General, forgive Meng De for being rude, but this Taiping Dao now has a faint tendency to become the number one faction in the world, so it's better to see it."

Yuan Shao also stood up and said, "Yes, General, now you are recruiting talents, and refusing to see them like this will not be conducive to your recruitment of talents in the future."

He Jin put down his glass and said, "Okay, okay, just listen to the two of you."

He Jin said to the armorer, "Let him come in"

"No" the armor turned and went down.

The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, what kind of blood rain will the arrival of Tang Zhou bring to Luoyang, the imperial capital that has just calmed down?