"Qingming...... Mother ......" When Cao Song and the others had been away for an hour, Zhao Yan muttered, but she thought of her mother, "Mother, how are you doing over there?" Is there such a place where there is hunger and cold......

"My brother and I will go to worship you in two days......," Zhao Yan thought, "I don't know what happened to Aunt Fan?" But when I thought of my mother, I couldn't help but think of this peasant woman.

"This cold food festival should be filial piety, Aunt Fan's son must not have returned home yet, so I will go to visit her!" So he made up his mind, so he and Huan'er brought a few cold foods prepared in Cao's mansion and called the coachman to go out of the city together. Zhao Zhong handed over all the chores to him because Cao Fu left the house, and at this time he was busy with his own skills, so he instructed Zhao Yan a few words that could only be separated from him.

The carriage drove out for more than an hour and arrived at the village, but saw that the nearby village houses were all renovated and reinforced with a lot of soil, Zhao Yan almost didn't know him, and finally arrived at Aunt Fan's house, "It's just in the morning, and you can eat some cold food with Aunt Fan!" Zhao Yan was overjoyed.

"Aunt Fan! Yan'er has come to see you! As soon as she entered the room, Zhao Yan said excitedly, but when she saw Aunt Fan raise her head, her face flashed with sadness, and she said in surprise, "Girl, you're here!" ”

Zhao Yan just looked carefully, this Aunt Fan seemed to have something on her mind, and when she saw that this Aunt Fan was sitting on the couch, usually this peasant woman was busy with chores, why was she so idle today, so she asked worriedly, "Aunt Fan, what's wrong with you?" Did Uncle Xiahou go to the mountains to chop firewood again? Zhao Yan didn't see the honest man this time.

Aunt Fan looked at Zhao Yan's face and no longer concealed her sadness, shook her head and sighed, "Girl, you are not an outsider, I won't hide it from you, but something happened to my family!" ……”

"A month ago, an official sent soldiers to the village, originally the people in the village thought that the government came to urge the endowment again, or came to levy conscription, the neighbors did not dare to respond, who knew that their leader was like a general, and said, brought us a lot of food and cotton clothes, and also repaired the house for us, we will be suspicious but do not dare to disobey the order, but see that these people really brought a lot of food, the old and young in the village came out......" Zhao Yan was secretly happy in her heart, presumably it was sent by Brother Zhi, but she smiled and said nothing.

"There was no one in this village who was not happy, they all came out to get food and clothing and went home, and these soldiers repaired the houses for the villagers and went back, who knew that these soldiers would go back in a few days." At this time, it turned out that Aunt Fan's face was full of joy, but her voice was also low, and Zhao Yan also listened attentively.

"These soldiers said that they would recruit a group of people to build a forest garden, and said that they would give each person fifty taels of silver when the repair was completed, and the people in the village had earlier benefited, so they were eager to try, and they were afraid that no one would take the initiative to go in the past, and I wanted to change some more for the family, so I went with a group of more than ten men in the township, and those people promised to return home in ten days, but there was still no news after half a month, I thought that if it was delayed for a few days, it would be as usual, but today it has been nearly 20 days Your Uncle Xiahou and the people in this village have not returned, How can I not be worried......" Speaking of this, Aunt Fan almost cried.

"Auntie, don't worry, do you know where Uncle Xiahou went?" Zhao Yan persuaded.

"When I was leaving, I said that I was going to Xingyang...... Aunt Fan hurriedly said after Zhao Yanyi reminded her.

After hearing what happened, Zhao Yan also felt that things were strange, and said in her heart, "Since those people were sent by Brother Zhi, how could they recruit people to build what kind of forest garden?" I need to ask Brother Zhi to understand, but I have to wait until fifteen ......" Seeing Aunt Fan's sad face, she was also very anxious.

"Winter Food Festival!" Zhao Yan's heart suddenly flashed, thinking of something, she exclaimed unconsciously, and hurriedly turned her head to Huan'er behind her and said, "Huan'er, let's go back to the city immediately!" ”

"What? Miss, are you going back when you arrive? But seeing Zhao Yan's serious expression, he didn't ask any more, and went out to tell the coachman, Zhao Yan said to Aunt Fan, "Auntie, Yan'er may be able to know the whereabouts of Uncle Xiahou, so let's go and find it, you can eat some of these foods first, don't be hungry......" said and handed the cold food to Aunt Fan, she saw that the aunt was depressed and was obviously worried that the big man had not eaten well recently, so she hurriedly walked out of the door.

"Kid? Where do you look? Beware of safety......" Aunt Fan had already run out before she could shout, "Good boy, good boy...... tears flowed from her eyes......

Before the horse ate a few mouthfuls of hay in front of the door, it was driven back to Luoyang City, and when he entered the city gate, Zhao Yan got out of the car and told Huan'er and the coachman to go home, but he ran towards a remote place in the city.

"Miss! Miss! Huan'er called Zhao Yan a few times and went back to the house without replying, but Zhao Yan turned around a few times and came to a mansion, which was the Liwu Marquis Mansion.

knocked on the small door on the side again, but no one answered, and after a few more knocks, someone opened the secret door, "Yan'er!" Sure enough, it's you! How did you get here? What happened? "It's no one else, it's Emperor Huan Liu Zhi who opened the door, he saw Zhao Yan's anxious expression, and he knew that something was wrong.

"Brother Zhi, you are really here! Uncle Xiahou is saved! As soon as he saw Liu Zhi, Zhao Yan shouted in surprise, and he didn't stop for a moment to inform Liu Zhi of the disappearance of the Xiahou Han and a dry of villagers, it was Zhao Yan who thought that the Cold Food Festival was a festival for mothers and sons, and the Han Dynasty valued filial piety, and most of Liu Zhi would come to the house to visit the beautiful woman, so he hurried over.

"Yes, the general was sent by me, but these soldiers are people under Liang Ji......" said this, but Liu Zhi's voice was lowered.

Zhao Yan also nodded at this time, thinking that this military power was still in the hands of that Liang Ji, and those soldiers who went and returned to Brother Zhi must not know, most of them were orders from Liang Ji.

Zhao Yan felt a hand behind her back patting her shoulder, and the other hand caressing the green silk on her head, and when she looked up, she saw Liu Zhizheng staring at her affectionately, it turned out that Liu Zhi saw that Zhao Yan was anxious, so he hugged Zhao Yan and gently caressed and comforted.

"Brother Zhi!" Zhao Yan screamed and lay on Liu Zhi's shoulder and sobbed, "Brother Zhi...... Brother, Aunt Fan's family stays ...... I'm like a daughter, Yan'er doesn't want to ...... Something happened to them! Brother Chi! Go find them! Zhao Yan was anxious and tense all the way, but now with the comfort of her beloved, tears burst out violently.

"Yan'er, don't be sad, I'll go with you to find them!" While holding Zhao Yan in his arms, he shouted into the distance, "Aunt Mingfang, quickly prepare a horse for me outside the mansion, I want to go out of the city!" Tell my mother that I'll come to see her again at fifteen! Zhao Yan told Liu Zhi on the side, Xiahou Dahan and others seemed to be in the Xingyang area.

"Yes! Master. But it was the middle-aged woman who was serving the beautiful woman.

Saying that, Liu Zhi took Zhao Yan's hand and walked out of the side door, and waited outside the courtyard for a while, then a slave led the horse and walked over, it turned out that the slave led the horse from the back door, Ming Fang knew that her young master wanted a horse to avoid the dragon chariot at the main gate and go out of the city by himself, Liu Zhiyi jumped on the horse, pulled the reins with one hand, stretched down the other hand, looked at Zhao Yan, and motioned Zhao Yan to give him his hand, so as to pull her onto the horse.

Zhao Yan hesitated, seeing that the horse was very tall, the whole body was red, but the tail was black, and the horse's nose was beaten, and the forefoot was raised, so he didn't dare to approach, but Liu Zhi smiled on the horse, "If you are afraid of him, we can't find your Uncle Xiahou!" ”

Zhao Yan then remembered what was going on, her heart was horizontal, she stretched out her hands to hold Liu Zhi's right hand, her eyes closed, but she felt that she was pulled suddenly, her body soared, as if she was spinning in the air, and when she opened her eyes, she was already sitting on horseback, "How about it, it's not fierce." But it was Liu Zhi who said to himself, at this time the two rode the same horse, Zhao Yan was held in Liu Zhi's arms, her face was slightly red, and she looked at the horse in front of her.

"Chilin is very obedient, I don't believe you touch it." Liu Zhi encouraged behind Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan was not as scared as he was when he sat on the horse at this time, so he reached out little by little, and gently stroked the mane on the horse's neck.

But Zhao Yan was frightened, and shrank back in Liu Zhi's arms, but Liu Zhi laughed behind Zhao Yan, "Yan'er, don't be afraid, Red Scale likes you, if it doesn't like someone touching him, he would have fallen off the horse." ”

"Without further ado, Red Scales, good brother, go!" I saw Liu Zhi's legs clamped, and one hand slapped behind the horse, and the horse had already jumped out of several feet and ran towards the city gate.

"Brother Zhi, you can't lie to Yan'er." Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, and the two of them had been running for several miles on horseback, and at this time they came back to their senses and said to Liu Zhi aggrieved.

"When did I lie to you, you come and touch it again." Liu Zhi said to Zhao Yan while galloping his horse.

Zhao Yan was still hesitant, but she also slowly touched the horse's mane again, this is this red lin but no longer moved, Zhao Yan was bold, touched the horse, and her hands were warm.

After a while, the two of them had arrived at the city gate, and Liu Zhi immediately handed the soldier who was guarding the city a token with the word "Sun" written on it, "Lord Sun, please!" The soldier saw that the waist card was the Sun family token, so he let it go, and Liu Zhi took Zhao Yan all the way away......