Zhang Duan drank the wine given by Dong Zhuo, stayed in the main hall for a while, and then hurriedly withdrew from the Han Palace in Chang'an, and returned all the way to his residence in Chang'an, which was a small mansion that was given to Zhang Duan when the former military marquis Han Kui was alive.

Almost the same situation as Zhao Yue, in Zhang Duan's heart, he actually attached great importance to Han Kui, the military marquis who led him to join the army, and even regarded him as his brother. Therefore, this time Han Kui died in battle, Zhang Duan was also sad for several days, and he was even armed with a spear, and he marched into the chaos by himself, unstoppable, and made great achievements.

As soon as he arrived at home, Zhang Duan immediately changed his clothes and said to the two teams of soldiers who were on standby in the courtyard: "You hurry up and go out of the city and go to Luoyang to inquire about me, but there is a person named Zhao Yue who occupies the city and is ready to start an incident?" ”

"Yes!" The two groups of soldiers, under the leadership of Zhang Duan, seemed to be very obedient to the military order, and after receiving his order, they ran out of the mansion with neat steps.

Zhang Duan returned to the main hall and sat straight in his seat, looking like a real general, and he couldn't tell that he was a wild man in Kunyang Village in the past. At this time, his heart was anxious and his mind was in chaos, so he hurriedly took the tea on the table next to him with his hand and took a few sips, which gradually eased down and became excited.

Outside the house, a person's voice suddenly came: "Congratulations to Master Jun Sima, you have been promoted two levels in a row!" ”

Zhang Duan looked at the person who came, and found that it was the military marquis that Dong Zhuo had just assigned to his command, and his surname should be Li, but he couldn't remember what it was called.

Speaking of the department he had just promoted, it was one of the ten divisions under Dong Zhuojun's Zhongxi Liang general, Li Dao. And Li Dao convened a meeting in the army today, but he didn't go, it was this military marquis surnamed Li who went.

Zhang Duan hurriedly got up to greet him, and the two exchanged pleasantries, and then they began to talk about business.

It can be seen that Li Junhou came to Zhang Duan this time, not only to congratulate him on his promotion, but also to explain to Zhang Duan that the task assigned by Li Dao at this meeting was to let their soldiers behead men in a small village near Chang'an City and capture women back to the city!

Zhang Duan was taken aback, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "This kind of thing of killing good people and risking merit is really what Lord Li Dao asked us to do?" ”

Li Junhou was neither happy nor sad, but said as a matter of course: "That's right, my subordinates personally listened to what Lord Li Dao said, and what Lord Li Dao meant seemed to be that Master Dong was too demanding on his military exploits, so he had to come up with a strategy." ”

Zhang Duan's fingers tapped on his thighs, his eyes rolled in his eyes, and he asked cautiously, "What about the opinions of the other military horses?" ”

Li Junhou hurriedly said: "The subordinates came to the general to report this matter, and now the other departments have begun to act, if we are behind them, I am afraid that we will get very little, how to act, I hope the general will make it clear......"

Zhang Duan couldn't bear it in his heart, but it was difficult for the king's life to do, not to mention that the military horses of the other departments had no opinions, so why should he be serious here? After some thought, he could only grit his teeth and nodded.

Seeing this, Li Junhou got up and prepared to leave.

Just as he turned around and was about to go out, Zhang Duan, who was bowing his head and groaning, suddenly raised his head and suddenly shouted, "Wait! ”

"Dare to ask the general what else he commands?"

Zhang Duan seemed to have made a lot of determination, so he had to say: "That's good, every time you go to a village, you can persuade each other first, and it is best to pull those young and middle-aged people into our department, if you don't want to......"

Zhang Duan hesitated for a moment, and finally said decisively: "Then it's not too late to do it again." ”

"Yes." Li Junhou gave the order, and then retreated out of the main hall.

Zhang Duan sighed, and finally leaned back on the back of the chair with a straight body. He didn't do this to hide his private soldiers, to accumulate strength, and with his mind, he wouldn't have such intentions. The reason why he did this was just because he remembered that when he was in Kunyang Village in the past, he and Zhao Yue were just poor people.

Therefore, he can understand the young adults in the villages around Luoyang.

It is said that Zhao Yue and Qin Feng were tired and hurried all the way, and at this time they had come to Hangu Pass, which is located west of Chang'an, and in the face of this majestic pass, Qin Feng pulled his horse and prepared to enter the pass, while Zhao Yue suddenly stood up and looked up at this checkpoint.

"Lord, what's wrong?"

The people who came and went nearby were all people who were preparing to cross the Hangu Pass and enter Chang'an City, and there were even more guards at the pass who had made detailed investigations, so Qin Feng had to lower his voice at this time.

Zhao Yue did not speak, but sat on the horse, with a pair of attentive eyes, staring closely at the three words "Hangu Pass" on the pass.

He knew in his heart that in the past, his ancestor's dynasty, Great Qin, relied on Hangu Pass, retreated to resist the armies of the six countries, and advanced to destroy the Shandong countries.

By the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the old Hangu Pass, which was close to the Yellow River, was abandoned and moved to a location farther away from Chang'an and closer to Luoyang, which is the current location.

Seeing this pass at this moment, how can he not feel melancholy in his heart?

"It's okay," Zhao Yue reluctantly withdrew her gaze, looked at Qin Feng, and said with a slight smile: "I'm just thinking, if we want to develop westward in the future, kill the traitor Dong Zhuo, and avenge your parents, we should also capture this pass first." ”

When Qin Feng heard this, there were tears in his eyes, and he immediately said excitedly: "Lord, you are really thinking about me and the suffering people of Luoyang, when the lord attacks the territory of Dong Zhuo in the west, I, Qin Feng, will definitely take the lead and fight to the death!" ”

A trace of sadness quickly crossed Zhao Yue's face, but then it was replaced by a smile of relief, he patted Qin Feng's shoulder, jumped off the horse first, and said casually: "That is a long time later, Dong Zhuo's atrocities are known to the world, maybe when we grow stronger, there will be other variables." ”

Qin Feng also jumped off his horse, grabbed the reins with one hand, and followed closely behind Zhao Yue.

When the two of them lined up to pass the customs, Zhao Yue was actually still a little worried in his heart, the news of his incident in Luoyang, presumably all the princes in the world already knew about it at this time. And the reason why no diplomatic envoys came, and there was no military confrontation with him, is that those people are still watching their attitude.

But this time he rashly appeared under Dong Zhuo's rule, just afraid of ......

"That person, it's your turn, come here!"

Just when Zhao Yue was worried and frowned, the guards guarding the pass had already seen him and Qin Feng and were shouting at the two of them.

At this time, he was wearing a clean white robe, and he didn't look like an ordinary person; And Qin Feng tied a black scarf on his head and painted patterns on his face, more like a barbarian.

The soldier didn't stop the two of them, which is the strange thing of the strange.

Zhao Yue secretly said in his heart that it was not good, so he could only lower his head and slowly move over, but his mind kept running through the content of the art of war and history books, trying to find a way to get out. As for Qin Feng, his gaze was already full of murderous aura, and his right hand was even placed on the animal skin on his waist.

Just as the two of them were about to walk in front of the soldiers, a middle-aged man wearing a hat suddenly appeared from the side, he squeezed hard in front of Zhao Yue and Qin Feng, looked at the two soldiers with eyebrows, and said again and again: "Hey, these two soldiers, I am from Qinchuan, and I am now the countryman of Dong Taishi in the middle of the court, just because my mother is seriously ill and needs to be done by wise people, these two people are wizards and Taoist priests I invited from the Central Plains, so it's convenient?" ”

The two soldiers were a little annoyed by the middle-aged man, so they prepared to turn around and call the soldiers in the pass to come out and capture the three people. But the man wearing the hat seemed to be very aware of current affairs, and carefully took out two strings of five baht from his arms and stuffed them into the palms of the two of them.

Seeing this, the two coughed a few times, waved their hands, and asked the middle-aged man to take Zhao Yue and Qin Feng through the customs quickly.

Zhao Yue breathed a long sigh of relief, but the hanging heart still couldn't fall, because even if he entered the pass, there were so many patrolling soldiers in the pass, if they saw his portrait, they would be able to recognize it.

And the middle-aged man in front of him always wore a hat, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he didn't know each other when he heard the voice, Zhao Yue didn't know why he helped him, let alone whether he was friend or foe.

The middle-aged man suddenly took off the hat on his head, put it on Zhao Yue's head involuntarily, and pressed the eaves down heavily with his hands, blocking Zhao Yue's face, and then dragged Zhao Yue through the gate. Qin Feng didn't know the truth, so he could only follow him into the customs in a daze.

"Alas, you said that you, a Taoist priest, have an ugly face, a white robe, but pus on your face, you were scared of the two soldiers just now, and you were about to vomit." The middle-aged man seemed to say it to Zhao Yue, and it was more like it to the patrol soldiers who kept walking through the pass.

Zhao Yue's gaze could only look around the ground under his feet, and some of the feet that were getting closer and closer slowly moved to the sides after the middle-aged man spoke. It was the patrol soldier who suspected Zhao Yue's strange behavior at first, and was about to come over to find out, but after listening to what the middle-aged man said, he covered his nose and walked around.

Zhao Yue smiled softly, secretly praised the middle-aged man's wisdom and wisdom, and followed the middle-aged man with confidence, walked all the way, and hurriedly walked out of Hangu Pass.