The next day, after Liao Hua and Liu Yin packed up, they called Guan Yi to go to the Shuai Mansion to see Jiang Wei, and just went out, but saw a Confucian scholar about thirty years old leading an entourage from afar. Guan Yi glanced at it, recognized it as Bo Duzhen, the lord of the General's Mansion, and secretly wondered in his heart, what did this person do at the post house early in the morning?

Liao Hua smiled and said to Guan Yi: "This is my Shuzhong Erlang!" ”

Guan Yi was stunned and said, "What is Erlang?" ”

"The virtuous nephew has lived in the mountains for a long time, no wonder he doesn't know Shuzhong Erlang!" Liao Hua smiled slightly, pointed at Du Zhen and said: "This person is a newly rising young talent in my Shuzhong, not only proud, but also broad and sensitive, and talented, and Li Shulong of Fuxian County is called Shuzhong Erlang!" First for Shu County Gong Cao, every time there is a recital, the court is more often used. The general knew that he was capable, so he took charge of all confidential military documents. ”

"Could it be that Li Shulong, the old general, is it Li Xiaohu, the squire of the Yellow Gate?"

Liu Yin took over the conversation and smiled: "Exactly! ”

Guan Yijian's eyebrows raised slightly, Li Xiang is the son of Li Fu, the former Shangshu Li Fu, his person is knowledgeable, magnificent, and eloquent, and has the ability to never forget, Shu people compared to Liu Zhang's Zhang Yongnian, is the number one talent in Shu. Since this Du Zhen is called Shuzhong Erlang with him, and Jiang Wei values him so much, it must not be easy to think about.

Guan Yi knew Du Zhen, and naturally knew that this Du family was also a Chengdu family, although his father Du Xiong's career was only to Anhan, Ruoxian County Order, but the three sons born were all famous, and the people of the state passed it on as a beautiful talk, calling it Du's Sanying.

Among the three heroes of the Du family, Du Zhen is the boss, worshiped under the Zhou Sect since he was a child, and was involved in the scriptures, and was later raised as filial piety, and was named the Jianning Order. The second eldest, Du Lie, is also knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and firm-minded, fair and frank, and is admired by all the people of the state. The third Du Liang, compared with the two brothers, is not inferior, in addition to being talented, he is more tolerant of heaven and earth, so the state also intends to promote him as a talent and recommend it to the imperial court for appointment.

After thinking about it, Du Zhen had already come to the front, and after saluting Liao Hua and Liu Yin, he said: "Generals, the general has an order, there will be no discussion today, tomorrow is the New Year's Day, and the general will arrange a banquet in the Shuaifu to wait for the generals!" ”

Liao Hua and Liu Yin glanced at each other, pulled Du Zhen to the side, and said in a low voice, "Is the general okay?" ”

If someone else asked, Du Zhen would definitely refuse to tell the truth, but Du Zhen knew that Liao Hua's identity was special, and Jiang Wei also had to respect him for three points, so he didn't dare to hide it, sighed lightly, and said, "Don't dare to hide it from the old general, there was a messenger from Chengdu last night, and the Fuling Taishou Pang Hongda also passed away a few days ago, and the general has not slept all night under the heartache!" ”

Liao Hua was stunned for a moment, and said, "Master Pang Jushi is less than fifty years old, and he has never had any diseases, why did he die suddenly?" ”

Du Zhen shook his head and sighed: "According to the messenger, the heavy rain in Fuling a few days ago damaged countless people's houses. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Liao Hua sighed and said, "It's a pity that I have one less upright and upright minister in Shu!" ”

"As the saying goes, there are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, people have good and bad luck, and the destiny of heaven is unpredictable!" Du Zhen nodded, although this Pang Hong is just a small Fuling Taishou, but his father is a great hero of Emperor Zhaolie's Dingshu, and a peerless celebrity Pang Tong known as the phoenix. Moreover, this Pang Hong is upright and dares to despise power and evil, when Chen Yi was in power, Pang Hong was exiled to Fuling Taishou because he looked down on Chen Yi's villain, and then Huang Hao was in chaos, and Pang Hong was repeatedly suppressed. However, in his tenure, Pang Hong put morality first, educated the people, built water conservancy, developed agriculture and mulberry, so that the people of Fuling lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the people were all happy and convinced.

sighed, Du Zhen said goodbye to everyone, Liao Hua did not keep him because he was on official business, and let him go after a brief salute.

Guan Yi didn't know what Liao Hua and Du Zhen said, but since they didn't discuss the matter, they were happy to be at ease, thinking that tomorrow would be the New Year's Day, and they had come to Nanzheng for a few days, but they hadn't taken a good turn, after all, this New Year's Day was only once a year, and the five hundred blood guards under him were not homeless bachelors.

After thinking about it in his heart, he immediately told Liao Hua and Liu Yin, and when the two veterans saw him treating the trilogy so well, they secretly praised it in their hearts, so naturally they did not object.

After Guan Yi returned to the post house and told Zhuge Shang and others his thoughts, Ehu couldn't bear to be clean, and when he heard that he was going shopping, he was overjoyed and shouted that he was going out.

After Shi Feng heard what Guan Yi said, he groaned for a moment and reminded him to bring the eighteen blood guards with him. Ehu stared at him and said puzzledly: "Let's go shopping, not fighting, why do we take these many people to do it?" Disturbing the interest for no reason! ”

Shi Feng said with a smile: "If you don't want them to go, you can take care of the New Year's goods of these hundreds of people!" ”

Ehu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, patted his head, and grinned: "Ouch, I forgot about it, thanks to your reminder, otherwise I wouldn't be able to move these hundreds of people's annual goods!" ”

Guan Yi couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was honest and cute. This tiger is loyal and brave, but he is rough by nature and acts impatiently, on the other hand, Shi Feng is thoughtful and well-planned, and through his observation during this time, he has become closer and closer to the general who commands the scouts in his mind, and in time he will be able to become his right-hand man.

Because there was nothing to do, except for the eighteen horsemen and blood guards, everyone was dressed in civilian clothes, and after a little fun, Guan Yi led everyone to the street.

During the Warring States period, Hanzhong was subordinate to the state of Chu. In 312 B.C., King Huiwen of Qin sent Wei Zhang, the chief of his concubine, to lead the famous generals Gan Mao and Gongzi Ji to defeat the Chu army in Danyang*, beheading more than 80,000 people, and then seized Hanzhong, took 600 li of land, and placed Hanzhong County in the name of Hanshui.

Subsequently, Qin Zizhu built the southern Zhengcheng as the seat of Hanzhong County. When Chu and Han fought, Gaozu Liu Bang was the king of Han, and Nanzheng was the capital. After the founding of the Han Dynasty, the administrative office was moved to Xicheng. At the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, after Zhang Lu, the third-generation Heavenly Master of the Wudou Mi Sect, seized Hanzhong, he reverted to Nanzheng as the central hub of the integration of politics and religion, which has a history of hundreds of years.

In terms of topography, Nanzheng is located in the north of the middle reaches of the Han River*, holding the throat of the Hanzhong Plain, and its military geographical location is of great importance. After the development and governance of previous dynasties, although Nanzheng City is not as good as Chengdu, Xuchang and other big cities, it is also very large-scale.

At this time, it was not early, Guan Yi and others walked slowly along the street, but saw that although there were many shops on both sides of the road, more than half of them did not open their doors to do business, and there were few pedestrians on the huge street, and there was no half-cent New Year's Day. On the contrary, there are white flags fluttering in many courtyard walls, and the sound of crying is heard from time to time, and the corners on both sides of the street are also full of unkempt and ragged beggars, and when they see someone passing by, they shake the broken bowl in their hands and beg for food.

Guan Yi secretly sighed that the Wei army had retreated for more than ten days, but it was obvious that the people in the city had not yet recovered from the trauma of the war. The scene in front of me has long since disappeared from the prosperity and prosperity of men and women under the rule of Wang Ping, the general of Zhenbei University, and the acres of farms and valleys!

The more people walked forward, the more silent they became, and their hearts were like pressing a big stone, and they lost their interest in shopping. Even Ehu was still full of interest at first, and when he saw the scene along the way, he couldn't help but calm down, and in the end, he frowned and didn't say a word.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Mother......" A shrill cry broke the already somewhat lifeless street.

Guan Yi followed the sound and looked over, only to see a thinly unkempt woman lying on the ground under a gatehouse on the corner of the street, and a little girl about four or five years old grabbed her hand and cried and shook constantly. Beside the two, a few passers-by pointed and pointed, but none of them were willing to step forward.

Guan Yi and Zhuge Shang glanced at each other, wondering in their hearts, and led the blood guard over. The onlookers saw that although he was dressed in civilian clothes, he had an extraordinary demeanor in his gestures, and there were more than a dozen strong warriors in military uniforms behind him, and they immediately guessed that he must be a soldier and moved out of the way.

Shi Feng knew Guan Yi's thoughts, so he took the first step, reached out to probe the woman's snort, rolled her eyelids and glanced at it, and then said to Guan Yi: "General, there is still breath, it looks like it should be hungry and fainting!" ”

"It's important to save people!" Guan Yi thought about it for a while, and beckoned Ehu to carry her back to the post house first.

Ehu was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth to speak, but he always obeyed Guan Yiyan and never disobeyed him, so although he looked anxious, he didn't say a word in the end.

When the little girl saw that someone was going to carry her mother, she cried even louder in panic, and protected the woman while crying: "Don't touch my mother!" Mother, wake up, wake up! You guys, don't touch my mother......"

Guan Yi heard her scream so bitterly, his heart was worried, he squatted down, gently grabbed her arm, and said softly: "Little girl, don't be afraid, your mother is hungry and fainted, and your uncle asked you to carry your mother to a place where you can eat and drink, and when you get to that place, your mother will wake up!" ”

Seeing that his face was full of smiles, the little girl reached out to wipe the tears on her face, and said timidly: "Can my mother really wake up?" ”

"Of course it's true, uncle's words count!" Guan Yi saw that her cheeks were red, she was only wearing a patch of short brown with patches, a pair of dirty and torn linen shoes had almost worn out the bottom, and the exposed toes were red and swollen from the cold, and she was very pitiful in her heart, thinking that even adults can't stand it in the cold winter, let alone a child who is only four or five years old? Hurriedly took off the robe on her body and wrapped her around her carefully, and said softly, "Frozen, right?" Come, uncle, put it on you! ”

"By the way, what's your name?" Guan Yi held her small hands, sighed, and rubbed them gently.

Xu felt Guan Yi's love, the little girl twitched her nose and whispered, "An Niang." ”

"An Niang? Well, nice name! Guan Yi smiled, picked her up, and said with a smile: "Uncle has a lot of delicious food there, Anniang, can you go back with your uncle?" ”

An Niang blinked her eyes and nodded slightly, her expression was pitiful, but she didn't speak. Guan Yi saw it in his eyes, his heart was very sour, his tears flashed faintly, he tightened the robe on her body, and told Ehu to quickly carry people back.

Note: 1. Danyang, the area west of the West Gorge and north of Danshui in present-day Henan; 2. Nanzheng, the current Nanzheng is on the south bank of the Han River, a typical old name and new county, and the address of the ancient Nanzheng has a great dislocation.