Xu Huang pointed with his hand and said to Zhang Jun: "Lord Zhang, look, the village over there seems to be on fire." ”

Zhang Jun had actually seen the fire a long time ago, and during this time, Liu Xin did not remind them to pay attention to the matter of preventing horse thieves from robbing the village's grain, and when he saw this scene, he thought that it might be a horse thief. However, Zhang Jun had the idea that more things were better than less, and he just wanted to return to Hejian County as soon as possible, pretending not to see it. Now that Xu Huang said it, he couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to say: "General Xu, probably the villagers accidentally walked out of the water, it's daytime, it is estimated that it will be extinguished soon, don't worry about him, we still have to hurry." ”

Xu Huang said: "Lord Zhang's words are wrong! Xu once had a long talk with Lord Liu. Lord Liu is most concerned about the suffering of ordinary people, Xu deeply believes this, you and I, as officials of the imperial court, should do something practical for the people. We don't have anything important to do, and since we have encountered it, we should take the initiative to help the people put out the fire. ”

After Xu Huang finished speaking, he ran towards the village, and the soldiers all looked at Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun thought to himself, the horse thieves must be some extremely vicious people, and he didn't know if he was still in the village, so he didn't want to take this risk, but it was not good to leave Xu Huang alone. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Jun had no choice but to divide half of the soldiers to catch up with Xu Huang and help him put out the fire for the villagers, while he took the rest of the soldiers to follow behind slowly. Except for Zhang Jun in this team, who was sitting in a carriage, everyone else was on foot, and more than a dozen empty carts were pulled, so naturally they couldn't all join the firefighting team.

Although Xu Huang didn't have a horse, he ran very fast, leaving those soldiers far away. Xu Huang rushed into the village, feeling that the situation was not right, and only heard the sound of scolding, crying and the sound of horses' hooves. Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, but saw a group of people gathered in the center of the village, these people were masked, riding horses, and were throwing bags of grain into the fire, and many villagers kneeling next to him, all of them cried bitterly, and the fire light that he saw in the distance just now came from here.

Xu Huang's heart is not good, where is the water, it is clearly a horse thief, he can't hesitate at the moment, and shouts: "Stop!" Who are you and what are you doing? ”

When the horse thieves heard Xu Huang's shouting, they all looked back. There was a person in the middle who seemed to be a leader, and when he saw Xu Huang's dress, he saw that there seemed to be some soldiers in the distance who were also going straight to the village, and shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming, go quickly!" When the horse thieves scattered around the village heard this, they beat their horses and went out of the village.

Xu Huang shouted: "Hugh go!" He drew his waist knife and slashed at a horse thief who ran past him, and the horse thief was caught off guard and planted his horse. Xu Huang snatched the horse and went after the leader. The horse thieves moved quickly and had already withdrawn from the village, and Xu Huang gave chase, cutting down two more horse thieves along the way. The leader turned his head and saw that he was getting farther away from the village, and deceived Xu Huang to be alone, so he "whistled", and all the horse thieves turned their horses' heads one after another, surrounding Xu Huang in the middle. Xu Huang looked around and saw that there were about 20 horse thieves.

The thief captured the king first, Xu Huang didn't say anything, and rushed to the leader with a horse. The horse thieves also pounced on Xu Huang one after another. Xu Huang, not at all afraid, swung a single knife, blocked left and right, and in the blink of an eye, injured three or four horse thieves, and was only one horse's head away from the leader. Seeing Xu Huang's rapid momentum, the leader was a little flustered, shook the spear in his hand, and stabbed at Xu Huang. Xu Huang's eyes were sharp, his hands were quick, he grabbed the barrel of the gun, and took the opportunity to take it into his arms, and the leader couldn't retract his momentum, so he knocked off the horse. Xu Huang threw away his single knife, snatched his spear casually, danced on his horse, and stabbed down five or six horse thieves one after another, and the rest of the horse thieves saw it, shouted and fled. The leader had fallen a lot just now, and now he slowly got up, trying to find a horse to escape, but he was already pointed in the throat by Xu Huang. Without waiting for Xu Huang to open his mouth to ask, he saw that the leader's eyes were closed, his body was pushed forward, and the tip of the spear instantly passed through his throat, and he couldn't live. Xu Huang couldn't imagine that this person would rather die than surrender, but he also had some backbone, shook his head, gathered a few ownerless war horses, and returned to the village.

As soon as the thieves left the village, the villagers extinguished the fire and snatched out the food that had not had time to burn. Zhang Jun also led people into the village slowly, and learned from the villagers that Xu Huang chased the horse thief, but he didn't dare to bring people to help, so he only sent three or five soldiers to find out the news, and he stayed in the village to wait. After a while, someone reported back, saying that he had seen Xu Huang and was leading a few empty horses back to the village, so Zhang Jun dared to bring someone to meet him.

Because Xu Huang arrived in time, most of the grain was snatched back, and the loss of the villagers was not large. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Zhang Jun did not want to stay here and urged Xu Huang to continue his journey.

The group hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at the county town of Hejian before the city gate was closed. Liu Xin was overjoyed to see Xu Huang, Dian Wei and he were old acquaintances, so there was no need to introduce him. Liu Xin sent someone to call Zhao Yun and Zhang He, let them meet, and asked someone to lift out the big axe weighing fifty-six catties that had just been made of iron. Xu Huang took the big axe and couldn't put it down. Since then, Liu Xin has added another fierce general.

Liu Xin listened to Xu Huang talk about what he encountered on the road, and his expression became serious. This thing is very strange, usually horse thieves rob, nothing more than for property, occasionally robbed, they gather in the mountains and forests, they are not afraid to show their true faces. And this gang of horse thieves not only masked, but also the target of the robbery was only food, and they did it very thoroughly, and all the grain that could not be taken away was burned, which made Liu Xin puzzled.

Back in the back house, Liu Xin was still worried. Seeing this, Ma Yun asked, "Husband, what's going on?" ”

Liu Xin told her what Xu Huang had seen.

"These people are obviously not horse thieves, they are somewhat similar to the horse thieves who robbed Zhaojia Village, didn't you say that there have been a lot of such incidents recently? I'm sure there is a powerful dark force, and judging by the leader's death-seeking actions, it must be controlled by a religion-like belief. Ma Yun thought for a while and analyzed, "Husband, there will be a Yellow Turban Uprising in more than a year, and I think these people pretending to be horse thieves should have nothing to do with Taiping Dao." ”

Liu Xin asked puzzledly: "The Yellow Turban Rebellion was uncovered because the vast number of poor peasants could not stand the oppression. ”

Ma Yun stretched out her finger and tapped Liu Xin's forehead and said, "It's good for you to use your brain." Why did the peasants rebel? That's when they can't live. As long as there is a mouthful of food to eat, who will risk the crime of killing the head to rebel? If everyone lives well, there will be no market for Taiping Road. Only when everyone can't survive, Zhang Jiao raises his arms and exhales, and he will respond like a cloud. This year, the whole north has a bumper harvest, and the people can have a good year again. Who would least want to see this? That is Zhang Jiao, who has been planning to rebel and seize the world. So if these things were done by Taipingdao, it would make sense. ”

Liu Xin slapped her thigh when she heard this, and said excitedly: "It's still my wife who is smart, such a complicated problem has made you figure it out, it seems that there is a sentence to be changed." ”

Ma Yun said strangely: "What words?" ”

Liu Xin grinned and said: "Isn't there a saying called Wolong and Fengzhi, and the two have to be one to settle the world." I think it can be changed to those who have Ma Yun can settle down in the world. ”

Ma Yunjiao said angrily: "What nonsense, am I so powerful?" Settle the world, that's the business of you officials, and I'm not an official. ”

Liu Xin whispered in her ear: "Anyway, you have made a great contribution today, and I will reward you well in the evening." ”

Ma Yun's face suddenly showed a happy smile: "Don't think!" I already have. ”

Liu Xin asked puzzledly, "What is already there?" ”

Ma Yun glanced at him: "You are stupid, you have been tossing and turning every night for a month, haven't you noticed that I haven't come?" I don't care about people at all. ”

Liu Xin touched his head and muttered, "Which one is that?" Yes! You mean, you have a ......" Liu Xin finally understood that Ma Yun was pregnant. Liu Xin knew that the medical level in this era was very low, and it was a difficult time for women to give birth, and many women died because of dystocia, and a trace of worry flashed on her face.

Ma Yun didn't notice Liu Xin's abnormality, and was still full of happy smiles: "Well, I feel a little lazy these days, and I called Lang Zhong to see it today, and it's been a month." ”

Liu Xin was afraid of affecting Ma Yun's mood, so she pretended to be excited, buried her head in her lower abdomen, and said, "Quick, let me see." ”

Ma Yun patted Liu Xin's head lightly: "It's only been a month, what to see." From today onwards, you sleep alone in the outer room. "Since the second girl was driven away, there has been no more maidservants in the outer room, and it has been empty.

Liu Xin suddenly wilted: "No, you are so ruthless." ”

Ma Yun showed a sly smile and said, "Who made you move so big every time, I don't want you to hurt my son." ”

Liu Xin stroked Ma Yun's lower abdomen and said, "It would be great if I gave birth to a daughter who looks as beautiful as you." ”

Ma Yun glared at Liu Xin, who was still lying on her stomach and refused to get up, and said, "No, I want to give birth to a son." ”

Liu Xin said without raising his head: "My daughter is good, my daughter is a caring little padded jacket." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it must be a son." "It's a daughter." "It's the son." ……

A dispute between the two over the birth of a boy and a girl ended in nothing, and another war ended in Liu Xin's complete defeat, and he was finally driven to sleep alone in the outer bed.

In the next few days, Ma Yun became Liu Xin's key protection object. Her job as an instructor for Flying Tiger was also suspended indefinitely; The food in Taishoufu, which has always been frugal, has also improved recently, and in order to ensure Ma Yun's appetite, Liu Xin also cooks by himself; In order to make Ma Yun more comfortable, Liu Xin also drew patterns, hired carpenters, and made some modern furniture, tables, chairs and benches.

Looking at Liu Xin, who was busy with herself, Ma Yun had an indescribable feeling of happiness, yes, that was the feeling of home, this was the first time she had this feeling when she came to this new world, and Ma Yun, who was in a happy mood, couldn't help humming a pop song.

Although Liu Xin pretended to be very happy on the surface, she was actually very worried in her heart, Ma Yun may be the only person in the world who has a common language with her, if something happens to her because she gave birth to a child, then he can't forgive herself. In order to distract himself, he began to devote himself to his work.

There are two people in the army, Zhang He and Xu Huang, who serve as captains, and basically don't need him to worry about it. Under the rotation of Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, Flying Tiger Wei can definitely become an elite. Liu Xin doesn't have any idea of fighting for the world, he just wants to survive the Yellow Turban Uprising safely, and then he can live a few years of peace, and then wait for the world to be chaotic, the heroes rise together, and Cao Yuan fights for hegemony, and when the time comes, just find an opportunity to take refuge under Cao Ying's door, at least he can have no worries about food and clothing.

The only trouble now is that he can be said to be ignorant of the political affairs of this era, and most of these officials under him are Li Cheng's henchmen in the past, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not disobey the yang and the yin, although they are temporarily suppressed, after a long time, when they figure out their own truth and truth, there will definitely be repetition. For Liu Xin, the top priority is to find a few trustworthy strategists, Dian Wei only knows how to kill people and drink, Zhao Yun is still a child, and Xu Huang is not a local, so it seems that he can only ask Zhang He.