Li Sheng led Song De, Da Niu, Xiao Rui, and the four senior stewards on the ship to greet them, and led Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang to the cabin of the ship. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info entered the cabin, but a young swordsman stood tall and smiled kindly at the people who entered.

"You may be seated!" The man hugged Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang and knelt directly on the main seat in the cabin, he was obviously the master here.

Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang both knelt opposite him, which was considered the position of the guest. And the lords sat on either side of the man. As for Li Sheng, he sat a little to the right behind the man very strangely, and kneeling next to him was the little girl named Zhong'er that Zhuge Xuan knew at the beginning. As for Song De, Da Niu, and Xiao Rui, they stood behind Li Sheng and stood very respectfully. From Zhuge Xuan's side, it seems that they are the three little retainers under Li Sheng. - In fact, they are indeed as Zhuge Xuan thought.

"Although I don't know what this strong man's name is, I am still grateful to you for saving these children, especially Li Sheng and Zhong'er." As soon as Zhuge Xuan sat down, he thanked the person in front of him.

"You're welcome, I'm just doing my duty as a guard." The man said calmly with a faint smile on his face.

"Guards?" Zhuge Xuan was a little surprised by this: "Didn't you say that the master here is this swordsman?" Why is he still Mrs. Li's guard. ”

"Yes, I, Xu Ding, am just a guard invited by Mrs. Li. can become the leader of this place only because of Li Gongzi's avoidance, in fact, everything here is in charge of Li Gongzi. Xu Ding said calmly. He seems to be very willing to be a "subordinate".

"Oh? What about Mrs. Lee? Glancing at the bell sitting opposite, Zhuge Liang said a little strangely in his heart. In his opinion, even the underage bell can appear in such a meeting, so Mrs. Li, who is the actual employee of Xu Ding, should be here. However, he did not see Mrs. Li's pretty figure here.

As soon as Zhuge Xuan's question came out, everyone in the cabin, except for Zhong'er, looked a little gloomy. Zhuge Xuan even saw two lines of crystal tears quietly falling from the corners of Li Sheng's eyes. "What's wrong? …… Don't? Zhuge Xuan's heart suddenly swelled up with a bad feeling, and he couldn't help but ask.

Before everyone in the cabin could answer, they heard the crisp child's voice: "Brother Sheng said that his mother and father have gathered and flown together." ”

"What?" Although Zhuge Xuan already had a bad premonition in his heart, when he heard this, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression: "Can you tell me what happened?" Zhuge Xuan hurriedly asked. He had a deep affection for Mrs. Lee. In his heart, he already regarded her as his confidante. At this moment, I suddenly heard this bad news, and I naturally felt a little sad in my heart. Although he didn't cry, there was still a bit of sadness on his face.

"This ......" Xu Ding was just about to explain this matter, but suddenly heard Li Sheng's coughing sound behind him.

"Huh?" Xu Ding paused and turned his head to Li Sheng, looking at him suspiciously, his eyes revealing "What is your opinion?" The meaning comes.

"Huh! I think I'll talk about it later! It's time for everyone to reunite, and we should be happy. Li Sheng snorted, smiled and said to the entire cabin, but his eyes glanced at the bell beside him.

"It's good, it's good!" Zhuge Xuan paid great attention to Li Sheng's eyes. When he saw Li Sheng signaling himself so carefully, he suddenly understood a lot in his heart: "Here, they are still there, and it is really not suitable to talk about the next topic." ”

However, if you don't ask clearly, how can you know the ins and outs of all this? Zhuge Xuan hesitated in his heart, not knowing how difficult he was. He didn't have a good excuse to go down the stairs for such a situation. So he chose to be silent, and chose to wait quietly without any sound.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly opened his mouth: "Brother Sheng, you and my uncle must have a lot to say after not seeing each other for so long, I wonder if you want to open a place by yourself and have a good chat?" You've been apart for so long, what's special, please? ”

"Well, that's fine." Li Sheng nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhuge Xuan with interest. He knew that it would be better to deal with this matter like this.

Since they had all decided in this way, the people in the cabin naturally turned the conversation to something pleasant. For example, talk about the "beautiful scenery" around you, and talk about the interesting things in the past. All in all, everyone is reluctant to be here, in front of the bell to evoke her sad memories.

chatting happily, Xu Ding and the others invited Zhuge Xuan to eat here. Although they are still on the run, they can't have too good things to entertain Zhuge Xuan and others, but they still very enthusiastically hope that Zhuge Xuan and others can stay and accept the "banquet" from their side. For this reason, Li Sheng had already sent someone to invite all the people from the Zhuge family who had gone south. By the time they sent out the invitation, Zhuge Yan, Zhuge Ling, Gan Hai and others had already arrived on the ship. Zhuge Xuan no longer had any reason to refuse.

"Do you want to go back and re-open your account? It's impossible to think about it. Facing the family members who came in one by one, Zhuge Xuan looked at Li Sheng with a wry smile: "You! ”

The dishes served on the table were not fish, but meat. Because of Cao Cao's slaughter of the people and the abandonment of their corpses in Suishui, the fish in Suishui River became dependent on the flesh of dead people. It is not clear which fish eat meat, but the terrible surface of the river is enough to stop people from fishing.

In order to replenish the meat on the ship, their fleet went directly west along the Suishui River to the upper mountains belonging to Yuzhou to hunt game. It's a necessity - there are a few imps on the ship who are still growing, and no matter how hungry the adults are, they must be fed as much as possible. Therefore, there is a difference in the distribution of meat at the banquet, except for guests such as Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang, only Li Sheng, Zhong'er and other little ghosts have four or five pieces of meat in the bowl, and as for the others, there is only one piece in the bowl. Even in the bowl of Xu Ding, the leader here.

"Looks like it's going to be pretty tough here." When Zhuge Liang was eating, he whispered in Zhuge Xuan's ear.

"It was hard, but there were genuine smiles on everyone's faces. They already feel satisfied. This is actually a kind of happiness. Zhuge Xuan said to Zhuge Liang solemnly: "In fact, these people's requirements are very low. It is a shame for us scholars to let them not even enjoy such low requirements. ”

"That's also ......" Zhuge Liang was silent, and it took a long time for him to say in his uncle's ear: "Compared to what they eat, we who enjoy food and clothing every day should be ashamed." ”

"That's right!" Zhuge Xuan nodded heavily: "Yasheng once said: 'The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light. But now most of us are: 'The king is precious, the community is secondary, and the people are cheap.' Their mouths are full of the words of the saints, but in reality they always turn the words of the saints upside down. These people are villains. Ah Liang, you have to be careful of such people in the future. ”

"Hmm." Zhuge Liang nodded yes to the teaching.

After eating the meal like this, Li Sheng immediately pulled Zhuge Xuan to his cabin on the grounds that he wanted to ask Zhuge Xuan some questions. Of course, Zhuge Liang was also entourage, he followed his uncle by himself, like a scholar. Li Sheng didn't ask his name, so he naturally regarded him as Zhuge Xuan's follower - just a more high-level follower, the kind who could properly say something bad for his master.

Entering Li Sheng's cabin, the two sides still divided the guest and host. Li Sheng poured three cups of water and put them in front of Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang, and said slightly apologetically: "There is no good tea here, only three cups of spring water." I ask for your forgiveness. ”

"You're welcome." Zhuge Xuan shook his head gently, he looked at Li Sheng intently, looked at his emaciated face, and felt a little painful in his heart: "What happened to you over there?" How did you end up here? What about Mrs. Lee? What about her? ”

"My aunt was killed by Cao Bing." Li Sheng said in a low voice, as soon as he talked about this, even after so long, he was still so heartbroken that he cried.

"What? Didn't she escape? Zhuge Xuan still couldn't believe such news.

"We escaped early. But because he was in a hurry, he forgot to bring out the important genealogy and his grandfather's spiritual seat, so he had to go back to get these things, and as a result, he ......" Li Sheng choked up and said the events of that day intermittently: "...... We all thought that Cao Bing, who had broken his leg, was not lethal, but we didn't think that even in that situation, he didn't give up his heart to kill us. I was careless, so I ...... Alas! Li Sheng said this briefly, looking very depressed.

"In that kind of situation, no one can say what the problem will be." Zhuge Xuan sighed and comforted Li Sheng helplessly: "The deceased is gone, Zixu should not be too sad." The road ahead is up to you. ”

"I understand this...... Li Sheng gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded heavily.

At this time, Zhuge Xuan asked again: "Then what will you do later?" In the midst of such a panic, how did you assemble such a team? ”

"At that time......" remembered the most difficult days, Li Sheng's eyes became miserable, and he fell into the memories of the past.

*****

How that day passed, Li Sheng couldn't remember it clearly. He only felt like a walking corpse: it seemed as if he had ridden back with a little kite; It seems that he has told everyone the news of the death of his "aunt"; I vaguely remember that everyone was very sad, and a room full of people seemed to be crying there for a long time; It seems that Zhong'er cried the most, she fainted from crying, and after waking up, she kept clamoring for her mother; It seemed that she had no choice but to lame and said, "My aunt has gone to heaven with my uncle and grandfather, and they will live well in heaven." ”； It seems that those people found themselves again after grief, and after bowing down to themselves, they pushed themselves to the act of Mrs. Li, calling themselves masters; It seems very strange that there are still Song De's friends here. All this made me feel like a puppet at the mercy of others, and my brain became like a paste, and I really didn't know why. I don't know what happened at that time, I just know that everyone has to do it themselves, and I can only do it.

It was on the second day that I really cleared my head. Because Cao Hong's soldiers and horses are heading towards Yan Village, although there are not many more than 1,000 people, and the commander of the army is also a famous captain, but it is enough to slaughter the village. Faced with such a situation, these people in the Surabaya annex urgently need a clear guide from the new head of the house. So, they rushed into Li Sheng's bedroom, dragged him out of bed, and poured a basin of cold water over his head, so that he, who had been in chaos, could come to his senses for a moment.

"Well, what's wrong? What went wrong? Li Sheng asked with a glare.

"Cao Hong's all the way to attack here. Where we go now, I still ask the head of the family to show us. A steward who was about thirty years old said respectfully to Li Sheng.

"Cao Bing is coming! I don't have any good ideas, so why should you ask me? You can go and ask Xu Ding directly. He probably knows more than I do. Li Sheng was slightly stunned, but he wanted to shirk it. He had just come to his senses, but he encountered such a big problem at the beginning, but there was nothing he could do in his heart.

"Because you are now the head of our Li family." The stewards said in unison.

"When was that?" Li Sheng thought it was strange.

"Yesterday, did you forget?" The steward replied respectfully, "That is the lady's will." ”

"Death?" Li Sheng vaguely remembered this incident and couldn't help but sigh. He collected his mood a little, and after sorting out the clues in his head, he said to the stewards, "Go to the hall." I'll need to know a little bit more. ”

"Understood." The crowd shouted in unison.

The hall is still the same hall, and the seats are still arranged like that, but the people above have changed. From a beautiful young woman with a graceful demeanor, she has become such a childish boy who has not yet grown up.

"The head of the family." Even in the original modern society, Li Sheng was not able to become the head of the family. For such a position, he only felt that there was infinite full existence, and it was naturally infinite to be able to shout and call to a group of people. But now that he is really sitting in this position, he really feels the weight of the pressure on his shoulders.

"Be responsible for all the people in this hall. It's not something I can afford to be a ghost. He thought to himself, a little scared. Although in the eyes of others, he was a calm and witty precocious person, but he himself did not dare to think so highly. He realized that the reason why he knew so much was actually based on the many comments and known historical facts about the Three Kingdoms in the original modern era. Knowing the results and piecing together the conclusions from many clues is indeed much easier than just having clues to find the results yourself.

He really wanted to reject these people. Because he knows he's not that kind of material. The so-called "Wu Sheng Lu Bu, Zhibi Kong Ming" is just a self-consolation in his spare time. It's really hard for him to get there. However, looking at the trusting gazes on the faces of everyone in the hall, he felt a little unbearable. He is just an ordinary person, and his skin is not very thick, so he naturally can't turn a blind eye to such a gaze.

"I can't let them down." Thinking about it, he involuntarily straightened up, and the look on his face became serious.

After kneeling on the main seat, Li Sheng raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that those principals were kneeling on both sides of the hand one after another, and behind them stood Song De, Da Niu, and Xiao Rui, as for Zhong'er and Xu Ding, they did not appear in the hall. Because according to the family rules, women and outsiders who do not have deacons are not allowed to enter the hall - of course there are no deacons to do when they are still young, and Xu Ding and others are temporarily joined, so they are naturally counted as outsiders.

"That's not going to work." Li Sheng frowned slightly, "We are going to discuss the matter of escape, which is a major matter related to everyone's lives." Everyone has only one life, and we definitely don't have the full strength to decide the names of others. So, I think that in the current situation, we should let them come to such meetings as long as they are willing to follow us. ”

"However, this is the rule left by our ancestors." One of the principals whispered.

"If you think rules are more important than life, you can follow them." Li Sheng glanced at the principal coldly and put down his words. Although the principals in front of him were all older than him, and they were all his elders in terms of seniority, Li Sheng clearly knew that he should properly show his majesty on such an occasion, and everything had to be done officially.

Everyone shut up. They glanced at Li Sheng quietly, and there was an inexplicable glint in their eyes. It seems that they have only now really met Li Sheng.

The authority of the parent is such that no one can resist. Under such authority, the fathers of Zhong'er, Xu Ding, Song De, Da Niu and Xiao Rui's parents all came to this hall. In the so-called order of dignity and humility, they, the "insignificant", sat down on their knees at the hands of the principals.

Seeing that everyone was here, Li Sheng finally clicked on today's topic at the beginning. He motioned to Aunt Mei, who was in charge of the intelligence of Surabaya Ju, and asked her to tell everyone the latest information at the moment: "A branch of Cao Hongjun, commanded by his deputy general Li Dian to command 5,000 troops in the direction of Yancun, seems to be going to attack Xu County. ”

"Li Dian?" Li Sheng was slightly stunned when he heard this familiar name, and then nodded: "This person has average force, but he has good strategy, and he can be regarded as a wise general." Since we came with 5,000 soldiers and horses, we had no other countermeasure than to run away. ”

"Hmm!" Everyone in the hall nodded silently. This is the right reason, and at the moment, there is not even a single soldier or horse in the hands of everyone, so naturally they can only survive by escaping.

"Then, Mr. Xu, there are no new changes in Xu County." Li Sheng asked Xu Ding, who was sitting behind everyone. After arriving in Xu County, he will be responsible for the actions. In this ever-changing world, everyone needs to know more.

"Hmm!" Xu Ding nodded heavily, "No problem." ”

"Then let's run away. I gave up everything I could give up, and it was true that I was left with my life. Li Sheng urged. He knew that the evacuation of his side had to be much faster than that of Cao Jun's, otherwise it would not be good if he left clues and was tracked by Cao Jun's light cavalry.

"Understood." Everyone received the order and quickly went about their own business. No one asked the people how they were, because they knew that if they were to save them, they would have to put their lives on the line. There's really no need for them to take that risk.

Because he got the news of Cao Cao's march very early, because Li Sheng's side made a quick decision, when Li Dian's team surrounded this Yan Village, Li Sheng had already led his own people to approach for two hours.

They arrived in Xu County in the evening of that day. Facing the county seat that is one size bigger than Xiaqiu, Li Sheng is still not very sure, he discussed it with Xu Ding, and planned to go directly to the boat to rest after passing through the city.

After all, on land, Cao Cao could chase, surround, and attack no matter what, and once he got on the boat, Cao Cao had nothing to do with himself. Cao Cao would not have been able to deal with his own people without a naval army.

When I came to the predetermined lake, I saw a seven-line boat docked there, without any flag that could be identified.

"Is it Cao Cao's warship?" Li Sheng saw Xu Ding's face twitch for a moment, and couldn't help but ask worriedly. Although it has always been said that Cao Cao does not have a water army, no one understands whether it is true or not. Maybe there is no large-scale naval army, but there are still small-scale fleets. Especially since Cao Cao occupied the lower minister, there will definitely be some warships.

"It's not!" Xu Ding shook his head and said with some sadness: "This is the warship of Xuzhou, which belongs to the Guangling Hongze Naval Army. Saying that, he felt a little strange: "The Hongze Water Army was originally the army of Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu, after Zhao Yu died, they should have been taken away by Charong, how could it be ......?" I remember asking my brother to take the merchant ship. ”

"Maybe some of Zhao Yu's subordinates didn't like to follow Charong and sneaked out, but they ran into Mr. Xu's brother's invitation again. Otherwise, they shouldn't have been here so coincidentally. Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, he shouldn't have any hostility towards us." ”

"Hmm." Xu Ding nodded and agreed with Li Sheng's analysis: "Only in this way is it reasonable." As he spoke, he stepped forward and gazed at the bow of the warship, where there was a small blue tooth waving in the wind. This is our ship. The cyan tooth flag is the mark of the agreement between Ziyue and me. Xu Ding finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the tooth flag, and a relieved smile appeared on his face. He quickly took a few steps forward and shouted at the boat: "Is it Peng Ling Peng Ziyue?" ”

"Brother Gongze, the younger brother has been waiting here for a long time." As soon as the words fell, a young man wearing soft armor and holding a spear came out of the bow of the ship, and said to Xu Ding with his fists. The so-called "public rule" is Xu Ding's word.

Peng Ling is a cheerful young man, and unlike most men nowadays, he does not like to grow a beard, especially a long beard. For him, growing a beard will make him look old, and he doesn't like to be old.

"So, just leave a glance on your upper lip so that people don't think of me as a eunuch." Peng Ling, who welcomed everyone to the boat and loved to laugh, soon got into a fight with Li Sheng, Song De and other little ghosts, and when Song De and others asked why his beard was shorter than others, Peng Ling said so. When he spoke, the pair of bright gestures were squinted under the action of the curved eyelids, and the upward amplitude of the corners of his mouth made people think that he was smiling.

The ship lifted anchor and floated on Hongze Lake. The space on the boat is not large, so there is little room for everyone to move. At the moment, they were still in the midst of a tense flight, and until Cao Cao's troops completely withdrew from Xuzhou, there was probably no place that was safe. Therefore, Li Sheng was not playing with Song De and them, from the moment he got on the boat, in addition to comforting Zhong'er from time to time, he firmly locked his eyes on Peng Ling.

"Your marksmanship is good?" After getting acquainted with Peng Ling, Li Sheng asked him at the right time. It was on the bow of the ship, two men standing side by side, facing the evening breeze blowing in front of them. Although it was the first time to take a boat, and the boat was shaking quite a lot, Li Sheng, who had always had a good sense of balance, did not feel dizzy.

"So-so! At least he can have a tie with Xu Ding's kid's sword. Peng Ling squinted his eyes and said.

"Can you teach me marksmanship?" Li Sheng made his own request.

"Why do you want to learn to shoot? Don't all people who read books like to be equipped with swords? A gun is no easier to carry on your body than a sword. Peng Ling looked at Li Sheng's fair face and emaciated body and said. He always thought that Li Sheng was a scholar.

"I don't want to be a mere reader. With so much going on, I long to get justice from Cao Cao on the battlefield. Li Sheng replied quietly: "The world can be attributed to anyone, but it must not be attributed to a person who can slaughter the people." Cao Cao did such a thing, and he was not qualified to dominate the world. ”

"Is the goal to defeat Cao Cao? It seems like a lot of difficulty. At least among the current heroes, I haven't found anyone better than him. If the current troubled times don't end quickly, I'm afraid that the shame of the early Han Dynasty will reappear, and there should be many more people dead at that time than now. Peng Ling lightly rejected Li Sheng's request. He believed that although Cao Cao's methods were a little more intense, as long as he could quickly put things in order, unify the whole of Middle-earth, and prevent foreign tribes from invading the Central Plains, he should tolerate what he did.

"But in that case, the unjust spirits here won't agree! Mr. Peng is also said to be from Xuzhou, and his hometown seems to be in Pengcheng. Li Sheng said lightly. The words he spoke were like a needle that pierced Peng Ling's heartache.

Of course, Peng Ling knew the meaning of Li Sheng's words: "Don't tell me anything here, forever." If Cao Cao's current atrocities were tolerated, those who were slaughtered by Cao Cao would not agree. You Pengling is also from Pengcheng, Xuzhou. Pengcheng was also slaughtered by Cao Cao, how do you not know that there are no relatives and friends among those killed by Cao Cao, if you don't avenge them, then you are disloyal, unfilial, and unrighteous. ”

"Alas! I understand what you're saying. Peng Ling was silent for a while, and then opened his mouth faintly: "I will teach you marksmanship." But I want you to agree to one condition. ”

"On what terms?" Li Sheng asked.

"If you really defeat Cao Cao and unify the Central Plains, I hope you can sweep away the uneasiness outside the plug." Peng Ling said worriedly.

"That's what I'll do. Moreover, not only do I want to do this, but I also want to make all the places in the world that are illuminated by the sun become the land of our Han people, so that all the people who live in these lands will submit to our Han people. Li Shenghao said angrily.

"You're so ambitious. Can it really be done? Peng Ling didn't believe that.

"I can't do it in my lifetime, I still have my offspring. One generation can't do it, there are still ten generations, hundreds of generations. As long as our children and grandchildren are not content with pleasure and strive endlessly, what else can we not do? Li Sheng's view is somewhat different from Peng Ling's.

"Huh! You're looking at it very openly. In that case, you can bring your companions with you tomorrow. You have the qualifications of a leader, you shouldn't just focus on personal bravery, it's not good to be a person like a bully. It still takes people around you to charge into battle. Peng Ling said and turned around: "I'll wait for you on this deck tomorrow." ”

"Yes......" Li Sheng saluted Peng Ling's back with a heavy fist.