Chapter 17 Welcome (Full)
After the matter here was settled, Li Sheng hurried back to the camp in the rain again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He had to go back and explain these things to his men and prepare for Zhao Yun and their arrival. Although Zhao Yun may be very casual and don't attach great importance to these, as Li Sheng, he is interested in developing everything in the direction of perfection as much as possible. Because he attaches great importance to Zhao Yun, he always wants to arrange things about him properly. This may also be regarded as a mess of concern.
Li Sheng went quickly, leaving the two medical soldiers he had brought with him for Zhao Yun and them. Maybe it was out of concern, or maybe it was because of his own need for time, Li Sheng didn't have more requirements for when Zhao Yun would go to his military camp to report, but just said lightly: "Zilong, take a look at your body yourself." It's raining heavily outside, and we don't have much to do these days, so we'll have to wait until your pain heals. Although there were no more words of concern, Zhao Yun could clearly hear his deep concern for himself from these plain words.
"He's a good man." Listening to Li Sheng's footsteps gradually disappearing, Zhao Yun inadvertently came out with such a sentence. He was touched by Li Sheng's concern.
Sister Zhao Yun came over. She had just arranged for the two soldiers who were very enthusiastic to help to go outside, preparing to sort out some personal belongings in the house by herself, when she heard Zhao Yun say this, she couldn't help but nod in agreement, and responded: "That's indeed the case." As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, her eyes slowly blurred, and her cheeks turned red.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Yun cares about his only sister very much. He couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that she had an unusual reaction, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't you suffer from the wind chill outside?" ”
"I didn't ...... Nowhere is it! Seeming to be a little scared and embarrassed, Zhao Yun blushed and quickly changed the topic to the other side while eagerly denying it: "Does the second brother have the heart to change?" ”
"Change?" Zhao Yun couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then he came to his senses: "How can you change it?" People can't do it if they don't have faith. If I had known Zixu before I met Uncle Liu, or had known him before I said that, then I might have followed him. But now......" he said and shook his head lightly, "'The clouds are not ready for anything', these words are always ringing in my ears. Uncle Liu Huang treated me very kindly, he didn't feel sorry for me, so I can only fulfill my promise - no matter how much Zixu treats me, I can't follow him because of this. Although I haven't met Uncle Huang yet, I'm already considered his subordinate. ”
"Is that so?" Zhao Yun muttered, her momentum suddenly dropped, and she looked a little listless. She wasn't talking, just silently packing up her things.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Yun looked at his sister's suddenly strange appearance, and his heart became even more uneasy, and he hurriedly asked.
"Nothing!" Zhao Yun shook her head gently, and made a nonchalant appearance as much as possible: "Second brother, you better go and rest early." The injury is not healed yet, so don't be too tired. ”
"I know that." Regarding his sister's instructions, Zhao Yun nodded confusedly. Although he didn't know what Zhao Yun's mood suddenly deteriorated for, he clearly saw that she didn't let herself continue to ask. For this, he was helpless, but he had to follow his sister's decision. "Rest early yourself." He whispered, it was the only thing he could say.
"Okay." Zhao Yun nodded lightly, carefully settled his second brother and walked out of the house. It's time for her to get upset. Ever since she saw that person today, she had faintly felt that something was wrong, her heart was a little flustered, and her eyes were always aimed at that handsome face. For that person, she always felt that there was an inexplicable charm in him that attracted her, and made her like to get along with him. Although she also knew that this was really a bit unreasonable and unruly, it was like this happened, and she was unwilling and unable to change the throbbing in her heart. She can only go with the flow, act according to her feelings, and let everything be arranged according to her own will. After all, she hadn't encountered anything like this before.
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Li Sheng returned to Guo Chang's house, and when he entered his house, he saw Luo Zhao, Zhou Rui, and Zhou Li all waiting for him there. They seem to have a lot of anger in their hearts. Even if he sat there without saying a word in his heart, Li Sheng clearly felt a dull pressure rushing towards him. "It's weird!" Li Sheng felt that something was wrong, so he secretly glanced at them, and found that the three of them were staring at him with black faces.
"What's wrong?" Li Sheng asked. Although he had vaguely guessed in his heart some of the purpose of these three people's coming, he was reluctant to directly say what offended them.
"Does the lord still regard us as courtiers?" With a calm face, Luo Zhao asked expressionlessly.
"Of course I see you as my subordinates. Does this need to be asked? Li Sheng replied as a matter of course.
"Then why do you always hide things in your heart and are willing to tell us anything? Don't we deserve your trust? Luo Zhao asked after him, the light in his eyes was very firm, as if he wanted to ask all his doubts today.
"There is no such thing." Li Sheng shook his head and hurriedly denied it. For such a great sin, he did not dare to admit it.
"And how do you explain something wrong with you lately? From the beginning of your trip to Runan, you have been very concerned about your unexpected behavior that is different from usual. Xinxi sent letters again and again, asking the lord why you didn't go back. I can see that the lord seems to have an important business to do, and we often see you frowning. We are more anxious than you are for our sin to grieve the Lord as far as we are concerned. We really want to help you solve your problems, but if you don't tell you what ♂ happened, we can't do anything. It seems to us that your lord does not trust us, so we need to ask you for an explanation - please tell us what your latest actions are for. Luo Zhao has obviously become the representative of the three people in this room, and all the words came out of his mouth, while Zhou Rui and Zhou Li just sat on the side, quietly supporting him.
"You want to know?" Li Sheng looked at them and confirmed tentatively.
"Yes!" The three of them nodded solemnly.
"Then I'll tell you." Li Sheng had no choice but to start his own explanation: "Although this is a little strange and absurd, what I said is absolutely true, and I don't need to lie to you about these things." At first, he was afraid that others would not believe his absurd ideas, so he promised in advance. Although he is already twenty-one, Li Sheng has not grown much in some aspects, he is not deep, and he is even a little childish.
"Hmm!" Everyone nodded approvingly, urging Li Sheng to hurry up: "We can't wait. ”
"Where did it start?" Li Sheng hesitated slightly, and his eyes fell into memories in confusion. Although he was forced to explain by his own men, it was impossible for him to tell him the full truth for a long time. All he could say was that it was five parts true and five parts false, which was an explanation that he had already considered. In order to make everyone fully believe this explanation, he had to dress up and embarrass his expression. He's acting, putting on a realistic play: "Around the time I was younger." At that time, the world was already in turmoil. Heroes from all over the world have taken to their own stages. Xuzhou, where I stayed, is at the junction of the north and the south, which is not only stable, but also a place where all kinds of news converge. At that time, I was still young, and I liked to listen to the deeds of heroes, such as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and so on. I am obsessed with their martial arts, and I am also obsessed with their exploits. This is perhaps a heroic episode that every boy has experienced. Because my inn has people in charge of purchasing countermeasures in various places, I often ask them to bring back a little new news. Once, I heard such a thing - Gongsun Baima and Yuan Che rode at the boundary bridge. The two armies of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the generals under Yuan Che's cavalry, came out and trapped the white horse general's men in the battle array. Suddenly, a white-robed young general stood out and defeated Yan Liang and Wen Chou in succession, and saved the white horse general. At that time, there were countless soldiers and horses under Yuan's riding tent, but no one could get close to him. This is really fierce and tight, and it is also very desirable, so I firmly remembered the name of this white-robed young general, Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong. ”
Speaking of this, Li Sheng paused slightly, gently took a sip of hot tea, pursed his lips and moistened his dry lips, and then raised his head to look at everyone. Li Sheng is not at all sure about what this story is and whether it can attract everyone's minds and make everyone think that this is true. He can only depend on the reaction of the crowd. Seeing that everyone seemed to be fascinated by his words, he smiled slightly and continued: "I am a little overly worried about the fascination of this young hero. I was excited that he had slain many enemies every time he went on the battlefield, I was worried that he wanted to be the ruler and was not accepted, I was sad that his brother had been killed, and I was so anxious that he had been idle for many years. I didn't calculate that I would have a day to dominate the world. Later, so many things have happened, and I have become the master of your big mess, and I am ready to be with the heroes of the world for a long time, but my attention to him has not decreased. It's just that the current focus is not for worship, but to gather more information about him, so that there will be a chance to subdue him in the future. He is a loyal, brave, righteous and wise general, and he is a general who is fully capable of taking on heavy responsibilities. Although his current reputation is not high, I don't think his strength is under Guan Yu, who is famous all over the world today. He is a talent, and such talents are the group we lack the most, so since I heard that Gongsun Baima's power was destroyed, he was going to come to Runan, so I always inquired about him and waited for him here when he was coming. ”
"I see." Everyone nodded yes. They were generally satisfied with Li Sheng's explanation, although there was still a little confusion in it, but they didn't dare to ask carefully to the end. After all, that may be a dilemma that the lord doesn't want to say. The lord is the master, they are the servants, and the servants must not push the lord too much. With such an explanation, it is almost the same, what Luo Zhao is thinking about now is how to beautify what Li Sheng said, and then pass it on to Xinxi.
"Well, how do you write this letter?" Luo Zhao thought about it for a moment and fell into silence. He was a man of letters, but he was not a very good man of letters. Let him write a letter immediately, he still can't do it. He had to think, think quietly.
At this time, Zhou Rui, who had been silent, spoke. For what Li Sheng said, he understands it tightly, and in addition to his young age, he still has a little bit of a child's worship of heroes, so he naturally wants to know more about this matter. So, he asked, "Has the lord met with him?" ”
"We met, and we talked. He'll be back here about tomorrow, and I think you'll meet tomorrow. Li Sheng glanced at Zhou Rui with a smile, and since he could see what he was thinking from the face of this little ghost, he nodded and told him about the situation that the other party was coming tomorrow.
"Doesn't that mean we can play with him tomorrow?" Hearing Li Sheng say this, Zhou Li and Zhou Rui's eyes lit up all of a sudden. They all had the same idea about this, and he just compared it with the one named Zhao Yun to see what kind of competition this general who was so admired by his boss was. "Is it as powerful as Huang Zhong and Master Wei Yan?" They revered. For them, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were undoubtedly the strongest martial artists they had ever talked about.
"Huh? Competition? Li Sheng was slightly stunned, but shook his head gently: "I'm afraid this won't work." ”
"Why?" Zhou Rui and Zhou Li were very puzzled. "Is that man just a name?" They were suspicious, and they couldn't help but have a strange look on their faces.
"Where did you all go?" As soon as he saw the expressions on their faces, Li Sheng understood that they wanted to be crooked, and immediately shouted loudly: "Don't keep thinking about fighting here and fighting over there." It's not a good thing to be sharp, and it's easy for him to be annoying if he shows himself too much. He warned them, and when they saw that they all heard a little under this reprimand, he explained in a low voice the reason why the two of them could not compete with Zhao Yun: "Actually, he is injured right now." It's a time to recuperate, and I don't want you to just go over and bother him. I want you to be respectful of him, after all, I'm trying to win him over, you know? ”
"Oh!" Zhou Rui and Zhou Li nodded yes and fell silent. Although they still have many questions in their hearts, but now, under the boss's sharp reprimand, how dare they immediately continue to ask? They could only be silent for a while, and after a long time, they seemed to estimate that Li Sheng was not so angry, so they asked again: "Hmm...... That one...... Boss, I don't know why that General Zhao Yun was injured? If his martial arts are strong, he can be attacked by surprise in the siege of hundreds of people? ”
"What's this?" Li Sheng, who heard this question, raised his head and looked at Zhou Rui and Zhou Li, and saw that the expectation on their faces had not disappeared, as if they had a stronger interest in this matter, and put on such a posture of breaking the sand pot and asking to the end, so he had to sigh helplessly. He originally saw that the two of them were quiet, so he went to deal with the documents he had left down these days. Seeing that they were asking questions again, he had to suspend his work and explain to them again: "The weather changed rapidly a few days ago, and many people in the army were sick. This is a very headache and helpless thing for us, thinking that we have been prepared in advance but still end up like this, let alone others? General Zilong, unfortunately, also caught up with such a thing. Because of the exhaustion of the journey, he fell ill with a cold. Originally, he could recover with a good rest, but at this time, he encountered the robbery of thieves on the side of Woniu Mountain. They took a fancy to his horse and decided to kill him. In normal times, these people may be just a piece of cake for him, but when he is seriously ill and has a fever, it is very doubtful how many layers of this combat power can be exerted. After a bloody battle, he was wounded. Although I have never worked on my muscles and bones, I have been injured and bleeding a lot, so I am naturally in urgent need of recuperation, how can I still fight with you people? I've told you all this, don't give me some trouble and give me a headache when the time comes. Li Sheng said with a smile, and at the end, he almost all warned Zhou Rui and Zhou Li with a straight face, asking them to be careful.
"Yes!" Regarding Li Sheng's two-and-two, two-and-three advice, Zhou Rui and Zhou Li didn't know how much Li Sheng valued Zhao Yun, and they couldn't help nodding their heads again and again, and stopped pondering. They were bored, so they each found two volumes of war books and battle strategies from Li Sheng's room to read. This is a habit that Li Sheng has taught them since childhood, although Li Sheng himself does not know how much they can experience these things, but Li Sheng thinks that even if they memorize these things by heart, then as long as they fight more battles and have a wide range of knowledge, they will naturally slowly understand the meaning of the military book.
To be honest, Li Sheng is not afraid of those people under him who talk on paper, as far as he thinks, as long as those people can really talk, it is also good, and they can be regarded as having some talents. As long as you don't immediately assign them heavy responsibilities, but let them exercise first, then they can grow up and gradually get out of the category of "talking on paper". "To understand people, you must be able to use people." Li Sheng felt that this was one of the most important talents of a monarch. Although he had already read a lot of these things in his past books, and he had some experience, he still clearly understood that he had not fully grasped them. He felt he still had a lot to learn.
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On the second day, the sky was somewhat opened. The cloud above his head was no longer as thick as it had been some time ago, but a little scattered. Although the rain is still dripping and falling non-stop, it is much smaller, and even the wind with the rain is also lighter, so that people will not be drenched by the strong rain to make a soup chicken even if they are wearing that robe.
Because of the need to greet that important person, when the rain was obviously much lighter, the sergeants under Li Sheng were called up early to clean up. The hall of Guo Chang's house and every corner of the middle courtyard were subcontracted to make sure that he was cleaned and tidyed. So everyone moved helplessly, showing a fiery scene. Although the rainy weather is still a little cool, many people still sweat profusely under the non-stop work.
The cleaning began at dawn and ended at the end of the hour, and hundreds of people worked to clean the places they were responsible for almost spotlessly. Zhao Yun: They didn't come until late afternoon. Li Sheng asked the hot soldiers to clean up, make a clean man, tidy up a new uniform, eat a full lunch, and wait for the arrival of important people. Although this is a bit of a formality, in Li Sheng's view, such a form is still necessary at certain necessary moments. After all, it represents an attitude, an attitude towards people.
At the beginning of the afternoon, in the light rain, a carriage drove out of the inn in the village and slowly drove towards the Guo family compound. This is the carriage arranged by Li Sheng, and the two brothers and sisters of Zhao Yun who have made an agreement with Li Sheng are sitting on it. As soldiers, they set off strictly according to the time they made with Li Sheng, neither in advance nor behind, and put on such a posture of doing what they should do.
As soon as the carriage set off, someone over there informed Li Sheng of the situation early. After getting the news, Li Sheng, who had already made all the welcome preparations, took his subordinates such as Luo Zhao, Zhou Rui, Zhou Li and others to the door of the Guo family's compound, stood under the eaves of the gate, and looked at the direction where the carriage was about to appear. They all waited for Zhao Yun's arrival with this greeting posture. For etiquette, they did a full job.
In the distance of the road, the figure of the carriage appeared. It slowly approached this direction, getting closer. In the end, he turned his head, turned sideways, and stopped, but he had already arrived at the gate of the Guo family. At this time, the two soldiers standing by the gate hurriedly stepped forward, put a stepping stool behind the cart, and then stood aside and waited quietly for the people in the cart to get down. At this moment, everyone was speechless, holding their breath, and no one dared to act rashly. They cast their keen attention on the ordinary carriage. Except for Li Sheng, everyone was curious about the man who was about to get out of the carriage.
In the midst of everyone's attention, a slender and slender foot protruded from the curtain of the carriage. The feet were wrapped in lake-green green clothes, and a dark brown cowhide boot was gently put on the top, and you could feel the lively movement at a glance. It's not a man's foot, and the onlookers can't feel the man's bearing. And as this foot fell, the beautiful face that popped out seemed to prove it - this is a woman's foot.
"Huh? What's going on? Could it be that the person named Zhao Yun is actually a woman? Since Li Sheng didn't tell everyone yesterday that Zhao Yun also had a sister Zhao Yun whose name was very similar to him, everyone on the field suddenly had a bad association in their hearts when they saw Zhao Yun walking down from the carriage. They talked one after another, muttering quietly, how could they not believe that such a young girl was as powerful as Li Sheng's legend: "Just her? Can it also rival Yan Liang and Wen Chou? They shook their heads in thought.
People who have practiced martial arts have much better ears and eyes than ordinary people. What's more, although the voices of these people on the field are very small, the voices of everyone are superimposed on them very loudly, which naturally sends these unpleasant doubts into the ears of this little girl. These words were really unpleasant, and Zhao Yun's eyebrows twisted, and he looked at Li Sheng fiercely. At this moment, she was very dissatisfied with Li Sheng. She thought that these were all good-looking things that the man on the other side had given her.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Yun conveyed this meaning with her angry gaze: "Do you want to give us a horse?" ”
"Where? These things are not clear to me. Leave it all to you. Li Sheng shook his head lightly at those people, shrugged and sent such a meaning back to the little girl.
"Understood." The girl nodded, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face. Her hand snapped back, but she held her lever bright silver spear in her hand. Zhao Yun's gun and her brother Zhao Yun are the same, and they are also eight zhang long, just because her strength as a woman is not as good as that of a man, the weight of the gun is less than Zhao Yun's, a total of forty-five catties, which is the total amount that Zhao Yun is suitable for. Right now, she had a gun in her hand, and her sharp eyes swept towards the people who still didn't stop talking, and immediately picked up a few silver spear flowers, and just hit those people without saying a word.
"Ahh For such a change in the scene, the person who was seen as the target suddenly screamed.
"Stop!" It's the shouts of others. Although they also felt that it was not good to laugh and talk like this, they could not remain indifferent to the beating of their comrades. They also wanted to step forward to stop Zhao Yun, but looking at the spear in Zhao Yun's hand that danced like a silver dragon, and looked at the slender and agile heroic posture, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and finally stopped moving. Although they all consider themselves to be bloody lords, they are not impulsive. After seeing that Zhao Yun's skills and determination were not something that his people could subdue with their bare hands, they had to think more about their own lives. So they hesitated.
It's just that their hesitation has put everyone who has long been targeted by Zhao Yun into a critical place. In the blink of an eye, the spear wrapped in a thick white cloth had been continuously lit on everyone's bodies. Of course, this can only be said by Zhao Yun himself. In fact, everyone he pointed at felt like he had been stabbed by something, and he always took a few steps back continuously, and then covered his wounds and hummed there, but he didn't have the ability to fight again. For them, this Zhao Yun is too strong, and they are not her opponents at all. After a while, those of them who knew the big man fell down one by one. Although there are also reasons for holding weapons with bare hands, and there is also the possibility of being unprepared against others, but more importantly, the strength of these people is not as good as Zhao Yun. This fact, whether they themselves want to admit it or not, is already obvious in front of everyone. Everyone was stunned by Zhao Yun, the ruthlessness and martial arts of this young girl.
"Stop!" Finally someone said it again. It's just that the direction of this voice is not from Li Sheng's side, but from the carriage. Although it was only one person who spoke up, the voice of this one person was much more useful than the number of people who spoke at the same time at the beginning. Under the interruption of this voice, Zhao Yun finally retracted the move in his hand, and pouted as if he was reluctant to stop hitting the target. She turned to look behind her, drawing the light of everyone on herself, and threw herself at her target: another handsome and handsome man from the carriage.