The night was dark, and there were only bursts of hurried footsteps on the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

"Captain, let's continue the search?"

"You're tired, rest for two hours, and we'll continue to search in the second half of the night, and find Zhuge Liang at all costs!"

"Yes!"

After Jiang Yan walked out of the mansion, he looked up at the night, he did not continue to search the streets, thought about it, and went back to his mansion, after all, he had been guarding the mansion for a few days, and he had not seen his wife and children for some time, and he was somewhat worried.

Nowadays, the situation in Chang'an is surging, and there is really no absolutely safe place.

He led hundreds of soldiers in a southeasterly direction, and soon appeared in front of his mansion.

The Jiang family's mansion is also the residence of Chang'an Lieutenant Jiang Yu, this mansion is actually very ordinary, three in and three out before and after, and it can be regarded as a big mansion, built in the Chang'an Mansion less than two streets.

"Sir!" The old housekeeper heard the movement, walked out of the gate, looked at Jiang Yi who came, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse.

"Lao Ding, how is your family?"

Jiang Yu jumped off the horse, looked at the old butler who had followed him for many years, and asked in a deep voice.

"Master, Madame and Son, all are well!"

When the old housekeeper heard this, he smiled and nodded in reply, but Jiang Yu didn't notice that the back of his hand trembled a little, and even his throat involuntarily had a trace of stalk.

"That's good!"

Jiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he turned his head, swept his gaze, looked at the hundreds of soldiers under his command, and said, "Wait for me outside the mansion for an hour, and I'll go!" ”

Today's Chang'an City is not peaceful, not only is there a rebellion in Dongwu Jinyi, but also a dangerous person has infiltrated, and he, the captain of Chang'an, naturally can't have any peaceful life.

"No!"

All the soldiers nodded and took orders, and one by one rested on the spot.

Jiang Yan strode into his mansion, but when he walked in, he suddenly felt that something was wrong around him, but he couldn't say anything wrong.

"Lao Ding, how can the servants in our house have changed, they are all fresh faces!"

He looked at it, knew where the problem was, and quickly asked.

"Master, Chang'an City is now in chaos everywhere, you have official business in the government, I don't dare to trouble you, but I am worried that someone will be unfavorable to Mrs. and Gongzi, so I paid to hire some young and strong nurses!"

When Lao Ding heard this, his heart trembled, and he saw that the fierce and vicious people around him were warning him, he gritted his teeth and made up a reason.

As the old housekeeper of the Jiang family, he is loyal to Jiang Yi, but his wife and son are in their hands, if he acts rashly and causes his wife and son to be harmed, he will be unforgivable.

"Well, you did the right thing, Chang'an is indeed not peaceful now!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded, and he didn't doubt it, he asked a few little guys to take off the heavy armor on their bodies, and then walked towards the inner courtyard.

"Madame!"

Jiang Yan walked into an inner courtyard and looked at the lights in one of the halls flickering, looking slightly happy.

His wife is not a lady, just an ordinary farmer girl in the Xiliang land, but she is gentle by nature, she is affectionate with each other, and her feelings are long-lasting, and she also gave birth to a white, chubby, and intelligent son for him.

So they have a good relationship as husband and wife.

"Husband, let's go!"

Inside the house, a gentle woman who was trembling and sitting on a bamboo mat heard her husband's voice, and suddenly burst out with courage, regardless of the guards of the black-clothed men around her, she stood up directly and rushed out, her face a little flustered.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward in three steps and two steps, helped his stumbling wife up at once, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Captain Jiang, please!"

More than a dozen men in black suddenly appeared in the room, quickly taking on a half-moon shape to surround Jiang Yan, and the men in black led by him made a respectful gesture towards the house.

"Who are you waiting for?"

Jiang Yi glanced around, and suddenly there was a trace of coolness in his heart, he held his wife with one hand, without saying a word, and with the other hand, he pulled out the saber that had not been untied from his waist before backhanding, and the sword pointed at these men in black and asked.

"Husband, you have to be careful, Xiao Wei is in their hands!"

The woman hurriedly grabbed the sword in her husband's hand in a hurry, and pleaded: "Don't let them hurt Xiaowei!" ”

"Damn, what do you want to break into my mansion and blackmail my wife and children?"

When Jiang Yan heard this, his heart was cold, his eyes suddenly became murderous, and the long sword in his hand was sideways, without the slightest fear of the black-clothed people, and he shouted and scolded.

"Captain Jiang, please!"

The men in black didn't answer, but pointed to the inside of the house.

"Madam, don't worry, for the husband is here, Bao Er will be safe!"

Jiang Yan took a deep breath, put down the long sword in his hand, and walked into the lobby of the house, now that his son was in the hands of others, he couldn't go in, and he also wanted to know who had entered his mansion under his eyelids.

"Is that him?"

As soon as he stepped inside, he looked up and saw a face that shocked him.

And the scene in the lobby seems a little weird, without the slightest tension, and it looks a little warm.

Above the lobby, next to the bookcase, a young man in a Confucian robe sat cross-legged, patiently educating a five-year-old child to read: "Xiaowei, you like this book so much, you read it, what are the words on it?" ”

"Three...... Ten...... Sixth, this ......" The little boy was wearing a light gray cloth robe, his black hair was neatly combed, and he was not afraid of the young man in the Confucian robe around him, and his dark jade eyes were unusually bright.

"This word reads a plan, a plan of schemes!"

"Count!"

"Yes, thirty-six tricks!"

"Thirty-six strategies!"

Xiao Tong looked at the title of the book with his eyes, repeated it, and said with some excitement: "Uncle, my father likes this book very much, he often says that as long as I read this book, I can go to the battlefield with him in the future, uncle, can you teach me how to read it!" ”

"Xiao Wei, this is not an ordinary book, this is a military book, you know?"

"Uncle, what kind of military book?"

"The Book of War is a book that teaches you how to fight?"

"Uncle, is it true that if I read this book, my father can go to the battlefield to fight together in the future?" Xiao Tong asked innocently.

"You're still young, and when you learn all the words above, I'll teach you to read this book like this, okay?" The young man in the Confucian robe said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiao Wei must have learned these words by heart, but uncle, will you not be able to speak and count?" The child said with a blank eye: "Father often speaks and doesn't count!" ”

"No!"

The young man in the Confucian robe patted his little head and said, "Uncle is an official who is even bigger than your father. ”

"Then let's pull the hook!"

"Good!"

Two hands, one large and one small, hooked together.

"Zhuge Kongming!"

Jiang Yan spit out a name in embarrassment, and his voice of gritting teeth kept echoing in the hall.

"Father!"

When Xiao Jiang Wei heard this, he looked up and saw his father walking in, stood up happily, rushed directly to his father's, and hugged his father's hard thighs: "You haven't been home for many days, the child and mother miss you so much!" ”

"Good!"

Jiang Yan looked at his son, the sword in his hand was raised gently, but he pushed him to his wife's side with one hand: "Xiaowei, you stay by your mother's side, don't run around!" ”

"Father, what are you doing, uncle, he is a good person, and he still teaches me how to read?" Xiao Jiang Wei hurriedly said.

"Captain Jiang, it's been a long time since we visited!"

Zhuge Liang's figure was as steady as Mount Tai, still sitting cross-legged, he raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at Jiang Yu, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth: "Your mansion is full of my soldiers, you now have a sword in your hand, even if your martial arts are extraordinary, comparable to Lu Zhao, you can kill it alone, and your wife and children can't kill it, if I were you, I would put down my sword and sit down calmly!" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yu's face was pale, and the back of his hand holding the long sword trembled a little, not to mention that his martial arts were 108,000 miles away from Lu Zhao, even if his martial arts could defeat Lu Zhao, it was impossible to ignore his wife and children.

After half a ring, he put down the sword in his hand in some frustration, and a man in black stepped forward and snatched his sword.

"Xiaowei, come, uncle will teach you to read!"

Zhuge Liang waved at Xiao Jiang Wei casually.

Little Jiang Wei looked at his father, then at Zhuge Liang, walked up boldly, and asked in Zhuge Liang's ear in a low voice: "Uncle, aren't you a good friend of your father, why is your father so angry?" ”

"Hehe, we are very good friends, your father is angry with himself, you will understand in the future!"

"Oh!"

Little Jiang Wei scratched his head, the world of adults is really complicated!

Jiang Yan took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at Zhuge Liang: "Zhuge Kongming, the commander-in-chief of the third theater of the Great Wu Dynasty, holding hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, the Battle of Jieting, the decisive battle of Wuzhangyuan, the use of soldiers like a god, in one breath to destroy hundreds of thousands of elites of my Wei army, famous all over the world, I thought you were also a man who dared to act, but I never thought that you were actually a despicable person, if you came at me, even if I Jiang Yan hung my neck with a butcher's knife, I died without complaint, you coerced my wife and children, what kind of hero are you!" ”

"I'm not a hero, I'm just a Commander Zhuge who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals!" Zhuge Liang didn't care about his sarcasm at all, and said lightly: "Our Majesty has a saying, I have always kept it in my heart, no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, if you catch a mouse, it is a good cat, as long as I win, there will be no casualties if I win!" ”

"What do you want?" Jiang Yan clenched his fists and asked loudly.

"I want you to submit to my Da Wu, how about it?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"Wishful thinking!" Jiang Yan directly refused: "My Jiang Yan's head is here, if you want to pick it up, I won't say a word, but if you want me to surrender, don't waste your tongue!" ”

"Why bother?"

Zhuge Liang picked up a wine cup on the desk, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "You are unwilling to surrender, I have no choice but to solve you with a knife, and burn Jiang Mansion, guess what the historian will write in the future, I will tell you, Jiang Yi, the word Zhongyi, was born in Xiliang, the official to the captain of Chang'an, quite martial arts, brave temperament, regardless of the lives of his wife and children, taking care of everyone and giving up his small family, foolish and loyal to Cao Wei, and killing himself to become a benevolent ......"

"Shut up!"

Jiang Yu's face was blue and red for a while.

"It seems that you are not very loyal to Cao Wei either!" Zhuge Liang squinted slightly, and a different color crossed his eyes: "Then why would you rather die than surrender to my Great Wu Dynasty?" ”

"Lord Zhuge treats me like a brother, I should be loyal to him, how can I turn my back on him!" Jiang Yu shouted: "You still kill me, if there is any mercy, let my wife and children go!" ”

"It seems that you are loyal to Zhuge Jun, not Cao Wei, this is easy to do!" Zhuge Liang patted the little Jiang Wei, who was a little frightened, and said, "If you want the best of both worlds, I can also give you an idea of the best of both worlds!" ”

"The best of both worlds?"

Jiang was puzzled.

"You let Zhuge surrender, isn't this the best of both worlds?"

"Lord Zhuge is loyal to Great Wei, how can he surrender?"

"It's man-made!"

Zhuge Liang said confidently: "I have forced him into a corner, as long as you are willing to make a slight move, you can make him completely inclined to our Dawu, then you are all your righteousness, you can still keep your wife and children, why not, besides, you should also know in your heart that Dawei has no hope, he Zhuge can only survive if he surrenders to my Dawu, otherwise even if he is my younger brother, if he resists, I can't keep him!" (To be continued.) )