When Xu Shu's family of three had a meal, Mrs. Xu Shu led Xu Hao back to the room, and Xu Shu was alone in the house.

As soon as he approached the Taishou Mansion, the guards outside the door stopped him and said: "Stop, this is the Taishou Mansion, idle people are not allowed to approach, if you have nothing to do, please leave quickly." ”

Although these guards seem to be majestic, their words are far more polite and polite than those Jingzhou guards, and there is a sense of approachability in the majesty.

Xu Shu arched his hands and said to several guards: "In Xia Xu Shu, he came from Jingzhou, and he has long heard that Zhaozhou loves the people and governs the world well, so he specially came to take refuge, and I hope you will give me a recommendation." After speaking, Xu Shu took out a trace of money and silver from his arms and handed it to one of them, saying: "A little caution is not respectful." ”

"I wouldn't dare." I didn't want to wait for Xu Shu to put the money and silver into the other party's hands, so the guard hurriedly refused to accept it and waved his hand and said: "There is an order in the army, it is strictly forbidden to indiscriminately collect people's property, and if it is found, it will be expelled from the army." If you come to join you, wait here, and let me go in and make a noise. With that, the sergeant ordered the others to keep watch over it, and he himself went into the palace to report it.

After a while, a person in the house ran out in a panic, and as soon as the person saw Xu Shu standing outside the house, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency is Mr. Xu Shu who came to defect?" ”

The other party's hospitality made Xu Shu somewhat surprised, and hurriedly responded out of politeness: "It is Xu Shu below, and I have heard for a long time that Lord Zhao has good governance, so I came to defect, I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

"Oh, please come in, it's a guest, how can you let the guest stop outside the house, we went into the house and had a good conversation." When the man spoke, he hurriedly led Xu Shu into the house, and he looked respectful and polite all the way.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw a beautiful woman with a tea set and poured tea for the two of them. Seeing this, Xu Shu politely bowed his head and thanked him, but he was still puzzled by what the two of them did, he was just a newcomer, and he should not receive this kind of treatment. When he was confused, Xu Shu couldn't help but speak again: "The two of you are so hospitable, Xu Shu can't deal with it, and I don't know the names of the two honorific names." ”

Without waiting for the man to speak, the woman on the side replied in his place: "Concubine Mengying, this is my husband's pottery merchant, and he is also the Taishou of the East China Sea, after the former Jingzhou Mu Taoqian. ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he immediately felt slightly shocked, and he didn't expect his arrival, which actually caused this Donghai Taishou to respond in person, and hurriedly got up and hugged his fists again and said: "There is Lao Taishou personally greeted, Xu Shu panicked." It's just that I don't know how Xu Shu can be, and he has attracted such a good treatment from the two. ”

The potter responded: "Mr. Xu Shu is extremely wise, and now he is coming to my Xuzhou, and he should be so." I'm afraid that this place is too small to be worthy of the gentleman's respect. However, we still welcome Mr. Xu Shu here. ”

Xu Shu hugged his fists and said: "Xu Shu came to Jingzhou this time, just to vote for the master, and Lord Zhaozhou Mu is the only master today, as long as he can take an idle position and display Xu Shu's talent, Xu Shu will be grateful." ”

"With Mr. Xu's intelligence, I'm afraid it's a condescending talent to stay here, so it's better to let a certain letter be sent to the lord and recommend Mr. to the lord." Tao Shang Dao.

Xu Shu hurriedly stopped: "There is no need to worry about it, Xu Shu is just a newcomer, there is no need to alarm Lord Zhou Mu so much, and when Xu Shu finds a good opportunity, he will naturally go to see Lord Zhao Zhou Mu in person." ”

"Since Mr. Xu Shu insists on this, then we will not force it. If Mr. Yi is willing to stay, then for the time being, he will be allowed to take the position of Gongcao, and let the lord decide in the future. Tao Shang said.

Xu Shu said: "It's all up to Taishou's orders." ”

In this way, Xuzhou temporarily stayed in the East China Sea as Gong Cao to assist the pottery merchants in managing the affairs of the East China Sea. In fact, if you go to see Zhao Yu directly with Xu Shu's talent, you will inevitably be promised a higher position, but Xu Shu has always felt guilty about the battle in Jingzhou, and when he heard that Zhao Yu's hundred personal soldiers were all killed, his beloved wife Lai Ying'er also died in that battle, and his brother was also killed in vain. Out of all kinds of guilt, Xu Shu felt that he should stay in Xuzhou for the time being, accumulate some merits for Zhao Yu, and go to meet Zhao Yu, otherwise it would be difficult to calm the uneasiness in his heart.

Let's say that Zhao Yu got out of the Jingzhou battlefield smoothly and came to Xuzhou, but after staying for half a day, he returned to Jizhou with his men and horses. Because he carried the bodies of Lai Ying'er and Zhao Liang all the way, he didn't dare to stay too much to prevent the corpses from decomposing.

Just when Zhao Yu withdrew from Jingzhou to Xuzhou, all the news had spread throughout Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou. If it weren't for Xun Yu and others trying their best to stop them, I'm afraid those generals would have already led their troops to Xuzhou in a hurry. Later, in response to Xun Yu's order, Jingzhou increased its troops by two or three times to strictly control the passages of various state cities, and sent some generals to lead elites to be stationed at the intersection of Jizhou and Bingzhou, but they were not allowed to march half a step.

Zhao Yu also considered the seriousness of the situation, and issued nine military orders in succession, which made people rush to the three states, and strictly prohibited any generals from coming to the rescue or responding, and everyone must sit in the city of the state and strictly control the main roads of the state city.

The army is close to Jizhou City, and the outside of Jizhou City has already been crowded with people, led by Zhao Hu and his wife, Xun Yu, Chen Gong and others beside him, and even Diao Chan's wife also followed, and the sergeants on both sides of the city gate are continuous, and they have been extending from outside the city gate to the city in the mansion.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Yu and his entourage slowly walked into the city gate, and just in front of everyone, Zhao Yu turned over and knelt on the ground directly from the horse, and bowed to Zhao Hu and Wang Mei with red eyes: "The child failed to take care of his brother, and he is really ashamed of his father and mother." After finishing speaking, Zhao Yu kowtowed three times in succession, and each knock broke everyone's hearts.

Zhao Hu and Wang Mei hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Yu up, and hugged him in his arms with tears, Zhao Hu gave Zhao Yu a hug, and choked up: "My son hurry up, the heroic battlefield, each has its own destiny." You are not to blame for your brother's death, only to blame the enemy for being too cunning and the disparity in strength. As long as your two brothers are still alive, your mother and I will be at ease. ”

After speaking, Zhao Hu also patted Zhao Ming, who was following Zhao Yu, Zhao Ming was already in tears, crying: "Father, mother, we brought the second brother back." ”

Wang Mei stepped forward and stroked Zhao Ming's cheek and said, "Good job, carry your second brother back to the city, born in Jizhou and buried in Jizhou." ”

"Grandfather, grandmother."

Suddenly, a sweet voice sounded, and I saw a girl behind Zhao Yu walking down from the carriage and running towards Zhao Yu and Wang Mei, this person was none other than Zhao Yu's daughter Zhao Feng.

Wang Mei hurriedly held it in her arms and looked at it carefully: "My baby granddaughter has been wronged this time. ”

Seeing Wang Mei and Zhao Hu, Diao Chan, Zhen Mi and others on the side, Zhao Feng suddenly burst into tears and said: "Grandmother, my mother, she was killed by bad people......" A childlike voice and crying immediately caused everyone around to hide their faces without tears, and everyone went up to hold Xiao Zhao Feng in their arms and comforted them. After Diao Chan asked Zhao Yu quietly, Ying'er's other child was taken care of by the maid in the car, and hurriedly ran to the car, picked it up, and held it in his arms.

Among the several ladies, Diao Chan and Lai Ying'er knew each other the earliest, and the two were most like sisters, as early as when Zhao Yu was trapped in Jingzhou, he learned that Lai Ying'er was killed by the enemy, Diao Chan cried for three days and three nights, and almost fainted.

"Lord, please mourn and change, let's go into the city." Xun Yu was in charge, and seeing that everyone was in a low state, he couldn't help but step forward and whisper in Zhao Yu's ear.

Zhao Yu took a deep breath, patted Xun Yu's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Enter the city." ”

I saw Xun Yu take a deep breath, raise his head slightly and shout: "Welcome, the lord enters the city; Welcome, the heroes of our army enter the city; Welcome the heroic soul of our army into the city......"

After Xun Yu shouted, the soldiers of the three armies shouted in unison: "Welcome, the lord enters the city; Welcome, the heroes of our army enter the city; Welcome the heroic soul of our army into the city. The shouts of 10,000 people in unison were like the sound of thunder in the sky, floating in the air, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire Jingzhou and tightly united the hearts of all the soldiers and the people.

Welcoming into the city, everyone dismounted and walked forward on foot, while Zhao Yu walked towards the city step by step with Ying'er's body in his hands. Every few steps, Zhao Yu would whisper softly: "Ying'er, I'm going home for my husband." Every time he said a word, Zhao Yu fantasized about the Ying'er baby in his arms to give him a response.

Back in the house, Zhao Yu asked people to find a large number of pepper spices and placed them in various places on Lai Ying'er's body, these pepper spices can not only make the human body exude a charming aroma, but also have a high antiseptic and sterilization function.

Zhao Yu had seen before his death that the mummies of the ancient Egyptians needed to be made of frankincense, and the thousand-year-old corpses unearthed in China did not rot, and there were also a large number of spices such as borneol and benzoin. This is because the smell of pepper spices has strong volatility, and the overflow in the coffin plays a certain role in inhibiting the activities of some microorganisms in the coffin. Moreover, those doctors also gave their precious potions, which could keep the corpse from decaying for a month if it was put in the mouth and ears of the corpse.

Seeing Lai Ying'er lying there in front of him, quiet like a sleeping beauty, Zhao Yu lay on the side and watched quietly, like a painting. Zhao Yu couldn't bear to disturb or destroy the beautiful picture, and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear that one breath would destroy the warm picture in the entire house.

I don't know when, Zhao Yu thought about it, he actually fell asleep next to him, in the dream, Zhao Yu was in a fog, the surroundings were dim, he couldn't see clearly, and the direction of the surroundings was not for Zhao Yu to identify. Just when Zhao Yu fell into a confusion, suddenly a burst of aroma accompanied by a light breeze blew, slowly blowing away the smoke around him, according to the feeling, suddenly Zhao Yu felt that someone was calling him in the smoke in front of him, but the smoke around him was too big, too dense, even if there was a light breeze, it was difficult to blow away these dense fogs in a short time.