After the discussion, Zhou Yu came to the gate of the Qiao family's compound in the suburbs. The scenery here is beautiful and quiet, more than ten miles away from Chaisang; The rows of pavilions and pavilions are backed by green mountains like mountain screens, hidden in the misty bamboo shadows, facing a clear stream; There is a wooden bridge over the stream, and a bluestone path leads to the gate of the manor with blue tiles and white walls.

The little guy at the door saw Zhou Yu coming, and hurriedly greeted him and took the reins of the horse.

Zhou Yu turned over and dismounted, and walked straight into the door.

met Old Man Qiao in the hall, and asked with a look of hope: "Old man, I don't know if Xiao Qiao is willing to see me today?" ”

Old Man Qiao sighed, "No matter how I persuade her, she won't listen, hey!" I can't help it! ”

Zhou Yu felt that his self-esteem had been traumatized, and anger surged into his heart, and he said coldly: "Since this is the case, then I will leave!" With that, he was leaving. Old Man Qiao hurriedly said, "Gong Jin will sit down for a while!" "No need!" Zhou Yu said absolutely, strode out of the hall, and left the Qiao family's compound.

Old Man Qiao sighed, and complained a little in his heart about his daughter: he was going to come to find Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, but after he came, the relationship with him was so stiff! What's the matter? Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are really not things, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are in love with them, they are good, they actually want to give Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao away! Now things can't be done, although Zhou Yu has been here a few times, but every time he doesn't apologize, and today he is even more gone, not to mention Sun Ce, since that incident, no one has been seen.

Old Man Qiao let out a long sigh. I can't help but miss the Deng family who is still in Xiangyang, I don't know how she is now? Lu Bu: They should have already found out about our escape to Chaisang, right? Will they do it to the Deng family? Thinking of this, Old Man Qiao was so sad that he couldn't wait to fly back to Xiangyang immediately. Of course, he just thought about it, if he really wanted him to go back to Xiangyang, he would not dare.

A servant rushed in from outside, and reported excitedly: "Old man, ma'am, ma'am......

Old Man Qiao was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Madam?" ”

The servant swallowed, "Madame has sent someone!" ”

Old Man Qiao hurriedly said, "Let him come in!" ”

The servant answered, ran down, and a moment later led in a middle-aged man in a blue cloth shirt wrapped in a turban. Old Man Qiao recognized it at a glance, wasn't he the housekeeper who stayed in Xiangyang?

When the housekeeper saw Old Man Qiao, he knelt down with a thud, and excitedly clasped his fists and bowed: "The villain greets the master!" Old Man Qiao hurriedly asked, "How is Madame?" How is it at home? ”

The housekeeper straightened up, knelt on the ground and said, "Madame is fine, and the family is fine." "The big stone in Old Man Qiao's heart has finally fallen. Seeing that the butler was still kneeling, he said, "Get up and speak." The butler stood up.

Old Man Qiao asked puzzledly, "Could it be that Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao didn't embarrass Mrs.?" ”

The housekeeper said: "Lord Zhuge has come to the mansion many times to appease Madame, so that Madame doesn't have to worry about anything, saying that the people come and go freely, and he and the general will never blame anyone for this." He also said that he could understand the feelings of the two young ladies, and he also admired the efforts and sacrifices made by the two young ladies for the love in their hearts. ”

Old Man Qiao was very surprised, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect ......"

The housekeeper continued: "Lord Zhuge can't help but not embarrass Mrs., and the government has not made it difficult for our business activities, and now our industry in Xiangyang is even better than before!" ”

Old Man Qiao sighed with emotion, his eyes were filled with tears with excitement, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Zhuge and the general are really benevolent!" The butler nodded approvingly. looked around and said to Old Man Qiao: "Master, can the villain talk to the master alone?" ”

Old Man Qiao felt that the housekeeper might have to say something inconvenient for outsiders to hear, so he said to the servants and maids around him, "You all go down." Everyone said yes and left the hall, and there were only two people left in the hall, Old Man Qiao and the housekeeper. The housekeeper said: "Master, Madam wants me to tell the master: When today, only Lu Bu and Cao Cao are heroes, and now that Cao Cao is dead, only Lu Bu can be called a hero, and the world will inevitably be Lu Bu's in the future. ”

Old Man Qiao nodded with deep sympathy and said, "What Madame said is extremely true! Then he said helplessly: "But, but in the current situation, how can I walk away!" After a pause, he said to the housekeeper: "You go back and tell Mrs. Sù, this matter will be planned slowly by me." Everything over there in Xiangyang is left to Madame! The housekeeper nodded, clenched his fists and said, "The villain remembers." Old man Qiao said: "It's not early today, you are also tired, rest for one night, and return to Xiangyang tomorrow." The butler answered, saluted Old Man Qiao, and exited the hall.

Old Man Qiao stared out the door and froze.

In the embroidery building in the backyard, Da Qiao, who was like a cloud of hair and white clothes, absentmindedly plucked the strings, and the sound of the piano was swaying, full of confused taste; Xiao Qiao, who was also dressed in white and looked like a fairy, leaned on Da Qiao's shoulder in a daze, looking ahead with his eyes distracted. The two girls have lost a lot of weight, and they are so weak and slender that people can't help but feel pity. During this period of time, these two immortal women have been like this almost every day, they are like elves who have lost their souls, and it is distressing to watch.

Look out of the city.

During this time, Sun Ren, who was in a bad mood, spent all day hunting in the forest outside the city, and gradually forgot about the unpleasant things.

Sun Ren led more than 20 female soldiers to chase a wild boar, and the wild boar panicked and jumped into the muddy puddle next to the stream in front of him. His hooves were stuck in the mud, unable to move for a moment, and he screamed. Sun Ren, who was chasing behind, bent the magpie and drew the bow, his fingers loosened, and with a crash, the arrow turned into a meteor and went away, and with a pop, the wolf's tooth arrow was nailed into the back of the boar's neck, and the wild boar howled twice and fell over on the quagmire.

Sun Ren reined in his horse, his delicate face showed a victor's smile, and two female soldiers next to him flew out and ran to the edge of the quagmire, one of them threw a lasso and lassoed the wild boar that had been shot down. Then the two female soldiers grabbed the rope and rode their horses back, dragging the boar out of the mud and onto the grass. One of the female soldiers rushed back to Sun Ren and reported excitedly: "Miss, this wild boar is at least two hundred catties!" ”

Sun Ren smiled.

"Look, Miss!" A female soldier next to him suddenly pointed to the east and shouted. Sun Ren looked to the east and saw several fast horses galloping towards him, and Sun Ren knew that the one who was the leader was a herald in the Hou Mansion who was responsible for delivering orders.