Tian Fan came back suddenly, and did not send a letter to Liu Bei or his family. When he got home and asked, he learned that his family had not returned. It turned out that the weather was hot this year, and before Tian Fan rushed to Jiangdong, all his family moved to the manor to escape the heat. And today Tian Fan returned to the city late, he asked Tang Yi and the others to return to the manor, it was evening, and by the time the family was notified, the city gate had already been closed, and they could not enter the city.

When Tian Fan was disappointed, Tian San smiled and said, "Childe, Madame is here!" In the last few days, she has been too busy with business matters, and she is afraid that the shopkeepers will be too busy running around the city and the manor, so she has been living at home these days. ”

Tian Fan was excited for a while, and said, "Third brother, prepare something to eat for me, send it to my room, and I'll go see Mrs. first!" ”

Tang San smiled and said, "Okay, then you go first!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and went straight to his room.

At the door of the room, he stopped, gasped for a few breaths, and just wanted to push the door in, but heard Mi Zhen say, "Fangcao?" Come in, the door is unlocked! ”

Tian Fan pushed open the door and entered the room lightly, and after turning around and closing the door, he looked at his bedroom.

The furnishings in the room have not changed at all, and the entrance is a screen embroidered with various flowers. This screen is the masterpiece of several women in the family, one foot five feet wide and eight feet high, and it has not yet been embroidered.

Inside the screen, there is the bedroom. A gentle bamboo mat on the bed, a red-lacquered shelf with a pink mosquito net, the opening is open at this time, and it is hung with a copper hook. A few pots of ice cubes are placed in the corners of the room, which adds a lot of comfort to the sweltering summer night. The openwork windows are wide open, and the night breeze slowly blows into the room, bringing in a hint of coolness.

A delicate porcelain vase was placed on the windowsill, with a few roses inserted, exuding a faint fragrance. There is a low table next to the window, on which are placed many ledgers, pen and ink inkstones, and a few candles are burning with yellow and white light, and the flames are dancing happily with the slight wind. An incense burner is lit with mosquito-repellent spices, and smoke is emitting from it.

At this time, Mi Zhen was sitting in front of the short table, dialing the abacus seriously, listening to the crackling and crisp sound, Tian Fan knew that Zhen'er's abacus skills had risen again. A simple thing like an abacus, Tian Fan will naturally invent it for his own lady.

The weather was a little hot, and there would be no men entering the inner courtyard, Mi Zhen had already changed out of her thick skirt, wearing only a thin light gauze blouse on her upper body and a pleated skirt on her lower body. It was about the first time I had just showered, and my hair was still a little wet, sticking together. She looked sideways in the direction of the door, and Tian Fan could clearly see her pink and fair half pretty face, half of her exposed lotus arms, white and tender little feet, delicate collarbones, and half exposed bewitching breasts.

Probably encountering some problem, her beautiful eyebrows suddenly frowned, and the wolf in her right hand did not write a word for a long time. She put down the wolf's hair, supported her cheek with her left hand, and reactivated the abacus with her right hand. Crackling for a while, her brow furrowed even tighter, and she shook her head slowly, she made a mark somewhere on the ledger and recalculated the next one.

Walking forward lightly, Tian Fan came behind her, put his hands lightly on her shoulders, and kneaded them gently.

Mi Zhen suddenly let out a string of "giggles" laughter, and said, "Fangcao, giggles, don't ......" As she spoke, she put one hand on Tian Fan's hand. Suddenly, her laughter stopped.

Her body stiffened obviously, and after a while, her body slowly relaxed, and she said softly: "I...... I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

Tian Fan leaned down, wrapped his arms around her waist, hugged her tightly, put his face on her face, rested his chin on her shoulder, and said softly: "Zhen'er, of course you are not dreaming!" The husband is back! ”

Mi Zhen slowly closed her eyes, smiled and put her hands on Tian Fan's hands, and said in a nickname: "Husband, you are finally back, Zhen'er misses you so much!" ”…,

Tian Fan smiled, imprinted a seal on her cheek, and said, "Husband misses you too!" …… I miss you not only but here! Hehe, where do you want your husband? ”

As she spoke, Tian Fan's hands moved up from her waist to the top of her waist, gradually covering the two bewitching snowwo!

Mi Zhen's face suddenly turned red, and her breathing slowly became rapid. She said in a trembling voice, "Husband...... Husband, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Eat first, then take a nice hot bath, and then ...... ...... again"

Tian Fan smiled evilly: "What's more? Hehe! ”

Mi Zhen "sighed" and said in a trembling voice: "Husband...... You're bad! ”

The next day, Tian Fan rushed to Liu Bei early in the morning and told Liu Bei about the assassination of himself and Sun Ce and a few others. Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard this, and asked Tian Fan again and again if he was okay. Seeing that he only cared about his own body, but didn't care about saving Sun Ce and a few people, Tian Fan knew that Liu Bei really cared about himself, and his heart was suddenly very moved.

After that, Tian Fan told Liu Bei in detail about his strategy to lead to Dongshui, and after Liu Bei heard it, he clapped his hands excitedly! He said: "Boguang, hehe, this matter is very good!" If the people of Jiangdong follow your train of thought, then we will have no worries and can fully participate in the battle for the Central Plains! It's just that...... Will Sun Bofu and others listen? ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Lord, whether they listen or not, it will not be harmful to us!" We were eight minutes drunk, and my tongue was big when I spoke, and I guess they would believe it. It's just that whether they will do it the way I want it, I'm not sure yet! ”

Liu Bei nodded slowly and said, "It doesn't matter! Hehe, even if they want to fight, we are not afraid! That's right......" Liu Bei was obviously excited, and he said: "I have seen the kind of ballista you invented, haha, what a good thing!" Deheng said that you want to give priority to the rationing of the water army, I thought about it and agreed! Once our navy has this sharp weapon, it will have the strength to fight with the Jiangdong navy. ”

Tian Fan hurriedly asked, "Have you studied the ballista?" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile on his face: "Exactly! Hehe, Deheng also made a few big guys, which can catapult a five-stone stone four hundred paces away. With this sharp weapon, used to defend the city, none of us is afraid! Hey, it's just that stuff is too complicated to be able to produce it. Deheng said that ordinary ballistas can produce 100 units in a month, and large ones can only produce 3 units......"

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Lord, don't worry! We don't need too many ballistae for the time being, other sharp weapons are enough. A hundred planes a month, a city can't use so much, the output is enough. After two years, our naval army will be equipped with ballistae, and the city will be installed, so it will be good! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Exactly!" By the way, the car designed by Deheng specifically for pulling ballistas and 100-round crossbows has also been completed, and the drawings and specific data have been handed over to your workshop, and it is now being produced. In about two months, I think we can produce 200 cars, right? Hehe, when we recruit Yuan Shu, we can use it! ”

Tian Fan nodded again and again, and said, "With this kind of sharp weapon, we will definitely be able to capture the entire Huainan faster!" ”

Liu Bei was also greatly confident, he looked at Tian Fan, and said: "Boguang, you go to the craftsman camp and the military camp to take a turn, see the progress, and then arrange the task, I will give you three days off." Three days later, it was officially busy. ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go!" ”

went to the craftsman camp and the military camp for a visit, and Tian Fan immediately went to the manor on horseback.

Last night, Tian Fan had already arranged for someone to rush to the manor early in the morning to report the news, saying that he would go to the manor. And Mi Zhen had already set off ahead of schedule after Tian Fan went to the General's Mansion and arranged some affairs a little. …,

When I arrived at the manor, it was already the beginning of the afternoon. In the entire manor, the first one he saw was Xiaoxue!

Xiaoxue is already a little more than two years old, according to the biological age of the tiger, it belongs to the youth stage, and in about a year, it will be able to complete the growth into an adult tiger. But I have to say that Xiaoxue is very magical, its size is far beyond the average tiger, perhaps because of the good life in the Tian family, the nutrition can keep up, at this time it is already one foot two feet long, and the shoulder height is more than four feet. According to the standards of later generations, it is nearly three meters in length and a little more than one meter in height at the shoulder. This size is only attained by a handful of adult tigers, even among the largest tiger subspecies, the Siberian tiger.

Tian Fan had to sigh, Xiaoxue is a pervert! When Tian Fan picked it up, under normal circumstances, a tiger would give birth to three or four cubs, but only one of them was born, and then Tian Fan knew that this guy was not ordinary, but he never thought that this guy was so unusual!

Three months ago, an incident happened that made Tian Fan have to re-examine the relationship between the Tian family and Xiaoxue!

At that time, Xiaoxue's two dog mothers, Fugui and Wangcai, were harmed by one or several male dogs at the same time, so there were a bunch of puppies in the family, and Fugui and Wangcai suddenly forgot about Xiaoxue, and instead gave all their maternal love to those puppies, and even grinned at Xiaoxue.

Xiaoxue was suddenly in a lost mood, and suddenly, she became an orphan again. In a bad mood, it starts to cause trouble. It has never hurt the people in the family, but the chickens, ducks and geese at home have fallen into blood mold, and many of them have died from it.

Tian Fan was very angry when he found out, pointed at its nose and scolded it happily! In the past, Tian Fan also scolded it, for example, it learned to be rich and prosperous, and wagked its tail, for example, it learned to be rich and prosperous, and stuck out its tongue. Xiaoxue's spirituality is amazing, at that time, it can always know that it is wrong, and obediently squat there to be trained. But this time, everything has changed!

Hearing Tian Fan scolding it, its huge eyes suddenly turned blood-red, baring its teeth at Tian Fan again and again! Tian Fan was taken aback by it, but fortunately, Xiaoxue did not pounce on him, but after a little demonstration, he turned around and left, and it looked back at Tian Fan a few times with a little weakness.

This experience made Tian Fan suddenly remember one thing!

The tiger is a proud, noble, and withdrawn animal! When Xiaoxue was small, you could treat it as a toy and as a pet, but at this time it has entered adolescence, and the arrogance and loneliness in its nature will be destined to fundamentally change its relationship with the Tian family! It is no longer the pet of the Tian family, but an equal existence to the Tian family!

So, Tian Fan immediately told the Tian family about it. Originally, the best way in this case was to send Xiaoxue away to release or kill her, but ...... It has been raised for more than two years, and everyone has a deep affection for it, and it is absolutely reluctant to kill everyone. Releasable ...... Xiaoxue only eats cooked meat, and doesn't look at raw meat, and releasing it is equivalent to killing it. And Xiaoxue is very spiritual, most of the time it can know what to do and what not to do, after it has amazing strength and its claws are sharp, it only hurts a few chickens, ducks and geese, but not people, this is still in a fit of rage.

Therefore, the family decided to keep it and provide it with food, and it could still walk around the Tian family, but from then on, it was no longer the Tian family's pet. Since then, Xiaoxue's range of activities is still in a few solemn places nearby. The people in the solemnity have also been informed, ignore it when you see it, don't mess with it, if it comes to you, you just need to smile at it.

Fortunately, Xiaoxue has been living in the manor for more than a year, and several people in the nearby manor, and even the entire Xiapi people know about it, knowing that although it is scary, it has a docile personality, and everyone has long been accustomed to this big man slowly walking in front of him. …,

In the past three months, there has not been a single accident, and it has even done a good deed to save a child who fell into the water.

As a result, everyone gradually got used to the new light snow.

It's still it, it's not it, when it's in a good mood, it will go to the house, play with a few women or parents, and when it's in a bad mood, it'll find a corner to stay by itself.

This is a snow tiger with a super large head and super high intelligence! If it is a tiger, it is destined to be arrogant and withdrawn, but its super high intelligence is destined to live with humans without incident.

Perhaps, even Xiaoxue herself feels lost. What is its relationship with human beings and the Tian family?

It's not a pet, it's not a doll, it's not a slave, but the Tian family keeps it and provides it with everything it needs to live.

Tian Fan couldn't say what the relationship was, he could only say that although the Tian family wanted to raise it, it was equal to the Tian family! It rightly eats and drinks Tian's family, but only when it is in a good mood, it will bring happiness to the Tian family! The Tian family can only follow it, once it does not follow it, with its strength, if it is provoked, the consequences will be unimaginable!

For example, at this time, Xiaoxue's mood is obviously excellent!

As soon as Tian Fan dismounted, it immediately walked over with leisurely steps. For this big guy, the dark clouds covered the snow for a long time, and when he saw it coming, he didn't panic at all.

Tian Fan smiled at it, stretched out his palm, Xiao Xue leaned over the huge head, sniffed it with her nose first, and then stretched out its sandpaper-like rough tongue and licked it. Tian Fan patted its head and said, "Xiaoxue, let's go home!" ”

Xiaoxue put her head on Tian Fan's waist and arched him hard, Tian Fan understood, this guy was in a strange mood and allowed Tian Fan to ride it! When it was just one year old, Xiao Liu'er and Xiao Qing often took turns riding it, and at that time it didn't know how to be angry, and it was happy to carry them all over the yard all day long. But since more than half a year ago, others can only ride it with its own permission. If you want to ride, then it will run, and its speed is faster than that of a dog, and people can't catch it.

Tian Fan patted its head, scratched its chin, and said, "Xiaoxue, I'll go back, hehe, I won't ride you today!" ”

Xiaoxue didn't care, she was comfortable being scratched by him, and she let out a low moan of "snoring" from her mouth. Tian Fan smiled and said, "Go home!" Xiaoxue followed him unhurriedly and entered the manor.