Zhang Ji set up his home in Chang'an City after serving in Dong Zhuojun, Zhang Xiu came to Zhang's mansion in the south of the city, but it was a small courtyard, which looked not very big from the outside, but from the outside there were various plants growing inside, it can be seen that the master's house was carefully arranged.

Zhang Xiu led Salu and led the two children to the door of Zhang's mansion and knocked on it, and a person about forty years old opened a gap in the door, poked his head out of it, and saw Zhang Xiu holding a gun in his right hand, wanting to hang a long sword, and the clothes on his body were a little dark red. ”

Zhang Xiu saw the guarded look of the porter and said with a smile: "Uncle Da, why don't you recognize it if you haven't seen it for ten years." ”

Zhang Da couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard the young man in front of him call, and then looked Zhang Xiu up and down carefully for a while before he said with surprise on his face: "You are the nephew, you are the nephew." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled: "But it's not me." ”

Zhang Da hurriedly opened the door and said in surprise: "Why did the nephew and young master arrive in this matter, the chief manager said that the nephew and young master will arrive in the autumn, and let the villain pay more attention, why is it close to the Chinese New Year now?" ”

Zhang Xiu led the two little ones into the door with Salu, and said, "I ran to Jincheng, but I only arrived now." ”

When Zhang Da heard this, he misunderstood: "Isn't it the nephew and young master who came back for the New Year." ”

Zhang Xiu responded vaguely, at this time Zhang Da's shouting had alarmed the people in the house, but Zhang Xiu saw that the chief manager Zhang Yi had come out, and Zhang Yi recognized Zhang Xiu from a distance, after all, Zhang Yi sent a letter to Zhang Xiu during Zhang Xiu's study of art, and Zhang Yi naturally recognized Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu handed Sa Lu to one of the subordinates and said, "Feed good fodder." Then led the two young men into the house with Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi asked as he walked: "Why is the young master coming now, the master wrote that the young master will come to Chang'an in the autumn, and then take up his post in Jincheng." ”

Zhang Xiu sighed and said, "It's hard to say, let's go into the house and talk about it." ”

Zhang Xiu entered the house, but saw a beautiful woman about twenty-eight years old sitting on the main seat, at this time Zhang Yi whispered in Zhang Xiu's ear: "This is the old man's newly married wife Zou." Then he stepped forward to the woman and said, "Madam, this is the old man's nephew." ”

At this time, Zhang Xiu knew that the young and beautiful woman in front of him was the disaster that would kill Cao Cao's general Dian Wei and eldest son Cao Ang in the future. Sure enough, she was born beautiful, Zhang Xiu estimated that with her current age, in the original history, Cao Cao was probably not less than thirty years old when he recruited Zhang Xiu, and it was the year of the woman tiger and wolf, and Cao Cao, the old pervert, likes to be controlled by his wife the most, so naturally there will be a scene of a fiasco in Wancheng in the future.

However, I don't know if these things will be regenerated in the future, and no one can say what will happen more than ten years later, Zhang Xiu still saluted respectfully to the Zou family and said, "Bo Yuan has seen Auntie. ”

Zou nodded, lightly pursed his lips and said, "Why did Bo Yuan only come today?" ”

Zhang Xiu motioned for Zhang Yi to wave back left and right, and then told the matter of Jincheng in detail, including the part where he saw Jing Zhaoyin just now, and then pointed to the two children and said, "They are the orphans of Lord Chen." ”

Zou nodded, and then said, "So it seems that Bo Yuan hasn't eaten for two days. Seeing that Zou immediately asked his subordinates to prepare wine and food, Zhang Xiu saw it and said secretly: "This Zou is careful." ”

At this time, Zhang Yi was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect that the young master nephew would return from learning the arts to be so strong in martial arts, and he would be able to take two children to break out of the encirclement in the chaos of the army, and the master would be very happy when he knew it." What responded to him was Zhang Xiu's nod.

At this time, Zou said: "Bo Yuan has just offended Lord Jing Zhaoyin, I'm afraid it's a little inconvenient. ”

Zhang Xiu said secretly: "This aunt is not only beautiful, but also very smart." Then he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "In less than three months, his head will definitely fall to the ground." ”

Zou frowned lightly and said, "Why did Bo Yuan say that? ”

Zhang Xiu sneered and replied: "The Qiang people rebel, I'm afraid that Liangzhou will fall in the near future, and then the Qiang people will naturally join Kou Sanfu, and the court is furious and knows that Jing Zhaoyin knows that he doesn't report it, hmph, don't let his head fall to the ground, let whoever the head fall to the ground." ”

After hearing this, Zou's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said worriedly: "Bo Yuan said so, isn't Chang'an under the Qiang soldiers?" ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, the Qiang people will join Kou Sanfu, and the imperial court will naturally send a large army, and then maybe my uncle's department will be transferred to Chang'an." ”

Zou nodded after hearing this, but Zhang Yi had a happy look on his face. At this time, the subordinate had already made the wine and food and brought it up, Zhang Xiu was not polite, picked up the wine and food and chewed it. Zou was also careful, and asked people to prepare a meal for the two children, but the two children obviously ate at Hu Zhen's place just now, and they just put down their chopsticks after eating a few bites. Zou saw that the two yawns repeatedly, so he asked Zhang Yi to lead the two to the guest room to rest, and he stayed with Zhang Xiu.

Seeing that the two were gone, Zhang Xiu stopped and said to the Zou family: "Auntie, Bo Yuan has a reluctant request. ”

Zou said: "Bo Yuan and come. ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Chen Taishou asked Bo Yuan to take care of Chen Gongzi and Miss Chen, but Bo Yuan is a person in the army and it is very inconvenient, so I want to ask my aunt to take care of it, I don't know what my aunt wants?" ”

Zou smiled and said, "That's fine, the concubine likes those two children very much." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled: "Thank you so much, Auntie." ”

After eating and drinking, Zou arranged for his subordinates to prepare hot water for Zhang Xiu to freshen up, and then returned to the room that Zhang Ji had prepared for him to rest.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhang Xiu slept very late, and when he got up, he was already three poles in the morning, Zhang Xiu took the tiger head golden gun after grooming, and practiced marksmanship in the yard for a while. After Zhang Xiu finished practicing, Chen Song came over, bowed to Zhang Xiu, and said: "Please teach me martial arts, and in the future, Song'er will go into battle to kill the Qiang thief and avenge my father." ”

Zhang Xiu also expected that Chen Song would have this request, but Zhang Xiu had already touched Chen Song's muscles and bones on the road, and knew that he was not suitable for martial arts, so he said: "Can Song'er know the difference between a hundred enemies and ten thousand enemies?" ”

Chen Song nodded and said: "Daddy once said that in the past, the overlord of Chu was superb in martial arts, and a hundred people were invincible, but he was defeated at the hands of Han Xin's scholars. ”

Zhang Xiuzhen said: "Knowing the difference between a hundred enemies and ten thousand enemies, Song'er is willing to learn from a hundred enemies or ten thousand enemies?" ”

Chen Song thought for a moment and said, "I am willing to learn from ten thousand enemies." ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "That being the case, Brother Yi will teach you the ability of ten thousand enemies." ”

In the following March, Zhang Xiu taught Chen Song the art of war every morning, but the way of martial arts was only to teach him some means of physical fitness and self-protection, after all, he could not be a general. Zhang Xiu himself is actually not very knowledgeable about the art of war, but fortunately, the Zou family was originally well-off, and there are also a collection of books, including many books on the art of war, Zhang Xiu took it to Chen Song to read by himself, and then told Chen Song some classic examples in Chinese history every day.

Chen Song was originally literate, but he read the art of war every day, supplemented by the war examples mentioned by Zhang Xiu, and had his father's hatred in front of him, so he studied very hard every day.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xiu found Hu Zhen, went to a tavern in Chang'an to eat and chat, and by the way, he inquired about the situation in Xiliang from Hu Zhen's mouth, and after Zhang Xiu arrived in Chang'an for half a month, he heard from Hu Zhen that Jincheng had fallen, and the news that Taishou was martyred and died, although Zhang Xiu had expected it, but when he heard it with his own ears, he was still embarrassed, and Zhang Xiu did not tell Chen Song and Chen Yao, two brothers and sisters.