In the old house of Qiao's family in Wancheng, Da Qiao was lying on the couch sickly, her pretty face was white and blue, and her thin little body was like glass, as if it would break when she touched it.

Xiao Qiao walked into the room with a celadon bowl, a pair of apricot eyes swollen like peaches, stood on the edge of the couch and choked up, "Sister...... I've cooked a new porridge, so why don't you eat it, even if it's not for yourself, but for the baby in your belly......"

Da Qiao slowly opened her eyes, gurgling tears fell like stars, she stroked her lower abdomen with her right hand, supported her thin body with her left hand, and whispered: "This child is really not the right time to come, I am so happy now, I can't eat anything at all......"

"Sister, I really don't blame you for my father's business. I know you've been blaming yourself these days, but things on the battlefield are changing so fast, who could have predicted that? If you blame your brother-in-law for this, and treat yourself harshly, father...... Peace of mind that won't go. ”

Xiao Qiao's words undoubtedly pierced Da Qiao's heartache, and her faint cry turned into a howl, and she said intermittently: "If it weren't for ...... I am on good terms with Sun Lang...... Yuan Shu would not worry about his father fleeing to Jiangdong with his troops...... I won't let him fight Cao Cao......"

The grief in Xiao Qiao's heart was no less than that of Da Qiao, but she tried her best to endure it, and persuaded with all her heart in a trembling voice: "Even if my sister complains to herself, she complains to her brother-in-law, and her father ...... Will it come back to life? If not, why would my sister kill herself like this. If...... If my sister had another good one, I wouldn't have any relatives in this world. ”

Seeing Xiao Qiao trembling all over his body and looking at him with tears in his eyes, Da Qiao became more and more sad, and hugged Xiao Qiao and cried: "I'm sorry, Wan'er, I insisted on coming back and burying my father, so you were trapped here with me......"

"Sister, don't say that, as daughters, we are already unfilial, how can we let our father not be allowed to enter the ground? Even if my sister doesn't come, I'm definitely going to come, but I didn't expect that I would be placed under house arrest here, and I was just one step away from it. ”

That day, I heard that Qiao Rui's coffin had arrived in Wancheng, and Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao rushed back to mourn and bury Qiao Rui without saying goodbye. Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun led his troops to retreat to Wancheng at this time, he and Qiao Rui have been friends for many years, and they are under the same Yuan Shu account, and now they see him die tragically, and the two daughters are lonely, and they can't help but feel a little desolate and sad. For this reason, Liu Xun didn't want to embarrass Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and let them go in and out, but before their sisters left, Zhang Xun also fled back to Wancheng with the coffin of Yuan Shu. Changmu Xiu was also among them, he didn't know what to say to Liu Xun, so he made Liu Xun change his mind, nominally letting them rest for a few days, but in fact putting their sisters under house arrest in the Qiao family's old mansion.

Impartially, Da Qiao actually has a body, not to mention more than a month, if Changmu Xiu knows, it will definitely be unfavorable to Sun Ce's children, Xiao Qiao is like a mirror in his heart, but he doesn't dare to say it, only to be in a hurry.

There was a knock at the gate of the old house, and Xiao Qiao walked out of the wing room, instructed Da Qiao to lock it from the inside, and put a small pebble in his sleeve before opening a crack in the door. The person who came was really Changmu Xiu, and when he saw Xiao Qiao, a few traces of real joy oozed from his narrow pupils like wolf eyes, and he raised the food basket in his hand: "Wan'er, I'll bring you something to eat......

"No need, there is still food at home", Xiao Qiao put down this hard sentence, and wanted to close the door.

Changmu Xiu hurriedly stretched out his hand, ignoring the door panel and pinching his fingers painfully: "Wan'er, you listen to me, I know you resent me, but I did this to protect your ......"

Xiao Qiao used his thin body against the door, picked up a small wooden stick and picked open the fingers that Changmu Xiu had picked on the door one by one. Changmu Xiu was afraid of hurting Xiao Qiao, so he didn't dare to use force, so he could only watch her close the wooden door tightly, and at the moment when the door closed, Changmu Xiu suddenly shouted: "I can let Mrs. Qiao out......"

Hearing this, Xiao Qiao's heart was shocked, and the movement of closing the door couldn't help but stagnate: "What do you mean by this?" ”

That day, Sun Ce heard Sun Quan's report, and discussed countermeasures with Zhou Yu overnight. After Yuan Shu's death, Zhang Xun, Yang Hong and others successively invested under Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and Liu Xun's lower department, with a total of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, which can compete with Sun Ce. Now Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are in Wancheng again, it is impossible to attack, think about it, Sun Ce repaired a letter, ordered his subordinates to send it to Liu Xun, euphemistic and humble, expressed his willingness to be a subordinate of the younger generation, Liu Xun as respect, and said that he was about to lead his troops to attack Huang Zu, to avenge his father, if Liu Xun wanted to conquer Hai Dusk, he was willing to lead his troops to rush to help after Huang Zu was killed.

Located in the south of Wancheng, Haiyang was once the fief of Liu He, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and was very rich. Now that Yuan Shu is dead, Liu Xun no longer has any concerns, and when he saw Sun Ce mentioning this place, he thought that he also wanted to take it, and decided to send troops immediately.

Changmu Xiu tried his best to dissuade Liu Miao from acting rashly. But Liu Xuan didn't fully believe in this so-called Zhang Xun's nephew, if he was really so powerful, why did Yuan Shu still usurp the emperor for a long time, and it didn't take long for him to die? However, Liu Xun was not unsuspecting, he ordered to report to the patrol, three times a day, to report, seeing that Sun Ce really led an army of 30,000 to the west, and conquered Huang Zu to Shicheng, so he couldn't wait to personally lead the troops to bypass Peng Ze and send troops to the sea.

After being depressed for a long time, Liu Xun finally took the bait, and Sun Ce immediately ordered his cousin Sun Ben to lead his men and horses to garrison Peng Ze, while he and Zhou Yu led more than 20,000 people to attack overnight and galloped outside Wancheng.

It's autumn again, and Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao have been trapped in Wancheng for more than a month.

On that day, Xiao Qiao squatted in front of the stove and kept adding firewood to the fire. Da Qiaoben was resting in the side room, smelled a mushy smell, rushed to the kitchen, only to see that the porridge in the pot had been boiled into a pot, and hurriedly said: "Wan'er, don't be in a daze, add some water!" ”

Xiao Qiao came back to his senses at this time, and clumsily poured the scoop into the pot, only to hear the sound of "squeak", smoke billowing out of the pot, Xiao Qiao covered his mouth with his sleeves, and pushed Da Qiao outward: "Sister, ...... Get out of here......"

Da Qiao did not leave, but quickly cleaned up, and after a while, the smoke finally dissipated, Da Qiao held his waist and asked, "Wan'er, what has happened to you these days?" When I saw Changmu Xiu, you are so soulless, aren't you...... Did he tell you something again? ”

Xiao Qiao lowered his eyes, his eyes swept over Da Qiao's slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said with a wry smile: "No...... It's nothing, he's chatting with me, and my sister doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

Seeing Xiao Qiao's reaction, Da Qiao's suspicion couldn't help but become heavier: "You stutter as soon as you lie...... Wan'er, what did Changmu Xiu tell you, do you want to kill me in a hurry? ”

Xiao Qiao bit his thin lip, tears rolled in his eyes, but the grievances in his heart could only rot in his stomach, and he had nowhere to say: "It's really nothing, sister, I'm just, I just miss Zhou Lang......"

A few days ago, Changmu Xiu came to look for Xiao Qiao and proposed to send Da Qiao out of the city, which meant that he wanted Xiao Qiao to stay by his side. Xiao Qiao categorically refused, leaving no room for Changmu Xiu, but he was not annoyed at all, he just looked at Xiao Qiao with a smile, as if he was sure that she would come to beg him sooner or later.