It was August, the autumn wind danced, the grass and trees fell, and there were geese returning to the south.

In the past, Qu Zi said that the bird returned to his hometown, and the fox died and the hill must be the first hill.

Therefore, some people come from the northernmost part of the world, cross the state across the river, and go to the river.

Just to see the "hometown" that I have never seen.

Jiangbiao, that is, outside the Central Plains, south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Wang Zhun was sitting on a ferry, the boat was sailing in the middle of the river, and the boatman holding the boat was shirtless, humming a tune unique to the south.

Although the Yangtze River is wide, the river is rolling, and a boat is enough to cross.

The young man who looked from afar raised his hand from time to time to touch the brocade pad hidden in his arms, and among the layers of brocade was the sachet that had been the same with Wang Yan for many years away from home.

On that day, in the Xianbei royal court at the foot of Danhan Mountain, Wang Yan threw himself into the fire and died, which can be regarded as a clean and innocent family, and the kindness of the family and the country is not worth it.

And the only thing left for him, the righteous son, was this brocade and a few old clothes.

Wang Zhun came from north to south, not only to see the hometown that Wang Yan said was indisputable, but also to erect a tomb for him in his hometown, even if it was just a well-dressed tomb.

"Listen to the accent, Lang Jun is from the Northlands?" The man holding the boat asked with a smile.

At this time, Wang Zhun had already retracted his gaze, he was used to seeing the lonely smoke and sunset in the north, and he was indeed a little trance-like when he first saw the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but he had seen it for a long time, and it was nothing more than that.

"A certain is from the north, since he was a child, he has been away from his hometown, and this is the first time he has returned to the south." Wang Zhun said with a smile.

The man smiled when he heard this, "It turned out to be a homecoming." That's a lot of walking. The scenery of the south of the Yangtze River can be different from that of the north of the Yangtze River. Moreover, although our land on the surface of the river is not as rich as the land in the north, it is much more stable than the land of the Central Plains. ”

In the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, Jiangbiao is also regarded as a place outside the country, just as the scholars look down on martial artists, and the people of the Central Plains often look down on the people of Jiangbiao. Even if there are some good policies between the DPRK and China, they often do not fall into the land of Jiangdong.

However, it is not without benefits, one of the advantages of virtue is that it is not as good as Jiangbiao, or the courtiers of the Central Plains are too lazy to take care of this Jiangdong land.

Therefore, the land of Jiangbiao is much more stable than that of the Central Plains, although there are wars from time to time, but most of them are foreign troubles.

The young man shook his head, compared to the outside of the Saiwai, no matter where it was, it was considered stable.

The man who was holding the boat suddenly laughed, "The young man looks like this, I think there will definitely be many women who love it when he comes to the other side, and the girls who come to our river surface are very beautiful and gentle." ”

Wang Zhun smiled and said nothing.

If it is not good, how can it make Wang Yanxin remember it for so many years.

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South of the Yangtze River, there is a place name Changfengli, the number of people in the middle is not much, there are barely a hundred.

Perhaps because of its remote location, even though the land of Jiangdong has not been as stable as in previous years, there are few wars here.

The people in it have been cultivating here for generations, and very few outsiders enter from outside, and the people in it rarely go out to travel.

There are only a few aspiring young people who always want to go out and explore when they are young, but in the end they inevitably return to their hometowns.

Wang Yan, who traveled away since then, is one of them.

Wang Zhun walked on the dirt road in the countryside, stomping his feet at will, the dust was everywhere, there were few pedestrians on the road, and the wild grass on both sides of the road was luxuriant.

At this time he had come to the inner gate of Changfengli, and there was a big tree in front of the inner door, and the branches and leaves of the tree had not yet withered, and under the tree sat an old man, who was leaning against the tree, looking up at him.

"Where did Lang Jun come from? Xiao Lao'er is the chief here, surnamed Zhou, I know all the people in it, but I have never seen you. The old man beckoned to him and smiled.

"From the Northlands." Wang Zhun stepped forward and told the old man about the things that Wang Yan had told him at the beginning, as well as Wang Yan's death.

Naturally, there was no mention of the grievances and grievances between Wang Yan and Xianbei, but it was only said that he was unwilling, and finally could not return to his hometown due to illness.

The old man sighed when he heard this, but he did not doubt him.

The depiction of the inside of the middle of the house is not the person who went out of them, and the description of the inside will not be so detailed.

"It turned out to be Ah Yan's righteous son." Zhou sighed, "He's been out for some years. I thought he would be like everyone else, and he would come back when he was tired, but who would have thought that it would be the result he is now. ”

Wang Zhun was silent.

"When he was a teenager, he was the most stubborn in the middle." Zhou Chu's eyes showed a look of nostalgia, "Your stepfather was supposed to be like the people in the middle, grow up in peace, marry a wife and have children." It's just that there was a scholar who fled the war and set up a school in the middle of the house to teach their children to read. Ah Yan is the most intelligent, and even the reader said that he drew inferences from others and was a good material for reading. At that time, I was a little happy, thinking that there was finally going to be a reader. ”

"It's just that who would have thought that the more he reads, the less he will speak, until he leaves this place and travels far away." The old man sighed again, with some regret in his eyes.

After a while, he patted Wang Zhun on the shoulder, "Since you're here, let's go inside and have a look." He has been gone for so many years, but there are people in the middle who have been waiting for him. ”

The old man sighed again as he spoke, if he knew that this would be the result in the end, even if he was to be hated by Wang Yan, he would stop Wang Yan no matter what.

Wang Zhun's heart tightened and nodded.

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In one of the waters, two middle-aged women were washing clothes.

Although the woman on the left is a few years old and has a coarse cloth dress on her body, she can still see some of the graceful appearance of her youth between her faces.

The woman on the right is a little sharper than the one on the right, and at a glance you can see that she is a pungent character.

The woman on the right shook off the clothes in her hands, put them in the wooden basin on her side, wiped the sweat from her head, and then looked at the woman on the left who was struggling to wring and wash the clothes in her hands, and couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Ajuan, I don't know what's good about that surnamed Wang? You've been waiting for him for so many years, and you haven't even sent him back! Over the years, the people who have come to propose relatives have even broken the threshold of your home, but you have never let go. Now that you're not young, it's time to think about yourself. Otherwise, today waits until tomorrow, tomorrow waits until the day after tomorrow, and what day can wait until the end?"

The woman named Chen Juan just shook her head and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for so many years, where is the reason to give up halfway." I'll wait for him another year. ”

"You're really an elm head!" The woman beside her had both pity and sorrow for her.

Every time she persuaded her over the years, Chen Juan used this set of rhetoric.

Year after year, I don't know how many years have passed, and the girl next door in the past has also dragged to this age.

In fact, Wang Yan never lied to Wang Zhun at the beginning, and there were indeed many women who loved him when he was in his hometown, even this slightly pungent woman is no exception now.

It's just that she is different from Chen Juan, the love of those young days, since she knows that it is unobtainable, she no longer asks for it.

Now that he is married and has children, he can be regarded as a stable one.

Behind the two of them, there was a young man who had been standing for a long time, and he had heard the words between the two of them in his ears, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

At this moment, the gentle woman on the left turned and looked at the young man who was hesitant.

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In front of an old mansion, Chen Juan took out a bunch of keys from her arms, opened the copper lock on the door, and pushed the door with the young man behind her.

This is Wang Yan's old house, although Wang Yan has not returned to his hometown for a long time these years, but the woman will always come here from time to time to clean.

Therefore, although it is uninhabited all year round, the courtyard is extremely clean.

"This is your father-in-law's old mansion. I've come here a lot to clean over the years, and if you're new to the middle school, you can barely stay here temporarily. ”

Wang Zhun, who was silent along the way, finally made up his mind and told Wang Yan's affairs and the woman.

In the end, he conveyed the words that he could never return to his hometown and asked Chen Juan to find another lover.

He took the handkerchief from his bosom and carefully handed it to the woman.

Chen Juan was very familiar with this piece of Jinpa, and her hands trembled slightly when she took it.

It's just that after being put into his hands, Chen Juan did not cry as Wang Zhun imagined.

The woman's face was calm, and she just said softly, "When I saw you coming alone, I already had some guesses in my heart. Whether you are alive or dead, there is finally news. It is not necessary to live in this world than to die. Not to mention for someone as conceited as he is. ”

After she spoke, she walked away, but just a short distance from the courtyard door, this woman who had always been as calm as water couldn't help it, and reached out to open the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and there was a sachet lying quietly inside.

The woman bowed her head and wept silently.

In the courtyard, Wang Zhun, who was standing alone, stood in the courtyard, listening to the low cry outside the courtyard, silent.

He cursed in his heart the way of this dog's day.

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Since then, Wang Zhun has stayed in Changfengli, helping the people in the middle of it to do some farm work on weekdays, he is alone, but he is also free and easy.

In his life, he had never had such a stable time.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, he was chatting with the chief on the ridge of the field, and found that the chief was a little absent-minded today, often looking at the paddy field in front of him.

"Old Zhou, but something happened in the middle?" Wang Zhun asked with a smile.

"Ah Zhun, you are not from Changfengli, and you have not been here for a long time, I think you should leave tomorrow." The old man was silent for a moment before speaking.

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Wang Zhun was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why the old man would say this.

"Our Changfengli has been in conflict with the world for so many years, but a few years ago, a group of strong beams came to the mountains in the west, and these people colluded with the local aliens, and the officials and soldiers tried in vain for several expeditions, so they could only let it go."

"However, these people were stable in the past few years, as long as the nearby Lizhong paid enough money and food for them, they would not do anything to burn, kill and loot."

"It's just that the old owner of the cottage died suddenly last year, and the new successor owner of the village is a ruthless person, and as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he doubled the money and grain to be handed over this year."

"To this day, we haven't made up this food. I had no choice but to send a letter to the county, thinking that even if I couldn't exterminate these thieves, I could at least send someone to protect the township. But there has been no reply so far. The old man sighed.

Wang Zhun nodded, it seems that the county does not want to pay attention to this matter.

"Don't worry, I'll think about it." Wang Zhun was silent for a moment and then smiled.

"What can you do?"

The old man only thought that Wang Zhun was comforting him, there was no way in the county, what could he do as a young man.

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On the second day, Wang Zhun got up early and went to a nearby village, and then followed the bronze markers on the wall to a wine house.

Smart people always have something in common, and even if they don't talk to each other, they secretly do something.

Over the years, Jia Xu has been in Luoyang City, or Xizhong is in Youzhou, and they have already built several dark networks, and later the two sides merged, although they have not yet been completed, but now they have begun to take shape, as for the mark of contact, it is the shape of the bronze chisel created by Liu Bei himself.

The owner of the wine house is a middle-aged man with a weathered face, when Liu Bei ordered him to come with Wang Zhun, he followed Wang Zhun to this place in secret, and later Wang Zhun lived in Changfengli, and he opened this wine house in the township not far away.

"Do you have a solution?" In a quiet room, Wang Zhun looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Before I came, my lord told me that if Wang Jun encounters something here, he can go to Yangquan City not far away to find Jiang Qin and others for help." Now it's just a little thief, and it's not difficult to deal with. ”

Wang Zhun never doubted what this person said, he had indeed seen Liu Bei's ability when he was plugged in the past, and he could face Tanshihuai alone with a lonely army, and he would not be a person who talked loudly.

"Why did you come here with me?" Wang Zhun asked.

The man smiled, "I'm here to collect news about the land south of the Yangtze River, and I'm here to be the king. ”

Wang Zhun was not surprised, he had followed Wang Yan over the years and helped him deal with many secret things.

On his way to the south, he had already noticed that this person was secretly following, but he never said anything.

The man turned the wine in his hand and laughed softly: "Wang Jun is so talented, it would be a pity if he didn't do something for this world." My lord only needs me to convey a word to the king. ”

"In this world, there has never been a stable paradise."

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Beidi County, Lingzhou.

Seven or eight Hun rangers were scattering and fleeing, and dozens of Han cavalry were in hot pursuit behind them.

These Huns couldn't figure it out anyway, they were just plundering a Han village as before, but these Han troops had been chasing them for three days.

For three days, people did not take off their armor and horses did not leave the saddle, even if they were born on horseback since they were children, the Huns were a little unbearable, but those Han troops still chased after them.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that without those Han soldiers doing it, they won't be able to hold it themselves.

Among the Han army behind him, there were two horsemen in front, it was Fu Xie and Han Yue who returned to Liangzhou.

The two returned to Liangzhou from Luoyang, and found that Liangzhou was a little more chaotic than when they left, and it was not uncommon for the Huns to attack the Han land.

The two were determined to do something.

Fu Xie was originally from a famous family in Liangzhou, so he quickly pulled up some people.

He and Han Yue often led these horses to patrol the border lands, and these days have exterminated many Huns who took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

It's just that the source is on fire, and there is no end to it, and all they can do is to stop the boiling soup and do their best.

Han Yue took a heavy breath on the horse, and only then could he speak, "Nanrong, if we chase after us, we are afraid that we will not be able to hold on." ”

Fu Xie, who urged the horse forward, never looked back, but just said loudly: "It's a pity for a man to kill a thief!" If you have violated the land of my Han family, you should be punished! ”

He lowered his voice again and said in a deep voice: "Even if you can't protect the whole land of Liangzhou, it's good to be able to protect one place."

Han Yue glanced up at him with a complicated expression.

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In winter and October, outside Gaoliu City in the northeast, there are 5,000 Xianbei rangers calling outside.

Later, there were more than 10,000 Xianbei elites led by the three adults.

It's just that the person who leads the army is no longer the Xianbei Great Khan Sandalwood Acacia.

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At the same time, Liu Bei and others had already entered the boundary of Qingzhou.

Before leaving the company's territory, Jia Xu once said that there were many bandits in the interior of the Central Plains, and they did not go down to the border.

Therefore, except for a few scribes, Liu Bei and others all rode horses and wore armor.

Since Si Li has gone all the way, there are indeed many people who have blocked the way along the way, but the so-called strong beam is not a strong man with a full stomach. Rather, it is some homeless people who have no clothes and no home, yellow faces and thin muscles, and even some people have to drag their families and carry young children in their arms when they block the road.

Don't say it's murder and robbery, and I'm afraid that most of these people will starve to death by themselves for a while.

Liu Bei and others naturally had no choice but to exchange the money in their hands for food, and then give them a little food.

Giving money and a lot of food directly would hurt them.

Everyone knows that this is not a long-term method, but even if he is as intelligent as Jia Xu, he can only be tied up when facing these people.

He saved them today, but he could not save them tomorrow.

There were many hungry people along the way, and many frozen bones on the roadside.

Along the way, a person like Shiren, who has little experience in the world, has long been pale, but Jia Xu was used to seeing this kind of scene when he was in Liangzhou, so his face remained unchanged.

Today they have come to the border of the North Sea, and they will only need to walk for half a day to reach the territory of the North Sea.

At this time, Liu Bei was turning over and dismounting, untying the black robe on his body and covering it on a young man who was not covered by the road.

The robe was untied, revealing an iron armor with many notches in it, which he had worn to fight many times, and it could be regarded as several life and death.

When the young man saw his iron armor, he took a few steps back in fright, and finally ran away with his robe in his arms.

Liu Bei raised his hand and wanted to call him to stop, but he opened his mouth a few times, but he was still speechless.

Even if he called out to the young man, what could he say?

That's how the world is.

He stood up, his heart full of indignation, and he wanted to draw the long sword at his waist, but even if he drew the sword, who could he cut it at?

Liu Bei turned over and got on his horse again, and suddenly remembered the Taiping Sutra that Zhang Jiao gave him.

"Brother......" Guan Yu wanted to say something to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak.

Liu Bei turned his head and smiled at Guan Yu and the others.

"The clouds are long, the sky is firm, and its good color is evil?"