"Lu Bu is an invincible general in the world, he has been fighting horses for half his life, he has been in the wind and rain, how can he be sick at this juncture, I don't think something is right about this, he won't be intentionally earning my military horses, right?"

Yuan Tan, who returned to Dazhai of the Chinese army, paced back and forth with some uneasiness.

It's not good to break it in front of Lin Mo, he doesn't believe in the fact that Lu Bu is sick, eighty percent of them earned three thousand military horses, and then they started to pick and choose.

Anyway, the grain and grass don't need to be used by his Lu Bu, and the 20,000 army is good to eat and drink, so he can unscrupulously delay the war period, and he is not distressed!

"Not really."

Guo Tu twisted his short beard and shook his head, "This time he has entered the northern country with an army of 20,000, and now that Yuan Shang's Chinese army has also arrived one after another, a stalemate will immediately form, and it is difficult to get out, and it is impossible to bring in 20,000 troops just for 3,000 war horses." ”

"Sir, do you mean that Lu Bu is really sick?" Yuan Tan's face was a little ugly.

Guo Tu looked calm, showing a superior posture, and smiled playfully, "No, as the son said, Lu Burong has been a horse for half his life, and he is not sick early or late, why is he sick at this time, I am afraid that there is something else here." ”

"So, sir, what the hell is going on here." Yuan Tan patiently praised Guo Tu.

Guo Tu was very useful for this, and immediately stopped being a riddler, "As I expected, Lu Buxu is a fraud and wants to lure Ma Yan to attack." ”

Can Lu Bu have such a city government mental technique?

This suspicion just flashed in his mind, and Yuan Tan immediately thought of Lin Mo who he saw in the pioneer camp, although he looked a little tired, but his demeanor was calm, not at all like his father-in-law was sick, eighty percent was his idea.

He's notoriously scheming.

It must be, it must be!

"That's not right."

After going through it in his mind, Yuan Tan was puzzled: "Fraud also needs someone to pass the news to Ma Yan, what means will he use to pass on this news?" ”

Guo Tu smiled slightly, "Childe, Lu Bu went north to Qingzhou to help in the war, in Yuan Shang's opinion, it must be the result of our heavy bribery, so I guess that Yuan Shang is only afraid that before we arrive, he has sent a messenger to meet Lu Bu quietly." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Tan's pupils suddenly gathered, his heart pounded, and he immediately remembered what Lin Mo had said, and his excited right fist hit his left palm hard, "It must be so, that's why he said that there will be action within half a month, Mr. is really quick!" ”

If so, then we still have a lot of food and grass, and my uncle is sick despite his illness.

The Xin brothers also glanced at each other, and they all felt that what Guo Tu said was reasonable, and this was the only reasonable explanation.

"Childe has an overreputation." Guo Tu has a sense of pleasure in the world.

Here, no one will accuse Guo Tu of saying what he said is a puppet opinion, although this sentence used to come out of his mouth mostly in the past, but it is undeniable that the cooperation between the three major strategists is very pleasant now.

In fact, as far as their hearts are concerned, whether it is Guo Tu or the brothers of the Xin family, they must hope that their side can win, although they have not completely made up their minds to choose Lu Bu or Yuan Tan, but this matter is always a choice based on their own victory.

This is also the reason why they are able to have a high degree of tacit understanding.

Yuan Tan's messy heart was finally calm, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the direction of Yuan Shangjunzhai outside the tent, his eyes were full of fighting spirit.

Anfeng, a mansion, at this time hung with white forging, hung two white lanterns, in and out of the mansion all dressed in linen and filial piety.

In the hall of the courtyard, there is a spirit tablet in the middle, which reads: The spirit seat of the elder brother Zhang Zhishu.

Zhang Liao tied a white cloth on his head, dressed in sackcloth, kneeling in front of the spiritual seat, expressionless, staring at the spirit card.

Among the brothers who came out of the state, it was him, Zhang Yang and Lu Bu who had the deepest feelings, the three of them were happy together, killed the enemy together, attacked brothels at night, and did what men could do together, and the three of them never fell behind.

Zhang Yang is dead, and Zhang Liao will not be a little less sad than Lu Bu.

Fortunately, the news he learned was the same as when Lu Bu first heard it, he only thought that it was done by Zheng Gu, and Zheng Gu was already dead, so Zhang Yang's revenge was theoretically avenged.

Otherwise, he may not dare to take someone to Hanoi to play with Sima Yi like Lu Bu.

The love between life and death can really be fought for, and Zhang Liao, like Lu Bu, has long been deeply seared in his heart.

Behind him, Cao Xing, Song Xian and Cheng Lian also knelt like Zhang Liao.

Among the three, Cao Xing is from Yanzhou, Cheng Lian is from Jingzhou, and Song Xian is from Bingzhou like Lu Bu, but they were not together when they joined the army, but they only became familiar with Lu Bu when they were on Ding Yuan's side of Qingjun.

But the three of them all have a deep relationship with Zhang Yang, and they all fled to Hanoi twice with Lu Bu in the early years, so it can be said that Zhang Yang is their savior.

We don't spend much time together, but Zhang Yang has a good personality, and he doesn't treat them as generals, and often refers to them as brothers, which they keep in mind.

Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that this time, if it wasn't for Zhang Yang to speak, it is estimated that they would still be grooms.

"Let's eat, the dishes from your hometown are all your favorite foods."

There were a lot of dishes in front of Zhang Yang's spiritual seat, and Zhang Liao said with a wry smile: "I still remember the time in Sanchuanhe, when we fought the Huns, we ran out of food, and there were only a few sheep.

But you were born to like to rob, it seems that it is the fifth year of Zhongping, Taiyuan is not a group of Central Plains singers, you dare to rob women with Feng Xian, you didn't make me happy, that is, you Uncle Zhang Zhi, can snatch the singer from Feng Xian's hands.

I don't know if the old bustard in the Taiyuan brothel was still alive, and when he followed Ding Tingshi to Guanzhong, he made an appointment to go back and continue to make trouble. ”

Zhang Liao muttered to himself, laughing for a while, choking for a while, and looking a little crazy.

The past came to mind, and finally I couldn't hold back my crying, "When you leave, I feel like something has dug up a piece of my heart, Uncle Zhi, don't change your name in the next life, I will still find you as a brother."

Zhang Liao knelt like this all day, from day to night, so that the people around him who came to mourn left, and there were only a few Cao Xing and them left in the entire hall.

Zhang Liao sighed deeply, "In this troubled world, we don't know when we will be separated forever, in fact, I still have a lot of things I want to say to you but I haven't had time, so, as brothers, don't hide anything in your heart, you can say anything difficult, don't really regret it to the point of no return."

After speaking, Zhang Liao turned to look at Cao Xuan and the others, his eyes were moist, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Are we brothers?" ”

This question stunned Cao Xing and the others, and several people looked at each other, and they all tacitly thought that Zhang Liao should be too sad, Song Xian took the lead and said: "Wen Yuan, what nonsense are you talking about, of course we are brothers." ”

Zhang Liao nodded solemnly, "I also believe that we are the best brothers, from Guanzhong to the Central Plains, how many times have we fought together, so."

Zhang Liao looked around at the three of them and asked seriously, "Do you have anything to tell me?" ”

The three of them concluded that Zhang Liao must be confused and will continue to talk nonsense, but now it seems that he really has nothing to say, so he can only shake his head.

Zhang Liao bit the corner of his mouth, shook his head with a wry smile, "Okay, you all go back, let me talk to Uncle Zhi." ”

Cao Xing and they also knelt for a whole day, although everyone is a martial artist, but after all, they are not as good as Liao Shen, they are already very tired, they sighed, slowly got up, and then bowed to Zhang Yang's spiritual position three times, and finally reluctantly left.

It wasn't until Zhang Liao was left alone in the entire hall that tears welled up from his eyes again.

In fact, an iron-blooded man like Zhang Liao is extremely unfamiliar with tears, and the last time he cried, it was when he robbed and killed his father and mother in Yanmen Xianbei.

Today, he seems to have released the tears he had accumulated over the years.

"Uncle Zhi, everyone is a brother, how many years have we shared hardships and hardships, how many times have we been under siege and fought side by side without fear of death, I don't want to kill them, why, why do they force me, why!"

Zhang Liao roared hysterically, his right fist hit his chest hard, and his whole face was distorted because of anger, "Uncle Zhi, you teach me, you teach me what to do!" I've lost a brother and don't want anyone to die, why don't they understand! ”

At this moment, the pain that Zhang Liao endured can only be understood by himself, and he cannot talk to outsiders.

These days, he has been very depressed, but there is no way, as the commander of one party, he is the life of tens of thousands of soldiers in the three counties, and Lu Bu's high hopes, he can't be emotional.

Today in front of Zhang Yang's spiritual seat, he finally couldn't help but vent.

He hugged Zhang Yang's spiritual position and cried like a child.

In the end, he directly fell to the side, his eyes were a little dull, and he hugged Zhang Yang's spiritual position and muttered: "Even if Yunwen's methods are a little too radical, they can tell me if they are wronged, that kid still doesn't dare to disobey me, why choose such a desperate path, can they ignore our feelings for so many years."

Zhang Liao was just in the hall, muttering to himself, and fell asleep.

Perhaps, he is also looking forward to the old man falling asleep.

Wen County, Zhangfu.

As a county prince, Zhang Wang's mansion is actually not very big, that is, it is larger than ordinary rich families, and it is only 200 yuan a year.

In a county, there are county orders and family heroes who are under strong pressure, and there are also Gong Cao Shi, county lieutenants, Shaofu, etc. at the same level, of course, their strength is limited.

However, for Zhang Wang, it is not easy to see all this in front of him, originally Cao Cao wanted him to die, if it weren't for the Sima family's full protection, and at the same time, Sima Yi went to Hanoi in person except for Zhang Yang, I am afraid that he would have been in a different place long ago.

It's not easy.

owes the Sima family a great favor, Zhang Wang naturally plans to repay it in the future, anyway, he is also a protégé of the Sima family, and in the future, he will naturally be the only one who is the head of the Sima family.

As for the rest, Zhang Wang didn't dare to think too much anymore.

He once thought that he would have the opportunity to be a county magistrate, but now it seems that there is no chance.

Even if it is the Sima family, it is a great effort to save his life from Cao Cao, and if he wants to seek an official, it is whimsical.

Unless, I can tie up with the Sima family.

However, this is tantamount to an idiot's dream, what kind of existence the Sima family is, what kind of existence his Zhang family is, Zhang Wang can still carry it clearly.

"My lord, I have your letter." The housekeeper ran in, holding a silk cloth sealed with fire paint.

"Bring it."

After Zhang Wang took it casually, the family turned around and left, he carefully uncovered the fire paint, for fear of breaking the silk cloth.

In this era, there is already paper, but the quality of the paper is extremely poor, it cannot be written at all, most of the time it is made of bamboo slips, even those books are recorded on the bamboo slips, and many families even need to use a carriage to pull these books, so there is an idiom of learning rich five cars.

And those who can use silk cloth as a message, it must be either rich or expensive, and ordinary families are reluctant to do it, Zhang Wang must be cautious of course.

People in this era have a habit of reading letters, first of all, to look at the payment.

When Zhang Wang saw the words of his little nephew Lin Mo, the whole person jumped up.

Lin Mo?

How could it be the untouchable letter!

No matter how many letters I have written to him, he has not replied to me, so why does he remember to reply to me?

Zhang Wang even felt that he was dazzled, pulled the silk cloth again, and finally confirmed that it was Lin Mo's name, he hurriedly ran to the side and closed the hidden door, and then turned back to the desk to read the letter.

He took a deep breath and shook his head in disbelief, feeling a little revered by the belief in front of him.

Three years ago, he was still disgusted with Lin Mo and wanted to break off contact, but now, this young man is already famous in the world, and even Cao Cao can throw himself into prison for him.

He carefully picked up the silk cloth, and before he finished reading it, it was enough to make Zhang Wang's chest rise and fall violently, and the whole person began to tremble.

Lin Mo wants to come to Wen County, he wants to come to him, hoping that he will introduce him to Cao Cao, he can't stay with Lu Bu in the past few years.

Hey, is this true, isn't that untouchable married to Lu Bu's daughter?

Why is it so unbearable in the letter, isn't it really coerced by Lu Bu and can't get out?

Then you haven't come to me for the past few years, but now you can come, and now Lu Bu won't coerce you? Besides, you are in the north, how did you come to Wen County?

Keep watching, and the content that makes him even more excited is here.

Lin Mo had already followed Lu Bu to Qingzhou, and sneaked out while Lu Bu and Yuan Shang were fighting in Xiajin, and then rode all the way to the Yellow River, and boarded a merchant ship, which went directly to Chang'an, he will get off the ferry in Wenxian County, and is expected to arrive on the 23rd of this month, with a difference of no more than two days, please meet your uncle at the ferry.

Zhangwang's eyes dilated, and his mouth was long enough to fit an egg, "Is it really coming?" ”

Although Zhang Wang said that he did not know much about the northern country, he was quite clear about the channel of the Yellow River, because it was more than 30 miles away from Wenxian County was the Yellow River ferry, and there were often Central Plains merchants who went to Silizhou to get off the ship and sell it in Wenxian County.

In fact, before Dong Zhuo's rebellion, this route could reach the imperial capital Luoyang, and the Central Plains traders took the goods to Luoyang to sell, and then purchased some local specialties to sell back to make a profit.

However, after the Guanzhong withered, this route basically stopped when it reached Hanoi, and there was a risk of robbery further upstream.

"Yes, yes, that untouchable still has a bit of a brain, from Xia Jin to Wen County, Hanoi, other methods other than taking the waterway will not work at all, not stupid or stupid." Zhang Wang muttered excitedly.

From Xia Jin to Wen County, along the way you have to pass through the defense line of Yuan Shang and Cao Cao, not to mention that the sergeants in those passes will not be released if they can't see the household registration hand, just the mountain bandits along the way can also ask for Lin Mo's life.

Therefore, the only way to reach Wen County safely is by water, and the problem of household registration after mixing in the merchant ships does not exist, and at the same time, it can avoid mountain bandits.

Of course, there will also be Cao Yuan and his men stopping at the ferry along the way, but most of them will not have any harsh requirements for the merchants, just to collect taxes for Cao Yun.

With one or two more people, the officials who collect taxes will not be suspicious at all.

What a Lin Yunwen, this is the only way to enter Wen County, which is amazing!

It is worth mentioning that during this period, the water transport trade route of the Yellow River was far more prosperous than that of the Yangtze River.

In fact, before the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the transportation of the Yellow River was once prosperous, because most of the political centralization pushed forward was in Guanzhong and the Central Plains, both along the Yellow River.

This determines that the prosperity of the Yellow River is far from comparable to that of the Yangtze River.

There are two reasons for the subsequent withering, the first is that the river channel is silted and swinging, forming an above-ground river, and many places are not navigable; Another important reason is that from the beginning of the An Lushan rebellion and the rise of the Khitan, the centralized center began to move south, and natural commerce and trade will wither.

Zhang Wang took a big breath and forced himself to calm down, Lin Mo was coming, and his fate would definitely change dramatically.

I thought that the pinnacle of my life was the county, but now, it's too much, right?

With Cao Cao's dedication to him, it is not impossible to enter Xuchang to be a court Jiuqing.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and even decided that as long as Lin Mo arrived, whether he wanted to or not, he would arrange for Chunhua to cook raw rice with him first, without this relationship, how could he ensure his future?

Do you want to tell the Sima family?

After this thought flashed, Zhang Wang immediately dispelled it, and he must not tell them.

As a protégé of the Sima family, if the Sima family wants to grow stronger and win Lin Mo in, everything he thinks will be greatly discounted.

Yes, yes, confidentiality, don't keep it secret!

Zhang Wang hurriedly burned the silk cloth, and looking at the silk cloth that had turned into ashes, he finally relaxed and laughed.

"Life is like this, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, and I can't imagine that the untouchables I once looked down on can become a stepping stone for me to rise to the top.

Your father saved my life at the beginning, what about you, you also have to achieve it for me to grow the Zhang family, it seems that your Lin family owed me a lot in the last life, hahaha."

From beginning to end, Zhang Wang didn't think that he owed anything to Lin Mo, even if the Lin family saved his life, he was only excited to agree to the marriage at that time.

People in this era, getting married has always been the right person, you said that you are a pariah with my Zhang family, I really can't complain that I regret my marriage.

Although the Zhang family is not a big family, if it is spread out, I found a pariahs for my daughter to be a husband, wouldn't it be a joke?

In fact, when he said goodbye to Lin Mo's father, he regretted that he agreed too hastily, and the idea of regretting marriage was not a whim.

It's just that he never thought that he would still have to accept that pariah, but now he is worthy of Chunhua, after all, the Marquis of Lanling.

(End of chapter)