"Art thou a woman?"

The smile on Lu Hangyu's face froze.

She straightened up, threw the scoop in her hand into the bucket, took a half-step forward with her left foot, leaned forward slightly, and reached behind her back to pull out the long sword.

"Draw your sword," the light in her eyes was as cold as the cold light on the blade, "we must both lie here today." ”

Zhang Liao woke up frightened for the second time.

Chapter 65

This spring can be called cold and damp, and when the army marches west from Tongguan, the road is also very muddy and difficult to walk, but this does not mean that the same is true in the tent of the Xiliang army.

As soon as the curtain is lifted, there is a wisp of sweet and sobering dark fragrance; The golden moire Boshan furnace slowly burned with sporadic firelight; The floor was covered with a carpet from the Western Regions, and the goose yellow background was densely covered with blue and white intertwined flowers and branches, and it was said that there were no more than a thousand flowers on it, but Li Dao never had the heart to count them.

Any ornament in this military tent was a fine product, something he had never heard of or seen in the frontier, and together with the chests full of jewels and gold and silver in the back tent, it would have given him a sense of satisfaction.

But today, he was lying on the marching couch in a state of confusion, allowing the two beautiful girls who also plundered from Yingchuan to massage his legs and feet, and he had ridden his horse for a day, and his calves were wrapped in leather boots, which were indeed sore and swollen.

Although the girl's methods are still a little rusty, they are just right, and he doesn't like those maids trained by high-ranking families. People who are used to serving others, he is too lazy to ask for it, only this kind of family background, a girl who has never worked with ten fingers can arouse his interest. Of course, they are all talented and intelligent girls, even if they don't know how to serve men at first, or have some temper and self-esteem, as long as they drag a few out of the tent and throw them to the sergeant to dispose of at will, the rest will naturally put away their tears and anger and serve carefully.

In addition to these two Meiji, who are his favorite, he also selected a few daughters of a family who are very good in age and appearance, and brought them in the army, ready to be given as gifts to the generals in the Xiliang army, such as his boss, that is, Niu Fu, the son-in-law of Dong Gong.

Originally, the most beautiful one was said to be a girl from the Chen family in Yingchuan, who was supposed to be dedicated to Dong Gong, but the news came more than ten days ago that Dong Gong was killed by the traitor Lu Bu Wang Yun, and his body was wiped out, and even his body was thrown away in front of the palace gate and ruined by the villains in the market.

When the news came, he was still looting Yingchuan and Chenliu counties, and looted those scholars and civilians who had not migrated to Chang'an, and even thought that they could live in peace if they stayed in the Kanto region.

Doing so would inevitably attract resentment, and Li Dao Guo Yan was not a man who was not proficient in the world, so they issued additional orders to require their soldiers to eliminate evil. As a result, the sound of chickens and dogs was no longer heard in the counties east of Luoyang, and those wealthy families and ordinary people who did not have time to escape earlier were finally equal under the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. They were naked, and their bodies were thrown in the wilderness, among the ruins, and beside the rivers, waiting for the beasts and birds to devour them all, and then to bury them all in the next spring, or when the next spring comes.

In any case, Li Dao literally killed most of the people who would resent him for plundering the Kwantung region, and when the army was full of gluttony and was ready to move to the next target, Dong Gong's bad news came, followed by an urgent letter from General Niu Fu, asking him and Guo Yan to immediately lead their troops back to Longzhong, and then try to take revenge.

Li Dao has fought for half his life, and he has never thought of being an enemy of the imperial court, and of course, he has never considered defending the Han Dynasty. In his very simple heart, the imperial court is equal to Dong Gong, so the territory controlled by Dong Gong is their own territory of the Xiliang people, and in addition, there are enemies in the world.

But what about when the imperial court was also an enemy of Dong Gong and despicably assassinated Dong Gong?

Li Dao thought that he needed to wait, wait for the imperial court's explicit decree to be promulgated, forgive them as Western Liang generals, as long as the imperial court's edict was delivered, he was willing to carefully submit to the imperial court, and he could continue to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and guard the frontier.

But Wang Yun disagreed, no matter how Lu Bu persuaded him, Wang Yun never issued the pardon.

"They were originally guilty."

Tianguang entered Wang Yun's study, and the reason why he didn't entertain Lu Bu in the guest room was because Wang Situ was too busy. He had a lot of official documents to read and many approvals to write, so he had no time to pour him a bowl of tea with a noble bearing as before.

But the old man's attitude was still amiable - amiable, but not regressive.

"Feng Xian thought about it, what kind of person is Niu Fu, and what kind of person is Li Guo's generation under him? Now I want to make peace with Kanto, but he plundered Chen Liuyingchuan, killed men and women, and there was no relic! ”

When he said this, Wang Yun's voice unconsciously raised a little, and his anger that was not well concealed was also revealed.

"Even so," said Lu Bu, "they have soldiers in their hands. ”

"Isn't the Son of Heaven guarded by soldiers?" Wang Yun immediately retorted, "Since Xu Rong and the others have been surrendered, and Niu Fu has been ambushed, why should I pardon such villains?" ”

Chang'an naturally has a forbidden army, and the Eighth Army of Xiyuan in Luoyang was brought over by Dong Zhuo, and now it is divided into a part of Huangfu Song and a part of Zhu Jun, which are indeed famous generals who are not born in the world, and Lu Bu also has thousands of state soldiers, which is really good. But Lu Bu still felt uneasy in his heart, to be precise, the anxiety in his heart was far more serious than "uneasy", and he had not even slept for several days.

Li Dao Guo Yan is Dong Zhuo's cronies brought out in the early years, they may not be strict, they are violent, and they have committed many things that are indignant to God, but they have a heavy cavalry in Xiliang, as well as more than 10,000 infantry, and the combat effectiveness of these tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers is by no means comparable to the forbidden army.

Even if Lu Bu and Zhang Liao stood on the position of the state army, and said a few words lightly about how the Xiliang people did not practice coaching, they were all a terrifying army.

There is no morality, and there is no fear of death.

This is a beast, it should be carefully appeased, and after it is bribed by the golden silk reward of the imperial court, and completely surrendered, it can slowly divide this Xiliang army in the spring breeze and drizzle.

Lu Bu put himself in his shoes and thought about it, if he was Li Guo, what would he do......

"Feng Xian don't have to worry," Wang Yun put the pen aside after writing an official document, "How can anyone in the world dare to compete with the imperial court?" Such national thieves will be punished by the whole world, and the whole world will punish them! ”

The undried ink was the same as the old man's posture, strong and powerful, with an unyielding arrogance, which fell clearly in Lu Bu's eyes, making him suddenly in a trance for his previous choice.

What exactly is "the world"? How many soldiers and horses are there in the "world"? Even if the "world" is really just, when this "justice" becomes a soldier and a horse, and when he comes to Chang'an City to rescue the king, what will become of the old capital of the Han Dynasty?

"Is Situ really unwilling to issue a pardon?" He tentatively spoke for the last time.

Wang Yun sneered, "As far as the crimes they have committed, if I issue a letter of pardon, I am afraid that they will be even more suspicious, it is better to let them return to Chang'an to ask for punishment for their crimes, and then in order to appease the people of Xiliang, the court will naturally keep them from dying." ”

No, it's not. Lu Bu thought that if it was him, he would not be willing to come to Chang'an to be punished when he had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Perhaps there should be a person in Li Dao Guo's army who is very eloquent, and there is a fair and righteous person in his heart who will tell Li Guo and others this truth, and ask them to go to Chang'an to ask for their guilt, or disperse separately. This person must not only be familiar with military affairs, but also be born in a family and have good and peaceful talents. If this is the case, then Lu Bu will also praise it without hesitation, the Mandate of Heaven is in the Han Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Li people in Guanzhong, and the people of Chang'an City, all feel the grace of this person's life!

…… But is there really such a lobbyist?

There is indeed a lobbyist in Li Dao's military tent, who is in his early forties, high-crowned and broad-minded, and has a refined bearing, which is very different from Li Dao Guo Yan's rude martial arts, and even a few beautiful women can't help but feel good when they see it.

Especially the one who accompanied him, who was originally the daughter of a certain family of Chen Liu, was frightened all the way after being plundered, and now sitting beside him, seeing his solemn expression, elegant demeanor, thin lips occasionally dip into the wine lord and put it down, the most important thing is that he never treated her lightly, which made the girl grateful, and her heart was like a deer.

Even if the scribe was a little older, it was not a problem at all, and she sat beside him for only a short time, and pleaded so earnestly in her heart that the lord would take her out of the camp, even if it was as a concubine.

But his attention was not on her at all, and he didn't even divide half of her afterglow.

"Two generals, what do you want now?"

Guo Yan took a sip of wine, and suddenly burst into tears, "It's me who is incompetent and can't avenge Dong Gong." ”

So there was a moment of silence in the tent, and after a while, Guo Yan spoke again, "Now the imperial court refuses to pardon, only to order the sergeants to disperse, and we will bring our families back to our hometown in Liangzhou." ”

The scribe glanced at Guo Yan lightly and laughed silently.

"Why is Wen He laughing?"

The scribe did not answer Guo Yan, but looked at Li Dao, "Now there is news in Chang'an City, the imperial court wants to punish the people of Liangzhou, can the two generals know?" ”

The latter was silent for a long time, "How can we compete with the imperial court?" ”

"Why not? If the general abandons the crowd and goes alone, even a small pavilion chief can take your life! ”

Li Dao suddenly raised his head, and looked at the scribe with shock and awe in his eyes.

Jia Xu is filial piety and honesty, although he is a captain in the army, he is more proficient in literature and ink, never goes into battle to kill the enemy, and he has excellent appearance and demeanor, so he is regarded as a gentle and weak civilian official in the Xiliang army. At this moment, the sudden surprise words can't help but make people feel impressive.

"According to the public's opinion, what is the cloud?"

"In my opinion," Jia Xu's eyes were cold and sharp, "It's better to lead the crowd to the west, and levy men and women all the way to attack Chang'an, so that you can avenge Gong Dong!" If it happens, the Son of Heaven will calm the world, and the wealth will not be mentioned, and the extremely human minister will not know! ”

This remark shocked Li Dao and Guo Yan speechless, only the violent rise and fall of the chest can see how chaotic and agitated their hearts are, but this remark has already made the girl next to Jia Xu frightened! She was a little restless, but since Jia Xu didn't order her to retreat, she could only sit there, just quietly moved out a little. But only that little action also fell into Jia Xu's eyes.

"The general should immediately reward the three armies, and he will not hesitate to play with beautiful women," Jia Xu said, "When Chang'an City is broken, how many treasures and beauties will be ten times greater?!" ”

Li Dao was finally moved, he suddenly stood up, overturned the table, and the carpet full of flowers was sprinkled with bright red wine.

"That being the case, before sending the army, I should sacrifice Dong Gong's spirit in the sky," the general, who loves fortune-telling and attaches great importance to omens and luck, hesitated for a while, and suddenly rejoiced, "I am leaving a beautiful woman in the camp and want to dedicate it to Dong Gong, and now it is just right!" ”

No...... This is not true...... The girl next to Jia Xu saw a tearful girl advancing in, and without even a wail, she was cut off by Li Dao with a sword!

But her fear soon came to an end, because the beautiful husband with Gao Guanbo beside her also overturned the table, stood up and drew his sword.

"The general has given me this concubine," he said, "and what do I cherish for a beauty?" I only hope that Dong Gong has a soul, can enjoy blood food, and help us to capture Chang'an! ”

It must have been a good sword, and it pierced her delicate chest without even being hindered in the slightest, but the moment the sword was drawn, the blood gushed out, but it did not immediately breathe, allowing her to collapse on the carpet and watch her and the girl's blood slowly stain the carpet full of small blue and white flowers.

She was actually very puzzled, and wanted to ask the adult why he did that, but she couldn't ask after all.

Chapter 66

There is such a story in "Yan Zi Chunqiu", to the effect that there are three generals under the account of a certain Duke of Qi, who is proud of his achievements, which is a headache for Duke Qi, so the lord invited Yan Ying and came up with the idea of killing three soldiers with two peaches......

Lu Bu now feels like Qi Gong and Yan Ying, but in the end, he is more like that peach, because after his two warriors tore apart for a peach, neither of them led their necks to kill themselves, but ran to him in unison to theorize.

…… He didn't know what to theorize.

"Reasoning, that green topaz dragon comb is mine!" Mrs. Wei said, "There should be a limit to your spoiling concubines and killing your wife!" ”

"Captain Wang sent that box of jewels, didn't the general give them all to the Wei family?" Mrs. Yan said aggrievedly, "Only leave a handful of jade combs and concubines, it must be something that the Wei family doesn't want, so they will be thrown to the concubine indiscriminately!" ”

"I'm a grave woman, and the jewels should have been kept by me!" Mrs. Wei said angrily, "Does the general think I'm old and decrepit and want to marry a bride?" ”

"The general gave this comb to the concubine, and the concubine cherished it in every way, and now the general wants to get it back! Mo said that he would exchange a box of jewels for it," Mrs. Yan burst into tears, "Even gold and silver can't exchange the concubine's affection for the general!" ”

Although the big and the small in the house look at each other unpleasantly, they have a very tacit understanding, and they never quarrel and scold each other, but they all come to him to ask for justice.

If the two of them were arguing about the kitchen, Lu Bu would have arrested the cook and scolded him, he always did this, and the cook had been scolded so calmly that his heart was dead, but now he was scolding about jewelry, and he couldn't arrest the captain and scold him.

…… He actually wanted to scold, why did the captain who confiscated Yi Wu send this box of jewelry treasures. He also wants to scold himself, isn't it good to put it away quietly? Why do you have to give it to both of them?

And looking at the wisdom of the Wei family and the Yan family, who resolutely only seek him to cry, that is, not to tear it up directly, Lu Bu always suspected that if Yan Ying was facing them, then it would be useless to take a few peaches, because these two ladies would only stare at Qi Gong with tears in their eyes, and they must let him personally divide the merits of the battle.

…… Lu Bu thought for a moment and shuddered.

"Didn't the general see that the concubine had no good color, so he was tired of the concubine!" Seeing the lord sitting there, her eyes were in a daze, Mrs. Yan's apricot eyes stood up, and her cheeks, which were as fresh as peach blossoms, also bulged, and pushed the lord hard!

…… was there in a daze, and the defenseless Lu Bu was pushed by surprise and hit his head against the wall behind him!

…… It hurts!

Wei's eyes widened suddenly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up with Yan, "Why are you so careless!" Just like your stupid appearance and go into battle to kill the enemy, I am also puzzled......"

Lu Bu looked at his main room and concubine in astonishment, and always felt that these two ladies had already found a set of wisdom to deal with their husbands, and compared to them, he was a little more redundant among the three.

"General, the box ......"

Lu Bu interrupted her words and said categorically, "I suddenly remembered that there was something in the camp, and I had to go out." ”

Not only did he run away, he had to find a place to calm down.

Salted fish has also wanted to calm down lately.

A stone of corn is not unexpensive at this time, she paid a high price of a stone of corn, and begged a caravan from a merge state that her husband was familiar with to find a way to send Dong Bai to Shaanxi County.

After going out for more than ten days, the caravan came back, and Dong Bai, who had lost a little weight, also brought back.

"Lang Jun," said the caravan boss with a state accent, "Shaanxi County is at war, and I can't get by." ”

…… Then you should find a good family to settle her in! She roared so much in her heart, but she didn't know that if it weren't for Dong Bai who she sent away, let alone going out of the city to find a good family, such a little beauty would be eager to stay in the city to be a daughter-in-law, anyway, Dong Bai lived in a simple house, and no one knew what her identity was.

But the neighbors in the three cities vaguely knew that although this Lu Langjun was nominally only a servant of the Hou Mansion, he could have a relationship with General Zhang's peers, and even Wen Hou valued him quite a lot, and never treated him as an ordinary servant!

If you want to look at Lu Hangyu's face and mouth, no matter how you look at it, you can't see the outstanding, so his Ren Xia who takes life and death lightly is even stronger.

No one wants to mess with such a person, and what he sent away at a high price was a girl who knew the family at first sight, so between hiding Dong Bai and sending it back intact, the caravan leader reluctantly chose the latter and sent such a little girl back well.