As a retainer of the Xiahou family, the shopkeeper Niu should feel comforted when he learned that the little young master Xiahou was still alive.

And by chance, Xue'er was able to recognize her brother, and he should be even more happy, how could it be such a look?

Seeing that he was stunned, Xue'er came over and took his hand, and called grandpa a few times before calling him back from his stunned state. The shopkeeper changed his expression, shed a few tears, and said a few 'yes' again and again.

Then he hugged Xiahoudun and asked, "Young Master, I finally saw you again, do you still recognize me?"

Xiahoudun shook his head: "I can't remember at all." “

A smile appeared on the cow's shopkeeper's face: "That's good, that's good." This is all the blessing of the old lady in the spirit of heaven, the sky has eyes, and the family is finally reunited. ”

"Listen to the eldest brother, I still have a second brother?"

"Second brother?" Shopkeeper Niu looked at Cao Cao, thinking in his heart could it be this person, right?

Xiahoudun said: "It's my second brother Xiahouyuan, don't you remember him?"

"Oh, remember, remember, he was the most naughty when he was a child, every time he made a mistake, he was afraid of the master's punishment, he always hid in the old slave room, and didn't dare to come out, hehe. ”

Xue'er still wanted to speak, but the shopkeeper Niu knelt on his knees and said with tears: "God is pitiful, the truth of the unjust case of Xiahou's family has finally been revealed, please look at the subordinates and Xue'er's dedication for many years, uphold justice, and avenge the Xiahou family." ”

"Shopkeeper Niu, please, your business is my Zhang Liao's business. 'Hongmen' has done a lot of evil and bad things, and it seems that this account will be settled together. ”

"Thank you, owner. Xue'er, from now on, you must always stay by the owner's side, serve with all your heart, and never leave a single step. After saying that, the shopkeeper knocked his head a few times, and then got up and went out to run errands.

He deliberately emphasized the last two sentences.

After breakfast, Zhang Liao asked Cao Cao to leave and go to Calvary, and the Xiahou brothers and sisters naturally traveled all the way.

Coming out of the living room, all the way to the west, one hundred and fifty or sixty zhang away, I saw a 'stone bridge' in front of me from a distance.

This is the westernmost point of the mountain where the Woniu Villa is located, this 'stone bridge' is a bridge connecting another mountain, and when I walked to it, I found that it was not a real bridge, but a bluestone passage naturally born between the two peaks, which was later artificially repaired to become what it is now.

The 'stone bridge' was about six or seven years long and less than five feet wide, and people did not dare to look left and right when they walked on it, because there was a bottomless abyss on both sides. Fortunately, the descendants installed two iron cables on the edge, and crossed the bridge with their hands, and their hearts were a little more steady.

Beyond the bridge is the Lava Ridge, which is steeper than the peak on which the lodge is located, and the cliffs that stand like swords are everywhere.

"Why aren't there any soldiers guarding it?" Cao Cao was a little strange.

"There is only one way to come to this Calvary, so there is only one patrol team. ”

Only then did Cao Cao understand that the peak where Calvary is located, although it is independent, but it is full of cliffs and cliffs all around, and there is no way up and down the mountain at all, and anyone who wants to come here can only go through the entire mountain villa and then cross the 'stone bridge', so only the mountain villa has strengthened its vigilance, and it is difficult for outsiders to reach Calvary Terrace.

It seems that when the Calvary was built, the location was carefully chosen, and it was indeed a dangerous place where 'one man should be closed and ten thousand people could not be opened', so there is no one on this mountain peak on weekdays.

As soon as he thought of this, reality broke Cao Cao's thoughts, because there were clearly two people doing farm work in the field in front of him.

On both sides of the road is a large cotton field, which looks like fourteen or fifteen acres of land, overgrown with rows of cotton, the tall plants can reach people's chests, and the low ones are above the knees, and the green leaves stretch in the wind, and you can see blooming flowers everywhere, some red and yellow, and cotton fruits the size of apricots after the flowers.

Cao Cao had never seen cotton before, so he was very curious, so he asked Zhang Liao about it.

"Brother Cao is in the capital, so naturally I don't know. This cotton is also the seed brought back by Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it is said to have been passed on from the Tianzhu Kingdom. At first, it was only planted in the frontier, and after Emperor Zhao succeeded to the throne, he came to Woniu Mountain to pay homage to the sword of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time gave a large number of items to the villa, and this cotton seed was among them. Brother Cao knows that after this cotton peach blooms, it can harvest white cotton wool, which is used to fill pillows and is several times better than kapok. “

When they came to the front, the two people who were farming saw Zhang Liao, hurriedly walked to the side of the road, and gave Zhang Liao a gift: "Ren ploughed the field and the little cow has seen the owner." ”

In the ears of these three words, Cao Cao suddenly became a spirit, and he was also surnamed Ren, could it be that he was the descendant of Ren Ao back then?

"Uncle Ren doesn't have to be polite, congratulations, this year's cotton is growing well, and it is a good harvest. Zhang Liao returned the gift to the old man at the same time.

"Yes, yes, when the autumn comes, the soldiers of the villa will be able to add a few more quilts. Ren Gengtian was also smiling.

"Little calf, you have grown taller again, and you can help your grandfather with his work. Does your grandfather have any supplies he needs, just go to the cow shopkeeper and get them, you know?"

Xiao Niu'er is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he depends on his grandfather on weekdays, and he has never seen any living people, and when he heard Zhang Liao's question, his little face turned red, and he only nodded.

"The owner of the village is not strange, Niu Er is shy by nature and does not like to talk. You kid, the owner of the village is not an outsider, so don't thank the owner quickly. ”

Only then did the little cow whisper a word of thanks.

"If there is too much work in the field, go back and ask the cattle shopkeeper to arrange a few soldiers to come over to help, your more than ten acres of land, but you have helped a lot of the villa. Let's go get busy first, I have two more guests here. ”

"It's just pinching the tip and making a mistake, where do you dare to bother the military masters. As he spoke, he bowed down to Zhang Liao, and then took the little cow back to the field.

Cao Cao saw that Ren Gengtian was over sixty years old, old and longzhong, his beard was gray, his face was full of wrinkles, it was estimated that he had worked all year round and experienced vicissitudes, but his body was still quite strong, and his waist was very straight, he was extremely respectful to Zhang Liao, and from the perspective of familiarity, it was estimated that the old man had been here for some years.

After walking a few steps, Cao Cao approached Zhang Liao: "Owner, this is ploughing the field... ？”

Zhang Liao immediately understood his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother Cao misunderstood, although the old man is surnamed Ren, he has nothing to do with Ren Ao. Twenty years ago, his father died tragically, and the old man was so sad that he moved to live in this lava ridge. “

"The ancestors of my Zhang family have been buried near this lava ridge skull platform after their deaths, and they are loyal during their lifetimes, and they must also accompany the Son of Heaven Sword after their deaths. Uncle Ren has lived here since then, one to accompany his father, and the other to farm for fun. “

"Uncle he was originally an orphan, and he was brought back by his grandfather and his old man in Qinghe County, and even the surname 'Ren' was given to him by his grandfather, so how could it have anything to do with Ren Ao?"

I see, since this old man Ren didn't have the surname Ren in the first place, and even his surname was changed later, naturally he wouldn't know the secret of opening the Calvary.

As he spoke, he arrived at the acres of land of the ancestors of the Zhang family, a dense mound on the south side of the path, and it is estimated that in the past four hundred years, all the descendants of the deceased 'Seven Star Sword' have been here. The cemetery was neatly tidy and clean, and there were not even a single weed.

Needless to say, this is the result of Ren Ploughing's hard work, and it seems that this old man is very attentive to this job and respects the Zhang clan very much.

On the opposite side of the Zhang tomb group, that is, on the north side of the path, is the Calvary Terrace.

From escaping from the capital to coming to Woniu Mountain, how difficult it is, Cao Cao finally saw the Calvary, suppressed the joy in his heart, Cao Cao raised his eyes and looked.

I saw a pool of ten acres in the north, the clear waves rippled inside, I don't know how deep the water is, the distance is more than 100 steps, I still feel the cold is pressing, no wonder it is called 'ice pool', presumably the water temperature is quite low.

In the center of the pond is a stone pillar of two or three days thick, about three feet high, and at the top of the pond comes fiery red magma, flowing with a fiery red 'fire dragon', dripping into the pool water 'snorting'. Again, at such a distance, its ultra-high temperature makes people feel like a fire.

When they came to the edge of the pool, they immediately felt a chill to their bones, followed by a wave of heat, as the saying goes, 'fire and water are incompatible', but the scene in front of them was stunned.

"The water temperature is very low, and it doesn't freeze, because there is molten slurry injected, and the molten slurry enters the water and is neutralized by the ice water. This has been the case for hundreds of years. ”

Listening to Zhang Liao's words, Cao Cao kept nodding his head, but where was the Calvary he was most looking forward to?

In Cao Cao's heart, he has always firmly believed that this calvary must be built very strongly, so it is difficult to open, so he is very much looking forward to seeing its true face.

As a result, not to mention the Calvary, not even a mound can be seen.

"Please sit down and speak. Zhang Liao pointed to a stone cow and said.

This is a stone ox, to be exact, a lying ox, four hooves on the ground, the body is slightly tilted, although it is artificially carved, but lifelike, vivid, it is like the real thing. It was carved out of a large piece of stone, and the craftsmen of the time must have been highly skilled, but it was a little strange that the cow was five heads.

One body, five cow heads, how can there be such a cow in the world?

Moreover, the five bullheads have different expressions, shapes, sizes, and eye expressions, and the only similarity is that all of them have their mouths wide open, as if they want to eat, or they want to moo.

Is it to show the superb skills of the craftsmen to make such a peculiar lying cow, or is there something else? Cao Cao and Xiahoudun glanced at each other, both at a loss.

"You may be seated. Zhang Liao invited again.

The stone ox is huge, and several people are on the ground, and their buttocks are sitting on the cow at the same time.

The stone ox carved with great effort will not just be used as a stool to sit on, right?

"Indeed, for hundreds of years, apart from sitting down and resting their feet, they did not know any other use for the stone ox. In addition to this one, on the four corners of the ice pool, there is also an identical stone ox, according to the ancestors, the early stone ox was also painted with different colors, but the years are deep, the wind and rain, the color has long faded, and it has become the current appearance. Brother Cao, the word 'Lying Cow' in the name of this mountain is precisely because of this. “

Woniu Mountain, five stone oxen, five bull heads, is really interesting.