Woniu Mountain, Julu County.

Cao Cao and the others were walking on the sheep intestine path down the mountain. Leaving the cold, damp and gloomy ice pool Calvary, bathed in the warm sunlight at the moment, Cao Cao felt a lot of emotion in his heart: how beautiful it is to live in the sun.

However, his mood was inexplicably heavy, the Han Empire was already in danger, internal and external troubles, and the only hope to support the new emperor was the Sword of the Son of Heaven and the Gaozu Golden Scroll, hoping that these two 'gifts' from the Gaozu Emperor could change the fortunes of the Han Dynasty and get himself out of trouble. Cao Cao didn't dare to imagine that the emperor could accept such an ending?

In any case, after a lot of hardships, he finally lived up to the trust of the old abbot, and after four hundred years, the sword of the Son of Heaven finally saw the light of day. It's just that no one expected this result, but it's a pity that the Sword of Heaven is divided into three, and it is no longer the 'Heavenly Sword' that followed Emperor Gaozu back then.

Cao Cao stopped, and Zhang Liao, the Xiahou brothers and others behind him also stopped. Zhang Mei looked at her lover's eyes and knew what he was thinking. She didn't say anything, took out a silk scarf from her arms, and gently wiped the beads of sweat from Cao Cao's face.

Cao Cao also didn't speak, gently holding her little hand, his gaze stayed on her pretty face for a moment, and then slowly moved to Brother Xiahou.

Xiahoudun was seriously injured, in addition to permanently losing an eye, his left leg was bloody and blurry, although after a simple bandage, he walked a little limp, Zhang Liao originally planned to order someone to carry him down the mountain with a shelf, but Xiahoudun insisted on walking, he used a wooden stick as a 'crutch', not to mention letting people carry him down the mountain, even his brother Xiahouyuan refused to help him.

This is a tough guy who has lived a life of licking blood from the knife since he was a child, and since he joined the gold pie, he has long been used to living a hard life. What is this injury in front of me, once I was ordered to sneak into the 'Liang Cemetery' in Hedong County, had an accident, broke three ribs, and was in a coma for three days and three nights.

Cao Cao moved his gaze to Zhang Liao's face again, this is also a bright and upright man, courageous and knowledgeable, loyal to his duties, the Zhang family, since the ancestor Zhang Budo, has been guarding the Calvary Terrace in Woniu Mountain for nearly four hundred years, and now he decided to follow the eldest brother Cao Cao, who had just worshipped, so that the fire that had already burned in his heart was more vigorous, so he resolutely left the place where he lived for generations.

The Sword of Heaven has reappeared, and his family mission has ended. No, it can also be said that the new mission has just begun, and the Sword of the Son of Heaven has already been 'born', so has the mission of the Sword of Heaven been completed? No, it can also be said that it has just begun.

Cao Cao's gaze finally fell on Cao Ren and Cao Hong's faces, and the three of them grew up together and were like brothers and sisters. Cao Cao's mood slowly eased a lot, what is the most important thing? is a person, a good wife and a good friend!

Of course, everyone's thoughts are also different, such as Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao and others, in their eyes, power is probably the first, so they will do everything to snatch the sword of the Son of Heaven. Just to take out the Sword of the Son of Heaven, too many people were involved, from the court members to the innocent people, it can be said that the price is too great. It's a pity that the Sword of Heaven is now divided into three, and it is no longer the 'Heavenly Sword' that followed Emperor Gaozu back then.

'The five elements of the sword are together, and the sword of the Son of Heaven is out. Cao Cao stopped, looked at the half of the 'Son of Heaven Sword' in his hand, and couldn't believe that this rusty 'scrap iron' was a national treasure. The Five Elements Sword has died out, and in exchange for three pieces of the Son of Heaven Sword, can it really change the fortunes of the Han Dynasty? Looking at this piece of his own, Cao Cao couldn't help but think of the two pieces in Liu Bei and Sun Ce's hands, are they also thinking about the same problem at the moment? And what will Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao, who did not get the Sword of the Son of Heaven, do?

Zhang Mei called lightly before Cao Cao was pulled back to reality from his thoughts, he smiled apologetically at everyone, glanced back in the direction of Lava Ridge, turned around and walked down the mountain quickly.

Soon came to Niujiao Village at the foot of the mountain, and saw the tavern where they met Zhang Liao for the first time from a distance.

At this moment, the tavern should be empty, because when the enemy is present, the cattle shopkeeper suspended the tavern business and 'transferred' all the personnel to the villa.

When I walked through the door, I was surprised to find that there were people inside, and they were acquaintances.

At a table near the door, it was Liu Bei and Mi Yue who were sitting. Liu Bei was injured on his face, and the bleeding had long since stopped, but he left a scar.

When Mi Yue saw Senior Brother coming in, she immediately stood up and said happily: "Senior Brother, it's great that you're fine, Yue'er knows that Senior Brother will be fine." ”

Liu Bei sat down and didn't get up, he looked at the 'Son of Heaven Sword' in Cao Cao's hand, and then looked down at the piece in his arms, there was no expression on his face, and said coldly: "Yue'er, sit down." ”

Cao Cao said: "Thank you little junior sister for remembering, little junior sister, you are safe, senior brother is relieved." “

Zhang Mei also said: "It's great to see Sister Yue'er here, where are you going?"

Mi Yue saw Cao Cao and Zhang Mei holding hands, her eyes couldn't help but be sour, she almost burst into tears, her mouth opened, and she didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere was a little embarrassing, and Zhang Liao said: "My Zhang clan is a little familiar with medical skills, and I have some of my own gold sore medicine, and I will not leave scars on the face of Gang Leader Liu." “

Liu Bei waved his hand: "No, my beggar gang also has some recipes." In life, as long as the brain is clear and the heart has ideals, even if the body is disabled, what does it matter?"

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei walked out of the back hall with two big bowls, and when they saw Cao Cao and others, Guan Yu said: "It turned out to be Brother Cao and Master Zhang, my third brother and I are not used to cooking, so we messed around, and there are still pots in the back, do you want to come some?"

As he spoke, he carefully placed the bowl in front of Mi Yue, "Sister-in-law, the second brother knows that you can't eat spicy things, so there are no green onions in this bowl." ”

The large bowl is full of noodles, steaming hot and fragrant.

Zhang Fei darkened his face, put the big bowl in his hand respectfully in front of Liu Bei, turned around and went to the back hall again, his footsteps were hurried, and he couldn't see it like a gust of wind.

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Little junior sister, take care, if there is anything in the future, just come to find Senior Brother." ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was leaving, Mi Yue's body was shocked, and she called 'Senior Brother', and she was about to pass.

Liu Bei pulled Mi Yue hard, "Yue'er, eat quickly, this is the second brother's 'boiled cake noodles', don't you know, the second brother's hometown is Hedong County, where the noodles are the first in the world, and not far from Luoyang, the capital division, many royal families and ministers like to eat it, right, second brother?"

"Yes, before I met the eldest brother, the younger brother was going back and forth to Beijing to sell noodles for a living. ”

Cao Cao glanced at Mi Yue, turned around and walked out of the tavern. Mi Yue sat on the stool, big tears falling into the steaming noodles.

Liu Bei said while eating: "Second brother, beckon the third brother to eat together, let's go on the road later, and rush back to the desert as soon as possible to find the master, I hope that his old man is safe and sound." ”

Words are not speculative, so say goodbye.

Out of the tavern, Cao Cao took a few steps, suddenly stopped, and two lines of tears rolled down.

Zhang Liao said: "Big brother, although Brother Xiahou's leg injury is serious, after all, it is a skin injury, but the eye injury is not trivial, if it is not treated as soon as possible, once the disease invades the cerebral marrow, it will not be good, it is better to go to Qinghe first to treat the eye disease." “

Cao Cao nodded, yes, before parting, he should also worship the spiritual seat of the old patriarch.

Familiar with the road, everyone came to Qinghe City, because the old patriarch Zhang Zhaokai and Zhang Zhaohuai have passed away, the current highest ranking should be the old man Zhang Zhaozhen, Zhang Liao led the way, and everyone went straight to Zhang Zhaozhen's house.

Knocking on the door, the old man was not at home, and when he asked, he knew that he had gone to the old patriarch's house.

So I turned around and went to the old patriarch's house, and when I entered the door, I found that not only the old man Zhang Zhaozhen, but almost all the people with higher seniority of the Zhang family were here, discussing something.

Although the old patriarch has passed away, he has been used to it for so many years, so he still gathers here to discuss any important matters.

After this catastrophe, the Zhang family suffered several casualties, and the only ones with the highest rank were Zhang Zhaozhen and Zhang Wenjing, and the young ones were as many as 200 people.

Most of the people in the house, Cao Cao, have met, in addition to the two old men, others such as Zhang Kehuai, Zhang Kehong, Zhang Kepeng, Zhang Sicong, Zhang Sishen, Zhang Siqian and others are also familiar.

But there were three people sitting in the passenger seat, and even Zhang Liao didn't know him.

Sitting opposite Zhang Zhaozhen and the old man Zhang Wenjing were a man and a woman, probably less than 50 years old, the man was dressed in white, with a white scarf on his head, and white boots on his feet, all over his body, white as snow, spotless, and the woman was dressed in red, with a red scarf on her head and red shoes on her feet, red as fire, like a girl. Both of them have round faces and big eyes, and they look like husband and wife.

The man sitting at the bottom was a little younger, also in his forties, his face was pale, his upper body was half-naked, a long white cloth was wrapped diagonally, and there were blood stains on his chest, as if he had been injured.

Seeing Zhang Liao and the others coming in, the old man Zhang Zhaozhi was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "My grandson came just in time, there is something to discuss, please sit down quickly." ”

"This Xiahou brother has an eye injury and needs treatment, so please ask your uncle to treat him. ”

Only then did Zhang Zhaozhen see Xiahoudun's injury, carefully examined the injuries of his left eye and left leg, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's too late, it's too late." Ke Huai, quickly take Xiahou Shaoxia to the back hall for treatment to prevent his eye disease from spreading. ”

"Yes" Zhang Kehuai was ordered, got up and made a 'please' gesture, Xiahou Yuan immediately helped his brother and followed him to the back hall.

The Zhang family has been famous doctors for generations, and in Handan City, Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills Cao Cao has witnessed with his own eyes. Cao Cao's guess is right, in Zhang Kehuai's generation, his medical skills are the best.

"If it weren't for something big happening, the old man would definitely personally heal Xiahou Shaoxia. Oh, by the way, let me introduce you first, these two are Mo Wenxue and Qin Hongyi, who are famous in Jiangnan. “

The Jiangnan of the Qin and Han dynasties refers to the land of Wuyue, which also belongs to Kyushu in the Han Dynasty. The husband and wife got up to meet everyone, Mo Wenxue said: "This is my brother, named Mo Wentian, a few days ago, he happened to hear a big event, so I waited for the three of us to hurry up and come to send a letter to the Qinghe Zhang family, so we can prepare early." ”

The man named Mo Wentian was injured, sat reclining, and did not get up, although his body was a little weak, but he was already full of anger when he spoke, and said loudly: "I was in the land of old Chu, and got a 'phoenix double flying', so I rushed to the 'Fangze Pavilion' in a hurry, and wanted to offer treasure in front of the famous prostitute 'Lai Ying'er' in the south of the Yangtze River, but unexpectedly overheard that Wang Jianfeng, the leader of the 'Iron Boat Gang', had ordered someone to come to Qinghe County, Jizhou, to steal the 'dragon bone' of the Zhang family. “

"Dragon's bones?" When the Zhang clan heard this, they all looked dazed and looked stunned.

"Mo Daxia, isn't it a mistake, our Zhang family, how can there be any dragon bones!"