[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In February in the north, the cold wind is strong and the frost has not receded; in February in the south, there is a gentle wind blowing on the face, and the spring is in full bloom.

On the path between the mountains, the coachman was driving a carriage to the south.The owner of the carriage does not seem to be in a hurry, so the carriage does not go fast. The curtains are often lifted to reveal the cool eyes of the people in the carriage looking out. It is not known whether this is for the scenery along the way or for other reasons. up.

When I let the curtains hang down naturally again, the tea in the car was just boiling.The woman beside him poured him a cup of tea, the warmth entered his mouth, and the meaning of the words was opened. Holding the cup, he said to the woman beside him: "The scenery in the south is intoxicating, but the people are extremely fierce. Eight hundred Jiangdong disciples can rule the world, punish Qin and promote hegemony, it can be seen that the strength of the southern soldiers is comparable to Jiujiu old Qin."

The woman nodded and smiled slightly.She didn't care what people said specifically, but she was happy to see that people's spirits had improved in the past few days.The disease, from the first attack once a day, to now only attack once seven or eight days, is much better.

The man didn't seem to care whether the woman listened to him, but the journey was boring, so he looked for something to chat: "Speaking of which, do you know why that title is called 'Overlord'?"

The woman pursed her lips and thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "Praise him for being brave, to block a hundred with one?"

"Sima Gong's book, it seems that you still haven't read it well." The man sighed softly, and explained to the woman, "In Huaiyin, Ma Gong recorded that Xiang Ji 'dominated the world and served the princes', and Lu Gong said that Xiang Ji 'established himself as the Western Chu The overlord belongs to the feudal lords'. Xiang Ji's 'tyrant' is the 'tyrant' of Qi Huan and Jin Wen." Xiang Ji established himself as the overlord of Yidi, and he fought against the idea of ​​coercing the emperor to make the princes. He is the hero of the moment.

But now, the young hero who is called the Little Overlord in Chu, may have the same idea as the Overlord of Western Chu if he wants to achieve greatness.

With a bang, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the man spilled the unfinished tea in his hand.Although the tea was not as hot as the one just poured out, it still made the man's hands red.The woman hurriedly took the medicine out of the car, and at this moment, the coachman cursed from outside the car:

"Cut down the tree to the depths, what kind of cutting on the side of the road, I didn't see any cars..."

It sounded like a woodcutter was cutting wood on the side of the road, and the tree fell and accidentally blocked the road.The coachman's voice got farther and farther away, he probably jumped off the carriage and wanted to argue with that man.

This time, for the sake of caution, both the carriage and the coachman used for the journey are hired, and all I know is that the coachman is a bit skilled.After this journey, the coachman was indeed proficient in driving, but he had been in the shop for a long time, and his temper became a little grumpy. Fortunately, this temper was only towards others, not his employer.So the man thought about it and continued to use him.

I thought the coachman would move the tree blocking the way with the woodcutter after a few words of abuse.But when the woman put the medicine on the man, there was no movement outside the car. Just as she was wondering, she suddenly heard the coachman's scream of "ah", and then hurried footsteps came from outside the car, surrounding the carriage.A thick voice yelled in front of the car: "Everyone in the car, get out of the car!" As soon as the voice fell, a round object was thrown into the car, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the mangled head of the coachman. .

The woman's hand slowly moved to the short dagger at her waist, and withdrew half of it, only waiting for the man's order.But the man's eyes lit up, as if he saw something from the porthole whose curtain was blown by the wind.He turned his head, held the woman's hand and put the dagger back into its sheath, signaling her to be calm.

In the dense forest beside the road, there were two people on horseback watching all this closely.In order to go faster, they chose this seldom-populated trail, but they didn't expect that there were not only horse-drawn carriages on the road, but they were also very unlucky to encounter bandits blocking the road.One of them was planning to ride his horse forward to rescue him, but the other stopped him and motioned him to hide in the dense forest and wait and see.

Then, they saw a pale hand protruding from the carriage to lift the curtain, when they were grabbed by the bandits surrounding the carriage and dragged out of the carriage and fell to the ground.From the perspective of the two of them, they could only vaguely see that the man in green clothes who fell on the ground was wearing a fur coat, his hair was disheveled, and he was in a state of embarrassment.He looked very thin, and he looked powerless against the backdrop of the tall bandits around him.

When they saw the bandits who pulled the man in green out of the car, they cut open the curtain of the car, looked inside the car, turned back to the leader and said, "Except for the one on the ground, it's just a little girl."

The leader of the bandits nodded and said: "Old rules, the men are cut off, and the women are kept! Who is left here who is not eating meat?"

"That kid Ding Ba, he's as timid as a mouse, he can't even shake a chicken, hahahahahaha!"

"Get out! You were still in your mother's womb the day I killed you!"

"Haha, do you have the guts to cut it! Remember to cut it according to the chest, be quick, the brothers can really open a 'meat' tonight!"

"That's right. We've hunted all the birds and beasts in the mountain. It's rare to get a piece of fat. How can I let it go! Ding Ba, after you chop it up, the woman in the car will give it to you first!"

Amidst the bandits' screaming and laughing, the bandit called "Ding Ba" raised the big knife in his hand and walked towards the man on the ground.The man seemed to be too frightened to even move his body, and at this moment, the sharp blade was already close at hand with the sound of howling wind

The crisp sound of "ding" was the sound of a spear colliding with a broadsword.Before Ding Ba could react, he opened his saber with a thrust of the spear, and then stabbed him through as quickly as a thunderbolt.The leader roared and led other bandits to attack the uninvited guest.Seeing this, the man immediately grinned, threw out Ding Ba's body hanging from the gun, and took a spear with his hand, then pointed the gun to the ground, pulled the rein and turned the horse's head, and swept away the bandits with ease. on the ground.The bandit didn't even get up, he attacked again, wherever the point of the spear went, blood splattered everywhere, as bright as a red lotus.In just a few moments, all the bandits who were still invincible just now were killed by his gun.

With a vigorous flick to shake off the blood on the gun, he put the gun back and got off the horse, and was about to walk up to the man in Tsing Yi and pull him up.But the friend who was walking with him was one step ahead of him, stretched out his hand to the man, pulled him up, and asked softly, "Are you all right?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing..." The man in Tsing Yi said incoherently, obviously he hadn't recovered from the life-and-death crisis just now.He subconsciously put his hand on the human's, and stood up with the strength of the human.After exhaling for several more breaths, he finally calmed down, clasped his fists to the two of them and said, "In Yu Huai, Xiapei County, there is my sister Yu? Then turned around and said modestly to the two of them, "My sister suffered such a sudden disaster, she was too frightened, she couldn't get out of the car and thank you both in person, I hope you will forgive me."

"You don't have to be polite." The man said gently, causing the man behind him who was still carrying the gun to cough deeply twice.Just now when the bandits were being eliminated, the man sat on the sidelines, and finally took him a step to help him up, wasn't it easy.

After Yu Huai thanked him, his eyes unconsciously looked at the two people in front of him.Both of them looked like they were only in their 20s. They were majestic and heroic, and they looked like young heroes.The only difference is that the person in front of him has a gentle temperament like jade, and he feels like a spring breeze after just talking to him; while the person behind him is like the rising sun, full of vigor and vitality, with a heart-stirring heroic spirit.

After hesitating for a long time, Yu Huai still asked cautiously: "I wonder if the two benefactors can tell me Huai's name conveniently? Huai is in the business of medicinal materials. He was in a hurry on the road and didn't bring anything. He returned to Wancheng and prepared rare treasures." Thank you for visiting the two of you."

"How do you know that we are going to Wancheng?" The man asked without answering, his dark eyes were warm, but he was actually staring at Yu Huai closely, trying to find out the flaws in his expression.

Yu Huai smiled and replied: "It's not the first time Huai has walked this road. I know that there are many forks in this road leading to the main road, but this difficult path is the shortest way to Wancheng. Two If you were going to another place, you would have gone to the main road long before this, and you would not take this road." After he finished speaking, seeing that neither of them responded, he couldn't help showing a trace of panic and shame on his face, and said, "Could it be that my thinking is wrong? ? Then... that... Huai can only thank God for being kind to Huai, allowing the two of you to appear here and save Huai's life."

"No, you're right. Brother Yu and Yixiong are going to Wancheng." At this moment, the man suddenly changed his previous precautions, and with a warm smile on his lips, he answered Yu Huai's previous question, "Where are you going in the lower Lujiang River?" Zhou Yu, courtesy name Gongjin, this is Yu's brother-in-law Sun Ce and Sun Bofu from Wujun."

"It's Sun Lang and Zhou Lang who are so famous in Jiangdong!" Yu Huai was surprised, and wanted to bow again, "Huai is blind, I hope the two generals will forgive me."

"What are you doing with those vain rituals!" Sun Ce, who had wanted to declare his name for a long time, felt that Zhou Yu no longer stopped him from speaking, and immediately said, "Meeting by chance is also fate. Since we are all going to Wancheng, why don't we go together?" and go?"

Yu Huai's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but he still said politely: "The two generals are riding a BMW that travels thousands of miles a day, but Huai is driving a carriage. I am afraid that traveling together will delay the two generals' itinerary."

Hearing this, Sun Ce waved his hands indifferently: "This place is only a hundred miles away from Wancheng. Even if it is a carriage, it will arrive today and tomorrow. Besides, there are many bandits on the mountain road. I don't know if there are any accomplices hiding in the forest. It's safer to walk with us."

Zhou Yu also nodded with a smile to show his agreement with Sun Ce's words.

Seeing that the two of them didn't care, Yu Huai was also very happy in his heart. After all, following the two of them, his own safety could indeed be more guaranteed.He bowed slightly, and said: "It's better to be obedient than to be respectful, thank you both."

After talking, the four of them set out on the road together.Sun Ce and Zhou Yu rode the horse, while Yu Huailai drove the carriage, and his sister sat in the carriage.Cars and horses are not fast, so the three people outside the car often have time to chat with each other.

"Yu sees that there are no more than three of you in your party. It's too dangerous to walk this mountain road. Why didn't you take the official way?"

"Huai let the people who transport the goods take the official way, and it is also for the safety of the official way. As for why Huai took this way..." Yu Huai said here, his pale face was slightly flushed, "Huai heard that this On the road there is a medicinal material called 'Five Spirits', which has a miraculous effect on curing headaches. My wife has suffered from this disease for a long time, so I want to come here to look for it." After speaking, he sighed lightly, it seems that he did not find this thing.

Zhou Yu is familiar with this place, so he naturally knows that there is no medicine called "Five Spirits" here, but seeing Yu Huai's expression does not seem to be fake, he becomes more and more hesitant.During the silence, Sun Ce spoke at the right time: "By the way, Brother Yu hasn't told us what your name is yet? It's too inconvenient to call you like that now!"

Yu Huai seemed to have just remembered this incident, and hurriedly said: "It's strange that Huai met a mountain bandit on the road before and looked at the square inch, but even forgot this. Huai's character is Gu Zang... It's strange, isn't it?"

"It's quite strange. Guzang...is this the place name of Liangzhou?"

The frankness of Sun Ce's answer will not make people feel the slightest offense, but it will make people feel closer because of his frankness.Yu Huai nodded and explained: "There is no mistake in the place name. Huai's parents left early, and there is no elder in the family who can pick up characters for Huai. It just so happens that my wife always likes to wield guns and swords, and she yearns for the talent of Wei Xi, the old general of the Han Dynasty. , Huai married the word. The implication is nothing, and the wife is satisfied with a smile."

Zhou Yu noticed that when Yu Huai said something, his eyes were extremely gentle, which showed that he and this wife really had a deep relationship.

And Yu? W listened to her brother's words in the car, and thought to himself, the person talking outside the car could not be the one who is now in Guandu...

Thinking about how Yu Huai just took one wife at a time, Yu Yu couldn't help laughing, and quickly covered his mouth before laughing out loud.

"With guns and swords, Brother Yu's wife must have a good chat with my younger sister." Sun Ce said with a smile, "There is also a younger sister in Ce's family, named Shang Xiang, who is best at martial arts. My mother scolded her many times. I don’t listen, but I’m very stubborn.”

"Love is good, even if people in the world don't understand it, I don't dislike it. My wife is now taking care of the housework for Huai in the North, and she hasn't gone south with Huai. If we meet in the future, my wife will be happy to befriend your sister." Yu Huai smiled. Continuing.Sun Ce obviously loved his sister very much, and when he saw Yu Huai complimenting his sister, he was even more heartbroken, laughing and laughing all the way.

In the end, the group arrived in Wancheng the next day.Weary from the journey, and especially concerned about Yu Huai, Yu Huai, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu informed the location of their house, agreed to meet again sometime in the future, and waved goodbye.Sun Ce and Zhou Yu rode their horses back to the government office, and after washing themselves off, they went to the courtyard for a drink.

Wancheng has only been broken for a few months, and the ruins ravaged by war have not been repaired much, but the peach trees in this courtyard are in full bloom and glowing, which reminds people of the peach blossoms in Shu County, so Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have leisure time , I love drinking here, stealing half a day's life.

"What do you think of Yu Huai?"

"There are truths and lies in what he said, and the lies are far better than the truth." Sun Ce said, "Based on his speech, it is impossible for him to be just a family."

"Bo Fu knows this, but he still treats him enthusiastically. Is it for testing, or"

"Of course there are temptations, but Ce finally agrees with Gong Jin." Zhou Yu didn't say the last part of the sentence, but Sun Ce obviously knew what Zhou Yu meant.

"He is talented, so it doesn't matter when he employs someone. But Yu always has a little uneasiness..." Zhou Yu frowned slightly, and couldn't tell where the uneasiness came from. "In short, Bofu wants to use him. , it is necessary to find someone to find out the details of Yu Huai first."

"Don't worry, the policy is measured." Before Zhou Yu said, Sun Ce had actually sent someone to investigate, and the best starting point was the driver who died on the road.If Yu Huai is someone from a certain power, the driver he uses must be his own, and he can find out who is behind the scenes by following the clues. It won't be like that; Chen Deng, a talented defender of the city, is planning to settle Jiangdong, and he is in a state of panic all day long, so it is unlikely; Stick to your own position. Although this Yu Huai is full of lies, it is impossible for someone to do it carefully. Besides, if it is really the work of these people, Ce also has the confidence to take him for his own use. "

"You missed two people," Zhou Yu reminded, "Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, these two people are the ones that attract the attention of the world today."

"These two sons are fighting at Guandu. This battle is a life-and-death battle for them. It is impossible for them to come to Jiangdong for leisure." Sun Ce waved his hand, apparently disagreeing with Zhou Yu's two possibilities, "Indeed We can take advantage of the fight between the snipe and the clam to make some real gains."

As he said that, Sun Ce pointed at the stone table, which seemed meaningless, but Zhou Yu already understood what Sun Ce was talking about.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and drank the strong wine in their cups in one gulp.