Zhou Lang Zhou Lang

Gan Ning stood on a small boat, leaning against the moving big boat, and after talking to Zhou Yu for a few words, he drove the boat back again, and never even glanced into the cabin from the beginning to the end.

As soon as he left, Li Mu immediately put on Zhou Yu's robe and came out, looked around, and carefully stood behind Zhou Yu, avoiding eyes that might see her from all sides.

The rain has stopped, and the ice beads caught in the rain have turned into snowflakes, floating down from the thick and heavy clouds lightly and thinly.Zhou Yu's robe was a bit longer than Li Mu's body, and it fell down to her feet, enveloping her whole body.

Li Mu looked at the direction where Gan Ning was approaching, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Gan Ning saw that you brought a woman out from Jichun, and didn't ask you anything?"

Why didn't you ask!Thinking of Gan Ning's words just now, "A man should have lofty aspirations, and he must not lose his ambition and neglect his talents", Zhou Yu couldn't laugh or cry.This is no different from persuading him not to be obsessed with women.

"At this time, the sails are sailing with the wind, and we will arrive at Xunyang soon, why don't you take a break?" It was funny in my heart, but I felt that if Li Mu knew about this, I would definitely laugh at him, so I deliberately changed the topic.

Li Mu slept well last night, so it didn't matter to try to get some time to "take a rest".Looking at Zhou Yu's face, he knew that he had guessed well, so he couldn't help but bow his head and smile.

Zhou Yu was not annoyed at being seen through by her, just smiled and shook his head, put on the hood for her, and as if unconsciously talked about his future plans for Sun Qian and Mi Heng.

Sun Qian is Liu Bei's confidant, even if he is forced to stay, he may not be able to say that he surrendered, and now Liu Bei is still under Cao Cao, with no boundaries and no rights, it is better to just sell his favor and send Sun Qian back give him.

When Liu Bei was mentioned, Li Mu suddenly thought of someone again, and narrowed his eyes: "Why don't you want him to exchange Chen Deng for Sun Qian? Let Chen Deng see how benevolent and righteous this unparalleled emperor uncle is?"

"Since we have to send it back, why not do it simply? Why do you have to tell Liu Bei that we treat people too harshly?" As if he had guessed that she would say this, Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If you are still annoyed As for the matter of Pi, when we fight on the battlefield in the future, I will capture him and come back, how can you deal with it?"

What Chen Dengji's family did is not a special case in this era.If this matter is used as a coercion, it is likely to become a reason for conflict among many wealthy families in the future.And in the same way, Liu Bei wailed and said embarrassment, if Chen Deng was really exchanged, would they still be able to kill Chen Deng to vent their anger?I'm afraid that if this happens, before people say that Liu Bei is innocent, they must first blame them for being inhumane!

It's better to raise your hand gracefully, at least in the future Liu Bei will express his gratitude to him once.

Zhou Yu didn't care about Chen Deng's trip, but he didn't want Li Mu to get angry about Chen Deng's matter any more. Although he said it in a vague way, he said that he wanted to take Chen Deng seriously.

Fortunately, Li Mu also knew a lot about the influence of the aristocratic clan. The sentence "treating people too harshly" was enough for her to understand the twists and turns.

After all, it's all about fame.

Shrugging his shoulders, Li Mu had nothing to do with it: "Everything about Xiapi is as you expected, even if I want to be annoyed, shouldn't I be annoyed at you?" He deliberately raised his eyebrows and put on a "you can figure it out" Zhou Yu couldn't help laughing out loud.

From Sun Qian to Chen Deng, and then to Ni Heng, one after another, one after another, one after another, Zhou Yu spoke casually, but carefully and clearly.

Sailing with the wind is indeed extremely fast. Zhou Yu had just finished talking about Mi Heng beating the drum naked in front of Cao Cao. When he looked around, the outline of Xunyang City was already faintly visible.

However, the majestic city tower also appeared a mass of white in the turbulent snow, just like the scenery after days of snowfall a few days ago.

Li Mu lifted half of his hood and looked up at the profuse snowflakes in the sky, then squinted his eyes and looked into the distance: "It hasn't been snowing for a long time, why is there a white layer of snow on the towers?"

Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, and he walked up to the bow of the boat in a few steps, looking into the distance.

The hull of the boat broke through the water, and the bow was the most turbulent. Li Mu saw that his figure was up and down with the bow, and he couldn't stand steadily for a few times, but his eyes seemed to be glued to the distant city wall, and he didn't leave for a moment, his face was solemn, As if facing a formidable enemy, my heart became vaguely uneasy.

It is said to be white, but it does not seem to be like snow as it gets closer and closer.They are already very close to Xunyang, and the shadow of the ferry is just ahead. When they look up, they can only see snowflakes fluttering, but in the distance, there are clusters of white flowers that seem to be moving against the wind—how can there be snow that can still flutter?

Could it be... that something happened to Xunyang after they left for a day and a night?

But according to the military report that Zhou Yu received, Sun Ce should enter the city with them. Even if Yuan Shu called immediately, with Sun Ce in the city, it would not be too late for an accident.

Holding on to the half-person-high parapet beside the sidewalk, Li Mu groped to pull a sail rope, wrapped it around his waist and wrist twice, and held it tightly in his hand. He stopped every step, and also stood on the boat. head.

The river wind that I didn't feel anything in front of the cabin was blowing towards my face, as if it suddenly became colder. In an instant, it forced people to breathe hard, and their mouth and nose were sore. At any time, it will plunge headlong into the water and shake the person standing on it down.

Li Mu helped Zhou Yu's shoulder, his heart was pounding, and he choked up as soon as he opened his mouth, unable to speak at all.About to pull him back.I didn't want to use my strength, but a gust of wind blew by, the fog cleared a little in front of my eyes, and the city tower of Xunyang was already in front of me.

The turrets of the city gate, the high walls and towering towers, the hunting banners are not seen, the momentum is soaring, and all the eyes are white, it is sad and desolate!

Is this... hoisting a white flag to surrender, or raising the city to mourn?

Li Mu's heart skipped a beat.Either way, it's not a good thing.

Zhou Yu looked at it for a while, until the white banner and white flag on the tower was vividly visible in his mind, he shuddered suddenly, turned around and left without saying a word.

However, after taking two steps, he turned around and grabbed Li Mu's wrist, pulling her back together.

Unexpectedly, he would be the one who was dragged back. When he stumbled back to the cabin door, he was slightly stunned for a moment. Zhou Yu had already raised his voice to send the boat to report the news to Gan Ning in the rear boat, and at the same time ordered the sail to be full immediately. The oarsmen got into the boat and made it to shore with all their might.

The city gate to the north of Xunyang was only fifty miles away from the ferry, and before the boat docked, Li Mu could tell something was wrong.

Before leaving, Zhou Yu arranged for the escorting troops by the riverside, and also left a letter to Sun Ce. When he saw his ship returning south, he immediately marched northward. Taking hostages to break the city, and then occupying the city to force Huang Zu to return to Gan Ning, even to fight head-on right away!

However, at this time there is no one on the riverside, only a few unmanned war horses huddling together in the snow and neighing lowly. Looking at the city gate again, the white banners are unfurled, the white flags are like clouds, and the sky is full of snow and the sky is connected to the ground. Up and down the city, it was misty again. There seemed to be countless figures, but none of them could be seen clearly.

As soon as the boat docked and the wind died down, Li Mu could vaguely smell the smell of gunpowder and sulfur, which was so faint that it was no longer pungent.But when he suddenly smelled this smell in this era without chemical products, Li Mu immediately became alert.

When she was in Wancheng, she tried to make gunpowder and failed. She deeply regretted it, but also felt that the development of this product was too dangerous, and if she was not careful, it would blow up the furnace and hurt people's lives.Therefore, when I came to Xunyang, I didn't bring the copper furnace lid, so I didn't even think about trying again.

Where did the smell of sulfur come from?

Li Mu's first reaction was that Sun Quan was going to die in the end when he saw the city was covered with white paper, but at this time he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Zhou Yu turned around and said to her, "Stay on the boat", and he had already led a horse. Before everyone got off the boat, he got on the horse and galloped towards the city.

"Gongjin..." The matter involved gunpowder, how could Li Mu be able to stay on the ship!

Regardless of showing his face in front of Gan Ning, he grabbed his ankle-length robe and jumped off the boat. He also led a horse, and in a hurry, he realized that this temporary short brown suit only had a belt , and there is no extra rope on his body, he can only run back.

Gan Ning had already caught up with her, met her face to face, and was taken aback, "When did Mr. Quan get on the boat?"

Li Mu's full energy at this time was on Zhou Yu. He was a superb equestrian, and he could ride a horse for a distance of fifty miles in a short time!How could he have the heart to deal with Gan Ning's surprised face?

"Ask the general to borrow a knife!" Hastily cupping his hands, he climbed up the ship's plank and dragged the thick rope that tied the anchor, and threw it across in front of him.

Gan Ning frowned: "This is the anchor rope..."

"Quick!" Li Mu snarled, "General Gan Laogan will stay with the fleet for a while, and without a warrant from Gongjin and me, he is not allowed to enter the city!"

No matter whether it is Sun Quan's accident or not, it is really unreasonable that there is no one to report the news by the riverside, and no one to welcome the city gate. If Gan Ning enters the city together, if there is any change in the city, wouldn't it be a response? Nobody!

At this time, she couldn't tell what changes could happen in the city, but there was a strong uneasiness growing violently in the smell of sulfur, which made her uneasy and had to think a little more.

After going up the river for a while, Gan Ning admired Zhou Yu's skill in fighting. Although he had also heard that Sun Quan shot Liu Bei with a city crossbow and bound the Chen family to repel Yuan, Gan Ning saw that this son was still young and often Standing by Zhou Yu's side, never leaving her for half a step, she certainly doesn't seem to have such courage and courage, but she just thinks that someone else is following her father's and brother's reputation of bravery and chiseling the wall.Now seeing her raised eyebrows and eyes, her words are decisive, and her thoughts and concerns are obviously not unreasonable, only then can she somewhat believe that the matter of Xiapi may not be false.

Gan Ning cut off the anchor rope with the saber, turned the blade horizontally with his backhand, held it in his hand and handed it to her: "Young Master Quan can use this saber."

Li Mu took it over without hesitation, and the ring-shou knife was very heavy in her hand. She thanked her and held it tightly in her hand. She then led the horse and tied the pedals. He galloped towards the city gate.

The outline of the city gate became clearer and clearer, and the smell of sulfur became stronger, which made the war horse very uneasy.Fearing that the horse would stop suddenly, Li Mu pressed the ring head knife tightly on the horse's neck, firmly grasped the reins, lowered his body and fell on the bumpy horse's back, his knees pressed against the horse's shoulder blades a little bit. relax.

Zhou Yu's back was no longer in front of her, and only the sound of the horse's hooves landing and her own heavy breathing could be heard. Her vision was trembling, and she could hardly see the road ahead, but from the corner of her eyes, she seemed to glimpse the city gate In the distance, a fire was lit.

At this time, it was daytime, and a ray of fire flashed past like a small firework in later generations, which was not very obvious.But she was already wary of sulfur, and when she caught a glimpse of the fire, she was terrified immediately.

"Zhou Yu! It's gunpowder!" She didn't care about the horse anymore, raised the knife and slapped the horse's buttocks behind her, regardless of whether it was the blade or the back of the knife, and shouted desperately.

However, just as the word "Zhou Yu" came out of her mouth, before the sound of the last three words reached her own ears, the loud noise that shook the sky was like thunder falling on her ears, and it exploded!

Seeing that she was about to enter the city, a strong air flow rushed out from the city gate, knocking her off the horse.Li Mu didn't even have time to react, he just felt that the internal organs seemed to be squeezed together by a huge force in an instant, the sight in front of him was suddenly overturned, the sky and the earth were turned upside down, and the city gate was tilted.

The galloping horse's mane flew past her eyes, and then flew in all directions like an explosion.

After the huge roar, it turned into a sharp tinnitus in an instant, shaking her eardrums to burst, as if a sharp knife pierced her brain from the eardrum, and the whole world suddenly became quiet, only this sharp knife-like sound echoed between the heaven and the earth.

All I could see in my sight was the raised horse's hoof stepping down on her head!