At night, the whole Yuan Mansion was still very lively. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce sat side by side on the couch, soaking their feet in the same wooden barrel. Sun Ce leaned on Zhou Yu and said lazily, "I let Fei Yu out today, let me Father sent troops to wait for us in the north of Wanling."
"It's snowing and the road is cold." Zhou Yu said, "Thanks to the soldiers."
Sun Ce said again: "My uncle is in Wanling, as long as you enter Danyang, you will be safe."
Sun Ce's uncle, Wu Jing, was the prefect of Danyang. Zhou Yu knew that as long as he could leave Shouchun, he would hardly have to worry about the rest of the matter. Sun Ce leaned back for a while, got up and brought a cloth towel, and wiped Zhou Yu dry. Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said : "You don't have to worry about my mother being coerced."
Sun Ce said: "It is always good to be more prepared."
Zhou Yu: "Yuan Shu won the jade seal and detained your mother and Sun Quan. There is nothing to say about it, so as long as we escape, he can only admit that he has suffered a dumb loss, and no one dares to say it."
Sun Ce said again: "He doesn't dare to touch me, I'm afraid he will touch you. You don't have to go anywhere this time, just follow me. I'll take your mother over too, and live in Danyang first, and the two families will live first for now." Together, wait for me to stabilize my footing, and then I will rule the mansion for you."
Zhou Yu didn't say anything, but just listened quietly. Sun Ce got a headache from drinking too much, so he smiled and said, "Go to sleep, go to sleep, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and I will reward you with a New Year's seal."
Zhou Yu laughed, remembering that when he was young, he took Sun Ce to his relatives' house to beg for rewards and buy candies during the Chinese New Year. He joked casually: "How old are you, and you still ask for a seal during the Chinese New Year. Wait for the candy to eat?"
That being said, Zhou Yu slept the most soundly that night. Knowing that she was about to leave Shouchun, she completely let go of her heart. When he got up the next day, Sun Ce had already practiced stick skills in the courtyard early. Zhou Yu got up energetically, tidied up the bed, and found that there was actually a seal under the pillow.
Zhou Yu couldn't help laughing, the seal was still heavy, it was expected to be silver taels, when he opened it, he was stunned.
It was a waist card made of golden nanmu, with a line engraved on it: Jianwei Zhonglang Jiang Zhou.
Turning it over, the back is Sun Jian's seal of the prefect of Changsha, and Sun Ce's seal.
The door opened, and Zhou Yu joined the sword, and shot out in a gust of wind. Sun Ce, shirtless, was practicing the stick technique. With the plum blossoms sweeping across, the swordsmanship is strong and majestic, Sun Ce's stick technique is like raging waves and raging seas, one transforms into ten, ten transforms into a hundred, shaking the shadow of the stick all over the sky, sometimes it seems like the sea is surging, and sometimes it is like the top of Mount Tai.
However, Zhou Yu's face remained unchanged, and the red army's sword circled. No matter how tyrannical Sun Ce was, he was like a flat boat in the raging sea, and he could not shake it at all.
"Okay!" Zhao Yun's voice cheered from the side. Zhou Yu drew back his sword when he saw Zhao Yun approaching. People jumped up, hula-la swept down the falling plums all over the sky.
Cao Pi was dazzled by the sight, both of them were using long weapons, and every time they swiped away with the stick and spear, their aura opened up and closed, and they were extremely chic, Sun Ce shouted loudly and exerted all his strength, the shadow of the stick suppressed Zhao Yun like a torrential rain To the corner, until Zhao Yun finally couldn't resist, amidst the sound of howling, he hit directly against the current!
With a sound of "Dang", the guns and sticks collided, Sun Ce turned over and jumped away, and the two closed their moves.
Sun Ce was already sweating profusely and out of breath. First he practiced martial arts for nearly half an hour, then he took on Zhou Yu, and then fought with Zhao Yun. He was exhausted.
"Good skill." Zhao Yun said with a smile, "It seems that Zilong had a lot of trouble that day."
"Where?" Zhou Yu said, "If it wasn't for General Zhao's rescue, we would probably have been killed by Lu Bu."
Zhao Yun smiled and said nothing, Zhou Yu saw him fighting Sun Ce for a round, his hands were still steady, and he was not panting, which showed that his martial arts were superior to the two of them, and it was just to try their skills.
Sun Ce went back to his room to change his clothes. Zhao Yun asked Zhou Yu again, "Where did you learn the sword skills? Can you borrow the sword?"
Zhou Yu offered the sword with both hands, and also borrowed it to see that Zhao Yun was obviously much more humble than Lu Bu who was stabbing. Zhou Yu explained: "The sword technique used just now is not from the Central Plains, but four years ago, from an overseas master. The sixteen styles of the sea learned everywhere."
Zhao Yun nodded slowly, looked at the red army sword, and said: "The sword used by my virtuous brother, the five elements belong to water, it really has the power of the river and the sea, and the might of the raging waves is amazing. Brother Wangxian, don't take it to heart."
With Zhao Yun's ability, he naturally disdained to learn swordsmanship secretly, but Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, returned the long sword, and said: "I have learned a little sword style from my predecessor. Let's compete with Brother Yu."
Zhou Yu was stunned, knowing that the sparring was fake, Zhao Yun wanted to teach him a few styles by the way, so he learned humbly. After a stick of incense, Zhao Yun taught Zhou Yu the three postures of seeing the dragon, and pointed out the key points, saying: "Seeing the dragon in the field is beneficial to seeing the adults. This posture must be hidden, hidden, and hidden as the key points, and the last thing is to 'see' .”
"Yes." Zhou Yu said sincerely, "I am grateful for Brother Zhao's advice."
Sun Ce wiped himself off and changed his clothes. Zhao Yun entered and sat down with Cao Pi in the room. Sun Ce smiled and said, "How is General Zhao's affairs going?"
Zhao Yun shook his head helplessly. Obviously, he came here at the order of Gongsun Zan, but he couldn't get anything done, so he was suffocated.
"How many soldiers do you want to borrow, and put them on me." Sun Ce said happily, "What will Mr. Gongsun plan next?"
Zhao Yun hurriedly got up to thank Sun Ce, Zhou Yu was speechless - you have not resolved your own matter, and you are busy helping others, and you are not afraid of being laughed at by Zhao Yun.
However, Zhao Yun was very grateful and replied earnestly: "Brother Bo Fu's kindness, brother Yu understands, but your lord, Chen Bing Hangu Pass, must take the overall situation into consideration, so that father and son can restrain Dong thief, it will have benefited countless people in Hebei. Because of Long's own selfishness, let the virtuous brother dispatch troops and horses, and even lose the guard of the Central Plains, how can you feel at ease?"
Sun Ce said solemnly: "Brother Zhao is right, I didn't think twice, please sit down."
Zhao Yun sighed again, and said to Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, "I thought about it last night, and I decided to leave first, but General Yuan seems to have other plans, saying that in March this year, Yuan Shao will send a letter to the lord. We'll discuss it later."
Zhou Yu secretly wondered if he also wanted to restrain Zhao Yun. Yuan Shao didn't know what plans he had for Hebei, and Jizhou was actually his territory...Suddenly, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were moved in their hearts at the same time, and they looked at each other.
"So these few days," Zhao Yun said, "I will try to leave first."
Cao Pi said displeased: "If Yuan Shao wants to arrest you, you have to walk thousands of miles all the way back to Liaoxi from here, how can you escape?"
"If you can't escape, you have to go." Zhao Yun said, "I can't delay any longer. I'm afraid there will be changes if I delay. If I come here today, I will bid farewell to Brother Sun and Brother Zhou."
Zhou Yu signaled the two to be quiet, took out a token and put it on the table.
"I've made up my mind." Zhou Yu said, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, let's go together and divide into three groups. I will lure away Yuan Shu's pursuers for you."
Zhao Yun looked at the token for leaving the city, looked at Zhou Yu, and then at Sun Ce.
Half a month later, the Shouchun Lantern Festival.
The beginning of a new year, the renewal of Vientiane, the bright moon in the sky, the night of Shouchun, the noise of the market, the sea of lanterns, and the fiery trees and silver flowers.
"Let's go!" Sun Ce came over excitedly and said, "Going to the Lantern Festival!"
Zhou Yu was so nervous that his stomach writhed at the thought of fleeing in the middle of the night, and Sun Ce was still acting as if nothing had happened. Zhou Yu wanted to beat him up.
"I'm not going." Zhou Yu said, "Take Sun Quan for a walk and come back early."
"What are you afraid of?" Sun Ce said, "Zilong is still following us in the middle of the night today. I'm afraid there will be trouble? Come one to kill one, come two to kill one pair, let's go."
Zhou Yu had no choice but to get up and follow Sun Ce.
When passing through the long corridor, I saw Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Zhen Mi, Yang Hong and others coming, and they were going to enjoy the lanterns in the garden. Slightly nodded, indicating that the arrangements had been made.
After leaving the General's Mansion, this was the first time for Sun Ce to go out for a stroll since he came to Shouchun. He joined hands with Zhou Yu, led Sun Quan, and walked in the market. Zhou Yu arranged for the people sent by Yuan Shu to wait outside the city first. Zhao Yun took Cao Pi for a stroll, but he didn't know where he went.
Sun Quan didn't know that he was going to flee tonight, so he asked Cao Pi with a smile where he had gone. Zhou Yu bought him a windmill in the market and took turns carrying him with Sun Ce to avoid being crowded. That night, the market was full of young lovers, and the market was full of young lovers. When they saw Zhou Yu and Sun Ce bringing a child carved in pink and jade, they couldn't help but take a few more glances, thinking that this combination was very interesting.
"I want to eat some of that." Sun Quan said, "What is that?"
"Don't eat." Sun Ce said, "If you eat too much, you won't be able to run later."
"Give me something to eat!" Sun Quan said loudly.
"What did Cao Cao's son teach you..." Sun Ce couldn't help crying, "How dare you talk back?"
"Buy him buy him." Zhou Yu said.
What Zhou Yu was most afraid of was children crying or fighting. He felt very embarrassed. He was afraid that Sun Quan would not like it later and would make a mess in the market and ruin his image. Sun Ce had to let Zhou Yu touch the money every time, saying: " Go, go, go."
Zhou Yu bought two cakes, one for Sun Quan to eat, and one for himself. Sun Ce asked, "Why don't I have any?"
"Aren't you not eating?" Sun Quan asked.
"That's right." Zhou Yu teased, "Don't you want to eat?"
The cake was hot, made of glutinous rice, and sprinkled with a lot of peanut bran. Sun Ce was almost pissed off by these two. Zhou Yu smiled and handed him the half-eaten cake, and Sun Ce took it and ate it. , Sun Quan squeezed into the crowd again, shouting, "Cao Pi! Cao Pi!"
Zhao Yun asked Cao Pi to ride on his neck. The two were watching a puppet show under the stage. Sun Quan climbed on Sun Ce again. Sun Ce had to let Sun Quan ride on his neck and squeezed in.
Zhao Yun glanced at Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu nodded slightly, indicating that everything was arranged.
"Have you packed your things?" Zhou Yu asked.
"No luggage." Zhao Yun said in a low voice, "Madam Yuan simply prepared some money for Cao Pi."
The puppet show was "The Story of the Seven Magpies", about the story of the Weaver Girl in Hehan, Cao Pi stared blankly, his eyes were a little red, Zhou Yu teased: "Could it be that you really fell in love with the beauty?"
"Nonsense." Cao Pi said, "When I come back in a few years, I will ask her to be my wife."
Zhao Yun couldn't help laughing, almost causing Cao Pi to fall off. The three of them looked at the puppet for a while, and Sun Quan seemed to notice that Cao Pi was a little sad. He took his hand and asked, "Have you and Sister Zhen... talked?"
"Yes." Cao Pi replied, "I said I will come back."
After the puppet show, the audience dispersed, and the five sat side by side by the river, looking at the colorful lights on the other side. Sun Ce stepped on the stones by the river with one knee in his arms, and the lights flickered like a dream. Untrue, Zhou Yu knew that Sun Ce was also a little nervous at this time, for fear of something unexpected.
After the lights were dimmed and the market was closed, Zhao Yun took the two children to buy some fried snacks. Zhou Yufang said at the entrance of the market, "Let's go."
"I haven't said goodbye to Sister Zhen yet," Cao Pi said.
"Don't go back." Zhou Yu frowned, "I will see you later."
Cao Pi thought about it, and although he didn't want to, he also knew that he couldn't drag everyone down at this time, so he had to give up.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, Sun Ce got into the car, Wu Shi was in the car, unexpectedly Zhen Mi was also in it, Zhen Mi bowed to everyone, then got out of the car and talked to Cao Pi, Cao Pi was red-eyed, in the alley After talking in a low voice, she took Zhen Mi's hand, and Zhen Mi wiped Cao Pi's eyes, then took out a tortoiseshell finger wrench, and handed it to Cao Pi.
"Everyone," Zhen Mi said softly, "There will be a time later."
"Madam Yuan cherishes it." Zhao Yun clasped his fists and said.
After Zhen Mi left, several people got into the carriage one after another. Seeing that Cao Pi was still in a daze, Zhao Yun said, "We will meet later."
Sun Ce smiled and said, "She is already married, do you really want to marry her?"
Cao Pi glanced at Sun Ce.
Zhou Yu was very nervous at first, but was amused by Cao Pi's incident. Several people laughed for a while, and Mrs. Wu wiped the hands of the two children. When they passed the backyard of the general's mansion, Zhao Yun led the horse out and escorted the group to go outside the city.
In Shouchun, because of the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, the city gate opened to Zishi tonight. Sun Ce sent them to the city gate, bid farewell to Sun Quan and his mother, and turned back.
Zhou Yu's heart was pounding. When he handed over his badge, the city guard squinted at them. His subordinates had obviously gotten the news that Zhou Yu was leaving the city tonight. There was also a person sent by the general's mansion beside the official, who helped inspect the entire carriage and made sure that no one was hiding in the carriage.
The civil official Zhou Yu also recognized that they belonged to Yang Hong's subordinates, but it stands to reason that he didn't know how many waist cards he had. After the civil official checked, he was about to let them go, but was stopped by the city guard.
"You three," said the city defense officers and soldiers, "what's the matter with a waist card?"
Zhou Yu said: "How do I know! You send someone to ask Mr. Yang! The people in the city have all gone out, and we are not allowed to leave the city for business! This is my meritorious decree. If you delay things, don't blame me for being rude!" As he spoke, Zhou Yu looked at the civil servant again, and said, "Is that so?"
The civil servants were also undecided. There were a lot of people leaving the city tonight, and most of them came from the suburban counties near Shouchun to celebrate the Lantern Festival. For a while, there was a flood of people, and the carriages blocked the gate of the city, blocking the way of everyone behind. I only know that someone from the General's Mansion left the city tonight, but the subordinates sent by Yang Hong didn't explain it clearly. In order to avoid being blamed for delaying too long, they had to let them go hastily.
Anyway, as long as there are not many people, I don't bother to care about anything else.
Zhou Yu sat on the coachman's seat, flicked his long whip, and drove the carriage out of the city. When he looked back, there were more and more people at the city gate, and Zhao Yun could no longer be found.
Zhao Yun held the horse with one hand and Cao Pi with the other.
"Stop." The officer said, "What identity? I haven't seen you."
Cao Pi took out his token and said, "Here, from the General's Mansion."
The officer looked puzzled, Zhao Yun was dressed in expensive military uniform, wearing a sword specially designed for guards, spoke fluent Hebei Mandarin, and said arrogantly: "This is Lord Yuan Benchu's nephew. , which team are you in? What is your official position? How courageous you are!"
Zhao Yun stood at the gate of the city, with a majestic appearance, a jade tree facing the wind, a natural clothes shelf, and wearing bright clothes, while Cao Pi had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a poetic look, wearing a tortoiseshell finger wrench given by Zhen Mi, and pointed at the city guard. Bright.
"Do you recognize this ring?" Cao Pi asked.
The city guard didn't dare to stop them and let them pass.
"Hurry up." Zhou Yu gathered with Cao Pi and Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun carried Cao Pi into the carriage, changed his clothes on the side of the road, dressed up as a coachman, and sat in Zhou Yu's seat to drive the carriage. Zhou Yu got on Zhao Yun's horse.
"Where are your followers?" Zhao Yun asked.
"Arranged at the inn." Zhou Yu said, "Let's take the night road first tonight. When you stay overnight tomorrow night, you take Cao Pi first, and leave the rest to me."
Zhao Yun asked, "How many people are there?"
Zhou Yu gestured to twenty people, and Zhao Yun said, "I, you and Bofu are enough to deal with twenty people."
"Don't act rashly." Zhou Yu said, "Mrs. Sun and the two children are here, so I'm afraid they will be restrained."
The two chatted quietly for a while, looking at the city gate in the distance.
Zhao Yun said: "Bo Fu asked me to tell you, if you can't wait for a cup of tea, you should go first."
"Wait a little longer." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "It will take a while to go back to the mansion, change clothes, and go out of the city gate."
In order not to arouse Yuan Shu's vigilance, Sun Ce negotiated with Zhou Yu to go back to the General's Mansion after the Shangyuan Night Lantern Market was over, and try to escape after entering the mansion. However, this method is very dangerous. If Shouchun closes the city gate, Sun Ce will have to stay in the city.
And if the dead men at the post station in the outskirts of the city can't wait for Zhou Yu, they will also become vigilant secretly, and once they send a message to Yuan Shu, the whole team will be in danger.
Seeing that the people had all left the city, the gate of Shouchun slowly closed with a "bang", cutting off the light inside and the darkness outside.
"Oops."
The sound made Zhou Yu fall into the abyss, he looked at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun said: "Be calm first, don't panic, if you can't go out of the city, have you and Bo Fu arranged the next move?"
"If we leave him, we will have to wait until tomorrow." Zhou Yu said worriedly, "But Yuan Shu might have to kill him tonight..."
"Let's go first." Zhao Yun said decisively, "Trust him, drive!"
Zhou Yu looked back at Shouchun again, took a deep breath, and secretly prayed that Sun Ce would catch up tomorrow.
Good or bad is uncertain, Zhou Yu's heart sank, Zhao Yun was about to drive away, but Zhou Yu said: "Wait a minute, a quarter of an hour."