Late at night, among the mountains, the lights were brightly lit, and the camp of the Black Armored Army was lined with torches.
A basin of water was splashed on Zhou Yu's head.
When Zhou Yu woke up, the commander's palm was not strong when he slashed on the side of his neck, but it was very skillful.
Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at the man. The man had already changed into a black robe, and he was sitting on his side in a lazy manner, with the little finger in his slender fingers digging out his ears. Although he acted lazily, he exuded a dangerous aura.
Looking at him, he is nine feet long, with eyebrows like swords, a straight nose, and lips like stone carvings. His side face has a bit of a northerner's steepness, his eyes are deep, and there is a faint green color in his black pupils. With feet, broad shoulders and long legs, he has an excellent figure.
"Who is your name and why are you here? Let's talk about it one by one." The general said indifferently.
When Zhou Yu saw a jade tablet hanging from the general's waist, his heart skipped a beat.
"Junior Zhou Yu, named Gongjin." Zhou Yu knew that this person should not be offended, no matter with the skill of the few arrows just now or with the attire of this person.
"Yu Zhe Yu Ye." The general still didn't look at Zhou Yu, and said casually, "The beautiful jade is afraid of being broken, so what are you doing on the battlefield with thousands of troops? Do you worship me so much?"
"This..." Zhou Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and cupped his hands, "This junior was about to go to Luoyang to visit friends, and accidentally bumped into the general's formation."
The general finally turned his face, looked Zhou Yu from head to toe, and finally stared at Zhou Yu.
"Visiting friends?" The general raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Gao Shun, get this kid's sword."
A school lieutenant entered with a confiscated ancient sword in both hands. When Zhou Yu heard the word Gao Shun, he shuddered for no reason, as if he had heard the name somewhere before. …
No matter who you meet, it can't be more shocking than seeing this guy! Zhou Yu finally guessed the identity of this person, this is Lu Bu! Lu Fengxian! Zhou Yu had heard his name long ago when he was in Shu County. Legend has it that this man's eyes were shining with lightning, his body was full of blood.
However, looking at the person in front of him, he didn't look like Dutinghou Lu Bu who had just killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong thief. Zhou Yu often listened to the lectures of monks in Shu County, and knew that appearances come from the heart. A person's personality is more or less revealed on the face, the eyebrows of a narrow-minded person are mostly connected together, and the corners of the eyes of a person with triangular eyes are drawn up, often scheming.
But with Lu Bu's appearance, he was obviously a beautiful man with superb martial arts, and there was no way for Zhou Yu to associate the calm general in front of him with the ruthless and vicious villain in the center of the legend.
"Famous Sword Red Army." Lu Bu calmly stretched out his hand, and Gao Shun respectfully placed the ancient sword in Lu Bu's hand. Lu Bu lazily said, "From the hands of Master Ou Yezi, it is three feet and six centimeters, the body is made of gold outside the sky, the wooden handle of blood flames, the scales are shaped like fire, the South Fire defeats Xijin, and all the Nanming Lihuo in the world belongs to Chu. And the Spring and Autumn Period During the Warring States Period, Wu Zixu used this sword to kill himself."
Zhou Yu said, "General Lu has good eyesight."
When Lu Bu spoke like this, no matter how badly Zhou Yu heard about his evaluation, he still felt sincere admiration for him at this moment. It seems that this man is a man who loves soldiers, otherwise he would not be familiar with famous swords in history.
"Wu Zixu asked someone to hang his head on the city gate." Lu Bu narrowed his eyes and said, "Glaring at the collapse of the city of Chu, the Red Army disappeared after the city was broken. Thirty years later, it reappeared and was honored by the king of Chu." The Zhenguo sword, which has gone through the previous dynasty for many years, is rare and rare. Sixteen years ago, the Red Army reappeared in Changsha."
"What kind of connection do you have with the Sun family?" Lu Bu said, "If I remember correctly, there is one person who should be your father."
Zhou Yu never expected that Lu Bu would shake his family upside down with just one sword. Who said that this person is brave and foolish!
"Are you Liu Biao's son?" Lu Bu asked coldly.
Zhou Yu couldn't bear to look at his face.
"Master Hou." Zhou Yu replied sincerely, "You... guessed wrong."
"Oh?" Lu Bu asked with a puzzled face, "Who are you?"
Zhou Yu: "..."
For some reason, Zhou Yu just wanted to laugh. However, even though this fellow guessed wrong, his effort was not reduced by half. If he laughed at him, it would be too uneconomical for him to cut himself off.
"Junior Zhou Yu," Zhou Yu said, "my late father was Luoyang Commander Zhou Yi."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Yu told the story of his father in detail, skipped the part of Hua Xiong's story, and only explained that his father died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion three years ago. If you are an enemy, you will put yourself in a dangerous situation, so you will vaguely pass the sword.
"Since that's the case," Lu Bu said, "Your Zhou family has been an official for three generations, so you must have contacts in Luoyang. Anyway, I'll just take you into the city as a favor."
Zhou Yu heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "The general's kindness for saving his life, Yu will never forget it, what orders does the general have?"
Sun Jian joined the alliance to challenge Dong, Lu Bu was under Dong Zhuo's command, and Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were in the same group. In this way, the person in front of him is not a friend but an enemy, but for some reason, he can't hate people like Lu Bu.
"Let me think about it." Lu Bu thought for a while, and said, "Play chess with me, Cao Cao will never come to play chess with Ben Hou, he is so bored."
Zhou Yu happily set up the chessboard and played against Lu Bu. This round went on until late at night. At first Lu Bu fought the enemy casually, but he became serious in the middle of the night. In the middle of the night, Lu Bu drank some wine, halfway down he waved his hands to signal that he would stop playing, and then lay down on the couch, ignoring Zhou Yu, and fell asleep while lying down.
Zhou Yu packed up the chess pieces, Gao Shun was waiting in front of the tent when he went out, and said, "Please follow me."
Zhou Yu nodded slightly, knowing that there was no danger for the time being, he followed Gao Shun and asked, "I heard that Changsha prefect Sun Jian's army..."
"You know the Sun family?" Gao Shun said.
Zhou Yu was a little hesitant to reveal his relationship with Sun Ce, so he cupped his fists and said, "May I ask General Gao, are Lord Hou and Sun Jian..."
"No," Gao Shun replied, "it's nothing."
Gao Shun avoided answering, and Zhou Yu cleverly avoided the past, and they both knew each other. Gao Shun took Zhou Yu to the packed tent and let him sleep. One night passed, and before dawn the next morning, Lu Bu's black armored army set off immediately, and there was no panic in the entire barracks. The soldiers dismantled the tents, rolled up their bedding, and marched with their horses. Zhou Yu was bleary-eyed and felt a little uncomfortable. When he was on the road, the soldiers came to eat breakfast with him. Zhou Yu had inquired about it, and he knew that Lu Bu came out this time to snipe at the pace of the coalition forces, and the most unlucky White Army who was killed by him was none other than the White Horse General Gongsun Zan's army.
Yuan Shao and a group of people formed an alliance to challenge the Dong, and let the traitors of the country be punished, the emperor Kuang, but insidiously let Gongsun Zan take the lead. Gongsun Zan didn't have enough will to fight, so he faced Lu Bu in the first battle. The two sides fought for a day and a night, but they were really invincible, so they sent messengers back to ask Yuan Shao for help, but none of the coalition forces that had been agreed upon came.
The soldier exaggerated Lu Bu's bravery by more than ten times, the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth twitched, which showed the admiration he had for the commander in the barracks. Zhou Yu followed the Heikai army, walking and stopping, not afraid of anything else, but Sun Ce was in danger. Now that Dong Zhuo is so powerful that even Lu Bu killed his adoptive father Ding Yuan to vote, and Sun Jian's alliance is in a state of disunity, and it may not be easy to win.
After entering Hongnong County, Luoyang was not far away. After marching for three days, when they arrived in Luoyang, Zhou Yu mixed in with the army and entered the city without even being ordered to do so. Seeing that the inspections in Luoyang City are so strict, if it is not lucky to follow Lu Bu, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort.
After entering the city, Gao Shun led the army to the barracks in the north of the city, and Zhou Yu stopped. A school captain came over and said to Zhou Yu, "Lv Zhonglang ordered you not to follow, just find your own convenience."
Zhou Yu wanted to thank him face to face, but with his status, Lu Bu shouldn't care about thanking him more. The captain who sent the message was generous, saying: "If you have any difficulties, just go to Zhonglang's camp and tell me."
"Thank you." Zhou Yu's mood was extremely contradictory at the moment. Although the two sides were enemies, Lu Bu gave him the most important help at the critical moment. After watching the army leave, the autumn wind blew, and Zhou Yu stood alone in front of Datong Street, suddenly feeling at a loss.
After moving to Beijing as a child, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be thankful that he left Shu County and entered a new world. Otherwise, he would have too many things he didn't understand, and he would have no time to see the world outside of Jiangnan.
Luoyang has changed a lot compared to ten years ago. The most obvious thing is that there are fewer people, and the pedestrians along the street all have vigilant expressions, as if they are worried about something. Jackdaws croaked in the distance, and the flock flew towards the palace. The two markets had already been closed, so Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, who should he go to? Do you invest in the store first, or find someone first
It was still early in the morning, Zhou Yu pondered for a while, and remembered that his father had many friends in Beijing, and one of them was a famous person named Qiao Mao. When Zhou Yi passed away, the Qiao family even specially sent someone to bring Dian Yi over, so it's better to go to Qiao Mao first. In the past, Qiao Mao served as the governor of Yanzhou, but now he is the prefect of Dongjun. Zhou Yu inquired about the past all the way, and he was still in Luoyang, so without hesitation, he rode his horse to the west city to look for Qiao Mao.
Women in Luoyang saw Zhou Yu along the way, and men and women looked at him curiously. Zhou Yu knew that he was wearing clothes from the south of the Yangtze River, and he didn't look like someone from the Central Plains, so in order to avoid attracting attention, he felt apprehensive and urged his horse to move forward.
The gate of Qiao's mansion was closed tightly, a few bare persimmon tree branches protruded from the courtyard wall, and the yellow leaves that fell all over the alley outside were not swept away. Zhou Yu knocked on the door a few times, but there was no answer. She went around to the back door and called out a few times, but she still didn't answer. However, looking at the footprints outside the back door, it seems that there are people who have lived there for a long time, and it is not like the scene where people go to the building overnight.
"Prefect Qiao!" Zhou Yu shouted again.
The courtyard was quiet, and Zhou Yu suddenly felt ominous, as if seeing the tragedy of Qiao Mao's family being wiped out. He hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to take the risk and climb up to have a look.
Zhou Yu jumped up against the wall, thinking of Sun Ce, he couldn't help laughing, if he was here, he might have turned over. Just as he was thinking, he climbed up to the courtyard wall and was shocked when he looked down. There were actually people in the courtyard!
Two gray-bearded old men were playing chess under a tree. Zhou Yu glanced at the chess game, and immediately knew that they were all masters. what happened? Isn't Qiao Mao not at home
Zhou Yu was about to leave, but when he knocked on the door again, he accidentally touched a branch and there was a loud noise.
"Who!" One of the old men's eyes were extremely sharp, and he spotted Zhou Yu in an instant. Zhou Yu was startled, broke a branch, fell down along the persimmon tree, and stepped on the chessboard.
"what!"
The two old men were in a hurry, and Zhou Yu had no idea that there were people in the yard, so he got up in a panic. The first old man was so enraged that he threw the chessboard over the head.
"Where did the unruly beast come from!"
Knowing that something was wrong, Zhou Yu hastily cleaned up the chessboard, dusted off his robes, and offered tea for the two old men. Just now he fell down in embarrassment and didn't have time to take a closer look. Now that he had settled down, he pretended to glance at the two of them inadvertently, and found that the two old men were both dressed in ordinary clothes, and they were quite prominent. Zhou Yu thought about it, one of them must be this Master - Qiao Mao. The door is closed, mostly to avoid visitors from the DPRK and China.
"Your presumptuousness, junior." Zhou Yu hurriedly bowed, "If you disturb the chess game of the two, the adults will not count the faults of the villains. No wonder."
Zhou Yu returned the black and white sons to their respective positions, and the two elders showed surprise on their faces.
The old man with dark beard and hair and wearing official uniform said: "Since you are here, please be safe, just stand here first."
Zhou Yu behaved well and poured tea for the two elders, thinking that this older man with a better temper should be a guest. Another old man in a coarse robe snorted angrily and stared at Zhou Yu, who was obviously very annoyed at being knocked out at home.
Zhou Yu didn't dare to say more, but his heart was clear - this person should be Qiao Mao, the owner of this place.
"Situ's chain chess move is so risky!" Qiao Mao stroked his beard with one hand, "Aren't you afraid of falling into the trick of catching the turtle in the jar?"
Zhou Yu immediately realized... Situ, Situ Sikong Taiwei, is the "Three Lords", and the person in front of him is called "Situ" by Qiao Mao, so it must be Wang Yun.
At that time, I saw Wang Yun twirling his beard around his lower lip, and said with a slight smile: "I don't know when the chess set for me by my little friend became a series of games."
Qiao Mao's next son was Wang Yun's son. Qiao Mao said, "Is Situ so confident?"
"Most things in the world are uncertain." Wang Yundao, "Didn't this little friend distract you when you were just about sure?"
Qiao Mao laughed loudly, pushed the chessboard away and said, "No more, let's do it like this."
Wang Yun stood up, nodded, and bowed to Qiao Mao. Zhou Yu thought for a while, and when he was about to speak, Wang Yun glanced at Zhou Yu, then asked Qiao Mao with his eyes.
"It's not as good as this little friend..."
Qiao Mao said: "I still have to scold him."
"Okay, okay." Wang Yunwu said amusedly, "This is my farewell."
Qiao Mao sent Wang Yun to the backyard, and Zhou Yu followed to the door. I saw Wang Yun go out from the back door, Qiao Mao closed the door as soon as he got out of the alley, and several people stood up in the surrounding tea shops, restaurants, wine shops, all ordinary people, came to protect Wang Yun to leave.
Zhou Yu secretly said that his eyesight was really bad, and he was too unaware when he first left Jiangnan.
Qiao Mao sent Wang Yun away and walked through the corridor. Zhou Yu followed behind. After walking a few steps, a servant brought a copper basin for Qiao Mao to wash his hands and face. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Yu stood aside and said, "Prefect Qiao, junior..."
Qiao Mao snorted heavily, threw the towel into the copper basin, and glared at Zhou Yu.
"Looks just like your father, treacherous and cunning like your father, just like your father is not afraid of death, why did you come to Luoyang?"
Zhou Yu was stunned and said, "Can the prefect Qiao recognize me?"
"Who else is not Zhou Yi's son!" Qiao Mao said, "People in Luoyang are running outside, why are you here to die!"
Zhou Yu said with a sigh of relief: "Something happened to the younger generation's family... in Shu County."
Qiao Mao walked away, Zhou Yu followed behind him unhurriedly, and explained the reason for entering Luoyang. Qiao Mao sat down in the hall and said, "Forget it, you don't vote for other places, but you vote for my Qiao's house, hey."
"The younger generation would also like to ask Qiao Shibo to look into it on behalf of the two family friends." Zhou Yu said, "The thirty-six families of orphans and widows in Shu County are very grateful."
Qiao Mao ordered: "Sit down."
So the host and the guests sat down at their seats, and the servants brought the food and wine. Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, then waved his hand to signal that he would not drink, and only poured some water to drink. Qiao Mao sighed, and said: "If I don't want to help you, it's okay to check for you, but you have seen the current situation, the old man dare not even go out, and he is sick in the past few days, how to check rise?"
Zhou Yu bowed slightly and said nothing.
Qiao Mao was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your father is Zhou Yi, logically speaking, your Zhou family has no objection to Dong Zhuo, so it's okay to tell you directly."
Zhou Yu sighed, nodded, and still didn't say anything. What Qiao Mao meant was very clear in his heart, Zhou Yi died at the hands of Hua Xiong, and after all, Dong Zhuo had the greatest possibility of contributing to this matter, and it was impossible for him to betray Qiao Mao and go to Dong Zhuo.
"How is the situation in Luoyang?" Zhou Yu asked, "Although my nephew is not good at practicing, he still knows a little bit about martial arts. Qiao Shibo is here, and if there is something useful for my nephew, please just tell me."
Qiao Mao took a sip of his wine, his old face was flushed, he let out a long breath, and said, "Yuan Shao is outside the Hulao Pass, and he has made an appointment with all the princes to meet King Qin. If it is not bad, it should be in the next few days. "
Holding the water glass in his hand, Zhou Yu thought to himself that based on what he had seen and heard recently, he was afraid that the coalition forces would not succeed so easily. Sure enough, Qiao Mao said again: "But no one can guarantee that it will be successful. You should rest here first, and we can talk about it after the coalition forces enter the city."
"Changsha prefect Sun Jian...is he here too?" Zhou Yu asked.
Qiao Mao said: "I forgot about this. Your father and Sun Jian were also colleagues. Sun Jian and his son are currently in front of the Hulao Pass. In a few days, when my brother enters the city, I will write a book and you can follow him." Follow along and let Sun Jian make a recommendation for you in front of Yuan Shao, that's all."
Zhou Yu didn't ask any more questions, and stepped forward to bow respectfully to Qiao Mao, but Qiao Mao waved his hands and said, "Get up! Human life is like grass, and I can't protect myself. I don't know if I can survive these few days. Just don't blame the old man for dragging you down."
"Of course not." Zhou Yu said, "Borrowing at Shi Bo's house, please feel free to tell my nephew if you have anything to do."
Qiao Mao pulled the corner of his mouth, looked at Zhou Yu, smiled, and nodded.
"Young man," Qiao Mao said, "that's right. Your father was an upright man all his life. After he left, the old man misses him a lot. There is one less person who can talk to you... hey! Since you are here, let's have a drink with the old man on behalf of your father." bar."