C5

"Yuan Lu that prick should have passed Le Mausoleum already, right?" In the great hall of the house of the Marquis, Gongsun Zan rubbed his forehead and asked Guan Jing who had just come in.

"This is probably the end of the tenth era." Guan Jing looked at the moon outside and guessed, "She has already been gone for six hours, maybe she has already reached the Southern Skin."

"Yuetao (Yuan Shu Road) actually allowed such a virgin to join the marriage, you truly do not respect yourself as a human being!" Gongsun Zan scolded Yuan Shu as he shook his head and sighed: "This son of mine is still too reckless. He actually fought to his heart's content, but this old man will gift four hundred horses and a hundred riders for nothing."

In the past, when the eighteen dukes wanted to get revenge against Dong Zhuo, Alliance Master Yuan Shao had appointed his own brother, the prefecture chief at that time, to take charge of the food. Yuan Shu was greedy for money, he would frequently take advantage of nobles' food, and Liu Bei, who had deep enmity with him, suffered from it. Liu Bei could not bear it any longer and had Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to make a ruckus, so he forced the matter to the dukes. Fortunately, Liu Bei's schoolmate, Gongsun Zan, who was then a Beiping prefecture chief, tried his best to mediate, so the two of them did not fight each other on the spot.

From then on, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan had a few times to interact, and when Yuan Shao became their common enemy, the relationship between the two parties became even closer. Among them, the most important one was that Yuan Shu used food and salt to exchange for a war horse from Gongsun Zan.

These few years, Yuan Shu had exchanged for a few thousand warhorses from Gongsun Zan, they were only cavalry generals who were weak, their fighting capabilities were always weak. However, Gongsun Zan's White Horse Yi was invincible, causing Yuan Shu to be extremely envious. Every time he exchanged horses, he would think of ways to 'borrow' some cavalrymen. Gongsun Zan had already 'borrowed' nearly a thousand people, but he never returned one to them.

Gongsun Zan did not care about the war horses, but he cared about the elite cavalry. In the past, he would only give twenty to thirty people at most, but this time, he would 'borrow' a hundred, and he would even give out four hundred horses for nothing. The main reason was because Gongsun Xu had beaten him up, making their marriage useless.

Hearing Gongsun Zan's lamenting, Guan Jing laughed and said, "The young duke and the young miss have such a deep relationship with each other, the duke should be happy about it.

"Happy? I really can't get happy! " Gongsun Zan shook his head, and pretended to be angry: "road Yuan is cunning, if this marriage is rejected, who knows, maybe they will secretly mess with it again!"

Guan Jing advised, "Master Hou, you are overthinking it. If you want to ride on a horse, you definitely won't dare to go back on your horse. There are still several dukes between the other two, so what can he do even if he does something? "

"That's true, Yuan Du does not get along with Tao Qian, Liu Bei and the rest, as long as Yuan Shao does not die, Yuan Du will not dare to break with me." Gongsun Zan nodded his head in agreement, then suddenly laughed: "From now on, do you know how my son evaluates this incomplete marriage?"

Guan Jing laughed and said: "I am willing to listen to the details."

"Can Tiger Girl An marry my son? "Haha!" Gongsun Zan laughed, his face was full of self-satisfaction.

Guan Jing praised, "The young duke's words are true, this subordinate admires you!"

Gongsun Zan stopped laughing and asked: "Is there any news about Liu He?"

"Nothing. The last time Master Hou had sent out an envoy, that Liu He had said that his status was low, and had asked Master Hou to send his subordinates to negotiate. How arrogant! Now that I've been abandoned by the duke for half a month, this subordinate thinks that I can send someone else over? "

"It's time to go! "Who should I just let go?" Gongsun Zan was hesitant.

"Father, your son is willing to go!" Just then, a loud shout came from outside the door, Gongsun Xu walked in with large strides. He had just came down from the training grounds and his black clothes were filled with dust and sweat.

"Absolutely not!" Gongsun Zan and Guan Jing objected at the same time.

Guan Jing said anxiously, "With the body of the Young Marquis, how can he take the risk? Liu He's children were nothing to be afraid of, but under his command, there were some brutal and merciless brothers, and even a great general Yan Rou, they were all extraordinary people! How could the young duke leave safely once the other had set their sights on him? "

Gongsun Zan frowned, "What I said is extremely true. Zhong Ying (Tian Kai) and Liu Yu's friendship is not shallow.

Just as Gongsun Xu was about to argue, another person rushed in and shouted: "Brother, brother, brother, how can you give me such a capable subordinate to Yuan Shu? Please allow this little brother to chase him back immediately! "

The person who came wore a set of fine fish-scale armor, had a broad mouth, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and an overbearing heroic aura. He was Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Fan. This man was brave and good at fighting, and was extremely loyal to Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao had tried to seduce him many times but to no avail, and Gongsun Zan had absolute trust in him.

"A capable subordinate?" Gongsun Zan was startled, and asked Guan Jing in surprise: "Scholar Zhi, the person who followed Yuan Lu back was chosen by you, how can you give the entire Academy Officer to Yuan Shu?"

In Gongsun Zan's opinion, someone who could be called a capable subordinate by this brave disciple should at least be a Academy Officer who could lead an army on his own.

Before Guan Jing could answer, Gongsun Fan quickly waved his hands, "It's not Academy Officer, it's a military lord!"

Just a military lord? Gongsun Zan laughed in shock, but in his heart, he was unconvinced.

The system of the burly man was set to have five members, one general, one general for ten people, one leader for fifty people, one leader for a hundred people, one chief for two hundred people, one military lord, one thousand people, under the command of the Academy Officer or other tribes.

military lord was actually just a two hundred man army officer, not too big or too small. However, Gongsun Zan, who had tens of thousands of troops supporting him, would definitely not think too highly of a military lord.

Gongsun Fan stomped his feet and cried out: "Aiya, brother, that Zhao Yun is truly an outstanding rider, not a single one of my subordinates can compare to him!"

Gongsun Zan was flabbergasted: "Why do I not know such a talent?"

Gongsun Fan said embarrassedly: "Little brother had only discovered it not too long ago, I did not have the time to report."

Gongsun Xu was secretly frustrated. How could he have forgotten about such a powerful man? At this time, he was still busy arguing about Liu He's situation. He grabbed Gongsun Fan and asked: "Third Uncle, is that Zhao Yun that you're talking about?

"How do I know?" Gongsun Fan was stunned.

"Aiya! It really was him! Father, your son will go and chase after him! " Gongsun Xu did not care about changing his clothes, and started running out of the room.

"The sky is already dark, ah, this kid!" Gongsun Zan hesitated a little before he heard the sound of horses galloping outside. He could only laugh at himself.

Gongsun Fan and Guan Jing also laughed along. The former let out a breath of relief, thinking that if the people personally went to chase after him, wouldn't they be able to catch Zhao Yun and bring him back?

The city gate had long been closed, but no one dared to stop Gongsun Xu when he was out of the city. The city guards opened the city gates in panic and watched Gongsun Xu and more than a dozen of his guards galloping out.

Borrowing the bright moonlight, Gongsun Xu's group flew south along the official road. Originally, they wanted to catch up to Zhao Yun very quickly, but they didn't expect that after sprinting for a long time, the full moon had already risen higher, and they still couldn't see a single person. Gongsun Xu felt that something was amiss. After passing by a small village, he stopped to ask around. However, after asking, he received a piece of bad news.

Gongsun Xu was dumbstruck, and muttered to himself: "Strange, where did they go? Did he not walk on the official road? It's already dark, so even if we don't go by the official road, we can't go by the mountain path! "

Gongsun Yi rolled his eyes and asked Jianyan, "Young Master, how about we just wait and see?"

"Waiting for someone to come? Where should we go to defend? " Gongsun Xu was at a loss.

Gongsun Yi said: "This little one has seen Zhao Yun a few times, and knows that he is truly a person of Chang Shan. It seems that there is even a family member who is sick for a long time at home. Zhao Yun cannot quickly return to Huainan, so he will definitely make a trip home. Why not go straight to his house and wait for him? "

Gongsun Xu slapped his forehead, and cried out: "Aiya, that makes sense! Why didn't I think of that? Does anyone know the way to Zhending County? "

"This little one knows you!" Young Master, please follow me! " Gongsun Yi grabbed his horse's stomach, and turned to head in the southwest direction.

Everyone turned around and followed him. Under the bright moonlight, they continued to run.

The phrase 'Chang Shan Zhao Zilong' did not mean 'Chang Shan' in reality, but rather the name of a large village outside Zhen Ding County under the rule of Jizhou. Now that the Jizhou was in Gongsun Zan's hands, Gongsun Xu and the rest followed the official road, and were not afraid of encountering enemies, and continued forward at an extremely fast speed. Four hours later, they could already see the lights above the city.

Gongsun Xu stopped and panted as he asked: "How do we go next?"

"I don't know either!" Gongsun Yi shook his head, and pointed to a village a few miles to the north. "Young Noble, please wait for a moment, this lowly one will go and ask right away!"

"Go!" As Gongsun Xu jumped off the horse, he felt an excruciating pain coming from his thigh. Nine is worn out. He took out his water bag and gulped down a mouthful of water. He thought to himself, "Long distance riding really isn't an easy task. I'm already half dead from exhaustion for my riding skills. How did those fellows who rode their horses for a thousand miles do it?"

Not long after, the sounds of dogs barking and talking could be heard from the village ahead of them. Following that, Gongsun Yi's shouts could be heard, "Young master, so this is Chang Shan Town!"

Gongsun Xu was overjoyed, this was truly something he could easily do, he hurriedly endured the pain as he mounted his horse and rode towards the village.

When they arrived outside the village, Gongsun Yi brought a brown robed elder with a lantern to welcome them, and introduced him, "Young master, this is Chang Shan Village's doctor, Zhao Shiheng, and also Zhao Yun's uncle."

"Greetings, old sir!" Gongsun Xu cupped his hands.

Zhao Shiheng did not dare to accept his greeting, and stepped aside, cupping his hands: I dare not accept it! May I ask who you are, young master? Why are you asking about Zi Long's family members? "

Without hesitation, Gongsun Xu made up an excuse: "We are all good friends of Zi Long's, we are just passing by. We wish to pay a visit to his family members, I hope old sir can lead the way."

"A good friend in the military?" Could it be that all of you have followed the rules of the White Horse? " Zhao Shiheng was a little surprised hearing this, he moved the lantern closer, saw Gongsun Xu's clothing, and frowned, smiling apologetically: "This old one dares to ask, all of you said that you are good friends in the army, do you have any proof?"

"A certificate?" Gongsun Xu was stunned. At that time, he did not even bother to change his clothes and went out of the city to chase after him. Now, other than the long spear and bow on the back of the horse, there was nothing else.