No matter how many vicissitudes you have experienced, how many cruel betrayals you have seen, how cold and strong you are.
There must be a name, or a face that is deeply remembered.
You won't touch it easily, but once you think of it, you can dream back to your youth.
"Why don't I say anything when I'm talking to you?" The woman became even more angry when she saw Cao Cao looking at her in a daze.
Cao Cao came back to his senses and smiled slightly. His face, which was not handsome, was like the spring breeze blowing, just like the old days.
The smile reflected in her eyes made the woman suspicious: "Could this person be an old acquaintance?"
However, if you look carefully, you will have no impression.
Cao Cao lowered his head, and when he looked up again, one of the overlapping figures was gone.
Sighing slightly, although the elegant and wonderful temperament is very similar, she is not her after all.
I remember that when I redeemed Zhao Ji, she was the same age as the young woman in front of me.
However, the hardships of wind and frost and the torment of her heart had already deeply engraved the pain in her life.
Cao Cao has never forgotten that on the day she came back from thousands of miles away, the carriage stopped and a familiar yet unfamiliar face came out anxiously and anxiously. He glanced around blankly and passed by his face, but then As if he noticed something, he quickly turned his gaze back.
In the sea of people, two people who had been separated for more than ten years looked at each other quietly, and then smiled.
Cao Cao had never seen such a bright and sad smile, which was heart-wrenching, shocking and thrilling.
That is the rare beauty that can only be possessed by a woman who has traveled through the real hell but has not been conquered by the hell. It is enough to penetrate the years and people's hearts.
Looking at the young woman in front of her, she has a pale and melancholy look, and a fair and delicate appearance. To be honest, she is somewhat similar to Zhao Ji when she was a widow.
Generally feeling lonely, generally depressed.
Thinking about it now, Zhaoji would never have thought at that time that the real sea of suffering in the world was boundless and bottomless.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao's heart ached, and there was an imperceptible tenderness in his eyes.
He took a deep breath and looked into the other person's eyes frankly: "I, Wu Zhi, would like to ask for my wife's name."
The young woman couldn't help but open her eyes wide, as if she was surprised by the other party's rudeness, but if she looked carefully, there was no evil thought in the other party's eyes and face.
There was only a hint of concern for no apparent reason, and a hint of deeply hidden regret.
This extremely subtle emotion would have been difficult for anyone else to see unless she was a woman with such an extremely delicate mind.
"My concubine, Li Qingzhao... is Zhao Mingcheng's wife."
Perhaps touched by that concern, the young woman said her name out of nowhere, but then realized she lost her composure and hurriedly added another sentence to show her identity as a married woman.
Cao Cao raised his face and smiled. This smile was no longer as pure and warm as before, but it had an unspeakable domineering quality.
"Wu Mou remembers it. If there are any difficulties that you can't overcome in the future, send someone to the Erlongshan branch to tell you. If the sky collapses and the earth falls, Wu Mou will bear the burden for you."
Without a clue, Cao Cao made a firm promise and turned around to leave.
Ou Peng and Luan Tingyu drove Li Qingzhao's carriage and headed out.
Li Qingzhao subconsciously followed to the door, frowning and looking at the back in front of her. She felt that the other person was strange, but also looked at him with a natural look. She had never seen such a person in the first half of her life.
Cao Cao didn't think much about it. In his opinion, such a beautiful and wonderful woman should never be destroyed by the world. It was a pity that he could not protect Cai Zhaoji in his previous life. If this woman asks for anything from him in this life, he will protect her.
Luan Tingyu looked back furtively several times, thinking that her brother's methods today were very unusual. Yes, I was afraid that this woman was older and might not have caught his eye.
Several people bought some bedding from the doctor and put them thickly in the carriage. They carefully carried Ma Lin inside and came to the door. Waiting for Chao Gai and others to gather, they left Qingzhou City with gongs and drums, escorting a cartload of seized and The surrendered army returned to Erlong Mountain.
In the evening, the heroes gathered in the main hall, looking very excited. Wu Yong smiled and said: "Today's harvest is very rich! It's enough to linger for a long time. How to act now, please give me my brother's instructions."
Cao Cao gathered his mind, pondered for a moment, and said: "King Chao Tian is the owner of Liangshan Mountain. He cannot leave for a long time, so he took his men and horses back to the mountain. He also left two brothers, Lin Chong and Hua Rong, with a thousand people to help, and two thousand people from Qin and Ming Dynasties. They are all stationed at Erlong Mountain. Counting the more than a thousand officers and soldiers captured by Qingzhou, as well as the troops from Erlong Mountain and Taohua Mountain, there are still 6,000 people, which is more than enough to attack the state capital."
Chao Gai nodded and said: "In that case, I will go back first, and if I need it at any time, I will bring people and horses to help."
Cao Cao cupped his fists and thanked him, and then said: "The only one who is unpredictable now is Zongze. He happened to take Sun Li, and his city was already half empty, so he invited four brothers, Teacher Luan, Shi Xiu, Mu Hong, and Niu Gao, to accompany him. I went to Dengzhou and met with the Zongtong judge for a while. The four brothers Qin Ming, Deng Fei, Xiang Chong, and Li Gun led a thousand troops and hid their troops outside the city. If there was an opportunity, they would take advantage of the situation and take him to Dengzhou. Then push forward from east to west, and there will be no worries.”
After everyone heard this, they each took their orders. Suddenly Zhou Tong stood up and said, "Brother, I spent a few years in Dengzhou in the past. I am familiar with the roads and geography. If you don't mind, I would like to go with you."
Cao Cao said: "It couldn't be better."
Early the next morning, Chao Gai led Tang Bin, Liu Tang, Kong Ming, and Kong Liang to share part of the money and food, and returned with two thousand troops and horses. The remaining troops were placed up and down Erlong Mountain. Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Hu Yanzhuo, etc. all came from the army and knew military law well. They broke up the captured officers and soldiers and organized them into teams, without mentioning daily drills.
As for Sun Li, Luan Tingyu recognized him as his junior brother, and after some persuasion, he still refused to surrender, and it was not easy to kill him. He was only temporarily detained on the mountain. Seeing Luan Tingyu's face, he was not allowed to move around, and he was training on weekdays. He was allowed to watch all the martial arts performances.
Sun Li was also obedient. Seeing the many masters at Erlong Mountain, he couldn't think of escaping and could only muddle along.
Cao Cao led Luan Tingyu and five others to go first, while Qin and Ming led a thousand troops and divided them into dozens of teams. After that, they stayed overnight and walked along the seaside.
Dengzhou governs four counties including Penglai, Huangxian, Muping and Wendeng. The state government is located in Penglai County. On the first day of October, Cao Cao and his party were approaching Penglai. Suddenly they saw a hilly mountain on the roadside. It occupied a large area and was covered with yellow leaves. , its height is also one or two hundred meters.
Cao Cao was moved in his heart and pointed: "If a thousand soldiers and horses are hidden here, the gods and ghosts will not know it, and it is not far from the county."
Zhou Tong looked at it and explained: "Brother, this place is called Dengyun Mountain. It is only more than twenty miles away from the county seat. It is indeed a hiding place for troops."
Cao Cao said: "Go in and have a look."
The six of them rode their horses and walked into the forest. After walking for a while, Niu Gao, with sharp eyes, suddenly picked up his mace and pointed at a place and said: "There is someone watching over there. Let me wait for my little brother to get him."
He was about to rush over to grab someone when he suddenly heard the sound of a gong. Eighty or ninety men ran out from behind the mountain, each carrying a large shield made of wood nailed in one hand, and the other holding some single swords or short axes. They surrounded Cao Cao and several others, with square shields placed side by side, like a low wall on the ground.
Niu Gao said with a smile: "What's the use of this? If you don't raise your spear, you can just charge with your horse, and they will all be scattered."
Shi Xiu looked around and shouted loudly: "You bastards, don't go forward and die, just ask your leader to speak out."
As the words fell, someone in the forest responded: "What a big sigh! One, two, three, four, five, six, haha, six birdmen dare to come and beat me to climb Yunshan? Where is the goddess bow? She hides her head and shows her tail. What a hero she is!"
Cao Cao and others all laughed after hearing this. The speaker could only hear his voice but not see his person, but said that others were hiding their heads and tail.
Probably after hearing the laughter, someone poked his head behind a big tree and looked around for a while, then stood up tentatively, hunched over and shrunk his head. Depending on the situation, he could shrink back at any time and shouted: "Grandpa is out." !Where’s the goddess bow?”
When Cao Cao heard this, he knew there must be a misunderstanding and said with a smile: "We don't know Lu Shengong. We are guests from afar. We love the beautiful autumn scenery of this mountain, so we came in to take a closer look."
When the man heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and straightened his waist. He was not small, but he had narrow eyebrows and small eyes. He shouted: "Nephew, come out, he is not the same as that goddess Gong."
Then another man emerged from behind the tree, holding an ax in his hand. He was also quite tall, with a flat nose and mung bean eyes, and a large tumor on the back of his head, which seemed to have a horn. The description was very strange.
The two of them laughed and said, "We haven't been open for days, but today we have food and clothing delivered to us." Da Lala walked three feet in front of Cao Cao and the others. The man with thin eyebrows tilted his head and said loudly: "Hey! I opened the Bird Road. , I planted the birds and trees, so you can live from now on, and leave a pen to buy money for the road!"
Shi Xiu chuckled, clasped his fists and said: "It turns out he is a hero in the green forest, please give me his name!"
The little-eyed man sneered after hearing this: "You want to have a relationship? Just talk about friendship? It's no use! To tell you the truth, grandpa has lost nothing in the past few days and has never opened a business. Today, even if my biological father wants to live, he still wants to stay. money.”
After hearing this, Shi Xiu said: "That's all. Since you don't want to report by name, it's the rules of the world, so I'll see the real deal."
After saying that, he jumped off the horse and took the Pu Dao in his hand.
When Niu Gao saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Brother, you have made too many contributions, let me fight this battle." He quickly climbed off the horse, picked up two maces, and shouted: "Hey! I am a famous black man in the world. Fenghu Niugao, since you are hiding your head and tail, you will have no choice but to be the unjust ghost of the master and die."
After saying that, he strode up and smashed it with his mace.
Seeing the fierceness of his approach, the man with thin eyebrows quickly twitched his waist and actually pulled out a stick. He jumped to the side, dodged the mace, swung the stick and swept across.
Niu Gao saw that he was not quick with his stick, so he took his time and raised his mace to block it, but something went wrong. The stick hit the mace, and the force snapped, bang! It still hit Niu Gao in the back, causing him to fall forward two or three steps and almost fall over.
This happened suddenly, and Cao Cao and others all let out a "ugh" sound.
However, his opponent was unyielding when he had the upper hand. He used a stick in his hand to strike vertically, draw diagonally, and sweep horizontally. Niu Gao's two maces were unable to block him, and the blows made his body clang.
After all, it was Luan Tingyu who was well-informed and recognized it for a moment before shouting: "This instrument of his is called a folding tiger stick. It is made by wrapping thin vines one by one around the stick, soaking it in oil, and then exposing it to the sun. It takes several years to make it. The soft among the hard is the most deadly, and the hard among the soft is the hardest to guard against. You can only be safe if you block the head of his stick."
After he finished his lofty speech, Niu Gao received seven or eight more canes.
Fortunately, he was wearing armor and his skin was thick, so he was not injured. He was just beaten like a gong and a drum. He felt very embarrassed and said angrily: "Just say the last sentence. I will get a few less blows. Who knows whether he is a pain stick or a stick?" , itchy stick.”
After speaking, he hit the mace on the end of the stick, and the stick bounced back.
When Niu Gao saw that it was effective, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted, "Let's see what other tricks you can do." He struck straight up and down with the mace.
The big man's stick skills were only mediocre, and he relied on the strange weapons in his hands to show off his evil. Now that Niu Gao knew the key, he was no match for him. He shouted, "Hold on, I have something to say!" He jumped back and jumped out of the battle group. .
Pointing at Luan Tingyu, he said: "You have a lot of knowledge. Few people in the rivers and lakes know me, the Flying Tiger Stick. It's hard for you to know. I must not be an ordinary person. Why not leave a name?"
Mu Hong mocked him and said, "What's the use of leaving a name or not? Anyway, my father will rob him when he comes."
The big man raised his slender eyebrows and said righteously: "Your Majesty, this doesn't make sense. My own father doesn't know the origin of my weapon, so how can we generalize it?"
When Zhou Tong saw this guy messing around, he suddenly became energetic and said seriously: "Fart, this stick of yours is sometimes soft and sometimes hard. It must be a family tradition. If your father didn't have it, how could you be born?"
The big man took a deep breath after hearing this, showed an expression of cherishing heroes, solemnly clasped his fists and said: "A hero's words are extraordinary, so he should also leave a name."
Zhou Tong said proudly: "I am the handsome gentleman of Qingzhou Peach Blossom Mountain, Zhou Tong, who is known as the 'Little Overlord' in the world!"
The big man shook his head: "What's the name of a bird? I've never heard of it."
Zhou Tong was furious, only to realize that this man was deliberately teasing him. Just as he was about to retort, Luan Tingyu was too lazy to talk nonsense anymore, cupped his fists and said, "I'm an 'iron rod' Luan Tingyu, have you ever heard of me?"
The big man was slightly startled and said: "Unexpectedly, it was Luan Tingyu who was in front of Brother Luan. I was offended by him. It is said in the world that Brother Luan followed Yanggu Wu Mengde? How did he end up here?"
Luan Tingyu pointed out her hand and said: "Well, isn't this my brother, the eldest son of the Wu family, 'Wu Mengde'!"
The big man became more and more surprised. He looked at Cao Cao and said, "Ah, is your distinguished brother Wu Zhiwu really the best?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "It's not like he is a luxurious person. Is there anyone else who can pretend to be someone else? I am Wu Zhi."
When the big man heard this, he exclaimed: "My Lord!" He threw away the stick, pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar, and bowed down. He clasped his hands on his head and said, "Xiao Ke is ignorant and has offended my brother Hu Wei. I hope you will forgive me."
The man with the tumor on his head was startled when he heard this. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down next to his companion. He said, "Unless I meant to offend, if I had known that Brother Wu was coming, my uncle and I would have gone to the Dengzhou border to wait. Only then can you see sincerity.”
Cao Cao dismounted, helped the two of them up and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty. Now, can you tell me the names of these two heroes?"
The two of them frowned and said, "Brother, don't make fun of me. We are uncle and nephew. Because we are similar in age, we have been hanging out together since we were children. The villain Zou Yuan has been here in the forest of Dengyun Mountain since he was young. When I was begging for food and clothing, people called me 'Chu Linlong'. This is my nephew Zou Run. Because he had this tumor, people called him 'One-horned Dragon'."
Cao Cao said: "You are from the locals, so that's the best thing. To be honest with you two, I have something to ask for help..."
Before he could say anything about borrowing mountains to hide soldiers, a crisp voice suddenly rang out: "Ah, you made a shield to deal with me! Hey, you actually found a new helper! Humph, I thought this would scare me My 'goddess bow'"?
There are different religions: Zou Yuan and Zou Run are called double dragons, and they are fierce tigers with axes and sticks. The man hides with a wooden shield, and the daughter rides on horseback to draw the divine bow.
Let’s write it from another angle. It was indeed progressing too fast before, and I myself felt there was a problem.
(End of chapter)
