Soldiers come to the world

In the afternoon, an ox cart delivering food to the tavern drove into the back door of Xi’s tavern. A young man was sitting on the ox cart shaft. Just as the ox cart entered the yard, he jumped off the shaft like a monkey. He hurriedly shouted: "Where is your boss? It's time to pay my wages."

The tavern manager gave him a slap on the back of the head and cursed: "Stop farting, quickly send the food to the kitchen."

The boy stuck out his tongue, picked up the vegetable bag and walked quickly to the kitchen. At this moment, Guan Xi was watching the bullock carts in the yard in front of a window on the fourth floor of the tavern. She understood what the boy meant, that there was news. The pressure on Xi was also great. Han Wang gave her the time to find Xiao Qiao's whereabouts before dark. It was already afternoon, and she mobilized almost all her contacts and strength to find, but there was still no news.

The arrival of this young man gave her a glimmer of hope. For a moment, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor, and then someone knocked on the door. Guan Xiling said, "Come in!"

The door opened, and the person who came in was the young man just now. He no longer had the smiley face in the yard, and his expression was serious. He stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "See Captain!"

"Any news?" Guan Xi asked eagerly.

"Reporting to the captain, I have found my target."

Guan Xi was overjoyed, and quickly sat down and said, "Quickly tell me, where is he now?"

"In a mansion about ten miles away from the north gate, which is the manor of the Xie family, someone saw with their own eyes that soldiers escorting a gorgeous and large carriage drove into the manor house early in the morning, and never came out again. The brother arrested a strong man who was out on errands, and it is basically certain that Mrs. Zhou is under house arrest in the back house, but the house is heavily guarded, with at least 300 people on guard, and I am afraid they cannot enter."

Guan Xi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Take a few more brothers and keep a close watch on that house, and report to me immediately if there is any movement."

The young man agreed and retreated, Guan Xi immediately ordered his subordinates: "Prepare the horse for me, I'm going to the expensive hotel."

As night fell, the lobby of the Jianye Palace was brightly lit, and more than a dozen maids and servants were busy arranging the banquet. Tonight, a high-level banquet will be held here to welcome Prime Minister Cao Cao and King Liu Jing who came from afar. In addition to Sun Quan In addition to his wives and concubines, more than a dozen senior officials brought their wives and daughters to attend.

In Changqian Palace, Sun Quan's wife Xie found Da Qiao again. This time she didn't say much, but handed Da Qiao a letter. This is a letter written by Qiao Xuan to her daughter. Focus on Jiangdong's overall situation and attend tonight's banquet.

Father wrote a letter to himself, how could Madam Wu Hou pass it on? Don't even think about it, Da Qiao understood that this was a letter that his father was forced to write after being threatened. Da Qiao was so angry that she turned her head and remained silent. Almost turning heads with Da Qiao, she said coldly: "Wu Hou has no higher requirements, I just hope you will give Wu Hou a face and attend tonight's banquet. This is related to Jiangdong's national system."

"What did you do to my father?" Da Qiao glared at Mrs. Xie and said.

"Qiao Guolao is doing well, and he will come to the banquet tonight. Of course, I don't know what will happen to him in the future. At least it will be affected by your attitude tonight."

"You are so despicable and shameless!"

Mrs. Xie snorted and said, "It's meaningless for you to say angry words now. Let me tell you the truth, tonight is a banquet to welcome the King of Han and Prime Minister Cao. It is very grand. Many ministers will bring their wives and daughters to attend. If you don't Come on, it will seriously affect Marquis Wu's face, as for the consequences, I won't say much, lest you say that I threatened you, that's all I said, I'm leaving!"

Mrs. Xie turned around and walked away. Da Qiao glared at her back and walked away, and slowly tore the letter in his hand to pieces.

In Xie’s Manor in the north of the city, the door of the house was opened, and a carriage drove out rapidly from the gate, followed by a dozen cavalrymen. They did not drive into the county seat, but drove along the official road outside the county seat towards the pier. Today’s negotiation In the book, Cao Cao has detailed various conditions. He clearly told Sun Quan that if Sun Quan showed enough sincerity, he would transport the first batch of [-] shi of grain directly from Hefei to Jiangdong within ten days.

Of course Sun Quan understood the sincerity Cao Cao was referring to, and he made up his mind that no matter what the consequences would be, he sent Xiao Qiao directly to Cao Cao's big ship.

The carriage was galloping in the night. Inside the carriage, Xiao Qiao's maid was lying on the carriage seat and fell asleep. Strength, she already knew what was going to happen, she was very anxious, but helpless, her heart was full of hatred for Sun Quan.

At this moment, the carriage shook violently and stopped. Xiao Qiao almost fell to the ground, only to hear a scream from outside the car, and someone shouted to kill. Looking out, I saw a fierce fight taking place outside the carriage, countless men in black surrounded the carriage, soldiers were assassinated and fell off their horses constantly, Xiao Qiao was so frightened that her face paled and her whole body trembled.

The fighting outside the car stopped, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood. At this moment, the car door opened, and a petite man in black walked in. She pulled off the veil, and it turned out to be a pretty woman , Xiao Qiao recognized her immediately, "You are Guan Xi!" She was extremely surprised, how could she be the proprietor of Xi's Tavern?

Guan Xi smiled slightly and said, "I am actually a subordinate of the King of Han. I have come to rescue Madam under the order of the King of Han. Do Madam want to go to the Han army's warship, or go back to the mansion?"

When Xiao Qiao heard that it was Liu Jing who sent someone to save her, she was pleasantly surprised and moved. Moreover, Xiao Qiao was extremely intelligent. Since Guan Xi had exposed her identity in front of her, she naturally hoped to go to the warship of the Han army by herself. She will not let herself go, she actually has nowhere to go, and going to seek refuge with Shang Xiang may be a way out.

Xiao Qiao lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then finally nodded, "Thank you Mrs. Guan for saving me, let's go to the Han army warship!"

Guan Xi was overjoyed, and gave some instructions to her subordinates, while she sat in the car to protect Xiao Qiao. The carriage started and sped towards Qinshui Wharf in the northeast direction. The boats arranged by Guan Xi could directly sail into the Yangtze River

Carriages stopped in the square of Jianye Palace one after another. Senior officials in Jiangdong wore crowns and Confucian robes, and walked towards Jianye Palace with their wives and daughters chatting and laughing.

The women are beautifully dressed, their hair is combed in a high bun, and their hair is covered with red emeralds. They are all bright and enchanting, either rich and graceful, or with good eyesight.

At this time, dozens of cavalry escorted a carriage and stopped at the steps. Liu Jing stepped out of the carriage and met Zhang Wenwen and his wife.

"His Royal Highness!"

Zhang Wen's gaze became particularly sharp at this time. He saw Liu Jing at a glance, and was surprised and happy at once, and quickly walked up to meet him.

Zhang Wen's attitude is as expected. The Zhang family is a prominent family in Wu County. Since the Lu family has a certain relationship with the Han army, the Gu family and the Zhang family naturally don't want to fall behind. Gu Yong still has a chance in Wu County, but Zhang Wen, however, is in Jianye, which is relatively backward among the three.

Zhang Wen originally wanted to visit Liu Jing during the day, but he was worried that Sun Quan would be jealous, so he had no choice but to hold back the idea of ​​visiting Liu Jing, but unexpectedly met Liu Jing at this time, which made him overjoyed, Zhang Wen stepped forward to bow and salute, "What a coincidence, I met His Highness the King of Han here!"

Zhang Wen's enthusiasm will make anyone feel that there is something hidden in it, and Liu Jing is naturally not stupid. He understood Zhang Wen's enthusiasm, smiled back and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Zhang. I didn't expect to be in Jianye." It's a bit of a surprise to meet you!"

Liu Jing's implication was that he was asking him why he didn't go to Wu County. Zhang Wen smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer, Liu Jing laughed again: "Actually, there are Hanchens everywhere, aren't they? Zhang Shijun!"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhang Wen immediately relieved his troubles, and his smile became sincere again, "I hope to have the opportunity to meet His Highness in the court."

"There will definitely be this opportunity."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards the lobby with mutual humility. The guests in the lobby were basically full, and the male guests and female relatives sat on each side. In the honored guest seat, Cao Cao sat on the left, and the right seat was vacant. , that was Liu Jing's seat. At this time, Cao Cao was whispering something to Sun Quan, but his eyes glanced at the group of female relatives intentionally or unintentionally.

He saw an extremely gorgeous and dignified woman, wearing a ponytail, plain dress, no makeup, and a cold expression. Although her brows were lightly swept away, that kind of peerless elegance overshadowed all the ladies with heavy makeup. Cao Cao immediately realized that this was Da Qiao, and the seat next to her should be Xiao Qiao, but Xiao Qiao hadn't arrived yet, and the seat was still vacant. It was rumored that Xiao Qiao was three points more beautiful than Da Qiao, Da Qiao was so beautiful, let alone Xiao Qiao It's beautiful.

Cao Cao thought that Xiao Qiao had been sent to his own boat, and his heart suddenly became hot. At this moment, someone shouted at the gate: "His Royal Highness is here!"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, only to see Liu Jing walking into the hall quickly under the guidance of the maid, Sun Quan and Cao Cao stood up together, everyone stood up, and the ladies whispered, unexpectedly, the king of Han who is famous all over the world is actually So young and heroic, many girls who followed their father to the banquet showed admiration in their eyes. The noble ladies regretted that they had not lost the number one son-in-law before the Tao family. The girls felt sad that they were gone. A chance to become the Princess of Han.

At this time, Da Qiao also stood up gracefully. She watched the imposing Liu Jing walk into the lobby. The cold frost on her face began to melt, and her eyes lit up. Jing is very fond of her. Although it is not a love affair between a man and a woman, she has seen the majestic appearance of her husband back then from Liu Jing.

To a certain extent, deep in her heart she faintly regarded Liu Jing as her husband, which made her see hope in her helplessness. At this moment, she had a little reliance on Liu Jing in her heart.

Cao Cao noticed Da Qiao's dramatic expression change. How old-fashioned he was, he immediately guessed what Da Qiao was thinking.

Sun Quan greeted him with a big smile, "Your brother is late, and you will be fined three glasses of wine!"

"It should be punished! It should be punished!"

Liu Jing smiled and walked arm in arm with Sun Quan to his seat. He saluted Cao Cao again and said with a smile, "The spring night is short, but the prime minister is drinking here. It's a waste of time!"

Cao Cao was taken aback, and suddenly felt something was wrong, Liu Jing was obviously alluding to Xiao Qiao, how could he know about Xiao Qiao?Cao Cao quickly glanced at Sun Quan, only to see that Sun Quan was also a little stunned, apparently unaware.

Cao Cao did not show any signs of expression, raised his glass and laughed, "First drink as a punishment, and then talk about other interesting things."