In the autumn rain in Luoyang for several consecutive days, outside the Cai Mansion, a carriage ran over the accumulated water on the ground and stopped. An old man of fifty years came to visit and was led into the hall by a servant. Soon the voices were heard in the house. On the other side, a figure quietly came over under the eaves and listened quietly, forming some understandable words intermittently.

"...The situation in Luoyang is now in chaos, and I am the one who serves Dong Zhe. If you are liquidated in the future, I am afraid that Zhao Ji will be implicated... The engagement matter must be advanced."

"Ling Yuan, proficient in music, poetry and books, is my son's good match... In this way, this marriage was decided as soon as possible, but there was something unknown. Why did Brother Bo Ji be with Dong Zhuo? I don't know that sooner or later this evil minister is betrayal of his relatives... I heard that Dong Zhuo Haibu's document to capture the assassin... I heard that he was named Cao Cao... I think there will be more people who will die like this in the future. When Dong Zhuo is overthrown, how can Bo Ji deal with it..."

"Dong Zhuo respects the elderly, and may be able to persuade him to stop committing less murder."

"...Well, I'm afraid that those people will not appreciate it in the future..."

"Let's talk about this anymore. Let's talk about Zhao Ji and Zhongdao's marriage... Let's set up the good day of Liangcheng as soon as possible..."

.....

The figure behind the door covered his mouth and laughed secretly, then tiptoed away, ran happily in the corridor, turned a small door and went to the backyard room, shouting: "Sister...Sister..."

The window of the wing room under the eaves in front was opened, and the rain drips on the eaves formed a pearl curtain. The girl in a short light blue robe and white floral long skirt held the bamboo slip in one hand, her eyes quietly swept over the handwriting on it, and her fingers pressed on the strings, as if she understood the rhythm on the bamboo slip. A light and gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her fingertips gently raised the strings, and the strings made a 'sharp' sound.

At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps sounded from outside the window. A figure with two small bags on his head suddenly snatched out the window, which scared the girl. When she saw who it was, she put down the bamboo slips and poked her fingers gently on the other party's little forehead: "...I want to scare my sister to death, it's not light or heavy."

"Sister, I'll tell you something special. Do you want to hear it?" The girl tried hard to cushion her feet and made herself a little taller than the windowsill.

The girl stuttered and red lips, "You've gone to listen to your father talking to others again. The lesson I learned last time was not enough..." But in a blink of an eye, she turned her body slightly, pressed her face over, and whispered: "What's new?"

"Of course..." the girl whispered, then suddenly shouted: "Of course my sister is going to get married--"

On the other side, the girl in the room was not scared, but her face turned slightly red. She stood up and ran out of the room in a hurry, grabbed the sister who wanted to run away, and turned her around, "What you said is true?"

"Um!"

The girl nodded affirmatively and pointed to the front yard: "Dad just talked about this with the uncle of the Wei family, and said that she would marry her sister as soon as possible... Sister, are you happy?"

“……”

The raindrops splashed on the tender green leaves outside the eaves. The silent girl slowly stood up and brushed over the lacquered pillars, frowned slightly, and looked at the gloomy sky in the gap between the green trees in the courtyard. Her lips opened slightly, and her voice was very light.

"...but my sister doesn't want to get married..."

On rainy days like this, there was still someone in Luoyang City who was as gloomy as rain and clouds, frightened and uneasy. Lying down, he could hear the sound of someone kicking open the gate of the courtyard...

In the dark night, heavy rain hit the roof. Yuan Shao woke up from his dream again. Since he had a falling out with Dong Zhuo, he was frightened all day long. He stood in front of the window with his clothes, watching the rain curtain fall. He remembered the incident of Cao Mengde assassinating Dong Zhe yesterday. He was stunned for a moment, and then became more and more uneasy. After all, they were friends. What if Dong Zhuo turned the butcher knife towards him?

The sky was dark and the rain had no intention of stopping. When I loosened my teeth, my fists slammed into the window frame.

“…It’s better to leave.”

He murmured, and made a decision. Soon, when it was dawn, he hung the talismans issued by the court at the east gate and left in heavy rain.

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On this day, Gongsun Zhi and his group of eight hundred people walking far away on Daha Mountain had an accident.

The torches were burning alone under the trees, and the heavy rain washed away the dense leaves. Most of them hid under the trees with straw raincoats and waited for dawn. Few people passed by this wilderness. At this time, Gongsun Zhi looked at the simple map drawn on the cloth and compared the terrain with the map in the phantom. Although it was similar to some places, he was still lost after all.

"If I can meet him next time, I will definitely kill him." Gao Sheng sat cross-legged on the ground, shouting in anger.

"It's a pity that there is no one on this mountain, otherwise you can ask for directions."

Gongsun Zhi closed the map and looked at the sky behind the forest gap. It was gray. It was probably still early before dawn. They walked all the way south across mountains and ridges. It was not as easy as the plains and the grasslands. Most of them were leading horses, and the speed was much slower. It was more than half a month since they set off.

At this moment, a wolf cavalry in front of him whistled, and then he fought with the person. His figure swayed, and he rushed out and shouted: "Enemy attack--"

Eight hundred figures that had been sleeping together had a bang, and they were not convenient to ride horses on the foot of the mountain, so the speed of forming the formation was much faster. The wolf rider who issued a warning ran back, and rustled footsteps sounded around him, and hundreds of torches lit up on a rainy night.

More people shouted and ran towards this place.

"After walking for so long... the horse thief met the thief... Haha..." Gongsun Zhi held the hilt and slowly pulled it out. A buzzing sound occurred. Under the fire, his eyes were sharp like a hungry wolf.

"Let these bandits blood," he said softly.

Around the surroundings, the bow and arrow were lifted, and the next moment, Gao Sheng suddenly shouted in one direction: "Left Wangzhai--"

Among the figures surrounding him, a figure paused, suddenly reached out and pressed, and hundreds of bandits who stepped forward stopped. The man took the torch and walked towards him, revealing his full face, with thick eyebrows, a tug of beard on the left side of his lips that was almost as long as his chin, with a burly and wide body, and a short-handled axe in the other hand.

"It's really you..." Gao Sheng shouted in surprise and quickly asked the wolf rider to put down the bow and arrow in his hand. "Our family members are all their own family members, put down the bow and arrow."

The man named Zuo Wangzhai also asked the bandits behind him to put down their weapons, and then squeezed the other party's arm tightly, "Why are you here... a few years ago, I thought you were dead..."

"The other party's spear was knocked apart, his heart was not broken, and he was not dead. He crawled out of the pile of corpses." Gao Sheng hurriedly pulled the old acquaintance to Gongsun Zhi, "Chief, this is a good brother in the Yellow Turban back then, and his own people almost started fighting."

Gongsun Zhi nodded, put away the scimitar, and looked at the big man: "Since you are old acquaintances, then ask you, where is this?"

The bandit leader named Zuo Wangba looked at the bald man beside him, and then looked at the young leader who was emitting fierceness in front of him. Gao Sheng pushed him impatiently: "Hurry up, this is my new leader."

"This is the area of ​​the Black Mountain Army. The big mountain goes east and it is the territory of the Poison Leader. But where are you going? Just join us, we are in short supply."

Gongsun Zhi frowned.

"Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army?"
Chapter completed!