My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 380 Tong Yuan and Lao Donkey
In the dark sky, an old crow looking for food flew over alone.

At the end of the mountain road, a man and a donkey appeared at some point. People don't ride donkeys, and donkeys don't run around.

Hearing the old crow's voice, the donkey panted, looked up, then lowered his head and walked forward again without paying attention.

The person who walked to the front couldn't help but stop, looked back at the old man who was already getting old, and couldn't help sighing softly.

"That old crow is waiting to eat your meat, so it's even more impossible to let you die in this wilderness."

The donkey seemed to understand his master's words, panted unwillingly, and rubbed his head against his master.

"It's okay, everyone is going to die, not to mention you are a donkey, but that old crow is really hateful, it broke your mood."

The man looked up at the circling old crow, but he didn't see any movement. The old crow, which was flying well, suddenly flapped its wings in a panic, croaked and fled.

Only then did this man reveal his true face, with distinct facial features, a slight beard at the temples, a faint light in the sunken eye sockets, and a few small black spots scattered on the wrinkled cheeks, the most conspicuous one is his tall and protruding cheekbones. The temples on both sides are like two small hillocks.

Seeing the old crow flying away knowingly, the coldness in the man's eyes quickly subsided, he turned his head and patted the donkey's head, and continued on his way.

Shortly after the man and the donkey disappeared, a cavalry chased after them.

The leader looked at the sky, and said in a deep voice, "I can't chase any more, further ahead is the border of Hedong, if a fire is lit at night, it will easily attract Wei's investigation."

Immediately someone behind him clasped his fists and said: "Then what should we do, the lord wants us to bring him back, but we haven't even seen that person's face, if the lord blames him after we go back, what should we do?"

The leader frowned, pondered for a long time, and said helplessly: "Since this person can't be used by the Lord, we can take him back by force, but it won't help. Besides, you really think that with only 50 of us, you can really catch him ?"

One of the cavalrymen frowned and said, "Brother, is that old man really that powerful?"

The leader nodded slightly, looked at the official road extending toward the east of the river, and said, "The reason why he avoided us was not because we were numerous and powerful, but because he didn't want to kill and torture again. Say he went to join Wei Shi."

The two cavalry deputies looked at each other, "He is an old man, can he kill all fifty of our strong men?"

"That's right, I think elder brother is afraid of Wei Shi, forget it, it's none of our business, let's leave it at that."

It's not that the leading man didn't hear their gossip, but he was too lazy to explain, shook his head, and turned his horse's head first.

Seeing this, the others could only obediently follow.

The next day.

The little guy who stopped Zhang Fei a few days ago explained helplessly: "Old man, animal power is really prohibited in this city. I didn't deliberately make things difficult for you. If you don't believe me, old man, ask other people. This is our rule."

"Stinky boy, what's the matter?"

"Well, father, the old man must take his donkey into town."

The captain of the city guard frowned slightly, looked at the old man leading the donkey, and persuaded him kindly: "Big brother, are you from another place?"

The old man nodded slightly, frowned and said, "Why can't people from other places enter the city?"

The captain of the city guard was stunned for a moment, fortunately, he had no heart to do his job.

He said kindly: "It's not that you are not allowed to enter the city, it is this donkey. It is not expensive to live with us. It costs ten yuan a day. The fodder we provide is the freshest. Don't worry about that." .”

"Ten words?"

The old man touched his purse and looked at his donkey in embarrassment.

After hesitating for a while, he raised his head and said, "How about this, please run over and ask if Xu Huang and Zhang Fei are around. If they are, let them come to see the old man."

"Gulu...Xu Huang, Zhang Fei?"

The little guy who just joined the city guards looked confused, no way, he just met Zhang Zongbing, and now he's coming up with something even better?

The captain of the city guard was also surprised, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Xu is not in the city now, but Mr. Zhang has just been back for a few days. But, what do you call the old man?"

The old man yawned, "Tong Yuan."

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After half an hour.

Zhang Fei's home.

"Hahaha, old boy, you were asked to come, but you didn't come, what's the matter now, you're in such a mess?"

Zhang Fei sat on the bluestone carelessly, holding a wine jug in his hand, and took a sip boldly.

Tong Yuan looked around at the layout of the courtyard, nodded with Zhang Hui, and then said: "The old man is helpless, the idiot Yuan Benchu ​​has to let the old man be his dog, but the old man refuses, so he asks the village to come to him." I was so angry that I ran away from home overnight."

Tong Yuan looked at the old man, but his demeanor was very willful, which was comparable to Zhang Fei's, and he spoke directly, without any concealment.

Zhang Fei frowned immediately when he heard the words, "It's Yuan Benchu ​​again. Since he took Jizhou, what has become of Jizhou?"

Tong Yuan took it for granted, but was too lazy to care about it.

Seeing him staring at the jug in Zhang Fei's hand and pursing his lips from time to time, Zhang Hui hurried forward and patted Zhang Fei's legs off the table, and said to Tong Yuan, "Teacher Tong, sit here for a while. Food is ready."

Tong Yuan was also polite, and nodded slightly with Zhang Hui. After sitting down, he asked curiously, "By the way, have you met your two senior brothers?"

Zhang Fei was startled when he heard the words, "Brother What?"

Tong Yuan was about to slap him angrily, but worried that Zhang Hui was watching, he took it back resentfully.

"Who else can there be? Brothers Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun. They are both my disciples. You and Gong Ming are registered disciples. When you meet them, you will naturally call them senior brothers." Tong Yuan scolded as it should.

Zhang Fei opened his mouth and said incredulously, "Zhao Feng, Flying General God of War, that new guy, is he your apprentice?"

After Tong Yuan took out a wrinkled copy of "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List" from his bosom, he opened the night where Zhao Feng's achievements were written, grinned and said, "That's right, these two brothers, the old college Wu is late, The second son is very talented, but I didn't expect that the boss is now the first to make a name for himself, hehe, I didn't lose face."

At this moment, Zhang Fei suddenly realized, and silently mourned for Huang Xu and Tai Shici in his heart.

"Good guy, let me just say how can a new soldier be so powerful, Zhao Zihu is your apprentice in feelings, and I'm afraid he has learned all of your undisclosed Hundred Birds and Phoenix Spears, hehe, when will it be?" Teach me?"

Hearing this, Tong Yuan looked Zhang Fei up and down, and said with a sneer, "Forget about you, Bai Niao Chaofeng is taking a light and agile way, which doesn't suit your temperament, you should practice your spear honestly."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he was furious, "You old man, you are still so annoying when you talk, you are only practicing."

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Chengbei Weisuo.

Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows, "The Tong Yuan you're talking about is the spear prodigy Tong Yuan?"

Tian Feng cupped his hands and said, "That's right, from a family of martial arts in Jizhou, there is only Tong Yuan, but I didn't expect that he has such a relationship with Yide and Gongming."

Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he suddenly remembered that when he sent Xu Huang and Zhang Fei to Jizhou to help Yuan Shao put down the chaos, Xu Huang and the others stayed in Jizhou for a while, but after returning, they seemed to have improved a lot.

Wei Cheng didn't care about it at the time, but thinking about it now, they met Tong Yuan and had an adventure.

"It's just that he didn't stay in Jizhou, why did he suddenly join that kid Zhang Fei?" Wei Cheng asked curiously.

Tian Feng laughed and said: "I have to thank Yuan Benchu. I heard from shopkeeper Zhang that this Tong Yuan didn't want to be recruited. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he left home with a donkey. Hahaha, he is also a willful person."

Wei Cheng nodded thoughtfully, and replied, "It's normal. There are many hermits and masters among the people. These people don't like to be disturbed and just want to live in peace. This Tong Yuan should be one of these people."

Tian Feng nodded slightly, then frowned and said: "Then, wouldn't it be difficult for us to recruit him?"

Wei Cheng nodded yes, paused, and suddenly said with a smile: "There is no need to deliberately solicit him, he just lives in Zhang Fei's house, and in the future, as long as Zhang Fei can learn some real skills from him, he can teach Long Shan It’s fine if you’re not in the army.”

"You can't force anything, some things must happen naturally." Wei Cheng added.

"Okay, let's talk about the situation in Jizhou."

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Dingjunfang.

Wearing the daily uniform distributed by the Longshan Army, Zhang Fei brought Tong Yuan to the stable.

"Uncle Zhong, Uncle Zhong..."

Zhong Xian, who was feeding the horse, turned his head and pointed to his ear, indicating that he could not hear.

Zhang Fei chuckled, and hurriedly clasped his fists together and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhong, I forgot."

Zhong Xian looked at the words on his lips, and gestured: "It's nothing."

Zhang Fei pointed to Tong Yuan, and said loudly: "This old guy wants to see his beloved little donkey, please Uncle Zhong give me a sign to enter the racecourse, I will take him there to learn more."

Zhong Xian looked at Tong Yuan at the side, nodded slightly, and took out an iron token from his arms.

Paused.

Zhong Xian picked up a straw pole and wrote on the ground: "Time is running out, cherish yourself."

Tong Yuan frowned, and after taking a deep breath, he cupped his fists and said, "Thank you."

Zhong Xian stood up and returned the salute, signaling them to go to the racecourse by themselves.

On the way, Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Old boy, has your donkey been raised for many years?"

Tong Yuan nodded with a serious expression, "It's not short, there should have been seventeen or eighteen years. At that time, I was killing the enemy at the border. If I hadn't encountered it, I'm afraid I would have died of thirst in the Gobi Desert."

Seeing his serious face, Zhang Fei purposely teased him and said, "Why, does it urinate on you?"

Tong Yuan was immersed in grief, one of them didn't pay attention, and almost choked to death, "Ahem, what are you talking about, the brat, it dragged me to the river a few miles away to drink water, and you only drank urine."

Seeing him come back to his senses, Zhang Fei smiled.

When the two came to the racecourse, there were strong Dawan horses everywhere they could see, which shocked Tong Yuan so much.

"Good guy, this Wei Shi is too rich!"

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, "It's okay, if you like it later, I'll ask the young master to ask you for a hard-earned BMW as a mount."

Tong Yuan frowned thickly, and waved his hands directly, "I don't go into battle to kill the enemy, so what's the use of such a good horse."

"Let's ride and play." Zhang Fei laughed.

Tong Yuan waved his hand again and looked at the old donkey gnawing grass in the racecourse.

As if smelling the owner's scent, the donkey looked up and ran towards Tong Yuan.

It's just that maybe it's because he's really old, even if he's running, it's not much different from pacing.

Seeing the donkey running, remembering Zhong Xian's reminder just now, Tong Yuan's eyes were slightly hot, and he stepped forward quickly, stroked the donkey's neck, and murmured: "Old man, if we can't run, don't run away, Lao Tzu I want to see how many days you live."

The donkey was gasping for breath, looking at Tong Yuan in front of him with cloudy eyes, no longer flashing as brightly as when he was young.

"This, this is...old man, who did you fight with again?"

Tong Yuan felt and felt, and suddenly felt a large bruise on the old donkey's back. Looking down carefully, there were two clear horseshoe marks on the old donkey's front legs, and he couldn't even feel the bones. Hard, afraid that the bones have been broken.

The old donkey might have been in pain, but he gasped suddenly and touched Tong Yuan's arm with his head.

Then, it turned its head and stared at a yellow puma with white spots not far away, and barked at that horse.

But he saw the strong yellow puma walking towards them "unwillingly".

Satisfied, the old donkey stopped braying, then picked up Tong Yuan's cuff, and pulled towards the horse.

Tong Yuan and Zhang Fei looked at each other, both of them were too shocked to speak, when the yellow pussy horse approached, they were surprised to find that the horse's neck, front legs, hind legs, and even the face were covered with countless scars. Tooth marks and hoof prints.

The old donkey opened his mouth, revealing a pair of ragged big yellow teeth, bit the mane of the yellow puma, and put it in Tong Yuan's hand.

"Old man, what are you..." Tong Yuan had tears in his eyes and his voice was already choked up.

Zhang Fei also had an unbelievable expression on his face. Looking at the yellow puma that had beaten the old donkey several times, and then at the old donkey's thin skeleton, the hoof prints on his body, and the bruises, he felt uncomfortable for no reason. .

The old donkey raised his head, gasped at Tong Yuan twice, and seemed to say again: "I'm leaving, and it will carry you from now on."

Tong Yuan covered his eyes with his calloused hands, not wanting the old man to see his embarrassment crying.

The old donkey's cloudy eyes were also foggy. Seeing its master crying, it also felt uncomfortable, and perhaps more reluctant to part with it.

It is said that animals share human nature, among which cows, horses, donkeys, and dogs are the most important.

Originally Zhang Fei didn't believe it, but seeing this scene, he didn't know why his eyes, which hadn't been moist for more than ten years, turned out to be so hot.

Tong Yuan was already sobbing, hugging the old donkey's neck, crying like a child who lost his beloved.

The old donkey's eyes gradually lost their brilliance, and the front legs that had been struggling to support them suddenly collapsed as if they were discouraged.

Tong Yuan tried his best to hug it, but to no avail.

Not far away, the horses that were grazing came towards this side one after another. Looking at the old donkey that was lying on the ground, the tall and strong Dawan horses suddenly neighed towards the sky at the same time.

(End of this chapter)