My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Luoyang City, the root of the south wall.

Sun Ce brought some pheasants and hares to the gate of a small courtyard.

Sun Ce looked at the courtyard wall to the side. Who knew who it was, wrote words such as "coward" and "coward" in black ink.

Originally, there were also some on the gate of this courtyard, but it was washed away with clean water, and only some ink stains on it seeped into the crack of the door.

Sun Ce frowned, and took a deep breath, feeling extremely depressed.

After hesitating for a while, he raised his hand and knocked on the courtyard door.

A suspicious woman's voice came from the courtyard, and Sun Cerang said, "Sister-in-law, it's me."

"It turns out that Brother Sun is here, wait a moment, I'll open the door right now."

The courtyard door opened, and there was a woman in her early forties, haggard, with red eyes, and black stains from cleaning the courtyard door on her hands.

"Brother Sun, who is this?" The woman looked at the pheasant and hare in Sun Ce's hand, with a glimmer of expectation in her eyes.

Sun Ce handed the things directly to the woman, and said in a low voice, "Take it and stew it for Brother Zhou to mend. Don't tell him I've been here."

The woman gratefully reached out to take it, and made a big gift to Sun Ce.

It's not that the family has no money, but now that they have money, they can't buy food. As long as she goes to the street to buy food, people will throw rotten leaves. Everyone calls her man a coward who flees the battle, a coward who doesn't fight.

No one is willing to sell things to their family, and the family has been out of food for several days. If the two sons hadn't secretly gone to other markets to buy some food and returned home to replenish, the family of four would have starved to death long ago.

The most troublesome thing is that her husband was injured internally on the battlefield, and he might not live long, because they couldn't even buy herbs.

Seemingly prepared, Sun Ce took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and said, "This is a wound medicine handed down from my family. My sister-in-law dissolves a pill with water every day and asks Brother Zhou to take it."

"This..." The woman was overjoyed when she heard the words, but immediately hesitated again, "Brother Sun, this wound medicine is precious at first glance, my family..."

Sun Ce directly put the porcelain bottle into the woman's hands, and said in a deep voice, "You don't want to return it, I have a life-long friendship with Lao Zhou, so don't shirk it."

"Ahem, Bofu, but you're here?"

At this time, a weak and hoarse voice came from the room.

Sun Ce's expression changed, he cupped his fists and said, "Brother Youping, it's me."

The door curtain of the room was lifted, and a tall but extremely skinny man walked out holding the door frame.

Seeing this, the woman hurried up to help her.

The man pushed the woman away and said in a deep voice, "You foolish woman, we can't buy food, so Bofu can buy it. You have troubled him several times, how do you know what he eats and drinks?"

The woman froze.

Sun Ce wanted to say something, so as not to die, but his stomach suddenly growled.

Only then did the woman remember that Sun Ce was also one of those 'deserters', and their family was not welcomed, and Sun Ce might have a hard time.

"Brother Youping, I'm fine. It's just some food. Why are you being polite to me?" Sun Ce said awkwardly.

The man raised his thick eyebrows, pointed to the pheasant and hare on the ground, and said to the woman, "Take it and cook it, and then dig out the pot of wine in the corner. I, Zhou Tai, will have a good meal with Brother Bofu today."

"The head of the house?" The woman's complexion changed, trying to persuade her husband to drink alcohol to hurt his health.

But Zhou Tai's thick eyebrows were tightly frowned, and he gave her a look, the woman could only look around and prepare to eat.

"Bo Fu, come in and sit down." Zhou Tai and Sun Ce motioned for a glance.

Sun Ce clasped his fists in response. Although he felt something was wrong with Zhou Tai, he couldn't persuade him.

The two of them knelt and sat down in the room. Zhou Tai seemed to be affected by the injury. After coughing for a while, he said: "Bo Fu, you have also seen my situation. I am afraid that time is short. After I leave, I hope you can help me. I take care of their three mothers."

Sun Ce frowned slightly, and hurriedly said, "Brother Youping, don't be discouraged, I will continue to persuade General Yuan to send someone to treat you."

Zhou Tai shook his head and smiled wryly, patted Sun Ce on the shoulder, and said, "Don't do that useless work, the higher ups are going to send someone, and they have already been sent, why wait until now, half a month later, who do you see come to condolences ever?"

Sun Ce pursed his lips, not to mention condolences, he had actually begged to see Yuan Shu many times, but so far he had never even entered Yuan's mansion.

Huluo Pingyang was bullied by dogs. He is now a child without a father. Yuan Shu didn't take him seriously at all. The reason why he took him in was nothing more than to value the navy left by his father Sun Jian.

But now that Yuan Shu can't protect himself, there is no time to talk to him.

The two of them were relatively silent, and both of them felt sorry for each other.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard, and then Zhou Tai's eldest son shouted: "Mom, is my father awake?"

The woman was busy in the kitchen. When she saw her son coming back, she wanted to scold her, especially because her younger son was injured and ran around, which made her even more worried. But before she could open her mouth, she saw two tall and strong men behind her son. , wearing a uniform with a fierce look.

"Who are the two?"

"Excuse me, we are members of the Weishi City Guards. My lord asked us to bring a medical servant over to treat Brother Zhou's wounds."

"Mother, do you know who we met? It's Mr. Wei, and he also said that he wanted to recruit my father to serve in the city guard."

In the room, Zhou Tai and Sun Ce were startled at the same time.

Especially Sun Ce, when he heard the word "Wei Shijun", he immediately thought of Wei Cheng.

Looking at Zhou Tai again, Sun Ce didn't know whether to congratulate him or say something. Fortunately, Zhou Tai was saved, and Wei Cheng not only wanted to recruit him, but also sent a medical servant over... What about himself?
Sun Ce remembered Wei Gong's words at the beginning, and a bit of bitterness suddenly rose in his heart.

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"Young Master, the things you ordered have been done, but some of them refused to join the City Guard Army."

In the royal garden of the imperial palace, Wei Cheng was sitting by the pond fishing.

Hearing the voice of the silver carp, he nodded slightly and said, "It's fine if you refuse to join, go tell Yuan Gonggong and let him take care of you."

The silver carp clasped its fists in a salute, and nodded in response.

Sitting next to him on the futon and looking at Wei Cheng, Lu Ling slightly moved the fishing rod in his hand and looked sideways at Wei Cheng.

"What's wrong?" Wei Cheng asked.

Lu Ling shook his head, looked at the buoys floating on the water, said in silence for a while, "I don't understand either, I always feel that those people are pitiful, they are just victims of political struggle in the end, and I don't know what they are standing for."

"You mean those who don't want to join the city guard?"

"Hmm."

Wei Cheng smiled slightly and said: "It's actually very simple, they are just foolish and loyal. They are still waiting to be recognized, and refusing to join the city guard army is the best proof. It proves that they are not cowards, that they are loyal, and that they are not cowardly with me. Wei Cheng There is no balance."

Lu Lingxiu frowned slightly, but was puzzled. Could it be that face and dignity are more important than joining a better force?
As expected of Lu Bu's daughter, Lu Ling felt that compared with her own future, her mere face was not worth mentioning at all.

And she was very sure that those who refused to join the City Guards would regret it one day in the future.

If they refuse Wei Cheng's solicitation, not only will they not be reused, but they will continue to be spurned, watching their former colleagues flourish and leave them far behind.

"Hua Chuan, go back and tell Uncle Wen to keep an eye on the direction of public opinion in the city, and don't make any fuss, especially at this juncture, public opinion can easily be taken advantage of by those who want to." Wei Cheng said.

The silver carp clasped its fists in response, curiously said: "My lord, since there are people who want to create public opinion, why don't you just arrest them?"

Wei Cheng sneered, raised his fishing rod, caught a carp the size of a palm, and said, "For those unwilling people, we just need to make them even more unwilling, until they despair. Just people who serve the country and the people, that’s too cheap for them.”

The silver carp nodded thoughtfully, then bowed and retreated.

Wei Cheng unhooked the biting carp, looked at it for a while, then threw it back into the pond, and said to himself, "It's strange, why didn't that big fish take the bait?"

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Hulao Pass, also known as Sishui Pass, got its name because King Zhou Mu held a tiger here.

As an important military site guarding the east gate of Luoyang, Hulao Pass has always been heavily guarded.

But now that the Wei family has captured Luoyang, it is natural to send someone to garrison here, and this person is none other than the God of War.

Zhang Fei has been stationed at Hulao Pass for more than ten days.

On this day, a carriage came from the south, and there were two people sitting in the carriage, one of them had a heavy face, and the other had dangling ears.

"Second brother, I never imagined that the third brother has achieved such a great reputation, and even the common people have started to build temples and statues for him."

A newly built temple outside Hulao Pass is full of incense, and the ones enshrined in it are none other than Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, the fierce gods of war.

Just because Zhang Fei was stationed at Hulao Pass more than ten days ago, by the way, he cleared up the surrounding bandits and water bandits, helped the villagers build roads and bridges, and distributed a lot of medicines to drive away diseases and cure diseases for free.

He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Since Wei took Luoyang, he has been appeasing the hearts of the people. This is what he learned from Liu Xuande.

Guan Yu nodded slightly, and said emotionally: "You and I, the three brothers, have achieved their own successes. The eldest brother is also loved by all people in Jingnan, but the reputation of a certain... is not so good, hehe."

In order to make contributions as soon as possible, Guan Yu went crazy in Jingnan. Not only did he use tricks to kill Sun Jian, he also slaughtered several counties.

Liu Bei frowned slightly, and reached out to pat Guan Yu's thick arm to show comfort.

Guan Yu didn't care about these false names, his phoenix eyes looked to the north, and a plump and graceful figure flashed in front of his eyes.

They reported their names at the gate of the city, and the two were quickly led to the guard in the city.

Zhang Fei was learning to take care of the city affairs. When he heard that his elder brother Liu Xuande and his second brother Guan Yunchang were visiting, Zhang Fei got up excitedly to greet him.

No, he was indeed stopped by Jia Xu who was traveling with him.

"Zhang Zongbing, please don't forget your current identity, you represent the face of the lord outside, and everything must be decent and prudent."

Zhang Fei raised his thick eyebrows, "Sir, the person here is my elder brother who is married to Jin Lan."

Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "You can do whatever you want in front of them, but you can't do it in front of outsiders. Now you not only bear the honor of the Temple of War, but you are also a general stationed on behalf of the lord. How can you act rashly?"

What else did Zhang Fei say.

Jia Xu directly ordered the sergeant who came to report: "Go, put the person in the backyard wing room, and wait for Zhang Zongbing to finish handling the city affairs. Don't neglect the distinguished guests."

The sergeant glanced at Zhang Fei. He also felt that Zhang Fei was too young to do things safely, so he clasped his fists and saluted, "Don't worry, sir, I won't despise the distinguished guest."

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Fei, pulled him to sit back, and said nicely, "Mr. Zhang, please finish your official duties before meeting guests in the backyard."

Zhang Fei frowned, staring at Jia Xu with big eyes.

Not to be outdone, Jia Xu met his eyes.

In the end, it was Zhang Fei who was defeated. Needless to say, Jia Xu was also doing it for his own good. Wei Cheng asked Jia Xu to assist him because he intentionally trained him, and did not want Zhang Fei to be just a brave man forever.

Two hours later.

Zhang Feicai dragged his exhausted body to the backyard, and saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu who were thinking about him.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, sorry for keeping you waiting." Zhang Fei apologized as soon as he entered the door.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu were also open-minded, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are learning to handle official business recently. This is a good thing. Jia Wen and that man have heard a little bit about him as a good teacher. You should study hard with him."

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Guan Yu also said: "Third brother, I haven't seen you for several months. You have indeed matured a lot, and you no longer have the immature air of the past. You must have experienced a lot in a period of time."

Zhang Fei sighed with a wry smile, and complained: "You two brothers, stop laughing at me. You all know what kind of temper I am. I would rather be with those swords and swords than spend all day playing with words."

Liu Bei laughed, "That's good, that's good. I already know how to use such elegant vocabulary as dance and ink. The third brother has really grown up a lot."

Guan Yu also nodded slightly, and at the same time felt that he should read more books and not be left behind by the two brothers.

The three brothers exchanged pleasantries.

Liu Bei started to get to the point, and said: "This trip to the north is to test Wei's views on Jingzhou through the relationship of the third brother. The third brother should still remember that Mr. Wei was the one who cut off Liu Biao's second son. As for the head, it can be said that Liu Biao and the Wei family have a sworn feud."

Liu Bei didn't play word games with Zhang Fei. He said bluntly that he could attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou Southern County with Wei. Of course, after taking Jingzhou, he hoped that Wei Cheng would hand over Jingzhou to him.

Zhang Fei also learned some intrigue strategies recently. After listening to Liu Bei's words, he frowned and began to think.

"Brother, this matter involves the clan of the Han family. I'm afraid it will not be that easy. Besides, although Liu Biao died of his son, he still respects the son. He went to Hedong to apologize before. If you use troops against him, just Afraid……"

Zhang Fei also said it tactfully, because he was afraid that Liu Bei would be unhappy and say that he didn't try his best.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other, they didn't expect that Zhang Fei had grown to this point, he was no longer the Yanren Zhang Yide who shouted and killed at any time.

The three fell silent for a while.

a long time.

Liu Bei rolled his eyes, and said with a sad expression: "Third brother, you are restricted everywhere in Jingnan for your brother. If you can't get rid of the sharp sword hanging over Liu Biao's head, I'm afraid that everything you have finally obtained will be destroyed. Give it up to others, and I will not embarrass you as a brother..."

Zhang Fei heard the words and opened his mouth to speak.

Liu Bei grabbed his hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Third brother, I don't want to make things difficult for you, but you don't know that Liu Biao condoned the Jinfan thief Gan Xingba and others to rob cargo ships in Jingnan. , robbing people's capital, doing all kinds of evil, if this continues, the people in Jingnan will have no means of living."

Zhang Fei couldn't see Liu Bei's tears, he frowned thickly, and said in a low voice, "Jinfan Bandit Gan Xingba?"