Chapter 4: Tiger Father and Dog Son

Du Sheng walked to the front door and saw about a dozen people standing in front of the door. The leader was a big man, nine feet tall and bearded, looking very fierce. He could tell at a glance that he was a brave man.

Behind the man was a handsome man in gorgeous clothes. His beard was gray and he looked about sixty years old.

When the Chinese-style man saw Du Sheng coming out, he immediately walked forward and said, "Cousin Du Sheng, I haven't seen him for many years!"

Du Sheng immediately understood, but Du Sheng walked forward a few steps forward, grabbed the hand of the Chinese man, and said with a smile: "Cousin, long time no see, please come inside."

Du Sheng welcomed the dozen people in, and then walked into the back hall with the man in a garbha and closed the door before bowing to him, "Du Sheng has met two adults, but he doesn't know that the two adults respect their surnames and names."

The Chinese-style man nodded and said, "Du Sheng, my name is Zhu Ling, this person is Wang Shuang, I think you should have heard of us."

"I have met General Zhu! I have met General Wang Shuang!" Du Sheng immediately saluted Zhu Ling.

"No gifts. Du Sheng, thank you for your hard work these days."

"I don't know what the general is coming?" Du Sheng asked.

"You must have known that the Grand Governor Cao Zhen has left Tongguan and attacked Chang'an. Now the Grand Governor sent us to contact the righteous men in Chang'an City, and cooperate with the Grand Governor inside and outside to take Chang'an."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ling glanced at Du Sheng and then asked: "Du Sheng, you are most familiar with the situation in Chang'an City. There should be many people in Chang'an City who don't want to be with the Shu army!"

"When General Zhu Ling, when Liu Bei first came, many aristocratic families disdained Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei was born in the market and was just a child weaving. But now many people have defected to the Liu thief." Du Sheng replied.

"Well, no matter how many you have, try to contact me. As long as you can, your Majesty will not be stingy with official titles as long as you can regain Chang'an. In addition, more than 300 people under my command have sneaked into the city in batches. You can draw out some people and send someone to pick him up." Zhu Ling said.

"Subordinates obey the order."

Weiyang Palace.

A Dou stood in front of a huge bronze mirror and carefully cared for her clothes.

I saw that A Dou was wearing a coarse gray coat, with some signs of wear on the edge of the clothes, a pair of straw sandals on her feet, a vine belt standing on her waist, and a broken sword hanging on it. Looking up, A Dou's originally shiny hair had changed, looking very dry, mixed with a hint of yellow, her hair was tied casually, looking a little messy, her face turned into a light paper yellow, and there were one or two inconspicuous little pockmarks on it. Her original big eyes had also been repaired into triangular eyes, and there were a few curly mustaches under her lips.

Adou turned around and nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with his Yi Rou.

When he was traveling around in the world in his previous life, A Dou could disguise himself. Although he was not as good as those of the greats, he could still disguise himself as a person. What's more, an internal expert like A Dou can change his temperament, so it is difficult for ordinary people to tell the difference after A Dou disguise.

The sound of footsteps came from outside, and then a sound rang out: "Zhang Yi, see Your Majesty."

A Dou turned around and saw that Zhang Yi had already walked in. Zhang Yi was slightly stunned when he saw A Dou's appearance in front of him, and then shouted: "Bold assassin, dared to trek into His Majesty's bedroom!"

Before A Dou could speak, Zhang Yi drew out his sword and rushed towards A Dou.

At this time, A Dou remembered that Zhang Yi had definitely not recognized him in his outfit. At this time, Zhang Yi had already rushed down A Dou and approached him.

Adou flashed, and then passed by Zhang Yi, then took Zhang Yi's arm with the opportunity, and said, "Zhang Yi, it's me."

Zhang Yi was very familiar with A Dou's voice. When he heard A Dou's words, Zhang Yi stopped immediately, looked at A Dou in confusion, and asked tentatively for a long time: "You are Your Majesty."

"Haha, how about it? Zhang Yi, don't recognize me!" A Dou laughed.

Zhang Yi opened his mouth in surprise, then knelt down suddenly, and said, "Zhang Yi will be punished with death if he attacks His Majesty."

"Okay, those who don't know will not be guilty." Adou did not intend to blame Zhang Yi.

"Your Majesty, you want to dress up..."

"I want to go out for a walk. I'm almost suffocating when I stay in this Weiyang Palace all day long."

In his previous life, A Dou was a hero who was walking in the world. Just like today, staying in the Weiyang Palace made A Dou feel very bored.

"Your Majesty, you are a body of gold, how can you leave the palace easily!" Zhang Yi hurriedly stopped him.

"Okay, Zhang Yi, don't do this with me. If I want to leave, you can't stop me. At worst, just take you with me."

"I should protect Your Majesty for all." Zhang Yi was slightly relieved when he heard Adou bring him with him.

Adou looked at Zhang Yi, and suddenly had a smirk on his face, and then he said, "Zhang Yi, you can't go out with me like this. Now everyone in Chang'an City knows that you are the guard beside me, so you have to disguise yourself before you can go out with me. Come here and let me dress you up."

Zhang Yi had to walk over. Not long after, an old man appeared in the mirror opposite.

Zhang Yi looked at himself in the mirror with a bitter face, touched the gray hair on his head, and then looked at the old man spots on his face. While admiring Adou's disguise technique in his heart, he also felt a little frustrated. A young man actually wanted to dress up as an old man!

"Okay, Zhang Yi, let's go! By the way, call Chen Dao and ask them to send us out, otherwise we both would have to be treated as assassins in this Weiyang Palace." A Dou said.

Looking at the sloppy swordsman in front of him, Chen Dao really couldn't believe that this person was His Majesty today.

"Your Majesty, let me send a team of white-eared elite soldiers to escort you!" Chen Dao said.

"No need, I just walk around in this Chang'an City. If you don't go far, just have Zhang Yi accompany me." A Dou said, looking at Chen's commander who was a white-eared elite soldier next to him, and said, "Give me your token."

The leader of the white-eared elite soldier was slightly stunned, then quickly took out his token and handed it over with both hands.

"I borrow this token from me and I will return it to you after I use it." Adou said, stuffing the token into his arms and taking Zhang Yi out of the palace.

Chen Dao watched the two leave, then disappeared at the intersection of the street, but felt a little nervous.

Chen Dao turned his head and said to the white-eared elite soldiers next to him: "You guys are all strict with me. If the matter of Your Majesty leaving the palace is spread, I will ask you."

"Don't worry, General, I know."

"Also, let the Chang'an Commander send more people out to patrol. Your Majesty can be outside now, so there must be no trouble in this Chang'an City."

Adou and Zhang Yi walked on the street. One of them was a sloppy swordsman and the other was an old man who was following. In this bustling city of Chang'an, the two were not conspicuous on the crowded streets.

"There are so many people in Chang'an City." Adou said relaxedly.

"What Your Majesty said is that, as the Hu people attacked, many people flocked to Chang'an City. Now Cao Zhen has attacked again, and many people have gone to the city to hide, so recently, the number of people in the city has increased a little more. Now the best business in the city is the inn, and almost all the inns are full!"

"Uncle, okay..." The first ragged beggar in the corner next to him was begging for the pedestrians with a broken bowl.

"Your Majesty, there are people behind the beggars in our Chang'an City. Moreover, each beggar has his own territory and cannot cross the line. Recently, there have been many victims, and there are a lot of beggars." Zhang Yi continued.

"There are also Beggars' Sects in Chang'an City!" Adou was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the history of Beggars' Sects was much longer than that of Shaolin.

"By the way, how many victims have come recently?" A Dou asked.

"There is not much anymore. The water has been retreating for a long time, and many people have already returned home."

"Let's go, let's go to the disaster victim camp to take a look." A Dou said, and then walked west.

"Your Majesty, the disaster victim camp can be outside the city." Zhang Yi said. If it is in this Chang'an City, Zhang Yi will be relieved, but if he leaves the city, Zhang Yi will have to worry about A Dou's safety.

"I know, I'll go for a walk and come back soon."

Nowadays, there are many fewer people gathering in the disaster victim camp outside Chang'an City, and every day, people leave the disaster victim camp and return to their hometown.

The management of the victim camp has also been much looser. When Cao Zhen’s army attacked, it was impossible for the Shu army to mobilize a large number of troops to manage the victims. Therefore, in the entire victim camp, there are only more than 2,000 Shu troops maintain public order, and anyone entering and leaving the camp is free.

People from the Chang'an Duwei Institute will come to distribute food twice a day, but now the food is tight. The so-called food is just a porridge made after grinding coarse grains. After eating them, people will not starve to death and will not develop much strength. Without strength, they will naturally not cause trouble. This is exactly what the Shu army expected.

In the endless camp of disaster victims, from time to time, a few people would come out with big bags and small bags, and the children would rush through the door. Looking at these carefree children, a hint of sadness suddenly arose in A Dou's heart. In the troubled times, perhaps only these children could laugh so happily.

Adou looked around casually. Suddenly, Adou stopped at the dozen or so big men walking in this direction in the distance.

These big men are dressed up by ordinary farmers, wearing straw sandals on their feet, but they walk with a proud look, especially the two leaders, with a shiny and pink face, which looks like they are farming. Each of the people behind them is carrying a bag, which looks heavy.

"Zhang Yi, look at those people." Adou pointed secretly.

Zhang Yi looked up and looked for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty, these people are strange, especially the two people in front of them. Although they were wearing ordinary farmers' clothes, the clothes were obviously made of new clothes, and their feet were all red in their straw sandals. And they looked rosy, so they looked like farmers who worked all day long. If we guessed wrong, they were probably spies. Your Majesty, would I arrest them?"

"Don't worry, follow them and wait and see what's going on." A Dou said.

Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang didn't know that they had already revealed a big flaw, and they found that this flaw was A Dou, and they still walked forward as if nothing had happened.

Xiahou Dun had a total of seven sons, the eldest son Xiahou Chong, who inherited the title of Xiahou Dun. The second son was Xiahou Wu, who was guarding Chang'an, and he also married Cao Cao's daughter. He was considered to be more capable among Xiahou Dun's sons. The third son Xiahou Zizang and the fourth son Xiahou Zijiang were a pair of playboys, and they did not succeed in martial arts.

Xiahou Dun often fought outside and had no time to discipline his children. Because Xiahou Dun was the number one general under Cao Cao and had a relative relationship with Cao Cao, no one in Xudu dared to provoke Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang. After Xiahou Dun's death, both brothers were named Guanneihou.

The two are famous for not being able to do anything but fail. They are typical tiger fathers and dog sons, without the demeanor of their father Xiahou Dun. This time they went on the expedition, they were originally arranged to be responsible for logistics and food supply in the rear. If Sima Yi had not been interested in causing trouble for Cao Zhen, they might have been eating, drinking and having fun in Tongguan.

Xiahou Zijiang looked at the disaster victims' joint camp ahead, stopped, then twisted his feet gently, and said, "Third brother, I finally arrived. My feet were almost worn out. These damn straw sandals."

"Yes, it's finally here! After walking for so long, my legs were numb. It was all the troubles Cao Zhen asked us, what kind of disaster camp came to? I heard that Zhu Ling had gone to Chang'an City, and I guess he was eating and drinking hot now!" Xiahou Zizang said.

"Brother Third, let's go in." Xiahou Zijiang said, and took the lead in walking towards the disaster victims' joint camp.

Adou hung from afar and walked in with the brothers Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang.

"Zhang Yi, why do you think these spies are doing in this disaster victim camp?" A Dou asked.

Zhang Yi thought for a while: "Inquiry about the information? It shouldn't be true. If they inquired about the information, they should go to Chang'an City. Are they here to instigate the victims? But can these dozen people succeed?"

"Zhang Yi, stay here, I'll go explore their bottom." A Dou said, walking towards the Xiahou brothers.

"Bang!" A Dou hit the person walking at the back. The man turned around and saw that he was a sloppy young man, and then said viciously: "What are you doing!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention!" Adou apologized repeatedly.

Xiahou Zijiang turned around and saw that someone behind him was apologizing constantly. Then he looked at the rusty sword on Adou's waist and said disdainfully: "Okay, we still have something to do, don't bother with him."

In this era of chaos, it is normal to carry a weapon with you to defend yourself. However, when Xiahou Zijiang saw A Dou's sloppy appearance and the rusty sword he picked up from somewhere, he lost interest in A Dou.

"Hmph, you guy is lucky!" The person who was hit by A Dou cursed fiercely, and then pushed A Dou.

A Dou took advantage of the situation and retreated back to Zhang Yi in a few steps.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Zhang Yi asked hurriedly.

"It's okay, look at this." A Dou's hand flipped over and saw that a piece of gold cake the size of a palm had already added to A Dou's palm.

"Your Majesty, this is..."
To be continued...