The sky fell among the clouds and walked down the city and left. Hao Meng rode a horse and looked at the vendors and pedestrians on both sides of the street.

Xia Pi is the capital of Xuzhou, with a huge city and a dense population. Although it is not as good as Yecheng in Jizhou, Luoyang and Chang'an in the past, fortunately it is also a prosperous place. Now the dark clouds of soldiers are rolling up from the west, making countless people in the city look ugly. The pedestrians on the street have become scarce, showing depressed and anxious.

He rode a horse and squeezed through the crowd, looked up at the sky dyed red in the west. Looking up from the angle of the street, the red light folded down from the roof had a breathtaking beauty. Hao Meng was born in Hanoi and has been following Wen Hou Lu Bu and traveled around, without regrets. However, in recent times, he suddenly felt that he should not live such a bumpy and displaced life.

There are enough days like this.

To a large extent, his status is not as close to Wei Xu, Cheng Lian and Lu Bu. One of them is related to each other, and the other is powerful, with good martial arts skills, not even as good as Chen Gong and Gao Shun, not to mention Zhang Liao, who is both civil and military. Now Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi's army are surrounding him, and he wants to defend the soldiers in the city. He knows the ending better than anyone else. Fortunately, the man in the prison was not killed.

It is time to find another way out for yourself.

After looking at the pedestrians around me for a while, my complex mood dissipated a little. I tightened the reins, turned the direction of the horses walking, and went to Lu Bu's mansion. The lord returned to the city. As the lord guarding the city, I should go over to report the situation.

He went all the way to the Lv Mansion and handed the horses to the guards in the mansion. After dismantling the weapons, he led them into the front yard with his servants. Before he could approach the main hall, several generals and schoolmen he knew gathered under the eaves. A figure raised his head, and he walked up the stone steps and bowed: "General Cheng, why are you standing outside the house?"

Cheng Lian, who saw this, shook his head, "The rear army was ambushed, Gao Shun and Cao Xing died in battle."

While speaking, something broke into the ground with a thud in the main hall. Hao Meng pushed open the door and walked in. A piece of flew rolled over at his feet. He lowered his head and bowed: "Lord, I will come here to report the situation in the city."

Opposite, the figure in front of a screen did not seem to hear his words. Another rumbling sound was throwing the wine to the ground and pouring the wine into it.

"Hey, the thief, Gongsun, are you bullying me too much!"

In the main hall where the matter was held, the atmosphere was full of anger. Several generals standing in the room were all silent. Lu Bu dragged his cloak and gritted his teeth at the wine cup thrown on the ground. After a long time, Zhang Liao next to him spoke to comfort him: "Fengxian, as long as the city is not lost, as long as you are there, there is no problem in defending the city. Don't blame yourself too much."

Lu Bu's clenched fists trembled slightly, and his blood-filled eyes raised to look at him: "I regret Gao Shun and the others!"

"Liao understands, I am sad, but now I have to defend the city."

"I know!!" Lu Bu took a sudden step and roared: "I want to understand how I failed, how can you understand how I am unwilling to accept it!"

He turned around and drew his sword and cut off the corner of the desk, threw the sword to the ground, and stood there with a sigh. Hao Meng stood in the middle and looked at him, feeling up and down. On the other side, Zhang Liao walked over: "General Hao, go back first, Marquis Wen feels Gao Shun, Cao Xing is a little out of control, so come back tomorrow."

Hao Meng nodded, rushed to the back of the other side, and bowed: "I will retreat first."

After a while, the door closed again, and Lu Bu turned around: "Wen Yuan, how many soldiers are there in the city to defend the city now?" He clenched his fist and smashed it into the palm of his hand: "But with a glimmer of chance, I, Lu Bu, will not sit and wait for death."

"There are more than 14,000 soldiers in Xiapi County." Zhang Liao looked at him and frowned for a while: "The cavalry under Fengxian cannot move. We can only draw some soldiers and horses from the recent Liangcheng. Wuyuan will come to help defend the city overnight. If Zang Ba and Chen Gong escape, they will return to Taishan County. As long as they hold on for half a month, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi will retreat if they cannot capture them for a long time."

After his words paused, he gritted his teeth and said another thing after all: "Fengxian, if the city cannot be defended and Liao is behind the rear, it is also feasible for you to take your brothers to the Yuanshu in Huainan."

"Who said I can't hold on!" Lu Bu suddenly shouted at him: "Just on this city, I will defeat Gongsun Zhi and Cao Cao. If I can't fight back, I don't want to vote for others anymore. I live like a dog."

"Fengxian! The troops are very different. Even if the soldiers from the two counties are pulled to Xia Pi, it will only be 20,000. Once the four gates of Xia Pi are attacked, we will not have many soldiers available. We can't pull the people in the city to the city wall to die!"

"I only knew after fighting! This time... I don't want to wander around..."

Lu Bu waved his hand to the generals in the hall, "You all go down, have a good rest, and then follow me to fight the last battle. If you lose, you will surrender." His voice gradually lowered, and he waved his hand to drive away the complicated-looking people. He sat down with a bang. After a long time, his shoulders slowly trembled, "Hahaha...Lu Bu...Lu Fengxian...Hahahaha..." He murmured, and he grabbed the golden crown with his hair tied on his head and threw it out. His powerful and tall figure collapsed at this moment, looking at the rolling golden crown, full of sadness.

"Husband..."

The creaking sound, the gentle footsteps slowly opened the side door, and the woman's body was holding the bun and dragging her long skirt out of the screen, walking to pick up the golden crown on the ground in her hand, patting the dust off, sitting down next to her husband, reaching out and gently pressing it on the back of the man's hand.

Yan asked softly: "Wen Yuan and the others are gone?"

After a while of silence, Lu Bu nodded, held his wife's hand and gently kneaded it, "I remember when I was in Jinyang, I told you that you and Lingqi would be able to settle down, but... in recent years, I have let you follow me around and not live a stable life."

"Did you regret walking this path?" Yan felt the tenderness brought by his big hand and leaned gently on her husband's shoulder armor, "But... I and Lingqi have never regretted it."

"...." Lu Bu looked at her.

Yan smiled, blinked bright eyes, and looked at the afterglow that sprinkled in outside the house: "Because you are my husband, Lingqi's father, no matter what decision you make, Lingqi and I will stand on your side and will never change."

"You two are so stupid..."

Lu Bu answered a little dry and tiredly, rubbing his wife's face, and then he had a little smile: "No matter whether he regrets it later, I also killed Ding Yuan, killed Dong Zhuo, and came to Xuzhou. People in this world already know my reputation as Lu Bu, and I have no regrets in this life."

"Husband... don't you want to see Lingqi get married in the future, and you and I have white hair can still sit in such a sunset together?" Yan sat up and suddenly said, "I know my husband's temperament, so I won't say much, but a few days ago, Zhang Yang's letter was sent over. Husband might as well go and take a look."

"Uncle Zhi..." Lu Bu said this name softly, patted his wife's back of his hand, stood up and walked out, and the last afterglow of the setting sun was coming.

Under the eaves of the corridor, the young man ran to greet his master. The latter just waved his hand and left thoughtfully, heading to the backyard. Sima Yi watched his back walk away. He turned around and quickly walked to the side yard. Along the way, most of the servants and maids would greet him. After arriving at the pavilion pool and entering the crescent arch, there was a row of side yard rooms and knocking on one of the doors.

There was a nice female voice coming from inside: "Come in."

When he opened the door, the incense burner was waving in the room. The girl in a white dress sat quietly behind the long desk, looked through the bamboo slips, humming softly on the song, and rolled up a few volumes of books near her feet, as if they had read. Her fair hands occasionally picked up the pen and ink to outline the bamboo slips, and wrote something. When she heard the sound of pushing the door, she raised her head with a faint smile.

After a moment, Sima Yi, who had grown up early, sat down on the opposite side shyly, feeling the tranquility and elegance of the girl. He put his hands on his knees at a loss, like an honest student meeting his husband.

"Master is back...I am also venting General Hao's side. Just do this. Will Master forgive me in the future?"

Opposite, Su Rou put down the pen with her hand, and Cai Zhenji pursed her lips: "...... I will apologize to Mr. Wen later. The war is fierce and dangerous. I heard that my brother-in-law is very powerful and never rude to the enemy. I am afraid that Lingqi and aunt will be implicated. Mr. Wen should understand our painstaking efforts."

"I hope this is the case..." Sima Yi smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, then raised his head and pressed the table, "By the way, since that wolf governor is your brother-in-law, I will send you there in person..."

"What about you?"

"I'm wherever you are!"

The boy's cheeks were slightly flushed, his fingernails were clenched on the table, and he muttered in a low voice, which caused the girl opposite to him to cover his face and chuckled.

The sun sets, and the warm yellow lights reflect the warmth in the house.

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In the black streets, a carriage slowly drove past and stopped in a dilapidated courtyard. A general named Hao Meng walked in with a sword in his regular clothes.
Chapter completed!