Chapter 552
After Jia Xu returned, he became more and more uneasy when he thought about it. After discussing with Niu Fu and Dong, he decided to give Sun Ce more horses.
Sun Ce is the only person who is willing to date them at the moment. If the relationship between the two parties breaks down, Sun Ce can buy horses from other places, but they have no other choice to buy high-quality weapons. There is an iron official in Nanyang, which was originally an important place for producing weapons. Now, after Sun Ce's transformation, the quality of weapons has been firmly in the upper reaches. What's more, Sun Ce has the advantage of sea salt in his hands. If he lets the sea salt from Xuzhou enter Hongnong County, the significance of Hedong Yanchi will be significantly reduced.
Niu Fu and Dong Yue felt it was reasonable and carefully selected them. Finally, they selected fifty war horses. Of course, these fifty war horses were not ordinary war horses, but medium and high-quality war horses. This is the best war horse they can produce now. In addition, Jia Xu also gave Sun Ce a good horse. His Qinghai Camp was killed and there was no good mount yet.
Sun Ce was very satisfied and lingered for two more days, leaving Jiang Gan to negotiate with Jia Xu, and returned to Luoyang himself.
Also walking with him were Xu Huang and Guan Yu's family.
Xu Huang was left behind by Junyi on a business trip, and his family was not aware of it. Seeing that he had not come back for a long time, he thought something had happened to him. Jia Xu knew it, but he didn't expect to send someone to notify Xu Huang's family. He thought Xu Huang was left behind by Zhu Yan and became a minor official. It was normal for local officials to be recruited by the Third Duke's Mansion. Later, he found out that Xu Huang had become Sun Ce's subordinate and regretted it too late. All he could do was send someone to Xu Huang's house and properly arrange for Xu Huang's family to move.
As for Guan Yu's family, Jiang Gan had arranged for someone to pick him up. Guan Yu's family was only an old father named Guan Yi and his name was Daoyuan. He originally had a wife who had no children. After Guan Yu escaped, his wife remarried. Guan Yu killed someone and fled, and there was no news after that. Guan Yi thought he was dead, and knew that Guan Yu was alive and became a general. The old man was so happy that his wrinkles were opened on his face. He stumbled to the Guan family's ancestral grave and kowtowed a few times.
When Sun Ce saw Guan Yi, he felt that this was Guan Yu's biological father. He looked too similar. Although his face was not as red as Guan Yu and not as tall as Guan Yu, his facial features were very similar, especially the bearded man. However, the one who resembled the most was still like "Zuo Zhuan", and he would come out from time to time. Sun Ce probably thought that he might have thought about studying the scriptures and entering the officialdom, but his talent was average and his family was not good, so he could not achieve his dream, so he had to pass on this knowledge to Guan Yu.
"Zuo Zhuan" is a type of "Three Zhuans of the Spring and Autumn Period". It belongs to the ancient classics and was once included in the official school in the Eastern Han Dynasty. "Zuo Zhuan" records in detail, and can be read as a story book even without the guidance of a teacher. The other two books focus on subtle meanings and without the guidance of a teacher, it is not easy to understand. Guan Yu's level is the level of reading story books. He reads it very well, but his understanding is limited, and it is too far from professional scholars. It is unlikely to be an official based on this. He looked down on scholars and was often ridiculed by others, and he developed a rebellious mentality. In psychological terms, it is extremely conceited by extreme inferiority.
Old Guan Yi was very reserved at first, but later he heard that Sun Ce did not study, so he relaxed a little, but he still didn't say anything. He was very old-fashioned when he said a few words occasionally, and he was not separated from the word "loyalty and righteousness". Sun Ce thought that Guan Yu was probably brainwashed by him when he was a child, so he didn't think about it after he joined Liu Bei, but he wanted to be a loyal minister, and he always spoke frankly, and there was no way to be a minister in his eyes.
To be honest, only Liu Bei can tolerate him.
Studying hard will kill people.
A few days later, Sun Ce arrived in Xin'an and met Guo Jia. When he went to Miaochi to meet Jia Xu, Guo Jia stationed in Xin'an with his personal guard camp and Gongdu's troops, ready to respond at any time. No one had any confidence in the people of Xiliang.
Guo Jia was relieved when he saw Sun Ce return safely.
Liu Bei and the other two were also in the team welcoming. Because of disobeying military orders, Liu Bei was dealt with by military law. Guan Yu's contribution to killing generals and flags was made up. Liu Bei was only given twenty military sticks, and was then removed from his military post and became an ordinary soldier. Twenty military sticks were not easy to get up. Liu Bei could not get up yet, so he could only lie on a carriage, carried by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Guo Jia originally told him not to come, but he insisted on following him, saying that it was etiquette and that it must be like this.
Liu Bei was very respectful, but Guan Yu was very unhappy and refused to even salute. Zhang Fei originally wanted to say hello to Sun Ce, but he was stopped. "What is the right to say hello to the general?" By the same token, he did not let Liu Bei salute to Sun Ce. If he didn't leave, it would be difficult for Zhang Fei to leave alone, so he had to stand there.
When Sun Ce saw Guan and Zhang standing in the distance, he couldn't help but be curious. He thought that Liu Bei would leave him after being beaten with twenty military sticks and turn to Zhu Yan or someone else's.
"Why are they here?"
"I don't want him to come, I have to come." Guo Jia shook the feather fan and smiled bitterly: "General, I think he seems to be stuck with you. Judging from what he meant, I still want to enter the camp."
"No, I'm so soft?"
"Well, I'm also surprised. This person can bend and stretch and has the tolerance of Goujian, which will be a disaster in the future."
"Haha..." Sun Ce chuckled and waved to Guan Yu. Guan Yu stubbornly pretended not to see him, but Liu Bei urged him repeatedly. Guan Yu had no choice but to carry Liu Bei over with Zhang Fei.
"Meet the General." Liu Bei smiled all over his face. "Thank you for your hard work, General."
Sun Ce said with a wicked mouth. "How is the injury?"
"It's no longer a problem to have good medicine in Nanyang. You can recover after a few more days of rest. Then follow the general's saddle and horse. I hope the general will not be disgusted."
Sun Ce smiled, smiling innocently. "Xuande, I am very pleased that you can think so. When your injury heals, I will take you to fight all directions. By the way, Chang Yun, I will bring someone, maybe you know him."
Guan Yu snorted disdainfully and turned his head proudly.
Sun Ce didn't care, so he turned around and waved. Xu Huang opened the door of the cart and helped Lao Guan Yi out. Lao Guan Yi was old and in poor health. Sun Ce took care of him and asked him and Xu Huang's father to sit in a cart. He held the car door, and before he could get off the ground, he looked around with a pair of presbyopia eyes.
"Changsheng, Changsheng, my Changsheng, where are you?"
Guan Yu was stunned immediately, looking at Guan Yi with his eyes curled up, his mouth opened, but he couldn't say a word, but two lines of tears burst out of his eyes without realizing it. He suddenly threw down the wooden board, took big steps, rushed to Guan Yi in two steps, knelt down with a plop, and Hu Tao cried.
"Father, the unfilial son is here forever."
Guan Yu was excited when he saw his father, but he threw Liu Bei into the ground. Liu Bei was not prepared at all, and the pain was so painful that Venus was rising in front of him, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat, and he didn't even have the strength to cry out for pain. His hands were clenched into fists.
Sun Ce held back his laughter and said seriously: "It seems that there is still a difference between this gentleman and his father."
Guo Jiayi was justified and had no meaning of joking. "The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, first father and son, then the king and minister."
Chapter completed!