The Three Kingdoms Of The North Are Proud And Heroic

One day in the early October of the seventh year of Guanghe, just after noon, the dense fog was gradually dissipating.

In the suburban plain outside the northeast of Xu Wu County, Zu Zhao and thirty or forty children of the ancestral family were stationed on a slightly raised mound. Including Zu Zhao, all the children are white-clothed white horses, and all the white horses are also nearly seven-foot-tall horses, so this kind of formation is quite solemn and ceremonial. In fact, today Zu Zhao was ordered by his grandfather to welcome the distinguished guests of the Gongsun family who came to visit from Xuansu County.

The servants of the Gongsun family just arrived in Xu Wuxian two days ago, and handed over the famous assassin first and informed the relevant reception matters, so that the ancestral family could make a point in advance. Although the prince of the family, who is the head of the family, may not be able to accompany him because of his busy duties, after all, he is a county guard, and the ancestral family is more or less courteous.

Zu Zhao is the eldest son of the ancestral family, and this visit from the grandson's family is specifically for the matter of in-laws, so it is natural for him to come to greet him in person. For Zu Zhao, he is not very reluctant to this marriage in terms of personal feelings at the moment, but on the one hand, he has the order of the family elders, and on the other hand, he also has to consider the interests of the Taishou Mansion of Xuansu County, and in the final analysis, he has to make some appearances. Maybe in the coming troubled times, maybe you can also rely on the help of this grandson Taishou.

At this time, Zu Ji, one of the entourage, looked into the distance, and said a little breathlessly: "Didn't you say that you have already arrived in Lingzhi County?" Lingzhi came to us, Xu is no more than sixty miles, why is there no one at this time.

Before Zu Zhao could speak, Zu Zhan, the eldest son of the third uncle who accompanied him, said with a smile: "What do you think of people as guarding the mansion, there must be pomp and circumstance when entering and exiting, more than ten cars of all sizes are riding, men, women and children are afraid that there will be more than fifty or sixty people, how can you gallop like me and others at will?" Let's be patient.

Zu Ji sighed boredly.

Zu Zhao just smiled indifferently and didn't say much. He now has to think more about how to face this visit of the Gongsun family next, many sages have said such as "personal emotions are small, the overall situation is important" big truth, but it is not easy to really make a person completely let go of personal feelings, otherwise people are not human.

It didn't take long for Zu Ji to pull over again, and with a little hesitation, he asked Zu Zhao again: "Eldest prince, that... Do you want to go to Xihe Bridge this afternoon to practice with Zhang Wenyi and them?

Zu Zhao turned his head and glanced at Zu Ji, there was hardly any hesitation on his face, and he said straightforwardly: "Practice is Xi is perseverance, how can there be a day without a day." In order to wait for the guests of Gongsun's house here, I have abandoned the morning study, and I can't do nothing all day long.

Zu Ji nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "That's really good." I made an appointment with Zhang yesterday, and I will have another good fight with him this afternoon, and I am worried that if I can't go, I will let that kid say that I am afraid of him.

Zu Zhao smiled: "You can just get to the end of the competition, don't fight for one and a half moves, remember?" Zu

Ji promised to come down.

Since the last time he tried riding and shooting with Zhang Yuan at Xihe Bridge, Zu Zhao's reputation for brave martial arts has gradually spread among the market rangers. Even though Zhang Yuan was robbed of the limelight by Zu Zhao, in the end, he was a person who was well-versed in affairs and had a good demeanor, and he did not sophibish about winning or losing this competition. Not only that, but he also set up a banquet the next day to invite Zu Zhao and Zu Ji to show their friendship, and after drinking, he took the initiative to discuss with Zu Zhao about preparing for theft this year.

Although it is still early to prepare for thieves, in previous years, the county government issued official documents in mid-November, and then successively organized various pavilions and townships to prepare for relevant training and defense. However, it is always a bad thing to organize training in advance, and idle rangers like Brother Gongzi and Zhang Yuan, who are from Zu Zhao's superior family, do not need to farm on weekdays, and it is always more serious to get together to practice horses and Xi martial arts than to be idle.

In the past seven or eight days, Zu Zhao has led his idle children to the Xihe Bridge every afternoon to practice with a group of young people gathered by Zhang Yuan and Zhang Pre. There is no quota for the children of the ancestral family, sometimes there are many people, sometimes there are few people, and those who can insist on participating are basically the same rich children as Zu Zhao. There are many people from the Zhang clan of Anyang Pavilion brought by Zhang Yuan and Zhang Pre, but more of them are rangers from nearby towns and villages. Fortunately, these rangers have their own mounts, unlike those pure scoundrels, so there is still a certain harmony between the two groups.

Nominally "training horses", in fact, these days are basically frolicking, or riding and archery, or wrestling, and it is more like an outing. Zu Zhao barely put the words "preparation for thieves" and "drilling" on his lips, but also encouraged the children of his family to actively participate in the game, so that even Zhang Yuan couldn't guess what he was thinking in his heart.

Of course, all this is within Zu Zhao's calculations.

"Look, eldest prince!"

In the distance, a child of the ancestral family pointed in the direction of the east and shouted.

Zu Zhao lifted the reins, dragged his mount and took two steps forward, raising his eyes to look. I saw a brigade gradually appearing on the eastern horizon, led by six or seven knights on tall horses. Whether it's the knight's attire or the accessories for sitting on the colt, everything is extravagant. As the brigade drew closer, it could be seen that all the carriages were covered with double-ride canopies, and even the coachmen who were driving the carriages were full of spirit. At the rear of the convoy, there were more than 30 miscellaneous servants, most of whom followed on foot, and a few were responsible for guarding the wagons loaded with sundries.

The children of the ancestral family cheered up one after another and consciously listed the formation on the mound. Although they don't often have such illustrious pomp, they are from a family of generals, and the confidence they should have is naturally indispensable.

After a few moments, the brigade finally came to the mound slowly. The first few knights caught up first, holding their heads high one by one, as if they were intending to compete with the children of the ancestral family.

"You are the disciples of the old general Xu Wuxian?" The leading horseman was in his early thirties, dressed slightly differently from the others, with an extra black satin shawl, which was displayed in the wind, showing off his dignity. From his strong and capable voice, it can be guessed that the other party should be from the army.

"In Xia Zuzhao, I was ordered by my ancestor to welcome the guests of Xuansu County here. Haven't asked your Excellency yet? Zu Zhao clasped his fists on horseback and saluted, both in words and manners.

"Oh? It turned out that the eldest son of Zu came to greet him in person, which was really polite. A certain is Xuansu County Taishou Don't drive Chun Yupei, and escort his family to visit Xu Wu on the order of Gongsun Taishou. The leading knight still maintained a haughty attitude, but he also showed some politeness to Zu Zhao.

"It's been a hard journey." Zu Zhao smiled politely.

After a while, there was a movement in the carriage that was in the first row behind him, and an elderly man in a fine suit stepped out of the carriage with the help of two servants, and walked slowly to the top of the mound. The elderly are over 50 years old, their complexion is yellow, and although they still have some energy, they still can't stop the signs of aging.

The leading knight, Chun Yupei, jumped off his horse and hurried back two steps to meet the old man. Seeing this, Zu Zhao knew that this old man must be a person with status in the Gongsun family, and nine times out of ten he was also the representative of this trip, so he immediately turned over and dismounted.

"Grandfather, this is Gongsun Taishou's uncle. Gongsun Taishou was not allowed to go in person due to official duties, and this trip had to be represented by the uncle. Chun Yupei introduced to Zu Zhao.

"The ancestor is polite, the old prince Sun Zhi." The old man bowed in an old tone.

"The younger generation has seen Mr. Gongsun. Such a long journey made the old gentleman bumpy and tired. Zu Zhao said as he bowed to the old man Gongsun as a junior.

"Where, where. Yesterday in Lingzhi County, I heard that the ancestor Gongzi not long ago repelled the feat of the thief, but the dragon city will fly, do not teach Hu Ma to do Yin Mountain, so not courageous, really strengthen my Han prestige. I can't wait to see the appearance of the young hero as soon as possible, and today the ancestor came to greet him in person, how can the old man feel honored. The old man Gongsun said enthusiastically.

The old gentleman was serious. Now that noon has just passed, the Humble House has prepared a banquet, and I invite the old gentleman and you to work a few more steps. Zu Zhao said modestly. He felt very cordial to the enthusiasm of this old gentleman, but he did not lose his duty too much, and always maintained a courtesy and distance.

"There's Lao Zu Gongzi to lead the way." The old man Gongsun nodded again and again.

Zu Zhao followed Chun Yupei to send the old man Gongsun back to the carriage, and then got on his horse and led the Gongsun family brigade to the county seat.

On the way back to the county seat, the children of the ancestral family led the way in front, and Zu Zhao followed the side of the old man's carriage as the host. The old man Gongsun simply raised the curtain of the car, and talked to Zu Zhao from time to time through the window, talking about archery and horses for a while, and talking about scriptures for a while. For these side-by-side cross-examinations, he did not embellish them, and answered them briefly and truthfully.

In addition, another carriage immediately behind the carriage of the old man Gongsun also attracted Zu Zhao's attention. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the curtain of the second carriage was often raised, and a figure seemed to peep through the window. Although this is not a big deal, it's just that the Gongsun family is a famous official family, and the family members should all be well-behaved and abide by etiquette, which is somewhat strange.

So when he arrived at the foot of the county seat, he took advantage of the fact that the team turned to the official road and took a special look at the second carriage. Through the curtain that had just been lifted, he saw a young man with a turban sitting in the car, and the other party seemed to have noticed something, and quickly lowered the curtain again, so he couldn't look too closely. On the rest of the road, the curtain never opened.