Xun Chen sat on the railing, hugging the stove, and his eyes were lazy and sweeping across the current book, a little dazzled for a moment.

The yard was silent, and two big yellow dogs were lying at the steps, occasionally moving their tails. A white cat stepped on the railing and walked over quietly, raised his head, looked at Xun Chen, and screamed "meow". Xun Chen turned his head to look at the cat, stretched out his hand, and the cat jumped lightly, jumped onto Xun Chen's arm, jumped into his arms, lying onto the stove, stretched out his pink tongue, licked his mouth, and closed his eyes comfortably.

"You are so comfortable." Xun Chen stroked the cat's smooth fur and chuckled.

"You are also very comfortable." A chuckle came from the door.

Xun Chen was shocked, his body suddenly became tense, and suddenly tense. The cat in his arms was frightened and raised his head. Xun Chen then relaxed again and reached out to hold the cat. "Brother Ziyuan is here, so he won't give me a message to welcome you."

Xu You walked in from outside the door, walked slowly to the center of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looked around, and walked out of the railing, looking at Xu Chen across the railing. Xun Chen's eyes flashed, and swept over Xu You's face. Seeing Xu You's smile and his expression was unfathomable, he couldn't help but smile. "Youzhou is in a big battle. Brother Ziyuan is not in front of the formation to give advice to the leader, why did he come here? Could it be that Brother Ziyuan changed his sect and wanted to be a lobbyist?"

Xu You smiled and said, "Are you a prince who competes with the lord?"

Xun Chen's face froze, and after a while, he sighed: "How dare you? It seems that Brother Ziyuan is coming to take my head. If you can let Brother Ziyuan go there, I will die as much as possible. It is much better than the Korean Language Festival."

"You." Xu You put away his smile, shook his head, sighed, pressed his hand on the railing, jumped over the railing lightly, sat in front of Xun Chen, and reached out to touch Xun Chen's heart. "You are confused about your heart, how can your lord use you?"

"My heart disease is beyond cure. Maybe I can only let go after I am below Jiuquan and apologize to the Korean Festival." Xun Chen raised his head, looked at the cloudless blue sky, and narrowed his eyes. "Is it snowing in Youzhou?"

"I didn't have it when I came, but it should be down now. Don't worry, I'll lie on ice in my armor and swallow snow with my silence. You, are you a younger brother too leisurely?"

Xun Chen raised his eyelids and looked at Xu You in surprise. Xu You's eyes were very sincere, not like he was asking for trouble for him. The eight words "sleeping on ice" and "holding snow" with arms and legs" meant something. It seems that his brother Xun Yan not only commanded the army, but also had a lot of power, at least he was a general in the field. This made him hesitate. He could not care about personal honor and disgrace, but he could not affect his brother's future, nor could he cut off the hope of the family.

"What else can I do?" Xun Chen said: "I won't go to Jizhou. It's too cold, I can't stand it."

"You don't have to go to Jizhou, just here." Xu You pointed his feet.

"Here?" Xun Chen was surprised, sat up, and glanced back and forth on Xu You's face twice. Xu You looked at him, smiling. After a while, Xun Chen reacted, but his eyes were even more disappointed. "Liu He is going back to Youzhou?"

"Um."

"The leader of the alliance is not planning to seize Youzhou?"

"It's just a different way to get it."

Xun Chen snorted, lay back again, and slowly stroked the cat in his arms. The cat was uneasy by him, and he cried out, struggled out, jumped onto the railing, and then jumped off the steps, squeezed out a gap between the two big yellow dogs, and lay down. Xun Chen pondered for a moment.

"This is not a good idea, nor is it a task I can accomplish. I am sorry I can't obey my duty."

The smile on Xu You's face gradually disappeared. "Why?"

"I can't defend Xia Pi, Guangling." Xun Zhan's voice calmly and faced Xu You's gaze calmly. "Xia Pi, Guangling has no danger to defend, and I am not a good person at using troops. If I face Tao Qian, I still have the power to fight, but I am not sure about facing Sun Ce."

"You don't have to face Sun Ce."

"Even if he can't come in person, he can't send someone else." Xun Chen smiled. "I have fought with Liu He and Sun Ce's subordinates. In the battle of Bogupi, Guo Jia was commanded by Lu Su, Dong Xi and others, who are good at fighting. Lu Su is stationed in Zhongli and may attack Xia Pi at any time."

Xu You looked at Xun Chen in surprise, wondering if he didn't know the person in front of him. The Xun brothers were extremely smart, Xun Yu had the talent of a king and a servant, Xun Yan and Xun Chen were also famous people who had been famous for many years. Xun Chen has always regarded himself very well, but at this moment he admitted that he was incompetent, and was not even a rival to a general under Sun Ce. Was he humble or refused to serve Yuan Shao again?

"Don't look at me like this? I've never been a modest person." Xun Chen laughed silently, laughing bitterly and a little lonely. "But beasts also know how to cherish their feathers. I can't even force myself to do it even if I know that I will live up to the expectations of the leader. Brother Ziyuan, I believe that if you go to Pingyu, you will have this idea. Before leaving, I will say something more and ask Brother Ziyuan to tell the leader."

"If a friend says, he must be a noble person." Xu Youqiang smiled and said, "I'll listen carefully."

"Don't fight when the river can sail, otherwise the back road will be difficult to protect."

Xu You looked at Xun Chen and disagreed. "Thank you, I will convey it."

——

Outside the Liang State and Yu County, more than a dozen fast horses rushed over. The knight on the horse's back turned over and dismounted and quickly scattered into the shadows of the trees around. Cao Ang, dressed in ordinary knight uniforms, looked around, tidied up his clothes, and walked into the yard. Pan Zhang followed in and then closed the door.

"Empress, but if you have an accident, call immediately."

Cao Ang nodded. The yard is not big, only two inches, but it is cleaned spotlessly and the furniture is neatly arranged. Cao Ang looked around and felt a familiar feeling, and he couldn't help but slow down. As far as he could remember, his adoptive mother, Mrs. Ding, was like this. She didn't like messiest. Even where she lived occasionally, she must clean and clean it up neatly, which was incompatible with her father Cao Cao's personality. The indifferent relationship between the two has a lot to do with this.

"Brother?" Cao Ying heard the voice and ran out of it. When he saw Cao Ang, he immediately opened his arms and rushed over. Cao Ang squatted down, caught Cao Ying, and hugged him, and then felt something strange. "Aying, you are so heavy, you can't even hug him."

"Hehe..." Cao Ying smiled with tears in his eyes and hugged Cao Ang's neck, feeling embarrassed. "Pingyu's food is delicious, and it's meaty every meal."

"Is that so good? Even I'm greedy." Cao Ang hugged Cao Ying and entered the ankle. Mrs. Ding's sister was sitting in the hall talking. Seeing Cao Ang coming, she stopped talking and turned to look at him. Ding Ruyi smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Zi Xiu has become taller."

"Such as his biological mother." Mrs. Ding smiled, her eyes full of kindness.

Seeing Ding Ruyi present, Cao Ang was very surprised and quickly put down Cao Ying, rushed to Ding Ruyi, and saluted Ding Ruyi. The Xiahouba brothers came over from the corridor and saluted Cao Ang one by one. Cao Ang was surprised and happy, and joked with them.

Mrs. Ding said, "Zi Xiu, since you like them so much, would you please let them go to Changyi?"
Chapter completed!