In the midsummer of August, the sun is like fire, walking on the road, the oncoming wind is like a heat wave.

There was not a single cloud in the sky, there was a blazing sun overhead, there was not a shred of wind, and all the trees stood listlessly and lazily, not moving.

The birds on the branches have changed their shady places, and only the summer cicadas lying on the branches are noisy and non-stop, which makes people irritable.

The farmer who was working in the fields sweated like rain, occasionally getting up and pouring a sip of cold water, and then twisting his clothes, all of which were sour and thick sweat.

Hundreds of miles south of Chang'an City, where the plain is close to the mountain, there is a narrow valley at the entrance, called 'Zigu', which is one of the main roads leading to Guanzhong.

On this day, thousands of troops were coming out of the valley. If it weren't for the armor they were wearing, they would look more like a group of displaced refugees in terms of appearance.

Even the general who led the army, his handsome face was a little more lazy because of the stubble growing from his chin.

"Damn, it's finally coming out!"

This sentence has spoken the hearts of countless people.

According to the original plan, coming from the Bao Slope and going back from the Bao Slope Road, you should arrive in Chang'an at the beginning of July.

However, Lu Bu temporarily changed his mind, saying that he wanted to go from the meridian road, and wanted to see what was unique about this valley road leading directly to Chang'an.

Therefore, it was supposed to be able to leave the Qinling Mountains in a month, but it turned out that it took more than two months to walk this 660-mile-long valley road.

Hundreds of years ago, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, went to Hanzhong and sent Zhang Liang to burn the meridian plank road, until the first five years of Emperor Ping, Wang Mang ordered to build the meridian road and set up the meridian pass.

In many places, only if you have been there and experienced it firsthand, you will know the intricacies of the terrain there.

It is true that the Meridian Road is rugged and difficult to navigate, but at the same time, it is indeed a convenient way to get to Chang'an.

Lu Bu kept an eye on this, and prepared to replace his henchmen to garrison, for fear that someone would steal the meridian road in the future and enter Chang'an.

This has to be guarded against.

In the west of Chang'an City, facing the straight city gate in the middle of the city.

Under the wide city gate hole, there are a large number of officials wearing court clothes, although they are not Manchu ministers, but most of the officials below Jiuqing are here.

Heaven is not beautiful.

The weather seemed to be unusually hot today, and the sweat on the foreheads of the officials never stopped, standing under the city gates, as if they were in a steamer, occasionally blowing a gust of wind, full of heat, about to steam them.

Despite the hot climate, the officials did not dare to slack off, standing at the door, looking into the distance.

At noon, a small black dot appeared on the distant horizon, gradually growing larger as time passed.

The soldiers looking at the head of the city shouted loudly, overjoyed: "It's Wen Hou, Wen Hou is back!" ”

The officials in the cave heard the shouts and immediately recovered their spirits, and many officials who were napping against the wall also woke up in an instant. They all walked out of the gate and stood on the flat ground outside the moat, quietly waiting for Lu Bu's return with the scorching sun overhead.

It's really hard for them on such a hot day.

Time passed little by little, and the scorching sun in the sky seemed to be warming up.

The officials who were suffering from the heat complained and wiped the sweat from their foreheads. In the midst of the thousands of calls in their hearts, Lu Bu rode a horse and led the soldiers of the three armies and slowly arrived at the city.

"We are waiting to welcome the triumph of Wenhou."

The officials waiting here bowed and saluted.

Lu Bu looked at it, there were many acquaintances among these officials, including his eldest brother Yan Li, the former Sikong Ding Palace, Chang'an Ling Zhang Yuan, and many familiar faces who had given him generous gifts in private.

He rode on horseback, did not dismount, and clasped his fists with these officials and said, "How can Bu He De be able to drive you to wait here under the scorching sun." ”

"Wen Hou is a hero, who in the world doesn't know? This time to pacify Hanzhong, and ambush the rebel Su Gu, stabilize my Han country, save the world in the general, this is the luck of my Han Dynasty, the luck of the community! When I heard about this, I couldn't sleep with joy, so I wrote a poem to sing the spirit of Wenhou Lingyun......"

After talking endlessly, Ding Gong recited the poems he had made with emotion, and praised Lu Bu as a god who was unparalleled in the world.

Even if it's a small thing as a sesame seed, he can blow you the first thing in the ages.

"Sycophants!"

Many officials scolded angrily in their hearts, but they still greeted each other with a smile on their faces.

Ding Gong stood at the front of the crowd, which means that among these people, his official position is the highest.

After coming down from the position of the third duke, Ding Gong gave full play to his previous urine nature and decisively took refuge in Lu Bu, who had the most potential.

Lu Bu was worried that there was no one in the court at that time, and Ding Gong took the initiative to come to the door, how could he refuse it.

Putting aside the attributes of the grass on the wall of Ding Palace, a person who has successively done Guangluxun, Sikong, and Shangshutai can be a villain who only knows flattery?

Of course not.

Lu Bu didn't say a word, and immediately played Ding Gong as the great Si Nong to the imperial court.

The main responsibility of Dasi Nong, who was in charge of the country's taxes and money, was the central government of the Han Dynasty. All the financial expenditures of the state, the expenditure of the army, such as land rent, oral endowment, monopoly of salt and iron, all transportation and monetary management, etc., were all managed by the Dasi Nong.

With Ding Gong in charge of these, the circulation of illicit salt and the trading of iron tools in these places such as Bingzhou and Xiliang do not have to be sneaky, but can trade under the banner of the imperial court in a bright and bright manner.

Anyway, there is Ding Gong to help with the accounts.

It turns out that Ding Gong did handle it very well, and it didn't leak.

With the support of the officials, Lu Bu entered Chang'an.

The soldiers under his command let Cao Xing take him back to the barracks, they were already tired along the way, and it was time for them to rest and rest.

went to the palace to meet the Son of Heaven, and after the monarch and ministers talked about it, Lu Bu said goodbye to the Son of Heaven and returned to his mansion.

After a few months, the little bell seemed to have grown a lot taller.

Seeing their father come back, the three siblings ran over happily.

Lu Bu squatted down very fondly, fortunately, his arms were relatively broad, holding his two sons in his left hand and his daughter in his right hand, and he walked steadily.

When Yan Wei, who was a mother, saw it, she hurriedly called to her children: "Little bell, seal, Xiao'er, come down quickly." Daddy has just come back, and he's tired, so don't be naughty. ”

Lu Bu shook his head slightly, looked at Yan Wei's gentle gaze, and signaled that his wife didn't have to worry.

"Daddy, you have a beard, I'll help you pull it off!"

The little bell exclaimed, his eyes full of joy, as if he had discovered a new continent, and he started to pull it as he spoke.

As soon as she pulled it out, Lu Bu bared his teeth in pain.

Seeing this, the two sons didn't dare to lag behind, stretched out their little hands, and picked up the short scum.

Lu Bu would let them succeed, took the opportunity to take the children into his arms, rubbed their little faces with a slightly hard scum, and made his son and daughter dodge while 'haha, haha' and the fun kept going.

Chen Gong stood behind Lu Bu and didn't say a word, he looked at things like emotions lightly.

At this moment, in his eyes, there was only the thin scribe who walked towards him.