In his previous life, Chen Xu was a southerner, and the trees there were evergreen all year round, and after looking at it for a long time, he would get tired of it.

In the north, aspen trees are very common, they sprout in the spring, the leaves fall in the fall, and every winter, there will be a thick layer of leaves scattered on the ground, which is very soft to step on, and the rustling sound adds a bit of flavor.

A year is a cycle, and they constantly interpret the bloom of life, life and death; There are joys and sorrows.

Looking at the alternation of green and yellow leaves, unconsciously, you will feel the passage of time, and people can't help but cherish the present years.

"Da Lang, this is the only place for Yun County to go to Sui (sui) Yang, right?"

Dian Wei stopped in front of a poplar forest and interrupted Chen Xu's train of thought.

Chen Xu looked around for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, this should be the poplar forest that Qiao Jun said." ”

The two of them traveled for half a day, although it was winter, there was some sweat on their bodies, and the cold wind blew, and Chen Xu felt a trace of coldness.

Rubbing his hands together and taking a breath, Chen Xu said: "Brother, Qiaojun and they don't know when they will be able to get here, if it's freezing today, let's light a bonfire here to keep warm?" ”

Dian Wei touched his stomach and said, "What Da Lang said is very true, I have been traveling for half a day, and I am very hungry in my stomach. You make a fire here, and I'll go and hunt some prey. ”

Qiao Yu and his family slave went to Yun County with the body of the thief to receive the reward.

Chen Xu and Dian Wei are fugitives, if they go with them, it will inevitably be inconvenient, for the sake of safety, the two of them left the team first and came to this poplar forest to wait for Qiaoyu.

Dian Wei took the halberd more than four meters long, and went to look for prey, Chen Xu gathered some fallen leaves of the aspen and made a fire.

In the open field, a wisp of white smoke rises and disperses with the wind, and occasionally a fallen leaf is swept up by the wind and floats in the air.

Dian Wei beat two hares, and the two ate them separately, without wine, but also ate sweetly.

After eating rabbit meat, it was too boring, so Dian Wei asked Chen Xu: "Da Lang, do you know where the decree of 'no theft' came from?" ”

When Chen Xu heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he replied: "I don't know, does my brother know?" ”

Dian Wei is much older than Chen Xu, and he has a wide range of friends, and he has heard others talk about Qiao Xuan, which talks about the origin of 'not allowed to steal'.

After he learned about this, he admired Qiao Xuan very much.

It turned out that when Qiao Xuan's youngest son was ten years old, he went out to play, but he didn't want to be kidnapped by three thieves, and the robbers came to the attic of Qiaofu and demanded that the Qiao family ransom his young son with a huge amount of money.

After hearing about this, Yang Qiu, the captain of Si Li, led Henan Yin and Luoyang County to surround Qiaofu, and the thieves saw this, and escaped with Qiao Xuan's young son, Yang Qiu was afraid that the robbers would hurt the hostages, and did not dare to send people to pursue.

At this moment, Qiao Xuan learned the news and returned home, seeing that Yang Qiu did not dare to pursue, he was furious, and said loudly: "The thief has no humanity, how can I let the national criminals go unpunished because of a son?" ”

Later, Qiao Xuan ordered Yang Qiu to pursue the robbers, and although he later killed three thieves, Qiao Xuan's son was also killed by the thieves.

At that time, there were many people in Luoyang who specifically kidnapped the children of official eunuchs and then demanded money.

Qiao Xuan later met with Emperor Ling and asked Emperor Ling to give an order to the world: Anyone who takes hostages will be killed, and no treasure will be used to redeem the hostages, so as not to make the criminals feel profitable.

Emperor Ling adopted Qiao Xuan's suggestion and issued an edict, and this kind of thing has not happened again.

When he went out of the town and frontier, he took the initiative to crusade against the Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu and the heir of Goguryeo, Bogu, and defeated them in one fell swoop. In office for three years, the Hu people did not dare to infringe. ”

The memory of Chen Xu's later generations only knows that Qiao Xuan once commented on Cao Cao - the troubled times are coming, and those who are at peace with the world must also be this person.

Later generations also said that Qiao Xuan was the father of Jiangdong Second Bridge, but now it seems that it is just a false rumor.

"What the bridge does is beyond the reach of ordinary people!" After Dian Wei finished talking about Qiao Xuan's deeds, Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh.

The two talked for a long time, and seeing that the sun was about to go down, Qiao Yu and the others hadn't come over yet, so they couldn't help but be a little anxious.

They all travel lightly, without tents or quilts, and it is not pleasant to spend a night in the wild in the cold winter.

Dian Wei's ears moved, and he said to Chen Xu: "Huh? Someone came over. ”

"Awei, Da Lang, are you there?"

As soon as Chen Xu got up, about to see who was coming, he heard Qiao Yu's voice.

Chen Xu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly responded: "I've been waiting here for a long time." ”

"Haha, it's been a long delay in Yun County, and the two of you have been waiting for a long time."

Qiao Yu left the rest of the house slaves and ran over in the lead.

Qiao Yu didn't get off the horse, and said to Chen Xu and the two: "The front is in Suiyang, and my family has a manor not far away, and it will take two hours to reach it in a hurry." ”

Chen Xu looked at the sky and knew that it would take two hours to travel quickly, which meant that he could arrive at more than nine o'clock in the evening.

The night is getting darker and darker, and the speed of the people is getting slower and slower, and it is extremely difficult to march at night because there are many people who are malnourished, and most of them have night blindness.

It was originally planned to arrive at the end of the day, but it was delayed until the time of the child. Everyone was exhausted, and after a hasty dinner, they went to rest.

This time, they brought more than 20 house slaves, and the Qiao family planned to buy more land here, and by the way, let Qiao Yu take care of the property here while serving Qiao Xuan.

In the early morning of the next day, Qiao Yu sent two henchmen to bring them to Puyang with their own handwritten letters, so that they could withdraw money from there and send it to Chenjiacun and Dian Wei's family.

Although I got the reward for killing the thief here, but the distance is too far away, and the road is not very smooth, it is better to withdraw money from there for the sake of insurance.

After all, after the death of Zhang Qi's family of three, Puyang has been purged for a period of time, and now it is completely controlled by the Qiao family.

Qiao Yu arranged the things in the village, let the two house slaves drive two ox carts with tents, and took Chen Xu and Dian Wei to visit Qiao Xuan.

Along the way, Qiao Yu bought a lot of food, fruits, meat, and some precious medicinal herbs, and almost filled the vacant space of the ox cart.

Qiao Xuan is honest and upright, and he never accepts the property sent by others, even if he is the bridge of the clan, he will not accept the property sent.

However, he will not refuse some gifts from his juniors to express filial piety.

Qiao Xuan's residence was not close to Qiao Yu's manor, and it took several people half a day to arrive.

Although Liang Guo also posted documents that wanted Chen Xu and Dian Wei, their portraits can only be seen on some traffic arteries.

Although there are many people who come and go in Suiyang, the portraits at this time are quite different from real people, and as long as you change your clothes and hairstyle, it is almost difficult to recognize.

When I arrived at the door of Qiao Xuan's house, there was an old man who opened the door, and everyone called him Fu Bo. Fu Bo has followed Qiao Xuan since he was a child, and although the two are master and servants, they are like brothers.

"Fu Bo is well."

Qiao Yu didn't dare to slack off, and gave a salute to Fu Bo, and Chen Xu, Dian Wei and the other two house slaves also followed suit.

"I haven't seen you for two years, Ayu has grown up, hurry up and enter the door."

When Fauber saw Qiao Yu, he had a kind smile on his face, and then pulled him in.

Although Qiao Xuan's family is not rich, it is also a famous family, and the whole house covers a wide area, with mountains and rivers, Qionglou and high pavilions, and is very angry, but there are too few people in the house, and it seems extremely deserted.

Qiao Xuan is tall, but he has passed his prime, and his body looks very thin.

His hair was all white, and he didn't pull it up, but just draped it casually over his shoulders. The old face was full of wrinkles, but it couldn't hide the wisdom in his eyes.

"Grandson greets Bo Weng."

The tall and heroic figure that used to be so haggard now that Qiao Yu felt his nose sour, and his eyes instantly turned red.

Chen Xu and Dian Wei also knelt down and saluted: "Please say hello to the bridge duke." ”

His eyes were on Chen Xu and the three of them, Qiao Xuan didn't speak, and after half a cup of tea, he suddenly covered his chest with his right hand and coughed rapidly.

Fu Bo hurriedly ran over, picked up a glass of water and put it in front of Qiao Xuan, and then patted him gently behind his back with his right hand, and after a while, he stopped coughing.

"Hey, I'm seventy-four this year, and it's really like water, and I won't go back. Old, really old! Qiao Xuan sighed for a while before saying, "All three of you should get up." ”

The three of them knelt for a long time, but there was no dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Not to mention that Qiao Xuan is a respectable person, just in terms of his age, the three of them must also be respectful.

After all, the life expectancy of the ancients was generally low, and it was already rare to live to the age of seventy.

"The two of you, Ah Yu also mentioned it in the letter, hehe, in you, I seem to see the shadow of my youth."

Qiao Xuan stopped after saying a few words, with an aftertaste look on his face.

When he was young, he also had the spirit of a chivalrous man, and when he was still serving as the county gongcao, Zhou Jing, the assassin of Yuzhou at that time, led the officials to inspect the Liang State, and he went to meet Zhou Jing.

Then he listed Chen Xiang Yangchang's crimes, and asked Zhou Jing to appoint himself as Chen Guo's work to thoroughly investigate Yangchang's crimes. Zhou Jing thought he was heroic, agreed and sent him there.

After taking office, Qiao Xuan arrested Yangchang's diners and examined his crimes in detail. However, Yang Chang has always been treated favorably by the general Liang Ji, but Qiao Xuan is not afraid of the power of the general, insists on searching for Yang Chang's crimes, and finally escorts him into Beijing in a prisoner car.

Qiao Xuan led his troops to fight, and he didn't look down on martial artists like other scholars, he saw that Chen Xu and Dian Wei were both strong and brave, and the more he looked at the two, the more he liked it.

Qiao Xuan first observed the two of them with high interest for a while, and then suddenly asked Dian Wei, "Ah Wei, you still haven't said a word, right?" ”

"A certain person was born poor, but he didn't take the word." Dian Wei replied truthfully.

Qiao Xuan touched his beard and said out loud: "Shall I give you a word?" ”

Dian Wei was overjoyed when he heard this.

Qiao Xuande is highly respected, if he can help pick up the words, it is a great thing, and he is busy agreeing.

"Although I have been on the battlefield many times, I have never seen such a brave person as you, and your grandson has a cloud: a husband and a general, and an assistant to the country. If the auxiliary Zhou is the country, the country will be strong, and if the auxiliary gap is the country, the country will be weak. I will give you the word Guofu, hoping that you can become a pillar of the country in the future. ”

When Dian Wei heard this, he thanked him.

Chen Xu was also happy for Dian Wei.