(When I uploaded it yesterday, I was quick for a while, and the (three) after the title was not changed to (four), but it shouldn't be a big problem, right?) ）

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Time passes day by day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And only a few days after Cao Chong left Liaodong, Lu Ren received a telegram from Zhao Yu from Yecheng, saying that Lao Cao was forced by the pressure of the wealthy families to agree to the "football league" of Emperor Liu Xie, and on the side of Emperor Liu Xie, he had also sent an edict to Liu Bei and Sun Quan to send a team to Xuchang, and Lu Ren was of course among them.

And then there is another one, that is, not only Lu Ren, Lao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, but also the wealthy families in various places can also send clan teams to participate if they are willing. And on this one, Lu Ren couldn't figure out which guy came up with the idea, but it seemed to be a bit of an inevitable thing. After all, the power of the scholar class in that era was too strong, and naturally they would not let go of this kind of face-revealing thing. Speaking of which, what family clan would not want their clan to be more famous? And after becoming famous, there is no need to say what kind of benefits it will bring to his clan.

But correspondingly, it's a bit tight in terms of time. Lao Cao nodded and agreed that it was the first day of July, and the start date decided by Emperor Liu Xie was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. At this time, counting the time for the edict to go to various places, as well as the travel required by the teams from all over the country to Xuchang...... Lu Ren suddenly felt that this was Lao Cao or Lao Cao's wealthy family who wanted to slap Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the face!

Needless to say, the traffic conditions in those years were right? It's easy to say that the places that are closer to Xuchang are better, and the farther ones, for example, in areas like Shuzhong, where can you get to Xuchang in less than twenty or thirty days? Then the final result can only be the participating teams, the vast majority of which are Lao Cao's teams, and the teams of Liu Bei and Sun Quan are pitiful.

If this was the case, Lu Ren couldn't help but want to say to Lao Cao: "Do you need to do this?" Lao Cao's territory is the largest, and the cultural economy is also the most developed, so the number of wealthy families is originally more than Liu Bei and Sun Quan, how much significance does it make for you to come here? ”

There is another reason that I don't know if it can be regarded as a reason. What Lu Ren made was modern football, and Emperor Liu Xie also decided to play according to the rules of modern football made by Lu Ren, so on this basis, it was Lao Cao's side who took a big advantage.

Why? Because what Lu Ren made was the most widely spread on Lao Cao's side. At this point, you can forget that Lu Ren had been under Lao Cao's command at the beginning, and the reputation he left behind was quite good. Although Lao Cao's later base camp moved to Yecheng instead of Xuchang, Lao Cao brought people over!

Driven by these people, coupled with the close trade between Yizhou and Hebei, and from the perspective of humanistic concepts, the modern football developed by Lu Ren is relatively mature after all, and the environmental conditions for playing are relatively low, so many things have long been absorbed and accepted by the wealthy families in Lao Cao. At least as far as Lu Ren knows, those wealthy families usually play not "Keju", but "football", and they are quite familiar with the rules and gameplay.

In contrast, Sun Quan's situation is okay, after all, he is close to Lu Ren and has been deeply affected, but Liu Bei's Shuzhong region is not easy to say. So what will be the result of a group of people who know the rules and can play against a group of people who don't know each other very well? Who will be greatly embarrassed at that time?

But then, the news that Lu Ren arranged the intelligence series in various places made Lu Ren a little crying and laughing, or Lu Ren didn't expect that the influence of something here had reached at this point. The local tycoons over there in Shuzhong don't know how to play football? Lu Ren was obviously overly worried.

Well, that's the end of the gossip. Lu Ren and Cao Chong agreed to meet in Liaodong on the first day of the first month of August, and then took Cao Chong to Yizhou to "study", while Cao Chong rushed back to Liaodong on July 26, so to speak, he only went back to see Lao Cao, and after staying for a few days, he rushed to Lu Ren. At this time, Lu Ren received news from all sides that teams from various regions were already rushing to Xuchang, and roughly calculated, the number of teams was about forty just by Liu Bei and Sun Quan combined. This is still a lot of wealthy families are more self-aware, and they did not send clan teams to Xuchang, otherwise there would be the possibility of hundreds of teams.

But these are not things that Lu Ren needs to care about anymore. For Lu Ren, as long as this ball game can be held smoothly, Lu Ren's goal has been basically achieved. As for the battle for fame between the wealthy families, Lu Ren didn't want to get too involved in it.

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In the blink of an eye, in early August, Xuchang.

Because the "Football League" will be held in ten days, Xuchang is now very lively inside and out, and it can be said that there is a flow of people everywhere. Even in some idle places outside Xuchang City, it has become a place for some wealthy families to conduct football training, and from time to time some teams will have "training matches" with each other, and then attract a large number of onlookers.

But no matter how lively Xuchang City is, in a corner of Xuchang City, it is quiet as usual, only the sound of looms within the courtyard walls adds a little noise to the tranquility here.

It seems to be a corner of the city that no one cares about, and the dilapidated courtyard walls and other things are really hard to bring about any interest. But at this time, a group of several people came here. When the van stopped, a woman wearing a hat and a veil jumped out of the van, then raised her eyes to look at the surrounding environment, and then asked the people around her, "Is this here?" ”

The person being questioned nodded, "Yes, this is it." ”

The woman asked, "What...... Such a break? ”

The person who was questioned shook his head helplessly: "Gong Cao actually has a lot of gifts, but ......"

The woman immediately waved her hand and said, "Needless to say, I understand." Please wait for me here, and I'll call the door myself. ”

The person being questioned thought about it and did not stop the woman. And the woman went straight to the door, and raised her hand to knock on the door.

"Who knocked?"

With an inquiry from inside the courtyard, followed by footsteps, the dilapidated courtyard door was opened a crack. On the other side of the door was an old woman of about fifty years old.

The old woman looked at the woman in front of the door through the crack in the door and asked, "Excuse me, who is the girl?" Are you here to find the old body? ”

The woman looked at the old woman, but her eyes couldn't help but be a little misty: "Aunt Ding, don't you remember me?" ”

The old woman who was called "Aunt Ding" was stunned: "Girl, ...... you"

The woman slowly took off the hat, and then removed the veil on her face, revealing an elegant and pretty face: "Aunt Ding, it's me!" ”

Aunt Ding was stunned again, and then looked at the woman a few more times, and her eyes, which were already a little foggy, suddenly widened, and the crack in the door was also opened a lot, so that she could look at the woman in front of her more carefully. After a few more glances, this Aunt Ding exclaimed, "Are you ...... Xiaolan!? ”

There was a plop, but it was the woman who knelt down towards Aunt Ding, and when tears flowed from her eyes, her voice became choked because of sobbing: "Aunt Ding, it's me!" Xiaolan has come to see you. ”

Aunt Ding hurriedly helped the woman up, and a few old tears flowed out of her eyes: "Get up, get up!" Oh my God, I really didn't expect Xiaolan to come to see me......"

A moment later, in the house, Aunt Ding and the woman sat together. Okay, don't talk nonsense, this woman is Lu Lan, and Aunt Ding is Lao Cao's original wife, Mrs. Ding.

It is not surprising that Lu Lan will come to Xuchang, after all, an agreement was reached between Lu Ren and Lao Cao, so when Cao Chong set off from Yecheng, Lu Ren, who got the telegram from Zhao Yu, asked Lu Lan to set off from Yizhou and arrived in Xuchang a few days ago. And Lu Lan adhered to Lu Ren's instructions, and kept a corresponding low profile along the way, coupled with Sima Yi's help, so he came to Xuchang almost quietly, and until now, except for the relevant personnel, no one knows that Lu Lan has arrived in Xuchang.

As for Mrs. Ding...... Originally, when Lu Ren was still in Xuchang, the Childcare House was still doing well; Later, Lu Ren escaped from Cao's camp, and with the support of Xun Yu, Lu Ren's assistance, and Lao Cao's old feelings, he would pull out some money and food from time to time, and he was able to maintain his operation. However, Lao Cao moved the base camp to Yecheng in Jian'an ten years ago, and his care for Mrs. Ding and Fuyou's Yishe was much weaker, Xun Yu couldn't take care of it, and Lu Ren was even more out of reach, and Fuyou's Yishe began to become more and more difficult to support.

A few years later, Mrs. Ding knew that Xuchang's childcare house was almost unbearable, but fortunately, many of the children in the house had grown up at that time, so Mrs. Ding let these children go to Yizhou through Zhao Yu's help. Next, Xun Yu also left Cao Ying, Mrs. Ding considered that the relationship between Fuyou Yishe and Xun Yu was not ordinary, and she was afraid of being implicated unnecessarily, and the war in the Central Plains at that time had been calmed down after all, and there would no longer be so many orphans as before, so she simply ended Fuyouyishe and returned the courtyard to the Xun clan who remained in the Central Plains, and then lived in seclusion in this inconspicuous corner of Xuchang City. I usually make a living by weaving, and my life is a little hard.

Lao Cao still has some old feelings, and after hearing about these things, he actually asks people to send some money and food from time to time, but they are all rejected by Mrs. Ding. It's okay once or twice, but Lao Cao doesn't want to use a hot face to stick a cold buttocks, so he never bothered Mrs. Ding again, and Mrs. Ding lived a very peaceful life here, although it was hard. As for whether anyone dares to trouble Mrs. Ding...... Please, not to mention that Mrs. Ding is already an old person, no one can look up to her, even if she is still young and beautiful, who would dare to provoke Lao Cao's ex-wife? Don't want to mess around or what?

“…… Lan girl, the old body is really getting more and more confused. In fact, you will come to Xudu to tour, although the old body is a deep and simple house, but it is good to have heard of it. It's just that, now you are no longer the little girl you used to be, it's not an exaggeration to say that you are a world-famous singer, it's not easy for the old body to meet you, and I don't want to be called an old body ......"

Lu Lan hurriedly interrupted Mrs. Ding's words: "Aunt Ding, you can't help but be too outrageous when you say this, do you regard Xiaolan as the kind of woman who tends to be inflammatory?" When Xiaolan came to Xudu after many years, the first thing she had to do was, of course, to visit Aunt Ding. After all, no matter what, Xiaolan can also be said to be a child who walked out of the childcare house. ”

Mrs. Ding smiled very gratifyingly, and then asked with a little hesitation, "Yihao...... Ah, the old body wants to ask, is Lu Fujun okay now? ”

Lu Lan smiled back: "Aunt Ding, it's okay for others to call adults Lu Yizhou, Lu Fujun or something, Aunt Ding, why can't you call your adults to express your words?" In fact, Xiaolan's coming this time is also an adult's meaning. Aunt Ding, my lord wants to take you to Yizhou. ”

“……”

Mrs. Ding was silent. After a long time, Mrs. Ding shook her head and said, "The old man lives well here, what are you doing in Yizhou?" ”

Lu Lan looked around at Mrs. Ding's simple and shabby room, and sighed lightly: "Aunt Ding, why are you like this? Those things between you and Cao Gong are not clear to others, but will adults and Xiaolan still be unclear? Aunt Ding, let's not talk about anything else, it has been nearly 20 years since Brother Zixiu (Cao Ang) passed away, and if he knows what to do, would he like to see Aunt Ding suffer from this hunger and cold here? ”

After a pause, Lu Lan continued: "Besides, the dead are dead, and the living are still alive." In Yizhou, there are still those of us who walked out of the children's house, and for us orphans, you are our mother. Now that everyone is successful in Yizhou, where do you want to see Aunt Ding still living such a hard life here? Doesn't this make everyone have to bear a charge of unfilial piety? So Aunt Ding, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about everyone. ”

“…… You're getting more and more eloquent. The old body still remembers that when you were still in Xudu, you didn't know how many people were stumped with a small mouth, and there were even many knowledgeable celebrities...... Although most of the time you were just trying to make excuses. ”

Lu Lan grinned: "At that time, I was just a yellow-haired girl who had not dried up, where would those celebrities be more serious than a little girl like me?" Okay, Aunt Ding......"

Saying that, Lu Lan turned behind Mrs. Ding, stretched out her hand and pinched Mrs. Ding's shoulder, and her tone also brought out a taste like that of coquettishness back then: "Aunt Ding, don't embarrass Xiaolan!" If you insist on refusing to go to Yizhou for the elderly, then how do you want me to explain to adults and everyone? ”

If such a remark was said by someone else, Mrs. Ding would probably be cold and indifferent, but for Lu Lan, who represents Lu Ren, the situation becomes very different, after all, the relationship between Lu Ren and Lu Lan and Mrs. Ding is very unusual. If Lao Cao regarded Lu Ren as Cao Ang's shadow for some emotional reasons after Cao Ang's death, then in the eyes of Mrs. Ding, Lu Ren and Lu Lan are another group of children of Mrs. Ding. And at that time, when the childcare and righteousness were really unable to hold on, where was Mrs. Ding willing to be separated from these children? So now when I heard that Lu Ren and they wanted to take Mrs. Ding to Yizhou for a reunion, Mrs. Ding was still very moved.

And at this time, Lu Lan is no longer the little girl in Xuchang City, will she have the ability to observe words and colors? Seeing that Mrs. Ding was a little relieved, Lu Lan immediately came out with a series of tricks and rhetoric, and killed Mrs. Ding in three or two to raise her hands and surrender.

However, what really made Mrs. Ding the most tempting was the child-raising house set up by Lu Ren in Yizhou, hoping that Mrs. Ding would pass. Mrs. Ding, who is now in her fifties, is very lonely in her heart, and the thing she hopes for most is that she hopes to have a group of children around her, to worry and suffer for a group of children. If you can't understand the loneliness in the hearts of empty nesters, please keep your mouth shut and respect these lonely old people, otherwise you should be dragged out and slapped with 3,600 big mouths.

Under Lu Lan's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Mrs. Ding was a little half-pushed. Of course, Mrs. Ding was also a little worried about whether she would cause trouble for Lu Ren if she went to Yizhou, but Lu Lan smiled and said that she didn't have to worry. Since Lu Ren dared to let Lu Lan pick up Mrs. Ding, he naturally made corresponding preparations. The only thing that surprised Mrs. Ding a little was that Lu Lan did not want Mrs. Ding to go with Lu Lan, but someone else would come to pick up Mrs. Ding, and Lu Lan was too eye-catching because she was about to perform in Xudu, so it was inconvenient for Lu Lan to pick up Mrs. Ding.

After a detailed conversation like a connector of the underground party, Mrs. Ding accepted an ornament handed over by Lu Lan, and turned around to use this ornament to confirm the identity of the other party. And after talking, Mrs. Ding looked at Lu Lan and couldn't help asking, "Girl Lan, there is something I still want to ask you...... What is the relationship between you and Yihao? ”

Lu Lan was stunned, but Lu Lan was not surprised by this kind of problem. In the early years, there were rumors that Lu Lan was Lu Ren's forbidden belly, and Lu Lan's ears had already heard calluses. And as Lu Lan's fame grows, there are naturally more and more unbearable rumors made up by people with good deeds, but Lu Lan has never taken those rumors seriously. After all, after following Lu Ren for so many years, he can be regarded as having walked a few times on the line of life and death, and Lu Lan still has such a little state of mind.

So at this moment, in the face of Mrs. Ding's inquiry, Lu Lan just smiled faintly and responded: "Aunt Ding, I don't bother to say those beautiful words, I just say this, if the rumors between me and adults are true, I actually can't ask for it!" In fact, I'm not afraid that Aunt Ding will laugh at me, don't look at me in the blink of an eye, I'm in my thirties, but I'm still ...... are still yellow flower girls! ”