The spring is bright and shiny, and the weak willows support the wind.

It's noon, and it's warm.

Outside the West Gate, Wangjun Pavilion.

This small pavilion is located next to the plank road, which is the only way to go to Liangzhou in the west.

Once upon a time, Li Li led his troops to pass by the Wangjun Pavilion several times, coming and going, no less than ten times before and after.

In the early summer of four years ago, Li Li took 7,000 pieces from here to Wuwei County, and Li Dao, Cai Yong and others came to see him off. Three years ago, in the spring season, it was also here, Li Dao and Cai Yong went out of the city for more than ten miles to greet each other, and waited in the pavilion for half a day, until the evening Li Li returned with thousands of war horses.

In the autumn of that year, that is, after the Chang'an Rebellion was put down, Li Xin, Dong Wan, Ren Hongchang, Dian Wufang, Cai Yan and Chen Yu planted hundreds of fruit trees around this pavilion for passers-by to rest here and use them to quench their thirst. Since then, there are generals and soldiers here every month to take care of it, so that more than a dozen families have specially settled here, cultivated hundreds of acres of arable land around, and took care of these fruit trees.

In the past three years, the two or three hundred fruit trees of the past have quietly changed greatly. The people in the vicinity moved hundreds of fruit trees from nowhere, and planted fruit trees on the hillside north of Wangjun Pavilion, turning this place into an orchard covering an area of 100 acres.

A few days ago, Li Li occasionally heard Cai Yan mention it, saying that the mountains here are full of apricot blossoms, which is very beautiful, and the implication is nothing more than wanting him to bring his family to come here for a walk. It's a pity that Li Li is busy with military and political affairs and has little leisure, so he laughed it off at the time and didn't make a positive statement.

However. Today, when there are still two bloody heads hanging in front of Changle Palace, the entire Chang'an City condenses a lingering solemn breath. Li Li suddenly took his family out of the city on a whim, and the destination was the Wangjunting orchard mentioned by Cai Yan.

However, there were several other cars driving with Li Li's family on this trip. Immediately following the general's mansion was Li Li's younger brother Li Xian and his new wife Zhao Yu, and then Da Qiao's car, and the people who accompanied the car were naturally Li Xian, Zhao Yun and Zhou Yu and their accompanying guards.

Facing the rising sun, more than a dozen chariots and hundreds of ironclad cavalry walked slowly. It took a full hour before arriving at the destination——— Wangjun Pavilion.

As Cai Yan said, the Wangjun Pavilion is surrounded by apricot blossoms all over the mountains, and the snowflake-like apricot blossoms are as white as jade. And the white with a charming pink color, the end is endearing, beautiful.

After a short time, after the armor had set up a guard around the orchard. A group of female dependents stepped out of the carriage one after another. Walking in a group; A few mischievous children bounced into the orchard, while the rest of the children who had not yet learned to walk were held in the arms of the maid and looked around.

"Brother Siam is going to get married tomorrow, so you don't have to follow me today, just accompany Yu'er. Communicating more before marriage is conducive to enhancing the relationship between husband and wife! Hahaha??????"

In the pavilion, Li Li, who was just about to sit down, turned his head and caught a glimpse of his younger brother Li Xian following him, and immediately couldn't help but make fun of him, and then drove him into the apricot forest. chased Zhao Yu, who was taken away by Li Xin and others.

After Li Xian left, only Li Li, Li Zhi, Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun were left in the pavilion.

Apparently. Li Li is taking care of both public and private affairs this time, not only taking his wife and children to go out together, but also talking with Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun, which can be described as a combination of work and rest, killing two birds with one stone.

As the maid spread brocade silk on the stone table, and put the wine and food that had been prepared, and then the soldiers moved the wine jar on the stove. After a qiē was ready, Li Li waved his hand lightly, and the maids and soldiers all retreated, only Li Zhi sat by the fire and looked at the fragrant wine, and from time to time added some medicinal herbs prepared earlier to the wine jar.

"I haven't had time to eat a hot meal yet, and I guess the same is true for the two of you. It just so happens that with the apricot blossoms in the garden, I will drink while enjoying the flowers, and the two will not be delayed, isn't it beautiful! Hehehe??????"

After sitting around the table, seeing Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun's slightly restrained demeanor, Li Li smiled heartily, and then personally poured wine for the two, signaling that the two of them did not need to be restrained, just feel free.

"Thank you, Lord for the wine!" After thanking each other, Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun raised their glasses with Li Li to drink, and the expressions on their faces couldn't help but relax.

"Such a quiet time like today, it is really rare for the lord, Zilong and I followed all the way, but it was disturbing the lord's Yaxing who enjoyed the flowers, and begged the lord for forgiveness. Hehehe——— "Sure enough, Zhou Yu is worthy of being a very smart person, and after noticing that Li Li was indeed in a good mood, he immediately relaxed his mind and his words became casual.

Li Li gently put down the chopsticks (chopsticks), raised the lamp to signal the two to drink together, and then happily bowed his head and said: "Don't hide what Gongjin said, it's true." In a blink of an eye, Hao'er and they are already two or three years old, but I have never taken their mother and son out of the city to play, so that Hao'er and they have never been out of Yiwu when they are so old. Today, I rarely have time, so I took them out for a walk and a look, so as not to leave regrets in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li rarely showed a bit of warmth, and his face was full of knowing smiles. This is the expression of true feelings, which also moved Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun after seeing them, touching the softest place in their hearts, and they couldn't help but smile warmly on their faces.

Indeed, looking at the many beauties walking in the apricot forest, it is really more beautiful than flowers, pleasing to the eye. In the meantime, it is accompanied by the innocent laughter and frolic sound of the children, and then there are new green hair, the breeze as a companion, and the scorching sun dotted in the meantime, this scene is intoxicating and warm.

Subsequently, the three of them talked in a low voice while eating and drinking, and laughed heartily from time to time, which was very harmonious and comfortable.

Hot wine is still boiling on the stove next to it, the scarlet charcoal is melting, and the wine exudes a rich and mellow aroma under the simmering fire, which is refreshing.

After a while, the wine and food were removed, and the maid put the pastries on the table again, at which time Li Li beckoned Li Zhi to sit down, and the four of them talked while drinking.

"In recent days, there have been a lot of gossips in the city, and many well-intentioned people have made a big fuss about the deeds of the two of you, wantonly exaggerated, and sinister intentions!" Slowly putting down the wine bottle, Li Li said softly disapprovingly.

Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun nodded lightly after hearing this, their expressions couldn't help but be a little melancholy, obviously bothered by rumors, but they couldn't argue, and they were miserable.

After a while, Zhou Yu sighed softly: "The rumors are as fierce as a tiger, and the last general didn't think it was true before, but now he is distressed." Therefore, today's lord beheaded Liu Fan and Liu Dan, the masterminds of spreading rumors, in public, and the final general was extremely in favor. For these people with ulterior motives, we must not be soft, otherwise these people will have no fear, become more and more unscrupulous, and do whatever they want. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Yu paused in his tone, looked at Li Li with a frank expression, and said frankly: "For the battle of Anyi, the last general originally wanted to defend himself, and falsely claimed that he did not know in advance that Sun Ce was trapped in the county guard, so he made an unforgivable mistake. But now, the last general doesn't want to deceive the lord, the battle of Anyi is indeed a knowingly committed act by the last general, and its purpose is nothing more than to take care of the righteousness of the former brothers, and he doesn't want to see the former righteous brother die in front of him. It is precisely because of this that there was a subsequent act of transgression, so that thousands of soldiers lost their lives because of my thoughts. Today, the last general will ask the lord for his guilt in person, and no matter how the lord punishes him, the last general will never complain! ”

"Bang!" Before the words fell, Zhou Yu got up and knelt in front of Li Li and bowed his head to plead guilty.

At the moment when Zhou Yu knelt on his knees, Li Li reached out and grabbed him, got up and helped him up, and sat back in his place. And Zhao Yun, who was about to speak on the side, was also stopped by Li Li raising his hand, so that Zhao Yun sat down in amazement and said no more.

After pressing Zhou Yu down and sitting down, Li Li casually poured a glass of wine for the two of them, and said frankly: "I already know the merits and demerits in the Anyi war. What Gong Jin did was wrong, but his feelings were pitiful and not unforgivable. In the past, when Gong Jin served me, he had a word in advance, and he did not want to be an enemy of Sun Ce in this life, so I also made a promise that one day I would spare Sun Ce's life, including his family.

Therefore, I had the opportunity to kill Sun Ce under Dongyuan City the previous time, but I finally spared his life, and granted him the edict of the Son of Heaven as he requested. It's just that what Sun Ce did afterwards made me very unhappy, left and right, stealing and playing tricks, not only recruiting tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but also coveting more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass hoarded in Hedong. Therefore, I deliberately punished him slightly, so that his bamboo basket would be empty, and all his calculations would be in vain. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li paused for a moment, looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Today, we will have an open and honest exchange between the main ministers. Indeed, as Gong Jin thought, in the battle of Anyi, I intended to use Gong Jin's hand to get rid of Sun Ce, so as to never suffer in the future. Because both you and I know Sun Ce's temper, once he is trapped in the mansion and cannot break out of the encirclement, Sun Ce will definitely not be restrained, and he will definitely fight to the end, and in the end he will inevitably die. Therefore, the purpose of Yang Chou leading his troops to besiege the county guard mansion was this, and he joined forces with Gong Jin to force Sun Ce to submit and cut himself off from the siege. It's a pity that this qiē couldn't hide it from Gong Jin after all, and you saw through the mystery, so that a scene of cannibalism was staged, so that Sun Ce took the opportunity to escape and survived.

As far as this matter is concerned, if I am not angry at all, Hugh says that Gongjin does not believe it, and even I myself do not believe it. It is said that I, Li Li, are generous-minded, but I have not yet been generous to this kind of Cheng Dù, and my soldiers and horses have defected to each other, not only killing each other, but also letting go of the great enemy of life in vain. If this kind of thing is placed on any prince, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to deal with it calmly, and I am naturally no exception. However, when I calmed down afterwards and looked back, what Gong Jin did was also reasonable, and I fulfilled my promise again. After all, I have the word first, how can I break my word and get fat?

Therefore, this is the end of the matter, and there is no need to mention it in the future. At the same time, the brotherhood between Gongjin and Sun Ce also ended here. I don't know if Gongjin has any objections? ”

———————————————— (To be continued......)