Lei Yuan woke up around Xu hour that night.

The indoor light is like a bean, and the moonlight passes through the trees and window lattices beside the eaves, casting mottled black shadows on the gables.

He felt that his wounds had been medicine, rebanded, and had changed into clean clothes. However, when he was asleep, his hair was stuck to his forehead, mixed with sweat, and his back was wet and uncomfortable. He stood up and found that the strong sense of weakness seemed to have disappeared, so he pushed the door and went out to the front yard to get water to wash his face and wipe his body.

The front yard was very lively. There was a fire pit and a stove on one side of the yard. The cavalry gathered there to eat and drink, and happily talked about the thrilling deeds that had just passed. Among them, the two brothers Fan Hong and Fan Feng were the ones who were the ones who were sent back in advance by Lei Yuan. Wang Yan and Wang Bei were unable to participate in this feat. They couldn't help but beat their chests and stamped their feet. After boasting about each other for a while, someone suddenly mentioned Sun Ci, so everyone calmed down instantly. The military situation was urgent, and some things were really unattended, so Sun Ci's body was buried in a certain hillside. Thinking that Cao's army was coming, everyone understood that they would not have the opportunity to worship in the future.

During this quietness, Lei Yuan's footsteps became clear. Everyone quickly stood up to salute. Lei Yuan waved his hand to signal them to take their own basins to the well to fetch water.

Not far from the well, Li Zhen built a rack with firewood and was holding a knife in his hand to peel a dead dog hanging upside down on the rack. This dog was the prey he shot on the way back. He started from the position of his hind legs and pulled the brown fur down, revealing white fat, tendons and red muscles. As he moved, blood flowed down from his torso and quickly penetrated into the ground. Li Zhen kept his head silenced his prey, and even did not notice Lei Yuan standing beside him.

Lei Yuan didn't mind. Li Fu said it well. His grandson was really a good hunter. This young man has experienced too much in the past few days. Doing things he is used to and preparing some food he likes. Perhaps it is his own way of comforting himself. Although the place where he handled the prey was too close to the well water, Lei Yuan was a little worried that he would have lost the well water. Turning back and thinking, it was just around the corner that everyone was evacuating the camp, and he was still concerned about what he did. In addition...

"Hanzhang, this dog is so fat, I'm afraid I've eaten too much carrion." Lei Yuan finally couldn't help but remind him.

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment before he understood what Lei Yuan said about rotten meat. He instantly thought of countless people going to the empty village in the wilderness. There were often smelling the stench of rotten corpses. It was a place where wild dogs were happy to appear. Li Zhen himself often saw many wild dogs biting, fighting for each other to fight for the bloody and rotten internal organs dragged out of the corpses. But this half-stolen child was a little confused and had never thought about this direction before.

Li Zhen's excited face suddenly changed. He threw the knife in disgust and walked to a corner of the courtyard to sit down and sulk.

Lei Yuan smiled, carefully avoided the wounds, and sprinkled the well water on his face and body. The cold water made Lei Yuan feel excited. He felt a little hungry, so he put on his clothes, sprinkled a bowl of hot water into the big pot on the stove, and then asked, "What's there to eat?"

"Yes! Yes!" The cavalrymen agreed repeatedly. They stood up one after another and gave up a piece of open space by the fire pit. Someone lifted up a cauldron buried by the fire pit, lifted the lid, and the aroma of meat immediately came from it.

A confidant named Fu En was cooking behind the fire pit, but he ran out and diligently set up a small wooden beard bed for him. When Lei Yuan sat down, Song Jing happily moved out the case from the wing room and placed it in front of Lei Yuan.

Such a service is awkward no matter how you look at it. Lei Yuan knew that the guards wanted to express their respect with this, but the sudden and careful service of these rough people made people feel really strange. Lei Yuan raised his feet and acted to kick Song Jing: "Don't act like this!"

Song Jing grinned, he hid sideways a little exaggeratedly, but almost ran into Wang Yan holding the cauldron.

"Get out of the way, be careful!" Wang Yan scolded and placed the pot in the center of the desk.

"I just heard them boasting, and I realized that the little husband was like this...so..." Wang Yan was a little excited, so he was so exhausted that he simply said: "I have worked hard all the way, just eat some good things!"

Li Zhen suddenly rushed over, looked at the cauldron, and showed a drooling expression. Wang Yan smiled and pushed the half of the child away.

The pot was filled with bean porridge, and a few pieces of freshly roasted jerky were placed, and the surface was sprinkled with salted bean curd. The Lei family in Lujiang was a local tyrant, not a high-ranking family that was eaten by Zhongming Ding. The children of the clan were not extravagant to serve themselves, and they have been somewhat embarrassed in recent years. For Lei Yuan, jerky and salted bean curd are rare good things, and I don’t know where these entourages got it.

Just as Lei Yuan's index finger moved, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly knocked.

Wang Yan went to Yingmen and soon returned to the courtyard, saying to Lei Yuan: "The general sent someone to summon Xiaolangjun and ask Xiaolangjun to go now."

"Can you tell me if someone is coming?" Lei Yuan looked at the food in the cauldron without raising his head.

Wang Yan lowered his head and said, "I have never mentioned it."

Lei Yuan said unhappily: "Since I haven't said it, there's nothing urgent. Let me eat something before leaving."

Wang Yan hurriedly said, "Young Master, it's time for the enemy to be in the face of the enemy. Since the general is called, there must be something important. We should always put the overall situation first, not..."

"Okay, okay, I understand." Lei Yuan interrupted Wang Yan's words. He frowned and stood up, but he was still moving.

The entourage looked at each other and did not dare to speak. After a while, they saw Lei Yuan slowly tidy up his hair, robe and clothes, and then walked out.

Wang Yan watched him push the door and wanted to chase after him and say a few more words, but Guo Jing stopped him.

Guo Jing stood by the fire pit, holding his hands in his chest, watching Lei Yuan's figure disappear outside the door.

"This is a matter between father and son, why do you have to say more? The little man has his own ideas." He said in a deep voice.

Wang Yan was silent for a moment and muttered a few words in a low voice. I don’t know when the young man gradually changed. Although he still respected him, Wang Yan understood that the young man’s character became more and more decisive and he no longer relied on anyone. The old soldier felt a little relieved and a little disappointed in this.

Lei Yuanbu left the courtyard and saw a strongly-soldier who described as a tough warrior waiting. Lei Yuan recognized that this person was Xie Mu. He had followed his father for many years and was the loyal leader of the personal guard.

Lei Yuan bowed to him and followed him to the center of the mansion. Not long after walking, he heard the rapid footsteps behind him. It turned out that Fan Hong and Fan Feng were coming and stayed silently. Lei Yuan smiled at them and continued to move forward.

It was already dark, and Xie Mu held a pine torch in front of him and illuminated the road with shadowy fire. The sound of packing things came from many courtyards on the road, which was very different from the tranquility of the past; some courtyards were dark and empty, and the residents in the courtyard had already followed the front team to enter the deep mountains.

The cold air at night passed through the robe, which made Lei Yuan's mind clearer. Lei Yuan thought about it carefully. In addition, he had only seen his father five times this year in the meeting hall. He did not think that his father would hate him, but the alienation between father and son and lack of trust between each other was a fact. This was related to his mother's early death. There may be many grudges and entanglements of the previous generation, and it may also involve the power struggle between political forces and rich families between the Jianghuai River. However, all this has changed and there is no way to start. Lei Yuan felt that since there was no black cloth around him, the magical swordsman named Wuzhu was accompanying him, it would be meaningless to be entangled with these; at this critical moment, those who intend to be promising cannot be controlled by emotions.

The important thing at the moment is to figure out two things as soon as possible: First, since Cao Gong's army arrived, Cao's army in Shouchun and Hefei would definitely cooperate with it; then, how will the troops and horses of the two sides cooperate and coordinate, and what impact will the situation have on the situation? If you think further, even the general Zang Ba, who is in charge of Qingxu and the other prefectures, will take action and have to make some prevention; Second, since the situation has changed drastically, the original strategy must be adjusted accordingly, and the speed of retreat of the people must be accelerated. Lei Hu's troops, which are on the front line of the six counties, were originally bluffing to delay the Cao army. However, since the Cao army has accumulated a large number of times the strength is several times the previous one, how can the bluffing still work? It is best for this army to evacuate as soon as possible and not to die.

Thinking of this, Lei Yuan felt a little helpless. After all, he was not the actual general who led the army, and he was not even qualified to participate in the military discussion. He always felt like he was scratching his feet when analyzing the situation. Perhaps, he would get more information from his father in a while?

When he passed through several portals, lifted up the curtains, and saw Lei Xu, who was half lying and half sitting in the dim light and shadow, he felt that Lei Xu was even worse than a few days ago. Lei Xu's face seemed to be thinner; his face was a little more energetic than before, but his eyes were covered with blood, as if he was about to bulge out of his eye sockets; a brazier was placed beside the couch, and the bursting sparks sometimes fell on the corner of his robe. This distance was enough to make ordinary people feel unbearable, but Lei Xu looked unaware of it. The brave man who had been through many battles and traveled to countless battlefields in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and was a powerful general with his brother Lei Bo, inevitably walked towards the end of his life.

This scene made Lei Yuan feel the uncontrollable compassion deep in his heart. No matter what, this person is his father in this life. He has been tortured by illness to this extent and is still striving to bear the life and death of tens of thousands of people between the Jianghuai River. As a son of man, perhaps he should think about what to do for him.

He couldn't help but take a few steps and whispered: "Father, the child is here."

Lei Xu saw his second son standing in front of him and wanted to speak, but he gasped violently. The sound of a bellows swelling from his lungs, accompanied by an indescribable stench, spreading into the air. A maid held a copper basin in both hands and knelt beside Lei Xu. Lei Xu gasped for a while, spitting out a large mouthful of thick phlegm into the copper basin, and then slowly said: "You have been back for a long time, and you never thought of wanting to report your life? Do you have to send someone to invite me?"

Lei Yuan bowed slightly, lowering his head and not answering.
Chapter completed!