Zhou Ping carefully held his two-month-old daughter in the room and said some farewell words to Gan Qian. He would leave Xiapi tomorrow.
"Is it true that Lang Jun will not take Ziwei with him when he goes out this time?" Gan Qian asked softly.
"I'm going out this time. I don't know when I'll be back. He will get married in ten days. I won't take him with me this time. I'll let him stay in Xiapi to get married. I won't be here. You can help with the arrangements then."
"I heard that there are many thieves in Danyang Mountain. When Lang Jun goes this time, it would be better if Ziwei is by his side to protect him. Can't he wait until Ziwei gets married before leaving?" Gan Qian was also worried about Zhou Ping's safety.
Zhou Ping gently rocked his daughter who was about to fall asleep and said softly: "This matter is urgent and we can't wait any longer. With Zhong Kang protecting me, I will be fine. Don't worry."
Hearing what Zhou Ping said, Gan Qian couldn't say anything more and just sighed: "If you don't take Ziwei with you, he is hiding in the room crying!"
"Haha, this Ziwei is crying even though he is such an adult. I will go talk to him later."
Zhou Ping coaxed his daughter to sleep, gently laid her down on the bed, and then came outside Zhang Wu's room.
When he opened the door and went in, he saw Zhang Wu standing in the room, silently wiping away tears.
"A man won't shed tears easily. What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Ping approached and asked knowingly.
"Young Master, why don't you take me with you when you travel?" Zhang Wu asked while crying.
"Didn't I tell you that you are about to get married. This is a major event in life. How can you miss it just because you travel with me?"
Zhang Wu wiped away his tears again and said, "Young Master, you can wait until I get married before leaving."
"This... I have Zhong Kang and thirty tiger soldiers to protect me. Everything will be fine. You can rest assured to stay here and get married. When the lord sends out troops, you can follow me. Then you can come to me.
Already."
Zhou Ping patiently comforted him.
"Young Master once said that you should repay a favor without losing your virtue. Young Lord saved my life. Now that Young Lord is about to travel, how can I not be by your side to protect him!"
Zhou Ping was stunned. It seemed that Zhang Wu was not stupid, and he knew how to apply what he had learned.
"Haha, it is natural to repay kindness when you know it, but this kind of kindness is like merit. If you make a contribution and get a reward, the merit is equal. If you give a favor and get repayment, the favor is also exhausted. Although I have saved you, but
You have been protecting me for several years and have repaid your kindness. Besides, you are just not with me for the time being, it is not that you will never be by my side."
"All I know is that I will repay you forever for saving my life!" Zhang Wu refused to give up.
"Then you can come back to me after you get married."
Zhang Wu stopped talking and continued to wipe his tears.
After his father died, he wandered around alone, almost starving to death. It was Zhou Ping who saved him and kept him by his side. Zhou Ping is now like a father, brother and master to him. He is also the only person Zhang Wu cares about in this world.
people.
Zhou Ping was about to travel and was in danger. Zhang Wu felt that as Zhou Ping's bodyguard, how could he not be by his side to protect him.
However, he also knew that Zhou Ping always spoke the truth and there was no room for negotiation with him, so he did not plead, but hid alone in the room, wiping tears secretly because he felt sad.
Early the next morning, Xu Chu brought thirty knights from the Hu Shi camp to Zhou Lai's house to wait.
Zhou Ping bid farewell to Gan Qian in the room.
Zhang Wu was carrying a bow and arrow and stood outside the door with Ah Shui.
"Ziwei, you didn't go with Shaojun this time, why don't you let Shaojun ride your red rabbit horse." Ah Shui smiled at Zhang Wu.
"No." Zhang Wu refused quickly and firmly, "Young Master has his own horse."
Ah Shui looked at Zhang Wu in shock, wondering why Zhang Wu refused to give up the red rabbit horse to Zhou Ping.
He knew that Zhang Wu was willing to block Zhou Ping's arrows and would risk his life for him, but now he refused to give up the red rabbit horse. This was incredible.
Zhou Ping looked at Gan Qian and her daughter affectionately in the room and walked out of the room.
"You have to protect them while I'm away." Zhou Ping looked at Zhang Wu who was standing next to him, "Once you marry a wife, you will become a real adult. You can't shed tears casually in the future."
Zhang Wu just nodded silently and did not respond.
Gan Qian held her daughter in her arms and sent Zhou Ping out of the gate with Zhang Wu Ah Shui.
In addition to Xu Chu and thirty tiger soldiers, Zhou Ping also brought ten of his own guards, mainly to deliver news on the road.
The group of people rode away and left the city from the south.
Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Jin and others out of the city to see them off in person. Afterwards, he told Xu Chu to protect Zhou Ping's safety, and then watched them run straight south.
The reason why Zhou Ping was in a hurry to leave was that it was already early December of the second year of Xingping. According to the plan, Liu Bei would lead troops to attack Yuan Shu in more than a month, so he had to convince Taishi Ci and Lu Su as soon as possible.
Let them lead the troops together to help.
The second reason was that he was afraid that Sun Ce would lead an army to attack Taishi Ci, capture him and make him surrender.
Now Taishi Ci is the enemy of Sun Ce and has a group of soldiers in his hands, and Liu Yao has gone to Yuzhang to hide. It is the easiest time to subdue him. If he can be subdued, Liu Bei will have another strong general.
It will become easier to pacify the world.
Originally, letting Taishi Ci stay in Danyang would be helpful to attack Sun Ce in the future, but Zhou Ping was afraid that he would be subdued by Sun Ce. In that case, instead of getting help, he would gain a powerful enemy. It would be better to let him leave now.
Jiangdong.
According to Zhou Ping's idea, if Tai Shici is willing to lead troops to help Liu Bei attack Yuan Shu and capture Jiujiang, he can be appointed as the governor of Jiujiang.
And if Lu Su is willing to lead the crowd to vote, he can wait until Lujiang is captured before he can be appointed as the governor of Lujiang.
With these two people guarding Jiujiang and Lujiang, it will be easier whether they want to cross the river to attack Sun Ce or guard the two counties.
Zhou Ping led everyone in a hurry, covering more than a hundred miles a day. Two days later, when they were about to reach Suiling, a guard came from behind and rushed to the front, saying to Zhou Ping: "Young Master, Zhang Ziwei is following us."
"Go and get him." Zhou Ping reined in his horse and stopped.
Soon, Zhang Wu ran to Zhou Ping on a red rabbit horse with a bow and arrows on his back.
"Why did you come here? Didn't I ask you to stay in Xiapi and get married?"
Zhou Ping asked seriously with a straight face.
Zhang Wu grinned and responded: "Young Master, I'm only nineteen years old, so there's no rush."
"you……"
The good ones don't learn, but the bad ones learn quickly. It's true that everyone has his own master, and he actually learned to escape from marriage.
Zhou Ping didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a while he cursed: "If you sneak out like this, what will happen to your marriage? How will Zhuge Zhizhong explain it to his wife's family?"
"I have already gone to Zhuge Zhizhong and told him that if the girl agrees to wait, I will wait. If she does not agree, I will not wait. I remember Shaojun said, there is no need for a man to have a wife, and why bother to wait for a while. Still.
There is no way to go without friends, and no one in the world knows you, hehehe..."
After Zhang Wu finished speaking, he grinned again. Zhou Ping taught him a lesson on weekdays, that is, don’t hit someone with a smiling face.
Xu Chu joked from the side: "Ziwei, did you learn this from your husband?"
When Zhou Ping escaped from marriage several times before, he always ran to Xu Chu to escape. He had long known Zhou Ping's stories.
Zhou Ping had no choice but to take Zhang Wu with him and continue running south.