The little red horse was a maroon-red young horse that Yan Xing gave her last time on her birthday. The little girl loved it very much after seeing it.

Looking at her cute little girl, Yan Xing laughed, bent down and pinched her pink face, but deliberately tightened her face and said in displeasure:

"Brother has just returned from work, and his hands and feet are sore, and Wan'er doesn't help pounding. There is also a sachet that I lost to my elder brother last time. Wan'er has not yet embroidered it. Why do you ask me to take you to ride a little red horse?"

"Hmph!" After hearing this, the girl wrinkled her nose and turned her back to ignore Yan Xing, but her little hands were still holding Yan Xing's sleeve tightly and refused to relax.

Yan Xing saw the little girl's bulging cheeks from the side, smiled knowingly, bent over and turned her face over, and the little girl said no, and didn't look at him.

Seeing this, Yan Xing was helpless and had to coax him in a flattering tone:

"Wan'er is so angry, OK OK, brother deliberately lied to you, don't be angry!"

"Hmph!" The little girl turned her head and didn't look at Yan Xing, and said angrily:

"A few days ago, my father also told Wan'er that my eldest brother had a serious business and should not bother him all day long. You just need to be serious business and don't want Wan'er! My father is bad, my eldest brother is bad, no! My eldest brother is even worse!"

Speaking of this, the little girl secretly turned around and glanced at Yan Xing. She happened to meet Yan Xing's gaze coming. Her little face turned red and she hurriedly turned over again.

"Uh" Yan Xing didn't expect that his father would say such things to his younger sister. Although his father held this only daughter like a pearl in his hand, he really didn't like her very much, just because he didn't care much about it.

But now we still have to coax the little girl, so Yan Xing pinched her little face again and said:

"Okay, okay, it's the eldest brother who is bad. Come on, beat the bad guy, beat the bad guy!"

After saying that, he grabbed the little girl's pink fist and hit her chest. After a few punches, the little girl's aura subsided. She giggled and broke away and grabbed Yan Xing's sleeve.

"I'm not angry, then brother will take Wan'er to ride the little red horse!" Yan Xing smiled and picked up the little sister and turned it around for a few times, making her laugh again.

After putting her down, the little girl asked tentatively while tidying up her hair that had just flew around in the air:

"Brother has some serious business to work with. I really want to accompany Wan'er to ride a little red horse?"

"There is no serious matter. In the eyes of my elder brother, Wan'er's business is the most important thing! Let's ride the little red horse!"

"Okay, brother wants to take Wan'er to ride a little red horse!"

Yan Xing pulled his most doting little sister and ran out of the yard with a smile.

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Hanyang County Jicheng

The Hanyang prefect Fu Xie was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a wall on the top of the city, watching with sad faces as the teams of rebel cavalry outside the city pass by and leave.

Since more than ten days ago, soldiers who fled back from Didao one after another, they brought back horrifying news: the soldiers and horses of the six counties gathered together for the state were rebelled in Didao, Fang Bo and Zhizhong were both martyred, the kingdom, Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops rushed straight to Jicheng......

Fu Xie grew up in the north since he was young and joined the army to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It can be said that he has been through a long battle. Although he was scared by the bad news at the beginning, he quickly calmed down. While sending multiple groups of scouts to the west to inquire about the news, he began to step up the repair of the city defense and rectify the troops. Because of Geng Bi and Cheng Qiu went on the battle, he almost took away all the troops in Jicheng. In all his eagerness, Fu Xie could not summon enough soldiers and could only temporarily draw the men from the city's tribes and Guizhou Shou to help defend the city.

Unexpectedly, on the night two days ago, there were riots in the city. There were powerful clans and rebels secretly mingling with each other and gathered people to capture the city. Although the riot was quickly suppressed by Fu Xie with his iron-blooded wrist, the powerful who took the lead was also awarded the title. However, after this chaos in the city, and Fang Bo, who had been secretly circulating on the streets and alleys these days, was dead, and the rebels were soon to be at the city. The people of Ji City were already in panic and uneasy, and even some subordinates in the county government were discussing privately how to preserve their lives and property after the rebels broke through the city.

Faced with this dangerous situation, Fu Xie became more and more excited. He studied under the great scholar Liu Kuan when he was young, and was influenced by traditional classics. He envied Confucius' disciple Nan Rong Sanfu Bai Gui's allusion, and changed his character "Youqi" to "Nan Rong" to encourage himself to imitate his ancestors and hone his reputation.

When he was in his prime, he did not avoid the edge of the army and made many achievements in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He lived in the temple and shouted loudly in the face of the proposal of abandoning Liangzhou by Situ Cui Lie of the dynasty, saying bluntly that "beheading Situ, the world will be safe." When the arrogant Zhongchang Shi Zhao Zhong extended an olive branch to him and made a promise of title to marquis "Southern Rong answered my marquis, and the marquis of thousands of households is not enough to obtain", he refused seriously and refused to bow to the eunuch. After decades of studying, his experience in joining the army and his persistent scholarly integrity not only forges Fu Xie's firm appearance, but also creates a green and bloody heart that would rather die than surrender.

Fu Xie, who was already in the arms of Jicheng, sent the last group of messengers to Sanfu before the rebel forces surrounded him, and then summoned the only remaining Ding Zhuang in the city to go up to the city and prepare to defend the city wall.

Unfortunately, Han Sui did not attack Jicheng in a hasty way. After joining the troops at Didao, they took advantage of the victory to advance east along the north bank of the Wei River and sent vanguards to attack Jicheng. The vanguards saw the remaining defenders on the city head and all looked silent and planned to defend the city wall. In addition, considering Fu Xie's reputation in the north, they wisely chose to remain calm. While sending some troops to plunder, they were preparing to join forces with the rear army to attack Jicheng. However, Fu Xie in the city had few soldiers and horses, facing the division of troops and plundering of the rebels, they could only watch on the city wall, but they could not stop the rebels' actions.

Suddenly, there were sounds at the northwest corner of the city wall. Fu Xie was shocked when he heard the sound. He was worried that the rebels would take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city, so he hurried to the place.

When Fu Xie arrived nearby, he found that it was not the rebels who were trying to attack the city. But about two thousand Hu cavalry were kneeling down on the ground across the moat and shouting loudly at the city wall. Fu Xie was suspicious and heard it, it turned out that Hu cavalry was calling for him to leave the city, and they were escorting him to send him back to his hometown in the north.

Fu Xie was good at Fushun Qiang and Hu. Since he took office as Hanyang, he has been recruiting rebels. Many Qiang and Hu have been grateful for their kindness and came to surrender. Fu Xie also comforted them and settled down with Yan Yuese, and opened up military farms to more than 40 battalions. Although the rebels were at the city, the surrendered people and horses soon joined the rebels again or fled everywhere, some people were still grateful for Fu Xie's past kindness and decided to escort Fu Xie home.

Although the people of Qiang and Hu rebelled repeatedly, Fu Xie, who grew up in the north, knew that they also had their own opinions and perseverance in glory, tradition, and Xinyi. For example, when Boyu, Beigong and Li Wenhou raised their troops in the first year of Zhongping, Liangzhou was full of smoke. Gai Xun was the chief of Hanyang at that time. He rebeled from Qiang, besieged Xia Yu, the captain of the Qiang, and Gai Xun and the prefectures and counties joined forces to rescue him. On the way, they were ambushed by most of the rebels. Gai Xun charged forward and was defeated several times, but they were outnumbered and eventually defeated. However, Dian Wu, a tribe master of the Qiang, admired Gai Xun's bravery and loyalty, and believed that "Gai Changshi's wise man, and you killed him was to betray the heavens." After the war, the seriously injured Gai Xun was escorted back to Hanyang. Now these Hu cavalry admired Fu Xie's loyalty and courage and wanted to escort Fu Xie back to his hometown.

Looking at the Qiang, which had different clothes outside the city, the Hu people knelt down on the ground and yelled to ask him to abandon the city and return home. Fu Xie felt sad for a moment. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him. Fu Xie did not look back. At this time, there was no one else who could stand on the top of the city and come and go freely except for his few of his confidants.

The person who came was the chief clerk Yang Hui and his thirteen-year-old son Fu Gan. Seeing the sound of thousands of people outside the city shouting together, Fu Gan's tender face couldn't help but change color. When he realized that he quickly looked at Yang Hui and found that Yang Hui's eyes had turned from outside the city to him. Fu Gan's cheeks turned red, and he quickly turned to his father's father's straight back. He remembered his father's fierce and unyielding temperament. He sighed and walked forward a few steps to his father alone.

"The country is in chaos, so the greats are not tolerated by the court. Today, the subordinates have rebelled, but the troops are not enough to defend themselves. The Qiang and Hu in the village were first given kindness and wanted to abandon the county and return, and they would like to promise them. Xu went to the village and led the Li Yishu, and saw that there was a way and assisted them to help the world--"

These days, Fu Gan and Yang Hui have been worried that with their father's usual upright nature, they must live and die with Jicheng. Today, taking advantage of the opportunity of Hu Qi outside the city to support Fu Xie's return home, Fu Gan couldn't help but say everything in his heart, and wanted to persuade his father. Since the Qiang Rebellion, there have been countless officials who abandoned the county and county, and his father has made great achievements but cannot be named a marquis. Geng Bi and Cheng Qiu are greedy for merit and make trouble. There is no need for everyone to defend this dangerous city for the court.

Unfortunately, he was interrupted by Fu Xie's stern words halfway through.

"Don't do it, do you know that I will die?"

Fu Xie turned around and faced Fu Gan and Yang Hui, his eyes were bright, righteous, and his majestic voice also raised a little.

"The 'Sages are the next one to keep the ritual'. Moreover, the tyranny of Zhou Zhou was violent, and Boyi died without eating Zhou grain, and Zhongni claimed to be a wise man. Now the court is not very Zhou of Shang, how can my virtue be eliminated? I cannot raise my ambitions in the world, and I want to avoid it because I am afraid of eating and saving money? Why do I do this? I will die like this!"

These words were righteous and stern, and Fu Xie had the intention of serving the country with death, even the chief clerk Yang Hui had no way to refute and persuade him. He fell into speechless silence on the top of the city. Fu Xie looked at Fu Gan's tender face again, sighed, looked at his child who had not yet reached the top, and said earnestly:

"You have talent and encouragement. The chief clerk Yang Hui is my Cheng Ying."

It is said that Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu were both righteous men in Jin who saved the orphans of Zhao. They compared their chief clerk to Cheng Ying, which was to formally entrust the orphan in private.

Fu Xie stretched out his big hand and gently stroked Fu Gan's hair, with tears in his eyes and sighed softly:

"Crazy, crazy!"
Chapter completed!