Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Lu Bu returned to Jinyang on New Year's Eve. It was just getting dark when he arrived at the Tulou. A New Year's Eve Nuo-chasing ceremony had just begun on the training ground to the east of the Tulou, which was used to train troops.

The Fang Xiang who performed the Nuo dance wore a mask on his head and bear skin on his palms, held a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. Behind him were twelve children who also wore masks. They held torches and jumped and danced around the bonfire to drive away ghosts and epidemics.

His two sons, with their heads wrapped in red scarves and small torches in hand, surrounded the Nuo dancers with a group of other children and shouted in unison, "Jia eats evil, Lu Wei eats tigers, Xiong Bo eats ghosts, Teng Jian eats bad luck, Lan Zhu eats misfortune, Bo Qi eats dreams, Qiang Liang Zu Ming eats crucified corpses and parasites, Wei Sui eats Guan, Cuo Duan eats giants, Qiong Qi and Teng Gen eat poisonous insects."

Ju Hu, Tian Zhan and others took gongs and drums and beat them everywhere to drive away the evil spirits. Zhang Ji held two handfuls of unknown dry herbs in his hands and swept them over the heads of each child one by one like a Taoist priest, obviously to drive away the plague for them.

The children also began to show off their magical weapons. Qian'er drew a wooden sword from his waist and demonstrated it in a very professional manner.

Zhen'er took the wooden tower that Amo had carved for him, put his right index and middle fingers together, pointed at the night sky and then at the wooden tower, acting as the Heavenly King Li who holds the tower and captures the demon.

Wei Zhong (Wei Xu's son) had a bamboo ring around his neck and was shaking a red cloth vigorously. If you didn't know, you would think he was having an epileptic seizure.

Wenyuan's son Zhang Hu had two long feathers stuck on his head. He was scratching his cheeks and ears, and waving a stick. If you ignore the flesh on his face, he looks quite like Monkey King.

There were also Hua Xiong's son Hua Feng, Chang Lin's son Chang Shi, Gao Shun's son Gao Jun, Xu Chu's daughter Xu Qi, Du Fei's sons Du Yu and Du Lin, and Qu Yi's son Qu Gang. These seven gourd brothers, each with a small gourd on their heads, were circling around Zhang Ji, calling him Grandpa...

Lu Bu looked around the room. The magic weapons displayed by the children were all from Amo's storybook, except for Yuan Shang who was holding a piece of paper in his hand.

When Lu Bu walked a few steps closer and took a look, his face immediately turned black. If he was not mistaken, the portrait on it was of himself and Amo, which was painted based on the sculpture in the Temple of Wu Qu Fairy.

Yuan Shang held the portrait high in his hands, muttering something, and with each sentence he placed it on a child. Lu Bu walked closer and heard the little guy's words, "Wu Qu Fairy, your magical powers are boundless. All evil spirits, step aside!"

Lu Bu burst out laughing. This kid is usually confused, but today he is the smartest one!

The parade grounds were filled with the chaos of children's laughter and joy. Lu Bu's resolute facial lines softened little by little. This must be the happy childhood she wanted to create for all the children in the world, without famine, disaster or disease!

He looked up at the northern sky. The Big Dipper was shining like diamonds. Under that starry sky, he wondered what she was doing at that moment?

She covered her heart with her right hand, and her heart, which had been beating regularly, suddenly palpitated twice, expressing her endless longing for them.

"Daddy! Daddy is back!"

A crisp shout interrupted Lu Bu's thoughts. He blinked his moist eyes and looked in the direction of the sound. Xuan'er was running towards him with her short legs. Lu Bu hurried over and picked her up amid his daughter's cheerful laughter.

Lu Xuan hugged Lu Bu's neck, kissed his face with her little mouth, and giggled, "Daddy is back! That's great! That's great!"

Listening to his daughter's soft voice, Lu Bu's heart softened.

The children who were having fun saw Lu Bu and gathered around to exorcise the evil spirits. However, Lu Zhen was like a monkey, holding onto his thighs and trying to climb up, shouting that he also wanted a hug. Lu Bu bent down and picked him up, holding one in each hand and letting the children play.

Seeing Lu Bu coming back, Meixiang handed her five-month-old son Guan Hao to the maid next to her and hurried back to the earth building to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Ever since Guan Hai's troops entered Jinyang, Meixiang returned to the Tulou to be the housekeeper, keeping the place in perfect order inside and out, and she was like Amo's best wife.

After the Nuo-chasing ceremony, Lu Bu took the children back to the earth building to have the New Year's Eve dinner.

In the dining room on the first floor of the earth building, two large round tables are already filled with various foods, including golden roasted cumin lamb chops, fragrant chicken stewed with mushrooms, sour and delicious lotus root vermicelli in sour soup, crispy fried lotus root boxes, eight-treasure rice, braised pork elbow, stir-fried mung bean sprouts, stewed pork ribs with radish, and grilled sausages.

In addition to the main dishes, there are also various snacks that ancient children have never seen, such as cakes, biscuits, chestnut cakes, lotus leaf rolls, etc.

The children automatically divided into two groups. The older ones such as Tian Zhan, Ju Hu, Zhang Xiu, and Ma Chao sat at one table, and the other children sat at another table. Except for a few children who were close to Lu Qian and often came here to eat, the others had never eaten dishes cooked in this way. They ate with their mouths full of oil and their stomachs round.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the children whose families were in Jinyang all went home, except Yuan Shang, Qu Gang, Gao Jun, Wei Zhong, Zhang Hu, and Zhang He's son Zhang Xiong who stayed in the earth building to celebrate the New Year. These children were sent to Jinyang by their families to study. Some of them came simply to study, while others were sent by their fathers to show their loyalty.

The night was long, and Lu Qian went to the study to get a few chess sets to play with his friends, including land war chess, chess, beast fighting chess, flying chess, and of course Go.

Yuan Shang was the first to rush over and take the flying chess to play with Lu Zhen and Lu Xuan, because he knew that this was the only game that did not require much brainpower, and the victory or defeat depended almost entirely on luck.

Lu Qian glanced at Yuan Shang who was fooling his younger brothers and sisters again, shook his head speechlessly, and turned to explain to everyone how to play various chess games. After listening, Qu Gang also wanted to play flying chess, but seeing that Lu Zhen and Lu Xuan were too young, he felt embarrassed to bully the weak, so he played beast fighting chess with Wei Zhong.

The sons of several other military generals all wanted to play land war chess and Chinese chess, but no one was interested in the old antique Go.

Yuan Shang rolled the dice and kindly reminded everyone, "You can't beat my big brother. To be honest, I've been playing with him for over half a year, and I've never beaten him once. He even gave me a chariot, a horse, and a cannon in chess, and I still couldn't beat him. So don't try to bully me."

Seeing everyone's surprised and suspicious eyes, Lu Qian said with a smile, "Don't take it seriously. He always likes to measure others by his own level."

Everyone started playing chess. Lu Qian instructed everyone. He really didn't want to bully these friends who had just learned to play chess, so he let them play in pairs. He walked over to watch Yuan Shang and the other two playing flying chess.

Seeing him coming, Yuan Shang's face changed. He wanted to say he was just watching the chess game, but Lu Xuan immediately shouted, "Brother, help me."

Then, under Lu Qian's guidance, Lu Xuan, who was originally at the back, fought back and shot down two planes of Yuan Shang in front of him. The flying chess, which basically relies on luck, could be played in a variety of ways in his hands.

Lu Xuan was so happy that she danced with joy, while Yuan Shang looked depressed. Lu Qian patted his sister's head and said with a smile, "This is because your brother Shang is giving in to you."

At midnight, Lu Bu took the children outside to set off firecrackers.

A group of people gathered in the courtyard of the earth building, throwing pieces of shaved bamboo into the fire, shouting with laughter as they did so, "We can ward off evil spirits and use firecrackers to keep us safe."

Once the bamboo joints are roasted, they immediately make crackling sounds similar to firecrackers. These are real firecrackers!

After everyone played for most of the night, Lu Bu took his three children back to the house, and the other children were taken to their temporary bedrooms by servants. The earth building, which had been bustling all day, became quiet. However, just as the children fell asleep, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Someone knocked on the door at this time, which must be an emergency. Lu Bu's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling. He sat up and felt carefully for a while. He felt no discomfort in his chest, so he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to open the door and ask.

The door to the earthen building opened, and Lü Bu had already come down. Du Fei hurried in, stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I just received news from the Jizhou Flying Eagle that Gao Lan of Zhongshan State has rebelled!"