Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Hedong Commandery, Anyi County.

In the early morning, the dew after the Cold Dew solar term condenses on the emerald green leaves, and with the direct sunlight of the morning, the water droplets condense and bend the leaves.

The bee, hiding under the leaves, fluttered its wings, searching for the most beautiful flower in the garden.

A young man of about twenty years old was standing anxiously in front of the gate of a villa, pacing back and forth with his hands clasped together.

"Stone, can you please stop beating around the bush? It's making my head spin."

Wang Hunu rolled his eyes at Tie Shitou and said with a wry smile, "Having followed Lord Junhou through thick and thin for so long, what kind of battles haven't I seen? What are you up to?"

Tie Shitou stopped and glared at Wang Hunu, who was standing not far away, saying, "How can these be the same?"

"Can this be the same?"

"You'll know when it's your turn."

"This feels different! I'm going to be a father!"

"cut."

Wang Hunu turned his head and scoffed disdainfully.

If they were of normal age, like Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, their children would usually be several years old.

When they first followed Duan Yu in Jinyang, they were all fourteen or fifteen-year-old youths.

It was also the age for marriage.

However, he has followed Duan Yu in his campaigns over the past few years and has never gotten married.

It wasn't until after the campaign against the Yellow Turbans ended, and after I returned to Bingzhou from Jizhou, that my family arranged a marriage for me.

Tie Shitou was just a village boy back then.

But now Tie Shitou has long since shed his naivety and become a general by Duan Yu's side.

Their social status is naturally different.

In Jinyang, there are so many good girls who want to marry Tie Shitou that they could form a long line.

Let alone the daughters of ordinary families, even the daughters of the magistrate of Jinyang County or the governor of Taiyuan could be married by someone of Tie Shitou's status.

However, Tie Shitou's parents still held the simple and honest mindset, and their thinking did not change much just because Tie Shitou was now a military general with a rank of 1,000.

They didn't say anything about matching social status; they just arranged for Tie Shitou to marry the daughter of a respectable family.

This point was also confirmed by Duan Yu.

During their stay in Jinyang, Tieshitou's marriage was finalized.

However, since they were on a march at the time, Tie Shitou naturally couldn't take his new wife to Liangzhou.

At the beginning of the year, after Duan Yu negotiated with Empress Dowager Dong for the privilege of mining salt in Anyi, Hedong County, he arranged for Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu to be sent to Anyi.

In this day and age, grain, salt, and iron are the lifeblood of the economy and survival.

The snow salt produced in Liangzhou needs to be mined from salt ponds.

When Dong Zhuo served as the governor of Hedong Commandery, he controlled the area.

Now that Dong Zhuo is gone, Duan Yu can only send his trusted confidants.

Salt is extremely profitable and is also part of the economic lifeline of Liangzhou, so it cannot be taken lightly.

Duan Yu understood better than anyone the principle that money can move people's hearts.

Duan Yu was naturally uneasy about entrusting it to someone else.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu had been by Duan Yu's side the longest, so Duan Yu was naturally at ease leaving them in his care.

Hedong Commandery is adjacent to Taiyuan Commandery, so after arriving in Anyi, Tieshi naturally brought his new bride to Anyi.

As for Wang Hunu.

Wang Hunu's family has already arranged a marriage for him.

They are from a good family, and the girl is a good girl.

"Why don't you hurry up and get married? In the future, our son can serve the young prince." Tie Shitou urged Wang Hunu.

Wang Hunu rolled his eyes again: "No!"

"I won't!"

"Why? Why were you all married with a lord present, with a lord officiating at your weddings?"

"When Chen Qing'an got married, you were there; when you got married, you were there too."

"Oh, it's my turn now, and you're just going to let me finish this quickly?"

Wang Hunu stubbornly turned his head away and said, "I said, I will only get married when the Lord is here and he presides over my wedding."

Tie Shitou shook his head helplessly, smiled, and pointed at Wang Hunu: "Then you just wait. If you're not in a hurry, your fiancée is, isn't she? I think your father-in-law is extremely anxious. He came over again a few days ago, didn't he?"

Wang Hunu revealed a nonchalant expression.

In Jinyang, and even throughout the entire Taiyuan Prefecture, who doesn't know that the four youngsters who once followed Duan Yu all have a bright future?

If I could marry either of them, it would be a blessing I've earned through eight lifetimes of good deeds.

Chen Qing'an has already married the daughter of the Zhang family of Mayi.

Tie Shitou is already married.

As for Liu Baitu... you can't find the door to Liu Baitu's family from any direction now.

Only Wang Hunu and Liu Baitu remained unmarried.

Naturally, Wang Hunu became a hot commodity.

Just as the two were talking, a loud baby's cry suddenly came from inside the courtyard.

Tie Shitou's gaze immediately turned to the courtyard gate.

Wang Hunu, who claimed he didn't care, quickly joined in.

A moment later, the courtyard gate opened, and the midwife walked out with a big smile, holding a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.

"Congratulations, General! Congratulations, General! It's a young master!"

"Ha ha!"

Tie Shitou threw his head back and laughed loudly, then punched Wang Hunu on the shoulder beside him: "See that? It's a son!"

"In the future, my son will be able to continue serving as a bodyguard for the young master and fight on the battlefield."

Tie Shitou excitedly stepped forward, took his son from the midwife, carefully held him in his arms, and said with a smile, "Reward him, pass it on, reward everyone."

"The Lord said that if it is a son, his name will be Rui."

"Your Excellency bestowed a name upon me."

Tie Shitou proudly raised his chin and looked at Wang Hunu.

Despite his sarcastic remarks, Wang Hunu genuinely smiled and went over to greet his good friend who had a son.

He then took out a gift list from his pocket.

"Take this, it's for my godson, not for you."

Wang Hunu stuffed the gift list into Tieshitou's arms, then reached out to tease the baby in the swaddling clothes.

Just as Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu were immersed in their joy, a maid suddenly came in from outside.

"General, a guest has arrived."

As the maid spoke, she handed a token to Tie Shitou.

Iron Stone, holding his son, turned his head to look at the token in the maid's hand, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared.

It is a token from the Military Affairs Bureau.

The arrival of someone from the Grand Council must mean something important.

Tie Shitou handed the baby in his arms to the midwife, then looked through the courtyard gate into the rooms inside.

There were still maids busy in the courtyard at this time.

"Go tell Lan'er that I have something important to attend to, and that she should rest and recuperate. I will come to see her again when I return," Tie Shitou said.

The midwife readily agreed.

Then Tie Shitou looked at Wang Hunu beside him and said, "Let's go and take a look together."

Wang Hunu nodded.

.............

Before long, the two arrived at the main hall.

When the people waiting in the main hall saw Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, they immediately bowed and greeted them.

"Commander Tie, Commander Wang."

When Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu were by Duan Yu's side, they both served as the commanders of the personal guards.

Although they have now been transferred to Hedong Commandery and given the official title of Colonel, those who know them still refer to them as Commanders.

"Are you Bai Tu's subordinate?" Tie Shitou asked.

The man nodded and then took out a bamboo tube sealed with wax from his pocket.

"Commanders, this is a secret message from Luoyang."

Tie Shitou reached out and took it, then opened the wax seal on the bamboo tube and took out the secret letter from inside.

Originally, neither of them was literate.

Not to mention the two of them, there are hardly any literate people in their village.

However, after following Duan Yu...

Duan Yu, however, taught them that they must learn to read.

Not only did they need to learn to read, but they also had to learn the secret documents of the Grand Council.

The secret letter taken out of the bamboo tube was also written in cipher.

Even if this cipher falls into the hands of the enemy, its contents will not be exposed.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu stood in a row, looking at the contents of the secret letter together.

After just a few glances, the expressions on their faces changed drastically.

Liu Hong collapsed.

Crown Prince Liu Xie ascended the throne before the coffin.

Before his death, Liu Hong revealed that the empress was not carrying the emperor's child.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu exchanged a glance.

He was Duan Yu's closest confidant.

Moreover, as his personal guards, Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu naturally knew far more than ordinary people.

It could be said that, apart from Liu Baitu, the two of them knew more about Duan Yu than anyone else.

Who is He Lingman's identity, and whose child is Empress He's unborn child?

Both of them knew it perfectly well.

With this news now circulating, it goes without saying what Duan Yu will face if Empress He is captured.

He was involved in a scandalous affair in the imperial harem and secretly had a secret relationship with the Empress...

If this matter were to spread, it would truly be unacceptable to the world.

Aside from those closest to us and the oldest group of people, it's likely that everyone who knows about this will pass away.

Betrayal can happen in an instant.

Therefore, Empress He, including He Lingman, absolutely cannot be captured.

Perhaps these two women truly love their lord.

But that doesn't stop them from telling the truth.

Few people can withstand real torture, let alone two women; the same goes for men.

The only good news is that Empress He and He Lingman did not take this route.

The one being pursued now, and being mistaken for Empress He, is Duan Liuqing from the Grand Council.

“This place is thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, and Lord Jun is currently in the Western Regions, so there is no way to rescue him in time. It seems that Duan Liuqing also knows that we are the closest to her location,” Tie Shitou said in a deep voice.

Wang Hunu, who was standing to the side, nodded.

Indeed it is.

The one who pursued Duan Liuqing was Yuan Shu, the Tiger General of the Central Army.

This is their lord's old enemy.

When Duan Yu first entered Luoyang, he had already incurred the wrath of Yuan Shu.

Since Yuan Shu himself has taken action, it's bound to be a fight to the death.

Moreover, the Tiger Legion is the elite of the elite.

"Where is Duan Liuqing now?" Tie Shitou asked the people from the Military Affairs Department.

"We should be arriving at the Caoyangting area soon," the officer from the Military Affairs Office replied.

Tie Shitou immediately put the secret letter in his pocket, then turned to Wang Hunu and said, "Hunu, immediately gather the troops. We're going to meet Duan Liuqing. We must divert everyone's attention and focus it here so that the other team can be safe."

As he spoke, Tie Shitou was about to leave.

However, Wang Hunu grabbed him and said, "Shitou, you stay here. Lan'er just gave birth and needs you. I can go by myself."

Tie Shitou frowned, shrugged, and shook off Wang Hunu's hand, saying, "What are you saying? This is such a serious matter, there's no time for sentimentality. Your Majesty's cause is of utmost importance. Stop talking nonsense, how can you handle this alone? Come with me!"

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