Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 332 Tian Yu Joins

After hearing what Zhao Yun said, Tian Yu said awkwardly, "I didn't even know about this!"

"My brother and I left after we assisted Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou."

"Back home."

Zhao Yun was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Tian Yu sighed, lowered his head, and stammered, not knowing how to answer.

Zhang Sui just stood aside and watched quietly.

Zhao Yun didn't urge him either.

After a while, Tian Yu raised his head and looked at Zhao Yun, with a complicated expression, "Zilong, you know, I followed my brother to fight in the south and the north when I was eleven years old."

"Now, I am in my twenties."

"When I went to war, I promised my mother that I would achieve great things, bring honor to our family, and let her live a good life."

"But I have been fighting with my brother for more than ten years, but I still have not achieved anything."

"When my brother was helping Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, the letter my mother wrote to me was passed to Gongsun Zan, who sent it to me."

"My mother broke her leg at home and had no one to take care of her."

"The people in the village died for various reasons and were unable to save themselves, so they naturally couldn't help her."

"My mother asked me to send some money back home, or to send one or two servants back to take care of her."

Zhao Yun: “.”

Zhang Sui: “.”

Tian Yu choked up a little as he said, "My brother was only the magistrate of Pingyuan at that time, and I was just a vanguard. How could I send money back? How could I send servants back to take care of my mother?"

"I, I can't just watch my old mother die tragically at home, right?"

"I can only ask my brother for leave and go home to take care of my mother."

Zhao Yun sighed, patted Tian Yu's shoulder, and said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know about this, otherwise, I would have brought your mother here."

Tian Yuqiang laughed and said, "Zilong, don't say that."

Zhao Yun asked, "How is your mother now? Is her leg healed?"

Tian Yu burst into tears, his body trembled, and he choked up and said, "When I rushed home, I found that the letter was from several years ago. My mother had passed away for more than three years. The bones were casually rolled up in straw mats by the tribe members and buried."

Zhang Sui: “.”

Tian Yu raised his head and said with suppressed tears: "I went to war when I was eleven years old. I fought for more than ten years. I could not serve the court, make achievements, and support my mother. I——"

Zhao Yun also let out a long sigh.

Zhang Sui was also a little sad and didn't know what to say.

He could only reach out and gently pat Tian Yu's shoulder.

Tian Yu cried for a long time before she wiped her face with both hands and wiped away her tears, saying, "Fortunately, I heard that my mother's pain didn't last long."

"The month after she asked someone to write to me, she hanged herself behind her door."

Zhang Sui: “.”

Zhao Yun: “.”

Although Tian Yu tried his best to suppress it, his voice still trembled as he said, "Maybe he is desperate for me!"

"There is no hope, so don't wait."

“Actually, what my mother did was right.”

"How long can she wait? It was more than three years when that letter was delivered to me."

"Since I left her, I have been moving around and have never written a letter home or gone back to see her once."

Zhao Yun said hoarsely, "Don't blame yourself."

"In this chaotic world, even if you write a letter home, it may not be delivered."

"Besides, you and Lord Xuande were fighting everywhere before, and you didn't have a place to stay."

Tian Yu nodded.

Zhao Yun then asked tentatively: "So what are your plans now?"

"Are we going to continue south to look for Lord Xuande?"

Tian Yu shook his head and said, "No."

"I have given the first half of my life to my brother."

"Now, I want to stay in Hebei, at least to accompany my mother for a few years."

Zhao Yun asked again: "What are you doing now?"

Tian Yu forced a smile, shook a piece of venison in his hand and said, "Hunting and farming."

"When Gongsun Zan saw me coming back, he wanted to recruit me." "Before I went, he was besieged."

“Now, I can’t get through it either.”

"We can only wait."

Zhang Sui: "Then you may have no hope."

Tian Yu frowned.

Zhang Sui said honestly: "Gongsun Zan is now trapped in Yijing. The city wall has been destroyed and he can only hold on with the iron sheets of the city wall. How long can he hold on in this situation?"

"One year? Two years?"

Tian Yu fell silent, not knowing how to respond.

Zhao Yun, who was standing by, suddenly said, "Guorang, you are not young anymore."

Tian Yu didn't understand and just hummed.

Zhao Yun said: "Life is only a few decades long. We don't have much time to waste."

"Besides, your mother's last wish was for you to achieve great things."

"Since you want to stay in Hebei for the next few years."

"Then you and Bocheng, follow me!"

"Bocheng is the governor of Zhongshan County, which is in Hebei. Moreover, if you follow Bocheng, we brothers can help each other."

Tian Yu: “.”

Zhang Sui: “.”

Seeing Tian Yu hesitate, Zhao Yun smiled and pointed at Zhao Li and other powerful men and said, "Look who they are?"

"My son Tong'er, as I told you before, has grown up."

"I also plan to let him follow Bocheng."

Zhang Sui looked at Zhao Yun with some emotion.

Zhao Yun looked at Tian Yu again and said, "Guorang, you know me."

"That's what I thought before."

"You come with us."

"Once we leave Yecheng and return to Zhongshan County, you will understand why I made such a change."

"There are some things I say that you may not believe."

“Some things need to be seen with your own eyes.”

Tian Yu glanced at Zhao Yun and then at Zhang Sui.

After a while, he nodded and said, "Okay!"

"I'll go back and pack my things, then come back to see you."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Okay!"

Zhang Sui asked Zhao Yu to take out two pieces of silk from the carriage and stuffed them into Tian Yu's hands, saying, "Change your clothes first, worship your mother, and burn more things. When you are done, wait for me at the gate of the governor's mansion."

Tian Yu was not polite either.

After taking the silk, he bowed to Zhang Sui, then said goodbye to Zhao Yun and others, and entered the East Market again carrying the venison.

Zhao Yun looked at Tian Yu's back, sighed and said, "It's a pity that Guo Rang was left behind."

"In fact, it's a pity for many people around Lord Xuande."

"If it was another lord, he might have already become famous."

Looking at Zhang Sui, Zhao Yun said, "One of them is called Guan Yu, and the other is called Zhang Fei. They are both great generals."

"But if you follow Lord Xuande, you can only be a pawn."

Zhang Sui smiled.

Why didn't he know?
It's just that there's no need to say it.

Zhang Sui said: "It will come to fruition."

"Although I don't know the Lord Xuande you mentioned, the fact that he was able to make Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian give up Xuzhou shows that he is not an ordinary person."

After hearing what Zhang Sui said, Zhao Yun shook his head.

It's hard to say.

In this chaotic world, one’s origin and background are important.

Lord Xuande does not have the same origin and background as you.

(End of this chapter)