Qingzhou, Beihai County, Yingling City

Since Liu Bei's three brothers killed Guan Hai that day and lifted the danger of the siege of Yingling City, Liu Bei was entertained by Kong Rong Haosheng for several days.

And Mi Zhu entered Yingling City, and was quite happy to see Liu Bei, thinking that Liu Bei was a master who could take refuge, and he already had an idea in his heart. So, he asked his sister Mi Zhen to have more relationships with Liu Bei. In fact, Liu Bei is a thirty-year-old uncle, and Mi Zhen is only a fifteen-year-old girl, so how can she have a topic with Liu Bei. However, Mi Zhu insisted, Mi Zhen could only cope with talking to Liu Bei, Liu Bei also saw Mi Zhen's unwillingness, and Liu Bei was not a person in a hurry, his words and deeds were reasonable, and they stopped reason.

Mi Zhu learned from Xu Zhi and Liu Scar that the siege was to deal with his Mi family, so he asked his disciples to secretly investigate, only to know that it was his concubine Wang Ru who eavesdropped on it and told Tao Qian's housekeeper Wang Sheng. And after continuing to investigate, Mi Zhu learned that Wang Ru was born to Wang Sheng and Tao Qian's maid **, and at that moment, Mi Zhu wrote a letter to his family and divorced Wang Ru. As for Wang Sheng, Mi Zhu was planning to take his life and want to harm his Mi family, but Mi Zhu would not be polite. There is also Tao Qian, Mi Zhu will not let it go, however, Tao Qian is a state assassin, and if you want to deal with Tao Qian, you must think long-term.

On this day, Kong Rong once again set up a banquet to entertain Liu Bei, and it was also a practice banquet, the soldiers of Beihai County had been assembled, and Kong Rong was ready to send troops to Xuzhou to rescue Tao Qian the next day.

"Now Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou, plundering the army, unable to be unscrupulous, Tao Gongzu sent an envoy for help, and I, as a minister of the court, should stop it. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he said with emotion: "Tao Gongzu is a benevolent gentleman, why should he suffer this disaster!"

Speaking of which, Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou was also Tao Qian's own fault, and he first attacked Cao Cao jointly with Yuan Shu, but his teammates were too scum, and they were defeated by Cao Cao's newly recruited Qingzhou soldiers. Now that Cao Cao has been given an excuse to send troops, how can Cao Cao let it go? Liu Bei said that Tao Qian was a benevolent gentleman, so it was a bit false, and how many of the officials who were able to defend one side were benevolent gentlemen? Like Kong Rong, as a descendant of Confucius, he was nearly 40 years old, and he was only a county guard.

And in Liu Bei's heart, he is actually very happy.

Since the dissolution of the coalition against Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei has been staying in the position of the plain minister and has done nothing. Originally, when Gongsun Zhan, Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and Black Mountain Yellow Turban jointly attacked Jizhou, Liu Bei wanted to get involved, but Gongsun Chan and them were defeated, and Liu Bei's position was also very embarrassing. I don't want to, the matter in Jizhou has just subsided, and there is another war here in Xuzhou. For this kind of thing, Liu Bei is naturally happy to see it, otherwise, how can Liu Bei take the opportunity to rise?

Of course, as Tao Qian's friend, Kong Rong didn't feel that Tao Qian was wrong, but thought that it was Cao Cao who was wrong.

Hearing Liu Bei say this, he immediately asked: "Gong is a clan member of the Han family, now Cao Cao is cruel to the people, relying on the strong and bullying the weak, why don't you go to save him with Rongtong?"

Liu Bei naturally wanted to go in his heart, but because he had few soldiers, and he couldn't let Kong Rong perceive what he was thinking, he immediately returned: "Brother Wenju is righteous, and Beiben should not shirk." However, if you go to Xuzhou to rescue, I am afraid that it will become a burden, so it is difficult to move. ”

Kong Rong's face immediately turned straight, and he said solemnly: "The reason why I went to save Tao Gongzu, although there are some reasons for friendship, but it is more because of the righteousness of the court, and I can't let people like Cao Cao mess up the discipline of the court." The public is a clan member of the Han family, so how can he not have the heart of righteousness? It is not difficult for the soldiers to be outnumbered, and it is enough to have a heart. ”

Okay, Liu Bei was originally willing to go, Kong Rong has said this, how could Liu Bei refuse? In this case, he also asked Brother Wen Ju to go first, and then he went to Brother Bo Jue to borrow three or five thousand military horses, and then came. ”

"Don't be dishonest!"

Liu Bei's face was straight, and he seemed to be stunned and said: "Brother Wen Ju thinks he is a good person? Sage Yun: Since ancient times, there have been deaths, and people have no faith and do not stand. If you are prepared to borrow an army or not to borrow an army, you will definitely come in person, and if you violate this oath, you should not die well. ”

Kong Rong stopped: "The public is heavy, I don't believe in the public." In this case, I won't say much, I will drink this cup with the public, and when Cao Cao is broken in the coming day, I will let Tao Gongzu set up a banquet to entertain me!"

"Drink together!"

Liu Bei and Kong Rong drank the wine in the glass, and Kong Rong looked at Mi Zhu and said: "Zizhong, now that my army has been assembled, and there is Xuande Gong going with him, Cao Cao must not be able to hold it for a long time, does Zizhong return to Xuzhou first and inform Tao Gongzu of this matter, and I will arrive later?"

Originally, if there was nothing to do, Mi Zhu returned to Xuzhou after inviting rescuers. However, because of the new salt matter, Mi Zhu definitely could not return to Xuzhou.

"Zhu thanked Wenju Gong and Xuande Gong for my family, but Zhu still has something to do, and now I am afraid that I will not be able to return to Xuzhou for the time being, and I also ask Wenju Gong to find someone to go to Xuzhou and inform my family of this matter. When I come back from Jizhou, I will definitely hold a banquet in Xuzhou to entertain the two. ”

"In this case, I ordered my subordinates to go to Xuzhou with a letter and inform Tao Gongzu of this matter. ”

When Mi Zhu heard this, he arched his hand and said: "In this way, thank you to Wen Jugong." ”

But Liu Bei heard that Mi Zhu was going to Jizhou, and immediately said: "Mi don't drive, I am just going to Youzhou to find Brother Bo Jue to borrow troops, and you and I just happened to go along the way." By the way, I don't know what happened when Mi Bei drove to Jizhou?"

Liu Bei knew that Mi Zhu's family had a wealth of hundreds of millions, so he also wanted to have a good relationship with Mi Zhu. If he had the help of Mi Zhu's billions of family fortunes, then he didn't want people and food, even if he formed a cavalry team, it would not be difficult. Even if he has no interest in Mi Zhen, if it is for his great cause, he is naturally willing to marry Mi Zhen.

I think in history, in order to obtain the alliance with Sun Quan, Liu Bei also married Sun Shangxiang; Later, when he came to Yizhou, he also married Wu Amaranth, the wife of Liu Yan's son Liu Mao, Liu Bei married a ** wife, not because some scholars said that Wu Amaranth was rich and noble.

In ancient times, the so-called rich and noble face was not something that could be called rich or noble, and even the prime minister and the wife of the prince did not dare to say that they had such a face. Generally, the people who can be called rich and noble are the emperor's wives, at least the concubines, and even the queen. Liu Bei married Wu Amaranth, it can be seen that Liu Bei actually has the heart to be the emperor, saying that he was forced to be the emperor by Zhuge Liang and others, which is simply a joke. Besides, Liu Bei named his two sons "Feng Chan", and his ambitions were already obvious.

What Mi Zhu went to Jizhou to do, in fact, it was not too secretive, if he was in business like his Mi family, Mi Zhu naturally had to keep it secret. However, the people at the banquet naturally had nothing to keep secret, and said at the moment: "Xuande Gong, Zhu is going to Bohai County, Jizhou, for the sake of new salt. Xuande Gong also knows that my Mi family has been in business for generations, and now that this new salt has appeared, I have to go and see it. ”

As a descendant of Confucius, Kong Rong, as a Confucian scholar, naturally did not like such topics as business. However, Liu Bei and Mi Zhu were talking there, and he couldn't interrupt the two, so he could only pick up the wine glass and pour himself a drink. As for Liu Bei, he was still selling straw shoes when he was down, if it weren't for the Yellow Turban Uprising that made him famous, it is estimated that he is still selling straw shoes. Therefore, unlike Kong Rong, who was born with a golden key, Liu Bei is also very concerned about money. Liu Bei also has no money, so he can only keep his soldiers at about two or three thousand, if Liu Bei has money, it is not difficult to recruit 10,000 or 100,000 soldiers.

However, for Bohai County, Liu Bei has a little shadow in his heart.

At the beginning, Gongsun Zhan and the black-robed army of more than 100,000 people attacked Bohai County, but Bohai County only had 20,000 soldiers, but they failed to capture it for several days. Although Gongsun Chan and the black-robed people were in a hurry at that time, the strength of Bohai County was beyond doubt. Moreover, when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei went to war, one was drawn and the other was defeated, if it was not necessary, Liu Bei did not want to provoke Yuan Chang, the Taishou of Bohai County.

However, Liu Bei, who is in the Jizhou Plain, still has a little understanding of the matter of Xinyan. After all, Pingyuan Country and Bohai County are not far away, and it is only a few dozen miles away, and you can reach it in a few hours by horseback.

"Mi Beijia turned out to be for the new salt, and I know a lot about the new salt. ”

Liu Bei and Mi Zhu were interested in making friends with each other, so they were naturally quite happy.

"The new salt is rumored to be invented by Yuan Chang, the Taishou of Bohai County, this salt is a hundred times better than the tribute salt, white and delicate like pearl powder, I have been fortunate to taste it a few times, and the taste is indeed not comparable to the salt used in the past. ”

Mi Zhu had intended to go to Bohai County, but now after listening to Liu Bei's words, he was even more moved. However, if Liu Bei knew that the person who should have belonged to him was because of his words, Mi Zhu became Yuan Chang's person, and he didn't know if Liu Bei would be so angry that he vomited blood.

"Oh, there is such a magical thing, it seems that Zhu is right to go to Bohai County. ”

Mi Zhu exclaimed, even a character like Liu Bei felt that Xinyan was extraordinary, and it seemed that this was really the case.

But said that there was another person in the seat, after listening to the conversation between Liu Bei and Mi Zhu, his eyes lit up, and after the two stopped talking, the man hurriedly picked up the cup and sat next to Mi Zhu and asked, "Brother Zizhong, are you going to Bohai County, Jizhou this time?"

Mi Zhu looked up and saw that the person who asked him was Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci broke out of the siege and sent a letter for Kong Rong to invite Liu Bei to come to the rescue, it can be said that Tai Shi Ci is a great benefactor of Beihai County, and Kong Rong will of course banquet Tai Shi Ci will also be feasted.

"Brother Ziyi is right, Zhu is going to Bohai County, Jizhou. ”

Seeing Tai Shi Ci coming up, Mi Zhu at this table, Kong Rong and Liu Bei at the top were all bright-eyed, looking at Tai Shi Ci's expression, just like a wolf grandmother looking at Little Red Riding Hood.

But why are these three people so out of shape?

It turned out that it was because Liu Bei, Mi Zhu and Kong Rong all wanted to recruit Tai Shici under their command.

Tai Shici's bravery, Liu Bei, Mi Zhu and Kong Rong are all clear. Kong Rong is the Taishou of Beihai County, and he is also a big official, and he doesn't even have a fierce general who can handle it, and he was besieged by others for many days. Originally, Kong Rong still had a Wu Anguo, and his strength was okay, and it was more than enough to sit in a Beihai County. It's just that in the first battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Wu Anguo was cut off by Lu Bu, and he was basically a wasted person, although Wu Anguo could still lead the troops, but how could he do it without strong strength to deter the soldiers? Therefore, Kong Rong urgently needed to find a fierce future to sit in Beihai County.

And Mi Zhu has more than 10,000 customers under his command, but most of them are people with a little ability, and there is no brave man like Tai Shici. How could a truly brave person go to a merchant's house to eat and drink? Therefore, in such a troubled world, Mi Zhu also had to find a warrior to protect the Mi family. Although the disciples of the Mi family are not brave, they are also stronger than ordinary soldiers, and if there is a fierce general like Tai Shici who is trained, it is enough to compare to an army. Therefore, Mi Zhu's idea of recruiting Tai Shici was not weaker than Kong Rong.

As for Liu Bei, not to mention, an ambitious hero, determined to be in the world, and even more want to recruit countless strategists and generals. In history, Liu Bei often dug the corners of people's walls, starting from Gongsun Zhan, digging all the way to the end, Liu Bei did dig a lot of people. Now that he has encountered Tai Shici, a fierce general without an owner, how can Liu Bei have no ideas?

Because of the idea of recruiting Tai Shici, Liu Bei, Mi Zhu and Kong Rong saw Tai Shici like a hungry dog seeing fat.

However, as the main figure of the incident, Tai Shici did not realize this.

"It's so good, a certain person is also about to go to Bohai County, Jizhou, but he can go the same way as Brother Zizhong. ”

Hearing that Tai Shici wanted to go with him, Mi Zhu was naturally very happy in his heart. As long as you spend more time together, maybe you will have the opportunity to recruit Tai Shici under your command. However, contrary to Mi Zhu's happy mood, Liu Bei heard that Tai Shici was going to Bohai County, Jizhou, Liu Bei felt a "chuckle" in his heart, and had a bad premonition.

As I said before, Liu Bei has a shadow on Bohai County, and as long as he hears something related to Bohai County, Liu Bei will be very sensitive.

Hearing that Tai Shici was going to Bohai County, Liu Bei's head began to run rapidly.

Tai Shi Ci is a native of Donglai County, Qingzhou, and later took refuge in Youzhou, and the relationship between Tai Shi Ci and Jizhou is actually the relationship between passers-by. It stands to reason that Tai Shici and Jizhou can't get along. Besides, Tai Shici is different from Mi Zhu, he is not in business, and he didn't go to Bohai County to see Xinyan, so it has nothing to do with Jizhou. If we look at it according to this calculation, wouldn't Tai Shi Ci go to Bohai County to take refuge with Yuan Chang? Thinking of this, Liu Bei was a little depressed, Yuan Chang already had so many fierce generals under his command, how could there be Tai Shi Ci to take refuge in him now? Liu Bei didn't want to think about it, he didn't get Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as easily, compared to Yuan Chang, Liu Bei got Guan Yu and Zhang Fei more easily. At least Yuan Chang still had some effort to get Zhao Yun and Dian Wei and others.

However, Tai Shici wanted to go to Bohai County to seek refuge with Yuan Chang, which was just Liu Bei's own speculation, and Liu Bei didn't know what the truth was. Therefore, Liu Bei still has some expectations in his heart. Of course, Liu Bei was embarrassed to ask directly, if he was too anxious, it would not be beautiful.

Fortunately, there are still people who are more anxious than Liu Bei.

Hearing that Tai Shici was going to Bohai County, Kong Rong was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Ziyi, what are you going to do when you go to Bohai County?" If it's just a trivial matter, I can send someone to help you convey it." ”

"My lord, no need, I promised others to go to Bohai County in person, and I can't fake others, thank you for your kindness. ”

Tai Shi Ci arched his hand to thank Kong Rong, but he didn't say what he went to Bohai County for.

Therefore, Liu Bei, Kong Rong and Mi Zhu still had a little hope in their hearts, thinking that Tai Shici was just going to Bohai County for a trip, and did not say that he wanted to go to Yuan Chang.

In fact, just as Liu Bei speculated, Tai Shici really wanted to go to Bohai County to seek refuge with Yuan Chang.

However, he said that Tai Shi Ci and Yuan Shao had no relationship with each other in the slightest, so how could Tai Shi Ci take refuge in Yuan Chang? Speaking of which, this matter still has something to do with right and wrong.

Cheng right and wrong learned the Vajra not bad magic skill in Tianchi, of course, the King Kong not bad magic skill in this era is not as strong as the first in the world. And the so-called Vajra is not bad divine skill, in fact, it is almost the same as harder qigong, soaked in Tianchi water, and then burned in the ice cave with the ice fire generated in Tianchi, with the two opposite attributes of ice and fire, strengthen the hardness of the body, and achieve a stronger body than ordinary people. In fact, as long as Cheng Fei exercises for some more time, he will be stronger, and his strength can be compared to Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, but unfortunately, after leaving Tianchi as a right and wrong, there is no effect on exercising again. Therefore, the strength of right and wrong is almost the same as the strength of generals like Tai Shici.

After leaving Tianchi, he had some itchy hands, so he ran to pick up some money, but it wasn't much. It just so happened that Tai Shici was patrolling at the time, and when he ran into right and wrong, he chased a few streets, and the two fought, regardless of victory or defeat, and then left separately. Cheng Shifei This guy also has a temper, and he is on a hard bar with Tai Shi Ci, and every time he commits a crime under Tai Shi Ci's nose, the two of them fought a few more times, and after going back and forth, the two of them actually played friendship.

Tai Shi Ci is strong, but he is reduced to patrolling the border of Youzhou. It stands to reason that there are many border wars, and with Tai Shi Ci's strength, how can he be mixed with an official and a half position, but unfortunately, Tai Shi Ci was jealous and suppressed, and he couldn't go to the battlefield to get military exploits. Therefore, Tai Shici's life in Youzhou was not smooth.

As soon as Cheng heard right and wrong, he immediately went to Bohai County with Tai Shici to find Yuan Chang, so that he could have a good background. In the original history, Tai Shici received a letter from Liu Miao from the same county and went to Yangzhou to seek refuge with Liu Miao. And now, Liu Miao did send a letter to Tai Shi Ci, but Tai Shi Ci first promised to go to Bohai County, but he could only reply to Liu Miao and say that he couldn't go. As for Cheng right or wrong, this guy hasn't played enough, and wants to play for a while first, let Tai Shi Ci go to Bohai County first, and then go to Bohai County to find Yuan Chang to serve him.

"Brother Zizhong, since you are going to Bohai County, I will go home first and inform my mother of this incident. After a certain thing is done from Donglai County, I will catch up with you and go to Bohai County together. ”

After the banquet was over, Tai Shici explained to Mi Zhu and dispersed.