Xiao Tong returned home excitedly.

The home is in the old residential area of Firewood Lane. This yard is not big, smaller than the house in Pei County, but in Xianyang, where every inch of land is valuable, it is already good to have such a house. And he and his younger brother Xiao Yan both like the life of Xianyang very much, and soon have their own friends, only the eldest brother Xiao Lu, feels that this is not, that is not, to put it bluntly, he is thinking about the girl surnamed Cao in his hometown!

His father, Xiao He, is very respected by Lord Neishi, and many of the money and grain accounts are handled by his father. This made my father very happy, even if he was too busy all day long, he was still happy.

At this time, I wonder if my father has come back?

Today he saw the big man, and he was going to tell his father the news.

"Father!" As soon as he entered, he shouted.

"Hehe, the second child is back!"

It was not his father who spoke, but his father's former colleague in Pei County, Cao Shen.

"Huh? Is it Uncle Cao? It's been a long time, Xiao Tong greets you! With that, he bowed down and bowed.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Cao Shen helped Xiao Tong with a smile, and said to Xiao He next to him: "The second child is much more free and easy than when he was in Pei County, right, Brother Xiao?" ”

"Haha, he is busy, he is not at home every day, and the free and easy thing that Jing Bo said is also practiced with people outside. Let him fill the gap in a few days, but he can't be in Xianyang, and he will go to Zhongyang County, which is not far from Xianyang, thirty miles! Xiao He looked at his son with satisfaction.

"If you have nothing to do, your father likes to belittle your son!" Xiao Tong tacitly replied to his father, and then turned his head and asked Cao Shen: "Uncle Cao is specifically coming to see my father?" Or ......"

Cao Shen stroked his beard and laughed and said happily: "How to say it, kill two birds with one stone!" The county commander sent an errand to ask Uncle Cao to ask Brother Xiao about something, and at the same time, he also sent Xiaoyue over. Alas, it is really a long way from Peixian to Xianyang, and it is inconvenient to see the girl in the future! After speaking, there was a little happy helplessness on his face.

Xiao He also smiled and said to Cao Shen: "It's inconvenient to be inconvenient, but Xiaoyue is here, who can bully her?" Ho ho, as soon as she comes, the boss will be down-to-earth! ”

Xiao Tong understood that he dared to love this Cao Shen to send his daughter. That's a good thing, but then he has to sleep in the same room with his brother, and the guy grinds his teeth and farts for a while.

"Father, I went out today and saw a big man!" Despite the presence of the guest, he couldn't stop reporting.

"What big guy?" Xiao He looked at his son with interest. Three sons, counting this second child will be sociable.

"It's the son Hu Hai, and there is a Wang Yuan, the son guesses, that is the grandson of Wang Qian's family, and the other is Meng Bu, the son of General Meng Tian. Today is the full moon that the Hun man Mao Dun made for the child, and we met him at his father-in-law's house. ”

Xiao He nodded, thoughtful, but said: "Get along with people well, don't fight for will, just your current appearance, and fight with others!" ”

Cao Shen listened to it and looked envious, "What, are these all the people the second child is talking to?" ”

Xiao Tong was a little proud in his heart, but he tried his best to be humble and said: "I'm not a friend yet, but I met it today, and I have a good impression, so I can treat each other as friends in the future!" ”

Cao Shen smacked his lips vigorously and said, "In the end, it's Xianyang, and when you go out, you bump into a big person!" If it is in Pei County, the biggest person is the county order! ”

Xiao He smiled and said, "Uncle Jing, don't listen to his little kid talking nonsense there, in his eyes, there are big people everywhere!" ”

Cao Shen laughed again, but he did envy Xiao He's luck, looking at this momentum, Xiao He's official career was very smooth! It seems that bringing my daughter over is the right move.

Xiao He said again: "Uncle Jing, it's not easy to come here, let's talk about our big man - Liu Bang, don't say it, it's weird to leave!" ”

Cao Shen Hehe, Liu Bang, is also a "big shot", anyway, in private he also thinks this guy is quite unusual. This person has a low status, and he is just a pavilion chief, but he is neither humble nor arrogant in front of anyone. It is precisely because of his uniqueness that Xiao He values it so much. Gradually, I became acquainted with him.

"The big man asked Cao to bring it to Brother Xiao! He said that he couldn't sleep even if he wanted Brother Xiao! ”

Xiao Tong was happy with a "poof", which sounded like a love word for a woman.

Xiao He was also happy and asked, "Is he okay?" ”

Cao Shen was noncommittal, thought about it for a while, and then said: "Cao Mou doesn't think it's good!" ”

"Oh, how do you say?" Xiao He asked with concern.

Cao Shen said: "Eighty stone of grain, as strong as an ox to carry it, will go, small strength, either can't carry it, or can't carry it, the final result is to be crushed to death by grain." So, it's not like you can bend down and take it when you see the benefits! ”

Xiao He was silent, he turned his head and waved his hand at Xiao Tong, and said, "Second brother, go out, see if your mother wants your help?"

Xiao Tong obediently "um" and went out. But they knew in their hearts that they were treating him like a child, and they should not say important things to his face.

In the house, Xiao He asked Cao Shen: "Uncle Jing said, what's wrong with him?" ”

Cao Shen pondered for a while and said: "In the past, he drank with us, just cared about the current situation in the world, and liked to point out the country at the wine table. After Brother Xiao left, he began to be silent for a while, and then occasionally asked Cao to drink, and the most he said was that Brother Xiao was good to him. Later, there were fewer contacts, and Cao thought that you were not there, and the soul character was gone, so he gradually became estranged, but he didn't expect that he made a new friend, and that friend was not ...... Everyman! Speaking of this, he stopped and looked at Xiao He solemnly.

"What's not ordinary?" Xiao He asked.

"He's ......, since Cao paid attention, he used the excuse to let people get close to this person, and found that this person was a little strange. He was originally from Puyang, South Korea, and wandered to our Chu land for some reason. According to the people below, he worked as a short-term worker in Xiapi, and he did it for several years, but for some reason he went to Pei County again, and he didn't know what opportunity, so he had a hot ...... with Liu Bang. I heard that he was born noble, his grandfather and father were both high-ranking officials in South Korea, judging from his conversation, ...... is also a person with great ambitions! ”

The two "unknown reasons" made Xiao He's brows furrow tighter and tighter, under the strict household registration control, such a good family background has been hiding in the field for a long time, can it be said that there is no reason to see people? And he is still ambitious...... and gets together with Liu Bang, a person who likes to guide the country and care about the current situation, this matter is ......

Cao Shen asked: "Brother Xiao, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"What do you think?" Xiao He looked at Cao Shen who was asking, and thought for a long time before saying, "How can you look at this matter?" What does Jing Bo think about his adult affairs that need to be seen by others? ”

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he shouldn't have asked this question.

Indeed, Liu Bang is an adult, although he is a friend, he has no right to manage the affairs of other people's new friends.

Moreover, today's Xiao He is an official with a bright future, an old friend of Pei County, and he is indeed too far away from him! Asking him this question doesn't mean much to him or to Liu Bang!

Don't talk about Xiao He, just talk about himself, Liu Bang has frequent contact with that person, doesn't he also see it in his eyes, but he doesn't have a clear attitude?

"Uncle Jing!" Xiao He shouted, a little serious, "Uncle Jing, we have worked together for many years, and we know each other. No matter where you are, you will look at the opportunities above, and if you don't have the opportunity to go around the side of the road, or drag the people who are in your way to the side, this kind of thing does not start with you and me, nor does it end with you and me. Now, Xiao feels that coming to Xianyang is a good opportunity, he has indeed broadened his horizons, and his boss also values it, Xiao will do it conscientiously here, and he won't think much about it. ”

Cao Shen nodded, and interjected in a muffled voice: "Cao knows!" ”

"Uncle Jing, you don't know exactly!" Saying this, Xiao He looked directly into Cao Shen's eyes. "It's true that we are the people of Chu, but have you thought about it, when the king of Chu was there, what did you gain, and when the king of Chu was not there, what did you lose? As long as there is no war and the society is stable, for lower-level officials like us, who to do things for is not to do things? As long as there is a salary, in Xiao's opinion...... Not much of a difference! ”

Cao Shen was speechless for a while, and finally, nodded.

Xiao He has indeed changed, when he drank in the past, he was very aggrieved by the king of Chu, and he was also very angry at the harsh law, and now, he feels that whoever takes the salary is the same.

But, no matter what, Xiao He said this frankly, not talking about the content, but only treating him as his own way of speaking.

So, people have changed, what about himself?

Is he really still crying out for the King of Chu?

Who is the King of Chu his?

When the king of Chu was here, wasn't he also a small official in a county government?

Therefore, aren't the laws of Chu harsh? If it weren't harsh, would the harbourer be guilty of the same crime as the thief? If it weren't harsh, why did the doctors often flee and die in all directions after being convicted, and would become the masterminds of other countries and turn to invade the Chu State?

Why did they boldly criticize the current situation when they used to drink?

Do you want to uphold fairness and justice? Do you want to show your ambitions? Do you want to show your guts? Do you want to sue the person who holds the cup on the other side, am I very bloody?

……

Maybe, both?

Among those friends who often drink together, when he was alone with the moon, he dared to say that he could go to the soup and fight for the fire in order to repay the King of Chu a fair, and he would never give up?

Didn't you?

It's not worth it, he can't do it anyway!

……

"Uncle Jing, when I go back in a few **** days, when I see Liu Bang, I say, Xiao misses him!" A sentence interrupted his reverie.

Cao Shen nodded, it is possible to do the favor of the piggyback.

"Also, let him do his duty, he is the pavilion chief, in charge of law and order, and he has been derelict in his duty to associate with people of unknown origin. Let the above know, it's not good for his future! ”

"That's all?"

Xiao He nodded and said solemnly: "That's all, as friends, we are good for him, and the obligation to remind him has been fulfilled." As for where to stay, that's his business! (To be continued.) )