The Han Dynasty needed to go out of the far door, and the "biography" was made of dissected bamboo joints, and the content was scribbled after drying, which was equivalent to the "road guide" and "customs clearance document" in later generations.

Ordinary people have to apply for road transmission on a temporary basis, while officials have a long-term valid transmission. However, according to the different levels of the yamen, the scope of official transmission is also different.

Liu Bei is a county lieutenant, and his official biography is issued by the county, and it cannot be used to leave Zhongshan County according to the rules.

It happened suddenly, Liu Bei was unprepared, and he could only humbly ask: "I don't know what Mr. thinks, which way to go to Yecheng this time?" ”

Li Su had already thought of an escape route, so he replied like a stream: "This is going to Yecheng, there is Daze in Julu County in the south, and it is impassable." So either take the southwest land route, the short road, or the southeast long road, the water route.

I suggest taking the land route - the waterway should pass through Anping, Xiabo, from the White Horse Canal into Zhangshui, trace the flow to Ye, all the way to the Jinguan Pass to verify the Fu Chuan, after a few days if the death of the superintendent leaks, the county and county will be traced, it is inevitable that there will be more complications.

The land route enters Changshan County from Wuji County, and then goes south along Taihang Mountain, and you can reach Yecheng in two or three days. The advantage of this road is that the black mountain thieves at the foot of Taihang Mountain are rampant, and the government is unable to investigate. But the disadvantage is that it will be tricky in case you encounter a thief......"

During the Zhongping period, except for Hedong County in the south, the entire Taihang Mountains were the territory of black mountain thieves, which was a big threat to ordinary pedestrians.

Liu Bei was not surprised when he heard this: "Mr. is still thoughtful, then let's go to Changshan, the three brothers have a little martial arts, and a small group of black mountain thieves is not a problem." After a while, let Yun Chang choose his henchmen to ride and escort them together. ”

Li Su reminded again: "What should I do with the talisman? And you have to think of another reason to go out of the city to hide people's eyes. From Zhongshan to Changshan, it is necessary to cross the Hutuo River, and there are many patrol sergeants along the river to prevent the entry of Montenegrin thieves, and those people are Zhang Chun's soldiers and horses. ”

This question really made Liu Bei tricky for a while, and it took him a long time before he said in a consultative tone: "Fu Chuan and the reason for leaving the city...... I think it's better to find an excuse for the celebration, and according to the usual practice, the government will also be accommodating.

Come to think of it! The head of the Zhen family of the wealthy family in Wuji County, Zhen Yi, who used to be Shang Cai Ling, didn't he pass away last year? Bei and Brother Zhen also have a few fates, and they have no time to go to the funeral, and the days are not yet seven, and tomorrow is just the right time to go out of the city and act at the opportunity. In this way, even if he does not return for a few days, the prefectural order will not immediately suspect it. ”

The Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and the rich family of the high-ranking family has died, and the white matter is not full of seventy-seven forty-nine days to seven, are you embarrassed?

Therefore, there is no problem in mourning a month and a half after a person dies, after all, the transmission of information in ancient times is slow.

Li Su was just quite surprised by Liu Bei's popularity: "I didn't expect Xuande Gong to have a relationship with the Zhen family." ”

Liu Bei: "I can't talk about friendship." Bei took Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to Luoyang to sell horses. Therefore, the wealthy merchants who sell horses in this county have a relationship with each other, and the Zhen family is also a wealthy merchant in this county, and the goods are connected to Liaodong. It's just that their family has a big business, and they don't necessarily remember me. ”

It doesn't matter if you don't remember, Zhen Yi is dead anyway. It was originally a neighboring county, and the people in the officialdom should know each other.

Liu Bei said to his son: I know your father well, so come and see, and ask you for a little favor by the way.

Can Zhen Yi's son refute the eviction? Do you want to be filial piety?

The Han Dynasty people did not give face to the guests at the father's funeral, which was more serious than the Sicilian godfather Mafeia did not give face to the guests at his daughter's wedding.

That's it.

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The next day, just after midday, the morning light was faint.

The group was ready to get out of town.

Li Su also changed into the clothes and armor of ordinary cavalrymen and disguised himself as Liu Bei's personal soldiers.

He had to hide his identity, because if the people guarding the city knew that the book of the post supervisor had actually escaped, they would definitely go to the post house to check it, and then they would be in trouble. Fortunately, the post supervisor pretended to be sick yesterday and did not see the guests, which helped Li Su save a lot of things.

Guan Yu also brought fifteen horsemen, as well as an additional batch of war horses, to ensure that one person had two horses. Secretly pack all the blades and armor in your luggage and carry them out of the city, after all, it is too conspicuous to be fully armed in the city.

Three years ago, when Liu Bei begged for the yellow scarf, he gathered four or five hundred villagers. also relied on the sponsorship of two horse sellers, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, to organize a cavalry of 50 people.

After becoming a county lieutenant, he couldn't afford to raise so many people all year round. Now there are only 200 foot soldiers and 30 cavalry left under his command, and the rest are either killed in battle or sent off with money. As for these two hundred people, not all of them were private soldiers, and some of them ate money and food prepared by the imperial court.

This time, in order to hurry, one person and two horses were needed, so Liu Bei could only let Guan Yu pick fifteen horsemen, and the rest stayed and vacated the horses.

Zhang Fei asked Zhuang Ke to kill a sheep and a pig overnight, deboned and boiled the meat, and scalded a few millets and sorghum flour cakes as food.

Pigs in the Han Dynasty, like dogs, were kept in toilets - so the six animals of the Qin and Han dynasties always regarded pigs and dogs as the cheapest, and scolded people for "pigs and dogs" and not "cattle and sheep". Because pigs and dogs are completely fed on excrement and wet garbage, the smell of pork is very fishy.

When Zhang Fei was preparing, he subconsciously filled the mutton with three stomach pouches, and the rest of the pork was put in a burlap and distributed to his soldiers.

It seems that Zhang Fei's problem of looking down on civilians and small soldiers will not be able to change for a while.

Liu Bei was careful, and when he saw this, he couldn't help complaining: "Yide, how can you despise the Magi so much!" It's time to prepare lamb for Boya. What's more, we are the generals, and the diet should be the same as that of the lowest soldiers. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei handed his lamb tripe to Li Su: "Mr. is a scholar, and he is not used to eating pork, so it's good to eat this on the road." ”

Although he knew that this was to win people's hearts, Li Su still felt quite good.

But he couldn't be too delicate, so he modestly said: "A certain person is from a poor background, how dare he forget his roots." ”

As he spoke, he took out a small piece of pork from his sackcloth and ate it in public.

"Day, this pig smell is much heavier than that of later generations...... Nima's smell is very good, and it will take more peppercorns in the future. Li Su complained in his heart, gritted his teeth and calmed down his emotions, without revealing the slightest abnormality.

Liu Bei looked at him twice, patted his shoulder, and didn't say anything more.

Liu Bei's personal soldiers also saw it, and they also felt that this gentleman did not have the shelf of other civil officials and strategists, and actually ate pork himself.

The group rode their horses and galloped slowly, and soon arrived at the west gate of Anxi County.

The city gatekeeper saw it from afar, and he didn't even check the talisman, but just asked casually with a smiling face: "Where is the county lieutenant?" ”

Li Su was a little nervous at first. Seeing that the doorman was so polite, he was immediately relieved: This is a normal reaction. Liu Bei is a county lieutenant, and the gatekeeper guarding the city is also said to be his subordinate, and before the murder of the post supervisor was leaked, of course the doorman did not dare to compare with Liu Bei.

The testimony is the testimony, and the favor is the favor.

Liu Bei was also very calm, and said the lines that he had already thought of: "I chatted with a horse merchant yesterday, and I knew that Brother Zhen from Wuji County passed away in Layue last year. The counting day is about to break seven, so I rushed to mourn. If the county order asks tomorrow, explain one or two on your behalf. ”

The doorman hurriedly let him go: "The matter of celebrating the hanging, it is not waiting for the date, the county lieutenant is please." ”

The group calmly left the city, watching the city wall disappear into the horizon, and then the mood relaxed, and began to speed up.

It was the first time for Li Su to ride a war horse alone, and he began to feel a little uncomfortable. Liu Bei noticed it, so he walked with him, occasionally helping him control the reins, and chatting by the way:

"After this meritorious service, what is Boya's plan? You and I are like-minded, and we both have the heart of loyalty and righteousness to serve the country, if you can be promoted to the county order because of your merits, then ask Boya to be my main book, I don't know what to do? ”

Li Su was also stunned, he had the heart to assist Liu, but he didn't want to be too cheap: "I and Xuande Gong hit it off at first sight, and if we don't give up, we should help each other." However, the position should be subject to the judgment of the imperial court, how can it be granted and accepted privately? ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while, and was actually a little ashamed in his heart: "It makes sense, let's look at the arrangement of the imperial court first." ”

"Thank you Xuande Gong for your understanding." Li Su also breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been three days since the end of the Han Dynasty, and Li Su has a better understanding of the atmosphere of today's times. Before, because of the inertia of romance, he imagined the world after the Yellow Turban Rebellion as "whoever has the big fist is justified".

But after a few days of contact, including experiencing the process of "arranging excuses, talismans, and going through officialdom procedures after killing the superintendent". Li Su finally realized that the authority of the imperial court was still very useful, at least until Emperor Ling's death.

Before that, everyone was talking about the logic of officialdom rules. Civil officials did not have the custom of personal service, and even Xun Yu had to wait until 191 years.

After that, it switched to an era when the princes competed for hegemony and had the final say if there were soldiers.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were able to run with Liu Bei, and that was because they were martial artists. Only grass-roots officers and petty officials can privately govern themselves during the Zhongping period.

And if Guan Zhang had become a military attache bigger than the "other Sima" before 190, then they would still have to obey the dispatch of the imperial court. If you want to continue to disobey the appointment and follow Liu Bei, unless you resign, you will not be accepted.

Li Su's words just now show that he respects the imperial court and pays attention to the Han family. On the other hand, it is also to plant a seed in Liu Bei's heart: this Li Boya can't be recruited as a small official, and he may be a "guest secretary" and "great sage" in the future.

Everyone is an official in the same dynasty and supports the Han family, what do they share with each other?

Of course, if Liu Bei really became Li Su's official under the framework of the imperial court appointment, then Li Su could call him the lord.

Just like Guan Yu's temporary residence in Cao Ying, it is clear that "if you descend to Han and not to Cao", the other party will respect you more.

Li Su also happened to take advantage of the years before the death of Emperor Ling to raise his starting point as soon as possible.

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(Note: The county-level administrative units of the Han Dynasty were parallel counties and states, and Zhongshan was the country, so the governor was the minister of the county, and the other county governors were Taishou.) But for everyone's reading experience, when other counties are mentioned in the future, they will no longer be subdivided, they will all be called counties, and the prefects will also be called Taishou. Lest I have to explain every county I write, there are too many water words. ）