This meal is the best meal Sima Tu has eaten in the past 20 years since he arrived in Momeng, which can be described as enjoyable, with meat and wine.

After drinking and eating, Li Xun happened to walk in.

Sima Tu bowed and said gratefully, "Thank you for the general's kindness." ”

Li Xun smiled: "I will stay here for a few days, you can come here according to the food order, and I will arrange for someone to eat for you." ”

"The general is so gracious, the villain doesn't know how to repay it."

Sima Tu had been in the desert for twenty years, suffering and suffering, and had seen too much cruelty and desolation, and he really couldn't understand why this young man was so kind to him.

That's because he doesn't understand Li Xun's character, in his opinion, giving people a full meal is too simple, and Li Xun has also experienced that hard time, so he will not have contempt and contempt for Sima Tu, the lowest person in society.

"You and I meet by fate, fate is friends, and inviting friends to dinner is nothing."

Li Xun laughed and walked to the seat and sat down, at this time, a soldier walked in with two cups of hot tea, Li Xun pointed to the hot tea on the table next to him, and said with a smile: "I have eaten too much meat, it is too greasy, drink a cup of bitter tea to reconcile and reconcile." ”

"Thank you, General."

Sima Tu thanked him, walked over to Li Xun and sat down, took a sip of hot tea and drank it.

Li Xun is a happy person, and he didn't look down on him because of Sima Tu's downfall, and now he has nothing to do, so he opened his mouth to talk to him, and after a conversation, Li Xun was a little surprised.

Sima Tu was born in Langzhou, he is forty years old this year, and his ancestors have also been court officials, but when he reached the generation of his great-grandfather, he began to lose, but his family background is still good and he is quite rich.

Sima Tu, young and intelligent, has a singularity, has a broad and bright character, is different from the crowd, reads and reads widely, and does not think about chapters and sentences.

At the age of twenty, the imperial examination high school, only to pass the interview of the Ministry of Officials, you can enter the scholar as an official, but unfortunately, at this time, his mother died of illness, Sima Tu had to return to Langzhou in a hurry, for the mother of the funeral, at that time, Pingzong conquered the six towns of Hebei defeated, at that time for Longyou, Anbei Jiedu envoy Liu Ji, led the army Qin Wang, Longyou, Anbei empty, Mobei Hu people went south, in one fell swoop broke through the Anbei defense line, Langzhou fell, Hu slaughtered the city for three days, Sima Tu's whole family was killed, I was also plundered to Momeng, a full twenty years, living an inhuman life, It wasn't until five years ago that the Hu Datai Jihu and Ba Ri began to reuse the Han people and free the Han slaves in their own territory, and Sima Tu was able to get out of the sea of suffering.

After listening to Sima Tu's experience, Li Xun had a sympathetic look on his face, and asked softly: "Since you are free, why don't you return to the Central Plains?" You are a jinshi again, and the imperial court should give you an official to do. ”

Sima Tu looked up to the sky and sighed, and said with a sad face: "I am disabled, how can the court take a fancy to me?" Five years ago, after being released, I was very excited and returned to Langzhou, but unfortunately my family is no more, others know that I have been in Momeng for 20 years, they all look at me with strange eyes, alienated and guarded, and the government has repeatedly sent me to go to interrogate, tortured, and simply regarded me as a spy in Momeng, my lame leg, it was discounted at that time, there is no way, I had to go back to Momeng, in recent years, With the division of this area to Datai Jihu and Bari, the status of the Han people has been greatly improved, they are no longer slaves, they will no longer be killed at will, although life is a little harder, but at least they can survive. ”

Li Xun was silent, there are too many tragic people and tragic things in this world.

Sima Tu looked lonely, got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, asked, "I don't know the name of the benefactor yet." ”

Li Xun said: "My name is Li Xun, and I escorted Liu Yu to Momeng this time. ”

"Liu Ji? But when the left minister Liu Ji and Liu Xiangguo? ”

Sima Tu was stunned, and then there was a look of shock on his face.

"It's Liu Ji and Liu Xiangguo."

Sima Tu's eyes flashed, and he stared at Li Xun for a while, since he was sent with Liu Ji to envoy Momeng, this person called Li Xun looked young, and his status was probably not low.

When Sima Tu left, Li Xun generously asked people to pack the unfinished meals, and gave him a few sets of new clothes and ten taels of silver.

Walking out of the door, Sima Tu glanced back, shook his head, and muttered to himself: "There are not many such people." ”

At dusk, Liu Ji sent someone to inform Li Xun that Tianxiong Khan Arislan went out hunting, and he would return after half a month, in this case, there was no need to rush to Erke City, the environment here is good, there are many Han people, and it is also very lively, Bierke City is much better, Hohe Bari enthusiastically let Liu Ji stay for a few more days, Liu Ji did not insist, and readily agreed, so he lived in Taiji Mansion.

At dinner, Sima Tu arrived on time, wearing the new clothes given by Li Xun, and the whole person freshened up, but he was much more energetic.

Looking at Sima Tu's emaciated and elegant temperament, Li Xun nodded secretly, people want clothes, and that's the case.

"Sima Tu, you came on time."

Sima Tu limped to Li Xun and said with a smile: "General Li, you said it, during your time here, I can come over to eat, and my husband can't break his promise." ”

Li Xun joked: "I'm just polite, but you're polite at all." ”

Sima Tu said with a smile: "I'm all down like this, what else is there to be polite, there is good wine tonight?" ”

"No wine is no fun."

Li Xun smiled lightly: "Let's go in, our first visit, Hohe Bari sent someone to send a lot of food and wine, you have a good taste tonight." ”

Li Xun took a hundred people into the city, ten of them followed Liu Yu to Taiji Mansion, and the rest lived here with Li Xun.

"General, eat with your brothers?"

A soldier walked into the room and saw that there was an outsider, who was supposed to be Li Xun's guest, so he asked for instructions.

"Bring the food here." Li Xun shook his head, Sima Tu is also a scholar no matter how he says, and he will not get used to eating with a group of big bosses.

"Yes, General."

The soldier answered and turned to leave.

Sima Tu smiled bitterly: "General Li, you don't have to be like this, I have lived in Momeng for so many years, and Sven has already swept the floor, what else is there to pay attention to." ”

"It's okay, it's easy to eat with you, at least you don't have to drink with others."

Li Xun waved his hand and asked Sima Tu to sit down.

After a while, the soldiers brought wine and food, and Li Xun and Sima Tu chatted while eating.

During the day, when the two met for the first time, they were on guard and didn't talk about anything.