Jingzhou and Luoyang are connected, Kang Peng set off the Luoyang turmoil, most of the Luoyang Shi clan fled to Jingzhou for refuge, bringing a lot of wealth and technology to Jingzhou, which was already very rich, Jingzhou, the land of fish and rice, to a higher level, and the economy has made a greater leap, at the same time, the Luoyang Shi clan also brought the seeds of hatred Dong Zhuo to Jingzhou, under the long-term verbal and written criticism of the Luoyang Shi clan, Dong Zhuo's already bad reputation in Jingzhou fell directly to the bottom, and Dong Zhuojun became synonymous with banditry, Boss Dong's name also has the effect of stopping children from crying at night in Jingzhou Shilin's family.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the fourth year of the first year of the first peace, Dong Zhuojun's number one diplomatic liar Lu Su arrived in Xiangyang, and it happened that at the same time, Liu Yan sent a new order to Zheng Du - no matter what conditions Liu Biao proposed, as long as Liu Biao was willing to send troops to fight Dong, any conditions could be agreed! The rivals got together, and immediately burst out a series of sparks, a series of open and secret battles.

At first, Zheng Du made a difficulty, and sent the news of the arrival of Dong Zhuojun's envoy Lu Su in Xiangyang to Shilin, who had a grudge against Dong Zhuo, overnight, and the Shilin immediately united, preemptively found Liu Biao, and repeatedly cried about Dong Demon King's brutal crimes against Shilin, and asked Liu Biao to expel Lu Su from the country - it is better to kill him with a knife, don't listen to Dong Demon King's nonsense. It's a pity that Liu Biao didn't dare to completely anger Dong Zhuojun, if he really killed Dong Zhuo's favorite minister Lu Su, then maybe Dong Zhuo would give up Yizhou, which had become a ruin, and go all out to take revenge on Jingzhou, which would be a consequence that Jingzhou could not bear. However, Liu Biao did not completely abandon Shilin's opinion, and avoided Lu Su and did not listen to Dong Zhuojun's conditions, which also made Lu Su's set of threats and temptations ineffective.

Liu Biao hid, Lu Su was helpless, and spent a lot of money to get through the door of Huang Zu's subordinate Chen Sheng, wanting Chen Sheng to introduce Huang Zu and take the path of Liu Biao's henchmen, but Jingzhou Shilin got the news, and Jingzhou Shilin led by Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others flocked to Huang Zu's house, and moved out of the state affairs family to persuade Huang Zu not to answer Lu Su, Kuai Yue even spent his blood money, took the initiative to propose to Huang Zu, and married his daughter who knew the book and replied to Huang Zu's rude and aggressive son, as early as a year ago, Huang Zu once proposed to Kuai Yue's daughter for his son, but Kuai Yue thought that Huang Zu's family was born as a martial artist, and he was not worthy of his own scholarly family, so he refused, and now in order to prevent Lu Su from blocking Liu Biao's plan to attack Dong Zhuo, Kuai Yue did not hesitate to sacrifice his daughter, which shows Jingzhou Shilin's hatred for Dong Zhuo. After Shilin's persuasion, coupled with the pleading of his only son, Huang Zu finally wavered, and asked his family to drive away Lu Su, who had already come to the gatehouse with a heavy gift, and decided to advance and retreat with Jingzhou Shilin.

Frustrated repeatedly, Lu Su was not discouraged, and wanted to try the way of the Cai brothers, but Cai Mao had already been fattened by Zheng Du, and he received the heavy gift sent by Lu Su, but he didn't see Lu Su, just sent a copy of Lu Su's gift list to Zheng Du, and that night, Zheng Du sent three times the heavy gift on the gift list to Cai's house. When Zheng Du came to Jingzhou, Liu Yan asked him to bring 30% of the looted Yizhou folk wealth, and loaded more than 100 boats with them, in order to feed the people who might hinder Liu Biao's alliance with Liu Yan.

Cai Mao's road didn't work, seeing that the Jingzhou army was already deploying troops, Lu Su had no choice but to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and went to find Cai Mao's two brothers who were more greedy and incompetent than Dong's eldest brothers. On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, Ma Zhong heard that Cai Zhong and Cai He were drinking flower wine on the drunken floor of the largest restaurant in Xiangyang, Lu Su was overjoyed, and hurriedly rushed to the drunken immortal building with Ma Zhong and others with heavy gifts.

Drunken Immortal Building is located in the south gate of Xiangyang, is the largest gold cave in Xiangyang, the place where the gentry and celebrities gather, a jar of apricot blossom spring, I don't know how many ancient famous sentences are left, the children of officialdom, the literati and scholars, are proud to enter this building. Lu Su and the others rushed to the front of the Drunken Immortal Tower, and were about to enter the door, but a person suddenly flew out of the door - definitely flying! smashed on Lu Su's body, and immediately smashed Lu Su on his back to the sky, causing passers-by to laugh.

"Fuck, poor ghost!" Without waiting for Ma Zhong and the others to help Lu Su up, a group of fierce and vicious guys had already rushed out of the drunken immortal building, carrying a big wooden stick and knocking over Lu Su, who was rolling all over the ground, scolding while beating, "Master told you to drink and not pay!" I told you to drink and not pay! ”

The man who knocked down Lu Su hugged his head and shouted, "Who is it, I won't pay?" I just went out without any money. "But the snobbish guys would believe it, and just punch and kick him. The man was rolling and crawling, and suddenly saw Lu Su who was richly dressed, and rushed up to hug Lu Su with pain, and the guys also saw that Lu Su was not small, and they didn't dare to come forward to chase and fight, only to see the man shouting: "Brother Tai, farewell to Chang'an, I can't expect to see you in Xiangyang today!" It's better to meet by chance than to get together, go, brother, please have a drink. ”

Lu Su said, has this person seen it himself? Ke Lu Su took a closer look at the man and saw that he was about two or three years younger than himself, with a short figure, a face like the bottom of a pot, eyes like a goldfish, two messy eyebrows the size of copper coins, a nose facing the sky, and a sparse mouse beard, and his ugly appearance could be compared with Boss Dong. Lu Su recalled for a long time, but he never remembered seeing this person in Chang'an.

"Brother Tai, are you not recognizing me as a brother when you are developed?" The ugly man shouted, and there were tears in the goldfish's eyes, and he cried: "I miss how close you and I were when we shared weal and woe together? Today, you don't recognize me as a brother......"

"Get out of the way!" Ma Zhong was born in the market, and he was used to seeing these methods of deception, so he grabbed the ugly man, and lifted the chute like an eagle catching a chicken, Ma Zhong smiled at Lu Su and said: "My lord, this is a scoundrel in the market to deceive people, pretend to be your acquaintance, and then deceive your copper money to pay the bill, don't pay attention to him." ”

Lu Su suddenly realized, it can be seen that the ugly man was beaten by the evil servant is really pitiful, and seeing that although his clothes are tattered, he is wearing a Confucian robe, knowing that he is a scholar, he feels pity and says: "Don't beat him, how much wine he drank from you will be counted in my account." ”

When the guys saw Lu Su speak, they quickly let go of the ugly scholar, nodded and led Lu Su into the restaurant, but the ugly scholar was inch by inch, and rushed up to hug Lu Su, this time Ma Zhong and other first-class players in Dong Zhuojun's army would let him get close to Lu Su, and the two guards immediately pressed the ugly scholar to the ground, and the ugly scholar shouted: "Brother Tai, a good person does it to the end, Xiaosheng's alcohol addiction has not disappeared, and I hope that Brother Tai will invite Xiaosheng to Liu Ling." ”

Ma Zhong and the others were furious, and said in their hearts that there are such shameless people in the world - they are a perfect match for our Taishi, and they are about to fight with their fists, Lu Su called them back, took out thirty gold coins, and handed them to the ugly scholar, "This gentleman, Lu Su has something important to do, please take this money to solve the temporary predicament first, if you still need it, just come to the pavilion to find me." ”

Unexpectedly, the ugly scholar didn't accept Lu Su's money, but the rat's whiskers were angry, and the goldfish flashed and said angrily: "Brother Tai is a beggar? Xiaosheng just admires the boldness of Brother Tai, and wants to have a drink with you, if someone else invites me, I still look down on them! ”

Ma Zhong and the others almost lost their noses, and Lu Su was also a little angry, but after thinking about it, at present, Jingzhou Shilin hates Taishi to the bone, although this ugly scholar is poor, but his speech and bearing are extraordinary, it is better to be polite to him for the time being, exchange for the good reputation of Corporal Lixian for the Taishi, and slightly improve the image of the Taishi in Jingzhou Shilin - this is also Lu Su's luck.

At that moment, Lu Su put away the gold coins and saluted the ugly scholar: "Mr. Lu Su looks down on you, I have offended a lot, and I hope you will forgive me." Lu Su bowed down again and said, "Lu Su wants to invite Mr. to drink together, please Mr. must appreciate the light." ”

"If it weren't for my addiction to alcohol, I would have been invited by you." In the eyes of Ma Zhong and the others, the ugly scholar got cheap and obedient, patted the dirt on his body, the tattered robe on his body, and stepped into the restaurant with a square step behind his back, Lu Su followed with a smile, and did not think it was against him.

Entering the Drunken Immortal Building, the ugly scholar didn't wait for Lu Su to speak, so he swaggered upstairs to the private room, Lu Su smiled bitterly and shook his head to follow. As soon as Lu Su went upstairs, he saw that the two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue and a group of scholars had already greeted the entrance of the building, and the Nuoda Drunken Immortal Building was full, not only the Cai family brothers, but also the envoy of Liu Yan in Lizhou - Zheng Du!

Na Kuai Yue sneered: "Lu Fengchang, Dong Thief only knows now that it is too late to save the hearts of scholars, right?" Kuai Liang said: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? All the Shilin laughed together, among which Zheng Du laughed the most proudly, and laughed wildly: "Lu Su, Lu Su, you are here to find the two sons of the Cai family, but unfortunately, the two Cai sons have been strictly ordered by Lord Cai, and they are not allowed to lead you to see Liu Tingshi." ”

Lu Su was shocked in his heart, could it be that the last road was also blocked? Cai Zhong laughed and approached Lu Su, looked at the gift that Lu Su's guards had raised, and said contemptuously: "This general is selfless, will he spoil my brother-in-law's big thing for the sake of your mere courtesy?" Then Cai Zhong leaned into Lu Su's ear and whispered: "You only picked two loads, but Zheng Du gave me five cars." ”

Lu Su's face is as white as earth, Dong Zhuojun is rich, but the reconstruction of Yizhou costs money everywhere, Kang Peng squeezed his teeth to squeeze out five boats of gifts, which is comparable to the Yizhou jewelry that Liu Yan scavenged and scavenged? When the group of Shilin saw the appearance on Lu Su's face, they were greatly relieved, and Kuai Yue continued to hit Lu Su and said, "Lord Fengchang, I will introduce you to someone." ”

That Kuai Yue pulled out a Confucian student, that Confucian was born very peculiarly, his eyebrows turned out to be silver-white, and before Kuai Yue could speak, Lu Su had already exclaimed: "Could it be that Your Excellency is Ma Liang Ma Jichang, who is known as 'Ma's five good and the most beautiful white eyebrows'?" ”

Ma Liang smiled and replied: "The cheap name is based on the dirty mouth, and the next is Ma Liang." ”

Without waiting for Lu Su to return the salute, Kuai Yue had already smiled and said: "Tell Lord Fengchang a good news, the lord has decided to take General Huang as the general, Ma Jichang as the military advisor, and raise 150,000 troops to rescue Yizhou." Lord Fengchang doesn't need to stay in Jingzhou, hurry up and go back to inform Dong Thief to flee back to Yongzhou. ”

In the wild laughter of the scholars, Lu Su's body was shaky, and he almost fainted, Lu Su had already heard of Ma Liang's power, and he had heard Kang Peng say that he was most worried about the strategists, including Ma Liang, the Jingzhou army took Ma Liang as its military advisor, and the Xiliang army was in big trouble this time.

"Hahahaha......" Lu Su suddenly burst out of a night owl-like ugly laugh beside him, Lu Su turned his head to look, but it was the ugly scholar he saved just now, the ugly scholar laughed and said: "Ma's five good, white eyebrows are the best?" It's just a person who has no real knowledge and fame, a native chicken and a dog. ”

Kuai Yue looked at the ugly scholar and said angrily: "Who are you, listening to your accent, you should be a person from Xiangyang, and you dare to speak out!" Ma Ji often learns through the past and the present, knows everything about astronomy and geography, and this time he goes out with the army, he will definitely be able to take down the head of Dong Thief, and the humiliation of our scholars will be restored, and the world will be peaceful. Kuai Yue took the lead in attacking, and all the Shilin also shouted, accusing Lu Su of bringing such a madman here.

The scholar Lu Su was sweating profusely, he didn't expect that he had done bad things with good intentions, what a literary scholar Jingxiang was, this ugly scholar was so unscrupulous, and his image in the eyes of Hui Taishi in Shilin was about to become worse again.

At this time, Cai Mao's younger brother Cai He had already screamed: "Boy, have you eaten leopard gall? Don't think that last time my eldest brother celebrated his thirtieth birthday, you sent a picture of a crab, and if my eldest brother liked it, you dared to speak wildly! If you dare to walk with Dong Thief's people today, even if you draw ten pictures of crabs, you won't be able to save your life! ”

Before Cai He's words ended, Ma Liang's face had changed greatly, but Lu Su smiled dumbly, crab picture? Isn't this scolding Cai Mao for being rampant and domineering in Xiangyang? Although this ugly scholar is poor and ugly, his mind is very flexible.

(PS: To add to the fun of the plot, the age of the character Ma Liang in the book has increased.) ）