Xuzhou Prefecture.

Liu Deran hummed and walked into Liu Bei's mansion, and saw Liu Bei working the desk, so he took the initiative to stop.

"Deran, what are you so happy about!" Liu Bei raised his head and saw Liu Deran walking in with light steps, and asked at this time: "By the way, Mr. Chen Deng, I asked you to study, how did you learn?" ”

"Hey~ brother, I have always learned, I will do it while learning, and if I don't understand, ask again!" Liu Deran found a place and sat down, because there was no one else except Liu Bei, so Liu Deran didn't see much at this time.

"I heard that you and Tian'er got along?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Deran's face that would laugh when he had nothing to do, and asked deliberately.

"Uh~" Liu Deran sighed in his heart, restrained his smile, and suddenly appeared with an embarrassed smile and said, "Brother, what am I going to tell you today?" ”

"Hmph, such a big thing, I don't even know about it as a brother, and you're too disagreeable!" Liu Bei deliberately put on a serious face and accused Liu Deran: "It's been so long, why are you with me now?" ”

"Brother, aren't I busy over there, public first and then private, if I come to you specifically for this matter, then it will delay other serious things!" Liu Deran muttered, his face turned to the side, but his eyes were looking at Liu Bei.

"What could be more important than my brother's marriage, so I didn't have any gifts!" Liu Bei put down the pen in his hand, stood up and said with a smile.

"Brother, Gan'er has already sent it, oh, no, it's my sister-in-law who has already sent it!" Liu Deran grinned, bared his teeth and said with a smile.

"Eh, indeed~" Liu Bei coughed a few times, walked to Liu Deran and sat down, and said, "Yes, I took Gan'er as a concubine, and he also told me about Gan'er giving gifts!" ”

"Brother, I'm just you, your movements are also a little slower, since you like Gan'er, and Gan'er also likes you, so why do you want to do it now!" Liu Deran took a piece of cake from the box next to him, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then said: "If I move fast, maybe I even have a nephew!" ”

"I'm not in a hurry, what are you anxious about!"

"Brother, are you scolding me? You scolded me for being a eunuch! ”

"When did your imagination become so rich!" Liu Beijin really couldn't cry or laugh at his younger brother, and at this time he seemed to suddenly think of something, so he said: "By the way, do you have anything to do with me today?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just thinking about it for a long time, and today I went to find Mr. Yuanlong again, and when I came out, I passed by here, so I thought about it!" Liu Deran explained.

"That's right, I should have taken a good walk, but now these shortcomings around me, if you want to be the closest, you have to count you, we are also related by blood!" Liu Bei sighed and said: "Our family has been poor since we lived, but fortunately, our parents are united and help each other, so that the family can continue to this day, and we have to learn from my father, your father and them!" ”

"Yes, got it!" Liu Deran pursed his lips and nodded.

"Lord Governor!" A person walked in from the door, and Liu Bei saw that it was Sun Qian.

"Gongyou, you're here!" Liu Bei saw him hurriedly walking in, so he pointed to the empty spot next to him and said, "Sit down, don't worry!" ”

"My lord, I just got the news that Chang'an's son ran out!" Sun Qian was holding a piece of paper in his hand, which was transmitted through the probes.

"The Son has come out, where is it now? What exactly happened, you take it slowly, you have to be more detailed! Liu Bei straightened his body and said.

"Li Dao and Guo Yan have been entrenched in Chang'an for a long time, controlling the regime, and one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, which is very similar to Dong Zhuo Ding Yuan, so their relationship gradually broke down, and finally they fought hard, and they ran out while the chaos was in chaos!"

"So what are we going to do?" Liu Bei asked.

"This ...... Let's not move for now! Sun Qian took a long time to hold back this sentence from his mouth.

"Why, the son is in trouble, shouldn't you do something as a courtier?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"Indeed, but, my lord, the situation is stronger than people, what can we do now, Xuzhou was originally a rich land, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the battle against Cao Cao, Xuzhou became poor and weak, and the people lived in poverty, and the key point was that there was no money; Moreover, now that the internal political situation in Xuzhou is unstable, if you go out to see your son, the unstable factors may rebound immediately; There is also Yuan Shu in the south, who may come to plunder Xuzhou at any time! ”

"Hey~ What can I do!" Liu Bei frowned and thought at this time.

"Besides, if we enter King Qin in the east, we still have to pass through other people's territory, and Cao Cao and Lu Bu are still fighting there!" Liu Deran said.

"No, now that Lu Bu is no longer Cao Cao's opponent, I estimate that Lu Bu will be driven out of Yanzhou soon!" Sun Qiandao.

"So fast! Cao Cao is also too strong! Liu Deran said in surprise.

"Cao Cao is famous for being good at using soldiers, Yuan Shu was so strong back then, he was not beaten in front of Cao Cao, and now there is no need for a Lu Bu, although Cao Cao fought really hard in the early stage!"

"Hardship, you mean Lu Bu is also quite strong!"

"To be able to mix in this society, how can you do it without some strength, mainly because a large number of Cao Cao's colleagues have thrown themselves under Lu Bu, so Lu Bu is more clear about Cao Cao's strength and combat style, so he will fight more hard, according to the battle of Puyang, Cao Cao mistakenly fell into Chen Gong's plan and almost lost his life!"

Sun Qian saw Liu Bei and Liu Deran staring at him at the moment, and knew that they were also interested in this matter, so he continued: "Later, because they were short of food, so the two sides quit the army, and the conditions were so difficult that people even got people to eat and spare, and the Cao Cao group dried the corpses, cut them into pieces, and distributed them to the soldiers, it was pork and mutton or something, anyway, it was very hard!" Later, Cao Cao adjusted his strategy, besieged the city and sent reinforcements, and Lu Bu was defeated and retreated, and it is estimated that it is almost the same now! ”

"Cao Cao obviously has the taste of hegemony in the Central Plains, and once Yuan Shao of Hebei destroys Gongsun Zhan, his power will further develop, and once the battle of the two Yuan is over, Yuan Shao will be a split within Lianmei!"

"Then who are we going to support then?" Liu Deran suddenly thought of this question.

"This matter has to be carefully considered, but this matter, I, Liu Bei, really ...... Ay! Liu Bei said with a sad face at this time.

"My lord, I won't hide it from you, in principle, we should greet this, and all the princes should greet it, but whether we can meet it is one thing, and whether we can resist the pressure after welcoming it is another thing!"

Liu Bei lowered his face and did not answer.

"What's the pressure on this, welcome the son, we have to be promoted even if we don't become a marquis, and then we will be the ministers of the pillars!" Liu Deran said.

"How can there be such a good thing, once the son is in hand, if it sounds good, you can serve the son to order the princes, and if it is ugly, you can coerce the prince to order the princes, but if you don't have the strength to put it there, the son will only bring disaster to yourself, not good fortune!"

"Gongyou, what do you have to say, are these words for us?" Liu Bei listened to Sun Gan's words, immediately sank his face, and said: "The reason why we raised troops is not to be able to rejuvenate the Han dynasty and give the next peace? ”

Sun Gan hurriedly stood up, lowered his head and said ashamedly: "My lord, Sun Gan is ashamed, please forgive me!" ”

"Sit down!" Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Gongyou, I didn't mean to blame you just now, it's just that I, Liu Bei, have been busy for more than ten years, and I keep saying that I want to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and now the son is in front of us, but we can't do anything to help the son, my Liu Bei's heart is indebted, I sometimes actually hate myself, I have come out for so many years, and there is still no improvement, and now I finally have a base, but I still have to be constrained everywhere, in the final analysis, I am still too incompetent!" ”

With that, Liu Bei couldn't help but shed tears at this time.

"My lord, don't blame yourself too much, you have to take your time in everything, don't rush to progress, and don't be arrogant, let's take one step at a time, everything will be fine!" In the depths of love, Sun Qian's eyes were also red.

"Brother, Gongyou is right, although we don't have the strength to do big things now, but as long as we have a heart of the Zhongxing Han family and unswervingly persevere, we will always succeed, let's not be in a hurry, after all, we have suffered for so many years, and there is nothing that we can't eat in the future!" Liu Deran patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the second is whether you can persevere!" ”

"Thank you!" Liu Bei sighed at this time and said: "The matter of the son, we have to let it go first, develop our strength first, and when we have more than enough heart and strength, we will help the son again!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Qian and Liu Deran nodded.

"Oh, by the way, how are the two of Yun Chang and Yide organizing the army?" At this time, Liu Bei thought of the issue of the previous order, let the Danyang soldiers be reorganized, and recruit troops in Xuzhou again, so as to avoid the Danyang soldiers being dominant in Xuzhou.

"It's almost done, now we have a total of 30,000 troops, managed by Cao Bao, Yun Chang, and Yide, the situation is still controllable, Cao Bao can't make waves alone!"

"That's good, after a while, let's send troops to attack Yuan Shu and destroy this traitor first!"

"Yuan Shu?" Liu Deran asked in surprise.

"Yes, according to the report from the secret agent, Yuan Shu took the jade seal of the country, touched it, and from time to time revealed to the courtiers that he wanted to be the emperor, and the heart of the disobedience was clearly revealed!" Sun Qiandao.

"It's come to this!"

"Report!" At that moment a soldier ran in.

"What's the matter!"

"Lord Qiqi, Lu Bu asks to see!" After listening to the soldier's words, the three of them were stunned.