【Hongdu Gate Learning】

Luoyang City is magnificent and magnificent, and other places really can't compare. Liu Bei and Liu Deran have also seen such a big city for the first time in their lives, although the purpose of their trip is to help the teacher proofread the literature and sort out the materials together, but let these two seventeen or eighteen-year-old young men stay in this nursing home-like Dongguan with a few middle-aged and elderly people all day long, where can they stand it, so as long as the two of them are free, they will run out for a walk.

Luoyang gold market, streets and alleys, shops, busy traffic, people come and go, there are jewelry shops, silk shops, restaurants, small restaurants, horse markets, iron shops, these can be seen everywhere in the market; In addition to the Han people, there are also gentlemen on the road, these people are coming to Luoyang to do business, of course, there are also envoys from foreign countries to the Han Dynasty, sometimes Liu Bei they can also bump into the city order on the road, he is the official in charge of the market, in this prosperous Luoyang, they are busy, there is no day to spare, but although this position is busy, there is a lot of oil and water, therefore, in order to be able to become the city order, many people are squeezed out of their heads, patted all the sycophants, and finally barely got it.

Sometimes the market is all over, Liu Bei and they will run to the residence of the Beijing official, like the Yuan family, the Yang family of these famous families of the high-walled compound, Liu Bei also likes to see it very much, although he can't walk in, but every time he stands outside the door to watch, he will fantasize, if he has such a residence in the future.

As he grew older, Liu Bei became more and more particular about his dress, he often used his extra money to buy beautiful clothes in the market, and every time he went out, he would dress up carefully, for fear that he would be embarrassed in front of others because of the problem of dressing. Liu Deran also often laughed at him: "Why is my brother so good at dressing up and being a daughter." Liu Bei didn't think much of what Liu Deran said, because he felt that this was also a strict attitude towards life.

On this day, the two of them still took the time to hang out as usual, but found that today's street is not as good as in the past, there are many fewer people, and then go forward, only to see a sea of people in front of them, everyone is crowded together, and something seems to have happened in front of them. Liu Bei and Liu Deran also hugged at this time and took a look, this Luoyang is good, what is always the first time to know, if you know something in other places, it has been ten days and half a month.

"Oops, don't squeeze don't squeeze!" Liu Bei pushed the crowd away with his hand. Let yourself lean forward as much as possible, although there are many people, Liu Bei is tall, so what happened in front of him can still be seen: Isn't this Hongdumen, what are so many people doing here.

Hongdu Gate is the palace gate of Luoyang, at this time Liu Bei pads his feet to look in the direction of the door, only to see a person shouting loudly in front of Hongdu Gate, this person is dancing, dressed in a gray-green costume, the voice is yin and yang, the pitch is high, the voice is thin, at first glance it is a rootless guy. The bustling crowd was noisy and noisy, and the content of the eunuch's speech could only be heard approximately, as if it were: "From today on, the emperor will set up Hongdu Gate School, which is a school for learning and researching literature and art, and people who are good at calligraphy and seal carving, painting, ruler and other talents can come to this Hongdu Gate to study, and the emperor will personally select officials or something from among the students......"

"The emperor wants to set up Hongdu Gate School, this thing doesn't seem to be simple." Liu Bei turned his head and said to Liu Deran.

The two of them were swaying left and right in the crowd, and Liu Deran said: "It doesn't matter if he's simple or not, let's go out first!" After saying that, the two held hands and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Hey, suffocate me!" Liu Deran bent over and gasped and said: "What's so beautiful about a yellow door, and so many people go to join in the fun, I thought which beauty was dancing?" ”

"How can you dance in front of the palace gate, if you want to dance, you have to dance on the beds of those dignitaries!" Liu Bei wiped the sweat on his face and neck with his sleeve.

"Phew! Brother, what you said is so right, you said that one day if we become dignitaries, how about we also get a few beautiful women to dance? Liu Deran straightened his waist and said with a grin.

"I, I'll forget it, I hurt my body if I hold too much, I'll learn from the teacher!" Liu Bei patted Liu Deran on the shoulder: "Let's go back!" ”

"You can't pretend to be someone else with Xue'er in your heart, I'm different, I'm a big man, let alone a woman, even a woman with a heart has never had it, hey~ It's really sad!" Liu Deran kicked the pebbles under his feet at will.

"Hey~ Speaking of Xue'er, I haven't heard from her for a long time, I don't know how she's doing now?" Liu Bei lowered his head and said in a low voice.

Liu Deran knew that he had mentioned something that should not be mentioned, he approached Liu Bei, put his hand on Liu Bei's shoulder and said: "Brother, don't worry, after a while, we will take the time to go to Zhongshan to take a walk and see how Senior Sister Xue'er is, anyway, when we left, Senior Sister Xue'er invited us!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Liu Deran and said, "Let's talk about this matter, but the emperor's behavior today is indeed a little strange!" "Liu Bei doesn't want to go to Zhongshan to see Xue'er, but he has achieved nothing now, what can he take to see Xue'er.

Liu Deran saw that Liu Bei was suspicious at this time, and gently patted Liu Bei's back with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Brother, although the emperor is not doing his job, he is talented, and he loves literature and calligraphy, and I also heard that he is also good at drainage engineering. ”

Liu Bei frowned at this time, and crossed his hands in front of his chest: "Yes, it is indeed normal to set up a school dedicated to cultivating artists, but if the emperor said that he would select talents to serve in this school, it would not be simple." ”

"Why?" Although Liu Deran said that he had shown extraordinary talent for military affairs before, he was never very sensitive to politics, as if he was missing a tendon, Liu Bei saw that Liu Deran was still ignorant at this time, so he also felt funny and said: "Go back and talk about it."

The two of them unconsciously quickened their pace at this time, and hurriedly ran back to Dongguan, Liu Bei almost fell because he tripped on the threshold. At this time, Lu Zhi, Ma Riyan and the others were discussing things, and when they saw that their students were so disrespectful and reckless, they couldn't hold back their faces, and scolded: "What are you doing in a hurry, don't you see me discussing things with a few adults here?" ”

However, Liu Kuan had a gentle temperament, and said with a smile: "Young people, there is always a rashness, who has not been young...... Why are you in such a hurry to find your teacher? ”

As soon as Liu Bei was said by Lu Zhi, he felt that he was really wrong, and now he made a fool of himself in front of several court elders, which made him feel ashamed when he thought he had always been strict with himself, and when he heard Liu Kuan playing a round for him, he said gratefully: "Just now I saw the eunuch in Hongdumen announcing there that the emperor is going to set up Hongdu Gate School, which is a place that specializes in cultivating people's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the emperor will personally select talents from it and reuse them." ”

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Yang Ci hurriedly said: "Your Majesty wants to set up this Hongdu Gate School, why I don't know!" ”

However, Lu Zhi was casual and said jokingly: "Your Majesty is annoyed by us, and he doesn't want to discuss it with us." As soon as he said this, everyone present was silent for a long time.

In the end, it was Ma Riyan who broke the silence: "Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, the doctoral officials and the establishment of Taixue at that time were mainly based on scripture education, but if you want to enter the official career, you have to learn scriptures, it can be said that scripture has become the soul and main tone of the literature of the first and later Han dynasties, and the thoughts and creations of the literati of the two Han Dynasty also revolve around the direction set by the scriptures." And now the emperor in the existence of Taixue at the same time and set up another Hongdu Gate School, or by virtue of non-scripture learning to be selected and appointed, this is equivalent to the empty Taixue of the right to vote, I think this Hongdu Gate School should be set up by eunuchs in order to cultivate and support their own intellectuals, in order to compete with the Taixue monopolized by the scholar class, this is also a product of class struggle. ”

Liu Kuan sighed: "I look at the current emperor, although he is playful by nature, he is a good hand at playing politics, but he is in the wrong place. ”

Yang Ci still couldn't suppress the fire: "I went to the emperor and asked him to withdraw from Hongdu Sect." After saying that, he held his breath and walked out.

"What's the use of you going, it's not like you've been scolded again."

"I have to go back after scolding, if I don't go for a while, it will really make the eunuch think that I and other scholars are dead." Yang Ci walked out of the door angrily.

Although these adults are indignant about this matter, but Liu Bei does not think this is a bad thing, this era, is an era of arbitrariness and impetuousness, so many people are eager to break those dull and redundant rules, eager for a way that can make their minds indulge, the establishment of Hongdu Gate School, for the development of literary talent and recruitment of wise men has played a great role in promoting, at the same time he also gave outstanding students official status, which is undoubtedly conducive to the pursuit of the value of life for poor students. The Taixue of the scholar class has long excluded the poor students, and they have monopolized the official career, making the poor class like Liu Bei almost impossible to get out of the officialdom, but such words cannot be said on such an occasion, he looked at the teacher's face, and found that the teacher was not as angry as others.

At this time, Liu Bei also felt funny, everyone's actions may be from their own position, Yang Ci is a famous family, a typical scholar class, in the face of the emperor's measures to infringe on his interests, he did not hesitate to be scolded by the emperor again, but also to take risks to reason with the emperor; And Mr. Lu Zhi was born in a poor family, and he was able to get to where he is today, all because of Ma Rong's prestige and his military exploits. The emperor's current measures are undoubtedly conducive to the promotion of the poor class, so the teacher did not express his position in time. And the reason why Teacher Lu Zhi stands with them is because they have a common enemy, that is, the eunuchs, maybe once the eunuchs are eradicated, they will not stand together. Although it is difficult to grasp the separation of people's hearts, it is not wrong to analyze him from the perspective of interests.

【Forced Marriage】

"Master, this is the account book of the last quarter, we are divided into horse markets across the country and summarized it together, I have summarized it, you can take a look!" Steward Li came to the account room of Su Mansion, and at this time, Su Shuang was calculating the amount of money in business transactions in the account room.

"Oh, this is the quarterly ledger, let me see!" Su Shuang took the account book, squinted his eyes and flipped through it roughly, his eyes were not good, it had been like this for a long time, he may be old, and his eyes felt like he was spending on everything: "How is this quarter?" ”

"Generally speaking, the rebellion in Yangzhou last quarter required a large number of horses, so our income in Yangzhou has increased significantly, and then there are Youzhou, Liangzhou and Bingzhou, these three are frequent areas of war, and the number of war horses consumed has been increasing unabated, and the big head is of course these three places!" Steward Li turned the account book to the Si Li, licked his lips, and said: "However, the income in the Si Li area has declined a lot, and the horses have not been able to be sold at all in the recent period, and our stewards in the Si Li area are also very headaches, I can't find the reason, the court horses will originally buy some from you, and I will buy some here, so it will be good for everyone, we businessmen can benefit, and the court will not be maliciously raised by businessmen and make loss-making transactions, but recently I don't know why, The imperial court just doesn't come to our Su family horse shop to buy horses, you see this ......"

"Hmm~ I see!" Su Shuang put down the account book, closed his eyes, and pinched his forehead fiercely with his hand, the deep wrinkles were enough to know that he usually thought too much: "Business is just hard to do!" ”

Su Shuang stood up and walked out of the account room, followed by Steward Li.

"I also know this reason, on the front line, we offended Duan De, the son of the captain of Sili, and he will definitely say something in front of his father, you see how good this is!" Su crossed his waist and walked slowly.

"This is the master's family matter, the old slave doesn't know!" Steward Li has a very good grasp of this, so many years of experience have made him see all the human feelings, he only cares about the business affairs of the Su Mansion, as for the internal family affairs of the Su Mansion, he doesn't say a word at all, he knows the matter between Su Xue and Duan De, and he also knows the matter between Su Xue and Liu Bei, but he knows in his heart that he knows it, but he has never mentioned it to anyone, including Su Shuang who is standing in front of him.

"Oh, I said Lao Li, you haven't been in my house for a day or two, when did I treat you as a slave, I won't tell you, I have always treated you as an uncle, otherwise why would I hand over such an important matter as Sufu's financial revenue and expenditure to you, it is because I trust you, I respect you, tell me, you have seen a lot of the world, and there are many ways!" Su Shuang casually picked two apricots from the tree, wiped them with his clothes, threw one into his mouth, and handed the other to Steward Li.

Steward Li took the apricots with both hands, nodded gratefully to Su Shuang, and said, "This kind of government's monopoly behavior is very common in business, and to be honest, we don't have to be afraid of him; However, the impact on business is still more or less there, cough cough cough~" Steward Li put the apricot in his mouth, and his lungs felt much better.

"What's wrong with you, why are you coughing so badly?" Su Shuang picked a few apricots from the tree and handed them to Steward Li, apricot fruit has good medical effect, occupies an important position in Chinese herbal medicine, mainly treats wind and cold lung disease, quenches thirst, moistens the lungs and dissolves phlegm, clears heat and detoxifies: "Eat more, apricots are good!" ”

"I'm fine, it's natural to be like this when I'm older, thank you for the apricots!" Steward Li put the apricots in his pocket: "But there will always be a solution to things?" ”

"What's the way, this person was offended by Xue'er, she even scolded Duan De and his father, Tang Tangjing can give up and give up, and now he is just a subordinate, if he does it bigger one day, I don't think our Su family's business will have to be done, anyone can be offended, but you can't be an official, a word from someone may be able to bankrupt your family!" Su Shuang walked in front and just scolded himself.

"You still have to tie the bell to unlock the bell!" Steward Li sent an apricot to his mouth and said, "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, you can still fight for it!" ”

"What hope?" Su Shuang picked an apricot and threw it into his mouth.

"Master, there's something urgent!" Zhang Shiping ran over in a hurry, and at this time he was out of breath and so tired that he couldn't even stand up straight.

"Shiping, why are you in such a hurry?" When Su Shuang saw him like this, he faintly felt a sense of foreboding.

"Duan Xi has become a captain, and he ordered that the horses of the local governments should not be purchased from Su's horse shop, and our branches around the country are in an emergency."

Poof~ Su Shuang spit out the apricots in his mouth, his eyes widened, and he stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Shiping's clothes, and scolded angrily: "You nonsense, if you talk like this again, believe it or not, I'll kill you!" ”

"Master, master~" Su Shuang's appearance was so frightened that Zhang Shiping couldn't speak, but fortunately, Steward Li stopped Su Shuang on the side: "Master, let go, what are you doing!" ”

Su Shuang gradually let go of his hand at this time, and the whole person suddenly sat down on the ground: "It's over!" ”

"How so!" Steward Li asked Zhang Shiping, and the two of them worked together to help the old man to the side of the stone, and Steward Li instructed the servant to bring tea.

"Duan Xi attached himself to the eunuch Wang Fu, because of his meritorious work in searching for Tai students in the capital, coupled with the good words of the eunuch in the emperor's ear, so he was promoted to Tai Lieutenant, and his son Duan De was angry about his affairs in Su Mansion, so he immediately passed out this ban in the name of his father." Zhang Shiping kept stroking Su Shuang's back at this time, hoping that Su Shuang felt better.

Steward Li saw that the tea was coming, so he handed the tea to Su Shuang, Su Shuang took a sip gently, and then handed the teacup to Steward Li. ”

"This ...... Duan De said that as long as Xue'er marries, the two families can be reconciled as before, and he will also use the power of the government to help Sufu's business become bigger and stronger! Zhang Shiping is Su Xue's aunt, so he has always called Su Xue Xue'er.

Since Duan De saw Su Xue's face last time, his whole person seemed to be dementored, although Su Xue spoke wildly to his father, but he couldn't hate it afterwards, such a beautiful little lady, he really wanted to hold her in his arms forever and never separate; When he was sleeping, he often dreamed of Su Xue, dreamed that Su Xue was lying in his arms, and dreamed that he fell into Su Xue's gentle township, entangled with each other, but when he woke up, this kind of longing suddenly evolved into a sense of loss, he was obsessed with Su Xue's figure, obsessed with Su Xue's face, he wanted to get him, even if it was unscrupulous.

"But the young lady won't agree!" Steward Li said.

"When the family survives, I can't manage so much, I'm just this one daughter, if I want to say that I can't bear it, no one can compare to me, but what can I do, seeing that the property accumulated by my ancestors is about to go bankrupt, am I just sitting on the sidelines, as a member of the Su family, Xue'er should understand her mission, marry the Duan family, and there will be no harm in everything; If you refuse, the huge property of the Su family will suddenly turn to ashes, and you, you, and everyone in the Su Mansion, including me, will be reduced to ordinary people. Su pointed at Steward Li and Zhang Shiping and said.

"This passage is so hateful, it's just madness!" Zhang Shiping said angrily: "This is not forced marriage, this is not a robbery of people's daughters!" ”

Su Shuang gasped: "I can't bear Xue'er, but I must be responsible for the family; I cherish my daughter, but I cherish my family even more, even if I sacrifice Xue'er for the sake of my family, I will not hesitate to do so! ”

【Ask for help】

"Xue'er, you're here, the meal that Daddy made for you today, come and eat!" Su Shuang personally set the dishes and chopsticks.

"Yes, Daddy!" Su Xue sat down in her place, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the dish and put it in her mouth: "This dish is so delicious!" ”

"Eat more if it's delicious, our father and daughter don't usually have much time to eat together, and today is also rare to have a meal together, cough~ It's all because my father cares too much about his business on weekdays, he doesn't care about you well, and he doesn't spend time with you, my father is not up to standard!" Su Shuang smiled bitterly.

"Daddy, don't say that, Xue'er remembers your kindness to Xue'er, and no one in the world thinks about their children!" Su Xue sandwiched the dishes for her father: "Come on, dad, you can eat it too, don't eat all the food by then!" ”

"Haha...... Watching you eat, Daddy is happy in his heart, as long as you like it, Daddy will make it for you to eat in the future! Su Shuang smiled bitterly at this time.

"Okay, Daddy, as long as you want, Xue'er hopes to eat the food you cooked for me in the future......" Speaking of this, Su Xue stopped her chopsticks and paused, only to see her tears falling down in big drops, and finally simply put down the chopsticks and sat there sobbing.

"Cher, do you know everything?" Seeing his daughter's sad appearance, Su Shuang's heart was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, he felt very distressed, and finally he burst into tears.

He doesn't hate Duan De, he doesn't hate Duan Xi, he only hates himself, he pushed his daughter to the furnace with his own hands, and he buried his daughter's happiness with his own hands. His own interests, for his own vanity, do not hesitate to use his daughter as a bargaining chip, at this time he looked at his hands, feeling like a pair of claws, a pair of claws that devoured human nature, it was stained with the blood and tears of his relatives, he let himself be lost in the abyss, the pursuit of fame, the longing for status, at this time, is no longer the self he once was; At this time, his father is no longer the father he once was, he hates himself, and the trembling hands in front of him are gradually making Su Shuang recognize himself.

Su Xue nodded tremblingly, and said in a choked voice: "I know, Daddy, the child is not filial, you have to take care of yourself in the future!" She struggled to her feet and staggered towards the door.

"No, no, no!" Su Shuang shouted frantically at this time: "Xue'er, don't go, don't go!" He ran out, grabbed Xue'er's hand and said: "Daddy regretted it, Daddy doesn't want anything, Daddy only needs you now, as long as you are happy, this property daddy doesn't want it, and daddy doesn't do business, don't go!" Su Shuang knelt down in front of Su Xue, took Su Xue's hand, and hid his face and cried.

Steward Li and Zhang Shiping, who rushed to hear the sound, saw this scene, and hurriedly ran over and helped Su Shuang: "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I regret it, I don't want Xue'er to leave me, this fucking Duande, my Xue'er won't be happy if she marries him, I can't do this!" Su Shuang cried.

"I knew today, why bother at the beginning, do you think it is useful for you to regret it now, do you think that you just have no business, he is now the third duke, and now he is the captain, we have teased the imperial lieutenant again and again, do you think he will let us go, as long as he says a word, all of us here will die!" Su Xue washed her face with tears and said helplessly.

"Daddy is sorry for you, Daddy is really useless...... Su Shuang kept slapping his face with his hand, he felt that he was so incompetent, galloping the rivers and lakes for decades, and finally couldn't even keep his daughter.

"Oh, sir, don't be like this, can we find a way?" At this time, the housekeeper took Su Shuang's hand and said, "We still have a glimmer of hope, but this hope is very slim, but we still have to try it after all, what do you say?" ”

"What, what?" Su Shuang grabbed Steward Li's hand tightly and said.

"I remember that Miss's teacher is in Luoyang now!" Steward Li looked at Su Xue and said.

Su Xue nodded and said, "Yes, the teacher and the junior brother are in Luoyang now. ”

"That's right, this Xi and the eunuch have always been wearing a pair of pants, and they are naturally Lu Zhi's sworn rivals, Miss can write a letter and tell Lu Zhi in detail about her situation, one day as a teacher and a father for life, I believe that Lu Zhi will never watch his students walk into the fire pit." Steward Li said: "Although the eunuch is powerful, as long as we have a glimmer of hope, then we must win him over, as long as they bring down Duan Xi, then everything is easy to say!" ”

"Move to Duan Xi? This is the Tai Lieutenant, the head of the Three Princes, where does it mean that if you knock it down, you will bring it down? Zhang Shiping said.

"It's better to try than not to try, do you still want to watch the young lady marry the lewd thief? That bastard boy is not a gentleman, from his unscrupulous means, coercion, and taking advantage of others, it can be seen that Miss marries him, there is absolutely no good end, is he very familiar with Miss, why do you have to hold Miss Miss, it's not that he likes Miss's face, as long as I still breathe, I will never stand by! Steward Li said menacingly.

"That's okay, Xue'er, you can write this letter, uncle, I'll send you a letter, and I will definitely hand it over to Lu Zhi!" Zhang Shiping patted his chest and said.

"Yes! Thank you Uncle Lee, thank you uncle, thank you, Daddy! Su Xue knelt down at this time and kowtowed to the three people in front of her one by one.

【Send a letter to Luoyang】

\/* My mentor Lu Zhi has not seen him for many years, and I miss it very much!

Student Su Xue has something to ask for, and she takes the liberty to write a letter to disturb, I hope the teacher understands!

Duan De, the son of Taiwei, coveted the student Su Xue, but the student did not obey, but he used his power to overturn the Su family and forced his father to obey his fate, and the father was helpless and had to follow. Thinking that Duan Xi is the lackey of the eunuch, everyone in the world hates it, although the student is not talented, but he is also unwilling to marry into the Duan family, and he is in cahoots with him, complicit, today's letter, I hope the teacher can help the student get out of danger, if not, the student has to die to clear his will, and he will not have anything to do with the Duan family.

Student Su Xue, respectfully! *\/

Lu Zhi frowned and read the letter back and forth more than ten times, and then folded the letter and put it in his pocket, at this time he said to Zhang Shiping: "Duan Xi and Wang Fu, the middle servant, became a henchman, tending to power and power, coercing power to gain power, what he did, I Lu Zhi hated it so much, and now his son is coerced on the head of my student, it is really too deceitful!" Lu Zhi slammed the table hard.

"Master Lu, our Xue'er has always been a sensible child since she was a child, and now she is bullied like this, and I, as an uncle-in-law, also see it in my eyes and hurt in my heart, but we are weak and helpless, and we are helpless in the face of power, and I hope that Xue'er is your student will save her!" Zhang Shiping knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Zhi as he said at this time.

"Hey~ Don't be like this, I'm all peers, why do you want to give me this big gift, please hurry up!" Lu Zhi hurriedly got up and stepped forward to help: "Xue'er is my student, it is natural to save her, there is no need to be polite!" ”

"So you said yes?" Zhang Shiping opened his eyes wide and said, "Oh, thank you Lord Lu, thank you Lord Lu!" As he spoke, he was about to kneel again, but fortunately, Lu Zhi was quick and stopped Zhang Shiping.

Lu Zhi walked out of the living room slowly, crossed his hands behind him, and said, "Xue'er is indeed a sensible child!" "When Songshan, Xue'er chose to leave the scene, Lu Zhi is still vivid, for the sake of her companions, she would rather sacrifice herself, what a mind and courage, since then, Lu Zhi has been impressed by Su Xue, to be responsible for his companions, that is, to be responsible for the world, that is, from that moment on, Lu Zhi really realized that maybe Zuo Ci was right, Liu Bei They may really become the talents of the world and the pillars of the country in the future.

"Don't worry, you pretend to promise Duan De to appease them first, I'm afraid that when they see that you don't move, they will be ruthless to you!" Lu Zhi turned around and asked.

"Oh, it's still Lord Lu, you are thoughtful, I'll go back and write to the master and tell the master, let him arrange it!" Zhang Shiping arched his hand, and hurriedly said goodbye to Lu Zhi and left.

At this time, Lu Zhi was the only one left in the living room, and he was pacing back and forth, thinking a lot, and he didn't know how to start with the next things.

If you want to save Su Xue, the direct way is to bring down Duan Xi, but how can this mean that if you pull it down, you will be knocked down, but the eunuchs standing behind Duan Xi are all grasshoppers on a rope, or they don't die, and if you want to die, you have to die together.

"Come on, call Liu Bei and Liu Deran!" Lu Zhicha shouted out the door.

"Yes, sir!" A servant walked in from outside the door, and after speaking, he turned around and called Liu Bei and Liu Deran.

Lu Zhi originally wanted to go to Dongguan to discuss with the adults how to bring down Duan Xi, but he didn't have any ideas now, and he didn't have a more mature plan, so he rushed to go and couldn't discuss anything.

"Teacher, you call us!" Liu Bei and Liu Deran were in the study at this time, helping Lu Zhi to proofread the documents together, and as soon as they heard that Lu Zhi had something, the two immediately rushed over.

"Sit down, all of you!" Lu Zhi gestured to his position and motioned for them to sit down.

Liu Bei and Liu Deran saw that no outsiders were present, so they sat down unceremoniously.

"You guys take a look at this first?" Lu Zhi took out Su Xue's letter from his coat pocket and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei saw Lu Zhi's solemn face, and took the letter suspiciously: "This is sent by Xue'er?" ”

"Yes!" Lu Zhi nodded.

Liu Bei read it word for word from beginning to end, and it was obvious that his hands were already trembling.

"What is written, let me see!" Liu Deran took the letterhead.

"How did this happen, teacher, you must save Xue'er!" Liu Beiyang begged: "Teacher, is there anything you need me to do, Xue'er needs our help now!" ”

"Don't worry, Xue'er is my student, how can I not save me as a teacher, but we have to come up with a way first, now the key is to bring down Duan Xi, it's just that Duan Xi is in the position of Tai Lieutenant, the tree has deep roots, and there are eunuchs behind him, what do you think?" Lu Zhi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "Oh, do you want tea?" ”

"Oh, I don't!" Liu Deran said that after reading the letter, he put it on the table.

"I don't want it either!" Where does Liu Bei still have the heart to drink tea now, when he thinks that the woman he loves is now in dire straits, helpless, his heart is like a knife, he really hopes that he is now by Xue'er's side and can bring him support, even if it is when Xue'er is sad, give her a crying shoulder.

"Don't forget it, just talk about it!" Lu Zhi looked at the two of them and said: "Xue'er, we must save it, the reason why I asked for your opinion this time is also to let you exercise the political struggle in the officialdom, and the officialdom is deceitful, and after we discuss a slightly mature plan, I will go to Dongguan and discuss it with all the adults." ”

"It is said that the political struggle is very brutal, assassinations, kidnappings, kidnappings, and the most powerful coup d'état, which can be described as full of blood and darkness." Liu Deran said.

"Political struggle is not just so simple and crude, if it is like what you say, it is tyranny, where there is politics, then there is struggle, but political struggle must require political wisdom, like you said about the coup, you know how difficult the previous preparations are, without enough political wisdom it is impossible to control the political struggle." Lu Zhi played with the lid of the teacup in his hand at this time, and said Kankan: "Political struggle is a collection of conspiracy and conspiracy, like the assassination, kidnapping, kidnapping and the like that Deran said before, it is all a conspiracy, and it cannot be taken on the table, it can be regarded as a simple and crude way, the real embodiment of political wisdom is the yang conspiracy, the so-called yang conspiracy, in layman's terms, is to achieve a grand and lofty goal, with fair and honest means, to achieve their own selfish interests, of course, to be precise, it is not their own selfish interests, but a group, The interests of a faction, after finally defeating the opponent, can also win the appreciation of others for their own high morality, this is Yangmou, which is what we call political wisdom. ”

After listening to Teacher Lu Zhi's words, Liu Bei, who was originally stunned, gradually came out of the hardship and began to listen carefully to Lu Zhi's speech: "That teacher fought Yudu and Wang San in Lujiang County, which can be regarded as a conspiracy!" ”

"No, I feel that there is also a conspiracy, you see that the teacher has deceived Wang San before...... Ouch~" Liu Deran said halfway, and was pinched by Liu Bei on the thigh, and he screamed out in pain.

"Haha...... It doesn't hurt, it's good to have your own thinking! Lu Zhi stroked his beard, but having said that, he was always a little embarrassed to be called a conspirator by his own students in front of him.

"Teacher, since we want to be above board, how about we go directly to impeach Wang Fu and Duan Xi?" Liu Bei said.

"Over the years, the number of times people of insight in the court have impeached these eunuchs has not been hundreds of times, but there are dozens of times, the problem is that it is useless, many impeachment twists and turns have not yet reached the emperor's eyes, and they have been detained by the eunuchs, and the result is like this!"

"But the emperor didn't hate Wang Fu before, and as far as I know, now the emperor has begun to alienate Wang Fu!" Liu Bei continued.

"How do you know about such a thing?" Lu Zhi put down the lid of the cup he was playing with.

"I listened to Liu Kuan and Lord Liu in Dongguan, since the Song Empress was deposed, the emperor has consciously alienated Wang Fu and others, it is reasonable to think about it, the emperor was young in the past, and he had to rely on these eunuchs to deal with government affairs, but now that he is old, it must be a matter of time before he gathers power and does things arbitrarily, Wang Fu and these people will always live under the guardianship of others as long as they exist for one day, so that no one will be happy." Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi at this time, hoping that his exposition could be affirmed by Lu Zhi.

"Go on." Lu Zhi nodded to Liu Bei.

"Coupled with the death of Empress Song, or to be precise, the unjust death, it is estimated that the emperor's heart is also counted, since ancient times, few ministers who interfered in the emperor's family affairs without authorization died well, because interfering in family affairs has reached the point where the emperor is not taken into account at all, and it has reached the point where he can't recognize his position at all, so the students feel that if the teacher strives to take advantage of this opportunity, it can be successful to a large extent, because we are taking advantage of the trend." Liu Bei said firmly.

"Take advantage of the situation, take advantage of the strength, come here, and make a cup of tea for Liu Bei and Liu Deran!" Lu Zhi said: "As for who will impeach, we still need to think about it, the basic idea of the method is already there, and the next step is to make a more careful plan, I have to go to Dongguan, you stay at home and continue to proofread the documents, haha...... Let's go! ”

Maybe it was because he had been sitting for too long, and Lu Zhi obviously had some trouble standing up.

"Teacher, slow down!" Liu Bei and Liu Deran hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Zhi.

"Oh~ I'm fine, it's good to be young!" Lu Zhi patted Liu Bei and Liu Deran on the shoulders, and said with a smile: "Work hard!" After saying that, he went out to the east view.

"Will we succeed this time?" Liu Deran slowly walked out of the door and stretched.

"Two, your tea!" The servant brought the tea at this point.

"Oh, I'm tired of my little brother!" Liu Bei and Liu Deran took the tea into their hands.

After the little brother left, Liu Bei said: "We will succeed this time, we must believe in the teacher!" Liu Bei's heart has always been uneasy, Xue'er's misfortune is like a bolt from the blue sky for Liu Bei, it's really not a taste to wait at home, he really wants to go to Dongguan now to participate in the teacher's secret agent, but after all, the qualifications are too few and he is not qualified.

"Let's go to the study!" Liu Bei said while holding the teacup.

"Where do you put this teacup, do you want to bring it over?" Liu Deran asked.

"You haven't finished drinking again, don't drink it and waste it, bring it over!" Liu Bei said as he walked.

"How do I feel like only an old man would touch this teacup and wander around?"

"Who looks at you, there's no one here! Besides, the study is not far, just a few steps away! ”