Jingzhou, Nanyang County, Luyang County.

On the street, three middle-aged people followed closely beside a young man in his early thirties, and the young man asked questions from time to time to the people on both sides, who seemed to be very curious about the things on the street, while the three people beside him were very respectful and answered all questions.

This person is not a person, it is the emperor Liu Xie that Liu Cong is looking for, and the two middle-aged people next to him are Xun Yu, the servant of the Han Dynasty, and Xun Zhen, his housekeeper. The other is the best family in Xunfu.

To say that they came to this Luyang County was purely accidental!

Since that day, Xun Zhen and Huang Quan concealed that Xu Chu abducted the emperor Liu Xie and Xun Yu from Xuchang, and was soon noticed by Xu Chu, and then Xu Chu sent five hundred cavalry to pursue all the way, in order to let the emperor Liu Xie and Xun Yu escape, Huang Quan took his subordinates Jinyi Wei desperately blocked the cavalry, and let Xun Zhen drive the carriage all the way to the southeast to find Huang Zhong who answered there.

And Xun Zhen did exactly that, but on the way, Xun Yu gradually woke up and learned that he was abducted from Xuchang by the housekeeper and Xun Zhen. When I asked again, there was actually lying on the other carriage today! Immediately asked Xun Zhen to stop the carriage. As Liu Xie slowly woke up, he was also very annoyed, but Xun Zhen could be loyal, and Xun Yu couldn't blame him too much.

And Guan Yu's troops behind him and the Xuchang defenders who came out to pursue were already fighting together. Xun Yu wanted to return to Xuchang immediately, but he didn't want Liu Xie to suddenly come and stop Xun Yu from being interested, so he neither returned to Xuchang nor went to Huangzhong's camp. It's a gallop of any horse, where it counts! Xun Yu knew that the emperor ascended the throne at a young age, but he was robbed by warlords several times. Liu Xie didn't want to go back to Xuchang this time, in addition to wanting to get rid of Cao Cao's control, but also wanted to take the opportunity to experience life.

Of course, it's more about avoiding the big battle between Cao Cao and Liu Cong, and it's not too late to wait until the two of them decide the winner! Xun Yu also agrees with this very much, just like letting him return to Xuchang, it is naturally difficult for Cao Cao to go back to the past, but the ears want him to go to Liu Cong like this, obviously Xun Yu is not mentally prepared yet!

Along the way, Liu Xie has gained a lot of knowledge.

There are still many villagers in the fields, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, holding up their sleeves and trousers, barefoot and bare arms, rushing to harvest rice. Occasionally, you can still see a few fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls to be married, combing a broken braid, leaving a curtain or partial or positive bangs, revealing a tender white onion lotus root forearm, exuding a little bit of style.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains has been devastated, and blood will stain the old walls of the city at any time. Because this Nanyang County is located in Jingzhou, and the people of Luyang are located between the two major forces of Cao Cao and Liu Cong, they can barely steal half a day of leisure and are lucky to avoid wars. However, in the troubled times, you can escape for a while, but you can't escape for a lifetime. They didn't know that Cao Cao and Liu Cong, who had been in peace for a few years, were about to fight on this land!

The small people in the township cannot see the rise and fall of the future, and they cannot see that disasters have not occurred. Because I don't know tomorrow's calamity, I have to live a leisurely life today. Happiness in ancient times came mostly out of ignorance. On the shore of the small lake, there are all kinds of camellias, red like roses; white like pear blossoms; Pink delicacy is like a delicate face, and occasionally there are a few pink bases, white petals, and pale yellow stamens mixed in between.

Waking up all the way made Liu Xie drive out a lot!

When she entered the city, Xun Zhen arranged for Mrs. Xun Yu and the two sons to live with a few subordinates, and she accompanied the emperor and her master to live in another inn. After staying, Liu Xie couldn't stay idle, so he wanted to walk around Luyang City, and Xun Yu and others had to accompany him every step of the way.

Suddenly, Liu Xie stopped, and before they knew it, they came to a bridge, and there was a melodious sound of the piano in the distance. Liu Xie had never been to Jiangnan, so there was such a place in this city that was naturally quickly attracted.

It turned out that there was a small artificial lake in the middle of the river. There is a boat in the lake, the waves are rippling, and the boat is drifting.

Four or five people faintly gathered on the shore of the lake, dancing with knives and guns, and practicing bow shooting from buildings and boats; Some boats are lying on the side of the powerful and noble, and two or three delicate concubines on the side beat his legs and rub his back, enjoying the fun of the lake. These people are all middle- and upper-class people who don't have to work hard all day and barely seek food and clothing, and only they can quietly enjoy these tranquil, worldly desires, and the beauty of the good days mixed with heaven and earth.

There is a lake in the city, there are islands in the lake, there are pavilions in the islands, and the pavilions are surrounded by flowers and grass. In a certain pavilion, four people leaned on the corner of the railing and sat in a circle. A round table is placed in the middle of the pavilion, with seven or eight plates of cold dishes and three or two glasses of thin wine.

These four people, each with their own characteristics, judging from their appearance alone, are an old Taoist priest with gray hair, two scholars and a girl. If Liu Cong is here, he will definitely be a person, this girl is Bai Xiaoqing who has helped him a lot.

And that gray-haired old Taoist priest is the master Zuo Ci that Bai Xiaoqing often mentions! Speaking of this, Zuo Ci has a lot of interesting facts. Even the three-year-old children in Luyang City can say a thing or two.

It turned out that this Zuo Ci was proficient in the Five Classics, Xiaofang Zhongshu, and also knew astrology, and predicted from the stars that the Han Dynasty's qi would be exhausted, the country's fortunes would decline, and the world would be in chaos, so he sighed and said: "In this troubled era, it is more difficult for those with high official positions to protect themselves, and those with more money are more likely to die." Therefore, the glory and wealth of the world must not be coveted! So Zuo Ci began to learn the Tao, and he was also very proficient in "Qimen Dunjia", able to drive ghosts and gods, and conjure delicious food while sitting.

Zuo Zi practiced the Dao technique of hard cultivation in Tianzhu Mountain, and got a copy of the "Nine Dan Golden Liquid Sutra" in a stone cave, and learned the magic that made him change, the Gu Technique, and many spells could not be remembered.

After Cao Cao heard about it at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he summoned Zuo Ci, locked him in a stone house, sent people to monitor him, and did not give him food for a year. Cao Cao thinks that there is no reason for people in the world not to eat, and Zuo Ci actually didn't eat for a year, it must be a demonic side, and he had to kill him.

Cao Cao's idea of killing Zuo Ci together, Zuo Ci knew, so he asked Cao Cao to spare him an old life and let him go home. Cao Cao said, "Why are you in such a hurry to go? Zuo Ci said, "You want to kill me, so I beg you to let me go." Cao Cao said, "Where, where, how can I kill you." Since you have noble aspirations, I will not force you to keep you. ”

Cao Cao set up a banquet for Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci said: "I am going to travel far away, and I ask to share a drink with you." Cao Cao agreed. At that time, the weather was very cold, and the wine was soaking in the fire, Zuo Ci pulled out the hairpin on his head and stirred the wine, and in a moment the hairpin was dissolved in the wine, just like the ink dissolved into water when grinding ink. At first, Cao Cao saw Zuo Ci asking for a "split glass of wine", thinking that he would drink half a cup first and then give Zuo Ci the remaining half of his own cup.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Ci first used the hairpin to slash his wine glass, and the wine glass was divided into two halves, and there was wine in both halves, separated by several inches. Zuo Ci drank half of it first, and gave the other half of the cup to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was not very happy, and he didn't drink it right away, so Zuo Ci asked Cao Cao to come over and drink it himself. After drinking, he threw the cup on the beam, and the cup shook in the air, like a bird about to swoop to the ground.

The guests at the banquet all looked up at the wine glass, and it took a long time for the glass to fall, but Zuo Ci was also gone. After inquiring, he said that Zuo Ci had returned to his own residence, and this time Cao Cao wanted to kill Zuo Ci even more, and wanted to see if Zuo Ci could escape death. Cao Cao ordered the arrest of Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci got into the flock, and the people who pursued him couldn't tell the difference, so they checked the original number of sheep, and sure enough, there was one more, knowing that Zuo Ci had become a sheep.

The pursuer conveyed Cao Cao's meaning, saying that Cao Cao just wanted to see Zuo Ci, and asked Zuo Ci not to be afraid. Then a great sheep came up and knelt down and said, "Look at me, am you?" The pursuers said to each other, "This kneeling sheep must be Zuo Ci!" "I want to take the sheep away. But then all the sheep knelt down and said, "Look at me, am you?" In this way, the pursuers really couldn't figure out which sheep was Zuo Ci, so they had to give up. Later, someone who knew Zuo Ci's whereabouts told Cao Cao secretly, and Cao Cao sent someone to arrest him, and he caught it as soon as he caught it.

In fact, it was not that Zuo Ci couldn't escape, but that he deliberately wanted to show Cao Cao his change technique. So Zuo Ci asked his captors to tie him up and throw him into prison. The warden planned to torture Zuo Ci, but found that there was a Zuo Ci in the house and a Zuo Ci outside the house, and I don't know which one was the real Zuo Ci. When Cao Cao found out, he held even more resentment, so he ordered Zuo Ci to be tied up and killed.

Zuo Ci suddenly disappeared from the execution ground. So he ordered the city gates to be closed and a large number of arrests were made. Some of the arresters said they didn't know Zuo Ci, and the officials told him that Zuo Ci was blind in one eye, wearing a blue Gebu shirt and a Gebu turban, and that he would arrest such a person when he saw him. After a while, the people of the whole city became blind and wore green kudzu cloth and tied a scarf, and no one could tell which one was Zuo Ci. Cao Cao ordered the scope of the search to be expanded, and killed as long as it was caught.

Later, someone saw Zuo Ci, so he killed and dedicated it to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and the corpse was transported to see that it was a bundle of thatch, and then went to the place where Zuo Ci was killed to find the body, which was gone.

Later, Zuo Ci probably also felt that it was boring to always play with Cao Cao, so he came to Jingzhou.

But this Jingzhou is Liu Biao's territory, Liu Biao is a Confucian student, and he, like Cao Cao, also thinks that Zuo Ci is a demon who confuses people's hearts, and plans to catch and kill him. Liu Biao came out with soldiers and horses to show off, and Zuo Ci performed another trick to convince Liu Biao and his subordinates, so that Zuo Ci was spared.

Later, Zuo Ci traveled to Jiangdong again, and Sun Ce also wanted to kill Zuo Ci. Sun Ce once wanted to stab him from behind. Zuo Ci walked slowly in wooden shoes and holding a bamboo cane, and Sun Ce chased after him with a weapon but couldn't catch up, so he knew that Zuo Ci had Taoist skills and didn't dare to kill him again.

In fact, Zuo Ci is not purely performing magic to play with the princes, he knows that this troubled world needs someone to save him, so he went to test them one by one, but was rejected one by one!