【First arrival in Lujiang】

The three of Lu Zhi's master and apprentice finally came to Lujiang County, Yangzhou, and they came all the way, not to mention the ruins and broken walls, and the hungry people were even more crowded, they were all unclothed, hungry, and miserable. It's really better to hear than to see it, Liu Bei's trip can be described as full of emotion, I didn't expect that under the rule of the decaying Eastern Han Dynasty, the life of the common people is really not as comfortable as the "dog official" next to the emperor, which also makes Liu Bei cry and laugh at the emperor who is five years older than himself.

Lu Zhi came straight to the Shu County Governance Office at this time, and came out to greet the county's county Cheng and Gong Cao, the county's name is Yu Du, six feet long, fair skin, intestines and brains, but now in this withering environment of people's livelihood it looks extremely incongruous, this clumsy whole body only has those eyes, which is particularly active, looking at Lu Zhi from time to time, at this time he said humbly: "Lord Lu, in the next is the county of Lujiang County, Yu Du, when you were in Jiujiang County next door to eliminate harm for the people, the lower officials have already heard of your wisdom and decisiveness, majestic and strategic, Our people in Yangzhou have been talking about your kindness since you left, and you are really the talent of our Han Dynasty. ”

At this time, Gong Cao, who was standing next to him, obviously disliked him, the Gong Cao's name was Zhenzhi, compared to this Juncheng, Zhenzhi was thin and looked weak on the outside, but his firm eyes were awe-inspiring, although the new Taishou was in front of him, but he didn't say half a good word like Juncheng.

Lu Zhi frowned at this time when he saw the virtue of this county Cheng, and it was not easy to show it for the sake of his peers, so he gave the official seal to the county Cheng and looked at it, and then walked to the county government, Yu Du and Zhenzhi followed Lu Zhi on the left and right sides respectively, Liu Bei and Liu Deran had to follow behind them, Lu Zhi asked: "County Cheng, now there are hungry people everywhere, have you opened a warehouse to put grain for these people?" ”

Yu Du thought that Lu Zhi was considering him, so he smiled and said: "Let it go, but the people who are released are the people of the county who were invaded by the Southern Barbarians and exiled, as for what you see are all foreign refugees, this has nothing to do with us......" Yu Du said is true, now there are more and more Han refugees, and the officials in various places are worried that these outsiders will make trouble in the local area and do evil, so they decided that the refugees are not allowed to enter the city, and stay in the wilderness outside the city, as for food, Then it depends on the parents and officials of this place, and those who help the world and the people are some to eat and drink, if you encounter those who are in a nest with the eunuchs, snakes and rats, and are in cahoots, then you can only fend for yourself.

Lu Zhi came all the way, originally because of the hardships of the people's lives and felt depressed, but then when he thought of the cause of the turmoil, Lu Zhi had a belly of fire in his heart, the closer to Lujiang County, the bigger the fire, and there was nowhere to vent, he came to see this county with a fat head and big ears, it seems that he usually eats well, and then heard his unique job of slapping horses with a whisker, and heard him say that the people have nothing to do with him, so he couldn't bear to scold: "Presumptuous, the outsiders are not the people of my Han, Have you gone out of town to see their lives! Appalling! ...... Hurry up and distribute all the grain in the warehouse to these homeless people......"

At this time, Lu Zhi sprinkled all the fire in his stomach on Yu Du's body, scolded Yu Du trembling all over, and immediately knelt down, but when he heard Lu Zhi's command, Yu Du said in embarrassment: "Lord Lu, it's not that the small ones don't go, if you distribute the food to the outsiders, I'm afraid this food won't be able to support it for a few days." ”

"Humph! I have my own way, you just have to divide it, and I will take care of the food matter. Lu Zhi stopped, turned to look at Yu Du who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a sneer, with a murderous aura in his eyes.

Liu Bei and Liu Deran, who were standing on the side, saw the teacher's anger today, when they were in Songshan, the teacher was indeed very strict with them, but it was not to the point of thunder and anger, of course, there were naturally a few of them obedient and well-behaved, today's teacher's reprimand, scared Liu Bei and Liu Deran both couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind them, although this matter has nothing to do with them, but at this time the teacher's aura, it is estimated that few people will not be shocked.

Yu Du saw Lu Zhi's expression at this time, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "No, the small one will do it immediately, and the small one will do it immediately." "Poor Yu Du didn't know, his way of wearing a high hat was useful in the previous Taishou, but it was not useful in Lu Zhi's place, he worked hard to establish a relationship with the former county guard, and he had to start all over again with a paper order, today I wanted to be close to the new county guard, but I didn't expect this fart to shoot on the horse's hooves, and offended the county guard on the first day, it seems that the future days will be sad.

Yu Du kowtowed and immediately stood up, turned around and left.

"Wait, let me ask you, where is Nanban now?" Lu Zhi stopped him.

Yu Du was so frightened by his words that he immediately turned around, and said tremblingly: "Now the Nanban are all in the nest, and in this part of Anhui County, they are very arrogant because they occupy two counties. After speaking, he bowed his head and froze there, waiting for Lu Zhi's next instruction.

"I see, you go first." Lu Zhi shook his hand and motioned for him to leave.

When Yu Du saw Lu Zhi say this, he was secretly very happy, he didn't want to stay by his side for too long, the pressure was too great, it was too scary.

At this time, Liu Bei thought to himself, the teacher has not yet put down the rebellion, he will first open a warehouse to help the people, if the food is not enough, how can this battle be fought, but he saw that the teacher was not anxious about this, is there any way to do this, teacher? However, seeing that the teacher was so strict and harsh, he also secretly clapped his hands and said that this kind of person who slipped his beard and slapped the horse had to be rectified like this, and the embankment of a thousand feet collapsed with the nest of ants; The hundred-foot room, burned with the smoke of the crack, my Han world, if it is not rectified, it will be killed by these people who slap the horse.

Liu Bei looked at Zhenzhi who was standing aside, thinking that he didn't know what method the teacher would use to deal with him, at this time, Liu Bei and Liu Deran stood aside obediently, watching how the teacher handled the affairs between officialdom.

At this time, Lu Zhi saw Zhenzhi standing there, and didn't say a word, thinking about what he looked like just now, this person and Yu are not all the way, but what kind of person is it, and he has to investigate it, so he asked: "There is not much food in our county, do you have a way?" Lu Zhi approached Zhenzhi, put his hands on his waist, and stared at Zhenzhi.

I saw Zhenzhi pondering for a long time, bowing his hand to Lu Zhi, and then said: "There is food in Lujiang, but it is not in the hands of the government and the common people. ”

When Lu Zhi heard this, he became interested: "Oh? I don't dare to do it? I'd like to hear what you can do, say! ”

A few years ago, a middle-aged man named Chen Liang in this county, looked at his cattle on the side of the road, and he let the man be beaten to death, and said that Chen Liang wanted to steal his cattle...... Chen Liang is the pillar of the family, without Chen Liang, how can their family live, Chen Liang's family sued Wang San to the government, but the county commander was afraid of Wang San's power, so he only let Wang San lose a few taels of silver, Chen Liang's family called the sky should not be called the earth, and there was no way to make trouble, but then Wang San held a grudge, so he simply forcibly annexed his family's land, and since then Chen Liang's family has become a homeless, because of the fear of Wang San's ruthlessness, afraid that he will be ruthless again, he fled to the field, and now there is no news...... In the end, the more he talked, the more angry he became, and he simply scolded the eighteenth generation of the three ancestors of the king.

At this time, Lu Zhi had already understood what he meant, he had heard about this matter when he was the Taishou in Jiujiang County before, and therefore realized how harmful the powerful landlord was to this society, but unfortunately just when he was about to open the knife to the local Haoqiang in Jiujiang County, the eunuch of the dog came to ask him for a bribe, and he had no choice but to resign. Today, he already had this idea, and when he saw that this idea collided with himself, he was secretly pleased with this person. But when I first arrived, I didn't know what kind of person Zhenzhi was, and I didn't know much about him, in case this person was Wang San's gang, what if this matter was just a temptation today, 'If you are independent, you will lose, and if you seek to seek the public, you will leak', isn't the death of the old lady Chen Fan a living example. At this time, Lu Zhi stared into his eyes and asked deliberately incomprehensibly, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhenzhi suddenly lowered his face and said, "I mean to cut at his family and collect his family's grain; First, it can solve the food problem, and second, it can return the people of Lujiang to a stable life; Third, it can give Chen Liang's family justice. ”

Liu Bei looked at the person in front of him at this time, and thought: He is a ruthless character, but where does this powerful landlord say that he can catch it? The grange of the powerful landlord that he saw on the way, each is a fortress, the city defense is strong, the power is huge, the strength is strong, just a few soldiers can not get into it, even if it finally hits in, it is also a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred, and at this time Lujiang County still has the existence of the external invasion of the Southern Barbarians, and it is obviously not a good way to force the army, Sun Tzu said, the army is scheming, the second is to cut the hand, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city, which shows that the attack on the castle is a last resort. Liu Bei had always known that the teacher hated the powerful landlord, and he thought that the teacher would ask him what method he should use, but he didn't expect Lu Zhi to say without pain: "The official has his own judgment on this matter, you go down first." ”

Seeing that Lu Zhi was so perfunctory, he thought that Lu Zhi was also afraid of Wang San, so he knelt down and said indignantly: "The county guard is not also afraid of the power of Wang San, although I am not a wise and brave person, but I know the truth of benefiting one party for the first term of the official, I think I have been in this position for six years, and I have seen all the hardships and disasters brought by the powerful landlord to the people, the county guard was timid and afraid of things, I Zhen Zhi only hate to find people who can not serve him sincerely, and now Lord Lu is here, I have heard of your affairs in Jiujiang County, I thought that I could find someone who stood up for the people today, but I didn't expect that I would look away, forgive the offense, since I can't do things for the people, I don't want to eat anymore, so I take my leave. After saying that, he took off his official hat, put it on the ground, got up and left.

Lu Zhi saw that Zhenzhi took off his official hat and was about to leave, so he hurriedly grabbed Zhenzhi and said: "Zhengong Cao is slow, just now the official was just afraid that you would not be firm-willed, so he pretended to be tempted, and the official also knew the harm of the powerful landlord, but the official had another use for Wang San, you don't have to worry, now the Nanban is undecided, if Wang San is operated on at this time, the external trouble is undetermined and the internal trouble arises, isn't this worse situation, the official has to first appease Wang San, and solve the Nanban." ”

Zhenzhi listened to Lu Zhi's words, and suddenly understood Lu Zhi's difficulties, the external troubles have not been lifted, if the internal troubles are operated on at this time, they will be trapped internally and externally, and they also realized their impulsiveness and did not think about it, so they hurriedly bowed and said: "The lower official has no eyes, just now I misunderstood the county guard, the county guard has something to say, but if you want to serve the dogs and horses." ”

"Yes, it doesn't matter! You go down to deal with the grain matter with Yudu first, I have just arrived here, I have to look at the official documents on the court case first, and then understand the development of Lujiang County in recent years! Lu Zhi squinted his eyes and looked out the door, he had already brewed a good way to appease Wang San in his brain at this time, just waiting to implement it.

【Homecoming】

"Master, Miss is back!" Steward Li opened the door and finally arrived.

Su Xue's convoy has not yet arrived at Su Mansion, the next person has already informed Su Shuang of the news, the return of his daughter is naturally a gratifying and congratulatory event, Su Shuang, who heard the news in the account room, immediately put down the account book and hurried out of the account room, the joy in his heart has made him unable to close his mouth, and he is running and jumping when he walks.

"Daddy, Cher is back!" Su Xue saw her father trotting over from a distance.

"Oh, Xue'er is back, why did you come back, but Daddy wants to kill you!" Su Shuang looked at her daughter in front of her, who had been separated for many years, and during the trip to Songshan, Su Xue had less childishness in the past and more maturity that she had never had: "My daughter has grown up, Xue'er has grown up!" ”

Su Shuang clenched Xue'er's hand and shed tears of joy, he has been this child for so many years, Su Xue is his heart and soul baby, in his vitality, Su Xue is the first, money is the second, for a businessman, to be able to regard a person as more important than money, then this person must be a person who cannot lack his vitality.

"Daddy, why are you crying, didn't Cher come back well?" Su Xue took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from Su Shuang's face.

"You girl, you've been away from home for so long, you don't even have a letter, and you don't take the time to go home to see your father!" Su Shuang took his daughter's hand and walked into the house: "You see that you are so thin now, in the wilderness of Songshan, you must not even have a piece of meat for dinner, can't go on like this, Daddy will make you delicacies every day in the future, so that you can make up for your body and eat everything you haven't eaten in these years?" ”

"Hey~ Dad, my daughter lives very well in Songshan, there are vegetables and meat, and it is not as bad as you think, besides, I have been accustomed to eating vegetarian vegetables in Songshan over the years, you make these big fish and meat, I don't like it!"

"This ...... That's with you, you see you just came back, go back to the room to rest first, since you left, your room I asked someone to clean it every day, it's very clean inside, you go to rest first! Su Shuang looked at her daughter, like a child: "Come on, take Miss to take a rest!" ”

"Yes, sir, miss, please!" Accompanied by the maid, Su Xue and her father retired.

The snow of the previous days had already begun to melt, and under the light of the sun, ticking and ticking, the water fell drop by drop along the eaves, and the snow did not melt into the snow, which was not bad at all, and the cold wind at this time blew in gusts, making people involuntarily shrink their necks into their collars.

"Miss, I haven't seen you for so many years, you are really getting more and more beautiful!" The little maid looked at Su Xue and said.

"You girl is really good at talking, and her appearance is just a piece of skin and bones!" Su Xue said calmly.

"But in my opinion, in fact, Miss, you are not only beautiful, but also extremely beautiful, talented and beautiful, and have a good family background, no wonder Duan Degongzi is so obsessed with Miss?" The maid said with a smile.

When Su Xue heard this, she immediately stood still, turned around and said, "What Duan Degongzi?" ”

"Miss...... Miss, you don't know yet, do you? The maid was frightened by Su Xue's surprise: "The master heard that Miss was coming back, so he asked someone everywhere to tell Miss to match, Duan De's son is the son of Duan Xi, the current captain of the Sili School, Duan De, in the early years, his father served as a assassin in Bingzhou, he heard that Miss Sufu of Jizhou is knowledgeable and reasonable, and the country is fragrant, so he has always been obsessed with Miss You, this time I heard that you are back, so I prepared a generous gift and asked someone to come to the matchmaker." ”

"What about Daddy, did Daddy agree?" Su Xue held the handkerchief in her hand tightly at this time.

As soon as the master heard that he was the son of the captain of the school, he was naturally happy to agree, he said that after the family was a famous family, Duan Xi was the captain of the "three solitary seats", if the young lady married into his family, then the young lady would enjoy endless glory and wealth, and the status of the Su family would naturally improve, miss, your life is really good! The little girl talked eloquently, thinking that Su Xue was too excited and overwhelmed at this time, and there was envy in her words.

"This can't be, I'm going to find my father, how can he be so ruthless!" Su Xue, who was already full of tears, left this little girl at this time and went back to find Su Shuang.

"Hey~ Miss, Miss, where are you going?" The little maid now knew that she was in trouble, and when she saw Su Xue leave without looking back, she immediately followed: "Miss, I was wrong, you don't want to be like this, if you go like this, the master will kill me, please, please!" ”

The little maid knelt in front of Su Xue with tears and begging, and kept pulling Su Xue's hand with both hands.

Looking at the maid in front of her, Su Xue stopped, she was innocent, she couldn't let her suffer because of herself, but her father was too ruthless, why did she hide it from herself when she had promised something, besides, she already had someone in her heart, how could she tolerate a second person?

Su Xue sat on the ground weakly, covered her face with a handkerchief, and cried.