[Lu Zhi's resignation]

Since Lu Zhi had that strange dream, he thought it was just an accident, but he didn't know, he would always enter the same dream in the next few days, he didn't know what it meant, since he met the Taoist priest at the banquet, he was always in a daze, and he always felt that something would happen, and he often sent people around Jiujiang County to look for the Taoist priest who appeared that day, hoping to ask him about the strange things that had happened to him recently, but after looking for a long time, he just couldn't find it, In the dream, the little elves told themselves that this Taoist priest had a way to help the people get out of the sea of suffering, and he would come uninvited, but how could this person come uninvited, he didn't even have a figure for so long.

At this time, Lu Zhi was sitting on the desk and reading the official documents handed over by the county orders of various counties, which were about the amount of local taxes, the quarterly output of grain, the number of refugees and arrangements, and other political affairs. There are more refugees in one place than in one place, but the grain production in one place is less than in one place, most of this land has been occupied by the landlords, and the fields where the small peasant class can live are gone.

At this time, he stood up and walked out of the door, it was raining outside, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River always felt so tender, although the weather was a little cool, but the body still felt sticky, uncomfortable, unlike his hometown, the climate was dry, and there would be no such cool and sticky weather. His home is in Zhuo County, Youzhou, thinking that he has not been back for a long time, since he studied with his master Ma Rong, he began to leave his hometown, and then went to Luoyang, was recruited as a doctor, and since then he has embarked on a career in office. In the fourth year of Xiping, the barbarians of Jiujiang County in Yangzhou rebelled, and the imperial court thought that they were both civil and military, so they worshiped themselves as the Taishou of Jiujiang County.

Maybe to outsiders, it seems that he has a smooth journey, but in fact, how can it be so easy. Lu Zhi walked in the corridor of the courtyard at this time, looking at the dripping rain, a person pondered here for a long time, he is not the kind of person who wants to climb up, but just wants to do a few meaningful things for the people in a down-to-earth manner, although the high-ranking officials are good, but the interests involved are too many, bureaucrats, eunuchs, relatives, none of these parties are fuel-efficient lamps, in fact, if you want to say which of them is good and who is bad, to be honest, I really don't know, maybe none of them are good, maybe none of them are bad, Some are just on the side of different interests.

"My lord, there is someone outside the door asking to see you!" At this time, Lu Zhi's attendant came over, this person was older, about fifty years old, and had been working in the county government before, Lu Zhi remembered that he had worked for a long time, had experience in doing things, and was steady, so he kept him to stay in the county government.

"Who is it?"

"He said his name was Sun Zhang!"

Lu Zhi's heart tightened, and he said, "Let him come over!" ”

"Don't you see the living room?"

"No, it's here!"

"Yes!"

Lu Zhi already had an ominous premonition in his heart, this Sun Zhang was the ten permanent servants of the traitorous court, and he came uninvited at this time, there must be nothing good.

"Hey, Lord Gunner, enjoy the scenery here!" A man dressed in silk and satin, who spoke in a girly manner, and whose skin was fair, walked over.

Lu Zhi turned around and said, "Master Sun, disrespectful!" ”

"Where is it, I deliberately went back to my hometown this time to see, I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time, and I think strangely, since I came here, I said that I would come to visit my parents in my hometown by the way."

Lu Zhi was very contemptuous at this time, whether he hadn't returned to his hometown for a long time or hadn't come down to collect money for a long time, he had been rolling in the officialdom for a long time, and he was talking in a set of ways, at this time Lu Zhi said: "Thanks to Lord Sun's love, Lu Zhi is deeply honored!" ”

"Lord Lu, don't be modest, since the Holy Lord heard that you put down the rebellion in Jiujiang County, Longxin Dayue, I returned to my hometown this time, and I also came to comfort you on behalf of Your Majesty!"

"Let Your Majesty work hard, Lu Zhi is ashamed and dare not be, and the ministers will do their best to repay the emperor's kindness!"

Sun Zhang saw that Lu Zhi was a tendon, and he couldn't hear what he was going to do at all, so he deliberately pretended to be garlic with himself, and said at this time: "Lord Lu must have been very hard recently, when I first arrived in Jiujiang County, I found that there were a lot of displaced refugees in Jiujiang County, it is said that there were many mob incidents in the previous days, presumably Lord Lu must be heartbroken for these things, if Lord Lu needs, Sun Zhang will definitely say a few more good words for Lord Lu in front of the emperor, let the emperor take care of you more, and you should be promoted earlier, You don't have to worry about it anymore! ”

This dog thing asks for bribes and is so literary, there are so many displaced refugees, don't you know how it was caused, and I am embarrassed to say a few kind words in front of the emperor, it is already very good if you don't put small shoes on me behind my back, besides, what does it mean to be promoted earlier and don't have to worry about this matter, but I don't know that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and the greater the official position, the greater the responsibility. If he agrees to Sun Zhang's conditions today, it means that he will be a eunuch from now on, and it is absolutely impossible for him to do such a shameful thing, at this time Lu Zhi said coldly: "Doing things for the emperor is so glorious, how to talk about hard work!" ”

Sun Zhang listened to Lu Zhi's words, and then looked at Lu Zhi's expression, and understood what Lu Zhi meant, so he said coldly at this time: "Then since this is the case, Sun Zhang will not disturb Lord Lu to enjoy the flowers, and say goodbye!" ”

"Master Sun go slowly, Lu Zhi has something to do, so I won't send it far!"

Looking at the back of Sun Zhang's departure, Lu Zhi silently said in his heart: "It's over!" ”

If you offend Sun Zhang today, it means that you have offended the ten permanent servants, and if you offend the ten permanent servants, the consequences will be quite serious, they will slander themselves in front of the emperor, their unscrupulous mouths can say that the good ones are bad, and the living ones are dead, their party is the same as the other, and they will spare no effort to eradicate their political enemies. In officialdom, there has always been little neutralization, you are not my ally, then you are my enemy, if you are not on my side, then you must be on my opposite, even if you are indeed a neutral, but just in case, for the benefit of your own faction, you have to get rid of everyone, politics is so cruel!

Think about the past countless virtuous people died in the mouth of the ten permanent servants, they deceived the emperor, covered the sky with one hand, if they died like this, it would be too unworthy, it is better to retreat as advance, if you don't prepare in time, maybe the next person to enter the prison car is yourself, if you stay in this position so stupidly, you don't know how to die, thinking of this, Lu Zhi decided to resign to the emperor.

He walked quickly to the desk, sorted out the paperwork on the desk, and shouted, "Someone! ”

"Your Excellency!"

"You sent these documents to the local counties, how to do it, I wrote it on it, and I am going to resign!"

"Huh? This...... What's wrong with you, my lord? ”

"Too much work, physical discomfort, the body can't bear it!"

"This, hey~ My lord, I usually remind you, so that you don't work too hard, this body is our human capital, we must always pay attention, my lord, do you want to help you call the doctor to take a look?"

"Forget it, don't look at it, you can ask someone to send these things down, I'll write a resignation and leave!"

"Yes, sir!" After speaking, the attendant went out with the paperwork in his hand, and on the way out, he kept underestimating: "Such a good parental official, where to find it from now on, this god is too blind, I would rather let my body be bad than let the adults be bad, hey~ God doesn't open his eyes!" ”

【Where to go】

"Where am I going?" At this time, Lu Zhi sat on the horse alone, aimlessly, letting the horses walk on their own, he sometimes looked at Jiujiang County behind him, he had gone far, to be honest, he didn't want to leave so early, Jiujiang County had the people he cared about, he paid his own efforts there, the people there were like their own children, how much they needed themselves, without their own help, the local corrupt officials would bully them, the local powerful landlords would bully them, they were helpless, homeless, the only two things they could do, That is praying and waiting for death.

"Do you want to go home, but what can you do when you go home, Ma'er, Ma'er, or hello, the friends of adversity see the truth, and thanks to the fact that you can accompany me, otherwise I wouldn't even have someone to talk to!" At this time, Lu Zhi stroked the horse's mane and said.

At this time, the mount was touched by Lu Zhi and shook its head, and let out a horse cry of ".咴咴~", as if it had understood the master's heart and felt sympathy for the master's situation.

"Lord Lu, don't come unharmed, Poor Dao has been waiting here for a long time!"

When Lu Zhi heard this, he immediately looked back and saw that it was the Taoist priest who was at his banquet, how could he suddenly appear behind him, at this time he dismounted and came to the Taoist priest's side, and said with a smile: "What is Lord Lu, I have already resigned!" ”

"Poor Dao knows, and I am here to show you the way!"

"Directions?" At this time, Lu Zhi suddenly thought that the few little elves who had appeared many times in his dreams always said that this Taoist priest would have a way to save the world, and he didn't know if he was serious, so he said: "I want to hear about it!" ”

"Lu Zigan, you were forced to resign because you offended the eunuchs, and now you have no official and no position, but you don't know where to go, a few days ago, you always had the same dream repeatedly, a tree, a water and a soil, don't you feel strange at all?"

The Taoist priest said a lot of things that only Lu Zhi himself knows, and couldn't help but be surprised by the Taoist priest in front of him, that day he suddenly told himself at the banquet that there would be disaster, and then disappeared, and today he suddenly said the secret in his heart, there is really such a magical person in the world, could it really be a fairy descending to earth, at this time Lu Zhi arched his hand and said: "Master, what you said is right, in fact, Lu Zhi is also confused, why since I saw you, I feel that I am always in a trance, And I often have some bizarre dreams, I wanted to ask you, so I sent people around to look for you several times, but I couldn't find it, since we met today, can the master solve my doubts! ”

"The Eastern Han Dynasty was in disorder, the traitorous ministers were in charge, the whole country was in charge, the people were panicked, the people's families were fragmented, and the people's lives were unsightly. Now you have the ambition to serve the country and save the people, but you feel powerless, why? The time has not yet come! ”

"The time has not yet come?"

"Yes, although the country is not as good as day by day, the chaos is not serious, and it has not dealt a heavy blow to the Han Dynasty, and the emperor can't recognize the reality after all, so no matter how hard you try now, it will be useless!"

"Then what am I supposed to do, am I just sitting back and watching the country fall apart before I act?"

"Lu Zhi, do you know what the tree, the water and the soil in your dream are?"

"Lu Zhi doesn't know!"

"Poor Dao might as well tell you, they are all spiritual creatures on Songshan Mountain, one is the Qingshui Fairy, the other is the Sang Lingzi, and the other is the mudflow, they have all been reincarnated in the world, specially for Kuang Fu Sheji, to save the people of Li!"

"Is that true?"

"Poor people don't talk nonsense, it's true!"

"Then why did you tell me about this heavenly opportunity?"

"Because, they need a teacher like you to help them grow and educate them to become talents, all over the world, only Lu Zhi you have such qualifications, you are a student of the great Confucian Ma Rong, talented, and familiar with the art of war, it can be said that you are both civil and military, and you just love the country and the people, and have both ability and political integrity, this is why Poor Dao has repeatedly taken the initiative to find you, but I don't know if you are willing to take on this important responsibility?"

"If that's the case, Lu Zhi has an unshirkable responsibility, so where are they now?"

"There are clouds in the Book of Changes, I beg Tong Meng, and Tong Meng begs me. All you have to do is go to Songshan Mountain, and there, they will come by themselves! ”

"That's okay, then I'll go back to Zhuojun first, explain it to my family, and then set off!"

"That's very good, Lu Zhi, the future of the people is up to you!"

"Dare to ask the master's name?"

"Dao No. Zuo Ci! Remember, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, and the poor road is goodbye! After speaking, Zuo Ci turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared in front of Lu Zhi's eyes.

【Righteousness and courage】

In the fourth year of Xiping, there was an unprecedented drought in many prefectures and counties of the Han Dynasty, the scorching sun was scorching, there was no rain for many days, the fields dried up, the crops on the farmland were destroyed in one fell swoop, the peasants had no food, and there were many incidents of cannibalism, and it was even more inconvenient to mention the fact that hundreds of people starved to death.

On this day, Liu Bei, as usual, went out with Liu Deran and Jian Yong to chop firewood and pick up straw in the field. If you want to talk about physical strength, the three young men are naturally not a problem, but the sun is like fire, the scorching sun is scorching, and the steaming people are really tired.

As he grows older, Liu Bei's heart is becoming more and more restless, doing the same thing every day, except for chopping wood is weaving mats and selling shoes, for a fifteen-year-old young man like Liu Bei, it is simply a torment, Liu Bei himself often thinks alone: he is also after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, although it has been passed down to the current generation, this Liu's identity is no longer noble, but his grandfather and father are at least officials for one term, and they are officials who benefit one party, and they can't always be nothing in their own generation. I can only do some weaving mats and selling shoes all day long, which is too unproductive. But in this world, if you don't have a chance, you will be starved to death, and if you have a chance, you may be killed, this kind of dilemma society is really suffocating, what should I do, do I really have to repeat this simple and boring life for the rest of my life, there is no trace of vitality, there is no sense of achievement, and now everything is just a poor person's survival, in order not to be starved to death, always at the bottom of society, never to be taken seriously, without a trace of dignity, Some of them are just charity and cold eyes of powerful people, and now I really hope that someone can show me a clear path......

Liu Bei stared into the distance at this time, and suddenly said to Liu Deran and Jian Yong: "What do you want to do in the future, do you want to continue to do this work in your hands, or do something else?" ”

Liu Deran was asked by Liu Bei like this, and he was hesitant, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Ah...... I haven't thought about this question yet, alas! ”

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Jian Yong again, and at this time Jian Yong said with a smile: "If I can, I want to be a talker, like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, wandering among the princes......" After speaking, Jian Yong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Alas~ I'm just entertaining myself, and now it's good to be able to eat enough...... I have no mother since I was a child, and now that my father is sick, it is still a question of whether I can support the family, how can I have time to think about it so much...... What about you? ”

Seeing Jian Yong asking himself, Liu Bei said: "Actually, I want to ......" Before Liu Bei finished speaking, there was a cry in the distance, Liu Bei and the three felt strange, and hurriedly got up and ran in the direction where the sound came, only to see two fierce robbers robbing an old man and a little girl with knives, the old man was forced to beg for mercy several times, but he was forced by the robbers to hold his arm, so that he himself was standing or kneeling, and there was a teenage girl under the old man, Due to being intimidated by the robbers, he was kneeling on the ground at this time and hugged the old man's thighs, closing his eyes and constantly crying, and the cry that Liu Bei and the others heard just now was made by the little girl.

Faced with such a scene, there was no way, Liu Bei immediately turned his head and said to Liu Deran: "Deran, you go back quickly, ask the second uncle and your father to bring the guys over immediately, just say that I was beaten by robbers and there is danger...... Liu Deran heard Liu Bei's order, and immediately ran in the direction of the village.

Liu Bei forced his composure at this time, coughed loudly a few times, and shouted: "Okay, you old guy, I finally found you!" ”

The two robbers suddenly saw two young men walking towards them, and their angry eyes showed doubts, thinking that there were two people in the way, and seeing that there were only these two young people, and no one else, they knew that there were two people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, so they roared loudly: "Boy, don't you want to live, dare to come and make trouble with Uncle Ben, if you know each other, get out of me!" ”

I saw Liu Bei pretending to be excited and said: "Hey, thanks to the help of the two uncles, our landlord found out that someone had kidnapped his granddaughter today, and deliberately asked the little one to come out to look for it, but he didn't find it for a long time, if it wasn't for the help of the two uncles today, how would I know that this trafficker would come here......"

Jian Yong comprehended, and without waiting for the robber to speak, he scolded the old man with a slap in his face: "Okay, you are a good fellow, you still want to abduct our young lady at such an old age, you are an old and disrespectful thing, see how I will clean you up when I catch you later......"

The robber also looked ignorant, glaring and shouting: "Hey~hey~ Who the fuck are you, yelling and screaming here, you're looking for trouble, believe it or not, I'll cut you!" ”

Jian Yong licked a smile and said, "This master, you are lucky today, our master said, as long as anyone finds the young lady, he will be rewarded with five hundred taels of gold...... You see, there are four of us, we are in charge of three hundred, and you are in charge of two hundred......

When the robber heard that there was so much money, his eyes immediately turned red, and his heart was very happy, but he still threatened: "Why do you have three hundred, the money belongs to us, you take this person away, you lead the way, take us to get the money to ......"

Liu Bei pretended to be stunned, and said hesitantly: "That's okay...... Alright, come with me......"

Not long after the six people left, Liu Bei saw Liu Deran in front, the second uncle, the third uncle, and some other people from the same village running over with the guys, and before the robber realized what was going on with the person in front, Liu Bei turned around sharply and punched the robber in the face: "Jian Yong, hit the ...... of the damn"

The two robbers were punched hard by these two young men, and when they came back to their senses and were about to fight back, they were suppressed by Liu Bei's villagers, who sent the two robbers to the official mansion......

Liu Bei and Jian Yong saw that they were also saved, and their whole people softened in an instant, and they breathed a long sigh of relief. "Bei'er, it's okay, I heard Deran say that you were beaten by robbers, and my second uncle and I immediately called someone and ran over...... How's it going, it's not hurt, is it? Liu Yuanqi shook Liu Bei's arm and asked eagerly.

Without waiting for Liu Bei to answer, the old man came over and said gratefully, "Yuanqi is you...... I'm Li Dingyun, it's so dangerous today, if it weren't for these two young men who were clever and brave, my life would have been suspended! ”

When Liu Yuanqi heard the old man say this, he suddenly remembered that this old man was not Master Li who had been a guest at Liu Bei's house a few years ago, and said in surprise: "Oh, I said how do you look so familiar...... Master Li, are you okay, it's all because my son Liu Deran ran too slowly, and my nephew Liu Bei didn't do it well, so you suffered a lot. ”

Li Dingyun said in surprise: "Yo, this is your virtuous nephew, I was still a radish head when I went to your house, I haven't seen you for a few years, I really can't recognize it!" Li Dingyuan looked at Liu Bei carefully, Liu Bei was seven feet long, his ears were hanging down his shoulders, his hands were over his knees, his eyes could take care of his ears, his face was like a crown of jade, and his lips were greased.

Liu Bei and Jian Yong said guiltily at this time: "Lord Li, the situation was urgent just now, and I was offended by many people, and I hope you will bear with me......"

"Hahaha...... If you don't mind, can you go to the old humble house and sit down and express your gratitude...... Besides, the old man also wants to discuss things with you, what do you think? Li Dingyun said with a smile.

Liu Bei originally thought that his invitation was just polite, so he was ready to refuse, but when he heard that he had other things, it was difficult to refuse, so he arched his hand and said: "Then we might as well be respectful." ”