Cao Mengde shouted Xu Chu to go back on the city tower, and Xu Chu returned with a cow, unhappy.

Seeing Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, he hugged his fists and said, "Lord County Lieutenant, Cao Duwei, they ...... They all ran away without asking for it, and I didn't complete the task. ”

Cao Cao laughed on his back and said, "Xu Chu, you did a good job!" You see, we also got the grain, and you brought back the scalpers, and we didn't lose anything, isn't that good? Haha......"

Xu Chu was still depressed, feeling indebted to others, which was unreasonable. Huangfu Song understood his feelings, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Xu Chu, you have completed your task very well today, and this mansion will reward you well." From today on, you will be the horse archer of the county lieutenant. Someone came, led the ox down, and killed the whole army. ”

Huangfu Song ordered the ox to be killed, and on this day, the soldiers in the city had a full meal of meat and wine as if it were the New Year.

In the evening, Cao Cao called Chen Gong over.

Cao Cao said, "Huangfu Song appointed Xu Chu to be a horse archer, Chen Gong, what do you think of this?" ”

Chen Gong said, "Isn't this obvious, Huangfu Song wants to accept Xu Chu for his own use, Xu Chu is a rare fierce general, with him, it is not easy to be promoted to a knight." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Wouldn't it be a pity if such a fierce general was used by others, you say, how should we get him?" ”

Chen Gong said, "Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and they all want to make their lives better, we can give him some silver taels to influence him." ”

Cao Cao said, "You are only half right, to influence him, this is very right, but I don't think it's appropriate to give him two silver taels." What do you think the people in the city are most in need of right now? ”

Chen Gong said, "Grain." ”

Cao Cao said, "Yes, it's food, food is now the life of the people, you give them food is equivalent to saving their lives, Xu Chu is a loyal and honest person, you give him two silver he will never want, but make it the opposite, he thinks we want to use him, we have a heart for us, today, let's give him a bag of grain, tomorrow we will send him a silk cloth, the day after tomorrow we will send him a few boxes of cakes and fruits, I believe that within a few days, Xu Chu will belong to me." ”

Chen Gong said, "Ming Gong is reasonable. ”

Cao Cao said, "In this way, you and I will personally go to Xu Chu's house tonight and send him the meat and food distributed to us." ”

Xu Chu and his mother had just finished eating, when the gate sounded, and Cao Cao and Chen Gong came in.

Cao Cao asked the accompanying sergeant to hand the grain and meat to Xu Chu, and Xu Chu's mother heard the word "grain" and groped with her hand with a cane.

"Son, what is this?"

"Mother, it's food."

"Oh, what food, what a ......"

Cao Cao helped Xu's mother sit down and said, "Auntie, Xu Chu and I are good friends, this bit of food and meat is not a respect, you can keep it for use when you are old." ”

"Hey, what's so good, what did you give us for you?"

"Aunt," Cao Cao said, "I am leading the troops, and there are thousands of people under my command, and each person saving a mouthful of food a day is enough for you to eat for a month, so you can rest assured, we will not be hungry." ”

Xu Mu said, "Are you an official?" That's a nice guy, thank you so much. ”

Cao Cao said, "No need Aunt Xie, I see that your living is simple enough, and I will build you a good house to live in in the future." Ah, aunt, rest early, I won't bother, farewell, farewell. ”

After Cao Cao and Chen Gong left, Xu's mother was still grateful, and said to Xu Chu, "Son, I think Cao Mengde is a good person and a good official, and you will follow him to do things in the future, you can't be wrong." ”

Xu Chu said, "I listen to my mother." ”

A few days later, Cao Cao sent Chen Gong to send a few more pieces of cloth to Xu Chu's family, calling for warmth and warmth, very concerned.

Although the city got a little food for the Yellow Turban Army, but there were thousands of soldiers in the small county, within a few days, the food was about to run out, Huang Fu Song was very worried, called Cao Cao to discuss, Cao Cao said, "Brother Fu Song don't worry, I dare to conclude that within a few days, the Yellow Turban Army will evacuate." ”

Huang Fusong asked, "How does Gong know?" ”

Cao Cao said, "Three months ago, Zhang Liang and I fought a battle in Yingchuan, Zhang Liang has no strategy, he will fight if he fights, and he will run if he can't fight, these days he only besieges the city and does not fight, which means that he is also afraid of us, I think they don't have much food, and if they don't withdraw, once the food runs out, they don't withdraw, and the soldiers will also flee." ”

Sure enough, the next day, the Yellow Turban Army all withdrew.

Cao Cao was also inconvenient to stay in Zhuozhou City, and wanted to lead the army back. Cao Cao said to Huang Fusong in person that he wanted to borrow Xu Chu and go elsewhere to break the enemy, but Huang Fusong refused for no reason, so he had to agree.

Cao Cao secretly sent Xu Chu's mother out of the city in advance, and when the army left the city, Xu Chu and his mother left with Cao Cao.

Without the invasion of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhuozhou City was stable again for a while.

On this day, it is a big gathering in Zhuozhou City, and there are obviously more people rushing to the market than before, and those who sell grain, small groceries, vegetables, and so on abound.

Outside the city gate, there was a man who sold straw mats and straw shoes and came to the city gate with a roll of mats and cloth shoes, and when he saw that there was a vacant place at the gate, he put down his dandan, leaned the sweep against the wall, put the cloth shoes on the ground, and wiped his sweat.

Although this person is a farmer, he was born with a white face, a wide forehead and a square mouth, large earlobes, a dark red complexion, a broad body, and a coarse cloth shirt, but his whole body exudes a noble temperament.

This person is Liu Bei. After Liu Bei's family history was Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing in the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng's son Liu Zhen was named the Pavilion Marquis of Lucheng in Zhuo County in 117 BC. Liu Bei's grandfather Liu Xiong, his father was called Liu Hong, Liu Hong had been filial piety, but Liu Bei died when Liu Bei was a teenager, and Liu Bei and his mother have since made a living by selling shoes and weaving mats.

Liu Bei worshipped Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan as teachers when he was a teenager, although he was not good at words, he liked to make friends, and had a good relationship with celebrities such as Gongsun Zan, Liu Yu, and Cai Yong.

Liu Bei's home is dozens of miles away from the county seat of Zhuozhou, a few days ago the Yellow Turban Army committed Zhuozhou, Liu Bei also heard about it at home, and he was very anxious in his heart, and he wanted to kill the rebels immediately, but others could only express hatred for themselves.

The Yellow Turban Army besieging Zhuozhou City has been withdrawn, and Liu Bei and his mother still have to live, so they have to come to Zhuozhou City to sell banquets and exchange some rice money to support their families.

Liu Bei set up the stall and didn't shout, put his hands in his sleeves and leaned against the wall waiting for customers to buy it.

After waiting for a long time, people rushing to the market walked in front of his stall back and forth, and there was no one who asked the price, and Liu Bei felt upset.

Looking left and right, I suddenly saw a group of people at the gate of the city watching a notice on the city wall, Liu Beigan was really bored standing there, so he walked over to watch.

It turned out that this was a notice posted by Liu Yan, the Taishou of Youzhou, to recruit soldiers and horses to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei didn't look at it, and when he saw it, anger surged in his heart: Zhang Jiao, which door you made is opposite, it will make the people miserable, the country will not be peaceful, and no one will even ask me to sell rolls of mats! Bah! When I join the army, I will definitely raze you!

Liu Bei had no intention of selling the mat again, returned to the stall, picked up the mat and shoes and left.

Go home, you can't sell a table here for a day, why should the Yellow Turban Army rebel? Why rebel?

Liu Bei thought about this sentence repeatedly along the way, and hurried back, and the refugees along the way rushed to the direction of Zhuozhou in groups, helping the old and the young, carrying blue backpacks, their gloomy eyes showed panic, impatience and sadness.

Liu Bei stopped to look at them, looked at these helpless figures, and sighed deeply.

Suddenly, at this time, a child's cry came into his ears, he turned his head to look, there was a woman and a child squatting on the ground and crying not far from the wasteland on the left, Liu Bei hurriedly went over to visit.

The sight before him made him sad again, and it turned out that there was a dead man lying in front of the woman and the child, probably the father of the child.

Liu Bei bowed and asked the woman softly, "This girl, this man ......?"

The woman looked at Liu Bei with teary eyes and said, "Guanjia, he is my husband, unfortunately he was seriously ill during the flight, even hungry and thirsty, and there is no medicine to cure him......

"Alas," Liu Bei sighed, "Don't be sad anymore, sister, let the deceased be buried in peace." ”

The woman cried again, "We are penniless, but are we going to let my husband fall into the ground?" ”

Liu Bei thought for a while, took out a few pennies from his cuffs, handed it to the woman, and gave the woman a mat, saying, "Sister, this mat has the right to be used as a coffin, and you can find someone to help you put your husband into the ground." ”

The woman hurriedly pulled the child to her knees and thanked her.

Liu Bei was depressed all the way, his steps were in a hurry, and the journey from Zhuozhou to his home of more than 30 miles arrived inadvertently.

Liu Bei looked up at the thick mulberry tree in front of his house, the crown of the tree is like a canopy, almost covering half of the yard, Liu Bei has a soft spot for this big tree tree, when he was a child, he often climbed the mulberry tree with his friends to pick mulberries, and the sweet mulberries moistened his youth.

But then he heard that there would be a great noble man under the mulberry tree, and he did not fully believe that he really did not see any point in which he made a living by selling shoes and selling banquets.

However, his mentor Lu Zhi values him very much, this is because one day Lu Zhi and his friend Liu Kuan were talking about literature and scriptures at home, Liu Bei suddenly came, Liu Kuan is well versed in the Book of Changes, and has been a doctor in Taizhong in the current dynasty, Ren Taiwei, that is, a job in charge of astronomy, Liu Kuan saw Liu Bei at a glance, he was surprised, he told Lu Zhi in the future, Liu Bei's hands are over his knees, big earlobes, and there is a noble image.

Lu Zhi was convinced and told Liu Bei's mother.

At this moment, Liu Bei looked at this big mulberry tree, thinking that his dignified seven-foot man had fallen to such a point, and he was very emotional.

Seeing his mother, Liu Bei was even more ashamed of himself.

"Boy, are the mats sold?" Mother asked.

Liu Bei didn't dare to hide it, so he told his mother what happened on the road, and his mother not only did not blame him, but praised him very much, "You are doing the right thing, son, you have to have a good heart to be a man, it doesn't matter if you are poor, but we have morality and kindness, and we can be respected by others when we come." ”

"Mother, the child has written it down."

Liu Bei's mother took a pillar of incense and went to the wing room, where is the ancestral hall of the Liu family, and the ancestors of dozens of generations from Liu Bei's father Liu Hongshang to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, are enjoying Liu Bei's incense in this small ancestral hall.

Liu Bei's mother burned incense and prayed, "Ancestors and ancestors, please bless Liu Bei with a successful career and ......early success."

Liu Bei came to his study, took down the double-strand sword hanging on the wall, and lightly drew the sword body, and the sword light was cold. On a whim, Liu Bei turned around and came to the backyard, pulled out his double-strand sword, and danced vigorously.

Although Liu Bei has never worshipped a famous teacher, his teacher Lu Zhi also knows some about swordsmanship, and he has given him guidance, and after a long time, he has gradually become his own set of swordsmanship.

Liu Bei was dancing his sword, and suddenly heard the neighing of a horse outside the courtyard gate, followed by a loud man's voice from outside, "Xuande, is Xuande at home?" ”。

When Liu Bei heard this, he was overjoyed. We'll talk about who comes next time.

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