Not to mention how the father and son of Yangcheng Mountain are filial piety, and how they are full of ambition, but they still have to rush on a hot day.

Early the next morning, the father and son first took some ordinary clothes from the old house, and then borrowed a lot of money from the surrounding wealthy families...... Liu Yan has been running a school here for 18 years, and he went to be the Luoyang Commander, not to mention borrowing money, I am afraid that someone will rush to give it to his wife if he borrows it...... Anyway, it was packed up quite decently, and then he drove the donkey cart directly to the famous Wushejin, preparing to cross the Yellow River north.

However, since it is a private service, don't expect any extraordinary treatment.

The clerk at the ferry saw that the father and son looked like scholars, and although they did not mean to blackmail in embarrassment, they also made it clear that unless someone chartered the boat was willing to carry them, they could only ask the two to stay with their donkey cart on the ship carrying the goods and animals.

Liu Fan was immediately unhappy, filial piety is this trouble, how dirty is the cargo ship, how expensive is his father? Even Liu Yan actually didn't want to be crowded with animals other than his old donkey - it was too hot, who could stand it?

However, after all, Liu Junlang's bearing is extraordinary, and just when he hesitated, a short and fat young man who showed an official document and obtained a special ship, which is said to be going to Hebei to take office, took the initiative to meet, saving the father and son a lot of leisure. Of course, no matter from which point of view, it was this young official with an accent on Mount Tai who actually took a big advantage, but not everyone had the opportunity to cross the same boat with Uncle Fang of Jizhou.

Of course, after opening his mouth a little, knowing that this person happened to go to Jizhou to serve as the county magistrate, Liu Yan calmed down...... After all, sooner or later, he will have to inspect the entire Jizhou, and the county magistrates from all over the country will have to call to see him, so he simply didn't even know his name during the whole process, just to see if this young man is bent on reporting.

However, this short and fat young county magistrate is also easy-going, with a loyal and honest face, Liu Yan's father and son are favored by him but do not know their names, he just smiles at each other, and does not lose his temper at all.

When he got ashore, he calmly said goodbye to Liu Yan, and let his old servant drive an old carriage to take the first step, which also made Liu Junlang and his son embarrassed.

"I don't want to have such a loyal and honest person now," Liu Fan shook his head again and again as he saw this person on the road. "I think I wondered if he saw something...... My lord, today's kindness is here, and when you see him in the future, you must be promoted. ”

Liu Yan also sighed again and again: "Promotion is certain, but it is not only for the sake of receiving a small favor from him today, but the people's hearts are not ancient, and such a loyal and honest young man is difficult to find, and it should be reused!" ”

"Your Excellency is right." Liu Fan naturally agreed.

In this way, the father and son sighed a few words, and they no longer delayed, they drove the donkey cart, along the road extending in all directions of Hanoi County, Huaixian, Wude, through Chaoge, Tangyin, into Jizhou into Wei County, and then in Yecheng without entering, but soon came to the territory of Handan, Zhao State.

Entering this place, Liu Yan and his son can be regarded as arriving at a serious destination, so they naturally pay a lot of attention. Soon, they found an interesting place to go.

"Dare to ask this brother," at his father's suggestion, Liu Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and jumped off the donkey cart, and greeted an oncoming gentleman who was leading a thin horse and carrying a suitcase, and then obviously had a disgruntled face. "Where is it ahead, what is going on, why are so many people gathered? Why is Brother Tai in such a hurry? ”

"Don't hide it from the elder in the car and this little brother," this gentleman is a cultured man after all, seeing that people take the initiative to salute, and there is an elderly man sitting in the car, he honestly stopped and told him. "In front of it is the private manor of my mentor Wei Gong, which has always been the place where he lectures, and has always been the most lively place in the south of Handan. However, today's situation is not caused by lectures, but because the teacher was coerced by the Handan order, so he had to stop his private study here and move to Handan City, and he was asking his classmates for their opinions, some of them were spineless and wanted to follow, and some were as unwilling to be humiliated as I was, and they made a lot of trouble for a while......"

Hearing the three words of Handan Ling, where could Liu Yan and Liu Fan let go of this matter, the former even got out of the donkey cart directly and asked carefully:

"Dare to ask Lingshi Wei Gong, but Zhao Guowei was born in the Wei clan and was the one who was the prime minister of Lu Guo?"

"Do the elders know our teacher?"

"I don't dare to say that I know, but the name of the Wei family of Zhao State is also admired for a long time, the Wei brothers are the deputy prime ministers of the dynasty, and the other is from the post of the prime minister of the Lu State to return to their hometown to give lectures, who doesn't know?" Liu Yan said with a smile. "However, since Duke Wei is such a family, how can the Handan Order and the Qianshi County Order force him? He was a man of two thousand stones. ”

"The elder is from out of town?" When the student heard this, he looked at Liu Yan curiously.

"That's right," Liu Yan didn't blink his eyelids. "Old man, I came to Zhao from other places to take up my post, and I was the county commander in Yuzhou before, but because I didn't have the money to bribe the eunuchs, I was held responsible, and I was demoted to Xiangguo as the county magistrate......"

"It turned out to be the new governor of Xiangguo, no wonder ......" The student first made up for it when he heard this, but he sighed again and again. No wonder the old county gentleman doesn't know anything. And that eunuch is also vicious, and he actually put an elder like you in this kind of tiger and wolf land. ”

Liu Yan and his son glanced at each other, each tacitly, but they both looked blank on their faces.

However, this student was obviously indignant in his heart, and he was about to find someone to complain, so he didn't sell Guan Zi again: "Old County Jun, in fact, I don't blame you for all kinds of puzzles, it is really this Handan Lingsun Xun who relies on his own pavilion marquis, and hundreds of border warriors as minions, acting unscrupulously, don't say that it was once two thousand stones...... The old county gentleman doesn't know yet, your predecessor was killed by him! ”

"Is it so domineering?" Liu Yan asked very cooperatively.

"In less than two months after coming to Handan, he first killed the door, and then killed the magistrate of the neighboring county," the student became more and more resentful. Now, I heard that he imprisoned the prime minister, and then privately appointed county officials and postal supervisors, and brought the entire Zhao State political affairs into his hands, and finally forced Fang Bo to abandon his official position and leave...... You say, is the name of the Bahu County Order vain? ”

Liu Yan was speechless for a while...... It's obviously not right, is it okay?

It's nothing else, if you really imprison the prime minister, then the former Jizhou Assassin Wang Fang is a famous figure, how can he resign directly without caring at all? And besides, this Gongsun Xun was born in a border county, and he was one of the main forces of the eunuch at the beginning, and his style was a little rough, but after all, he was a student of Lu Zigan and Liu Wenhuan, so it couldn't be so nonsense, right?

"Is what Brother Tai said true?" Liu Fan also didn't believe it at all.

"Actually, I'm not very sure," this scholar was looked at by Liu Yan like this, and then Liu Fan asked like this, but his face turned red and told the truth. "It's just that the shadow is enough to hear the people around me say this...... Of course, the destruction of the Shen clan and the unauthorized killing of the old county monarch's predecessor are absolutely certain, otherwise my teacher would not have been coerced by him, so he had to dissolve the private school and go to Handan to form a public school! ”

"Actually," Liu Yan asked rhetorically. "Nothing else, isn't it good to change this private school to public school? The old man also ran a school when he was young, and he knew the pros and cons of private schooling. As for the public school, although I don't know what the charter is, at least the venue, paper and pen, and the food and clothing of poor students are all guaranteed, that is, the appointment of officials is ......"

"Oh," the gentleman was asked about his heart, and he also interrupted the other party in disregard of etiquette. "The old county gentleman doesn't know, if it's just a change of place, and then it's just a matter of changing the private to the public, where would we, as students, be willing to leave our teacher? It's just that a person in his twenties in Handan Ling District actually wants to enter a public school as a teacher to teach, although it is said that he is also the son of a famous Confucian in China...... But how can my generation let this kind of person be on the same list as my mentor?! ”

"This is also ......" Although Liu Yan didn't think so, he finally had a little understanding of this scholar, and the reason for resenting Handan Ling still made sense, but that's all, he didn't want to entangle with this person anymore. That's good, since I came to Zhao to take up my post, I should visit Duke Wei anyway, you take me to visit Lingshi, and I will persuade him by the way. ”

"This ......" When the scholar heard this, he was a little flustered for a while. The old county gentleman went to pay a visit, I just quarreled with my classmates, and it is not good to meet again at this time. ”

After that, this gentleman actually dragged his thin horse, and ran south, and Liu Yan and his son, who were watching, were speechless for a while.

However, it didn't take long for them to understand what was going on...... Liu Yan was in front, Liu Fan was dragging the donkey cart behind, and the two entered the manor where the gate was open and then the bustle was very lively, and they saw a young student who was still bunching his hair standing on a roof and mocking loudly:

"If you want me to say, why don't you want to see the teacher in the same column as his peers? I only said that when I moved to school, I didn't see you say so much, didn't you shout that Handan City was very lively? In the final analysis, it is some people who are indiscriminate, and today they know that there are monthly exams in public schools, unified exams every year, and rankings, so they are confused, for fear ......of being exposed by the exams."

"You!" Someone below immediately retorted with a red face. "How can you set a ranking for the things of readers? Besides, can learning be discharged, and virtue can be discharged? Isn't that insulting?! ”

"You're afraid of revealing your stuffing!"

"You're insulting Sven!"

The two groups of students quarreled again, which made Liu Yan couldn't help but be happy...... He has been the principal of a private school for 18 years, so how can he not know the fancy intestines of these students? In fact, Liu Fan, who grew up with his father in private school since he was a child, reacted to why the student just now didn't dare to come in again and left in a hurry.

The father and son watched the excitement for a while, and they were going to find someone to pay homage to Wei Song...... In fact, not only should the person who came here to be an official visit this Wei elder, but from the fundamental purpose of Liu Yan's trip, he should also listen to this person's opinion of Gongsun Xun.

However, when the two put down the donkey cart and came to the backyard with the servant in the name of the county magistrate of Xiangguo, they met an old man.

"I've seen the elders!" This short and fat young man also hurriedly saluted when he saw Liu Yan. "I don't want to meet the elders again!"

Liu Yan's father and son were also in a good mood when they saw this person...... On the one hand, the father and son have actually been in a good mood; On the other hand, such a loyal and honest person always makes people feel bad.

"It's really rude," the servant who led the way quickly explained out of the etiquette of his master's house. "My old master is meeting guests in the backyard, otherwise the front yard wouldn't be so chaotic...... However, both of them are county magistrates who went to work, and they both know each other, so the province is talking too much, so I will report it and ask the two county gentlemen to wait a while. ”

Liu Yan naturally didn't care...... Wei Song is a 2,000 stone who has stepped down, and his identity at this time is just a mere 500 stone county magistrate, and the identity gap is huge. In fact, if it weren't for Liu Yan being an older man and claiming to be the new local governor of Zhao State, I am afraid that he would have been late in reporting, as evidenced by the short and fat honest county magistrate who had already come in beside him.

"I don't know that the elder is also the one who went to work," the short and fat young county magistrate was really honest, and he actually looked quite embarrassed at this time. "I also invited the old gentleman and father and son to board the boat without authorization."

"Where, where?" Liu Yan hurriedly surrendered his hand.

"I wonder where the elder is going?" The man asked seriously.

At this time, it was strange not to ask the other party's name and origin, but Liu Yan had already prepared...... The head of the Xiang State had just been slaughtered by Handan Ling, but Liu Yan went straight out of the Nangong Palace Gate and went straight here, just to disguise and fool.

"My father's surname is Huang Yanyan, and my surname is Huang Mingfan, my family's ancestral home is Jiangxia, and my father's trip is to come to Zhao to serve as the governor of Xiang." Liu Fan hurriedly spoke for his father. "Actually, my father was originally a county magistrate in Yuzhou, and he was demoted here because he offended the eunuchs. I wanted to ask before, I don't know the name of my brother, where are I going to be an official on this trip? ”

Huang Yan's character Ziwan, in fact, is the convenience of Huang Wan's character Ziyan, the latter is Liu Fan's cousin, Liu Yan's cousin, and also a famous scholar in Jiangxia, his ancestors have served as Shang Shuling, Tai Lieutenant, Huang Wan was even younger and became a general in the facial features, but then he was imprisoned by the party for 16 years, and he is still studying in Jiangxia...... Liu Fan used this name and made another detour, as if he wanted the other party to be confused.

And sure enough, the short and fat county magistrate with an accent near Mount Tai thought about it slightly, probably thinking about the other party's name and hometown, and after getting nothing, he simply responded: "Don't hide the virtuous father and son, my surname is Li Mingjin, the word is first, I am from Chengshi County, Jiyin County, and this trip was ordered by Shangshutai The gall Tao Chang of Julu County happened to be a neighbor with the elders...... Passing by here, I heard that it was the house of Duke Wei, so I came to visit one or two by the way. ”

"I see, it's a neighbor." After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yan, who is alias Huang Yan, twisted his beard and smiled. "Although Gaunt Tao and Xiangguo belong to two counties, they are adjacent to each other, and it is also the fate of you and me! However, the fact that you are in the same position as me at such a young age is also enviable......"

Then Li Jin hurried to be humble.

And just when the two of them barely got to know their names here, and were about to talk about it again, an old man, supported by a young man, came out of the back hall with a dozen imposing people.

Needless to say, the leader is naturally Wei Song, and with so many people in fancy clothes around him, Liu Yan can guess almost at a glance that they are probably local families, Haoqiang, and big families...... It seems that Wei Song is indeed meeting guests, not deliberately neglecting.

"I heard that the new local governor of Xiang has arrived, and it is really unwelcome." As soon as Wei Song went out, he immediately gave up his hands to make amends. "It's really busy here, rude, rude!"

"How fast did Governor Xiang come?" There were also people next to him who asked curiously, and it seemed that he was also the leader of the local clan. "It also caught me off guard...... Oh, it's Li ......, the patriarch of the Li clan of Zhao State."

"Since we are the new governor of Xiang, we are not outsiders, so it is better to come in and discuss together." Another shouted hurriedly, looking a little rude. "Be sure to make up your mind before the prince returns to the army!"

However, since Liu Yan is here for a private visit to Weifu, how can he care about the behavior of these clans and heroes? He couldn't wait to take the opportunity to see the real attitude of these people towards Gongsun Xun.

So, this 'Huang Yan Huang County Magistrate' greeted everyone one after another, and then with the support of his son, he sat down calmly with everyone into the back hall...... It's just that none of these powerful people in Zhao State care about him.

"What are you talking about?" After a few words of greeting, the 'County Magistrate Huang' asked curiously. "I probably know that the prince and the prince refer to the Handan Order, the Marquis of Wuting Gongsun County, but what does he need to decide before returning to the army? Gongsun County Jun is a county commander, how can he 'return to the army'? ”

"Uh...... In fact, it is easy to say. Wei Song reluctantly explained. Isn't there a Taihang bandit incident in Xiangguo recently? The prime minister, the prime minister was furious, so he appointed Gongsun County Jun to sweep away the Taihang bandits. Actually, the situation in my own country is fine...... Right? ”

The powerful clan leaders of the Zhao State immediately bowed their heads and expressed their positions.

"Handan's side was originally cleaned up in parallel, and the Taihang bandits on the Xiangguo side were also cleaned up because of the fact that they sent people to Xiangguo to secretly communicate with the bandits, and later they were almost lured down because of the lack of food, but the northernmost section of the Taihang Mountains of Zhao and the southernmost part of Changshan Country, commonly known as Black Mountain and Purple Mountain, gathered a large number of bandits, which was originally difficult to sweep, but recently a bandit leader took the initiative to surrender, and there were many persuasions...... So, so ......" Wei Song couldn't go on for a while.

"So this Handan Ling, the southernmost part of the Zhao Kingdom, led his troops to the Changshan Kingdom in the north to suppress the bandits?" Rao is 'County Magistrate Huang' has long been mentally prepared, and he is speechless for a while.

"Suppressing bandits is a good thing after all!" Wei Song reluctantly emphasized. "Governor Xiang doesn't have to care!"

County Magistrate Huang looked at the leaders of the Zhao clan who nodded like pecks around him, and he was also completely speechless.

"And what are you talking about?" After a pause, the 'County Magistrate Huang' asked attentively. "What needs to be agreed upon before he returns to the army, could it be the matter of the front yard public school?"

"Not really," Wei Song sneered helplessly. "In fact, the old man also wants to see the kind of public school that he has no worries about, not to mention that the national master Han Gong has also promised to enter the school as a teacher, and the king is willing to sponsor the school...... The matter has been agreed, and it is only necessary to wait for the school to start after the fall. As for what Zhang Gong said just now, it is ...... It's also hard to speak. ”

"What's so hard about that?" The person who spoke just now, that is, the former county Cheng Zhang Shu, took the case directly. "If you want me to say, this is possible!"

"I think it's feasible, too, but now the situation doesn't seem to be in the way we were discussed...... "Another person hurriedly spoke." Or only one person is enough, and if there is only one person, the Wei family does not participate in this matter, our Handan family is naturally the highest and most suitable person. ”

"Handan Gong is enough!" Someone else simply took the case. "We know that Zhen Du splashed a basin of sewage on your Handan clan before he died, and you were worried in your hearts, but the prince even accepted the thief who had assassinated him that day, and bluntly said that there is no doubt about employing people, let alone your family? If you want me to say, it's still our Wang family's ......"

"Then what the prince, Lu Gong, and Zhang Gong said are not selfish?" The man from the Handan clan immediately refuted it. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, this time the prince returns to the army, this Taihang Mountain will be cleaned up, the first thing is done, the next thing is to clean up the acres during the autumn harvest, and then take advantage of the situation to raise filial piety and build a public school...... Aren't you so anxious that you just want to marry the prince and make your own children more sure to get this filial piety? With all due respect, since there is only one person, it is not easy for the three of you to participate in this matter. ”

There was silence in the room, and the person known as Zhang Gong shook his head and sighed: "Do you really have to send one person?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen," even if the 'County Magistrate Huang' asked himself to be smart and transparent, he could not help but ask out loud at this time. "What the hell is going on?"

There was silence in the room again, and after a long time, someone still said the truth: "Since County Magistrate Huang is going to share weal and woe with us next, it doesn't hurt to say that you can listen to it...... In fact, it is Handan Ling who is not worried about the ruling country, the upper and lower clans, the powerful, the big families, and the common people are all subdued, but he acts quite fiercely, and you are a little afraid of it, so you have the idea of marrying him. ”

'County Magistrate Huang' twisted his beard, stunned for a while, and his son was also speechless for a while, it was the honest man who had been listening carefully, and the county magistrate of Gar Tao Li next door also opened his mouth wide.

This group of people is fighting for feelings, and what they are fighting for is to send their own women to others as concubines? !

Of course, the well-informed 'County Magistrate Huang' reacted quickly...... Actually, it's nothing!

First, the birth status is there, and the children of these people seem to be only concubines; Second, it is not uncommon for large local families to form closer alliances with powerful rulers through marriage......

In fact, not only the 'County Magistrate Huang' eased up, but also the County Magistrate Li over there, and the latter even took advantage of no one to pay attention to him and secretly took a big peach from the high-legged case, and then nibbled on it.

However, back to the topic, in this way, 'County Magistrate Huang' has determined one thing, that is, whether this Gongsun Xun has transgressed the rules or not, and whether he has acted harshly...... At the very least, the local celebrities all recognize his level of governance.

Lu Zigan really gave himself a problem!

However......

However, "'County Magistrate Huang' came back to his senses and continued to ask. "If you want to marry, why can you only give one person, and why do you want to rush before Gongsun County Jun returns?"

"This brings us to a recent incident." Someone sighed. "Just as the prince set off to the north to recruit the bandits, his wife happened to rush over from his hometown in Liaodi with his family......"

"But the daughter of the Marquis?" 'County Magistrate Huang' immediately woke up. "The old man understands, since Mrs. Zhao has arrived, it is best to take advantage of the absence of worries and send someone to Mrs. Zhao to let her make up her mind, and the husband and wife of the province are not in harmony over this matter......"

"That's exactly what happened."

"But why can you only send one person?" 'County Magistrate Huang' couldn't help but smile and asked. "Isn't this Mrs. Zhao jealous, and she can only accept one person after making it clear to you? Or is it that there are a lot of concubines without worry? ”

The room was quiet again, and it took a long time before someone smiled bitterly: "It's not because of Mrs. Zhao, it's not that there are so many concubines...... This time, Mrs. Zhao only brought a worry-free concubine here. However, does Governor Xiang know that Zhao Ping, the commander of Langzhong in our country, is the nephew of Zhao Chang, the supervisor of the Yellow Gate? ”

'County Magistrate Huang' shook his head slightly, he really didn't know, but he also reacted: "Since he is the nephew of the Zhao Chang clan, he is also the nephew of the Hou clan...... Naturally, he is a brother in Mrs. Zhao's clan? ”

"Yes," Wei Song, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke. "This Zhao Ping usually has a lot of lawlessness in the country, but after the arrival of no worries, he is like a donkey seeing a tiger, and there is no movement. And since Mrs. Zhao is here, and she is not there, he naturally wants to be courteous and kissing...... We don't know if the relatives climbed to us, but they brought back another message. ”

"What's the message?" 'County Magistrate Huang' had already sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"Does Governor Xiang know that Zhao Ping has lived in Luozhong for a long time?" That Wei Song stared at the other party and asked seriously.

"How does this old man know?" 'County Magistrate Huang' saw that the other party's eyes were wrong, and knew that he was probably too bold, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when this person saw through a few clues.

"Then can Governor Xiang know Cao Jie?" Wei Song still stared at the other party and asked.

"The old man knows people, but people don't recognize me!" 'County Magistrate Huang', that is, Liu Yan, the assassin of Jizhou, pinched his beard and smiled, he was almost sure that this Wei Song should have noticed that his identity was wrong from his unconcealed complacency, but Liu Junlang was fearless after all, so he didn't care very much. "Isn't that true of Duke Wei? Although this person is a eunuch, he is indeed a generation of Xiang Yin in the eunuch, who has been in power for more than ten years, and everyone in the world knows it! ”

Wei Song also shook his head and laughed when he heard this, and then calmly explained: "Then Zhao Ping heard that Mrs. Zhao was coming, so he went out of the city thirty miles to greet and recognize his relatives, although he was brought back, he was still excited, and then couldn't help but tell the left and right that his clan sister was a wife who was not worried, but the granddaughter of Cao Jie's closest relatives was just a concubine who was not worried...... Governor Xiang, you say, who of these famous clans in our country would dare to send a bunch of women to compete for favor with the granddaughter of the ruling dynasty? ”

Liu Yan almost pulled off his beard...... Lu Zigan is such a good teacher!

"Ahem!" At this time, the loyal and honest county magistrate Li also squirted out a peach pit stuck in his throat.

————I swallowed a peach pit dividing line————

"In the past, the Taizu of this dynasty was the Handan order, and Liu Yan moved to Jizhou to assassinate the history, and he drove a donkey cart to Handan with Zifan, and wanted to visit and stay in Wei's Garden. Zhao Guowei is a pine, so Lu Guoxiang is also a good person, and he knows what it is, which is the work of Taizu. When he heard it, he was silent. Staying at night, overturning and sleepless, Fan asked why, got up and stroked his son's back and said: "Looking at Handan's order for government, it is the power of the dragon and the tiger, and the ability of my father and son is only the material of a donkey and horse, and the donkey and horse want to control the dragon and tiger, but what?" —"The World Speaks New Language". Accolades