The time is September, and the order belongs to the third autumn.

Thousands of miles away, outside the plain city of Qingzhou Plain County, someone is sending Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, the local county commander, to a ten-mile long pavilion.

"Let's all go back!" Twenty-eight-year-old Liu Beizheng is in the best time of his life, and he has been a county magistrate for three or four years, so although he was born with a small subjaw beard, he has some prestige. "The autumn harvest is busy, why bother to prepare so much?"

A group of people who sent each other, from local officials to local elders, and some children of Haoqiang rangers, looked at each other and were stunned when they heard this, but they just didn't listen, and they didn't want to say anything, but they still followed each other.

In the end, at noon, he came to the second pavilion twenty miles away from the city, and saw that he was about to go out of the border of Pingyuan County and enter the Qinghe country in Jizhou next door, Liu Bei said that he persuaded a group of people to stop, and then he and Jian Yong continued to go east along the Qinghe River with a few followers.

In other words, Liu Xuande was a poor young man, and then he suddenly followed a group of sons and brothers to study in Luoyang, and he couldn't hold it for a while, and he was somewhat contaminated with a lot of problems with wealth and money, racing dogs, playing cards and chess, but he didn't like to study, so he was never taken seriously; However, when he returned to his hometown with a weak crown, he met his mother's funeral with nothing, and under the great blow, he made obvious progress, and began to become moody and invisible, and began to gradually understand the etiquette and virtuous corporal, and did his best to treat others; Then, he joined the army as a ranger, and served as a county magistrate for several years, in the end, from physical to mental, from the city government to ability, all of which have been fully exercised and grown.

It is precisely because of this that although Liu Bei was very emotional and emotional in his heart when he left office, he never changed his face, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he did not take the car, but even joined Jian Yong, who was inconvenient for his legs and feet, and rode away directly.

After walking for several miles, he came to a pavilion that already belonged to the territory of Qinghe Kingdom, Liu Xuande got off the horse to settle down a little, but as soon as he got off the horse, he didn't care about his identity, and actually helped Jian Yong off the horse himself.

"It's hard to reconcile." Liu Bei was also a little guilty for a while. "According to the etiquette system, I should have taken a car, but the military affairs are urgent, I have to go to Yuzhou to recruit troops first, and then go to Luozhong, so I can only ride a horse."

"Xuande said this, as if I had forgotten how to ride a horse after three or four years of being a county magistrate." Jian Yong laughed for a moment. "Besides, how can you consider whether it is hard or not when it comes to resuming the military? On that day, he was a ranger in Youzhou, a knight in the army, and he did not want to be supported. ”

Liu Bei also laughed when he heard this...... After all, Jian Xianhe is a foreigner and a close friend, and he has served as a plain order before, and he is also a rare confidant who follows him, and this person is naturally witty and informal, if he is still moody in front of this person, then it is a bit pretentious.

Of course, one of the more important reasons is that Liu Bei was sincerely happy when he heard the other party say that he would return to the army...... After all, in the final analysis, Liu Xuande still has a Youzhou Ranger spirit in his bones.

The two of them got off the horse, laughed twice, and naturally had a henchman next to him to go forward to negotiate with the local pavilion chief, this place is adjacent to the plain, this pavilion chief has naturally heard of Liu Bei's reputation, and naturally will not make it difficult, but will welcome it properly. However, Rao is like this, and when the pavilion chief heard that the other party was going to stay overnight, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled...... You must know that it is still early at this time, and Liu Bei and his party are all riding horses, if they are really in a hurry, they can walk a little longer and go directly to the front of Juancheng to settle down, why do they have to stay in the pavilion?

Of course, the pavilion chief will not ask this.

But it wasn't until the evening that everyone ate, fed the horses, and soaked their feet in hot water, but Jian Yong couldn't help but question his friends in the hall barefoot and holding hot soup:

"Xuande, are you deliberately avoiding the city?"

Liu Bei was writing a letter under the lamplight, and when he heard the words, he smiled slightly and kept writing: "It's not to avoid the city, but to avoid Yide." ”

"What does that mean?" Jian Yong, who was sitting on the side of several cases, originally just asked casually, but at this time, he was really puzzled. "What do you do to avoid him? If you want me to say, I should have asked him if he wanted to go to Luoyang with you...... Do you think that this time you are just a military Sima and can't settle him? ”

Liu Bei continued to write, but immediately shook his head: "It's not like this, Yide is selfless and righteous in his heart, how can he care about his position?" If I really want to call him to go, he will definitely abandon his official position and go with me. But Xianhe, you have also been an official in the plains with me for a long time, you should know that customs are different from customs, and now, you can't compare everything in this world with the old ranger and ranger atmosphere......"

"That's true." Jian Yong sighed for a while. "Before I arrived in Pingyuan, how could I have thought that Pingyuan was such an atmosphere? Rich and powerful businessmen must behave extravagantly, and those who can wear silk will never wear linen; And the scholars are all reserved and arrogant, and when they meet, they only ask you if you read the Bible? What is the rule? I think when we first arrived in the plains, all the county officials actually went home with their seals, waiting for you to invite them...... At first, we thought that they couldn't see Xuande you, and almost pulled out their knives to cut them one by one, but later we learned that this was actually a local custom. ”

Liu Bei under the lamp couldn't help laughing again: "Xianhe Mo is going to say that, I can't help but laugh when you say this, so I made a mistake." ”

"Can you not say it?" Jian Yong disagreed. "In the past few years, we have put all our minds here, and we are almost here to start a family."

Liu Bei continued to smile when he heard this: "Yes, the plain is a prosperous place, if you start a family and start a business, although it is different from the customs of your hometown, it may not be a bad place...... Even a good place. ”

"I understand." Jian Yong couldn't help but sneer and replied. "You have great ambitions, and you don't want to get married early, so as not to fall into Wenrong Township, even if you get married, you want to learn from your two brothers who have the surname Gongsun, and ask for a good marriage to help your future."

Hearing this, Liu Bei simply stopped his pen and sighed for a while: "Speaking of which, isn't the city in front of you the hometown of Brother Wenqi's Yue family?" ”

"Yes, yes." Jian Yong also replied simply. "Zhao Chengcheng is from here."

Liu Bei Zhengse looked at the other party: "Xianhe, what we just said, I crossed the Qinghe River this time to avoid Yide...... Actually, it has something to do with my brother Wenqi. ”

Jian Yong was immediately impatient: "It's not so serious, right?" You have always been a brother, and you are not his personal minister, so why bother so much? Besides, the righteousness of the ruler and the minister is only a custom after all, not a law. And although there is no upper limit, there is no lower limit...... Those who are willing to abide by the righteousness of the monarch and the minister are naturally praised, but everyone is the same Hanchen, and if they do not take the festival of the monarch and the minister as the opposite, is it rebellious? It is nothing more than avoiding the relative position in the future. ”

"I understand that." Liu Bei hurriedly stopped the other party. "It's just that the Captain of Qinghe is the judge of Zhengnan, this person has always cared about these things, today I left and don't say it, if Yide also leaves with me, then the next time we meet, maybe Zhengnan will draw a knife and say that we are ungrateful...... Yide is selfless in his heart, can he stand this? ”

"That's just as well." Jian Yong shook his head for a moment. "I won't say anything more to you, you should write a letter quickly! Did you write a letter to your brother Wenqi? ”

The candle flame flickered, and Liu Bei smiled bitterly, first lifted the pen again, and then put it down again.

"What does that mean?" Jian Yong is really impatient.

"There is a word in the heart." Liu Bei turned to Jian Yong, pointing his finger at his palm, his face solemn. "If I don't talk to Xianhe, I can't say it......"

"Say it." Jian Yong couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only put down the clay bowl containing the soup in his hand, barely retracted his legs, and faced each other.

"I rarely have great ambitions," Liu Bei said slowly, .......

"I know!" Jian Yong immediately interrupted the other party. "When you were a child, you pointed to the mulberry tree in front of your house and plotted against it, and you lived in a prosperous place like the plain for a few years without marrying a wife and having children, and now when Cao Mengde recommended you to enter Luo as a military horse, he abandoned General Wei's kindness and left without saying a word."

"What bad intentions?" Liu Bei sighed faintly. "It's nothing more than the middle of the family, my father died early, and my mother often encouraged me with the words of the Han family, so I was not ashamed...... However, it is true that he has accumulated ambition since then, that is, when he has grown up a little, he knows that the four words of the Han family are useless and have not changed. ”

Jian Yong also rarely became serious.

In fact, as a villager and close friend, how did he not know Liu Bei's difficulties?

Who recognizes the surname of hundreds of years?

And from the perspective of clans and families who can really share political resources in these years, Liu Bei has nothing to say...... They are all dead fathers with low official positions, but after all, the Gongsun clan of Liaoxi is a border county clan with two thousand stones, what is the Liu family under the big mulberry tree on the outskirts of Zhuo County?

Not to mention, they are all dead fathers, and they are all widowed mothers and adopted sons in business, but Liu Bei's family is so poor that they have to weave mats and sell shoes to make a living, but Gongsun Auntie let her son not suffer from money for life early on.

Even to put it mildly, that is, personally, when he was in school, Gongsun Xun worked a little harder than Liu Bei.

"However, I also know that my brother Sun Wenqi is a person I can't catch up with," Liu Bei continued. "I never wanted to be with it. Don't hide the constitution, when I met at home in Zhuoxian that day, I heard that he came back from destroying the country, and when I saw him with a purple ribbon and gold seal, I vaguely thought in my heart that I should be content if I can attach to him in this life...... And he didn't treat me badly, if it weren't for him, where did he come from to be the commander of Qianshi County in just thirty years? As for serving in the big county of the plains for several years, I offended so many people in the middle, but I still gave me thin noodles, why not because I am the brother of General Wei? ”

"Then why are you leaving?" Jian Yong couldn't help but point directly at his heart.

"Because my brother suddenly stopped moving, and I can't wait!" Liu Bei was sitting precariously with a calm face. "Xianhe, you and I have been in the plains for several years, watching those eunuchs and high-ranking disciples act unscrupulously and unscrupulously; Seeing that those scholars only know the poor scriptures, sitting and talking; Seeing those extravagant and extravagant...... At the same time, the people work hard all day but have a hard time to eat; Those who serve the country with a sword do not avoid life and death, but they are still discriminated against; Those who are loyal to the office have no place to die! Can you bear it?! ”

"I never couldn't bear it!" Jian Yong replied proudly.

"I can't stand it either." Liu Bei clenched his fists. "But what have I done in the plains for several years? However, relying on the name of a brother of General Wei, Haoyou has never slaughtered a few families, and corrupt officials have never killed a few...... How can you continue to endure it? Xianhe, today's villagers sent each other, saying that I am virtuous in the plains, but I just want to escape quickly in my heart, because it is really shameless! As for how I can go to Luozhong, I don't know if I don't hide it, but I will never stay in the plains, watch the world continue to be dirty, no matter whether the situation is good or bad, I will go to Luozhong to visit it in person, draw the sword and face each other! Preparing for nearly thirty years, I don't seek to make meritorious contributions, but I want to stand up! ”

"Well said!" A sigh, but it came from outside the door.

Liu Bei and Jian Yong each held their swords and got up, but after the door was pushed open, it was a person dressed in a pavilion dress standing in front of the door holding a pot of wine, as if he was here to deliver something.

Seeing this, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and Liu Bei was even more embarrassed: "A few heartfelt words made the foot smile." ”

"Why should Xuan Dejun be too humble?" The man sighed again and went in with his wine. "The eldest husband was born in the world, and he was angry when he saw injustice, so he didn't care about his personal reputation and faced difficulties, which is really heartbreaking! Servant...... I've seen Xuan Dejun! ”

At this point, this person stepped forward with a wine jug, and respectfully filled Liu Bei with a bowl of wine by the pottery bowl that Jian Yong had put down before. Then he put down the flask, took a few steps back in the house, and bowed respectfully.

Liu Bei hurriedly wanted to help the other party up, but unexpectedly, this person actually got up immediately, took a few steps back, and then gave up his hand and confessed: "Don't hide it from Liu Jun, I am not a member of the pavilion here, but an assassin...... Zhonghaoqiang Liu Ping of the Liu family and Gongsun Qian of the Gongsun family in Pingyuan County, the two begged for Liu Jun's life with 100 gold! ”

Jian Yong immediately pressed the sword again.

But Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "It's okay for others, how can these two people kill me?" That Liu Ping is also a relative of the Han family in general, and Gongsun Qian is a branch of the Gongsun clan, and the two of them have always been perfunctory to me......"

"That's because the two of them had to be perfunctory in front of General Wei." Jian Yong next to him couldn't help but sneer. "I want to come to Xuande, you have been in the plains for several years, and you have always loved the people, which has long caused them to be dissatisfied...... This time, you 'deviated' from General Wei, and from Cao Mengde's recommendation, they naturally felt that they could take action to eliminate the 'harm'. ”

"I don't know why." The Assassin retreated to the door, but replied with a smile. "But it doesn't matter, just based on Xuan Dejun's heart-to-heart words today, I will never do this again...... During the day, the plains fathers and elders sent each other for dozens of miles, and they have never been close, so they can only borrow a bowl of wine at this time. Leave! ”

After that, the man turned around and left, but he didn't stop.

Liu Bei originally wanted to ask for the name of this person, and he also wanted to keep one or two, but it was too late.

After leaning for a while, Liu Xuande sighed, turned around, sat back in place, and then raised the bowl of wine as usual.

Jian Yong almost instinctively persuaded him, but when he saw Liu Bei, he immediately shook his head and signaled: "Beiben thought that he was immoral and incompetent, and he was not qualified to let people cut the bottle and give away wine, but I didn't expect that there was such a righteous man who strengthened my ambition, and I couldn't help but drink this wine." ”

After that, he drank it all, grabbed the letters from several cases, and threw them to the ground, but he was not prepared to explain any more.

Jian Yong didn't stop him the whole time, just smiled bitterly for a while.

————I'm not going to explain the dividing line————

"At the end of the Middle Plains, Cao Cao was the captain of the Xiyuan Military Academy, and he was prepared as a military horse, and he was prepared for the plain order. Liu Ping, the county citizen, and Gongsun Qiansu were lightly prepared, but they were jealous and prepared by Taizu, and they were falsely committed. Seeing it today, in order to abandon the Gongsun clan, it is to make the guest assassinate. The guest sneaked into the pavilion, smelled and sighed about the things in the world, couldn't bear to stab, and left. - "New Yanshu". The third in the family