Really speaking, at the beginning, Sima Yi's reputation was not as good as Xu Shu?

Xu Shu has done at least two things that can make him famous.

First, he killed people to avenge his friends and fled to Jingzhou.

Second, enter Lumen Mountain to study.

At this point, even many young talents in Jingzhou may not be able to be fortunate enough to join Lumen Mountain to study, but Xu Shu, an outsider, was able to win this honor, which shows that he has already shown extraordinary ability at that time.

It's just that Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, is unpopular in Jingzhou, and the teachers and students in Lumen Mountain also see that Liu Biao is not only narrow-minded, but also has no ambitions.

On the other hand, Sima Yi, before, he had been in his hometown all the time, and he had never left Hanoi County, let alone any reputation. Only his cousin, who is now in Jingzhou, can see his talent.

The frustrated words dispelled the suspicion that most people were doing about Zheng Xuan, and the banquet suddenly became quiet.

After a while, Yuan Shao felt more and more that this banquet was not interesting, so before announcing the dismissal of the meeting, he made a final effort, he informed Zheng Xuan, and said: "Gong Zheng, Gu is ready to recommend you to the imperial court as Maocai, and ask you to take the position of Zuo Zhonglang General, Zheng Gong, are you willing to stay in Yecheng to assist Yu Gu?" ”

Sure enough, Zheng Xuan was unmoved, and politely rejected all of Yuan Shao's rewards.

After the banquet, Zheng Xuan immediately left Yecheng.

After all, Hua Xin's affairs couldn't be hidden for long, and after that, not long after, things and two stories about him spread to Hebei. The Gao Tang Dynasty who took the initiative to stand up for Hua Xin and reprimanded Zheng Xuan at the banquet felt faceless, did not notify anyone, and slipped away. And the people of Pingyuan County under Yuan Shao were all disgraced in front of their colleagues because of Hua Xin alone.

Stepping on high is low, human nature.

This incident, in the end, after the list producer was exposed, made the entire Pingyuan County people hate Jin Jue, and in the future, after Jin Jue calmed down the world, the people of Gaotang County refused to come out and bowed to Jin Jue.

Speaking of Zheng Xuan, after he returned to Gaomi County, he met an envoy secretly sent by Liu Bei.

This is already the sixth wave of envoys sent by Liu Bei to visit him.

Although Xu Shu and Lu Su persuaded Liu Bei not to send troops to Beihai County, Liu Bei still sent people to Gaomi County to visit Zheng Xuan, and heard that Zheng Xuan really went to Yecheng for a banquet, at this time, Liu Bei was not as worried as before.

Liu Bei also recognized the judgment of Xu Shu and Lu Su, as the son of the largest family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao had a very good face, and the new list made by Jin Jue just poked Yuan Shao's pain point, so that he did not dare to easily force Zheng Xuan to stay.

However, when Zheng Xuan had not returned home, Liu Bei would still send people to visit Zheng Xuan every other month.

"Gong Zheng, if you can return safely, my father-in-law Liu Yuanjun will be relieved." As soon as he saw Zheng Xuan coming safely, the messenger gave Zheng Xuan a deep salute and greeted him happily.

"Hmmm! Liu Zhijun has a heart. You go back this time and tell Liu Yuanjun, and the old man will live in seclusion from now on, and don't ask about the world. So that he doesn't have to send anyone over in the future. Zheng Xuan arched his hand, returned the salute, and replied politely.

Zheng Xuan obviously saw Liu Bei's true intentions, but Liu Bei was polite on the surface, so he could only use this reason to reject Liu Bei's kindness, so as not to attract the suspicion of Yuan's father and son.

"The villain understands that after he goes back, he will definitely report it truthfully to my lord." Even though Zheng Xuan said this, the envoy still replied respectfully.

With that, the messenger prepared to leave.

At this moment, Zheng Xuan suddenly remembered the comment about Kong Rong on the new list, and asked: "By the way, messenger, Kong Beihai went to Xuzhou before, and after he received the holy decree, has he already gone to Xudu to take up his post?" ”

"Back to Zheng Gong's words, originally, Kong Beihai did plan to do so. However, Kong Beihai later learned from my father-in-law the authors of the four lists circulating in the market, and at the same time, learned the whereabouts of the daughter of his old friend Cai Gong. Kong Beihai brought his family members to Luoyang County first to visit Miss Wen Ji. Therefore, Kong Beihai must not have arrived in Xudu to take up his post at present, and at this time, he should have arrived in Hanzhong County. The envoy informed Zheng Xuan of all the news he knew about Kong Rong.

"What, Liu Yuanjun actually knows the authors of the four lists, since you said that person is with Wen Ji, is it the fifth Wen Xiu, or Wei Xiufu can't?"

"Qiyu Zheng Gong, it's not, it's Jin Jue, the second son of the late Yanzhou assassin Shi Jin Shang." The messenger replied truthfully.

"What?" This answer made Zheng Xuan, who had already passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, unimaginable no matter what, he paused in surprise when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "How is this possible?" So how can Lu Su and Xu Shu determine that these four lists were made by a child who is just fifteen years old? Where did he go to know the best in the world? ”

Seeing Zheng Xuan, who had always behaved very calmly to his envoys, had such a surprised expression on his face, as well as a series of questions, the envoy's heart suddenly felt a little happy.

However, he didn't dare to snub Zheng Xuan, sorted out his thoughts a little, and replied: "If you go back to Zheng Gong, I'm afraid you don't know one thing, that is, in the past year, most of the subordinates recruited in Xuzhou were recommended to my lord when Jin Gongzi left Xuzhou, including the two military advisors Lu Su and Xu Shu, as well as the generals Chen Zhi and Tai Shici.

In the second list, Lu Junshi is on the list, and Xu Junshi, Sima Yi under Lu Bu, and Fu Gan under Jin Gongzi are also on the list of reserve talents in this list, even if this is the case, the two of them are not sure about this matter. However, when the third list came out, the two of them were confirmed.

Zheng Gong, the determining factor is on that Su Ze, Jin Gongzi heard that he was a talent, so he asked people to invite him to Luoyang County, but unexpectedly, Su Ze listened to rumors outside, saying that Jin Gongzi was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Master, not only refused to serve Jin Gongzi, but scolded Jin Gongzi at the party. Therefore, Jin Gongzi not only sent someone to send Su Ze outside the Tiger Prison Pass, but also put a small person like him on the list many times. What is the purpose, Zheng Gong, you must be able to understand. ”

When Zheng Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but shiver coldly,

What a vicious strategy!

Zheng Xuan suddenly thought of a question and asked, "If Kong Beihai goes to Luoyang County, there won't be a problem!" ”