In the fifth year of Zhongping, at the end of November 188, outside Qingzhou, Pingyuan County, and Gaotang County. A team of hundreds of people with dozens of carts came to the outside of the county seat, and this team was not a bystander, it was Liu Beiyi

Pedestrian.

Everyone in the team was smeared with thick grease on their faces, which was used to block the cold wind of winter, and after a long journey, the oil on their faces and the dust along the way, everyone's skin seemed to be coated with a layer of black ash, and they couldn't see it

out of the original color.

Finally arrived home, Liu Bei laughed bitterly, when he used to study, he always felt that the male husband, when he followed Wei Qing and Huo Quai, rode 100,000 horses, rampant among the Huns, long-distance running, and chasing orders in snowy nights was very cool.

Now I know that this is really cool, and people who feel cool in the bones of this cold wind are just cool. In particular, in order to show the spirit of sharing the joys and hardships with all the officers and soldiers, Liu Bei showed a rare hardship

The spirit of labor also boosted morale. In addition, the training of these soldiers was strict enough, and this march persisted until the end, and the team was not dragged down.

After complaining a few words, Liu Bei turned over and dismounted, and Guan Yu and others went out of the city to greet him, and when he saw Liu Bei, he said: "Brother, the younger brother has prepared hot water, food and other things for the elder brother, and the elder brother has worked hard all the way, hurry up and go into the city to rest." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei didn't say much, went straight to the city, and said to Guan Yu as he walked: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool brought you a pair of armor, it is Mingguang armor, this is a high-end product, it is not easy to see, you go and take a look." ”

He said to Cui Meng on the side: "Mr. Cui, you have really worked hard these days. ”

Cui Meng returned the salute, and saw a few people getting out of the car, a middle-aged Confucian, with a boy and three girls, and knew that it was Cai Yong's father and daughter who Zhao Yun said when he came back, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, whether it was Cai Yong or a famous person in the world

The identity of Cai Wenji and Liu Bei's future wife made Cui Meng treat it carelessly.

At this time, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Mr. Cui doesn't have to be polite, he will be his own family in the future, and the days of getting along will be long." Let me wait for the shower and change clothes, and then introduce Master Cai to you. ”

After everyone finished bathing and changing clothes, Liu Bei invited everyone to get together, introduced Cai Yong first, and said that he would marry Cai Yong's daughter Cai Wenji one day, and everyone visited Cai Yong. Liu Bei talked about his entry into Luoyang again and said

I will go to the plains to take up my post in the near future.

Guan Yu usually closes his eyes to recuperate, but at this time he suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Brother, the so-called long night dreams are many, and you should act as soon as possible, enter the plain one day earlier, and be stable one day earlier." ”

It is said that if Guan Gong doesn't open his eyes, he will kill people when he opens his eyes, this look is really sharp, Liu Bei secretly said in his heart.

Cui Meng also said: "Pingyuan County governs the Plains and leads ten counties, namely Pingyuan, Gaotang, Zhu'a, Luoyin, Ande, Qiguo, West Pingchang, Banxian, Leling, and Yanci, with a place of more than 300 li, a household registration of 100,000 and a population of 700,000. true

It is a great county, and the lord should go to the plain as soon as possible, so as not to cause any change. ”

Originally, Liu Bei had been a bachelor for half a year after crossing over, and he wanted to get married as soon as possible at this moment, but being lustful in this era is not a good reputation. And Guan Yu is the head of the generals under him, and Cui Meng is the head of the Wenchen, so Liu Bei listened to this

The words suddenly felt reasonable, nodded and said, "My brother and Mr. are reasonable. That being the case, I will go to the plains tomorrow. ”

Bowing his hand to Cai Yong again, Liu Bei said: "My lord, when I go to the plains, I will marry Wen Ji immediately, and I will never dare to delay." ”

Cai Yong said: "Xuande only cares about big things, so it doesn't hurt to wait for a few days." ”

After thinking about it, Liu Bei said to Liu Deran again: "Gaotang is the place where I started, and the virtuous brother is willing to share the worries of the foolish brother and temporarily take the position of Gaotang County Commander." ”

Liu Deran was overjoyed and agreed to come down.

The next day, Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and thousands of soldiers, all of whom were stubborn and stubborn, and went straight to Pingyuan County.

And why bother so much. ”

"The lord first led a county, and his kindness was not given, so he should first show off his military might to convince the people." Jian Yong said, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and thousands of armor soldiers escorted Liu Bei to the plains, especially the three hundred armored horses, which were even more one

The appearance of the deputy ace army is daunting.

When Liu Bei and the others arrived near the gate of the Plains, a group of people had already greeted them in the Plains County, there were hundreds of people, most of them were officials in the county, and a few were big clans in the Plains County. It's just because Liu Bei sent a messenger to report the news earlier

I knew that Liu Bei was coming to take office.

The first person was about forty or fifty years old, and when he saw Liu Bei, he took two steps, shook deeply, and said, "But Xuande Gong is in front of him." ”

"It's Liu," Liu Bei saw that the other party was also too guarded, and he was at the same level as himself, so he hurriedly returned the salute.

He said to Guan Yu again: "Please decree." ”

When the Taishou heard this, he said: "This is not the place where the holy decree is read, and it is not too late for us to enter the city to put the incense case and then the holy decree." ”

After entering the city, the Taishou thought about it, Liu Bei read out the holy decree, and handed the holy decree and the official notice to the Taishou to see.

The Taishou looked at it casually, took out the seal letter and hurriedly handed it over to Liu Bei. It seems that it is not a seal letter representing the power of a county, but a hot potato, and Liu Bei is very strange to see.

Since that Taishou was so polite, Liu Bei was not polite, changed into official clothes, wore a blue ribbon and silver seal, and sat on the main seat, Guan Zhang and others stood behind Liu Bei, and many officials bowed down together: "Meet Liu Xiangguo." ”

The plain is the kingdom of the princes, so everyone calls Liu Bei the Xiangguo.

Holding back his mood, Liu Bei and his predecessor Taishou exchanged a few words, and the Taishou said a few words, so he didn't stay anymore and left. After the delivery of the seal, it was only an hour or two before he hurriedly took his family servants and drove several carriages out of the city, as if there was some daunting plague in the city.

Seeing that Liu Bei frowned, he finally asked the group of officials below: "Do you know why this duke is in such a hurry to leave." ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then one of them stepped forward and said: "The Ming Mansion doesn't know something, in October, Qing and Xu Huangjin revived, Kou County. Two days ago, there was news that Zhang Chun and Qiu Li lived in the four prefectures of Liuqing, Xu, You, and Hebei, and the soldiers were extremely prosperous, and there were millions of Qingxu and Yellow Turbans in the south of my plain county, and there were as many as 100,000 Wuhuan horsemen in the north. ”

Secretly scolding the peat, Liu Bei pretended to be calm and said: "You don't need to worry, but with Liu Bei here, just a million yellow scarves, and 100,000 Hu can't ride a local chicken and tile dog, which is not enough." If the prince has doubts, he can resign and leave, Liu Bei will never stop him, but if he doesn't leave, he must listen to the orders of a certain family, reorganize the army and fight, and don't slack off. ”

Everyone promised not to mention it, just saying that these people from the big clan who welcomed Liu Bei, one of them was called Liu Ping, who was strong and arrogant, and said at this moment: "Liu Bei is just a weaver and a peddler, and I am ashamed of him." ”

So he sent assassins to assassinate Liu Bei.