Chapter 10 Liu Bei returns to his hometown, Su Zhang encounters a thief
Liu Bei was ordered by his mother to go to Donglai to seek knowledge from Master Zheng Xuan, although Liu Bei had a letter of recommendation from Lu Zhi in his hand, Master Zheng was obsessed with the collation and compilation of the commentaries on the ancient scriptures and the modern scriptures, and had no time to teach all the disciples. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Liu Bei studied at Zheng Xuan for nearly a year, and felt that this study was indeed not his strength, so he said goodbye to Teacher Zheng and returned to his hometown.
Along the way, I crossed the state and county, and saw that the Han Dynasty had barren a lot of land this year, and the people who fled the famine along the way helped the old and the young to march to the city, all of them were yellow and thin.
Liu Bei didn't know what was going on, so he got off his horse and stopped a group of inquiries.
The man who fled the famine said: "In the past two years of drought, the government has not only refused to provide disaster relief, but has no choice but to escape and find a way to live. After speaking, he also asked Liu Bei for alms.
After Liu Bei gave a few hundred dollars, he asked, "Are there many people like this?" ”
This person accepted Liu Bei's money, thanked him vigorously, and said: "There are a lot of them in their village alone, if the weather doesn't rain, some other people who own their own fields will also escape." ”
Liu Bei didn't know how to get on the horse, he was not in a good mood all the way, since he studied with Teacher Lu and Teacher Zheng, he also listened to a lot of lectures on some things about governing the country, and the governing strategies of the Sons of Heaven in this dynasty recorded in the book also left a lot of teachings.
But now that I have seen the displacement of the people in the state and county, it is not a trivial matter once there is trouble!
Recently, I often heard that the people in a certain place rebelled, and Mr. Lu was transferred to Lujiang because of this. There are a lot of victims along the way in Jizhou, and I don't know what happened to Youzhou?
I thought to myself: "What happened to this Han Dynasty?" When Gaozu encountered a drought, he would give relief, reduce taxes, and lightly levy labor, stabilize the people, and not walk around at will. But now it seems that no one is in charge. Is this big Han really not good? ”
Thinking all the way, just after Zhongshan County on this day, he heard the sound of shouting and killing in front of him, Liu Bei's heart tightened, took out two long swords from his backpack, and rode his horse up.
I saw a dozen or twenty merchants surrounded by a group of hungry people, apparently returning from the north to sell horses.
Many people on both sides are already lying on the ground.
Liu Bei frowned, this group of hungry people looked like they were going to rebel.
immediately greeted him and shouted: "Don't you stop quickly, block the road and rob in broad daylight, are you going to rebel?" You know that this is a felony to kill the head. ”
The merchant who was stopped was overjoyed when he saw that someone had come to save him, but when he looked up and saw only a young man, he fell into despair again.
At this time, a few people from this group of hungry people came and ran to Liu Bei and said, "Boy! It's also your bad luck! We were so hungry that we couldn't go down this road. As long as you keep this horse and the twin swords on your body, we can let you go. ”
Liu Bei shouted: "It's not impossible for me to leave the two swords and horses, but I have to agree to the two swords, otherwise, I have to be sorry for you, read your first offense, let you go, you each go to find a way to survive or go to the government to ask for help!" ”
The person who came laughed wildly: "A stinky boy from there, where did he read a few sentences, and he thought he was a hero with a sword on his back!" If you accidentally drop the guy who eats by yourself, you can't pick it up, so why don't you leave the horse and the double sword for me to roll! ”
When Liu Bei heard this, he secretly got a little angry, and said with a little bit of anger: "I read your first offense, and I haven't made a big mistake yet, so I spare you, but I am talking nonsense here, I don't want to make more murders, who is the person in charge here, come out to compare with me, and let you go if you can take me three tricks, I won't care anymore." Otherwise, they will be scattered for me, otherwise the sword will be merciless. ”
At this time, a strong man in the lead rode over and said, "Good boy, as you wish, I am the head of this group." Come! The sword is ruthless, I compare with you because you still have good intentions, otherwise I will surround you and tire you to death. Without further ado, look at the knife! ”
When Liu Bei saw a big knife slashing over, and it was fierce, it was obviously someone who had experienced the battle array.
Immediately, the right sword stopped, and the left sword was picked up at the strong man's arm.
The strong man was startled, and hurriedly turned his horse and jumped away.
Liu Bei said calmly: "What do you think?" These businessmen are also taking risks to travel from south to north, and it is not easy to make some money, should they let it go? ”
When the strong man saw it, he was a little annoyed and angry, and raised his big knife to rush towards Liu Bei again, as if he was in a posture of a fish dying and the net was broken.
Liu Bei shouted again: "You don't want to stop!" Good! Good! There are two more tricks, I will fulfill you, if after three moves, you will be stubborn and stubborn, you will not blame me, you are welcome. ”
After saying that, he slapped his horse to meet him, and the left sword was topped, and the right sword slashed over again, stabbing at the back of his hand.
The strong man couldn't dodge, his left arm was scratched, and the blood flowed, this was still Liu Bei's mercy, otherwise this time the strong man's arm would be useless.
"Big brother! What's wrong with you? A teenager who was besieging the group of merchants ran over and exclaimed.
Then he sent a message to several other people: "Let's go up together and chop this kid up." ”
After saying that, he surrounded the first few people who came up.
"Stop! Come back. The strong man shouted angrily.
"Big brother! You----. The young man looked at the strong man and said.
The strong man said: "If it weren't for the kindness of this hero in his heart and the mercy of his subordinates, my arm would have been broken a long time ago, and you would have gone up to die!" ”
The young man said: "Can't so many of us chop him up?" ”
The strong man said: "This hero is strong in martial arts, superb in equestrian skills, and extremely powerful, just imagine who of us here can resist him, two-handed chain sword, I am afraid that you are not his one-handed enemy." If we start again, few of our 100 men will be able to escape.
Never mind! This is all fate, even if you grab these horses and property, you may not be able to resist the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, so let's accept fate! Escape separately, and try a few if you can live.
Younger brother! If you can live and leave a root for your family, my life is at the disposal of this hero, you can go! I'm the head, and I guess this hero won't embarrass you! ”
"Big brother! If you want to die together, I won't run away, it's a big deal to fight with him! Now the land is barren, the landlord still has to force rent, and if you flee back, it will be a death, not as if you would die together. The boy said sadly.
The strong man said: "It's the big brother who is not good!" I don't have the ability to take care of you, you forgot what your father and mother said, you must think about living, I said to this hero. ”
"Big brother!" The boy wanted to say again.
The strong man said angrily: "Stop, don't say anything." ”
Liu Bei looked at this group of hungry people and said, "You all go!" As I said, as long as you let this group of merchants go, I won't take a break. ”
After pondering for a while, he said: "I also know that you are forced by life, but unfortunately my family is not rich, and my education expenses are still donated by others, so I can't help you more." Now I only have this little money in my hand, but fortunately it's not far from home, just leave a thousand dollars enough for the journey, and I'll give you the rest! If you take it and divide it, you may be able to have a few more days, and you may be able to find something to do. ”
With that, he took out a bag from his bosom, took out a thousand cents from it, and then threw the whole bag to the strong man.
The strong man knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Childe!" Thanks heroes! Please let us know your name and we will set up a longevity card for you. ”
Liu Bei said: "There is no need to be like this, my surname is Liu Mingbei, the great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, a native of Liujiazhuang in Zhuo County, our Liu family can't stand you, let's go!" ”
The strong man said, "Thank you, Childe!" We remembered. After saying that, he waved his hand, and all the people around him scattered and left!
At this time, the besieged merchant hurriedly came over, bowed down and bowed, "Thank you for saving your life!" In Xia, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping did not forget. Haven't you asked for your name? ”
Liu Bei jumped off the horse and said: "The boy's surname is Liu Mingbei, a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, and the great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. You're welcome. ”
When those people heard this, they hurriedly bowed down and said: "It turns out that the son is the blood of the Han family, disrespectful!" Disrespectful! I don't know where Childe came from and where he went? ”
Liu Bei said: "The family is in decline, and it is not worth mentioning. The boy had just returned from his teacher, Mr. Zheng Master Kang Cheng, and was about to go home to visit his mother. ”
Su Shuang said in surprise: "I don't think that the son is not only strong in martial arts, but also a famous teacher and a senior brother, it is really disrespectful." After saying that, he saluted again.
Then he said: "If we hadn't rescued our son, we were afraid that these horses and belongings would have been robbed by these hungry people, and even how many of us would have survived." I saw that Childe was riding only a bad horse, and we just sold a good horse back and gave it to Childe. Just now, I asked my son to break the fee, and I gave 20 catties of gold as a gift, thank you for the rescue. Please laugh at it. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone brought a good horse and a burden.
Liu Bei's face sank and said: "How can Liu Bei accept such a valuable gift from you, don't say it again, I'm leaving." ”
Su Shuangyi hurriedly grabbed and said, "Childe! This BMW is a hero, if it weren't for the son's shot, this horse would have fallen into the hands of the hungry people. This money is our filial piety to your old mother, we sincerely thank Gongzi for looking down on us sluts and helping to save us, if you don't accept it, Gongzi can't afford a few stinky money for us sluts. Besides, when we go to and from the Northland, we often have to pass through Zhuo County, and when the time comes, I hope that Gongzi can invite us to a glass of wine, which is also a deposit. ”