In February, the spring equinox is stunned, and the birds return to their nests and bloom.

As soon as the spring equinox arrives, the flowers of the mountains and wild people bloom and the birds sing, thousands of purples and thousands of reds.

These days is a good time to sow seeds, the sun is warm, the warm wind is intoxicating, Liu Zheng's injury is almost raised, a group of children will take advantage of the good weather to go out with a group of female dependents, kite-flying, he wants to keep filial piety can not swim in the mountains and rivers, so he also followed Lu Zhi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to work in the newly reclaimed fields on the hillside of the farm.

The scenery of the hillside here is good, and many people in Zhuo County will also come out to play - most of them are people from the farm, and there are many farmers with their families working in the ridges of the hillside, children playing and running on the side, and the laughter of silver bells echoing in the fields and slopes.

There is a spring festival on the day of the spring equinox, Liu Zheng is the first time to really appreciate the drum music, the scene of 10,000 people worshiping, at that time, Gongsun Zhan took a cadre of county officials and many Zhuo County officials to hold a spring festival on the outskirts of the city, as well as Ji County's engagement and January or so to urge the worship of the palace Xiyuan soldiers to come and take the lead in the town, the scene is spectacular and solemn, and the excitement and noise after that also seems exciting, especially a separately arranged county military exercise, nearly 4,000 Zhuo County soldiers are heroic, and there are 300 white horses from the run, Everywhere exudes fine majesty, it also pushes the atmosphere to a climax, and between the tongues of the county people, there is quite a meaning of respecting and supporting Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Zheng knew that Gongsun Chan had been to Jixian County the year before, and his request to go north was refuted by Liu Yan, and news came from the imperial court recently, praising Gongsun Chan a few words, but he also refuted his opinions.

Thinking about it, he went north as soon as he took office, where is there such an irresponsible Taishou, but Lu Zhi also said that Gongsun Chan was showing his determination to fight against Xianbei as a teacher, and in the next two months, Gongsun Chan put away his mind to go north, gathered the gentry and heroes of Zhuo County and other counties in the county, recruited troops, rectified the troops in the county, and put on a posture that was inseparable from the bandits in Zhuo County.

Naturally, this military exercise also has the effect of deterring the small.

I heard that the group of soldiers sent by the emperor from Xiyuan this time were arrogant and domineering, urging the worship every day, not to mention, and privately doing some coercion and temptation, flies and dogs to fill their own pockets, Liu Yan didn't seem to have a good time, and also ordered Gongsun Chan to prepare for the offering, Gongsun Chan chatted with Lu Zhi a few times, although it was polite to these soldiers, but still delayed the enshrinement, and the military exercise may not have the meaning of beating those soldiers to be honest.

However, now that the bandits are almost clean, most of them are still used to deter a group of gentlemen including Liu Zheng.

In the past two months, Gongsun Chan has settled in Zhuo County, and the momentum of development has been rapid, especially his third brother Li Yizi and the fourth brother Le He Dang are themselves businessmen, land mergers, mergers and acquisitions workshops, industries, and it is very handy to do, although it is polite to other businessmen Jia Haoqiang, but the combination of government and business is always one step faster, and it has also robbed a lot of people's business.

Think about it in two months, Lu's, Fei's, Yan's, Cai's, and even Bao's and other gentlemen and heroes have been kind to Gongsun Zhan, and even many experienced "old people" in the farm have also taken refuge in the other party's industry, making their own layout develop slowly, Liu Zheng treated Liu Weitai's gang at the same time, and occasionally complained about Gongsun Zhan, but this day Lu Zhi was in a good mood, watching Gongsun Chan take the lead in presiding over the spring festival, and he was full of people's hearts, and he was pleased, and Liu Zheng did not spit bitterness on him to sweep his interest.

There were a few hiccups that afternoon.

After the Spring Festival ended, the afternoon sunshine was quite warm, Liu Zheng participated in the Spring Festival and went back to the fields with Lu Zhi and others, and the Cai family brothers and sisters also happened to take their families to go out nearby.

Because there has been a lot of loss of personnel in the farm recently, although those gentlemen and heroes have invested money and left some people, so as not to hurt the fundamentals, but on the surface there is still a lot of depression, and the progress of development has slowed down, so when recruiting people and filling vacancies, many things do not need Cai Yu to intervene, as long as they are checked, and Liu Zheng listened to Cai Xiao's reminder in Taoyuan before, and equipped a few more people to protect him, and let him relax more, Cai Yu also had more time to accompany his family.

At this time, Cai Yu also came over to Tiangan to say hello and chat for a while.

I don't know what's going on here, maybe it's Lu Zhizai, or it's really as he said, "When the owner first arrived, he couldn't greet him in time, and he felt rude, so he naturally wanted to be closer and closer", in fact, he has been moving around a lot recently, although Liu Zheng was quite surprised to see Cai Yu's favorability increase to "20" little by little, but he could occasionally feel that when he looked at him, he was mostly looking at him with interest.

It's just that the other party's words are not leaky, and they can't ask anything, the intelligence of "96" and the politics of "97" are well versed in people's hearts, that is, although even Lu Zhi has doubts about the names of the three brothers and sisters of the Cai family, and is even quite surprised by Cai Yu's appearance and temperament, but without Lu Jian and Liu Zheng's reminders, it seems that he really doesn't know the details of these young people, and after some doubts, he only evaluates Cai Yu's words "young and promising".

In Lu Zhi's view, Cai Yu is just an ordinary businessman who is a vassal and elegant junior, Liu Zheng doesn't know where Cai Yu learned his style, words and demeanors are all kinds of market styles, and occasionally a few lines of poetry can be linked to the wind and snow, and the cynical and flowing posture is no wonder Lu Zhi is really not sure that the other party is related to the Xun family through his name, even the scholar clan may not be able to do it.

They talked between the ridges, and in the distance, the women and children of the Cai family also flew kites on the grassy slope with the women and children in the village, chatting and laughing.

Cai Nu, the eldest brother of the Cai family, and his wife Yang gave birth to three sons and three daughters, the eldest son Cai Shu, the second son Cai Bin, after the New Year, he was also fourteen or thirteen years old, and the other three children could also run and jump, and they played games together, and the youngest daughter Cai Hui was only more than a year old, and she was held in the arms of the second sister-in-law Tang.

Cai Yu and Tang also gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Cai Yun is three years old, he looks quite cute, can run and jump, and speaks with a milky voice, but he can use lame official dialect to call all the generations, and his words and deeds are also quite smart, which provokes a group of female relatives to tease him lovingly, and the youngest son Cai Yu is one year old, still a little milk baby, held by his sister-in-law Cai Xiao, Cai Xiao sat there and chatted and laughed with Bao Li, Cai Qian and several female relatives of the Xiahou family.

A group of children, including Li Lang and Sun Li, were led by Xiahou Yuan's eldest sons, Xiahou Heng and Cai Shu, to fly kites and play around, although Fang Xue said that he liked those, he was just looking forward to it, and he was helping in the field with Geng Qiuyi, which was quite a sign of accompanying Liu Zheng to keep filial piety.

Her performance naturally affected Li Lang Sun Li, the two little boys were active, but they didn't dare to play more, and after playing for a while, they hung their heads and came back to the ridges to help with guilt, and then couldn't help but play again, and came back with their heads down, running back and forth with joy and rejoicing, which made people laugh.

Soon after, Fei Boren also brought the women and children of the Fei family over, Fei is now settled in Zhuo County, there is a relationship with Liu Yan, Gongsun Zan and Zhang Ke also often come to the door to walk around, naturally many people climb, at this time on the road met a few teachers who taught in the farm, some people seemed to know, led the head to come over, and also chatted together to visit Lu Zhi Liu Zheng.

When Fei Boren let the women and children in the family disperse, Liu Zhengduo glanced at the little guy named Fei Yi, who was only four years old, kneeling down to Gongsun Xu, who was forced by Gongsun Yue to sit on one side to study, the little guy blinked quietly and stared at the bamboo slips, and occasionally glanced at Gongsun Xu, who was obviously very impatient to read, kneeling in a restrained posture, not daring to get too close, looking a little introverted and precocious.

Here, Fei Boren and several teachers from the farm visited Lu Zhi and Liu Zheng, and those teachers also went over together, and Fei Boren and Lu Zhi Liu Zheng talked and laughed, mainly boasting about the grandeur of the spring festival and the virtuous ability of Gongsun Zhan after becoming the Taishou.

Although Fei Boren is young, he has already started to do the clan politics, and then he also chatted with Cai Yu about a few things about businessmen, Liu Zheng occasionally responded to a few words, and when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were busy in the ridge, they would also look at the female dependents over there from time to time.

After all, the Xiahou brothers went back to Qian County to prepare to take over the family, although they were also taken care of by Kehai Zhu Ming and others, but after all, they were guests, and Liu Zheng didn't want this extraordinary period to cause some damage to the Xiahou family. By the way, Zhang Ji stayed here until the end of January, and failed to contact Hua Tuo in Gu'an, so he also took his wife and children to follow the Xiahou brothers to try his luck in Qian County.

At this time, Fang had just come to visit, and the company who came back from Yuzhou a few days ago stood near those female dependents with a guard and several colleagues who worked together in the village, and Liu Zheng could vaguely hear the "Wild Vines" chapter of the "Book of Songs", laughing loudly, looking graceful.

"There are vines and grasses in the wild, there is no dew, and there is a beautiful person...... There is a beautiful person, as graceful as Qingyang. Encounter and meet, and meet with the son. Brother Wu, it's a good time, don't miss the opportunity, haha. ”

Liu Zheng heard that the other party won the respect of a group of children in the private school of the farm a few years ago, it is said that he has some knowledge, and he is also handsome, and naturally many people break through the threshold on weekdays and want to help him be a matchmaker, but he is clean and self-conscious, never messes with flowers and grass, and the weak water is three thousand, only ...... Devoted to Cai Xiao.

Previously, the other party introduced himself to him, Liu Zheng was focusing on Fei Yi, but he forgot about it, but this poem is about the encounter between men and women when they are in love, and after remembering the identity of the other party, he frowned and looked over there.

When Bao Li Cai Qian heard the words about the "Book of Songs", even the Xiang side also took over the conversation and walked to the circle where Cai Xiao was, Liu Zheng was a little mustard in his heart, and Cai Xiao over there also looked over, showing a knowing smile, and then walked towards this side, so that the footsteps of the Lian Xiang paused, although he was still talking and laughing, but his face was slightly still able to see some stiffness, and his eyes kept looking at Cai Xiao's back, and when Liu Zheng looked over, he also smiled at Bao Li and others, and then left.

Cai Xiao came over and naturally couldn't get in touch with Liu Zheng, her smile just now, and now that she came over, it was for Geng Qiuyi, and Liu Zheng didn't know much about the recent relationship between the two women, only that occasionally Geng Qiuyi showed a sad face, and occasionally he was quite excited, but at this time, the atmosphere was also harmonious, Cai Xiao occasionally laughed with Fang Xue, and couldn't help but look at Liu Zhengshi, winking playfully.

Liu Zheng didn't turn his head and didn't look at Cai Xiao, but he also smiled from ear to ear, and when he looked at Lianxiang, the other party was talking to a few colleagues in the distance, and occasionally shook his head and sighed, and then looked over to meet Liu Zheng's gaze, and hurriedly turned his head, his face was a little more restrained, and then he also waved his finger and went to other places.

Here Fei Boren and Cai Yu laughed for a while, Cai Yu was called over by the milky Cai Yun, Fei Boren also frowned, leaned up and whispered: "Zi Gangong, when I came from the county government just now, there were people from the imperial court again, and the prince of Gongsun Mansion appeared to greet him, and I don't know what he said, but I asked me to disperse." That face didn't seem to look good. ”

At this time, Lu Zhi and Liu were present, because of Zhang Yan's matter, the two of them have actually been holding their breath recently, and they are naturally sensitive to people coming from the court, and after glancing at each other, Lu Zhi also smiled: "Xu is the saint sent someone to come over to collect the offerings and use them to recruit soldiers and horses?" Hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain thieves suddenly disappeared, and all kinds of deeds show that they are going to Luoyang, whether they ask for their lives or really intend to rebel, they must always take precautions. Or perhaps, let Bo Jue lead the troops to fight? Liangzhou, Xianbei, you can fight anywhere. ”

"Well, that look isn't good news either. It is not a good thing for the people to pay taxes and send troops...... Uncle Yigong died in vain. ”

In the past few days, Sima Zhi has no money to pay the fees for becoming a Julu Taishou, and he doesn't want to collect the people's fat and people's ointment, so the matter of attacking the official beard has been known to the world, and Fei Boren also looked regretful, "The black mountain thief dragged the people forward to admonish and make a big deal about it, and he really did a bad thing with good intentions...... In the past few days, I heard that my uncle was also annoyed by the people who asked for his life in Jixian County, but his idea of abolishing Shi Limu was beaten back by the saint three times and five times, and now as a thorn in the hands of the assassin, he has no power, where can he benefit Youzhou......"

He looked at Liu Zheng, "I heard that someone in the Ten Standing Servants deliberately took revenge, and I don't know where I got the document that the Han clan relatives colluded with the moth thief, so I handed over a letter to the Holy One every once in a while. This trick is really vicious, a hundred times more sinister than you handed it in at one time in the past, and I don't know if it is possible to really abolish them this time. ”

"What we are doing is a desperate plan, and the ten permanent servants are a trickle...... It's just that Zhang Changshi's daughter-in-law is the queen's sister, and the saint is ......"

Lu Zhi said, shaking his head with a calm face, "Don't mention this." Time is also fate. I'll live my life well. ”

Fei Boren originally saw that Lu Zhi had served as an important minister of the imperial court and knew the situation, so he asked for advice as a younger generation in the future, and talked about the situation as a heart-to-heart conversation, seeing that Lu Zhi was discouraged and lazy, and also knew Lu Zhi's state of mind when he came to Zhuoxian this time, so he didn't say much, and the conversation changed, chatting about the customs and development disadvantages of Youzhou, and talking about the better situation that Jizhou may have in the past year because of tax exemption.

The gang were all soldiers, and after distributing some soldiers on the grassy slope in the distance, only two big men were left with Gongsun Zhan. One of them, Liu Zheng, had seen it, and the other party had come to visit Lu Zhi before, and expressed condolences on behalf of the saint, and even worshiped Liu Shi, who was a guard in the West Garden, with an impressive name, called Qin Qiong, and the word Ziyu.

Needless to say, like the Sui and Tang Dynasty generals, that word also reminded Liu Zheng of Zhuge Jinlai, and then he inquired, there was no news for more than ten days, and it made him anxious, but he didn't expect to get the news of Zhuge from Yan Yu's mouth a few days ago, and then Liu Zheng also asked Chen Ping to take people to Langya County to investigate, and even the "dementor" thought about how to use it, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep in those days, but he also had a good impression of Qin Qiong, who looked a little heroic, and then he also seemed to be more affectionate.

Another big man is obviously a newcomer from Luoyang in Fei Yi's mouth, his belly is bulging, very bloated, but the skin and flesh are also tight, he looks strong, and his face is quite fierce, after some greetings, he knows that his name is Zhao Xin.

What Zhao Xin said was also to come to visit Lu Zhi, what is the purpose of coming to Zhuo County Lu Zhi knocked on the side, and then explained that it was reasonable to urge the offering, but I don't know if it was unpleasant to look at that face, Lu Zhi always felt that the other party's eyes were looking back and forth at himself and Liu Zheng, and even occasionally when he looked at the people on the hillside, the fierce light was revealed.

These thoughts were naturally suppressed by Lu Zhi in the bottom of his heart, he chatted with Gongsun Zhan, Zhao Xin, Qin Qiong for a while, and soon after, scolding suddenly broke out on the grassy slope in the distance, and someone moved the knife, and when he turned his head, Lu Zhi saw Liu Zheng waiting on the side suddenly made a gesture with a cold face, and his expression was also stunned.

The gesture was simple, just the five fingers of his left hand were stretched out and slightly patted on his leg, but if Lu Zhi remembered correctly, when this gesture was matched with his eyes on someone, he asked that person to shoot with all his might-

If possible, kill the other person.