Fuyang County is located in the west of Juyong Pass, and has been an important border town since ancient times, because it has a city with the Hu people from time to time, and the economy is very prosperous.

In the early years, Qiu Liju, Helian and other Hu people made rebellion, and it was repeatedly harassed here, and when Liu Yu sat in town, Qiu Liju and Lian died one after another, and the Hu people split, and after making friends with the Han people, the people's livelihood gradually recovered, and now there is Hu City open, and the Guanguan City of Fuyang has naturally recovered, so that the surrounding villages and small villages are extremely numerous.

This village was originally a small population, but after the arrival of Deluzhi, many Han people who came to take refuge and Hu people who were friendly to the Han people slowly surrounded it, and in just a year and a half, the village expanded to the size of forty or fifty people, and even many people in the surrounding area came from time to time.

Speaking of which, Zhiyu Zhuqian would recognize Liu Zheng and others when he saw Guan Yu, also because he visited Lu Zhi with Kebineng more than half a year ago, and he had heard about the deeds of some people related to Lu Zhi from others at that time, including Liu Zheng.

In his eyes at that time, the Han people liked to exaggerate, and they didn't dare to believe that Liu Zheng was defending against the Yellow Turban and other fantastical deeds, and later because Lu Zhi was Gongsun Zhan's teacher after all, Kebineng's visit also made many tribes that did not deal with Gongsun Chan a little criticized, Kebineng broke off contact, and Zhiyu Zhuqi never saw Lu Zhi again - this also led to Yu Zhuqi and other Xianbei tribes who were accustomed to nomadism did not have deep contact with Lu Zhi and others, and they did not pay much attention to those rumors.

It's just that in the past year and a half, as Lu Zhi's influence has slowly grown in Shanggu County, those Wuhuan people have also begun to spread the experience of following the Wuhuan Zhonglang General Sect and resisting the Yellow Turban with Lu Zhi, and he has also said that Lu Zhi's apprentice Liu Zheng shot the angel without saying a word, and also brought up the old story of Liu Zheng leading several people to kill the Yellow Turban thief, because Zhiyu Zhuqian followed Kebineng, and the people he came into contact with were the likes of Wuhuan leaders, knowing that those leaders would not lie, and gradually believed in it.

Of course, when he came back at this time, his mood was completely different from that time, so he warned Yu Zhuying, who was restless after waking up halfway, and asked Dalie and other guards to be optimistic about Yu Zhuying, so he dared to greet Lu Zhi and the others.

After some necessary greetings, because there were wounded, Lu Zhi arranged for Fan Yu to lead people to lead Zhu Ming, Yu Zhuqi and others down in advance to take care of them, and when everyone entered the village, Lu Zhi's personal greeting also made many villagers curious to come out to look.

Seeing the dark horse of Liu Zheng and others, there was a six- or seven-year-old girl on the side of the road who hid in the arms of adults and probed her brain, and whispered to the little boy next to Lu Jian: "Xiaoyu Xiaoyu, who are these people?" The one who rides the white horse is Gongsun Duwei, and the one who rides the black horse is not Mr. Liu? That red-faced uncle, is it Second Uncle Guan? Good looks...... Ahh ”

The woman holding the little girl slapped her on the head, and after hearing Guan Yu say "It's okay" kindly, the woman laughed, and the little girl touched her head with a look of grievance, "Mother, what are you hitting me for?" Second Uncle Guan is very majestic. Xiaoyu, which one is Uncle Zhang? It is said to be very suave and elegant. ”

The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and saw that although Guan Yugong Sun Yue and others were holding weapons, they were also approachable, so she led the little girl forward and exchanged a few polite words with Lu Zhi, Liu Zheng and others, and also attracted many villagers to come and ask questions, and praised Liu Zheng and others.

"Well, the one with the spear is Brother Yide."

Seeing that the little girl was led to her side, the four or five-year-old boy raised his head with a red face, and pointed at Zhang Fei with some pride, and the word "brother" bit very hard, so that Zhang Fei, who had to listen to the "gentle and elegant" laugh, couldn't stop laughing.

After the little boy finished speaking, his little face wrinkled, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Don't call Teacher Liu, Brother Deran is so young, but he is the first, second, and third older than my second brother...... Anyway, it's called old, and I want to call Liu Shi. ”

He broke half of his fingers, obviously couldn't remember his age, and after replying with some annoyance, he left Lu Jian and ran to Liu Zheng's side, grabbed Liu Zheng's hand that couldn't be stretched out with a smile, and said proudly to the little girl: "The straight book and broken chapter symbols we learned were invented by Brother Deran." And the first emperor praised Brother Deran's 'good poetry'. The first emperor, that is the emperor who took office, the most powerful person in the world! He is all praised, brother. My brother Deran has both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and he is still a member of the Han family, so he is amazing! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't stop laughing.

The little boy is Lu Yu, Lu Zhi's wife died early, and then he married another one, but he didn't expect to have a son when he was old. Later, Lu Zhi crusaded against the Yellow Turban and mourned, Lu Yu followed his mother and eldest brother Lu Jie in the capital, and when Lu Zhi came to Shanggu County to settle down, he came with his mother, leaving Lu Jie still serving in the court.

Xiao Lu Yu is five years old, he has heard and read some books, he is very sensible, and he said this fluently, so that Liu Zheng smiled and hugged him, scratched his nose, and said with some affection: "Xiao Yu, you are embarrassed to be a brother." It's just a false name, it's just to think more, ask more, and see more. You can do that later, too. ”

He turned his head to look at Lu Jian and smiled: "Did you teach this compliment?" The teacher wouldn't tell him that. ”

Lu Zhi and Liu Zheng talked about how they usually taught little Lu Yu some poetry and calligraphy, or taught Liu Zheng through words and deeds through past experiences, and mentioned Liu Zheng a lot, and the little guy was very fascinated by listening to it, and shouted that he always wanted to see Liu Zheng.

It's just that the word "good poetry" has a reason after all, and it can't be said to be a compliment for Liu Zheng, thinking that a person as measured as Lu Zhi can take into account Liu Zheng's mood, even if he is unscrupulous, it is impossible to tell his son about it.

At this time, when Lu Yu said it, Liu Zheng couldn't say that he didn't like it, but he felt that the little guy was young and could compliment fluently, and someone must have taught him usually.

"Humble Jing has heard about you on weekdays, and occasionally mentions it to him. It's about the first emperor, but I didn't notice it for a while, Brother Deran must not be surprised. ”

Lu Jian laughed dryly, and raised his hand to hug Lu Yu, "Xiao Yu, come down, your brother Deran has worked hard all the way, don't let him suffer anymore." ”

"No, no......"

Xiao Lu Yu grabbed Liu Zheng's clothes and shook his head again and again, this time he saw Liu Zheng for the first time, but he didn't feel unfamiliar, he laughed happily after being shaved by Liu Zheng's nose, and after rejecting Lu Jian, he hugged Liu Zheng's neck and showed off to the little girl: "Look at you, Brother Deran is so modest." Hee-hee, Sister Fu'er, Brother Deran said that I have a chance. ”

"No matter how good I am, I won't be able to do it."

The little girl looked at Liu Zheng and the others, looked admiring, plucked up the courage to say a word, and snorted and hid in the woman's arms in shame.

Liu Zheng couldn't help laughing, and then turned his head to look at Lu Jian, who couldn't withdraw his hands while crying and laughing.

He knew that not long after Lu Jian went north, he really looked for a Wuhuan woman according to Lu Zhi's order, and when Lu Zhi went north, Lu Jian became a parent, and the wedding was not a big deal, only Lu Zhi and Lu Yu's mother and son and the Wuhuan woman's father and mother participated, Liu Zheng later learned that he also wrote a letter to complain about Lu Jian's unkindness.

At this time, when he heard Lu Jian mention "Humble Jing", Liu Zheng also remembered that the Wuhuan woman asked Lu Jian to take a Chinese name "Bushi", and I heard that she was also a knowledgeable person, and she was as beautiful as a flower, so she couldn't help but lean over and smile and joke, "It's been a year and a half since you got married, right?" I didn't come to congratulate me that day, and I felt ashamed for my brother. It's just that...... I didn't use the congratulatory gift I asked Brother Ziyuan to make up for last year? You're planning to make your brother feel guilty for the rest of your life. Hehe, don't you plan to add a playmate to Xiao Yu? ”

As Lu Zhi's family, Fan Yu and others settled here, in the past year, Xun Yu also let Sun Hao's people go north many times to trade.

Sun Hao is a horse merchant, raising his own horses, but the Hu people's horse breeds are excellent, he used to often come to buy horses back to breed, here has already had some contacts, since the opening of Hu City, there is Xun Yu intervention, there are more and more types of communication, and Sun Hao has the heart to go into battle to kill the enemy, glorify the ancestors, this aspect of the matter is slowly put down, handed over to Xun Yu.

When Sun Hao came here to hand over the business, he gave Lu Jian a "room in the room" according to Liu Zheng's entrustment, but until now, Lu Jian's family has not moved.

In fact, this matter also provoked Lu Zhi to write to Liu Zheng repeatedly, and asked Liu Zheng to write to Nanyang several times to let Zhang Ji's family come and see it in person.

Lu Zhi also said in the letter that he and his wife Song secretly asked the doctor, and several doctors also said that there was no problem with Lu Jian and his wife, but there was a problem after all if they couldn't have children, and Lu Zhi was also afraid that someone in Lu Jian and his wife would have a hidden disease, so he thought that Zhang Ji would come over in person.

Liu Zheng naturally brought this matter, and Zhang Ji also replied, saying that it was a little difficult for Liu Biao's scholars to serve, and he and Wen Ping were fledgling, and they needed to rely on each other to move hard there, and after some time to stabilize, they would find a way to go north, or let Lu Jian and the others go south.

At this time, Liu Zheng said, Lu Jian's smile was stiff, as if there was something unspeakable, Liu Zheng knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he turned his head and gossiped with little Lu Yu about the shortcomings of the parents in the village, giggling, and naturally he couldn't notice the complex emotions that Lu Jian bent down and patted his trouser legs, and the complicated emotions that flashed in his soft eyes.

Along the way, Zou Jing and Tian Yue explained the course of the trip to Lu Zhi, Lu Jian and others, and when everyone said goodbye to the villagers and entered the house, Song, who was nearly 30 years old, and Bu, who was 15 or 6 years old, had already prepared snacks to go out to greet them.

After Liu Zheng and the others saluted, Lu Zhi appeased a few apologetic Zhiyu Zhuqi, and then asked Song and Lu Jian to take Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to rest, and then entered the study with Liu Zheng.

Looking at the bamboo slips, calligraphy and paintings in the study, and a lot of fur gathered on one side, Liu Zheng rummaged through the bamboo slips on the bookshelf a few times, and said with a smile: "The teacher has been talking about scriptures and classics recently, but he has gained a lot of money." ”

Seeing that Liu Zhengyi had been away for a long time, he still talked casually, Lu Zhi knelt down and sat on the side of the case, glared at the past, and also squeezed with a smile: "Aren't these the rewards that you paid to buy land for me to supervise here, and Wen Ruo and Ziyuan sent me the remuneration?" Why, you really don't care at all? Those gifts that can be returned have been returned, and those that cannot be returned have long been sold for relief to those in distress. Aren't some of them still in your ranks? You thief shouting to catch a thief is really in vain. ”

Youzhou is considered a land of soldiers, and the people in Shanggu and Daijun are even more fierce, and Lu Zhi planned to take a share of the Hu City at the beginning, so he naturally targeted the people here.

Seeing Liu Zheng laughing, Lu Zhi followed the topic, but frowned, "Speaking of recruiting...... That Tian Zhongcheng asked me a lot of things about You'an's character, are you planning to let him go back to Liaodong? ”

Liu Zheng gathered his face, knelt down on the other side of the case, and said seriously: "Liaodong is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are Wuhuan and Xianbei natural barriers, even Liu Yuanjun can't control it. Gongsun Du's slaughter can be regarded as making him powerful in Liaodong...... Brother Wen Ruo mentioned to me before that I have not been able to insert people, and my uncle does not ask about the world, he just wants to talk about the scriptures, if possible, he will find a few people who have enemies with Gongsun Du to stay there. It's just that I thought it was gone, but I didn't expect to find Tian Zhongcheng, so why not try it? ”

Lu Zhi Zhengse said: "This matter involves a lot of things...... If he really shows his true face, you, the guarantor, will be known by Gongsun Du, and you will definitely be hated. Gongsun Du will be revenged, but he is not a broad-minded person, if you kill him, you will lose face, do you really think that you can succeed with Zhongxing Sword? ”

"It's better to let him stay with me, study for a few more years, and then send it to you...... Since you have the heart to go south, you think that it is not appropriate to make enemies everywhere. If he really has some merits in the future, there is this matter in front of him, and it will also make Gongsun Du hold a grudge. ”

"This matter is not in a hurry, anyway, it will stay for a few days, and I will ask Brother Wen Ruo what their arrangements are."

Liu Zheng nodded, then raised his eyebrows and teased: "The teacher wants to accept apprentices again?" Do you think this person is very clever? ”

"What do you receive!"

The word "again" made Lu Zhi snort coldly, "I haven't settled accounts with you about Tian Guorang, Tian Zitai, and Yan Rou coming to visit at the end of the year." What a good seedling, you give me to Liaodong, cheap and young. Since you are so jealous of Gongsun Du, aren't you afraid that they will also be caught by Gongsun Du? ”

"Earlier, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, and Zhao Ziping were also looking for Senior Brother Zheng, or stuffed them to Brother Ciming. You, a rebel, do you take being a teacher in your eyes? When it comes to knowledge, is it bad to be a teacher? The military strategy together has a lot more practice than the two of them. ”

Lu Zhi was heartbroken when he said this, in the past year and a half, Liu Zheng stuffed him with how many letters to ask about the location of his former fellow brothers, and also asked for a letter of recommendation from himself, saying that it was a good thing for him to go over to listen, and he was also curious about who Liu Zheng would find, but in his hands, there was no half of them.

In the past few days, Guan Hai brought Tian Chou and Tian Yu to visit, and seeing that several young people were smart and studious, he was also quite happy to see the hunt, and thought that Liu Zheng had sent it to him to cultivate, but the result was to let him see it, and he turned around and was taken to Liaodong.

"Didn't Yan Zhi keep it for you? How? Is he bad? ”

Yan Zhi is Yan Rou's younger brother, and Yan Rou was captured by Wuhuan when he was a teenager, and later as Yan Rou slowly became favored by the neutral status of the Han people between Wuhuan and Xianbei, Yan Zhi also rose to the top, and also learned a lot from Yan Rou, but he was not an incompetent person.

"Yan Zhi is good, but he still has to be responsible for the things that Yan Rou left him, and he ran on both sides of the building, and he hasn't seen each other for a month. This is better than nothing, it is better than nothing...... Besides, you're really not afraid of trouble on You'an's side. Chen Taiqiu died last year, he was mourned in Liaodong for three years, although the lecture is not a friendship, but those young men in the past, what will Gongsun Du think? You'an repeatedly refused to conquer and speculate for the teacher, but this time he was saddened, but he was afraid that he also had the intention of refusing. But if you stuff people on his side, you will make it difficult for You'an, Gongsun Du...... Alas. ”

Seeing Liu Zheng looking at him with a smile, Lu Zhi's face sighed and slowly couldn't hold back, smiled, and then sighed again: "Being a teacher is to think that all the people you are looking for are young talents, and I am happy to see the hunt, why don't you know that I can't keep people here...... lest this man end up under the command of your two brothers...... Hehe, this incident in Guangyang County, can you have eyebrows? ”

It's not that there are no people in the village who have been arranged by Liu Zheng and Xun Yu, Lu Zhi will know about Guangyang's affairs, and Liu Zheng is not surprised, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Wen Ruo said that he would call the shots." I'm going south, and I can't do so much. ”

Lu Zhi thought for a while and looked at Liu Zheng deeply: "If you can find out your secrets, you must have seen the faces of those people, this person is very hidden, you have to let Wen Ruo be careful." Since you are going south, you don't have an official position yet, so you have to be safe. If you need to adjust for the teacher, you can also contribute to the teacher. After all, there can be no more civil strife at this very moment. ”

Lu Zhi's words undoubtedly also show that he suspects that Liu Bei or Gongsun Zhan are targeting Liu Zheng and wants to adjust from the side.

Liu Zheng thought for a while and politely refused: "When the teacher needs to take action, the student will come to ask for help...... After all, someone was injured and died, and they begged for mercy without doing anything, like what words? Even if I agreed, Brother Wen Ruo, they were afraid that they would not agree. He was bored, and maybe he was thinking of using this to bring his father and those uncles and brothers over, so that they would not go to the court. ”

Seeing that Liu Zheng was quite confrontational, Lu Zhi smiled bitterly slightly, so he didn't talk about it and asked, "What about Yu Zhuji...... Oh, you wait. ”

He stood up suddenly, took out a few wooden boxes in the drawer on the side of the bookshelf, put them on the desk, and knelt back again, "Knowing that you are coming over, the teacher is collecting and sorting out what he has learned from being an official and a general over the years." There are still a few letters and some wooden slips inside, in addition to Gongwei and Yizhen, as well as Senior Brother Zheng, and several old friends who are still in Liaodong with You'an. Naturally, the letter of apology to Uncle Weng and Liu Yuanjun is also ready for the teacher, and the others, Bo Jiaogong, Wen Xiangong, those who are still in the court, will always use it when they meet in the future...... You can do it. Oh, and there is one for Bo Jue, when you go south, be sure to give it to him. ”

Liu Zheng was stunned, his eyes suddenly turned a little red, looked at Lu Zhi's white hair that had grown after a year and a half of not seeing him, and kowtowed: "Thank you, teacher." ”

"This thank you is not in vain for staying up a few nights for the teacher."

Lu Zhi smiled with relief, and then frowned: "It's just that since Kebineng has been introduced, you must have a plan." This time, have you ever thought about how to deal with it? ”

"Specifically, you have to come over. But I thought about it as well. ”

Liu Zheng raised his head, his eyes shining, "If he wants to fight, I will follow Guangwu and revive the Youzhou Assault Cavalry." If he sues for peace, he will go up with the tide and ask him to send troops south to fight the enemy with me—so as to stabilize Youzhou without worry. ”

"Youzhou Assault?"

Lu Zhi's face was shocked, and his heart was surging.