Chapter 22 Creation and Making
The silent wilderness, the small bridge and flowing water, the cool breeze, a yard made of tree branches, and a few thatched huts in the yard.
Unfortunately, it's winter, and if it's spring, it's definitely full of poetry.
Liu Fan looked at this place from a distance, he knew that Jia Xu lived here, and the scenery here was also very in line with Jia Xu's character, although Jia Xu sought to crown Kyushu, vicious, thick and black, but he was low-key, single-minded, and attached importance to his family, even in the court, he looked like he was indisputable.
After Liu Fan saw this courtyard a mile away, he dismounted and tied the horse to a tree and walked towards the courtyard on foot, which was called Corporal Lixian.
Crossing the small wooden bridge and passing through two fields, Liu Fan came to the door and wanted to knock on the door, but found that the door was made of firewood and could not knock at all.
"Excuse me, is Mr. Wenhe here?" Helpless, Liu Fan had to shout at the thatched hut inside.
I saw a woman in her thirties come out of a hut with a child of five or six years old in her hand.
"Childe looking for my husband?" The woman came and pulled the door open, and it was unlocked.
The woman is Jia Xu's wife, Xu. And that child is Jia Xu's youngest son Jia Fang, throughout Jia Xu's life, he has only one wife and two sons. This kind of single-mindedness is rare in later generations, let alone in this era when wives and concubines can be gathered.
is not lustful, not greedy for money, not in love with power, just hoping to make a difference, this is Jia Xu, this kind of person has few shortcomings, and people can't catch shortcomings. Yan Zhong, a native of Hanyang, said when Jia Xu was young that Jia Xu had the talents of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.
Among the three heroes of the Xinghan Dynasty, Xiao He knew that accompanying the king was like accompanying the tiger, and he knew that his merits were high and beyond the world, so he chose to 'defile himself' to destroy his reputation and protect himself; Zhang Liang advanced and retreated in a certain degree, and was well versed in the principle of 'not cutting down his merits and not being able to do it', and was indifferent to fame and fortune, and protected himself with wisdom; although Han Xin dispatched troops and sent generals to be incomparable, he had the kindness of a woman, and he did not have Zhang Liang's strategy of exhausting a last resort, nor did he have Xiao He's old-fashioned political methods, so Liu Bang used the imperial iron law of 'the bird is hidden with the bow, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked'.
"I am Liu Fan, a native of Hedong, and I admire Mr. Wenhe today, and I am here to visit." Liu Fan saluted Xu and nodded.
"My husband took my eldest son to travel, and I'm not at home today. Childe has come from afar, please come into the house and rest. Xu said to Liu Fan, his eyes were surprised, Hedong is close to the Central Plains, and it is a long way from here. When did his husband's reputation spread so far?
Xu was also the daughter of everyone, Liu Fan was so polite, standing at the door and talking was not the host's hospitality, if her husband knew, he would definitely blame her for not being polite.
Xu took Liu Fan to the hut facing the gate. This hut has a small low table, a small bed, and a number of bamboo scrolls on the bookcase. It can be seen that this is Jia Xu's study, and it is also the living room where guests are usually entertained.
Liu Fan knelt at the table, and after a while, Xu boiled a pot of tea and sent it over, and personally poured a cup for Liu Fan.
"I wonder when Mr. Wenhe will come back?" After drinking a cup of hot tea, Liu Fan asked Xu.
"My husband has been out with my eldest son for ten days, and I don't know when he will come back. In the past few years, every time my husband has gone out, the short time is three, five, seven days, and the long is half a month or one month. Xu shook his head.
"Madame, do you know where Mr. Jia Xu will go?" Liu Fan didn't give up and asked.
He had already told Guan Yu and the others that he would be able to go back in twenty days at most, and if he didn't see Liu Fan appear in Jiangyi for a month, there would definitely be chaos over there.
"My husband has a lot of friends in Liangzhou, and he went to no fixed place, and the last time he went to Zhangye, he came back for a month." For Liu Fan's continuous questioning, Xu's patient preaching was very self-contained.
"I can't hide it, I have an official position, if I stay for a long time, I'm afraid that something will go wrong, this time I won't have a chance to meet Mr. Wenhe, and I will come to visit Mr. Wenhe after my official business is stable." Liu Fan got up and said to Xu.
If Liu Fan asked Xu to tell Jia Xu that he had the idea of inviting him as a staff member, would Jia Xu come? Even if I came back, I still had a problem in my heart. If you can make Jia Xu return to his heart, don't say that he can run another 2,000 miles, even if it is 20,000 miles, Liu Fan will be able to go.
"Childe is far away in Hedong, and he has traveled thousands of miles, what do you want to do with my husband?" After Xu sent Liu Fan out of the door, he asked puzzledly.
"Mr. Wenhe has the talents of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping!" Liu Fan smiled slightly, and after speaking, Liu Fan said goodbye to the Xu family.
This time I came to Wuwei Guzang and didn't meet Jia Xu, my luck was really bad, so Liu Fan could only sigh faintly and ride away.
Liu Fan had just been running for a quarter of an hour on his horse when he saw a village in front of him. Without thinking too much, he prepared to pass through the road at the entrance of the village.
At this time, there were several people standing at the entrance of this village, except for a middle-aged man and a teenager, the rest of them were carrying farm tools, and they were chatting without a word.
"Father, you see that this person is so powerful." The young man said to the middle-aged man, with a lot of envy in his tone. The boy looked to be about fifteen years old.
One person and one horse, fighting the sword world, perhaps every teenager of every era has such a dream. Liu Fan rode a black horse with a long sword hanging from his waist, and his temperament was indeed extraordinary.
"Mighty indeed!" The middle-aged man looked at Liu Fan, although it was only a few seconds for Liu Fan to disappear from his sight, he still nodded. After half a lifetime, it was the first time he had met such a temperamental teenager.
The middle-aged man is seven and a half feet tall, with a three-inch beard on his chin, an ordinary appearance, and the cloth clothes he wears are still patched, which belongs to the most unnoticeable kind of the crowd.
After chatting with a few people, the middle-aged man took the young man to say goodbye to everyone and walked in the opposite direction to Liu Fan.
More than an hour later, the middle-aged man and the boy came to a small courtyard, and the boy couldn't wait to shout: "Finally home, mother, we are back."
This small courtyard and the small courtyard that Liu Fan came to just now are the same place, and the identities of middle-aged and young people are about to come out, Jia Xu and his eldest son Jia Mu.
It's really a trick, just over an hour ago, Liu Fan and Jia Xu missed it at the entrance of that village. If Liu Fan had left the courtyard more than an hour late, or had come to the courtyard more than an hour late, he would not have missed it so coincidentally. However, there are no ifs in life.
Liu Fan met countless people along the way, and Liu Fan must have seen those people at the entrance of the village, who would have thought? Jia Xu, who has been looking for a long time, is among them!