As soon as October passed, the cloudy skies of November became even more intensive. Occasionally, the snow is falling heavily, the snow melts and accumulates, accumulates and melts, it is cleaned several times, most of the time when you open the doors and windows, you can see a white patch, the snow is over the knees, and everything is silent.

Such a scene is quite beautiful at first glance, but nowadays people have long been accustomed to these, and even feel hateful, no one will go out to enjoy, occasionally a few living conditions are good, nothing to worry about, really have leisure to probe or go out to see for a while, but also because of the cold nose and ears numb, the head is confused, so that the loss of Yaxing.

After all, it is an era when there are no glass windows and window paper, and the way to keep the indoor temperature from losing is to rely on hemp wool and cloth to plug the window lattices and door lattices tightly. Zhuo County is the county capital of Zhuo County, which is already mixed, and a large number of displaced people and Huyi have come in the past few months, but there are also not many people who are active outside the city.

However, on the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, a large number of men and horses approached from the north against the wind and snow, and after a period of contact with the soldiers at the north city gate, this nearly 5,000-person unit was stationed five miles outside the city, and ten people entered the city with more than 100 people, and after noon, the ten people left the city and returned to the camp.

"Wuhuan, Xianbei, Yellow Turban Army, those who came from other states...... To be honest, Zhang Yi and Xun Yu have a lot of skills, very few people in this area freeze to death because of the heavy snow, they really want to die, but they are unlucky. Hundreds of thousands of people have been properly housed...... Tsk, lord, the old man also has to admire, they have done these things really well. The warehouse is not thick, but the ability to ask for grain is really powerful. ”

Soon after returning to the camp, the ten people led by Liu Bei warmed up their bodies again, and once again packed up and prepared to go out.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei brought people over before, and after greeting the city guards, he sent more than 100 people into the city to prepare grain and grass supplies, and then went to visit Zhang Yi according to etiquette, and then had a meeting, and then met Liu Liang.

Although the wind and snow were small, they didn't stop, and it was really hard to lead the horse on the snow that submerged most of the calves, and everyone didn't have time to speak.

Liu Liang said at this time, and looked at a certain direction outside the tent and made a look, and his face in his fifties was extremely serious, "Lord, I don't understand. You said that he was mediocre, but the officials who were promoted to Zhang Yi's side this time have an unusual relationship with him. I heard that most of them were sent by him over the years. Coupled with the rumors of the "messy" in the past, the old decay has also been confirmed here, and they are all true...... That's interesting. At his age, how could he suddenly learn this physiognomy technique? I'm looking for all the best talents...... It is said that no one had even heard of it before, but this was a sudden opening of the eye, and then he made a move. And what are the means...... What kind of realm is he? ”

Liu Bei knew that the direction of Liu Liang's eyes was Zhangjiazhuang, and he also knew that Liu Zheng, the center of the topic at this time, was living in Zhangjiazhuang to recuperate, and took two "fur" fur coats from Li Ding's hands with a smile, and wore them by himself, and then helped Sun Qian to wear them while laughing: "What, do you want to see it in person?" ”

Liu Liang also knew what Liu Bei was doing in Youzhou, and he also knew his next deployment, so he shook his head with a smile, "Now that the time is not right, the old man is not so confused that it is self-defeating to let the lord step on that man-eating trap." It's curiosity...... Hehe. Brother Li also said that he was a servant, but he had seen a few people around him, and they were all nobles, so he ......"

Liu Liang is from a scholar's background, so he naturally likes to explore clearly, but Liu Bei has always been a well-known thing that he does not believe in fate...... Is it accurate? Holding the flattered Sun Qian out of the door, Liu Liang smiled and handed a dagger to Zhang Da and followed, "Naturally, it's accurate." The old man said before that the old man will follow the lord because the lord is unspeakably noble. So I also want to see him and figure out which one is more expensive. ”

"Heh, the gossip 'confuses' the public, are you instigating Liu's brother to break the wall, or instigating Zhang Da and them to choose another master, or let Liu rebel? Zhang Da, cut him down. ”

In a joke, Liu Bei suppressed the pictures of Liu Liangxiang Liu Zheng in his heart, and suppressed the inexplicable tension, the wind and snow hit his face, he didn't speak, and everyone lost the interest in talking.

After a long time, a camp composed of felt tents covered with snowflakes appeared in front of everyone, Liu Bei took the lead in stopping, Liu Liang took a few steps forward, and shouted in the wind and snow: "Lord, the old man forgot to say, Lousang Village has been occupied by the Xianbei people and the Yellow Turban Army because Liu Zheng has recently, and there are still some homeless people and local people ......"

"Is it too peaceful?" Liu Bei frowned and spit out a mouthful of white mist.

"It's peaceful. Xun Yu takes good care of it here. Mo Hubai and Zhang Mancheng are also sitting here. Oh, by the way, it's not the right time to come, otherwise you can see Zhang Fei and Zhang Mancheng running around Lousang Village with some people, and occasionally crawling on the snow stupidly......" Hearing everyone laugh, Liu Liang also laughed, "It's funny!" I don't know what they do, if they train to strengthen their bodies, it's not better to run with a bow. Climb the snow, hey, it's frozen. ”

"This is a self-proclaimed heaven will descend on the people...... Sun Gan's face muttered solemnly, Liu Bei's brows suddenly furrowed more and more tightly, "The ambition is not small." ”

Sun Qian hesitated for a moment, "It won't be wrong to follow their path." ”

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, "Every time it is the same, it is just right, it is really useful?" ”

In short, he is questioning whether it is really useful to emulate Liu Zheng and learn from each other's strengths.

In fact, when Sun Xia Qian attached himself to Liu Bei a while ago, he knew that Liu Bei was about to play the role of "color" after going south, so he had already put forward this plan. Now that my devotion to the Lord has been sent back through letters, the teacher will inevitably think of the Lord when he sees it. Even if the teacher will take the school exam for some time, Cui Yan, Cui Jiqi, Zhao Shang and Zhao Gongzhang around him will also think of the lord. ”

Zheng Xuan asked them to go north before, although he didn't explicitly let them join Liu Zheng, but there are only a few forces in Youzhou, plus the reason of Wen Chou, Liu Zheng must also be included in Zheng Xuan's list of candidates they can take refuge in, these things, Sun Qian knows these things. Now that he has taken refuge in Liu Bei, he has seen Liu Bei's shortcomings in lacking strategists, so he has also planned to let Liu Bei attract Zheng Xuan's attention, so that some people around Zheng Xuan can come over to take refuge.

"Take him as a lesson, I ...... in my heart" Liu Bei shook his head and still closed his mouth.

Sun Qian knows some of the entanglements between Liu Bei and Liu Zheng, but he doesn't know the causes and consequences of the contradictions between the two, but after getting along with Liu Bei and Zhang Da and others for many days, everyone has put their hearts on him, and it is not without a general outline.

In the end, he is not clear about what is right and which is wrong, and in general, he also understands that Liu Bei and Liu parted ways precisely because of their differences.

At this time, Liu Bei's words were a little angry at first glance, but Sun Qian also understood that it was not entirely Liu Bei's heart, most of the reasons were that Liu Zheng acted obediently, such as iron smelting, military training and other things, and insisted on going his own way, and did not put Liu Yu and others in his eyes at all, but Liu Bei was different, he also had Yuan Shao and others by his side to watch, he himself was not a "character" who went off the rails, and it was really not easy to follow Liu Zheng's role in rapidly expanding his power by recruiting talents, training soldiers and smelting iron.

Sun Qian thought for a while and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, the road you are taking cannot advance by leaps and bounds, but it is safe." What's more, isn't there still Yuan Shao as a stepping stone......"

Liu Bei glanced at Sun Gan, saw that Sun Gan's eyes were slightly sharp, and knew that Sun Gan also had a grudge against Yuan Shao because of Xu Yu's matter - zooming in a little, this can be regarded as a contradiction between the Hanmen and the scholars, so he also patted Sun Gan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes." It's me who is in a hurry. ”

Then everyone approached the edge of the camp, and the outline of Lousang Village became clear. Through the felt tents and fences, you can vaguely see the outline of the big mulberry tree that used to burn and fall into the snow.

At this time, there was no one in these felt tents, icy and snowy, these Xianbei people probably also moved to the newly built houses, Liu Bei and others stepped on the snow and slowly went deeper, there was the sound of the piano coming from afar, and the scene of the people clearing the snow in the village was also shown in the distance.

Those people dress in different styles and dress up differently, but the scene in the wind and snow is happy, and some people sing and dance, which looks quite lively and harmonious.

It was close, some of those people came out to say hello, and some people hospitably invited Liu Bei and others to be guests, the folk customs were extremely simple, Liu Bei secretly figured out how much effort Liu Zhengxunyu and others made in this scene, smiled and refused, excused himself from visiting friends, and then led everyone to the big mulberry tree.

The dumped mulberry tree is huge, covered with wind and snow, the roots and branches are like the bones of a giant beast, slightly hideous, there are still more than ten mulberry trees around the snowflakes accumulated on the branches, like a delicate multi-branch lamp, Liu Bei raised his hand and patted a waist-high mulberry tree, the mulberry tree shook and shook off the snowflakes, "exposed" the yellow-brown "color" bare branches, he wiped the snow off his face, listened to the sound of the piano endlessly, glanced around, and a complicated smile floated on his face, "The old tree is dead, the new tree is tenacious......"

"When I left, I also thought that one day I could bring some people back to build new houses here, so that Lousang Village would be bigger and better...... It's still Deran's quick start. Raising his legs, he led everyone through the houses, greeted some strangers, and had a gentle smile on his face, and had to walk to a courtyard, looking at the fence wall, there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman with a gentle temperament kneeling under the porch, concentrating on bowing her head and stroking the piano with both hands, he listened for a moment, and said with a smile: "Papaya...... It's terrible. ”

The tune is the papaya chapter of the Book of Poetry, but the technique of the person who plays the piano is not good, and the music is intermittent and obscure, as if he is still in the stage of practicing, but Liu Bei commented on it, but he did not have any disgust, but there were some intoxicated expressions on his face.

He closed his eyes and listened for a long time, and when an exclamation sounded in the courtyard, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, he opened his eyes, and saw the woman under the porch standing up, her face drooping down with a little red flutter, and her voice was a little timid after a slight blessing to this side, "Everyone, are you here to find Aunt Li?" She went out to tell someone...... If you need a concubine to take a ......"

"Aunt Li? Say the media? ”

Li Ding knew that this mansion was the old house of Liu Bei and Liu Zheng, and thought that this "Aunt Li" was Liu Zheng's mother, so he couldn't help but look at Liu Liang, Liu Liang shook his head knowingly, and then looked at the woman intently, suddenly pulled Liu Bei's sleeve, and asked, "Dare to ask the girl if she has ever been married?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Bei, Zhang Da and others were shocked or coaxed.

"You, you ......" The woman's expression suddenly panicked, and she was still a little ashamed, and her face, which had been red from cold, became more and more bright.

She stood under the porch, the wind and snow drifting in front of her, the white "colored" coat draped over her body, and the whole person seemed to suddenly have a little more indescribable temperament.

Soon after, a fierce shout suddenly sounded behind everyone, and a bloated woman and old hen flew over from a distance like a cub......

When the wind and snow stopped, the door of the courtyard was closed, Aunt Li pulled Fu Shi, saw several big burdens being carried by Zhang Da and others, looked at Liu Bei who was holding the qin, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhuojun is really ...... We're really ......flattered."

"Aunt Li, don't be polite. The matter between Miss Fu and Deran is all because of Liu...... Don't shirk ......" As he walked, Liu Bei said, looking at the remains of the snow-covered mulberry tree in the distance, "It's Liu's fault...... Please give me a chance......"

Since Liu Bei opened his mouth, Li Ding, Liu Liang, Sun Qian and others naturally also helped, Aunt Li couldn't say that everyone, and because of Liu Bei's identity, she could only pull Fu Shi and keep up with everyone briskly, but the smile on her face couldn't be contained.

Soon after, everyone saw a commotion at the head of the village where the villagers in front of them gathered, and when they got closer, behind a group of cavalry arguing with a few villagers, suddenly a burly figure slapped out of the horse, "Gongyou! You can find you so bitter! ”

Sun Qian was stunned, waited to see the figure clearly, and looked at the few cavalrymen who were arguing with the villagers, and frowned slightly: "Zichang? Why are you here? ”

Seeing Liu Bei's doubts, Sun Qian's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly introduced: "Yan Liang Yan Zichang, a disciple of the Yan family, I am a classmate, and I have recently become a general under Yuan Bohai. ”

In a few words, there was a lot of information about "delu", but Liu Bei quickly understood, hurriedly stepped forward and reported to his home, and then asked Yan Liang what he meant.

Yan Liang didn't drag the mud and water, got off the horse and hugged his fists, and said straight to the point: "Liu Yilang, the Yellow Turban thieves are rampant in Beihai, Kong Beihai sent a letter asking for help, and Liu Youzhou's recommendation of you to go to Beihai to rescue the lord already knows." Liang's trip is to follow the order of the lord to go to Qingzhou with you to rescue Kong Beihai. ”

Liu Bei was stunned, and glanced at Sun Gan, his eyes flashing with essence......

……

In the next few days, a fast horse returned to Bohai from Zhuo County, and in the Taishou Mansion, a middle-aged man named Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu listened to the messenger's report, looked at a middle-aged Confucian standing beside him, and a playful smile appeared on his handsome face, "Liu Bei really doesn't have anything to do with Liu Zheng anymore...... It's a brotherly wall. ”

The middle-aged Confucian smiled contemptuously and said, "Lord, it's all come to this point, don't you still believe that Liu Zheng is cheating and stealing the world, don't you worry?" ”

"Belief is naturally a believe...... Yuan Shaochang exhaled, his face was solemn, and his sharpness was revealed, "But the two Zhongxing swords are not in my hands, and I always feel that I owe something to the shortcomings...... I don't have confidence in anyone. ”

"Liu Bei is not leaking, and the Zhongxing sword in his hand is difficult to capture. But Liu Yu hated Liu Zheng, and there were Kong Yuzhou and Yuan Shanyang...... Xu thought that I might as well wait ......" The middle-aged Confucian raised his hand and squeezed his fist, his smile was slightly gloomy, "Go south to sour dates, pinch to death the soft persimmon who killed himself, first take a sword, and then take the world!" ”

Yuan Shao didn't speak, but his smile was extremely bright.

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