Chapter 8 Recruiting Light Heroes
It's not too early, and if you want to go back to Yangzhai, it's best to leave immediately. Yang Zhai is the seat of Yingchuan governance, and Taishou Yin Xiu implemented a curfew for safety, and idle people are not allowed to walk around at night.
What's more, there is a fugitive Xu Fu by his side, and the official document arresting him has already spread throughout the townships and counties in the county. Once you encounter someone in the government who interrogates you, it will be difficult to fool you at that time.
Where can I go if I don't go back to Yangzhai for the time being? In Xu Chu's original plan, he pinned his hopes of 'making a fortune' on Xun Yu. In the evaluation of later generations, Xun Yu is a capable minister with a heavy Han family and foresight. In addition, Xu Chu once saved his clan brother Xun Ping, and it is still possible to help him get the actual command of a few hundred people. With the people, he Xu Chu can make meritorious contributions, and only then can he have the opportunity to participate in the war against Dong Zhuo in the near future.
As for Guo Tu's undisciplined guy, Xu Chu didn't have hope at all.
He told Xu Fu about this idea, but Xu Fu smiled and said, "Why should the general do this."
"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, in order to protect themselves, the big families in various places raised the slaves of the door, and the scale gradually increased, and the government had never managed it. Not to mention that the general is still too guarded by his own orders. Moreover, there are still tens of thousands of remnants of yellow turbans in Yingchuan now, and on this occasion of employing people, why bother to stick to common sense, as long as you pull up a team and kill thieves and make meritorious contributions, whether it is the court or the people of the world, they will be impressed by the general. ”
Xu Chu listened, digested Xu Fu's words, and expressed his satisfaction. So he took Xu Fu's hand and said, "Yuan Zhi can have a high opinion?"
It's going around in circles, you can say it directly, I can trust you.
Xu Fu called Zifan and other brothers over, and when he talked about the plan in his heart, everyone applauded.
Chen Yi said happily: "Without further ado, let's go."
Xu Fu is also a resolute personality, and immediately nodded and said, "General, if you think it's feasible, let's go."
Xu Chu thought for a while and said, "Okay, but it's ...... Ayi, I want you to work hard to return to Yangzhai again. ”
Chen Yi responded loudly and asked, "What does the eldest brother have to explain?"
"Bring a letter to the chief bookkeeper Xun Jun, call the Gong Yan brothers when you come back, and go directly to Yanling to find us when the time comes." After Xu Chu finished speaking, he attached Chen Yi's ear and whispered, "Don't forget to bring the money Xun Jun gave us, as well as the armor that Du Jun gave me." ”
Under Chen Yi's contemptuous eyes, Xu Chu asked Xu Fu to catch the knife and write a letter to Xun Yu. The gist of it is that I Xu Chu was mistaken by the princess, and stayed at home all day with nothing to do, and my heart was panicked. I heard that there had been a nuisance of the people near Weishui, so I took my brothers to kill the thieves to repay your appreciation.
Xu Fu listened to Xu Chu while typing the draft, but there was no pen and paper. Seeing this, Gong Su did not hesitate to tear off a piece of cloth from his body, pulled out a short knife and cut his palm, and said, "Brother Xu Fu, just use my blood to write it."
Xu Fu swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart that this person was a ruthless character.
After a short time, the letter was written, Chen Yi said goodbye to everyone, picked it up and left.
Xu Chu is really optimistic about Xun Yu, but it's a pity that his current strength is not enough to bear Xun Wenruo's dream, so he can only write a letter to him to brush up his sense of existence.
According to Xu Fu's suggestion, the first place they went to was Xu Fu's old family county. Of course, Xu Fu was guilty of sin, and the county would never dare to go, so Xu Chu decided to take Zifan into the county, leaving Xu Fu and Gong Su to wait in the nearby bamboo forest.
There are two things to go to the Changshe: one is to visit Xu Fu's mother, the Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, regardless of the scholars and the capital of Qian, it is very important to pay attention to filial piety, so visiting Xu's mother is a small thing that must be done, not a small matter; The second is to win over a group of light heroes to take it as the foundation of the incident. According to Xu Fu, the most famous light man in the Changshe is named Wang Yan, who has always been good friends with him, and as long as he can convince this person, he can attract dozens of people to defect in a moment.
This second thing depends on fate, if the king is unwilling to follow, there is no way to force it. So Xu Chu washed the dirt on his face, rearranged his hair, and exchanged all the little money on his body for some daily necessities in the bazaar, and went to Xu Fu's house with Zifan.
When Xu Fu's father was alive, the family conditions were acceptable, so his home was bigger than where Xu Chu was born in Yang Zhai. However, the family is backward, leaving orphans and widows, many old and broken places, and there is no money to repair them, and it seems that there are not many years to live.
When I walked into the courtyard, I saw an old woman carrying a bucket of water, looking very struggling. Zifan was reckless, and asked, "Is this Xu Fu's house?"
His voice was loud and abrupt, and the old woman was already trembling and carrying the bucket, but after this fright, the soles of her feet slipped, and she fell to the ground, and the water also overturned.
Xu Chu hurriedly went over to help him and scolded: "You reckless man, don't you know how to say hello first?" Don't come and help! ”
Zifan didn't want to go, hugged the old woman together, and said apologetically: "Old man, I'm sorry." Does it hurt your muscles and bones? ”
The old woman shook her head, and only said that she had broken her foot, and helped her to sit down.
After sitting down, the old woman squinted, and looked Xu Chu and Zifan up and down for a while, and asked, "I haven't seen you, who are you?"
"Old man, you are the mother of Brother Xu Fu, right? We were instructed by Xu Fu to come to see my aunt. Xu Chu smiled, trying to make himself look kinder.
Mother Xu nodded, "It turned out to be my son's friend." As soon as he said that, tears flowed involuntarily.
Mother Xu's temples were white, and her hands were covered with calluses, just now Xu Chu saw her walking, and felt that her legs and feet should not be very dexterous. She is the time when she needs her children to support her the most, but her only son has a home because of murder and cannot return, who can not feel compassion when she sees it.
That Xu Fu must have regretted it very much in his heart.
Xu Chu asked Zifan to bring the things he bought into the house, and asked him to fetch a bucket of water for Xu's mother, and in order to comfort Xu's mother, he told him about rescuing Xu Fu. Unexpectedly, Xu's mother was even more sad, saying that Xu Fu had already violated the law of the country, and now he was running away, and he must have added crime to crime, and he never saw her again.
Xu Chu smiled helplessly, and could only watch Xu's mother burst into tears for a while, and he was also sad, his eyes were red.
Xu Fu, Xu Fu, you still have a mother to miss, I came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and I don't have half of my relatives.
"Big brother, why are you crying like a." Zifan came out of the house, saw Xu Chu's appearance, and said with a hippie smile.
"Bastard, dare to laugh at your big brother!" Xu Chu raised his hand to fight.
Zifan begged for mercy, and suddenly opened his mind and said: "I said what are you crying about, Brother Xu Fu follows the eldest brother to do things, and he will be developed in the future, won't he be reunited if he takes his aunt over."
"Yes, yes, aunt, I forgot to make it clear to you. The little nephew's name is Xu Chu, and he is the new military candidate of Taishou, and Brother Xu Fu is now following me to make meritorious contributions, so don't worry about him. Xu Chu said busily.
"Really?" Mother Xu will be skeptical.
"Is that fake?" Xu Chu held her head high, and her heroic posture fell in the eyes of Xu's mother, and she believed it for seven or eight points.
was comforting Mother Xu, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and more than a dozen big men broke in, and one of them was short and concise, and scolded: "Two dog officials, Hugh has to be rude to aunt!"
What? Official errands? The word dog was also added.
Zifan lost his temper and drew his knife and scolded back: "Who is the thief scolding, thinking that Lao Tzu's knife is rusty!?"
The short man sneered and said, "In this realm within a radius of a hundred miles, it is the first time that someone who dares to talk to my Wang Yan like this has seen him. Let's just let your dog official know what to do! ”
It turned out that he was Xu Fu's Wang Yan, although he was short, his body was extremely strong, his eyes were shining, and he was not an easy person.
Xu Chu was stunned, and Zifan and Wang Yan had already handed it over.
Among the brothers, Zifan has followed Xu Chu to learn martial arts for the longest time, with the highest martial arts, a short knife in hand, and the attack and defense are quite orderly; That Wang Yan has a good reputation in Changshe County, and he uses a dagger that he carries with him, and his body is flexible and extraordinary.