Opening the silk book, Liu Hong saw at a glance the four big characters "Adult Personally Enlightened" above the freeze frame on the right side, and knew that this letterhead should be written by his eldest son Liu Bei. In the Han Dynasty, the use of the title "adult" was strictly required, mainly used in the honorific title of children to their parents, and placed in the name of a certain official, such as the county commander, Futai, and Shangshu, which was a bad habit that only existed in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"The boy is ready to ask the adults to bow down, since the farewell of his father, everything is still smooth, there is no need to worry, and he takes the affairs of the country and society as the most important ear." Seeing this, Liu Hong couldn't help but shake his head and scolded with a smile: "This kid, how old is it, it's so heavy." ”

After praising his son in a derogatory manner, Liu Hong swept the following content: "Beiben should not send a letter to disturb, but Lu Shijin was moved to the position of Doctor Taixue, and the teacher has the intention of promoting, asking the boy what he wants, Bei dare not be arbitrary, and he came to inquire." In addition to this, there is still one thing that must be said, the mother often has the intention of worrying, hoping that the father knows. ”

Gently put down the silk book, Liu Hong sighed, this time is in a hurry, last year in October, farewell to the hometown Zi is still like yesterday, just in a trance, it will be another year will pass; And he has changed from a small Zhuoxian county magistrate to a 2,000-stone local magistrate with a silver seal and blue ribbon, and the changes in the world are sometimes really impermanent.

Senior brother, can't he help it? But that's fine, Zhuoxian is just a small place after all, and it can't accommodate things outside the pool. It's just - Liu Hong thought of his wife, who was sometimes virtuous; sometimes jealous; Sometimes strong; The sometimes weak woman, the corners of her lips curved slightly, and then her eyes showed a look of guilt and remembrance, she was finally disappointed by her.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong stood up, walked towards the bookshelf against the wall, and took out a clean plain white silk from a wooden box on the top of the bookshelf; Then he took the cut white silk, returned to the desk and sat down, lifted the brush, thought for a moment with a serious expression, and wrote the reply with a pen; He then carefully set it aside and turned to work on the backlog.

In late September, in the Liu Mansion in Zhuo County, Liu Bei knelt in front of the desk to open the letter, while his mother, Wang, stood rudely and watched the eldest son's movements with fierce eyes.

Liu Bei was aware of this, but he could only turn a deaf ear and pretend to be serious, after all, people are difficult to dismantle, otherwise if the mother finds out that her son is watching her little jokes, she may not know how to "become angry" and "angry with others".

The first vertical line of the silk book has only a few numbers, and it is concise and concise: "Why do you need to ask me, you will judge yourself." After reading it, Liu Bei couldn't help muttering in his heart: "My father, it doesn't seem to be very reliable." ”

Then he looked at the content below, his expression was stunned for a moment, he hesitated for a moment, handed the silk book in his hand to the Wang family beside him, and said: "Mother, there is a little poem here, it should be written to you by your father." ”

When Wang heard this, he threw away his unsustainable reserve, snatched the silk book from Liu Bei's hand, and then turned around, with a shy face, and said softly:

"Qiu Si and his wife Wang

Si Ru Ru does not know,

Thou shalt not come.

Now it's been a long time,

Why send lovesickness. ”

Liu Bei got up quietly and retreated from the room to the courtyard, at this moment, let his mother stay quietly for a while. However, as soon as Liu Bei came out, he heard the sound of "bumper" knocking on the door from a distance, he shook his head helplessly, and walked towards the gate of Liu's mansion, and sure enough, there was a young man in white standing there.

"Liu Weng, go down." Liu Bei spoke up and asked the old servant who opened the door to step back, and then made a "please" gesture to Gongsun Zhan and said, "Bogui, let's go into the house and talk." ”

"No, I don't have a few words to say, Xuande, I'll just ask you, are you going or not?"

Looking at the angry Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei did not agree as he wished, but shook his head again.

"You!" Gongsun Zhan stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Liu Bei extremely rudely, with an angry face: "Xuande, you talk to so-and-so, why don't you go?" Master Lu specifically mentioned you, how many people can't go if they want to! What is the best attachment in Zhuo County, this district, the male husband was born in the world, and he should take the Quartet as his ambition and the world as his responsibility. ”

Liu Bei listened to this without changing his face, and then arched his hand and said: "Bei also has unspeakable secrets, so I have to live up to the teacher's good intentions for the time being." ”

Unspeakable hidden, unspeakable hidden, Xuande, you are this sentence every time, what an unspeakable hidden, you say it. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly in his heart, it is unspeakable, how can he say it? You can't tell the truth, you can't make up lies, if you use "your parents are here, you don't travel far" as an excuse, you can prevaricate, but he just doesn't want to do this.

"Alas-" Seeing that Liu Bei was silent again, Gongsun Chan sighed, as if he had accepted his fate, arched his hand weakly, and turned to leave. Closing the door and returning to the courtyard, Liu Bei's expression was a little sad, Gongsun Chan should have done it, but how should the teacher Lu Zhi pass that level?

Luoyang is certainly a good place, but unfortunately this opportunity came at an untimely time after all, especially after the news of his father's promotion to the county guard of Huiji came back to the Liu Mansion.

After all, he is too young, a twelve-year-old boy, even if he goes to Luoyang, what can he do. At most, it is just to make friends with a few powerful children and satisfy the curiosity of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others when they met their youth, what is the benefit of reality? may be able to pave the way for some future careers, but now that my father has made 2,000 stones, he is no longer a person with no background, plus some of his own inventions and creations, why worry about entering the office.

On the contrary, although this Zhuo County is small, it can allow itself to show its strength and improve its ability through continuous practice and learning; Besides, if he goes, what will happen to the team that has been gathered with great difficulty, will he let them be as barren as weeds? Or let it go and expect it to come on its own? So what is the difference between this and the unreliable parents who ignore their children on weekdays and will only desperately send them to various classes, and then be angry and wonder why their children are mediocre? Whether in his previous life or in this life, Liu Bei always firmly believes in one thing: acquired education and hard work can determine the long-term of a person's path more than a person's talent.

As these reasons emerged in his mind, Liu Bei's eyes gradually became firm, since he had made a decision, he could not tolerate the slightest hesitation, if there was, then convince himself.

"Now that it's gone, why send lovesickness." Liu Bei groaned softly, for some reason, thinking of parting here, he might not be able to see each other again in three or five years, the first person he thought of was Lu Yuan's little girl, well, sure enough......

"Bumper." The knock on the door suddenly sounded again, Liu Bei frowned, this Gongsun Chan just went, who will it be at this time? Isn't it "Cao Cao"? Thinking of this, Liu Bei walked towards the gate of Liu's Mansion with mixed feelings.

The door was opened again, but to Liu Bei's disappointment, it was not the teacher's daughter standing at the door, but a young man with a green scarf wrapped around his head and a long sword at his waist, but why did he look familiar?

"You ......"

In October, with the departure of Lu Zhi, the huge county school became empty again, but fortunately, the local wealthy Liu family and the Zhang family did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and invited a few well-known teachers in Zhuo County, so as not to let the county school decay.

Since Lu Zhi went, Liu Bei went to the county school less frequently than before, and several teachers were still a little dissatisfied at first, but after they conducted a difficult investigation of Liu Bei, they did not talk about this matter from then on, on the contrary, Liu's reputation for being smart and precocious gradually spread in the land of Youzhou.

In May of the fifth year of Xiping, in a hall in Liu's Mansion in Zhuo County, there stood a heroic young man with a length of seven feet and five inches, wearing a soap-colored robe and a bun crown on his head, and this young man was fifteen-year-old Liu Bei.

Time always passed silently and silently changed everything, and three years later, with the vigorous growth of Liu Bei, a variable that had never existed in history, the society of the late Han Dynasty that was once familiar to future generations has become unrecognizable.

From the second year of Xiping to the fifth year of Xiping, it should have been the most heroic period of Liu Hong, the young son of heaven who was far away in Luoyang, and various reform means and measures continued to emerge in these three years. However, Liu Hong in this time and space seems to have entered the Spirit Emperor mode of being depressed and indulging in pleasure after being crushed by heavy blows in advance.

Also, after Gongsun Zhan went to Luoyang, as Liu Bei expected, he did not study in Taixue with peace of mind, but made some fox friends and dog friends everywhere; But the names of these gentlemen are really familiar, is it really like things and people are grouped?

The only thing that makes Liu Bei happy is that under his hard work, the Liu family in Zhuo County has flourished. Not only has the number of acres and high-quality tenant farmers doubled; And during this period, he opened up a lot of new financial resources through some small inventions, and opened the way with these money, and completely rooted the roots of the Liu family into Zhuo County.

The most important thing is that under the training of his own grace and power, a team based on Zhang Fei, Geng Yong, Liu Xian, Liu Liang, Wang Xu (the kid who fought with Zhang Fei in the first fight), Liu Xin (a clan brother excavated by Liu Bei), and Yang Wen (the son of Yang Hui of Zhuojun Bicao Rafter History) These seven people have been formed, although in addition to Zhang Fei and Geng Yong, the rest are unknown people in history, but since ancient times, there are still few heroes buried in the grassland? There is a saying, "Maxima often exists, but Bole does not often have." ”

At least in Liu Bei's opinion, the remaining five people all have the ability to be independent, especially Liu Xin and Yang Wen, and they have the possibility of becoming famous generals and virtuous ministers.

However, these changes are a little small compared to the news carried in this newspaper in his hands.

"Father is going to be a lieutenant?" Until now, Liu Bei has not recovered from the shock.