Jianning for three years, early spring.

The snow melted, from the solid state to liquid water, and then into gas, because of the dissolution and vaporization movement in later physics, took away a lot of heat, the weather is still very cold, and even the spring breeze gives people a sense of "fluttering".

Liu Bei frowned and looked at the little fart who was walking in front of him with two little short legs and swaying non-stop, with a helpless face, Haotian God, let this little fart be stable for a while.

"Big brother, hug." The little kid stretched out his two short arms to Liu Bei, and said in a milky voice.

Liu Bei frowned and didn't move.

"Woo~Woo~" Seeing that Liu Bei didn't move, the little kid first opened his eyes wide, and then in an instant, together with his facial muscles, he began to contract around the nose, and at the same time, his mouth was flattened, his lower lip turned slightly outward, his eye sockets were red, and his mung bean-sized eyes began to gurgle down.

"Ah Bei, take care of your brother, as your brother, you have to bear with him more." Wang's voice came from the back room, with a hint of laziness that had slept too much.

"Mother!" Liu Bei shouted: "It's not that I can't bear to let him, this kid is too nonsense, three times and twice to stir me to practice calligraphy, and, mother, I already have words, don't always call me by my nickname, make me look like a child." ”

There was laughter in the back room, and after a while, Wang said with a smile: "Ah Bei, no, Xuande is too big, and he is no longer a child......

Speaking of this, the Wang family couldn't help but sneer, and then said: "Okay, okay, don't mess around, take care of your brother, my mother feels a little tired, and sleep for a while." ”

"Oh." Liu Bei replied helplessly, looked down at his younger brother who had stopped his tears and was looking at his younger brother with wide eyes and expectation, sighed, took a few steps forward and picked him up in the air and slowly circled around.

Time is enough to make too many people unrecognizable, and the little kid Liu Bei is holding now is his younger brother, born in December of the first year of Jianning, and is now more than a year old.

Because the year when his mother Wang gave birth to him was in the year when Xianbei and the caracal were chaotic and secluded, his father Liu Hong named his second son Liu Ping, full of his good wishes for the safety of the border, of course, this is useless.

At the beginning, looking at his mother Wang's belly growing day by day, Liu Bei was still a little at a loss, because according to historical records, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty did not have a son, but after a long time, Liu Bei was relieved, after all, history has changed, his father Liu Hong is still alive and well, and the family situation is much better than before, and most importantly, there was no entertainment in ancient times.

As for why the Wang family asked the eldest son Liu Bei to take care of the younger son Liu Ping, it was because she was pregnant again, and Liu Bei could only say: Daddy's combat effectiveness is too strong, and I can't help it.

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In the county office, Liu Hong did not know the slander from his son, after processing an official document, Liu Hong sighed, pinched the nose between the eye sockets with his right hand, every year around the New Year, the county government is very busy, and the people have to work all night.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound of knocking on the door remembered, but Liu Hong didn't raise his head, still buried his head in dealing with the official documents, and just said: "Come in." ”

"Lord County, Lord County, please come over."

Liu Hong raised his head at this time, and in front of him was a young man in his twenties, looking at him nervously.

"Don't be nervous." Liu Hong said with a smile, this young man is a new scholar in the county, and he is the nephew of the county lieutenant Chen Yan's family, called Chen Ke.

"Do you know why Lord Xianzun invited me to go?" Liu Hong asked while getting up.

"I don't know, I don't know, how does this villain know." Chen Ke shook his head hurriedly.

Liu Hong shook his head, knowing that this kid couldn't ask anything, so he said, "Lead the way." ”

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly opened the door, and took Liu Hong to the county mansion.

led Liu Hong to the door of the main hall, Chen Keyu retreated, Liu Hong pushed the door in, and there were already three people sitting in the room.

They are: the county order He Ming, the word Yiyuan; County Lieutenant Chen Yan, Zizi Mountain; The main book is Li Ke, and the word is Side.

This is no longer the team that Liu Hong set up two years ago, and the past two years have been eventful.

Since September of the first year of Jianning, Taifu Chen Fan, the general Dou Wu, Shangshu Ling Yin Xun, Liu Yu in the service, and Feng Shu, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, failed to kill the eunuchs, but were killed by the Zhongchang servant Cao Jie and razed his clan, and the power of these eunuchs became more and more inflated.

In July last year, he wantonly arrested party members for crimes they wanted to add, and 6 or 700 of them were killed, relocated, deposed, or banned.

In the first year of Jianning, the people who worked with Liu Hong in Zhuo County all fell into these two party struggles, only Liu Hong was born in a poor family, his background was innocent, and there was no "private gathering of writing, mutual aid, and persecution of the imperial court", so he was able to save this body, and later due to the scarcity of personnel in the county government, the operation was difficult, and he was promoted to Zhuoxian County.

"Ziyi, you can be counted as here." Seeing Liu Hong pushing the door in, the county commander He Ming got up and greeted him.

Ziyi is Liu Hong's word, taken from Zeng Zi's famous sentence in the "Analects", "A scholar cannot fail to Hongyi, and there is a long way to go."

"I don't know what happened to the county honor?" Liu Hong bowed his hand and saluted back.

"Come, Ziyi, sit down and talk." He Ming, the county magistrate, said with a smile.

Although Liu Hong was confused, he still sat down, and when Liu Hong sat down, the county commander He Ming said: "There are two things to discuss when I invite Ziyi to come this time. ”

"As soon as I came, I went to the two-year-old, Beihu Koubian, the displaced people were lost, and some of them migrated to this county, I hope that Ziyi will be appeased, and don't give birth to chaos."

Liu Hong heard it even more strangely, this was his business, why bother to say that he would be invited here to say, I am afraid that there is something wrong with this county.

"Second, it's me who waits for something to ask Ziyi." He Ming said and looked at Liu Hong, and the county lieutenant Chen Yan and the chief bookkeeper Li Ke beside him also cast eager eyes.

"Sure enough." Liu Hong secretly said in his heart, and had some worries, such a big battle, I am afraid that it will be a big trouble, and he is most afraid of trouble.

Although he thought so, Liu Hong still made a solemn look: "Dare to ask the county honor, what is the matter?" ”

He Ming said with a smile: "Ziyi, don't worry, it's not difficult for you to say." ”

"Ziyi, do you know who has come to the county recently?" He Ming asked mysteriously.

"Who?" Liu Hong is very cooperative, and He Ming, as his superior, wants to give some face.

"Lu Zhi, Lu Zigan, Ziyi can know this person?"

Liu Hong's eyes widened, Lu Zhi, how could he not know, in the past, he studied under the Fufeng Daru Ma Rong, because of the neighbors of Zhuo County, this straightforward and bold senior brother can take care of him a lot.

"Senior brother, when will he return to Zhuo County, why don't I know?" Liu Hong couldn't help but blurt out.

He Ming smiled a little embarrassedly: "Ziyi, don't panic, I just got the message." ”

"Oh, it's caused by urgency, and I hope the county won't blame you." Liu Hong hurriedly apologized.

"Nothing, nothing."

"Then dare to ask the county honor, where is my senior brother now?"

He Ming smiled, told Liu Hong about Lu Zhi's current residence, and then stared at Liu Hong.

Liu Hong knew what he meant, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no way to avoid it, so he had to say: "Please make it clear to the county respect, if Ziyi can do it, he will not refuse." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll just say that Ziyi is a righteous person." He Ming said hello three times in a row, and then turned his head to look around at Chen Yan and Li Ke.

Chen Yan and Li Ke were also very interested, and hurriedly echoed:

"Brother Ziyi, Gao Yiye."

"What the adults said is extremely true, Brother Ziyi is really a benevolent and virtuous person!"

After Chen Yan and Li Ke finished speaking, He Ming considered his words and said: "That's the case, I want to revive the county school and cultivate materials for the Han family, and I want to ask Ziyi to speak on my behalf and ask Lu Zigan to sacrifice wine for the county school." ”

The sacrificial wine originally referred to the chief doctor of Taichang, but after more than 100 years of evolution, it also serves as the principal of later generations.

Liu Hong was stunned, this He Ming is not such a person who is enthusiastic about education, but after thinking about it, he is relieved, his senior brother is now famous in the country, as if he has a famous style, if he asks his senior brother to run a school, he He Ming will definitely have a good political achievement; However, the matter of running a school, the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future, so why not let him promise him this political achievement?

Thinking of this, Liu Hong said: "The county is assured, Zi Yiding will do his best to promote this matter." ”

Unexpectedly, He Ming said with a difficult face: "Ziyi doesn't know, there is still a secret in this." ”

"Why?" Liu Hong asked, suddenly having a bad premonition.

He Ming deliberately avoided Liu Hong's eyes and said, "The county wants to promote Lu Zhi as a doctor of Taixue." ”

Liu Hong's eyes widened, and then his face was angry, and he arched his hand and said, "County Zun, there is nothing you can do about this matter." ”

After that, he wanted to brush his sleeves and leave.

"Ziyi stays." He Ming shouted, and then Li Ke, the chief bookkeeper, stepped forward and blocked Liu Hong's way without a trace.

"County Honor, why is this?" Liu Hong turned around, his tone was quite unkind, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

He Ming bowed first, and then persuaded: "Ziyi, you and I are colleagues, if it's just like this, how could I come to you, it's just that the current situation is turbulent, the eunuchs are in the cholera government, and the imperial capital is not a stable place, your senior brother Lu Zhi has always been friendly with the party, and this trip to the imperial capital is not a sheep into the tiger's mouth?" It's not the work of a resourceful person! If you don't do a county in this small Zhuo County first, in order to observe the changes in the current situation, if after a year or two, the situation is stable, then he wants to leave, and my brother has nothing to say. ”

Liu Hong was silent, and after a long time, he took a deep look at Chen Yan, the ruthless county lieutenant standing next to him, and said: "Then I'll go and talk about it, whether it will be successful or not, but I won't guarantee it." ”

"Okay, success or failure has nothing to do with my brother, by the way, Ziyi will tell your senior brother that the location of the county school, the utensils, and the money have all been prepared, just wait for him to drive." He Ming said ecstatically.

After sending Liu Hong out of the door, the county lieutenant Chen Yan silently got up and retreated, leaving only He Ming and Li Ke in the hall.

"County Zun, aren't you just evil to this Liu Hong?" Li Ke was puzzled.

"Evil is evil, this matter is done, I may not be in this Youzhou next year,." He Ming is quiet and authentic.

"You mean ......" Li Ke looked delighted.

"Haha." He Ming laughed and reached out to pat Li Ke's shoulder, "Don't worry, I won't forget you." ”

Li Ke nodded with a smile, with a flattering look.