"Childe, there is Wuji County in front." Xia Houlan urged the horse to come to the carriage and reported to Liu Xieyu, who was sitting on the wheel.

"Well, Ziyou has worked hard, you follow Zilong to settle the team first, and Brother Dian will follow me into the city." Liu Xie nodded when he heard this, yes

"No." Xia Houlan agreed, and turned to find Zhao Yun.

In addition to Xia Houlan, there was also Zhao Yun's Zhao Yu in the carriage, if he didn't have to take care of Zhao Yu, Liu Xie would not have found the carriage. But that's fine, a team of 200 people wandering around Yuan Shao's territory is very easy to attract the attention of others, but now that this carriage and the grain truck that lured the thieves down the mountain are here, it can also give one more cover identity.

In these years, there are many bandits, and the caravan will hire some guards on the side when it goes out, and with Liu Xie's identity as a rich son as a cover, it doesn't seem abnormal to bring two hundred guards. Although Yuan Shao may have seen Liu Xie before, but now that Yuan Shao is busy fighting with Gongsun Zhan for Youzhou, he naturally will not throw down the army and run to confirm Liu Xie's true identity, and as long as Liu Xie's identity is not told to the public, others will not know, even if he meets the magistrate, he will only think that Liu Xie is the nephew of Situ Wang Yun in the court, and will not deliberately embarrass him.

Liu Xie did not return to Chang'an immediately, but came to Wuji County in Zhongshan County, naturally not on a whim to come here to play. He came to Wuji County for a clear purpose, that is, to do business with the Zhen family who lived in Wuji County, and to buy grain from Chang'an to last until next autumn.

The previous head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yi, was originally Shang Cai Ling, but he died a few years ago. Now the Zhen family is in charge of Zhen Yi's third son Zhen Yao, the second son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yan, was recruited by Yuan Shao not long ago and served as the head of Qu Liang, and is not at home now. However, Liu Xie knew that the real master of the Zhen family was Zhen Yi's wife Zhang, and Zhen Yao was just pushed to the forefront. If he wants to negotiate this deal with the Zhen family, it depends on whether he can convince the Zhang family.

Wuji County is not big, even if Liu Xie didn't let Zhao Yun bring people into the city with him, his own group still attracted attention. The Wuji County Order appeared in front of Liu Xie for the first time. Judging Rong, Liu Xie doesn't know if this person is a historical celebrity, anyway, he has no impression, but since he is a local parent official, Liu Xie doesn't need to show face to the other party.

Knowing that Liu Xie was Situ Wang Yun's nephew, Xian Rong immediately thought of the closed disciple that Lu Zigan had collected not long ago. I didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and after asking Liu Xie's intentions, he didn't deliberately make things difficult, and left under the pretext that there was still official business to deal with in the county government, but as soon as he broke up with Liu Xie, he immediately wrote a letter about the matter and ordered someone to send it to his uncle in Yecheng to be judged.

Liu Xie didn't take care of the matter of Xunrong going to ventilate and report the news behind his back, he took Dian Wei to Zhen's house, handed over the name post, and after a while, the main door of Zhen's house opened, and Zhen Yao, the head of the family, personally welcomed Liu Xie in. Although the Zhen family is rich, they have no connections in the court, and now although they have caught up with Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao by offering food to Yuan Shao, Liu Xie's identity is not something that the Zhen family can offend.

Entering the living room of the Zhen family, as soon as he looked at the seating arrangement, Liu Xie could see who was in charge of the Zhen family. Zhen Yao, who welcomed him into the door, was just sitting at the bottom of the main seat, and sitting on the main seat was a woman, I am afraid that this woman was Zhang.

"Wang Cheng has seen Mrs. Zhang." Liu Xie politely saluted Zhang, and Zhang hurriedly got up and saluted back, "Prince Wang doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

The guests and hosts sat down, and the Zhang family originally thought that the prince who came to visit was here to fight the autumn breeze and ask for sponsorship, but he didn't want the other party to come to buy food. The Zhen family does have surplus grain now, but now Jizhou is Yuan Shao's world, and Yuan Shao is now competing with Gongsun Zhan for Youzhou, which is the time when he needs grain and grass, if he knows that the Zhen family sells grain to others at this time, will it cause him dissatisfaction? There are hundreds of people in the Zhen family, but Yuan Shao only needs one sentence to make the Zhen family ruined, and then the Zhen family doesn't know who to cry with.

Hearing Liu Xie's intention, the first thing that the Zhang family thought of was to refuse, but after thinking about it again, Yuan Shao couldn't afford to provoke him, but the imperial court was also not something that the Zhen family could afford to provoke. Today's imperial court is weak, but the problem is that the righteousness is still in the hands of the imperial court, and if you want to deal with the Zhen family, the imperial court only needs to move its mouth, and some people are willing to punish the Zhen family for the imperial court.

“…… Wang Gongzi, it's really not a coincidence that you came, the Zhen family still had a batch of grain and grass two days ago, but Yuan Gong sent someone to transport it away, Wang Gongzi wants to buy grain, I'm afraid it will have to wait for another half a month. Mrs. Zhang was in a dilemma, so she had to use the procrastination trick, planning to report the matter to Yuan Shao, as long as Yuan Shao nodded, the Zhen family would sell the imperial court grain, but if Yuan Shao did not nod, then the Zhen family would be able to rely on it when they were troubled in the future.

Liu Xie had already expected that the matter of buying grain would not go too smoothly before he came, and seeing that Zhang's excuse was delaying, he didn't feel disappointed, and nodded when he heard the words: "Since this is the case, then Wang Chengcheng will stay in Wuji for a few more days, and ask Mrs. Zhang to prepare as soon as possible." ”

did not refuse the Zhen family's retention, Liu Xie followed the Zhen family's servants to a manor outside the city to live temporarily after meeting Zhao Yun and others outside the city. After Liu Xie said goodbye and left, Mrs. Zhang immediately called several of her children over.

Mrs. Zhang gave birth to three sons and five daughters for Zhen Yi in her life, the eldest son Zhen Yu died early, and the remaining children except for the second son Zhen Yan are not in Wuji, and the remaining one son and five daughters are all by her side. Hearing her mother's call, the five daughters who had been playing in the garden of the back house came to see their mother at this time.

"Mother, what's wrong?" When the eldest daughter Zhen Jiang entered the door, she saw her mother's sad face, and hurriedly asked with concern.

"Alas~ eldest daughter, the disaster of our family is coming." Mrs. Zhang sighed and replied to Zhen Jiang.

Now that she is surrounded by the people closest to her, Mrs. Zhang naturally does not need to hide her words, and when everyone listens to her mother's worries, everyone's face also has a trace of sadness. The left and right are not people who can be provoked, and the Zhen family is caught in the middle, which is indeed a dilemma.

"Mother, if Duke Yuan doesn't agree, won't we really sell grain to that prince?"

The Zhen family has five daughters, and Mrs. Zhang's favorite is the fifth daughter Zhen Mi, who is young and intelligent, empathetic, although occasionally naughty and mischievous, but Mrs. Zhang has never been willing to be punished. Now seeing that the youngest daughter opened her mouth to ask, Mrs. Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Mi'er, your second brother is now working under Yuan Gong. Moreover, our Zhen family's family is in Jizhou, and the county officials are not as good as the current management, if they evil Yuan Gong, wouldn't they be asking for trouble. ”

“…… Mother, but what if the imperial court decrees that Yuan Gong will make things difficult for my Zhen family? Will the Yuan Guild not comply with the decree of my Zhen family? ”

"This ......" Zhang was stunned when he heard this, don't look at Yuan Shao's treatment of the Zhen family very politely at this time, but Zhang understands in his heart that a businessman like the Zhen family will not be able to enter the eyes of a child of a family with a prominent family like Yuan Shao. Now politely, just because the Zhen family is useful to Yuan Shao, once there is no use value, or the benefits given by the imperial court are far more than supporting the Zhen family, presumably Yuan Shao will not hesitate to abandon the Zhen family.

"Mother, whether it is Yuan Gong or the imperial court, it is not something that the Zhen family can provoke."

"Then Mi'er thinks my Zhen family should deal with it at this time?" Zhang was also in a hurry to go to the doctor at this time, leaving his older children not to ask, but to ask the youngest for advice.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with my mother's previous treatment, but the child suggested that our Zhen family had better make some preparations, even if Yuan Gong doesn't nod his head, my Zhen family will sell some food to the imperial court, so that even if Yuan Gong embarrasses my Zhen family because of this in the future, we will not have nowhere to go."

……

Outside the city, the Zhen family manor

Liu Xie was telling Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan about going to Zhen's house today. As for the reason why Liu Xie wanted to buy grain and return to Chang'an, Zhao Yun and the others all knew, because Liu Xie had already told them. Zhao Yun and others also supported this practice of the imperial court.

"Childe, the Zhen family seems to be hesitant to sell grain." Zhao Yun said to Liu Xie out loud.

Liu Xie nodded when he heard this, "Zilong saw it?" In fact, this is also human nature, after all, the Zhen family will rely on Yuan Shao's snort to live in the next few years, and offending Yuan Shao for temporary profit is not a good thing for the Zhen family. However, the Zhen family didn't say anything to death, and only waited ten days later to see what reason the Zhen family found to prevaricate. ”

“…… Childe, what if the Zhen family still has a reason? ”

"If you don't listen to what you say, then you can only use a little means, after all, it is related to the important matter of the imperial court to settle those people, if there is no food, it will not stabilize the hearts of the people. If the Zhen family sells grain honestly, the court will naturally remember the Zhen family's goodness, but if the Zhen family is bent on hugging Yuan Shao's thigh, then I have to tell him that the Zhen family's thigh may not be strong enough. ”

"What are you going to do?" Xia Houlan asked with some curiosity. Compared with Zhao Yun's somewhat dull temperament, Xia Houlan's personality is more lively. Zhao Yun belongs to the type of person who just does but doesn't say it, and Xia Houlan is obviously able to say and do, although his ability is worse than Zhao Yun, but in terms of dealing with people, Zhao Yun is more than a step behind Xia Houlan.

"What to do? I haven't thought about this yet, but although I won't kill anyone, it's still okay to scare and scare the Zhen family. Liu Xie touched his chin and replied.

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Zhao Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Liu Xie said angrily when he saw this: "Zilong, in your eyes, I am the kind of person who will do anything to achieve the goal?" ”

"The cloud didn't say that." Zhao Yun hurriedly denied it.

Liu Xie snorted twice, did not comment on Zhao Yun's answer, turned his head and said to Xia Houlan: "Ziyou, be careful when you go back and take care of everyone, although the Zhen family is unlikely to be unfavorable to us, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and the necessary vigilance is still necessary." ”

"Don't worry, Childe, Lan will go and warn everyone." Xia Houlan agreed, got up and left. Seeing this, Zhao Yun also wanted to go together, but was stopped by Liu Xie. After Dian Wei also came over, Liu Xie said to Zhao Yun and Dian Wei: "After thinking about something, I think it is better to tell you." ”

Zhao Yun and Dian Wei glanced at each other, not knowing what secret Liu Xie was going to tell them, so they looked at Liu Xie in unison. Liu Xie cleared his throat, and then said to the two: "Uh-huh...... Before I get down to business, I apologize to you for hiding it from you for so long. ”

“…… Childe, what the hell is going on? Dian Wei couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

"Actually, this matter is not a big deal, that is, I am not Situ Wang Yun's nephew." Speaking of this, Liu Xie looked at Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, and found that the two of them did not react much, so he continued: "My surname is Liu Mingxie, the word Bohe, and my father is the son of heaven of the previous Han Dynasty......

At first, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei didn't feel anything, they didn't know what the current Han Emperor was called, but after hearing Liu Xie say that his father was the last Han Emperor, their faces immediately changed. Lao Tzu is the Son of Heaven, and that son is probably also the Son of Heaven. The last son of heaven left two sons, and the eldest son had already asked Dong Zhuo to kill him, so the only remaining heir, is it this Liu Xie?

"You, you are the Son of Heaven?" Dian Wei stammered a little when he spoke, not because Dian Wei was not bold enough, but because things came too suddenly, which made people a little unacceptable. And Zhao Yun on the side also widened his eyes, revealing an expression of disbelief.

“…… Don't look at me like that, I'm indeed a great man, like a fake. Liu Xie said to the two of them with some embarrassment.

"Wait a minute, let me calm down." Dian Wei stretched out his hand to signal Liu Xie not to speak, Liu Xie nodded understandingly, and waited for Dian Wei and Zhao Yun to almost digest the news they heard at first glance, and then continued: "The reason why I am incognito is not because I deliberately deceive you, but because after all, there is a shortage of soldiers at the moment, and my identity is a little special, and it is very likely that swaggering through the market will provoke the calculations of people with intentions." ”

"That Gong...... Why did the Holy One tell me about this? Dian Wei was used to shouting Gongzi, and he didn't change it for a while, but fortunately he reacted in time, but he changed it so that Liu Xie couldn't cry or laugh. On the Catholic Saint? Could it be that there is a Mother in this world?

"Brother Dian, let's come as before, then you and I can speak freely." Liu Xie smiled and suggested to Dian Wei.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the small people in the mountains ......"

"Brother Dian, why bother to be arrogant, with your ability, even if you can't be a general, you should have a place in the four towns and four expeditions." Liu Xie accentuated his tone, looked at Dian Wei and said.

“…… Thank you Childe for the lift. Seeing Liu Xie say this, Dian Wei no longer insisted.

"Childe, why did you choose to inform me of this at this time?" Zhao Yun, who had never spoken, asked Liu Xiedao at this time.

Liu Xie hesitated when he heard this, and told the truth: "I don't want to hide it from the two of you, the reason why I decided to tell you the two of you and my true identity is because I hope to recruit you two for my use." I won't say those clichés about the weakness of the Han family, to put it simply, I have the heart to revitalize the Han family and return the people of the world to stability, but I am really alone and alone, and Brother Dian and Zilong both have the courage of ten thousand people, which will be of great help to me to reunify the world in the future. Brother Dian, Zilong, are you willing to help me and give the people a peaceful and prosperous world? ”

The sudden solicitation caught Dian Wei and Zhao Yun off guard. To be honest, the two of them actually have their own optimistic masters in their hearts, Zhao Yun won't say it, Liu Bei left a good impression on Zhao Yun. And Dian Wei, don't look at the historical records, Dian Wei was introduced to Cao Cao when he was hunting in Xiahoudun, but think about Dian Wei's later position, it is not much different from the Zhongnanhai bodyguards who protected the country's leaders in later generations, and Dian Wei, as the head of the bodyguards, will he be a brainless person? Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, if Dian Wei is too careful, then I am afraid he will not be able to be the commander of Cao Cao's personal guards.

It's just that the solicitation from Liu Xie is full of temptation for Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, and now it is still the Han world, and the four words of Han orthodoxy are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the final analysis, neither of them planned to be rebellious ministers and thieves, and the plan to defect to the Ming Lord in their own minds was also to earn a wealth for themselves and fulfill the wish of revitalizing the Han family.

Liu Xie represents the orthodoxy of the Han family, and instead of assisting others to achieve his goals, why not directly serve the imperial court? If Liu Xie had opened his mouth to solicit them when they first met, maybe Zhao Yun and Dian Wei would have found an excuse to shirk it, but after getting along for a while, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei both found that the great man in front of him was not a mediocre person, and from the fact that he sympathized with the people who gathered to rebel, it can be seen that this is a responsible person.

"Brother, it's almost time to eat." Just when Zhao Yun and Dian Wei felt a little difficult to choose, a small head poked out of the door and whispered to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun's eyes widened, he looked at his sister-in-law fixedly, and finally made a decision in his heart, knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Xie, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Zhao Yun greets the Lord, the Lord ......"

"Zilong, it doesn't matter if you can't shout now, before returning to Chang'an, it's better to be called a son." Liu Xie didn't wait for Zhao Yun to finish speaking, stepped forward to help Zhao Yun and said with a smile. Liu Xie knew that Zhao Yun was a man who made a promise, and as long as he agreed, he didn't have to worry about what he would do.

Facing Liu Xie's expectant eyes, Dian Wei smiled bitterly, got up and knelt down on one knee to Liu Xie, hugged his fists and saluted: "Dian Wei greets the son." ”

"Huh...... Okay, if I can get Zilong and Brother Dian to help, I will make this trip worthwhile. Liu Xie was overjoyed, and hurriedly reached out to help Dian Wei again. Liu Xie was happy from the bottom of his heart, others didn't know how powerful Zhao Yun and Dian Wei were, but he knew it very well.

"Brother Dian, Zilong, when I return to Chang'an this time, I plan to rebuild the eighth school in Xiyuan, and the second school is the two of you." Liu Xie said to Zhao Yun and Dian Wei with a smile. If you want to buy people's hearts, it is necessary to be crowned an official and Xu Jue, of course, this is not just to buy people's hearts, Liu Xie wants to speak strongly, and the military power must be grasped in his hands, and Zhao Yun and Dian Wei are suitable candidates in Liu Xie's mind.

"Childe, the Zhen family is here to visit." Liu Xie was about to go to dinner with Zhao Yun and others, and Xiahoulan hurried over to report.

"Please."