There is no mistake to kill, I met Hu Che'er, whether this Hu Che'er is the Hu Che'er who killed the fierce general Dian Wei in history known to Liu Xie, just looking at the Hu Che'er in front of him who looks like a tiger with a bear's waist, and looks like a strong man with a strong force, Liu Xie can't let him go to Nanyang Yuan Shu.

But there is nothing wrong with being careful, before you know the character of this Hu Che'er, it is impossible for Liu Xie to take him on the road with him. Fortunately, Liu Xie is now pretending to be Wang Yun's nephew, and with this identity, Liu Xie can recommend Hu Che'er to Wang Yun. It is not difficult to choose whether to be a small soldier who doesn't know when he will come out or to be a general of an important minister in the court, and has a good chance of becoming a general of the first army.

took out some dry food and silver money, and Liu Xie gave a war horse to Hu Che'er to travel, and Hu Che'er took the book engraved by Liu Xie, that is, the letter of introduction, on the road, and went to Chang'an to join Wang Yun. After Hu Che'er left, Hao Zhao couldn't help but ask Liu Xiedao: "Son, aren't you worried that Hu Che'er will regret halfway and not go to Chang'an?" ”

"Isn't it worth paying a little money to recognize a person's character. Bo Dao, let the big guy rest, we have to hurry tomorrow. Liu Xie said with a smile.

Hao Zhao nodded, arranged the person in charge of duty tonight, and everyone fell asleep one after another.

There was nothing to do all night, Liu Xie took Hao Zhao and others to continue to Yingchuan, estimating that there was still a day left from Yingchuan, Liu Xie decided to hurry up, did not rest too much at noon, and waited until he arrived in Yingchuan County to rest. When it was almost dusk, Liu Xie and his party finally saw the outline of the city.

Liu Xie planned to rest in the city for the night first, and then go to Xunjia, the destination of this time, after dawn tomorrow. In Yingchuan County, the Xun family is a famous family, and for the purpose of this trip, Liu Xie must pay attention to some politeness.

They paid the entrance tax and went to the largest inn in the city. Along the way, Liu Xiedong looked around, Chang'an City was not lightly troubled by Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect that the situation in Yingchuan was not much more than that of Chang'an. Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, and they don't care about what is going on around them.

"Childe, what's wrong?" Hao Zhao saw Liu Xie's disappointed face, and couldn't help but ask in wonder.

“…… It's nothing, I heard that Yingchuan Academy is nearby, why didn't I see a few scholars in the city? Liu Xie replied casually.

"Are they all studying in the academy and haven't come out?" Hao Zhao guessed when he heard this.

"No, even if you study hard, it's going to get dark soon, how can the academy not end classes." Liu Xie and Hao Zhao arrived at the door of the inn while talking, and the shopkeeper standing at the door immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, "This son, is he eating or staying in the hotel?" ”

"Are there any rooms?"

"Yes, yes, Childe, please come inside." The shopkeeper beckoned a few shopkeepers to come out and lead the horses for the entourage around Liu Xie.

"Take care of it, and the money will be yours." Seeing this, Liu Xie reminded.

"Don't worry, the little one will take good care of it." The shopkeeper invited Liu Xie into the inn as he spoke. After Liu Xie entered the store, he took a casual look and found that there were very few people in the store, and there were only two tables of people eating on the huge first floor.

"Childe, do you want to go up to the second floor?"

"No, it's on the first floor." Liu Xie found a place to sit down as he spoke, and by the way, he beckoned Hao Zhao and the others to sit down together. It stands to reason that Hao Zhao's followers can't sit at the same table with Liu Xie, but Liu Xie insisted, and Hao Zhao also followed, sitting on the side by himself, and the others sat apart, protecting Liu Xie in the center.

"What does Childe want to eat? There is a ...... in our store" The shop guy poured a cup of tea for Liu Xie and asked.

"Don't report the name of the dish, first serve three or five of your store's specialty dishes, remember to order the porcelain, my companions are more delicious." Liu Xie interrupted the shopkeeper's words and ordered.

"Gotta ~ Childe, please wait." The shopkeeper agreed, turned around and went to the back kitchen to serve the food, and then returned to Liu Xie's side to wait. Liu Xie didn't rush either, and asked casually: "Little second brother, I heard that this shop is the best in the city, why are there so few customers?" ”

"Alas~ this store is indeed the best business in the city." The shopkeeper sighed and replied: "It's just that it was before the Yellow Turban, and later, although the court was flattened by the Yellow Turban, there are still many people who can't be robbers because they can't live." Recently, a group of thieves have been operating in Yingchuan County, which has caused panic. Not to mention the store, even Yingchuan Academy has recently stopped teaching, and most of the students in the academy have left. ”

"Huh? Is the academy closed? Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this, he originally planned to go to the academy to try his luck if he couldn't find Xun You, but now it's good, it's no show.

"It's not that the doors are closed, or most of the students are gone, and the rest have no intention of studying, so the gentlemen in the academy don't have the heart to teach. In this chaos, who still has the heart to study with peace of mind. When the shopkeeper said this, he saw the back kitchen greeting, and hurriedly confessed to Liu Xie and went to the back kitchen to serve food.

Liu Xie didn't care about the departure of the shopkeeper, and whether the inn business was good or not had nothing to do with him, but most of the students in the academy left, and the choices left to him were much narrower. Originally, I wanted to pick up the leaks, after all, Yingchuan Academy is a higher education institution of the Han Dynasty, and there is a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in it, like Cao Cao's think tank Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, and Xi Zhicai, all of whom were cultivated by Yingchuan Academy.

Thinking of Xun Yu, a cow man who was called my son's house by Cao Cao, Liu Xie couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper who was making vegetables: "Little second brother, ask you personally, do you know Xun Yu of the Xun family?" ”

"You know, Xun Gongzi left Yingchuan two years ago, and I heard that he went to Hebei to vote for Yuan Shao."

"Huh?" When Liu Xie heard this, he immediately felt that he was being poured with a basin of cold water, he came too late, he didn't expect that Xun Yu's big bull was no longer in Yingchuan, wait a minute, why did he go to Yuan Shao? Wasn't he Cao Cao's important advisor?

"Second brother, are you sure that Xun Yu went to Hebei, not Yanzhou?" Liu Xie asked suspiciously.

"Sure, before Xun Gongzi left, he used to drink with the students in the academy in this store, and it was a coincidence that Xun Gongzi was serving the small ones at that time. The little one clearly remembers that Xun Gongzi went to Hebei with his fourth brother. ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper was convincing, Liu Xie couldn't believe it even if he didn't want to.

"Then who is in charge of the Xun family now?" Liu Xie asked.

"I heard that it's Xun Yan, the third elder of the Xun family."

"Xun Yan ......" Liu Xie not only knew that the Xun family had Xun Yu and Xun You, but also knew that Yuan Shao had a Xun Zhan who was also a member of the Xun family, as for Xun Yan, Liu Xie heard it for the first time.

The dishes were all served, and the shopkeeper retreated to the side, and he wouldn't come over to disturb him without Liu Xie's greeting. Liu Xie was also a little hungry at this time, and the boat went straight to the bridge, so he would eat first and then talk about it. beckoned Hao Zhao and the others to eat, and Liu Xie himself was thinking about what he was going to do next while eating.

Xun Yu probably has no chance with him, I hope that Xun Yu will not have any accidents. God forbid, don't let yourself run for nothing this time.

With a matter on his mind, Liu Xie stayed in the store for one night. When the next day dawned, Liu Xie took Hao Zhao and others out of the city. The Xun family did not live in the city, but in a manor outside the city. Liu Xie inquired about the specific location from the shopkeeper, and then took someone to visit. As for the academy, Liu Xie planned to wait until he visited the Xun family to have a look.

When they arrived at Xun's house, they handed over Wang Yun's name post, and Liu Xie waited outside the door. It's just that he waited left and right, but he didn't see the Xun family open the door to welcome guests, and finally waited until a housekeeper-like person came out, and he didn't come to invite Liu Xie to enter the door.

"This son, my master said that the Xun family is now withering, and a few people who are a little promising are already going to their own futures, and I invite my son to try it at another house."

Liu Xie was furious when he heard this, no matter whether your Xun family is willing to serve the Han Dynasty or not, if a guest comes to the door, the guest is courteous, at least the guest should be invited in to serve a cup of tea, how can you directly turn people away.

"Dare to ask Mr. Xun if he is at home?" Liu Xie asked.

"Hui Gongzi asked, the nephew and young master have not returned home yet."

"Do you know where he is now?"

"I don't know."

“…… In that case, then I will not bother and take my leave. Liu Xie said angrily to the housekeeper of the Xun family.

"Childe walks slowly." The housekeeper of the Xun family hurriedly returned the name card handed over by Liu Xie earlier.

Liu Xie took the name card expressionlessly, turned back to Hao Zhao and the others and said, "Let's go." Hao Zhao and the others were already a little impatient, but Liu Xie didn't speak, and they didn't dare to make a mistake, so they could only leave the Xun family with Liu Xie in anger. On the way back to the city, no one was in the mood to speak, but Hao Zhao and the others were sulking, while Liu Xie was thinking about where he could go to find talents besides the Xun family.

I don't know if the Water Mirror Academy, which is as famous as Yingchuan Academy, is open now, but even if it does, Liu Xie estimates that he won't be able to recruit anyone, after all, those cattle from Water Mirror Academy are still in the learning stage, even if these cattle are willing, Sima Hui will not agree to let his students waste their studies.

"Childe, the Xun family doesn't know how to lift, let's go find someone else, and the Xun family is not the only one in this world." Hao Zhao saw that Liu Xie had been frowning, and couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade.

“…… Thank you, Bordau. I'm fine, people look down on us, they don't think we're strong enough, it's nothing. As said, there are many capable people in this world, and he is not the only one in the Xun family. ”

said so, but depressed or depressed, back to the inn where he stayed last night, the store guy immediately greeted him, and asked enthusiastically: "Childe is back, but do you need little help?" ”

"Little second brother, do you know where Xun Yu of the Xun family is now?"

"Uh...... I really don't know this, that Xun Gongzi heard that he was an official in the court, and he didn't hear about his return recently. The shopkeeper replied when he heard this.

Hearing this, Liu Xie's heart felt a little better, at least that Xun You didn't avoid it. But the fact that the Xun family closed the door to eat for themselves still made Liu Xie remember it. Literary family? Heirloom of poetry? Phew! Where's the ceremony?

Since becoming Liu Xie, Liu Xie has not encountered any setbacks, and even Xiliangjun was coaxed to Longxi by his design, but he didn't expect to capsize here. Liu Xie, who was in a bad mood, didn't even want to go to Yingchuan Academy, but only planned to rest in the city for one night and leave for Hebei tomorrow.

After dinner, Liu Xie planned to go to bed early, he came to Yingchuan for nothing, and the matter of going to Hebei could not be yellow. Not getting the support of the Xun family is a big blow to Liu Xie, but if you can't buy grain in Hebei, the impact will be greater than not getting the support of the Xun family, and Liu Xie doesn't want to buy grain The matter also went wrong.

"Childe, have you rested?" Just as Liu Xie was about to go to bed, Hao Zhao asked outside the door.

"No, come in, Bodao." Liu Xie said outside the house when he heard this.

"Childe, Hao Zhao suddenly remembered something and felt that he should tell Childe to know." Hao Zhao was not polite after entering the house, and said directly to Liu Xie.

"What?" Liu Xie asked curiously.

"Childe, do you know Lu Zhi and Lu Shangshu?"

"You know, what's wrong?"

"The villain heard that since Lu Shangshu was dismissed by Dong Zhuo, he took his family to live in Shanggu. Childe went to Hebei this time, why not stop by to visit, if you can ask Lu Shangshu to return to Chang'an, Childe is also worth the trip. ”

"Okay, okay, Bodao, thanks to your reminder, let's leave tomorrow and go to the valley first." Liu Xiexi said with a smile.

"It's good if Childe thinks it's useful." Hao Zhao said when he saw this.

Liu Xie looked Hao Zhao up and down, and asked, "Bodao, are you literate?" ”

Hao Zhao's face turned red when he heard this, and he replied in a low voice: "Hao Zhao's family is poor, and he followed Wen Hou for his life, so he is illiterate now. ”

"Want to learn?" Liu Xie asked again.

"Yes." Hao Zhao replied without hesitation.

"Okay, then from tomorrow onwards, let's go during the day, and I'll teach you after camping at night. Go back and ask the others, and if they want to learn, then I'll teach them as well. ”

"Thank you, Childe." Hao Zhao hurriedly thanked him. In ancient times, reading and literacy was not something that everyone had the opportunity to learn. The clans almost monopolized this area, and the illiterate abounded, and the clans maintained their dominance through this privilege.

……

It has been ten days since he left Yingchuan County, and on this day Liu Xie and his party came to the vicinity of Chenliu. Shanggu is in Youzhou, Liu Xie didn't plan to go to Bingzhou, because Bingzhou was making trouble with the Black Mountain thieves at this time, Liu Xie was surrounded by Hao Zhao and other twenty people, in case of encounter, it was too dangerous, in comparison, it was safer to go to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's territories. Anyway, except for Liu Xie himself who knew his true identity, Hao Zhao and the others were still in the dark at this time, thinking that the son they escorted this time was Wang Situ's nephew.

During the day, Liu Xie taught Hao Zhao and others to read and write, and learned his name first, although there was not enough pen and ink available, but it was no problem to find a branch and write and draw on the sandy soil. It was also through the act of teaching Hao Zhao and others to read and write, that Liu Xie completely won the loyalty of Hao Zhao and others, which was an unexpected gain.

As a few days ago, it was getting late, Hao Zhao looked around, knowing that he was going to sleep in the wild again tonight, and was assigning tasks to everyone as usual, when he suddenly heard a tiger roar in the forest. Hao Zhao's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly beckoned everyone to form a formation to protect Liu Xie in the middle.

This time, they chose to camp by a river, so that they could easily get water. On the other side of the river is a dense forest, and the tiger roar that I heard just now came from the dense forest.

Hao Zhao and the others waited for a battle, and it didn't take long for a colorful tiger to emerge from the forest. However, looking at the situation of the king of beasts, it seems that he is running for his life, and Liu Xie and the others dare not be careless. And the tiger that came out of the forest didn't seem to expect that his escape would be blocked. After a little hesitation, he immediately made up his mind to flee in another direction.

But before the big worm could continue its escape, another big man sprang out of the woods. Seeing the big man, the big insect was obviously frightened, and he wanted to run, but the big man reacted faster than the big insect, and rushed to the front in three steps and two steps.

In front of Liu Xie and the others, the big man performed what it means to fight a tiger on the spot, and an adult tiger fell into the hands of the big man like a kitten, and was beaten to death, which made Liu Xie and the others stunned.

"Strong, please stay!" Seeing that the big man carried the dead tiger on his back and was about to leave, Liu Xie, who had come to his senses, hurriedly shouted.

"What? This is what I called. The strong man stared at Liu Xie and the others vigilantly, and said viciously.

"Don't misunderstand, I don't mean to fight with you about this big worm."

"And what are you do, doll?"

"I want to ask the strong man, what are you going to do with this big worm strong man? If I'm willing to buy it, I'm willing to buy it with a lot of money. ”

Hearing that the doll in front of him was willing to pay for the tiger, Dahan's face softened a little, looked at Liu Xie and the others, and asked uncertainly, "Can you call the shots with this doll?" ”

"Huh...... These people are headed by me, and naturally I have the final say. Strongman, I wonder how much you plan to sell? Liu Xie asked with a smile.

"Hmm...... Two hundred. The strong man thought for a moment and replied.

"Yes, it's just that I don't have so much cash with me now, can I wait, when I enter the city tomorrow, how about trading with cash?"

“…… Well, it's a word. The strong man thought about it again and agreed to Liu Xie's proposal.

Liu Xie is not very interested in tigers, what really interests Liu Xie is the macho man in front of him who can kill tigers empty-handed. If he can be turned into his own boat, then he will not take the risk of leaving Chang'an in vain.

Since the transaction cannot be completed immediately, the strong man who wants to sell the tiger will naturally have to be with Liu Xie and others for a while. This strong man is also real, he handed over the dead tiger to Hao Zhao and others to take care of, and he sat by the fire and ate the dry food handed over by Liu Xie.

"Doll, seeing that you are not very old, your parents are so relieved to let you come out alone?" The strong man asked Liu Xie casually.

"My parents are no longer alive, and now I live with my uncle, but my uncle is busy, and I can help with some errands. Strong man, dare to ask the name of Gao? ”

"Oops~ I'm sorry, I'm speechless." The strong man looked at Liu Xie apologetically and said, seeing that Liu Xie didn't care, he continued: "My name is Dian Wei." ”