Liu Bei returned to his residence with a heavy heart, and threw the cadre Mo Ye on the side of the bed, and the cadre Mo Ye at this time could not see the demeanor of the famous sword at all except for the strange color of the sword body.

Liu Bei was lying on the bed, his thoughts were like a tide, and the arrival of this mysterious white-haired man today made him recall his first encounter with the old man in the sheepskin jacket.

Liu Bei's mind began to recall that he was a member of the Liu clan in Lousang Village, a descendant of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, and due to the sub-feudal system implemented by Emperor Wu, their vein had long since lost its fief. I don't know when this branch of theirs settled in Lousang Village under the leadership of the patriarch.

His father, Liu Hong, was the former patriarch who died when he was very young. It is said that the crime is the same name as the son of the day. Liu Bei didn't understand it at that time, but he didn't understand it until he was older, although his father and the Son of Heaven had the same name but different words. Later, when he heard people talk about the disaster of the party, he realized that his father had been framed.

Anyway, his father died, leaving him and his mother to depend on each other, he didn't want to take revenge, he just wanted to be an official one day, and then take his mother out and enjoy the blessings. After my father died, my mother was so bitter!

Fortunately, the clan still takes care of themselves, and the current patriarch Liu Yi and Liu Yuanqi, that is, his father's second brother and his second uncle, regard himself as his own and help him a lot.

I remember that at that time, because of these things, the second uncle and the second aunt quarreled a lot, but the second uncle's kindness to himself has never changed. not only supported his mother, but also funded him to go out to study, Liu Bei was very grateful.

Liu Bei was six years old that year, there is a very big mulberry tree on the west side of his house, it looks like a car cover from a distance, I heard that it was planted when the ancestors moved here, this tree people have always thought that it is spiritual, the people have wrapped this mulberry tree with a lot of red ropes, and every time there is a festival, they will worship the tree spirit. At that time, he was still young, and he just wanted to climb up, but his mother wouldn't let him, saying that he would break the clan rules. One afternoon, he came to the mulberry tree again, and looked up at the thick branches and dense leaves like the car cover above his head, and he couldn't hold back, and after climbing for a long time he finally climbed up to the trunk. He was so excited that he shouted a few times,

His immature voice woke up many people who were napping, the first to see him, and then a lot of people came, they surrounded him on the tree, asked him to come down, Liu Bei ignored them, looked at the trunk, he climbed higher.

Liu Bei knew that the clansmen did not dare to come up because they thought that this tree was a god, and finally Liu Bei climbed to the highest place, looked down and shouted loudly, "One day, I will ride in such a feather covered car!" ”

The clansmen under the tree heard his words and instantly exploded, you must know that Yu Bao covers the car, but only the emperor can ride, if this kid's words are heard by outsiders, it is a big sin of the nine clans, and the people under the tree can no longer care whether the tree spirit will be blamed at the moment, they want to get this child down, otherwise, let him talk again, their clan will really be finished!

Liu Bei looked at the clansmen with ugly faces under the tree and smiled! "Huh" Liu Bei was surprised to find that not far from the crowd, there was an old man in a tattered sheepskin jacket who was also smiling at himself. Liu Bei hadn't seen him in Lousang Village, and Liu Bei was very curious.

Finally, after some tossing, the clansmen arrested Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was pressed to the ancestral hall, and he looked for the old man just now in the crowd, but he couldn't find it.

When they arrived at the ancestral hall, everyone in the clan arrived, and there were several elderly people sitting in the hall, all of whom were Liu Bei's grandfathers in terms of seniority, and they were all clan elders.

These old men couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh when they saw Liu Bei come in.

An old man looked up and asked a middle-aged man, "Where is the patriarch?" Why hasn't it come yet! ”

The old man is the oldest old man in the clan, called Renbo, the middle-aged man Liu Bei also knows, according to the generation, Liu Bei wants to call him the third uncle, his third uncle is called Liu Zijing, who has always been ruthless, in charge of the punishment in the clan, he glanced at Liu Bei and turned back to the old man and said, "Renbo, the patriarch's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, the patriarch is at home, I'm afraid I won't have time to come over today!" ”

Ren Bo stood up tremblingly, and Liu Zijing hurriedly stepped forward to help him, for fear that Ren Bo would accidentally fall to the ground

"Oh, it's so good, Yuan Qi's daughter-in-law also wants to give birth? The ancestors and the ancestors bless, my Lou Sang Liu family has added another heir, good! ”

"Renbo, that kid?" Liu Zijing asked with an unkind expression

Ren Bo stroked his gray goatee and thought for a while and said, "Since the patriarch has something, let's wait for tomorrow!" Lock this kid up here first, and leave two people watching! Let's talk about it when the patriarch comes tomorrow! Renbo turned to the old men sitting in his seat and asked, "What do you think, old brothers?" ”

The old men were also highly respected people in the clan, and they exchanged views briefly with each other, and finally nodded in agreement.

In the end, the Liu clan in the ancestral hall all left, leaving Liu Bei alone in this gloomy ancestral hall.

At first, Liu Bei didn't feel anything, but the sky was getting darker and darker, and the ancestral hall was becoming more and more gloomy.

During this period, Liu Bei's mother came once, but the clan did not allow female dependents to stay in the ancestral hall for a long time, and Liu Bei remembered that his mother cried and left.

The two people left behind were the young descendants of the clan, and after dinner, Liu Bei never saw the two of them again.

The wind rose, Liu Bei looked at the sky outside the ancestral hall through the window of the ancestral hall, the sky was gloomy, and it didn't take long for a lightning bolt to pierce the dark night sky, and the thunder shattered the tranquility of the mountain village.

It rained, it rained heavily, a gust of wind blew out, and the candles in the ancestral hall were pitch black. Young Liu Bei was startled, he was very scared, in this stormy night, he curled up in a corner of the ancestral hall, he missed his mother, he cried.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.

"Crunch ~ Crunch ~ Squeak"

Liu Bei, who was in a daze, heard a strange sound, what was it? After waking up, he followed the sound ~ and looked over, by the light of lightning, he saw an old man in a sheepskin jacket, holding a roast chicken in his left hand where to chew, he seemed to find that Liu Bei had woken up, and said, "The little guy is awake?" Hungry or not, I have roast chicken! ”

Liu Bei was a little stunned, in such a thunderstorm night, in the gloomy ancestral hall, looking at an old man who didn't know whether he was a person or a ghost, he was not afraid, he had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with him!

Liu Bei moved to the old man's side and asked immaturely, "Who are you?" ”

"Me?" The old man wiped the oil off his hands with a shabby sheepskin jacket and said, "It's an old man!" ”

Liu Bei seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and the old man, who was dressed like a homeless person, said again, "You should be my apprentice!" ”

"Okay," Xiao Liu Bei said. Until now, Liu Bei couldn't understand why he agreed so happily. Maybe there is really providence in the dark!

Another flash of lightning, Xiao Liu Bei vaguely saw that the old man was carrying something behind his back, so he asked, "Are you carrying a sword?" Are you a warrior? Are you awesome? ”

The old man thought for a while, and said hesitantly, "I don't know if it's powerful or not, but there is no one in this world who is my opponent!" ”

"Bragging"

"Really," the old man tore off a piece of chicken and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei didn't answer, raised his hand and pointed to the old man's back and said, "Show me the sword on your back!" ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and finally shook his head with a wry smile, and he didn't see how the old man moved, and the sword flew out from the old man's back and stuck it on the ground in front of Liu Bei. Sure enough, it was a sword, Xiao Liu Bei excitedly touched the sword that was taller than himself with his hand, played into the sword and looked at it carefully, and finally he pouted and said, "It's so ugly!" ”

The old man smiled helplessly: "You are not the first person to say this!" ”

Xiao Liu Bei didn't pay attention to the old man, at this moment, his heart was completely attracted by this sword, and there was a voice in his heart that seemed to be constantly urging him, pull it out, pull it out!

Xiao Liu Bei's hand unconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword, and in an instant, a familiar feeling filled his whole body, the sword was pulled out by Liu Bei, and this sword turned into two brand-new swords, and the sword light illuminated the entire ancestral hall.

Under the sword light, Liu Bei saw the old man's calm expression, Xiao Liu Bei smiled, and wanted to say something like whether he was powerful or not, but before he could speak, his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

Xiao Liu Bei had a dream, a long, long dream, but there was only one person in the dream, wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing gold armor, holding a black sword in one hand and a red sword in the other! The man was in such a position, with his back to him, and he tried to see his face clearly, but he couldn't see it clearly.

Later, the noise woke him up, and it turned out that it was dawn, the second uncle came, and the people in the clan also came. He looked back and saw that the old man was gone, and the sword on the ground was gone, was it all an illusion? It's all a dream?

The second uncle walked over and pinched Xiao Liu Bei's face, his face was full of apologies, and when the clansmen arrived, the second uncle was angry at the clansmen for the first time, "Xuande is still a six-year-old child?" For the sake of a tree, you left him alone in the ancestral hall? Aren't you afraid that something will happen to him? Are you right about the former patriarchs? ”

The second uncle's words echoed in the ancestral hall for a long time, and some people lowered their heads in shame, and then Liu Zijing stood up and argued with the second uncle, "The clan has clan rules, patriarch, do you want to protect him?" ”

The second uncle pointed at Liu Zijing angrily and said, "Liu Zijing, I know that after the death of the eldest brother, you were unwilling because you did not become the patriarch, but you have to punish him because Xuande climbed the mulberry tree?" The only bloodline you treat your big brother like this? Aren't you guilty? Or are you already crazy? ”

Liu Zijing clenched his fists tremblingly, and his face was ugly, "You! Liu Yuanqi, don't think that you are the patriarch and you can talk nonsense, I, Liu Zijing, am not afraid of you! ”

"Okay," Ren Bo said with a heavy pestle on his crutches on the ground, "It's all a family, why make such a fuss?" Let outsiders see the joke! Yuan Qi, I understand your feelings, but Zijing is right, you must know that Xuande, a child, is small in climbing trees, and gibberish is true! ”

"Renbo, that's right, this kid is so young, he said the words of rebellion, if he doesn't teach again, he is not the only one who will die, our entire Lousang Liu clan will die!" Liu Zijing's tone was firm, and his expression was full of determination.

"Who wants to teach my apprentice a lesson!"

The old man's voice sounded in the ancestral hall like this, a sword broke through the air, and was inserted in front of Liu Zijing, the sword light was cold, although it was summer, Liu Zijing was in a cold sweat at this time, he reluctantly turned around and asked, "What person?" Sneaky, come out! ”

"I'm here!"

I saw that in the middle of the ancestral hall, there was an old man dressed in tatters, at this moment he turned his back to the crowd, looking up at a portrait hanging in the middle of the hall, this portrait is the founder of the Han Empire, the ancestor of the Liu family--- Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

The old man turned around and showed a smile to Liu Bei, Liu Bei saw the old man and remembered everything that happened last night, it turned out that all this was not a dream.

Liu Bei looked at the old man, the old man looked at Liu Bei, both of them laughed, and the laughing Liu clan people were inexplicable.

No one knew how the old man appeared in the ancestral hall, as if he had been there all along, several clan elders glanced at each other, knowing that this was to meet a master, Ren Bo pestle crutches, stood up and asked, "I don't know, you are?" ”

"My name is Zuo Ci!"