A man walks on the official road with a small bamboo basket on his back to meet the first rays of the morning sun. Inside the men's bamboo basket are pairs of woven straw sandals.

The man was wearing a hat, and his face was not clear, but his two ears were very distinctive, which made people unforgettable. The man was dressed in a coarse linen coat and carried a small bamboo basket into the city of Zhuojun.

The man walked to the downtown area of Zhuo County, found a corner, took out a piece of cloth from his body and spread it on the ground, and then placed a pair of woven straw sandals on it from the bamboo basket. The man took off his hat and sat on the ground, with a smile on his face like a crown of jade.

The man is none other than the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty after King Jing of Zhongshan, surnamed Liu Mingbei and the word Xuande.

Due to Liu Bei's mother's advanced age and serious illness, he wrote a letter to say goodbye to his mentor Lu Zhi and left the Academy of Literature and Economics.

Over the years, his mother's health has improved day by day under his care. Liu Bei now gets up early every day to do farm work, and in his spare time, he will take the straw sandals made by Ganmei to Zhuojun City to sell, although the life is a little harder, but he is also comfortable. Liu Bei and Gan Mei have already tied the knot, and the two live a life of male ploughing and female weaving together, probably because of the influence of that incident, Gan Mei has not been able to conceive a child, and his cheap master Zuo Ci has not been back for a long time after he came back once when he got married, and he disappeared with his younger brother Liu Chen, and now the second aunt has been complaining about the second uncle, the second uncle is now old, and his health is not as good as before, now the second uncle will sit at the entrance of the village every day, Liu Bei knows that the second uncle is waiting for Liu Chen, Although the second uncle didn't say it, Liu Bei knew that there were parents who didn't want their children.

In addition to taking care of the family, Liu Bei goes to the second uncle's house every day, after all, the second uncle has always helped him, and now they are all old.

Recently, yellow scarves have been everywhere, and the world is in chaos. Liu Bei hasn't come to Zhuo County for some time, mainly because his wife Gan Mei is afraid that the road will not be safe, and Gan Mei can't rest assured, so he has not let him come.

Today, Zhuo County is still very quiet, and there is no Yellow Turban Army to attack, so the residents here have not been affected much, but I heard that the people who are doing business outside have suffered a lot.

Liu Bei leaned back, wrapped his hands behind his head, and leaned against the wall. There was a dog's tail grass hanging from nowhere in his mouth, and he had a special feeling when he looked at the pedestrians on the street who gradually increased.

Some time ago, his mentor Lu Zhi wrote a letter to him, which roughly meant that he hoped that he could go on an expedition with Lu Zhi and lead the five schools of the Northern Army to Jizhou to crusade against Zhang Jiao. Liu Bei wanted to go so much, but although his mother's health had improved at that time, he still couldn't work, he gritted his teeth and refused the invitation of his teacher.

In troubled times, the man should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements.

However, recently, his mother's health has obviously improved, and he also wanted to go to Lu Zhi, but the sky is high and the road is long, so he finally gave up. Now his life is not bad, except that he is poorer, he married Ganmei again, and lives a leisurely and leisurely, green mountains and green waters.

Just as Liu Bei was in the ninth day of his fugue, a commotion pulled Liu Bei's thoughts back

Liu Bei looked around, and it turned out to be an official from Zhuo County City with a few armor soldiers posting the list.

After the official posted the inscription, he left with the armor, and many residents of Zhuo County immediately surrounded him.

Liu Bei is also interested, anyway, he is idle, so it is better to go over and take a look.

Liu Bei got up and patted the dust on his body, because there were many onlookers, it was a little difficult for Liu Bei to squeeze to the front, just at this time there was a recognizable character in the crowd who read aloud:

Today, there are traitors who call themselves the Lords of Heaven, bewitching the people, causing chaos in the place, mutilating living beings, and poisoning the world. Therefore, the state was called to recruit soldiers, recruit righteous soldiers, and pacify the country and the people, so as to help the world.

After Liu Bei listened, it turned out to be a list of the imperial court recruiting rebels to fight thieves, and now this list has just arrived in Zhuo County. Rebel. The letter from his mentor Lu Zhi had vaguely mentioned this strategy of the imperial court, and Liu Bei felt that the teacher was faintly worried between the lines.

Liu Bei later also pondered this strategy, the so-called righteous army, that is, by the individual himself to organize people, prepare their own food, military salaries, prepare their own weapons and equipment, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and after the rebellion is put down in the future, they will be rewarded according to their merits. Liu Bei knew what the teacher was worried about, it was nothing more than that he was afraid that some people would cultivate their own forces under the guise of recruiting rebels, and then create a situation where the tail could not be defeated.

Although it is true that this strategy can easily create a pattern of external strength and internal weakness, it is indeed a good opportunity for civilians.

The current imperial court only appoints people for money, and if they don't get enough money, they want to be officials? There are no doors. The wealthy families don't care about the money, but for the poor family, they can only sigh.

The main reason why the state capitals and county governments in various places have been beaten so badly by the Yellow Turban Army is because most of the officials in various places have paid for official positions, and they have no ability to do anything other than to oppress the people.

They were like moths, eating down the entire Han Empire little by little.

And those who are really capable, but because they have no money to bribe, they can only stop. In the end, it caused the current situation, and the officials forced the people to rebel.

Liu Bei shook his head, sighed and prepared to leave.

But a thunderous sound suddenly sounded in his ears

"The eldest husband does not want to contribute to the country, but here he sighs for a long time and is like a woman"

This voice sounded in Liu Bei's ears, almost scaring Liu Bei, Liu Bei hurriedly turned around, only to see an eight-foot strong man standing behind him, with a leopard's head and eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, wearing a black military uniform. Coupled with his dark skin, it feels like meeting a black tower, Liu Bei looked at this black man with some astonishment, and there were already monstrous waves in his heart, when did Zhuojun have such a number one person? With his own intuition, the big black man in front of him is only high or low compared to himself.

Just when Liu Bei was stunned, the big black man glanced at Liu Bei with disdain and turned around and left.

Liu Bei hurriedly followed, and said to the big black man: "Dare to ask the strong man's surname? ”

The black man stopped and said angrily, "My name is Zhang Fei, the word Yide"

Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide? Liu Bei thought for a moment, slapped his forehead and said, "Did you open a slaughterhouse at home?" ”

Zhang Fei sneered and said, "Yes, what." No one in this Zhuojun city knows my name as Master Zhang! ”

Liu Bei suddenly, no wonder, this Zhang Fei is from the Zhang family in Zhuo County, although this Zhang family is not a famous family in Zhuo County, but it is very rich, most of the butcher shops and taverns in Zhuo County are the property of the Zhang family. And this Zhang Fei was accepted as a disciple by a foreign master in his early years, and only returned from his studies in recent years, returned to Zhuo County, and took over a lot of business from his father.

It is rumored that this Zhang Fei is jealous and hateful, and when he comes back, he will clean up the big and small gangsters in Zhuo County.

Because Liu Bei lived a life of male ploughing and female weaving, he didn't know much about the things in Zhuojun City today, and these things were hearsay when he sold straw shoes.

Liu Bei smiled at Zhang Fei and said, "It turns out that you are Zhang Fei," Liu Bei tidied up his clothes and said, "Next, Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, after King Jing of Zhongshan, the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of Han."

"Liu Bei" Zhang Fei muttered twice in his mouth, and then said with wide eyes, "You are Liu Bei?" ”

"Exactly"

Zhang Fei laughed and gave Liu Bei a bear hug, and the strength was so great that Liu Bei almost suffocated. Zhang Fei said with a smile, "In the past, I heard that you were angry at the crown and made a big fuss in Linfeng Tower, which was really happy, and I heard that the previous Taishou and his son also died directly or indirectly because of you?" Are these true? ”

Liu Bei had a wry smile on his face, I didn't think that anyone would remember these old things, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Old things, don't mention it!" ”

Zhang Fei became interested, and said reluctantly, "Let's go, I'll invite you to drink, you tell me!" ”

Liu Bei was grabbed by Zhang Fei's arm and couldn't move, Liu Bei looked back at his straw shoe stall and said to Zhang Fei, "Brother, my straw sandals"

Zhang Fei glanced at it and said, "What straw sandals do you want, go for a walk and drink?"

Liu Bei covered his face, if these straw sandals were lost, after he went back today, he would definitely be scolded by Ganmei.

Liu Bei was dragged by Zhang Fei to a tavern, which is the property of the Zhang family, called Bafangke Tavern, which is very close to the downtown of Zhuo County, which can also be seen that the Zhang family still has such a hand in Zhuo County.

The tavern is not big, there are tables inside and outside the house, Xiao Er saw Zhang Fei's figure from a distance, and immediately ran over with a smile on his face, nodded and said, "Master Zhang, you are here"

Zhang Fei nodded, and said to Xiao Er, "Take out the peach blossom brew I put here yesterday", but his eyes looked at a table in the corner of the room, on which sat a man wearing a hat, because of the hat, he couldn't see this person's face clearly, he could only see the three-foot long hair under his chin, this person was holding a book in his hand, reading it while drinking himself. Zhang Fei bumped Liu Bei with his arm and whispered, "Look at that person"

Liu Bei looked for Zhang Fei's gaze and saw the person wearing the hat, and Liu Bei also noticed at this moment that the person wearing the hat had a strange momentum, alone, proud and independent.

Liu Bei scratched his head, and secretly said What happened to Zhuo County today, why are there some strange people!

Xiao Er came out with a jar of wine at this time, Zhang Fei crossed the jar of wine, opened the seal, and in an instant, a rich aroma of wine came out. Zhang Fei patted the wine jar and said to Liu Bei, "How about it, this is the peach blossom wine I brewed myself."

Liu Bei sniffed deeply, nodded and said, "Good wine"

Zhang Fei laughed, asked Liu Bei to sit down, and filled the bowl in front of Liu Bei, and then Zhang Fei took a big bowl to fill the peach blossom stuff, and said loudly to the person wearing the hat, "Friend, have a bowl!" ”

Zhang Fei said, shook his hand and threw the bowl of wine to the man sitting in the corner, Zhang Fei's seemingly casual throw contained an internal force. After hearing Zhang Fei's words, he raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of Danfeng eyes, with a flash of light in his eyes, raised his other hand, and with a twist of his wrist, he caught the wine thrown by Zhang Fei smoothly.

The wine in the bowl was stable, not a drop fell, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei squinted their eyes at the same time, this mysterious man wearing a hat was really a master.

Wind and clouds move,

Heroes of troubled times gather

I know what day

Sing the wine