The river was swollen with heavy rain for several days, and the black tiled roofs of the village houses were covered with a faint layer of smoke, and occasionally a string of muddy footprints stretched from the depths of the field to the bamboo fence at the door, where a few scarlet oleanders bloomed, and a few sparrows jumped around the fence with their wet feathers. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xi Zhicai came to a low earthen thatched room and buckled the door, and a crisp young man replied:

"Who?"

Xi Zhicai said angrily: "Okay, you Guo Fengxiao, who else will take care of you lazy ghost besides me!" Hurry up and open the door for me! ”

"Come on, come on, less verbose......"

The footsteps gradually became clear, the door creaked open, and a handsome young man poked his head out, the morning sun shone on his sharp face, white without blood, with a little sickly as if he had not seen the light for many years.

Long hair is not tied and untied, fluttering. Ordinary young men have a cloak of hair, and they inevitably have a bit of a taste of madness, but he is extremely elegant and not half scattered.

When the beautiful young man saw Xi Zhicai holding a bandaged roast chicken and two jars of wine in his hand, he couldn't help but smile like a fox and said:

"Brother Xi is coming! What else is there to mention? But you're here today, I just burned a big carp and it's still hot! ”

After speaking, he pulled Xi Zhicai and walked towards the house, the room was empty, just a bed and a table. On the tattered bed lay a tattered and dirty quilt and four or five bundles of bamboo slips that had been stripped off.

In the middle of the room was a wooden table, with a broken leg, and the owner had cut a branch to connect it, and on top of it was a porcelain bowl with several broken chips, and a plate with braised carp, and a pair of chopsticks of uneven length.

Xi Zhicai couldn't help but complain: "I said you can't break a branch and cut a pair of chopsticks?" What are these long and short words like? You can't figure it out! ”

The young man skillfully dismantled the roast chicken, poured himself a bowl of wine first, took a big sip and wiped his mouth with his sleeve casually, picked up a piece of chicken leg with his left hand and took a bite, and then replied vaguely:

"Anyway, one end is enough, why do you have to have both?"

Xi Zhicai also knew his lazy nature, shook his head and poured himself a bowl of wine, and sighed:

"Fengxiao, you are nineteen years old this year, if you continue to be so lazy, see whose daughter is willing to marry you in the future?"

The young man said nonchalantly: "Zi said, a gentleman has three precepts, and his blood is undecided, and the precepts are in color." I am respecting the teachings of the saints, studying poetry and books, and sparse women. ”

Xi Zhicai was almost fainted by his anger, this is purely taken out of context and nonsense.

There is a cloud in the Analects: Zi said: A gentleman has three precepts: when he is little, his blood is undecided, and the precepts are in color; and its strength, the blood is strong, and the ring is fighting; and his old age, the flesh is declining, and the abstinence is in it.

Confucius said: There are three things that a gentleman should take as a warning: when he is young, his flesh is still immature, and he must quit his infatuation with women; When the body is mature and the flesh is strong, it is necessary to abstain from fighting with others; When you are old, your flesh is weakened, and you must abstain from insatiable greed.

This sentence exhorts people to control and restrain their desires and be positive. There is absolutely no opposition to taking a wife.

Guo Jia's knowledge is still above himself, it is impossible not to know, this is obviously nonsense.

But Xi Zhicai didn't bother to argue with him, this kid can say that the dead are alive with one mouth, and he will quote scriptures, and nine out of ten arguments with him ended in a fiasco.

Xi Zhicai knows Guo Jia's situation well, Guo Jia was originally from a clan, and later his family fell into the middle of the road, how could he have imagined that the house was broken and it rained overnight, his parents and his wife who did not pass through the door were killed in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the only remaining property in the family was swept away by the Yellow Turban thieves.

Guo Jia has been weak since he was a child, he can't lift his hands or shoulders, and his only strength is to study and learn, and he has no means to make a living at all, so he can live thanks to the relief of his relatives.

The grief is nothing more than the death of the heart, and the others have survived, but since then, it seems that the spirit has been drained, and the chaotic life that has to be lived every day looks like a lazy person who doesn't care about anything.

Slowly his relatives and friends were also disappointed in him, and he never saw them come to the door again, and now only Xi Zhi sympathized with the same illness and understood the hardships of the poor scholars, although his life was not very good, he still helped him from time to time.

Guo Jia suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and squinted at Xi Zhicai and said:

"Brother Xi, this is getting rich again? Came and took chicken and wine, and changed into new clothes with high-quality materials? Didn't you divorce your sister-in-law and marry the one-eyed fifth lady in Zhang's family? ”

Xi Zhicai glanced at him and scolded with a smile:

"Phew! It's really like a dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth! If you want to get rich, you should go! I'm afraid that people won't like my old bones. But you are such a fair-eyed little offspring, Miss Zhang Wu will be satisfied, then you don't have to live in this kennel in the future. Every day, there are people who are waiting for the silk and satin, big fish and meat, how good! ”

The two habitually hurt each other a few words, then looked at each other and laughed.

Suddenly, Xi Zhicai changed his words and said in a heavy tone: "Actually...... I have come to bid you farewell today...... I'm going to the south. ”

Guo Jia's smile froze on his face, and he said a little unexpectedly: "South? Where to go? ”

"Huiji."

"Huiji......" Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, "You want to vote for Zhang Fan?"

Xi Zhicai shook his head, "That's half right." I'm not going to vote for Zhang Fan, but I'm already worshipping Zhang Fan, and I'll go south with him soon......"

Guo Jia was surprised and said, "Recognize the Lord? Zhang Fan is in Yingchuan now? How did you come across that?"

"It's not an encounter, he specially came to Yingchuan to recruit Xun Yu Xun You's uncle and nephew, so I cheekily asked Xun Yu to take me to meet him......" Xi Zhicai told Guo Jia about the events of the day, and then said:

"When he said 10 wins and 10 defeats, I was completely shocked. At that moment I knew that he was the one I had been waiting for, and that he did not despise me because I was uninvited, nor did he treat me differently because of my poor background. When he sent us a recruitment, I immediately agreed, and Xun Yu agreed after a moment of silence......"

Guo Jia's eyes rippled, and he sighed faintly: "Even Xun You can be convinced, it seems that this Zhang Renfu is really extraordinary!" Xun You rejected He Jin and Yuan Shao's ......"

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "Of course, Yuan Shao and He Jin actually welcomed the princes of the Quartet to bring troops into Beijing, just rush to this point, if I were Xun You, I would never choose them......"

Guo Jia sighed: "Hey! Then you don't need to be so anxious, now that the situation is unclear, it is not wise to bet in advance......"

Xi Zhicai shook his head, "Fengxiao, you are only nineteen, you are still very young, and you still have a lot of time to squander." But I'm thirty-six years old this year, and I won't be allowed to wait any longer, and if I miss this time, will I see my whole body being buried in the coffin with me? …… And I think I'm on the right side this time. ”

Guo Jia's expression suddenly became solemn, and he squinted his eyes and asked, "Then Brother Xi came today, isn't it so simple to say goodbye?" ”

Xi Zhicai also looked at Guo Jia with a solemn expression, and said word by word:

"Not in his position, not in his politics. Since now that I am the mastermind, I have to plan for my master, and I am a little lonely when I go south alone, why don't you go with me to eat meat and drink bars? ”

Guo Jia suddenly laughed, "Let me guess, if I don't say a word, today's wine is not for you to practice, but to send me to the end, right?" ”

Xi Zhicai also smiled, "Those who know me, Feng Xiaoye!" After all, I don't have the confidence to be your opponent, so I have to strike first to prevent future troubles......"

The two of you point at me, I point at you, smiling forward and backward, supporting the table and laughing face to face, tears are down. Guo Jia sighed:

"Hey, you also know that I'm too weak to go out in winter. I heard that the winter in Huiji is quite warm, so I wanted to go there for a long time......"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "That's great, don't ask for these rags in your house, I'll replace them for you over there." I've got the car ready, let's go! Please ......"

"Then dare to be kind, let's go!" The two laughed three times, talked and laughed, and walked towards the door with their shoulders hooked...... (To be continued.) )