Chapter 8: A momentary gaffe

When Lu Ren came out of Li Lao's small mud house again, he had an extra clay pot in his hand, and said to Xun Li with a smile: "It's also a coincidence, it just so happened that Li Lao caught two small fish today, so I got a few pieces of tofu and seasonings to cook this can of fish soup, which is more or less a good thing to entertain you." ”

Xun Li was happy when he saw it. As a traveling bachelor, because I can't find a post inn to eat and eat dry food is really common, Xun Li has been a little tired of eating dry food in the past few days, and now I suddenly heard that fish soup is naturally very happy. However, at this time, the attendant beside Xun Li coughed twice untimely, and shook his eyes at Xun Li.

Lu Ren is not stupid, as soon as he saw the attendant flicking his eyes at Xun Li, he understood the meaning, and for a while he was angry and funny but somewhat understanding. Of course, understanding is understanding, anger is still a bit of a gamble, simply hung this can of fish soup on the fire and heated it, scooped a big bowl first, and then held the bowl flat and smiled at Xun Li, and poured this bowl of fish soup into his stomach with three times and five divided by two, and said maliciously in his heart: "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people!" I'll drink more! Do you know how difficult it is to get some meat in the small countryside these days? ”

Xun Li couldn't stop Lu Ren's actions when he saw them, so he could only glare at the waiter who had a dry cough, and then quickly scooped up a bowl of fish soup and politely said to Lu Ren, "Thank you Brother Lu for your hospitality", and tried to take a sip of fish soup first. And after this mouthful of fish soup into his mouth and a little taste, Xun Li opened his eyes wide and said, "What a raw and delicious fish soup!" I think I used to eat a lot of local food when I was traveling, but I rarely got to taste such a delicious fish soup. I really can't imagine that Brother Lu, not only is your music and rhythm art outstanding, but your cooking skills are also so exquisite. ”

Lu Ren smiled dryly, and said in his heart, what kind of cooking skills am I? It's just that he can cook some modern homely food, but to be honest, before the crossing after the "Slab Brick Incident", Lu Ren did study cooking skills in the moon back base for a period of time, but the reason is that Shirley, a maid with high-tech skills, doesn't know how to cook!

Of course, Shirley doesn't care, but Lu Ren can't stand the days when he goes to get a nutritional injection or swallows two nutritional pills when he is hungry. But then Shirley's cooking skills were far above Lu Ren, after all, Shirley has real high-tech support, not only learns things super fast, but also has a more accurate grasp of the heat and shade of cooking skills than Lu Ren, so there is nothing to do with Lu Ren later.

But then again, Lu Ren's cooking skills may be ordinary in modern times, but in the Han Dynasty, they were indeed superior, and at least the things he occasionally made were much more elaborate than the general practice at that time. Like the can of fish soup in front of him, Xun Li's eyebrows danced when he drank it, and several of Xun Li's guards couldn't stop smacking, it seemed that they only hated too little fish soup, and some of them were still unfinished.

After drinking the fish soup, Lu Ren didn't bother to take care of the next cooking and cooking business, so that a certain guard would have to cough a few more times, and Lu Ren at this time still wanted to get some information from Xun Li.

Of course, the words can't be asked too directly, so Lu Ren first chatted with Xun Li politely. After this chat, Lu Ren and Xun Li both reported their age first, and the result was that Xun Li was twenty-four years old this year. Although Lu Ren couldn't remember his specific age due to the loss of his memory, he vaguely remembered that he found a job not long after graduating from college, and then encountered the "brick incident" not long after working.

Xun Li was obviously very interested in Lu Ren, and after some politeness, he simply called Lu Ren's word to show his closeness, and Lu Ren was also happy to do so in order to set up information, and changed his mouth to call Xun Li "Brother Chang".

Just chatting like this, Lu Ren's topic was intentionally or unintentionally brought to the Yingchuan Xun family: "Since Brother Chang is a disciple of the Xun family, he should know Xun Yu Xun Wenruo and Xun Yu Xun Gongda, right?" ”

Xun Li was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Of course I know." I think when I was young, I still had a friendship with Wen Ruo. ”

Lu Ren said: "That...... Brother Xun knows where Wen Ruogong is now? ”

This is one of the issues that Lu Ren is most concerned about right now. As mentioned earlier, although Lu Ren has read a lot of materials on the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, he often does not grasp many things accurately in the specific year. In terms of Xun Yu's deeds, Lu Ren only knew that Xun Yu first stayed with Yuan Shao for a while and then switched to Cao Cao, and then it didn't take long for Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou. If Xun Li learned from Xun Li's mouth at this time that Xun Yu had defected to Cao Cao's account, then Lu Ren's escape plan would be imminent.

Of course, Xun Li didn't know Lu Ren's thoughts, and responded: "Wen Ruo, last year (the second year of Chuping, 192 AD), he left Yuan Benchu and joined the curtain of Cao Gong of Gunzhou instead. As for Gongda, Dong Zhuo asked for the Taishou of Shu County after his death, but unfortunately the road was not accessible to Ren, and now he temporarily lives in Jingzhou. ”

Lu Ren just heard the sentence "I switched to the curtain of Cao Gong of Gunzhou", and his heart clicked, and he said that I am also afraid of anything. Xun Yu ran to Cao Cao last year, and it is very likely that Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou is about to happen, but now the fuse incident has not happened. It seems that this Xuzhou is too stupid, and he has to run away as soon as possible.

Xun Li saw that Lu Ren's face changed slightly, and he was also a little suspicious in his heart, so he asked, "Why did Yihao change color?" ”

Lu Ren knew that he had lost his temper, so he hurriedly remedied it: "Oh, I'm thinking that Yuan Benchu is extremely famous and powerful, but unfortunately he can't use people or keep people." Wang Zuozhicai like Wen Ruogong, he actually let it go. ”

Xun Li was very curious for a while and said: "It seems that Yihao is also quite insightful about the current situation in the world!" What does Yihao think of the current world candidates? ”

Although Lu Ren said that he was not stupid, his mind was full of plans to run away at this moment, and he was a little brainless when he spoke: "Although Yuan Shao's reputation is becoming more and more prestigious, he is tolerant on the outside and suspicious on the inside, and he is scheming and indecisive, such a person is only afraid that it will be difficult to achieve great things in the end, if you want me to say that he is a beautiful straw bale." This "beautiful straw bag" is a comment on "Yizhong Tianpin Three Kingdoms", and Lu Ren said it casually.

"Pretty bales?" Xun Li listened to the great joy: "This analogy is really interesting!" What does Yihao think of Cao Mengde, who Wen Ruo changed to defect to? ”

Lu Ren said: "Cao Cao? It should be said that he is the first hero in the world today, not only his own wisdom and strategy are quite outstanding, but more importantly, he knows how to use people well, and a person who knows how to make good use of people is often a person who can achieve a great cause. ”

Xun Li listened to Lu Ren's evaluation of Cao Cao, his eyes rolled, and his expression seemed to remember something, so he didn't ask Lu Ren anything more.

Lu Ren's mind was still a little messy at this time because of the big plan to run away, and seeing that Xun Li didn't ask any more questions, he asked out of habitual thinking: "By the way, Brother Chang, since you have studied with Wen Ruogong, then you should also know Guo Jia, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xun Li's face immediately changed greatly, and even Lu Ren, who was a little confused at this moment, didn't notice that several of Xun Li's attendants subconsciously pressed their hands on the hilt of the sword! Xun Li's reaction was very fast, and he immediately glanced at his attendants, and then leaned over, blocking Lu Ren's sight, and his face was full of smiles: "Why did Yihao suddenly ask about Guo Fengxiao?" ”

Lu Ren also smiled: "Just ask." But Guo Jia is a person...... How so? Cao Cao once said that Xun Yu was his Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, and Guo Jia was Cao ......"

At this point, Lu Rencai suddenly remembered that Guo Jia didn't seem to have defected to Cao Cao's account at this time, and quickly changed his words: "I mean, if Guo Jia also defects to Cao Cao's account, then it is likely that Guo Jia is Cao Cao's Chen Ping...... Well, I've always felt that this metaphor was a bit inappropriate. In fact, if you want me to say, Wen Ruogong should be Cao Cao's Xiao He, and Guo Jia is Cao Cao's Zhang Zifang. ”

Xun Li's eyes rolled, and he asked with a smile, "Why does Yihao have such a comment?" Did you know Guo Fengxiao? ”

Lu Ren smiled helplessly: "I really want to get to know Guo Jia, but it seems that there is no chance at all." ”

After he finished speaking, Xun Li laughed out loud for no reason, but several of Xun Li's attendants also looked at each other, as if they were holding back a smile. Seeing this, Lu Ren hesitated, "What do you mean by this? ”

Xun Li smiled at the attendants, and the smile on his face was still there: "Yihao is just afraid that he is too wrong to praise Guo Fengxiao, right?" Guo Fengxiao has always been a drunkard and incurable, and when I studied with him, he was often unkempt, and he could fall asleep while reading. This is because he finally has some insight in his chest, and he has returned some false names back and forth, otherwise who will take care of him? How could Yihao have such a high opinion of him? ”

At this time, Lu Ren also reacted that he had gone too far, and hurriedly smiled at Xun Li: "Didn't I hear a lot of things when I was still wandering a few months ago?" Anyway, we're talking, and it doesn't matter if we talk a few words. Oh, by the way, where is Guo Jia now? ”

Xun Li looked at Lu Ren deeply, and then laughed and said, "Guo Fengxiao also went to Yuan Shao's place for a while before, and then ran back to his hometown to study. Speaking of which, when he was about to leave Yuan Shao, he said something similar to Yihao's evaluation of Yuan Shao, but in my opinion, this guy knew that he was not capable enough, so in order not to lose face, he hid after saying some beautiful words. ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded, and said in his heart that Guo Jia, a natural genius, was not too unpopular at this time. However, genius is often difficult to understand, and it takes a good Bole to make this genius shine, which is the same in ancient and modern times. But at this moment, Lu Ren knew that he couldn't talk about this kind of topic anymore, so he asked Xun Li instead: "Why did Brother Chang come to Xuzhou to study?" ”

Xun Li immediately looked at Lu Ren with a look of "you idiot": "Mr. Zheng Xuan and Mr. Zheng Kangcheng are in Xuzhou, so I naturally want to study from Mr. Zheng." ”

Not to mention that it's okay, when Xun Li mentioned Zheng Xuan, Lu Ren's eyes suddenly lit up, and he secretly said in his heart: "That's right!" Zheng Xuan! How did I forget about this person!? ”

(Note 1: Regarding Cao Cao's fight against Tao Qian, according to the official history, it was actually fought twice.) The first time was to raise troops in the autumn of 193 and to collect them in the spring of 194. After recuperating for a few months, that is, in the summer of 194, the army was raised again, and then it triggered Liu Bei's rescue of Xuzhou, and Chen Gong helped Lu Bu steal Cao Cao's nest. Considering the need for time for the subsequent development of the plot, the bottle here is to write twice and once, and at the same time advance the rescue of Liu Bei and the sneak attack of Lu Bu by one year. )

(Note 2: Regarding Guo Jia, according to the official history, Guo Jia initially defected to Yuan Shao, because he saw that Yuan Shao was not good, he flashed, and he did not appear in the following years.) Later, Cao Cao died of illness due to Xi Zhicai, and Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao. The specific year of the year of the bottle cannot be found, but from Cao Cao's sentence to Guo Jia's sacrificial text, "from the expedition for ten years" and Guo Jia's death in the twelfth year of Jian'an at the age of 38, Guo Jia's Cao Cao should have been in Jian'an for about two years. The bottle here uses the record of the official history, not the statement that Lao Cao received from Guo Jia before he beat Tao Qian in the romance. )