"Brother Chang, maybe I should remind you that now is a troubled time, and in this troubled world, grabbing the territory and firmly grasping it in the palm of your hand is the last word!"

After saying this, Lu Ren looked at Xun Li, and then finally said what he really wanted to say the most: "Brother Changzhi, if you believe me, I will leave Xuzhou as soon as possible, and it is best to go to Gunzhou to find Xun Wenruo as soon as possible, so as not to divide the jade in the chaos of Cao Bing." And maybe I'll go to you sometime, counting on you to give me something to eat when the time comes. ”

"......" Xun Li was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and finally asked Lu Ren: "If it is as Yihao said, then what do you want to do now?" Are you going back to the village? ”

Lu Ren immediately fell silent. Yes, since you know that Cao Bing will call sooner or later, what are you going to do back to the village? It's just that if he doesn't go back to the village now, where can Lu Ren go? Why don't you just be cheeky and follow Xun Li? But then again, what did Xun Li really believe what he said just now, what is it for him to lie behind someone else's ass? Even if Lu Ren can be cheeky with this thing, it depends on whether people are willing to take him.

And things in the world have always been like this, if you make a prediction before it happens, people will not necessarily believe it, and if you don't do well, they will treat you as a gibberish and alarmist stick; Only when the prophecy is verified after the event has happened, will others exclaim that you are a human being, and then they will believe you and respect you. Isn't that the reason why Bian Que saw Huan Gong?

Considering this, after some entanglement in Lu Ren's heart, he decided to give up pestering Xun Li for the time being, and let Xun Li take his plan to run away to other places. Anyway, Cao Cao raised his troops after the autumn, and now it is only the beginning of summer and April, and a rough calculation is that there are at least two months left for himself to maneuver.

In fact, Lu Ren was not sure about the specific time of Cao Cao's troops, but he had been in the late Han Dynasty for more than a month, and Lu Ren did not dare to be sloppy about some things that he could hear. The reason why he thinks that there are still two months left is mainly calculated by the time it takes him to travel from Tancheng in Xuzhou to Juancheng in Gunzhou.

Judging from the pomp and circumstance of Cao Hao's chariot and horse team, such a team must not be able to go fast, and Cao Hao threw his life in the area between Hua and Fei at that time, and according to the records of historical materials, Cao Hao died during the rainy season in the Hua and Fei regions, so according to the information that Lu Ren inquired back, the rainy season in the Hua and Fei regions is about a month later, and then calculate the approximate distance, it can basically be deduced that Cao Cao's time to send troops was in the autumn. Therefore, Lu Ren dared to say that he still had two months to maneuver.

Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Ren is really not sure if Xun Li will listen to him and leave Xuzhou immediately. If Xun Li listened to Lu Ren's words, of course it would be good, but if he didn't listen, Lu Ren really didn't know what he was when he followed Xun Li. What if Xun Li didn't take it seriously, he was still playing here in Xuzhou, and he was by Xun Li's side, and he ran into Cao Cao's brigade? It is said that it is easy to lose the jade in the chaos, and Cao Bing burned and looted all the way, and it is a big question whether Xun Li can be useful when he shows his identity as a member of the Xun clan, so will he die with Xun Li? This kind of loss-making trade is absolutely impossible.

Based on the above thoughts, Lu Ren still decided to go back to the small village to stay first, so that the small village could accommodate himself for a while. And with these two months, you can also make some preparations for running away, at least at least you have to bring a little bit of the necessary dry food when you run away, and you can't really ask for food all the way to Zheng Xuan, right? Not to mention whether you can get food in this era, if something happens on the way, maybe you will become someone else's stomach. You must know that in this era, there will be that kind of "great hunger and cannibalism" at every turn.

After thinking about these clearly, Lu Ren smiled helplessly at Xun Li. Of course, the true thoughts in my heart can't be said, but fortunately, Lu Ren still has words: "Brother Xun doesn't have to worry about my business." It just so happened that you gave me a lot of wages last night, and now you have given me this grain and rice, and I will find a way to take Mr. Li Lao to Mr. Zheng Kangcheng for refuge when I return to the village...... Elder Li has the grace to take me in, and I can't abandon him. ”

Xun Lifu went up and down to dry Lu Ren for a while before he said: "In this way, Yihao, are you sure that Cao Gong will raise troops to attack Xu?" ”

Lu Ren sighed: "I know that no one will believe my words, but didn't there be a precedent like Bian Que seeing Duke Huan in ancient times?" It's a pity that before it happened, this kind of words are really hard to believe. That's it, you just think I'm a stinky fart, and I won't talk to you about these unrelated idleness anymore. I have to go back to the village, don't you say someone will send me? ”

Xun Li lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a jade ornament from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Ren: "Yihao, you take this." If what you said before comes true one by one, and you feel that you have nowhere to go, you can go to Juancheng and ask to see Xun Wenruo with this jade ornament. It doesn't matter if I'm there with Xun Wenruo or not, as long as I see this jade ornament, Xun Wenruo will know that you are my friend, and I will find an errand for you, in your words, so that you have something to eat. ”

Lu Ren suddenly secretly rejoiced in his heart, in fact, he also wanted to ask Xun Li for a letter or a token or something, and after avoiding Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, he would have a place to settle down in the future, but Lu Ren didn't know how to open this mouth. Now that Xun Li sent it himself, he really wanted to doze off and met the pillow! To be honest, if it weren't for Lu Ren not knowing how to go to Juancheng, and he was afraid that something would happen on the road, for example, if he was halfway down the road, he happened to run into Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, believe it or not, Lu Ren would run to Xun Yu with a thick face now!

Lu Ren smiled and thanked Xun Li, and Xun Li called two attendants to ride Lu Ren back to the village. At the same time, Xun Li also sent an attendant to Tancheng City to inquire about some things, while Xun Li himself waited for the three attendants sent out to come back at the Shili Xiaowangting outside Tancheng City.

Tancheng to the village is less than twenty kilometers back and forth, and it is only half an hour to ride a fast horse, and when the two attendants who sent Lu Ren come back, the attendants sent by Xun Li to Tancheng to inquire about things have already returned and reported some news to Xun Li. Xun Li's brows furrowed tightly after hearing this, but after a while, he also made plans for the next step, and beckoned to a few attendants: "Let's go, let's go and follow behind Captain Cao's team." ”

A certain attendant said curiously: "Following after Captain Cao's team?" Didn't you go back to Juancheng? We've just arrived in Tancheng! ”

Xun Li glared at the attendant: "Less nonsense!" Let's go! ”

Several attendants looked at each other, and they didn't know which string Xun Li had in his head on the wrong line. But Xun Li is the master, and the master has spoken, so let's do it.

This Xun Li turned over and got on the horse, glanced back at the expressions of several attendants to know what these guys were thinking, and for a while he was angry and funny, and pointed at a few attendants with a horsewhip on the horse and scolded with a smile: "Do you think that after rushing these days, you should eat, drink, sleep well when you finally arrive in Tancheng?" Then let me tell you, Taiwei Cao's team is not us, they will definitely find a town to rest along the way, and we will naturally have to enter the city and enter the town, so I am afraid that there will be no place to eat, drink and sleep? ”

After hearing this, several attendants laughed, and got on their horses and followed behind Xun Li. Looking at Xun Li again, he glanced back at Tancheng, and then glanced in the direction of Lu Ren's small village, and muttered secretly in his heart: "Lu Ren, Lu Yihao...... Let me see if you're really prescient. If everything is as you say it is......"

Thinking of this, Xun Li shook his head and smiled: "Let's see if you can escape the catastrophe you predicted this time." If you avoid the catastrophe and find me, what does it matter if I help you find something to eat? You said that I would be Cao Mengde's Zhang Zifang...... You think highly of me! It's just that this Cao Mengde will really be my lord? In the name of his father's hatred, he tried to Xuzhou? Want to achieve great things without hesitating to bear some notoriety and infamy? If this is the case, then Cao Mengde is really a person who can achieve great things, much stronger than Yuan Benchu. Hehe, so I'm looking forward to Cao Hao's checkmate, and now I just hope that Yihao is not bad as you expected. ”

After thinking about this, Xun Li arched his hand in the direction of Luren Village, and smiled silently: "Yihao, forgive me!" In fact, Xun Li's name is just my name for coming to Xu this time, and my real name is under it...... The surname is Guo, the name is Jia, the word is filial piety, and the body of non-talent is really not worthy of you, such as Zhang Zifang, who has been in the Han Dynasty for 400 years. If he can meet one day, let me put wine and apologize! ”

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Don't mention Xun Li...... Well, it's actually Guo Jiahe, who is alias Xun Li, who only said that when Lu Ren returned to the dilapidated small mud courtyard with grain and rice, wine and meat, he could really startle the old woodcutter Li Lao:

"Ah Ren, what's going on? How can you exchange your hundreds of pounds of firewood for so many things? ”

Lu Ren put the things on the table and said angrily, "Are you embarrassed to say?" Yesterday, when I said that I would lend the night to them, you were still worried that you were a bad person and didn't want to take someone else. See? These were given to me at their parting time. I said, Old Man Li, don't be so short-sighted? You don't think about it, what is there in our tattered little muddy yard that is worthy of other people's bad intentions? To put it mildly, if we really reject others and end up them off, we may be more unlucky. ”

Li Lao moved his lips, as if he wanted to argue with Lu Ren about something, but in the end he couldn't say anything. Originally, you were a mountain woodcutter who didn't know a few big characters in ancient times, who can you beat with your bickering? What's more, Lu Ren is still a guy who has traveled through modern society, is educated and knowledgeable, and often fills the forum with water and bucket mouths flying board bricks, so it is not too easy to kill Li Lao's mouth.

Fortunately, Lu Ren didn't want Li Lao to be too embarrassed, so he stretched out his hand and copied the wine gourd and stuffed it into Li Lao's hand: "Okay, don't say too much." You haven't been drinking in a long time, have you? This gourd is yours, and I don't want a drop of wine. ”

Li Lao pursed his lips, it is better to pretend to be stupid at this time. And Lu Ren tossed for so long, and he was a little tired, so he went into the small mud house and slept for a while.

In a flash, it was almost time to cook in the afternoon, Lu Ren rubbed his eyes and came out of the small mud hut and chatted with Li Lao, who was cooking on the fire. While chatting, Lu Ren and Li Lao both heard the sound of horses' hooves, and Li Lao joked to Lu Ren: "Ah Ren, yesterday you brought back a few horsemen, and you earned back so much rice grain." Now that the horses' hooves are ringing again, will you be able to earn something back? ”

Lu Ren angrily gestured his middle finger to Li Lao, and scolded with a smile: "Come on, Old Man Li, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" You were content with one encounter yesterday......"

Before they finished speaking, Lu Ren and Li Lao heard a voice they were very familiar with shouting outside the hospital: "Li Laoqiao, Lu Xiaoqiao, are you here?" ”