When Lu Ren returned to Fudi, it was almost dark. After saying hello to the people in the house, Lu Ren went into the study and prepared to write a reply to Liu Bei.

How to write this letter? In fact, it is very simple, although Lu Ren said that when he ran to Cao Cao, he did not ask anything from Cao Cao or Guo Jia's mouth, but Lu Ren knew that Cao Cao, who had been fighting Xuzhou idea, would definitely be a little moved. And if nothing else, Liu Bei will temporarily settle Xiaopei now, and it must be the result of Cao Cao's plan to "drive the tiger and devour the wolf".

Therefore, Lu Ren's letter to Liu Bei, to put it bluntly, is to tell Liu Bei two things, the first is to be careful of Lu Bu, and the second is to tell Liu Bei that if he can't stand it, just come to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will definitely take Liu Bei in. As for the reason or something, Lu Ren didn't bother to write it at all, you Liu Bei love to believe it or not.

The letter was written and sealed, and Lu Ren handed it to the person who sent the letter before and asked him to send it back, of course, he also gave more money and goods to the person who sent the letter, and said to Mi Zhen to let this person go back to Mi Zhu to report safety.

After this was done, Lu Ren returned to the study and began to think. During the previous period, Lu Ren was farming in Tuntian with peace of mind, and as his agricultural professor, he didn't care much about the current situation. Because in his opinion, those things have little to do with him now, he just needs to do his job well. But Mi Zhen's arrival, as well as the secret letter written by Liu Bei, made Lu Ren feel that he couldn't really ignore it, at least read and analyze it well, which could make Lu Ren's heart feel a little bottom.

Lu Ren was carefully reading the information in the chip in the study, and he was habitually making corresponding records with a stick pen in his hand, but Mi Zhen suddenly walked into the study. Lu Ren hurriedly closed the bamboo slips, looked up and smiled at Mi Zhen dryly: "Miss Mi has something to do with me?" ”

Mi Zhen put a food box containing a few Xuzhou specialty snacks on the table, and the person also smiled: "In a blink of an eye, you have been away from Xuzhou for almost four years...... I still remember that the small cottage you lived in was simple and dilapidated, but four years later you lived in such a large mansion. At the beginning, my eldest brother and I thought that you were not ordinary people, but now it seems that my little brother and I still underestimated you at that time. ”

Lu Ren laughed dryly, and put the bamboo slip that he was remembering just now on the shelf behind him seemingly casually. The bamboo slips that recorded some "heavenly machines" themselves could not be seen, not to mention that when Lu Ren was living in the Mi family, because of a few volumes of such bamboo slips, Lu Ren himself was not lightly pitted, so now Lu Ren is also extra careful about this thing.

After putting the things away, looking at the snacks sent by Mi Zhen, Lu Ren also deliberately opened the topic: "Yo, are these things?" When I was in Xuzhou, I was always greedy for these things, but at that time, I only made a living from wood, so how could I have the spare money to buy these things to eat? Now that I suddenly see these things in front of me, and then think about what I looked like when I was in Xuzhou, I feel a little like a dream. ”

Mi Zhen was relatively casual when she got along with Lu Ren before, but now because of some factors like this, she is even more reluctant to have any restraint in front of Lu Ren, so she is deliberately maintaining the original casual state. Seeing Lu Ren say such a thing at this moment, Mi Zhen casually took a dried plum and put it in his mouth, and then said to Lu Ren vaguely: "This kind of pickled dried plum is still made by the craftsman you taught us Mi Clan." Do you know that in the current Xuzhou wine shop, those scholars have been accustomed to boiling this kind of pickled plum in the wine when they are cooking wine, and the boiled plum wine has a unique flavor, and even some people would rather not drink it without plum wine, but this small pickled plum has also made my Mi family a lot of money. ”

Is it so exaggerated when Lu Renxin said? Or is Mi Zhen bored and looking for something to say? However, after thinking about it for a while, I felt that this was not impossible, because Lu Ren knew very well what kind of virtue the wine was commonly brewed in the Han Dynasty, otherwise Lu Ren would not have thought about getting some wine by himself when he was in Juancheng Tuntian.

In addition, the low-alcohol wine made from millet and rice at that time, in Lu Ren's words, is more like a drink that modern people will want to pour two sips when they have nothing to do, but it does not have the sweetness that drinks should have, at least it is not sweet enough, but it is a little too sour and astringent, which is really far from the sweet country sweet rice wine in modern times.

However, in addition to the brewing process that needs to be improved, it also has a lot to do with the fact that there was no sweet seasoning like sugar in the Han Dynasty. To be precise, in the Han Dynasty, even sugarcane for sugar production had not been officially transmitted to the Chinese mainland, but only as a kind of luxury, occasionally appearing on the banquet tables of scholars and officials, and later it was in the Tang Dynasty that he learned the skills of making cane sugar from Ah San in the west.

In the Han Dynasty, the main source of sweetness was honey, but because of the lack of effective beekeeping technology, as well as political turmoil, war and other factors, honey was also a kind of luxury at that time, and the vast majority of people risked their lives to collect it from wild beehives. In fact, not to mention the Han Dynasty, as far as Lu Ren knows, even in Europe, the price of honey is not a joke, and Lu Ren vaguely remembers that he has seen such a record, that is, in ancient times, there was a certain area in Europe to offer to a certain emperor, such a large piece of land, the offering was only a few pounds of honey, but the result made the emperor extremely happy.

It's a bit far-fetched, anyway, in Lu Ren's era, the sweetness that people can get is seriously insufficient, and the pickled plum dried plum that Lu Ren taught Mi Shi to cook together in the wine at that time can unexpectedly add some sweetness to the wine at that time, and the right amount of salt can increase the sweetness to a certain extent and remove some of the astringency, which makes the wine at that time much more refreshing......

But at this time, it was just Lu Ren speculating, because Lu Ren often went to the bar before the crossing, and he often saw someone throwing pickled dried plums into wine or tea to drink together, Lu Ren himself tried it, and the taste was really good. Especially when thrown into some red wine, it can remove the astringency of a lot of red wine.

At that moment, Lu Ren also picked up a pickled dried plum and threw it into the tea at hand, and after melting it a little, he took a sip, and it felt okay. Raising his eyes and looking at Mi Zhen again, Lu Ren smiled and said, "You seem to be here to bring me some food and gossip, right?" If you have anything to say, just say it, you and I really don't have to be so polite. ”

Mi Zhen pretended to be restrained and gave a salute to Lu Ren: "The little girl came to vote in distress, and Meng Lu Lingjun took her in, and the little woman was grateful." Now I offer some light things, but I just talk about the little woman's heart. ”

"......" Lu Ren shook his head speechlessly: "Miss Mi, don't you be like this if it's not for those serious occasions, okay?" Anyway, we got along for a while, so you should always know what kind of temper my Lu Ren is. Then again, my current official position is a bit big, but do you think I usually look like a person with official prestige? ”

Mi Zhen's little trick succeeded, and she also smiled on her face, and after taking a cup of tea for herself, she also followed Lu Ren's example and threw a dried pickled plum into the tea, and then held the teacup and smiled at Lu Ren: "If you don't mind, then I will still call you 'Mr. Lu' as before, right?" ”

Lu Ren nodded, but muttered in his heart, because Mi Zhen's "sir" reminded Lu Ren of the TV series that people liked for no reason in his time, and the No. 1 female pig in it has always called the No. 1 male pig "Mr". But although the male and female pigs have always been ambiguous, they have never had that relationship, but the female pig has married twice before and after.

Now look at myself and Mi Zhen, there is really a bit of similarity between me and the pair of male and female pigs, that is, although the little ambiguity between each other is a little, I am afraid that they will not cross the thunder pool half a step. Mi Zhen will not talk about it, this kind of seemingly casual, but in fact strong personality woman can make some ambiguous jokes, but she must not really touch it; On the other hand, Lu Ren didn't dare to touch Mi Zhen, because Lu Ren knew that if he really provoked Mi Zhen by some excessive move, the trouble would definitely be great. I will be able to wear it back in about three years, and I really don't want to get into any debts here in Mi Zhen.

But seeing that the two of them saluted each other with tea instead of wine, Mi Zhen said with a little hesitation: "Sir, I came to talk to Mr., I really have some worries and want to talk to Mr. ”

Lu Ren said: "Say, I know you must have something on your mind to come to me in such a hurry." It's said that you and I are old acquaintances, so you don't have to see each other so much, just say it directly. ”

Mi Zhenxiu's eyebrows frowned slightly: "The first one...... Now that Lu Bu has captured Xuzhou, Liu Xuande has been expelled to Xiaopei, and my eldest brother is still detained in Tancheng because he did not go out with Liu Xuande at that time, and he also took the risk of sending me out of Xuzhou to Xu Du to join Mr. Sir, you have seen people, so you see that my eldest brother and my Mi clan will not be in trouble, right? ”

"Well...... this" Lu Ren thought for a while, and then shook his head at Mi Zhen and said, "Don't worry, in my opinion, although your eldest brother is detained in Tancheng, nothing will happen." Even if Lu Bu wants to trouble your eldest brother because of your escape from Xuzhou, Chen Gong will definitely try his best to stop it. Because although Lu Bu seized Xuzhou, the upper and lower levels of Xuzhou would not really obey him, but they were just forced to do nothing because of the power.

"And although your Mi family has always been despised by the Xuzhou surname, after all, it is one of the most powerful families in Xuzhou, and many times there is a mutual relationship with those Xuzhou surnames. If Lu Bu moves your Mi family, the other Xuzhou surnames will inevitably be born into self-danger, once there is some chaos, Lu Bu is tantamount to a fire in the backyard, then the Xuzhou that he finally took may be recaptured by Liu Xuande at any time, not to mention that there is still a general Cao in Xudu staring at it. And this kind of thing, although people like Lu Bu who have no plans will not be able to see it, Chen Gong will definitely see it clearly, so Chen Gong will definitely stop Lu Bu. ”

Mi Zhen nodded lightly after hearing this, as if she had relieved her heart......