Let's say that Lu Ren only landed in Wu County, stayed for a short time and threw a few smoke bombs, and then quietly came to Jingzhou, and "secluded" in this small riverside village near Xiangyang.

Of course, the so-called "seclusion" is just for show, if Lu Renzhen wants to hide, then what else is he going to Jiangdong and Jingzhou for? If you hide in Yizhou, I'm afraid that no one will be able to find him in twenty or thirty years. Lu Ren made a small circle and then ran to Jingzhou, of course, he had his own plans, so after arriving in Jingzhou at the beginning of the eighth year of Jian'an, Lu Ren took Cai Yan to visit Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui and Pang Degong and other famous Confucians, and deliberately released the news that he was in Jingzhou.

At this time, Lu Ren's reputation was already very high, and there were not a few people who knew him at various social levels in Jingzhou. Liu Biao knew that Lu Ren was in Jingzhou, so he naturally sent someone to invite him to come out. However, this is just a façade, and the current Liu Biao is not the original Liu Biao, and it doesn't matter if Lu Ren is willing to become an official.

Fortunately, Liu Biao is in such a state of mind now, otherwise it would be a troublesome thing if he forced Lu Ren like Liu Biao forced Han Song to come out of office. But then again, if Lu Ren hadn't been sure that Liu Biao was in this state of mind, Lu Ren wouldn't have dared to come to Jingzhou. Of course, Lu Ren was also ready to run away at any time when he came.

In short, the current Liu Biao is famous for "covering the good and the good but not being able to use it, and covering the evil and not being able to go", and he is more indecisive and suspicious, so he doesn't take Lu Ren's reluctance to go out of office. And when Lu Ren mentioned that he wanted to settle and do business in Jingzhou, Liu Biao naturally agreed out of consideration for his reputation. In this way, Lu Renming settled down in Jingzhou and opened his own business, and secretly asked Zhang Fang to stay in Xiangyang City as the person in charge of the business to inquire about all aspects of the news. Now it is close to the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is the day when Lu Ren asked Zhang Fang to report the collected news in advance.

However, Zhang Fang reported back at this time: "As the lord expected, Liu Jingzhou has been too fond of his successor Mrs. Cai in the past few years since the death of his original partner. also has a growing preference for his second son Liu Cong. Although the eldest son Liu Qi is the eldest son and a benevolent and filial person, he has become increasingly estranged by Liu Jingzhou. In addition, because Liu Jingzhou was obsessed with playing with scriptures all day long, or gathering guests to talk tirelessly and neglecting political affairs, the military and political power in Jingxiang had already been in the hands of the Cai family. However, after all, Liu Jingzhou is a royal family member and has a good governance of Jingzhou in the early years, so in the land of Jingxiang, people are powerful, so the Cai family does not dare to act too much on the bright side and anger Liu Jingzhou......"

After Zhang Fang's detailed explanation, Lu Ren nodded slightly, and saw that the boatmen on the boats on the riverside had already set up sampans to deliver goods to the village, so he asked Zhang Fang to supervise the work of the boatmen first. At the same time, after instructing Zhang Fang to restrain the boatmen not to harass the people of the small village, Lu Ren thought quietly under the shade of the tree:

"Historical data says that Liu Biao is 'eight or nine years of decline', that is, Liu Biao let the Cai family sit big after hanging the original match, and there are not a few of his old generals and cronies left, the real power of Jingzhou has gradually declined, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. Merely...... The evaluation of Liu Biao in historical materials has always been very low, saying that Liu Biao is just a suspicious person, who does not understand military affairs, and does not know how to seize opportunities. Jingzhou also successively cheapened the three forces of Liu Cao and Sun. It is written in historical materials, but according to my actual observation in the past six months or so, I feel that Liu Biao is not really such a useless person, or it should be said that Liu Biao will give up a great opportunity to enter the world. There is also his own hardship and helplessness in this, right? ”

Activating the chip casually and finding the relevant records, Lu Ren carefully analyzed it again: "Liu Biao was a typical bare-pole commander when he first arrived in Jingzhou, and he completely relied on the support of the Cai and Kuai clans to gradually control the entire Jingzhou. Liu Biao later married Cai, and in his early years when he fought Sun Jian. Cai Mao was greedy and recklessly lost the battle and should have been beheaded, but Liu Biao did not kill Cai Mao because he 'married his sister', this incident is not so much that Liu Biao's reward and punishment are unknown. It is better to say that Liu Biao did not dare to offend the Cai clan. From this point of view, Liu Biao's marriage to the Cai clan is a typical political marriage in exchange for the support of the local wealthy family, and to put it simply, Liu Biao is also afraid of the Cai clan. After that, Liu Biao gradually grasped the real power in Jingzhou, but the power of the Cai clan was also further growing......"

Thinking of this, Lu Ren smiled casually: "Hehe, Liu Biao, this is a typical tail that can't be dropped." Liu Biao and Cai's are basically restraining each other, but they have common interests in many things. In this case, with Liu Biao's suspicious nature, he didn't dare to leave at all, or let his cronies leave Jingzhou to work hard in the world. Don't talk about Liu Biao, I'm afraid I won't dare! Even if it is a hero like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, most of them have to think carefully before making a decision. Well...... Since this is the case in the power circle here in Jingzhou, then I have to pay attention to my proportions when dealing with Cai Mao, and I must not touch Liu Biao's sore spots and moldy ......."

Just as he was closing his eyes and thinking, Lu Ren's eyes were suddenly blindfolded from behind, and a strange female voice was smiling at him and asking, "Guess who I am." ”

This sudden joke made Lu Ren stop thinking, and laughed a little helplessly: "Except for my wild girl Xiaolan, who else would make such a joke with me?" Okay, Xiaolan, don't make trouble, I'm thinking about business. ”

The hand that blindfolded Lu Ren slowly stroked down, and when he withdrew to Lu Ren's cheek, Lu Ren opened his eyes. It's just that when he opened his eyes, Lu Ren found that Lu Lan was holding his hands behind his back, half-bent down and standing four or five steps in front of Lu Ren, and looked at himself with a very sly smile on his face. Looking at the distance between himself and Lu Lan, as well as the slender jade fingers that stayed on his cheeks, Lu Ren understood that the person who covered his eyes just now was not Lu Lan. After a slight pause, Lu Ren couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle: "I really didn't expect that Wen Ji, who has always been dignified and quiet, would also have a time when she was as naughty and cute as a child......

Cai Yan responded with a smile, but the voice came from a little farther away from Lu Ren's side: "Yihao, when did I frolic with you again?" You've been fooled, it's not me who is frolicking with you, and I'll look back and see who is coming. ”

Lu Ren Zaleng, subconsciously turned his head sideways, and what came into his sight was a face that was comparable to Cai Yan in terms of appearance, but the temperament and charm were completely different from Cai Yan's dignified and elegant face. Take a closer look......

"Mink Chan!? How are you? Why did you come to Jingzhou with you? ”

Minchan withdrew her hands, shook her head with a smile and said, "You forgot again, that Minchan has already died." Standing in front of you is the former Wang Situ's righteous queen show, you still call me Ah Xiu. ”

"Oh, oh......" Lu Ren paused for a while before he came back to his senses, but the person frowned slightly.

Minchan saw Lu Ren's expression and smiled: "Do you want to say that I shouldn't have followed?" This is Brother Gao's letter, and after you read it, you will understand Brother Gao's hard work. ”

Lu Ren took the letter and read it carefully, and nodded lightly after reading it: "I am indeed not as cautious as Brother Gao in these matters. But Ah Xiu, you are following me now, what kind of identity is that? ”

"Your side room! How? Think this girl doesn't deserve you? ”

"......" Lu Ren was speechless for a long time, then turned around and looked at Lu Lan on the other end, and said with a smile: "Xiaolan, this girl has become so coquettish now, most of them learned from you." ”

Minchan smiled: "I don't need to hide anything in front of you, I can tell the truth." Coquettishness, like tears, is a woman's most effective weapon against men. Xiaolan, this girl is a little like me, I like her very much, of course, I teach her. ”

"......" Lu Ren was speechless again.

Minchan smiled at Lu Ren and beckoned to Lu Lan: "Xiaolan, let's go around the village and have a look!" ”

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows: "Hey, you ......"

Minchan took two steps forward and leaned into Lu Ren's ear and whispered, "Xiaolan and I went to see the surrounding environment, not to play." ”

“…… It's okay to see, but you and Xiaolan don't take away all the souls of the people in this small village......"

Not to mention that Diao Chan and Lu Lan walked into the village hand in hand, only said that Lu Ren looked at the background of these two daughters, but suddenly let out a long sigh. Cai Yan walked to Lu Ren's side at this time and asked softly, "Yihao, what is written in Gao Shun Gao's letter?" ”

Lu Ren looked at the letter that had been rolled up in his hand, turned his head to look at Cai Yan a few times, smiled and said to Cai Yan: "Wen Ji, I'm sorry." I promised you a peaceful and carefree life, but now ......"

Before he finished speaking, Cai Yan's fingers had already pressed to Lu Ren's lips, shook his head and smiled: "Needless to say, I am actually very satisfied with my current life." I don't know what the big plan is in your mind, but I don't want to ask, because that's not what I should ask. But I know that if you want to gain a foothold in Jingzhou now, you will definitely have to have a lot of dealings with those famous Confucians, which is why you didn't bring anyone with you at that time, but only insisted on taking me with you. You have learned a lot in your chest, but you just don't know much about the poetry and songs necessary to interact with these famous Confucians. ”

Lu Ren sighed and shook his head: "I can't help it." There aren't many people around me, and you're the only one who is good at it. ”

Cai Yan smiled: "There are some things that can beat you Lu Yihao, and it is also quite a complacent thing for me...... Hey, that's not what I was asking. What did Brother Gao's letter say? ”

Lu Ren said: "Brother Gao asked Ah Xiu and Xiaolan to come to Jingzhou to protect you and me. Brother Gao's letter is right, I walk around here in Jingzhou, whether I take you with me when I go out or not, there are still many things that are not good with Zhang Fang and these Lu family disciples to protect me, and I often have to send the four of them out to help me with my errands......

"Ah Xiu's martial arts are good, and she is also alert, Xiaolan has also made great progress in practicing martial arts with Ah Xiu and Zhao Yu in the past two years, ordinary martial artists are not her opponents, and it is much more thoughtful to have her two close servants by your side and me. Originally, Brother Gao wanted Zhao Yu to come instead of Xiaolan, but considering that Xiaolan couldn't control people after Axiu left Yizhou, and the relationship between Zhao Yu and me would be inconvenient, so she still let Xiaolan come. (To be continued.) )