Even if he was convinced that the other party was near here, even if he knew that the other party had to go through this road to come out, such an uncertain wait was also quite a torturous thing for Li Ru.

He is actually not a very patient person, which is one of his shortcomings, and the main thing is that the other party has given him more feelings so far is still unknown, so it is conceivable that the intersection of uncertainty and waiting in his heart is fused together, and it is inevitable to be nervous and even nervous.

It's just that Li Ru didn't show himself in front of his subordinates, after all, they had already lost patience at this time, but because he looked at it here, no one dared to show it, if even he was impatient, then it would be impossible to continue.

For a moment, Li Ru actually thought that this method of waiting for the rabbit was not only stupid, but also too uncertain, although he could only take this main road to get out, but it was just a conventional road, who knew that the other party would not think of climbing the outermost row of high walls around this step to get out?

Of course, this possibility is still relatively small, after all, in the absence of tools, even if the master is high, it is not easy to climb out of such a high wall naturally, not to mention the burden of Cai Yong, and so many war horses, unless they choose to abandon the war horse, and only take Cai Yong out, it is not impossible, but the road behind will be more difficult, whether they want to leave from that city gate, they will be blocked first, even if they are lucky to rush over, there is no war horse, and they can't go far.

Considering such a far-reaching consideration, Li Ru didn't even worry that the other party would leave here like this.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this was more of a comforting thought. After all, if you really let the other party run out like this, there will be more uncertainty in the back, and even now there are a lot of uncertainties, such as in this place, in addition to the terrain that can be used by the other party, there are also people in it.

Cai Yong himself is a minister who lives in Buguangli, and the people nearby are either his neighbors, or officials in the same dynasty, or people who may have personal friends, even if Cai Yong has always been a loner in Buguangli because he voted for Dong Zhuo before, but if they really ask to go to the door. There is no one who will be willing to help them. Whether it's cover-up, cover-up or something else, it will add more variables, at least confusing Li Ru's sight, which is a headache.

But now he can only wait where he is. I can't do anything else. Before these speculations become reality. A qiē is useless.

However, Li Ru still didn't expect that he would come whatever he wanted, and a team would come out of one of the lanes. It seems to be a convoy escorting a certain imperial court official, and the people around him seem to be just ordinary guards, Li Ru, as the military advisor of the former Xiliang Army, has an extraordinary vision, and it can be seen almost at a glance that these people are definitely not the people they are looking for, and it should be unlikely that Cai Yong is in the carriage they are escorting, but just in case, Li Ru still ordered someone to come forward to stop the convoy, and then check the carriage.

In fact, even if they don't go up to stop them, the other party must stop here, because the main road is basically blocked by Li Ru and his party, unless you discuss with them to let them get out of the way.

Seeing that Li Ru and his side were full of people, and they were all riding on horses with weapons, those guards could barely maintain their composure, but the coachman who was driving the horse behind was already trembling with fright, but it seemed that his status should be higher in this line, and the guards on the periphery did not speak, but he said in a trembling voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, my master is in a hurry to get on the road, I don't know if I can give way slightly." If the military masters have something important, we will never dare to disturb, and if there is any trouble, my master will definitely compensate for it in the future......"

The reluctant smile on the other party's face is not a disguise, Li Ru can naturally see it, but he speaks decently, and he is worthy of everyone's background, but just letting such a coachman be a microphone is too much to take him Li Ru in his eyes, Li Ru himself will not say it, but the people around him have already shouted: "Bold, in front of my military division, you dare to be so rude, just because you are a little coachman, you are also worthy of talking to my military division, what else do you ask, what kind of thing are you?" ”

These words made the coachman's face change slightly, but he dared not speak angrily, but at this time, a low but rather majestic voice came from the carriage and said, "Butler, I have come to talk to them personally." ”

The coachman turned out to be the housekeeper of a minister's house nearby, and it should be the minister in the carriage, but Li Ru's heart moved slightly when he heard this voice, and he thought of something.

Immediately, I saw that the curtain of the carriage that blocked the view was lifted from the inside, and what stretched out was the hand that had been old and even a little white, and the coachman was not trembling at this time, and respectfully helped to pull up the curtain completely, and the scene inside was completely revealed in the field of vision of Li Ru and others.

The first thing that caught my eye was actually a figure, this was an old man who had reached at least sixty or seventy years old, but his body bones looked quite strong, and his back was very straight, not only that, but his eyes were also very sharp, and he didn't have the usual turbidity at this age, but seemed to have a thorough insight into things, and although his voice was low, he was also full of energy, and when he looked outside, he took a fancy to Li Ru, who was extremely conspicuous in a kind of cavalry, and was not wearing armor but was still dressed in a blue scribe's robe. The thick eyebrows couldn't help but raise, and then they laughed, as if they were muttering to themselves, but the voice was heard by everyone present: "I didn't expect to meet an old friend, hehe......"

Li Ru also smiled at this time and arched his hand at that side and said: "Ru didn't expect to meet Your Excellency at this moment and here, but Your Excellency is ...... here."

The cavalry beside Li Ru, especially the one who shouted the most at the coachman before, were dumbfounded, although this scene was not enough for them to know who the other party was, but the fact that their own military advisor and the other party seemed to have some indescribable origin was certain, and looking at Li Ru's appearance, it was not a perfunctory smile. It's really close to each other, even with some respect, which simply subverts their understanding.

However, if they knew the identity of the elderly man in front of them, they might not be so surprised, this person was none other than Zheng Xuan, a famous scripture scholar who had studied with Ma Rong with Beizhonglang General Lu Zhi.

Zheng Xuan was born in the second year of Yongjian in the Eastern Han Dynasty (that is, in 127 AD), the family was originally a wealthy family, but his generation has long been in the middle of the road, and the poor family background and the glory of the family have also become the biggest driving force for Zheng Xuan to move forward. Love to read and read a lot. Literacy and reasoning are not a problem, when he was young, he was called a "prodigy", at the age of eighteen, he was one of the three elders of any township, and soon he was promoted to the township for his meritorious service in patrolling.

Three years of eternal life (157 A.D.). Because it was valued by Du Mi, the minister of the Beihai Kingdom. was recommended to Taixue. studied under Jingzhao Fifth Yuanxian, Chen Qiu and others, and it was only at this time that he began to dabble in and study "Ram Spring and Autumn", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", etc.; Three years later, he and Lu Zhi joined the name of the great Confucian Ma Rong and began to study ancient scriptures.

There is a famous teacher to guide you. He is more willing to work hard, and in addition to reading thousands of books, Zheng Xuan is not an otaku scholar who ignores things outside the window and only reads sage books, but travels in You, And, Yan, Yu and other states to practice, increase his knowledge and knowledge, and at the same time, he also began to realize his intention to write books and speak early on.

However, Zheng Xuan at this time is also a celebrity after all, and it is impossible to be completely unaffected when he is born in society, ordinary gatherings and exchanges are essential, but in fact, there is not much to gain from it, but after all, friendship is rare, so he can't shirk it.

However, there is the so-called "heaven will descend on the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and do what they can't, so they are motivated to endure and gain what they cannot", Zheng Xuan also did not forget to realize the great aspiration of Confucianism to enter the WTO while enriching himself, and actively ran for his ambitions, but unfortunately he was hit hard by the party's ban, but this also made him temporarily sober up, and he was able to devote all his heart and soul to his writings.

Zheng Xuan is not a person who works behind closed doors, he is the first to understand the ancient and modern scriptures, and then pay attention to the group of scriptures, and take their essence, remove their dross, and integrate it for his own use, becoming the master of the Han Dynasty's collection of scriptures, the world calls it "Zheng Xue".

Cai Yong is known as the so-called "Cai Shi" by many people, in addition to being a great contemporary writer, or because he created Zào Fei Baiti to become a master of contemporary calligraphy, but in the Han Dynasty, where Confucianism was the only one, whether it was piano and chess, calligraphy and painting, the extreme point seemed to be actually only a small road, if it could reach the peak of the pole like Cai Yong, it was okay, but it was also based on its literary name; Compared with him, Zheng Xuan is a serious Confucian scholar, which can be described as the mainstream of the mainstream, and can open up a doctrine of his own on his own, which is not an exaggeration to call him everyone.

As for how Zheng Xuan lived in this Buguangli, it was also when he was an official to Dasi Nong, he had his own courtyard here, although he also traveled outside for a period of time, but as he got older, it was not very convenient to wander around, except for going out for a certain time every year, most of the time he stayed in Luoyang City, that is, he lived in this Buguangli's home.

Li Ru no matter what his temperament is, but he is actually an ordinary person, ordinary people always have their own goals and idols, and they are also readers who are keen on studying scriptures, Zheng Xuan's status in Li Ru's mind is not low at all, maybe Dong Zhuo is still alive, he can overpower him, but now it can be said that this person is the most respected in Li Ru's heart, which is why everyone can see Li Ru rarely show such excitement and respect for people.

However, Li Ru is a rational person after all, for example, when Dong Zhuo wanted to marry Xiaoni to the little emperor, although he didn't want Li Ru in his heart, he didn't refute it, and in the end it was Lu Bu who helped him, so at this time, even if he was facing Zheng Xuan, he would not show mercy to his subordinates, and it was one thing to respect the other party, but it was based on the identity of the other party's scholars, but if the other party's position was on the opposite side of himself, then he didn't need to have any face.

Therefore, Li Ru's feelings quickly stabilized and restored to his original appearance, and without waiting for Zheng Xuan to speak, he preemptively said: "Originally, I saw that it was Master Zheng, and I should have wanted to give up the land, but I also ask Master Zheng to be considerate, Confucianism does have something important at this time, if there is anything that collides with Zheng Shidi, Confucianism will make amends in advance." ”

Zheng Xuan waved his hand and looked at each other with a curious look. is still asking: "Wen You is so good that he is putting up such a big battle here, could it be that he has found some thieves?" ”

If it was Zheng Xuan who was younger, he should be very disdainful of Li Ru, and it would be good not to be sarcastic at this time, but he has reached the age of doing what he wants, when Dong Zhuo was still there before, Li Ru had a special visit, and he didn't feel anything and had a good chat with the other party, and it turned out that many of this young man's ideas were good, although his understanding of scriptures seemed superficial in his opinion. But at this age, it's not bad. He is also very optimistic and has left a good impression, which is why he used to call Li Ru an "old man".

Li Ru didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with Zheng Xuan asking this, and hesitated slightly. said: "I don't hide it from Master Zheng." In fact, it was Confucianism who received a report from his subordinates. Someone kidnapped Cai's family, so Confucianism urgently dispatched troops over, and those secret black hands have been blocked in the nearby lanes. However, although the number of the other party is small, it is really powerful, and the Confucian side has lost a lot of people, and now it can only be here to brake quietly, waiting for the other party to take the initiative to appear. ”

Regarding Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan seemed to be more interested, or more concerned, and his expression fluctuated slightly: "How could these gangsters think about kidnapping Cai Bojiao?" Although because he was close to Wen You before, Cai Bojiao offended some people very much, and his popularity became extremely bad in this step, but it shouldn't be that anyone would be able to have such a big grudge against him and do this kind of thing, right? ”

Li Ru smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "This matter is not very clear to Confucian, I only know that when I caught up, the other party had already taken the Cai family out of the mansion, and pursued all the way to this point, but lost the trace of the other party, Confucianism was actually very anxious in his heart, but since the other party was just kidnapping, it seems that he has other plans, so Confucianism can still wait here." Zheng Shi also rest assured, Confucianism just asked people to investigate a little, lest those people might use Zheng Shi's carriage to escape, and they would not delay Zheng Shi for too long; Of course, if it is really inconvenient for Zheng Shi, it is inconvenient for Confucianism to force it, but in order to prevent accidents and protect Zheng Shi, Confucianism will send some people to follow Zheng Shi for a while, until Zheng Shi is safely sent to the place where he will leave after confirming that he is safe. ”

Zheng Xuan was noncommittal, with his age and experience, how could he not know that Li Ru's words were not true, but he was also a person like a human spirit, even if he knew this, he would not say anything, and he had no position to say, as for Li Ru's last sentence of "kindness", he didn't seem to be easy to refuse, so he pondered for a while and then smiled: "Since that's the case, then I don't have anything to say, Wen You, please feel free." ”

Li Ru actually didn't want this matter to have anything to do with Zheng Xuan, so he was impatient to immediately call someone over to search, of course, he restrained a lot, just checked the upper and lower surroundings of the carriage, and didn't really run inside.

In fact, when Zheng Xuan opened the curtain just now, everyone had already seen the scene inside, whether it was from the outside or from the inside, this carriage did not seem very big, obviously Zheng Xuan was not a luxury person, he only needed space that was almost enough to accommodate his own person, in such a small space, Li Ru didn't believe that he could hide another person, so he let it go.

After a hurried but very detailed inspection, there was nothing unusual, Li Ru was inexplicably relieved, and then looked at Zheng Xuan, who was looking at him narrowly, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, coughed lightly to hide the inevitable embarrassment, and said: "Since this is the case, then Confucianism is also relieved......

"Then I should be on my way, right?" Zheng Xuan's words made Li Ru not know how to answer well, so he could only pretend not to hear it, let his subordinates quickly make a way, and casually mentioned a few polite words to Zheng Xuan to go to the house to visit the house and apologize in person when he was free, and then watched their group of people walk over and gradually drift away.

Li Ru's brows gradually wrinkled, I don't know why, although Fang just found nothing, he also took it for granted at the time, but the more he thought about it afterwards, the more he felt a sudden feeling in his heart.

Thinking back carefully about the qiē that just happened, his mind is like a slow player repeating the previous scene, even if it is a little detail, his memory has always been proud of himself, the qiē that happened just now is not long, but it is enough for him to memorize all the qiē, at this time it is completely "playback".

But his head hurt when he thought about it, and he didn't find anything noteworthy, and at this time, he didn't wait for him to continue thinking about it. I saw another team of people coming out from the entrance of the alley, but compared with Zheng Xuan, this team was more numerous, and the two rows of guards on the periphery had a murderous aura, obviously not ordinary caretakers, but soldiers who had really killed people on the battlefield and shed blood; At the same time, the person who was protected by them in the center did not sit in the carriage, but rode on the back of a war horse that seemed to have excellent blood, and his identity was about to come out, and he was an authentic military general.

In fact, at the first glance of the other party, Li Ru had already recognized the identity of the other party. It's none other than Zhu Jun, who once merged with Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song as a three-way Zhonglang to encircle and suppress the giant deer yellow scarf.

But now maybe it should be more appropriate to call the other party Zhu Lingyin. After all, although Zhu Jun has held many positions now, the biggest and most powerful one is still the position of Henan Yin, that is, the county of Henan is under his rule.

Of course, it is definitely not an easy errand to be a parent official at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but Zhu Jun, like Lu Zhi, is not a military general. Although it has always seemed more careless. But he has his own experience in handling government affairs. If it weren't for some people who don't know how to be a person and judge the situation, I'm afraid they wouldn't still be in this position now.

Li Ru has no personal grudges with the other party, and of course Zhu Jun is not the previous Zheng Xuan. For Li Ru, he won't have a good face, if he doesn't really need them to give way, I'm afraid he won't even be able to say something to the other party.

Li Ru didn't bother to say more to him, and routinely asked his subordinates to come forward to investigate, of course, it was much more careful than the previous inspection of Zheng Xuan's party, fortunately, Zhu Jun was not stupid enough to ask why he wanted to check such an inch, otherwise Li Ru didn't mind letting him know what it was like to have more people and fewer people.

The complaining Zhu Jun and his entourage passed like this, Li Ru and the others almost turned out the other party's underwear, and the final result was naturally nothing, but this time Li Ru was not thinking about whether there was anything missing in Zhu Jun and his entourage, but what Zheng Xuan had made him feel strange before, and it was fleeting to want to catch it.

But before he could continue to think deeply, another group of people came out of another alley, in fact, it may not be appropriate to use one line to describe the other party, because in fact, there were only four or five people who walked over, but these walking men were obviously also guarding the courtyard and also escorting a carriage forward.

This carriage has no characteristics, the only thing that can attract people's attention is probably that it is much larger than the carriage that Zheng Xuan made before, but when Li Ru had to open the curtain of the carriage despite the protests of the four or five guards, he looked at the scene inside, but only the word speechless could describe the feeling in his heart at that moment.

Half of the figure in the carriage compartment was not seen, but it was not empty, because it was full of bamboo slips, although since Cai Lun improved papermaking, the spread of paper has been very wide, and the paper is easy to carry, and the quality of paper is basically able to meet the needs of most people, but there are still many people who use bamboo slips, after all, when there is no printing technology, the printing and dissemination of books is not so easy, even if there is paper, someone must be willing to write things on it. In order to limit large-scale dissemination and possible leakage, some people still rely on the records of bamboo slips, and this family does not know who it is, and has such a "hobby".

However, Li Ru was not interested at all, and directly waved his hand to order them to leave, and he didn't bother to care about the few big men who looked like they were guarding the courtyard, and then saw the bamboo slips in the carriage and was turned into a mess by Li Ru's soldiers who were searched, and they looked like they were going to eat people.

Li Ru only continued to wait, and after a long time, Li Ru felt a little impatient, and then found that another group of people came out of a certain alley, and there was a ...... Carriage.

Li Ru couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, the first thing that came to mind at this time was not to immediately send someone forward to search, but Zheng Xuan's group who were the first to leave before, he seemed to have found the feeling of doubt and doubt just now, although it was vague, but it seemed that as long as a lightning bolt split, the answer could be found.

This time, in fact, there is no need for Li Ru to do any more orders, his subordinates have already stepped forward to conduct a search on their own, and this line of work does not look like Zheng Xuan's great background, nor is it as easy as Zhu Jun to offend and be urgent, so they act unscrupulously, and it is completely inherited from the exposure of their nature in the Xiliang army.

Li Ru, who was still pondering, suddenly heard a baby crying and a woman's cry, and immediately looked at it, only to find that there was actually a mother and son in the carriage...... Oh, no, in addition to the baby in the woman's arms, there was a little girl behind her, seeing the little girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, Li Ru couldn't help but think of his daughter, and was about to put a happy smile on his face, but he was suddenly stunned, and the expression of not smiling was so frozen on his face.

The soldiers next to him didn't notice the change in Li Ru's expression, and at this moment, Li Ru's heart was in a mess.

This is called fighting geese all day long, but he was pecked in the eyes by the geese, Li Ru is really a hundred secrets this time, he also knows where his strange feelings about Zheng Xuan's group come from, it seems that the inspection was careful enough at that time, but it is true that there is no inspection in the carriage, if you just look at the outside and feel that there should be no extra people inside, it is too arbitrary.

You must know that people's vision is easy to deceive themselves, Li Ru has that kind of experience, such as looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, etc., although he has confidence in his eyesight, but now in retrospect, at that time, in fact, because the other party was Zheng Xuan, Li Ru did not look very carefully, maybe this is why it caused the difference in vision, and then took it for granted that a qiē was determined.

And I subconsciously seemed to feel that if the other party wanted to come out, it should be out together, but in fact, for the other party's group, Cai Yong was the biggest obstacle for them to go out, but it was only Cai Yong himself, and the other people were all elite men, although it was difficult to climb out of the wall in Buguangli, it was not impossible, after all, their personal strength was indeed good, if Cai Yong, who was familiar with the terrain, pointed them out the way first, It shouldn't be difficult to find one that you can climb out of the city, after all, there are many buildings nearby; So when I think about it this way, in the end, it is only Cai Yong who needs to be sent out in this way, as long as he is sent out, and then he and others will directly meet in the periphery when the time comes.

Although I don't know how they persuaded Zheng Xuan to help them cover up, none of this matters-

"Don't worry about this side anymore, let's hurry up and chase out, catch up with Zheng Kangcheng's carriage, there is the person we are looking for over there."

Everyone was puzzled, but it was certain that there was nothing wrong with the group in front of them, and of course they could be let go.

And looking at them at this time, Li Ru's eyes rolled in an emergency, and he suddenly had another idea...... (To be continued......)