Since Liu Bei came to vote, he always had to arrange an official position for him, and this position should not be too low, otherwise it might chill the hearts of the people in the world. Of course, Liu Xin would not be stupid enough to arrange a position of real power for him, but he could not give him a fictitious title that only took Yu Lu and did not have to work, this title of literary engagement was a position that Liu Xin had meditated hard and had been specially tailored for Liu Bei.

Literary engagement, as the name suggests, is the official in charge of the world's literary affairs, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. Liu Bei has not been able to read since he was a child, he is different from Cao Cao, he can be said to have no achievements in literature, and letting him be in charge of literature is to use laymen to manage insiders.

After all, Liu Bei has been a county lieutenant for a few years, and he has been a pastor of Xuzhou for a period of time, coupled with his unfathomable city government, if he is asked to manage other affairs, he may take the opportunity to make something happen. But literature is different, since ancient times, there is no first, there is no second, and without a certain amount of real talent and learning, it is difficult to convince those literati. Besides, Xiucai's rebellion will not succeed in ten years, even if Liu Bei can impress these literati, it is impossible to set off a big wind.

There is another point that Liu Xin can rest assured that his father-in-law, Cai Yong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a great literary scholar and enjoys a high reputation in the literary world. In fact, there is another thing that Liu Xin himself doesn't know, the few poems he "plagiarized" and the "Burrow Inscription" have made him gain a certain reputation among the literati, and Liu Bei is difficult to hope for in any case.

Liu Xin's "good intentions", Liu Bei naturally saw it clearly. However, Liu Bei was excited, and even thanked him, saying that he must carry forward the literary career of the Han Dynasty, as if he was very satisfied with this appointment, which made Liu Xin a little uncertain, but the matter had come to this point, and he had to go.

The next day, Liu Xin took Minchan and Lu Qiling to Qiao's house again. Liu Xin personally handed over a letter of appointment to Qiao Yuan and appointed him as the first civil supervisor of Dahan. And Minchan brought many gifts to Qiao Liang and Qiao Wan sisters, and invited them to have time to go to Xiangyang to play. Lu Qiling also swept away the depression last time and played with the Qiao sisters. Although she was not as beautiful as the two sisters, a dance opened the eyes of the crowd and made her a limelight.

Qiao Yuan was not as hypocritical as last time, and took the letter of appointment coolly. These days, the shops of the Qiao family have been opened for business one after another, and Qiao Yuan himself has gone to the street a few times, and the situation is really very different from when Yuan Shu just occupied Lujiang.

In that year, after Yuan Shu occupied the Lujiang River, his soldiers looted in the city, and even after a long time, these soldiers often ate for nothing and did not pay a copper plate when they went to various shops in the city. However, Liu Xin's soldiers did not harass the people in the slightest, except for normal patrols and duties, they stayed in the barracks most of the time, even if they went to the street to buy some goods, they would pay according to the price, and there was never a case of forcible robbery.

On the other hand, in addition to having 100 acres of fertile land in the countryside, most of the Qiao family's income still depends on the shops in the city.

After taking care of the affairs here, Liu Xin can finally leave for Xiangyang. As soon as the sky was bright, everyone had already gathered in front of the Taishou Mansion. There were five carriages parked in front of the door, and the first one was the specially made carriage.

This time, Lu Qiling didn't pester Liu Xin anymore, followed Minchan and Yan Rui to board the carriage, and waved at Liu Xin, looking extremely excited. It seems that the impression left by Lujiang on her is not very good, and the little girl still likes Xiangyang more.

Liu Xin also waved his hand, turned around and was about to walk towards his big white horse, when he suddenly saw the little fat man Liu Bang running over, and he also wanted to board the carriage of Minchan and them.

Since being locked up for a day, Liu Bang has become much more honest. Of course, even if he wants to be dishonest, there is no way, Liu Xin sent someone to confine him to a small courtyard, and he couldn't toss anything about it when he walked around in such a small place.

Seeing that Liu Bang was about to lift the curtain, Liu Xin sank his face and shouted, "Stop!" Who got you in the car! ”

Liu Bang saw Lu Qiling get into the carriage, so he followed the carriage. Hearing Liu Xin's angry shouts, he had to walk towards the second carriage stupidly, and while walking, he also aimed his eyes at Liu Xin, full of puzzlement.

Don't look at Liu Bang is just a twelve-year-old boy, but he has also sat in the position of the marquis of the nest for ten years, he has no other skills, but his hedonistic skills are first-class, and it can be seen at a glance that among the five carriages, each carriage, that is, the carriage in which Mink Chan and the others are riding is the most luxurious.

Liu Bang now knows that the little girl is just Liu Xin's daughter, but he is Liu Xin's "biological son" or "eldest son". Since the little girl surnamed Lu could sit in the first carriage, he was more qualified to ride in that carriage, but it caused Liu Xin to be angry. Liu Bang couldn't figure out why his "father" loved that righteous daughter more.

Just when Liu Bang wanted to climb into the second carriage, he heard Liu Xin's roar again: "Who let you sit in the car!" Go on horseback yourself! ”

In addition to the special carriage that Minchan and the others were riding, there were four carriages left, one for Guan Yu's family members Cao Hui and Du Xiuniang, one for Zhang Liao's family members Mi Zhen and Gan Mei, and the remaining two carriages were prepared by Liu Xin for Fu Zhu and Mi Zhu. Although Fu Zhu and Mi Zhu could also ride horses, this time they were going to march long distances, so in order to take care of these two scribes, Liu Xin arranged a carriage for each of them.

Liu Xin never considered preparing a carriage for Liu Bang. He had already realized the question of who would be his future heir, but he couldn't find a better solution for the time being, so he could only try to be as fierce as possible to Liu Bang. The emperor has no family affairs, and the establishment of the prince is related to the country's foundation and the future of the country, and his fierce attitude towards Liu Bang will definitely have a more or less impact on the civil and military forces.

Hearing that Liu Xin asked him to ride a horse, Liu Bang said with a bitter face: "Back to father, the child can't ride a horse." ”

"Can't ride a horse?" Liu Xin suddenly smiled, raised the horsewhip in his hand and said, "Manly man, how can you not ride a horse?" If you can ride, you can ride, and if you can't ride, you have to ride! Come on, lead a horse, let him learn now! ”

Liu Xin's laughter this time was from the heart. Because of Liu Bang's cowardly performance in Lujiang City, many civil and military personnel, including Fu Zhu, Zhang Fei and others, were very disdainful of him, but because of Liu Xin's face, they did not ridicule him in public. Now that I know that Liu Bang can't even ride a horse, I'm afraid that his image in the eyes of Wenwu will drop again. Because these cronies know that they don't talk about Liu Yu and Ma Fan, even the young Liu Pi, Bian Zhang, and Cai Yi can ride horses and gallop. As long as Liu Bang is looked down upon by these civil and military forces, if Liu Xin doesn't want to pass the position to him in the future, he will definitely receive less resistance.

A jujube red horse was brought over, and Liu Bang approached tremblingly, but he couldn't climb up after several attempts. Suddenly, a person came out of the crowd, jumped on the war horse, grabbed Liu Bang's hand again, dragged Liu Bang up, let him sit in front of him, and then arched his hand towards Liu Xin, and said: "Lord Qi, my subordinates are willing to escort the eldest son all the way back to Xiangyang, and ensure that the eldest son can learn to ride a horse within half a month, please ask for the lord's permission." ”

Liu Bang saw that his predicament was solved, looked up carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Uncle of this family, it turned out to be you." ”

That day, Liu Bei quietly got Liu Bang down from the city, because he was busy running for his life, Liu Bang didn't have a deep impression of Liu Bei, so he didn't recognize him at first sight. But Liu Bei's appearance is too distinctive, his ears are shoulder-to-shoulder, his hands are over his knees, he is almost like a gibbon, so Liu Bang immediately remembered him, and he couldn't help but be full of joy.

Liu Xin noticed Liu Bei when he walked out of the crowd, but Liu Xin didn't stop drinking, but wanted to see what Liu Bei wanted to do. Hearing that Liu Bei was going to escort Liu Bang back to Xiangyang and teach Liu Bang riding skills, a thought suddenly flashed in Liu Xin's mind, could it be that Liu Bei's conspiracy was related to Liu Bang?

Liu Xin buried his suspicions deep in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "That's fine, then there is Mr. Lao Xuande." ”

At this time, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu's family members also walked out and boarded the carriage one after another. These four beautiful women have some relationship with Liu Bei. Gan Mei is his concubine, Du Xiuniang is his lover, Mi Zhen is the woman he wants to marry, and Cao Hui is the woman he wants to marry. Now the four women had their own destiny, and he was alone.

Liu Bei watched the four women board the carriage one after another, especially when he saw Du Xiuniang, he suddenly understood. The reason why Guan Yu broke with him may have a lot to do with this woman. Liu Bei was both remorseful and hateful, but in the eyes of others, he had a calm face, as if these women had nothing to do with him at all.

Liu Xin looked at Liu Bei coldly, and the more he behaved calmly, the more suspicious Liu Xin felt. However, Liu Xin is not worried. Now that Liu Bei has neither soldiers nor power, and he doesn't even have the necessary funds, can he just control one Liu Bang to set off a big Lang? The horsewhip in Liu Xin's hand pointed in the direction of Xiangyang, and said softly: "Let's go!" ”

The entire team, escorted by five hundred flying tiger guards, slowly left Lujiang City. Although there were not many guards, Liu Xin was not worried about any danger. Accompanied by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, the eight fierce generals who are going to participate in the advanced seminar, as well as the loyal Xu Chu, who dares to touch his tiger whiskers without opening his eyes?

Liu Xin still inherited his usual style, did not alarm the local government, did not harass the local people, ate dry food at noon, and slept in tents at night.

Just when he was camping that night, Fu Zhu found an opportunity to come to Liu Xin's side and asked cautiously, "May I ask the lord, how do you want to settle Liu Bang's son?" ”

Liu Xin said without thinking: "Let him be a Chang Lehou." ”