In a blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, and Liu Sheng returned from the True Temple. A voice sounded in my ears: "Liu Sheng, you are here."

"Brother Sima, why are you here alone, what about them?" Liu Sheng looked at Sima Zhao not far away and asked in surprise.

Sima Zhao looked at Liu Sheng's surprised expression, and hurriedly explained: "Bao'er said that she was tired of playing, and she was clamoring to go back. They had no choice, and in desperation, Ah Fu could only take Bao'er and them to leave first. I saw that this place was empty and sparsely populated, so I was able to distract myself from the depression in my heart."

"It seems that the two of us have thought of a piece. What kind of sorrow are you, can you tell me about it? At this time, Liu Sheng was confused about the future. Hearing Sima Zhao say this, he felt a sense of sympathy.

Sima Zhao smiled wryly, full of sorrow: "At first, I was full of joy when I left the village, but I just felt that between heaven and earth, it was like a chess game in my hand. In a gesture, you can drop at will and scold Fang Xuan. As soon as he walked out of the village and walked on the half-moon road, he suddenly encountered a flood and was involved in the victims. The fragility and helplessness of life are shocking. It's sad to think back on this time, when the time is counting, the imperial examination is approaching, and I have been away from home for a long time, but ......"

Speaking of this, Sima Zhao's eyes were red. Two silent tears gently crossed his face. His eyes closed slightly, and he took a deep breath in his heart to calm his mind.

Liu Sheng looked at the two tears falling from Sima Zhao, and he didn't know how to comfort him. After thinking for a moment, he asked Sima Zhao: "But when I think of the suffering of the victims, I also think of my relatives at home. Afraid that you will fail in the imperial examination and let them down? “。

Sima Zhao nodded, looking at the willow trees swaying in the wind on the side of the road: "I'm ashamed, such a childlike state makes you smile."

"What if my worries are the same as yours now?" Liu Sheng looked at Sima Zhao and said this pretending to be relaxed, and hurriedly said what he was worried about.

Sima Zhao was puzzled: "The same thing?".

"Well, I'm afraid that this decision has failed to live up to my heart. You can see what I talked to those two friends today." Liu Sheng saw Sima Zhao's puzzled look and explained.

"I want to hear about it". Sima Zhao said.

Liu Sheng thought for a while and organized his words: "I told them about the events of this period of time. Lamenting the hardships of the victims and the hardships of the world. I just want to do something for the world, so that this difficult world can be a little more tolerant. But the power of one person was too small, so they suggested that I go to Luoyang."

"Luoyang?" Sima Zhao was even more puzzled.

Liu Sheng then explained: "The foundation of a country is in the national capital, if you want to save the people from fire and water, enrich the country and strengthen the army, the only way is the national capital."

"Then you also decided to go to Luoyang......" After speaking, Sima Zhao's eyes suddenly showed a resolute and excited gaze.

Liu Sheng stared at Sima Zhao with firm eyes, and suddenly had a sense of pride: "Since I came, I can't come in vain." I will go to Luoyang to make a modest contribution for the Great Zhou and the nation."

"From the time we met now, I have found that you are a good talker, and the overall situation is rare in the world. The ideas you have expressed, although sometimes lacking in substance, are strange. Your talent and your overall view are ten times better than mine, since you also have this heart" At this point, Sima Zhao stopped suddenly, Sima Zhao was no longer speaking, but looked up to the sky and smiled: "My way is not lonely......."

Liu Sheng was still arrogant just now, and when he heard Sima Zhao say this, he suddenly said a little shyly: "Brother Sima praises falsely, ashamed, ashamed."

When Sima Zhao heard Liu Sheng say this, he suddenly sighed at Liu Sheng: "We and other literati have been reading hard for ten years every day. He was treated preferentially by the imperial court and respected by the people. If you can't worry about the country and the people, show what you have learned. and make the treasury full and the people happy, and we shall be worthy of being scribes."

"I hope we will encourage ......" Hearing Sima Zhao describe the literati like this, Liu Sheng felt for the first time what is the style of a scribe.

In the evening, a few people sat in the house chatting, and Cui Yiyi said to everyone: "I have been here for a few days, and I am homesick. I want to leave early tomorrow morning, and now I ask you to resign."

"Yiyi dislikes our poor hospitality, so it's better to stay for two more days." Jia Shang looked at Xuan Yiyi's resignation and hurriedly retained.

Seeing that Jia Shang opened his mouth to stay, Qi Yiyi hurriedly explained: "This period of time has added a lot of trouble to Uncle Jia's family. In Yiyi's heart, I really can't help it. Recently, every time I think of my parents at home, my feelings of love are getting heavier and heavier day by day, and I hope that Uncle Jia will fulfill my little filial piety."

"According to what you say, if I am not allowed, I am afraid that it will inevitably be a little unkind. It's just that the mountains and rivers are far away, and I don't know when we will be able to meet, and I hope to cherish it all the way." Jia Shang heard Yiyi say this, and he also knew that he had no intention of staying in Qiang.

Sima Zhao looked at Qi Yiyi, asked Jia Shang for his resignation, and hurriedly said: "Now that the time is calculated, the imperial examination is approaching." I didn't dare to delay, and planned to leave with Miss Yiyi. There have been a lot of troubles these days, and I hope Uncle Jia will cherish it more in the future."

"Since you want to go to Beijing to take the exam, I also know that it is a big deal, and I dare not force you to stay. I only hope that you will go to the title of the gold list and vomit the suffering of ten years of cold windows." Jia Shang heard Sima Zhao say that he wanted to enter Beijing to take the exam, and blessed him in advance.

Sima Zhao hurriedly said: "Uncle Xie Jia is ......, Zhao will go all out and live up to the trust."

"Uncle Jia, I also decided to go to Luoyang, and the cow and the field at home will be left to you." Liu Sheng looked at Sima Zhao and Qi Yiyi and said that they wanted to resign, and hurriedly said the decision in their hearts.

"What, Brother Sheng, you have to leave too." Jia Fu was suddenly taken aback, and his tone was very surprised.

Liu Sheng looked at Jia Fu's surprised appearance and hurriedly explained: "The gathering and scattering of life is fate, fate gathers when it comes, and fate leaves when it goes. Have you forgotten our agreement? “。

Hearing these words, Jia Fu seemed to recall that after being beaten by his family that day, the two lay on the bed side by side and talked about the future. The words of the past are still in my ears.

"Your agreement?". After Jia Shang heard this, he was very interested.

Jia Fu was a little unhappy to Jia Shang, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Dad, the children are already so old, can you let me leave some little secrets for myself."

"Okay, well, I don't ask. Since you have an agreement, let's go to Luoyang together. A gentleman can't break his word and get fat, although you are not a gentleman, but you can't miss the appointment." Jia Shang saw Jia Fu complaining, and hurriedly suggested that Jia Fu go to Luoyang with them.

When Jia Fu heard Jia Shang suggest that he also go to Luoyang, he looked embarrassed: "How can I leave such a situation at home."

"How can you not do without, I am at home with your father, what are you worried about? Even if there is something at home, relatives, friends, and villagers are all together. One more is not too much, less one is not too much". At this time, Zhao Cui, who had just finished taking a bath, walked over from the back room. Hearing the conversation here, he hurriedly spoke.

Jia Fu heard Zhao Cui say this, and hurriedly explained: "Mother, although the words are like this, they are ......."

"What...... If you have the heart to go home more often and send a few letters to report your safety, your mother and I will be satisfied. Sima Zhao, Liu Sheng and Yiyi, they are all people with cultivation and learning time. If you have this opportunity, why don't you go? Luoyang is prosperous, which is comparable to our countryside. There are always more ways out than ours, do you want to stay in this wild place for the rest of your life?" Jia Shang saw that his son was still arguing, and hurriedly interrupted. After speaking, he also showed a look of hating iron but not steel.

Zhao Cui hurriedly answered: "This matter is so decided, you will go with them tomorrow."

"Then I'll leave you all tomorrow, if you leave tomorrow, is it a little too hasty. It's better to be better the day after tomorrow, and we can get ready." Jia Shang hurriedly finalized this matter and discussed it with Sima Zhao and the others.

Qi Yiyi looked at this situation and thought for a while: "Then listen to Uncle Jia's arrangement, there is no shortage of this day when things are urgent."

In the courtyard, Zhao Jian and Xiang Huaiyuan squatted on the ground, holding branches and drawing circles in the soil. Urging Huaiyuan said to Zhao Jian reluctantly: "Little brother, my mother said that she was going to leave tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Brother Bao'er, are you going to a place called Chang'an? Zhao Jian asked puzzledly, as if there was still a long, long time between now and tomorrow.

Qi Huaiyuan tilted his head, thought for a long time, and said a little unhappily: "Well, my mother said that I was going to Chang'an." But I'm a little, and I can't bear to ...... little brother."

"It doesn't matter, when we grow up. can be like Uncle Xiao Sheng, they can go and play if they want to go. That's when you have a lot of time to come and play with me. Your mother won't be here, it's okay to care about you." Zhao Jian suddenly found that when he grew up, there were many benefits.

Urging Huaiyuan heard Zhao Jian talk about the benefits of growing up, and suddenly said excitedly: "It's still the little brother who is smart, why didn't Bao'er think of it."

"Uncle Xiao Sheng gave me a lot of books yesterday, and the military books in them are very good. Uncle Xiao Sheng also said, if I can't understand, go and ask Mr. Zhou, you don't know that Mr. Zhou is so knowledgeable. I can say a lot, a lot, a lot of beautiful stories......" Zhao Jian hurriedly told himself what he had learned these days.

After listening to Zhao Jian, he said excitedly: "Little brother, are you telling the truth?" The art of war is so powerful. These stories are good to listen to, and I will become a general with you in the future."

"Well, after you leave, I'll go to Mr. Zhou's place and study every day. When you come to me after you finish your studies, let's go fight the bad guys and save your father." Zhao Jian said very seriously, as if he hadn't forgotten the original agreement.

When Huaiyuan heard that his father would save him when he grew up, he hurriedly said happily: "Okay, after I arrive in Chang'an, I will definitely study hard." I'll come to you when I'm done, and then we'll see who is more powerful. But little brother, you must wait for me at home. If Bao'er can't find you by then, you'll be very sad."

"Well, I'll be waiting for you at home then. When you come, I will take you to Mr. Zhou and ask him to teach you the art of war as well......" Zhao Jian looked at Bao'er and hurriedly replied.

When Bao'er heard it, Zhao Jian also took him to see Mr. Zhou, his eyes smiled like a crescent moon, and he said very happily: "Okay, we will make a decision."