"However, it is not a pleasure to be able to go to Chen Liuliu to meet that young man." The old man's voice paused slightly, and then he smiled.

"What the teacher said is that Han Fu's son, called Han Fei?" When the four-foot-long man heard this, he couldn't help asking, "Isn't it because the teacher has moved his mind to accept apprentices?" ”

(This person must be four feet long, not that the mad qin made it up here, it is indeed recorded in history, longer than Guan Yu's beard...... God, four feet, the ancients were only about seven feet, a beard, actually occupies half of the body, it is really unimaginable, unimaginable...... ）

"Well, it's the boy." The old man's voice said: "Rather be a centurion than a scholar, hehe, but he is an interesting child." As for the ...... of the apprentices"

There was silence in the carriage for a moment, for a long time, and no sound came out.

The bearded knight knew that the teacher was thinking, so he didn't dare to disturb him.

After a while, I only heard the old voice sound again, "Ji Jue, you have also heard that the kid is so martial and disgusted with literature, although he is talented, he may not have the heart to write...... However, these are all rumors, not to be believed, to be honest, the old man really wants to see this child, if possible, try to persuade him not to spoil this talent. ”

A hint of wonder rose in the eyes of the long-bearded knight, and he knew that the teacher was moved by love before accepting the apprentice.

The reason why it is strange is that his teacher has not taken the initiative to accept any students.

The teacher's life, the protégé is more than a hundred, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is all over the world, and the reputation is unparalleled, even if there is a Yuan family with four generations and three dukes, when you see the teacher, you must also respect a "Kang Cheng Gong"!

Yes, the old man in the carriage is the Beihai Gaomi man who wants to go to Luoyang to take office, Zheng Xuan, known as Kang Chenggong!

And the long-bearded knight is a student of Zheng Xuan, Cui Yan.

Cui Yan, the word Ji Jue, a native of Wucheng in Dongwucheng, Qinghe, was simple and wooden in his childhood, and loved swordsmanship and martial arts. When he was twenty-three years old, the township held him up for goodness, and only then did he read "Analects" and "Han Poems" with emotion. At this time, he was twenty-eight years old. He is studying under Zheng Xuanmen, his appearance is handsome, and he is smart and studious, and he is extremely upright, so he is deeply loved by Zheng Xuan, Zheng Xuan went to Luoyang as an official, and also took him with him.

Cui Yan is also a person who loves martial arts, has a heart to go into battle to kill the enemy, and is also very happy with Han Fei's "From the Army", and said when he heard the words: "Xu is young and frivolous, how he is, you will know if you see it, don't think about it at the moment." There is a dilapidated house ahead, why don't you go there to rest first, after all, your old man is old and has been bumpy for half a day, so it is better to rest early. ”

Cui Yan is his own family knows his own affairs, when he was young, he was not the same as Han Fei, until the township lifted him upright, then he had some understanding, worked hard to study literature, and was able to worship under his teacher this year. In his opinion, Han Fei is the same as him.

How did Cui Yan know that Han Fei had worshiped a teacher, or he was a teacher who worshipped on his own initiative, but the result was that he was driven out with a broom, and the two of them couldn't talk to each other at all.

Han Fei must know that Cui Yan thinks so, he will definitely be bitter.

It's not that I don't want to learn, it's that I don't have the right teacher!

Cui Yan raised his eyes and saw a dilapidated house in front of him, looking at its dilapidated appearance, he didn't think it was a family. Zheng Xuan is old, now he is sixty-four years old, and he suffered from prison in his early years, and now that he is old, his health has not been very good, although he can rush to Chen Liu without getting dark, but Cui Yan is worried that his teacher's body can't stand it.

If you can rest early, rest early, even if it is for a few more days.

"It's fine." In the carriage, Zheng Xuan, of course, knew what he thought as a student, and he groaned for a while and agreed.

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Six years have passed since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping, but the devastation left by the war is still faintly visible.

Walking along the main road, sometimes walking for an hour, there are no people in sight. In the barren land, you can see the exposed white bones from time to time......

The cold weather, the desolate wilderness, and the shocking scenes of devastation......

Perhaps, the end of the Han Dynasty was very bleak.

However, if Han Fei is called, the future will be even more miserable than now......

The Three Kingdoms are certainly a bloody era, but they have also produced endless disasters.

In his previous life, he had read a book that recorded some data from the Three Kingdoms period. Before the Three Kingdoms, there were about 4 million people in the north, nearly 800,000 households; After the fall of Cao Wei, there were only 580,000 households left in the north, more than 2 million people. Bashu also had a population of three or four million during this period, but when Shu fell, there were only 280,000 households left, with a population of 960,000; The situation in Jiangdong is relatively better, before the Three Kingdoms, there were about 2 million people, and after the fall of Eastern Wu, there were still 520,000 households left.

Sounds like Soochow is the best!

But in fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Eastern Wu regime had not conquered Shanyue for years and plundered a large number of people, its population base might not have been stronger than that of Shu.

And after the Three Kingdoms, there is Wuhu Chaohua......

It was also the darkest period in the history of the Han people, and there was not one in ten Han people in the north, and they were even used as rations by those Hu people of different races, called "two-legged sheep".

This dilapidated house is the best portrayal.

Words are not enough to describe its unbearableness, as if the wind is a little stronger, it will be blown down.

Standing here and here, looking around, there is a flat and desolate place.

Zheng Xuan still clearly remembers that when he was studying in his early years, he once passed by here, and although the place in his memory is not full of houses, it is also a small village with dozens of households, but now, even the remnants of the wall have turned into dust. Zheng Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "What a troubled world, only suffering these countless people!" ”

"Teacher, rest inside." Cui Yan walked behind Zheng Xuan and said respectfully.

By this time, the knights (in fact, the subordinates) had cleaned up the dilapidated house, and the ruined walls around it were much stronger than in the wilderness.

"Okay." Zheng Xuan nodded, answered, turned around and walked in.

Several knights carried two sets of couches into the room and placed them in the middle of the room. Then, someone carried a bucket of charcoal and poured it into the abandoned fire pit, and it quickly ignited. As the charcoal fire lit, the dilapidated room suddenly became much warmer. Zheng Xuan sat down and looked at the burning coals in the fire pit, with a smile on his face.

"Ji Jue, don't be restrained, just sit down." Zheng Xuan said with a smile.

Cui Yan smiled, and sat down next to the fire pond.

The rest of the people stood outside the house, either on guard or preparing for cooking......

"Teacher, since you don't want to be an official, why do you have to go all the way to Luoyang? The first few times the imperial court had signified the teacher, didn't the teacher also resign, why did you ...... this time" Cui Yan picked up the charcoal in the kiln to make the fire burn more vigorously, and asked with some puzzlement on his face.

"Dong Zhuo occupied the capital division, but the Son of Heaven fell into the tiger's mouth, how to say that the teacher is also a great Han people, and he should be loyal to the king, this trip is also to see if he can save the Son of Heaven from the tiger's mouth." Zheng Xuan raised his head and sighed, and said with a wry smile.

"Aren't there eighteen town princes?" Cui Yan said.

"Eighteen Towns?" Zheng Xuan sneered and said disdainfully: "Although the teacher is not familiar with military affairs, he can also see that the so-called princes of the eighteen towns are joking!" , with them, there is no threat to Dong Zhuo at all. Moreover, these people's motives are not pure at all, even if they can defeat Dong Zhuo and save the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is afraid that he will only get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth. I look at the princes of the eighteen towns, and they are not the ministers of the auxiliary country, this time they crusaded against Dong Zhuo, which is in response to the proverb of 'Han Yi lost the world with eighteen years', Ji Jue, such a proverb, you really came out of thin air? ”

"Isn't it written by the princes of the Eighteen Towns?" Cui Yan is not a confused person, and when he heard the sound, he immediately understood the meaning of the teacher's words.

"Although it is a guess for the teacher, but if you think about it, it is also ** and not far from ten." Zheng Xuan said in a deep voice: "Therefore, as a teacher, I rushed to Luoyang regardless of thousands of mountains and rivers, in order to save the Son of Heaven from the tiger's mouth." ”

Han lost the world with eighteen years, which is a proverb that has recently spread all over the world.

It is impossible to find out where it came from......

But it is not difficult for a discerning person to see that this proverb is afraid that it is inseparable from the princes of the eighteen towns, especially the two members of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu!

Only the two of them, with the background of the fourth world and the third duke, are the most famous, and the other princes are far inferior. With such a proverb, it is undeniable that the benefits of the two of them will be the greatest.

If not, why is it the princes of the Eighteen Towns who happen to be coincidental?

In the world, how much more than the princes of these eighteen towns? Since it was the alliance to save the Son of Heaven, why didn't these people contact Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Liu Yu and other princes who were also relatives of the Han family, and all the people who gathered were people with Han surnames?

The meaning is self-evident!

Cui Yan opened his mouth, but he shook his head again, kept silent, and looked at the charcoal fire in the fire pond in a daze, with a confused look on his face.

"Ji Jue ......"

"Oh no, no, the master of the house, there is a team of cavalry outside, looking at this side......"

Zheng Xuangang wanted to say something to Cui Yan, a dull sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, and the two masters and apprentices couldn't help but tense up, at this time, a knight ran in in a panic, shouting with panic in his eyes.

When Cui Yan heard this, he suddenly jumped up, and pressed his right hand to the long sword on his waist.

"Ji Jue, don't be impulsive." A hint of understanding flashed in Zheng Xuan's eyes, and he waved his hand and asked Cui Yan to sit down.

Cui Yan said hurriedly: "But, the teacher ......"

Zheng Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, this group of cavalry is not a thief at all, if the division is not mistaken, they should be the people sent by Chen Liu to find the old man, don't worry, they won't hurt us." ”

"However, in case ......" Cui Yan still hesitated a little.

As if to confirm Zheng Xuan's words, the sound of rolling horses' hooves had already sounded in his ears, and in the rumbling sound, a voice shouted:

"I am the general under the command of General Yuan Gong, Ji Ling, dare to ask in the front room, but is Kang Chenggong?!"