Liu Xiu knew that he was in a bad mood, and he didn't care about him, so he saluted Lu Zhi and the others again, and then sat down under Lu Min, Liu Bei sat next to him, and then quietly listened to Lu Zhi and them.

After a short time, the servants of the Mao family sent wine, and Mao Qin got up and gave a speech first, nothing more than to thank Lu Zhi for coming to Peach Valley to teach, Li Ding for coming to Peach Valley for teaching, and finally welcoming the students who came to study. Then everyone began to toast each other politely, everyone got up, the first salute was naturally Lu Zhi, although Lu Zhi was not in good health, but the amount of wine was very large, and those who came did not refuse, but there was no wine on his face, and he always maintained that kind of calm with three points of reserve.

After a lively time, Li Ding finally talked about the topic, he first praised the strength of the Mao family, and then changed the conversation, talking about the difficulties of preparing for the war, hoping that Ximao can play a leading role, and work with other families to contribute to the safety of Zhuo County, and contribute money and efforts. Mao Qin said very thoroughly, but did not give a positive answer, only said that he would discuss with the other Sanmao before making a decision.

Liu Xiu was not interested in these, he just drank silently, coldly watching the every move of these people in the hall, especially their behavior, he found that there were many rules for wine banquets in the Han Dynasty, which he had never heard of before, of course, he didn't dare to be careless, and seized the opportunity to study hard.

At the banquet, Li Ding took Yan Rou away, and Liu Xiu and the others also returned to the fine house. A few days later, Lu Min came to him and asked him and Liu Bei to clean up and accompany him to Zhuo County. Although Liu Xiu was a little confused, he didn't ask too much, he and Liu Xiu took care of their bags, reloaded the ox cart, and the three of them rushed to the county seat of Zhuoxian together.

Peach Valley is only ten miles away from Zhuo County, and no matter how slow the old cow is, it will arrive in an hour. After entering the city, Lu Min led them straight to the pavilion where Liu Yu was stationed. The duty of the assassin is to patrol the counties under his control, there is no fixed prefecture, and every time he arrives in a county, he lives in the pavilion next to the county, which is equivalent to a mobile office. After entering the pavilion, Lu Min asked Liu Xiu and the others to arrange a place to live first, and then went to see him.

Liu Xiu and Liu Bei were busy for a while, and as soon as they cleaned up the room, guests came outside the door. When the two went out, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, it was Liu Xiu's father, Liu Yuanqi, who came.

Liu Yuanqi was still wearing the new clothes with creases, but there was a rare smile on his face. As soon as he entered the door, his eyes swept over Liu Xiu's face, and then fell on Liu Bei's face, stared at Liu Bei's eyebrows for a long time, frowned, stretched out his finger and gently stroked the scar left by the wound after healing: "This is your eldest brother's injury?" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Uncle, it's okay, it's just a little injury." Besides, the eldest brother didn't mean it, he missed it. ”

"Hmph, you don't have to cover it up for him." Liu Yuanqi withdrew his hand, ignored Liu Xiu, who invited him to take a seat, turned his head and looked around, and said, "Mr. Lu is talking to Lord Assassin Shi, and he won't look for you for a while." I heard that you have been reading well these days, so I will take you to have a drink, which can be regarded as a reward. ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, even Liu Xiu was a little surprised, he originally thought that his father was going to blame him, but he didn't expect to take them out to eat. Of course, this is a good thing, in the past few months in this world, although I have also eaten meat a few times in Peach Valley, but either the amount is too small, or there are too many people next to me, and I always can't eat enough.

The two closed the door, followed Liu Yuan out of the post pavilion, turned two streets, came to the market, entered the market gate that was about one and a half people high, smelled the incense and came to the wine shop, and entered a restaurant that looked quite high-grade in decoration. When a wine maid saw Liu Yuanqi walking in front, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately greeted them and led them to the elegant seat facing the street on the second floor.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu followed his gaze, and saw that on the whitewashed powder wall in the room, there was a woman standing in a dress and walking slowly, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a thin waist, quite a bit of posture.

It turned out to be a picture of a beauty.

Liu Xiu glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth provoked a smile, this kind of beauty picture may be new to Liu Bei, for him, a master who has studied Tang Bohu for ten years, this beauty picture is at best a beginner level, and he hasn't even touched the threshold. However, he also knows that although the painting of the Han Dynasty has a certain level, it is said that there have been several great painters, but the figure painting is really mature but still in the Jin and Tang Dynasties, and the first famous painter with works handed down is Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This is not to say that there are no figure paintings in the Han Dynasty, there are no ladies and gentlemen, in fact, there are a lot of figure paintings in the Han Dynasty, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, it was very prosperous, and later shocked the national archaeological circles Ma Wang piled up a silk painting of the pressure box, on which there was a portrait of the hostess, but the kind of portrait has not been out of the category of patterns, can not be regarded as a character painting in the strict sense of the later generations.

The beauty in front of me has basically eliminated the pattern of the trapping, the brushwork is also vivid, the character's demeanor is natural, in this era, nature is good, otherwise it is estimated that the store will not be painted on the wall for people to see, but when you meet a great connoisseur like Liu Xiu, it is not eye-catching.

"What a picture of a beauty." Liu Bei praised it, and felt a little embarrassed, for fear that Liu Yuanqi would think that he was greedy for beauty and would not make progress in his studies, so he hurriedly said to Liu Xiu: "Big brother, what do you see? ”

Liu Xiu pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's reasonable, it's not ugly." ”

Liu Bei smiled, looked at it again, and didn't dare to squeak. Liu Yuanqi heard their discussion, turned his head to look at it, and also praised: "It's really good, it's the first time I've seen such a good painting in Zhuoxian, and I don't know which painter made it." ”

Seeing that Liu Yuanqi also praised it, Liu Bei's heart was much more relaxed, and he said to Liu Xiu with a smile: "Big brother, I know that you are good at calligraphy, but I don't know that you are also good at painting. ”

Liu Xiu listened, frowned slightly, and said in his heart that this calligraphy thing could never fool Liu Yuanqi forever, rather than talking about it later, it was better to have a wind now. As he sat down, he said: "Painting and calligraphy are connected, always using the pen and the knot, and finally we have to see a charm." Although I am not proficient in painting, I think the charm of this painting is unnatural, just like a word that looks good, but is always a little awkward, so I say that it is not ugly. ”

Liu Bei smiled even more happily, he walked to the beauty picture, looked up and down for a while, and touched his head with some puzzlement: "Why didn't I see anything awkward, this beauty...... It's pretty good. ”

"If you look closely, don't you think her demeanor is too humble, although she talks about beautiful clothes, she bows her head and bows her back a little, and although her hands are in front of her, she is more like a maid holding something and waiting for her master's call." Liu Xiu said half-jokingly: "If you change into a handmaid's clothes, it will be more pleasing to the eye." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he smiled at first, but when he looked at the picture of the beauty again, he unnaturally felt that Liu Xiu was reasonable, and there was indeed a sense of humility in this woman's demeanor, which was really a little like the servant girl Liu Xiu said. He took two steps back, looked at it for a moment, and finally smiled and nodded, "Big brother, what you said is really like that, and now I feel this way." ”

"Phew!" Liu Yuanqi took a sip and scolded with a smile: "Xuande, why are you talking nonsense like your eldest brother, and you also listen to what he says?" ”

"Uncle, the eldest brother is not what it used to be now, this time in Peach Valley, he not only became Mr. Lu's book, but also defeated the big horse thief Huo Burning Cloud, but he made a contribution to the Mao family." Liu Bei looked like he was offering treasures, and said repeatedly: "If I hadn't been with him all the time, I wouldn't have believed that this was still the original eldest brother." ”

Liu Yuanqi couldn't help but shake his head, and pointed at Liu Bei with his finger: "Xuande, you have disappointed me too much." I hope you can watch him and don't let him get into trouble, why are you still helping him talk? ”

Liu Bei smiled, hung his head and said nothing, although his demeanor was humble, he was not ashamed.