Since the scholars upstairs were invited, Liu Zhang would not refuse. But he promised to go to see Xu's mother, but now he wants to drink with others, in order not to make Xu Shu dissatisfied, Liu Zhang looked at Xu Shu to ask for advice. Xu Shu said with a smile: "Seeing that my mother doesn't care about this moment, since someone invites me, how can I refuse!" Upstairs, do you mind an extra one? ”

The scholar upstairs smiled and said: "The wine belongs to the champion Hou, who does he want to drink, how can I have an opinion?" Please! ”

"Bong-hyo! How can you sit at the table with a murderer? Isn't this self-depraved identity? A man in white with the man in Tsing Yi seemed very angry.

"Bonghyo?!" Liu Zhang was shocked in his heart and said: "Isn't this person Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao?" If that is the case, I will surely recruit him! ”

"Boring! Wen Ruo, long text, you are really boring! The scholar upstairs said with a smile: "Yingchuan Xu Shu is a chivalrous person, and his chivalrous name has long been spread in Yingyin. What's more, Yingchuan is a place to learn, why bring here the battle in the court? I'm just a kid of a poor family, and compared with the Han clan like Champion Hou, being able to drink at the same table with him is already considered a high climb! ”

Liu Zhang laughed and said: "This is wrong! Those who are in love can be friends even if they are pawns of traffickers, and if they don't join in love, they are biological brothers and strangers. Gaozu is just the head of a pavilion in Surabaya, although my Liu family is a royal family, how can I forget my roots? Today's big families think they are noble. But tracing back to the roots, which family didn't start from the ordinary? The Yuan family thought that after Emperor Shun, the ancestors of Emperor Shun were not commoners? Let's just say that the Yingchuan Xun clan and the Chen clan, thousands of years ago, weren't their ancestors civilians? Just because of a celebrity or high-ranking official, I forgot the ordinariness of my ancestors, and I really don't disdain this kind of thing of forgetting my ancestors! ”

"You..." A group of scholars from the big family were very angry when they heard Liu Zhang say this, but when they looked at the guards pressing the knife beside them, they were dumbfounded. As the saying goes: When a talent meets a soldier, it is unreasonable. In fact, they already regretted it when they stood up to block Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang didn't look at anyone else, only at the two scholars in Tsing Yi and Baiyi. From the conversations of these people, Liu Zhang had already guessed their identities. Most of the people named Wen Ruo are Xun Yu, and most of the long texts are Chen Qun, and there is no doubt that Feng Xiaoding is Guo Jia. Although Liu Zhang wanted to recruit Chen Qun and Xun Yu, the people of the big family would definitely not give him a good face, so he set his sights on Guo Jia. However, Xun Yu and Chen Qun can neither be used, but can only be removed. Before Liu Zhang wanted to go upstairs, he secretly ordered Shi A to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun.

Shi Ah was just about to leave, but he heard the scholar upstairs shouting: "Champion Hou, can you invite the strong man with the sword next to you to come up and have a drink?" ”

"Good!" Liu Zhang readily agreed, after all, Chen Qun and Xun Yu together are not as important as Guo Jia!

took Shi A, Xu Shu, and Zhang Fei to the upstairs, and saw two young people sitting at the table, one was about twenty years old, and the other was about sixteen or seventeen years old.

Seeing Liu Zhang go upstairs, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy saluted: "In Xia Guo Jiazi Fengxiao, this is my friend Xi Zhicai, who has met the champion Hou." ”

"Excuse me!" Liu Zhang smiled: "Since there is fate, why be so polite." Why don't I just call the two by their names, and the two call me by their names, okay? ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Let's call the champion Hou Brother Liu!" ”

"That's great!" Liu Zhang wanted to get closer to Guo Jia, and now that he got his wish, how could he not agree.

The two sides sat down, and Zhang Fei ordered someone to bring up the good wine. Although these wines are not as high as those of later generations, they are already considered good wines for a poor family like Guo Jia. Even if Guo Jia and Xun Yu had a good relationship, it was impossible for Xun Yu to take out the imperial tribute wine that was treasured at home to entertain him.

"Good wine!" Guo Jia took a sip and said: "This should be the royal tribute wine, it seems that Brother Liu is quite generous!" Even Wen Ruo only took out a small pot, but you took out a big jar! ”

"What is this?" Zhang Fei smiled: "If you go back with your eldest brother, you will be full!" However, if you enter the barracks, you will have to quit drinking! But I see your small body, most of the big brother won't let you enter the barracks! ”

Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Fei and smiled secretly in his heart: "This kid can also see that I want to recruit Guo Jia!" ”

Guo Jia ignored Zhang Fei, but smiled at Liu Zhang and asked, "Brother Liu came from Luoyang thousands of miles away, I don't know what is important?" ”

"Don't hide your filial piety, I'm here to recruit a few strategists!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted to enter Yingchuan Academy as a civilian, and maybe there would be a few strategists who were like-minded with me. It's a pity that before he entered the academy, his identity was exposed. I had no choice but to return! ”

"It's me who dragged down my big brother!" Xu Shu looked ashamed.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Brother Yuan doesn't have to be like this, and Champion Hou doesn't have to be angry. In fact, even if you go to Yingchuan Academy, most of them will be recognized. You know, how many families in the Yingchuan family have no official in Luoyang? Let's just say Wen Ruo, the first time he saw Brother Liu, he recognized you! If Brother Liu went to Yingchuan Academy, he would never be much better than just now! ”

"Alas!" Liu Zhang sighed and said: "The world's talented people are half Yingchuan, and the talented people of Yingchuan are born in the family." It seems that if you want to get great help, you can only ask for mercy! ”

"Brother Liu is too famous!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Wen Ruo and Changwen are both leaders of Yingchuan Academy, and I am just the prodigal son of Yingchuan Academy, I can barely be friends with them, how can I be considered a great talent!" ”

Liu Zhang stared at Guo Jia and said: "I know the talent of you and Xi Zhicai. To be honest, I came to Yingchuan for the two of you. I wonder if you two would be willing to help me! ”

Guo Jia put down the wine glass in his hand and asked, "I have a question, if Brother Liu can answer it truthfully, maybe I can consider following you!" ”

"Bonghyo excuse me!" Liu Zhang also put down his wine glass, and the atmosphere on the table suddenly became solemn.

Guo Jia asked: "Before Brother Liu went upstairs just now, it seemed that he wanted to send General Shi to do something, I wonder if Brother Liu can tell the truth?" ”

"Why not?" Liu Zhang said solemnly: "I sent him to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun!" ”

"Why did you kill Chen Qun and Xun Yu?" Guo Jia frowned and asked, "Do you have a grudge against them?" ”

Liu Zhang smiled: "Why does Feng Xiao ask knowingly? ”

"I know that I naturally don't ask! Even if you want to kill Xun Yu because he has some fame, why did you kill Changwen? Guo Jia also thought that Liu Zhang wanted to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun because of their talents, but Chen Qun and Xun Yu's reputation was not worth Liu Zhang's killing!

Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Fengxiao, I can't hide it, I want to kill them because they are talented, and they are so outstanding that they make me jealous!" In the future, whoever they assist will be my great enemy! Now that their reputation is not obvious, why don't I strike first? ”

"This..."Xi Zhicai was stunned, and Guo Jia didn't expect Liu Zhang to really say what was in his heart. However, Guo Jia is Guo Jia after all, and he recovered quickly. Suddenly, Guo Jia smiled and asked, "According to what Brother Liu said, if Zhicai and I don't serve you today, will we also die?" ”

"What does Bonghyo think?" Liu Zhang smiled mysteriously, but did not answer Guo Jia directly.

"Greetings to my lord!" Guo Jia suddenly left the table and bowed, and everyone was a little caught off guard, only Liu Zhang sat there safely and received Guo Jia's worship.

"Bong-hyo... You..."Xi Zhicai's face changed greatly, he thought that Guo Jia was threatened by Liu Zhang's words before he was forced to admit the master. If this is the case, Guo Jia is too spineless.

"Zhicai, haven't you seen it yet?" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Champion Hou is the master you and I are looking for!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xi Zhicai is good at political affairs, and his grasp of people's hearts is too far from Guo Jiashi.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Domineering, righteous, wise, and ruthless, these are all necessary conditions for the master!" Champion Hou doesn't need to say much about his friend's righteousness, and his domineering is also well known. The ruthlessness can be seen from his desire to punish Changwen and Wen Ruo. As for wisdom, Zhicai thinks that a person who can determine the talent of others based on hearsay will not be wise? Since the champion Hou has the qualifications to be a master, we should give him a chance. So I tested him just now, but he didn't hesitate to say what was in his heart! This is the use of people! Of course, if we don't work, then we really have to witness the ruthlessness of the champion Hou! ”

"This..."Only then did Xi Zhicai understand why Guo Jia called Shi A just now, it turned out to be to save Xun Yu and Chen Qun's surnames. He couldn't help asking, "Brother Liu, since you know Changwen and Wen Ruo's talents, why did you let them go?" ”

Liu Zhang sneered: "Chen Qun and Xun Yu are indeed talented, but if they can get Guo Fengxiao and Xi Zhicai, they will be ten million times better than them!" ”

"Why?" Xi Zhicai asked a little puzzled: "In the academy, whether it is Chen Qun or Xun Yu, their political and military talents are above me and Fengxiao!" ”

"They are indeed talented, but if you want to say that their talent is above you and Fengxiao, I dare not agree!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "What's more, whether it is Chen Qun or Xun Yu, they are all from the family, and the first thing they want to maintain is not the lord but the family!" I will have many decrees in the future that will run counter to the interests of the family. If I use them, I will have doubts in my heart! As the saying goes: use people without suspicion and suspicion. If I have doubts about them, why use them! ”

"They can't be used for you, and you don't have to kill them! If you have different political views, you will kill people, and you are too much! Xi Zhicai was still a little dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's desire to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun, after all, they were friends.

"The world is going to be in chaos!" Liu Zhang sighed: "The enemy of the enemy is the friend, there is no eternal friend in the world, only eternal interests." Rather than leaving them to fight against me, I should eradicate them, for I have no confidence that I can defeat these two men in a time of great turmoil. Of course, if there is Fengxiao and Zhicai to help, I can naturally let them go! Yingchuan is well known, Xun Yu is through military strategy, Xun Yu is through political affairs. But no one knows that the prodigal son Guo Jia is a ghost talent in the military, and Xi Zhicai is Wang Zuozhi's talent! ”