In the evening, Liu Xiu and the three of them were chatting in the dormitory, when Mao Zong suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Mr. Xiao is back." ”

The three of them raised their heads in unison, looked at him with the eyes of a monster, and said in unison: "Come back, come back, why are you so happy?" ”

Mao Zong looked at them breathlessly and patted his thigh: "Li Zhizhong is also here." ”

"Li Zhizhong, which Li Zhizhong?" Liu Bei patted his brows and said impatiently.

"Which Li Zhizhong?" Mao Zong couldn't hide the pride on his face, he couldn't close his mouth happily, rubbed his hands and said: "Of course, it is Li Ding and Li Yezhong, the most famous celebrities in our Zhuo County." ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then stood up: "He...... Did he do it? ”

"Not really." Mao Zong's eyebrows moved, and he was so happy that his mouth was grinning: "He was ordered by Lord Assassin Shi to come to my Peach Valley to discuss the winter defense, and now he is talking to his father and Mr. Lu." Mao Zong leaned over to Gongsun Zhan and said with a flattering smile: "Bo Jue, I heard them mention you, and I should invite you to discuss the matter in a while." ”

Liu Bei was walking around the room, and when he heard Mao Zong's words, his eyes couldn't help but light up when he looked at Gongsun Zhan, and then he carefully glanced at the indifferent Liu Xiu, walked to Liu Xiu's side, and whispered: "Big brother, we can come to study, thanks to Li Jun's recommendation, we should go and thank you at that time." ”

Liu Xiu let out an "oh", and then he realized that they were talking about that famous man Li Ding. However, he doesn't know what kind of official he is in this governance, looking at Mao Zong and Liu Bei like this, it seems to be very big, and what kind of assassin is Lord Shi, who is the god.

Liu Bei saw Liu Xiu's dazed look, and he was a little anxious. Li Ding was originally the Gongcao of Zhuo County, in charge of personnel elections, to do things in the county, and it is the most direct way to follow him, and Li Ding has always had a good impression of him, and once said in front of others that he Liu Bei will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future, this sentence has always been Liu Bei's biggest reliance, and it is precisely because of this sentence that Liu Xiu's son Liu Yuanqi treats him so much. Now that Li Dingcheng is engaged in the governance of Lord Assassin Shi, it is naturally good news for Liu Bei, if you don't go to see you at this time, congratulate you in person, when will you stay?

Liu Xiu didn't know why, but Liu Bei was unwilling to lose this opportunity, he patiently explained to Liu Xiu softly, explaining Li Ding's important surname for their future careers. I thought that Liu Xiu would understand after listening to it, but Liu Xiu just nodded casually, still without any enthusiasm.

Liu Bei was a little anxious: "Big brother, according to reason, we should all go and ask for a meeting." ”

Liu Xiu frowned, a little impatient, he didn't plan to stay in the dangerous place of Zhuo County, it didn't seem to matter if he didn't deal with Li Ding, and he felt that Li Ding followed Lu Min to Peach Valley, there must be something, but he was afraid that he might not meet them indirectly from time to time.

"There you go." Liu Xiu was silent for a while, but still didn't plan to go: "Anyway, he didn't recommend me to come at first." ”

Liu Bei was speechless. Li Ding did recommend him alone at the beginning, and did not mention Liu Xiu, but because his family had no money, he asked Liu Yuanqi to go, hoping that Liu Yuanqi would contribute to himself. He thought that Liu Xiu was holding a grudge against this matter, and it was not easy to say it again, but in his heart he was a little disdainful of Liu Xiu's ignorance. Not to mention that Li Ding is now a close confidant of Lord Assassin Shi, even if he is still doing Gong Cao in Zhuo County, he is a person who cannot be offended, Liu Xiu will definitely regret it in the future if he doesn't take him seriously.

Liu Bei didn't persuade again, he stayed at the door alone, waiting for the opportunity to meet Li Ding.

Mao Zong was happy in his heart, and left without staying for a while, of course, he didn't forget to show off Li Ding's arrival in Peach Valley to others. After he left, only Liu Xiu and Gongsun Chan were left in the room, Liu Xiu looked at the book calmly, but Gongsun Chan was a little uneasy, he thought for a while, and suddenly let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong with Brother Boju?" Liu Xiu raised his eyelids and asked casually.

"Deran, you are really indifferent." Gongsun Zhan looked at Liu Xiu with some appreciation, "It's not like Chengming and Xuande, I can't see the problem." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Gongsun Zhan, rolled his eyes, put down the book in his hand, and smiled: "Brother Bo Jue, where did you start?" ”

Gongsun Zhan smiled slightly, stood up and walked to the door, glanced left and right, and looked at Liu Bei, who was standing at the gate of the second courtyard waiting to see him, and then returned to the house, bent down, approached Liu Xiu, and said softly: "What do you think of Lord Thorn Shi?" ”

Liu Xiu broke out in a cold sweat, who is Lord Thorn Shi, I know that he is hairy, and he still evaluates it. He avoided Gongsun Zhan's gaze with a weak heart, and smiled: "Brother Bo Qi is serving in the Taishou Mansion, so he naturally has the opportunity to meet Lord Thorn Shi." I'm just a country man, how dare I have such extravagant hopes, let alone evaluations. ”

Gongsun Chan blinked his eyes and couldn't help laughing, Liu Xiu's words made him feel very comfortable. Although he is a scholar, he is a person who guards the mansion and the son-in-law of the Taishou, and it is expected that he will rise step by step in the future, which cannot be compared with people like Liu Xiu. Liu Bei was in such a hurry to ask to see Li Ding, he could understand it, and even had some sense of superiority.

"What are you talking about, I'm just a calligrapher, with such good calligraphy as Deran, it's not easy to be a calligrapher in the future?" Gongsun Chan sat back on his seat and said with a faint smile: "However, I think Chengming may be disappointed." ”

"Why?" Liu Xiu asked puzzled.

"Because our Lord Thorn has always disapproved of waging war with those Hu people, he is a disciple of a saint, and he likes to treat Hu people with benevolence, virtue and tenderness. After listening to my words, Mr. Lu must have gone to the county to persuade them to repair their armaments and accumulate grain and grass in case the Hu people attacked, which was contrary to what Lord Assassin Shi had always claimed. ”

Gongsun Chan explained a few words, and Liu Xiu understood a little that the current Youzhou assassin is called Liu Yu, who believes in Confucianism, and his policy towards the Hu people is just the opposite of Gongsun Zhan, so Gongsun Chan is very disappreciative of him. Liu Xiu didn't have a good impression of these two people, but he had an antipathy to Confucianism from the bottom of his heart, and what he especially hated was this kind of ruler who was gentle to foreigners and had a different face towards his own people, so he naturally showed a disdainful expression, and really echoed Gongsun Zhan's words.

Seeing that Liu Xiu agreed with him, Gongsun Zhan was in a good mood, and naturally let go of his words, and made some disrespectful remarks to Liu Yu. Just as he was talking happily, Mao Zong came over again to invite Gongsun Zhan over. Although Gongsun Chan had some slander against Liu Yu, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and followed Mao Zong. Liu Xiu sat alone in the room, thinking back to what Gongsun Chan had just said, and sighed secretly. He vaguely remembered that Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu seemed to be a pair of enemies, and they would fight each other in the future, but he didn't expect that their conflict was ultimately due to differences in policy towards the Hu people.

Liu Bei stood at the bottom of the stairs, watched Gongsun Chan hurriedly enter the atrium behind Mao Zong, and sighed secretly, if he wanted to ask Li Ding, he had to stand here obediently, but Gongsun Chan was invited over, and the gap here was really unusual. However, he respected Gongsun Chan very much, but he didn't have any jealousy, on the contrary, he felt that Gongsun Chan deserved it.

I don't know how long it took, Gongsun Chan finally retreated, although his face was calm, but his hurried steps made people feel a little bad atmosphere. Although Liu Bei was curious, he didn't ask, he still stood there motionless and waited.

After another moment, Li Ding and the others walked out accompanied by Mao Qin, the head of the Mao family, Liu Bei hurriedly took two steps forward and said loudly: "Liu Bei, a boy from the township, meet Li Jun and ask Li Jun how he is doing." ”

Li Ding is about forty years old, looks very elegant, when he saw that it was Liu Bei, a reserved smile appeared on his face, stopped, looked at Liu Bei who bowed and saluted, and was about to speak, when he suddenly frowned: "What's the matter with your eyebrows?" ”