Zhe County, Chen County, Liang Family.

Zhuge Jin and Liang Bin took more than a dozen entourage, disguised themselves as pharmacists, passed through layers of checkpoints, and after six or seven days of travel, they finally arrived at the city of Zhexian County, leaving their entourage to wait outside the city, and the two walked into the city and came to Liang Xi's private house to visit.

Liang Xi is 25 years old this year, has a wife, and has a son and a daughter. When Liang Bin knocked on the door, Liang Xi's wife Jiang was washing the child's clothes in the yard, and suddenly saw that the uncle who had been out for half a year suddenly came back, and hurriedly got up and let Liang Bin and Zhuge Jin into the house to watch the seats, and rushed to the tea to entertain them.

Jiang Shi served tea to the two, then sat on the side and gossiped, and after talking for a while, he asked curiously: "I heard that your eldest brother said that you went to Hanoi to join the son of the general Yuan Shao, and you have been in the army for half a year, I don't know if your uncle has done it now?" ”

Hearing Liang's wife ask this, Zhuge Jin immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to impress Liang Xi's wife, with her blowing pillow wind in her ears, persuading Liang Xi to get twice the result with half the effort, and hurriedly said: "Madam, you have underestimated your uncle's ability, he has already become a military horse!" ”

Liang Xi worked as a small official in the county government and had a lot of contact with officialdom, and Jiang also read books and knew something about military positions. Jun Sima is in charge of 400 people, which is roughly the same as the commander of the county town, which is nothing in the eyes of the wealthy families, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he can be regarded as the number one person.

"Oh, Uncle is so powerful?" Jiang Shi was envious when he heard this, shook his head and sighed, "Alas...... is much stronger than your brother, and he was promoted to military Sima after only half a year in the army, and then for another year and a half. I'm afraid that my uncle will be promoted to lieutenant. Your brother has been working in the county government for three years, and he is still just a scribe! ”

After listening to his sister-in-law's complaints, Liang Bin hurriedly hinted at his sister-in-law's eyes, signaling her not to talk much in front of outsiders, and to go back and talk in private. Jiang Shi understood, so he stopped, picked up the teapot and filled the teacups for Zhuge Jin and Liang Bin.

"Sister-in-law, where did my brother go?" Liang Bin took a sip of tea and asked.

Jiang replied: "I was on an errand in the yamen, and I didn't come back until the evening." Recently, I have been busy with official business. It's often busy when it's dark, and the salary doesn't rise much, and the life at home is getting poorer and poorer! ”

"Huh...... There is some urgency along the way, and it is convenient to go to the toilet! ”

Zhuge Jin smiled "hehe". I found an excuse to avoid it for a while. Zhuge Jin knows. In front of yourself. This uncle and sister-in-law have something inconvenient to say, so it's better to avoid it for a while.

Sure enough, Zhuge Jin just went out. Liang Bin leaned in front of Jiang and whispered, "Sister-in-law, do you know who this gentleman is?" ”

"Seeing that he has an extraordinary bearing, is he an official?" Jiang hesitated and guessed, I don't know what the purpose of the uncle asked him like this?

Liang Bin quietly lowered his voice: "This gentleman is Bingzhou Gongcao, and his official position is greater than that of our Taishou of Chen County, he personally came to Zhexian County this time to persuade his brother to go to Bingzhou to be an official!" ”

"Huh? Great, Lord Gongcao actually came to invite you personally, so I have to let your brother be the secretary of the county government, right? ”

Jiang Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and his heartbeat rate suddenly increased a lot. The secretary of the county government is equivalent to the secretary general of the county party committee department in the future, which is already the highest official position she can imagine, and she can't even think of it!

Liang Bin said proudly: "Coming to Zhexian County from Bingzhou to invite my brother to come out is not the meaning of Lord Zhuge , but the meaning of Yuan Gong's fourth son, the new Bingzhou Assassin Shi and Pingxi General Yuan Mai." If Gongzi Yuan hadn't been busy with official business, he would have almost come to Zhexian County to invite his brother in person, and Lord Zhuge would have recruited his brother instead of Gongzi. Before coming to Zhexian County, Gongzi had already promised me that if my brother was willing to go to Bingzhou to be an official, he would immediately be awarded by the Jinyang Order! ”

"Huh? The son-in-law of the Yuan family wants your brother to be the county magistrate? Jiang Shi's mouth opened in surprise, and he almost couldn't close it.

Liang Bin glanced outside the door, Zhuge Jin had not yet come out of the toilet, and continued to lower his voice: "But no, our Liang family's ancestral tomb is smoking, and the official fortune is about to prosper." There are 140,000 people in Jinyang, which is much larger than our 40,000 people's Zhexian County, even our Chen County, which is only 170,000 people! ”

"Oops...... It's really good, you wait, I'll go to the county government to get your brother back immediately, let's clean up, and leave for the state immediately. A big pie fell from the sky, and it would be a fool not to go! Jiang stood up excitedly and walked around the room, eager to fly to Jinyang.

"Lord Zhuge is back, sister-in-law, don't say anything for the time being!" Liang Bin kept his eyes on the courtyard, and when he saw Zhuge Jin walking out of the latrine, he hurriedly signaled Jiang to be calm.

Zhuge Jin washed his hands and returned to the house to sit down and drink tea again. Liang Bin drank a bowl with him, coughed, and pretended to say: "Sister-in-law, Mr. Ziyu came to visit his brother from afar, and he can't let the guests wait for a long time, you go to the county government to find your brother back, let him ask for a leave of absence with the yamen, and delay it!" ”

"Huh...... Okay, you have a good reception Zhuge Da...... Sir! Jiang couldn't sit still for a long time, and he couldn't wait to appear in front of his man all of a sudden and tell him the good news. After listening to the little uncle's instructions, he immediately rushed out of the door.

Seeing this woman's fiery demeanor, Zhuge Jin secretly laughed in his heart. It is estimated that when he was away, the conversation between the uncle and sister-in-law was not much different from what he guessed.

Liang Xi is seven feet eight inches tall, burly to the bottom, with a white face, and is writing documents in the county office. When he heard from the messenger that his wife was looking for him in an urgent matter outside the yamen, he put down the brush in his hand and came out.

"Madame is not at home to take care of the children, and she came to the county office to find me, what is the matter?" Liang Xi went out, came to his wife, and asked in surprise.

"Hurry up and come home with me!" Jiang grabbed her husband's hand, and she was about to walk back without saying anything.

"Don't mess around, I'm on official business, how can I just leave?" Liang Xi hurriedly broke free of his wife's hand, and said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it a joke to be seen by someone who pulls and pulls?" ”

Jiang hurriedly pulled Liang Xi into the room, whispered in his ear for a while, and finally urged: "Wrongdoer, hurry up and go home to entertain Lord Zhuge , don't neglect others." This is the ancestral smoke, after this village, but there is no such shop, what are you busy with, don't even ask for leave, just resign! ”

Hearing that the son of the strongest prince today was going to ask himself to be the Jinyang Order, and sent a state Gongcao to recruit him, Liang Xi was also surprised and delighted. Over the years, I have been committed to the county government in order to seek opportunities to get ahead and soar. But the county order has changed for two terms, and no one has always looked down on him, so he can only endure the humiliation and continue to be a writing officer, but he didn't expect that he would have today, and the Liang family is really going to be developed!

However, Liang Xi's knowledge is not comparable to that of a woman after all, and he calmed down immediately after being excited, and whispered: "Duke Cao and Duke Yuan are hostile forces, and the news that we are going north to join the state must not be leaked, so as not to invite disaster." You go home to entertain the guests first, I'll go to the yamen to make a lie, and then go home to meet Mr. Zhuge ! ”

Since Liang Xi intends to become an official, recruiting him to be an official in the state is naturally a matter of course. After asking for leave from the county government, Liang Xi returned home to meet Zhuge Jin, and after three rounds of drinking, Zhuge Jin asked for his intentions, and Liang Xi agreed. The three of them discussed it and made up their minds to leave Zhexian.

Zhuge Jin and Liang Bin went out of the city first to wait, and Liang Xi and his wife packed up their fineness, took their children, abandoned other family properties, and went straight to the city gate. The chief of the city guard was familiar with Liang Xi and asked him what he was going to do, but Liang Xi lied that he would go to visit relatives outside the city, and he would only return to the city tomorrow, and he easily went out of the city gate.

After meeting outside the city, Zhuge Jin had already sent people to buy carriages and horses, which carried Liang Xi's family and horses for Liang Xi to ride. At the moment, it was divided into two roads, Liang Bin took a few guards to escort his brother and sister-in-law north to Hanoi, and Zhuge Jin continued to go south with the rest of the guards, and the destination was Wollongong, Longzhong, Nanyang, Jingzhou.

A few days later, Liang Bin and Liang Xi arrived safely in Wen County, the seat of Hanoi County, and came to the gate of General Pingxi's mansion to ask for an audience. When Yuan Mai learned about it, he immediately summoned him.

"Grass people Liang Xi visits Lord Thorn Shi!" came to Yuan Mai's study to deal with official business, and Liang Xi bowed his head.

"Huh...... Liang Ziyu came to vote, I am lucky! ”

Yuan Mai had already learned Liang Xi's words from Liang Bin's mouth, and immediately got up enthusiastically to greet him, personally helped Liang Xi up, and praised him: "Through your letter to Brother Ling, I can see that Ziyu is a talent. This time entrusted with the position of Jinyang Order, you are a good student to display your talents, if there is merit, I will not hesitate to reward! ”

"Thank you for the kindness of the son, so reckless, dare not swear to repay him?" Liang Xi knelt down again and thanked him.

In order to win people's hearts, Yuan Mai got up again to help Liang Xi up, and comforted: "Ziyu doesn't have to be polite, let's stay in the post house for a while, and when Zhuge Ziyu comes back from Jingzhou, he will go to Jinyang with me to take up his post!" ”

Liang Xi received the promise and retired with his brother Liang Bin. After Liang Xi's vote, a political talent was added to his command, Yuan Mai was very happy in his heart, and he was also excited when he reviewed the documents.

At this time, the envoy who went north to Youzhou to Gao Gan's autumn grain rushed to Hanoi from Jinyang, and reported to Yuan Maiyu that Gao Gan had allocated 200,000 stone grain and grass to Jinyang, but was robbed by black mountain thieves in Fanyang, and could no longer allocate grain and grass.

As for the trick of deceit, Yuan Mai has used it freely. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that this was a trick played by Gao Gan, and he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Gao Gan Pifu, you deceive me too much, do you really think that I am such a planner?" ”

At this time, more than 10,000 people have been recruited from various localities and counties, and the problem of grain and grass cannot be delayed. Yuan Mai was annoyed, and it happened that Tian Chou came to visit and discussed, and Tian Chou offered advice to Yuan Shao in Yecheng to ask for food in advance, so as not to be caught off guard when the grain and grass were in a hurry.

Yuan Mai thought about it for a while, and had no other way for the time being, but to ask his father Yuan Shao for food. In addition to begging for food, he also mentioned that he had no wife, and hoped that his father would be the master and marry Zhen Mi Xu to his wife. It has been more than a year since Yuan Xi's death, and Yuan Mai feels that it is time to marry Zhen Mi.

The messenger brought Yuan Mai's letter, left Wen County in the starry night, and quickly went straight to Yecheng. (To be continued......)