Filial piety and honesty were a method for discovering and cultivating candidates for officials during the Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition to being erudite and talented, the students who are lifted up need to be filial to their parents and behave honestly, so they are filial piety. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, those who did not have the virtue of "filial piety and honesty" could not be officials. However, the eunuchs seized power, and the relatives and the scholars fought endlessly, and most of the "filial piety" was monopolized by the local scholars. There are also many deceitful and sanctimonious people, and there are nursery rhymes satirizing: filial piety, ignorance of books, filial piety, and father's farewell.

Filial piety in one fell swoop a year, one county or two people, at the end of the year officially got the list, at the beginning of the next year filial piety to Luoyang, and did not immediately give the actual position, but into the Lang Office as a Lang official, to undertake the palace guard for a year and a half, only to the local official.

Chen Lin never worried about his filial piety, he just waited for the official document at the end of the year to come down, and after the New Year, he would go to Luoyang. On this day, Chen Lin is practicing the new font taught by Grandpa, called "Song Ti", which is the "magic weapon" that Grandpa gave to Chen Lin after the book of poems.

Chen Lin is now in Chenjiabao in the countryside, very quiet, and the little family suddenly came in and said: "Young master, the old lady called you over, I don't know what's going on." ”

Chen Lin came to Mrs. Chen after a while, and sat down respectfully. The old lady is very satisfied with this grandson, who is very smart and works hard. First, he asked how he practiced his calligraphy in his studies, and Chen Lin answered them one by one. The old lady said: "Bozhi, there is no need to worry about filial piety, there are still more than three months before the New Year's Pass, and yesterday I went to the Taishou Mansion to ask for a post." Recommended by Zhao Taishou, Bozhi can go to Jiujiang County, Jiujiang Taishou is Zhuojun Lu Zhi Lu Zigan, the young master from Ma Rong Ma Ji Chang, through the ancient and modern learning, for my dynasty Confucian, both civil and military, in the march of the matter of the matter quite insightful. You can go to the post, learn modestly, but you don't need to apprentice, just because the New Year is approaching, Bozhi can't stay in Jiujiang for time, and he has to go home. When I entered the Beijing Division next year, I will be a Lang official, and I will have to take some time, and at that time, I will find another teacher in Luoyang, and I will learn more skills. ”

So, Chen Lin took the four people of the small family to the east, one of them was Huang Yan, the son of Huang Long, the leader of the courtyard, to the east, through Ruyin County, then out of Yuzhou, and then southeast is Jiujiang County, because it lives in the south of the Huai River, also known as Huainan County. Jiujiang County governs Yin Mausoleum, leading 14 counties.

Rushui, Yingshui and Huaishui tributaries converge into the main stream of the Huai River in Anfengjin. Chen Lin and the others had just passed Anfengjin, and then went east to run for a day, and then they could go to Yinling City, the seat of Jiujiang County. Chen Lin felt that the birds in the forest were fragrant, refreshing and pleasant, so he reined in his horse and walked slowly, just when Chen Lin and the others were intoxicated. I don't know when seven or eight people jumped out of front of him, the first one was bearded and tiger's back, his appearance was majestic, his arms were suspected of having the strength of a thousand catties, his right hand was holding a three-foot steel knife, his left hand pointed forward, and shouted: "Which little baby doesn't know the way, quickly leave the horses, so as not to hurt the steel knife in a certain hand." ”

Chen Lin was trying to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the forest, and he didn't want to provoke a group of roadblockers, Chen Lin was angry in his heart. When he turned around, the four members of the small family met the robbers, and they had already pulled out their knives, just waiting for Chen Lin's order, Chen Lin was angry that the robbers were disturbing him Yaxing, and he didn't talk, so he pulled out his saber, hit the horses and rushed, a total of five horses rushed over.

Chen Lin's move really surprised the people who stood in the way, they thought that Chen Lin and the others were all young, and they would be over with a single threat, and they didn't want this group of teenagers to be so strong.

Chen Lin rode on the horse, squinted his eyes and raised his knife to run towards the roadblocker, on the horse saw the eight people panicked, trying to block Chen Lin and the others, the horse rushed and was not easy to stop, Chen Lin slashed at the thief under the horse, the man was clever, hurriedly squatted behind the tree, Chen Lin's knife cut on the tree, making his hands hurt for a while.

Chen Lin rushed out not far away, then turned around, and was about to rush again, not to kill this gang of robbers, and he didn't understand the hatred in his heart. At a glance, he found that there was one less person in his house, and when he looked forward, Chen Lin was shocked, only to see that the little family was caught by the person who was the leader around his waist and couldn't move. Chen Lin became more and more angry, and rushed forward again with a bang, determined to save the little family and kill all the robbers.

The bandit leader on the opposite side looked menacing, and he didn't care about others, so he turned around and ran after setting up the little family. Chen Lin only went to the bandit leader, and saw his eyes wide open on the horse, it turned out that the man was carrying a person in the walk, but the speed of the horse was not reduced, and his feet were like flying, Chen Lin couldn't catch up with him on the horse, seeing the bandit leader going farther and farther, he was anxious and worried about the safety of his own little family.

Chen Lin was in a hurry when he heard a scream behind him, and when he thought about it, he turned his horse and turned around, shouting: "Capture alive, capture alive." Xiao Jiading heard clearly, his subordinates showed mercy, knocked the two people with the back of the knife, and saw that the two were about to run, and Xiao Jiading wanted to chase after them again. Chen Lin hurriedly shouted: "Don't chase and don't chase."

Chen Lin dismounted to check the bandits who were knocked out, three people were hacked to death by Xiao Jiading, two people were knocked unconscious, and two more people ran away, but his own Xiao Jiading was taken captive by the bandit leader, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The small family members have been coming to the Chen family for nearly a year, and they have some feelings for each other, so they can't help but be anxious, Huang Yan hurriedly asked: "Young Master, this is ......?"

Chen Lin shouted: "You need to be calm when you encounter something, and frizziness is a big deal." This matter suffered a loss, but it was caused by not being calm", and asked the family to tie up the two well, and ordered the little family to pour cold water to wake up the two. As soon as the two woke up, they found that they couldn't move, and when they saw Chen Lin and a few people, they remembered what happened to Fang Cai, and the two of them hurriedly shouted: "Son's life, a crime deserves death, you shouldn't beat Childe's idea, Childe spares his life." ”

Chen Lin: "You shouldn't beat my idea, another day you will beat other people's ideas." The family next to him stepped forward with two feet, and his brother still didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so the family was naturally not polite: "The eldest young master asked, don't ask Hugh to speak, be careful to cut you down." The two of them were busy talking, and the two of them were really frightened by these teenagers, and they were not ambiguous at all.

Chen Lin spoke: "Say, where are you waiting for the thief, and who is the one who captured my family?" ”

The two of them hurriedly said: "The two of us were originally from Wu County, just because the family's fields were taken away by the master, and I waited everywhere to make a living, and the man claimed to be from Zhoucang and Guanxi." A month ago, I waited for a meeting before we met, and everyone saw that he had some strength, so they followed him, and a few days ago Zhou Cang said that he wanted to go to Jizhou, Youzhou and other places to find what is called a very 'great sage and good teacher'. Today, I saw a few people riding horses on the mountain, and Zhou Cang said that it was a long way to the north, and it would be good to have horses, so he ...... Woo woo woo, I hope my son will spare his life. ”

Chen Lin saw that the two of them were telling the truth, and asked again: "Where did Zhou Cang take my family's Ding to go?" ”

"Today, we live in a house not far away, the house should be left by the hunter in the forest, and there is no owner. After speaking, he kowtowed again and again.

Chen Lin heard the direction and hurriedly said: "If you find my family, I will spare the two of you, lead the way in front, and Hugh will have to play tricks." After Chen Lin finished speaking, he asked the family to take the captured family's horse and go with the two.

Within half an hour, Chen Lin saw a small wooden house from a distance, and a person in front of the house should have seen Chen Lin and the others, and hurriedly ran into the house, it was Zhou Cang. When Chen Lin came to the front of the house, Zhou Cang retreated from the family, put the knife on the head of the family, and said to Chen Lin: "I want a horse, otherwise I will cut it." ”

Chen Lin took a closer look at Zhou Cang at this time, this person is really majestic, compared to his cousin Lin An, he is still a little bigger, his eyes are simple, and he seems to be a little ashamed at this time. Chen Lin thought to himself, this person is not a vicious person, I am afraid that he only wants horses. Thinking of this, Chen Lin said to the two who were tied: "Go, I will spare you two today, if you do evil again, you will not be spared." When the two of them heard this, they didn't let go, and they didn't care about Zhou Cang, and ran away like a fly.

Chen Lin turned around and arched his hand to Zhou Cang: "The strong man respects his surname, and spares my family, everything is easy to discuss." Zhou Cang obviously didn't expect Chen Lin to be so polite, he still had to rob people and kidnap people, and seeing Chen Lin spare the two of them, Zhou Cang felt ashamed in his heart. He threw away the knife, closed his eyes and sat down on the ground, sighing with a sigh.

Seeing this, the family member behind Chen Lin hurriedly pulled the kidnapped family over and was about to raise his knife and slash at Zhou Cang. Chen Lin hurriedly shouted: "Stop, come back, I see that this strong man seems to have something unspeakable, don't come nonsense." The family hurriedly put away his knife and stood aside. When Zhou Cang heard this, he sighed again.

Seeing this, Chen Lin knew that his previous guess was not bad. Chen Lin untied a bamboo tube on the horse and said to Zhou Cang: "I am Chen Lin Chen Bozhi of Runan, and I want to go to Jiujiang County to find Na Lu Taishou to learn." I see that the strong man is not like a vicious person, but he does illegal things, is there any hidden secret, if the strong man can trust Bozhi, if he sits down in the house and drinks some wine to talk to me, he can also help if he can't prepare Bozhi. After speaking, he handed over the wine with a sincere face.

Since Zhou Cang became an orphan at the age of eleven, he was forced to pick and sell smuggled salt for a living, and he traveled to many states and counties, and he didn't know how many faces, but he had never seen a rich and noble family who was afraid of talking to him head-on, but the young master in front of him was very different, sympathetic to domestic slaves, and polite to others. Zhou Cang is also a person with a heroic temperament who treats people sincerely, hearing this, he hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of Chen Lin: "Gongzi is righteous, a certain Zhou Cang is a capital crime." After saying that, he kowtowed again.

Chen Lin and Zhou Cang drank and talked in this wooden house in the barren mountains and mountains, it turned out that Zhou Cang was a native of Chang'an, Guanxi, his parents were dead, and he went to school at the age of eleven to pick and sell smuggled salt, and it has been more than four years. Zhou Cang once got the help of a person wrapped in a yellow scarf in times of crisis, and later saw that many people had been helped by this person, knowing that this person called himself "Taiping Dao", and the great sage and good teacher were their leaders, who could solve problems for the poor. Recently, Zhou Cang really didn't want to run around, so he wanted to go to the north to find this great sage, so there was this scene.

After listening to this, Chen Lin remembered that Zhou Cang was carrying a person and running faster than a horse, so he asked why, Chen Lin thought that Zhou Cang was using what kind of divine object. It turned out that this week, he fought a small pick-and-sell of smuggled salt, walked through mountains and rivers, and often had to avoid the official army and strongmen, and over time he grew a thick layer of fur on his feet, not afraid of water and fire, and could walk quickly, known as "flying hair". When everyone heard such a strange thing, they all looked at Zhou Cang's feet, which made Zhou Cang's face flush and everyone laughed.

Chen Lin said again: "Zhou Zhuangshi is really a strange person"

Zhou Cang hurriedly knelt down: "Zhou Cang is reckless, he committed a crime, but Gongzi doesn't care, if Gongzi can afford Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang has some strength, and in the future, he will saddle up the horse for Gongzi, and hope that Gongzi will take him in." "Chen Lin already likes Zhou Cang's true temperament, and he can see that Zhou Cang is good, how can he not be. This week, Cang was also tired of the days of homelessness, seeing that Chen Lin's master and servant were harmonious, rare in the world, and the great sage and good teacher were far away, so he chose to vote for Chen Lin.