The room was not large, but it was brand new, with new curtains hanging on the newly built earthen walls around it, four beds on both sides, and a new case and a new seat in front of each bed, and the new case also exuded the smell of new paint, probably newly prepared. In the center of the room there was a fire pit, an iron frame, and next to it was a large pot, presumably for boiling water.

Gongsun Zhan was making his bed, when he heard the sound of footsteps, he turned his head to see Liu Xiu and the others walking in, smiled at Liu Bei, and when he looked at Liu Xiu, his eyes were a little complicated. He paused, got up and arched his hand at Liu Xiu: "Thanks to the reminder just now, I was saved from injury, and I thank you here." ”

Liu Xiu knew that he was talking about what he had just proposed to compare fists and feet instead of swordsmanship, and it was estimated that Gongsun Zhan now knew that he was not the opponent of that Wu Junhou, but he was embarrassed to admit it. He followed Gongsun Zhan's example, and bowed his hand back: "Why should Brother Bo Qi see outside, from now on, we are not only classmates, but also in the same house, and there is no need to say much about taking care of each other in the future." ”

"Exactly." Liu Bei was a little unhappy that he was robbed by Liu Xiu just now, he has always spoken to the outside world, Liu Xiu only rushed to the front when he was fighting, and now he even wants to rob things in this kind of scene, and he is so affectionate, he is really sick. He hurriedly stepped forward and gave a deep salute: "Brother Gongsun is not polite, we will live in the same room in the future, and there will be many times when we are tired of Brother Gongsun, so please don't get bored." ”

Gongsun Zhan had a good impression of Liu Bei, he smiled and patted Liu Bei's shoulder affectionately: "Although Brother Liu is not very old, he is old-fashioned and warm-hearted, and his skills are quite good, and he will also be a man in the future." Can you ...... with Brother Liu Ah, the two brothers Liu are also my grandson's honor. By the way, let's not be so polite, I'm from Lingzhi in Liaoxi, and now I'm a scholar in Taishou Mansion, cursive ......"

He suddenly felt a little surprised, and raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiu: "Brother Liu, are you ...... How do you know my word? ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback, and then remembered that he was a prophet again, and hurriedly covered it up: "Didn't Brother Bo Qi report to his family when he was competing with that martial artist just now?" I remembered. ”

"Do I have one?" Gongsun Zhan didn't dare to be sure, he looked at Liu Bei suspiciously, Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and he didn't dare to be sure, so he had to nod vaguely. Liu Xiu didn't dare to let them think too much, so he hurriedly interrupted: "My name is Liu Xiu, the cultivation of the Qi family, the cursive word Deran, is from Zhuo County." ”

Liu Bei also said: "I have a single name, a complete preparation, and a cursive word Xuande." ”

"Okay, then we'll be commensurate with words from now on." Gongsun Chan laughed loudly.

"Great, wonderful." Liu Bei replied, and the three of them glanced at each other and laughed in unison.

As soon as the three of them packed up their bags, sat down and chatted a few words, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, a young man walked in, bowed to Liu Xiu and the three of them, and while saying polite words, he took out three pieces of wooden tablets from the large pile of wooden tablets he was holding and handed them to their respective hands, and said with a smile: "You are new to the city, according to the rules, please write a farewell to each other, it doesn't have to be too complicated, just write the name, where is your hometown, what books have you read, Mr. should have an understanding of you, and then arrange the teaching." ”

Gongsun Zhan sat still and nodded, but Liu Bei got up and took Mu Jian, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask Brother Tai, which of Mr. Gaozu will teach us?" ”

The young man glanced at Liu Bei with a smile, with some smugness in his eyes: "If you have completed the "Analects" and "The Book of Filial Piety", then you will be taught by Mr. himself, and the others will be taught by Mr.'s eldest son." You can rest assured, Mr. is a Confucian, not the kind of Confucian who pretends to be a Confucian, as long as you work hard, you will have the opportunity to listen to Mr. Teachings. After speaking, he hugged his fists, confessed his sin, and withdrew.

Liu Bei stood by the door until he couldn't see the figure of the young man, then he returned to his seat and sat down, his face was slightly disappointed, Gongsun Zhan glanced at him, took out the pen and ink and inkstone, and said with a playful smile: "What, Xuande still wants to be taught by Mr. himself, and will come to Taixue to go around and be a doctor of Shangshu?" ”

Liu Bei smiled to himself: "Where would I want to be a doctor, it's just that Mr. is the first Confucian in Zhuo County in a hundred years, and now he is close at hand, but he can't see his dignity in person, which is quite a pity." As he spoke, he took out his pen and ink, and said to Liu Xiu without raising his head: "Big brother, go get some water, let's hurry up and write this confession to send it." ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows, and was about to have a seizure, but he eased his expression again, answered, lifted the kettle on the iron frame and walked out. Gongsun Zhan glanced at Liu Xiu's back, and squeezed his eyes at Liu Bei with a smile: "Xuande, your brother has a good relationship." ”

Liu Bei smiled: "We are not brothers, we are just from the same clan." Although De Ran doesn't like to study, he has a lot of strength, and he is a good hand at fighting, but he was sick a few months ago, and now he is still a little confused, and he will ask Brother Bo Jue to take care of him in the future. ”

Gongsun Chan smiled and nodded silently. He could see from what he had just done that although Liu Bei was young and his figure was a head lower than Liu Xiu, he was the backbone of the two. Although Liu Xiu is tall and big, his mind seems to be poor, so he can only obey Liu Bei's call.

Liu Xiu went out and asked two people, only to know that there was no well in the courtyard, and if he wanted to get water, he had to go to the sheep's head stream outside the yard to fetch it. Sheep's Head Creek is a tributary of holy water, because it flows through Sheep's Head Fu, so it is also called Sheep's Head Creek, and this section that flows through the peach forest is called Peach Creek by the Mao family, but outsiders still call it Sheep's Head Creek.

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, according to the guidance, he went out of the fine house, walked straight to Taoxi, hit the water, he didn't go back immediately, and sat on the big rock on the shore for a while. He doesn't have to think about it to guess what Liu Bei is doing now, along the way, he has already felt Liu Bei's faint unhappiness, but he doesn't care, anyway, he is not interested in getting close to these two unsuccessful guys, now what he has to think about is how to get in touch with Lu Zhi, if he can't even see Lu Zhi's face, then why do you want to leave Zhuo County with him?

The water of Peach Creek is crystal clear, and there are many fine stones that have been washed clean by the water, which are colorful and beautiful, and they are soaked in the water and moisturized like jade. From time to time, there are a few pieces of peach blossoms drifting with the waves, swaying and drifting from the surface of the water, the small fish in the water are not afraid of people, out of the water to bite two peach blossoms, as if tasting delicious.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment, decided to try with the calligraphy he was good at first, when he studied Tang Bohu, Tang Bohu's calligraphy can be almost like a god, the general study of calligraphy and painting people can not see, I believe that in this regular script, the line of calligraphy just began to appear in the Han Dynasty should be regarded as amazing, as for Liu Bei will look at it, it is not in his consideration, when the time comes to give him a sense of mystery that laughs and does not talk about it.

The idea has been decided, Liu Xiu is in a much better mood, he reached out and fished out a few stones from his hand, picked out two beautifully colored ones to hold in his hand, and prepared to keep them for later enjoyment, and then walked back with the kettle. As soon as he turned around, he stopped, looked at Wu Junhou standing not far away in surprise, and instinctively raised his vigilance.

"You don't have to worry." Seeing his nervous appearance, Wu Jun couldn't help but smile, and waved his hand to signal him to relax: "I just have a question I want to ask you, if it's inconvenient, you can not answer." Still, I hope you've answered well. ”