In Yanshi, forty miles away from Luoyang, Liu Xiu saw the symbol of Luoyang City: a gate, even if it is so far away, you can still feel its majestic magnificence.

"That's the Vermilion Que of the North Palace." Lu Min stood up in the car, looked at Suzaku Que, and let out a long breath: "When I first went to Luoyang with my father, I was stunned by it, and I didn't say anything for a long time, and I was laughed at. ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help but stick out his tongue secretly, looking at the Wolong-like Xiongcheng in the distance, and sighed. He didn't know if Luoyang City was the largest city in the world now, but he knew that it was at least one of the largest cities. In his previous life, he was used to seeing the metropolis, and he never looked down on the city of this era. The circumference of Zhuocheng is about eight miles, so it is naturally not worth mentioning. Comparatively speaking, Handan is much larger than Zhuocheng, with a circumference of about twenty miles, but Liu Xiu has no reaction to its scale except for a little feeling about the truly original city wall, first, because Handan does not have any tall buildings, the tallest is the city tower on the city wall, which is five or six stories high, and compared with the buildings of the metropolis in the previous life, which were often more than ten or dozens of floors, it is really not majestic.

To put it mildly, the office buildings of some of the town axes of the Celestial Empire are more powerful than the Handan City Gate Tower.

But when he saw Luoyang City, his disdain inexplicably faded a lot.

Luoyang City still does not have too many high-rise buildings, and it still does not have the style of a modern city, but when the city lies down quietly, it lies down with a shocking majesty, a great country, and a majestic self-confidence and arrogance.

Majestic city!

Liu Xiu sighed, inexplicably a little anxious. He didn't know how many years there would be in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he didn't know how many years there would be in Beijing for Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, but he knew that it would definitely not be too far away. Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the princes of Shandong Eighteen Road begged Dong, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, burned Luoyang into ruins, and the Luoyang City in front of him seemed to never fall and disappeared in the long river of history. With the fire lit by Dong Zhuo, the Han Dynasty of more than 400 years has also become history, and countless living beings have been tossing and wailing in this war that has lasted for decades.

Am I really just looking at it, just thinking about myself running away? Facing Luoyang City, Liu Xiu had doubts about his plan for the first time.

"A few more Frontier People." A few passers-by laughed and walked past them, and their words revealed the atmosphere and pride that are unique to the people of Kyoto.

"There's nothing strange about it, who let Luoyang City be the only one in the world." An old man wearing a scarf next to him smiled and said, glanced at Liu Xiu and the others, and when he saw Liu Xiu looking at him, he gently raised the dust tail in his hand, smiled and nodded in greeting.

He said Luoyang dialect, according to Liu Xiu, this is Henan dialect, thinking of the situation of Henan people in his previous life, Liu Xiu was full of emotion. Now Luoyang is the capital, Henan is Gyeonggi, Henan people are the proudest people in the world, once the time passes, Luoyang is no longer the capital, Henan is no longer Gyeonggi, Henan people have become a blind stream, synonymous with liars, it is really a trick. In fact, by extension, how can it be Henan people, the same is true of the Han people, today's Han people mention other ethnic groups are Hu people, barbarians, who would have thought that they would become third-class and fourth-class people in the future, and who would have thought that Han people would become barbarians.

This was true not only of the Han Chinese, but also of the Romans, who now dominate the West, and who probably could not have imagined that one day they would be compared to the Gauls, Angles, and Celmans, who are still barbarians.

"What a smug fart." Mao Zong was dismissive.

"One day, I will also become a native of Luoyang." Liu Bei said enviously.

Lu Min couldn't help laughing, he waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be excited, and specially called Liu Xiu to the side of the car and let him get into the car. Liu Xiu was helpless, knowing that when he arrived in Luoyang, he couldn't go recklessly anymore, so he had to get in the car and sit with him. People in these years pay attention to demeanor and calmness, even if his mount is a divine horse, riding a horse is not as good as riding a cow, even if it is a cart pulled by an ox.

"Deran, let's go to Taixue in the south of the city later." Lu Min said, "After you get to Taixue, you have to be more restrained, don't laugh as loudly as on the road, Taixue is a place where Han students gather, if you lose your reputation in Taixue, it will be difficult for you to get a reputation among Luoyang scholars in the future." ”

Liu Xiu nodded. He knew what Lu Min meant, if you want to have a smooth career these years, it is very important to have a good reputation, just think about Cao Ying sharpening his head and mixing with Yuan Shao and them, and forcing Xu Shao to give a comment with a knife.

Lu Min looked at him, still a little uneasy, and advised: "When you arrive in Luoyang, especially after you arrive in Taixue, you must not show your good impression of Duan Cheng." ”

"Why?" Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Oh, I know, he is a martial artist, and he is also attached to the eunuch." ”

Lu Min smiled bitterly: "Not only that, but there is another reason why he has the worst impression in the eyes of Tai students. In the first year of Xiping, Queen Heng Si Dou collapsed, and the eunuch Cao Jie and others wanted to bury it with the rites of the nobles, and some people left a word on the Vermilion Que que, telling that the eunuch erected a disaster for the government, and complained about the grievances of the queen of Huan Si Dou, and the eunuchs were annoyed and angry, and forced Liu Meng, the captain of the school, to arrest the person who wrote the book, Liu Meng thought that this was a good thing, and refused to pursue it with his heart, and he did not catch anyone for more than a month, because he did not want to arrest him at all. The eunuch turned Liu Meng to the left to advise the doctor, and made Duan Cheng, who was still in the imperial history at that time, a lieutenant of the school. As soon as Duan Cheng took office, he went out to arrest many people, and finally even led troops to Taixue to arrest thousands of Taixue. Taixue is a holy place in the hearts of the world's scholars, and he actually ...... actually led troops to arrest people, do you think the students can have a good impression of him? ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, there is still such a thing about the relationship Duan Cheng, no wonder his reputation is more stinky than anyone else, and even Xia Yu and other old departments are spurned, Zhao Yun and Zhang He are afraid of Xia Yu, as soon as Lu Min resigned, they left immediately, even if they didn't have an official job, they refused to get along with Xia Yu.

So here's why.

"Thank you for the reminder, I see." Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, called Liu Bei and the others to him, and ordered a few words one by one. Liu Bei and the others also looked at each other.

Taixue is in the south of the city, there are Lingtai and Biyong next to it, it is the important place of Han etiquette, Taixue is very large, the circumference is more than 500 steps, it is simply a small city, there are walls around it, the wall is in the middle of each open a door, there is a que in front of the door, the weather is extraordinary. At the peak of Taixue, there were more than 30,000 students, of course, more than 30,000 people could not all live in Taixue, many people with the help of farmhouses or inns outside, plus the market and other supporting facilities for these people, the scale was no less than a large county, and its prosperity can be seen.

There is still more than a mile away from Taixue, and Liu Xiu's cars and horses can't get in, and the roads are all blocked by cars and horses, leaving only space to walk in the middle. Among the people who come and go, most of them are broad-clothed scholars, one by one, with their heads held high, confident and calm, some laughing loudly, some whispering, among which there are many people who apply incense and powder, pretentious, and some are dressed plainly, holding Jian Ce in their hands, and hurrying by thoughtfully, but most of them are still talking, as if no one is around, and in the previous life, falling in love is the main subject, and reading is the same as the college students in the previous life.

"Why are there so many people?" Liu Xiu pulled a passing student and asked, this person is about forty years old, wearing a somewhat shabby shirt, his face is thin, and he looks malnourished, listening to Liu Xiu ask him, he struggled a little impatiently, and didn't want to pay attention to Liu Xiu, but later found that he was not Liu Xiu's opponent at all, and he probably couldn't leave without answering the question, so he said angrily: "It's not that Shijing is making trouble, these people are all here to expand Shijing, and the road is blocked, it's really annoying." ”

Only then did Liu Xiu understand, and remembered that the reason why Lu Zhi closed the Peach Valley Essence House and hurriedly returned to Jingshi was because he had learned the Stone Scripture too much, and his old man, as a great Confucian, actually failed to attend the grand event, so he rushed here as soon as he received Cai Yong's letter.

It's been so long and it's still so lively? He scratched his head, feeling a little surprised. In fact, this is also normal, there is no printing technology in these years, the spread of books rely on copying, copying books inevitably have mistakes, copying back and forth, errors naturally accumulate more and more, now you have to rely on knowledge, if the textbook itself is wrong, it is expected to be embarrassed in the future. Now that there are official textbooks, of course, everyone who has the conditions to come and see them, and it is best to extend a copy and bring it back.

Damn, if Lao Tzu opened a printing shop now, just like the wholesale textbooks of Xinhua Bookstore in the previous life, wouldn't it be distributed? Liu Xiu suddenly thought about it, not to mention anything else, just learn these tens of thousands of students, that is a customer group that cannot be ignored.

While thinking about the matter of opening a bookstore, Liu Xiu and Lu Min patiently squeezed forward, and after a long time, they finally entered Taixue. As soon as he entered the door of Taixue, he was suddenly a little happy. Originally, he thought that the outside of Taixue was crowded enough, but when he saw the crowded scene inside Taixue, he knew that the outside was quite loose.

You have to open a printing shop, it's a matter of money. Liu Xiu laughed twice.

"Deran, what are you laughing at?" Mao Yan came to the Central Plains from Northern Xinjiang, she was originally dressed a little too much, and then squeezed so far that she was so hot that she was sweating, and suddenly heard Liu Xiu's laughter, and suddenly felt cold all over her body, as if she had swallowed an ice cube.

"It's nothing, and suddenly I thought of a way to make money." Liu Xiu squeezed his eyes and said temptingly: "Are you interested in partnering?" ”

"Money junkies." Mao Yan pouted disdainfully: "In a place like Taixue, you don't want to study hard and enter the office, but you still want money, you are really hopeless." ”

"Indeed, I also think he is hopeless." Mao Zong and the others hurriedly fell into the well and expressed their contempt for Liu Xiu together.

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, "You guys pretend, when I get rich, when you want to get clean, see if I ignore you." ”

"And-" Mao Zong dragged out his voice, disdainful.

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders, caught up a few steps, and chased after Lu Min. Lu Min looked at the dense crowd next to the stone scripture, and his eyes were also a little hot, but he still knew what he was doing. "Deran, I'll go find Mr., you and Grandma are waiting here, keep an eye on them, don't let them make trouble."

"Alas, you go, I'm here, don't worry." Liu Xiu patted his chest and responded with righteousness and awe.

Mao Zong pursed his lips, "You are the one who will cause trouble the most." ”

Liu Xiu was a little annoyed, pointed at Mao Zong's nose and shouted: "If you are long-winded, don't blame me for revealing your old bottom." ”

Mao Zong's heart was weak, he didn't dare to talk more, shrunk his neck, and pulled Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to see the Shijing. Although Mao Yan is generous, she is a woman after all, and it is a little inconvenient for her to huddle together with a group of men to read the stone scriptures. Liu Xiu had no choice but to stand aside with her, chatting without a word. Liu Xiu wanted to talk to her about opening a bookstore, but Mao Yan felt that Lu Min was about to become an official, and then went to the Chamber of Commerce to leave a handle for people, and was not interested in this topic, so Liu Xiu had to secretly slander a few words, and kept it to make a lot of money in his own voice.

Liu Xian looked at the large lecture hall of the Taixue Center, guessing that this lecture hall was not as big as the school auditorium of the year, and suddenly there was a commotion from the Shijing, and several people pushed and pushed, as if there was a dispute. Liu Xiu glanced at it, he didn't take it too seriously, but Mao Yan pulled him, "Deran, it seems that Chengming and they quarreled with someone." ”

Liu Xiu looked closely, and sure enough, Mao Zong and the three of them were surrounded by more than a dozen scholar-like people, pushing them around, their little faces were red, Zhang Fei stared, clenched his fists and wanted to beat people, but they were stopped by Liu Bei. It seems that when they arrived in Luoyang, everyone was a little restrained, and even Liu Bei, who was usually brave and ruthless, was careful.

"You stand here and don't move, I'll take a look." Liu Xiu hurriedly invited Mao Yan aside, and rushed over in three steps and two steps by himself.

"Sir, you judge the judges." Zhang Fei, who was already on the verge of going berserk, immediately shouted loudly when he saw Liu Xiu.

"Yo, the student can't do it, the gentleman is out." A scholar about thirty or forty years old, dressed in a Confucian shirt, waved his hand, and the people around him immediately dispersed, allowing Liu Xiu to walk in. Liu Xiu laughed, arched his hand to him, grabbed Zhang Fei and whispered, "What's the matter?" Didn't you tell you to be careful, this is just a big piece of work, and you quarrel with people? ”

"Big brother, you can't blame Yide, that man is so angry, we just squeezed him, and he said that we are savages."

"Savages?" Liu Xiu is also on fire, he is still a learned person, how can he hurt people when he speaks.

"Well, Yide retorted, but we can't talk about him." Liu Bei said ashamedly, his eyes were full of annoyance, and it seemed that he had accumulated a lot of resentment, if he hadn't just arrived in Luoyang and was not familiar with his life, he would probably have broken that kid's stinky mouth. was in Ningcheng Hu City, but it was because he saw the wind and snow that annoyed Dou Hui that the dispute occurred.

"This gentleman ......" the scholar smugly reached out and patted Liu Xiu's shoulder, deliberately stretching the word "sir" very long, "Can I ask you a few questions?" ”

Liu Xiu's face sank, turned his head, looked at his white and delicate hands, and knew at a glance that he had never held anything but the pen, and said slowly: "This girl, please respect yourself, the saint classics are in front, don't you know the phrase 'men and women don't kiss each other'?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly, and shook his head while laughing: "Sir, aren't you looking badly?" I'm not a girl, I'm a student, these are my classmates, and they can all prove to me that I am a man to the fullest. ”

The people next to him also laughed, Liu Bei and the others' faces suddenly darkened, and they waited for Liu Xiu to come to relieve the siege, but they didn't think that Liu Xiu would say the wrong thing with one mouth.

Liu Xiu turned around, looked the person up and down for a moment, touched the back of his head, and said with some surprise: "Man? No, I see that your lips are red and your teeth are white, you are smeared with incense and powder, and you have the fragrance of your body, but you are not a handsome girl, how can you be a man? ”

The man smiled proudly, and the powder on his face tended to fall, making Liu Xiu feel disgusted. In fact, he also knew that the men of this dynasty already had the habit of smearing powder, and in the next ten years, the vulgarity of this man's female surname will become more and more intense. Although the guy in front of him is nearly forty years old and has crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, he is not only dressed as a woman, but also speaks a little sissy, which makes him very unhappy.

"Sir is mistaken, I am indeed a man with eyebrows."

Liu Xiu smiled secretly, waiting for your words. "The man with the eyebrows?" He touched his mouth and looked up and down twice, "You see your eyebrows, where is your beard?" Could it be ...... It's a ...... That one...... That one? ”

He deliberately said it in a hurry, but the meaning of the words was very obvious, the people next to him looked at the person's smooth chin, and also understood what Liu Xiu meant, and a few couldn't help laughing, Zhang Fei and Mao Zong understood what Liu Xiu meant, and immediately laughed out loud.

"It turned out to be a eunuch, hahaha......"

"You ......" The man was furious, and scolded loudly with a red face: "Where did the wild man come from, who dared to hurt people at the mouth of Taixue?" Do you think this is a wild place, this is where my Han elite is. ”

"Taixue is where the elite is, can it prove that you are not ...... That one? Liu Xiu said unhurriedly, his eyes glanced at the man's lower body with ill intentions, the man was taken aback, for fear that Liu Xiu would lift the hem of his clothes, instinctively covered it, and then realized that it seemed to be easier for people to misunderstand, and suddenly trembled with anger, "You...... You ......"

Liu Xiuyi shrugged his shoulders and became more calm: "What's wrong with me?" Is my beard real? Would you like to try it? ”

The man was crazy, he was born with a white face, and his beard was almost invisible, he originally regarded this as a good thing, so that he looked even more handsome, but he didn't expect to be emasculated by a wild man today. The thing he usually scolds the most is castration, and the thought that he is somewhat similar to those people is even more uncomfortable than eating flies.

"You don't have to talk nonsense." He let out a loud shout, suppressed all the snickering around him, strode to the stone scripture, pointed to the scriptures on it and said: "This is in Taixue, don't talk in vain, let's take the school examination and study the scriptures, if you can recognize the source of a few scriptures, and explain them correctly, I will take back the words of the savage and apologize to you in front of everyone." He glanced around, clenched his fists, and said, "Please testify." ”

In ancient and modern times, there are really many people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and before the words fell, someone responded loudly: "We testify." ”

As soon as they heard this, Liu Bei and the others glanced at each other, the smiles on their faces became a little sneering, and they turned around and wanted to leave, but they were stopped by the people around them and couldn't get out.

(To be continued)