"Huh-" Liu Xiu let out a long breath, sat silently for a while, then rubbed his hands together, wiped his face first, and then gently patted his whole body again, and then slowly opened his eyes, looking at this strange and familiar room through a ray of morning light through the crack in the window.

After three months here, after shock, fear, confusion, and a little rebirth, he had come to terms with the facts before him, and had put aside the useless grievances in favor of the more practical difficulties before him. From this point of view, Liu Xiu has always felt that he is a person with thick nerves to the point of shamelessness, and in the face of all difficulties, he can always concentrate on solving problems as quickly as possible, instead of indulging in those emotions that do not help.

It is precisely with this excellent surname that he used his life savings to exchange for an appraisal certificate issued by an expert, but was finally judged to be a fake, and after he couldn't afford to be ill, he spent ten years to make himself a master of counterfeiting, and then painstakingly set up a bureau, so that the brick family whose conscience was only worth 3,000 yuan paid the price of disgrace and bankruptcy.

On the night of the revenge, he burned the picture of the pseudo-Tang Bohu hairpin lady soaked in his heart in front of the spirit of the year-old friend, and then got drunk, but was attacked by two gangsters on the way home, he was an out-and-out weak scholar who laughed at the rivers and lakes in the art forgery, and he would pant like a dog when he ran a hundred meters, of course he would not be the opponent of the two gangsters, although he was angry like a mad dog, and resisted, but he was still stabbed twice, and fell miserably on the street, becoming a dead dog.

At that moment, he suddenly understood that the destruction of the original ** was the most complete and direct, and in the face of brutal force, everything was a floating cloud.

Maybe God has eyes, when he opened his eyes, he found that he was not standing in front of Yama to be tried, but was reborn in Zhuo County at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the four walls were very different from the environment he was familiar with before, but for him who didn't like the urban jungle made of steel and concrete, these four earthen walls were not so unacceptable.

What's more, he also got an unexpected gift, that is, his current body is very strong, as strong as a cow, if he was half as strong as he is now in his previous life, he believes that even if he is not the opponent of those two gangsters, at least he can slip away and not die so badly. Perhaps, he will stand in front of that brick family again, humiliate him once, and repay him once.

Although there is no evidence, he does not doubt at all that the two gangsters who seem to have met by chance are hired by someone, and maybe he can't find evidence, but he has never been a person who sticks to the so-called evidence, and he believes in his own power more than in front of the law that seems to be fair, but in fact has changed its taste, even if it is not strong enough.

There are no ifs in the world, so Liu Xiu doesn't think about those things anymore, anyway, as early as ten years ago, when he was preparing to take revenge on the brick family who was very well-connected inside and outside the circle, he was mentally prepared, not to mention that the current result doesn't seem to be the worst.

Although this result is not the best either.

Liu Xiu is only a master of artwork forgery, but not a historian, he knows the history related to artwork well, but in addition, he is still in the stage of listening to the story, more than three months, he still hasn't figured out what year it is, only knows that it is probably the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this is a place called Zhuo County, it should be the north, but where it is, he doesn't know.

To know this, on the one hand, he has a certain understanding of the furniture decoration style in the room, knowing that this is a thing of the Han Dynasty, on the other hand, because he heard that he has a younger brother in this life, although this younger brother is not biological, but he is a famous cattle man in history, and with his age, he probably knows that it should be the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous Yellow Turban Uprising has not yet appeared, the Han Dynasty is still like a gorgeous high-rise building, although the interior has decayed, the appearance still maintains an unbeatable grandeur and power.

After roughly understanding such an era, and knowing that although his new family was still well-off, it was definitely not powerful, Liu Xiu knew that the biggest problem he would face in the near future was to save this lost life. People in troubled times are not as good as Taiping dogs, although Liu Xiu is a bit bookish, he still understands this truth. He also has self-knowledge, art may be able to make him live a good life in the peaceful and prosperous times, but in the troubled times, it can't bring him even a trace of safety, even if you can write brilliantly, it is not as good as a knife.

Liu Xiu is not the kind of domineering bull, since his younger brother, who is said to be a natural nobleman, is destined to be a long-distance runner, running around all his life, and finally gaining a foothold in the southwest, why does he believe that he can shake the tiger's body, the hero to throw, the long sword to point, and the world to the heart?

Therefore, running away seemed to be a more feasible solution, and he now had a body that seemed to be well suited to running.

Therefore, Liu Xiu's most attentive thing now is to exercise, he regards exercising as a fraud in his previous life, and pays his whole heart, sitting quietly every morning and evening to nourish his qi, playing with those stone burdens and stone locks in the yard during the day, and going out for a long-distance run with weights at night, seizing all the time to make himself stronger.

And the cold gaze of the "father" and the distressed tears of the "mother" were not in his consideration, and he was not even interested in figuring out why this father looked at his son so indifferently, so indifferent that it was better to look at the younger brother who seemed to be far away from him, could it be that he was not biological in the first place? Or is it because that kid said something very awesome, I believe that he will definitely be better than his son in the future? Liu Xiu admitted that that kid would indeed be promising in the future, but at present, it seems that that that kid is not much different from other children except for being a little old and old, and he does not have the momentum of a natural nobleman at all.

Liu Xiu stood up, walked out of the room, moved his body in the courtyard, and began to fiddle with the stone locks again, until he was sweaty and exhausted, he sat on the stone locks, looked at the bulging chest muscles under the sweaty skin, and showed a satisfied smile. After resting for a while, he was about to get up and go to the front yard to fetch a bucket of water to flush his body, when a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old walked over briskly with a bucket and smiled before saying a word.

"Big brother, I brought the water, you rush quickly, see you sweat, it's not good for Abel to see it."

Looking at the gentle and almost flattering smile on the face of the young man in front of him, Liu Xiu smiled, although he felt that the content of the celebrity who concluded that he would be a noble person in the future was relatively high, but he had to say that even if it was nonsense, it was a bit of a doorway.

Because this young man is the allegiance that can make the enemies of 10,000 people Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun die, Zhuge Liang, who is wise and almost demonic, can go out of the mountain to assist, and Liu Bei, a hero who can stand with Cao Ying, the hero, and Sun Quan.

"Thank you." Liu Xiu nodded, Liu Bei smiled silently, put down the bucket, turned around and went to get a wooden basin, poured the water into the wooden basin, and before Liu Xiu, soaked a coarse cloth hand towel in the water, and then naturally turned behind Liu Xiu, while helping him wipe the sweat on his back, he smiled: "I'll help you wipe your back." ”

Liu Xiu responded, sat and did not move, enjoying the service of the future emperor of Shu, but he did not feel a little proud, but secretly frowned. Maybe it's because he saw a lot of hypocrites in his previous life, or maybe it's because he knows that this emperor, who really rose from the grassroots, is best at winning people's hearts, and he is a little instinctively wary of Liu Bei's actions today.

Because he has been in this world for more than three months, Liu Bei has come to see him several times, but he has never served so actively, on the contrary, when Liu Bei is in front of him, his head is always held high, instead of bowing his head as meekly in front of his "father" Liu Yuanqi and "mother" Tang.

Liu Xiu looked at the swaying reflection in the basin, looked at the slight immaturity and coarseness revealed between his eyebrows and eyebrows, and guessed what secret was hidden behind Liu Bei's abnormal behavior today. In order to deal with that brick family, he has been working hard for ten years, and he thinks that he still has some experience in figuring out people's hearts.

If the enemy does not move, I will not move.

Liu Xiu turned his back to Liu Bei, and couldn't see the expression on Liu Bei's face, but he felt that Liu Bei's hand to wipe his sweat was sluggish for a while, and then he regained his composure, and quickly helped him dry his sweat, and then turned to Liu Xiu, while scrubbing in the water, he said: "Big brother, seeing you like this, it must be okay?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Xiu smiled and nodded, curled his arms and posed, showing that he was so healthy that he couldn't say anything now.

Liu Bei glanced at him, handed him the handkerchief he had rubbed, and said with a sigh of relief: "Then I can rest assured, it will definitely be no problem to study." ”

"Reading?" Liu Xiu asked casually while wiping the sweat on his body. He didn't look at Liu Bei's face, but he was very surprised in his heart. He didn't know if Liu Bei liked to read, and people who thought that he could achieve a career would never be illiterate, but he knew what kind of person his body was, and he couldn't even find a piece of paper or a pen in his room, so he was definitely not a person who liked to read.

For this, he is mentally prepared, even in the so-called prosperous era, there are a lot of people who don't know words, and now the printing technology has not yet appeared, the spread of books is copied by hand, and it is impossible for people to read and hyphenate everywhere, and it can probably be guessed from the things in this yard that the original "Liu Xiu" is probably a person with developed limbs, a simple mind, and an illiterate character.

It's not surprising that he is illiterate, the question is that Liu Bei should know, why did he mention reading?

"Yes, Li Jun sent someone to invite Abel to the city, and he wanted to discuss with him about letting us go to study." Liu Bei stood up, lowered his head and looked at Liu Xiu, who had been silently wiping his sweat, and his brows wrinkled involuntarily. Liu Xiu suddenly fell into a coma three months ago, and lay on the bed for a few days, although he got better soon, but he always felt that there were changes in some parts of him, nothing else, the eyebrows were still the eyebrows, the eyes were still the same, but the common kind of unsparing demeanor between the eyebrows and eyes became faint unconsciously, and he no longer talked as much as before, and listened more, often having a strange feeling that made him feel that this Liu Xiu in front of him was another person.

Liu Xiu didn't speak, just smiled silently. He knew that the Li Jun that Liu Bei said was the famous man who asserted that Liu Bei would get ahead in the future, his big name was Li Ding, and he was a figure in Zhuo County, where there were few famous people, no wonder his "father" said nothing in the village, and when he heard Li Ding's invitation, he was very happy to go.

Seeing that Liu Xiu was silent, Liu Bei pursed his lips helplessly, and continued: "This time is different from usual, this time the gentleman is Lu Zhi, a university scholar from Zhuo County, Lu Zigan, he has been studying abroad as an official since he became an adult, if it weren't for his poor health and returning to his hometown to recuperate, it would be impossible for us to see him, let alone study under his door." The eldest brother must know that he is a disciple of the Fufeng Great Confucian Ma Rong, if he can enter his disciples, even if it is just a record, it will be no problem to be a small official in Zhuojun in the future. ”

Liu Bei said unhurriedly, it sounded very bland, but Liu Xiu heard a trace of uneasiness from it. As soon as Liu Bei mentioned Lu Zhi's name, he remembered that the reason why Lu Zhi was able to leave his name in history was not because of how good his knowledge was, but because of two students, one was Liu Bei, who was persuading him to study, and the other was the famous White Horse Gongsun Zhan, although these two people didn't seem to have much knowledge.

It turns out that until now, Liu Bei has not yet entered Lu Zhi's door.

"The eldest brother is dedicated to practicing martial arts, I probably don't know how many ways Abel has thought of in order to give the eldest brother a way out, now that the opportunity has come, he has become Lu Zhi's protégé, and when he mentions it in the future, even if the powerful Mao family listens to it, he will give three points of thin noodles." Liu Bei still said unhurriedly, his tone was light, as if he was not in a hurry at all.

The Mao family? Liu Xiu thought about it for a while, but he still didn't remember who this was, but from Liu Bei's accent, it could be heard that this Mao family was probably a figure with a head and a face nearby, and it might still be the kind of bully who was rampant in the township.

Worshipping a good teacher is equivalent to holding a golden job, this truth Liu Xiu also understands, although the previous life has canceled the system of passing on the torch between master and apprentice, but it is also a very long-faced thing for those who are studying for a master's degree and a doctorate to have a famous mentor, which is of great benefit to the competition in the future, not to mention the closeness of teachers and students in feudal society, such as father and son.

However, "myself" clearly doesn't like to read, why does Liu Bei say "we" and "how will you in the future"?

Liu Xiu was thinking, his "mother" Tang walked over from the front with a drooping face, and glanced at Liu Bei, Liu Bei immediately stopped talking, bowed down and bowed: "I've seen my aunt." ”

"Humph!" Tang snorted angrily: "You don't need to say more, not to mention that my family's Ah Xiu has been sick and his health is not well, even if he is not sick, he is also a person who has a headache when he sees the book, this is not a material for literacy and hyphenation, and he can't be a noble person like you." He won't go to study, and you don't have to persuade him, so he should go back and help your mother weave a few more pairs of straw sandals, and then take them to the county town to sell, and maybe you can raise some money for tuition. ”

She split her head and covered her face for a while, and Liu Bei was red-headed and embarrassed, so she had to say twice, turned around and ran away.

"And! I don't know what went crazy, but I actually want to read. It's okay to go crazy yourself, but I want to drag you to suffer, I don't want our family to pay for it......" Tang was still chattering about Liu Bei, who had disappeared, and his indignation was overflowing, and while he said, he took care of Liu Xiu and said: "Son, when your Ah Weng comes back later, you just said that your body is not well, and you can't read, do you hear?" ”

Liu Xiu suddenly realized, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, and said, "Mother, I also want to study." ”

Tang's words suddenly stopped, she pushed Liu Xiu away, looked at him with some concern, and said hesitantly: "Son, are you really not in good health, or are you blinded by those words?" ”