Liu Bei touched his eyebrows embarrassedly and explained. Li Ding listened, was silent for a long time, didn't say anything, just let out a long sigh, shook his head, walked away, and threw the confused Liu Bei there.

"Li Jun?" Liu Bei was a little anxious, and he almost couldn't control himself and went up to grab Li Ding's sleeve. Li Ding's expression surprised him too much, when Li Ding came to their village in the past, he had to say a few words of encouragement to him every time, and his attitude was even gentler than when he saw Liu Yuanqi, what happened today? Could it be because he was engaged in the governance of Lord Shi and was promoted?

Li Ding didn't look back, as if Liu Bei didn't exist, and walked all the way forward. Liu Bei was dumbfounded, and there was a chill in his heart, it was not to stand there and walk, nor to stay. After a while, Li Ding and the others had already left the courtyard, and he had no choice but to return to the dormitory, sit there and think about it for a while, but he didn't understand what was going on.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiu saw that Liu Bei was depressed, and asked with concern.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, told him what happened to Li Ding just now, and finally looked at Liu Xiu for help: "Big brother, what do you say is going on, shouldn't I go and ask to see him?" ”

Liu Xiu was also confused, he blinked, looked at Liu Bei's anxious face, some wanted to laugh, and some couldn't bear it, so he had to comfort him and said: "It's probably the temper of a celebrity, don't worry, just ask again if you have the opportunity." ”

Liu Bei frowned helplessly, pulled his eyebrows at the wound, and couldn't help but gasp. He raised a hand and stroked the wound, and suddenly froze, and his eyes immediately became uneasy.

"Xuande, what are you?" Seeing this, Liu Xiu asked a little nervously. Isn't it just that the celebrity didn't see him, is it so serious?

Liu Bei raised his head, his gaze was a little cold, but he quickly eased up, his expression was stiff, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to laugh, but his voice was a little dry: "It's okay, I'm just ...... I just don't understand. ”

"Oh." Liu Xiu was a little hairy by him, and said in his heart, what kind of madness is this kid, is Li Ding not giving you face, what does it matter to me, looking at people with this kind of eyes?

Liu Bei sat for a while, picked up the kettle and said to go out to fetch water, went out of the house, and went to Taoxi to fetch a pot of water, but did not go back immediately, but found a dark place and sat down. He held his legs with both hands, looking at the lights in the Mao family's manor covered by black mountain shadows in the distance, and said nothing, like a black statue.

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For Li Ding's arrival, the Mao family expressed the most sincere enthusiasm, and Mao Qin, the head of the family, who had always been too lazy to move, arranged a grand banquet for Li Ding. Lu Zhi is naturally also an indispensable guest, he is even more noble than Li Ding, and he is arranged in the guest seat at the top, with Lu Min by his side. Li Ding sat down on the seat, and beside him was a middle-aged man of medium stature and a black face.

Mao Qin, who had a round face, looked at Lu Zhi and then at Li Ding, his eyes narrowed with a smile, there had never been such a distinguished guest in the Mao family manor, he felt that even the walls of the house were lit up, looking at his daughter Mao Yan who was accompanying him, he felt both proud and regretful, if it was a son, how good it would be.

Although Li Ding is a celebrity, but with Lu Zhi present, his posture is very low, and after three rounds of drinking, he gets up to toast Lu Zhi, and then dances again. Han Chinese often dance between banquets, and even sing and dance, and dancing after toasting others is a way to show respect. In Li Ding's identity, it is usually others who dance to him, but in front of Lu Zhi, a great Confucian who makes the entire Zhuo County proud, Li Ding has no capital at all, and in some procedure, he is even proud to be able to drink at the same table with Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi bowed down to thank him and said apologetically, his health was not good, and it was inconvenient to return the courtesy, so he had to ask his son Lu Min to do it for him. Although Li Ding was a little disappointed, he was not reluctant, and Lu Min got up and danced again to show his gratitude.

After Lu Min finished dancing, the middle-aged man also got up to toast Lu Zhi, and then laughed loudly: "Rou has lived among the barbarians for a long time, and has seen a lot of barbarian dances, and dares to dance a song for Lu Jun to help the wine, and I ask Lu Jun to forgive me for the rudeness." ”

Lu Zhi smiled faintly and bowed to him: "The strong man and the Han Hu, although they live among the barbarians, they do not forget the feelings of their hometown, and they are extremely admired. ”

Yan Rou bowed in greeting, raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it all, then held the wine glass in one hand and the wine jug in the other, whirling and dancing, singing generously, with the unique vicissitudes of the Northland echoing in the lobby, which made people feel proud. Yan Rou's voice was very thick and penetrating, not only the people in the hall could hear it clearly, but almost the entire courtyard could hear it.

Wu Junhou, who was eating in the outer courtyard house, suddenly frowned, the chopsticks in his hand slowed down, he slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, his eyes flashed, he got up and went out, looked at the brightly lit hall, and saw Yan Rou dancing at a glance, his eyes suddenly froze, he flashed behind the wall, and his thick eyebrows twisted.

After a while, he got up and went out the door, and walked out into the valley.

After Yan Rou in the hall sang a song, he saluted Lu Zhi with a glass of wine again, and then retreated. Everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very relaxed, and it didn't end until the end of the day.

When Mao Zong returned to the dormitory, Liu Xiu and the three of them had already gone to bed. However, as soon as Mao Zong pushed the door, Gongsun Zhan sat up from the bed, put on his clothes, turned on the light, and looked at Mao Zong quietly. Although Liu Bei didn't get up, he turned his body around, and looked at Mao Zong with wide eyes, I don't know if it was because of the light, his eyes were vaguely bloodshot.

Only Liu Xiu remained motionless and did not react at all.

Although Mao Zong drank a lot of wine and his face was a little red, his eyes were very clear, he looked at Gongsun Zhan, then at Liu Bei, and finally set his eyes on Liu Xiu, thought about it, shook his head and gave up.

"Deran can't help with this matter, so I won't call him up." Mao Zong said softly, staring at Gongsun Chan tightly with his two eyes: "Bo Jue, brother, I ask you for one thing. ”

Gongsun Chan smiled, did not speak, and listened quietly.

Mao Zong explained softly. It turned out that after Lu Min went to Zhuo County to see Li Ding, Li Ding reported the situation to Liu Yu, the master of the Assassin History, but Liu Yu did not immediately agree with Lu Min's suggestion, and he asked Li Ding to find Yan Rou, who was doing business in the city. Yan Rou had been in and out of Han Hu for many years, and he was familiar with the situation on both sides, and when he heard Li Ding's intentions, he shook his head again and again to express his objection.

Yan Rou's view is that Zhuojun is different from Shanggu and Liaoxi, among the counties and subject countries of Youzhou, Zhuojun is the farthest away from the Hu people, and although the Xianbei people have invaded the Han land every year over the years, they have never been to Zhuojun. If Zhuojun wants to prepare for war, it will inevitably restrict business dealings with the Xianbei people, and once this happens, the Xianbei people will inevitably be very annoyed, and they may harass Zhuojun to retaliate, but they will cause trouble.

Lu Min immediately objected, not because the Xianbei people would retaliate, then not to take precautions, on the contrary, to prepare for war. Yan Rou asked in turn, do you think you can prevent it if you are prepared? Now the main force of Youzhou is on the border, and in the face of the invasion of the Xianbei people over the years, they can only defend passively, and they have no strength to fight at all, where are the troops to defend Zhuo County?

Lu Min therefore mentioned the tribe of the Mao family, and he said that although it is impossible for the main force of Youzhou to come to guard Zhuo County, there are still many local forces in Zhuo County, as long as the guards and tribes of several big clans are organized, it is more than enough to defend Zhuo County. Yan Rou expressed disdain for this, he said that the main force of the Han Dynasty was not the opponent of the Xianbei people, how could he expect these private soldiers, these people are to protect Zhuangzi and prevent bandits, if they really want to fight, they are not vulnerable at all.

Of course, Lu Min disagreed, and the two argued. Li Ding couldn't make up his mind in the end, and reported to Liu Yu, who didn't agree with Lu Min's suggestion very much, but he respected Lu Zhi, so he asked Li Ding and Yan Rou to come to Peach Valley to meet Lu Zhi.