Gongsun Chen and other county government officials waited for the angels to announce the edict at the county office. Zhao Bao was loyal and filial piety, and was posthumously named the Marquis of Juan; Gongsun Chen broke Xianbei and was promoted to the Taishou of Xuansu County; A group of officials below the rank of county lieutenant were also rewarded. As for the vacant post of Liaoxi County Taishou, it was filled by Gongsun Zhan's father-in-law, Zhuojun Liu Taishou.

As a result, Gongsun Chan will not be able to leave for the time being, at least after his father-in-law arrives. He also persuaded Liu Bei and the two brothers to linger for a few days before leaving, but Liu Bei's heart was like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to fly back to Zhuo County with his wings, and Gongsun Zhan had no choice but to give up.

At the banquet, Liu Ze took out a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures copied and written down in the past few days and handed them to Gongsun Chen, although the paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty was relatively valuable, but it was nothing to the Gongsun family. Originally, Liu Ze planned to copy the Buddhist scriptures on paper, but after thinking about it, it still looked thicker and heavier on the bamboo slips, and it only took a few thousand words to write a few large volumes. As for the content, that is, he copied part of the content of the "Diamond Sutra" and the "Lengyan Sutra", one of which he did not have time to copy completely, and the other was really copied down, and the five cars of Xuefu could not compare.

Gongsun Chen, if he received the treasure, even said thank you. "I don't know what Brother Liu's next step will be after returning to his hometown and province? If you don't dislike it, Xuansu County still lacks a Peng official, I don't know if Brother Liu can give in? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked. You must know that Gongsun Chan is just a junior county official, and as soon as Gongsun Chen opened his mouth, he gave Liu Ze the position of a superior county official, and the superior county official was very easy to be promoted to a county official, with Gongsun Chen's appreciation and support, the young Liu Ze must have a bright future.

But Liu Ze has other plans, where is Xuansu County, he has never heard of it before, and only in the past few days did he know from Gongsun Zhan that Xuansu County was in the Shenyang area of the later generations, and it was a bitter cold land in the extreme north during the Eastern Han Dynasty, sparsely populated and barren. Now that he has set foot in the Three Kingdoms and has become the younger brother of Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei, there is no reason to follow others anymore.

"Thank you for the kindness of the second son, but I haven't seen my parents yet, and I have to meet my parents before making a decision."

Gongsun Chen was not reluctant, and smiled.

After leaving Yangle, Liu Bei and Liu Ze hurried up and rushed all the way to Zhuo County.

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Five miles south of Zhuoxian County is Lousang Village, there is a big mulberry tree in the southeast of the village, about five or six zhang high, the crown is like a cloud.

"Brother, do you remember this old mulberry tree?" Liu Bei held the reins, led the horse, stopped under the big mulberry tree, and slapped the trunk of the tree hard.

Oh, presumably this is the famous mulberry tree that Chen Shou wrote into the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei used to play with children under the tree when he was young, and said something like "I should take this feather to cover the car", which attracted a reprimand from his uncle Liu Zijing: "You wait for Hugh to talk nonsense, and you should be punished for the nine clans for saying this." ”

Now it seems that such a game played by children is a strange thing that no one has played in our childhood, but it was recorded in the "Three Kingdoms" by Chen Shou seriously, which proves that Liu Bei was extraordinary when he was a child, and now it seems that it is just a joke. If it was really someone who said something like this, or as Xiang Yu famously said when he met Qin Shi Huang: "He can take his place." It can be inferred from this that this person will definitely be able to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Throne in the future, so there will be only a few hundred emperors in Chinese history, and there will be tens of millions if you can't say 100 million.

Liu Ze shook his head, and became Liu Bei's younger brother in a daze, how did he know about the past?

Liu Bei smiled and said, "It's because my brother is confused, my brother was less than four years old when he left home, why do you remember this?" ”

Just as their brothers were talking, a person came over in front of them, Eguan Bo, and said from a distance: "Beixian's nephew has come back from his study tour?" ”

Liu Bei looked at it, it turned out to be his uncle Liu Yuanqi, and hurriedly saluted: "The little nephew has seen my uncle." ”

Liu Yuanqi looked at the unfamiliar Liu Ze and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Uncle, this is my long-lost brother Liu Ze, who met occasionally in Liucheng, Liaoxi."

Liu Yuanqi looked surprised and took Liu Ze's hand, excited.

"This is Zexian's nephew, I can't imagine that you have grown so tall since I haven't seen you for ten years. I think that after you were lost at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, your mother washed her face with tears and was in pain. God has mercy on you, Brother Hong's family will finally be reunited. ”

Liu Ze is confused, who is this? is so enthusiastic that he refuses to let go of his hand. Liu Bei smiled and introduced: "I'm afraid my brother can't remember, this is Uncle Yuan Qi, and our family is the same clan, our family is poor, thanks to Uncle Yuan Qi's Zhou Ji, I can go to school in Lu Gong School for my brother." ”

Liu Yuanqi? Liu Ze, who has read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is no stranger to this name, this person has a unique vision, sees Liu Bei's bright future, and takes out money to make long-term investments. His wife was not happy and said, "They have their own families, and how can you help for a while and for a lifetime?" ”

Liu Yuanqi simply ignored her woman's opinion, and still supported the same.

Liu Ze naturally had to pay a salute, Liu Yuanqi said: "Your two brothers should go home and meet their parents first, for the sake of the uncle." With that, he walked away.

When he arrived at the door, Liu Bei was already impatient to pull Liu Ze and push the door in.

is really about to step into the Liu family, Liu Ze's heart is a little worried, knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, will his fake "Liu Ze" be recognized by his mother? Liu Ze didn't have any bottom in his heart. To be honest, he was completely "recognized" by Liu Bei in a passive situation, but he gradually had a sense of identity with this identity, and subconsciously he really regarded himself as Liu Bei's own brother, if Liu's mother Deng really refused to recognize him, Liu Ze really didn't know what to do.

The courtyard of the Liu family is very small, the courtyard wall is only made of some liba, the main house is three thatched houses, and there are two lower wing rooms on the left and right, and a woman in her thirties is sitting at the door of the hall to embroider.

"Mother, look at who I brought back?" Liu Bei shouted as soon as he entered the door.

The woman looked up and smiled. Liu Ze saw her appearance at this time, although she was clothed and not powdered, but it was difficult to hide her dignified beauty. Her gaze also fell on Liu Ze's body, and her smile froze at that moment.

He ...... He...... It's ......"

"Mother, he's Ozawa! My own brother Ozawa! ”

"Ze'er......" The needle and thread in Deng's hand slipped to the ground, and she muttered to herself, as if she couldn't believe that this qiē was real.

Liu Ze knelt down in front of her, kowtowed, and said, "The child knocks to his mother." ”

Deng Shi could no longer suppress the tears in his eyes, and hugged Liu Ze tightly into his arms, crying silently.

There were a few coughing sounds in the room, and a middle-aged man walked out, with a slender figure and a thin face, looking at the qi qi in front of him, but he was a little puzzled. Needless to say, this is Liu Bei's father, Liu Hong.

Liu Bei stepped forward to salute, and reported to his father how he met Liu Ze in Liucheng and his many encounters in Liucheng, of course, in order to show that Liu Ze was indeed his own brother, and specially explained that he recognized him by virtue of the characteristics of Liu Ze with a blue birthmark on his left shoulder and a red mole on his right foot.

As soon as he heard that Liu Ze was beaten by Gongsun Fan in Liucheng and almost died, Deng cried even more sadly, crying and complaining about Liu Hong asking this and that, and saying that his child can be recognized even if he glances at it, what about you asking and interrogating the spies?

Liu Hong had to apologize to her with a smile, and finally Deng finally stopped crying and returned to the hall together. Deng hugged Liu Ze tightly, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, his eyes were full of love and pity.

Liu Ze was really a little uncomfortable, although he was only a fourteen-year-old now, but his mind was a forty-year-old mind, and it was a little embarrassing to snuggle up tightly with a woman who was "younger" than him. However, he still had a tremor in his heart when he saw the white hair on Deng's sideburns and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, for so many years she had been immersed in the pain of losing her son thoughtlessly, and her grief and longing made her beautiful face decay before she grew old, and his "mother" was really not easy.

At this moment, there was a hearty laugh outside the door. "Today is a happy day, why is my sister-in-law still crying?"

Everyone saw it as Liu Yuan's visit. Deng Shi hurriedly wiped away his tears and said with plastic surgery: "The concubine cried with joy, so that my uncle smiled." ”

Liu Yuanqi smiled and said: "Brother Hong's family reunion today, fortunately, Zexian's nephew has returned today, which is also the joy of my clan, and the younger brother has prepared a little wine and meat, so I think I will congratulate him." Liu Yuanqi was carrying a large jar of wine and a piece of pork.

"Let Brother Yuan Qixian break the bill again." Liu Hong said with a smile.

"There, there, it's a small meaning, it's not a respect, today Brother Hong lost his son and returned, you and my brother should be drunk before resting."

Liu Honglian claimed that it was okay that the Deng family had already taken the wine and meat and went down to Zhang Luo's meal.

A narrow case, a shabby straw mat, and a few simple dishes, this can be regarded as Liu Ze's first meal when he returns home. By the time he was in western Liaoning, Liu Ze had learned the Han Dynasty way of sitting – knees together, hips on heels, insteps on the ground, hands on knees. Although Liu Ze hates this way of sitting, he is at ease when he comes, and he has to get used to it if he is not used to it.

Liu Yuan raised his glass and said: "Brother Hong, two virtuous nephews, today can be regarded as a big day, we drink this cup to celebrate the return of Zexian's nephew to his hometown." ”

The wine glass is the kind of three-legged cup, which can be regarded as an antique in modern times, but the wine in the cup is unusually turbid, Liu Ze muttered to himself, can this wine be drunk? He took a sip gently, slightly sour, not too difficult to drink, and the alcohol content was very low, not much different from the rice wine of later generations, Liu Ze, who was used to drinking high liquor, was really not used to drinking this kind of wine.

Liu Hong was elated, and raised his glass and drank it all.

It just so happened that Deng had just brought a plate of dishes, and when he saw this, he couldn't help complaining: "Husband, you haven't recovered yet, and the doctor told you not to drink, why did you forget?" ”

Looking at Liu Hong's face and coughing, he should have been infected with wind and cold, but at this moment he laughed and said: "People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Ze'er can go home today, I feel a lot lighter, and it doesn't hurt to drink a few cups." ”

What else did Deng have to say, Liu Yuanqi smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is too worried, it's rare to be happy today, it's okay for Brother Hong to drink two cups less, don't worry, only drink three cups, never more!" ”

Deng didn't want to say anything more, so he said a few words and went down to cook.

Liu Yuanqi drank another cup and said: "Brother Hong, when I was a child, I saw that my two nephews are very human, especially Ze'er's virtuous nephew, when he was born, Brother Hong can still remember that the purple light looms above our ancestral tomb, and several white cranes dance around the tomb, such a vision is rare to see in a hundred years, I once said that this son will be rich and noble in the future." Today, Ze'er returned after ten years of tribulation, doesn't it really respond to the saying that nobles must go through a thousand difficulties, after this calamity, it will be a green cloud, and the future is bright. ”

Liu Hong coughed lightly twice, and said with a smile: "Where am I willing to forget, I have been thinking about it every day for the past ten years, and his mother has washed her face with tears all day long, God has mercy, and I can have a time to see Ze'er again, as for the glory and wealth, I don't force it, I just hope that their brothers can live a safe life, I wish it was enough." ”