"Guan Hai, I heard Mr. Chen say that you want to serve me?"

Liu He's voice was gentle and kind, ringing in Guan Hai's ears.

Guan Hai hurriedly replied: "The son is generous and benevolent, and treats the people like a son, although the little one is from a humble background, he is willing to serve the son of dogs and horses." ”

Liu He encouraged Guan Hai and said: "You raise your head and speak, in my house, you don't have to be deliberately restrained." ”

Guan Hai then looked up and saw the young man sitting in a chair seven steps away in front of him. On either side of this son, there were two older scribes, with the same extraordinary air and serious expressions.

"Guan Hai, I heard that your martial arts are good, how did you practice them?" Liu He asked again.

"Back to Gongzi's words, when the villain was a teenager, he was guided by a stranger surnamed Deng who was passing by his hometown, so he practiced a few hands of fur kung fu."

"The surname Deng is a stranger?" Liu He muttered to himself, and suddenly remembered another martial arts master who was as famous as Wang Yue and Tong Yuan in this era.

"This stranger surnamed Deng came and went without a trace, and he didn't accept me as an apprentice at that time, but only taught the villain more than a dozen knife techniques, and he has never seen him again."

"What long and short weapons are you good at?"

"The villain has always used a long-handled broadsword, and he usually uses a short-handled knife for self-defense."

"How did you know Kang Chenggong?"

"The villain once followed a few fellow villagers to learn literacy together, and listened to the gentleman in the township often mention the Gaomi Confucian Kang Chenggong, and later followed the gentleman in the township from afar to see Kang Chenggong come to our county to give a lecture, so he had some impressions."

"So, you still recognize some words?" Liu He showed a curious expression.

"I don't recognize much, and I can barely understand the simple ones." Guan Hai replied honestly.

"Feng Xiao, write a few traditional Chinese characters for him to recognize." Liu He turned his head and winked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia then picked up his pen and quickly wrote down the words "letter, wisdom, etiquette, force, and strength" on the paper, and then put them up for Guan Hai to identify. What is surprising is that Guan Hai actually recognized these words that are difficult to say and simple to say.

"Hmm. Martial arts, literacy, not bad foundation, worth cultivating. Liu He whispered to himself, and asked Guan Hai again: "How old are you this year?" ”

"If you go back to Gongzi, the villain will Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today."

"Do you have a family with a young wife?"

"My parents starved to death last year, and I originally married a daughter-in-law, but the year before last, I fled to Xuzhou with the township, and now there is no news, and there are no heirs."

"My son is willing to accept you as a subordinate, and you may be loyal and reliable. Not afraid of life and death? ”

"The villain can't prove anything to Childe now, and I ask Childe to see how the villain will do things in the future." Guan Hai was bold and said the key sentence.

"That's all for today's meeting, you go down first." Liu He said to Guan Hai.

After Guan Hai was taken out of Lu by Shi A, Liu He asked Guo Jia and Tian Chou: "What do you think of this person?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Clear eyes, loyal face, calm and cautious, simple speech, is a usable person." ”

Tian Chou said: "I don't speak in a hurry or slowly, and I seem to be honest. In fact, he is quite scheming, and he can lead a team of more than 1,000 people, so he must have some means. ”

Liu He nodded, agreeing with the views of the two strategists. said: "We can't just rely on Tian Kai in Qingzhou, and we can't expect Kong Rong, a person who can only sit and talk about the Tao, if we support this person, maybe we can bury a key chess piece in advance." ”

Guo Jia said: "If so. Then it is necessary to ensure that this person is loyal and reliable, and cannot raise tigers. ”

Liu He said confidently: "It's not an important role, but it's just for him to toss in Qingzhou for two or three years." When we clean up the north and kill Yuan Shao, Qingzhou is just in the bag, even if ten Guan Hai rise up to rebel, he can't resist the crushing of the 100,000 army under my command! This time, I should give him a chance, whether he can grasp it, it depends on whether he has such vision and wisdom. ”

The matter of soliciting Guan Hai was decided, and Liu Hequan regarded this as an early investment in the nature of a ticket, and he did not care about whether he could get rich returns in the future. Compared with heavyweights such as Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang He, Li Ru, and Xu Huang, Guan Hai will enter the ranks of second-rate generals at most in the future, which is just icing on the cake for Liu He's overall strength and will not affect the overall situation.

As for whether taking in the Yellow Turban refugees will affect Liu He's reputation, it is not a problem, because starting from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, from the central court to the local government, the recruitment of Yellow Turban refugees from all over the country has begun, such as Zhang Yan and Yang Fengzhi are the big leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, Guan Hai is just a small fish, and it will not cause criticism from the people of the world at all.

Of course, Liu He's recruitment of Guan Hai this time was a major event for the remnants of the Yellow Turban in various places, because it symbolized that Liu He had opened a door to them, a door from which hope and light could be found......

Ten days later, a team of 500 people from the Dragon and Tiger Guard Cavalry Battalion escorted Zheng Xuan's family to Jicheng smoothly. The cavalry of the Zhenwu Battalion under the command of Xian Yufu sent Zheng Xuan's family to the junction of Jizhou and Youzhou, and then handed over to the Dragon and Tiger Guard cavalry, which was also a rule that Liu He's troops needed to abide by. Each army has a clear defense area and station, and without the authorization of the Jicheng Commander's Office, no team can enter the defense area of other armies at will, so as not to cause internal chaos.

At noon on the twentieth day of the lunar month, Liu He took Han Fu, Cai Yong, Zhao Gai, Qi Zhou, Guo Jia, Tian Chou, Murong Ping, Guan Hai and others out of the city to greet Zheng Xuan, and the children of the scholars in Jicheng and the students of Youyan Academy also went out of the city. Such a huge pomp and lineup only appeared when Cai Yong, a university scholar, arrived in Jicheng last time, which shows that Youzhou's respect for teachers is indeed from top to bottom.

Zheng Xuan looked through the car window at the waiting crowd not far away, and said to his son Zheng Yien, who was serving beside him: "Liu Shiren in Youzhou, there is someone who looks like a master!" ”

Zheng Yien said softly: "If you can find a pure land in Jicheng, my father won't have to run around in the future." ”

"I hope so......" The aged Zheng Xuan let out a sigh of emotion, then lifted the curtain and slowly stepped off the carriage.

Liu He saw Zheng Xuan get out of the car, hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said: "Foolish Liu He, I am waiting for Kang Chenggong here on the order of my father!" ”

Han Fu and others also stepped forward to salute Zheng Xuan, and there was a crowd of people outside the south gate of Jicheng for a while, so it was not lively.

Zheng Xuan returned the salute to everyone one by one, and suddenly saw Guan Hai standing beside Murong Ping, and then paused for a moment, and asked Liu He with some hesitation: "That person is Guan Hai?" ”

Liu He Da Lu smiled and replied: "Kang Chenggong's good eyesight is precisely Guan Hai who was influenced by you on the south bank of Jishui!" ”

Guan Hai had already shaved off his beard at this time, and he was wearing a brand-new samurai uniform, which was very different from his original image in terms of appearance alone. Zheng Xuanneng could see him from Guan Hai's eyes and figure, and it could be seen that his eyes were sharp, far from being faint.

Everyone surrounded Zheng Xuan's family and entered Jicheng, and Liu He only brought a few people to accompany Zheng Xuan into his new home in Jicheng. When Zheng Xuan saw that the various furnishings in the courtyard were similar to his house in Gaomi's hometown, he couldn't help but be deeply moved and realized the sincerity of Liu Yu's father and son.

That night, Liu Yu held a banquet in the Taifu Mansion to receive the wind for Zheng Xuan's father and son, and all the famous people in Jicheng were present, a warm and peaceful scene.

In the dead of night, Zheng Yien helped his drunken father back to their new home in Jicheng.

The study room where the earth dragon burns is warm and comfortable, there is a set of strange-looking furniture in the room, and on the desk with the scent of sandalwood, there are four treasures of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and the four treasures of the study, as well as a few rare rare books on Cai Yong's house.

Zheng Xuan leaned his back on the chair, stroked the table with some excitement, and muttered to himself: "If there is a father, there must be a son, I have seen Lord Taifu tonight, only to know that my Han has not reached the point of no return, maybe the Guangwu Zhongxing a hundred years ago will be repeated in Youzhou!" ”

"When I was leaving just now, the eldest prince gave me this thing, saying that it was specially prepared for you, and as long as you bring it in the future, you don't have to bow your head and look at those small words." While Zheng Yien was speaking, he gently placed an object with legs on both sides and two colorless transparent crystal pieces in the middle in front of Zheng Xuan.

"Oh, how can this thing do that?"

"The eldest prince called this thing reading glasses, and it is said that Scholar Cai also has a pair."

"Well, what Liu He can give his father-in-law to use, it will naturally not be bad, but I don't know how to wear it?"

"It's very simple, my father just needs to separate these two thin legs and hang them on the top of his ears to see things."

Zheng Xuan put on his reading glasses according to his son's instructions, then picked up a densely written book on the table, looked at it close to the oil lamp, and really felt much clearer.

"It's a great thing! Tomorrow, I will thank Liu Gongzi for the old man. ”

"Do as my father commands."

In Liu He's mansion, Guan Hai stood in a proper manner and listened to the teachings of the eldest prince before leaving.

"This time I went to Jizhou, you took this letter from my son, first went to Jizhou Mu Lu Zigan as a teacher, learned some art of war and the way of governing the army from him, and then went back to Nanpi to find General Xian Yu Chengbi to listen to his dispatch."

"Childe, the villain dares to ask, Lord Lu was ordered by the imperial court to clean up the yellow turbans in various places, with the identity of a villain, how could his old man accept me as a disciple?"

"You don't have to worry about that. If you continue to be a thief leader in Qingzhou like you did at the beginning, Lord Lu will definitely not look at you squarely, let alone teach you an art industry. But now you're doing things for my son, so that's another matter. After you return to Qingzhou, you will still show your original face, but you need to remember your current identity when acting, and you must no longer do things that deceive the people and harm the people, otherwise this son will immediately send troops to exterminate you! ”

"The villain remembers the teachings of Childe! In this life, I dare not forget the grace of Childe's remodeling! ”

"There is no need to say much about polite flattery, this son never cares about that, take out your practical actions and set an example for the reckless men from humble backgrounds in the world, and prove that you are actually no worse than anyone else, just like Chen Gui and Deng Hai in the Shenxi Army, don't embarrass me!"

"Ignorance, understood!" At this moment, Guan Hai puffed up his chest, and there was a tiger roaring in his heart. (To be continued......)