The Confucian laughed and said, "Liu Taishou, if you go this way, you must be a moth to the fire, and there will be no return!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Since Liu Taishou's itinerary can be judged below, Yuan Shao's ministers and celebrities are like clouds, how can he not know? Yuan Shao concluded that Liu Taishou wanted to go to Jingzhou, so he would send a secret letter to Liu Biao, asking him to intercept and kill him halfway. If Liu Taishou thought that Liu Biao would remember the friendship of the same clan and surname and open up the net, it would be a big mistake. Liu Biao's people, tend to be inflammatory, afraid of Yuan Shao's power, must obey his secret orders, the previous Yuan Shao ordered him to intercept and kill Sun Jian, Liu Biao ignored the friendship between Jingzhou and Jiangdong and set up an ambush to intercept and kill Sun Jian halfway, so that the two sides were evil, how could Liu Biao let Liu Taishou cross the border lightly? If Liu Taishou insists on going to Jingzhou, it will be dangerous! ”

Liu Ze didn't think about the risk of going to Jingzhou, but compared to Jizhou and Yuzhou, this road is relatively safe, but pinning his hopes on Liu Biao's benevolence is more or less unrealistic, and after listening to the words of the Confucian scholar, Liu Ze couldn't help but groan. "Jizhou and Yuzhou can't do it, if Jingzhou can't go again, wouldn't I have to give wings and fly back to the plain?"

The Confucian man smiled and said, "There is a plan to ensure that Liu Taishou returns to the plain safely." ”

"I want to hear about it."

"To go east to the plain, in addition to the dry road, there is still the Yellow River waterway feasible, from now on from the east, but three or five days of travel, you will be able to reach the plain." The Confucian scholar pointed to the Yellow River surging east outside the window and said.

By water? Liu Ze's eyes lit up, this was a good choice, but he thought about it. Since this young Confucian could think that Yuan Shao's advisers were not vegetarians, they only needed to send a few ships to block the Yellow River channel to completely block Liu Ze's way back.

"Your Excellency can imagine, how could Yuan Shao not imagine that the Yellow River channel is so narrow, and it is very simple to seal it."

"The most dangerous place is often the safest, and everyone can think of it, but it will give people the illusion that Mrs. Liu will never go there. Not to mention that I want to go by water. Something has to be done. Liu Taishou could order his entourage to pretend to be himself, continue south to Jingzhou with great fanfare, and put on a posture of turning Jingzhou back to the plains, and there must be spies sent by Yuan Shao along the way. Once Yuan Shao got the news that Liu Taishou's brigade went south to Jingzhou. The Yellow River waterway must no longer be on guard. At that time, Liu Taishou only had to follow the boat lightly and quietly went down the river. God will return to the plains without knowing it. The Confucian man always maintained a confident and calm smile.

"What a trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea, wonderful!" Liu Ze laughed, this Confucian man's strategy was really wonderful, let his subordinates pretend to be themselves and put on the appearance of going south to Jingzhou, so that everyone believed that they were really going to Jingzhou, and secretly took a boat from the Yellow River waterway back to the plain to hide from the sky and the sea.

However, Liu Ze's mind is still sober, although this plan is wonderful, it is also dangerous, once it is discovered, it is completely equivalent to throwing himself into the net. Where did this Confucian come from and why did he help himself? Liu Ze didn't know, and he completely transferred the guards around him, once something happened, it must be captured, in case this Confucian was sent by Yuan Shao or other enemies, and deliberately led himself to the bait, it was not a deception, but a turtle caught in someone's urn. Thinking of this section, Liu Ze's back couldn't help but be dripping with cold sweat, once there was fraud, he would definitely die without a place to be buried. It seems that in order to distinguish the authenticity, it is imperative to determine the identity and intention of the visitor.

Liu Ze sank his face and said in a low voice: "Good thief!" I was almost blinded by you! What is hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, it is clear that you are invited into the urn! Say, "By whom are you instigated, and what is your intention?" ”

Zhao Yun "choked" and pulled out the green steel sword, directly across the neck of the Confucian scholar, and said coldly: "Thief! Dare to deceive my father-in-law, Zhao wants to see today, how many heads do you have! ”

The Confucian scholar was still calm and calm, looked up to the sky and laughed: "It is rumored in the world that Liu Runde is a hero of wisdom and bravery, great benevolence and righteousness, it is better to be famous than to meet, and today it is regarded as Erer, what is the hero, but he is just a suspicious person by nature, what is a big joke, such a person is also worthy of a hegemony?" Hahaha, just when I Xu Shu is blind, Mingzhu secretly casts, if you want to kill, you will kill, why bother talking! ”

Zhao Yun was furious and said, "Bold fanatic, dare to insult my lord, see if I don't cut your rap first!" As he spoke, he wanted to do it.

Liu Ze's heart was shocked, Xu Shu? Isn't it Xu Yuanzhi, one of the top strategists in the Three Kingdoms? Xu Shu debuted relatively late in history, and Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou to settle in Xinye, but after his debut, he became famous, broke Cao Ren's eight-door golden lock array, and defeated Cao Jun. Later, because his mother was captured by Cao Cao, he had to abandon Liu and return to Cao, but after returning to Cao, he kept his oath and did not set up a plan for Cao Cao in his life, so that there was still a post-break about him in later generations: Xu Shu entered Cao's camp - without saying a word. The reason why Xu Shu left a name in history, in addition to his mother and filial piety, the biggest credit came from recommending Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, and finally achieved the pattern of the Three Kingdoms.

If he is really Xu Shu, it means that he is not a spy sent by Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu. But there is still a question, Xu Shu once killed people in his hometown of Yingchuan, and later absconded to Jingzhou, where he became friends with Zhuge Liang, Shi Tao, Meng Gongwei, Cui Zhouping, and devoted himself to study, until Liu Bei, who defected to Jian'an in the sixth year. According to the time calculation, Xu Shu at this time has only just lived in Jingzhou for a short time, why should he hurry north to give advice for himself.

Liu Ze stopped Zhao Yun and said to Xu Shu: "Are you really Xu Yuanzhi?" ”

Xu Shu was slightly stunned, Liu Zewei was famous, but he was just an unknown little person, Liu Ze actually said his words in one mouthful, which is really strange, but most of the scholars in that era were arrogant and regarded the powerful as dung, since they dared to insult Liu Ze, they naturally did not intend to give in.

"Yes, it's Xu, but why does Liu Taishou know?"

Liu Ze smiled slightly: "I not only know that you are straight, but also know that you were not originally called Xu Shu, but Xu Fu, who acted chivalrous and righteous, and was jealous and hateful, only because he killed someone in the sixth year of Zhongping and absconded for fear of crime, so he changed his name." It stands to reason that you should be living in Jingzhou at this time, but why you are in Hanoi County is a strange thing. ”

Xu Shu snorted coldly and said, "What's so strange? When a certain was in Jingzhou, he heard the name of Liu Runde, broke the yellow scarf and cut off the horns, raised troops to fight for Dong, the word righteousness was the first, love the people like a son, jealousy and hatred, Pingyuan County under its rule is a surplus of food, the road is not left behind, the people are very supportive, so wise and brave and benevolent and righteous heroes, it is the Ming Lord who Xu wants to serve, is to come from thousands of miles away, but he never thought that he was blind and mislooked at people. ”

Liu Ze said quietly: "Jingzhou Liu Jingsheng's name is Bajun, Corporal Lixian, you want to seek the master, why do you want to be near and far?" ”

When Xu Shu heard Liu Biao's name, he looked disdainful and said: "Although Liu Biao is named a noble man of the Han family and a corporal of Lixian, he is indecisive on the inside, and he has no name in vain. ”

Liu Ze bowed and said: "At this very moment, Liu has to be cautious, just to test it with words, don't blame Mr. Yuanzhi." Mr. Wang Zuo's talent, thousands of miles alike, Liu is very honored. ”

Xu Shu was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect the peak to turn around, and it turned out to be such a result, so he hurriedly replied: "Shu has heard the name of Runde Gong for a long time, and he is sincere and sincere, and he is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Liu Ze clasped his hands together and said, "I am fortunate to be straight today." ”

Indeed, receiving Xu Shu in Xiaopingjin is completely unexpected by Liu Ze, Liu Ze's subordinates are not short of famous generals, but strategists are scarce, except for Jia Xu who was deceived by Liu Zeyu, Liu Ze's subordinates have no strategists who can be hung up, Xu Shu came to vote, which can be regarded as a charcoal in the snow. Liu Ze has always lamented that celebrities are difficult to accept, such as Tian Feng, he is courteous to others, and no one pays attention to them, I can't imagine that someone will take the initiative to serve on the way to escape, and he is not an ordinary celebrity. Xu Shu's ranking on the list of strategists of the Three Kingdoms is definitely above Tian Feng's, and the later loneliness is not that he is not talented, but that Cao Wei is full of talents, and with Cao Cao's suspicious character, he will never let Xu Shu, who is entangled with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, participate in his decision-making circle. Others are not suspicious, but Cao Cao is suspicious, and most of the talents who have been dug from the enemy camp are idle, such as Zhang Xiu, who is known as the king of guns in the north, and Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin army, Cao Cao's principle of employing people is that he would rather waste than be used by the enemy, so that later Zhuge Liang once sighed that Xu Shu's talent was buried, "Wei Shu Duoshiye!" Why don't they care? ”

Xu Shu was born in the Hanmen Shu clan, when he was a young man, he was jealous and hateful, he was uneven, he was a civil and military all-rounder, he was born from a humble background but did not tend to be inflammatory, he was extremely contemptuous of the powerful, and hated the landlord Haoqiang who oppressed the good, and one of his friends was persecuted by the local wealthy family, and he angrily assassinated the bully, and finally had to die in the world. Judging from his character and experience, Xu Shu admires Liu Ze very much, Liu Ze punished the strong warriors in the plains, helped the poor and the poor, and Xu Shu's ideals were completely consistent, which was also the reason why he made up his mind to serve Liu Ze.

In the choice of the timing of the effect, Xu Shu is smart, he did not go directly to the plains to take refuge but appeared in the place where he should have appeared at the most dangerous moment of Liu Zedong's return, and offered a strategy to hide from the world and the sea, obviously this is the result of his careful consideration, first, the icing on the cake is far worse than sending charcoal in the snow, and seeing loyalty in danger, and secondly, once the strategy is successful, it will be able to show his extraordinary resourcefulness, and it will definitely be reused by Liu Ze. (To be continued......)