Liu Bei was also confused, and hurriedly squatted down to ask Liu Ze. Punishment? Liu Ze was at a loss, this kind of criminal law was unheard of for him. Liu Bei pointed to his hair and asked him what was wrong? Liu Ze suddenly realized. This short inch was just cut a few days ago, next to the scalp is only a few millimeters of the situation, the ancients did not cut hair, pay attention to the body hair and skin, suffer from the parents, dare not destroy, destroy it is regarded as a big unfilial piety. Punishment is to cut off the hair and beard of the prisoner, which may not be much physical harm, but on the spiritual level, it is undoubtedly a kind of destruction and humiliation to the victim.

During the Three Kingdoms, there was a well-known rank incident, which was the story of Cao Cao's hair cutting and acting as the head. Cao Cao's mount was frightened, trampled on the people's wheat fields, and he had to be beheaded according to the law he stipulated, but Cao Cao couldn't die, so he staged a drama of cutting his hair and acting as the head. Later generations have been criticizing Cao Cao based on this, citing Cao Cao as evidence of adultery, and taking a cut of hair to fool people. Now it seems that it is a big mistake, the ancients attached great importance to hair Cheng dù and later generations are different, Cao Cao can not behead himself can only retreat to the second, and sentenced to the next level of punishment - 髡 punishment, so "all the army is shocked", since then the military law is strict and no one dares to offend.

But Liu Zeke is a little embarrassed, if you are honest, it is estimated that the consequences are very strict, but if you don't tell the truth, how can you explain the origin of the short hair? His mind turned, and there was-

"I have been living in the mountains with Master, Master and his old man believe in Buddhism, shaved to become a monk, said that hair is three thousand troubles, if you want six clean, you must shave and take refuge in Buddhism, although I don't understand the meaning, but also follow Master's order to shave off my hair."

Gongsun Chen's eyes showed a hint of surprise and asked, "Master Ling really knows the Dharma?" ”

Liu Ze thought to himself, this second son is so concerned about Buddhism, isn't he also interested in Buddhism?

"Back to the second son, there are hundreds of scriptures hidden in the cave, and the family teacher often recites them. The family teacher often chanted, 'Bodhi is not a tree, the mirror is not a platform, it is nothing, what is the dust', and often says that color is empty, empty is color and so on, but it is dull and difficult to understand its meaning. "Liu Ze really doesn't know much about Buddhism, but it's not too difficult to say a few words of Buddhism that will be used in later generations.

Gongsun Chen's face showed surprise, and he no longer had any doubts, and asked anxiously: "I didn't expect that Master Ling turned out to be a monk who was proficient in Buddhism, but I don't know where Master Ling is now, can the little brother introduce me?" ”

Buddhism has been introduced into China during the Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has not spread on a large scale, Buddhism prevailed in the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, when the temples were numerous, the incense was vigorous, and it was magnificent. Although Buddhism did not prevail in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were also many people who believed in it, and some Buddhist scriptures were also popular among the upper-class scholars.

But this is all Liu Ze's own nonsense, what kind of senior monk master came from there, and said with a gloomy expression at the moment: "The family master has passed away a month ago, and on his deathbed, he asked me to incinerate all the scriptures and his body, and go down the mountain to find relatives and return to the world, so I went down the mountain to get here after dealing with the master's funeral." Afraid that Gongsun Chen would really want to find it, Liu Ze simply made him a "corpse destroyer".

Gongsun Chen sighed. "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that I missed out on the eminent monk."

Liu Ze's heart moved, it seems that this Gongsun Chen is also obsessed with Buddhism, but Buddhism has just been introduced in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Buddhist scriptures are still in a primitive state.

"Back to the second son, although the family teacher has passed away, although he can't remember all the scriptures in the next place, he can barely read a few volumes, if the second son is interested, there is a chance to write it out for the second son silently."

Gongsun Chen was overjoyed. "Okay, well, then there will be little brother Lao. It's just that now the little brother is injured, so let's wait for the injury to heal before writing. ”

Liu Ze responded, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, he couldn't imagine that a few marginal words had become a life-saving straw, and if he wrote after the injury was healed, it didn't mean that his head was saved, and his hands were also saved-how to write without his hands.

Gongsun Fan Ke was dumbfounded, when Gongsun Chen came in before, he promised to cut off the thief's head to get angry for him, and after such a while, things actually evolved into this, from Gongsun Chen's words, it seemed that there was still something to ask the thief, and he didn't mention revenge for himself at all. He was anxious, and stepped forward and said, "Brother, what about the revenge of the younger brother's severed finger?" ”

Gongsun Chen looked at him, smiled, and said lightly: "Third brother, it seems that this is just a misunderstanding, since these two Liu brothers are friends of the eldest brother, they are also friends of our Gongsun family, cutting off the head or arm of a friend, is it the hospitality of our Gongsun family?" In my opinion, the third brother, you also injured him a lot, this matter is settled, just forget it, how about it? ”

"Brother, my fingers - this is what they have been in this life, I ...... I ......" Gongsun Fan was so anxious that he almost cried, things turned out like this, but he didn't expect it.

Gongsun Chen laughed and said: "A strong man can still break his wrist, not to mention a little finger, a manly man, what are you afraid of!" Third brother, don't you like the white dragon horse that you are a brother, I will give it to you today for my brother, and I will give you a small compensation. ”

Gongsun Fan nodded helplessly, and glanced back at Liu Ze, his eyes full of resentment and unwillingness.

Liu Ze's face was relaxed, and it was not normal for Gongsun Fan not to have a little resentment in his heart, but with Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Chen to protect him, what if he was a gentleman?

Gongsun Chan said: "It's not early, and Brother Liu is injured again, so please ask the eldest brother to take him down to rest." Find a doctor to treat his injuries, and I will set up a banquet to make amends another day, and Brother Lao will take care of him in the next few days. ”

Gongsun Chan nodded in response, and was about to go over to help Liu Ze up, when suddenly there was a horn sound outside the city, echoing melodiously in the dark night sky. Gongsun Chen's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly gave a few orders, and then left with his soldiers.

Gongsun Xun also had a solemn face, and after telling Gongsun Chan a few words, he left. Only Gongsun Fan was left standing there with a face full of resentment, and that expression was more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.

Gongsun Zhan didn't pay attention to him, and Liu Bei and Liu Bei helped Liu Ze up and placed him in a room. Liu Ze's apple notebook and backpack with solar cells Liu Bei picked them up, the multi-functional tool knife had already been stuffed into Gongsun Fan's arms, the photo was torn, and the other objects were missing, and now it seems that there is nothing important.

Liu Ze was whipped more than a dozen times on his back, and he was dragged by a horse for an unknown distance, and his upper and lower bodies were completely covered and drenched in blood. Gongsun Zan ordered someone to find a doctor to treat Liu Ze's injuries. Liu Bei saw his younger brother's injury and couldn't help but cry again. But fortunately, it was all skin trauma, and it was fortunate that it didn't hurt the muscles and bones. The doctor applied medicine to Liu Ze's wound and bandaged it carefully, and Liu Ze almost wrapped it like a zongzi. Hearing that the doctor said that the wound was not in the way, it would be restored after more than ten days, and then looking at Liu Ze's appearance at this time, Liu Bei also burst into tears and smiled.

"Thank you Brother Gongsun for coming to the rescue, otherwise Ze would have been in a different place. Ze was injured and couldn't pay full courtesy, and asked Brother Gongsun to forgive his sins. When the doctor left, Liu Ze thanked him. To tell the truth, Liu Ze is sincerely grateful to Gongsun Zhan, without him standing up, he would have been chopped into pieces a long time ago.

Gongsun Zhan said with a smile: "Brother Liu is too polite, it is our Gongsun family who should make amends, and it is really ashamed to hurt Brother Xian into this way without asking for the reason." ”

"Ze is also wrong, he shouldn't have bitten the finger of the third son."

"That's his own fault, and he can't complain about the virtuous brother. My third brother is used to being arrogant and lawless on weekdays, that is, the second brother can cure him, if the second brother doesn't come today, I don't know how to save the arm of the virtuous brother? ”

When it came to Gongsun Chen, Liu Ze thought of Fang Cai's strange horn sound and Gongsun Chen's sudden change in expression, and he was always puzzled about what was wrong, but he didn't have a chance to ask. "I just heard a horn, and the second son left in a hurry, but what was the matter?"

"The horn sound is used by the Xianbei people to transmit news, and there is a horn outside the city to indicate that the Xianbei people are nearby, and the second brother is the county governor, and it is his duty to resist the attacks of the Hu people."

Liu Ze had just crossed over, and he really didn't know the situation here, he had been desperately trying to know what time it was, how many years it was A.D. - oh, there is no A.D. chronology now, it should be a certain era name of a certain emperor.

"What year is it?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but reproach softly: "Why is my brother so confused, I don't even know what year it is." ”

Gongsun Zhan said with a smile: "Brother Xian has been in the mountains for a long time, so naturally I don't know what year it is, this year is the sixth year of Xiping. ”

Xiping? Isn't that the era name of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty? The sixth year of Xiping is 177 A.D. Liu Ze blurted out without thinking about it. "So now the emperor is Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty?"

As soon as he spoke, the expressions of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei changed suddenly. Liu Bei immediately reprimanded: "My brother Hugh is talking nonsense, how can we say anything about His Majesty's name?" It is here, if it is known to outsiders, it is a capital crime of great disrespect! Hey, who are you referring to when you just said Emperor Han Ling? ”

Liu Ze suddenly realized that he was confused, and secretly scolded himself for being confused, the emperor's name was not only unspeakable, but also unusable, and he had to avoid writing articles and names, and there was also the temple number of Emperor Han Ling that Liu Hong only had after his death, how did he know when he was alive? Liu Ze, who was familiar with history, knew about it, but later generations were used to Emperor Lingdi, so he said it in passing, who knew that he had committed such a big taboo, and he could only say vaguely at the moment: "Fortunately, my brother has taught me, and my younger brother always remembers it in his heart and dare not forget it." ”

Gongsun Chan smiled, Liu Ze has lived in the mountains since he was a child, and it is normal for him not to be ignorant of the world. "It's not early, I ordered someone to send some food, and your brother will use it to rest early." After speaking, Gongsun Chan retired and left.