When Liu Bei said this, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, but his face did not show anything, he looked up at the man, saw that he calmly agreed, and got up happily, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

He thought that this person was not the kind of liar who went south and north to deceive, relying on such deception everywhere to eat white food, and in a blink of an eye, he felt that as a county guard, even if he gave people a few meals of white food, what did it matter.

Liu Bei thought so in his heart, the man didn't know anything, rolled the silk silk on the bamboo pole, and carried it in his hand, ignoring the surprised eyes of everyone coming and going in the bazaar, walking side by side with Liu Bei, calmly.

Back at the Taishou Mansion, Liu Bei ordered to go down, just a moment of effort, that is, to prepare a table of banquet, Liu Bei invited the man to drink together, only to say some anecdotes, the atmosphere was harmonious.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Bei put down the wine bottle and asked: "Listen to Brother Tai's words, the chaos in the world has come, and today's peace is just spring flowers and summer cicadas, which will go in a flash, and I am willing to hear the details."

The man's face was pale, and his back was slightly straight, but his body was thin and his back was slightly hunched, even if his back was straight, it was slightly rickety.

"The world is in turmoil, the eight kings stand side by side, so that the monarch occupies the plain, guards the western border for Kong Qingzhou, there is Yuan Jizhou, there is Liu Yanzhou in the west, and Cao Mengde in the east county, so that the monarch thinks that the prosperity of the plain, how much time is left?"

Liu Bei was silent for a while, and replied, "What does Mr. mean, should you make plans as soon as possible?"

It's just that after such a while, Liu Bei's title to that person has been upgraded from brother to sir, and faintly, he thinks that this person is only afraid that this person is not a cheater, but a real talent.

Such a subtle change, the man seemed to be unnoticed, nodded and replied, "Yes." The king has the ambition to help the Han family, when he knows the plain, and even the land of Qingxu, in a corner, but is in the north and south, whether it is Hebei to attack Huaiyang in the south, or Huaiyang to attack Hebei in the north, Qingxu is the first to bear the brunt, the north and south are heroic, and they must want to pull it out first. And then I will figure something else. ”

Liu Bei frowned, what this person said was actually what he was worried about, but what he was most worried about at the moment was actually Cao Cao, the Taishou of Dongjun.

Ponder for a moment. He asked sincerely, "In that case, in the opinion of the gentleman." How should I deal with myself? ”

The man's body leaned slightly. smiled: "There are three strategies for upper, middle and lower, which one is you willing to listen to?"

Liu Bei replied without thinking: "Let's listen to the next strategy first." ”

The man's body retracted and replied: "The land of Qing and Xu, although the northern and southern heroes want to get it quickly, but in today's situation, although there are many states and counties. There are only a handful of ambitious people, whether it is Hebei or Huaiyang. All have their own difficulties, so that Jun Ru took this opportunity to take Kong Qingzhou and replace it, take it as the foundation, and then take Xuzhou and Yanzhou counties, and wait for Hebei and Huaiyang to rise together, so that Jun Yi has full wings, enough to compete with the north and south. ”

Seeing Liu Bei's brows furrowed, the man didn't wait for Liu Bei to answer, that is, he replied to himself: "This strategy must make Jun make a plot as soon as possible, replace Kong Qingzhou, and make Jun Mansion benevolent. ”

Liu Bei nodded, whispered "um", looked up and asked, "What about the best strategy?" ”

"Make Jun abandon the post of the plain county guard, go south to Jingxiang, temporarily condescend to Liu Jingzhou, accumulate strength, and wait for the world to change, so that the king can find an opportunity to replace him, and then whether it is out of Nanyang, get involved in the Central Plains, or trace the river west, take Shuchuan, Hanzhong, and plot Guanzhong, it can change with the situation in the world."

Liu Bei's brows furrowed even harder, and three deep furrows appeared in the center of his eyebrows, and he was a little puzzled that the person regarded this countermeasure as the best policy.

The man didn't say a word, looked at Liu Bei quietly, was silent for a while, and estimated that Liu Bei should have thought about it, before explaining: "The plain, and even Qingxu, there is no danger to defend, and it is the place where the north and the south must fight, so that the king can not bear to be poisoned, and Qingzhou, with only one county, when it is impossible to compete with the north and south heroes, even so, why not jump out of the whirlpool of the Central Plains, take Jingxiang as the foundation, enter, you can go north to the Central Plains to chase the deer, retreat, or you can row the river and rule, and divide the world equally." ”

Liu Bei finally let out a long sigh and said slowly: "Liu Jingzhou has established himself as the king of Xiangyang, his ambition is in the world, how can he be prepared?" ”

At this time, Liu Bei blurted out a big truth, Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Bei in Pingyuan are all relatives of the Han family, and they can climb up to each other's relatives.

The man smiled and shook his head, and said repeatedly, "No, no!" ”

After speaking, he met Liu Bei's inquiring gaze and explained: "Although Liu Jingzhou has established himself as the king of Xiangyang, but from a certain point of view, although he is a celebrity, he has a false appearance, and it is difficult to have great ambitions. At this time, Jun's ambition is not obvious, looking for a reason, going south to Jingxiang, Liu Jingzhou will not doubt him, so slowly drawing, recruiting talents, why worry about the big thing. ”

Liu Bei raised his head to the sky, stroked his long beard under his chin, pondered silently, and only sighed for a long time, looked at the man, and asked, "In this case, let's listen to the middle strategy." ”

The man also seemed to have expected Liu Bei's move, haha smiled, and said: "So Jun is really a benevolent person, no wonder he can resolve the misfortune of the moth thief in Qingzhou, and gain both fame and fortune." ”

Liu Bei's face smiled bitterly, and he was humble, and the man said: "Zhongce, still based on the plains, recruiting talents, recruiting troops, expanding strength, and changing a little, that is, taking advantage of the situation to take the surrounding counties, swallowing them to strengthen themselves, but, at that time, so that the king must not save the benevolence of a woman, so as to miss the opportunity." ”

Liu Bei understood the first half of the man's sentence, and the second half of the sentence was a little dizzy, as if to remind him that being benevolent is an advantage, but once the benevolence is too much, it is the benevolence of a woman; It was as if he was faintly reproaching him, and he shouldn't be so benevolent that he looked forward and backward.

Because this so-called middle policy, from Liu Bei's point of view, it is not as much in line with the interests as Fang Cai's next policy, since this is the case, why not start actively planning now and replace Kong Rong, the Qingzhou pastor?

However, in the second half of the sentence, the man obviously did not continue to explain, Liu Bei pondered for a moment, then smiled, stood up, bowed to the ground at the man, and said sincerely: "Bei is not talented, today I listened to Mr. Gao's arguments, and suddenly felt that the mouth was suddenly opened, although Bei was dull, but he had the community and the people in his heart, Mr. Wanwang did not give up, and participated in the great cause together, Mr. is on top, and he is prepared for three worships." ”

The man was also calm, sat on the seat, and was bowed by Liu Bei three times, and then got up and bowed to Liu Bei: "Lord! ”

Baibi, the two of them raised their heads at the same time, hahadaxiao, extremely pleased.

The name was established, and the two of them sat down again, and Liu Bei asked at this time: "I don't know Mr. Bei's name." ”

The man bowed slightly, and replied with a smile: "A certain is Yingchuan opera Zhicai, no word." ”

After saying this, Xi Zhi stopped there and looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then hahadaxiao, and said to Xi Zhicai: "Although the family is prepared, the family is aging prematurely, and the mother depends on each other, weaving mats and selling shoes for a living, and many people at the time have a sense of contempt. When today's chaos below, there are aspirants, how to detain the background, what is afraid of the white eyes of the people, when the ancestor started in Tingsi, there are many slaughtering dogs under the account, and today to meet Zhicai, it is really a blessing for three lives, and Wanwang Zhicai is born in mind. ”

Xi Zhicai was moved, got up and shook Liu Bei to the ground, and said, "Lord!" ”

This time, Xi Zhi is sincere, when he was in Dongjun before, at Cao Cao's banquet, when he and Guo Jia and others signed up for their surnames one by one, he noticed that Cao Cao was obviously stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face was somewhat unnatural.

As for whether this is his own delusion, Xi Zhi doesn't know very well, but although he is well-known in Yingchuan Academy, those students with good backgrounds still have a lot of eyes on him, only people like Xun Yu can treat everyone equally.

At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly kept his eyes, suddenly stretched out his hand on the desk, and shouted: "No, the name of Zhicai, it seems that I have heard of it for a long time, well, Yingchuan Shi Guangyuan (PS: Shi Tao), do you know Zhicai?" ”

Xi Zhicai's heart was exhausted, and haha replied: "Brother Guangyuan is Zhicai's friend when he was in the academy, and Zhicai has come to the plain for a long time, and if he can't meet the lord in the market, he will go and ask Brother Guangyuan for introduction." ”

"Haha......, good, good!"

Liu Bei was very happy, and said well, without concealing the joy in his heart, Shi Tao joined hands with Cui Jun, the former Xihe Taishou Cui Jun and Cui Zhouping to defect to him, he once mentioned Yingchuan talents, although Liu Bei entrusted Shi Tao to look for him a lot, but he also knew that with his reputation and status, he was afraid that it would be difficult to attract these Yingchuan talents to vote.

No, it's not unintentional, but more or less intentional.

Drinking and chatting like this, Liu Bei and Xi Zhicai talked more and more speculatively, unaware that the sun was sinking in the west and twilight was coming.

Until I heard a thunderous voice outside: "Big brother! Liu Beicai smiled bitterly and said to Xi Zhicai: "This is Bei's third brother, a native of Zhuojun, surnamed Zhang Mingfei, the word Yide, a rough man, and a naturally loud voice......"

"Big brother, don't talk about the younger brother behind your back like this!"

Before Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhang Fei had already landed under his feet and walked in.

Xi Zhicai raised his head with a smile, and the first thing that caught his eye was a red-faced man, with a long beard under his chin, and red phoenix eyes, shining with fine light, not angry and self-assured.

"Oh, this is the second brother Guan Yu, a person from Hedong, the word cloud is long, come, two virtuous brothers, come and meet Mr!"

"Sir?!" Zhang Fei's big voice rose again, showing his figure from behind Guan Yu, looking at Xi Zhicai with unkind eyes, and said: "Where did this Mr. come from, isn't there Mr. Shi and Mr. Cui......"

"Third brother!"

Before he finished speaking, Guan Yu already shook his long beard, turned his head, and snorted, suddenly frightened Zhang Fei shrank his neck, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Guan Yu turned around at this time, bowed to Xi Zhicai, and said loudly: "Hedong Guan Yu, meet Mr!" (To be continued......)

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