Beirong retreated, the danger of Caozhou was lifted, Ji Qingchen, as the commander of the three armies, handed over the military affairs to Cheng Qianfan and Xiang Ziyu and others, he started to be the shopkeeper himself, and after he was idle, he remembered the advice of Ye Qingzhi, the temporary uncle of the king, and asked him to find Liu Wen, a famous man, after arriving in Caozhou, and let Liu Wen be born to assist him.

He was at war with Beirong in Caozhou just now, and he didn't have time to delay this matter until now, and then he had enough time to prepare to go to Jiming Mountain to meet this famous man who was very admired by his uncle.

Caozhou is not far from Jiming Mountain, about 400 miles away, and it only takes two or two days to travel quickly.

So Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng left Caozhou City and arrived at Jiming Mountain one afternoon two days later.

Jiming Mountain is not big, but there are dense forests within a radius of several miles, which are not suitable for farming, so there are no people in this vicinity. When Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng arrived at Jiming Mountain, it was already late, and the two hurriedly went into the mountain and searched in the dense forest for nearly two hours before they found a small courtyard and a few thatched huts by a small stream.

It was getting late and the mountains were cold.

When the two arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they knocked on the door for a long time, and only then did a scholar who was about thirteen or fourteen years old open the door and poked his head out and asked, "Who are you?" Is there anything going on here late at night? ”

Li Changzheng was just about to step forward to answer but was stopped by Ji Qingchen, he personally stepped forward and said to the scholar, "Please trouble me to tell Mr. Berkey, just say that Ji Qingchen is asking to see him outside the door." ”

"The teacher has rested, you have something to do and come back tomorrow!" The scholar said.

"We came all the way from Caozhou, in order to see Mr. Burkey, we are short of time and can't stay in Jiming Mountain, and ask the scholar to tell Mr. Berkey when he wakes up, and say that we are waiting for him outside the door." Ji Qingchen said politely. He wants to leave and come back tomorrow, but there is nowhere to go out of the mountains late at night!

"Leave it to yourself!" The scholar said a little unhappily, people often look for their husband, he has seen too many people like Ji Qingchen, so when he saw the two of them standing quietly by the door, he didn't care about Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng, and closed the door with a "clang".

"This-" Li Changzheng saw that the scholar didn't even mean to invite the two of them to the courtyard for a meeting, but directly closed them and ignored the two, he was very angry and scolded, "Brother Jiu, this is too arrogant, isn't it?" ”

"Don't worry, let's wait a little, maybe Mr. Liu will wake up soon." Ji Qingchen said, "On the Long March, you want all celebrities to have personalities and tempers, otherwise how can they show their mavericks?" ”

"Hmph—Bird Celebrity!" Li Changzheng muttered.

Hearing Li Changzheng's muttering, Ji Qingchen didn't say anything more. Because Li Changzheng was born in a military family, he is a standard soldier, so he naturally doesn't know how much of a celebrity can play a role for Ji Qingchen.

Moreover, Uncle Ye Qingzhi had already told Ji Qingchen that it was difficult to invite Liu Wen out of the mountain, so Ji Qingchen had already prepared in his heart, so he didn't pay attention to the scholar's disdain for the two of them just now. Besides, Liu Wen and Liu Boji are characters on a par with the madman Gu Qi and Gu Kaizhi, if he goes out of the mountain to assist him so easily, it will make Ji Qingchen very disappointed in this famous man who is good at conspiracy and power.

However, God is really not beautiful.

Just when Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng were about to wait outside the courtyard for a night, it suddenly snowed heavily, and the snowflakes were flying, covering the entire mountain forest in an instant.

"Your Highness, it's too cold here, let's find a place to hide!" Li Changzheng shivered from the cold, and he said to Ji Qingchen who was standing at the door.

"There's nowhere to hide nearby, so let's wait!" Ji Qingchen said. He also wanted to hide in a place where there was no snow, to avoid the snow, but there was no place to hide nearby, and he was afraid that Liu Wenxing would not find it when he asked the scholar to come out to find the two of them, so he didn't dare to think about going to a distant place to see, so he could only hold on.

But Liu Wen seemed to like sleeping very much, and Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng outside the door waited until Hai, but the scholar had not yet gone out to invite them into the house. This made Li Changzheng very angry, and he scolded Liu Wen for deliberately treating the two of them like this, and if Ji Qingchen hadn't stopped him, he would have almost smashed the door panel of Liu Wen's house and broke in.

And Ji Qingchen was also a little annoyed, he knew that Liu Wen didn't sleep just now, because how could a celebrity like Liu Wen waste his good time sleeping? But Liu Wen just didn't see the two of them, let them stand outside the door and suffer from the cold, his cold teeth trembled, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

At this moment, I heard a "squeak" from the others, and the scholar who appeared came out and said to the two, "The teacher has two of you." ”

At this time, a thick layer of snow had fallen outside, and the two of them were already covered with heavy snow.

"Thank you!" Ji Qingchen said politely, shook the snow on his body with Li Changzheng and entered the small courtyard. The small courtyard is not large, with only three thatched huts, which can be described as extremely simple. But the people living in it are not simple, for Ji Qingchen, Liu Wen is an indispensable figure on his own road to storage. When he followed the scholar to the back room, he saw Liu Wen, who was over fifty years old, Ji Qingchen behaved very respectfully, "Caozhou Ji Qingchen see Mr. Berkey? ”

"Are you Ji Qingchen?" Liu Wen had already known that the outsider was Ji Qingchen, but he was still a little surprised and asked, "The king of Northern Liao who defeated Beirong Mengbuge's 200,000 army a few days ago?" ”

"It's Qingchen, but Mr. Berkey Liao has only stopped the pace of Beirong Jingcai from going south, and has not completely defeated the Beirong army." Ji Qingchen said modestly.

"It turns out that he is really the king of Northern Liao." Liu Wen couldn't believe it, after all, the king of Northern Liao who had defeated Meng Buge, who was known as the strongest blade in Beirong, and Haksu, the demon fox of Beirong, and the Nine Emperors of the Dayan royal family! He immediately got up and said to Ji Qingchen, "The mountain people have seen His Highness!" I was rude just now, and I ask Your Highness to atone for your sins. ”

"Mr. Burkey's gift can't afford it!" Ji Qingchen said, but he still accepted Liu Wen's salute. After the ceremony, Liu Wen asked Ji Qingchen to sit down, he personally made tea for Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng, and ordered the scholar to go down to prepare wine and food.

Ji Qingchen, who had a tea belly, felt that his whole body was a lot warmer, and he was provoked, so he didn't beat around the bush, but directly explained his intention to Liu Wen.

After listening to this, Liu Wen pondered for a moment and said, "Liu Wen has long lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and he is only willing to be accompanied by the breeze and the bright moon and stream, which may disappoint His Highness." ”

"Doesn't Mr. Berkey think about the people of Yunzhou?" Ji Qingchen said.

"With His Royal Highness in Caozhou for another day, the people of Yunzhou will no longer be slaughtered by the Beirong cavalry, why should His Highness be arrogant." Liu Wen said.

"Has Mr. Burkey really forgotten his ambitions?" Ji Qingchen asked.

Now he really has no way to get Liu Wen out of the mountain, because Liu Wen is different from Gu Qi, Gu Qi is too crazy, so he will be isolated, and because Ji Qingchen appreciates him and is willing to treat him with the courtesy of a celebrity, he agreed to follow Ji Qingchen. But Liu Wen is different, Liu Wen has been an official before, his official reputation is good, and he has won the praise of Shilin, so Ji Qingchen has no way to start.

"What ambitions can Liu Wen have as a scholar?" Liu Wen said with a faint smile. But the careful Ji Qingchen still noticed Liu Wen's frustration when he said this from his smile. Because Liu Wen's subtle performance was noticed by Ji Qingchen, he suddenly moved in his heart and thought of how to persuade Liu Wen. Seeing him take a sip of tea, he got up and walked to the bed, and after a long silence he spoke:

In his life, he couldn't learn from Kui Gao, and the emperor was returned to Zhen Tao.

is still the same as Guo and Li, and the two capitals are returned to the Son of Heaven.

For three years, the sea country was trapped by a long whale, and millions of people were anointed to feed the pigs.

Don't hide the secrets of the public, and it is especially shameful for me to be negligent.

There are weak people at the foot of Gaomei Mountain, and Confucianism is on the right track in his early years.

Reading Shi Wan's curly hair sighed, the rest of the things still need to be followed. ”

This is exactly a poem "Rong Xingtu" written by Liu Wen when he was in high spirits. Now that he is groaned by Ji Qingchen, no matter how good Rao is Liu Wen's determination, there is still a change in his heart, because this is his original ambition, and this is the goal he once wanted to strive for. Since he retired to the mountains and forests, he seems to have long forgotten that he had written such poems and had such ambitions. In fact, he deliberately didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't dare to recall the frivolity of the past.

But this does not mean that he is not enthusiastic, and his ambition has been worn out.

"Mr. Berki's "Rong Xingtu" is well written, but unfortunately the current Mr. Berkey is no longer the former Mr. Berkey." Ji Qingchen sighed softly, "But it's enough to see Mr. and talk to Mr. for a long time." ”

Hearing Ji Qingchen say this, Liu Wen's face was a little strange, just a flash.

And Ji Qingchen also didn't say anything to let Liu Wen out of the mountain, but talked to Liu Wen, he was knowledgeable, Liu Wen was well-informed, the two complemented each other, but they talked happily.

When the scholar served the wine and food, Liu Wen and Ji Qingchen raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

After thirty years of drinking, both of them became drunk.

At this time, Ji Qingchen chanted out loudly the poem "From the Army" that he made at the banquet when he rewarded the three armies a few days ago, and Liu Wen looked at Ji Qingchen's eyes after listening to it. Immediately, Ji Qingchen once again lamented the lack of strategists around him, and his ambition was difficult to realize. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. The poems made Liu Wen's expression change.

But Ji Qingchen just didn't mention the words of letting Liu Wen out of the mountain.

In this way, the two drank until late at night, and then fell asleep opposite each other.

In the early morning of the next day, Ji Qingchen said goodbye to Liu Wen and Li Changzheng and left Jiming Mountain.

Because even if the military affairs were handed over to Cheng Qianfan, Xiang Ziyu and others, but the news of Caozhou's victory had reached King's Landing, he estimated that the holy decree of the imperial court was about to arrive in Caozhou, and as the commander of the three armies, if the holy decree arrived and others were not there, the person who announced the decree would not be able to announce it, and he didn't want to let Yushi impeach him on this issue.