In the blink of an eye, three months have passed. The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival of the Han Dynasty is coming. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ao Lie, who had been strictly required by Wang Ao and trained hard for the past three months, was finally able to relax temporarily.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Ao and Ao Lie's master and apprentice also took time to board the world-famous Youzhou Terrace. Youzhou Terrace was built by King Yan Zhao of Yan Kingdom. Originally known as the Golden Terrace, because King Yan Zhao was full of gold on the stage at the beginning, to recruit talents, each time a wise man was recruited, King Yan Zhao would take a part of the gold placed on the stage to be rewarded. Over time, the Golden Terrace has become a symbol of Jijun in Youzhou. However, with the changes of the years, the Yan Kingdom has long ceased to exist, and has experienced two dynasties of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and the reputation of Jintai has also become today's Youzhou Tai with the baptism of the years. But it's still a place of interest.

Ao Lie stood on the Youzhou platform, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and for a while, he sighed with emotion. Wang Ao saw that Ao Lie had something on his mind, stood on the stage and sighed, and asked leisurely: "Lie'er, what do you have on your mind?" Ao Lie glanced back at his master, and also sighed and said: "Standing on the Youzhou platform, you can look up at the sky and the earth, which is refreshing." However, in such a place full of ancient things of the sages, what I saw in vain was the crumbling predicament of my Han Dynasty, and the tragic invasion of the border barbarians for many years, and my heart was very depressed. ”

Wang Ao was silent for a while, and said: "Yes, my Han country is no longer what it used to be, but the poor sons of heaven and ministers are still at a loss, and they are still fighting endlessly. wanted to join the army for the division back then, but was repeatedly despised by his superiors. Let the teacher have the ability to do nothing, but he can't find the door to serve the country, if not, how can the teacher be willing to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests for more than 20 years? Except for your uncle, no one knows that the Tao is the teacher's retreat, until that day you came to the village by mistake, because the teacher saw that you are a material that can be made, and you have a pure heart, and love the people like a son, which moved the heart of love and talent, and was born to assist you. ”

Ao Lie couldn't help but ask, "Master, where is my uncle?" "To know Lu Dao, the reason why Ao Lie is eager to know the whereabouts of Tong Yuan, Uncle Lu Dao, is that in addition to his admiration for Tong Yuan, there is another important reason. In history, Zhao Yun was worshiped in the marksmanship he learned under Tong Yuanmen, and later became one of the five tiger generals of Shu Han. Later generations even admired Zhao Yun, and there was a saying that "one Lu two Zhao three Dian Wei" was circulated in the world, and Zhao Yun's force was only ranked after Lu Bu, which shows how future generations appreciate Zhao Yun. It can be said that Zhao Yun is the embodiment of loyalty, a famous general who combines loyalty, martial arts, courage and strategy. Who wouldn't want to get such a famous general? Therefore, Ao Lie will eagerly tell the whereabouts of Tong Yuan, maybe he can dig Liu Bei's corner by the way and pry his fellow brother Zhao Yun over.

Wang Ao didn't know what Ao Lie was thinking, thinking that Ao Lie simply wanted to see his uncle. So he said: "I haven't seen your uncle for a few years, so if you go down the mountain later, you will ask someone to bring a letter to your uncle and ask your uncle to come and talk about it." Speaking of which, your uncle is also in Youzhou now, not far from Jijun, and it won't be long before you can meet your uncle. ”

The master and apprentice stayed on the Youzhou platform for a while, and then went down the mountain and returned home. After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty was an era that paid great attention to etiquette, and if you couldn't see the master and apprentice at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I was afraid that Liu Yu would be mad.

By the time the master and apprentice returned to the state pastor's mansion, the banquet was about to begin. According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the main officials in Youzhou must come to the state pastoral office to report on the work of the year on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Of course, not all officials are qualified to report to Liu Yu, only the eleven county governors and ministers under Youzhou, as well as ninety county commanders, are qualified to do so. In the early days of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu wantonly implemented the Tui En Decree in order to prevent the princes from supporting their own troops, allowing the vassal kings to set aside a part of their territory and distribute it to their sons and nephews. Although this policy stabilized the rule of the Han Dynasty, it also caused chaos in the governance of another county under the jurisdiction of the Thirteen Prefectures. For example, taking Youzhou as an example, the territory of Youzhou is divided into ten counties and a Liaodong vassal state, and the highest administrator of the county is naturally the Taishou, and Liu Yu used to serve as the Taishou in Jiuyuan, which was merged with the state. And the highest governor of the subject country is called the minister of state, referred to as the minister. In the Han Dynasty, people used to add the name of the incumbent in front of the official position, so they called Liu Yu Liu Youzhou, Bao Xin as Bao Jibei, and even Dong Zhuo, who was in power and opposition, was called Dong Xiangguo after calling himself Xiangguo.

Entering the State Governor's Mansion, Ao Lie immediately felt a festive atmosphere, but it was not Ao Lie's sixth sense that was troubled, but the flowing water banquet that entertained officials from all over the country in the mansion had been placed in the courtyard from the hall. All the doors and windows of the hall are opened, so that the people inside can see the situation in the courtyard outside, and it is also convenient for those sitting in the courtyard to toast to the people in the hall at any time. Ao Lie followed behind Wang Ao and walked all the way to the hall. The officials who had already sat down watched the old man and the young man walking proudly in the direction of the hall, and they all talked in low voices.

"Look, who are those two? Why are you so ignorant of etiquette? Looks like I'm going to go straight to the hall and take a seat. ”

"That's it, as a county magistrate, we can't sit in the hall yet, these two people, are they crazy?"

"If you want me to say, what kind of person is Bao Buqi who sells his reputation and comes to fight the autumn wind."

"Shhhh Silence! Haven't you read the war report from the state? ”

"I've seen it, our state pastor killed tens of thousands of Hun elite soldiers, and with this great merit, he was promoted to state pastor."

"Now that you've read the battle report, you should know who that young man is, right?"

"Who is it? Ah--could it be the son of the state shepherd, who is known as the 'little overlord'? ”

"Except for the second son of 'Little Overlord' Ao Lie, who would dare to sit in the district hall so arrogantly?"

Suddenly, the courtyard was silent, and no one dared to make a comment anymore. Just kidding, who can afford to provoke the "little overlord" who wiped out thousands of elite soldiers of the Huns with a snap of his fingers and beheaded the Huns Zuoxian King off his horse with one move? Who dares to mess with?

Although Wang Ao is nearly seventy years old, because he is diligent in cultivation on weekdays, his ears are very pointed, and he listened to the discussions of everyone in the courtyard without a word, smiled and turned back to Ao Lie and whispered: "Lie'er, you are very famous, so many people know your name, and they also gave you the title of 'Little Overlord'." Ao Lie lowered his voice and slapped his ass lightly: "Isn't it that the master teaches well?" Wang Ao laughed and scolded quietly: "Bastard boy, when you broke the Huns, you haven't seen you yet, what are you doing as a teacher?" ”

The two spoke in a low voice as they walked into the hall. At this moment, the hall was full of people, and Liu Yu, who was the pastor of Youzhou, was naturally sitting on the main seat in the center, and the first seats on the left and right sides of him were empty. Starting from the second seat, sitting on the left are the officials directly under Liu Yu, Changshi Yan Rou, Du Wei Qi Zhou, Dingyuan Captain Shi Lian, Bei Jia Tian Kai, and Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin Brothers and other officials familiar to Ao Lie are all present, and Ao Lie's subordinates Zhang Liao and Tian Chou are also among them. On the right hand, there are local officials from all over Youzhou, and on the second seat is a general wearing a white brocade robe with a resolute face, about thirty years old. At this moment, the general was looking at himself with interest. Under this general, there were more than ten people sitting in turn, all of whom were county guards and ministers of Liaodong in various places.

Wang Ao and Ao Lie walked up to Liu Yu proudly and sat down in the first vacant seat to the left and right of Liu Yu's hand. As the two of them took their seats, a low gasp sounded in the hall. The people who can sit in the hall are all county guards, and the vision and news are naturally not comparable to those county orders outside, even if they are surprised, they only make a gasping sound, but no one discusses it.

The white-robed military general who had paid attention to Ao Lie before, looked at Ao Lie who was sitting on top of him, groaned slightly, and said to Ao Lie: "Presumably, this young hero is the Weiyuan general who broke the Huns and killed King Zuo Xian in the past, right?" When Ao Lie heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "It is Ao Lie, and he hasn't asked the general for his name?" The white-robed general smiled slightly and said, "A certain is the grandson of the Taishou Gongsun Bogui of Liaoxi." Ao Lie looked at Gongsun Chan in front of him in surprise, and his heart was shocked. In history, his father Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan did not have the same political views, and Liu Yu advocated the strategy of combining grace and power against the Xianbei and Wuhuan ethnic groups on the border of Youzhou, and gradually sinicized and subdued. Gongsun Zhan, on the other hand, implements the concept that non-our race must have different hearts, and advocates exterminating all the barbarians on the border, leaving no one behind. In fact, in Ao Lie's eyes, there is nothing wrong with the policies of the two people, or in other words, it is an effective way to combine the policies of the two people. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty has greatly damaged its people's strength, and it is time to absorb foreign labor to recuperate. But for the diehards among the barbarians, those who regard the Han as enemies, don't ask, just kill them. But because of the limitations of history, neither Liu Yu nor Gongsun Chan saw this. In the end, the two went from a happy cooperation in the early days, to a later rivalry, and even the most reluctant Gongsun Zan launched a mutiny, killed Liu Yu, and served as the pastor of Youzhou on his own. Looking at the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, who killed his father a few years later, Ao Lie's heart fluctuated for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

Liu Yu coughed and said to Ao Lie: "Lie'er, how can you be rude to General Gongsun? Ao Lie came to his senses and realized that he had just been distracted, and hurriedly said: "The child has long admired the prestige of General Gongsun, and the name of General Baima shocked Xianbei and Wuhuan, which made the child fascinated. Then he hugged his fist at Gongsun Chan and said, "Shicailie is rude, and I hope General Gongsun will forgive me." At this moment, Ao Lie also thought about it, it was a few years before Gongsun Chan launched a mutiny, and it was useless to think about it now. Moreover, in the early days of Liu Yu's entry into Youzhou, Gongsun Chan was also quite cooperative, and the cooperation between the two was also very pleasant.

Gongsun Chan returned the salute: "General Ao has said it, although Zan has merit and is called the general of the white horse, how can he compare to the name of the general's 'little overlord'?" Now in this land of Yanzhao, who doesn't know the name of General Ao? "Maybe it was because Ao Lie fought bravely against the Huns and killed the Xiongnu Zuoxian King that Gongsun Chan felt very good-tempered, so Gongsun Chan's tone of speech to Ao Lie actually had a sense of sympathy.

Liu Yu saw that Ao Lie and Gongsun Zhan got along well, and felt a burst of joy in his heart, and then arranged for the attendants to serve wine and food, and officially started the banquet.

During the banquet, all the officials staggered and toasted each other, and they were happy. Some officials, who were full of poetry and books, began to chant poems against each other, winning a round of applause.