—176 A.D.——

Luoyang, in the guest room of a luxurious mansion.

Liu Bei was looking at a small woodcut that was originally hanging on his neck, a white cloth bottle, and a lotus willow, although she looked like an ordinary Guanyin Bodhisattva, but she had no specific face, and her face did not carve facial features except for a few ups and downs.

"Xuande, you ...... Believe in Buddhism? There was a slightly surprised question behind him.

"Father's letter," Liu Bei replied, "He was seriously ill, and after he recovered, he claimed to have been saved by the Bodhisattva, so he asked all his relatives and family members to worship the Bodhisattva together." ”

The person behind the "tsk ......" was noncommittal, and went around to Liu Bei's side: "But why does the Bodhisattva have no face?" ”

"Because after the carpenter carved the face, my father always shouted 'It's not as good as the Bodhisattva' and asked them to re-carve it, and in the end they simply didn't carve the face, but my father was satisfied," Liu Bei turned his head to look at the tall and older classmate: "Brother Bogui, did Mr. say when he will return?" ”

"No, Sir is busy carving the 'Xiping Stone Sutra' with other great Confucians, let us learn by ourselves-" Brother Bogui shouted, "But we have been 'self-taught' for nearly two months!" ”

In the fourth year of Xiping (176 years), Liu Bei was fifteen years old, because he had mastered all the teachings of Mr. Zhuojun Private School, so he went out to study with the support of his parents.

In this regard, Liu Bei shrewdly took the initiative to say that he "went out to study in order to qualify himself to apprentice to Lu Zhi, a great Confucian of the current dynasty, who was also from Zhuo County", so that those scholars gave up their plans and did not lose face, after all, if they really proposed to accept apprentices and Liu Bei refused, not only would they lose face, but Liu Bei would also be detained with the notoriety of "arrogance".

This kind of behavior, although it may make Lu Zhi feel good because of his devotion to learning, it is also possible that Lu Zhi thinks that he is putting pressure on him, and then he angrily refuses to accept the apprentice - fortunately, it is the former.

Lu Zhi, the word is dry, the voice is like a Hong Zhong, the face is resolute, both civil and military, at that time, because of the literary skills and the official to the doctor, but because Yangzhou Jiujiang has mountains and more chaos, was worshiped as Jiujiang Taishou to calm the chaos, Jiujiang Fangping, Lujiang and chaos, then changed to Lujiang Taishou.

After returning to the court, he added the official as a councilor, and revised and carved the "Xiping Stone Scripture" with Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan and other celebrities.

Gongsun Zhan, whose name is Bogui, comes from the Gongsun family, who have resisted the invasion of Wuhuan and Xianbei in Liaoxi County for several generations, originally came from the part of Lu Zhina's "martial arts" who admired both civil and military skills, but was frequently taught in the aspect of "literature".

"Brother Bogui, don't worry, since we have become 'disciples', we naturally have to be more cautious than teaching those 'disciples who have entered the hall'." Liu Bei put away the statue of the Bodhisattva and persuaded.

Although it is mostly used to describe the degree of mastery of certain things, it itself is two words to describe the relationship between teachers and students, each referring to "listening to lectures in the lobby at a fixed time" and "being able to live in the teacher's home to teach according to aptitude".

"I naturally know that my husband has no attitude towards the two of us and those traveling scholars who listen at will," Gongsun Chan replied, shaking his head, "However, I am now twenty years old, and those brothers of the same generation in my hometown have killed many foreign races, and I am the only one who has not made an inch, and my heart is very unwilling. ”

"So, I'll accompany Brother Bogui to Luoyang Market, and I should be relaxed?" Liu Bei smiled at him.

"You're going to 'sell your reputation' again?" Gongsun Chan squinted at Liu Bei.

"Brother Bogui said with a smile," Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged: "If you do good deeds without leaving a name, how can you call it a reputation and a fishing?" ”

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Luoyang East City.

"- Okay, now nail the rivets, fix them with ropes, and cover them with felt boards!"

"Worthy of the Ranger! The repair work that has plagued us for two days is here! ”

"Hehe, such a trivial matter as repairing the stable, I can ...... with my eyes closed."

Gongsun Zhan still wanted to boast to himself, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Liu Bei standing on the edge of the stable with a smile on his face, so he walked over with a smug mouth.

"Aren't you going to find lost jewelry for someone?"

"Ordinary people's jewelry is just bright on the outside, almost worthless, as long as you look for it in the nearby remote alleys, you can find it successfully," Liu Bei responded: "It's just a simple reasoning, my friend." ”

"Tsk......" Gongsun Zhan frowned and looked at Liu Bei.

Compared with himself who still needs to disguise, Liu Bei just changed his coat, changed his expression and way of speaking, and changed from a gentle student to a confident ranger, but it is impossible to judge which side is the real him.

Moreover, as Liu Bei said before, after receiving the task commission from various restaurants, he was only willing to let others be called "rangers", and there were many rangers like this who were unwilling to leave their names, so it was strange that there was no client, for both parties, as long as the commission could be successfully achieved.

Luoyang is located at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in order to prevent "chivalry and martial arts", all the commissions in the restaurants will not involve politics and military, at most there will be "insufficient manpower in the station, please ask the rangers to assist in patrolling" such a level of commission.

And what Liu Bei said about "scattering hearts" is to receive some commissions that are located in Luoyang City and take a short time to be issued by the people in an anonymous identity.

"Oh, it's Ranger Seventy-Five and Ranger Seventy-Six's 'Finding Lost Property' and 'Repairing the Stables' commissions," where the East City Restaurant took the commission, the shopkeeper took the number plates of the two and looked at them: "Confirm that it has been successfully completed, and you will get a total of three hundred yuan, do you want to exchange it for silver taels or cloth grain?" ”

"Swap it out for broken silver, thank you." Liu Bei responded.

The inconvenience of this anonymous execution of the commission is that it is impossible to "keep accounts" in a chic manner like a real-name ranger, because even if he and Liu Bei take the commission again on the spot, the number will be postponed to ...... One hundred and sixty-nine and one hundred and seventy, there are still so many anonymous rangers today.

After retrieving the number plate and handing Liu Bei a small piece of broken silver, the shopkeeper didn't say anything more, but if it was a real-name ranger, he would recommend it according to that person's preferences for carrying out the commission.

Gongsun Zan said to Liu Bei, who was reading the task entrustment column, while thinking: "It's getting late today, and even if you take the task again, you will have to execute it tomorrow." ”

"No, I actually found two commissions outside Luoyang City, which are quite suitable for you and me, but it will take about a whole day to come and go, and I am hesitating to take them." Liu Bei pointed to the wall.

Search for Smiths and ...... Catching a white horse?

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The next day, in the suburbs of Luoyang.

"Righteous one, Yi Ye, Your Excellency, as a well-known blacksmith in Luoyang, but living in seclusion in a deserted place, do you think that not competing with others is a manifestation of righteousness?"

"I heard that Meng's mother has moved three times, only to choose a suitable place for her son to study, but what is the reason for your Excellency to think that such poor mountains and bad waters are helpful for forging?"

"Now that there is a Hu army in the two prefectures of Liang, Your Excellency refuses to provide excellent weapons for those who generously go to the border, and only let them carry inferior equipment, and dream back at midnight, how can you answer the question of the soul who died because of it?"

"In order to prove your innocence to people you don't know, but you have left aside those who trust you, is it not as good as the slander of a few red-eyed villains with those relatives and friends for many years?"

Liu Bei, dressed in riding clothes, was in a hut in a valley, questioning the silent blacksmith again and again, trying to persuade him to return to Luoyang with reason, stories, seasons, feelings and other means.

And Gongsun Chan was standing outside with his white horse in his arms, completely stunned.

The specific matter is not complicated, Liu Bei remembered what he saw on the commission, it was nothing more than a forger who could stably forge excellent weapons, and occasionally could forge excellent weapons, and was slandered by some man-made rumors that were popular with him, and moved out of Luoyang to live in seclusion in a fit of anger, giving up his market share to those rumor-mongers - you say I can't do it, then you can do it!

The result...... Those rumormongers simply used ordinary and even dilapidated weapons to occupy all the market share, and by the way, kicked out all the blacksmith's friends in the blacksmith.

"As a result, they don't care about the reputation of the Luoyang weapons market at all, as long as you can make money, it's useless for you to live in seclusion for a hundred years." Liu Bei concluded.

"Your Majesty will not sit idly by!" The smith yelled in despair.

"The Ten Standing Servants will not let His Majesty know!" Liu Bei also drank heavily.

"Huh? You ......" Gongsun Chan couldn't help but say loudly.

"We'll talk about that later." Liu Bei responded quickly in a low voice.

As a member of the Han family, Liu Bei said that it was completely impossible for the "Sword Saint" Wang Yue to protect the emperor but not the majesty of the royal family, but these words can only be said when there is no one around.

“…… Alright, I'll go back," the smith's voice went down, "I'm not going to let those who trust me continue to disappoint." ”

Here it is -

Following the words of the blacksmith, Liu Bei felt a warmth generated by the wooden Bodhisattva statue, as if he was basking in the sun or roasting a fire, and then, a faint golden light flashed on the surface of his body, and after circling around him, he flew away in the direction of Zhuo County.

Although I can't see it, I guess my father Liu Hong's body is a little healthier.

This is exactly the motivation for him to insist on "doing good deeds", Liu Bei glanced at Gongsun Zhan, who was unaware of this, and thought.

As long as you make others have positive emotions about yourself, such as gratitude, gratitude, affection, etc., this golden light will appear, and share a part of it with your father, although it is not clear what it is of use to you, but every time your father receives that golden light, his body will be better.

On the other hand, if others have negative feelings about themselves because of their actions, a biting coldness will follow, and this coldness will also be distributed to the father, and the father, who is not in good health, will fall ill directly.

In addition, the "Bodhisattva" is obviously not stereotyped, and when other children have negative emotions such as jealousy and hatred against Liu Bei because of Liu Bei's praise, they will be directly ignored.

Therefore, since Liu Bei was ten years old, he has been a good child praised by everyone in Zhuo County, and he will continue to maintain it.