A battle of the strong by the lake ended with a golden defeat and retreat.

The golden fox dragged its wounded body and staggered along the lakeside. Under the combined effect of the humiliation of defeat and physical trauma, this golden foxy aura seemed a little restless, and the depression was tyrannical, this aura obviously made the nearby beasts feel uneasy, lest they accidentally become the object of anger, and no one dared to go to the lake to drink water for a while.

No one dared to show up, and this small lake seemed extraordinarily quiet.

Another tranquil lakeside in Yizhou is filled with a few thatched houses.

The thatched hut is simple, but the low fence looks very new, and there are several kinds of green vegetables planted in the small courtyard surrounded by the fence, and there is a canopy of green bamboo, and there are stone tables and stone benches under the bamboo shadow. A middle-aged scribe sat on a stool, holding a roll of bamboo slips, and watched it with relish, forgetting that the hot tea on the stone table had gradually lost its temperature.

The middle-aged scribe was clearly a hermit.

A carriage came from far and near, parked outside the small courtyard.

The middle-aged scribe turned his head and saw the sign of the state capital on the carriage, and continued to read as if he had not seen it.

Zhang Su walked out of the carriage and saw that the middle-aged scribe had no intention of welcoming guests, and his face was a little helpless. But Zhang Su was not angry, and walked to the fence without saying a word, staring silently.

The two men were separated by the fence, and neither of them made a sound.

Long.

"If the cow doesn't drink water, is it useful to hold down the head?"

The middle-aged scribe gently put down the bamboo slip in his hand and sighed: "Jun Jiao knows my mind, why bother to make it difficult." ”

"Wen Biaocai learned to write in the state, knowledgeable, well-informed, is the Central Plains Wang Jingxing and other figures, if it can be used by the state government, the future is limitless. Settle down in seclusion, live in poverty, and enjoy yourself, but after all, you have wasted your talent, and it is a pity to be comforted. Zhang Su's eyes were deep, and he said earnestly: "You and I have been friends for many years, Wenbiao, I know very well that your original ambition was not to live in seclusion. ”

Wang Jingxing, that is, Wang Lang, is the unlucky guy who was scolded by Zhuge Liang in front of the battle as "a dog with a broken spine, barking wildly" and crashing into a horse in the romance. But in history, Wang Lang was a master of scripture and was very famous in the Han Dynasty. Zhang Su described the middle-aged scribe as "a figure like Wang Jingxing", which is a kind of lofty praise.

It's a pity that the other party doesn't appreciate it.

"So what?"

The middle-aged scribe stood up, came to the other side of the fence, and faced Zhang Su across the fence, his eyes became cold: "When Liu Junlang first entered Yizhou, he was generous and gracious, but after he gained a firm foothold in Yizhou, what did he do?" Vigorously suppress local talents in Yizhou, reuse Dongzhou scholars, and check and balance each other, the way of power and conspiracy is nothing more than that, but why did he kill so many innocents indiscriminately for the sake of prestige? ”

"What is Wang Xian's crime?"

"What is Li Quan's crime?"

"How can I commit myself to such an unrighteous man?"

"Shame on you!"

Zhang Su was speechless.

Wang Xian and Li Quan are both the heads of the wealthy family in Ba County, Liu Yan killed him in vain in order to fight Zhao Ministry, and there were more than ten people in the wealthy family who were sentenced at the same time, which made the people of Yizhou frightened and shocked, and had a great impact on Liu Yan's reputation. Among the heads of the family who were killed in vain, there were two middle-aged scribe friends, and the other party had always been angry about this, and the state government had repeatedly failed to conquer him, although Zhang Su had a close relationship with him, and every time he lobbied, he was categorically rejected by the other party.

After a while, Zhang Su said: "Isn't there a little room for maneuver?" ”

"Leeway?" The middle-aged scribe sneered: "Well, for your sake, I will leave some leeway." When Liu Junlang dies, the past will be written off, or consider going out of the mountain to make a contribution to Yizhou. ”

Zhang Su sighed in his heart.

He knows the other party's character very well, and if he says such a thing, Liu Yan will never become an official when he is alive. In other words, when Liu Yan dies, even if it is Liu Yan's junior who continues to serve as Yizhou Mu, this person said that he is willing to come out to assist, and he will really consider joining the government at that time. Even if he still doesn't come out in the end, there must be a reason why he doesn't want to come out, and this reason will never have anything to do with Liu Yan's indiscriminate killing of innocents.

With the other party's temperament, this is indeed thinking of the old love and making concessions to him.

After so much time, the other party's attitude is still so resolute and irreparable.

"You are determined not to serve the state capital, I can't force it." A touch of bitterness appeared on Zhang Su's face, and he said seriously: "Calculate for the Lord, take care of the thatched house, do your duty, the monarch's will has been decided, and it is worthy to consider it for your friends." There is a place to go, or you can show what you have learned in your chest, so that you will not waste your time here. ”

The middle-aged scribe looked at Zhang Su with a complicated mood.

Because Liu Yan indiscriminately killed the wealthy family in Yizhou, he was determined not to serve Liu Yan, and he did not let go despite Zhang Su's hard persuasion. But he and Zhang Su were old friends, and the Zhang family of Shu County leaned towards Liu Yan for the sake of family inheritance, which is understandable, he and Zhang Su actually have no suspicion. At this time, Zhang Su intended to point out a way out for him, although he was quite unimpressed, but he understood that this was Zhang Su's good intentions, and it was not appropriate to refuse people thousands of miles away.

"You say."

"Ba County Taishou asked the state government to recommend talents, and I immediately thought of you."

Because Yu Buzhi held several important positions in the Taishou Mansion very tightly, and the Yizhou Mansion had no way to intervene at all, Liu Yan had no interest in recommending talents for Ba County, and it was Zhang Su who proposed to Liu Yan that "it is better to maintain contact than to be hostile" at that time. Because of this, the matter of selecting talents for Ba County naturally fell on Zhang Su. Zhang Su naturally first thought about the big plan of Yizhou Mansion, but whether he was thinking about the future of his friends or not, no one could say.

But since the Zhang family of Shu County chose to stand with Liu Yan, Zhang Su still tried his best to pull the other party to Yizhou Mansion before clarifying the situation with the middle-aged scribe, after all, talents are rare. It's a pity that Jiugu Maolu still couldn't make the other party change his mind, and it dragged on for several months, and he didn't confide the news to the other party until today.

As a subordinate and planning for the Lord, Zhang Su has also achieved the ultimate.

When the middle-aged scribe heard this, he frowned.

"Yu is not wise and has a good reputation, it is said that Xiang is friendly with Zhao Bu, and after he soared, he also fell to Liu Junlang?"

"No, it's just a hypocrisy and a snake."

Zhang Su went to Yizhou Mansion to visit Yu Buzhi, pretending to be docile on the surface, but did not cede the actual interests at all, but cheekily continued to ask for people from the state capital, and said it as it was.

"I'm not stupid, I'm not short-sighted." The middle-aged scribe breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, if Yu Buzhi abandoned Zhao after becoming the Taishou and turned to make friends with Liu Yan, it would be difficult to avoid the Bajun Taishou Mansion being infiltrated by the state government, and when Liu Yan completed the layout and began to launch, Yu Buzhi probably would not even have a chance to resist. On the surface, it is close to the state capital, but secretly it is still with Zhao Bu, and it is difficult for the state capital to start, which is the response to maintain the independence of Ba County.

Zhang Su asked, "How?" ”

The middle-aged scribe thought for a moment, "It's not annoying, you can consider it." ”

"You have been in seclusion for a long time, and you don't know much about the outside world." Zhang Su glanced at the other party and said slowly: "There is something in the deer collar, you should be interested." ”

"What?"

"Bronze Bird Terrace."