—185 A.D.——

In the fourth year of Guanghe, the Taiping Dao, which was bold and reckless, tried to assassinate the emperor's close ministers fell apart under the will of Emperor Ling's arrest, only there were still some remnants of Jizhou, its birthplace, and Emperor Ling was very relieved, and ordered all the meritorious ministers from all over the country to be promoted.

However, in the process of arresting, there are hundreds of beasts galloping, hail subsidence, earthquake and tsunami, tengu swallowing the sun, meteor reversal and many other unknown, Zhengxi general Huangfu Song wrote a book, saying that this is the reason why the women's temple (harem or eunuch) interfered in the government, and asked Emperor Ling to restrain his power.

When Emperor Ling saw this when he was playing with goods and serving the "elixir" in the West Garden, he thought it was true, so he handed over the matter of converging the imperial power to Zhang Rang to deal with.

After Zhang Rang consulted with Cao Jie, Jian Shuo and other permanent attendants, he dismissed Huangfu Song from his post on fabricated charges and returned his power to the emperor.

For a time, both the government and the opposition knew that the order of Emperor Ling would be issued through the hands of the ten permanent servants, and all of them were cold, and because of the resignation of Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and other important ministers, no one was willing to write a statement except for the court meeting.

Although Emperor Ling was slightly puzzled, he was told by the Ten Standing Attendants that this was the reason for "the peace of the world", so he continued to have fun with confidence.

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After Lu Zhi successfully returned to Youzhou, both Liu Yu and the Gongsun family were like treasures, not only personally accompanied him to visit various places, but also put on a look of giving and taking, and almost said that he wanted to give up the history of Youzhou Thorn.

Because he himself is a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, after becoming an official in the court, with the spread of his various deeds, his name in Youzhou has become more and more famous, and now he can be regarded as returning to his hometown.

What's more, he finally sat in the position of "Great Sima" as a scribe, and he was only one step away from being the "Great General" who commanded the world's soldiers and horses, and now the person sitting in the position of "Great General" can be seen by anyone with a little eye, so it is not abrupt to call Lu Zhi "the first general in the world".

For the Youzhou border army, which has been fighting against Wuhuan aliens all year round, Lu Zhi's exploits in sweeping away many foreign invasions of Shanyue, Nanban, Xiongnu, and Turkic could not be more cordial.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Lu Zhi would be so popular in Youzhou, but due to his advanced age, it is unlikely that he will go into battle in person, and after everyone fights for it, he will most likely be honored in some city with a large military camp, such as Yecheng or Nanpi, to pass on his experience to more and younger generals.

As for Liu Bei, the hero who took the teacher back, he was left far aside to "play with Gongsun Zhan".

Although this is not good, after all, there are only two small counties in Guangyang County, Liangxiang County and Ji County, and for Liu Yu and those big people in the Gongsun family, governance is no different from play.

Youzhou, Guangyang County Shoufu.

Liu Bei was sitting behind the desk and processing official documents.

"Xuande, I heard that 'Jiangzuo Meilin' is dead, is it really fake?" Gongsun Chan asked with a curious look.

"Brother Bogui, I thought you weren't the kind of person who would casually listen to rumors." Liu Bei replied angrily.

"I'm just a little curious, after all, it's dark in the entire Si Li, and those people also have noses and eyes." Gongsun Chan said with a smile.

"You also said it was a rumor." Liu Bei sighed and said.

Because he evacuated Luoyang relatively early at that time, Lu Zhi did not have too much luggage and family, so he had already left Sili when the "Tiangu Eclipse Sun and Meteor Reversal" occurred, and he did not see it in person.

After questioning those who witnessed it afterwards, Liu Bei easily deduced the situation at that time:

The "Sword Saint" finally discovered that the "Princess of Ten Thousand Years" was the key to breaking the Luoyang situation, and hurried to capture her back, and used a similar trick as when he drew the "Trace of Heaven" in the first place.

Maybe he was just using this move to hurry, and he was confident that he could control its power and not harm others, but after all, the lethality of the move itself was there, so that the "Bodhisattva", who had always focused on preventing anyone from dying by accident, and didn't know whether it was "Merlin" or "Lin Hao", had to intercept it.

Maybe Merlin's appearance was just an accident for the Sword Master, but since it was just the right time, the Sword Master, who had suffered at her hands, naturally didn't mind being ashamed, so he didn't hesitate to use a long-brewing move.

Obviously, the "Sword Master" had been studying the "move" that made him return in vain for a long time, and the new sword move directly destroyed the "garden" with a devastating force.

After that, it was the "meteor reversal".

Those onlookers swore one by one that "Jiang Zuo Merlin" was seriously injured and near death by that move, and it was only with his life that he could interrupt the sword of the Sword Saint, so that he had to retreat temporarily, and then disappeared with a puff of golden light, and he had already died.

In this regard, Liu Bei just wanted to say that these people have not been killed because the "Bodhisattva" is unwilling to kill.

People who have really come into contact with "Merlin", who have been favored by her, and even those who regard her as an enemy and opponent, will not believe this rumor, and the happiest people are those who have nothing to do with themselves, and even if these people die a hundred times, "Merlin" will not die...... Should they really be captured and resettled?

When it comes to disaster victims, Liu Bei doesn't know exactly how the victims in other states are generated, but here in Youzhou, with the snowfall every winter, there will be many victims of snow disasters in the north of Youzhou who have to move south.

In addition, taking advantage of Liu Yu's brazen invasion of the Wuhuan alien race when dealing with Taiping Dao, he also created a lot of "disaster victims" along the way, I don't know if they were too ostentatious or the villagers were lucky enough, after the officials and soldiers in charge of the rescue drove away the alien races who plundered and destroyed the village, there will be many aborigines running out of the mountains or forests, and there are very few people who are really killed, but they have lost their homes and have to migrate to other places.

In addition to this "natural disaster" and "man-made disaster", there are also many "displaced people" who have lost their livelihood with the banning of Taiping Road and are unwilling or unable to rush to Julu in Jizhou, which are also within the scope of Liu Bei's "absorption" and "resettlement".

Liu Yu and the Gongsun family didn't care about Liu Bei's self-seeking behavior, after all, Guangyang County only played a role in separating the east and west of Youzhou, and the land was vast and sparsely populated, if Liu Bei could add some subordinate townships or villages to those two counties, it would be very beneficial to Youzhou's tax revenue and the reputation of both parties.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was taking in refugees in many ways, those big people who were busy currying favor with Lu Zhi did not forget to provide him with some considerable assistance - except for manpower.

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"If Brother Bogui is very idle, it is better to go back and take care of his sister-in-law," Liu Bei retracted his thoughts and looked at Gongsun Zhan, who wanted to get to the bottom of it: "Or think about the name of the future child." ”

When Liu Bei took Lu Zhi back to Youzhou, Liu Ling was already several months pregnant—sure enough, when he went to Luoyang, it was correct to leave Gongsun Zhan alone, otherwise with the situation that the two of them did not agree to fight on horseback, the old lady Gongsun didn't know when he would be able to hug his great-grandson.

"I took it, the single name has a 'continuation' word," Gongsun Chan said proudly: "I think it's pretty good." ”

"Continued?" Liu Bei read with a little confusion.

The continuation and chan do not go well together, and the meaning is also problematic, such as intermittent and continuous...... Wait a minute?

Liu Bei recalled Zhang Fei's black face, this speechless righteous brother, while treating Liu Ling as a brother completely, he put on a non-marrying appearance to Xiahou Ji, which was almost embarrassing to death for those who knew the inside story.

Perhaps, this distant cousin wants to express through the name of this unborn child that she has completely given up the idea of Zhang Fei and intends to "continue" with Gongsun Zhan? In this case......

"Well, it's good." Liu Bei looked at Gongsun Zhan, who was completely unconscious, and nodded in agreement.

Two of the three parties in this matter didn't know at all, but he, a bystander, had been worrying about it, Liu Bei thought silently, what the hell was going on......

"Right~ Then again, why didn't you see Xuande, your two brothers-in-law?" Gongsun Chan turned his face to look at the situation in the county guard's mansion and said, "They actually left you here to handle official business by yourself - ah, Xianhe, I'm not saying that you didn't work. ”

"Hehe, it's okay." Jian Yong, who had been silently handling official business on the side, raised his head and responded with a smile, and continued to comment on the "grievances" summarized from all over the table table.

In fact, what Liu Bei is dealing with now is his own "extra out" official business because he needs to resettle the disaster victims, and what Jian Yong is instructing is the "normal" official document of Guangyang County.

"Yun Chang is okay, let Yide help deal with political affairs? Brother Bogui, you are probably joking," Liu Bei shook his head: "The villages where the displaced people are settled in Guangyang are all grass-roots, and several defensive and public security measures are not complete enough, and there have been many bandits and robbers who have attacked them recently, and there are also tigers, leopards and jackals attacking, I specially ordered the second and third brothers to patrol around the counties in the opposite direction a few days ago, and I think they will return soon." ”

"It's you who are joking, Xuande," Gongsun Chan said in an incredible tone, "Just let Yun Chang go and inspect, let that little doll go and burn wherever he goes?" ”

"......" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then turned his face to look at Jian Yong.

"Xuande can rest assured," Jian Yong pointed to the scroll on the table, "There is no report of urgency or which village has been burned in the 'Chenqing' sent in the past two days. ”

Isn't that "happening" or "coming"?!

Liu Bei got up suddenly, took off his official hat, fastened his coat tightly, and lifted the black and white double sword next to the table: "Brother Bogui!" Borrow the white horse you rode on! ”

"It's in the stables of the mansion ......" Gongsun Zhan saw that Liu Bei had stepped out of the door in three steps and two steps, and hurriedly shouted: "Xuande, do you want to consider changing one?" In order to prevent my brothers from riding it, I specially named it 'Lu'! ”

"As long as you run fast enough-" Liu Bei probably heard it, but his feet didn't stop, only the sound flew away, and the rest echoed.

"—won't the Lord catch up with him?" Gongsun Chan replied with a confused expression.

"......" Jian Yong, who wanted to say something, silently closed his mouth.