—181 A.D.——

How did things come to this?

Liu Bei was wearing a brand-new satin robe, holding a cup of tea in his hand, sitting in the pavilion and watching Zhang Fei shouting and instructing his servants to arrange things such as live chickens, rice wine, incense cases, Dading and other things to worship, and then looked at Guan Yu standing beside him, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

This is a Zhuangzi that belongs to Zhang Fei's name and is known as the "peach orchard", but due to the incompatibility of the seasons, many peach trees in the garden are all stretching green leaves, and occasionally you can see faintly growing green peaches, but there is no peach blossom.

Liu Bei's hometown, Lousang Village, belongs to Zhuo County, so before going out to study, he had heard of the name of the Zhang family, who opened a restaurant and raised cattle and sheep...... Upright.

Not to mention that after he rejected his childhood sweetheart's marriage, he came and went as usual as if nothing had happened, and he also offered to test his "future husband" ability, which made people have nothing to say, just say this inexplicable "worship".

On that day, the fierce battle between Zhang Fei and Guan Yu attracted the thunder for some reason, but the momentum competition between the two had reached its peak, and any retreat from anyone meant that he was sandwiched by the opponent and the thunder, so he couldn't stop at all.

As a last resort, Liu Bei, who originally just wanted to watch the battle and plunder, picked up his twin swords and intervened in the battle, trying to repel the "lightning" alone, if he succeeded, he would be able to strip it from the battle between Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and then no matter who won or lost between the two of them, at most there would be a slight injury.

However, the result was that the other two gave up the original target of the attack as if they had a heart, and attacked the ball-shaped "Heavenly Thunder" together, Liu Bei had to leave a little hand to free them up for the offensive route, and finally although the thunder was successfully eliminated, if anyone did not stop at that time, it would be the result of one death and two injuries.

Not...... It should be less "inevitable...... Liu Bei unconsciously remembered the "Bodhisattva".

All in all, after this battle, Zhang Fei became unusually close to Liu Bei and Guan Yu for some reason, and came to the conclusion of "three people bowing" in a few words, and Guan Yu, who always seemed a little cold and arrogant on weekdays, did not object.

So, the sworn worship of Liu Guanzhang and the three of them was so decided, and Liu Taishou learned afterwards that he was only not very interested in saying "double happiness is coming".

Presumably, the "double happiness" he originally expected was not what it is now......

As for the other "joy" of "double happiness", that is, the marriage between Gongsun Zan and Liu Ling, in Liu Bei's view, Brother Bogui is obviously very satisfied with this, he once boasted about his mate selection criteria, and the summary is "a very good lady", and Liu Ling obviously meets this condition perfectly.

Judging from the situation between the two, Liu Ling has completely lost his mind to Zhang Fei, as for the behavior of always praising Gongsun Zan in front of Zhang Fei when he has nothing to do...... Let's take it as saying to Zhang Fei that "I will live well without you".

However, there are some things that need to be prevented.

When Zhang Fei was once again directing the servants to pass by, Liu Bei got up and stopped him: "Yide, let me ask you, what kind of woman do you like?" This is not a liking in the ordinary sense, but a kind of marriage that is willing to marry. ”

"Uh, hehe...... Zhang Fei scratched his head and smirked: "If I say it, brother, don't laugh at me." ”

Before he could bow down, his brother called him, and why did the self-proclaimed claim suddenly change? Liu Bei didn't have time to pay attention to this, just nodded and said, "I promise not to laugh." ”

"I hope my daughter-in-law is about this tall, with a small round face, hair that is neither long nor short, and she speaks softly......" Zhang Fei gestured.

"......" Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei at the height of his own waist, and didn't know what to say for a while, this was the direction that Liu Ling couldn't work hard for.

Zhang Fei is still continuing: "I don't know needlework at all, I only know how to cook and barbecue, and if I accidentally make her angry, I will set fire to my ......"

Wait a minute? This is no longer a criterion for choosing a mate, but a description of a specific person! And what's the deal with that arson?

“…… That's kind of a woman. After adding two more sentences, Zhang Fei made a summary.

Very good, he can be single for a lifetime, Liu Bei is helpless, even with his experience in Luoyang for a few years, he can't think of any kind of family that can raise such a "wonderful" young lady.

"Hmm...... You go get busy......" Liu Bei saw other servants waiting in the distance, so he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"When the worship ceremony is ready, I will invite the two brothers." Zhang Fei arched his hand and walked away quickly.

"Such a woman...... The third brother and she met when they were about a child, and they were quite impressed and will remain to this day," Guan Yu on the side guessed: "It's just that the child's memory is not clear, and there are many delusions." ”

That's it, there is nothing wrong with changing his words in advance, Liu Bei gave up correcting Guan Yu's title.

Speaking of which, what are your own standards? Liu Bei thought that the teacher Lu Zhi had intended to introduce some official daughters to him, but he knew that he would not stay in Luoyang, so he politely refused.

Gongsun Zhan once said that he didn't like those martial arts daughters, but this Liu Ling just showed that she "can be" a "lady of the family" who is knowledgeable, and Brother Bogui surrendered directly.

He once made a bold statement that he hoped that his future wife would be both civil and military, but he had no idea about Liu Ling who met this standard, although there was also the same surname, but could it be that this standard itself was wrong?

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"I Ching" said: "two people concentric, its profit broken gold", so the sworn brother is also called "broken gold friends", in order to fulfill this intention, when worshipping as a brother, the person who worships as a brother needs to hold a sharp weapon, and work together to split a large tripod at least half a person high, it is called "broken gold".

Because parents and brothers can not choose, and there are several generations of Liu family and relatives to seize power, in today's world, the strongest relationship is the righteous brother, it is the world's own vision, from friends to relatives relationship, if there is no special and sufficient reason, betrayal of the righteous brother will lose the trust of almost everyone in the world.

Ordinary worship is just burning yellow paper to worship the sky, and more complicated ones need to kill a chicken and drink rice wine mixed with a few drops of chicken blood, although there is a further practice of using the worshipper's own blood, but it is not very accepted by the mainstream.

In addition, the most important thing is the audience and the master of ceremonies, respectively, the relatives and friends of the righteous and the local people of high morality, Zhang Fei invited the master of ceremonies is an old Zhang surnamed Jingguan, it is said that he personally recommended someone bad character and reputation was damaged, in a fit of anger resigned and returned to his hometown to become a teacher.

Although the preparations were a bit hasty, the Zhang family mobilized a large number of manpower to successfully build the ceremonial platform before the auspicious time arrived, and at the same time, transported an abandoned and useless large tripod in order to "break the gold" - that thing was a more commonly used container at this time, and there was no reason to take new ones for them to chop and play.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei went through ritual steps such as killing chickens, burning yellow paper to sacrifice to the sky, and drinking Jinlan wine, but they made a difficulty in the final step of "breaking gold".

"I just thought that we are three brothers who are sworn together, and we can't hold the same sword." Liu Bei looked at the giant tripod in front of him and the ceremonial sword handed by the master of ceremonies, and shook his head to Guan Yu and Zhang Feidao.

"Why don't you shoot at the same time...... It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate. Guan Yu shook his head halfway through his words, there is no doubt that no matter who is the three people present, they can easily break this tripod, but they can't do it "at the same time".

"What's so hard about that?" Zhang Fei thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Isn't the eldest brother using 'double swords'?" My second brother and I can be on one side. ”

That's a great idea, but what is that pose? Didn't you see the emcee laughing?

Liu Bei had the heart to veto, but he couldn't think of a better way for a while, and the auspicious time was over, so he had to sigh and walk in front of the ceremonial Dading, raising the black and white swords with both hands, while Zhang Fei and Guan Yu each reached out to hold the hilts of the two swords with him.

"There is Liu Bei today," "Guan Yu," "Zhang Fei," and the three of them read together: "Although they have different surnames, they are willing to become brothers, and the emperor and queen of heaven are the earth, and they do not seek to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day and month of the same year!" ”

The three of them worked together to slash down the twin swords, and a staggered crack immediately appeared on the big tripod in front of them, and then it was neatly split into four halves.

Liu Bei was about to say something, but there was a vague ethereal voice in his ears:

"As you wish"

With that sound, a hurricane suddenly blew in the peach orchard, causing the audience to hide their faces.

Liu Guanzhang and the others on the stage saw that where the hurricane passed, countless pink, white, snowflakes of peach blossoms were rushing to bloom on the peach trees around them.

Liu Bei could clearly feel that on the wood carving hanging around his neck, the "goodwill" that was originally connected to his father was interrupted, and the new "goodwill" was connected to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei respectively, and at the same time, the nature had also changed, and if anyone was injured, they would absorb the other two for treatment, unless they were more seriously injured than him.

The three who have just become righteous brothers will really "die on the same day, the same month, the same year" as literally said.

"Hmm......" Liu Bei looked at Qi Qi staring at his two brothers, and spread his hands and said: "If I say that it is a 'Wushuang' for my brother and a friend, do you believe it?" ”

"Ha, unless a dragon falls from the sky now, I don't believe the words of the eldest brother." Zhang Fei responded.

"This is ......" Liu Bei was about to laugh, but saw a golden dragon falling from the southern sky accompanied by colorful clouds.

"Okay, I believe it." Zhang Fei changed his words from kindness.

This- Liu Bei froze, the dragon didn't matter, but that cloud somehow firmly attracted his attention.

Is that so? Liu Bei has a clear understanding, what preferences, standards, etc. are all details, and those who are waiting are just that person from beginning to end.