The mood of the three adults was obviously not as good as Liu Chang's, in addition to guarding against the beasts that might suddenly jump out, and also, the shelter they were looking for had not yet been found, if they couldn't find it before dark, tonight, they had to sleep in the open again.

But in the vast forest, it is too difficult to find a cave where to stay.

Until night falls again, they have to face reality again--- sleeping out again! However, there is also good news, they hit a yellow sheep. There is no need to gnaw on the few dry biscuits that Liu Chang still carried.

After eating, one of the attendants, acting as a guard, found a larger trunk and slept against it, while the other sat on a large rock to keep watch.

The father and son also lay down by the fire and fell asleep.

In this way, for five days, they did not find a suitable place to live, and in the end, they had to give up.

During this period, they also thought about building a wooden house, this is in the mountains, the materials for building wooden houses are everywhere, but they have no tools, the guards have two knives, but they are weapons, not tools, a few cuts, a knife will be invalid, the remaining one will not dare to be used to cut down trees anyway, if even the only remaining one is broken, not to mention self-defense, it may be a problem to even eat, and there is no way to slaughter prey.

"It seems that we really can't survive in this wild," Liu Ju said worriedly, looking at the withered yellow leaves everywhere.

These days, it's pitiful, it's not raining. If it rains, not to mention that the problem of food cannot be solved, and there is no way to even shelter from the rain and keep warm, in case they are sick or something, they are really a dead end.

"Go back!" Liu Ju stood up and made up his mind.

"Childe, when the master is leaving, he will explain that Childe really can't get a foothold, and he can go to Huangshi Village to settle down." An entourage saw that Liu Ju was determined to leave, and stepped forward to tell Liu Ju what Zhang Daoda had told him when he was leaving.

"Huangshi Village?" This is the second time Liu Ju has heard this place name, although it still seems to be very familiar, and I still don't remember where I heard these three words.

"Yes," the attendant nodded.

"Where is Huangshi Village?"

"Jingzhou"

"Ah, I know, Huangshi, Huangshi, it turned out to be the place where Liuhou got the Huangshi Gong Biography, I said, this name is so familiar, I just can't remember it. However, shouldn't that be Jibei? How is there a Huangshi village in Jingzhou? He immediately understood the meaning of Huangshi, but he couldn't understand how the stones from Jibei ran to Jingzhou.

"This... But this little man doesn't know."

"It must have been Liuhou who moved there by himself back then." Liu Chang added that these are the glorious history of the ancestors, as a descendant of the royal family, it is a compulsory course to understand the brilliant achievements of the ancestors, and he is also a descendant of the Liu family, it doesn't matter if he understands it or not, but he must know. Zhang Liang is the main advisor of Gaozu, so his achievements are known to the descendants of the Liu family. Of course, Zhang Liang moved the stone, Liu Chang guessed it himself, knowing that his master was a stone, and he couldn't continue to let the stone blow and rain.

Although the road down the mountain is also difficult and difficult to walk, it is smoother than when you come up, the second brother followed the entourage who led the way, walking in front of his father, Liu Chang followed behind his father, the two entourages are still one after the other, the second brother's situation is much better, but he still does not speak.

"Father, is there really such a person as Huangshi Gong" Anyway, there is nothing else on the road, father and son just say a word to you, I am gossiping, the hero of gossip, of course, is the mysterious yellow stone. Liu Chang looked at Huang Shigong with his own eyes, and he was a little unconvinced. He had asked his master at the beginning, and the master's answer to him was "no doubt", but since he was sensible, he wanted to get to the bottom of everything, and the more he was not allowed to doubt, the more suspicious he felt, so he decided to take this opportunity to solve his original confusion.

"Of course there is, how could it not be." This is Liu Ju's answer: "Otherwise, how can Liuhou get the "Plain Book""

"Maybe he wrote it himself?"

"How did you come up with this idea?"

"You say, Huang Shigong was on the bridge when he threw his shoes under the bridge, what if they were washed away by the water?"

"How could it be, Huang Shigong saw that he was optimistic about it at the time, so he lost it."

"Father, if it was you, would you go down and pick it up?"

"This... Maybe. ”

"If it were me, it wouldn't be."

"Why? Respect for the elderly is a virtue."

"You think, he threw his shoes down in front of me, and three times. There must be a sickness, and my best chance is to find someone to carry him home and hand him over to his children. You think, Liuhou was in his thirties at the time, and he was known as the smartest person in the world, how could Huang Shigong use such a child's trick to tempt him. The only possibility is that this Huangshi Gong is a fool. ”

"But that "Plain Book", my father really read it, and there is a copy in the palace, every word is beautiful, broad and profound."

"I haven't read that book, and I can't read it. I just can't imagine why Huang Shigong used such a stupid way to test a smart person, and Liuhou couldn't see that it was a fool's game. ”

"Didn't you say that? Liuhou saw that he was too old at the time, so he didn't care. ”

"There is another question, the story says that five days later, Zhang Liang arrived at the agreed place, the old man had already arrived first, and when he saw Zhang Liang arriving late, the old man said angrily: 'How can a young man be late for a date with an old man?' So he departed again and said, 'Come early in five days.' ’

Five days later, when the rooster first crowed, Zhang Liang hurried to the appointment, and the old man arrived first, and he said angrily, 'Why are you late again?' Then the old man went away again, and said, 'Come early in five days.' ’

Five days later, Zhang Liang went in the middle of the night, and after a while, the old man also came, and the old man took out a book and said, 'You can become an emperor after reading this.' In the next ten years, you will build a career, and in thirteen years, you will see me in Jibei, and the Huangshi under Gucheng Mountain will be me. Then the old man went away and never reappeared. The story goes like this."

"yes, what's wrong with that?"

"This problem is big, it can be said earlier that Huangshi Gong relies on the old and sells the old, pretending to be crazy and stupid; It's not like the words in the back, it's obviously a person who doesn't keep promises and doesn't keep time, and the middle of the night is also called dawn? If Huangshi Lao doesn't have a book, or is he just joking with Liuhou, won't Liuhou become the laughing stock of the world? Speaking of this, Liu Chang's contemptuous tone was unobstructed, and Huang Shigong directly became Huang Shi.

Liu Ju was silent for a long time and did not speak. The story is so well-known that almost everyone knows it, but no one pays attention to these details. To be honest, he also thinks that what Xiao San said is reasonable, punctuality is to keep the accurate time, late and unpunctual, early arrival, especially early is too outrageous, it can only mean that you don't count in your heart, you don't have a sense of time, and it's not punctual either. If such a person becomes a general under his father, and the enemy arrives at dawn, you charge in the middle of the night, push it out and cut it, which is the most obvious result.

"But that book..." Liu Ju thought about it, he had seen the transcript of this book, it couldn't be fake, the words were concise, every word was fine, it was indeed a rare good book.

"It must have been written by Liuhou himself." Liu Chang was behind Liu Ju, patting the thatch next to him with a branch as he walked, while answering his father's words.

"Then why did he borrow the name of Huangshi Gong." Liu Ju stopped, turned his head, and looked at his son, who was still shaking his head as he walked.

Liu Chang didn't pay attention, and suddenly hit his father's body, Liu Ju hurriedly helped him, and then continued to walk.

"This is the wisdom of Liuhou" Liu Chang returned to his original state, and also answered his father's questions.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Think about it, if Gaozu knew that Liuhou had such great talent, could he let him go?"

Also, Liu Ju frowned, and figured it out, not to mention his grandfather's founding emperor, even himself, he would not let people with earth-shaking abilities leave easily, there is only one premise for leaving, the head is left, and the body can leave. What are you kidding to let this kind of person out of his control, unless he doesn't have a head, or his head is moldy:

"But isn't he gone?"

"Because he left the book behind. He's telling everyone, it's not that I'm good, it's this book that's good, and now, you've all seen it, and you're just as good as me, so I'm not that good. ”

"So, he deceived Gaozu?" Liu Ju's footsteps paused obviously, and he left to return to his normal speed.

"That's for sure, but I don't know if this book is real or fake, I think, he will definitely keep his hands behind, this book must be unfathomable and obscure, in fact, it is to say simple words in a foggy way, it should be worthless."

Liu Ju didn't continue to speak, and he was silent again. But his silence this time was not thinking about what Liu Chang said, but Liu Ling's words, which suddenly echoed in his mind, his sister said that his son was the only chosen son found in thousands of years, at that time, he didn't care about his sister's words, it was too mysterious, and he said that he would live tens of thousands of years. Now that I think about it, whether it is in the palace or now, this kid is indeed different, and he only felt that he was childish or whimsical before. Now it seems that it is not just groundless. Seeing the tricky angle of the problem, or the ability to solve the problem, it is much better than him, the successor personally cultivated by the emperor, especially the sentence he asked himself a few days ago, 'Why don't you kill those disobedient generals?' I don't feel as good as my son. yes, why didn't you kill them at that time? If I kill them, I will kill them by mistake, and at most I will be reprimanded; And if they kill me, they will be punished by the nine tribes. Since his sister appeared, Liu Ju's heart has always warned him not to underestimate this and the third son, but he found that he still underestimated him.

Many people had read this book at the time, and the "Plain Book" only had six chapters, 132 sentences, and 1,366 crosses. A lot of people can still remember. Among them, there is a righteous path for the father's memory is particularly sober: virtue is enough to cherish the distance, faith is enough to be different, righteousness is enough to win the public, it is enough to learn from the ancients, and the Ming is enough to shine down, and this person is handsome;

Behavior is enough to be an instrument, wisdom is enough to resolve suspicion, faith can make keep the contract, honesty can make the wealth, this person's pride is also;

Duty but not abandonment, righteousness and not return, suspicion but not exemption, see profit but not gain, this person's masterpiece is also. Liu Ju decided to test Liu Chang, so he recited a passage from "Plain Book" to see his son's reaction, these words are regarded as the golden rule by himself, impeccable, he doesn't believe that his son can find fault.

"What do you mean?" Liu Chang's eyes were full of reflections, his father said so much, he could write every child, and he knew every child, but when he put it together, he didn't understand what it meant. If he doesn't understand these obscure words, he hears this and that, and he comes and goes, and he doesn't know what it is.

"If you are virtuous, you will bring those who are far away to come and be obedient. Honesty is not deceptive, and different opinions can be unified. The truth is sufficient, and it can be supported by the masses of subordinates. Outstanding intellect and can learn from history. Wisdom and wisdom can know the crowd and tolerate the crowd. Such a person can be called the best among men. Liu Chang explained the words on these books to Liu Chang, but these words have been personally annotated by many writers and Liuhou himself, and the content will never be wrong.

"Father, you and your grandfather went to the court together, and in the court, you also talked like this? Say a word, say a word, say a word, say a word? Just this sentence, the child will not understand. If I become emperor in the future, if anyone comes over like this, and also passes, I will turn them all into one: dumb too! If you can't say anything, you can't say it properly! ”

"You don't care about these things for now, you talk about it first, does what he said make sense?"

"Makes sense, of course it makes sense."

"If these words are interpreted as, 'To be hungry is not to be full, and when you are full, you will not be hungry; It makes more sense that a person who has enough money is not poor, and a poor person is a person who does not have enough money. From these words, the child concluded that it was a fake. Liu Chang was going crazy, he said so much, he really didn't understand a word, he didn't have a father to translate, and he didn't know that he was sold by them. In your own country, you can't understand your own voice.

"With this broken book, you still have a treasure? Father, if you become the emperor, immediately ask the Zhang family to hand over the real book, and if you can't hand it over, you will be locked up in a cage. ”

The mountain road dialogue between father and son had a great impact on Liu Ju, and it also made him look at himself from another angle, and there were not so many resentments in his heart, and he also accepted reality. The dialogue between father and son was later passed on to Zhang Daoda by his entourage, and Zhang Zhenren was so frightened that he dug up Zhang Liang's tomb overnight and burned the manuscript of Zhang Liang who was buried with him.

Three days later, they finally walked out of the mountain.

"Are you sure you won't go all the way to Huangshi Village with us?" They knew the identity of this son, and they confessed it when the master left, but the real person also explained that they were still called by the son, and they could not change it unless the party asked for it.

"We won't disturb the cultivation of real people, our father and son can't survive in the mountains, and there shouldn't be any problems in this folk. Go back and thank the real person for helping me and my father. "This time in the wild, Liu Ju's character has also changed a lot, at least, I know how to say thank you. In the past, there was no such bad problem, thanks? It is your honor to serve the crown prince.

Sure enough, when the two entourages heard that the crown prince wanted the two of them to convey their thanks from the crown prince, they stood there at a loss, unable to even speak.

After sending the two away, Liu Ju looked around, this is not Quanjiuli, this Liu Ju can be sure, because, Quanjiuli is a mountainous area, but this is not, the front of this place is a large flat land, and the population is much denser than Quanjiuli.

Since they didn't go to Huangshi Village, they were faced with another choice: where to go?

Huangshi Village, it's not that he doesn't want to go, but he doesn't dare to go, his son is right, the Zhang family is the home of smart people, smart people have a common characteristic, they will judge the situation, they will be wise to protect themselves, and their rapid retreat is a good example. Although Zhang Daoda invited himself, the Zhang family is not Zhang Daoda's alone.

But where to go? There are only two roads in front of them, either enter the city, or go out of the pass, to the east is Hangu Pass, after going out of Hangu Pass, follow the caravan to the north, cross the Qinling Mountains and enter the desert, although this road is far away, but it is relatively safe, especially after entering the desert, the sky is high and the birds fly. Liu Chang is more willing to choose this road, but the safety of this road is safety, they don't have money, they have to find a way to earn while walking, that is, it is more difficult.

Entering the city, it is closer, but it is also more dangerous, after all, it has not been long since the prince left, and the limelight has not passed, and they may be arrested at any time, but in the city, they have more means of survival, and it is not so hard.

"Into the city" Liu Ju finally decided.