Cao Cao ran out of the house in anger, which made Cao Song very worried, Cao Song knew that Cao Cao was in the rebellious period of his life at this time, and it was difficult to listen to his own advice, a teenager child, no life experience, just a blunt speaker, this is at home He shouted so much, in case if he said this everywhere and reached the ears of Cao Jie and Wang Fu, how could Cao Jie and Wang Fu give up? The more Cao Song thought about it, the more frightened he became, and chased him out of the house, and Cao Cao had already ridden a fast horse and left.

Cao Songyi was stupid on the door frame for a long time. At this time, Xu You and Yuan Shao came, and Cao Song hurriedly shouted at them, "Xu You, Yuan Shao, Aman just rode out of the house in anger, you two hurry up and ride in my stable to find him!" ”

Xu You and Yuan Shao didn't say a word, ran to the stable on the side of Cao Songyuan, untied two horses, and the two turned over and went to chase Cao Cao.

Xu You guessed that Cao Cao must have gone to the suburbs, so he and Yuan Shao rode out of the city, and rushed along the road outside the city. Wait a minute! Cao Cao heard Xu You's voice and stopped the horse, and after a while, Xu You and Yuan Shao rushed over.

"Aman, what's the matter, you're running so fast?" Xu Yu asked.

Cao Cao said, "It's not because of Cao Jie and Wang Fu!" ”

Xu You said, "The matter has passed, you don't have to be so persistent, even the ministers of the three princes can't ask about the affairs of the court, let alone you and me, the common people." ”

Yuan Shao also persuaded, "Xu You is right, Meng De, we can't ask about the affairs of the court, if we really want to do something for the court, then we can only wait for us to grow up and wait for us to have the ability." ”

"Alas!" Cao Cao sighed. The three of them got off the horse and led the horse to a slope, tied the horse on the spot, and then lay down on the grass and lazily basked in the sun, Cao Cao chewed a grass stalk and thought about his thoughts.

"Aman, let's go back early, so as not to worry about the old man." Xu Youdao.

"I'm depressed, I want to stay here a little longer."

"It's boring to go back, so you might as well play here." Yuan Shaodao.

"It's boring, it's boring!" Cao Cao said.

"Hey! Look, bride, there's a bride over there! Yuan Shao suddenly pointed behind him and shouted.

"Where?" Xu You turned his head to look. Cao Cao didn't even look back, he knew that Yuan Shao was making trouble, and Yuan Shao was indeed joking, he wanted to use this way to ease Cao Cao's heart, but as everyone knows, at this moment, a bride walked in front of him, and Cao Cao didn't have the heart to see it.

"Aman, what do you guess Yuan Shao and I came to you for this time?" Dure, Xu You opened the conversation, and Cao Cao replied, "No...... Do you want me to go home? ”

"No," Xu Yu said, "Aman, I heard that the court sent someone to recruit Lu Zhi, a native of Zhuozhou Zhuo County, to come to the capital to serve as a doctor, have you heard of Lu Zhi?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head.

Xu You said, "I heard my father say that Lu Zhi is very knowledgeable, proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, and has a body of martial arts, which is a rare talent in the world today. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, "You mean to let me go to worship Lu Zhi as a teacher?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Youdao.

"Hmph," Cao Cao laughed to himself, "I'm debauched, even Wang Yue, the first sword master of the Beijing Division, doesn't want to take me as an apprentice, who is willing to teach me?" ”

Xu Yu said, "Aman can rely on Ling Zun's identity to take precautions. ”

"If you don't try, I'm used to being free."

The three of them talked for a while, and did not return until the sun was about to set.

The next day, Cao Cao got up early in the morning and was playing with a sword in the courtyard when Wang Yue suddenly came. Cao Cao saw that Wang Yue was bored in his heart, and he did not stop practicing his sword and stepped forward to salute. Since Wang Yue helped Cao Jie and Wang Fu arrest Chen Fan and Dou Wu together, Cao Cao has become disgusted with Wang Yue, thinking that Wang Yue is a person who has a tendency to attach inflammation and help to abuse him, and since then he has drawn a clear line with Wang Yue in his heart and is unwilling to associate with him again, so he did not come forward to salute Wang Yue when he saw him today.

Wang Yue also knew that Cao Cao had an opinion on himself, and he didn't care, but silently watched Cao Cao practice swordsmanship with his hands on his wrists, and when he saw that Cao Cao's swordsmanship was wrong, he didn't come forward to advise, Wang Yue now also felt that he was no longer worthy of being Cao Cao's master.

After practicing for a while, Cao Cao felt tired and stopped his hand, as if he had only discovered Wang Yue and stepped forward to salute, "Why is the master here?" ”

Hearing Cao Cao call his master, Wang Yue's heart was hot, and he nodded to Cao Cao with a smile and said, "I have two things to tell you here." "Please." "First, I have resigned from the court as the general of the tiger ben, the affairs in the court are too complicated and sinister, and I want to travel the four seas and teach martial arts like Tong Yuan, for the rest of my life. Second, I know that you have ambitions, there is a person who has retribution, I can't be your teacher, now I recommend to you a person can be your teacher, this person has a noble character, upright character, not afraid of power, proficient in all kinds of martial arts, if the virtuous nephew can worship him as a teacher, he will have a bright future. ”

"Who is the master talking about?"

"This person is from Zhuo County, Zhuozhou......"

"Could it be that the master is talking about Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan?" Cao Cao interrupted Wang Yue's words and asked. Wang Yue was stunned for a moment, "You also know Lu Zhi?" "I'm just hearsay." "This person is by no means in vain," Wang Yue said, "The court has always summoned talents from counties and counties to serve in Beijing, and his master is Ma Rong, a scholar of today's university, and Ma Rong is the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan, he participated in the compilation of "Dongguan Hanji", this talent is above me, therefore, I recommend you to worship him as a teacher, which will be of great benefit to you on the road to official career in the future." ”

Cao Cao was very indifferent after hearing this, and he said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have no intention of worshipping him as a teacher." ”

Wang Yue was taken aback, looked at Cao Cao, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" Cao Cao said, "I heard the master say that this person has a noble character and an upright personality, and must be a person with personality, I think he must also have some requirements in the selection of students, I am a dissolute person, according to my character, he will definitely not accept it." Wang Yue heard that he thought about it, nodded his head, and said, "Even so, if you let Lord Ling Zun go, maybe he will agree." "Then I'll give it a try." Cao Cao chatted with Wang Yue for a while, and Wang Yue said goodbye and left, and from then on, Wang Yue left the officialdom and stepped into the rivers and lakes to wander the world.

After Wang Yue left, Cao Cao told Cao Song the idea of wanting to worship Lu Zhi as a teacher, Cao Song was sincerely happy, thinking that his son had always been dissolute and uninhibited, and now he suddenly remembered to worship a celebrity as a teacher to learn art, which is really long! So Cao Song waited for Lu Zhi to come to Beijing to visit.

Speaking of Lu Zhi, at this time, Lu Zhi was teaching Liu Bei, Liu Deran, Gao Lu and Gongsun Zan to learn Confucian classics in the house of his hometown in Zhuo County, and he also practiced martial arts and swords in his spare time. Liu Bei was thirteen or fourteen years old at this time, Gongsun Zhan was one or two years older than Liu Bei, Liu Bei's ancestor was Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing in the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng was the half-brother of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng's wives and concubines were a group, and he had more than 100 children, and his son Liu Zhen, the Marquis of Lucheng in Zhongzhuo County, was Liu Bei's ancestor. Liu Zhen was dismissed from the title of Marquis of Lu Cheng by the court because of the lack of sacrificial tribute, and since then the family has fallen, Liu Bei's grandfather Liu Xiong has been filial piety, and has been the commander of Fan County in Dongjun, but Liu Bei's father Liu Hong died young, and the family lost its pillars, so that Liu Bei, who is a nobleman, cannot make a living by weaving mats and selling mats with his mother. Liu Deran and Liu Bei are the same ancestor, they are cousins, and their family background is better than Liu Bei, Liu Deran's father Liu Yuanqi has been optimistic about Liu Bei since he was a child, and often supports Liu Bei's family.

Compared with Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan's situation is better, Gongsun Chan was also born in the aristocracy, but because of his mother's humble background, he could only serve as a scholar in Zhuo County, but Gongsun Chan was handsome and was favored by Taishou, so he was called as a son-in-law, and since then he has funded Gongsun Chan to worship Lu Zhi as a teacher to learn art.

As usual, after teaching a Confucian classic at noon, Lu Zhi began to teach Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan to practice martial arts and practice swords.

After practicing for a while, Lu Zhi said to the disciples, "Disciples, I was recruited by the court and will enter Beijing to take up my post in a few days. "Yes, master." The disciples gave up. At this moment, the servant reported that there was a visit from the capital outside the door, Lu Zhi hurriedly greeted the door, and saw that it was Liu Kuan, a servant of Hongnong Huayin, who was a friend of the dynasty, Lu Zhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "I don't know that the virtuous brother came to the cold house, and he lost his welcome, and he lost his respect." Liu Kuan smiled and grabbed Lu Zhi's hand and said, "I haven't seen my brother for half a year, like every three autumns!" How is my brother doing? "Okay, okay, disciples, come and greet Liu Shizhong." Lu Zhi shouted at the disciples. All the disciples came over to greet Liu Kuan, and Liu Kuan said happily, "Okay, good, see that your disciples are all shrewd and intelligent, and they will definitely be the pillars of talent in the future!" ”

Lu Zhi asked the disciples to go home and invited Liu Kuan into the house to talk. Liu Kuan said, "Brother doesn't know, I have resigned from my position as a servant and transferred to Zongzheng, and I came to Zhuo County to repair the family tree of a royal family in Zhuo County by the order of the court." "Oh," Lu Zhi nodded, "Two of the first sons of Fang Cai are members of the Han family, so I'll go and ask them to come and meet you now." "No hurry, no hurry, let's talk later."

Speaking of Liu Bei, Liu Bei returned home and carried a roll of straw mats as usual to say goodbye to his mother and go to the neighboring village to sell, as soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw a group of children shouting at him, "Wow! Liu Bei went to sell straw mats again! Straw mats are sold! Straw mats are sold! Liu Bei was a little angry, so he simply put the straw mat under the big mulberry tree, then sat on the straw mat, pointed to the children and said, "In the future, I will sit under the canopy as big as this mulberry tree for the Son of Heaven, and you all have to kneel and kowtow to me!" ”

Liu Bei's uncle Liu Zijing was beside him, and he was shocked when he heard Liu Bei say this, and reprimanded, "Evil animal! You have uttered such a great rebellious word, do you want our ancestors to suffer the disaster of annihilation? At that time, Liu Deran's father Liu Bei's uncle Liu Yuanqi was also by his side, Liu Yuanqi was a little surprised, but on the surface he said disapprovingly, "What a child says, brother should not take it seriously." Liu Yuanqi returned home, went to the urn and filled half a bag of rice to his wife, and said to his wife, "Go, send these rice to Liu Bei's family again." Madame was a little strange and said, "I only sent half a bag a few days ago, why do you want to send it now?" Liu Yuanqi said, "I think Liu Bei will become a great weapon in the future, and the appearance of such a character in our clan is a fortunate thing for the Liu clan of Zhuo County, go quickly, go quickly." Madame reluctantly departed.

Liu Bei yelled at the children and walked away with the mat on his back, and just walked to the head of the village, his mentor Lu Zhi asked someone to call, so Liu Bei followed the man to Lu Zhi's house, unloaded the straw mat from his back, and saw Liu Kuan looking at him. Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Liu Bei has seen adults. "You are Liu Bei?" "Exactly." "Your ancestor is Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan?" "Exactly." "Okay, okay, I'm also a member of the royal family, and you should call me great-grandfather according to your seniority." "Grandfather is above, please accept Liu Bei's worship." Liu Kuan hurriedly helped Liu Bei up and looked him up and down, his eyes full of joy.

Lu Zhi said to Liu Bei, "Liu Bei, you go and sell your straw mat first, I have something to talk about with your great-grandfather." After Liu Bei left, Liu Kuan said to Lu Zhi, "I look at Liu Bei's big earlobe wheel, his hands over his knees, and he has a noble appearance." Lu Zhi said, "His father died early, his family was poor, and he made a living by weaving mats and selling mats, but he often received financial support from his clansmen. Liu Kuan said, "You have to teach this person well, and he will become a great tool in the future." "I am also very optimistic about Liu Bei, and I should do my best."

At night, Liu Bei lit the fire next to the stove with his hands on his cheeks, and the fire light turned his face red. "Mother, today the court sent Master Zongzheng to our Zhuo County to continue the family tree of the royal family, it seems that our branch has not been forgotten by the royal family." Mother said, "How many years have our royal family been defeated, but none of them have come out on top. "Mother, I won't let you down." "Child, your teacher is going to Beijing to take up a job, and if you leave your teacher, you must not waste your studies." "Yes, Mother."

A few days later, Lu Zhi left his hometown to serve in Beijing, Cao Song immediately prepared a generous gift to see Lu Zhi, and wanted Lu Zhi to accept Cao Cao as a disciple, as Cao Cao said, Lu Zhi had no intention of accepting disciples in Beijing, Lu Zhi politely refused, saying that he had no spare time to teach apprentices in the capital, and Cao Song gave up.