Liu Rong left Guo Jie's residence and headed towards Baling.

After walking for a short time, I saw a liquor store on the side of the road.

Liu Rong thought about the fact that his subordinates followed him from Chang'an to Baling today, and their lips must have been dry at this moment.

So, he ordered him to dismount at the liquor store, take a rest, and drink to relieve his fatigue.

The alcohol content of this era is very low, and drinking three bowls and five bowls is just to quench your thirst, so you must not be able to delay anything.

Especially Wei Qing, with his physique and amount of alcohol, even if he drinks eighteen bowls in a row, he can still go up the mountain to fight tigers.

The shopkeeper of the hotel is a middle-aged man who is dry and numb.

Seeing the guests coming, he hurried up to greet them.

Liu Rong sat in the middle of it, ordered seven jars of wine, and many snacks.

The subordinates sat in a circle around Liu Rong, and only three or five people stood guard outside the wine shop, taking precautions.

After the wine came up, an elderly Lang official took a few sips first, and after confirming that there was no problem, he poured wine for Liu Rong.

This was done in case someone poisoned the wine.

This is the rule of going out, and it is generally not easy to use outsiders' alcohol and food, even if you want to eat it, someone needs to test the poison in advance.

For this approach, Liu Rong felt that it was a bit of a fuss.

How could anyone have expected him to appear here today and set a trap in advance?

No one.

In fact, Liu Rong himself didn't know that he would come to visit Guo Xie today and drink on the side of the road.

Besides, even if someone poisons it, it's useless to test the poison like this.

People don't give chronic poisons, do they?

It's a fool to be a villain.

。。。。。。

After seeing Liu Rong start drinking, everyone picked up the wine bowl in front of them and enjoyed it happily.

It was winter, and the weather was still very cold.

Everyone traveled dozens of miles all the way, and their close-fitting clothes were already soaked, and their bodies were very tired.

Now, with the food and drink, they feel that they have come to life: comfortable.

In the countryside, the quality of the wine is poor, but in the eyes of everyone, it is sweeter than honey.

Hunger does not choose food, thirst does not choose drink, yes.

Liu Rong was idle, so he simply beckoned the shopkeeper of the wine store to come over and chat.

The shopkeeper is also a straight person, and has the intention of currying favor with Liu Rong, and almost answers all questions.

It didn't take long for him to tell Liu Rong his information cleanly and clearly.

It turned out that this person's name was Ma Shizhi, and he was from Julu County, Kanto.

A few years ago, he hooked up with the daughter of a giant businessman in Julu County, and the two eloped to Chang'an and opened a small wine shop in Balingyi.

A young couple sells wine as a stove, but they are also very affectionate.

Liu Rong nodded, he was not interested in the life experience of a passerby, he wanted to hear what the villagers said about Guo Jie.

So he asked, "There is a person named Guo Xie here, have you ever heard of it?"

Hearing Guo Jie's name, Ma Shizhi smiled awkwardly and said, "Naturally, I know that his family often comes to me to drink, and Guo Xie is still my benefactor." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Liu Rong became interested and made a gesture of "please continue", "Tell your story." ”

。。。。。。

Ma Shizhi is a talkative person who likes to chat.

Now that he saw that Liu Rong, a nobleman, was interested in his affairs, he was even more proud, and he poured beans into a bamboo tube, telling the story of him and Guo Jie.

It turned out that Guo Jie's family often had young rangers coming and going, and these young people sometimes drank and had fun in his wine shop.

Once, a teenager got drunk and actually molested his mother-in-law.

Ma Shi was angry and fought with them, but his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face after a while.

So, he recorded this account on Guo Jie's head.

If it weren't for Guo Jie, how could these scoundrels come here?

The next day, when Guo Xie came to his liquor shop to drink, Ma Shizhi "looked down on him" and behaved very disdainfully and arrogantly.

Guo Xie didn't say anything, his admirers couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to kill Ma Shizhi and vent Guo Jie's anger.

Guo Xie stopped them with a smile and said:

"I live in my own country, to the point where I am not respected by my fellow villagers, there must be something imperfect in my character, and what is his fault? (The house is not respectful, it is my virtue and not respectful, what a crime he is!) ）”

Ma Shizhi couldn't help but be a little afraid, glad that he had escaped.

Next, a strange thing happened. When it was time to collect more money, the officials always ignored his family and went directly to the next one to collect the money.

The people of the Han Dynasty were required to serve as conscripts, and if they did not go, they needed to pay a fee, 2,000 yuan a month, which was called practice money.

Ma Shizhi was puzzled, and ran to ask the officials, and the reply he got was that Guo Xie had said hello and asked him to take special care of him, so he didn't charge him more money.

He felt even more strange, he had a grudge against Guo Jie, why did Guo Xie help him so much?

He inquired around, and then learned that Guo Xie not only helped him avoid the practice of changing money, but also helped him punish the little ranger who teased his wife at the beginning.

Ma Shizhi was very grateful and ashamed of his impolite and reckless behavior.

So, he personally visited Guo Xie and apologized for his sin, which was a bit of a guilt.

Unexpectedly, Guo Xie didn't say anything, just smiled.

After this incident, instead of blaming Guo Jie, those rangers would admire his character even more.

More people came to visit Guo Jie.

。。。。。。

Listening to this story, Liu Rong couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Guo Xie is not simple, there is really a set of handling things and gathering people's hearts.

The rangers are a very particular group, they don't follow the law, but they are very reasonable.

They are not accustomed to the behavior of abusing and bullying the lonely and weak, and Guo Jie's behavior of helping the weak is exactly what they admire.

What surprised Liu Rong even more was that this Guo Jie's energy was not small, and he could actually influence local officials.

The money is the country's money, and he actually gave it away with a word, and it was lawless and lawless at that time.

It is no wonder that after Wenjing, the rangers will be severely suppressed by the imperial court, and thus go into decline.

Which powerful government can tolerate their existence?

After listening to the story, Liu Rong took out a large piece of gold and put it on the table, and instructed: "In the future, if the people of the Guo family come to sell wine again, don't collect their debts again." ”

This piece of gold is enough to buy a hundred of these small wine shops.

Ma Shizhi smiled with a smile on his face, pouted and bent over, and took the gold and walked away with a thousand thanks.

Liu Rong became more and more interested in Guo Xie as a person.

When he was a teenager, he didn't count for killing, but now he can "turn frugality into frugality, repay grievances with virtue, and give generously and hope for nothing", which is simply a 180-degree change.

It can be said that the current Guo Xie is already a mature ranger.

It's going to be easy to use.

He made up his mind that he would come to Balingyi again tomorrow and meet this Guo Xie for a while.

You must turn this Guo Xie into your own person.