Chapter 21 Things are not people

Lousang is located in the southeast of Zhuoxian County, 12 miles.

Yu Zhuojun listened, it is not a small place.

This is the Liu family, a wealthy family in Zhuo County, and it is also where Liu Bei's hometown is.

Lousang at night was pitch black, and only the moon and stars in the sky cast a dim light.

Liu Bei led more than a dozen relatives and returned to Lousang on horseback with torches, and when the local families all turned off the lights and fell asleep.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the northern states and counties have been attacked and harassed by the Yellow Turban Army, and they are worried that the war will burn on them.

So, when Liu Bei walked on the familiar and unfamiliar country road and looked at the many houses in disrepair on both sides, there was no surprise, but there was a sense of human rights and wrongs in his heart.

When you arrive at the town of Lousangji, you go to the northwest direction, turn a corner, and you can see a big locust tree rising from the ground, close to the broken courtyard of the big locust tree, which is the former residence of Liu Bei.

Ten years ago, when his mother died of illness, he was the only one left in the family, and when life was hard, Liu Bei used to weave straw sandals in this small courtyard, and whenever he encountered the market, he would sell them to the market in exchange for some livelihood and spend money.

Naturally, counting the family assets left by his parents, as well as the financial support of his uncle Liu Zijing and Liu Yuanqi, Liu Bei's life should not be so depressed, not to mention that there are still a few acres of land at home to cultivate.

But Liu Bei usually spends money lavishly, and when he was young, he also had the heart of comparison, he liked gorgeous clothes, and a group of fox friends and dog friends in the market often made parties, and the cost increased.

In fact, thanks to these friends in the market and the help of his relatives, he was able to travel to Luoyang to study, and studied under Lu Zhimen for a period of time, so that he got to know Gongsun Chan and others.

In the past few years, Liu Bei has gained a lot of knowledge and some habits, and he has changed.

Now that he returned to the house again, looking at the simple thatched house and the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, Liu Bei had a lot of thoughts, and he himself admired "Liu Bei" even more in his heart.

Just ask, born in this era, can he do better than him?

Pushing open the small door of the courtyard, Liu Bei returned to his home, although the house was broken, but it was home in the end.

When he walked to the stone table in the courtyard, he subconsciously touched it, but found that there was no dust, which showed that someone had helped him clean it.

Maybe it's a relative or a neighbor!

He shook his head, then looked at his relatives and said, "You can also come in and rest for a while!" ”

When he returned home this time, Liu Bei just planned to take a look, and then go to the ancestral grave in the back mountain to burn some paper money for his parents who died early, but he had some thoughts in his heart.

Just as the old wooden door was pushed open, before I could step in, a voice suddenly came from the darkness.

"Is Lang Jun back?"

This voice was somewhat familiar to Liu Bei's memory.

He turned and looked at the torch. And the guards on the left and right have long raised their swords and spears to protect the left and right.

When looking at the man, Liu Bei finally found a familiar memory: "You are Lao Zheng, the concierge of your uncle's house?" ”

The man was fifty years old, with a sparse beard, and was the doorman of Liu Bei's third uncle, Liu Yuanqi.

He squinted at Liu Bei and the soldiers around him, he was a little scared at first, but after Liu Bei recognized it, he said happily: "It's the villain, Lang Jun can be regarded as coming back, since Lang Jun recruited people in the county back then, and resisted those yellow turban thieves, it has been four years."

In the past four years, the master of the family and the housewife and others, because they were worried that the yellow turban thief would kill, took Xiaolang and others to take refuge in the south, and it was not long after Lang Jun led his troops to leave Zhuoxian.

When I was a year ago, a letter came to my home, and I didn't come in the future. ”

It turned out that the third uncle Liu Yuanqi had left home.

Liu Bei sighed in his heart, and if he wanted to ask who in the family had the greatest help to him, it was undoubtedly this third uncle, and the third uncle and mother were also a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted person.

Since he himself summoned the rebel army in the county to join the fight against the Yellow Turban Army, he rarely wrote from home, after all, he was in his hometown of Lousang, and he didn't have too many people and things to worry about.

In addition, over the years in the army, up and down, although Liu Bei's temperament is benevolent, righteous and kind, it is inevitable to offend some people, even if he maintains a relationship with the family, he is also worried about involvement.

"Is the second uncle okay?"

His second uncle, that is, Liu Zijing.

Listening to Liu Bei's question, the doorman Lao Zheng made another narrative.

It turned out that the second uncle Liu Zijing was still in Lousang, but some time ago, the county asked the townships to raise grain to supply the imperial army that went to Yuyang to fight against the thieves.

However, due to the poor rain in Zhuo County in the past two years, how can there be so much food, and the second uncle Liu Zijing is leading people to the countryside to find some rich people to discuss and raise.

In the chatter, Lao Zheng said a lot, most of which were the big and small things that happened in the entire Liu family and Lousang after Liu Bei left. Including Liu Bei used to live in this small courtyard, and it was also the cleaning that Lao Zheng had nothing to do.

Liu Bei listened silently and asked a few questions from time to time.

If you ask the biggest feeling, that is, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, going up to the imperial court, down to small places such as Lousang, they all have the same feeling of being different from people.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, Lao Zheng planned to call the neighbors next to him to meet him, but Liu Bei refused.

He could only stay for a few hours when he returned home this time, so there was no need to disturb him too much.

"Lao Zheng, go back and rest!

If the second uncle returns, you can tell him, I, Liu Bei, thank the family for their help over the years.

In addition, some belongings are thanks to the cleaning of the house.

It's not early, so you should go back and rest early! ”

Liu Bei said goodbye and gave a few coins, Lao Zheng tested the cloth bag handed by Liu Bei, rejoiced in his heart, and even cowardly responded.

Today's Liu Bei feels very special to him, unlike many years ago, when he looked so young, he was a little more coercive.

"The villain will retire now, and I will see Lang Jun tomorrow......"

Lao Zheng took two steps, but finally became bold, turned around and asked: "When I was a year ago, the villain heard that Lang Jun seemed to have been rewarded for his meritorious work in killing the enemy, and it seems that he had received a group of men and horses alone, but now I am afraid that he has already waited for a song, right?" ”

The military waiting, or Lao Zheng heard others talk about it, it is said that it is a very large position in the army, and can manage 200 people.

This is also the biggest position that Lao Zheng can think of, anyway, it is more majestic than the tour in charge of public security in the township.

Every time Huang Youjiao traveled, three or two pavilion guards followed, and Liu Bei came back this time, but there were ten people, and each of them had an expensive horse.

Hearing this, Liu Bei said: "It's similar to what Lao Zheng said, I passed by Zhuo County this time, and went home to see, it was not during the day, ordered by the imperial court, to go to Yuyang and other places with Zhonglang to exterminate the thieves." Wait for the next time I come back, I don't know when! ”

After taking Liu Bei's money and things, Lao Zheng was still a little reluctant in his heart, and he was busy bending his waist and said: "Lang Jun, please rest assured, this house, the villain will always help take care of and clean it!" ”

"Then there will be work!"

After Lao Zheng left, a quarter of an hour later, Liu Bei led the crowd, with torches, and other things specially bought in the county town in the afternoon, to pay tribute to the deceased relatives at the ancestral tomb.

Then, he rode his horse overnight and rushed to the garrison camp outside the county seat.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Lou Sang and everyone knew that Liu Bei had returned.

But except for the Liu clan people who are still here, many people quickly forgot about it.

As the saying goes, wealth does not return to their hometown, such as a night walk in clothes.

But now Liu Bei is just another Sima.