After the debate, Shen Chen's fame gradually spread in the countryside and throughout Jingzhou.

The urban and rural pavilions of the surrounding counties of Xiangyang all know that there is a twelve-year-old Xiao Langjun in the Weiting of Longzhong Township, who not only has excellent moral character, but also has excellent learning, and even led the troops to fight and defeated Cao Cao, so he is famous in Jingzhou.

But that's all there is to it, and it's impossible to become a celebrity overnight. This is not only related to the age of talent, but also related to the promotion of the family gate valve.

At that time, the spread of fame could not spread far at all by relying only on the countryside, and it had to rely on the appreciation of the upper echelons and the promotion of the family's gate valves.

Shen Chen has a reputation in the countryside, Liu Biao stands behind him, and there is no problem with the countryside and the upper echelons. But the family valves in the middle are all single-minded and defected to the Xudu court, and there are a large number of famous scholars and Confucians who went south to avoid disasters and also have their hearts set on the Son of Heaven.

So in their opinion, Cao Cao is now "supporting the Han family", and Shen Chen is against him, that is, hindering the revival of the Han family. Therefore, it is obviously impossible for them to help Shen Chen become famous.

This caused Shen Chen to be famous, but it was difficult to spread it widely, and he could not be recognized by those family lords and celebrities, so he could only circulate in the countryside.

But even so, it is remarkable to achieve such an accomplishment at the age of twelve. When Kong Rong was a child, he was only praised by everyone for making pears, but he has been able to do things that many adults can't do, which has attracted the attention of the world.

After Deng Hong and Liu Xian went back that day, they reported the situation to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao has always had a heart of self-reliance, and he didn't have a good impression of the great Confucian scholars and middle- and lower-class families in Jingzhou who persuaded him to belong, and he was very happy to hear that Shen Chen had thwarted their attacks: "Ah Chen is indeed very intelligent, and he didn't disappoint me." ”

Deng Hong hurriedly said: "Ah Chen said that this is all because he often asks Ming Gong for advice. The ancients said that they could distinguish between right and wrong, dispel evil and help right. It was the Duke of Ming who taught him to speak righteously, knowing that Cao Cao was just a thief who stole the country, and Duke Ming was the one who helped the Han family, so he lashed out angrily. ”

"Good."

Liu Biao nodded slightly, looked around and said: "Although Ah Chen is young, he can be the first famous man in Nanzhou, and in a few years, I will call him to join the office." ”

Deng Hong said: "Thank you Ming Gong, Ah Chen has long wanted to work for Ming Gong." ”

"Well, you guys go first."

Liu Biao waved his hand, signaling that they could go.

Deng Hong and Liu Xian said goodbye and left.

After they left, Liu Biao narrowed his eyes and began to think.

His current intention to stand on his own feet is unknown to very few people other than those around him and those who are extremely intelligent.

The real revelation of his intentions will be known to everyone in the whole world, and it will be two years later.

Changsha Taishou Zhang Xian responded to the call of the imperial court to fight against Liu Biao, was pacified by him, annexed Zhang Xian's troops, and brought more than 100,000 soldiers with armor, and when he owned Jingnan and even got involved in Jiaozhou, he was gradually discovered.

Because after that, he began not to pay tribute to the imperial court, did a lot of things that exceeded the law and restless duty, and also worshiped heaven and earth, and the etiquette was intended to refer to the monarch.

At that time, Liu Biao's heart will be known to passers-by, and he will basically be the emperor.

But at present, there are too many people in Jingzhou who are interested in the Han family, and he does not dare to expose his thoughts, so he can only support Shen Chen vaguely.

However, Shen Chen is the one who fights against Cao, and he is a very powerful talent, he also thinks about it clearly, and when the time is ripe in the future, he must make good use of him.

The dream of being the emperor.

Liu Biao was slightly distracted, looking at the green smoke slowly burning from the incense burner in front of him, his eyes were a little confused for a while.

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Ye County, located on the southwest bank of the Han River, is about 120 miles away from Xiangyang, and is ten miles north of the city of Yicheng in the later generations. At that time, it was a very prosperous city, with Zhonglu County to the north and Yicheng County to the south.

Due to the war in the north, a large number of families went south to avoid disasters, which made Xiangyang extremely prosperous at that time. During the influx of countless celebrities, Confucians, families, gate valves, and heroes, there are countless celebrities and Confucians living in the surrounding area.

The major families in the south also live in the south of Xiangyang, from Xiangyang City to Yicheng County, the south stretches for more than 100 miles, along the way, the bamboo leaves are forested, and the river flows.

Looking along the Han River, I saw gorgeous manors towering one after another, and watchtowers and mansions were connected together.

The road paved with bluestone slabs, the countryside is endless, Zhu Xuan is glorious, the canopy is extended, there are countless rich businessmen and powerful families, countless doors and horses, and the mountains and mountains in the distance are verdant, and they are beautiful.

It is known locally as "Crown Geri", not only because of its prosperity, but also because dozens of officials whose ancestors have produced 2,000 stone have settled here.

Among them, there are several ancestral families in Jingzhou, including Pang, Huang, Cai, Kuai, Ma, Xi, Yang, and Xiang.

In addition, there are small and medium-sized clans such as the Liaohua family, the Yinguan family, and the Zhang Yi family.

Therefore, to a certain extent, on the road of more than 100 miles along the way from Yicheng to Zhonglu to Xiangyang, among the countless Zhumen compounds, there are wealthy families who can affect the situation in Jingzhou.

Most of these top families tend to be neutral in politics, neither supporting Liu Biao's self-reliance, nor supporting his attachment to the imperial court, and choosing the golden mean.

It's not that they don't have a position, it's not that they don't want to belong to the imperial court, but they know very well what Liu Biao's attitude is.

They are in the upper echelons of Jingzhou, and they know too well Liu Biao's desire to be self-reliant.

And under Liu Biao's rule, with the influence of these top families, he clearly supported Cao Cao and asked Liu Biao to be attached, then Liu Biao would not mind taking out his butcher's knife and making Jingzhou a few less families.

So recently, when Shen Chen became famous in Jingzhou because of his strong resistance to Cao, the top families were calm.

Including Cai Mao and Kuaiyue, the two who are dedicated to Cao, have not made any moves, and even the two of them dare not behave so obviously in front of Liu Biao at this time, and in recent days, they have praised Shen Chen, saying that there is another young genius under Liu Biao's rule.

But those small and medium-sized families and celebrities and scholars who fled from the north didn't care about this.

According to historical records, due to Liu Biaoyin's alliance with Yuan Shao, the wave of opposition from middle- and lower-level officials and a large number of celebrities and scholars came and went.

Among them is the great Confucian Wang Jun.

When Liu Biaoyin married Yuan Shao, he was the first to oppose it, saying, "Cao Gong, the hero of the world, will be able to prosper and be domineering, and those who succeed Huan and Wen will also be successful." If there is an urgent need for one day, it is not difficult to look at the rescue of Mobei."

It means that Cao Cao is a male lord, and he can become a hegemon like Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin, and now that he is by your side, why should you give up the near and far to form an alliance with Yuan Shao instead of attaching himself to the imperial court?

You can see his attitude from here.

What's more, Wang Jun is actually friends with Cao Cao, in the early years Yuan Shao Yuan Shu's mother-in-law died, and was buried in Runan, when the number of people attending the funeral reached 30,000, and Cao Cao and Wang Jun were also at the scene.

At the time of the funeral, Cao Cao said to Wang Jun that the world was about to be in chaos, and the two who were the leaders of the world were Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Wang Jun said to Cao Cao, if you do what you want, then you are the one who saves the world.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

It can be seen that Wang Jun admires Cao Cao very much, saying that he has the talent to help the world.

Therefore, when he heard that Shen Chen had defeated Cao Cao, as Cao Cao's admirer, Wang Jun was naturally very unhappy, and learned that Shen Chen planned to open a academy to educate people, so in order to prevent him from propagating the dregs of anti-Cao Cao, he sent his disciples Hu Shang and Wen Xia to sabotage it.

As a result, he didn't expect that the two students he sent out didn't even have the courage to go up to debate, which made him very disgraced.

Ye County, Wang Jun's residence.

After listening to the reports of the two students, Wang Jun, who is nearly sixty years old, frowned.

In history, he would move to Wuling in two more years, and finally die of old age in Wuling, because Liu Biao's performance in the battle of Guandu made him very disappointed, and he saw Liu Biao's intention to divide the territory, so he went south to Changsha to rely on Zhang Xian, who was loyal to the imperial court.

Now these people are very disgusted with Jingzhou's voice of resisting Cao, but they can't persuade Liu Biao, so they want to suppress Shen Chen, but they don't expect that even a twelve-year-old child can't do it. jújíá?y.?? m

However, listening to the two students, this Shen Chen is indeed a bit level, and the allusions and meanings of the Seven Classics are very clear and admirable.

"You guys go out first."

Wang Jun waved his hand and asked the two students to leave first.

Hu Shang and Wen Xia walked out of the hall.

In fact, there are not only Wang Jun in the hall, but also celebrities Yingrong, celebrities Kui Xi, celebrities Li Yan, celebrities and Qia and others.

They have the same position as Wang Jun, basically where Liu Xie is, they will support it, but the north is too chaotic and the day is precarious, so they rely on Liu Biao to avoid trouble temporarily, but their hearts are still towards the court.

Now Cao Cao has the ambition to help the Han family, seeing that Cao Cao welcomes the Son of Heaven and helps the Son of Heaven to crusade against the thieves from all directions, these people can't tolerate anyone in Jingzhou to oppose Cao Cao, and let Liu Biao stand on his own.

After Hu Shang and Wen Xia left, Wang Jun looked around and said, "What do you think?" ”

Ying Rong smiled bitterly: "This young man is indeed very capable, not only defeated Cao Gong, but even the scriptures are excellent, no wonder Song Zhongzi said that his scriptures and righteousness have surpassed him, it seems that Song Zhongzi also let him go down the mountain and leave the Xianshan Academy because he couldn't say him." ”

"yes."

Kui Xi sighed: "At the age of twelve, he is already so talented, and he will have it when he grows up?" It's a pity, Cao Gong was also confused at the beginning, why did he slaughter Xuzhou? also killed Shen Chen's family and formed a deep feud. If this is not the case, how can this be the case, he can serve the imperial court, I am afraid he is also a talent for the world. ”

Wang Jun shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to say this, it is already a fact that Duke Cao and Shen Chen have formed a mortal enmity, he fights against Duke Cao in the name of revenge, that is, against the imperial court, this is an intolerable thing, do you really want to see my Han Dynasty divided?" ”

"Actually, this little man is nothing, what I'm afraid of is Liu Jingsheng......"

He Qia groaned: "Liu Biao is the master of the dim, judging by his words and deeds, I am afraid that there is a meaning of separating the rivers and mountains, in the future Yuan Shao and Cao Gong will have a battle, I am afraid that he will profit from it, if this is the case, I am afraid that we will continue to move south, to the land of Wuling." ”

Li Yan sighed and said: "Liu Jingsheng is married to Yuan Shao, can't you see it?" If he really had his heart set on the court, when the Son of Heaven was killed, he should have led the troops to Qin Wang, and behind this Shen Chen, I am afraid that he is instigating. ”

"Ugh."

Several people lamented.

In fact, unlike most families, who mainly focus on family interests, they want to go to Xuchang to become an official and continue the family rights and interests.

At that time, there were still many great Confucian celebrities who were interested in the Han family, and they were not seeking fame and fortune, but just hoping that the country would be stable and the Han family could be reunified.

The most typical example is Kong Rong, when Liu Xie returned to Kanto, an edict summoned Kong Rong to Xuchang.

At first, Kong Rong admired Cao Cao very much, thinking that he was a Huo Guang who could revive the Han Dynasty.

As a result, after contact, the more I looked at it, the more wrong it became, and my attitude changed greatly.

And the turning point of attitude was the edict incident, before that, Kong Rong's attitude towards Cao Cao was very friendly.

After the edict, Kong Rong immediately understood that Cao Cao was not Huo Guang but Wang Mang, and from then on he began to sneer at Cao Cao, and was finally executed by Cao Cao's order on the eve of the Battle of Chibi.

Therefore, before the edict, the people of the world had a very good impression of Cao Cao, and the major families in Jingzhou and the great Confucian celebrities all supported him.

Therefore, strictly speaking, there is no hatred between Wang Jun and Shen Chen, they are not bad people, they are just different positions, and after the edict, the attitude of these celebrities towards Cao Cao will probably change.

It's just that it's 197 A.D., and there are still two years to go before the edict incident, and those scholars in Jingzhou who are committed to the Han family don't know Cao Cao's true face, so they can understand Liu Biao's attitude and what Shen Chen did.

Kui Xi muttered: "I'm afraid Liu Biao really wants to divide Nanzhou in order to stand on his own, I'd better go south as soon as possible to take refuge, as for this Shen Chen...... Don't worry about him now. ”

"How can it be unreasonable?"

Wang Jun said unhappily: "Jingzhou is now under Liu Biao's momentum, and all the major families dare not go against his wishes, only we can fight on the basis of reason, if Shen Chen and other juniors are allowed to preach the will of disobeying the imperial court everywhere, and Liu Biao supports them, then Jingzhou will not become a place of rebellion?" ”

He Qia frowned and said: "This junior has always claimed that he has never disobeyed the imperial court, but he just said that Cao Gong is not a human minister, and he is in the name of revenge, even if we go to reason with him in person, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince him." ”

Wang Jun and Cao Cao had a good relationship, but Shen Chen was not allowed to slander him, so he immediately said without hesitation: "It's okay, I don't believe that we have so many Confucian scholars who specialize in the classics, and we can't argue with a teenager, didn't he say that Cao Gong is not a human minister?" Now I welcome the Son of Heaven and do my best to be a minister, I want to have a good discussion with him about how Cao Gong is not a minister. ”

"Ziwen Gong is going to go to it personally?"

Li Yan asked.

"Nature."

Wang Jun nodded: "The words of a child, how can you bewitch the Quartet?" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No, our disciples and students have all lost to him, go now, people will say that we are old and young." And he has an enmity with Cao Cao, but he will never go against the will of the Son of Heaven, just to avenge his relatives, and we have no choice but to get him. ”

Although Wang Jun was ready to beat the little ones and come out of the old ones, Li Yan still felt that it was inappropriate, because Shen Chen's remarks were actually tenable.

He didn't attack Cao Cao's morality, nor did he say that Cao Cao was not flattering the Son of Heaven, but just told everyone that Cao Cao went south to conquer Zhang Xiu, without an edict or a temperate, and did not send troops in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Since there is no edict and festival given by the Son of Heaven, then when he dealt with Cao Cao, he was not attacking the army of the Son of Heaven, but avenging his clansmen and attacking the princes Cao Cao.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, it has been very common for princes to attack each other. What's more, Shen Chen himself has a hatred with Cao Cao, and it is a matter of course to resist Cao, when Cao Cao was torn off the tiger skin of the Son of Heaven's righteousness, there was no reason for them to want to attack Shen Chen.

Hearing this, Wang Jun's brows furrowed, because what Li Yan said was also the truth.

But allowing Shen Chen to continue to preach the matter of resisting Cao was also a bad thing for him, so he said: "Can we just watch him open a academy and preach those great rebellious words? ”

Kui Xi thought for a while and said: "Not really, I think it's okay to wait and see first, the more he says, the easier it is to show flaws, if he says some rebellious ministers and thieves in the future, and is caught by someone to prove the evidence, it will be easy for us to argue against him, and even if Liu Biao wants to cover him up, it will be difficult." ”

"You mean, Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan?"

Wang Jun thought about it.

"Exactly."

Kui Xi nodded: "I'll stay away from the edge for the time being, and when he is arrogant, I will attack again." ”

"Good."

"I think so."

"I also agree with Ziya's statement."

Several other celebrities also agreed with Kui Xi's words.

Wang Jun groaned: "Okay, Ziya's words are very reasonable, then I will watch it first, and then I will make plans in the next day." ”

That's what sets the tone.

It's not that I don't want to go to Shen Chen's trouble, it's just that now that people have Liu Biao's support, and their reasons are tenable, it's hard to argue with the other party.

But not necessarily in the future, what if Cao Cao really helped the Han family in the future, or Shen Chen said something rebellious and was caught?

When the time comes, it will be much easier to deal with him if you want to deal with him.

Therefore, they planned to wait and see the direction of the wind first, and then decide whether to deal with Shen Chen in person.

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And just when these famous scholars and Confucians who were interested in the Han family were discussing the battle with Shen Chen for three hundred rounds in the future, at this time, Xiangyang, Nanjun Taishou Mansion.

Kuai Yue returned to Xiangyang in the past two days, not for Shen Chen, but for some things to report to Liu Biao.

He is Zhangling Taishou, Zhangling is the Suizhou City of the later generations, the northeast direction is the Xinyang City of the later generations, at this time it is called Pingchun County, because there is a small road through the Dabie Mountain, so a small group of people from Zhangling to Runan is closer.

Recently, after Yuan Shu became emperor, he sent people to capture Chen and Liang, which were close to Yingchuan, and Kuai Yue thought that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were about to have a big war, so he immediately rushed to Xiangyang to report the situation to Liu Biao.

After Liu Biao learned the news, he did not react, Kuai Yue persuaded him to hope that he would send troops to help Cao Cao, in order to strive for the support of the Son of Heaven, but in the end Liu Biao denied it.

This made Kuai Yue a little disappointed, so he found Cai Mao to discuss.

In the Southern Army Taishou Mansion, the two did not meet in the hall, but in the side hall, and there was no one else in the hall except them.

Unlike the imaginary generals, the real Cai Mao is actually a literati, he wears a wide robe and sits on the main seat, while Kuai Yue sits next to him, and the two of them are chatting.

"Yuan Shu went north to occupy the states of Chen and Liang, apparently intending to attack Yingchuan. This person has been called the emperor, a chaotic minister and a thief, but his strength should not be underestimated, Cao Gong is afraid that it will be difficult to resist, I want to persuade Ming Gong to send troops to help, but unfortunately, I can't persuade him. ”

Kuai Yue shook his head, he was also a member of the Han family.

Of course, he must care more about the interests of the family, otherwise there would be no Kuai Jun, Kuai Qi and others who served as high-ranking officials in Cao Wei later.

On the contrary, Cai Mao may not be entirely for the interests of the family, because first of all, he did not become a high-ranking official of Cao Wei.

After Cao Cao got Jingzhou, he lived in seclusion above Cai Zhou, unlike Guangluxun, who became one of the Nine Qings, but he was knighted as a Marquis of Hanyang Pavilion and a fictitious position as a lieutenant of Changshui.

The second is that he has a very good personal relationship with Cao Cao, Cao Cao once went to Cai Zhou to visit Cai Mao, directly entered the inner hall, entered his private room, called his wife, and went to his own house, and also talked to Cai Mao, and the relationship seemed to be very good.

So to a certain extent, Cai Mao strongly supports Cao Cao, it is very likely that Cao Cao has the name of the emperor of the Han family, and second, Cao Cao is an old friend with him, and it is normal to support his friends.

Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Cai Mao muttered: "Ming Gong just wants to sit in Nanzhou, I'm afraid he won't be willing to get involved in the affairs of Kanto." ”

"Dejue."

Kuai Yue said: "Do you really want to watch Ming Gong continue to make mistakes?" ”

Cai Mao smiled bitterly: "I can't help it, Ming Gong has his own opinions, Meng De will recruit Zhang Xiu this year, won't he send troops?" ”

"Alas......"

Kuai Yue sighed, shook his head and said, "The Son of Heaven is in Xuchang, but the Duke of Ming is ...... Yuan Shu has more than 100,000 tigers and wolves, and Cao Gong only lost troops in Nanyang this year, so I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. ”

Cai Mao said: "I can only hope that Meng De will get through this difficult time by himself, and now it is impossible to persuade the Duke to send troops to help." ”

"It's a pity."

Kuai Yue shook his head, suddenly seemed to remember something, frowned and said, "By the way, Deju, I seem to have heard that Shen Chen has a great reputation in Xiangyang recently." ”

Cai Mao smiled: "You also know him in Zhangling?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "This junior killed Cao Gong's younger brother Cao Ren and the general Le Jin, and let Cao Gong lose his troops and lose his generals, which is really not a son of man." ”

Cai Mao said: "A junior, speaking of which, he is still the grandson of my niece and son-in-law, he has a blood feud with Meng De, and has been fighting against the imperial court, and now there are many scholars and celebrities in Xiangyang who are close to the Son of Heaven to debate with him, and I also let people go, but the result is not satisfactory." ”

"Then continue to let him bewitch the Quartet?"

Kuai Yue frowned.

Cai Mao shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not okay to suppress it, Duke Ming also sent someone, we can't say anything in front of Duke Ming about letting him belong to the imperial court." ”

"Of course I know that."

When Kuai Yue heard that Liu Biao had also sent someone, his brows tightened: "It's just that Ming Gong has a heart of self-reliance, and this person has been fighting against the imperial court, isn't he instigating Ming Gong to be self-reliant?" In case ...... in the future"

Cai Mao frowned when she heard his words, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Kuai Yue touched his chin and said, "Let me think, let me think." ”

"You don't think about it."

Cai Mao stretched out a hand and gestured, these big families tend to do things much more simply and rudely.

People who disagree with themselves can just click away.

For example, Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei hadn't run fast, he would have been killed by them.

Kuai Yue suddenly sneered: "Forget it, a junior is just a junior, and he probably can't set off any waves, not to mention that he is still related to you, let's take a look in the future." ”

"Hmm."

Cai Mao nodded.

If he really kills someone, he is afraid that his brother will not be able to explain.

The two talked about something else.

Regarding Shen Chen, for them, it was just a trivial matter.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.