Xu You is a native of Nanyang, born in the Nanyang clan, and was friends with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others when he was young, and had a good relationship.

Before, Xu You did not attend the banquet, but this time, Xu You came to the banquet, and this arrangement also let Liu Bei know some of Yuan Shao's thoughts.

Xu You is very interested in Liu Bei, he is a scholar of modern literature and classics, knows that Liu Bei is from the ancient literature school, and has the title of a debater, so he has the heart to have a debate with him.

The two debated Zuo's Spring and Autumn and Ram Spring and Autumn.

At the banquet, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao watched the two debate with interest while drinking.

"I thought Ziyuan could win, Mengde, what do you say?"

Looking at Xu You's powerful output like a river, Yuan Shao thought that this debate should be the victory of the learned Xu You, and Liu Bei's undefeated record was about to be ended.

"I ...... I still think Xuande can win. ”

Cao Cao thought about it and didn't obey Yuan Shao's thoughts.

"Oh? Xuande? ”

Yuan Shao glanced at Cao Cao: "It seems that Meng De admires Liu Xuande very much." ”

Cao Cao smiled.

"He crossed the mountains and mountains to come to Luoyang, and the hardships are far beyond what we can understand, several times more difficult and dangerous, and it will bring several times the knowledge, so Xuande became a disciple of Lu Gong."

"Funny ......"

Yuan Shao didn't say anything more, turned his head to look at the debate between the two, and after a while, he was a little surprised to find that Xu You had fallen behind.

Liu Bei criticized Xu You's shortcomings in his academic theory, which made Xu You fall behind, parrying again and again, and he had no power to fight back.

After a stick of incense, Xu You was speechless by Liu Bei's refutation, and his face turned red and he couldn't refute Liu Bei's last argument, so he could only cover his face, whining and mourning, reluctantly admitting his defeat, and smiling bitterly again and again.

"Everyone knows that Liu Xuande, a Zhuo person, is unparalleled in his debate, so why should I take the humiliation on myself?"

Liu Bei raised his glass and toasted Xu You.

"Wouldn't it be nice to meet friends with words? Victory or defeat is just a thought, in the final analysis, we are all scholars, all saints and disciples, why bother with each other? ”

After hearing this, Xu You sighed and raised his wine glass.

"Xuande is talented, and it is better to be ashamed."

With that, the two raised a glass and drank together.

Yuan Shao laughed and stood up, congratulating Liu Bei on his victory and comforting Xu You's defeat.

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the side, smiled and raised his glass to Liu Bei, Liu Bei replied, and the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

In the days since, Yuan Shao invited Liu Bei to drink twice in a row, and introduced his circle of friends to Liu Bei, both young and older.

When they met for the fourth time, Liu Bei even met Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao and the famous party member He Hao.

These two thousand stone guards left their posts without permission to see Yuan Shao......

The famous party members came to see Yuan Shao despite the pursuit of the eunuchs......

Good guy, Yuan Shao, you're playing big.

Zhang Miao is righteous and heroic, and has the title of one of the eight chefs in the scholar circle.

This kitchen is not a chef's kitchen, but refers to the fact that when others are in danger, they spend money to help others get out of trouble, and they spend too much money and receive more favors, so they are given this title.

In short, it is a well-known wronged boss in the circle of scholars, a big dog, very rich, and very willing to spend money, and spend money to the point that the big guys are embarrassed.

It's purely a reputation that is smashed with money.

And there are seven big dogs like him in this scholarly circle.

Liu Bei suddenly became a friend.

If this relationship is good, won't this guy be an ATM of action in the future?

Both of them were more than ten years older than Liu Bei, but they had both heard of Liu Bei's name as a disciple of Lu Zhi, a debater, and a poet of the Han Dynasty, and they were very interested in this young man who had sprung up.

Of course, they also knew a little bit about what Yuan Shao meant to recruit Liu Bei, especially when they agreed to secretly enter Beijing to talk about major matters, they pulled Liu Bei in, and it was obvious that they were going to pull Liu Bei into the gang to do things.

And although Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family, he seems to be willing, otherwise he would not be complacent, talking and laughing with Cao Cao and Xu You.

Needless to say, after the normal banquet, everyone tacitly began to talk about business.

He Hao, a party member who was chased and killed by eunuchs, sighed first.

"Recently, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's disciples have sought the position of seven county guards for their children, and eighteen county orders, and a small half of the court officials are the children of eunuchs.

Zhang Miao pretended to sigh and waved his hand.

"Begging, be cautious, be cautious, don't talk about state affairs, or drink bars."

He Hao slapped the table and put the wine glass upside down on the table.

"Drinking? Meng Zhuo, haven't I drunk enough? What's the use of just drinking? Can my sorrows be lessened? ”

"Birch, why bother? What can you do if the world is like this? ”

Zhang Miao raised his glass and sighed: "It can only be said that we were born at the wrong time, and we have the heart to serve the country, but there is no door to serve the country. ”

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao, then at Cao Cao, and when he saw that the two of them looked as usual, he knew that this was probably a play.

I'm afraid that it won't be long before the topic shifts to me.

So Liu Bei didn't say anything, drank silently, and waited for them to change the topic.

Zhang Miao and He Hao had a complaint, and Yuan Shao took over the conversation.

Why should they lament so much? Although the world is muddy, but we are still there, we can still drink, have fun, feast friends, and talk to each other, so why not? Xuande, what do you say? ”

Yuan Shao's topic turned a little hard, but the meaning had already arrived, Zhang Miao and He Hao paved the way for a while, and Liu Bei could be regarded as waiting for this sentence.

The eyes of several people present were focused on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei sat in front of the desk, smiled, raised his glass and toasted Yuan Shao.

"Otherwise, don't dare to say anything, but drinking really can't solve any problems, when there was depression in the past, I also tried to drink to solve it, but after solving it for a while, after waking up, the sadness in my heart did not decrease but increased.

This sorrow is like the water flowing in the river, endless, unstoppable, so be prepared to understand, draw the knife to cut off the water and the water is more flowing, raise a glass to eliminate sorrow and sorrow, wine is not a good thing, it can solve the helplessness for a while, but it brings more long-term pain. ”

With that, Liu Bei put down his wine glass.

Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful.

Although the few people present in these two sentences wanted not to care, they couldn't help but care, so that they forgot for the time being that this was a bureau set up to test Liu Bei's political leanings.

They recited these two sentences silently several times, and the more they recited them, the more they felt that they were full of flavor and wonderful.

Wonderful.

However, this is not a cultural meeting after all.

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao, and saw that Yuan Shao seemed to have forgotten what he had to do, immersed in these two beautiful verses and couldn't extricate himself, and felt a little helpless in his heart.

So Cao Cao spoke.

"Wine is indeed not a good thing, raising a glass to eliminate sorrow is even more sorrowful, Xuande said that the helplessness of my generation of drinkers."

Yuan Shao suddenly heard Cao Cao's words, and then realized what he should do most.

"Ahem, Xuande Dacai, this remark makes us drunkards speechless, speechless, don't drink anymore."

After that, Yuan Shao put down the wine glass and said: "It's just that if you don't drink, this sorrow is even more helpless, how to dispel the sorrow in my heart?" ”