With Sun Jian's recommendation, Liu Bei's meeting with Zhu Jun had no twists and turns, and it was easily achieved.

For Liu Bei's visit, Zhu Jun showed great goodwill and joy.

He personally went out to greet Liu Bei, and took his hand into the guest hall of his house, and personally poured wine for Liu Bei.

"Hahahahahaha, no matter what, I still have to thank Xuande for seeking an official position for Wentai, this kindness, I don't know how to repay it."

Zhu Jun raised his glass to salute Liu Bei.

Sun Jian raised his wine glass with both hands to salute Liu Bei.

"The prince is grateful!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Brother Wentai and I hit it off at first sight, and it is just a gesture to get an official position, if I can help Wentai, it is naturally the best, Wentai is brave and heroic, even if there is no me, I will definitely be able to get ahead, I am just icing on the cake."

Liu Bei raised his wine glass and drank it all.

Zhu Jun and Sun Jian also drank it all.

After drinking, Sun Jian put down the wine glass in his hand and shook his head with emotion.

"What the prince did, it is clearly a charcoal in the snow, I have been in Luoyang for some time, except for the prince who is willing to get close to me, the rest of the people do not have this idea, after all, I am a poor man in Jiangdong, I still can't get into their eyes, and I want to meet the general several times, but I can't find a way."

That's true.

After Sun Jian arrived in Luoyang, he also wanted to find a way for himself many times, so he prepared gifts and went to meet the general He Jin, but the general He Jin's worth has increased sharply since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and many people who have no way want to visit him and befriend him.

To put it mildly, when a dog has a large group of people waiting in line to be his dog, people with better family backgrounds than Sun Jian grab a handful, not inferior to Sun Jian.

He Jin does have a proud posture at this stage.

After winning the Battle of the Yellow Turban, as the person who was mainly responsible for logistics, he could be regarded as having made great contributions, and the position of this general was temporarily secured, so people began to come to the door to scold him, wanting to rely on him to rise to the top.

In this case, Sun Jian, a soldier from a poor family in Jiangdong, really has no competitive advantage in front of him.

If Liu Bei hadn't helped, Sun Jian really didn't know when he would be able to get a half-official position and gain a firm foothold in Luoyang.

It's like this, but you can't say that.

Liu Bei shook his head slowly.

"Why should Wentai be arrogant? Heroes don't ask where they come from, I never think that my background can determine everything, ten years ago, I was just a mat weaver and a shodder, and I was also a poor family, at that time, how could I think of today? ”

Speaking of this, both Zhu Jun and Sun Jian applauded Liu Bei.

Zhu Jun has a good impression of Liu Bei, on the one hand, it comes from the same illness and sympathy from the same poor family, and on the other hand, it comes from Liu Bei's boldness in drinking, and after Liu Bei helped Sun Jian get a position, this good feeling deepened a lot.

"Wentai, Xuande is right, heroes don't ask where they come from, when Emperor Gaozu created the foundation of the Han Dynasty, no one in the world thought that Emperor Gaozu could defeat Xiang Yu and win in the end, but the final winner was also Emperor Gaozu, why should I be arrogant?"

Zhu Jun appeased Sun Jian.

Sun Jian smiled.

"What you said is that with the help of the prince and the marquis, Jian can finally gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, and then he will fulfill his duties and live up to the expectations of you and the prince."

"Hahahaha, Wentai is polite."

Liu Bei laughed for a while, then turned his gaze to Zhu Jun: "Has Zhu Gong heard the folk songs sung by the people of Luoyang recently?" ”

Zhu Jun said in his heart that Liu Bei had said so much, but it could be regarded as getting to the point, so he smiled, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's natural, this folk song is sung throughout Luoyang, and it is also very popular to think about it." ”

"Ordinary people don't know a single word, where do they have the ability to make up ballads and sing them?"

Liu Bei quietly pierced the obvious window paper, and said with a smile: "Judging from the preparations, it is nothing more than some people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic Seeing that the world is going to be stable, they are anxious, so they jump to make up these ballads, and then spend a little money to let people sing them." ”

Of course, Zhu Jun understood the Tao in his heart, but Liu Bei's statement made him very interested.

"This folk song praises Lu Gong, Xuande is a disciple of Lu Gong, isn't he happy?"

"The teacher's exploits are praised by the Son of Heaven, why do these people who are afraid of the chaos in the world sing around, not to mention that the pacification of the Taiping Dao thieves is the credit of the generals working together, and the teacher has made meritorious contributions, but he is not the only one who fought bloodily.

Zhu Gong also fought bloodily, Wentai also fought bloodily, General Huangfu also fought bloodily, the general coordinated the Quartet, these people only praised my teacher, but ignored other heroes, it is clear that my teacher is roasted on the fire, the intentions are sinister, do I have to thank them? ”

Liu Bei said it very bluntly, and Sun Jian felt very agreed.

"This situation is indeed abnormal, this is obviously deliberately done by someone, deliberately making Lu Gong the target of public criticism, the sinister intentions, must be guarded against."

"What Wentai said is extremely true."

Without waiting for Zhu Jun to react, Liu Bei immediately took over the conversation and looked at Zhu Jun: "Such sinister people let people sing folk songs, it is only the first step, and there must be many sinister things to target the teacher in the future, as a disciple, I must maintain the reputation of the teacher." ”

Zhu Jun looked at Sun Jian a little helplessly, sighed secretly, and after a while, he cleaned up his mood and laughed.

"Xuande can see through, since this is the case, I don't need to do anything to mention it, I originally wanted to rely on the old and sell the old, but now it seems that it is unnecessary, Xuande is so talented, Lu Gong must be very happy, even so, I can rest assured that I can ask Xuande to help with Wentai."

Entrust Sun Jian to me to take care of him?

As soon as these words came out, not to mention that Liu Bei was stunned, Sun Jian himself was a little surprised.

"Zhu Gong, who are you?"

"The day before yesterday, I received news from my hometown, saying that my old mother died of illness, I was in turmoil, and I was about to ask the court to return to my hometown to handle my mother's funeral, and keep my filial piety ......"

Zhu Jun lowered his head, his eyes showed sadness, and he sighed again and again.

"My old mother, because she was worried about my war against Taiping Road, worried that I would be injured, worried every day, and could not sleep peacefully, so she fell ill, and was not cured for a long time, and there was no help from the medicine stone, so she went.

As a son of man, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, when the mother is sick, he cannot serve his mother, and he cannot see his mother for the last time, which is really unfilial, if he can't go back now, how can he be regarded as a son of man?

So no matter what, no matter what happens in the court, I must go back to take care of the aftermath for my mother, keep filial piety for three more years, and send my mother on her last journey. ”

Ah......h

Liu Bei really didn't expect this.

Looking at Sun Jian's surprised look, obviously, Sun Jian didn't know about it either.

Zhu Jun wants to keep filial piety for his mother?

Is he leaving the political maelstrom of Luoyang?

Admittedly, this was not intentional on the part of Zhu Jun.

For Zhu Jun, this is of course something he doesn't want to see.

But the occurrence of this incident did give Zhu Jun a blameless opportunity to jump out of the whirlpool, and no one would think that Zhu Jun was deliberate because of this incident.

Therefore, in the battle between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, he can be safe and sound.

However, this is not the goal of Zhu Jun himself deliberately wanting to jump out of the whirlpool, on the contrary, Zhu Jun has obviously made a choice, he recommended his Jiangdong little brother Sun Jian to Liu Bei, please Liu Bei take care of him, this meaning is obvious.

The Jiangdong warriors preferred the ancient literature school to the modern literature school, and they saw the twilight of the modern literature school and the vigorous state of competition within the ancient literature school.

He recognized that the school of ancient literature could eventually prevail over the school of modern literature.

Liu Bei also wanted to finally confirm what Zhu Jun was thinking.

"What Zhu Gong said, be afraid, prepare yourself for the position of a scholar and a servant, how can you carry the Wentai? The officials who are prepared for the end of the district, I am afraid that they will be entrusted by Zhu Gong! ”

Zhu Jun smiled and looked at Liu Bei with a clear expression.

"Xuande came to me today, what is the matter?"

Liu Bei suddenly understood everything, and he also smiled.

"Zhu Gong is so frank and honest, he should obey his orders, when Zhu Gong is not there, Brother Wentai's affairs are the things to prepare, and where he can help, he will definitely not shirk and will do his best."

(End of chapter)