It's also unlucky.

At that time, Ying Qian coveted the official position and agreed to Yang Ci's request, although the modern literary school soon fell into decline and was robbed of the seat of the Spring and Autumn Classic by the ancient literature school, Yang Ci still kept his promise and sought the position of Fan Ling of Dongjun for Ying Qian.

But in the subsequent political struggle, Yang Ci was defeated, and soon after that, he was euthanized, and the Yang family temporarily withdrew from the front-line political stage in order to keep filial piety.

Subsequently, Ying Qian lost his backers in the imperial court, and soon lost his official position in the political struggle between Luoyang and the local government within Yanzhou.

At that time, the Yang family did not give him any compensation, and it may have been more than enough to do it.

Ying Qian was very disappointed and even more angry, and wanted to leave and return to his hometown in Runan to look for another opportunity, but at that time, he suddenly remembered something.

He remembered the legend that Liu Bei waited at the gate of Lu Zhi's mansion for four months in Luoyang City, and everyone said that the reason why Liu Bei was able to become Lu Zhi's disciple was because of those four months of hard waiting.

Although he turned his back on Liu Bei, the reason why he turned his back on him was actually similar to Liu Bei's pursuit back then, in that case, why can't he give more more?

So Ying Qian made up his mind and traveled a long distance to Hongnong County for the funeral, and wore filial piety for Yang Ci for 7749 days, and was received by Yang Biao.

Yang Biao asked him why he did this, and he replied that he was deeply favored by the Yang family, and it was a matter of course to wear linen and filial piety for his benefactor and lord, even if it was for him to keep filial piety, he was willing.

Yang Biao sighed about this and praised Ying Qian as a conscientious person, but the Yang family was really in a bad situation at that time and could not make a difference in politics, so Yang Biao wrote a letter of introduction and recommended Ying Qian to the Zhang family, who was also a member of the Runan County Valve Reading family.

In this way, Ying Qian got the stepping stone of the Zhang family in Runan and became the protégé of the Zhang family.

And because he was recommended by Yang Biao, the Zhang family looked down on him and tested his ability, so they got him a position as a county magistrate.

He worked in this position for another three years, just in time for the Hedong crisis, and the turmoil in Luoyang City.

The power of the Jinwen School in Luoyang City suffered heavy losses due to the Hedong crisis, and it was in urgent need of fresh blood to replenish it, so the Jinwen School spent some resources and transferred a group of more capable local officials to replenish the losses.

Ying Qian was selected and returned to Luoyang.

Taking advantage of the time before completely tearing up the face with the eunuch group, the modern literary school bought some positions from the eunuchs, including the position of the captain of the city gate who should be moved.

At that time, the person who commanded the city gate captain system was not Dong Chong, but on the third day after Ying Qian took office, the city gate captain system was led by Dong Chong.

Ying Qian was worried that he would be "optimized", so he bought some of the money he had saved up as a gift to bribe Dong Chong, Dong Chong's appetite was not big at that time, and when he saw Ying Qian so good, he was very optimistic about him, so he was allowed to continue to serve.

On the other hand, the non-own people who did not give gifts to Dong Chong at that time were all "optimized" by Dong Chong for various reasons later.

So, when Liu Bei, Yuan Kui, and He Jin were in a-for-tat confrontation, and at the time of the Ruyang Mutiny on April 11, Ying Qian inexplicably followed Dong Chonglie and won as a member of the modern literary school.

After the Luoyang Mutiny, Liu Bei became a general, and the prestige of the ancient literature school was greatly shaken, and Ying Qian was one of the few officials of the modern literature school who still held real power or even a little military power in Luoyang City, and was valued by the school.

And because he once betrayed Liu Bei's "advanced behavior", everyone thought he was reliable, and he must have hoped that Liu Bei would die.

At this critical moment of the school's life and death, Ying Qian was asked to provide the school with some armor and high-quality weapons under his command, as well as long-range shooting weapons in the bow and crossbow, to assist them in killing Liu Bei and re-establishing the advantages of the modern literary school.

In response to this request of the school, Ying Qian, who went around and returned to Luoyang, did not hesitate at all, and immediately looked for an opportunity to sneak up on Liu Bei and tell Liu Bei.

Liu Bei heard about Ying Qian's wonderful experience over the years, and he was overwhelmed with emotion.

"I've heard people say that luck is also part of strength, in the past I thought this sentence was exaggerated, but now it seems that this is really not the case, Ying Qian, you are a lucky person."

Bow respectfully.

"Without the tolerance and teaching of the prince, there would be no relocation today, so even if there is luck in the migration, it is a fluke to get a little bit of the luck of the prince, although it is only a little bit, it is enough to make the relocation inexhaustible."

Liu Bei smiled and shook his head.

"In that case, why are you here to snitch? You are now a member of the modern literary school, you have betrayed the ancient literary school, and now you have betrayed the modern literary school, such a person, the ancient literary school will not accept it again, haven't you thought about this? ”

"It's not a betrayal, it's a promise."

Ying Qian said respectfully: "At the beginning, the prince taught Qian, and Qian was grateful for the tolerance and generosity of the prince, so he swore that he would never do anything unfavorable to the prince in his life, and what he is doing now is to fulfill the original promise, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Liu Bei chuckled.

"Clever words, you are really worthy of the entrustment I gave you back then, dedicated to yourself, not for others, there are many hypocrites in this world, but I don't see many undisguised real villains like you."

"The prince has won the prize."

Ying Qian wiped the sweat on his forehead and said in a low voice: "The kindness of the prince to Qian, Qian will never forget it for a lifetime, and now, Qian will entrust his life to the hands of the prince, if the prince wants to punish him severely, he will never resist or flee." ”

Liu Bei stood up, walked around Ying Qian a few times, and looked down at his neck.

As he just said, there are many hypocrites who pull the banner and make tiger skins in these years, and they have to put on the name of righteousness for everything they do, and use the name of Confucius to satisfy their selfish desires, but there are really not many pragmatists like Ying Qian.

For rulers, there are many things that true gentlemen and hypocrites are unwilling to do, and these things cannot be left undone, so the existence of real villains is needed at this time.

Only a real villain is willing to do things that others are not willing to do, in exchange for personal interests, if a real villain can be properly controlled, it is of great benefit to Wang Tu's hegemony.

So Liu Bei made a decision.

He took his eyes off Ying Qian's neck, bent down, and helped Ying Qian up.

"Ying Qian, Ying Qian, although you are a real villain and good at repeatedly jumping sideways, I really like you."

Ying Qian raised an eyebrow.

"Jumping horizontally...... Is the prince still blaming Qian? ”

"It's not your fault, it's the nature of human beings to jump sideways repeatedly, and the person who blames you may not do better than you."

Liu Bei patted Ying Qian's shoulder and said with a smile: "There are many people under my command, there are true gentlemen, hypocrites, fools, followers, and people who go with the flow, but there are really few people like you, Ying Qian, I need you." ”

"Being valued by the prince is a blessing for the move."

Ying Qian's face was happy, and he said in a low voice: "What does the prince need to do?" For example, to wipe out that group of people now? Now they are all huddled in their houses, waiting to assassinate the prince. ”

"Don't worry, you don't have to do this, you just need to give them everything they need."

"This ......"

"Give them all, don't worry, I'll be fine, but when the time comes, I need you to stand up and identify them, and make a personal witness, just when you return to my testimony, how about it?"

"The prince has an order, and he doesn't dare to disobey!"

Liu Bei nodded and asked Ying Qian to go down to do something.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Liu Bei sighed, feeling that his heart was getting worse and worse, there should not only be good people around him, but also villains, bad people, and the same use, this black and white act, is it right or wrong?

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that sentence.

When people grow up, they slowly stop asking about right and wrong, and only look at the pros and cons in everything.

If this is the case, it would be a great luck if people could not grow up in their lives.

But who can live without growing up?

(End of chapter)