On the second day, Liu Cheng stayed in the post station to guard his belongings, and Liu Bei took Guan Yu and the gifts he had prepared, and went straight to Fanyangli, where Sima Zhi lived.

Along the way, they stopped a few people to ask for directions, and the people who were questioned were all worshipping gods when they mentioned Sima Zhi.

On the way, Liu Bei said to Guan Yu, "Based on what we saw on the road, what does Yun Chang think of this Sima Zhi?" ”

Guan Yu habitually touched the green beard at the corner of his mouth, "Praise is either great goodness or great hypocrisy." ”

Liu Bei glanced back at him, "Yun Chang's words mean something?" ”

"Big brother is naturally the former." Guan Yu said with a smile.

Liu Bei flicked his sleeves and said with a wry smile: "Yun Chang, I didn't expect that you and Ah Cheng stayed for a long time, and you actually learned badly." Besides, your joke isn't funny at all. ”

Guan Yu had a serious face, "What Yu said is from the heart, the eldest brother is not as good as me and Yide in terms of martial arts, it is better to lead in terms of wisdom and strategy, and it is not as good as Xianhe in terms of eloquence." But we all want to be led by my brother, do you know why? ”

"Fortunately, you are my second brother, otherwise others will count me for nothing, and you will inevitably eat me with a double sword." Liu Bei first complained, and then his face was full of curiosity, "But why?" ”

In the previous life, when he read history books, he also asked this question, Liu Bei was just a ruined household in Zhuo County, and the name after the Han Dynasty was actually not able to take his hands, and he was not as good as Guan Zhang in terms of martial arts, and he was not as good as Zhuge in terms of wisdom, but these people were able to do their best for him, and they died.

Get up slightly, and finally get three points of the world, why is this?

Guan Yu showed a gentle smile on his face, which was extremely rare on his stereotyped face, "Because you, big brother, can win people." But if I had to be specific, I wouldn't be able to say it. I just feel very relieved to be by my eldest brother's side. Maybe it's because the eldest brother is a descendant of Gaozu, and he has Gaozu's blood flowing in his body. ”

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and he suddenly thought that when Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling in history, his lifelong dream dissipated in that fire. What would he think when he was lonely in White Emperor City?

Is it the unwillingness to suddenly shatter the dream of a lifetime? Or the old people who have already left? Or did he think nothing?

Sighing, he smiled bitterly and said, "Only virtuous and virtuous, can obey others." ”

It turned out that Liu Bei had already given the answer.

Guan Yu nodded, "What the eldest brother said is excellent. That's what it means, feather-beaked, I know what it means, but I can't say it. ”

Liu Bei rubbed his cheeks with both hands, then got up and patted Guan Yu's shoulder, "The joke Yun Chang said today is very good, if I take back Fang Cai's words, Yun Chang will have to talk more in the future, especially this kind of praise for the eldest brother." ”

The red-faced man turned even redder, raised his eyebrows, and took on a bit of gloom.

Liu Bei didn't care at all, put his hand on Guan Yu's shoulder, and walked side by side with Guan Yu.

The two walked farther and farther, and could only hear Liu Bei's voice drifting backwards.

"Yun Chang, I don't think the jokes you tell now are no less than Yide's calligraphy, and when we go back, you can try one or two."

Then came Liu Bei's screams.

"Don't do it, I'm your brother."

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The two followed the instructions of the people and soon found Sima Zhi's residence in Fanyang.

There were no high gates or large houses, but a dilapidated thatched hut in the middle was surrounded by a wooden hedge, and the thatch on top of the roof was pressed with a few stones.

A vegetable garden opened in the courtyard, and a middle-aged man in a robe was holding a hoe to plow the land in the courtyard.

This person has an extremely white complexion, a slender body, and a beautiful beard. At this moment, he was tired, holding the hoe with one hand and wiping the sweat on his head with the other. One turned around and happened to see Liu Bei and the others.

Although it was a new face that he had never seen before, the middle-aged man still smiled and nodded at the two.

Liu Bei was about to take the opportunity to step forward, but he didn't want a villager to come over with a cow, and shouted loudly from afar.

"Sima Gong, Sima Gong, I'm here to compensate you."

Seeing this, Liu Bei could only flash to the side first.

The person in the courtyard was naturally Sima Zhi, and when he heard the shouts of the people, he had already come out of the courtyard and stood at the wooden door to wait.

The man who was holding the ox came to Sima Zhi's body and immediately fell to his knees. Sima Zhi hurriedly helped him up.

At this time, there are already a lot of people gathered in the neighborhood, and no matter what the world is, everyone always likes to see the excitement.

From the gossiping words of these people on the side, Liu Bei and the others also understood what happened.

This Limin's name is Li Er, and he is an honest farmer on weekdays.

Yesterday, Li Er passed by Sima Zhi's field when he was grazing cattle, and he went halfway to relieve himself on the way, but the cow disappeared after he didn't want to come back.

A cow may be nothing to a large family, but for a person like Li Er, who lives on a few acres of thin land, it is the net worth of a few people.

Li Er has an elder brother named Li Da, who is a well-known scoundrel in the county, a well-known hob meat, who does not produce every day, but wanders around with two long swords pinned to his waist that he found out of nowhere.

This person claims to be a country ranger, but he has never done less things to be abducted and deceived, but he has never seen him do half of the things that are chivalrous and righteous.

That day, when he heard about his brother's suffering, he asked Li Er to come to Sima Zhi to make trouble, a scholar, always has a good face, and he knows that Sima Zhi also has a cow at home. As long as Li Er makes things bigger, maybe he can get Sima Zhi's cow home.

Li Er originally refused to agree, but he just thought of his wife and daughter at home, and finally came to Sima Zhi ruthlessly.

Originally, he thought that as long as Sima Zhi denied it, he would give up his life to make a big fuss, Sima Zhi was a famous person in the county, if he died here, even if it was for fame, Sima Zhi could not ignore his wife and children. Even if you die, you have to leave a support for your wife and children at home.

He, a farmer, naturally didn't know the truth that the scholar said that a gentleman could deceive him, he just had to do so.

can live well, who is willing to do such a thing that violates conscience and gambles their lives.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he pointed to Sima Zhi's cow and said that it was his cow, Sima Zhi didn't have any argument, just smiled and asked him to pull the cow away.

Although his conscience was troubled, he still led the cow away.

And he came here today because his cattle were found again, so he sent Sima Zhi's cattle back.

He knew that if he told Li Da, Li Da would definitely disagree, so he would quietly send the cow back early in the morning.

Li Er, a man with five big and three rough faces, was already in tears at this time, "Sima Gong, it's all me, I shouldn't have come yesterday." ”

Sima Zhi took out a square scarf from his arms, handed it to Li Shuangzhong, and said with a smile: "It's a big man, what does it look like to cry, I can't blame you for yesterday's incident, I only blame me for not even knowing my own cow." If I knew my own cow, how could I let you take it? ”

The more Sima Zhi said this, the more sad Li Er cried. The surrounding people were all amazed by Sima Zhi.

Some scholars sighed with emotion, "Sima Gong can be said to be a good man, and if he is good, he is called a king, and if he is excessive, he is also called himself." ”

Another said: "This is an allusion from one of the four chiefs of Yingchuan, Taiqiu Chang Chen Yu." It's about ......"

Liu Bei nodded, Chen Taiqiu, it turns out that I have learned it in textbooks.

After crossing over, he had heard a lot of things about Chen Yu intermittently. Yingchuan Chen's family is a high-ranking family in the future.

Just as everyone was thinking about it, someone not far away sneered, "What a good person who abandons evil and changes from good to good, and in the end turns out to be a wicked person who is a prince?" ”