The two walked into the main hall, only to see that a bonfire had already been lit in the hall.

Two people sat around the campfire, one of whom was an old man who looked very old, and his hair was half gray. The old man sat by the campfire, his back still straight.

And the other person sitting next to the old man was the Gao Shun they were looking for on this trip.

Gao Shun saw the two of them at Sima Zhi's place today, and nodded at the two, which was regarded as a greeting.

Liu Bei smiled when he saw this, and took Guan Yu to sit down by the bonfire.

The firewood burned in the fire, and crimson flames flew in it, and every now and then there was a piercing crackling sound.

Liu Bei smiled: "I heard that Yanzhi is coming to Chaoge to find someone?" I don't know what the result is? ”

"It seems that Sima Gong and Liu Jun have already said something about me." Gao Shun picked up a few sticks of firewood on the ground and threw them into the fire.

"Shunben is a native of Qinshui County, and when he was in Qinshui County, he had a playmate who grew up together. When he went out, he couldn't go with his mother in the hall, so he agreed to come to him in the future. A few years ago, Shun's mother died of illness, and the period of obedience and filial piety expired, so he left Qinshui to find him. It's only been looking for many days in Chaoge, and it wasn't until today that I heard from him. ”

"Yanzhi is a righteous person. Although you and I have known each other for a short time, we also know that you are a capable person, and it is not difficult to find a place to settle down and get ahead. Liu Bei exclaimed.

Gao Shun just shook his head, "That's what it should be." ”

"That's true, it's just that in today's world, there are fewer and fewer good men who value righteousness, which is even more commendable." The old man who was cooking the fire on the side suddenly spoke.

Liu Bei looked at Gao Shun, "Yanzhi, who is this old man?" ”

"No, he was here before I came in." Gao Shun shook his head.

"They are both heroes of the world, why do you need to know each other when you meet." The old man had a bold temperament, turned around and took out a few small jars of wine from the package behind him, and distributed them to a few of them with his own hands.

The old man didn't persuade him to drink, so he opened the mud seal and drank it himself, "Old man, I'm not a famous person, I'm just a small trader who lives in Muye, often goes back and forth and does some small business. ”

Liu Bei also uncovered the sealing mud on the altar and raised his head a few times.

In his opinion, the drinks in the late Han Dynasty were as light as water, and they were not comparable to the drinks of later generations. I don't think this time he made a miscalculation, and swallowed a sip of wine into his stomach, which was very spicy, like a fire dragon entering from his mouth, between his chest and abdomen, coiling non-stop.

"Big brother, but what's wrong with this drink?" Guan Yu saw that his face was wrong, and hurriedly asked.

Liu Bei's face turned a little red, but he still swallowed the wine, and quietly exhaled while the other people were not paying attention, "The taste of this wine is very good." It is especially best to drink in large gulps. ”

Guan Yu was skeptical, but since his eldest brother said it was very good, it was probably excellent, he took a sip and was silent for a moment, "Yanzhi, it is indeed good wine, but you can drink it bitterly." ”

I didn't want Gao Shun to put the wine in his hand and said lightly: "Shun has never liked to drink." ”

Liu Bei and Guan Yu sighed at the same time in their hearts, it's a pity.

The old man on the side looked at the three of them and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it was the best when I was still a teenager, don't look at the old man now, he also lowered the fierce horse and pulled the strong bow at the beginning." ”

Liu Bei smiled and asked, "The old man has also joined the army?" ”

The old man shook his hands that were now full of green muscles as long as he used a little effort, "When I was a teenager, my family was poor, and there was no one around, only this body strength and the courage to get by, thinking that I could protect my family and defend the country, and I also thought that one day I could make some contributions to the battle array, and I would be a marquis and a general." ”

The wind and rain staggered, and poured into the main hall along the wide open portal. The old man set up a shelf with a twig, and roasted the jar of wine in his hand on the fire.

Gao Shun, who had been saying very little, suddenly spoke: "I didn't think about it." ”

"It's natural, people, they always like to overestimate themselves. Before I did it, I always felt that it was nothing more than that. Only by doing it yourself can you know that there are many difficulties. ”

"After I joined the army, I followed the main general of my family to fight in the east and west for more than ten years, and the Qiang people who killed him saw the banner of Duanzi in our army and fled in despair. I think it was the happiest time of the old man's life. ”

The old man took the flask off, "Unfortunately, we were wounded on the battlefield later, so we had to retreat from the battlefield, but my master did not treat us badly at that time, and gave us a lot of money." ”

"I relied on this money to start a small business, and I traveled back and forth between Makino and Biansai, and my life was not bad. Later, I married a mother-in-law, and my mother-in-law gave birth to a boy for me, and the boy gave birth to a granddaughter for me. I just don't want a plague a few years ago, a few members of the family, and now only me and my granddaughter are left. ”

Liu Bei and the three were silent, originally thinking that the old man would tell a happy story.

"But the old man has lived for so many years, and he can be regarded as resigned to his fate, and now I only hope that this lifetime will allow me to live a few more days, save more dowry for my granddaughter, and watch her marry into a good family." The old man laughed as he drank.

"The wine we drink is all made by me, and it is very popular in Biansai. I plan to put this recipe in the dowry in the future, and whoever marries my granddaughter in the future will be blessed, and I have buried a lot of wine in my house, which I have buried since she was a child, and I am waiting for her to take it out when she gets married. ”

The old man couldn't stop talking, and seemed a little babbling.

Liu Bei and the others knew that the old man was drunk.

He drank too fast, and no matter how good the amount of alcohol was, he couldn't help drinking so fast.

After a while, the old man lay down beside the stone platform and fell asleep. It's just that his mouth is still muttering, "The old man has only two wishes left in his life, one is to watch my family's Nizi get married, and the other is to see Captain Duan again, and say a word to him in person, Li Ping of the Yongzi Battalion is not bad now, and he doesn't need to worry about it anymore." ”

The wind was blowing outside, and the bonfires were lit up and extinguished.

On the altar of the Buddha, there is no gold lacquer, and only the Buddha who is left with a mud fetus bows his eyebrows, no sorrow or joy.

Liu Bei poured the last sip of wine in the wine jar into his mouth, and then let out a sigh.

Spicy, but also pleasant.

"Listen to what Sima Gong said, Yan Zhi has great talent. Why don't you go west with Bei after looking for someone and go to Luoyang together? ”

Gao Shun glanced at Liu Bei carefully, and shook his head slowly, "Liu Jun is a nobleman of the Han family, and he will be a high-ranking disciple of Duke Lu. ”

Liu Bei didn't continue to say more, but picked up the pot of wine that Gao Shun put in his hand, and drank it directly.

He looked at Guan Yu, then at Gao Shun, and said with a smile: "It's not easy to get drunk in this life, it's a pity that you don't drink alcohol." ”

Outside the main hall, the wind and rain are still there.