The morning light is faint, and the scenery is still the same on the Wushi Mountain.

Liu Bei and the others led the horse up the mountain, and there were many scenes in front of them when they first went up the mountain.

Although the time gap is not long, but the many things he has experienced in these days and the many people he has seen make him feel a little like a world away.

Tightening the reins in his hand, he turned his head, "Yun Chang, this time back to the mountain, we will definitely have a good drink with Bo Jue and Shengzhi." If you don't drink the two of them down, how can you and my brother still mix on the Gou Mountain? ”

"What the eldest brother said is that they are not the opponents of our brothers." Guan Yu also said with a smile.

It had been a long time since he had seen such a carefree brother.

Since he came from the west of Zhuo County, although Liu Bei has a free and easy face, he has been getting along for many years, how can Guan Yu not see that Liu Bei has something on his heart.

The two quickened their pace and walked towards the mountain.

When I passed by the school, I heard the sound of reading aloud inside.

Liu Bei deliberately lowered his pace and took Guan Yu to go around from the side.

He didn't want to be caught in a school as soon as he returned to the mountain.

At this time, he suddenly had some fun that he hadn't had for a long time, just like the previous life and the people in the same house climbed over the wall, and there was naturally a punishment for being caught if he was caught, but if he escaped, he naturally had the fun of escaping.

He exhaled, it was all many years ago.

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In the small courtyard where several people lived, Liu Bei had just tied the shadow to the horse stake, preparing to return to the house to rest for a while.

I didn't want Lu Jie to come in a hurry, I thought it was just out of school in the school.

"Sure enough, you are back, no wonder I heard the neighing of the horses but no one entered." Lu Jie took a few heavy breaths before he spoke.

Liu Bei touched his nose, "Shengzhi, it's not that I don't want to go in and study." It's just that I've been in a hurry for days, and I'm really tired, even if I go in, I'm afraid it's half the effort. ”

Lu Jie gave him a strange look, "Do you think I came to look for you to study?" ”

There are two recognized nonsense people on the mountain, one is Gongsun Zhan, who is uneducated and unskilled, and the other is Liu Xuande, who has a splendid mind.

Among them, he Liu Xuande regrets Lu Jie the most, he clearly has a splendid talent in his chest, and often makes amazing words. But he didn't study well, and he wandered around like Gongsun Zhan, so I'm really sorry for his talent in his belly.

Liu Bei heard that Lu Jie was not looking for him to study, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since you're not looking for me to study, what's the purpose of the ascension?"

In addition to reading, Liu Bei really couldn't figure out what else could make Lu Jie, a nerd, so anxious.

Lu Jie sighed, "It's not for Bo Jue's business. ”

"For the sake of Bo Jue?" Liu Bei's expression was grim.

"You can go to the house and sit down and talk about it."

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The two of them had finished sitting in the house, and Liu Bei poured a glass of white water for Lu Jie.

"Could it be that Bo Jue hasn't gone to the school to study in the past few days?" Liu Bei asked.

Holding the wooden bowl in his hand, Lu Jie smiled bitterly, "It would be nice if I just didn't read." I've heard that Bo Jue has been very close to Nan Rong these days. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "Fu Nanrong is a masterpiece in the world, we met in Luoyang that day, and there was indeed speculation between Bo Jue and his words, but what's wrong with this?" ”

Lu Jie took a sip of the white water in the bowl and groaned slightly, "Xuande knows who Fu Nanrong's master is?" ”

"When I was drinking, I heard Nanrong mention it. It seems to be Guangluxun Liu Gong? ”

The Liu Gong in Liu Bei's mouth is naturally Liu Kuan, who is now serving as Guangluxun.

"It's indeed Liu Gong." Lu Jie nodded, "It's just that Xuande knows what the relationship between Duke Liu and my father is?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head, "I don't know, but Liu Gongren should have a good relationship with Lu Shi." ”

Liu Kuan has always been famous for his generosity.

This man is of a gentle and kind nature, and I have never heard of a temper tantrum.

Legend has it that his wife was also surprised by this, and in order to test Liu Kuan's measurements, she also designed to provoke his anger.

Once, when Liu Kuan was tidying up his clothes and dressing up and preparing to go to court, his wife ordered the maid to carry the meat soup into the house, and deliberately overturned the meat soup and stained Liu Kuan's court clothes.

And Liu Kuan's expression remained unchanged, but he asked if the hot porridge had burned the handmaid's hand.

"Xuande only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." Lu Jie smiled bitterly, "Liu Gong is indeed lenient, but the relationship with his father is not what you think." ”

Liu Bei was stunned, "What about Shengzhi?" ”

"Xuande also knows that my father has shirked the call of the court several times, and he did not embark on a career until not long ago. But Liu Gong came out very early, and his career over the years can be regarded as smooth sailing. Lu Jie smiled bitterly.

Liu Bei was speechless, Lu Zhi must not be a person who is jealous of the virtuous and capable.

"Xuande also knows that my father is jealous and hateful. Although Liu Gong has a reputation for generosity and honesty, his father often hates him for being in a high position and cannot persuade the Son of Heaven, so he rarely interacts. Lu Jie said why.

Liu Bei nodded, this really looked like what Lu Zhi would do.

"But what does this have to do with the Beth?" Liu Bei said a little strangely.

It stands to reason that if Gongsun Chan is just dating Fu Xie, he should be fine.

Lu Zhi is not a narrow-minded person, even if he is a little dissatisfied with Liu Kuan's actions, he will not be involved in Gongsun Zhan.

Lu Jie took a sip of white water, "If you just interact with Fu Nanrong, it's natural that it's fine, but a few days ago, Bo Jue quietly found me and said that he would go down the mountain and worship Liu Gong as a teacher." ”

Liu Bei had already picked up the wooden bowl on the table, and just brought it to his mouth, when he heard Lu Jie's words, his hand couldn't stop shaking.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not a new thing for one person to worship several teachers.

Even his current teacher, Lu Zhi, has successively apprenticed with Chen Qiu and the great Confucian Ma Rong.

It's just that the matter of apprenticeship is in the same lineage, and now there is no harmony between Lu Zhi and Liu Kuan, if Gongsun Chan does this, he is afraid that it will cause Lu Zhi to be unhappy.

Even if Lu Zhi doesn't care about it, I'm afraid that it will damage Gongsun Zhan's reputation among scholars in the future.

Lu Jie said in a deep voice: "I think that the relationship between China and China should be clear here."

"Shengzhi wants me to persuade Bo Jue again, don't do this?" Liu Bei said slowly.

At this time, he already understood Lu Jie's intention.

Lu Jie must have persuaded Gongsun Chan before, but according to Gongsun Chan's temperament, he will not stop there.

"If there is anyone who can persuade him to live on this Gou Mountain, you are the only one." Lu Jie drank all the white water in the bowl.

Coming to find Liu Bei is also his last method, if even Liu Bei can't persuade Gongsun Zhan, he can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

Liu Bei nodded, "Be prepared to do your best, but whether you can succeed or not depends on Gongsun Boju's choice." ”

"Gongsun Boqi is not a person who listens to persuasion."

Lu Jie smiled bitterly, "I don't know. ”

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As night fell, Gongsun Chan led his white horse on the way back to his residence.

The white horse is still a white horse, but Gongsun Zhan's expression is a little lonely.

Originally, I came here with great ambition, thinking that this body would be used at the right time, and it would be easy to become famous, but I didn't want to be able to waste it on this mountain now.

The trees were dyed with the moonlight, swaying and dancing with the breeze that blew by.

The shadow of the tree swayed, as if mocking his Gongsun Zhan's incompetence in the shadows.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, why is the person leading the white horse in front of you so down? But Bei's old friend Sun Boqi? Not far away, someone chuckled softly.

Gongsun Zan raised his eyes and saw Liu Bei leading his shadow, leaning against the shadows under the tree.

Liu Bei smiled: "How? The future General of the White Horse. Would you like to go with me, a nobody, to the Drinking Crane Pond? ”

"Then the general will reward you with this face." Gongsun Chan tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled.

The two rode their horses and went straight to the Drinking Crane Pond.

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Next to the drinking crane pond, white horses and black horses walk side by side.

The moonlight is like water, reflecting on the surface of the lake.

There are no cranes in the pond, only the fish in the lake occasionally cross the water surface, dragging a fine line of water in mid-air.

"I think it's the ascension that went to look for you again? This Lu Shengzhi is really nosy. I don't like to listen to his lectures in the first place, and he doesn't have a problem with me, so wouldn't it be better if I left. lest we all have a headache. And why bother persuading each other? Gongsun Chan said with a smile.

Liu Bei listened to him quietly before he spoke, "So, you have already made up your mind?" ”

Gongsun Zhan was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Xuande, you know my ambition, now you and I have been in the Wushi Mountain for some days, what kind of person Lu Gong is, you and I have some understanding." ”

"His ambition has never been above the court. But what I'm looking for is someone who can help me in the court. ”

"Can Gong Liu help you?" Liu Bei tightened the reins in his hand, letting the shadow under the seat go slower.

"Try it or not, it's better to succeed or fail than to spend years here. Xuande, I can't afford to wait. Gongsun Chan smiled bitterly.

Gongsun Zhan is older than Liu Bei, and he has already married before coming west, and now it is the time to fight, so he naturally does not want to waste.

There was silence between the two, and they hadn't heard Liu Bei's answer for a long time.

Gongsun Zhan turned his head and saw that he was staring at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and he was stunned.

Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then I will be here first, I wish you all the success of your wishes, and you will achieve your ambition as soon as possible."

"Xuande didn't even persuade me?" Gongsun Chan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dumbly.

He thought that Liu Bei would persuade him bitterly, but he didn't want to be amorous.

Reaching out and grabbing the sideburns of the sitting, Liu Bei smiled: "Everyone has their own way to go, and your grandson Boqi wants to go like this, naturally there is a reason for you." What's more, you're a listener? ”

Gongsun Chan also smiled: "Naturally not."

"That's it." Liu Bei said with a smile.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After a while, Gongsun Chan smiled and said, "Xuande, the most pleasant thing about me coming all the way west is that I know a few of you." Since childhood, I have made a lot of friends, but unfortunately there are few sincere people among them. ”

"In the future, if my Gongsun Zan really gains power, and you Liu Xuande suffers again, then you can come to me. As long as there is my grandson Chan one day, although it is thousands of miles, Chan will come. ”

Liu Bei smiled, "If Bo Jue has such words, it will not be in vain for you and me to walk all the way." That preparation is also this sentence, if there is something to do with your grandson Boqi in the future. A letter, even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, will come. ”

The moonlight is scattered in the lake, reflecting the bright moon in the sky, white horses and black horses, still walking side by side.

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On the second day, when the sky was bright, Liu Bei got up and went out of the house, and saw that only the shadow of the black horse was left on the horse-tethered stake in front of the door, digging the soil on the ground with his hooves.

The white horse is missing.

Liu Bei sighed, if he wants to leave, he can't stay after all.

"Big brother, Bo Jue left early in the morning for some reason." Although Guan Yu didn't know the whole reason for the incident, he also knew a little bit about Gongsun Zhan's temperament all the way west.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Those who want to leave are going to leave after all, and those who should stay will also stay." You can't force it. ”

While the two were chatting, the sound of horses sounded outside the door.

"It turns out that it is really here, it seems that the scholar on the road has not deceived us." Someone laughed outside the door.

Liu Bei looked along the laughter, but saw an unexpected old man.

He first flashed his eyes, and then hurriedly greeted Guan Yu, held the man's arm, and laughed: "How did Xianhe come to Luoyang?"

This person is dressed in a Confucian shirt, with a thin body, a white face, a short beard, and a scholarly appearance.

It was when Liu Bei and others set off in Zhuo County that they followed Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to Jian Yong outside the Saiwai.

Before Jian Yong could answer, another person came out from behind Jian Yong, this person was five short and quite fat, and said with a smile: "Ah Bei, Xianhe and I have walked the way, why don't you let me in and drink hot soup first?"

This person is the Shiren who Liu Bei wrote to Zhuojun before and asked him to come.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "What Junyi said is that you and my brother haven't seen each other for a long time, and Bei is also excited for a while."

He turned and led the two of them inside.

In the room, several people sat down.

Shiren drank all the white water in the bowl in one gulp, and then sighed, "Ah Bei, since we received your letter, we have been on our way in the morning and evening, so we can come here today." You can't imagine how hard it was on our way. ”

"Okay, Junyi, Xuande, they came all the way from Zhuo County, how can he not know our hard work." Jian Yong said with a smile.

Shiren smiled and said no more, he was a little afraid of Jian Yong.

"Xianhe don't have to say much, Junyi is in a hurry, don't you allow him to complain a few words? At most, give him a jit down of what he says now, and fill him with a few more bowls the next time he drinks. Liu Bei said with a smile.

Shiren complained, "Ah Bei, you're a little unauthentic. ”

A few people laughed, Shiren was weak, Guan Yu took him to leave first, and went to find a room to rest.

After Shiren left, Liu Bei restrained the smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "Why did Xianhe come?" When I sent the letter, it was clear that only Shiren was allowed to come. Now that you have come to Luoyang, Yide is the only one left in Zhuojun, how can he deal with it? ”

Jian Yong took a sip of white water, raised his hand to press it, and said with a smile: "Ah Bei, don't worry, you and I actually underestimate Yide." Now that there is good virtue, there is no wind and waves in Zhuo County. ”