It was summer, the heat was scorching, and on the official road where there were few pedestrians, one rode alone, and the other rode slightly behind.

After the two rides, several riders fell far away.

This group of people was Lu Zhi and others who came out of Luoyang and rushed to Jiujiang.

Thinking that this trip was stable, Liu Bei never brought Guan Yu with him.

Out of Xuanyuan Pass, around the Song Mountain, through the Yang City, along the Yingshui south, followed by Yang Zhai.

Lu Zhi, who was riding on an ordinary green horse, grabbed the reins, looked around, and looked into the distance.

In the distant fields, the head of the Qiantou and the tenants were working with their heads bowed, bent over, slowly walking through the fields.

Farther away, a young woman came with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes lowered.

And the childish child held the corner of his mother's clothes, jumping and jumping while walking, which was the age when the teenager didn't know the taste of sorrow.

The heavens and the earth are vast, not far apart, but they are already as small as mustard seeds when they fall into their eyes.

Lu Zhi turned his head to look at Liu Bei who was riding on the Jueying, and said with a smile: "Xuande's Jueying is really very strong. I have also trekked with me on this dismount, and I am considered a good horse, but it is still a lot worse than the Absolute Shadow. In this way, it seems that I have delayed my trip. ”

Lu Shi laughed. Liu Bei also smiled.

"If you go a little more, it's Yang Zhai, can Xuande know the origin of Yang Zhai?"

Liu Beice stepped forward immediately, parallel to Lu Zhi.

He sighed in his heart, so that he could make up some homework before coming.

Mountains and rivers, celebrity allusions.

"Yang Zhai, the capital of Qi."

"Yes, this Yangzhai is indeed the capital city of Xia Qi that year, and it is also the place where the princes of this conference are enlightened and enjoy the stage." Lu Zhi was quite emotional.

"Juntai Enjoyment" is a princes' alliance held in the capital Yangzhai to emulate Xia Yu's Tushan Association in order to abolish the traditional Zen concession system and consolidate the royal power after Xia Qi exterminated the Youhu clan in the past year.

Establish Juntai in Yangzhai, worship the gods, convene the leaders of various local countries, and meet the princes.

Later, a banquet was set up to entertain the princes, so it was also called the enjoyment of Juntai.

The enjoyment of Juntai, Xia Qi preached his great exploits.

Since then, the Son of Heaven has become the "Son of Heaven".

"In the past, I passed by Yangzhai and saw that Juntai was still there." Lu Zhi sighed again, "But the years have changed, and now the past has been more than a thousand years." ”

Liu Bei didn't answer, he walked all the way, he knew that Lu Zhi took the initiative to mention this matter, and he would never just sigh for a sigh or two.

After a while, Lu Zhi raised his hand and pointed to the farmland not far away, "Xuande has seen how this place is different from the other places we have seen all the way?" ”

Liu Bei took a few careful looks, and saw that although the Qiantou and the tenants in the field were also buried in the fields, they would unconsciously show a smile when they occasionally raised their heads to relax their muscles and bones.

He muttered, "It seems that the chiefs and tenants here are richer than elsewhere."

Lu Zhi nodded, "Xuande's eyesight is not bad, and this place is indeed better than what we have seen along the way." ”

Along the way, they don't know how many miserable things they have seen. Although they will also help one or two, it will be a drop in the bucket after all, and it will stop the boiling.

"Do you know why this is happening?" Liu Bei was quite puzzled.

"If Guy goes south of Yang Zhai, he will be where Yingchuan is." Lu Zhi said with a smile, "And most of these people are tenants among the wealthy families in Yingchuan. You still don't know why? ”

Liu Bei nodded and suddenly came to his senses.

He said softly: "I think there are only two reasons, one is that the Central Plains of Yingchuan is not rich in the people, but it is always stronger than other places."

"The second is the wealthy family of Yingchuan, most of whom are heirlooms of poetry and books, and compared with those who suddenly rise to the rich, they always have to take care of some face."

Lu Zhi tugged at the corners of his mouth, and the horse under him was restless, "Xuande is not bad. Kansai general, Kanto minister. The Central Plains is a place where wealthy families gather, and famous people are everywhere. It's just that only this Yingchuan, famous and heroic, is as many as carp crossing the river. Can Xuande know the reason? ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly, he had never expected the answer.

Although he had some answers in his heart, he didn't dare to say it directly, just because he didn't know what Lu Zhi thought of Yingchuan, a big family.

He had to give a warm answer, "I think it's a rich cultural context and outstanding people?" ”

Lu Zhi glanced at him and seemed to be smiling, "Xuande really doesn't know?" ”

"I don't know." Liu Bei stiffened his head and smiled bitterly.

"Yingchuan, where the capital of Han was in the past. Shenzi and Han Fei are all out of South Korea, and they are all out of South Korea, and they are harmful to Yu Lie, so Gao Shieun, a person from Yingchuan, has good grammar and fame. Family learning is spread, high-level marriage, and each other is the inside and the outside. It is naturally a common thing to be tired of celebrities. Lu Zhi didn't hide it at all, and directly said the reason.

Liu Bei touched his nose on the horse, pretending to suddenly realize, "I see, I don't want to have such knowledge in it." ”

Although what Lu Zhi said was a little different from what he thought, it was actually not much different.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, when it came to the deep and intricate relationship between them, there was no shortage of Yingchuan.

If it weren't for this, Liu Bei would have gone around Yingchuan no matter what.

In the land of talents everywhere, how can he Liu Bei not be hot, and if he catches one, he earns it.

It's just that he knows his own family affairs, and if he really comes here, with his poor net worth, I'm afraid that he will be swept away.

Lu Zhi said with a smile: "Although there are many families in the land of Yingchuan, there are also many people who sell their fame and reputation and sit and watch the prestige. But there are still many people who have the heart of the world. The four chiefs of Yingchuan at the beginning were all outstanding people. The last time I passed by, I met a lot of interesting juniors. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Liu Bei meaningfully, "Xuande, there is a rule here in Yingchuan that is not good or bad for you young people. ”

"The people of Yuzhou like to comment on the world's characters. If you think you want to hear the name of Xu Zijiang in Runan, you should have heard of it. It's good to comment on the moon and comment on the characters of the moment. Now that you are going south with me, I am afraid that you will also fall into their eyes. ”

Lu Zhi said with a smile: "If you do it well, you will naturally be able to get a good name and your reputation will soar." But if you don't do it well, I'm afraid that it will not be easy to gain a foothold in this Central Plains again. ”

"Be aware of it." Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "Then the current northern lieutenant of Luoyang seems to be an example." ”

"Don't worry, you are my disciple of Lu Zhi, you will not be bad." Lu Zhi tightened the reins in his hand, "This time I went south, maybe I can let you meet some interesting people of the younger generation that I just said." ”

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In Yangzhai City, Liu Bei walked on a long street.

It was getting late when they entered the city today, so Lu Zhi decided to stay in Yangzhai for the night.

Liu Bei chained the shadow to the stable, and then walked to the long street.

It is not easy to come to Yingchuan once, although it is a famous family, but it may not be impossible to meet a young talent who is suppressed by the family, can't afford to eat, has no books to read, but has ambitions.

Under the oppression of the wealthy family, this person slept on the streets, cold and strong, and happened to meet Liu Xuande, who he went out to find talent.

So he has a unique vision, knowing that when it is cold, he undresses and pushes food, and this talent is also grateful to Dade and repays him with the gift of a countryman.

Since then, he has jumped up and soared like a fish in water!

Liu Bei laughed as he walked, thinking that although this kind of thing would probably not happen, a good dream would still make him happier.

It's just that he was walking and walking, and suddenly he saw a lot of people huddled together not far in front of him, and there was a noise from it.

Liu Bei walked over and squeezed towards the middle.

A few scoundrels were standing in front of them watching the excitement, and when they saw Liu Bei squeezing past them, they turned their heads and glared at him angrily.

Liu Bei sighed, touched the long sword on his waist, and without saying a word, he was half unsheathed.

The shiny blade reflected the faces of the scoundrels who quickly turned white.

The man at the head of the group hugged his fist and took the people on the side to make way for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also put his sword into the sheath and returned the salute with his fists.

In the end, he is a character who is used to fighting in the market, and people respect me a foot, and I respect people.

Liu Bei came to the front and stood still, and only then did he see what was happening in front of him.

It turned out to be a young man who looked like a scribe sitting paralyzed on the ground.

At this time, the young man's shirt was torn and crumpled, and there were even a few broken places on his shoulders.

Opposite the young man, there stood several burly men, one of whom was a short and fat man, who was obviously the leader, and was pointing at the young man who had fallen to the ground with his finger, swearing in his mouth.

Liu Bei listened attentively for a while, but understood the matter in general.

It turned out that this short and fat man took a fancy to the field in the young man's family and wanted to rely on the power of his family to buy the field at a low price.

If it is an ordinary person, it should be done, but this young man is different from ordinary scholars, and he likes to drill in the field the most on weekdays, and there is a university question between the farmland.

So he naturally refused to bow his head at this time, and the two sides have been in a stalemate for many days.

Obviously, it was this short and fat man who brought people to find trouble with this young man today, and the two sides could not discuss it, and then they started to move.

If it comes to hands-on, where is this weak scholar the opponent of these people, he will naturally be taught a hard lesson by these people.

"Naigong just wants you a few pieces of land, and he doesn't want you for nothing! You can go to the city and see which one can offer me the same price? So you are not satisfied, you are so greedy, no wonder my cousin often said that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and he is really right! ”

"Now Naigong asks you again, this land, whether you sell it or not!"

The young man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and struggled to his feet.

"Your Guo family is powerful, so I will sell the land to you? With such a clever grab, I don't believe that your Guo family's potential can last long! ”

"I don't know if my Guo family will last long, but today your field has to be sold, and if you don't sell it, you have to sell it!"

The young man shouted angrily, "You still dare to kill people!" ”

"I naturally don't dare to kill people, but even if you refuse to sell, I have a way to get the land, I asked you to come down before, just to give my cousin some face, otherwise do you think that you are a poor scribe, you can bargain with my Guo family?"

The young man laughed angrily: "People in the county say that he Guo Gong is generous and benevolent, it turns out that he is so generous and benevolent, but today is really an eye-opener."

"Don't say that those who have or don't, surnamed jujube, I will take away your family's field today, even if you are unwilling, you will endure it for me. Who made you come from a humble background? I don't like to read, I like to stay in the farmland all day long, don't say anything about the beauty that I will look good when I get rich in the future, I don't believe that people like you can really get rich one day, what kind of wealth can a farmer have? ”

"You're deceiving people too much." The young man got up suddenly, and was about to step forward and fight the short and fat man.

The guards on the short and fat man's side each stepped forward, gearing up, apparently not taking the weak scribe seriously.

It's just that the young man hasn't stepped forward yet, but he was pulled behind by someone.

Pulling him behind him, the young man with an unfamiliar face spoke with a northern accent, "I have long heard of the Guo family's name in the county, and I don't want to be a bully." ”

It was naturally Liu Bei who pulled the young man behind him.

Just now, when he saw that the Guo family was bullying, he wanted to stand up for this young man, but he was still thinking about countermeasures. While he was thinking, he happened to hear the person's name.

Now that he knew the name of this person, he didn't care about thinking of a foolproof plan, so he could only stand up immediately.

The surname is only the name of Zao, except for the celebrity under Cao Cao in the future, I think there should be no one else.

With such a character close in front of him, and at this time, he naturally couldn't hesitate.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Clever and arrogant, I don't know what the Guo family means, or your own will?"

"Who's meant and what the difference! What I mean is what the Guo family means. The meaning of the Guo family is what I mean, and my Guo family has never acted the same. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "I see, the public rule, this is the Guo family's way of doing things?" ”

He looked at the young man who had just arrived from a distance.

Ziyi has a short beard, thin eyes and long eyebrows, Guo Tu Guo Gongze.

Today, as soon as Lu Zhi lived in the post house, Guo Tu came to the door, and Liu Bei was accompanying Lu Zhi at that time, so the two had also met.

At this time, Guo Tu arrived, just glanced at it, and without asking, he already understood what had happened.

He turned around and slapped the short and fat man behind him in the face, "I told you a long time ago, don't bully people in the county, it's not because my words are not in the middle of my ears!" Don't get me back home yet! ”

Although the guards on the side of the short and fat man saw that their master was humiliated, they did not dare to move.

Not to mention that Guo Tu is their master's own family, Guo Tu's methods are also the most clear to them.

Although Guo Tu is not the head of the family, the power of the Guo family is actually in the hands of this person.

The short and fat man didn't dare to make a sound, just covered his red and swollen cheeks, and hurriedly left with the guards.

Guo Tu turned around, took out some silver money from his arms, and sent it to Zaoyi, "Today is my brother's fault, Lang Jun can go to find a medical worker, if it is not enough, come to Guo's house to find me again." ”

Zao only refused to take it, he said in a deep voice: "I don't ask for money, I just want justice."

Guo Tu raised his head and glanced at the sky, then at Liu Bei on Zaoyi's side, and said with a smile: "If it's still early today, why don't we go and have a few drinks?"