In Yangzhai City, Guo Tu took Liu Bei and the others to a nearby wine house.

The floor is double, and on the cloth weaving banner hanging on it, a large Guo character is embroidered with gold thread.

Even in the middle of the night, you can see this big word in the distance.

The people in the wine house obviously knew Guo Tu, and let him lead the two of them straight up to the second floor.

There are no drinkers on the second floor, but the cleaning is spotless, and I think it is often used to entertain distinguished guests.

Guo Tu chose a table by the window.

Looking out of the window, there was a flow of people under the window, and the smoke and flames were swirling.

Looking up into the distance, the green mountains in the distance are clinging, and the white clouds are mixed with the green mountains.

Several people sat down, and Guo Tu poured wine for the two of them with his own hands, "Taste our Yangzhai wine, although it belongs to the Central Plains, but the wine everywhere also has the taste of everywhere." ”

"The public rule is really a big face, and it doesn't look like this place is often used to entertain guests." Liu Bei turned the wine bowl in his hand and said something.

Zao Yu is cramped, and obviously rarely comes to this kind of place.

"Xuande doesn't need to be tempted, this wine house is indeed one of my Guo family's properties." Guo Tu smiled, "And it was just my unsuccessful clan brother who bought it." Although he is a bit of a bully, he has some talent in business. ”

Liu Bei also said with a smile: "The so-called small talent of the public rule, if it is said that it is skillful and robbing, and buying an estate for the Guo family, then it is true."

Guo Tu invited the two of them to drink this time, naturally wanting to make things bigger.

also had the idea of wooing Liu Bei.

Lu Zhi's name of uprightness spread all over the world, and Liu Bei could be taken by him by his side, and he thought that he was also a person he valued very much. Although he is unknown now, it is always possible to establish a good relationship in advance.

In his opinion, the matter of jujube is actually not a big deal, just a down-and-out scholar.

Even if his clan brother secretly solved this person, the county would not dare to ask more about it.

With the power of their Guo family in the county, the people in the official office can only ask a few questions at most.

Even if things get big at that time, at most he will come forward and reprimand his own brother one or two, and he can still make a good name for himself.

Yang Zhai's people mostly call him Guo Tu a virtuous name, and this virtuous word doesn't come from like this.

There must always be a bastard to highlight his virtuousness.

And the reason why he came forward this time was just because Liu Bei was involved. Lu Zi is a famous Confucian in the world, and Liu Bei, who can be taken by him, is somewhat worthy of his thin face.

It's just that he didn't want to wait for him to say something to ease, Liu Bei had already picked up the words.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being Lu Zhi's student.

Guo Tu smiled helplessly, "Today's incident is indeed the fault of my Guo family, and then I will give this Langjun some money, which can be regarded as compensation for my Guo family." ”

"The Guo family's money, Zao is not blessed. I just want justice. Zao only said in a deep voice.

He honestly farmed the farmland at home, and he would encounter such an unwarranted disaster. He is a scholar who has read some books, and he is still treated like this by the Guo family.

What will happen to those ordinary Qiantou when they encounter this?

And how!

There is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to go to the ground!

Guo Tu restrained the smile on his face, he respected Lu Zhi's famous Confucianism, but he Guo Gong was not a person without temper.

The Guo family has taken root in Yangzhai for many years, not to mention other local heroes, even if there are many people in the county government, they are secretly from his Guo family.

If he had the heart, he could let the foreign county commander sit alone and sit alone without power.

Now a poor gentleman who has no reputation at all dares to speak wildly and wants to ask for justice?

Poor people, hiding in the shadows and stealing their lives, even dare to jump out and speak out, it is because they are disgusted to live too long!

Thinking of this, Guo Tu's face became more and more cold, and he sneered: "Seek justice, where is the so-called justice in this world." Don't say it's Lang Jun, even if it's me Guo Gongze, I want to ask for justice for some things. can think of it, if you know that you can't ask for it, but you still have to ask for it, I'm afraid that it will inevitably harm others and yourself when the time comes. ”

has been in a high position all year round, and Guo Tu's words are quite intimidating.

Zao is only an honest person who deals with farmland all year round, even if he is not bad, but he was forced by Guo Tu's words, and he couldn't answer for a while.

Liu Bei on the side dared to draw a knife against the murderous Duan Cheng, and naturally he would not put Guo Tu in his eyes, he smiled and said: "Gong Ze is really a sharp word, and the Guo family is really a heavy and domineering."

Guo Tu pulled the corners of his mouth and put away the cold color on his face, "Xuande can't be agitated by words. Lu Shifang is straight, and Tu has always admired it. It's just that don't blame the plot to say bluntly, Lu Shi got up in the border area of Youzhou, and the Lu family in Zhuo County is not a big family, in terms of the common saying in the market, that is, one person is full of food, and the whole family is not hungry. Therefore, Lu Shi is upright, but it is not difficult. Put yourself in your shoes and move around. It's not impossible to do it. ”

"But my Guo family has been a wealthy family for generations, rooted in Yangzhai, and hundreds of members of the whole family have to eat. Honest and upright, it is not difficult to be famous before and after death, but does it mean that the whole clan will starve? ”

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "The public rule is sharp, but I am going to be moved by you."

"This is just a matter of showing the heart." Guo Tu smiled, "Being valued by Gong Lu, I don't want to come to Xuande from a famous family, and what I think is naturally different from the picture, which is not a strange thing." ”

Liu Bei also smiled, filled Guo Tu's bowl with wine, and humbly asked for advice, "In the words of the public rule, could it be that the wealthy families are like this?" ”

"I know the meaning of Xuande, Xuande is nothing more than the fact that some wealthy families have an excellent reputation outside." Guo Tu smiled, "It's just that the reputation on the outside is excellent, Xuande, how is it inside, who knows?" Under the light, there is always darkness. ”

"Whether it is a big family or an ordinary Qiantou, everything they do is nothing more than seeking fame or profit. And most people in the world always seek profit before seeking fame. Only when you don't have to worry about food and clothing can you have the heart and strength to seek the name outside the body. If one day my Guo family becomes a famous family, then I will also do more good deeds and seek a good reputation. ”

"Xuande, all the good things are done in the open, and the dirt is all in the secret, this is the way of survival of the family."

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Thank you for teaching me knowledge."

"Gongzhi, I have another question, and I hope that Gongzhi will answer me." Liu Bei said suddenly.

Guo Tu stretched out his hand, "Xuande tried to speak." ”

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Gongzhi, let me ask you, can the son of a rich family really sit and drink with a poor person?"

Guo Tu, who had been unsmiling since they met, suddenly burst out laughing, and he pointed at Liu Bei, "Xuande is worthy of being a disciple of Duke Lu." Then I will say bluntly that the son of the rich and the poor sit together, whether he knows it or not, he always has a little arrogance in his heart. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "Gong Zecheng will not deceive me." ”

"I'll have another question." Liu Bei smiled, "If one day, there is a dilemma between family affairs and state affairs, what is the choice of the public?" ”

Guo Tu drank all the wine in front of him and said with a smile: "The picture is a family member, don't help your relatives." Family first, then country, is the answer. ”

Liu Bei raised the wine bowl.

Guo Tu had already gotten up, "Xuande, the Tao is not the same, today's banquet, I hope it will not be the last time you and I will drink together." ”

Liu Bei smiled and drank all the wine in the bowl, "Gong is so precious." ”

Guo Tu walked away.

After a moment of silence, Liu Bei turned his head to look at Zaoyi on the side, and secretly exhaled.

He smiled and said, "Zao Jun, do you know why Guo Tu told me so many things?" Isn't it strange that I have only met him for the first time today, and that he seems to be close to me?"

Zao only took a sip of wine, but probably because he didn't drink often, his face immediately turned red.

"I think he probably sees that Liu Jun is a disciple of Duke Lu, and thinks that Liu Jun must have a great future, and wants to make friends with you in advance, so that he can pull Liu Jun to the Guo family in the future." Jujube only laughed mockingly.

Guo Tu's mind is not difficult to guess, and even he has never deliberately concealed it.

"What I see is the same as Zaojun." Liu Bei poured a bowl of wine for the jujube again, and the wine was hooked, from the altar to the bowl, cumbersome and dense as a line.

"Looking at Zaojun is also like a person who has read a book, but his hands are full of calluses under a closer look, and I heard them mention that Zaojun has been working between farmlands for a long time, somehow?"

Zao Yi raised his head and poured a large sip of wine, pulling the corners of his mouth, "Liu Jun also thinks that plowing the fields is useless?" If a scholar wants to do something, he can only go on a career in office? The temple is high, Zhu Zigon, only to live up to the ambition of reading? ”

Liu Bei shook his head, "The way of the world is like this, how do you think it, in fact, it is insignificant." ”

"Words are enough to kill. The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed. Could it be that the neighbor beside Zao Jun never said that Zao Jun would not succeed if he did not do his job?"

"The way of the world is like this, the children of rich families, flying eagles and lackeys, indulging in flowers and wine, in the eyes of others, they are also Taoguang obscure and ambitious. As long as the poor children do not study and find another way, they will be criticized for deviating from the scriptures and not doing their jobs. ”

Zao Yi was silent for a while, "Naturally, I said it, but I always feel that those scholars who stand on top of the court, plan and expand their territory are naturally necessary." It's just that those who can make ordinary Qianshou eat enough are also rare. It's a pity that although I have ambitions, it is difficult to walk, and when I look around, I feel like I am facing the abyss, and I don't see the way forward. ”

He took a dull sip of wine, and along the way, many people said that he was not doing his job properly, and that he had used his good ingenuity in the wrong place.

Liu Bei sighed, "Zao Jun's ambition is admired, but Zao Jun seems to have chosen the wrong path." If the path chosen is wrong, even if Zaojun really has a shocking talent, it will be in vain. ”

Zao Yi looked stunned, "What does Xuande mean?" Don't you think you should only focus on farming?"

"Zao Jun can see that Bei is now valued by Lu Shi and taken with him. But when I was prepared, I was also out of the ground, a white body. To have today, one is in the will of heaven and the other is man-made. ”

"Zaojun, with ambition, you should go to a high position, and if you say something, the Quartet will respond, and even if there is resistance, you can push it down. Otherwise, as a horseman, what can you do with your strength? Even if he is not afraid of life and death, but today, all the scoundrels in a county can be bullied at will, let alone do anything big! The heroes of the world, tied to the market, Zaojun has no time to feel sorry for himself, and is prepared to be sad for Zaojun! ”

Zao Yi was silent for a long time, "Liu Jun's words are reasonable, but except for those work in the fields, there is really nothing extraordinary." I really don't know what to do. ”

Liu Bei exhaled again, tried his lips and tongue, hollowed out his thoughts, and finally moved the jujube.

"I have an idea, but I don't know what Zao-kun thinks?" He hesitated in his words.

"Liu Jun just has to say it directly."

Zao Yi smiled bitterly, he hadn't thought about what Liu Bei said, but what if he thought about it? From a humble background, he is not such an ordinary scholar, and these two have already blocked his way to ascent.

If he could, he didn't want to go to court.

Only then did Liu Bei speak: "I don't know what Zaojun thinks is going to be?"

Zao only looked at Liu Bei for a moment, and then said: "Although you and I met for the first time today, I only think that Liu Jun is quite benevolent."

"In this case, Zao Jun might as well leave this Yang Zhai and go to Luoyang to find a person named Jian Yong, I will write a letter to him, asking him to arrange for Zao Jun to go to Zhuo County, Zhuo County. Although he is not talented, he is from the border, and he has a small foundation there. When Zaojun arrives there, he wants people and land, and he will use it as much as he can, and there will be no shortage of it. ”

Zao Yi glanced at Liu Bei again, "Didn't Liu Junmo trick me?" ”

"Zaojun doesn't believe it?"

"Even if what Liu Jun said is true, but you and I meet in Pingshui today, why does Liu Jun believe in me so much."

It's no wonder that Zao Yi doesn't believe him, if a person suddenly appears, saying that he can only use his family's belongings, ordinary people will not easily believe it.

Liu Bei sighed secretly in his heart, and he could only stand up to the people who came after him again.

He took a sip of the wine in his hand, cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice: "Zaojun, Bei actually has an ambition since he was a child, but he has never mentioned it to others. It's just that when I saw the ambition of Zaojun today, I was prepared like a fish in my throat, and I didn't vomit or feel unhappy. ”

"Liu Jun, please speak." Zao Yu was also a little curious about what he could say.

Liu Bei Chang sighed, "I think that since a man was born in the world, he should set up his heart for heaven and earth, establish his life for Li Shu, continue his studies for the saints, and open peace for all generations." ”

"Farmers are the foundation of society. Zaojun's view is in line with Bei Dark, so Bei is willing to help. If you think you can be trusted, you can go to Zhuojun and make a book immediately. If you think that Bei is not credible, Bei should give the money you carry to Zao Jun to talk about your heart. ”

Zao Yi was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The person who is only on the left is useless, how can you talk about believing or not believing?" Then I went back to pack my bags and rushed to Luoyang. It's just that when I arrive in Zhuo County, I'm afraid that there will be more changes, and I hope Liu Jun will make up his mind and not change it. ”

Liu Bei leaned sideways and grabbed Zao You's hands, "Zao Jun has intentions, and he will not be disappointed." Come, let's have a few more bowls. ”

The two staggered, and drank several bowls in a row.

At this time, the jujube was already overwhelmed and fell on the table.

Although Liu Bei was also a little dizzy, he was full of happiness in his heart.

After many days, there is one more person.