Yangquan is in the south of the ancient spring water, so it is named.

Its land is separated by a river and connected to Yuzhou, and the nine rivers are connected by irrigating two waters.

It can also be regarded as the border of the Lujiang River.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangwu has dismissed the national soldiers of the county, and the local military equipment has gradually been abolished. Although there are exercises, most of them are vain.

In addition, the Central Plains has lived in peace for many years, and the soldiers have no courage to fight, and the people have no intention of being guarded. When the war is going on, whether it is the officers and soldiers, or the head of the Qian, it is natural that they will be at a loss for what to do.

Later, Zhang Jiao shouted, and the yellow scarf swept all over the Central Plains in a blink of an eye, which was naturally related to its huge momentum, but the local security was insufficient, and the soldiers could not fight, which was also one of the reasons.

When Liu Bei entered Yangquan, it was twilight, and there was chaos in the county at this time.

The city was noisy, and many people in the city were huddled together with their families and bags, and they were rushing towards the city gate.

The poor family walked, and the rich family took the car, thinking that they were afraid that they would escape late and be blocked in the city by those Nanban aliens.

Liu Bei grabbed one person casually and asked with a smile: "Now that the Southern Barbarian alien race has not come, why is there so much chaos in the city?" The ancestral family business is so easily abandoned? ”

The man was stopped by Liu Bei, and he wanted to have an attack immediately, but when he saw Liu Bei leading the horse and sword, he looked like a character who was not easy to mess with, so he forcibly swallowed the curse that had rushed to his mouth, "I see that Lang Jun is from outside, and I don't know anything about the situation of our Yangquan." ”

The look on his face turned angry, "The county magistrate in our county is surnamed Liu Mingdian, and he is an outsider from Yuzhou. When he first came, he was generous and solemn, and his mouth was full of moral articles. I heard that he is also a well-known elegant person in Yuzhou, and we thought we had met a good county official. ”

"It's just that after a long time, this person revealed his true nature, sang poems and books with those rich people in the county all day long, and handed over all the things in the county to Zhao Xiancheng."

"Those rich people naturally feel that they have met a good official who is rare to see in a hundred years, and they have many gifts for this. It's only been a few years since I've been here, but it's already full of gold and silver. Naturally, this person also connived at the evil deeds of these people in the county. Let them run rampant in the county to bully men and women, forcibly occupy fields, and oppress the good. ”

Liu Bei only looked at this person seriously at this time, "It seems that you know a lot. ”

"I know a lot." The man laughed angrily, "My family's land was forcibly occupied by the Li family in the east of the city. I was angry at the time, and when I went to report to the official, they colluded and charged me with a crime, wanting to beat me to death in prison. Thanks to Zhao Xiancheng's secret help, I was able to pick up a life. ”

"It's no wonder that it's someone who has experienced it firsthand." Liu Bei nodded.

It's just that although the man's experience is indeed pitiful, there are injustices in this world every day and all the time.

He pointed to the people who were rushing to the city gate and squeezing towards the city gate, "You are suffering alone, and it is not unusual for you to flee for your life." Do they all have suffering? ”

The man sneered, "Lang Jun thinks this person's actions are just like this?" Now that the Southern Barbarian alien race is in the future, if he dares to stay in the city and defend it once, I will also respect him as a good man. ”

"On that day, I heard that the Nanban alien race came out of the mountains, and they came all the way to this side, and they also took down several cities. Our Liu County Commander hung up the official seal, packed his bags overnight, took the wife and concubine given to him by the wealthy family here, took the guards around him, and drove away with his carts of gold and silver treasures. If the foot is faster, I think I should be about to reach my hometown in Yuzhou. ”

"Escaped?" Liu Bei's expression was grim.

Although he had thought about a lot of situations that he might encounter after entering the city, he never thought that the magistrate of a county would not even see the face of the southern barbarian alien race, so he had already fled.

Liu Bei asked, "Then who is in charge of the county now?"

The man sighed, "This mess naturally fell on Zhao Xiancheng." ”

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In the government office of Yangquan County, a middle-aged man with gray hair is squatting at the door of the main hall where the county order deals with political affairs on a daily basis.

has been busy for days, even he, a capable official who has always been tireless in handling political affairs, is now a little unbearable.

Had to come out and catch your breath.

On weekdays, this Liu Dian ignores everything, and it doesn't matter if he is a hands-off shopkeeper, he just needs to be busier. But this time this person fled in the wilderness, and it really left him with a mess.

Now it is unknown whether the Nanban alien race can attack the city, originally in his opinion, as long as the original soldiers and horses in the county are gathered, plus the private soldiers raised by the rich families in the county, they can make up a few hundred in any case.

Defending the city may not be without the strength of a battle.

It's just that now Liu Dian fled before fighting, so that the hearts of some people in the city who were already shaken by the repeated destruction of the county by the Southern Barbarian alien race have completely collapsed.

However, this person took away dozens of guards, all of whom were brave men in the county.

In fact, this is not the most headache for him. The most painful thing for him is the county lieutenant Wu Wei and the wealthy family in the county.

In a county, the county lieutenant is in charge of civil affairs, and the county lieutenant is in charge of military affairs.

Now that Liu Dian has fled, Wu Wei will naturally not listen to his orders, and most of the wealthy families in those counties are also disobedient to the yang and yin, asking them to hand over the hands of their hands.

After a few tosses, Zhao Jun, who was originally black-haired, turned white overnight.

He was sighing here, lamenting that his family was born at the wrong time. He thought that his own skills were not bad, why did he end up in such a field.

Just when he was thinking hard and couldn't figure it out, a messenger from the middle of the government walked in quickly.

"Zhao Jun, there are people outside the door who claim to be reinforcements sent by the imperial court and want to ask to see Zhao Jun."

Zhao Jun suddenly got up when he heard this, "How many people are here?" ”

The messenger stepped back, "Only, only one person." ”

"Only one person?" Zhao Jun took a few steps back, sat on the steps, and sighed in disappointment, "Please let him in." ”

In today's situation, even if it is really reinforcements, what is the use of one person.

Liu Bei followed the pawn into the courtyard, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the middle-aged man who was sitting on the steps with a sad face.

He was not restrained, he walked up the steps by himself, sat beside Zhao Jun, and then took out the pass that Lu Zhi gave him from his arms and handed it to Zhao Jun.

"In Xia Liu Bei, the family teacher Lu Zhi came to Lujiang to take up his post. Be one step ahead and take care of him. ”

Zhao Jun took it and looked at it, but sighed, "Duke Lu was in Jiujiang in the past, and he was indeed a first-class good official. It's just that under the current situation, even if Gong Lu comes in person, it will probably be useless, let alone Liu Jun. I advised Liu Jun to go to Shucheng as soon as possible. It was a big county, and the soldiers were well fed, which was enough for Lu Gong to use to quell the rebellion. Most of this yang spring can't be kept. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and laughed, "Before you enter the official office, I heard the people in the county say that Zhao Jun is a capable official." I don't want to give up just because I've just reached this field. Zhao Jun, now that Nanban has not yet entered the city, you will do this. As a court official, where are you in the city! ”

"Do you have to sit in the official office, wait for the Southern Barbarians to attack, and then open the city and ask for surrender? Do you want them to be kind enough to save your life? Do you want to see the people of the city being taken captive into the mountains, as oxen and horses, slaves and maids? Seeing his wife and concubines and children becoming other people's playthings, he fell to the ground and walked away, like a sheep! ”

He got up angrily and pointed at Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, if you think so in your heart, you will immediately lead the horse out of the city, and the day he and I lead the troops to pacify this place, I will put a bronze statue for you at the city gate." Let's see what the people of the future generations say! ”

After some accusations, Zhao Jun was already sweating.

He wiped the sweat from his face, got up solemnly, bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and said respectfully: "Jun is teachable, and he is willing to listen to Liu Jun's orders."

Liu Bei's face softened, he grabbed Zhao Jun's arm and sat down with him again.

Bei Zhiyan was not aimed at Zhao Jun, but just remembered some stories of the old people in the book. Those who did this before were renowned. The mistakes of the predecessors are deeply hated by the descendants. I also hope that Zhao Junmo will do this. ”

Zhao Jun nodded, and suddenly asked, "Jun also read, but I don't know when the gift of holding the sheep in Liu Jun's mouth was a thing?" Why hasn't Joon heard of it? ”

"Where can the things of the world be recorded in the book, some rumors in the world may not be false. It is not surprising that Zhao Jun has never heard of it. Liu Bei just smiled.

Zhao Jun no longer asked, Lu Zhi is a famous Confucian in the world, Liu Bei is Lu Zhi's disciple, and it is nothing to know some cold things.

He told Liu Bei what was going on in the county today.

After speaking, he let out a sigh. This thing has been pressing on his heart all these days, making him quite depressed.

Now that he has the highest official position in the county, all kinds of things are pressed on him, and he can't speak to people at will, so he is naturally very depressed.

A person in a high position, of course, can decide all kinds of things in a word, and the scenery is infinite, but in a high position, he also has to bear more responsibilities.

It is not easy for one person to have countless lives at stake.

He was silent for a moment and then said, "What does Liu Jun think we should do next?"

At this time, Liu Bei was closing his eyes and pondering, thinking about how to break the situation.

He originally thought that the matter of Yangquan was difficult because of the Southern Barbarian alien race who might come to the city, and he didn't want to have such contradictions in the city. If you think about it, it's not even easier to deal with than the Southern Barbarian alien race.

After a long time, Liu Bei opened his eyes and smiled: "Zhao Jun, how is Wu Wei this person?"

"Wu Wei?" Zhao Dian was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Wu Wei is a martial artist, he made meritorious contributions to suppressing bandits back then, and later made a lot of contributions, so he became the county lieutenant of Yangquan County." In those years, it was also famous for its martial arts in the county. It stands to reason that he should have been a big help to us this time. ”

It's just that after this person became the county lieutenant, he had a lot of dealings with the rich people in those counties, and he didn't see the martial arts of the year at all, not to mention the martial arts of the year, and now he is still advancing and retreating with those rich people. So now I'm also nervous about this person. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "Please also ask Zhao Jun to send someone to invite this person to talk about it." ”

"Liu Jun wants to see him? When Liu County's order was in place, he also had a lot of disobedience to Liu County's order. Now that Liu County Ling is not here, I am afraid that he may not listen to us. ”

Liu Bei just smiled and said: "Liu Jun only needs to invite him, as for how to persuade him, he has his own way."

Zhao Jun got up and went to find someone to summon Wu Wei.

Liu Bei sat alone, his hands propped up on the steps behind him.

The warm breeze was blowing, the sun was warm, and the sun in the south shone on a man from the north.

He squinted and muttered, "The sun in the south isn't warmer than in the north." ”

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Wu Wei walked on the way to the county office, scolding in his mouth, just now he lost a lot of money in the Han family, and he lost most of this month's money before he came down. Although he is not short of this amount of money now, it is really a little depressing to lose the bet.

This person is nearly forty years old, if you push forward two years, he is still middle-aged in Wuwei, but now he lingers all day long between the banquets of the wealthy families in the county, eating and drinking, drinking and drinking endlessly, and he is already pot-bellied at this time.

The road from the Han family's manor to the county government was not long, but as he walked, he already showed some visible sweat on his head.

"Damn, why don't I remember that the road to the county government is so long." Wu Wei looked at the county government office that was close at hand, and stopped to exhale.

He learned about Liu County's escape earlier than Zhao Jun, after all, the soldiers in the county were all in his hands.

Liu Xianling's escape was actually something he expected, although he didn't have much contact with this Liu Xianling, but when he saw this person for the first time that day, he knew that this person was a straw bag who was fame-and-seeking, good at talking, and had no ability at all, and only a scholar like Zhao Jun would think that this person was a celebrity.

Zhao Jun was looking for him this time, most likely because he wanted to call on the hundreds of soldiers in his hands to defend the city.

As for the new Lu Zhi disciple? What is not an official, he has never taken it seriously, what can an outsider who comes at this time do? At most, it's just a puppet of Zhao Jun giving orders.

Looking at it this way, it is really his martial artist who is more powerful. The county all said that he Zhao Jun was a capable official, and now he is not asking for his own head.

Wu Weizhi was full of pride, and touched the thirty refining ring head knife on his waist that he had spent a lot of money to buy.

When he was a teenager, he overcame all obstacles and difficulties, and he only used a blunt knife, who would have thought that he would be able to use such a magic weapon one day in the future.

He grinned, it was really funny.

One thought is clear, and everything goes well.

There is a give-and-take, and it is not a loss to think about it.

He stepped into the palace and walked straight into the backyard.

He raised his eyes and looked around, only to find that Zhao Jun was not in the courtyard.

Only a young man stood on the steps of the courtyard, condescending, looking at him with a smile.

Although the young man looked at the length of his arm, he smiled with a smile on his eyebrows.

"Martial Monarch?" The young man laughed.

"Yes, it's Wu." Wu Wei subconsciously responded.

Then I saw the young man nod, his expression unchanged, and then he touched the hilt of the sword directly at his waist.

The man didn't say a word, he stepped on the steps below him, the long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and the whole person jumped high, and the sunlight reflected the sword light, drawing an arc of light in the sky.

A sword slashes at Wu Wei!