In the courtyard, Wu Wei saw the sword light slashing down from top to bottom, heading straight for him.

He is also a martial artist who has practiced martial arts for many years, and his right hand instinctively stretches out to the ring head knife on his waist.

But before he could draw his sword from its sheath, the oncoming long sword was already hanging in front of him.

The sword hangs in front of him, between the feet.

His face was sweating like rain, but he didn't dare to move again.

Liu Bei just glanced at him and put his sword into the sheath.

At this time, this young man was still full of smiles, but in the eyes of Wu Wei, it was completely different from Fang Cai.

"How dare you use a sword with me!" Wu Wei snorted, but from his pale face and still sweaty cheeks, it was not difficult to see that his color was fierce.

Liu Bei smiled and pointed to Wu Wei's right hand, which was still trembling slightly, "I heard that Wu Jun was also a brave warrior back then. In the past, he was poor and lowly, but he still practiced martial arts. Later, he was a village official, and he once chased thieves hundreds of miles away, fought several thieves alone, and beheaded thieves on the mountain. After that, he made many meritorious contributions and killed countless thieves, so he sat on the post of county lieutenant. Martial Monarch, am I right?"

"Yes, these are indeed the things that a certain family did back then."

Wu Wei had already calmed down at this time, in the end, he was a martial artist who had been fighting for a long time in the early years, and he immediately settled down after a short period of distraction. In addition, what Liu Bei said now is the deeds of the past that he was proud of in his life, and his face gradually showed some arrogance.

"It turns out that these martial monarchs still remember." Liu Bei restrained the smile on his face.

"Can Wu Jun tell Liu what day the martial artist who worked hard to develop his martial arts died back then?" His voice turned sharply, word by word.

"Back then, I was poor! Back then, a hundred miles of thieves! Singing fearlessly back then! When did that Wu Wei die!"

"More than ten years of loyalty and hard work, in exchange for today's pot-bellied poop! In exchange, he will hang a treasure sword on his waist, and he will be tied to death in the face of the enemy!"

"The man hangs his sword in the world, meets on a narrow road, the husband binds his hands, and the hero draws his sword!"

"In the past, Wu Wei was known as a hero, what about today!"

Wu Wei's face, which already had some ruddy color, faded again.

Every time Liu Bei said a word, his face turned pale.

Liu Bei had a smile on his face again, "Martial Monarch, can you give me an answer?"

Wu Wei was silent for a long time, but in the end, he smiled and patted his stomach that even a stomach couldn't cover, "Probably someone has figured out something, if you want to become famous, then something you can't do."

Liu Bei returned to the steps and sat down, stretched out his hand and patted the side, "Wu Jun might as well sit down and talk."

Wu Wei came to his side and sat down, and put the ring head knife on his waist horizontally on his lap, "I don't know what Lang Jun's name is?"

"Liu Bei of Zhuojun is now a disciple of Duke Lu." Liu Bei said with a smile, it seemed that it was not him who was aggressive in his words.

"It turned out to be Lu Gong's apprentice." Wu Wei nodded.

"Since Liu Jun is a high-ranking disciple of Duke Lu, I don't know how difficult the world is? Especially for someone like this who started from a poor family." Wu Wei said with a smile.

"A certain person is quite lucky, and he has had a lot of strength since he was a child, so he can sit in the position of county lieutenant after several battles. What Liu Jun said just now is heartbreaking, but now even if Wu is asked to choose, Wu will choose the same way, and he will never regret it. Throwing away the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality can be exchanged for this wealth, which is worth it in Wu's opinion. Some people will not be able to go this far, even if they give up their lives."

….

Wu Wei smiled, "Does Liu Jun know where Liu County Ling came from?"

"I haven't come here to ask Zhao Jun yet, I heard that it is a famous person in Yuzhou?" Liu Bei asked.

"Hey, this person is the one who sings to life! It's just a rotten Confucian who can only chant long and chant. But such a person, just because he was born in a famous family and has the name of a famous person, I heard that he also made a lot of money to the eunuchs in the palace, and he was able to sit in the high position of this county order as soon as he came. The people of a county are in their hands. But a person like a certain family, who has survived several near-deaths, is still under such characters! Liu Jun, if it were you, would you be willing?"

There was a mocking look on his face, "

Liu Jun saw that I couldn't fight now, but I also dared to brave the heavy snow back then and chase the thief for hundreds of miles."

"It was the end of winter, and I chased the three thieves all the way west. The snow continued to fall, and the mountain road was difficult to walk, and I almost fell down from the mountain several times. But I was young and vigorous at the time, and I felt that it was at this time that the man could make a great contribution as long as he caught some thieves."

"Later, in the heavy snow in the middle of winter, I finally caught up with those three thieves, although I was a little brave and could be one-to-many, but in the end I still suffered some losses. Although it was true that the three of them were killed in the end, I was also wearing three wounds. Fortunately, none of them were fatal wounds, and although a lot of blood was shed, they did not die. That year, I braved the wind and snow and crawled to bring back three heads."

The mockery on his face was even heavier, "Liu Jun, do you know what happened to me later?"

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, since Wu Wei asked like this, he thought that something must have happened again.

"At that time, the county magistrate was also a particular person, but he gave me the name of a hero in the county. But when he was promoted, he chose another person, and this person had no fists or bravery, only one strength, that is, he was the only one who looked forward to him since he took office. Liu Jun, I only understood at that time. If a person wants to climb up, what kind of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and face do they need?"

"So if Liu Jun asks when Wu Wei died back then, and asks me to answer, it will be to die on the snowy mountain back then. But at that time, one Wu Wei died, but the other Wu Wei came back to life."

Liu Bei was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "It turns out that there are many people who want to win the half of the sky."

"What does Liu Jun mean?" Wu Wei was confused.

Liu Bei smiled: "Without him, I just think of one person."

Wu Wei said in a deep voice: "I know Liu Jun's intention to find me today, but if Liu Jun wants to use the so-called loyalty to persuade Wu, please also ask Liu Jun to save his tongue." If it was back then, the blood was surging, and naturally it would not have been ignored. Just now? Benevolence, righteousness and morality are not worth Wu's desperate efforts."

Liu Bei smiled and nodded, "I don't know if Wu Jun is credible? Even if you don't believe it, it doesn't matter, Wu Jun should believe in my teacher Lu Zhi."

"What does Liu Jun mean?" Wu Wei was puzzled.

Liu Bei smiled and stroked the green clothes on his body, "Since you can't move Wu Jun with affection, then let's talk about business, I don't know if Wu Jun is interested?"

"Liu Jun said so, you and I can talk about it." Wu Wei also smiled.

"The reason why Wu Jun doesn't listen to Zhao Jun's words now and looks left and right is because he is still undecided. First, I wanted to see the reaction of those rich and powerful families in the county, if the foreign soldiers came to the city, those rich and powerful families would not want to make a move, and Wu Jun would not want to give his life in vain. Second, Wu Jun also wanted more benefits from Zhao Jun. Martial Monarch, am I right?"

….

Wu Wei nodded, "What Liu Jun said is not far from ten, and when Liu County Commander left, he also took a lot of people with him, and now there are still people who can fight in the county government, and the number of soldiers who have seen blood is only a hundred."

"Those wealthy families have a lot of private soldiers, if they are willing to hand over and gather a few hundred men, they may not be able to defend the city. But if they refuse to take action, then even if I want to defend the city, it will only be a waste of my people's lives. As for the interests that Liu Jun mentioned, I am already at this age, and I dare not think about it any further, I just want to be able to sit firmly in my current position for a few more years."

Liu Bei touched the sword on his waist, and was silent for a while, what Wu Wei said was true, even if he had the heart, these hundred people alone were indeed not enough to defend the city.

He smiled and said, "Now that the Liu County Order is gone, after this incident, the imperial court will inevitably send a new county order. Martial Monarch's position is indeed very dangerous."

"If Wu Junxin is prepared, he is willing to use the name of his family teacher Lu Zhi as a guarantee, and after this incident, he will ensure that Wu Jun's official position is the same as before, and if Wu Jun can make achievements, he can't say that he can go further."

Wu Wei glanced at Liu Bei carefully, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Liu Jun, I naturally believed it, and Duke Lu also had a good name in Jiujiang at the beginning. It's just that if Wu wants to be used by Liu Jun, Liu Jun still has to persuade the rich and powerful in those counties first, otherwise Liu Jun will not dare to act rashly even if he promises Wu a lot of wealth. After all, net worth

Compared with wealth, life is still more important."

"Then please ask the county lieutenant Wu to help me inform the heads of the families in the county, and I will say that I want to invite them to a dinner tonight, and as for the place, it is in the mansion of the county government." Liu Bei thought for a moment and said.

Wu Wei straightened the long knife on his lap and stood up, he smiled, "Those people are a group of hungry wolves who are excited when they see meat, and Wu is just a frog at the bottom of a well compared to them. Don't blame me for mentioning you first, you have to think of a countermeasure when dealing with these people."

Liu Bei smiled, "Thank you County Lieutenant Wu for your concern. It seems that Lieutenant Wu still wants to fight."

Wu Wei turned around and left, "If you can, who doesn't want to gain fame and fortune in an upright manner, it's just that this *** world doesn't give you a way."

The back house of the county government is not small, but I think that the previous Liu county commander took care of his reputation, so there were no flowers and plants in the courtyard, and there were no potted plants, only a tall mulberry tree, with strong roots and bones, like a human ridge.

Liu Bei sat on the steps and looked up at the mulberry trees not far away, the flowers blooming and falling, year after year.

He naturally came here to seek fame, but he also wanted to do something as best he could.

If he went straight to Shucheng, he would naturally be safe, but stability was not what he wanted.

Those words were what he said to Wu Wei, and they were not what he said to himself.

The world will be chaotic, and the horseman is tied, and the hero presses the sword.

…………

In the twilight, three carriages were parallel on the avenue of Yangquan.

The people sitting in the car are the most wealthy people in Yangquan City today.

Han, Li, Wei, and the three families are only, but they monopolize most of Yangquan's land and wealth.

Among them, the Han family is the strongest, and the Wei family is the weakest.

Even if the people of the other families in the county united, even compared to the Wei family, which was the weakest of the three families, it was still far behind.

….

If the three families join forces to do something, even the county order must bow their heads.

The three support each other, but also check and balance each other. When encountering major events, the three families will unite, but when there is nothing to do on weekdays, they are naturally intrigued, and they can't wait for the other two to be pocketed by themselves.

Today's events are naturally big things for them.

At this time, the three of them were gathering in the carriage of the head of the Han family.

In the carriage, the head of the Han family sat in the center, the head of the Li family sat on the left side, and the head of the Wei family sat on the right side.

Han Yue, the head of the Han family, is a middle-aged man in his forties, although he is rich and noble, he is dressed in sackcloth. At first glance, he looks kind, not like a rich man in a county, but like an old farmer who works between the fields all day.

Li An, the head of the Li family on the left, is extremely thin, black, and his eyebrows are quite gloomy.

Compared with the two, the Wei family, the head of the Wei family on the right, is much richer, dressed in brocade clothes and has a big belly.

"Listening to what Wu Wei said, the one who invited us this time was the disciple of the Jiujiang Taishou Lu Zhi before. This person didn't go to Shu County, but he came to us, I don't know what this person's intentions are." Ang Lee's face was gloomy.

"No matter what his intentions are, he thinks he's just a stinky kid, let's come to the banquet this time just for the sake of his teacher Lu Zhi's face. The food can be eaten, but if you want us to hand over the manpower, even if his teacher Lu Zhi comes, he can't do it, let alone him." The Wei family's words were quite arrogant.

Han Yue kept smiling, listening to the words of the two, but he didn't say a word.

Li An asked, "Why didn't Han Jun say anything? The three of us were originally headed by your Han family, but now that such a big thing has happened, what do we need to do, we still have to ask Han Jun to have an idea first, and we will go in and cooperate later."

"That's it, that's it, our Wei family is the only one in the Han family." The Wei family patted their chests.

How Han Yue didn't know their thoughts, there were ancient righteous people who died. Although the two of them are very powerful now, they can't actually feel the context of this Liu Bei in their hearts, so they want to push their Han family to the forefront.

It's just that Han Yue still nodded and smiled, "You don't have to worry, as long as the three of us bite to death and don't let go, it will naturally be fine."

Han Yue's so-called previous countermeasures refer to the strategies they decided upon after previous discussions.

On the same day, Liu Xianling fled overnight, and Zhao Jun took over the affairs of the city, so he asked them to hand over the guards at home to guard the city.

It's just that in their opinion, the risk of sending people to defend the city is too great. Now that the Southern Barbarian traitors are in the limelight, and the first few cities are all descending from the wind, can they hold it when they come here?

Moreover, send people to defend the city, and the barbarian alien race in the south of the country will really come to the city, and then they will be tantamount to being enemies of the alien race.

It would be best if they could defend nature, but they would inevitably lose their troops and generals, and the people who died were the henchmen they had cultivated with great difficulty over the years.

But what they are most afraid of is that they can't defend the city, the city will fall, and they will have no guards at home. Then will they not be lambs to the slaughter?

They were all people with great wealth, and at that time, it was not necessarily only those aliens outside the city who pounced.

The most important thing is that they have already secretly sent people to find out that those Southern Barbarian traitors are very good to the wealthy families who can take the initiative to surrender, at least they have not done anything to raid their homes and destroy their families.

….

Therefore, the strategy they set at that time was that if there was really an enemy attacking, then they would vote, and at most they would spend money to avoid disaster.

Han Yue smiled, "This strategy was decided by us at the beginning, and it was not my decision alone. No matter what Liu Bei said today, the three of us will bite to death and not let go. If someone spits on outsiders and betrays their family to seek wealth and nobility, then don't blame Han for being ruthless."

The two hurriedly claimed yes.

Among the three, Han Yue looked the most kind, like a good gentleman who was easy to talk to, but only those of them who often dealt with Han Yue knew that if this person was not good at talking, he would be more ruthless than anyone else.

The carriages and horses came to the county yamen.

…………

In the county office, Liu Bei was looking at the dozen or so county soldiers that Wu Wei had found for him.

"Yes, yes, all of them are strong and healthy, but I don't know how brave they are. Martial Monarch?" Liu Bei asked with a sideways smile.

Wu Wei smiled, "They are all my henchmen. They were all born and died with me, and they all carried a few lives on their backs, unlike the people I promoted later."

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Liu Bei nodded, Wu Wei's meaning couldn't be clearer. That is, these people are already the most elite people under him.

Wu Wei hesitated for a moment, but then spoke, "Liu Jun, although I don't know what you are planning, if you want to use force to make these people compromise, I am afraid that it will be in vain. These guys are all very slippery, and even if you threaten them with force, they won't let go."

"So they still have a lot of backbone?" Liu Bei said with a smile.

"It's not that they have backbone, but they know that Liu Jun doesn't dare to do anything with them, especially now, the Southern Barbarian alien race will come to the city at some point, and the city needs them to send people to help." Wu Wei said with a smile.

"Wu Jun doesn't need to worry about it, and he doesn't have to worry about them, I will talk to them well."

Wu Wei smiled, his words were naturally a little selfish, he had received a lot of money from the three families over the years, so he naturally had to do his best.

I didn't want Liu Bei to change his words, so he touched the sword on his waist, "Wujun, if you really can't talk about it, I want you to take the soldiers and horses in the county to level the three of them, and then you will be able to take half of their wealth, what do you think?"

"What Liu Jun said is true?" Wu Wei's eyes lit up.

Liu Bei smiled: "Real people, don't tell lies."

"If that's the case, Wu hopes they won't respond." Wu Wei smiled.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Please also ask Wu Jun to arrange these people behind the screen, and then I will smash the cup."

Wu Wei led people to lead the order.

"Liu Jun, Wu is afraid that this person is only afraid that he will not be trusted."

Until

After Wu Wei left, Zhao Jun behind Liu Bei took a few steps forward and reminded him.

Liu Bei smiled and asked, "What does Zhao Jun mean?"

"Wu Wei has a lot of secret collusion with those three wealthy families, otherwise it wouldn't have been so difficult when I acted as the county official." Zhao Jun smiled bitterly.

In the past few days since Liu Xianling escaped, he still has a headache when he thinks about it, internal and external troubles, and physical and mental exhaustion.

….

Liu Bei smiled: "I'm not afraid of Wu Wei secretly colluding, but I'm afraid that he didn't collude."

Zhao Jun was confused, "What does Liu Jun mean?"

"Zhao Jun, just look at it, I think they are almost here, we still have to go out to greet them, don't let people say that we don't know the etiquette."

…………

At this time, Han, Li and Wei had already entered the courtyard.

I saw a young man standing under the tall mulberry tree in the courtyard, tilting his head and looking carefully.

And Zhao Jun stood behind this person, looking respectful.

Han Yue, who was walking at the end, changed his expression slightly, and quietly narrowed his eyes.

They have dealt with Zhao Jun a lot over the years, although this person is a little pedantic, but he can do things, and he is indeed a real and capable official.

At the beginning, Liu Xianling disliked this person as an eyesore, and wanted to remove this person, but he persuaded him at that time.

They want to be stable, and the county naturally has a parent official like Liu County, but there is also a lack of a capable official like Zhao Jun.

This person is by no means a person who tends to be inflammatory, greedy for wealth and nobility, and naturally he will not succumb to power, but now looking at his demeanor, he is already willing to stand behind this young man.

It seems that this sudden Lu Zhigao disciple is only afraid that it will be a little difficult to deal with.

Hearing the footsteps of several people, Liu Bei turned his head with a smile on his face, "Han Jun, Li Jun, Wei Jun, I've been waiting for a long time. Finally, a few people are looking forward to it. A banquet has been prepared in the house, and you are invited to take your seats."

He and Zhao Jun turned around and led everyone inside.

Several people followed him and stepped in.

A few people in Fujia Township are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, but they are still taken aback when they see the dishes on the table.

On the table are mostly wild vegetables on the ridges that only people on the left can eat.

Li An's face was even more gloomy, and the Wei family was angry, but Han Yue's expression remained unchanged.

Liu Bei didn't seem to see everyone's faces, and sat down on the main seat by himself, Zhao Jun stood behind him, and he smiled: "Sit down, everyone, eat some food first, and the wine will be served later."

Han Yue was the first to sit down, and when Wei and Li saw him like this, they naturally had to swallow their anger first.

"I know that you are all rich in the county, and you have eaten all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas on weekdays, and if you serve some other dishes, you will inevitably be laughed at by you."

"Fortunately, on the way here, I saw a county leader digging wild vegetables and eating them. I thought about it at the time, and I didn't know what it tasted like to eat this wild vegetable in my mouth, compared to the delicacies of the mountains and seas that I eat on weekdays, what about the big fish and meat?"

He took a quick clip with a fast piece and put it in his mouth, "That's why I specially asked people to find some, you can try it, it's really a different taste."

Seeing this, Han Yue also picked it up quickly, put it in his mouth and chewed, the wild vegetables were bitter and astringent, but he still smiled and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it has a different taste."

Li An also took a sip, his brows furrowed deeply, but he was speechless.

Only the Wei family, as soon as they put the food in their mouths, spit it out again and drank, "Even the servants of my family eat a lot better than this, you invited us to eat these today, do you want to humiliate us!"

Liu Bei was not angry, but just glanced at the Wei family, how would a family head who had been in a high position for a long time be so reckless? His gaze swept over Han and Li, who were speechless.

It turned out to be a pawn.

"Wei Jun, don't be angry." Liu Bei smiled, "In your eyes, these foods that even the horses in the family may not be willing to eat, but many tenants in the fields are reluctant to eat the delicacies of the Qiandu."

He still smiled, raised the wine bowl on the table, and there was a bit of murder between his words, "Gentlemen, you can know the reason for the Cai Yellow Dog in the past

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