The southeast of the city has always been a place where officials from the DPRK and China compete for residences.

Gongsun Zhan, who had nothing to do, was walking leisurely on the street with the white horse that he had exchanged for from Liu Bei.

He has been under Liu Kuan's door for some days, and now he is proud of the spring breeze compared to before.

Liu Kuan is different from Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi treats his students very strictly, and when he chose the place of teaching on the Wushi Mountain outside the city of Luoyang, he originally wanted his disciples to be disturbed by the prosperity of Luoyang.

Liu Kuan treats his protégés as harshly as Lu Zhi, and does not have too many requirements in the industry, and Fu Xie and Gongsun Zhan are quite deed, and the two of them talk about military affairs together with Han Yue all day long, often forgetting to sleep and eat.

Gongsun Zhan has also met many families in Luoyang City these days, especially with Yuan Shu, who is the most friendly, and both of them are disgusted with the sanctimonious Yuan Benchu.

When they got together, in addition to gambling and running horses, they scolded this person fiercely.

Now he is barely integrated into the circle of the family in Luoyang City.

The most important thing is that Liu Kuan will recommend an official position for him when the time is right, which is naturally in line with Gongsun Zhan's wishes.

He was here for fame and fortune.

It's just that today he just came to Liu Kuan's mansion, but his face immediately became solemn.

Just because a person came from the carriage in front of Liu Kuan's mansion.

It was his previous teacher, Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan.

Gongsun Chan turned his horse's head and tried to escape from here.

Although he was tough in front of Liu Bei at the beginning, how could he not be weak in his heart.

It's just that before he turned around, he was already seen by Lu Zhi.

"Where do you want to go?" Lu Zhi smiled from a distance.

Gongsun Chan had no choice but to step forward and give the gift of teacher and student, "Master Lu, Zan is about to find Yuan Highway." ”

"Then just go." Lu Zhi smiled and patted his arm, "Now that you have joined Liu Wenrao's sect, you can be a teacher for one day and a teacher for life." If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me, and you don't have to dislike me for being a teacher who is incompetent. ”

Gongsun Chan bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Master Lu." ”

Lu Zhi asked him about his current situation again, and then stepped into Liu Kuan's mansion.

Gongsun Zhan wiped the cold sweat on his head and stared at Lu Zhi's back for a while.

I don't know if it's his delusion, Lu Zhi today seems to be a little different from before.

However, he didn't think about it, turned his horse's head, and turned around to look for Yuan Shu.

He didn't lie just now, today he did make an appointment with Yuan Shu and said that he would go to run a horse together.

The news of Lu Zhi's visit has naturally been reported, and Liu Kuan is already waiting in the main hall.

"Zigan is really a rare guest, you have been nesting on the mountain of the Nawu clan all these years, don't say that it is me, even if you don't have anything to do, you don't often come to Ruoyang City." Liu Kuan said with a smile.

Not only him, Lu Zhi is a rare guest to any family in Luoyang City.

Lu Zhi smiled, "At the foot of the Son of Heaven in Luoyang, in a prosperous place, people from the Zhibian Land are not used to it. ”

"You are not used to it, you just can't get used to the chaos in this city." Liu Kuan smiled when he heard this.

After many years of friendship, although Lu Zhi rarely came to look for him, how could he not know Lu Zhi's personality.

Lu Zhi glanced at him, "If you want to persuade me, don't say anything." Who Lu Zigan is, Wen Rao should also know in his heart. If I can get through the power change, then I have already appeared when Dou Wu was in the dynasty, how can I still have today. ”

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"Yes, if you want Lu Zigan to go with the flow, unless the iron tree blooms, it is impossible." Liu Kuan smiled, "You don't have anything to do, you have something to do when you come here today?" ”

"Indeed, there is something." Lu Zhi only smiled when he heard Liu Kuan's ridiculous words, "I only have two things to do today. ”

"One is that Zheng Xuan will come west soon, and you should know why he came. I still have to remind He Xiu to prepare early, although Zheng Xuan and I can be regarded as the same door, I don't want the people of the Central Plains to be disgraced. Lu Zhi said with a rare smile.

The controversy between the ancient and the modern has been delayed for a long time, and even somewhat shaken the country's foundation, Zheng Xuan's visit to the west this time is aimed at eliminating the estrangement between the ancient and modern factions.

"Through the gods fighting through the sea, it is really a bit interesting to say." Liu Kuan smiled, he was originally a person with the same flow of the world, although this matter was fresh, it was not worth his attention.

Moreover, if it is such a trivial matter, there is no need for him Lu Zigan to make a trip himself.

"That's the second thing to talk about." Liu Kuan said with a smile.

"The second is just a small thing."

Lu Zhi told Liu Bei that he was going to build a wine house and asked him to give Liu Kuan half of the benefits.

Liu Kuan smiled dumbly, "Okay, you Lu Zigan, but you also learned to avoid the heavy and light?" The second thing is a trifle? I think the second thing is the real big thing. ”

"It's a big deal." Lu Zhi said with a smile, "Don't say that you will give half of the income, even if you don't give half of the income, it is a matter of the royal family, don't you have to come down anyway?" ”

"You're right." Liu Kuan nodded, "It's just that running for the disciple is not like something that Lu Zigan I know can do." ”

"People always change, and where in this world are there people who don't change." Lu Zhi smiled, "If it was back then, how could you accept people like Fu Xie and Gongsun Zhan." ”

His generous and benevolent temperament naturally does not match the bravery of the border warriors.

"Zigan is right." Liu Kuan laughed, "I have always been gentle, and this is probably the case in this life." You can't do anything bad, but you can't do anything good. Therefore, I also want to take advantage of the fact that I still have some energy to support some young people who are contrary to my temperament, which may be of some use in the future world. ”

"Don't just talk about me, if it was back then, you Lu Zigan would not have accepted a disciple like Liu Bei."

"Wen Rao, if you want to do something, you are not alone." Lu Zhi smiled, "I naturally expect this disciple to take a different path from ours." ”

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In the east of Luoyang City, there are many official offices.

On weekdays, the people who come and go are officials and family members who ride horses and cars and are not bad for money.

Most of the officials in Luoyang gather here, and the business is much better than the next place, and the officials always like to go to the wine house to have a few drinks after they get off duty, so they gather a lot of shops and wine houses.

The prosperous place of Luoyang, one is in the gold market, and the other is here.

Today, He Jin, who is Langzhong, got off duty, so he went into a wine house he frequented and drank wine alone.

He is now serving as Langzhong in the court, which is not a small official position, and he is also the brother of He Guiren, who is now favored, and it stands to reason that it is the time when the spring breeze is proud.

It's just that his days in the court are actually far from what outsiders think.

Now they are not the only relatives in Luoyang City.

The Song family behind the queen is better, in the end, it is a big family with a deep background, and he may not take him, a little person who kills pigs and dogs, in his eyes, so he has never been harsh on him, although he is white-eyed, but he is also happy to be so.

But the Dong family behind the Queen Mother is arrogant. confronted him all day long in the court, constantly picking on his mistakes and omissions, which made him suffer a lot of humiliation in the court. This is still because he has the Yuan family behind him to help him, otherwise he is afraid that they will be even more unscrupulous.

Thinking of this, He Jin swallowed the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

Today in the court he was humiliated by Dong Chong again, he didn't hold back at the time, and refuted two sentences, now I regret it, not afraid of how Dong Chong retaliates, but afraid that the Empress Dowager Dong will give her sister small shoes in the harem.

Their He family was able to come out of Nanyang, relying on her sister, and his sister suffered the most.

In the treacherous and sinister place in the palace, he, as a brother, can't help his sister-in-law, so he can't drag his sister-in-law back. Otherwise, he is a person who has risen from the bottom, and he has thousands of ways to deal with Dong Chong, a pampered son.

"Some people rely on their own girls to be beautiful and have an official position in the court, but they really think that they are relying on their own skills?" Someone at the wine table next to him laughed.

"No, the villain's ambition is like this, but he doesn't know that this wealth comes and goes quickly. Hey, when you get beaten back to your original shape, I'm afraid you won't be able to cry when you arrive. Someone chimed in.

"That's natural, where is the relative so good, a butcher who kills pigs and dogs, and can stand up in the court by nepotism, which is already an ancestral manifestation. is not honest in the court with his tail between his legs, and he still wants to compete with others, I really don't know where the courage comes from. ”

He Jin naturally knew the origin of these people, they were nothing more than the Dong family, or lackeys who wanted to please the Dong family.

When people are in low places, even wild dogs have to come forward and bite a few bites.

He didn't want to entangle with these people, but their words became more and more explicit.

"Get out." He Jin snorted.

"It turned out to be He Zhonglang." The man at the next table was a short, triangular-eyed man with a sparkling gaze as he spoke, and he looked rather cunning.

"It's that I can't wait, I don't want He Zhonglang to be here, so I said the truth. If there is any offense, Lord He Zhonglang has a lot of them, and he will definitely not bother with these lowly people like us. ”

The man smiled, and without waiting for He Jin to answer, he got up to check out and left with a few people at the same table.

He Jin didn't pay attention to him, since he came to Luoyang, this kind of thing will come back every few days.

At first, he would still get involved with these people, but then it happened a lot, and he became a little used to it.

He was thinking about his thoughts while drinking his drink, and he thought of the young figure in Luoyang City.

Now the most popular stroke in Luoyang City is naturally Yuan Benchu, a model in the world, the fourth generation of the third duke, and the younger generation of the family in the city is headed by him. His younger brother Yuan Shu is also not bad, light and chivalrous, and his name is also very loud in Luoyang City.

He thought of Liu Bei, who had a one-sided relationship that day.

However, in a short period of time, this young man who first entered Luoyang is now far more than him, an old man who has been in Luoyang for several years.

It wasn't until he drank the wine in the jar that He Jin staggered to his feet, settled the bill, and walked towards the door.

At this time, the sky was already a little dark, the pedestrians on the street were gradually thinning, and occasionally pedestrians were also hurrying home.

He Jin walked alone on the way back to his house, in order to cause less trouble in Luoyang, the house he chose in Luoyang City was actually quite remote.

As he reached a narrow street, there was a stumble of footsteps behind him.

"Ho Zhonglang?" Someone shouted behind him.

He Jin was about to turn his head, but before he could turn around, a wooden stick had already smashed on his back, and he staggered forward a few steps before he stabilized his body, and at this time, most of his original drunkenness dissipated.

He turned to see that it was a few people in the wine house who had attacked him.

"It's you." He Jin shook his shoulders, the strength of the stick just now was so great that it made his back a little numb, it seems that these people don't plan to keep their hands this time.

The short man at the head shook the wooden stick in his hand and said with a smile: "He Zhonglang, don't resent me and others, blame you for offending the Dong family." What kind of person Dong Huqi is, I think Lang Jun should know very well. ”

"I know that Langjun has the support of the Yuan family behind him, but the Dong family is so powerful that even the Yuan family does not dare to offend easily. So today's beating, Lang Jun still obediently admitted it. Lang Jun rest assured, our subordinates have their own proportions and will not hurt Lang Jun's life. ”

The short, triangular-eyed man pushed the responsibility off his shoulders. Those who are used to messing around in Luoyang City naturally understand a truth.

To the big man, they are like sticks in his hand, they will be hit wherever they are used, and when they are not used, they will be discarded casually, and there is no affection at all, so they always have to clear up their involvement before each work.

"Just do it." He Jin naturally knew their intentions, and it was nothing more than because he had collided with Dong Zhong in the court today.

"It's good that He Jun understands." As soon as the short and thin man said this, he gave the three people around him a look, and the four of them surrounded He Jin together.

He Jin killed pigs and dogs when he was in Nanyang, and naturally he had a lot of fights in the market. Therefore, he didn't wait for a few people to close together, and flew up directly, ignoring the fists and kicks of the other three, but just hit the short man with a wooden stick head-on.

This person obviously didn't expect He Jin to be like this, seeing this, he took a step back, and smashed the wooden stick in his hand at He Jin, but He Jin did not dodge or dodge, his cross arm was in front, and he caught the stick hard, and then punched the short man's chest, and the man was forced to retreat again and again, and retreated more than ten steps.

It's just that although He Jin was forced to retreat, the fists and feet of the other three were already in front of him, he was just from killing pigs and dogs, and his strength was higher than that of others, and after parrying for a while, he was knocked to the ground by the three of them.

"Keep some sense of proportion among your subordinates, don't hurt He Zhonglang's life, otherwise we can't afford to pay for our lives." The short man said while rubbing his chest that was hit by He Jin's punch.

At this time, He Jin was surrounded by three people in the center, curled up, and held his head with both hands.

"He Jun is really worthy of being born in the market, but he has won the essence of street fighting." The short man scoffed.

"It's reasonable, it's just that there is a rule for street fighting." Behind him someone chuckled.

The short man wanted to turn back, but the man held his head down.

The man pressed his head and slammed it into the wall beside him.

Peng's slam slammed the short man's head against the wall on one side, and he fainted in pain before he even saw the person behind him.

"First, someone told you not to look back." The person who did it was naturally Liu Bei, who came to find He Jin.

He picked up the wooden stick on the ground with one foot, swept forward a few steps, and slammed the stick on the back of a man besieging He Jin in front of him.

"Second, don't turn your back on the enemy in the future."

At this time, the other two reacted, and they didn't care about morality, and immediately fled forward.

Liu Bei didn't chase after him, and said with a smile: "Sui Gao, but I haven't seen you for a while, why did you fall here?"

He Jin stood up tremblingly, let out a long breath, and rubbed his bruised and purple cheeks, which were originally quite handsome, but at this time he was extremely embarrassed.

"Xuan Demo is going to make fun of me, I look like this now, I'm afraid that I will scare my mother and Ah Miao when I go back."

"Let's find a place in the wine house, I invite you to drink, which can be regarded as repaying your kindness for today's help." He Jin kicked the short man who fell to the ground twice, and saw that he had not woken up yet, and he did not intend to investigate further.

"The grace of saving lives, so I thought that a meal of wine would be enough?" Liu Bei knew what he meant, and he didn't ask any more, but laughed.

"It's a pity that Jin is not a woman, and he can't promise by himself, otherwise Xuande is a young hero, and it is not a grievance." He Jin said with a smile.

Liu Bei walked away and scolded, "Repaying virtue with resentment, Sui Gao is really a cruel mind." ”

The two laughed and left.

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Liu Bei and He Jin found a nearby wine house to sit down, and He Jin poured a few glasses by himself.

"Are those people the Dong family or the Song family?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

He Jin sighed, "The Song family is a big family, and they are too lazy to worry about us who started as butchers. ”

"That's the Dong family. Empress Dowager Dong is the mother of Her Majesty, how could she deliberately target your family? Sui Gao is really a good skill, and he can offend the second most powerful person in Luoyang City. ”

Liu Bei smiled, and he also understood why these people dared to beat the court officials on the street at the feet of the Son of Heaven today.

"Xuande doesn't want to laugh at me. I have always been cautious in Luoyang City, and I don't dare to go beyond the slightest move, how dare I offend the Dong family? ”

"It's just that although Luoyang is big in the eyes of ordinary people, in the eyes of the powerful, it is actually only as big as the court of Luoyang. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty look at a lot, but most of them are just balancing the interests of all parties. One more person takes a place. He Jin said with a smile.

He is quite open-minded, "Now that the relatives outside the city, the Song family has a great cause and a profound heritage, the Dong family does not dare to offend, so naturally they can only pinch the soft persimmon of the He family." ”

Pouring him a glass of wine, Liu Bei smiled and asked, "How noble do you know that you are in such a difficult situation outside?"

"There is no need to let her know, her life in the palace must be more difficult than mine, and I will endure it here."

He Jin drank all the wine in the cup, "She was born beautiful, when I sent her into the palace, if I said that I never had the intention of a person to ascend to heaven, Xuande would definitely not believe it." ”

"Sui Gao is an honest man." Liu Bei said with a smile.

"Xuande, don't think I'm fooling you. Although they are half-siblings, I have always regarded her and Ah Miao as younger brothers and sisters. At first, I thought that even if she couldn't be prominent in the palace, at least there was nothing else to worry about. ”

"Xuande is also from a border area, and if you think about it, you should know that a poor family has a good appearance, which is not necessarily a good thing." He Jin took a sip of wine.

Liu Bei nodded, knowing that what He Jin said was reasonable.

The two drank several jars of wine in a row.

"Sui Gao still doesn't plan to go back?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

He Jin touched the bruises on his face that had not gone away, and said with a smile, "How can you let your mother and Miao see such a look." will freak them out. ”

"Sui Gao, you're a good brother." Liu Bei smiled.

"It's not a good brother, it's just that my father is dead, the eldest brother is my father, and Ah Miao is still young, so I naturally have to bear the burden." He Jin rubbed the bruises, "There are all kinds of things that I can take care of, and I don't need to take them home." ”

"It's not bad for Sui Gao to think like this, the man should have the courage to support things, I can give Sui Gao a chance here, just see if you dare to respond."

Liu Bei said that he was going to increase his wine house by half, and said with a smile: "It's just that if Sui Gao should go down, I'm afraid that I will be hated by those relatives a little more."

He Jin glanced at him, smiled, and drank all the wine in the bowl, "If it was before today, I wouldn't have hesitated." It's just that now, I'm willing to take a gamble with Xuande. ”