October of the second year of Han Jianning, Zhuo County.

Zhuoxian County in autumn began to gradually cool, the milky white fog in the early morning was misty, and most of the things in the county were bathed in the morning mist, hazy and faint.

Lou Sang belongs to Zhuo County, located in the south of Zhuo County, because of the many mulberry trees planted in and around the village - big tree Lou Sang.

Today, after the rain, the first sunny day, the entire countryside outside Lousang Village, the air is filled with a faint earthy fragrance. The winding dirt road connects Zhuoxian and Lousang, and there are occasionally a few ginkgo trees on the way, the leaves have swayed golden, shining with dazzling luster under the early morning sun, and patches are spread irregularly with the wind.

An oxcart with a dull sound of 'creaking' drove slowly from the direction of Zhuoxian towards Lousang Village, and from a distance, whether it was the old and decrepit cart or the ox cart that was about to fall apart, they were out of place with the golden autumn picture on the dirt road.

"Alas, the virtuous brother is back......"

Liu Yuanqi, who was sitting on the ox cart, had a sad face, his brows were tightly locked, and he sighed.

His age is not old, and his complexion is ruddy and shiny, but a gloomy and bleak state has raised his age by thirty years.

Liu Yuanqi's real name is Liu Zhou, and he is a very faceable figure in Zhuo County, but he is limited to this acre and three points of land in Zhuo County.

Liu Zhou has quite a lot of land in Zhuo County, and he is not rich, but he is definitely not poor...... However, compared with his limited family wealth, what can really make him proud is his identity after King Jing of Zhongshan.

But this remote clan identity, only Liu Zhou himself takes it seriously, the ninth son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, has a large group of children, and Liu Zhou is the sixteenth grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

At best, it's as many mosquito bites as a bite.

"Father, why haven't you arrived yet?"

An immature voice pulled Liu Zhou's thoughts back, and then turned his head to look at his son on the side.

Under this look, Liu Zhou's heart was on fire.

As a clan relative, Liu Zhou attaches great importance to his own image, and on weekdays, no matter who he treats, he always 'sits on the sidelines', that is, he eats with his own family, and he also 'does not hesitate to sit on the table, and picks his clothes to the corner'.

He reminded himself all the time that he was one of the tens of thousands of grandsons of King Jing of Zhongshan.

What a glory!

But the sitting posture of this son of his own at this time is in stark contrast to Liu Zhou, who is sitting precariously.

"Don't sit like that! What a loss of decency! ”

Faced with Liu Zhou's sudden reproach, five-year-old Liu Jian subconsciously looked down at his sitting posture.

Hit the ground with your hips curled up and your hands wrapped around your legs...... Is there anything wrong with it? I didn't split my legs and show my crotch.

This posture is actually quite uncomfortable, but on this bumpy and rough ox cart, I am afraid that I can't find a more comfortable posture than this posture except lying down.

"Father, where did I lose my honor?"

"Why don't you sit down?"

Liu Jian's immature face began to twitch.

To sit on your knees is to sit on your knees! Kneeling on this plank cart, I can't kneel out of the pit?

"Father, this is on an ox cart, and I meet the elder on an informal occasion, why do you want to sit down?"

Liu Zhou said with a straight face: "Why can't you stumble on the ox cart?" Isn't it your honor to be a Father? ”

"Father, you're a little unreasonable, I'm kneeling on the ox cart, is it a cow or a father kneeling......"

Liu Zhou's face sank suddenly.

……

After less than three cups of tea, Liu Jian sat upright on Oxcart Mountain, one of the two hair buns on his head was scattered, and slightly yellowed filaments were spread to the side on his pink face, and there was an inconspicuous five-finger mountain mark on the left side of his face.

Liu Jian, this kid is solid, and he is not afraid of pain when he is beaten, but it is nothing to be beaten.

It's just that he doesn't understand that a five-year-old cute toddler has not yet reached the age of the horn, and it is too late to recruit people who are loved by everyone...... Why can he, a polite and courteous father in front of outsiders, be able to get rid of his big pig's trotters to his own drooping young son?

Liu Jian thought to himself, if he was asked to beat his son because of his sitting posture, he would never do it.

The father of the Han Dynasty - it was really not very good.

Yes, five-year-old Liu Jian fused the soul of an adult man in later generations, and the fusion time of these two souls was about two months ago.

During this time, Liu Jian was tortured very painfully, not because he lacked food and clothing after crossing, and the family was relatively wealthy.

It's just that there are too many rules in the Han Dynasty, especially Liu Zhou, a self-deprecating 'mosquito clan', who is very strict with his descendants, and even eats, drinks and lazes.

It's really true, you have to pull the stink at a fixed point.

In the past two months, Liu Jian has been beaten up every three days on average, and a big beat every five days, with a sole on the car and an uppercut when he gets out of the car...... Get used to it.

Liu Jian rubbed his sore knees, and glanced at Liu Zhou dissatisfiedly.

Liu Zhou turned his head, and he immediately looked away again, revealing an innocent and lovely expression.

"You son, you don't have rules on weekdays, go to pay tribute to your father today, you must not lose face for your father! If not, you will not be given an expert method. ”

Liu Jian rolled his eyes, it didn't matter.

"Got it, kid remember."

He was not interested in paying tribute to his father, but he was most concerned about his fate and future.

Although Liu Jian studied engineering in his previous life, he also knew about the end of the Han Dynasty, and through his life in the Han Dynasty for these two months, he knew his situation.

He heard the adults say that it was the second year of Jianning, and he also found out that the name of the Son of Heaven was Hong.

He knew that Liu Hong was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and he also knew that the building would collapse, and the Han Dynasty would fall into war in the future, and the famous Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred during Liu Hong's reign.

However, Liu Jian still did not know when the Yellow Turban Rebellion would take place, and he did not know what stage Liu Hong was in charge of the Han Dynasty.

He was only five years old, and he couldn't even decide whether he knelt in an ox cart or not, and he couldn't ask about the emperor and rebellion.

He was afraid of a mouth, and Liu Zhou directly hanged his five-year-old cute baby.

"Your father's fate is bumpy, although you belong to the Han family, you have never tasted the ambition in your life, and you died in less than forty years, leaving behind the women and children who left frost, I am afraid that it will be difficult to live, today is his four seven, and he will lead you to worship for his father."

Liu Jian's attention was pulled back to reality by Liu Zhou's fragmented thoughts.

"Father took the child to pay tribute today, I think it also has the meaning of helping the mother and the orphan, right?"

Honoring brothers? Going to see a widow by the way?

Liu Zhou didn't expect his five-year-old son to think of such a layer.

He stroked his beard and looked at Liu Jian with a solemn expression, with a threatening tone in his tone: "Shicai said this, but your mother taught you to deliberately say it to me!" Yes and no!? ”

Liu Jian could obviously feel that when Liu Zhou was saying this, Zhou's momentum and talent were like two people, and the knuckles of his fists were still rattling.

When life and death were at stake, Liu Jian hurriedly pretended to be cute: "Father, I came out with you early this morning, and I didn't say three words to my mother, and besides, my mother never ate candy with me, why should I learn from her?" ”

Faced with the childish words of his young son, Liu Zhou was stunned at first, and then secretly said that he was too careful.

His wife is usually very stingy, and he also told his wife a few days ago about helping his deceased brother's wife and children...... Give him back the hands of his father-in-law!

As soon as Liu Jian's words came out, Liu Zhou's first reaction was that his mother taught him, so that the child could prevent him from helping his brother and wife...... But when you think about it, no matter how unreasonable the woman is, she should not teach her child such nonsense, after all, the child is only five years old.

Liu Zhou stretched out his hand and touched Liu Jian's head, and his tone softened rarely: "For your father, you shouldn't beat you, and you shouldn't murder you, you guessed right, after you left your father, you left a wife and a son, but there is no half of the surplus wealth at home, we are the same clan after all, and we still have to help." ”

Liu Jian praised Liu Zhou in his heart.

Although this cheap father is a little old-fashioned and vain, and he doesn't do things well with himself - but in the matter of compassion, Liu Jian feels that his father is quite following his son.

"The father is virtuous, and the child should learn diligently."

Liu Zhou listened to this kid speak one by one, and he was swept away because of his unpleasantness.

He stretched out his hand to hold Liu Jian in his arms, laughed and said: "My son is young, and he already has the heart of a benevolent person, and he is very comforted by his father's heart. ”

The father of the Han Dynasty, why did he turn his face like turning a book?

Liu Jian was pulled by Liu Zhou like this, his knees were sunken, his knees hurt, and his tears were about to flow out.

However, he still puffed up his chest proudly: "The foundation of benevolence and righteousness, this is what Mr. Xu taught me in the house a few days ago, although I am young, I should also take the sages as teachers and learn diligently...... Hiss! ”

In the end, Liu Jian really couldn't stand it, he sat on the ox cart with his butt again, rubbed his knees and said, "Father, why don't I get out of the car and walk a few steps?" ”

Liu Zhou said with a smile: "After kneeling for so long, you have to rest, what did Mr. Xu say besides teaching you the sentence of Shicai?" ”

Liu Jian rubbed his knees with his little hands and replied: "I didn't teach too much, but I also praised me for acting differently and being extraordinary after a long time." ”

Liu Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this: "Oh? What great things did my son do? Let the old gentleman praise him so much? ”

"I don't know, or maybe I hit his inkstone? Or did I accidentally break his cane crutch? Don't...... Is that what happened when I drove the old man's dog into the well? ”

Liu Zhou's expression froze instantly.

This kid has to be beaten.

…………

At noon, the father and son came to Lousang Village.

The person Liu Zhou wanted to visit lived in the east of Lousang Village, which was a dilapidated house, and there was a mulberry tree on the southeast corner of the house, which was more than five zhang high, and looked like a car cover from a distance.

When Liu Zhou's father and son arrived, they saw a large group of children gathering under the big mulberry tree to play, shouting and shouting, which was very lively.

For some reason, seeing this scene, Liu Jian's heart began to beat faster, and an inexplicable thought appeared in his mind.

Although he is not a history professional, nor is he a novice, he naturally knows some familiar allusions, and the scene in front of him reminds him of one thing.

When the ancestor was young, he played under the tree with all the children in the sect and said, "I will take this feather to cover the car." ”

His surname is Liu, and he is still a member of the Han family...... Although looking at the world of the Han Dynasty, there are 100,000 records of the Han clan relatives recorded in the Zongzheng Administration, and the bloodline is remote, and most of them cannot be put on the table, but they are also clan relatives after all.

Which of the Han clan relatives at the end of the Han Dynasty was the most famous?

"Abei!"

Liu Zhou's shout of 'Ah Bei' shouted out all the doubts and confusion in Liu Jian's heart!

The future is bright!

Of course, if possible, he subconsciously hoped that his father could shout 'Ah Cao', in this era, being Cao Cao's relative should be more comfortable than being Liu Bei's fellow sect.

With the shouting, a seven or eight-year-old boy ran towards Liu Zhou.

He was emaciated, not tall among children of his age, and his face was slightly yellow, and he had a vegetable color.

There is nothing strange about it, in this era, the Han clan relatives who are in the middle of the road, not to mention that they can't eat enough, and it is not uncommon for them to starve to death.

That's the environment.

However, if you take a closer look, you will find that this child's ears are really not small, a pair of big fan ears, especially the earlobes are big and thick, and they are really about to hang down their shoulders.

Blessed are children with big ears~

"My nephew has seen my uncle." Liu Bei is not very old and knows how to be polite.

"What about your mother?"

Gee......

"Back to my uncle, my loving mother is keeping a watch for my father in the house."

"Soon after your father's death, why didn't you stay in the house to keep a wake with your mother?"

Liu Bei hesitated a little when he heard this, and then saw his eyes blink a few times, and suddenly shed two lines of tears.

Liu Zhou was startled when he saw this, why did this kid cry when he said he cried?

"My nephew watched the things in the house, and felt that his father was not far away, and he was in a trance every day, so my mother asked me to come out to let off steam, for fear that I would miss my father and hurt my body......"

Speaking of this, Liu Bei couldn't control it anymore, and cried out with a 'wow'.

Liu Zhou panicked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, while Liu Jian on the side was secretly happy.

It's obvious that he didn't serve filial piety and sneaked out to fool around - but people's lies are smooth! also has its own crying aura, tears come as soon as they are said, no wonder his honest father panicked instantly.

Liu Zhou tried to persuade him, and Liu Bei stopped crying.

"Take me to worship your father's spiritual seat, and meet your mother by the way." Liu Zhou sighed.

Liu Bei immediately led the way.

In fact, when Liu Bei's father Liu Hong died and was buried, Liu Zhou, who was a brother of the same clan, helped a lot, and the number of rituals was extremely thorough.

But if it is said that Liu Zhou came to see his younger siblings, it is not good to say.

Liu Zhou asked Liu Jian to wait outside first, and then let him go in to pay respects after talking about business.

Liu Jian doesn't care, he just wants to be clean.

Liu Bei led Liu Zhou into the house, and the teenagers who were playing under the big mulberry tree with Liu Bei seemed to have lost their backbone all of a sudden.

Without Liu Bei, they didn't seem to know how to play.

Just when the children were leaderless, five-year-old Liu Jian walked over with a smile.

"Let's play?"

"Who are you? We don't know you. ”

"Stupid! You'll know each other after playing for a while, but I brought caramel with me. ”

……

Liu Bei led Liu Zhou into the dormitory to see his mother, and then took the two of them to talk, looking for an excuse and running out.

Today is playing the game of being an emperor, and those who become emperors can be worshiped by other children.

As the head of the child, Liu Bei is naturally the first choice for the 'emperor', and he hasn't had a good time yet.

But when he came to the big mulberry tree, he was dumbfounded by the scene in front of him.

A group of children who were still centered on him just now were surrounding Liu Jian at this time, with dull expressions, allowing Liu Jian to brainwash them unhurriedly.

"The Qin law is complicated, after Gaozu entered Xianyang, he made three chapters of the law, and then Xiao Xiang drafted the "Nine Chapters of Law", which is still used by our dynasty to this day......"

"What does all this have to do with us?"

"Why doesn't it matter? Since the development of Hanlu, there have been more than 1,000 capital crimes, of which more than 400 are related to you! ”

"Why? How did we commit a capital offense? ”

"What are you playing with? Is it pretending to be an emperor? ”

"Just play, you don't care!"

Liu Jian sat under the mulberry tree, gushing endlessly at a group of Eastern Han bear children.

The cowhide he boasted about was true or false, it was related to those Qin and Han laws or something, and he learned it when he heard the boasting of Mr. Xu, a poor family next to his house.

Of course, there are also some of his own private goods mixed in.

How can more than 400 capital crimes have anything to do with these bear children? If there is, how can he open his mouth and list it? It's when you hear it.

But the children of Lousang Village have never seen the world, and they are afraid of listening to his nonsense.

Liu Jian said leisurely: "Son of Heaven, how can anyone be it?" You little boys, who claim to be emperors, and spread it out must be a capital offense...... No, it's the Yi three tribes. ”

"I didn't call myself emperor!"

"Neither have I!"

"I—I wanted to, but they wouldn't let me."

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows: "Then who did?" ”

At this moment, Liu Bei felt that something was wrong.

Hmmm——!

The eyes of all the children fell on Liu Bei, who had just returned, and made the young Liu Bei want to cry without tears.

"It's Abei!"

"Abi said he wants to be the emperor!"

"I didn't say it!" Liu Bei hurriedly waved his hand to deny it.

A bear child with a bubbling nose pointed to the big mulberry tree and said: "Every time Ah Bei plays, he rushes to be the emperor, and he also says that when he grows up, he will take this feather to cover the car to show his wealth!" ”

He also said that wealth does not return to the hometown, such as, such as...... What's going on? ”

Liu Bei, who was betrayed, gritted his teeth angrily!

If I am really the emperor, I will cook you all to death.

"Believe it or not, I beat you up!"

"Wow!"

In an instant, a group of monkey cubs scattered, leaving Liu Bei and Liu Jian indifferently to each other.

"From the brother, the younger brother Liu Jian has seen it, and today I came with my father to visit my uncle and brother."

Liu Bei looked around the field...... Shicai is still full of people, and now there is no one.

"That's how you visit me?"

Liu Jian heard this.

Even if he is a hero in the future, he is only an eight-year-old child at the moment, his heart is far from mature, and he can make do with a little cleverness, but if he really encounters a big event, he will still panic.

"Brother, don't blame, I'm with you, brothers of the same clan, your father is my uncle, if you break the law of the Han Dynasty because of a play, won't you implicate me? I am not harming you today, but saving you. ”

"Help me?"

Liu Jian said earnestly: "Brother, today's incident is for me to know, if others hear it, our whole family will be full, or you will be implicated because of you...... It doesn't matter if you kill others, but do you want to kill your uncle? Uncle has passed away, and your uncle and mother will take you alone, I'm afraid it will be so bitter, do you want her to die a good death? ”

After that, Liu Jian made a horizontal 'click' gesture with his hand to his neck.

Liu Bei's face turned pale.

Not surprisingly, Liu Bei was indeed frightened, and the eight-year-old child was indeed frightened by the five-year-old.

"And those friends you have made, look at them, what virtues are they? On weekdays, I know that I will coax you and be the emperor when I play, but at the critical moment, I sell you faster than I sell meat! ”

Liu Bei said hesitantly: "However, they are still children." ”

Are you embarrassed to say they're kids?

"They're children, am I? How do I not sell you! ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this.

That's right, the little man in front of him, who is a whole head shorter than himself, is also a child!

But why is he so old when he speaks?

When Liu Bei was stunned, Liu Jian suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the big mulberry tree next to him, and asked, "Brother, do you know, who can take the Yubao covered car?" ”

Liu Bei subconsciously asked: "Who?" ”

"Those who are not virtuous, powerful, good, and righteous cannot take advantage of them."

"What do you mean?"

"To put it in layman's terms, it is necessary to be friendly to people and treat people sincerely, especially to the people around you, for example, to brothers of the same clan, you must be heartfelt, brothers, friends and brothers, brothers and brothers must stand in front of him to block the knife if they are difficult to be brothers......"

Liu Bei was speechless for a while.

Liu Jian knew in his heart that in the near future, this terminally ill dynasty would collapse, and then it would be a troubled era when human life was inferior to dogs, which lasted for decades, and everyone would face an existential crisis.

And he Liu Jian, neither a family nor a big tycoon, his family's land in the county is only in the middle of the county, if in the peaceful and prosperous times, he can enjoy a good life, but in the troubled times, a small battle between warlords can destroy all of him.

His best way out is to find a backer.

can be Liu Jian's identity, it's not that whoever he wants to take refuge with can take him in.

Right now, Liu Bei, the same sect, appeared in front of him, a bull man in the late Han Dynasty.

From the bottom of his heart, Liu Bei is not the best destination, but for Liu Jian, it is the only choice at present.

Liu Jian cushioned his feet and patted the stunned Liu Bei's shoulder: "Treat me well, I will let you sit in the big covered car!" ”

……

In the evening, Liu Zhou, who left some money for Liu Bei's mother and son, returned to Zhuo County with Liu Jian.

On the way, Liu Jian rarely coquettished Liu Zhou: "Father, Ah Bei lost his father at a young age, only a lonely mother has no livelihood at home, very pitiful, Father, you see that Ah Bei is three years older than me, but he is thinner than me, Father can't ignore him!" ”

Liu Zhou didn't expect Liu Jian to come to Lousang Village for a trip, and he actually had a relationship with Liu Bei.

Being able to say this is enough to prove that this child is a kind-hearted benevolent person, and Liu Zhou is very pleased in his heart.

"Hehe, your child wants to go with his father, although Ah Bei is young, he is smart and sincere, he is a good seedling, and his father wants to help him and your uncle, you don't need to worry."

Liu Jian tugged on Liu Zhou's sleeve and said, "Since my father has the heart to take care of him, why don't you discuss with your uncle and bring Brother Abei to our house?" After all, my uncle is just a woman, I am afraid that I will not be able to teach Brother Bei well, and my father will discipline Brother Bei for my uncle, and Brother Bei will be as promising as a child in the future. ”

"This ......"

Liu Zhou didn't expect Liu Jian to come up with such an idea for himself, and he was very embarrassed.

"At your young age, it's rare to be able to say such a truth, but it's hard for your grandmother to say it."

"A father is a great man, is he afraid of a woman?"

"Bastard!"

Liu Zhouqi stretched out his hand and slapped Liu Jian on the back of the head: "Your father and I are an eight-foot man, are you a person who is afraid of the inside?" Isn't it just to let Abi come to our house to learn the scriptures? I'll bring him back, what can your mother do to me? ”

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Zhou with slanted eyes.

"What kind of eyes are you? Unbelief? ”

"Faith! Father is the first warrior of my Han! ”

Liu Zhou was very impressed when he heard it, and he was triumphant: "Don't use words indiscriminately, I won't beat your mother, what is brave or not brave." ”

Liu Jian estimated in his heart that as long as his father could make up his mind, he would go back and be coquettish with his mother again, and let Liu Bei come to live in his house was basically eight or nine.

In this world, in addition to parents and children, what kind of relationship can be more iron-clad than the brotherly relationship that grew up together?