Liu Jian had already found out the date of Gongsun Zhan's appointment in advance, and it was estimated that it would arrive in these three or five days, so he bought gifts, and greeted Zhang Fei and Jian Yong, and asked them to greet him with him.

In this way, the four of them took a group of servants and went to the official road in the northeast direction.

Normally, Gongsun Chan came to Zhuo County from the direction of Liaodong, and he would definitely stay in his hometown of Liaoxi County during the period.

"From Jicheng to here, the terrain is flat, the west is high and the east is low, unless they take the Juma River waterway, otherwise they will take the loess road of Gu'an." Jian Yong said to Liu Jian very confidently.

"Why is Xianhe so sure?"

Jian Yong had a smug look on his face and began to brag with his eyebrows.

"Although I haven't seen that Gongsun County Jun, but after listening to Ah Jian's description, I know that although this person is a concubine, he has a proud personality and has no children to spare, as if such a person came to take office, how could he come quietly by water, he would like to let everyone know that his Gongsun Zhan is out of breath and has become a Qianshi County Jun!"

After that, Jian Yongxian looked at Zhang Fei as if he was profligate: "Brother Zhang Xian, do you think what you said for your brother is right?" ”

Zhang Fei didn't bother to pay attention to him, but looked at Liu Jian as if asking.

Liu Jian pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Jian Yong's thinking is very correct.

Gongsun Zan has been treated slowly by the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi because of his background, and the good resources in the clan can't be his turn at all.

Now that the hardships have come, he has finally gotten rid of the shackles of his concubine step by step, and is moving towards the upper elite of the Han Dynasty, and his depressed heart has been released, so naturally he will not be low-key.

If you don't beat gongs and drums, the drum horns are full of propaganda, which is already very self-contained.

"In this case, let's camp on the main road by the Juma River, and wait there for Gongsun Bogui to arrive."

Zhang Fei said: "I arranged for someone to find a good place to build a felt tent!" ”

Zhang Fei's family raised a lot of apprentices in the village, and this time to welcome Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Fei also brought a few accompanying servants.

He said he was a servant, but in fact he was a bodyguard.

Liu Jian and Liu Bei's family came with five people, five horses, and a cart loaded with goods and gifts, while Jian Yong's family was poor, and only he came alone, with zero horses.

Zhang Fei brought ten servants, eleven horses, and an ox cart carrying daily necessities.

Don't look at Zhang Fei's young age and being a butcher, but his parents are very supportive of Zhang Fei's friendship with children like Liu Jian.

That's Lu Zhi's disciple - a cultural person!

What is Liu Jian doing, the Zhang family is willing to follow the flowers!

Zhang Fei sent his men to find a place near the Juma River next to the dense forest to build a felt tent, and then arranged for a group of servants to divide into three groups and conduct an inventory within several miles nearby.

As for asking what to check...... Well, the environment of camping in the wild in the Han Dynasty was different from that of later generations, and what bandits were reckless and reckless for the time being, let's just talk about wild beasts, which are by no means rare.

Tigers, wolves, leopards, jackals and other beasts, these years when you go out, you really say that you will meet them, if you go out in groups, it is good, if you travel alone, and unfortunately encounter tigers and wolves outside, you will definitely die.

Especially at night, be sure to check the area around the camp before setting up camp, as wild animals are infested at night.

The group rested by the Juma River, and after a while, it was dark, and the people who went out to inspect also came back one after another, Zhang Fei then beckoned his subordinates to burn corn rice, and ordered someone to take out the dried pork that he carried with him, and distributed the preserved fruits with everyone.

In "The Biography of Liu Dan, the King of Han Shuyan Thorn", it is written that "the pigs in the toilet are out of the group, and the big official stove is bad", and "the toilet is also raising pigs".

During this period, pork has changed from eating to a tool for accumulating fat, and the Gaomen or scholars generally choose to eat meat rather than pigs, while cattle do not dare to kill them in ordinary circumstances, so there are levels of people's meat, in order, 'fish, sheep, chickens, dogs'.

But this is only for Gaomen, ordinary people, it is difficult to eat a meal of meat, and it doesn't matter if you choose a pig or not, even if the pork has a fishy smell.

No matter how fishy it is, it's meat.

Liu Jian ate a piece of pork jerky and felt that it was a little difficult to swallow, so he stopped eating it.

He turned his head and counted the people present, counting them, and found that there were three missing.

"Why are there three missing?"

Zhang Fei bit the jerky with a big mouthful, and said without raising his head: "The people sent out to investigate, there is a team that has not come back yet, just wait!" ”

Liu Jian looked up at the sky, frowned, and said, "I just asked them to inspect the surrounding areas for several miles, as long as there are no traces of tigers and wolves, they can come back, do you want to take so long?" ”

Jian Yong quipped: "Shouldn't you really run into a tiger?" ”

Liu Bei was taken aback: "Xian and Mo Huyan, the two counties are a good place for official roads, where is the tiger?" ”

Jian Yong said nervously: "In this year, birds and beasts can still eat Lu, what else is impossible!" Besides, this wilderness, not to mention the beast, even the ghosts are hidden. ”

His gloomy face, coupled with the deliberate lowering of his voice, really bluffed people's hearts.

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and snatched the jerky in Jian Yong's hand: "If you mess with people's hearts again, don't eat it, go to the river to keep vigil!" ”

"Joke joke! I'd better eat honestly. Jian Yong took back the jerky from Liu Jian's hand with a cheap smile.

Liu Bei's face turned a little pale, and he didn't know if he was really frightened by Jian Yong.

"Deran, if those people don't come back so late, will something happen?"

Liu Jian looked up at the sky, and he didn't know the bottom in his heart.

"It's already dark, and if we go separately to look for it at this time, it will not be good for us, and if there are fierce beasts nearby, people's night vision is not as good as those beasts...... Wait a little longer! ”

For the rest of the day, the crowd eating around the campfire stopped talking.

Everyone looked serious, and from time to time someone looked up to see if the three people who had gone lost had returned.

Until the middle of the day, there was no human figure.

All of a sudden, everyone couldn't sit still.

Zhang Fei was the first to stand up and asked Liu Jian: "Brother, let's go find someone!" ”

Liu Jian realized the seriousness of the matter, and there were no three people in a good manner, which was unreasonable.

He stood up and glanced back and forth at everyone present—there were fourteen except for the three who had gone missing.

"It's too dark, so I don't know what I'll encounter, or beasts or villains...... You have to appoint someone who is in charge. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jian looked at Jian Yong, and then glanced at him to Liu Bei, and motioned for Jian Yong to recommend Liu Bei as the leader.

Jian Yong's immediate understanding: "Hey! What else is there to choose from, our four tigers in Zhuo County have always been headed by you, so they naturally have to listen to your orders! ”

Zhang Fei reacted super quickly, and directly hugged Liu Jian: "I only serve my brother, and I will put my brother first!" ”

Liu Bei also said: "Deran, the person in charge is none other than you." ”

Several leading young men all spoke, and those who came with them were all obedient.

Liu Jian glared at Jian Yong fiercely, but saw that the other party was smiling at him without skin and face.

Afterwards, Liu Jian asked people to extinguish the bonfire, bring dry food, and at the same time let the horse's mouth be wrapped, and the group of people walked towards the west.

It stands to reason that if you search in groups, it will naturally be the most efficient, but Liu Jian is afraid that these fourteen people will be separated in the dark and there will be any accidents when they turn around, so it is better to act together, and take care of each other at critical moments.

Liu Jian, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others all held swords.

In the Han Dynasty, the long sword was not something that anyone could buy casually, and in the early Han Dynasty, there was a saying that 'selling a sword to buy a cow, selling a knife to buy a calf), which shows that the iron is valuable, especially the sword made of good iron is a treasure that many scholars dream of.

Like Liu Jian, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei, they only hold a four-sided Han sword that is not complicated to make, and as for the eleven companions, they are holding ordinary short blades.

Although Liu Zhou tried his best to urge Liu Jian and Liu Bei to learn the scriptures, but the martial arts did not fall behind, and the scholars of the Han Dynasty practiced martial arts very strongly, and there was no distinction between literati and martial artists, but all individuals, if conditions permitted, they would learn bow and horse.

Especially the men in the border counties, they regard the bow and horse hand as the foundation of their lives.

During the day, the three missing servants went west to investigate, so Liu Jian and the others also went west to search first.

In the dark night, Liu Jian whispered to Jian Yongdao: "I asked you to nominate Xuande as the main person, why don't you listen?" ”

Jian Yong's expression looked surprised under the light of the torch: "Didn't you ask me to nominate yourself?" ”

"When did I say that?"

"You didn't say it, but your expression is clearly thinking."

The muscles on Liu Jian's face twitched a few times.

He really couldn't figure out which action made Jian Yong misunderstand when he was secretly making his eyes?

Is there something wrong with his eyes or Jian Yong's eyes?

"Shhhh Brother, silence! Zhang Fei suddenly lowered his voice.

"What's going on?"

"There's someone in front, coming for us!" Zhang Fei said in a low voice.

Jian Yong looked up at the black rumbling in the distance—it was silent and dark, and there was nothing.

"Nothing, aren't you kid scaring me?" Jian Yong said with a grin.

"Don't make a sound!" In this case, Liu Jian felt that Zhang Fei was much more reliable than Jian Yong - although he was only fourteen years old.

"Brother Zhang Xian is sure there is someone? Not a beast? Liu Bei frowned and asked.

Zhang Fei said firmly: "The distance is a bit far, but it must be a human, if it is a beast, when it sees these many torches, it will definitely make some movements, I guess there are people in front of us ambushing us!" But there shouldn't be a few of them, otherwise we won't be prepared, just rush over and get people. ”

Jian Yong said: "Why don't you put out the fire first?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Don't worry, now that we put out the torch, I'm afraid that the other party will think that we have discovered them and be wary...... It's better to move forward slowly like this, pretending not to know! ”

Then, Liu Jian looked at Zhang Fei: "Brother Xian, we continue to pretend to look for people with torches here to attract the attention of the other party, you lead five people to go around in the dark and take them down, can you do it?" ”

After Liu Bei and Jian Yong heard this, they were taken aback.

How could this matter be arranged on the head of the youngest Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei is still responsible, he said: "Deran, this matter is still left to me!" Brother Zhang Xian is still young, I'm afraid ......"

Liu Jian didn't speak, he just looked at Zhang Fei seriously.

After all, the one standing in front of him is one of the famous Ji Han Five Tiger generals in the future, and his ability is definitely top-notch, although he is still young at the moment, Liu Jian believes that a few little thieves should not be able to defeat him.

Sure enough, I heard Zhang Fei say: "As long as my brother believes me, Fei will kill them all, and no one will be left!" ”

"No, it's better to keep a tongue for me."