A county and a county, go to Liu's house to thank and give gifts, it is naturally impossible to suddenly kill the door, this is too unceremonious, he will definitely send someone to send a famous assassin, inform in advance, so it is more in line with the rules.

When the news reached the Liu family, Liu Zhou and the Hu family were naturally overjoyed, and immediately slaughtered dogs and sheep, prepared fine wine, and welcomed distinguished guests.

But Liu Jian, who had thought about it in the cowshed, was obviously not in such a good mood after learning the news.

However, he was not distressed, because Gongsun Zhan's power was also within his expectations.

What future generations see more is that he lost the trust of his subordinates, died in Yuan Shao, was trapped in a high-rise building, and committed suicide by fire, but he often ignored that in his more than 40 years of life, the defeat was only extended for four years, and seventy or eighty percent of his life was still successful.

The Han has a population of tens of millions, and you can't think that he lost to Yuan Shao alone, just because he is worse than the other tens of millions of people.

This world is not easy to mix, Gongsun Chan is still wise, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao and others, and I don't know what kind of people they are.

……

"Senior brother is worthy of being a senior brother, people who have been mixed in officialdom are really not easy to deal with, and they will crack it for me with one move, and they will let you have no way."

Liu Jian leaned on the haystack, holding a piece of straw in his mouth, and his expression was quite helpless.

Liu Bei sat cross-legged next to him, also with a sad face: "No, I thought that because of his reputation, I would let you and me go to the county office to find something to do, but people would rather send 100,000 yuan as a reward than recommend you and me as officials." ”

"Send?"

Liu Jian took the straw down, shook his head and said, "Brother Xuande, you are naïve." ”

"Not a send?"

"Yes, it's a delivery!"

"Then where am I naïve?"

"How dare you?"

Liu Bei was speechless all of a sudden.

He thought about it seriously for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more entangled his expression became.

"Okay, this is a toss-up." Liu Bei finally made up his mind.

"Forget it, after all, we are weak, and we are useless in the eyes of others, even if he is hard-hearted, then you and I don't need to deliberately climb him, and then find a way, as for this senior brother Gongsun, hehe, he will regret it sooner or later because of today."

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and patted Liu Jian's shoulder: "My brother is eloquent, he will regret it too late!" ”

"Don't praise me, you are the one who has the talent."

Liu Bei laughed, and the muscles on his face hurt when he laughed.

"I'll be your helper, the word eloquent has nothing to do with me."

Liu Jian frowned and looked at Liu Bei carefully.

"What do you think I do?"

"Brother Xuande, I think you seem to be losing your original sharpness more and more?"

"When did I ever have a sharpness?"

"Do you remember when you were a child, in Lousang Village, you shouted to take the Yubao covered car?"

"Hey! You talk about me when I was eight years old! With you, I still have to be very sharp, and it is enough to follow you. ”

In Liu Jian's heart, a strange feeling suddenly rose.

This Liu Bei, shouldn't he have been raised by himself?

……

The next day, Gongsun Chan personally asked people to come to the door to give gifts and thank the two classmates for their 'escort'.

Naturally, the news spread throughout Zhuo County, and his father-in-law Sun Zan could also take advantage of this incident, like Liu Jian and Liu Bei, to brush a wave of 'dripping grace springs to reciprocate'.

It can be said that the three brothers have not suffered in the area of 'prestige'.

When the county gentleman came, Liu Zhou and Hu were overjoyed, and immediately set up a banquet to entertain them, and pulled out the two boys from the cowshed to accompany the banquet and drink.

The Han Dynasty is not like the Tang and Song dynasties of later generations, restaurants are everywhere, the nightlife is rich, in a large county, there are generally only a few wine houses, and the area is generally not very large, and the feeling of eating and drinking is not at all, so if you want to eat and drink enjoyable, you are generally in your own house Hi Pi, commonly known as self-hi.

Don't look at Gongsun Zhan is better than Qianshi County Order, Liu Zhou claims to be a clan relative, once these two people drink and feast, it is really crazy.

Don't look at it as the first time we met, it's really like drinking to death.

This is by no means the style of Yan Zhao, and the people of the Han Dynasty generally drank this virtue:

Know the seat, be able to toast, and be able to dance - roar hey.

Toasting each other is a necessary procedure, and at the same time, there are strict rules for toasting and receiving wine, because there is a certain distance between people in the Qin and Han dynasties, there is no possibility of touching, so the action of drinking is exquisite.

For example, if Liu Zhou toasts to Gongsun Zhan, then he must 'lead the wine up', to put it bluntly, he is holding the wine utensils and holding them high forward.

But if Gongsun Chan toasts Liu Zhou, it will be enough for Liu Zhou to be tired, because he has a low status and is white, so he needs to leave his seat when he is drunk, and thank him on the ground, commonly known as 'avoiding the seat'.

Under such a premise, there is an interesting scene of drinking today.

Gongsun Zhan fell swoop, and Liu Zhou got up and ran to the aisle to receive wine.

Gongsun Zhan raised again, and Liu Zhou got up again and ran to the aisle to receive wine.

The problem is that Gongsun Chan always carries the cup, and Liu Zhou has to always receive wine, always receive wine......

After a few rounds, Liu Zhou was sweating profusely and dizzy.

I didn't drink a few wines, but I knelt down.

Anyone who has drunk alcohol knows that the most taboo thing when drinking is 'moving', and the more often you move, the faster you get drunk.

As expected, Liu Zhou soon got drunk, his speech became stumbling, and he lost the restraint he had when he drank with Gongsun Chan at the beginning, and began to brag with his big tongue.

"Ming Ting doesn't know, these two children were taught by the old man, and the skills of the two of them are inseparable from the old man's own teaching!"

"Oh!"

Gongsun Zhan made a sudden appearance and glanced at Liu Jian and Liu Bei's brothers on the side: "No wonder he is so brave and can kill robbers, the real tiger father has no dogs." ”

"Just a few thieves, what's the point? If the old man is not arrogant, don't look at the old man's age, if the county office gives the old man a leather armor and a good horse, the old man holds a halberd and makes a bow, and goes to Yuyang Shanggu for a short time, he can still behead one hundred and eighty thieves to serve the country! ”

Gongsun Zhanle's face turned red: "At the age of Gong Liu, don't you forget to kill thieves and make contributions?" ”

Liu Zhou's face flushed: "Ming Ting thinks that the old man wants to kill the thief in order to gain fame?" ”

"Who isn't?"

"Although it is good to make meritorious contributions, it is useless for a person of the old man's age! Don't hide it from the county monarch, the big man, how can he be controlled by Xianbei Hunu? If I were twenty years younger, I would have personally thrown myself into the border county to fight against Hunu, and I would have returned the body with a horse leather, and I would have been willing. ”

Gongsun Chan put away his smile when he heard this, and a little respect appeared on his face.

He pondered for a moment and sighed: "If the big Han Erlang is as enthusiastic as Liu Gong, even if there are ten more sandalwood locusts in the northern desert, how can it be a disaster?" ”

Then he raised the wine bowl and gestured to Liu Zhouyao.

Liu Zhou hurriedly got up, walked to the aisle, and was just about to thank him, when he suddenly fell to the ground with a 'poof'.

Gongsun Zhan was startled and hurriedly got up: "Liu Gong!?" Why is that? ”

Liu Jian was also startled, and hurriedly got up and ran to Liu Zhou's side!

Isn't it a moment of excitement and drank to death, right?

"Father, father!"

Liu Jian picked up Liu Zhou, who was face down, from the ground and reached out to pinch him.

Before anyone who could meet him, Liu Zhou's snoring sounded slightly.

Liu Jian's hand stayed in mid-air, revealing a helpless expression.

This old father actually fell asleep on the spot!

Go back and let your mother know, I don't know how to clean him up.

He's the end of his demon now.

Hearing this, Hu Shi hurried over, cursing Liu Zhou for being useless, but on the other hand, he still asked people to help Liu Zhou back to the room, and he also cooked himself to make sobering soup for Liu Zhou.

……

After the banquet, it was time for Gongsun Chan to leave.

But before leaving, he had to go to the toilet to empty his pickles, after all, he didn't drink less wine today.

"Ah Jian, I'm sorry for you to accompany my brother to the toilet." Gongsun Chan specially greeted Liu Jian.

Gongsun Chan left the table to go to the toilet, even if he didn't say hello, Liu Jian, as the host, would accompany him.

At that moment, he personally led Gongsun Chan to the back house.

Liu's toilet is one person and one pit, two people enter each door, and there is a wooden board in the middle, and each can hear the sound of the other party's opening the gate and releasing water next to it.

"Virtuous brother!"

Suddenly, the voice of Gongsun Chan came from the other side of the door panel.

Liu Jian was stunned for a moment, and secretly said Gongsun Zhan, is this going to ask himself if he wants a toilet fund?

"Here, please ask the county gentleman to command."

On the other side of the door panel, Gongsun Zhan was silent for a while, and then said:

"You and my brother are private, why are you so polite?"

Liu Jian frowned, a little unhappy in his heart.

Listen to what Gongsun Chan means...... Is this to have a heart-to-heart relationship with yourself?

If you want to nag, there's nothing wrong with that, the question is...... Why did you choose such a territory? Is this the place to talk heart-to-heart?

"The county gentleman and I have a huge disparity in identity, and I dare not cling to it."

The person in the toilet next to him seemed to be considering the sentence, and when he was young, he finally heard Gongsun speak:

"Do you think that my brother has entered the official career over the years, and his official fortune is smooth, and he has long forgotten that you old friends and classmates have fallen into the mud road like those scholars in the Central Plains?"