"You don't have to be polite, I'm not just for you, I'm just for our Han sergeant."

Lu Bu turned over and dismounted, came to Liu Jian, and arched his hand: "No matter what, Shicai joined the army to help me break the siege, but I Shicai only thanked Dong Yuanjun, and never thanked Yu for joining the army. ”

After that, he was about to kneel and salute, and was stopped by Liu Jian.

"I'm not your official, so I don't have to."

Zhang Fei snorted lightly, turned around and went elsewhere, as if he was too lazy to look at Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu saw Zhang Fei's appearance, his face suddenly turned red, and his lips were pursed, somewhat unhappy.

Liu Jian's gaze swept to Gao Shun behind Lu Bu.

From beginning to end, Gao Shun never said a word, just silently followed Lu Bu's side.

Sure enough, compared with Lu Bu, who is heavy on profit, Gao Shun's mentality and desires are much calmer than Lu Bu.

At least, he was able to remind Lu Bu at the critical moment that he should do the right thing.

Liu Jian sat down on the grass next to him, he looked up at the starry sky, and then stretched out his hand to Lu Bu and Gao Shun and said, "Please sit down." ”

When Lu Bu saw that Liu Jian invited him to sit on the ground, he was not polite, and immediately sat opposite Liu Jian.

Subsequently, Liu Jian casually inquired about Lu Bu's family background.

Lu Bu did not shy away from it, and he told it out.

According to Lu Bu's description, his family is also the last in Jiuyuan County, his father was an adjutant in Jiuyuan County, but unfortunately died early, Lu Bu's family has limited wealth, and it will be exhausted within a few years, and when he was more than ten years old, he and his mother and siblings had a relatively difficult time, sometimes catching up with the bad year, or the border county wars were too frequent, and only two or three days could only eat a full meal.

At that time, the days were really precarious.

Later, because the two younger brothers starved to death, the family was able to distribute more surplus food to the children, which caused Lu Bu to live until now.

Lu Bu said it very lightly, as if these things were just normal things for him.

But after listening to this, Liu Jian couldn't help but have some deeper understanding of this era in his heart.

It is true that he was born in Zhuo County, although he is not a wealthy family, but in Liu Zhou's family, at least he is still worry-free, able to eat and clothe, compared to people at the lower level, Liu Jian is really lucky.

Not to mention those who gave up their household registration and fled into the mountains and forests. Speaking of Liu Bei alone, his grandfather was also a figure of filial piety, but in his generation, he needed to make a living by weaving mats and selling shoes, and he had to work hard every day for the full meal in the coming day.

If Liu Jian hadn't taken Liu Bei home, who knows how much hard work Liu Bei would have suffered in the remaining years?

As for Lu Bu in front of him......

He was also from a family of small officials in the county, and after his father's death, he had to starve his two younger brothers to death in order to have enough food to live.

If Lu Bu's younger brother hadn't starved to death, would Lu Bu still survive?

Or, the person who starved to death was Lu Bu?

Three children who have not yet reached adulthood have already begun to survive by plundering other people's resources at home, or by plundering between brothers!

What's even more terrifying is that this kind of thing is a normal thing for Lu Bu.

This is a concept he has cultivated since childhood.

In this world, especially those families living in border counties, when the resources are not enough to support the next generation, they can only follow the law of survival of the fittest in nature, leaving the strong children to live and the weak children to die.

They have no choice, let alone a choice, but to go with the flow.

Maybe Lu Bu loves money, women, and horses, and does not value righteousness, and has repeatedly changed his master.

But how can you ask a person who has grown up in such an environment to be benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise, and trustworthy?

If he had been benevolent, righteous and humble, he would not have survived at all!

He himself had grown up in an environment where the law of the jungle had lived, and had survived on the rations of his dead brother, and how could such a man be demanded of him with the loyalty marked by the nobles and the lords?

If Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and other characters, including Liu Jian himself, were thrown to grow up in the same environment as him, Liu Jian estimated that no one would necessarily do better than Lu Bu.

People who are raised by poor mountains and bad waters are different from those who grow up in the pile of books and scriptures in Wenxiang.

"Fengxian, there is no need to apologize to me, what you did today is just your own way of survival, although your way of survival is not suitable for me, and I will not live according to your way, but I have no right to accuse you."

"After all, I didn't live in your situation, and you didn't enjoy mine, and we can't demand each other's egos."

After Liu Jian finished speaking, not only Lu Bu, but also Gao Shun behind him was shocked.

Is this person in front of him really the disciple of the famous Confucian Lu Shangshu in the sea?

How could they say such a thing by the so-called standards of those scholars?

However, although Liu Jian's words are very simple, they really make the two of them have endless aftertaste.

As for why the aftertaste......

"The words of joining the army, cloth and others are really unheard of."

"Unheard of?"

Liu Jian smiled and said: "No, what I am talking about is actually the way of the ancient sages to educate all directions, and anyone in the world who has read a few volumes of the Book of Virtuous Scriptures will not fail to understand." ”

Gao Shun said on the side: "If we don't deliberately boast of joining the army, although the reason in your words is shallow, among the scholars I have seen, there is really no one who can say anything like this." ”

Liu Jian touched his horsewhip and said lightly: "The way of learning, noble learning, noble knowledge, dedication, humility, hard reading, memorization, deep thinking, and thorough understanding...... But most of the current scholars' education is accompanied by utilitarianism, so this enlightenment has been forgotten by many scholars and students."

"But without enlightenment, how can you empathize with others? If you can't empathize with others, how can you take your knowledge and thinking to the next level? After all, it is not that scholars do not understand the truth, but that this truth is not beneficial to them in terms of the current situation. ”

Gao Shun seemed to have an understanding, he frowned and began to think carefully.

Lu Bu didn't understand it very well, and he didn't really want to understand it, but in his heart, Liu Jian was able to say such things to him as a martial artist, which really made him very happy.

He could indeed feel that the things in Liu Jian's words were of some use to him, but he didn't want to change because of this.

He Lu Fengxian has his own way of survival.

Lu Bu's arrogant expression revealed his inner thoughts, but Liu Jian didn't say much.

There are some things that can be done with a little emotion and a little sympathy.

Everyone has their own growth environment, and he can empathize with Lu Bu's misfortune.

But Lu Bu, who has a selfish personality, will never be able to empathize with his Liu Jian's heart.

I know you, but you don't know me, this is the biggest gap between him and the other party.

"Listening to your words has benefited a lot, and I am deeply honored to have the honor to get acquainted with and join the army!"

Liu Jian shook the dust off his body, stood up and said, "Okay, I received your apology, and I won't be angry, it's just a trivial matter, what's the point?" If there is nothing to do, let's say goodbye today, we should know each other once, and when we meet again in the future, we will be friends. ”

Lu Bu smiled when he heard this, this Liu Senjun is really good at talking.

"Join the army and wait a minute."

Gao Shun suddenly spoke, and then took out a cloth bag, and said: "Although it is inappropriate to follow this move, but it is really unkind for me to wait for the right talent, this little gift is to thank the army for his help, and please join the army to be sure to accept it." ”

Lu Bu looked at Gao Shun beside him, pursing his lips, quite unhappy.

Liu Jian looked down at the things in Gao Shun's hand and said, "This is the reward given to you by Dong Yuanjun, right?" ”

"Yes!"

Gao Shun replied forcefully.

Lu Bu on the side seemed a little embarrassed, but turned his head to something else.

After all, only Gao Shun took out the reward, which really made him lose face.

Zhang Fei whispered to Han Dang: "This person is a bit of a backbone. ”

Liu Jian smiled, and he naturally reached out and pushed the thing back.

"I am very relieved to have this heart, to prove that my words are not in vain, for the sake of your willingness to give me a reward, then I might as well give you a word, if there is no accident, you two are not far away, and you need to quickly consider how to be in the situation."