Chapter 361: Jia Xu: To survive
In the early morning, the Nanyang City Gate slowly opened.
Liu Bei took Guan Zhang and more than a dozen attendants and was the first to go out of the city gate.
"Big brother, if we go to visit Nawolong so early, will we be looked down upon by him?"
Zhang Fei still has some complaints about Wolong, his eldest brother has sent him to the cottage, who knew that when he went to visit yesterday, Wolong left home early and ran away again.
Running outside all day, what kind of hermit is Gao Xian?
Guan Yu, who was riding on the horse, Dan Feng looked at him with a cold look: "Third brother can't talk nonsense, can be compared to the ancient Guan Zhong and Le Yi by Mr. Chu, and Wolong, who is highly respected by Yuan Zhi, how can he be an arrogant and rude person?" Since he said that if he sees his eldest brother today, he will come home today! ”
Zhang Fei said: "In this case, why did the eldest brother rush there early in the morning?" It's not too late for us to wait for breakfast to go. ”
"I brought dry food when I went out, and the third brother ate it first."
Liu Bei asked the attendants to bring dry food, but Zhang Fei hurriedly said no, he was not hungry.
As soon as the three of them left Wancheng, a shout came from behind them:
"Isn't it Liu Envoy Jun ahead?!"
"Who's calling me?"
Liu Bei stopped his horse and looked back, Guan Zhang and the others also stopped their horses and looked back, and saw a carriage driving out of the city gate, Guan Yu recognized it at a glance, and whispered to Liu Bei: "Big brother, it's the carriage on General Zhang's mansion!" ”
Liu Bei said: "This is the carriage that Jia Wenhe is riding, let's wait a moment to see what he calls me." ”
"Big brother!" Zhang Fei lowered his voice: "Does that Zhang Xiu want to rob and kill me?" How did he find out that my three brothers were out of town today? ”
When he said this, Guan Yu immediately looked to the left and right, but did not find any ambush soldiers, and there were only four people behind Jia Xu's carriage.
"Liu Yuanjun!"
"Doctor Jia!"
Jia Xu's carriage came, got off the car and met Liu Bei, Liu Bei also got off the horse, the two of them saluted, Liu Bei asked: "Doctor Jia went out of the city today, I don't know where to go?" What is it that calls me? ”
Jia Xu smiled mysteriously: "I'm walking with Liu Yuanjun, why don't you ask Liu Yuanjun to get in the car, and you and I will talk in detail in the car!" ”
Zhang Fei's eyes widened, how did this guy know where they were going today?!
"Dr. Jia......"
Liu Bei was also a little surprised, he was looking for Wolong, it was not a secret in Wancheng, he had asked a lot of people these days, and only learned from a peasant that Wolong lived twenty miles outside the city.
Yes, it was not from the Shi clan that he heard about it, nor did Yuan Zhi tell him, but from the peasants who entered the city to sell corn seeds, he knew about Wolong's residence.
"Liu Yuanjun, please!" Jia Xu asked Liu Bei to get in the car first, but he didn't open the curtain of the carriage.
Liu Bei, who had doubts in his heart, chose to get in the car.
Guan Zhang and the two rode on both sides of the carriage, and once there was a noise in the carriage, they could immediately chop the cart and rescue the eldest brother.
"I heard that Liu Yuanjun has been looking for Wolong recently?"
In the car, the two sat opposite each other, and Jia Xu asked first.
Liu Bei said: "I wanted to invite Wolong to come out, so I was looking for his seclusion for more than a month, and only then did I learn about Wolong's residence from a peasant's mouth." ”
smiled at Jia Xu again: "If you know that Dr. Jia knows where Wolong lives, you must come to the door to ask!" ”
Jia Xu laughed out loud and said, "Yuan Zhi didn't tell Liu Yuanjun where Wolong lived, but there was a reason for it, and Liu Yuanjun should not blame him." ”
Liu Bei became more and more puzzled, Yuan Zhi once said that he promised Wolong that he would not disclose the other party's residence, let him sincerely find it, and he would definitely find it.
He visited Nanyang celebrities in Jingzhou, and many people had heard of the name of Wolong, and several people knew where Wolong lived, but they refused to tell him.
Why does Jia Xu know?
Why did Jia Xu go out to visit Wolong today? and that he will go this day.
was puzzled in his heart, but Liu Bei didn't ask, only asked him with a smile: "Doctor Jia went to visit Wolong, could it be that General Zhang also wants to invite Wolong to come out?" ”
He was not very worried in his heart, he had already learned from Yuan Zhi's mouth that this reclusive Mr. Wolong was arrogant, such as Jiang Taigong, who helped King Wu to defeat the Emperor, and would not come out unless Ming Gong sincerely invited him.
"Definitely."
Jia Xu shook his feather fan and said mysteriously: "I went to Kong Ming's residence to see a strange person again. ”
"Strange people?"
Liu Bei didn't know who it was, but seeing that Jia Xu didn't say anything, he didn't ask again.
So the two began to talk about Xu Du.
Why talk about Xu Du?
First, Wolong and strange people are not easy to talk to.
The second is that the two are in Nanyang together, and although Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei are polite on the surface, there are many fights in secret, just because Nanyang is too small, but both of them have soldiers and horses, and they are both under the command of Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou.
Liu Bei and Jia Xu could only talk about Xu Du.
It's just that......
After chatting, Liu Bei deeply admired: "Wenhe's talent is several times that of me, and there are very few people in Xu Du who can be better than Wenhe, when he is in Chang'an, why didn't the imperial court reuse Mr.?" ”
said that it was the imperial court, but in fact it meant Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Now that the envoy can see my two old masters? ”
Liu Bei's face was shocked.
Jia Wenhe first came from Dong Zhuo, then from Li Guo, and now followed Zhang Xiu to Nanyang.
Dong Zhuo and Li Guo are all dead, but he is still alive and well.
But now, Jia Xu took the initiative to sit in the same car with him, and talked with him about the general trend of the world, and he admired Cao Cao in his words.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei arched his hand and said: "The art of war is cloudy, the mediocre plan things, and the wise plan the situation. ”
Jia Xu returned a salute and said modestly: "My plan is nothing more than the plan of ordinary people to save their lives in troubled times, and those who really have great wisdom have the people of the world in their hearts, and their eyes understand all things, and they know the principles of the operation of heaven and earth, and they know a thousand years before and a thousand years later......
After a compliment, the words were really exaggerated, although Liu Bei did not open his mouth to refute him, but he thought in his heart that Mr. Chu was the only one who could deserve such a boast!
An hour later, Liu Bei came to Wolong's residence.
When I got out of the carriage, I saw a large field in front of me, all planted with corn, the corn buds had been harvested, and three or five farmers were harvesting corn stalks.
After Liu Bei came to Nanyang, he saw the physical objects of many seeds given by Mr. Chu, such as corn, peppers, tomatoes, etc., in Nanyang City, these new crops are collectively known as cactus vegetables, cactus fruits, etc.
The peculiarity is that they are sold very expensive!
"Big brother, look!" Zhang Fei pointed to the vegetable patch next to him, his mouth was a little greedy, and said, "I didn't see it last time, it turns out that there are so many chili peppers!" ”
Guan Yu looked over, and couldn't help but give birth to jin liquid in his mouth, and sure enough, there were a lot of ripe chili peppers, and they hung red on them.
After coming to Nanyang, they tasted the chili pepper, Guan Yu didn't know that this thing was so spicy at that time, so he put it in his mouth, took a bite, it was spicy for a long time, and drank three spoons of water in a row.
Jia Xu on the side exclaimed: "The fried meat with chili peppers is really delicious, and the tomatoes are also a must-have when eaten raw, there are too many things given by the Chu Immortals!" ”
Liu Bei thought so, and even the "stir-fried" dishes were taught to everyone by Mr. Chu.
After tidying up his clothes, Liu Bei took Guan Zhang and the others to visit with Jia Xu.
"My husband hasn't come back yet."
The boy said, and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia can go in and wait, Mr. said before going out that he will come back around noon today." ”
Jia Xu had been here, so the boy thought he was a friend of Mr., while Liu Bei didn't get the door in and could only wait outside.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, how about I enter with Liu Yuanjun?" ”
The boy looked at Liu Bei, then at Zhang Fei, and shook his head decisively: "The person you brought is too loud, I have to ask!" ”
As he spoke, he turned around and entered the grass hall and asked Zhuge Jun.
But when he came out, his face changed and he said coldly: "You can't come in, wait for my husband to come back!" ”
Jia Xu: "? ”
Helpless, he could only sit and wait with Liu Bei under a big tree outside the door.
After waiting for less than half an hour, someone came.
"Is that Wolong?!"
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Zhang Fei couldn't wait to get up and go to the side of the road to look, and saw two people walking in the distance, both riding horses.
One of them was Cui Zhouping, and the other he didn't know.
Jia Xu and Liu Bei knew each other, got up and called him Mr. Shui Jing.
The reason why Liu Bei knew Sima Hui was that the other party took the initiative to ask to see him and called him Uncle Liu Huang.
"You can't go in either!"
The boy refused to let the two of them in.
Helpless, Cui Zhouping and Sima Hui could only sit under the tree and wait.
Soon again, someone came.
It is Shi Guangyuan, Pang Degong, Meng Gongwei, etc.
They are also not allowed to enter the cottage.
Liu Bei noticed one thing, together with Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and others, they were all respectful to Wolong, and the boy said that he could not enter, so they happily came to wait under the tree, without the slightest look of dissatisfaction.
And he was never anxious between his words, and he never urged the boy to ask when Wolong would come back.
Liu Bei had actually seen Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan, because both of them were from Nanyang, and even from the Dashi clan in Jingzhou, and after he came to Nanyang, he visited them.
Not long ago, he was looking for Wolong, and he also went to inquire about the two, Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan both laughed and did not talk about Wolong, only saying that they would naturally meet if they were fated.
Liu Bei looked at the grass hall again, and his heart became more and more looking forward to seeing Wolong.
At noon, Zhuge Jun went out to deliver food and tea to everyone, and the dishes were all fried with vegetables he grown, Jia Xu's favorite chili fried meat, and Liu Bei's favorite tomato scrambled eggs, all of which were brought out for everyone to eat.
There is also a "cucumber shooting", which tastes refreshing and sour and spicy.
Zhang Fei ate so much that he swept away his dissatisfaction with Wolong, and even wanted to live in these days, it didn't matter if he went to the vegetable field to help.
While everyone was feasting, the sound of horses' hooves was heard again in the distance.
"Someone is visiting Wolong again?"
Guan Yu turned his head with chopsticks and saw two people coming on horseback in the distance, both of them were about twenty years old, with an elegant and modest temperament, and after seeing them after eating, one of them laughed and shouted from afar: "I'm late to come back!" ”
Guan Yu was taken aback.
But I saw that Cui Zhouping and the others had put down their chopsticks, got up to greet them, and called them "Kong Ming"!
Kong Ming!
Isn't that the word of Wolong?
Liu Guan and Zhang also got up to greet them.
That Kong Ming apologized and said with a smile: "There are three new guests, and Liang can't greet them in time, I'm really ashamed." ”
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang met.
One is the name of Lying Dragon for a long time, and the other is the virtue of Uncle Liu Huang for a long time, but they are all polite words.
People talk a lot, and it's not the time to get down to business.
Zhuge Liang invited everyone into the grass hall and then set up a banquet.
Who knows, Zhuge Jun, who heard the news, said: "Mr. has already had lunch and is about to take a nap." ”
Zhuge Liang immediately changed his words: "It was my negligence, so I can only ask the princes to continue to eat under the tree, and wait for Mr. to wake up and visit!" ”
Everyone had no opinion, so they sat down and continued to eat.
It wasn't until this moment that Liu Bei finally learned that the reason why these people were willing to wait outside was not only because of Wolong, but also because they were preparing to take a nap inside the house...... Mr.
"Who is this gentleman in your mouth?" Zhang Fei asked curiously.
None of them answered him, but said that the gentleman would see them before he would say anything about him, otherwise not a word would be revealed.
This made the three of them more and more curious, and Liu Bei vaguely guessed a possibility.
Half an hour later.
Zhuge Jun walked out and said, "Mr. has woken up, please come in and talk." ”
His eldest brother Zhuge Liang was originally the owner of the thatched hall, but now he was like a guest, and only then did he greet everyone into the house.
The truth is revealed!
"It turns out that Mr. Chu is here!!" Liu Bei sighed.
"Yes!"
Zhang Fei was taken aback, after coming to Luoyang, this person disappeared without a trace, but he didn't expect to meet here.
Guan Yu looked at everyone, and then at Mr. Chu who was sitting in the room and smiling at everyone, he also guessed the truth, and bowed and said, "Guan has seen immortals!" ”
"Immortals?!"
Zhang Fei was taken aback again and looked at Chu Zhen in shock.
"Sure enough, sir!"
Liu Bei sighed again, stepped forward to make a long salute, and said with a smile: "I should have thought of it a long time ago, the only person who can make many celebrities in Jingzhou keep their mouths shut is Mr. Chu!" ”
Jia Xu was a little stunned, "Liu Yuanjun and Mr. have already met?!" ”
He also specially concealed this matter, it turned out that this Liu Bei had already seen Chu Xianren.
"I went to Xudu a month ago and met Xuande."
Chu Zhen explained, and said with a smile: "It's just that I didn't reveal that I also met Kong Ming. Now I've become Kong Ming! ”
Only Zhuge Liang, who has watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, can understand this.
Originally, when Liu Bei came to visit the thatched house, it was Zhuge Liang who was taking a nap in the thatched hall, and Liu Bei waited for him to wake up before coming in.
Now it has become Chu Zhen taking a nap, and even Zhuge Liang is waiting outside!
"It's right for Mr. Liang to wake up."
Kong Ming said with a smile, everyone agreed, and Liu Bei also said: "Bei can get out of Xu Du, thanks to Mr. ......"
"Alright."
Chu Zhen interrupted him and said with a smile: "I have heard the words of thanks, and when I came to Longzhong today, Xuande did not come for me, but for Kong Ming." Feng Chick must be too! ”
He looked at Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang invited Feng Xiao back from Nanjun.
So everyone knelt down at the table, Zhuge Jun brought the servants to serve tea, and after pouring it, he stood behind his second brother.
"How did you find out I was coming?"
Chu Zhen asked them first, especially Jia Xu.
Pang Degong replied first, saying that he was told by Cui Zhouping, and the rest of the people were similar.
So the focus of this question is to ask Jia Xu.
"Because I admire Mr., I invited a few people to wait in Longzhong."
Jia Xu didn't hide it, and directly said that he was looking for someone to see who went to Longzhong and who came out, and basically he could guess eight or nine.
Zhuge Liang did not express his opinion, his expression was indifferent.
Chu Zhen said: "You don't need to send someone to watch me if you admire me, just retreat." ”
Jia Xu didn't dare not agree.
Chu Zhen asked him again: "What do you admire me for?" ”
"To stay alive."
Jia Xu replied bluntly.
Chu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Jia Xu meant.
In order to survive, he was afraid that Chu Zhen, who was an immortal, would spread something new in Longzhong, which would make the world change greatly, and then involve him in it.
With Jia Xu's character, he couldn't bear to be ignorant of the general trend of the world, especially after knowing the existence of immortals.
Now it is estimated that Zhang Xiu tied him up and left Nanyang, and he also had to find a way to slip back again.
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