Xuzhou, also known as Pengcheng, has been one of the nine states in China since ancient times. When Chu and Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, built the capital here, and it was the hometown of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei forcibly moved the central power to Pengcheng and renamed it "Xuzhou", so people called Xuzhou "the land of dragon flying".

Outside the city of Xuzhou on this day, two ox carts slowly traveled from south to north, went to the front of the Surabaya Pavilion, four middle-aged Confucian students came down from the car, and the four people stopped in front of the "Great Wind Monument" for a long time, only to hear one person chant loudly: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet. Yin sighed and said: "What kind of mind can make such magnificent words? What kind of courage can have such earth-shattering words? Liu Bang is a true son of heaven!" Another person laughed and said: "Mr. Qingniu's words are wrong, Liu Bang's name is not virtuous, and his deeds are not pure." The reputation of the widow and the good man, the demeanor of the fresh gentleman. It's just a villain's ambition. I think Xiang Yu is a real hero and a real hero, but since ancient times, a gentleman can't fight a villain, and the reason why Xiang Yu failed is just bad luck. The person known as "Mr. Qingniu" smiled slightly, and then chanted: "Pull out the mountain and cover the world." The times are not good, and the smos will not pass. He continued: "Everyone in the world says that Liu Bang is a ruffian, and how many people can know his broad-mindedness and lofty aspirations? What Brother Liu said is also right, and what Xiang Yu has done is worthy of the reputation of a hero. However, looking at his life, he is full of chivalrous and tender romance and recklessness of bravery, but he lacks the mind and ambition of the emperor, and the reason why he failed seems to be bad luck, but in fact it is fate, which is really a pity. Another person said: "Two young brothers, we are all scholars, although we are full of wealth but we are not ambitious, now wandering in the rivers and lakes, what we want is a chic romance, what do we have to do with the emperor's birds, why argue?" The four laughed loudly, and saw that the coachman had put some pastries and dry food on the stone table in the pavilion, so they walked into the pavilion hand in hand and sat down, and Mr. Qingniu said again: " I look at the world today, the people of Li are miserable, but the court does not know how to sympathize with the people's feelings, and they continue to use soldiers. A gentleman should do the right thing, do the right thing, as a Confucian disciple, although you and I are in the rivers and lakes, we must not forget Li Shu in the rivers and lakes. ”

While everyone was talking happily, they saw a little beggar in ragged clothes on the avenue coming from a distance. This little beggar is Lou Yun, who escaped from the Huwei Dart Bureau that day, although he didn't know where he was going, but he thought that the farther away from the Huwei Dart Bureau would definitely be the better, so he kept walking to the south, and after a night, the sky was already bright, and he didn't know how far he had gone, where he was, and he saw a haystack on the side of the road, and he was hungry and made a hole in the haystack and got into it. Remembering his father's safety in his heart, and knowing the situation at that time, Yue Hu and Yue Bao only wanted their father's life, but they were afraid that their father had been killed by the Yue family at this time, and they thought that their father died in order to save themselves, so they cried again, and they fell asleep after crying for a long time.

In a dazed state, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and then a voice said, "Senior brother, how can a child go so far? Let's go back and find it." Lou Yun was very familiar with the voice, and another voice said, "Don't worry, let's look carefully here." But it was Wang Liang's voice, Wang Liang and Lou Jiyuan were the best, they loved Lou Yun on weekdays, and when they heard his voice, Lou Yun's heart was hot, and he was about to come out to meet. But I heard another voice say: "Wang Liang, did you deliberately want to bring us to this barren mountain and wilderness, so as to buy time for that little bastard." Yue Bao also came, Lou Yun quickly retracted his head, not daring to make a sound. Wang Liang ignored Yue Leopard and said, "Go back." ”

Hearing them leave, Lou Yun got out of the haystack and continued to walk south. It was getting late, when I passed by a farmhouse, I walked in, and saw a peasant woman working in the courtyard, so I begged her to agree to stay overnight, and the peasant woman saw that it was a grizzled young man, and hurriedly let him into the house, and asked, "Child, why are you alone?" Lou Yun replied: "I was originally with my father, but I met bandits on the road, and my father was killed by bandits, and I ran out by myself." When the peasant woman heard this, she said, "What a poor child." You wait, Auntie will go cook for you. Lou Yun asked, "Auntie, are you alone in your family?" The peasant woman's eyes turned red and she said: "My husband and children have been arrested to repair the canal, and I don't know if I can come back in this life." ”

Early the next morning, Lou Yun took out a piece of his own clothes from the burden behind him and handed it to the peasant woman, and said, "Auntie, I'm leaving, thank you." Lou Yun's clothes were all given by Wang Liang, and the fabrics were all of the highest quality, but the peasant woman refused to accept them, Lou Yun was influenced by Lou Jiyuan, and did not want to receive favors in vain, so she insisted on giving it to her, and the peasant woman had to accept it, and said: "Child, don't leave first." He took some dry food from the house and stuffed it into Lou Yun's baggage. Lou Yun thanked the peasant woman, identified the direction, and continued to walk south.

In this way, Lou Yun hurried during the day, found a random place to meditate at night, walked aimlessly south, and the things on his body were exchanged for food, and gradually became a beggar, where did he know the trick of begging for food, sometimes when he met a kind person to see that he was pitiful, he would give him some food, more often he could only starve, if he could catch a hare or a bird roasted indiscriminately to eat, it was a good meal. I don't know how many days I walked, when Lou Yunzheng was feeling hungry and panicked, he suddenly saw a pavilion in front of him, so he wanted to go in and take a rest, but when he got closer, he found that it had been occupied by others, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and then suddenly felt a wave of dizziness hit.

Mr. Qingniu saw that although the young beggar was unkempt and staggering, his eyes were exceptionally clear and bright, and he couldn't help but look at him twice, but when he saw him staggering, he suddenly stumbled under his feet and almost fell to the ground. Xin said: "What a good young man, he was so weak by hunger. I couldn't help but feel pity. He hurriedly called the coachman over, took some pastries from the stone table, and gave them to him, and asked him to deliver them to the young beggar. Seeing the coachman walking to the young beggar with the pastry in his hand, the young man did not take it and eat it immediately, but glanced at this side, and then took the pastry in the coachman's hand and ate it, and couldn't help but smile, and said in his heart: "What a strange little beggar!" and looked more seriously, only to see that the young man did not gobble up food like ordinary beggars, but chewed slowly, savored it, and became more and more curious in his heart.

When I looked again, I saw that the little beggar had finished eating, and said that he was leaving, but I saw him standing in place and tidying up his clothes, rubbing his hands back and forth at the hem of his clothes, as if he was a little helpless, smiled bitterly, and then walked straight to this side, and everyone did not know what he was going to do, and their eyes became playful. Seeing that the little beggar came to everyone, he gave a deep salute and said, "Xiao'er Louyun, thank you gentlemen for your generous gifts. Then he turned and walked away.

Mr. Qingniu hurriedly said: "Little friend stays." Lou Yun hurriedly stopped, turned around and looked at him suspiciously, Mr. Qingniu said, "Your name is Lou Yun, is it?" Lou Yun nodded and said, "Yes." Mr. Qingniu said again: "Lou Yun, are you full?" Lou Yun hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm full." Mr. Qingniu laughed and said, "Lou Yun Xiaoyou, I don't think you are like an ordinary beggar, can you come in the pavilion and chat?" Lou Yun hesitated for a long time, since he left Jinan Mansion, he didn't know how much ridicule and cold treatment he had suffered along the way, and he had never met someone like this gentleman, seeing that he didn't seem to have any malice, he said: "Yes." Then he walked into the pavilion. Mr. Qingniu pointed to a stone bench next to him and said, "Don't be restrained, just sit there." Lou Yun sat down generously as he said.

Mr. Qingniu looked at him with a smile and asked, "Lou Yun Xiaoyou, are you really full?" Lou Yun looked embarrassed and did not answer. Everyone laughed, and Mr. Qingniu said to the coachman, "Isn't there another roast chicken in the car?" Seeing that the coachman had gone, he said to Lou Yun again: "Lou Yun, I see that your words and deeds are not a beggar." Why did you end up in this step?" Lou Yun didn't want to deceive him, but he couldn't tell him the truth, so he had to say: "I was originally from Luoyang, two years ago, my family encountered bandits, and my family was killed by bandits, only me and my father escaped, and my father died a few days ago, so I had to beg for a living." When everyone heard this, they all lamented and talked about how the court was corrupt and incompetent, and connived at bandits, and so on.

Mr. Qingniu saw that the coachman had brought the roast chicken over, and said, "Lou Yun, eat, don't be polite." Seeing that Lou Yun didn't move, he tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his hand, but saw Lou Yun holding the chicken leg in his hand, looking at the "Great Wind Monument" in a daze, so he asked: "Lou Yun, do you know the words on it?" Lou Yun replied: "Yes." Mr. Qingniu said, "Read it and listen to it." Lou Yun knew that of course they also knew what was written on it, and at this time he was studying himself, and read aloud: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet." Mr. Qingniu asked, "Do you know what it means?" Lou Yun said: "I don't know." But there is a hearty feeling to read. Mr. Qingniu smiled, showed appreciation on his face, and said: "I don't see it, you are young, but you are very wise!" When everyone heard his words, they all clapped their hands and laughed, and said, "Wonderful, wonderful!" Lou Yun thought they were laughing at their naivety and ignorance, and their faces were flushed.

Mr. Qingniu said: "Lou Yun, what are your plans in the future? Do you want to be a beggar for the rest of your life?" Lou Yun hesitated, not knowing how to answer. A person next to him said: "Mr. Qingniu, it's rare that you and Lou Yun have the same interests, why don't you accept him as a scholar, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing?" Mr. Qingniu already had this intention, and asked: "Lou Yun, are you willing to be my scholar?" No matter how sincere Lou Yun is, he also knows that this is not the time to be confused, so he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Please don't dislike me for being stupid." Mr. Qingniu sighed: "To meet this son, this trip to Xuzhou is worth the trip." Everyone applauded and laughed, and couldn't stop saying hello to Mr. Qingniu.