The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

But he said that Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others rode along the official road to Xiapi with the head of the state official.

They just followed Xun Zhen into Guangling County not too long ago, and when they went back, they were few people, and they were all riding horses, and they were very fast. After a while, they had already left Xun Zhen's team of cars and looked back, but they couldn't see it. arrive.

Looking around, the fields are far and wide, and the mountains and waters are far away.

The twilight is getting thicker, and night is coming.

Liu Bei was in a hurry to complete the task given by Xun Zhen. Seeing that the moon and stars were sparse and the cool breeze was pleasant tonight, it was a good time to rush the road at night, so he did not rest. Late."

Everyone was used to marching on the road, and they didn't feel tired. They galloped all the way, and entered the Xiapi world around the second watch.

There was a wild pavilion in front, and when everyone came near, Guan Yu stepped forward to ask the door, and called for a long time, but no one came to answer.

Although there were no lights in the courtyard of the pavilion, it was pitch black, but it was clear that there was movement in the courtyard, which meant that someone was there, but no one came to open the door. Without realizing it, Guan Yu turned around and went down the steps, got on his horse, circled the courtyard twice with his horse on his back, and then returned to the door, facing the courtyard, and said loudly: "The pavilion in the courtyard has listened: why not give it to you? I wait for the door to open?"

After a long time, someone in the courtyard responded, "There is an order in the county, you can't go late at night, and those who violate the ban will be punished, and those who violate the ban will be punished.

Having received this response, Guan Yu was instantly furious, and when he was about to get angry again, Liu Bei stopped him.

"Chang Yun, come back."

"Liu Jun."

"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there must be thieves in the county, so the pavilion did not dare to open the door at night."

The duty of the pavilion is to be responsible for the public security in the area under its jurisdiction. At the same time, it also receives tourists who are staying there. However, the pavilion in front of you not only dares not open the door at night and receive tourists, but also threatens and drives people from outside the courtyard away. It can be seen how rampant thieves are in this area. The border between the county and the county is the first choice for thieves to hide. Xuzhou has many waters, and there are more thieves hiding in the lakes and lakes in the county boundary. However, although the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou was either killed or driven out of the state, there should be a lot of "remaining thieves" who stayed behind. After a few combined, thieves were rampant in the county borders of Xiapi and Guangling. It's no surprise.

Liu Bei was generous and sympathetic to the difficulties of the soldiers in the pavilion. In the woods, I spent the night in it.

Because there were many thieves, the people were divided into two shifts and took turns to work at night.

Liu Bei took the initiative to undertake the task in the middle of the night, and Guan Yu naturally accompanied him.

In the first half of the night, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and another knight who was also on duty in the second half of the night were called up from a dream by the person on duty in the first half of the night and took over the duty.

The night sky was cloudless, and the bright moonlight fell into the forest, cut into pieces by the forest leaves, and fell on the ground, people and horses in spots. The night wind is blowing, and the night is quiet.

Guan Yu was sitting leaning on his mount, looking out at Tian Yuan outside the forest, when he heard the sound of falling leaves, he straightened up alertly, turned his head with his sword, and saw that it was Liu Bei who was walking under a big tree not far away, with his hands behind his back. Head, as if watching the bright moon.

Guan Yu stood up and instructed another knight to be careful. He came to Liu Bei's side and said with a smile, "You are so nice."

"Yun Chang, do you think there are immortals in this month?"

"When I was young, I heard the old man's words: Chang'e stole the medicine of immortality and flew to the moon to become an immortal. If there is an immortal in the moon, it should be Chang'e."

"I heard from my fellow county Gao Yu that this Chang'e is Hou Yi's wife, and the elixir of immortality was originally obtained by Hou Yi from the Queen Mother of the West, but she stole it from her. Because she was able to fly to the moon, she became the moon essence."

Chang'e was originally called Heng'e, but it was changed to Chang'e to avoid the taboo of the former Han Emperor Liu Heng. Before this dynasty, there seems to be no legend that Chang'e and Hou Yi were husband and wife, and it was not until this dynasty that there was a saying. The "Gao Yu" in Liu Bei's mouth is his fellow countryman in the same county, and also his classmate. This person also studied scriptures under Lu Zhi's family and achieved some success. Later, he wrote "Huainanzi", and Chang'e was Hou Yizhi. The record of his wife, as far as later generations are concerned, is the first to be seen in this person's "note".

In the Qin and Han dynasties, alchemists were prevalent. There are many legends such as immortality medicine. There are also many people who believe that there is such a thing as immortality medicine in this world. Get a potion of immortality.

Guan Yu was not very interested in these things, and smiled: "Why did you suddenly become interested in Chang'e in the middle of the moon? Do you also want to ask for an immortality medicine?"

Liu Bei smiled slightly, pointed to the bright moon in the blue night sky with his hand, and said, "Chang'e is too far away, the elixir of immortality is vague, this is not someone I can ask for!"

"Then why did you suddenly get so excited?"

"Master Yun!"

"Jun Liu?"

"Do you know how old I am this year?"

"Jun is a four-year-old Yanxi, and he is twenty-nine years old this year."

"The Master said: 'Thirty to stand'. The years are like white horses passing by, just negligence. I will be thirty next year, but look at me now, I have nothing to stand!"

Guan Yu was silent.

Liu Bei was a man of ambition, and Guan Yu knew this well.

If Liu Bei had no ambition, he would not have joined Lu Zhi in the first year of Zhongping. He had a good life in Zhuo County. He had a lot of brothers and friends. The horse dealers and other merchants who bought and sold had to send him protection money in order to seek safety. If it was not because of ambition, how could he risk death in the battlefield and go all the way to the front line where he fought against the main force of the Yellow Turbans and defected to Lu. plant?

That year, when he was only in his early twenties, he already had such courage and ambition. This year, he is twenty-nine, and next year he will be thirty. Although he has had a good life under Xun Zhen's account these past few years, But the ambition hidden in his heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Especially when he saw Xun Zhen's fortune step by step: first, he was a lieutenant of Zhao State, who was a military commander who surpassed 2,000 stone for his military exploits, and then he became the prefect of Wei County with 2,000 stones because of his military exploits. And because of the execution of Ye Zhao, although he had to die in the rivers and lakes, he was blessed by misfortune, and suddenly he became a famous person at home, and his name was known to the world. Knowing his good name, Xun Zhen recovered smoothly, and when he started, he was worshipped by the court as a general of Zuozhong, who was more than 2,000 stones. Although this general was only 2,000 stones, he was in the middle of the court and was the guardian of the county. The prime minister is even more honorable. Although Xun Zhen only stayed in the position of Zuozhong Lang for a short time, with this level of qualifications, his status is different from the ordinary governor of the state, and then he was released again. , moved to Guangling, and served as the prefect of Erqianshi for the second time.

Not to mention, Xun Zhen was worshipped by the imperial court as the Marquis of Yingyin County.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, "taking the title of Marquis" has always been one of the greatest wishes of heroes and lofty ideals, but generally speaking, it is rare to be a "Marquis of Ting" without military merit, and Xunzhen is still the highest. Waiting for the "County Marquis"? What's more, the fief is still his "hometown". Xiang Yu once said that "riches and honors do not return to their hometown, such as clothing and brocade walking at night."

Let me ask, why isn't Liu Bei hot? Why not be anxious? He also eagerly wanted to be like Xun Zhen, to be famous all over the world and to be supreme.

Go back to six years ago, in the first year of Zhongping, when Xun Zhen had just left Yingchuan.

Yes, Xun Zhen was already quite famous at that time and was favored by Huangfu Song, but in terms of status, Liu Bei at that time was not much different from him.

Although Liu Bei was white at the time, Xun Zhen was only a military Sima of a hundred stones at that time.

Although Xun Zhen was favored by Huangfu Song, Liu Bei was no worse than him. When he first arrived in Julu, Lu Zhi, the Han army commander in the Jizhou battlefield, was his mentor.

It is true that Xun Zhen came from a famous family and was well known by the Xun clan in Yingyin. Liu Bei was only a child of the Han family, but then again, although Liu Bei was a "Han Shi", his bloodline was noble. No matter what, he was also of the Han family. imperial clan.

Liu Bei admitted that Xun Zhen had a military strategy, was able to fight, and had many fierce generals under his command, but Liu Bei asked himself, he was also brave in fighting and daring to give his life, and he also had strong and brave men under him, not to mention Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. The two are enemies.

Comparing several aspects, in terms of status, backing, background, ability and subordinates, Liu Bei felt that his conditions at that time were not much worse than that of Xun Zhen.

However, it was wrong, just because the **** Lu Weiwei falsely accused him of sending him to the capital, and the commander of the Jizhou battlefield passed Dong Zhuo and was replaced by Huangfu Song. Come, but he Liu Bei can only "be silent".

After Huangfu Song succeeded Lu Zhi, he fought fiercely with the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou. Julu and Xia Quyang fought several times. With the help of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei made a lot of military achievements, but unfortunately, Lu Zhi was no longer in command. , and he didn't have any background/stage in the court, as a result, he didn't get any awards.

Liu Bei was deeply regretful about this.

Look at Xun Zhen's start and fortune, and look at his own years of wasting, how could Liu Bei not have any ideas?

The forest is quiet at night, and the moonlight shines.

Liu Bei put his sword on his waist, looked up at the bright moon, and sighed, "When you sing about wine, what is life like? It's like the morning dew, it's hard to go to the sun!"

Guan Yu said, "This is the poem of Xunhou."

"It's not too long ago when Junhou wrote this poem. Junhou is a man with far-reaching aspirations, and now I can have a little idea of ​​what Junhou was thinking at that time!"

When Xun Zhen was in his early twenties, he sighed with emotion that time flies, and the past has been so hard. Liu Bei is approaching 30 this year, but his achievements and reputation have not yet been established. Difficulty standing.

Guan Yu said: "Xunhou wrote this poem at a time when he was cold. You know what you are capable of as a lord, and he is definitely not someone who has lived under others for a long time. Now you can know a little bit of what Xunhou thought on that day, and think about it from the past, and use Yu's opinion. , you will also be able to be like the Xun Hou of that day, when you have the opportunity, you will leap to the top."

Liu Bei looked back at the place where the knights were sleeping, and saw that most of the knights were sleeping soundly, and the knight on duty didn't pay attention to it, so he said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, this time you and I entered the capital from the prince, you can see What happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Dong Zhuo took his troops to self-improvement, and flew up to commit crimes. Yuan Benchu ​​blood-washed the North Palace, executed all the eunuchs, put it on the ground, and gained the next generation. Zhengfang wanted to use this to make the dynasty clear and bright, and raised his eyebrows. In my opinion, he would definitely not tolerate Dong Zhuo. The clamor!"

"Your words are very true."

"In this way, there will be chaos in the capital sooner or later. Now the Yellow Turbans and bandits are in the prefecture, and Dong Zhuo is in Beijing, and both the top and bottom are in chaos. In times of great chaos, the people will suffer, but it's also an opportunity for heroes and martyrs to take advantage of the situation! I am approaching. Thirty, so far there is no standing, the first year of Zhongping to ask for the yellow turban, the time wasted, so that I am oblivious, and today may be in chaos, but this opportunity, I must seize it!"

"How do you want to grasp it?"

"How can a man lie down and be a hero! Chang Yun, I have already thought about it. After you and I finish the errand that Junhou gave us, and after returning to Guangling County and rehabilitating Xunjun, I will Find an opportunity and ask Xun Jun face to face to promise that I will lead an army alone."

"Leading an army alone?"

"Exactly!

When Liu Bei was in Wei County, he had been the commander-in-chief of a local county, and now he has followed Xun Zhen to Guangling again. As a result, he should not have the opportunity to serve as the commander-in-chief of another county like he did in Wei County, because the counties of Guangling counties. The magistrate is still here now, and Xun Zhen will not necessarily govern Guangling as he administers Wei County. Second, in fact, even if he takes a step back, even if he can still be appointed by Xun Zhen as the chief of the county in the local area, He actually didn't want to do it.

Because this commander-in-chief was not appointed by the court, that is to say, in the end, the court sent a county magistrate, and he had to leave honestly, no matter whether he was credited or not, in the end he was still a white body and did nothing. Still "incompetent".

This is not as good as seeing the possibility that the world may be in chaos, gaining a position in the military, and finding fame and fame with military merit.

It is also in line with Liu Bei's temperament to get fame and fame for his military exploits. He was born as a chivalrous man and has a habit of being a chivalrous man. com~ He is not very knowledgeable, nor does he have the patience.

On the other hand, if he used his military exploits to make a name for himself, he thought he had an advantage, at least he had an advantage over taking a literary route.

First of all, he is personally brave, and secondly, and most importantly, that sentence: Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are enemies of ten thousand people.

He thought in his heart: "At that time, if the lords and lords can allow me to lead an army alone, Wen You Jian Yong is my document, Wu You Yun Chang and Yide are my minions, and I will not be embarrassed to gain fame and fame!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both currently serving in Xun Zhen's Servant of Righteousness, but in Liu Bei's view, this is not a problem.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were originally his people, and they followed him to join Xun Zhen.

Liu Bei felt that as long as he could lead an army alone, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would definitely come back to him.

Just as he expected, Guan Yu was overjoyed when he heard his words, and because he was very excited, he stroked his beard and said: "The man is flying! Good, good! Horse frontrunner!"

Liu Bei took Guan Yu's hand and said sincerely: "Yun Chang, although you and I are not brothers, I have always regarded you and Yide as my brothers of the same birth! If I can lead an army alone, If you are in danger, your brothers will go together; if you build a career, you and my brothers will do it together; you will share wealth and fame with your brothers!"

From Liu Bei's point of view, as long as he can lead an army alone, the time for meritorious deeds is just around the corner.

Nearby, there are thieves in Xuzhou, the Yellow Turbans outside, and the chaos in Kyoto in the distance. These are all opportunities for meritorious service.