Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 115 Cai Yong!

Li Ji's appearance also attracted the attention of He Miao and others. Even He Miao, who was usually arrogant, nodded proactively when he noticed Li Ji's gaze.

Obviously, He Miao was quite grateful to Li Ji for blocking the frontal attack for him, so his attitude was very good.

Afterward, Liu Bei announced the start of the banquet and arranged for various performances and programs.

It's just that Liu Bei's appearance with Li Ji seemed to be purely for showing off.

After announcing the start of the banquet, before Li Ji could even pick up a piece of meat, he was directly pulled away from the main hall by Liu Bei and taken to a quiet room instead.

Inside this room, there was a lavish "private kitchen" that Liu Bei had prepared in advance.

Obviously, the outside hustle and bustle and beauty were destined to be irrelevant to Li Ji, the patient.

Li Ji simply sent Xiahou Lan, who was always by his side, away to spend the festival with Xiahou Bo, while he himself enjoyed this quiet moment, occasionally savoring a bite of food and continuing to browse through the classics in his hand.

In the following days, Li Ji fully enjoyed the treatment of a patient.

Although, under Li Ji's orders, the physician responsible for treating Li Ji had already announced that Li Ji's injuries were not serious, Liu Bei still did not allow Li Ji to move around freely.

Even the routine walks within the government office every day were personally supervised by Liu Bei, pushing the four-wheeled cart to prevent Li Ji from accidentally having any accidents.

After sitting idly for five days, confirming that He Miao and others had already left Wu Commandery under Jia Xu's arrangement and guidance to return to Luoyang, Li Ji, without any scruples, no longer needed to deliberately pretend to be weak and expressed strong protests to Liu Bei.

Li Ji could "reluctantly" let Jia Xu handle all kinds of complicated affairs, but after being bored for five days, even Li Ji wanted to go outside the government office for a walk.

Finally, Liu Bei confirmed that Li Ji's spirit and state seemed to be very healthy, and then reluctantly agreed, and established three laws with Li Ji:

That is, Li Ji needs to continue to sit in the "four-wheeled cart" when traveling, and also needs to be personally accompanied by Liu Bei, and must not leave Liu Bei's sight to move around freely.

Not long after.

Liu Bei, who had changed into ordinary clothes, appeared on the streets of Wu County under the joint protection of Xiahou Bo and Zhao Yun.

Moreover, on the four-wheeled cart personally pushed by Liu Bei, sat a young man in his twenties with a white cloth strip tied around his forehead, bright and deep eyes, a handsome face, and exuding a refined aura.

At this moment, Li Ji's gaze constantly swept across the faces of the common people on the street, with smiles that were rare on weekdays.

Perhaps last year was not a good harvest, and they also do not know what this year will be like.

During this good season of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, they still have beautiful expectations in their hearts, and there are also a few more smiles on their faces.

And although this era does not yet have Spring Festival couplets and door gods, every household will still try to paste some red festive objects, and place peach wood charms engraved with the images of "Shentu" and "Yulei" on the door, and hang reed ropes for the two gods to tie ghosts and feed tigers.

Furthermore, perhaps this era does not yet have gunpowder, but there are real "firecrackers."

Li Ji, being pushed by Liu Bei along the streets, could occasionally see children or teenagers putting bamboo sections into the fire to bake, constantly emitting bursts of "crackling" sounds.

"Awesome ~"

Li Ji said with nostalgia.

Before meeting Liu Bei, Li Ji had spent the Spring Festival alone in this era. At this moment, he finally had a sense of belonging.

And traveling with Liu Bei in the city along the way, occasionally even seeing many performers performing on the streets.

And Liu Bei noticed the smile that occasionally appeared on Li Ji's face, and the focused and curious gaze that was looking at the performances of some street performers, which made Liu Bei suddenly realize that Li Ji was just a young man in his twenties.

It's just that Li Ji's usual performance of calmness, maturity, and ability has made Liu Bei and the others subconsciously ignore Li Ji's age.

Now, Liu Bei suddenly realized this, and his guilt towards Li Ji was even greater.

'At the age when Zikun has not yet started a family, he has shouldered the heavy responsibility of helping me achieve great success…'

'For this reason, how much has Zikun, who was capped at the age of sixteen, sacrificed?'

Suddenly, Liu Bei thought of something, his eyes lit up slightly, and said.

"Zikun, didn't I want to take you to visit a great scholar who is hidden in the land of Jiangdong before? At that time, Zikun was busy with government affairs, and unfortunately could not go together. How about visiting together this time?"

Although Li Ji was wondering who the great scholar Liu Bei was talking about was, he naturally would not disturb Liu Bei's interest.

Afterward, Liu Bei pushed Li Ji and turned in another direction. When Liu Bei stopped, what appeared in front of Li Ji was a mansion with a "Cai Residence" plaque hanging on it.

Then, Liu Bei asked Xiahou Bo to step forward to knock on the door and hand over the visiting card and the gifts that had just been prepared along the way.

An elderly servant took the visiting card and gifts, and seemed to recognize Liu Bei, and hurriedly saluted.

"Please, Prefect Liu, go to the gatehouse to rest and wait for a while, I will report to the master immediately."

"Thank you, old man." Liu Bei also returned the salute.

After that, the old servant hurried to report. After about a moment, a man of about fifty years old, wearing a Confucian robe, with a three-stranded long beard, and with a graceful demeanor, walked over.

When Liu Bei saw this, before the man could approach, he took the lead to greet him and saluted.

"I am terrified to trouble Master Cai to greet me in person."

"Xuande is being polite. I was wondering why magpies were chirping early today. It turns out that Xuande is visiting."

The man helped Liu Bei up, and then his gaze fell on Li Ji, who was sitting in the four-wheeled cart, and after looking at him curiously for a while, he asked.

"Xuande, is this Li Zikun, whom you often mention?"

"That's right."

Liu Bei replied, and then introduced to Li Ji.

"Zikun, this is Cai Gong, a great Confucian who once worked with Master Lu in Dongguan to collate Confucian classics and jointly assisted in continuing writing the 'Dongguan Han Ji'."

If Li Ji hadn't reacted before.

Then at this moment, Li Ji didn't understand who this Cai Gong was. The only great Confucian with the surname Cai in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was the great Confucian Cai Yong who created the Feibai script.

Moreover, this person is also the father of the famous "talented woman" Cai Wenji.

"I am Cai Yong, courtesy name Bojie."

Cai Yong didn't mean to rely on his age at all, but instead almost spoke with the attitude of treating his peers.

"I have long admired Li Zikun, who has made great contributions to quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion. I have long heard that Li Zikun is working under Xuande, and I have not been able to meet him for a long time. It can be said to be a happy event now that I finally see him."

When Li Ji heard this, he quickly stood up and gave a junior salute, saying.

"I have long wanted to pay my respects to Cai Gong's name, but I was busy with government affairs before, and I didn't even know that Cai Gong was originally living in Wu County. It's really rude."

Cai Yong looked at Li Ji, who was originally sitting in the four-wheeled cart, suddenly stood up, but couldn't help but be a little confused, pointing to Li Ji's legs, and said.

"This…"

Liu Bei quickly explained.

"Master Cai, Zikun accidentally injured his forehead a few days ago and lost a lot of blood. His body is weak, so I specially prepared a four-wheeled cart for Zikun to use as a means of transportation."

"So that's how it is…"

Cai Yong suddenly realized, and then smiled. "I thought that my name of being a convict could make a person with a disability instantly recover."

Immediately, Cai Yong greeted towards the mansion and said.

"Please come into the mansion and take a seat first, and then we can talk in detail."

It's just that before Li Ji could take two steps, Liu Bei put Li Ji back into the four-wheeled cart again and pushed Li Ji towards the mansion.

As everyone took their seats in the mansion, Cai Yong did not forget to personally explain to Li Ji, and Li Ji then understood that Cai Yong's current residence in Wu County actually had some of his own credit.

Previously, Cai Yong was framed and slandered by the Zhongchang attendant Wang Fu, and was exiled by the emperor to Shuofang Commandery. Later, he encountered amnesty, but Cai Yong obviously did not dare to return to Luoyang, and could only avoid Jiangdong and hide in Wu County.

Until he was affected by the previous Wu Commandery bandit rebellion, the families of the entire Wu Commandery moved to Wu County, and Cai Yong also moved to Wu County with them.

And after Liu Bei learned of Cai Yong's whereabouts, he arranged a residence for him after Cai Yong arrived in Wu County, and even provided all the daily necessities and expenses in the capacity of a junior disciple.

In this regard, Li Ji just wanted to say: "Lord, well done"!

The influence of a great Confucian is quite huge in this era.

More importantly, compared to other great Confucians, Cai Yong has an unparalleled characteristic.

That is, Cai Yong has the largest collection of books in the entire late Han Dynasty, with more than 10,000 volumes, which is almost a walking library.

Except for the imperial palace, Cai Yong's collection of books can be called the crown of the Han Dynasty.

This huge collection of books is completely no less valuable than a gold mine to Li Ji!

Therefore, almost at the first glance of seeing Cai Yong, Li Ji completely felt that he had met the right person, and met the person of his destiny.

And with Liu Bei mediating, the conversation between Cai Yong and Li Ji was naturally quite harmonious, and this also solved a doubt that Li Ji had before.

That is, where did Liu Bei get so many books related to water conservancy before? It turned out that they were all Cai Yong's collection of books.

"Cai Gong, I have a request. The classics I borrowed from Cai Gong before have been read and I have gained a lot, but I still have some doubts in my heart and want to borrow some more classics related to water conservancy. I wonder if it is possible?" Li Ji asked.

Cai Yong obviously knew the purpose of Li Ji's reading of water conservancy classics, stroked his long beard, and said with joy.

"This old man is naturally not one to hoard knowledge. The value of books lies in someone being able to understand their contents. If Zikun is interested, he can come to my residence at any time to peruse the books. If he can gain something from them, it will be a blessing for the people of Wu Commandery."

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy couldn't help but appear on Li Ji's face. He performed the disciple's salute and said,

"Thank you, Teacher Cai."

"No worries, no worries."

Cai Yong was a man who was open-minded and didn't concern himself with trivial matters. He simply called over the old servant and had him take Li Ji directly to the library within the residence.