Three Kingdoms

"Being born without being, doing without relying on it, growing without being slaughtered, this is called Xuande." 』

Liu Bei's name was given to himself by himself. He likes this word very much, but Lu Zhi doesn't like it. He even thinks that Liu Bei is like a toad squatting on the ground. He has such a loud tone. If he didn't need some heads to fill the scene, Lu Zhi might not even have a seat to listen. Too lazy to give it to him.

When Liu Bei was a child, he pointed to the crooked-necked tree in front of his door and said, "I must take this Yubao-covered carriage." ’ Then my uncle stepped forward and shouted angrily: ‘Don’t lie, or you will destroy our family! 』

Liu Bei always thought that he fell in love with the dream, but in retrospect, it was actually the dream that fell in love with him. Dreaming about this guy who was neither a man nor a woman, he yelled cutely and almost went faster, and then when Liu Bei was exhausted, he took out a guy even bigger than Liu Bei and beat Liu Bei hard. pause.

In the Han Dynasty, people talked about background, family, and resources, and they also appreciated talent, but not talent.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Liu Dai, Liu Yan...

Even the hussar general Fei Qian is like this. That one is not a "second-generation official", and that one has no background?

When Liu Bei embarked on the road of ambition, he was doomed to wander. There is no end, only the starting point. The world is so big, and Liu Bei also wanted to see it, but after seeing the bigger world, Liu Bei was not willing to go back to where he was.

In the days of being a cannon fodder, you have to face death every moment. You can either be a duckweed drifting with the crowd and not know when you will die, or you can learn from it and grow into a chess player that cannot be ignored.

Liu Bei had no capital. Even with Zhang Fei's family wealth, he could not form a large-scale army, let alone recruit troops again and again. Therefore, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei had to concentrate their elite cavalry or infantry. , when the opportunity comes, like lightning, he rushes straight into the opponent's main formation, shakes the enemy's commander, and either kills him on the spot, or forces him to die, causing the enemy to fall into a huge panic, and then advances with troops to defeat the enemy. .

This kind of tactics is ineffective against Lu Bu, because Lu Bu can fight better than Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. It is also ineffective against Cao Cao, because although Cao Cao himself is not very powerful, he has many generals under his command.

Plus one more, General Fei Qian.

Troubled times are like a jungle full of shadows.

In the jungle, they look graceful and suave on the outside, but in fact they are ferocious beasts with red eyes that eat people without spitting out bones. We usually drink and talk happily, but at critical moments, we will stab you. Grab the benefits quickly and avoid the disadvantages.

How persistent do people need to be to spend their lives realizing their dreams?

How many times do people need to fail before they know what direction they should strive for?

How much willpower does a person need to be able to fall down again and again and still get up again and again, with a smile on his face and hope for the next time?

Liu Bei didn't know what the answer was, but he just knew that he had to laugh, in the gentlest and calmest manner.

Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei's figure from a distance, and stepped forward to greet him with a loud smile. His disheveled bun swayed behind his head, like a short and wildly wagging tail, "Brother!" ! ! Ha ha! Big brother is back! ! ! 』

Guan Yu came slowly and calmly, bowed his hands in greeting, "I've met my brother..."

Liu Bei held Zhang Fei with one hand and Guan Yu with the other. His smile remained unchanged. He nodded towards Sun Qian and others in the distance and asked, "How are you at home?" 』

"all good! all good! ! ! Hahaha! ! ! Zhang Fei laughed, and then gestured, "A certain old Zhang just happened to hunt a wild boar in the mountains two days ago!" That's fat! Haaah! I was thinking about smoking some and waiting for my brother to come back to eat, but he came back! So good, so good! 』

Guan Yu waited for Zhang Fei to talk for a while before replying: "Sichuan has sent some more clothes, food and utensils, so this winter should be fine." 』

Liu Bei smiled, nodded, and then met with Sun Qian, Jian Yong, and others. After chatting for a while, he returned to the city to wash up, bathe, and repair...

When Liu Bei finished bathing and was about to get dressed, he saw that what was hanging on the hanger was not the ordinary robes, but the black and red crown clothes. Liu Bei couldn't help but be startled and turned to look at Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu looked calm and lowered her head silently.

Liu Bei's wife is also a difficult position to hold.

Liu Bei slowly walked to the clothes rack, then touched the red and black crown clothes, was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Madam, you are interested..."

After putting on the imperial robes again, which represented authority, and the virtuous crown, which represented glory, Liu Bei dimly saw a calm and solemn middle-aged man in the bronze mirror. There is still a slight smile on the middle-aged man's face. It seems that nothing has changed, and it seems that everything has changed.

Liu Bei lowered his eyes, and then looked at the lacquer plate aside.

On the lacquer plate is a gold seal.

The golden seal represents wealth, power and the future.

Mrs. Wu carefully smoothed out some of the fine wrinkles on Liu Bei's body as much as possible, then bent down to straighten Liu Bei's clothes and ribbon, and finally twisted her hands and stepped aside, bowing and saying, "Best congratulations to your husband." 』

Liu Bei nodded, and then stepped forward, and behind him were the servants who were bending down and following each step. In the servant's hand, he was holding the heavy lacquer plate that had been covered with red cloth.

In the simple Dingzi Hall, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others were already waiting. It seemed that they had also freshened up and changed their robes. When they saw Liu Bei coming, they all saluted together.

"Excuse me, everyone!" 』

Liu Bei smiled gently and slowly sat down in the middle.

The wooden boards in the hall are old and new, and they don't seem to be very smooth. Whether you step on them or sit down, they inevitably make a creaking sound.

The mats in the hall are also new and old. The ones under Liu Bei's buttocks are still quite good. The mat where Chen Dao sits in the distance is cracked in many places. You can even see some broken thatch stalks from Chen Dao. Under the robe, he struggled to stand up, seemingly still showing his tenacity.

The red paint on the corners of the table has long since peeled off, exposing the dark brown color of the wood.

The beams are also old, and there are even some missing tiles at the eaves, which have not been repaired in time, just like the loose and fallen teeth of an old man, incomplete and helpless.

Liu Bei still smiled gently, as if he had not seen all the shabby things in front of him, as if he was in a rich and elegant hall. Then he looked at everyone and Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, come up Listen to the seal before! 』

The sound of laughter and congratulations suddenly rippled out from the dilapidated and outdated lobby of Dingze.

Everything seems to be turning out for the best...

Not only are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei the generals, Liu Bei is now the governor of Jiaozhou, so he can naturally assign official positions to his subordinates according to the title of governor. Therefore, basically everyone has a share, just like children queuing up to eat. Give the fruit to each person, and then happily hold the fruit in your hands.

Noises and celebrations resounded in this remote town, and the whole army was also in jubilation. They ate wild vegetable porridge and some oily meat and bone soup, and drank wine that had been diluted to the point where there was almost no alcohol flavor. Everyone seemed to be immersed in the joy that Liu Bei had regained a higher and better position and had brighter and greater hopes.

Liu Bei still smiled gently, holding the wine cup high: "Thanks to your love, we will never leave you, and we are here today!" Keep these five things in mind, and you will be rich and noble with all the kings! Great drink! 』

"Oh oh oh!" Great drink! 』

"Ha ha! Better drink, better drink! 』

The wine bowls were raised high and collided with each other, making a clanging sound.

Liu Bei continued to smile gently, with tears rolling down his eyes. He looked like he was too excited to hold himself back, but in fact Liu Bei knew that this was not excitement, but pain. The sound of the wine bowls colliding with each other was heard by Liu Bei. , is the sound of his broken dream...

I exchanged my dream for wine money.

The beauty of music will eventually dissipate, and the rich banquet will also have its end.

When the noise slowly subsided, Liu Bei staggered back to the backyard, sat in the corridor of the back hall, looked up at the stars, the gentle smile on his face eventually faded away little by little, leaving only a smile on his face. of exhaustion and helplessness. Under the red and black crown, he is still the same Liu Bei, but under the heavy Jinxian crown, he is no longer the same Liu Bei...

"Brother..." Guan Yu slowly walked over from the shadow of the corridor, sat down next to Liu Bei, then looked at Liu Bei, and placed the gold seal in his hand in front of Liu Bei, "Brother, if you don't want to be under the hussar, , so what’s the problem if you don’t get this seal? The world is so big, there is always a place for you and my brothers to go..."

Zhang Fei followed Guan Yu and simply put the gold seal aside. He stared at Liu Bei with his round glasses and said, "Brother, I am the same!" 』

Liu Bei wanted to cry, but he laughed out loud and shook his head. The corners of his eyes became brighter and faded in the night wind. "It doesn't have to be like this... The world is indeed very big... If there were no hussars, you and I, brothers, would still have a way to go..."

Guan Yu frowned and pondered.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the damn qiusi is coercing the elder brother?" Someone knows that this guy who is full of bad intentions is not a good person! 』

Liu Bei waved his hand, "That's not what I mean... I mean, our road... well, it's not really the road we are going to take, but another road..."

The night is quiet and the wind is slightly cold.

The light and shadow in the backyard were shaking. Mrs. Wu came with two or three servants and saluted Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei quickly stood up and returned the salute.

"I knew that you two wanted to have a chat with your husband, but I saw the autumn wind was bleak, and I was afraid it was cold, so I prepared clothes and a stove here to disturb the purity. Don't worry..." Mrs. Wu said lightly, the etiquette was standardized and standard, and then let The man gave him a big cloak, set up a small brazier, and then bowed again before retreating with his servants.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei waited until Mrs. Wu left before sitting down again.

"do you know? ”Liu Bei reached for the fire tongs and picked the charcoal fire in the brazier. “Isn’t that polite? But the more this happens, the more uneasy I feel... Haha, it's not her fault..."

Speaking of which, before Comrade Liu married Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Wu, he couldn't tell how many direct wives he had died. Running around here and there, needing to run away at every turn, your own life is in danger, how can you still take care of your family?

Mrs. Mi is more or less a Xiaojiabiyu. After all, the background of the Mi family from the beginning is like that. Mi Zhu has no talent to make a name for herself in the gentry cultural circle.

Mrs. Wu is not the same. Although she is a widow and married for the second time, the aura of wealth that has been accumulated for a long time from her bones often makes Liu Bei breathless.

After all, whether it is Mrs. Mi or Mrs. Wu, it is not the so-called love, but a combination of interests.

As the principal wife, Mrs. Wu was undoubtedly qualified, dignified and well-mannered. Even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were cautious in front of Mrs. Wu, lest they fail to pay attention to something and lose etiquette.

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, saying: "...I can only be blamed..."

"Brother!" 』

"Brother..."

Liu Bei waved his hand and continued: "This time I went to Chang'an, and I saw it more clearly... This hussar, he is walking on a road that no one has ever walked before... Remember when I was with you? Did you say that? In this world, although the surname is Liu, most people are not surnamed Liu..."

"I don't have any background. I'm just a libertine with a bad reputation, but I don't want to give up..." Liu Bei continued, "My uncle scolded me back then, but I refused to accept it, and then I ran away. , left the village, and later... my uncle found someone to scold me again... In that year, my mother died... When she died, I was not at home and could not go back..."

Liu Bei's voice deepened, "No, I can actually go back. Really, I can go back, but I'm not willing to do it... I gave all my money to the countryman and asked him to take it back and let my uncle help me deal with it." The funeral affairs at home... I know that if I go back, I will never be able to leave... I am actually not a filial son... Mother... When my mother died, she still read my name... I'm sorry, I mother……"

Liu Bei's tears rolled down.

"I'm also sorry for my uncle..." Liu Bei murmured, "When I left home, it meant that my uncle was supporting the family for me... I said I wanted to return home in fine clothes, but... I went further and further away, and later... Xianbei Someone is here...my uncle...sigh..."

"I'm also sorry for my wife..." Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed with a low voice, "I remember my first child... When I heard that she was pregnant, I was so happy... almost crazy... But, chasing after The soldiers came, and she had fetal convulsions... bloody... one corpse, two lives..."

"I'm sorry for many people, many people..." Liu Bei lowered his head and pushed the golden seals of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the direction of the two of them, "But I can't be sorry for you... If I can't even be sorry for you... I, Liu Bei, , do you still have the nerve to continue living in this world? 』

"Brother!" 』

"Brother..."

"Put them all away and let me talk carefully..." Liu Bei wiped his face with his sleeves and sniffed.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other and silently put the gold seal in the leather bag around his waist.

"Well, that's right..." Liu Bei nodded, "I remember you and I told you that the current path of the Han Dynasty has been blocked by eunuchs and relatives. If you want to continue the Han Dynasty, you must go out. A new path is coming! 』

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes, I remember!" The eldest brother said back then that a big man is a big man in the Liu family, but he is also a big man in the world! As long as everyone in the world still thinks of the big man, the big man can still be saved and will not perish! 』

Liu Bei smiled, as if his eyes were piercing through the night, "Although I said this back then... I didn't really understand what I was thinking, but I vaguely knew that I should do it, so I did it... But this Once, in Chang'an, General Hussar... Two worthy brothers, do you know that nowadays, under the Hussar, most of the counties and counties have "bachelors of agriculture" and "bachelors of engineering"? 』

Guan Yu nodded and replied, "I heard a little bit." 』

Liu Bei smiled, but there was an inexplicable expression in his smile, "The big man was like this before..." Liu Bei gestured with his palm in the air, "This is the emperor, then the relatives, the eunuchs, the three gongs and nine ministers, etc." ...Then the same is true for counties in various places. County guards, staff, marriage alliances, local noble families...are they all the same? very similar? 』

"And now what? Liu Bei sighed, "This hussar...this is the hussar, and then there are still these horizontal layers of officials and big households...but there are more vertical "agricultural bachelors" and "engineering bachelors" ...What do you think this looks like? 』

"This..." Zhang Fei's eyes widened.

Guan Yu stroked his beard, "In this way, the upper and lower parts can be connected..."

Liu Bei laughed, nodded and said, "That's right!" That's right! This is the great thing about hussar! Originally, the court could only contact the local government through noble families with big surnames, but now? There are still big gentry families, but there are more "farmers and workers"! And that's not all, there are "businessmen"... The four peoples of the world, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are all in the hands of the hussar... Do you think this hussar is powerful? ah? 』

"Don't think it's just that..." Liu Bei smiled, smiling, but as if he was about to cry, "These scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are like four beads, and the one who strings these four beads together is the "soldier" "Ah... It's like mastering a weapon. Only four fingers can't hold it, but with the lock of the big finger... What a talented man. With the vertical and horizontal construction, he can catch the world's talents and force me to do so. There is no way out..."

"I originally thought that I had opened up a new path for the big man..." Liu Bei laughed and patted his legs, "I was covered in blood while walking through thorns and thorns, but when I looked back, I saw that this hussar was actually riding a horse. The car..." Liu Bei pointed to his forehead, "Then... he ran over it from here... Tell me, is it funny... Haha, hehe... Wuwu..."

"Brother!" 』

"Brother..."

Liu Bei wiped his face with his sleeve again and waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay... I understand, it's a good thing... The road opened by Qiusi is wider and stronger than my road... Follow this It's not a bad idea to take this road... After all, it was also the direction you and I wanted to go back then... This time we go to Jiaozhou and we follow this road! 』

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and held Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "I hope you two wise brothers can help me!" 』

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "It is my duty to do so!" 』

"Me too!" ” Zhang Fei also responded decisively.

Liu Bei held the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei tightly and looked into the distance. Qiao Qi, I will follow you this time, but I hope you can walk this path well, otherwise...