Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Li Chuyun asked who were famous people around Kaifeng mansion, and Li Liangshi said that Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Li Gu and others were all famous people.

But Li Chuyun was not interested in those who became high officials. Because even if they are knowledgeable, they will not say heart-to-heart words with a general, because they have different positions and involve too much.

Li Liangshi also recommended several celebrities. Li Chuyun only met once, so he no longer wanted to see a second time. These people either quoted scriptures and classics to talk, or were well versed in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting... Li Chuyun liked to make friends with famous people when he was in Guanzhong.

Seeing that the lord is not satisfied, he is also very troubled. He pondered and said: "The person the lord seeks is not good if you don't read, but someone who has a good knowledge of history will be sensible; knowledge alone may not be enough. You have to be familiar with the officialdom and battlefield to understand the truth; you have to be well-informed and travel around the world to understand the way. If you have this qualification, if you are talented and intelligent, you will definitely see something."

After hearing this, Li Chuyun nodded, feeling that Li Liangshi had said a lot over the years, but these words made him agree most.

But there is one more requirement, the world is full of truths, and the truths are exactly what Li Chuyun needs, and they must be in line with his ideas... For example, if someone says in front of Li Chuyun the benefits of civil servants governing the country and the world is peaceful, even if they say flowers, will Li Chuyun be satisfied?

"Huh?" Liang Shi suddenly said, "I think of someone."

Because he made many difficult requests just now, and when it was specific to one person, Li Chuyun suddenly became interested. Unexpectedly, the good man frowned again and said, "But..."

Li Chuyun blurted out and asked, "But what?"

The good man said in a deep voice, "However, this person was once the staff of the traitor general Li Yun."

"Oh..." Li Chuyun recalled for a moment, "You mean Zhongli?"

Li Liangshi was surprised and said: "The lord knows this person?"

Li Chuyun nodded and said: "I have heard it a little bit. Although the old man has been in the army, he liked to make friends with scholars when he was young, and his ambition was to become a Confucian general, but it is a pity..." He stroked his beard seriously, opened his sleeves and looked down at his tall and burly figure.

When the good man saw his actions, he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud. Because Li Chuyun's appearance does look like a combination of Guan Gong and Zhang Fei, but he says he wants to be a Confucian general...

The good man blushed, stared at Li Chuyun, and said after a long time: "Then Zhongli's origin is unclear. I heard that he once lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, and gained some fame as a 'hidden'. After Li Yun heard his name, he asked him to come out of the mountain as an aide, and he relied heavily on him. This person has read the scriptures and history, has been a Taoist priest and traveled around, and has worked under Li Yun for many years.

Li Chuyun said: "It doesn't matter, this person is an important staff member of Li Yun, but he has repeatedly used divination as an excuse to dissuade Li Yun from rebelling. After he was caught, the old man read his interrogation questionnaire, so Li Yun died, so he was released. I just don't know what I know, where is he?"

Liang Shi said: "He was arrested in Tokyo and then released. Then he lived in Tokyo. The last time I saw him selling haggis in Dongshi, it seems that he never got married and had no children."

Li Chuyun: "..."

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and said: "After the ministers in front of the hall are gone, the old man is free anyway, so it's okay to meet, you can make arrangements."

The good man clasped his fists and said, "Obey."

Unexpectedly, the next day, just after Li Chuyun came back from the imperial city, he heard from a good man that Zhongli refused to meet him! The good man also cursed and said: "He said that he is old and has no children, so he doesn't want to bother anymore. He's all mixed up for the sake of selling offal. If he can be favored by the lord, he won't have rich clothes and good food?"

Li Chuyun was a little surprised when he heard it, but soon said calmly: "It's not surprising, a talented literati will always put on airs."

Li Liangshi said: "What the lord said is very true, I guess he wants the lord to invite him personally!"

"Ask someone to prepare the car." Li Chuyun said.

"My lord, it is not clear whether this person has real talents or learning."

Li Chuyun stroked his bushy beard and said with a smile: "If you think he has no talent, why should I see him? If you want to see him, why aren't you sincere?"

Li Liangshi listened and worshiped.

A group of unarmored and clothed attendants guarded Li Chuyun's carriage, and they all went to Dongshi to look for Zhongli.

The closer to Shidong City, the more congested the road. Tokyo has not suffered from military disasters for many years, and the market is becoming more and more prosperous, but the roads are not wide enough. But this kind of crowding is seen by people as a sign of a prosperous balance, which means an increase in population.

"That's where Zhongli's shop is." Li Liangshi pointed to a dilapidated banner.

The carriage stopped in front of the shop, but there were shouts and curses immediately, because Li Chuyun didn't wear a guard of honor, and others didn't recognize him as the famous founding father, so they stopped the carriages and horses on the road, blocking the road.

The guard was annoyed, pointing at the loud scolding behind him. Li Chuyun was very indifferent, and said: "You guys, take the carriage and horses away and wait in a place that is not crowded."

Li Chuyun is really not popular. If you are young, you care more about the respect of others, because you lack status, the more you lack, the more you care... When you really have something, you don't value it so much.

At this moment, there was a sound of piano in the shop. Li Chuyun was very surprised... It is completely unimaginable that in this noisy place of philistines, there would be someone willing to play the piano!

He listened for a while, then walked into the simple shop. The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and a gray-haired elder put his hands on the strings and said, "Guest officer, do you want some haggis soup?"

Li Chuyun glanced back and said, "Here are six bowls."

A teenage boy walked up happily, wiped the bench vigorously a few times and said, "Please sit down."

Li Chuyun was not interested in this little girl, and when he saw Zhongli, he went to serve soup. Li Chuyun was a little bored, so he chatted with the little girl first: "You work very hard and greet people very warmly, why are there no other guests?"

Xiao Er hesitated to speak.

At this moment, the elder came over with a bowl and said, "Because it's so unpalatable that even I don't want to eat it myself."

Li Chuyun said with a smile: "You are a volunteer coming to eat."

The elder shook his head and said: "The old man made the soup with his heart, but it is a pity that he is really not good at this way, and he is very helpless."

From Li Chuyun's point of view, the old man had a flowing beard and hair, and was wearing a long coat. He didn't look like a cook. Li Chuyun thought about the purpose of the piano sound just now, Zhong Li probably played the piano because he saw him coming, otherwise, who would he play it for in such a place?

Li Liangshi first approached Zhongli in the name of the founder of the country. Zhongli thought he was a reckless man, and wanted to see if he could talk?

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and then said: "I just heard that song "Guangling San". I heard that it was played by Ji Kang when he was dying, so it is called the perfect song. But this person who played it today is less tragic. If he plays Guangling San like this, it is not Guangling San."

"Huh?" Zhongli's interest suddenly increased, "Guest officer, do you know the rhythm?"

Li Chuyun stroked his big beard and said with a smile: "It's like a dude, but he knows a little bit about everything in the world, so that when he meets a bosom friend by chance, he can talk to him."

"The guest officer is really interesting. When you go to the haggis shop, you don't think the soup tastes bad, but the piano sounds bad." Zhong Li looked at Li Chuyun with a smile.

Li Chuyun also replied: "Wouldn't it be more interesting, old man? To do business in Dongshi, you don't care about business, but you want to play the piano."

"Hahaha..." The two raised their heads and laughed, and Zhongli laughed and said, "Interesting and interesting. The guest officer said so, thinking that the old man opened a shop here because Jiang Taigong was fishing, and those who wish to take the bait?"

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment, and said: "Someone thinks that the old man is a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking."

Zhongli said: "What's the explanation?"

Li Chuyun said: "The drunken man is not drunk because of wine, but because of the mountains and rivers. The Taigong is not fishing for fish, he is fishing for King Wen. How can someone be caught?"

"Hahaha..." The two looked at each other again and laughed heartily.

The two laughed as soon as they said a few words, leaning forward and backward. But that Xiao Er was very innocent, standing by and watching with a blank face. Li Liangshi was smiling, but maybe he was laughing with him, maybe Li Liangshi, a counselor, didn't fully understand.

Li Chuyun refuted the Taigong's fishing, saying that he could not be caught, which meant that he did not have the ambition of King Wen of Zhou.

He also understood Zhongli's meaning: If you have the ambition of King Wen, then this old man will not play with you. Because it is tossing around and harming others and oneself.

In today's world, after a long period of war and chaos, the people of the people have worked hard, and the unification of the world has taken shape. It will not benefit the people to stir up civil wars; the general situation is no longer, and it is no longer the time to compete in the Central Plains. The emperor regained the sixteen prefectures of Youyun and unified the world. He ruled martial arts and showed great kindness to the heroes. In Li Chuyun's situation, one is impossible to succeed, and the other is not necessary at all, because he already has a lot.

Li Chuyun also fully agrees with Zhongli's attitude, he only wants to keep what he has now, and he has no other intentions.

"Interesting and interesting." Li Chuyun learned Zhongli's words. Li Chuyun is the Duke of the state, and his family is prominent, he hasn't picked it yet, but this old man who sells haggis is the first to pick him.

Zhongli said: "Interesting is interesting, but I am not telling the truth. I am not good at everything, sir, I can't make haggis soup very well."

Li Chuyun nodded and said: "The East City is noisy and noisy, I want to ask the old gentleman to change to a quiet place, how about we talk about it?"

Zhongli pondered: "But..."

Li Chuyun looked at the shop with great interest, looking downcast. This old man has no home and seems to have little money, so why pick and choose?

Li Chuyun said: "Someone heard that a great hermit lives in the city, and the old man is really a hermit." This sentence is really sarcasm.

Zhongli shook his head and said: "I would like to hide in the mountains and forests, but the guest officer should know that it is easier to live in the market. I have no energy at this age, and I am afraid that life in the mountains will be very difficult."

"That's the truth." Li Chuyun nodded and said, "Since the old man is honest, he should know a way to live more lightly than the market. Why don't you want to?"

Zhongli said bluntly: "Let me let the old man take the hexagram first."

After listening to Li Chuyun, which song is this and what does it mean? He really didn't understand it for a while, so he asked, "How to do divination?"

Zhongli said with a smile: "Anything can be used for divination, and the old man is most fond of burning tortoise shells."