Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2 Is Your Jujube Sweet?
In fact, to be precise, there are three famous heroes in Zhuo County in history, and the other one is Liu Bei.

Since Liu He wanted to get these two heroes, he naturally couldn't let the big-eared brother of the same clan stretch his arms too far, even if he claimed to have his hands above his knees.

So after Liu He went down the mountain, relying on Liu Yu's contacts in Youzhou, he found an errand in Zhuo County to serve as a soldier of Cao Shi. The first thing he did was to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation: respecting the elders, loving the young, and helping others.

After a few days, I "coincidentally ran into" Liu Bei Liu Xuande, the brother of the same clan who was still in distress, the empress of King Jing of Zhongshan, and the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing of Han in the street.

Brother sees brother, with teary eyes!
After listening to his elder brother's crying, Liu He was also moved to tears.

As a good young man in the new era, carrying forward traditional virtues has long been in his blood, let alone a family, how can he bear to watch his brothers suffer?
He immediately wrote a letter of recommendation and asked Liu Bei to take him to Luoyang to meet Liu Yu together with his family letter, so as to seek an official position for him in the court.

Liu Bei was very grateful, and the next day he borrowed money and went on the road happily. I heard that he still carried a family tree with him.

After sending away this hidden danger, Liu He began to wait patiently for Guan Yu. In history, Guan Yu fled all the way to Zhuo County after Xie Liang killed someone, met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and then joined forces to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising.

For more than a month, Liu He stayed at the border between Fanyang and Zhuo County every day, practicing martial arts with Zhao Yun and others.

From south to north, this official road is the only way to go. The other trails in Zhuolu Mountain are winding and difficult. Except for the locals who chop firewood and hunt, few people dare to enter the mountain rashly.

Seeing that it was halfway through March, according to the time, the three brothers Zhang Jiao had already burned incense in Guangzong and started an uprising, but Guan Yu did not show up for a long time, which made Liu He worry about gain and loss.

"Couldn't it be possible that he ran into Da Erbei on the way and cut off his beard instead?" Liu He muttered, and suddenly sat up again.

This idea that popped up out of nowhere startled even himself. He originally wanted to cut him off halfway, but if they met again by accident, wouldn't it be a waste of all his hard work?

"Confused?" Zhao Yun didn't wait for Liu He's answer, seeing his face suddenly turned ugly, and finally knelt down in concern.

"Ah - you, don't come here!"

Suddenly a pair of big eyes appeared in front of him, Liu He was startled, and leaned back on the grass with both hands to avoid it.

At this moment, a horse came running from the lower reaches of Zhuo River, and the man on horseback shouted from a distance: "Liu Bingcao, that man with the red face and long beard is here!"

"It's finally here!" Liu He was shocked, jumped up from the ground suddenly, grabbed the spear on the ground, and shouted to the bewildered Zhao Yun: "Junior brother, hurry up, follow me to catch the fugitive."

Zhao Yun got up quickly, and the two of them ran to the bank and took the horse, turned on the horse lightly, and galloped downstream along the river valley with the visitors.

Zhuolu Mountain is located in the southeast of Zhuo County, adjacent to Fanyang County. A wide loess road winds and turns in the mountain. At this time, there are no servants, chariots and horses on the official road, but only ragged people.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sold officials to serve as princes, and his ten regular attendants caused chaos. He appointed their father, brother and son as prefects of prefectures and counties. They were greedy and cruel, and the people suffered unspeakably.

One mile away from the north bank of Zhuo River is the checkpoint for entering Zhuo County. People who go north from Fanyang must sign up for inspection here, and merchants also need to collect a certain amount of tax according to the goods.

At this time, there were three long queues in front of the checkpoint, and the people waiting for the inspection looked exhausted, each of them was skinny and dazed, they just walked along the crowd, and they didn't know where the end point was.

Several officers and soldiers who were inspecting were doing routine work, when they suddenly saw Liu He coming on horseback, they cheered up and scolded the common people to line up.

A soldier commander hurried forward and said in a low voice: "Liu Bingcao, look at the tallest red-faced man among the people in the east. He covered his chin with a black scarf. I saw that he had a long beard that reached to his abdomen."

Liu He saw that the soldier made a gesture, nodded slightly, got off his horse and walked towards the checkpoint with his hands behind his back. While observing the crowd in line, he glanced at the long line to the east, and saw a tall and burly body, even if he Deliberately bowing your waist with the push cart still gives people a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Liu He came to the checkpoint calmly, pushed away the two inspecting soldiers, sat on half of the bald wooden pier, waved to a civilian who had just approached, and motioned him to hurry over, and there were several people behind him. , were all let go by him without paying attention.

Soon he arrived at the big red-faced man. He was pushing a wheelbarrow and wearing a patched coarse cloth coat. His body stretched eight feet away so that the collar buttons of the coat could not be buttoned up, which showed his burly back even more. .

The maroon red face is covered with wind and dust, two black eyebrows like silkworms lying on the ground, a pair of red phoenix eyes seem to be closed or open, occasionally there are bright lights flashing, but they are full of unspeakable melancholy and loneliness.

When Liu He saw his appearance, he didn't need to look at the long beard hidden under the black scarf. He was sure that this was Guan Erye, and his heart beat wildly.

The second master's sharp eyes swept over, Liu He hurriedly looked down at the wheelbarrow, hiding his excitement and nervousness.

The wheels made a two-finger-deep mark on the ground, indicating that the car was not light, but it seemed to have no weight in his hands. He firmly held the shaft with both arms and pushed it at will.

Seeing that the young man in front of him was not wearing an official uniform, Guan Yu casually let a few people go, thinking that some official young master played on a whim and was secretly happy, so that he would not have to be interrogated.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to lower his head and push the car through the checkpoint, but Liu He stopped him with his hand.

How did he expect that the young master in front of him is thousands of miles away, waiting for him to come!

Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes opened suddenly, then slowly closed again, and stopped steadily.

Liu He had seen Guan Yu's expression a long time ago, but he didn't take it seriously, and asked, "What's your name? Where did you come from, and where are you going?"

Guan Yu replied patiently: "Guan Yu, a grass-roots man, named Yunchang, came from Hedong and went to Zhuo County."

Liu He unconsciously clenched his whip, and asked again, "What do you do for a living?"

"Sell dates!"

"Selling goods requires paying taxes."

"Master Jun, to tell the truth, the jujube hasn't been sold yet, and I'm penniless."

"No money?" Liu He rolled his eyes, pointed at his vehicle with a horsewhip, and said, "Then take the dates?"

"Alright!" Guan Yu didn't argue, he untied a sackcloth belt on the car, took out a large handful from it, put it on the table, and asked, "I don't know how much the Lord Jun charges."

Liu He didn't answer, but looked at the brown-red dates on the table and asked, "Are your dates sweet?"

Guan Yu's lying silkworm frowned slightly, and said in displeasure, "I've come a long way to sell jujubes, can I bring raw jujubes?"

Liu He picked up a jujube with his fingers, and asked again: "I'm asking you, can this jujube keep its sweetness?"

Guan Yu paused for a moment, and saw that the long scarf covering his chin moved, as if he breathed a sigh of relief, and replied: "This is the famous sand date from the east of the river. It has been carefully selected, and it is sweet!"

"Okay, then keep these!" Liu He waved his hand, "You can go."

"Thank you!" Guan Yu was furious at Liu He's entanglement. He didn't expect him to be so talkative in a blink of an eye. He was stunned for a moment and quickly put the sack away.

Just when he passed by Liu He, Liu He suddenly called out, "Feng Shouchang?"

"What's the matter?" Guan Yu replied subconsciously, and suddenly his whole body was shaken, and he turned his head abruptly.

(End of this chapter)