I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 13
Although Liu Bei was slightly drunk, he also knew the seriousness. He looked at Liu Jian quietly, and saw that Liu Jian did not raise any objections, so he was relieved.

Gongsun Zan was very proud.

"The two virtuous brothers have something to do, just say it, there is no inconvenience! The three of us are brothers."

Liu Bei immediately told Gongsun Zan what they had discovered about Xianbei and the Taihang bandits on the way to meet Gongsun Zan.

When Gongsun Zan heard this, his brows were furrowed tightly, his expression quite solemn.

After a moment of silence, he heard him say: "You captured a Xianbei alive?"

"Exactly."

"Bring him, and I will ask him personally."

Liu Jian winked, and saw Zhang Fei get up and go away. After a while, he brought the Xianbei man who was captured alive.

Gongsun Zan stood up, stood in front of the Xianbei man, opened his mouth, and began to interrogate him in fluent Xianbei dialect.

Zhang Fei was taken aback, and said in a low voice, "I don't think this Lord Gongsun can speak Xianbei language?"

Liu Jian lowered his voice: "What's so strange about this, don't you forget that he was the long history of Liaodong."

The vassal state is an administrative area established by the Han Dynasty to resettle the Huns, Qiang, Wuhuan and other barbarians. The vassal state does not have a prefect, but only a captain to manage it. There are Cheng, Hou, Qianren, and Jiu Yiling, directly under the Luoyang court. , There is not much intersection with the state and county, and there are two sets of teams with the local area. People under the jurisdiction of the country can not be exempted from corvee, and there are preferential taxes.

As for why, it is naturally because the main function of the vassal state is not to support the Han people, but to support the barbarians.

As the chief historian of Liaodong, if he doesn't understand the words of the barbarians, he can't even carry out his job. This is the most basic ability.

Gongsun Zan had dealt too much with Wuhuan and Xianbei in recent years. He knew better than anyone how to interrogate each other and what methods to use to threaten and lure them.

Sure enough—the Xianbei man was still stubborn when he was interrogated by Gongsun Zan at the beginning, either he didn't speak, or he just replied a few words briefly.

But as time went by, the Xianbei man gradually couldn't hold on anymore, and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.

In the end, the Xianbei man muttered a few words before Gongsun Zan showed a satisfied expression.

Afterwards, Gongsun asked his knights to investigate nearby according to what Liu Jian and others said, and to take nearby dead bodies as evidence.

After arranging these things, Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Jian and Liu Bei with a smile: "Leave this matter to Brother Wei. You can rest assured. As for the achievement of catching the thief Hu, I will take care of myself when I enter the county office and hand over the official duties." Write a letter to Mingfu Lord, you can rest assured."

After all, he ordered Hu Qi to be escorted down, and continued to drink with Er Liu.

Don't mention anything else.

Liu Jian thought to himself... Sure enough, he made things simple.

Liu Bei was young and energetic, and said: "Brother Bogui, I'm telling you the truth, we don't need rewards from the county office, I just want to have the opportunity to be loyal to the big man, so that we can live up to the ambition of a man, and I ask brother to help!"

Gongsun Zan said with a smile, "It's a good thing that Xuande has such ambition. Don't worry, I've recorded this matter for my brother. I'll think about it after I enter the county office the next day."

Doing more calculations, these four words can be described as profound.

It is neither a promise nor a disapproval. It makes you feel unwilling, but you can't refute the urging.

Urge?Reminder is also these four words.

Having said all this, Liu Bei couldn't ask any more questions, and he looked at Liu Jian quite depressed.

Liu Jian didn't care, and said boldly to Gongsun Zan, "Thank you, brother, let's have a full drink!"

"Okay, now you look like a man! Drink!"

……

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Jian and others returned to Zhuo County with Gongsun Zan. After arriving, Gongsun Zan led his people to the county office to take office.

But Liu Jian and Liu Bei could only return home and wait for news.

As soon as they entered the house, Mrs. Hu greeted the two of them and scolded Liu Bei in front of Liu Zhou.

"Xuande, I asked you to prepare for the coming-of-age ceremony at home, but you sneaked out to gossip. Do you think that my aunt doesn't care about you?"

Liu Bei respectfully said: "Aunt misunderstood, my nephew is not playful, it's just..."

"Don't make excuses! I will punish you to go to the cowshed in the back shed to think about it for ten days. Within ten days, you are only allowed to eat once a day. Are you willing to accept it?"

"Nephew dare not disobey."

"Don't you dare? If you dare, you will still be dissatisfied?"

"No, no, my nephew is convinced."

"Mother, this matter has nothing to do with A Bei."

When Liu Jian saw Hu's accusation against Liu Bei, he hurriedly defended him: "A Bei was dragged away by my son, and my son went to see the county magistrate by himself. It's the county magistrate again, I'm afraid I won't be able to greet him well, so I specially called Abei, it has nothing to do with him, if I want to go to the cowshed to think about my mistakes, I should go."

Mrs. Hu tightly pursed her lips, her expression was very ugly.

This is being demolished by his own son.

Liu Zhou smoothed things over: "Forget it, it's just two children going to meet their classmates. As elders, can we still tie the children's hands and feet?"

"You still say it!" Mrs. Hu couldn't bear to scold the children, and couldn't bear to let Liu Jian go to the cowshed to think about his mistakes, so he turned angry at Liu Zhou: "If you weren't too used to them, you old man, how could they be like this? naughty?"

"I'm used to it?" Liu Zhou wished he could scratch his wife's ears, obviously you are too protective of the calf, okay?
"It's not that you are used to it, could it be me?" There was a bit of fierceness in Hu's eyes.

"Okay, I'm used to it, I'm used to it..."

"Father, mother, baby and Abei go back to clean up, and then go to the cowshed to think about it for ten days."

Hu said distressedly: "What are you thinking about, let's get rid of it."

Liu Jian shook his head stubbornly: "No, it's unavoidable! Zong Shengyan: I examine myself three times a day: I am not loyal to others... Saints often reflect on themselves, and we don't respect the orders of our parents."

"You're still in good spirits...you can go if you want to go hungry!"

Hu felt wronged, and wanted to clean up Liu Bei, but his own son got into a fight with him, and tears almost didn't flow out.

"That kid, go clean up."

The two saluted Liu Zhou and his wife, turned and left.

Hu looked at the back of her child with a distressed face, feeling distressed.

Liu Zhou, however, felt very relieved, and praised: "As expected of a child who read the sage's words, if you have a responsibility, these two children will grow up in the end. I am very relieved."

"What comfort? If my son doesn't eat, you will be hungry tonight!"

"Ah? Madame, why is this?"

"Shut up, it's annoying."

……

Back in the room, Liu Bei sighed, "Deran, why are you fighting with your aunt? It's just that your aunt has nothing to say."

"I'm not competing with my mother, I just want to take this opportunity to remind Gongsun Bogui."

"what?"

Liu Bei was quite surprised when he heard this.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother, what do you think, how does Brother Bogui treat you and me?"

Liu Bei's expression became a little lonely.

"To be honest, I don't think he wants to use you and me."

"Indeed, even though he is a classmate, he is in charge of a county. There are eunuchs and tyrants at the top. Personnel matters are extremely sensitive. From his point of view, he must be concerned about the interests of many parties. You and I want to be in front of him." I'm afraid it won't work in a short period of time if I get in the position."

"What does this have to do with you and me going to the bullpen to think about our mistakes?"

"In a while, I will ask my family to find Jian Yong and ask him to spread the story of our time in the county first."

Liu Bei was thoughtful after hearing this.

I see……

Liu Jian turned his head and looked out of the window, with an expectant look on his face: "Brothers of the Liu family, well-known Confucian disciples in the country, traveled hundreds of miles to meet their fellow disciples, killed thieves in the middle of the night, cleared the way for senior brothers to take office, but punished their parents for misbehavior. The sun is not allowed to eat..."

Liu Bei hurriedly corrected him: "It's not that no food is allowed for ten days, it's that there is only one meal a day for ten days!"

"Haha...Exaggeration, exaggeration, no one will go into it."

"Oh."

"In the future, this news will spread in the market, and there may be a good story... He, Gongsun Zan, has just taken office. We two brothers have done so much for him out of the friendship of the same family. If you say that he ignores us, it will The position of the county monarch, won't he be hot while sitting?"

Liu Bei finally understood: "We can gain fame through this matter, but Gongsun Zan has to do something in return for us?"

"Fame, the county lord also needs reputation, so we must accept the punishment from mother today. This is not a punishment for us, it is the shame of that senior brother."

"You, do you think Gongsun Bogui will hate us because of this?"

"Why hate? This is an opportunity for him."

"Chance?"

"As long as he can respond to our brother, if the news spreads, it will be his Gongsun Zan who cares about the friendship of the same family and will repay his kindness. This will give him a chance to make a name for himself. Do you think his brother Bogui is too stupid to use it?"

Liu Bei said in admiration: "My virtuous brother really has a plan, I admire you!"

(End of this chapter)