I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 16
Gongsun Zan's words caught Liu Jian's attention.

Although it was in the toilet, but the other party suddenly lowered his figure, cut out his thoughts, and threw them directly in front of the two of them, which can basically be said to be open and honest.

And being open and honest, no matter what era you are in, is a taboo for people in officialdom.

Unless it is extremely trustworthy, or there is a conspiracy.

But when I think about it carefully, I don't seem to have much to do with these two points.

Liu Jian pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind.

Well, since you want to be frank and honest, then I will have a frank and honest talk with you one time.

You are Biqianshi, I am Lingshi, and I have nothing to lose if the conversation breaks down.

"The man from Bianjun doesn't have any dirty thoughts in his heart, so what if I tell the truth? What the brother said is that I have some grudges in my heart."

Liu Jian had no worries and admitted it frankly.

"Ha ha!"

Gongsun Zan, who was in the toilet next door, immediately laughed when he heard this, "Okay, okay! You are still the same as when you were in Goushi Mountain back then. You have no eyes, you are outspoken, you either don't say it on weekdays, or if you want to say it, don't worry about it." To whom! Don't say that I'm just a county magistrate, even if I'm the prefect of two thousand shi, you won't save face for him!"

Gongsun Zan was on the opposite side of the door, after all he had let go of his disguise. His bloody arrogance as a man from the Northland was completely released in this small toilet at this moment.

Liu Jian is also a man from Yanzhao in the frontier. Although he has a delicate mind, his blood and pride cannot be erased.

With Gongsun Zan's frankness, he no longer pretended.

In the toilet, the two Yanzhao men treated each other frankly.

"Bogui, in all fairness, you can understand how much hard work I put in to meet Xuande and capture the Hulu alive. If you really have other intentions, you can say it bluntly. Cover up and lose your demeanor of a hero in the north."

Liu Jian said frankly that Gongsun Zan was not shy, but said to him: "You don't have to blame me for everything. I'm covering up the matter. Could it be that Junior Brother Liu is so honest?"

"How can I not be honest?"

Gongsun Zan's voice came from the opposite side: "You think I can't see it? You and Xuande were meeting me on the road that day, but you deliberately dodged to the side and just let Xuande talk to me. In fact, you just wanted to test me through him! After returning to the county seat, you still deliberately let people spread the matter in the market, isn't this clearly a design for me?"

Liu Jian thought to himself: This is my ability, and I didn't lie to you, so why not be honest?

"The problem is, brother would rather come here to give presents in person than fall into my trap."

"Hahaha! It's a joke. I, the county magistrate, let you succeed for nothing. If it gets out, how will the name Gongsun Zan gain a foothold in the counties of Youzhou in the future?"

"Since that's the case, then congratulations, brother Bogui. After all, you still beat me with your official status. Brother wins."

"Since you have won the victory, you have returned, why are you still telling me these things? Please go back to the county office earlier to do your important work."

In the toilet opposite the wooden board, there was a moment of silence.

Liu Jian smiled lightly, said no more, turned around and opened the toilet door to leave.

But as soon as he opened the toilet door, he saw Gongsun Zan standing in front of him with an angry face.

Why is this still blocking the door?
Before Liu Jian could protest, Gongsun Zan lowered his head and rushed directly into Liu Jian's toilet.

"Brother Bogui, what are you doing?! How can there be two people in the same room!" Liu Jian was a little angry.

Gongsun Zan didn't agree with him: "Liu Deran, you have to piss me off! Could it be that Gongsun is really such a powerful person who only cares about the interests of the officialdom and doesn't care about the friendship of his classmates?"

Seeing Gongsun Zan angrily rushing into the toilet to complain to himself, Liu Jian couldn't help but laugh.

It has to be said that Gongsun Zan's ability has indeed been practiced a lot in the officialdom, but no matter how deep the officialdom of the Han Dynasty was, it could not wash away the arrogance and character that a person already has.

This is his strength, perhaps also his shortcoming, fatal flaw.

It's just... Isn't his behavior of complaining a bit too much?

Liu Jian was amused in his heart, but his face remained indifferent.

He stood aside to make room for Gongsun Zan, lest the two of them get too close and fall into the pit because of physical conflict, which would be too disgusting.

"I'm just talking about something, brother thinks carefully, if you were me, I'm afraid it would be more than just talking, right? Brother can also guess how much effort Xuande and I spent to capture the Xianbei man alive that night, you can say It is putting life and death aside. In that village, there are no less than a hundred people in Xianbei alone, and there are thousands of Taihang bandits, but we only have fourteen people!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Gongsun Zan exposed him mercilessly: "My subordinates have searched all over the footprints, houses, and stove pits. Whether it's Xianbei or bandits, the total can't be more than fifty!"

"Okay, even if what I said is a bit different, it is 50 people, then you can ask yourself, are we putting ourselves at risk by doing this?"

The veins on Gongsun Zan's forehead were throbbing.

Is this a bit of a difference? !
He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"You have shot and killed several Xianbei, and you can chase them all out, and even capture a leader alive. It's really not easy."

"The one we captured alive is the leader?" Liu Jian was pleasantly surprised when he heard this.

"but!"

Gongsun Zan's face turned cold, and he put on a picture of righteous words: "If you want to become an official, this alone is not enough! You need to have real skills and talents! You can't just rely on luck, and you can't just rely on someone classmate!"

Tsk tsk, who cares?
"Then according to my brother's wishes, is it luck for us to send a live Xianbei leader to you?"

"At least for now, yes!"

Gongsun Zan trembled and said:

"Junior brother, do you know how many people Tao Qian has arranged for me to join the county office before the county magistrate has arrived? Nine! This is not counting the people recommended by local prominent families and scholars!"

"I know that they have gone through the door, and they don't rely on their skills. However, you and A Bei's background is far inferior to these people. How can I make an exception?"

"Forget it! If you can prove that you are indeed a talent... If you can really say one, two, three, someone Gongsun would like to imitate an ancient person, wear thorns and vines, and come to the gate of your Liu's house, and then personally drive the whip for you. Sorry, how?"

In fact, before today, Liu Jian had already eliminated Gongsun Zan in his mind.

He has his own calculations in his heart, and he can't be too shameless in life, and he will repeat everything again and again.

He didn't want to talk to Gongsun Zan at first, but he never thought that Gongsun Zan's last words aroused his desire for supremacy.

Listening to what he meant, do you really think that I can't come up with something that can calm him down?
Well, it doesn't hurt to let you know.

The corners of Liu Jian's mouth were frivolous, he straightened his back, and cupped his hands at Gongsun Zan: "Okay, then I'll make a bet with senior brother, and dare to ask senior brother what his ambition is?"

Gongsun Zan said loudly: "Although I am currently committed to officialdom, I am definitely not someone who is greedy for fame and power. I was born in a border county, and my lifelong wish is to drive out the barbarians and clean up the border troubles in my lifetime. Show the lintel!"

"But if you want to become a general, you have to take the official career path, and I won't hide it from you. This is what my father-in-law mentioned to me... I want to achieve this ambition within ten years!"

Speaking of this, Gongsun Zan narrowed his eyes: "Why, you think I can't do it?"

"Why not? Hehe, ten years is too long!"

Hearing that Liu Jian was so good at bragging, Gongsun Zan suddenly felt a little contempt... This is really bragging!

This kid is not as good as that Liu Bei!
"Then how long do you think I can achieve this goal? Three years?"

"Why three years, it's just a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)