Han Xiang

Chapter 426

"Yes, I was the one who was abrupt. Seeing such a great talent, I should go there in person."

Liu Bei patted the back of Xu Shu's hand, and asked softly, "It's the end of the new year, and Mr. Wolong must be at home. The military commander can temporarily hand over his official duties. How about leading me to invite him out of the mountain?"

"Ah this."

Xu Shu showed a troubled expression, and it took him a while to explain in a low voice: "I asked Kong Ming at the beginning of the year, and he made it clear that he has no plans to become an official. If he goes with the lord at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to see each other then. It's better for the lord to go alone, or find another companion to go with him."

"Why is it so troublesome?" Zhang Fei yelled impatiently: "Military division quickly tell me where Wolong lives, and I will invite him on behalf of the eldest brother, and promise to complete the task."

Liu Bei heard that Zhang Fei's tone was wrong, so he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Wolong is a high scholar, how do you plan to invite him?"

"Of course I treat each other with courtesy."

"If Mr. Wolong doesn't leave the mountain, what will happen to the third brother?"

"If Wolong doesn't know how to play, don't blame me for being rough, just tie it back."

"Bullshit."

Liu Bei frowned and scolded with a big hand, because Zhang Fei's words had changed Xu Shu's face, Liu Bei immediately added: "The third brother and the military adviser stay in Wancheng, and I will go with the second brother and Ziyang to invite them."

"what?"

Zhang Fei pursed his lips, and his tone suddenly softened: "Since everyone is going, I will go too."

Liu Ye took advantage of Liu Bei's time to contemplate, so he struck up a conversation and said, "Yuanzhi's concerns are reasonable. If he invites you to invite him, he will definitely displease Kongming. At that time, not only can't invite Wolong out of the mountain, but also make Yuanzhi and his friends have a rift. I think Yuanzhi should not go with him. He should write to Kongming in advance, so that the other party can be prepared."

"According to Zi Yang's wishes, the military adviser should quickly revise the book first, and we will prepare gifts, and we will go out of the city to visit the sages in a few days."

After Liu Bei told Xu Shu, he looked at Xu Wei, who was at the bottom, and said with a smile, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and you came all the way from Huainan, so it happens to be here to have a good time."

"It's all up to the emperor's uncle's arrangement."

Xu Wei is in charge of liaising between Wancheng and Hefei. He needs to rely on business routes to convey information, otherwise he will be easily arrested as a spy.

At this time, the Jingzhou underwear franchise store has not yet opened, and Xu Wei has to wait for the first order from Xiangyang to be sent to Xudu before he can fish in troubled waters among the caravans.

According to Liu Ye's intention, Xu Shu sent someone to send a letter to Wollongang in Longzhong. The letter mentioned that Liu Bei was a benevolent and righteous master.

After Xu Shu finished writing the letter, he frankly gave it to Liu Bei for review.

The letter neither revealed Liu Bei's secret, nor did Xu Shu invite Zhuge Liang to join, as if he was telling what he had seen and heard in Wancheng, more like a normal greeting between friends.

With Zhuge Liang's ingenuity, he must be able to guess that Liu Bei is going to find him.

It can also be considered that Xu Shu tipped off his friends and let Zhuge Liang have a psychological preparation in advance, so that Liu Bei's appearance in the future will not be unexpected.

Xu Shu said that he had tried his best, and Liu Bei's sincerity was needed to invite talented people to come out of the mountain.

Liu Bei is full of confidence in this. If it comes to treating people with sincerity, he is second to none in the world.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Liu Bei rushed to Xiangyang with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Ye, gifts and other things. A group of more than ten riders did not enter Xiangyang City, but went to Longzhong west of Xiangyang to visit the sages.

It was snowing years ago, and it snowed like a goose feather in the first month.

On the snow-covered earth, horseshoes churned and stepped on the snow without a trace.

If there are no accidents, there will be accidents.

Liu Bei braved the wind and snow, and knocked on the door of Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage.

The boy who opened the door told the owner that he was not at home and that strangers should not be left in the hut, implying that Liu Bei should leave immediately.

Not only did Liu Bei leave no gifts, but he didn't even send out the well-prepared invitations, so everyone was stopped outside the door.

Seeing the boy's rudeness, Zhang Fei was so angry that he immediately opened the wooden door in front of him. Fortunately, Guan Yu who was next to him controlled him.

Liu Bei reprimanded and said: "Before I came here, I said no nonsense, how can you be as knowledgeable as other children?"

"What's wrong with the child?" Zhang Feihuan opened his eyes wide and yelled relentlessly: "We are not bad people, why should he shut us out? It really makes no sense."

"If you are so rude again, go back to Wancheng immediately."

Liu Bei frowned and took out his trump card, Zhang Fei bowed his head and remained silent.

Seeing this, Guan Yu asked Liu Bei, "Brother, our brother came here with sincerity. Master Xu even wrote a letter in advance to remind him that this person happened to go out to visit his relatives. He obviously avoided seeing him on purpose. Now that the heavy snow is flying, I don't know when it will stop. Should we wait nearby or go back to Wancheng?"

Liu Bei shook his head and replied: "It's reasonable to visit relatives in the first month. Yuan Zhi didn't say when we will arrive in the letter. We can't make Mr. Wolong wait all the time, can we?"

"these"

Guan Yu mentioned the gift reminder in his left hand, meaning how to deal with these things?

Seeing Liu Bei frowning and thinking, Liu Ye cupped his hands and said, "Master, I remember that there is a wine shop open under the hill, why don't we order some boiled wine and sit down to discuss slowly."

"I agree."

Seeing that Zhang Fei was impatient to answer, Liu Bei nodded in agreement, and then everyone rode their horses and went straight to the restaurant.

After a while, a group of people entered the store and sat around the fire.

Liu Ye saw that the expressions of the three brothers were different, some were angry, some were unwilling, and some were disappointed.

When he got up to pour wine for Liu Bei, Liu Ye smiled and offered a suggestion: "Kongming's visit to relatives has not yet been set, and Longzhong is not far from Xiangyang, the government office. Why don't you bring a gift to pay New Year's greetings? By the way, let General Guan explain the impostor. We can help Liu Jingsheng fight off the enemy, but we can't let General Guan bear the stigma."

"Give the gift for Kong Ming directly to Liu Biao for New Year's greetings? Why didn't I think of it? You are so smart." Zhang Fei smiled and gave Liu Ye a thumbs up.

Before Liu Ye could respond, Guan Yu nodded in agreement: "I also agree with what Mr. said, we suffer obvious losses but not hidden losses."

"Since everyone agrees, let's go to Xiangyang to stay for a while, and come to visit after the first month."

"Are you still coming?"

Seeing Zhang Fei frowning and questioning, Liu Bei asked in a deep voice, "Otherwise?"

Zhang Fei scratched his head and didn't answer, Guan Yu couldn't help admonishing: "Brother, I want to go back to Wancheng to sit in town. After the beginning of spring, the Northwest War will start. How can we come to see Wolong again? In fact, Mr. Xu Junshi and Mr. Ziyang are both great talents. There is no need to go far and wide to find a crazy student, and this talent may not be true."

"Yuan's blunt words are accurate, I think it will not be bad."

While Liu Bei was talking to himself, he suddenly turned to Liu Ye and asked, "Yun Chang's worries are not unreasonable. You need to seek talents in your spare time. The timing seems not so good now. What's your opinion, Zi Yang?"

Liu Ye raised his head and closed his eyes briefly, then stroked his beard and said, "Although spring returns in February, the weather hasn't warmed up at all. At this time, the possibility of war is unlikely. The key is that General Long sent a message across thousands of miles to ask Yuan Zhi to recommend talents for the envoy. It must be Zhuge Kongming. I think the envoy should be treated with caution, after all, he accurately predicted Sun Ce's death."

"Yun Qi doesn't know Wolong, but he deliberately asked me to invite Wolong out of the mountain. Could it be that he has the ability to observe stars?"

(End of this chapter)