Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 115 Cai Yong!

Li Ji's appearance also attracted sideways glances from He Miao and others. He Miao, who had always been arrogant, even nodded proactively when he noticed Li Ji's gaze.

Obviously, He Miao was quite grateful to Li Ji for blocking the head-on blow for him, so he had a very good attitude.

Afterwards, Liu Bei announced the start of the dinner and arranged a series of performances and programs.

It's a pity that Liu Bei and Li Ji appeared just to show off.

After the banquet was announced, Li Ji was pushed out of the main hall by Liu Bei before Li Ji could grab a piece of meat, and instead went to a quiet room.

In this room, there is a rich "small stove" prepared by Liu Bei in advance.

Obviously, the noise and beauty in the outside world are destined to have nothing to do with Li Ji's illness.

Li Ji simply drove Xia Houlan, who was always following him, out to spend the festival with Xiahou Bo, while he enjoyed the quiet moment alone, occasionally taking a bite of food, and continuing to read the classics in his hands from time to time.

In the following days, Li Ji fully enjoyed the treatment of a patient.

Although under Li Ji's order, the doctor responsible for treating Li Ji declared that Li Ji's injury was not serious, Liu Bei still did not allow Li Ji to act arbitrarily.

Even during the daily routine of relaxing in the government office, Liu Bei personally pushed the four-wheeled cart to supervise it to prevent any accidents from happening to Li Ji.

After sitting like this for five days, it was confirmed that He Miao and others had left Wu County and returned to Luoyang under Jia Xu's arrangement and guidance. Li Ji, who had no scruples, no longer had to pretend to be weak and expressed strong protest to Liu Bei.

Li Ji could "bear the pain" and let Jia Xu handle all kinds of tedious matters, but after five days of being bored, even Li Ji wanted to go out of the house.

In the end, Liu Bei confirmed that Li Ji's spirit and condition seemed to be very healthy, so he reluctantly agreed and legislated three chapters with Li Ji:
  That is, Li Ji must continue to ride in a "four-wheeled vehicle" when traveling, and must be accompanied by Liu Bei personally, and cannot move at will without Liu Bei's sight.

Not long after.

Liu Bei, who put on ordinary clothes, appeared on the streets of Wuxian County under the joint escort of Xiahou Bo and Zhao Yun.

Moreover, sitting on the four-wheeled car pushed by Liu Bei himself was a young man with a white cloth tied on his forehead, bright and deep eyes, a handsome face, and exuding an elegant atmosphere.

At this moment, Li Ji's eyes glanced at the rarely seen smiles on the faces of the people on the street from time to time.

Perhaps, last year's harvest was not a good one, and they don't know what will happen this year.

Because this is a good time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, they still have good expectations in their hearts and have a little more smiles on their faces.

Although there were no such things as Spring Festival couplets and door gods in this era, every household would still try their best to post some red festive things, and place peach wood charms engraved with the images of "Shen Tu" and "Yulei" on the door, and then hang them The reed ropes were put up to serve the two gods as binding ghosts and feeding tigers.

Furthermore, perhaps there was no gunpowder in this era, but there were real "firecrackers".

Li Ji was pushed by Liu Bei along the streets. From time to time, he could see children or teenagers putting bamboo joints into the fire to roast, making bursts of "crackling" sounds from time to time.

"The needle won't prick~"

Li Ji said with great nostalgia.

Before meeting Liu Bei before, Li Ji spent the Spring Festival alone in this era. At this moment, he finally felt a little at home.

And along the way, I traveled around the city with Liu Bei, and occasionally even saw many artists performing on the streets.

Liu Bei noticed the smile that appeared on Li Ji's face from time to time, and his eyes that focused and looked at the performances of some street performers with novelty. This made Liu Bei suddenly realize that Li Ji was just a weak boy.

It's just that Li Ji's calmness, maturity and ability on weekdays have made Liu Bei and the others subconsciously ignore Li Ji's age.

Now, Liu Bei suddenly realized this, and he felt even more guilty for Li Ji.

'At an age when Zikundu had not yet married, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of helping me achieve great things...'

'To this end, how much did Zikun, who was crowned early at the age of sixteen, sacrifice? '

Suddenly, Liu Bei thought of something, his eyes lit up slightly, and he said.

"Zikun, didn't I want to take you to visit a great sage who is hiding in Jiangdong? Zikun was busy with government affairs at the time, and unfortunately we couldn't go together. How about going to visit him together this time?"

Although Li Ji was confused about who Daxian Liu Bei was talking about, he naturally would not disturb Liu Bei's interest.

Then, Liu Bei pushed Li Ji and headed in the other direction. When Liu Bei stopped, what appeared in front of Li Ji was a mansion with "Cai Mansion" hanging on it.

Then, Liu Bei asked Xiahou Bo to knock on the door and hand over the greeting card and the gifts he had just prepared along the way.

An old servant took the invitation and the gift. He seemed to know Liu Bei and saluted quickly.

"Please also ask Sheriff Liu to go to the concierge to rest for a while. I will report to the master right away."

"Sorry to trouble you, old man." Liu Bei returned the greeting.

Then, the old servant hurriedly went to report. About a moment later, a man of about the age of his fortune, wearing a Confucian robe, with a long beard and three beards, came over.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bei didn't wait for the man to approach, and took the lead to greet him, saluting.

"Excuse me, Master Cai, to welcome me personally. The students are frightened."

"Xuande is polite. I was wondering why there were sparrows crowring early today. It turns out that Xuande is here." After the man helped Liu Bei up, his eyes fell on Li Ji who was sitting on the four-wheeler. After looking at it with some curiosity for a while, he asked.

"Xuande, could this be the Li Zikunhu you always talk about?"

"Exactly."

Liu Bei replied, and then introduced to Li Ji.

"Zi Kun, this person is the great Confucian Cai Gong who worked with Master Lu in Dongguan to compile Confucian classics and jointly assisted in the continuation of "Dongguan Han Ji"."

If it were said that Li Ji had not reacted before.

So at this moment, Li Ji still doesn't understand who this Cai Gong is. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the only great scholar named Cai was Cai Yong, who created his own Feibai calligraphy style.

Moreover, this man is also the father of the famous "talented girl" Cai Wenji.

"I am Cai Yong, whose courtesy name is Bo Zhe."

Cai Yong didn't mean to rely on his old age at all, but spoke almost as if he were treating his peers.

"I have admired Li Zikun for a long time, who played a great role in quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion. I had long heard that Li Zikun was working under Xuande, but I have not been able to meet him. It is a pleasure to finally meet him."

Hearing this, Li Ji quickly stood up, gave a junior salute, and said.

"Ji has long wanted to pay homage to Mr. Cai, but he was busy with government affairs before and did not know that Mr. Cai originally lived in Wu County. It is really rude."

Cai Yong looked at Li Ji who was sitting on a four-wheeler and suddenly stood up, but he couldn't help but feel a little confused, pointing at Li Ji's legs and said.

"This……"

Liu Bei quickly explained.

"Master Cai, Zikun was accidentally injured on his forehead a few days ago. He lost a lot of blood and is weak. Therefore, he specially prepared a four-wheeled vehicle for Zikun for transportation."

"I see……"

Cai Yong suddenly realized it, and then smiled. "I thought that in the name of me being guilty, I could make a disabled person whole again in an instant."

Immediately, Cai Yong walked toward the house to welcome him and said.

"Everyone, please take a seat in the mansion first, and then we can talk about it slowly and in detail."

However, before Li Ji could take two steps, Liu Bei pushed Li Ji back on the four-wheeled cart and pushed Li Ji towards the palace.

As everyone took their seats in the mansion, Cai Yong did not forget to explain it to Li Ji in person. Only then did Li Ji understand that Cai Yong now lived in Wu County and actually had some contributions of his own.

Previously, Cai Yong was framed and slandered by Wang Fu, the imperial minister, and was exiled to Shuofang County by the emperor. He was later amnesty. However, Cai Yong obviously did not dare to return to Luoyang, so he could only avoid Jiangdong and hide in Wuhui. .

Until it was affected by the bandit rebellion in Wu County, all the aristocratic families in Wu County moved to Wu County, and Cai Yong also moved to Wu County.

After Liu Bei learned of Cai Yong's whereabouts, he arranged a residence for Cai Yong after he arrived in Wu County. Even the daily necessities and travel expenses were provided by Liu Bei as a junior disciple.

In this regard, Li Ji just wanted to say: "Lord, well done"!
  The influence of a great Confucian was quite huge in this era.

More importantly, compared to other great scholars, Cai Yong has an unparalleled characteristic.

That is, Cai Yong had the largest collection of books in the entire late Han Dynasty. The number of books in the collection far exceeded 10,000 volumes, and it was almost a walking library.

In addition to the palace, Cai Yong's collection of books is the highest among the Han Dynasty.

This huge collection of books is worth as much as gold and silver to Li Ji!

Therefore, almost at the first sight of Cai Yong, Li Ji felt that he had met the right person and had met his destiny.

With Liu Bei mediating in the middle, the conversation between Cai Yong and Li Ji was naturally quite harmonious, and this also solved one of Li Ji's previous doubts.

That's where Liu Bei got so many books related to water conservancy. It turned out that they were all Cai Yong's collection.

"Mr. Cai, I have a heartfelt request. I have browsed through the classics I borrowed from Cai Gong and gained a lot. However, I still have some doubts in my heart. I would like to borrow some more classics related to water conservancy. Is it possible?" Leakey asked.

Cai Yong obviously knew Li Ji's purpose of consulting the water conservancy classics. He stroked his long beard and said happily.

"Of course I'm not that kind of person who cares about his own things. The value of a book lies in someone who can understand its contents. If Zikun is interested, he can go to my house to read the classics at any time. If he can gain anything, it will be a blessing to the people of Wu County. .”

Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but show a bit of joy on his face, and said with a disciple's etiquette.

"Thank you Master Cai."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."

Cai Yong was also a man who had clear ideas and did not stick to trivial matters. He simply called the old servant and asked the old servant to take Li Ji directly to the book collection place in the mansion.

(End of this chapter)