When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 160 Frontier poet Zhang Yide!
"May I ask if you are the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing and the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, General Liu Xuande, the Protector of the Qiang?"

"exactly"

As the Chief Secretary of the Western Regions, Zhang Yan led the military officials to Liu Bei's army. He kept a very humble attitude. If he had met the Wall Guard Captain Leng Zheng, he would not have done so. After all, Leng Zheng only had the title of Protector of the Qiang Captain at that time, but had no real power at all.

As for Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, he was extremely surprised just by listening to the stories told by Xu Huang and the other two without checking. But when he checked, the results were incredible.

Although he was a relative of the Han royal family, he lost his father at a young age and his family was poor. He depended on his mother for support. He had to shoulder the burden of the family since he was young and made a living by weaving mats and selling shoes.

This made Zhang Yan, who had never had to worry about food since childhood, full of surprise and confusion. How could there be such poor people in the world? !

What is even more surprising is that at the age of more than 20, he could serve as the Protector of the Qiang Army concurrently while being a prefect!

Based on his merits, he could obviously be selected to be the governor of a prosperous county, where he could peacefully serve as a prefect and wait for promotion.

Who would have thought that Liu Xuande would go straight to Liangzhou and gather such a large army!

General Liu, you are a man with great ambitions like me!

If we say that Zhang Yan was grateful for Liu Bei's rescue, he valued Liu Bei's status and the emperor behind him and wanted to make friends with him.

Now I admire Liu Bei's character and abilities from the bottom of my heart.

Seeing Zhang Yan bowing, Liu Bei hurriedly helped him up and said, "Zhang Changshi, there is no need to do this. Changshi has defended the Western Regions for many years and prevented the Western Regions countries from leading troops to invade. It is people like Zhang Changshi that I have always admired. Come, give Zhang Changshi a seat!"

Zhang Yan exclaimed, "General Liu is such a hero! Yan, why didn't you meet General Liu earlier? I wish we could be good friends!"

"It's not too late for us to meet today." Liu Bei pulled Zhang Yan to sit down. "Zhang Changshi, there is no one else here, and this is not an important occasion, so you can just call me Xuande."

Zhang Yan was overjoyed. Liu Bei's words clearly agreed to his impolite request. He hurriedly said, "General Liu, no, Brother Xuande, you can call me by my courtesy name, Zi Bo."

After saying this, Zhang Yan turned around and saw the military official standing there shaking like a sieve. He was so angry that he shouted, "Why don't you pay your respects to Brother Xuande?"

"Greetings. Greetings, General Liu."

Even though Zhang Yan's military clerk had given him many warnings before, and the clerk had nodded his head and even patted his chest to make promises, when the time came, his performance was really shocking.

Zhang Yan was so angry that he cursed in his heart, "What a stupid person! So stupid!"

Liu Bei saw all of this. He smiled at Zhang Yan and the military officer and said, "It's okay. I don't mind."

“Didn’t you hear what Brother Xuande said?” Zhang Yan waved his hands at the military official, as if he was annoyed by a fly. “What are you still standing there for? Get out of here!”

"promise"

The military official clasped his fists and quickly retreated.

Seeing the back of the military official completely disappear from sight, Zhang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave Liu Bei an apologetic smile, "Brother Xuande, I'm sorry for making fun of you."

"Brother Zi Bo, it's okay. Anyone would be nervous when facing soldiers with swords, but this man was able to break out of the siege alone. It is in times of crisis that his heroic qualities are revealed. He is a rare wise man." Liu Bei said with emotion.

Zhang Yan nodded to this, but he didn't want to say more on this issue. He took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed it to Liu Bei.

"Book of Han." Liu Bei held the title of the book and read out the title on the bamboo slips.

Zhang Yan said ashamedly, "To be honest, I have nothing to do in the Western Regions except for my daily official duties. In my spare time, I read the Book of Han and tried to annotate it. This is one of the few gifts I can give you. I hope Brother Xuande will not despise it."

"This is Brother Zibo's hard work. How could I dislike it?"

Liu Bei said sincerely that the ability to annotate the "Book of Han" showed that this person had extraordinary literary attainments. He originally thought that Zhang Yan was a military general, but he did not expect that his literary attainments were so outstanding.
"Brother Xuande, I have annotated the most about the topography. I heard that you are a disciple of a great scholar, so please help me see if there are any omissions."

纰漏
Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Liu Bei's eyelids could not help but twitch. He knew his own level very well. Looking at the army, he was only higher than Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao, and was on par with Xu Huang and Zhang Liao. It was really difficult for him to point out his mistakes.
Liu Bei was about to refuse outright when Taishi Ci beside him said, "Zhang Changshi, why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? Why not let me take a look?"

"Who is this?" Zhang Yan asked in confusion. Liu Bei introduced Zhang Yan, "The warrior behind me is named Taishi Ci, from Donglai. He has been reading classics since he was young and is proficient in literature."

"Oh, I've heard a lot about you," Zhang Yan said with a fist salute.

Taishi Ci said ashamedly, "It's General Liu who praised me. I am mediocre in literature, so how can I dare to say I am proficient in it? You don't know Zhang Changshi, but General Zhang Yide can compose poems at will, General Guan Yu is well-read in the Spring and Autumn Annals, and General Liu is a disciple of the great scholar Lu Zigan. Compared with the three generals, I am really mediocre."

"So that's how it is!" Zhang Yan stood up excitedly. He looked at Liu Bei with burning eyes and nodded heavily to Taishi Ci. "Zi Yi, what you said makes sense! How can we trouble General Liu with such a small matter? This is really a wake-up call!"

Liu Bei: “.”

Zhang Yan walked quickly to Taishi Ci and took out another volume of Han Shu from his arms. This volume was far less exquisite than the previous one. The hemp rope of this volume was tattered, and it was obviously the one with the most alterations.

Taishi Ci took out the jute paper and said with a smile, "Why not use paper?"

“This paper.”

Pinching the jute paper, Zhang Yan felt a little curious and thought, I haven't been home for many years, and the Han paper has developed to this level, not bad.

The two of them started chatting back and forth, and Liu Bei could only barely understand them. He had a new understanding of his own strength.

"Big brother."

A rough voice was heard, and along with the voice came Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

"Second brother, third brother."

Liu Bei stood up.

The noise successfully interrupted Zhang Yan and Taishi Ci who were chatting animatedly.

Especially when he heard Liu Bei call him "third brother", Zhang Yan instantly locked his eyes on Zhang Fei. He had also asked about Zhang Fei. He was originally a knight-errant in Zhuo County, but now he was good at writing poems?

Although poetry was a minor art in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yan also liked to recite a few poems.

After a brief introduction.

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Fei and exchanged a few polite words. He jokingly said, "General Zhang, I heard that you are very good at reciting poems. Can I listen to some of your best works?"

"Excellent piece? From the past?" Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No need. I heard a piece recently. It should be about the Western Regions. I'll share it with you."

"Good!" Zhang Yanzhang said with a smile.

Liu Bei winked at Zhang Fei, who immediately understood and added, "I heard it from someone, I didn't do it, let me make it clear first."

After saying this, Zhang Fei cleared his throat and said
"The north wind blows the white grass to the ground, and the snow falls in the eighth month of the year."

"Suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom."

"The water seeps into the pearl curtains and wets the silk curtains; the fox fur is not warm and the brocade quilt is thin."

"The general cannot control his horn bow, and the protector general's iron armor is too cold to wear."

Zhang Yan was shocked after hearing this. He secretly swallowed his saliva and asked Taishi Ci in a low voice, "Is this really copied??? How come I have never heard of this before? This is not a Yuefu poem, right?!"

"Zhang Changshi, General Zhang is being modest." Taishi Ci said with emotion.

Zhang Yan nodded, obviously agreeing with Taishi Ci's words. He looked at Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and exclaimed: "These three brothers are really extraordinary!"

　Second update. Sorry I was a bit busy today. Sorry for the average writing.
　　
　
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