Soldiers come to the world

In the south of Wuchang City, there is a mile-long alley called Qingping Lane. There are seven or eight noble families from the north living in the alley. Most of them work as teachers. Every day, more than a hundred children come here to study and study. With vitality.

There are five lush old pagoda trees planted in the alley, about several feet high, with a canopy like a canopy and connected branches and leaves. They are especially lush in summer. Looking from the city wall, it looks like a green cloud covering the alley. This alley is also called Wuhuai Alley or Luyun Alley.

This morning, Liu Jing came to the alley with a dozen or so soldiers and entourages. He waved his hands and asked the entourage to wait outside the alley. Next to the peeled white gate of the house was a sign with the words 'House of the Poor' written on it.

Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, it's because he is so poor, there lived a famous Northern Confucian named Li Xun, from Zhending County, Changshan County. Zhong, who moved to Jiangxia three years ago, rented this small house, teaching as a job, willing to live in poverty.

But today Liu Jing came here not to find this Confucianist, but to find one of his tenants.

Liu Jing knocked on the door, and the door opened. The person who opened the door was a boy about six or seven years old. He tilted his head and looked at Liu Jing for a while, and said, "Our family only accepts children as apprentices. You are too old."

Liu Jing wore a white Confucian gown and a crown on his head. He looked like a scholar who was studying. It turned out that this child was regarded as a student who came to study. Liu Jing shook his head and smiled: "I am not here to study?"

"Then who are you looking for, are you looking for my grandfather?" The little boy asked again.

"Neither!"

At this time, a young woman's soft voice came from the yard, "Xiao Yi, who is it?"

"Auntie, I don't know this person."

"Xiao Yi, you are so rude."

The footsteps approached, and a young woman appeared at the door. She was about 20 years old. She was not beautiful, but she was very handsome. There was a scholarly temperament in her gestures and gestures. Although she was made of hairpin and thorn skirt cloth, she had a graceful figure. , which makes people feel good.

She glanced at Liu Jing, and saw that although he was dressed as a Confucian scholar, he had the majesty of a warrior in his gestures, and the woman suddenly realized, "This gentleman is here to find Big Brother Zhao!"

The big brother Zhao she was talking about was exactly Zhao Yun. Because he was an old acquaintance from the same village, Zhao Yun stayed here temporarily. Liu Jing wanted Zhao Yun to live in his mansion, but Zhao Yun refused, saying that he liked the elegance here. At this time, Liu Jing Jing suddenly realized that the elegance Zhao Yun mentioned might not refer to the environment, but might refer to people.

Liu Jing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Zilong is my elder brother. I came here to visit him. Is he there?"

"He's here, please come in!"

The woman quickly let Liu Jing into the yard. Liu Jing looked at the yard. The house was simple and old, but it was kept very clean. There were a group of chickens in the yard looking for food. On the fence, in the courtyard behind the house is an old locust tree, which is three feet high, with branches and leaves stretched out, covering the whole house.

Liu Jing's eyes fell on Xiao Tong's face again, seeing his dark eyes looking at him curiously, Liu Jing smiled and patted the back of his head, "Your name is Li Yi?"

"En!" The little boy nodded heavily, and he asked curiously, "What's your name?"

"Xiao Yi, don't be rude."

The young woman scolded Xiaotong lightly, and said to him: "Hurry up and take the guests to see your uncle."

"Uncle come with me."

The child led Liu Jing to the backyard, Liu Jing asked with a smile, "Was that your aunt just now?"

"She is my sister-in-law."

Tong Tong suddenly gave Liu Jing a wary look, "My sister-in-law is going to marry Uncle Zhao, don't you think about her?"

Liu Jing suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud, childish words, one sentence leaked Zhao Yun's secret, but this incident made Liu Jing very happy, even happier than when he won the battle, as long as Zhao Yun became home, then he would not be so lonely anymore.

In the backyard, Zhao Yun held a roll of bamboo slips in his hand and sat alone under a tree. He was so engrossed in watching that he didn't notice Liu Jing's arrival at all. At this moment, Liu Jing coughed lightly, and Zhao Yun discovered Liu Jing. Quickly got up and asked: "When did you arrive?"

"just arrived."

Liu Jing stepped forward, picked up a roll of bamboo slips, and found that it was "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". He couldn't help smiling and said, "Brother, do you want to abandon military affairs and become a politician?"

"No, it's a boring pastime!"

Zhao Yun put away the bamboo slips and invited Liu Jing into the room. The two had just sat down when a figure flashed at the door. Just now the young woman came in with two cups of hot tea, put the tea on the table, and smiled at Zhao Yun , turned around and left.

Liu Jing looked at her back as she walked away, and looked at Zhao Yun with a smile that was not a smile. Zhao Yun blushed slightly, "Don't think too much, I just regard her as a sister."

"I didn't think too much about it. Elder brother should think about his own lifelong affairs. He should consider the issue of heirs, unless he doesn't like her."

One sentence hit Zhao Yun's key point. It doesn't matter whether he has a wife or not, but he has no children and grandchildren, which makes him ashamed to face Jiuquanxia's parents, and he also likes her very much.

Zhao Yun sighed and said, "I'm just a martial artist, and her father is a great Confucian in Changshan. Even Gongsun Bogui devoted himself to asking him for advice. More importantly, I'm ten years older than her, so I should be worthy Not on her."

Liu Jing heard that Zhao Yun had let go, so he smiled and said, "Elder brother is a hero who conquers the world, and anyone is worthy of it. If elder brother is willing, I will be the matchmaker for elder brother."

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "Let's talk about this matter later!"

He changed the topic again, and said with a smile: "I heard that Jiang Xia's army defeated Cao's army in Chibi, congratulations brother!"

Liu Jing also smiled and said, "It's a pity that I didn't fight side by side with my brother. This is my biggest regret."

Zhao Yun knew what Liu Jing wanted to say, so he bowed his head and remained silent. In fact, after seven years of suspicion and injustice, Zhao Yun's loyalty to Liu Bei had been completely wiped out. If there was anything left, it was just favors.

Zhao Yun felt that he still owed Liu Bei a favor, and if he repaid the favor, he would not owe Liu Bei anything. This was also his final knot.

Before repaying this favor, he will not consider his future for the time being, including Liu Jing's repeated invitations. After a while, Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and said, "After I get rid of the last knot in my heart, maybe I will fight side by side with you."

Liu Jing understood in his heart, he didn't mention this matter anymore, he took a sword from his waist, put it on the case table, and pushed it to Zhao Yun, "This sword is called Qingzhi, I got it in Chibi, and gave it to my brother. "

"Could this be Cao Cao's Green Sword!"

Zhao Yun suddenly became interested, picked up the sword and gently pulled it out of its sheath, the flashing cold light immediately made his pupils shrink into a line, he spit out a sword trick, swung several swords in the air, the room was suddenly filled with cold, murderous aura, Zhao Yun suddenly stopped Holding the sword, his eyes showed a trace of surprise, and then became dignified.

He put the sword back into its sheath and returned it to Liu Jing. Liu Jing was stunned, "Your brother doesn't like this sword?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, "It has nothing to do with preferences. I am the sword of the king. I can't control it. If I take it, I will suffer from it."

Liu Jing drew out the sword, stared at the icy and jade-like blade and said, "But I think it is very peaceful and kind."

"That's it. The sword also has spirituality. It will choose the owner. When I danced the sword just now, I felt uncontrollable and couldn't restrain its killing intent."

Liu Jing nodded silently. He knew that everything in the world has its spirituality, but this kind of spirituality cannot be seen with the naked eye. You must close your eyes and experience it with your heart. For example, a big tree, what the naked eye sees is only luxuriant and lush.

But if you look at it with your heart, what you see is fertile land, abundant water, the thick meridians in the trunk transporting nutrients, the leaves falling in autumn and spring growing, and countless creatures co-existing with the tree. tree life.

The spirituality of the sword lies not only in its sharpness, but also in its spirit, just like the God of Zhanlu, the number one sword in the world, is the hero of hardware and the essence of the sun. '

It seems a bit mysterious, but it is not. The same green sword, Liu Jing feels peaceful and kind. The essence of the sword lies in martial arts, but Liu Jing knows that when the word "wu" is taken apart, it is the word Zhige. This is the connotation of the sword.

But Zhao Yun didn't have the heart of a king. He had the heart of a general. He only saw the appearance of the sword, sharp and indestructible, and even felt that he couldn't control it.

This is actually a state of mind, just like a diamond, in the eyes of billionaires, it is just an ordinary ornament with a calm state of mind, but in the eyes of the poor, it is wealth that can change fate, so that it is enchanted by the light.

Seeing that Zhao Yun refused to take the sword, Liu Jing no longer insisted, put away the sword, and said: "But I always want to give you something to change my brother's fate."

Zhao Yun smiled and said nothing, a sword can't change his fate, Liu Jing smiled slightly, "I'm not talking about a sword, but another thing, to be precise, it's a person, I believe this person will be able to untie it." Brother's final knot."

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Coming out of Qingping Lane, Liu Jing returned to the state government office, walked into the inner hall, and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Bring Cao Cao's envoy here."

Not long after, several soldiers brought up a scribe. This time it was no longer Jiang Gan, but Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu had followed Cao Cao back to Xudu, and was sent by Cao Cao to Wuchang.

Cao Cao hoped that through negotiations, Liu Jing would be released back to Xiahouyuan, as well as Mao Jie, the counselor who followed Xiahouyuan across the river, and a dozen other generals.

Yang Xiu stepped forward and bowed deeply, "See Zhou Mu!"

"So it's Mr. Yang, long time no see, please sit down!"

Liu Jing asked Yang Xiu to sit down, ordered the soldiers to serve tea, and asked with a smile, "How is Prime Minister Cao?"

"The prime minister's health is not very good. Unfortunately, he fell ill due to several months of exhaustion. Now Xu is taking care of his body."

"The prime minister is over fifty, so he should be careful. If he wants to go south again in the future, he can ask his nephew to help him. Cao Pi and Cao Zhang are both good! He doesn't have to work so hard."

These words made Yang Xiu feel very strange, unable to answer, he had to smile wryly, and turned the topic to the serious matter, he took out a letter and presented it to Liu Jing, "This is a letter from the prime minister, please read it to Zhou Mu. "

Liu Jing took the letter and read it again. Cao Cao wrote it very simply. I hope he can release Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie, but the condition is still to make Liu Jing the king of Xiangyang. Calling the king, Prime Minister Cao is putting me on fire! Please tell Prime Minister Cao, thank him for his kindness, but forgive me for not obeying."

Yang Xiu also got Cao Cao's order in advance, if Liu Jing refused, let Liu Jing put forward the conditions himself, and he said: "Then how can Zhou Mu be willing to release him?"

Liu Jing said with a smile: "Actually, Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie are of no use to me, and they are not willing to surrender. It's okay to let them go back, but I want to change three people with the prime minister."

Yang Xiu regained his spirits, and quickly said, "Please tell me, state pastor!"

Liu Jing said lightly: "I want Liu Bei's wife and children."