The beggar had unkempt hair and dirty face, with patches of black and gray on his face. If you look closely, you can vaguely see that his face is very fair. What surprised Liu Xin most was that this man had a smooth chin and no beard!
According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, men start to grow beards after they lose their crown. Liu Xin is the only one who insists on shaving every day. And even Liu Xin has begun to think about whether it is time to grow a beard, otherwise he will look very awkward among this group of people.
Alien. Judging from the appearance of this man, he should be around thirty, well past the age of growing a beard. If he has the same "hobby" as Liu Xin and doesn't like growing a beard, he doesn't even comb his hair, and his face
How could a beggar who never washes himself have the leisure and leisure to shave his chin cleanly?
There are only two possibilities for this situation, either the beggar is a woman disguised as a man, or he is a eunuch. Seeing that the beggar's Adam's apple is protruding, he is clearly a man. Liu Xin, the eunuch in the palace, did not have many contacts, and even fewer looked familiar to him. Liu Xin
I couldn't help but stop.
Seeing this, Zhu Rong turned around and asked, "Brother, why don't you leave?"
Liu Xin smacked her lips in the direction of the beggar and said, "I think that man is kind-hearted. Come on, let's go over and ask."
The beggar also kept glancing here secretly. When he saw Liu Xin and Zhu Rong walking towards him, he hurriedly picked up the broken bowl on the ground, turned around and wanted to turn into the small alley next to them.
Liu Xin strengthened her judgment. The beggar must have recognized her, and couldn't help shouting: "Zhang Gou'er, stop!"
When the beggar heard Liu Xin's cry, he trembled all over, his legs went weak, and he knelt down on the ground. With a crisp "pop" sound, the broken bowl fell to pieces, and a few copper coins dropped.
It was spinning around, not knowing which corner it was rolling to.
When Liu Xin saw his pretentiousness, she knew that her guess was accurate, but she didn't understand why he ended up in such a state. She couldn't help but take a step forward and asked: "Are you really Zhang Gou'er?"
Seeing him approaching, Zhang Gou'er became more and more frightened. He kowtowed as if pounding garlic and said repeatedly: "Master Liu, I know I was wrong. I beg you to spare my life."
The man's voice was high-pitched and thin, and he was undoubtedly Zhang Gou'er.
"Where did you start talking about this? Get up quickly." Liu Xin was surprised, and regardless of the filth on his body, she reached out and pulled him up, sighing, "Zhang Gou'er, I think back then, you and I
Gongming and the others took Liu directly from Juchao to Hejian. The past events are still vivid in our minds, but now we meet again here. What a trick of fate."
"Master Liu, back then the dog came from you..." Zhang Gou'er's face was covered with dirt, and his expression could not be seen clearly. However, from the way he lowered his head, you could feel that he was a little embarrassed.
Liu Xin waved her hand and said: "I gave those things to you and all the brothers back then, so there is no need to mention them again. But why did you end up living here? Now that you have arrived in Jingzhou, why don't you look for me?"
Zhang Gou'er sighed and said: "Oh, it's hard to explain! When Yuan Shu and Cao Cao led troops into the palace, many of the servants were poisoned by them. Fortunately, I was not on duty that day, so they escaped. Later, Dong Zhuo
After entering the capital, the city of Luoyang was filled with smoke and chaos, and the servants who were lucky enough to escape with their lives were frightened, fearing that one day Dong Zhuo's butcher's knife would fall on their heads."
After a pause, Zhang Gou'er continued: "There are many treasures in the palace and there is no one to take care of them, so the cleverer chamberlain stole them out and fled. Dong Zhuo ignored them. That day, I also stole some gold.
Jewelry shell, use one
I was wrapped in a large yellow silk cloth and hid it at my waist, trying to sneak out of the palace. Unexpectedly, I was interrogated by Dong Zhuo's sergeants at the palace gate. They searched for the gold, jewelry and shells, beat me up and drove me out of the city. I only ended up with
That yellow silk cloth."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "Dog, don't sigh. They just beat you up and saved your life. It's a blessing in misfortune."
"Master Liu, you don't know something. If the sergeants guarding the palace gate beat the slaves to death, it would be difficult to hide the gold and jewelry shells. It would be better to put the blame for the theft of property on the slaves, so I sent the slaves
We escorted them all the way out of Luoyang City before giving up." Zhang Gouer said with a bitter smile.
, "Although the slave still had some belongings hidden in his home, it was a pity that he could not return to the city and had to flee to the Jingzhou area. At that time, the slave was penniless, so he thought that the cloth was the best silk and satin used in the palace. Maybe he could exchange it for two.
It's so expensive, but when the slave opened it and took a look, he just screamed in pain."
Liu Xin asked strangely: "Why is this?"
Zhang Gou'er sighed and said: "Master Liu, do you think this is the fate of slaves? When I stole the gold and silver, I was also very nervous. I happened to see a piece of yellow silk and took it for use, but I didn't pay attention to it.
look
When the slave wanted to exchange it for some money, he realized that it was not yellow silk. It was clearly a map of the territory of the Han Dynasty left by Guangwu. Who dares to accept this thing? The slave then begged all the way.
To Xiangyang..."
Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, interrupted him and said, "Wait a minute, what did you say that piece of yellow silk was?"
"It's a map of the territory of the Han Dynasty." Zhang Gou'er said without thinking: "When the slave arrived in Xiangyang, who knew that people were not allowed to beg here, so the slave was sent to forced labor, and then he came to Wuling. Sir, you also know that the slave is here
How can my body be able to do that..."
Liu Xin waved her hand, interrupted him again, and asked: "Where is the map of the Han territory now?"
"My slave begged in the city during the day, and slept in the bridge outside the city at night. The piece of yellow silk was used as a mattress." Zhang Gou'er answered casually, and continued to tell his story, "My slave did this for two times.
God, I can't bear it anymore, I'll just give it a chance..."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it yet." Liu Xin was overjoyed when he heard that the territory map of the Han Dynasty had not been thrown away. He stopped him and said, "Take me to see the territory map quickly. Let's talk while walking."
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These eunuchs were stabbed in the lower body, and they have been dripping with urine since then. Their bodies often smell like urine. In addition, Zhang Gouer has not bathed all year round, and the stench is even more offensive. Zhu Rong couldn't stand it, so he covered his nose and stayed away.
Follow Liu Xin here
This world has never seen a complete picture of the Han Dynasty. Knowing that Zhang Gou'er had such a thing in his hand, he didn't care about the unpleasant smell, but he talked and laughed with him, and also learned about Zhang Gou'er.
It has been really hard for dogs these past few years.
After he fled Luoyang, he had nowhere to go, and he really thought about defecting to Liu Xin, so he came to Xiangyang. But when he arrived in Xiangyang, Zhang Gouer became afraid again. Back then, he had embezzled a large sum of money from Liu Xin.
Money, if Liu Xin were to pursue him, he would not be able to cut off even if he had ten heads. After this hesitation, he was arrested as a refugee and sent directly to participate in forced labor.
He was not made to do such heavy work, and he was clean, and his daily life was very inconvenient. Within two days, he found an opportunity to run away. At this time, the engineering team was different from the past, and there was no one who wanted to dig in.
There were only a few, so the leader of Zhang Gou'er's team quietly brought in a relative of his to cover Zhang Gou'er's shortcomings.
After a while, there was no news of his arrest, so Zhang Gouer started begging "openly and openly" in Wuling City. The people here lived a prosperous life, and begging was easy, but it was hard to find a place to live, so he started begging in the city.
He found a bridge outside to settle down, and the map of the territory of the Han Dynasty became his bed sheet.
Liu Xin held the map of the territory of the Han Dynasty that was slightly damaged and exuded a strange smell. She couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhang Gou'er, you are really courageous. You actually dare to sleep on the whole country of the Han Dynasty."
under."
He just made a joke casually, but Zhang Gou'er was so frightened that he knelt on the ground in a hurry and kowtowed repeatedly: "This slave deserves death, please forgive me!"
Liu Xin put away her smile and said sternly: "Zhang Gou'er, although you are a little disrespectful to this map of the Han Dynasty, you have done some good in safeguarding it. If the merits and demerits are balanced, I will not punish you. You can take care of this map first.
I'll take it and come with me back to Xiangyang tomorrow. You need to live a good life in the future and never do those illegal things again!"
Zhang Gouer knew that with Liu Xin's words, he would have no worries about food and clothing in the future. He fell from the sky to the earth, and now he was able to come back to life. From then on, he worked conscientiously and was loyal to Liu Xin, and no longer dared to have any arrogance.
Liu Xin didn't expect that during his visit to Wuling City today, he actually picked up a treasure. You know, under the conditions at the time, it was very difficult to draw a map, let alone a national map. With such a map
With the map, Liu Xin can more easily understand the general trend of the country, which will provide him with more convenience in planning a war to unify the world in the future.
People are in high spirits during happy events, and Liu Xin, who usually doesn't drink much, made an exception today and drank two large glasses of wine with the Wuling civil and military officials led by Jin Xuan. After three rounds of drinking, Jin Xuan got up and left with the civil and military officials. He was such a person.
He was very knowledgeable and knew that Liu Xin was traveling with his female family members, so he gave up his residence. In such a large house, except for a few maids, the rest of the people moved to the post house. Outside the house, there was Hou Qinu and several maids.
Teams of soldiers took turns patrolling and guarding, and the whole house seemed extraordinarily quiet.
Liu Xin was not a person who liked to be pretentious, so she was not polite to him. She was led by two little maids and walked to the back house. After turning a long corridor, the front suddenly opened up. Through the dim moonlight, she could vaguely see
We arrived at a small courtyard that flickered in and out among the bamboo trees, very quiet.
At the end of the corridor, Zhu Yu was waiting eagerly. As soon as he saw Liu Xin, he hurriedly came up to her and said, "Master Qi, my sister is in the yard in front."
Liu Xin couldn't help but ask: "Who lives there on weekdays?"
A pretty maid hurriedly said: "Sir, that is my lady's boudoir."
Liu Xin couldn't help but frowned and said to Zhu Yu: "What are you doing Rong'er? There are so many houses in this mansion, why did you choose this young lady's boudoir alone?"
Zhu Yu hurriedly said: "Sister, I just saw the elegant environment here and liked it very much. She didn't know that it was his lady's boudoir. How about moving to another place?"