Since the scholar upstairs invited him, Liu Zhang would not refuse. But he agreed to go see Xu's mother, but now he wanted to drink with someone else. In order to prevent Xu Shu from being dissatisfied, Liu Zhang looked at Xu Shu to ask for his opinion. Xu Shu smiled and said, "Meet my mother."
I don’t care about this moment, since someone has invited me, how can I refuse! Those upstairs, would you mind adding one more person?"
The scholar upstairs laughed and said: "The wine belongs to the champion, who does he want to invite to drink? How can I have any objection? Please!"
"Fengxiao! How can you sit at the same table with a murderer? Isn't this a self-degradation?" A man in white and a man in green seemed very angry.
"Fengxiao?!" Liu Zhang was shocked and said, "Could this person be Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao? If so, I will definitely recruit him!"
"It's boring! Wen Ruo, long essay, you are really boring!" The scholar upstairs laughed and said: "Yingchuan Xu Shu is a chivalrous person, and his chivalrous name has already spread far and wide in Yingyin. What's more, Yingchuan is Xiangxue
Why bring the battles in the imperial court here? I am just a member of a poor family. Compared with a Han clan clan member like Champion Marquis, being able to drink at the same table with him is already considered a high achievement!"
Liu Zhang laughed and said: "That's wrong! Those who are in love with each other can be friends even as traders and lackeys. If they are not in love with each other, they are even biological brothers and strangers. The great ancestor was only the head of a pavilion in Surabaya. Although my Liu family is a royal family, I
How can we forget our roots? Today's big families all think they are noble. But tracing back to their roots, which family didn't start from the ordinary? The Yuan family thought they were the descendants of Emperor Shun, but the ancestors of Emperor Shun were not commoners? Take Yingchuan for example.
The Xun family and the Chen family, thousands of years ago, weren't their ancestors ordinary people? Just because a famous person or high-ranking official appeared, they forgot the ordinaryness of their ancestors. I really despise this kind of forgetfulness of ancestors!"
"You..." A group of scholars from aristocratic families were very angry when they heard Liu Zhang speak like this, but when they looked at the guards holding swords next to them, they became silent. As the saying goes: When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why. In fact, they stood up to stop them.
Liu Zhang already regretted it when he died.
Liu Zhang didn't look at anyone else, only looking at the two scholars in Qing Yi and Bai Yi. From the conversation between these people, Liu Zhang had already guessed their identities. The one named Wen Ruo was probably Xun Yu, and Chang Wen was probably Chen Qun.
, as for Fengxiao, it was undoubtedly Guo Jia. Although Liu Zhang wanted to recruit Chen Qun and Xun Yu, people from aristocratic families would definitely not give him a good look, so he set his target on Guo Jia. However, Xun Yu
Since Xun Yu and Chen Qun could not be used, they had no choice but to get rid of them. Before Liu Zhang wanted to go upstairs, he secretly ordered Shi A to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun.
Just when Shi A was about to leave, he heard the scholar upstairs shouting: "Marquis Champion, can you please invite the strong man holding the sword next to you to come up and have a drink with me?"
"Okay!" Liu Zhang agreed readily. After all, Chen Qun and Xun Yu combined were not as important as Guo Jia!
He brought Shi A, Xu Shu and Zhang Fei upstairs and saw two young men sitting at the table. One was about 20 years old and the other was about 16 or 17 years old. Their temperaments were very similar, but they were 16 or 17 years old.
Elegant with a hint of unruliness, while a young man in his twenties is elegant with a hint of calmness.
Seeing Liu Zhang going upstairs, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy saluted and said: "I am Guo Jiazi Fengxiao. This is my good friend Xi Zhicai, who has met the champion."
"No gifts!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Since we are destined, why do we need so many gifts? How about I just call you two by your first name, and you two call me by your name?"
Guo Jia laughed and said: "We will call the champion Brother Liu!"
"That's great!" Liu Zhang wanted to get closer to Guo Jia. Now that he got his wish, how could he not agree?
The two sides sat down, and Zhang Fei ordered people to bring up the good wine. Although these wines were not as high-quality as the high-quality wines of later generations, they were already considered fine wines for a poor family like Guo Jia. Even if Guo Jia and Xun Yu had a good relationship, Xun Yu also
It was impossible to take out the royal tribute wine collected at home to entertain him.
"Good wine!" Guo Jia took a sip and said, "This should be the tribute wine given by the emperor. It seems that Brother Liu is quite generous! Even Wen Ruo only brought out a small pot, but you brought out a large jar.
!”
"What's this?" Zhang Fei said with a smile: "If you go back with eldest brother, you will have enough to eat every day! However, if you enter the military camp, you will have to stop drinking! But I see your small body, and eldest brother will probably not let you.
You march into the camp!”
Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Fei and smiled secretly in his heart: "This guy also sees that I want to recruit Guo Jia!"
Guo Jia ignored Zhang Fei, but smiled at Liu Zhang and asked, "Brother Liu has come all the way from Luoyang. What's the important thing?"
"To be fair to Fengxiao, I came here to recruit a few counselors!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted to enter Yingchuan Academy as a civilian. Maybe there will be a few counselors who are like me. Unfortunately, not yet.
Entering the academy exposed my identity. I had no choice but to return!"
"It's all my fault, brother!" Xu Shu looked ashamed.
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Brother Yuanzhi doesn't have to be like this, and the champion doesn't have to be angry. In fact, even if you go to Yingchuan Academy, you will probably be recognized by others. You know, there are several Yingchuan families who don't have officials in Luoyang.
? Just say Wen Ruo, he recognized you the first time he saw Brother Liu! If Brother Liu goes to Yingchuan Academy, he will never be much better than before! "
"Alas!" Liu Zhang sighed and said: "Half the world's talented people are from Yingchuan, and the talented people from Yingchuan are from a noble family. It seems that if we need help from great talents, we can only ask for filial piety!"
"Brother Liu is too praised!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Both Wen Ruo and Chang Wen are the leaders of Yingchuan Academy, but I am just a prodigal son of Yingchuan Academy. I can't be considered a great talent if I reluctantly become friends with them!"
Liu Zhang stared at Guo Jiadao: "I know the talents of you and Xi Zhicai. To be honest, I came to Yingchuan just for you two. I wonder if you two are willing to help me!"
Guo Jia put down the wine glass in his hand and asked, "I have a question. If Brother Liu can answer it truthfully, I may consider following you!"
"Excuse me, Fengxiao!" Liu Zhang also put down his wine glass, and the atmosphere on the table suddenly became solemn.
Guo Jia asked: "Before Brother Liu went upstairs just now, he seemed to want to send General Shi to do something. I wonder if Brother Liu can tell the truth?"
"Why not?" Liu Zhang said seriously: "I sent him to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun!"
"Why did you kill Chen Qun and Xun Yu?" Guo Jia frowned and asked, "Do you have a grudge against them?"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Why do you need to ask questions knowingly to be filial?"
"Of course you won't ask questions when you know it! Even if you want to kill Xun Yu because he is famous, why do you want to kill Chang Wen?" Guo Jia also thought that Liu Zhang wanted to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun because of their talents.
But the reputations of Chen Qun and Xun Yu were not worthy of Liu Zhang's killing!
Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Fengxiao, to be honest, I want to kill them because their talents are so outstanding that I am afraid of them! From now on, no matter who they assist, they will be my biggest enemy."
!Now that their reputation is not obvious, why don’t I strike first?”
"This..." Xi Zhicai was shocked, and Guo Jia didn't expect that Liu Zhang would actually say what was in his heart. However, Guo Jia was Guo Jia after all, and he recovered quickly. Suddenly, Guo Jia laughed and asked
: "According to what Brother Liu said, if Zhicai and I don't surrender to you today, will we also die?"
"What do you think of Fengxiao?" Liu Zhang smiled mysteriously, but did not answer Guo Jia directly.
"Jia pays homage to your lord!" Guo Jia suddenly left the table and bowed down. Everyone was caught off guard. Only Liu Zhang sat there peacefully and received Guo Jia's bow.
"Fengxiao...you..." Xi Zhicai's expression changed drastically. He thought that Guo Jia was forced to admit his master because of Liu Zhang's words. If this is the case, Guo Jia is too spineless.
"Zhicai, haven't you seen it yet?" Guo Jia said with a smile: "The champion is the master you and I have been praying for!"
"How do you say this?" Xi Zhicai is good at political affairs, and his understanding of people's hearts is far different from Guo Jia's.
Guo Jia laughed and said: "Domineering, loyal, wise, ruthless, these are the necessary conditions for a wise master! There is no need to say more about the righteousness of the champion to his friends, and his tyranny is also well known. The ruthless and ruthless words from his desire to kill Chang Wen and Wen Ruojiu
It can be seen. As for wisdom, Zhicai thinks that a person who can determine the talents of others based on rumors will not be wise? Since the champion has the conditions to be a master, we should give him a chance. So I just tested him, but
He spoke his mind without hesitation! This is what he means when he employs people without trust! Of course, if we don’t surrender, we will really have to witness the cruelty of the champion!"
"This..." Only then did Xi Zhi understand why Guo Jia had stopped Shi A just now. It turned out to be to save the lives of Xun Yu and Chen Qun. He couldn't help asking: "Brother Liu, since you know the relationship between Chang Wen and Wen Ruo
Talent, why let them go?"
Liu Zhang sneered and said: "Chen Qun and Xun Yu are indeed talented, but if they can get Guo Fengxiao and Xi Zhicai, they will be thousands of times better than them!"
"Why?" Xi Zhicai asked with some confusion: "In the academy, whether it is Chen Qun or Xun Yu, their political and military talents are superior to mine and Fengxiao!"
"They are indeed talented, but to say that they are more talented than you and Fengxiao, I disagree!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "What's more, whether it is Chen Qun or Xun Yu, they both come from aristocratic families, and they are the first
What I have to protect is not the Lord but the family! Many of my government orders in the future will run counter to the interests of the aristocratic families. If I use them, I will have doubts in my heart! As the saying goes: Don’t use them if you don’t use them. Since I have doubts about them, why bother?
Use them!"
"They can't be used by you, so you don't have to kill them! You're going too far if you kill someone if you have different political opinions!" Xi Zhicai was still a little dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's decision to kill Xun Yu and Chen Qun. After all, they were friends.
"The world is going to be in chaos!" Liu Zhang sighed: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. There are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests. Rather than leaving them to fight against me, it is better to eradicate them, because I have no confidence in the world.
In times of chaos, I can defeat these two people. Of course, if Fengxiao and Zhicai help me, I can naturally let them go! Everyone in Yingchuan knows that Xun You knows military strategy and Xun Yu knows political affairs. But no one knows that the prodigal son
Guo Jiacai is a genius in the military, and Xi Zhicai is even more talented as Wang Zuo!"