Liu Bei touched his eyebrows embarrassedly and explained a few words. After hearing this, Li Ding was silent for a while, and said nothing. He just sighed a long time, shook his head, walked away, and threw Liu Bei, who was confused, there.

"Li Jun?" Liu Bei was a little anxious and almost couldn't control himself from going up and pulling Li Ding's sleeve. Li Ding's expression surprised him too much. When Li Ding arrived in their village, he would always say a few words of encouragement to him. His attitude was gentler than seeing Liu Yuanqi. What's wrong today? Could it be that he was promoted to the governor as a governor?

Li Ding did not look back, just like Liu Bei did not exist, walking all the way forward. Liu Bei was stunned and felt a chill in his heart. It was neither right to stand there nor left. After a while, Li Ding and the others had already left the yard. He had no choice but to return to the dormitory in a bad mood, sat there and thought for a while, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiu saw that Liu Bei was in a daze and asked with concern.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, told him what he had just met Li Ding, and finally looked at Liu Xiu for help: "Brother, what's going on? Shouldn't I ask for a meeting?"

Liu Xiu was also confused. He blinked his eyes and looked at Liu Bei with a panic look on his face. He wanted to laugh, but he felt a little reluctant. He had to comfort him and said, "It's probably because of the temper of a famous scholar. Don't be anxious. Just ask again if you have the chance."

Liu Bei frowned helplessly, pulled the wound on his eyebrows, and couldn't help but take a breath. He raised one hand and stroked the wound. He was stunned for a moment, and his eyes immediately became uneasy.

"Xuande, are you?" Liu Xiu asked nervously when he saw this. Isn't that famous scholar not seeing him? Is it that serious?

Liu Bei raised his head, his eyes a little cold, but it quickly calmed down again. His expression was stiff and he pulled the corners of his mouth. He seemed to want to laugh, but his voice was a little dry: "It's okay, I just... I don't understand a little."

"Oh." Liu Xiu was a little furious when he saw him, thinking to himself that this kid was crazy. It was Li Ding who didn't give you face. What's my business? Look at people with this kind of eyes?

Liu Bei sat for a while, picked up the kettle and said to fetch water. He left the temple and fetched a pot of water in Taoxi. However, he did not go back immediately, but found a dark place to sit down. He held his legs with his hands and looked at the lights in the Mao Family Manor covered with black mountain shadows in the distance, without saying a word, like a black statue sitting on it.

...

The Mao family expressed the most sincere enthusiasm for Li Ding's arrival. Mao Qin, the head of the family, who has always been too lazy to move, arranged a grand banquet to greet Li Ding. Lu Zhi is naturally an indispensable distinguished guest. He is even more noble than Li Ding. He was arranged to be in the guest seat of the top leader, and Lu Min was with him. Li Ding sat down, and the middle-aged man with a black face was accompanied by a middle-aged man with a black face.

Mao Qin, with a round face, looked at Lu Zhi and Li Ding, and his eyes narrowed with a smile. There had never been such a noble guest in the Mao family manor. He felt that even the walls of the house were lit up. Looking at his daughter Mao Qian who was with him, he felt both proud and regretful. It would be great if he was a son.

Although Li Ding was a famous scholar, Lu Zhi was present, and his posture was very low. After three rounds of wine, he got up to toast Lu Zhi, and then danced again. The Han people often danced between banquets, even sang and danced, and toasting others, which was a way to show respect. As Li Ding was usually someone else to dance to him, but in front of Lu Zhi, a great scholar who made the entire Zhuo County proud, Li Ding had no capital at all. In some procedures, he even took pride in drinking with Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi bowed to thank him and apologized, saying that he was in poor health and was inconvenient to return the gift, so he had to ask his son Lu Min to do it on his behalf. Although Li Ding was a little disappointed, he did not force him. Lu Min got up and danced for a while to show his gratitude.

After Lu Min finished dancing, the middle-aged man also stood up to toast Lu Zhi, and then laughed loudly: "Rou has lived among the barbarians for a long time and has seen many barbarians dance. He dared to dance a song for Lu Jun to help him enjoy the wine. I would like to forgive Lu Jun for any rudeness."

Lu Zhi smiled faintly and bowed to his salute: "The heroes are harmonious with Han and Hu. Although they live among the barbarians, they do not forget their hometown and hometown. Zhi admires them very much."

Yan Rou bowed and greeted, raised the wine glass in her hand and drank it all, then raised the wine glass with one hand and the wine pot with the other, dancing and singing generously, echoing in the lobby with the unique vicissitudes of the north, making people feel proud. Yan Rou's voice was very thick and had a very strong penetration. Not only could the people in the hall hear it clearly, but almost the entire yard could hear it.

Wu Junhou, who was eating in the outer courtyard, suddenly frowned, and the chopsticks in his hand slowed down. He slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, his eyes flashed, he got up and went out of the door, looked into the brightly lit hall, and saw Yan Rou dancing, his eyes suddenly trembled, and he flashed behind the wall, and his thick eyebrows frowned.

After a while, he got up and went out of the door and walked into the valley.

After Yan Rou in the hall sang a song, she toasted Lu Zhi again with a glass of wine, and then she stepped back. Everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very relaxed, and it didn't end until the end of Xu.

When Mao Zong returned to the dormitory, Liu Xiu and the other two had already gone to bed to rest. However, as soon as Mao Zong pushed the door, Gongsun Zan sat up from the bed, put on his clothes, twisted the light, and looked at Mao Zong quietly. Although Liu Bei did not get up, he turned his body over and looked at Mao Zong with his eyes wide open. I wonder if it was because of the light, there was still blood in his eyes.

Only Liu Xiu did not move and had no reaction.

Although Mao Zong drank a lot of wine and his face was a little red, his eyes were very clear. He looked at Gongsun Zan, then at Liu Bei, and finally turned his eyes to Liu Xiu. After thinking about it, he shook his head and gave up.

"Deran can't help with this matter, so he won't scream." Mao Zong said softly, staring at Gongsun Zan with his eyes tightly: "Bogui, brother, I ask you something."

Gongsun Zan smiled, didn't say anything, listened to the following.

Mao Zong explained softly. It turned out that after Lu Min went to Zhuo County to meet Li Ding, Li Ding reported the situation to the governor Liu Yu, but Liu Yu did not immediately agree with Lu Min's suggestion. He asked Li Ding to find Yan Rou, who was doing business in the city. Yan Rou traveled to Han and Hu for many years and was familiar with the situation of both sides. When he heard Li Ding's intention, he shook his head and expressed his opposition.

Yan Rou's view is that Zhuo County is different from Shanggu and western Liaoning. Among the vassal states of Youzhou, Zhuo County is the farthest from the Hu people. Although the Xianbei people invaded Han territory every year in recent years, they have never been to Zhuo County. If Zhuo County wants to prepare for war, it will inevitably restrict business dealings with the Xianbei people. Once this happens, the Xianbei people will inevitably be very annoyed. They may invade Zhuo County for revenge, which will cause trouble.

Lu Min immediately expressed his objection. He should not take any defense because the Xianbei people would come to take revenge. On the contrary, he should prepare for war. Yan Rou asked in turn, do you think you can defend yourself by preparing for war? Now the main force in Youzhou is on the border. In recent years, facing the invasion of the Xianbei people, he can only passively defend and have no power to fight. How can he have troops to defend Zhuo County?

Lu Min therefore mentioned the Mao family's troops. He said that although the main force of Youzhou could not come to defend Zhuo County, Zhuo County still has many local forces. As long as the guards of several major clans are organized, it is more than enough to defend Zhuo County. Yan Rou expressed disdain for this. He said that the main force of the Han Dynasty is not the opponent of the Xianbei people, so how could he expect these private soldiers? These people are just protecting Zhuangzi and defending against bandits. If they really want to fight, they will be vulnerable.
Chapter completed!