Soldiers come to the world

The sacrifice time was not long, it was over in half an hour. Liu Biao was going to the prefectural office to receive the daily greetings from all the officials in Jingzhou, while the rest of the tribe went about their own activities. .

However, this family banquet does not have to be attended. Like Liu Biao, he cannot attend. Liu Jing naturally wants to leave too. If he spends too much time with his clansmen, the greater his chances of being exposed.

However, although Liu Jing wanted to leave very much, he was unfortunately held back by his clansmen, asked questions, and played a few rounds of six-game chess with them. This is what Liu Jing just learned. , That is to say, throw the chopsticks into the pot one foot away to get the qualification to play chess.

There are games, wit, and strong competition, so many people are fascinated by games, "abandoning work and business, forgetting to sleep and eat, and the days are exhausted, followed by fat candles".

In the game of chess, turning faces, scolding, and fighting happen from time to time, and there have been some famous incidents because of this. For example, when Qin Gong Lai Ai got drunk and fought with powerful dignitaries when she was playing chess, Lai Ai said angrily: "I am the emperor's fake." father! This incident triggered Qin Shihuang's purge of the Lai Ai Group.

Another example is at the end of the Warring States period, Jing Ke had a chess dispute with Gou Jian from Lu (not the one who recklessly tried his courage).

There was also the crown prince Liu Qi and Wu Wang prince Liu Bi who fought for chess. The crown prince became angry and smashed Wu Wang prince Liu Bi to death with a chessboard. This incident became the fuse of the Seven Kings Rebellion.

In order to become one with the soldiers, Liu Jing also learned to play this kind of chess, but the soldiers were just for gambling, and no one dared to beat him, so they tried every means to lose money to him.

Liu Jing can understand the mentality of the soldiers, and he is actually the same today.

Today, he played chess patiently with more than a dozen elders of the Liu family for a morning, and lost to them more than thirty taels of gold, and won the praise of the elders, saying that he is worthy of being the nephew of the head of the family, and that he has quite a family ancestor. the wind.

Near noon, the banquet in Liu's residence was about to start, Liu Jing didn't want to see Mrs. Cai, and was about to leave, but just as he walked out of the lobby, Liu Qi came from behind and stopped him.

"Brother Jing! Wait a minute."

Liu Jing hurriedly saluted and said with a smile: "Brother, long time no see."

Liu Qi said apologetically: "During this period of time preparing for the sacrifice, I was so busy that I lost my head. I couldn't take care of Brother Jing for a while, so I neglected you a bit. I'm sorry!"

"It's okay, I'm busy this time too!"

"By the way, you have a job, I almost forgot."

Liu Qi laughed again: "How is the director of the Tourist Payment Office doing?"

Liu Jing smiled wryly and shook his head, "Every day there are countless things that make people feel dizzy. Just arranging New Year's duty, everyone has been arguing for a long time. This is still a small tourist payment office. If a Army, I don't know what to do."

"There are big and big management methods, but they are actually the same."

Liu Qi changed the subject and said with a smile, "Are you free today? I'll take you to a banquet. I think you'll be interested."

Liu Jing just didn't want to stay here, so he readily agreed, "I can leave anytime!"

"Wait for a while, I'll change clothes, and then we'll set off." Liu Qi turned and hurried away.

Liu Jing was sitting by the flower bed in the middle courtyard and waiting patiently. At this moment, Mrs. Cai, surrounded by a large group of maids, came hurriedly from the other side, and happened to meet Liu Jing head-on. Both of them were a little stunned. up.

Even though Liu Jing was in a hurry to leave because he didn't want to see her, he didn't expect to meet her on a narrow road, but he had no choice but to go forward and bow, "See Madam!"

Mrs. Cai looked at him with complicated eyes. Two days ago, her husband and the Cai family reached a compromise, temporarily putting aside the matter of marriage for one to two years. The reason was that Cai Shaoyu was still young, and the marriage would be discussed after she grew up.

Although this result was not the best, at least it solved the immediate crisis and gave Mrs. Cai time to calmly arrange for Liu Cong to marry the daughter of the Cai family.

On the other hand, Liu Jing made it clear that he would not marry Shaoyu, which temporarily weakened Mrs. Cai's hostility towards Liu Jing.

However, the root of Mrs. Cai's hatred of Liu Jing is not this marriage, but her child's miscarriage. She always believes that Liu Jing killed her child.

This kind of hatred is hidden in Mrs. Cai's heart like a poisonous thorn. Every time she sees Liu Jing, Mrs. Cai feels a sharp pain in her heart, thinking of her lost child.

"I heard that you have taken up an official position?" Mrs. Cai asked coldly.

"Yes!"

"Oh! That's good. Young people should know how to make progress and don't always think about relying on their father's shade. Your uncle is very busy, so you should try to disturb him as little as possible in the future."

"I know!"

Liu Jing's tone was also very cold, without even a hypocritical smile, this woman really disgusted him to the extreme, saying one more word would be a kind of torture to him.

"Why, you hate me?" Madam Cai felt a little annoyed by Liu Jing's indifference.

"How dare I hate Madam, Madam hates me, so I want to disappear from Madam's presence as soon as possible, and try to say as little as possible, so as not to spoil Madam's good mood."

"Hmph! You are self-aware. Besides, let me tell you one thing. Your marriage with the Cai family has been dissolved. You don't have to worry about it."

This news is not bad, and Liu Jing's mood suddenly improved. He felt relieved and saluted again, "Thank you Madam for telling me the good news."

"Hmph!" Mrs. Cai snorted again, and said sarcastically, "In this way, you can marry Cao Cao's daughter and Sun Quan's sister. Our Cai family can't afford it."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Cai walked away, Liu Jing was a little stunned, this is what he said to Liu Biao, Mrs Cai actually knew it, it seems that Liu Biao attaches great importance to this sentence, is it because of this sentence that Liu Biao let himself move out?

After all, Liu Jing was young, and he didn't consider some things so maturely and thoughtfully. Sometimes he would blurt out some things that shouldn't be said, which aroused suspicion from others.

Obviously, the words of marrying Cao Cao's daughter and Sun Quan's sister aroused Liu Biao's suspicion. Perhaps Liu Biao was already doubting his own ambitions. Liu Jing felt a little annoyed. So many things happened in just over a month.

Just when Liu Jing was secretly annoyed, Liu Qi hurried over after changing clothes, "Brother Jing, let's go!"

He changed into a purple robe and a golden crown on his head. He looked handsome and handsome. I don't know who he is going to meet today.

Liu Jing withdrew her thoughts and followed Liu Qi out.

Liu Jing didn't ride a horse, but got into Liu Qi's carriage, and the carriage drove towards the west of the city at high speed.

"Today, a friend is going on a long journey. Some of our classmates from Lumen Academy bought wine to bid farewell to him. It just happens to be the New Year's Eve. Let's get together by the way. There is a person you are very interested in."

"Who is it?" Liu Jing was aroused by Liu Qi.

Liu Qi smiled mysteriously, "You will know where you are."

The carriage stopped slowly at a tavern next to the west city gate. It turned out to be the tavern where the horse was stolen last time. It was a very busy time, and most people were having dinner at home. Few figures.

Seeing three carriages parked at the door, Liu Qi couldn't help laughing and said, "They've already arrived."

The two went up to the second floor, and there were only two or three drinkers.

The tavern is very spacious, there are no tables and chairs, they are all sitting on the floor, a low food table is placed in front of each person, or there are few people, the seats are randomly separated by fences to keep each table seat independent.

If you are in a slightly higher-end tavern, you can still see screens separating them, and even in places where nobles have banquets, you can still see gold-encrusted white jade screens.

In one corner, there were already five or six people seated, all of whom were young literati, with headscarves wrapped around their heads and Confucian gowns. One of them was Kuai Qi whom Liu Jing knew, and the other he also knew, but it was Ma Liang with white eyebrows.

Liu Jing suddenly thought of Zhuge Liang, he took a glance, but didn't see Zhuge Liang, but unexpectedly found that there was a young woman among them.

He wears a veiled hat with a gauze covering, so he can't see his face clearly. He wears a light green short jacket, a long purple-red skirt, and a wide white brocade belt around his waist. He is also slender.

There was also a little servant girl sitting behind her, who was cute and pretty.

There were two other people beside them, who were talking with their heads down, not noticing their arrival.

"I'm coming!"

Kuai Qi saw the two of them, laughed and shouted, everyone stood up one after another, Liu Qi stepped forward quickly, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, I'm a step late, I kept everyone waiting."

Ma Liang chuckled, "We are discussing, and we will be punished with three drinks later."

"It should be punished! It should be punished!"

At this time, the other two also stepped forward to salute, "Master Qi, long time no see."

These two people are one older and one younger, the elder is about 40 years old, and the younger is 23 or [-] years old, both of them are dressed in Confucian robes, with elegant demeanor.

Liu Qi smiled and introduced the two to Liu Jing, "These two are today's masters, and we will practice for them today."

The older one, Cui Jun, Cui Zhouping, Boling Cui, had encouraged Yuan Shao to rebel against Dong Zhuo, and enjoyed a high reputation.

Liu Jing has also heard of his name for a long time, but he did not expect that he is already a middle-aged man, so he hurriedly saluted, "Boy Liu Jing, I have heard of Mr. Cui's name for a long time."

Cui Zhouping stroked his beard and smiled, "We have also heard about Mr. Jing's name. I heard that Mr. Jing has won Luma, can you take a look?"

"It's still in Liu's residence, and I haven't ridden it yet. Next time, let Mr. Cui try it."

Cui Zhouping smiled, but did not speak. Liu Qi introduced another young man to Liu Jing, "This is Yingchuan Xu Yuanzhi, who is ambitious and talented."

Liu Jing was in awe, it turned out that he was Xu Shu, and it was the first time he saw Xu Shu, who was about seven feet five tall, with fair skin, handsome appearance, and piercing eyes.

"So you are Xu Shu from Yingchuan!"

Xu Shu was taken aback, and said with a smile, "Master Jing, have you heard of me?"

"Brother Yuanzhi's name is like thunder!"

He had heard about Cui Zhouping for a long time before, but now he is very famous for Xu Shu. This is obviously not social entertainment, and he is a bit biased towards Xu Shu. Liu Qi smoothed things over and introduced the last woman to Liu Jing.

"This is a female hero, with high talent and learning, not overwhelming her eyebrows. The daughter of the Huang family, Yueying, is also making a special trip today to practice for Zhouping and Yuanzhi."

Liu Jing's attention was attracted all of a sudden, it turned out that this is Huang Yueying, it is rare to show her face for a friend's practice, this kind of courage is invaluable.

It's a pity that she was wearing a veiled hat to cover her face, so she couldn't see her face, so he hurriedly bowed to salute, "I have heard for a long time that Miss Huang is talented and talented, she is beautiful and intelligent, and I am lucky to see you today, Liu Jing."

"Mr. Jing is over the award. Mr. Jing saved Zhao Yun bravely. He was both wise and brave. He died generously for his faith. Even my father is full of praise for such a loyal man. I would like to invite you to come to Huang's house as a guest when you are free."

Huang Yueying's voice was very soft, but Liu Jing was ashamed when he heard it. Unexpectedly, the news about him saving Zhao Yun spread. It should be Zhao Yun who told Liu Bei, and Liu Bei spread the word. Although this is not a bad thing, Liu Jing still doesn't want others to Know.

He hurriedly said a few words modestly, expressing that he would definitely go to Huang's house as a guest when he was free. At this time, he asked with a smile, "Why didn't Brother Kong Ming come today?"