Qingzhou, Linzi City.

Within the county office, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan sat opposite each other, and the two stared at each other with big eyes.

Gongsun Zan's expression was cold, and he reached out to deliver Yijue wine on the table to Liu Qi: "Drink it."

Liu Bei hurriedly reached out to take it.

Although Gongsun Zan had a bad expression and spoke coldly to him... But based on Liu Bei's understanding of him, Gongsun Zan was willing to receive him, which was already very considerate.

His willingness to see him means that this matter is talkable.

If it were someone else, it would have been lighter to be beaten out of the city by sticks.

"I'm sorry to Brother Bo Gui." After drinking a sip of wine, Liu Bei slowly put down the wine in his hand and sighed: "The elder brother has always supported me and treated me well. But I joined the command of the Grand Sima and became enemies with my elder brother... Although I have difficulties in this, when I compare it carefully, I still feel ashamed of my elder brother. I have no face to meet, but it is related to the future of Grand Sima and Brother Bo Gui. I have to come and advise myself."

Gongsun Zan didn't care at all. He picked up the wine and sipped it: "Do you know about Master Lu's death?"

Liu Bei sighed and said, "When Master Lu was seriously ill, Bei went to Shanggu to pay homage and stayed with Master Lu until his death."

Gongsun Zan said lightly: "You have become a good disciple. I am not in Youzhou and I can't send the teacher to my own trip... But for the teacher, it doesn't matter, after all, the teacher didn't like someone at the beginning."

Liu Bei couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Gongsun Zan clearly had something to say.

He was telling himself that it was because of Liu Bei's resignation to Liu Yu that Gongsun Zan was defeated and went to Qingzhou. He had his hometown but could not return. Even if his teacher left, he could not meet for the last time.

"I'm sorry to my brother. When the world is determined in the future, my brother will be slaughtered and killed, and Beidu is willing to take it. There will never be any resistance."

Gongsun Zan sneered, not taking Liu Bei's words seriously at all.

It's just nonsense.

"Tell me." Gongsun Zan said lightly: "What did Liu Yu ask you to do?"

Liu Bei sighed and said to Gongsun Zan: "If my son established a dynasty in Luoyang today, Dong Zhuo died, and the Bingzhou army surrendered to Wang Yun, Li Jue, Guo Si, Duan Wei and others stationed troops in Guanzhong. The world pattern has changed. It is the autumn of crisis and the situation in Hebei is extremely serious at this time. If you don't make a decision early, you may be in danger of your life."

Gongsun Zan snorted coldly and said, "Don't want to mess with me here, but Yuan Shao is ranked as the Supreme Duke, the governor of the three states, and the top Liu Yu. The old guy was anxious and wanted to join forces with someone... Haha, if I had known this, why would you have been there?"

Liu Bei said seriously: "The greater the momentum of Yuan Shao, it is definitely not something you and my family can fight against. Brother and Grand Sima were just disagreements at the beginning. Now that they are all in control of one side, why should we care about the grudges we had at the beginning?"

"Each person holds one side?" Gongsun Zan sneered: "What you said is light, it was clearly driven out of Youbeiping by you and others! How come each one side says it? It's really ridiculous!"

Speaking of this, Gongsun Zan put the wine Jue on the table and said, "Liu Yu wants to fight with Yuan Shao and let him fight to the decisive battle. Don't want to pull me into the water."

Seeing this, Liu Bei said, "Brother, do you really think that this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Gongsun Zan said: "Of course, there is nothing to do with someone, and Liu Yu and Yuan Shao will be the decisive battle."

Liu Bei sighed, "If my brother thinks this way, then he is wrong. Yuan Shao is tall and will never be satisfied with the land of Youzhou. If he conquers Youzhou, he will bring Bingzhou and Jizhou and the desert Yandian people to seize Qingzhou. His ambition is to unify Hebei and fight for the world southward. Yuan Shao will be powerful at that time, and there is almost no one in the world to compete with him. What will his brother use to compete with him?"

Gongsun Zan narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

He naturally understood what Liu Bei said. Yuan Shao's strategic goal must be to unify the four prefectures of Hebei. If Gongsun Zan didn't even understand this, then his war for so many years would be in vain.

But he couldn't swallow this in his heart.

You Han clan relatives surnamed Liu, who use people to go in front of you, don’t need people to go in the back, say you expel me from Youzhou, and say you come to me to go in the union, and say you come to me to go in. Who do you think of someone?

Seeing Gongsun Zan not saying a word, Liu Bei suddenly stood up and shouted to the outside: "Come in!"

As Liu Bei finished speaking, he saw the guards who came to Linzi City with him, holding a rattan pole and standing behind Liu Bei.

Gongsun Zan looked at the guard in confusion and said strangely: "What are you going to do?"

But Liu Bei took the rattan pole from the guard's hand and placed it on the table in front of Gongsun Zan.

"I would like to ask my brother to put the overall situation first. If my brother has any grudges towards me, please use a rattan stick to whip my brother to relieve the aura in my heart and be willing to receive the punishment and never fight back."

After saying that, he saw Liu Bei kneeling on one knee, bowing his head and bowing to Gongsun Zan's desk.

Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Bei coldly and slowly stood up from behind the table.

He reached out and picked up the rattan pole from the table, walked to Liu Bei's side, and said in a low voice: "Xuande, do you really think you don't dare to hit you?"

Liu Bei said naturally: "What is there in this world that my brother dare not dare to do? I sincerely come to take the blame. I hope my brother will not doubt me."

"Okay!" Gongsun Zan shouted suddenly, raised his hand and hit Liu Qi's back three times in a row.

Liu Qi gritted his teeth tightly and let Gongsun Zan's rattan whip three times on his back.

Gongsun Zan's three strokes were very powerful. Although there were clothes between them, Liu Bei concluded that three bloodshots must have appeared on his back at this moment.

Seeing this, the guard behind Liu Bei looked a little unkind, but he did not come forward to stop him. It was obvious that he had received his warning in advance.

After Gongsun Zan beat Liu Bei, he looked at the guard's attitude again, and understood in his heart that Liu Bei was not deliberately making a photo. It was obvious that he had already prepared to be beaten by himself in advance.

He raised his rattan again.

But this time, after a long time, the vine stick did not fall down.

"Oh, that's all!"

Gongsun Zan threw the vine stick to the side and said helplessly: "Forget it, the friendship between you and me is the friendship between you and me. If you fight these three times, you can eliminate your hatred... There is no need to mention the past, Xuande, get up."

Although Liu Bei's body was in pain, he finally gained Gongsun Zan's understanding and was very happy.

He stood up and said, "Thank you brother!"

"Sit." Gongsun Zan asked Liu Bei to sit opposite his desk, and his expression was much calmer than it had just happened.

He said seriously: "Xuande, I know very well what Yuan Shao wants to do. In fact, I also know that the greater Yuan Shao's power is, it is no longer possible for me and Liu Yu to fight against him. But after all, I have an old hatred with Liu Yu. If I just join forces with you like this, I will not be able to explain to the soldiers of the three armies under my command."

Liu Bei bowed and said, "Brother is too serious. What kind of previous grudges do you have with the Grand Sima? It's just that there is a disagreement between politics and cannot be colleagues. After you left Youbeiping, did your family, Da Sima, also sent someone to send you to Qingzhou? Da Sima is a straightforward person and does not want to make enemies with others at any time. He sent his brother here because he had truly cultivated his brother... As for how to explain to the soldiers of the three armies..."

Liu Bei said seriously: "If we can ask my brother to be the governor of Qingzhou, how can we resolve this hatred?"

"Governor of Qingzhou?!" Gongsun Zan's face changed a little, and joy suddenly appeared on his face.

But he quickly raised his face again and said, "Now, Wang Yun is in charge of the government affairs of Luoyang. How can he easily give it? Even if Liu Yu wrote a statement, this matter may not be accomplished."

Liu Bei said seriously: "If it were only for Grand Sima, it would be difficult to achieve this matter. But if Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou and Liu Boyu of Nanyang jointly signed up and the three royal families recommended their brother as the governor of Qingzhou, the court would naturally not ignore it easily. After all, Liu Boyu is in the limelight at the moment."

Gongsun Zan didn't say anything, but just reached out to pick up the wine and drank it all in one go.

This is all indescribable.

...

On the Nanzheng side, Liu Qi invited Fu Wan to submit the matter of presenting him to the court for the purpose of presenting Han books and 20,000 volumes of bamboo slips, waiting for the emperor's will.

During this period, Liu Qi, under the recommendation of Cai Yan, met the Diao Changuan who took care of Liu Chong and made achievements in Chang'an.

When I first met Diao Changuan, the first impression this woman gave Liu Qi was...

Why is it so ugly? It feels so sloppy!

How can I describe this feeling? It’s not that her clothes were dirty, but when she stood two meters away from Liu Qi, Liu Qi could still smell the strange smell on her body.

It's either this pure smell or an indescribable odor.

"The official Diao Chan in Weiyang Palace has met Liu Yizhou." The official Diao Chan gave a thick gift.

"How dirty is your face?" Liu Qi looked up and down at Diao Chan.

Ren said naturally: "I am naturally ugly and have a strange smell, so I use a little black and gray to cover up some shame, afraid of scaring others."
Chapter completed!