The girl looks fourteen or fifteen years old, and is over 1.5 meters tall. Her buds are just blooming, and her hair is all wrapped around her head, revealing her plump forehead and delicate facial features.

The skin does not look fair, but it is a little dark. It should be because it is often exposed to sun exposure, but this does not affect the young and cute girl, but it has more health and vitality.

"Ouch! Little girl, you came here unfortunately. The vernacular version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was sold out a few days ago." Lao Sun replied with regret.

"That's how it is!" The girl couldn't hide her disappointment.

"What are you doing for buying this book?" Zuo Xiaoyou was a little curious. People who read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were basically men, and women rarely read the Three Kingdoms. Zuo Xiaoyou guessed: "I bought it for someone else?"

"No." The girl shook her head: "I'll see it myself."

"Look?" Zuo Xiaoyou looked at the girl: "Do you like this kind of book?"

"I like it!" said the girl: "There is a excerpt about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the textbook recently. I like it very much after reading it, so I want to learn more, but I went to several bookstores, and they were all classical Chinese "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which I can't even understand."

"So I want to buy a vernacular version, right?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled.

"Yes." The girl nodded, unable to hide her disappointment: "But I have looked for many stores, but I haven't found them."

"There are very few versions of vernacular language." Lao Sun said: "Without the original comparison, it is difficult to understand the meaning of the original text. Only those who have no knowledge can read this version... Little girl, I'm not talking about you."

The girl rolled her eyes back and asked, "Then can you buy a vernacular version here in the future?"

"I'll help you pay attention!" Lao Sun said: "But this kind of book sells too slowly, and it's not guaranteed."

"oh."

Seeing the girl's face full of disappointment, Zuo Xiaoyou took out an original Romance of the Three Kingdoms from the bookshelf and handed it to the girl: "If you want to learn more about the content in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I can explain it to you."

The girl was stunned and a little alert: "You..."

"Don't get me wrong." Zuo Xiaoyou shrugged and grimaced: "I'm not a good person."

“…”

"Hahaha..." Lao Sun slapped his legs and laughed, his saliva choked and his throat was coughing and practicing: "You kid are really not a good person."

Zuo Xiaoyou glared at him: "Isn't it just a little price to kill you! As for taking revenge on me like this?"

"Hahaha……"

The girl finally knew that this was Zuo Xiaoyou's funny thing, and she couldn't help but burst into laughter, her eyes were curved and very beautiful.

...

"When it comes to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we must first know what kind of book it is? At the same time, we must also realize that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not history, but a popular novel based on historical events that occurred in this historical period."

In a cold drink shop, Zuo Xiaoyou and the girl sat face to face, eating ice cream while telling the girl the background of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms".

"Simply put, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a historical novel with real people and events, but the detailed plot is basically made up, so it cannot be treated as historical facts."

"It turns out that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not history!" The girl said oh, and she was inevitably a little disappointed: "The story of looking at the plum blossoms and quenching thirst in the textbook is not true?"

"I can't say this, either." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "This story comes from "New Words of the World: False Treasures" by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty. The content is roughly like this: "Wei Wu was in charge and lost the Jidao. The three armies were all thirsty. So he ordered: 'There is a big plum forest in front of me, and he can quench thirst.' When the soldiers heard it, they all had water from their mouths, and took advantage of this to reach the previous source."

The girl blinked her eyes and seemed to have some admiration: "You said it very well."

"Thank you." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled.

"But I didn't understand."

“…”

After explaining the meaning of this classical Chinese, the girl suddenly realized: "It's almost the same as what we said in our textbook!"

It was just a story, of course it was almost the same.

Zuo Xiaoyou coughed dryly and said, "Because I look at the plum blossoms to quench thirst from the Song Dynasty's documentary records, I cannot be sure if this incident has really happened in history. But since there are documentary records, let's consider it true."

“Is this too unrigorous?”

Now Hong Kong is in the British rule, and science and education are relatively developed. The most important thing about science and education is to be rigorous. Zuo Xiaoyou's answer made the girl not very satisfied.

"Don't be serious about history. If you are serious, you will lose." Zuo Xiaoyou shook his head and said, "There is only a rough outline of history that is correct, and no one can explain the details clearly. When dealing with science, we must be realistic, but when dealing with history, it is enough."

The girl thought for a while and nodded: "Okay then! Just pretend that this story has happened in history."

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled, ate ice cream, and said, "But don't take the stories told in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously. Just read novels, and it's enough to think they are interesting."

"Is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that fake?" The girl was very curious.

"I'll ask you a few questions." Zuo Xiaoyou looked into the girl's eyes and said, "Have you heard of the Three Jehovah in Taoyuan?"

"I've heard of it." The girl nodded: "Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Taoyuan's three charity."

"Where are the three heroes fighting Lu Bu?"

"I have heard of it too." The girl nodded.

"Train through five passes and kill six generals?"

"Hear."

"Cut Hua Xiong with warm wine?"

"Hear."

"Borrow the east wind?"

"Hear."

"Yes." Zuo Xiaoyou stopped and sighed: "It's a pity that these are all fake."

"Ah?" The girl was shocked: "All of them are fake?"

"It's all fake." Zuo Xiaoyou said with certainty: "In history, none of these things have happened... Oh, it's true that Liu Guan and Zhang have sworn brotherhood are true, but I don't know whether there is Taoyuan or not."

"How could the Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu be fake?" The girl seemed to care about this question very much, and her tone was a little excited.

"Don't be excited." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled: "Hasn't you told you? The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel, not a historical fact. Most of the stories in it are made up randomly, but the compilation is very wonderful, which makes many people think that this is what happened in history."

After pausing, seeing the girl's emotions stabilized, Zuo Xiaoyou continued, "Do you know what historical background the Three Heroes fight against Lu Bu happened?"

"I don't know." The girl shook her head. She didn't know about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Many stories were heard from others and knew a few words, but what was coherent? I don't know.

"This happened in the context of the princes' attack on Dong." Zuo Xiaoyou explained: "At that time, Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, so he fled all the way and fled back to his hometown." Speaking of this, Zuo Xiaoyou interspersed with another incident: "While Cao's escape, Cao Cao met Lu Boshe's family, and then Cao Cao accidentally killed Lu Boshe's family, and said the famous saying throughout the ages: 'I would rather let the world down than let the world down.'"

"So this sentence comes from here!" The girl was surprised and said angrily: "Cao Cao is such a bad guy."

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and did not defend Cao Cao, and continued: "After Cao Cao escaped back to Chenliu's hometown, he would spend all his wealth and recruit soldiers and horses. At the same time, he called the heroes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo. Then the princes met in the Sojua Alliance, which was called the princes to fight against Dong. The three heroes fought against Lu Bu during the process of the princes to fight against Dong."

"Oh~~, so that's it." The girl suddenly realized and then asked enthusiastically: "Since this happened in history, why didn't the Three Heroes fight against Lu Bu?"

"Haha..." Zuo Xiaoyou pointed to the original version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the girl's hand and said, "You can look at the content inside. How many princes are there in total?"

"I'll watch this later." The girl put "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into her schoolbag and looked at Zuo Xiaoyou with a smile: "Brother Zuo, tell me how many princes are there?"

Zuo Xiaoyou smiled helplessly and said, "In the Romance, they were the eighteen princes, but there were not so many in history. Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the one in the Romance, the princes were Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping. Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were classmates, you can understand it as a primary school classmate. At that time, Liu Bei was just following Gongsun Zan, but in history, Gongsun Zan did not participate in this incident of the princes' attack on Dong. This indirectly proves that Liu Bei did not participate in this incident of the princes' attack on Dong."

He paused: "Take a step back and say that even if Liu Guan and Zhang really participated, with their humble status, they would not have the opportunity to make meritorious achievements. The so-called three heroes fighting Lu Bu was just a story made up by Luo Guanzhong to beautify the Liu Bei group."

"Liu Bei Group?" The girl had just heard the one in front of her, but she became interested in the sentence that followed.

"Yes." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the story of the three groups of Wei, Shu and Wu from their creation to their final belongings. Among them, Liu Bei, the founder of the Shu Kingdom Group, is the head of this group.

Liu Bei was able to become the founding lord from a mat and foot solder, and was involved in Zhang, Zhao, Ma, Huang, and Wuhu, as well as counselors such as Sleeping Dragon and Fengchu, especially those who visited Zhuge Liang three times to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain and founded the foundation of Shu Han. He was simply the most ideal monarch in the hearts of literati in the world.

Luo Guanzhong, who could write the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is obviously a literati. He naturally prefers monarchs like Liu Bei, so the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a novel that denominates Liu Cao. If Liu Bei's group was so powerful as the novel said in the novel, he would have unified the Three Kingdoms long ago, and he would not have been defeated by the Wei and Jin Dynasties and died in the second lifetime."

"Oh, Liu Bei's group is the Shu Kingdom established by Liu Bei!" The girl understood completely, with a strong disappointment in her tone: "I didn't expect that so many stories that have been passed down through the ages were all made up."

"I can't say it's nonsense, but I have also learned from some historical facts." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled: "And "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has made great contributions."

"What contribution can a book make?" the girl was puzzled.

"Think about it." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "If there was no Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who would pay attention to this history? Who would pay attention to what kind of characters have appeared in this history? Take you as an example. If you didn't read a short story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, would you be interested in understanding this history?"

The girl shook her head honestly.

"That's it." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and said, "If there were no Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this history would be the same as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and no one would care about it.

"What historical period was the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms?" the girl asked.

"Look." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "Even you, a middle school student, doesn't know, let alone those rough people. So the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is still valuable, at least allowing people to understand this history."

The girl wrinkled her nose: "Okay! Although the story is fake, the characters are always true."

"It's really not."

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Chapter completed!