Rebel

Following the guidance of the waiter, he went up to the restaurant and came to a private room. Yu Junfan got up to greet him and said with a smile:

"It's been more than a month, how are you doing recently?"

Gu Ao is dressed in the dust, and his shabby clothes can't hide his heroic spirit: "If you look all over China, you will know that the things on your shoulders are difficult."

Yu Junfan made a salutary invitation: "Come, sit, and chat slowly."

Gu Ao sat down as he said.

Yu Junfan raised his eyes: "... who is this?"

"This is my brother, whose surname is Dian, but whose name I don't know." Gu Ao often referred to Dian Bushi as 'Huang Er' among outsiders, but for this Mr. Yu, for some reason, he confided his heart unconsciously... Dian I don't know how to hear Gu Ao addressing him, and I feel a little surprised in my heart.

Yu Junfan smiled slightly when he heard the words, raised his hand as a salute and said, "I'm Yu Junfan, Brother Dian, please take a seat."

Dian Bushi raised his eyebrows a little, seeing that this elegantly dressed young man invited him personally, he couldn't help but be taken aback... He was dressed in rough clothes and short brown, and he followed Gu Ao wherever he went, and was always taken as a servant Look, in fact, if you don't know Dian, you think it's good, in short, you don't have to worry about scaring everyone, so you also leave everything to Gu Ao.

Now, not only did Dianbushi see Yu Junfan in his eyes, not only did he not have any fear of him, but there was also a sense of respect and respect between him, which made Dianbushi, who was treated as air along the way, very happy for a while, so he followed Yujun Fan Suoyan sat down at the same table.Seeing this scene, Gu Ao glanced at Yu Junfan again, and couldn't help appreciating it even more.

Yu Jun Fan rolled his sleeves and poured wine for Gu Ao himself, "I'm tired on the road, let's have a drink first."

Gu Ao took the wine cup from Yu Junfan's hand, and asked with a smile, "How do you know I'm in the capital?"

Yu Junfan glanced at Gu Ao with a smile, but did not answer immediately. After a while, he said leisurely: "Not only do I know that you have come to the capital, I also know that you have traveled all over Yingchuan, Hejian, and Jibei counties, so Calculated according to the date, you should have arrived in the capital in the past few days."

Gu Ao stared intently at Yu Junfan for a while, Yu Junfan raised his eyes, met Gu Ao's undisguised intent to explore, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Gu Ao thought: "His reputation as the head of the four princes is really not a waste... In this way, wherever his reputation is resounding, maybe there are unknown minions serving him, otherwise why? I'm in a hurry, but he knows everything about it? But I don't know Dian, and it's true that I didn't avoid people..."

And Yu Junfan also thought: "It is true that the string was broken that day. What I have been worried about in recent years, I never thought that he would do it unknowingly when he was studying abroad. Seeing him today, I also have an open mind." He is worthy of being a good teacher and friend. It’s just that I heard that his entourage is called Huang Er, but it turned out to be a false name, what is he going to use this person for?”

At this time, Dian Bushi's eyes were staring at the empty wine cup. Seeing that Yu Junfan poured wine for him himself, Dian Bushi immediately picked up the wine and asked loudly: "How about we do it first?" this cup?"

Dian Bushi was originally with Gu Ao, he was very cautious when dealing with people outside, but he saw that this noble young man was so easy-going, and his eyes were gentle and modest, Dian Bushi couldn't help letting go of his courage, Gu Ao heard Yan Yi picked up the wine cup and said, "Come on, we brothers respect Mr. Yu, thank you for the wine."

"Where?" Yu Junfan raised his glass and drank it down, took out a handkerchief without any trace, wiped the corners of his lips stained with wine, and smiled: "I missed you last time when I saw you again. I'd rather be bored."

"Where is Mr. Yu?"

"To tell you the truth, Brother Gu, there is something I've always been curious about, and I'd like to ask Brother Gu for advice." Yu Junfan looked at Gu Ao and spoke sincerely.

Gu Ao saw Yu Junfan's expression was serious when he asked about it, and he thought it was not a private matter, so he nodded his head: "Mr. Yu asked all the questions, and I know everything."

Yu Junfan said: "I have been constrained by my identity since I was a child, and I have never lived in the fields and villages, but the word "nongben", is it a lie? I heard that brother Gu didn't like prosperity or celebrities during his travels. I only walk between rice paddies, and walk through mountains and rivers... I also heard that Brother Gu is in a county, and whenever he goes to a place, he visits the local Lizheng County Prime Minister. What do you gain from this trip, Brother Gu?"

When Gu Ao heard Yu Junfan's question, he was startled for a moment, then became interested, and said with a smile: "You don't know, the key to the world lies in farming."

"Oh? Some people say that the key to the world lies in the soldiers, some say that the key to the world lies in the army, and some say that the key to the world lies in the assistants, but I have never heard that the key to the world lies in agriculture. I would like to hear more about it. ?”

"Then let me ask Mr. Yu first, what is the cause of the chaos in the world?"

Yu Junfan lowered his eyes when he heard the words, was silent for a while, and finally said: "The root of chaos in the world lies in the collapse of ritual and music."

"Yes, the king is not the king, and the minister is not the minister. Then please tell me, Mr. Yu, why the king is not the king, and the minister is not the minister?"

Yu Junfan raised his eyes, and his quiet black eyes were as dark as a deep pool. This is the first time someone asked about such a sensitive question when they first met, no...it was the first time someone discussed it in a non-political discussion On this occasion, I asked him so solemnly in private.Gu Ao, Shan Yunzi's closed disciple, a humble student without any background or family background, should he be said to be fearless, or Lu Zhi...

Yu Junfan smiled slightly: "Because of private soldiers."

Gu Ao nodded, "That's right, it's because of private soldiers, so why are there private soldiers?"

Yu Junfan looked at Gu Ao, he had kept this answer in his heart for many years, no one asked him, and no one reminded him... But did he ever forget it for a moment?The white clothes with filial piety so far are the self who dare not forget the so-called "scholar's unsatisfactory will". At the last Qingming, when he heard Gu Ao like this, Yu Junfan sighed and asked: "Brother Gu thinks, Why?"

Gu Ao said: "It's because of the power of the family, competing for profit with the people of the world!" After speaking, Gu Ao paused, looked at Yu Junfan's slightly stunned expression, and continued: "The family trains private soldiers and does not pay taxes. People in the county are appointed by the family, not the court."

Yu Junfan came back to his senses and listened carefully to Gu Ao's gradually generous tone... How long has it been since he heard such a loud voice? ...He doesn't remember, maybe he drank too much wine, at this time Yu Junfan really wanted to reach out and touch his chest, because there was the sound of his heart beating inside, he finally raised his eyes to look at Gu Ao again, and moved forward slightly Leaning his upper body, he said, "...so?"

Gu Ao said: "In this world, those who can uproot a family can't do it, because ordinary people are easy to be tempted by profit, and the peace of the world can only be relied on by the word "Nong..."

Yu Junfan was stunned again when he heard the words, and then thought that the so-called "Pingshishu" in his father's ideal naturally refers to the aristocratic family, while the Shu refers to the poor family more than the head of Li. 'It also refers to poor warriors...

However, after many years of management, although I have been planning day and night, I have never found a way to break through... The so-called way to break through means that whenever there is a "gap" in the world, you can use the technique of resisting to move the world and achieve what you want...

It's not that Yu Junfan has never thought that if he wants to rely on a poor family to achieve success, there are too many constraints; as Gu Ao said, "common people" are easy to seduce, and there is one person here, who may still secretly agree with "Ping Shi Shu" because he is a poor family. ', he was driven by this order; but tomorrow, if the imperial court issues a special decree to include it in the family, he will immediately stand up and oppose it...

Yu Junfan planned many kinds of plans, but in the end, they would all be defeated under one possibility—"As long as the court lowers its stance a little, or knows the clan of my generals, it will promulgate grace and count them The aristocratic family, the collection under my command will collapse just like this...!" Yu Junfan has been reluctant to act rashly because he did not dare to take such a risk...

At the same time, Yu Junfan also knows that in the dark department gathered, every year, some mentally weak people are lured by the family, so that he has to be executed by a killer...

Now, it is precisely because of the thoughts in his heart that Yu Junfan had such a big impact on Gu Ao's words, so he hurriedly asked again: "...Then why do you say that the world is peaceful? What can you rely on, the word Zai Nong?”

"This is exactly what I was looking for in my travels around the world. Although I have a clue, it is a pity that it is not systematic. I still need to go a few more places to get the truth, otherwise I dare not show it off in front of the young master."

Yu Junfan thought for a while and said, "Brother Gu, when will you come to Hanzhong County?"

Gu Ao raised his eyebrows: "Young Master is in Qianzhong County, why did you invite me to Hanzhong?"

Yu Junfan smiled slightly: "In my opinion, Hanzhong County can let Brother Gu show his talents. What Brother Gu said, after all, is an idea. I have little talent and learning, and I know that a wise man must have a careless mind. Only when you actually do it will you know if there are any mistakes in your thinking...In this case, Hanzhong County is a good place to go."

"Oh? Why do you say that? How is Hanzhong County different?"

Yu Junfan stretched out his hand and added another drink to Gu Ao: "Brother Gu, have you ever heard of a method of talent selection called 'imperial examination'?"

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And when Gu Ao and Yu Junfan were in the closed box of the restaurant, chatting freely about the affairs of the world, the prefect of Hanzhong County mentioned in their words is now inside the palace wall of the capital...

...On the Tianxian Pavilion...the faint fragrance, the smell of incense, gradually mixed with the bitterness of herbs as the layers of the palace and the curtains and curtains increased...the Chinese tents that finally fell in the middle Finally, the figure sitting in the lavender light curtain was coughing continuously, while the maids were standing outside the door to serve, and only the prefect of Hanzhong County was left behind the curtain...

Lu Mouzhong was wearing obscene clothes at this time, holding a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other, sitting on a bench beside him, feeding medicine to the person on the bed.

"Come closer..." The person on the bed coughed continuously, but even though his voice was hoarse, he still stretched out his hand and pulled the sleeve of the man in front of him... The man who once rode his horse and swung his whip across the world, Now the [-]-year-old is on the verge of death, and now his face is pale as thin paper under the sickness, under his delicate eyelids, there is a huge blue shadow, if you look away from a distance, you can't see the past For his boldness, he can only guess how much time is left for his thinning figure through the vaguely loose purple satin nightgown...

Because I didn't go to court these days, between the purple shirt, the almost gray long hair was only tied loosely behind the head, and it was all draped on the slightly thin shoulders at the moment... Lu Mouzhong didn't know what he was doing for , suddenly put down the spoon in his hand, raised his hand to caress the thin back of the person in front of him, and said involuntarily: "I'm thin..."

The man in purple laughed hootingly, looking at Lu Mouzhong with a trace of unspoken affection: "...you said...you haven't come to see me for so long...is it the way to be a minister?"

The sympathy that Lu Mouzhong had just brewed just now was immediately shattered by these words, and he said angrily in his heart, "Then you treat me like this, is it the way of a king?" ', but even though Lu Mouzhong thought so in his heart, he couldn't say it out of his mouth. Just when Lu Mouzhong frowned and said nothing, his cold fingertips lightly touched his face, and then he stroked his whole palm up: "... Angry?"

When Lu Mouzhong saw that he had finished feeding the medicine, he put the bowl on the small case beside him, let the feeling of stroking go down, and said in a deep voice, "I dare not."

The man in purple grabbed his sleeve, "Lie down with me for a while."

Lu Mouzhong turned over on the couch as he said, and the man in purple sighed: "...get closer..."

"I still remember..." The man in purple coughed again when he was speaking, and it took a long time to calm down under Lu Mouzhong's pat, "When we were young, we often lay on the grasslands of Rongdi... talking like this Is it? It’s just one night..."

"Yes, there was once." Lu Mouzhong muffled.

"At that time... I stole your horse and your woman...you weren't even angry with me...why are you always depressed now?"

"At that time..." Lu Mouzhong's voice dropped, "At that time, I didn't know you were the King of Qin."

"It's my identity that makes us separate..." The man in purple said indifferently, he seemed to be caught in the memory of the beautiful past, a smile appeared on his face at first, but in the end it gradually condensed into a wry smile, between words , but has quietly changed the title: "Back then, when you rode a horse across the grassland, you wore military uniform, riding boots, a machete, accompanied by a beautiful woman, and chased a pack of wolves... I think In my eyes, I remembered it in my heart... At first... I thought that what I cared about was your mount, so I got it... Later, I thought that what I cared about was your woman, so I I also got her, and I have an eldest son with her...but...the feeling of dissatisfaction is always here..." As he spoke, the man in purple shrank his shoulders slightly, turned over, and met Lu Mouzhong's eyes. On the chest..."

"Stop talking..." Lu Mouzhong looked away in embarrassment.

"Hehehe..." The man in purple laughed, heaving his chest violently, he put his shoulders against the chest of the person in front of him slowly, and said softly, "Aren't you angry...?"

"..." Lu Mouzhong remained silent.

Under the scattered gray hair, the man in purple was pale and a satisfied smile leaked from the corner of his mouth: "...so coaxing..."

Lu Mouzhong's face darkened, he picked up the comb on the desk, and began to comb the purple-clothed man's hair...