If a county magistrate goes to Liu's house to thank and give gifts, it is naturally impossible for him to come to the door suddenly. This is too unconventional. He will definitely send someone to send a famous sect to the sect and notify him in advance, which is more in line with the rules.

When the news reached the Liu family, Liu Zhou and Hu were naturally overjoyed and immediately slaughtered dogs and sheep, prepared fine wine, and welcomed the distinguished guests.

However, Liu Jian, who had thought about it in the bullpen, obviously was not in such a good mood after learning the news.

However, he was not worried, because Gongsun Zan's power was within his expectations.

What later generations saw more was that he lost the trust of his subordinates, lost to Yuan Shao, was trapped in a high-rise building, and committed suicide by causing trouble, but often ignored it. In his more than 40 years of life, his defeat lasted only four years, and 70 to 80% of his life was successful.

The Han Dynasty has tens of millions of people. You can't think that he lost to Yuan Shao alone, but you think that he is worse than the other tens of millions of people.

This world is not easy to mess with. Gongsun Zan is still very wise, while Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others are not sure what kind of talent they are.

...

"Senior brother is worthy of being a senior brother. He has been living in the officialdom and is indeed difficult to deal with. He cracked it for me with one move, but he still gave you no choice."

Liu Jian leaned against the haystack, holding a piece of straw in his mouth, and his expression was quite helpless.

Liu Bei sat cross-legged beside him, with a sad look on his face: "No, I thought he would have asked you and me to go to the county office to find something because of his reputation, but he would rather give you 100,000 yuan in rewards than recommend you and me as an official."

"deliver?"

Liu Jian took off the straw and shook his head and said, "Brother Xuande, you are naive."

"Not giving?"

"It's a gift!"

"Then where am I naive?"

"Are you really brave?"

Liu Bei was speechless all of a sudden.

He thought about it carefully for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he became more entangled.

"Okay, this is a waste of trouble." Liu Bei finally made a conclusion.

"Forget it, we are still in a weak position and are of no use in other people's eyes. Since he is determined not to use it, then you and I don't need to deliberately try to cling to him. I will think of another way, as for this senior brother Gongsun, haha, he will sooner or later regret it because of today."

Liu Bei reached out and patted Liu Jian on the shoulder: "My brother has great talent, it must be too late to regret it!"

"Don't praise me, you are the one who has talent."

Liu Bei laughed loudly, and the muscles on his face hurt.

"I will help you, but the word "master" has nothing to do with me."

Liu Jian frowned and looked at Liu Bei carefully.

"What do you think I'm doing?"

"Brother Xuande, I think you seem to be less and less powerful than before?"

"When did I have any urgency?"

"You still remember when you were a child, in Lousang Village, you were yelling to take a yubao cart?"

"Hey! Tell me about my eight years old! With you here, I'm still very angry. It's enough to follow you."

A strange feeling suddenly arose in Liu Jian's heart.

Isn’t this Liu Bei being trashed by himself?

...

The next day, Gongsun Zan was indeed personally invited to come to the door, and gave him a gift, thanking the two classmates for their "escort".

Naturally, the news spread throughout Zhuo County, and Gongsun Zan could take advantage of this incident, just like Liu Jian and Liu Bei, to gain a reputation of "repaying a drop of water with a spring of grace".

It can be said that no one of the three brothers suffered a loss in terms of ‘reputation’.

When the county lord arrived, Liu Zhou and Hu were naturally overjoyed and immediately held a banquet to entertain themselves. They pulled out the two kids who were causing trouble from the cowshed and drank with them together.

The Han Dynasty was not like the Tang and Song dynasties in later generations. It had restaurants and nightlife. In a large county, there were only a few wine houses, and it generally did not occupy a large area. It could not feel very happy at all. Therefore, if you want to eat and drink, you usually have fun in your own house, commonly known as self-satisfaction.

Although Gongsun Zan is the magistrate of Biqianshi County and Liu Zhou claims to be a clan relative, once these two people get a banquet, they will be crazy.

Although it was the first time we met, we were really drunk to death.

This is by no means the style of Yan and Zhao. People in the Han Dynasty generally have this virtue:

Know the seating level, be able to cheer, and be able to dance - yell.

Toasting each other is a necessary procedure, and there are strict regulations on toasting and receiving wine. During the Qin and Han dynasties, there is no possibility of touching the table, so drinking is given priority.

For example, when Liu Zhou toasted Gongsun Zan, he had to 'induce the wine to go up'. To put it bluntly, he held the wine utensil and raised it forward and upward.

But if Gongsun Zan toast Liu Zhou, it would be a bit exhausted enough. Because he has a low status and is white, he needs to leave the seat when he receives wine, and thanks him, commonly known as "avoiding the seat".

Under this premise, drinking today has an interesting scene.

Gongsun Zan defeated him in one fell swoop, and Liu Zhou got up and ran to the aisle to rest and rest as he rested.

Gongsun Zan raised his head again, and Liu Zhou stood up and ran to the aisle to rest and received wine.

The problem is that Gongsun Zan always picks up the cup, and Liu Zhou always gets the wine...

After a few rounds, Liu Zhou was exhausted and sweating and dizzy.

After drinking a few drinks, I actually knelt down.

Anyone who has drunk alcohol knows that the most taboo thing when drinking is to "move". The more you move, the faster you get drunk.

As expected, Liu Zhou soon became drunk and his words became stuttering. He did not feel as restrained as he was when drinking with Gongsun Zan at the beginning. He fucked his big tongue and began to brag.

"Ming Court doesn't know that these two children were taught step by step by step. Each of their abilities cannot be separated from my personal teachings!"

"oh!"

Gongsun Zan was stunned and glanced at Liu Jian and Liu Bei brothers beside him: "No wonder they are so brave and able to kill powerful thieves. They are real tigers and fathers without dogs."

"How can a few thieves be just a few? I'm not talking wildly. Although I'm old, I'll give me a leather armor and a good horse. I'll hold a halberd and use a bow to walk to the Shanggu of Yuyang for a small walk, and can still kill him and 180 thieves at the heads of the country!"

Gongsun Zanle's face turned red: "At such an age, did you still forget to kill the thief and make achievements?"

Liu Zhou's face flushed: "Ming Court thinks that I want to kill the thief to gain fame?"

"Who isn't?"

"Although it is good to make contributions, it is useless to be with people of my age! If you don't care about the county lord, how could you be controlled by the Xianbei Hu Nu? I really don't want to do so. If I was twenty years younger, I would have to go to the border county to join the army to fight with Hu Nu, and ride a horse and wrap a corpse and return, and I am willing to do so."

Gongsun Zan put away his smile when he heard this, and a little respect appeared on his face.

He pondered for a moment and sighed, "If all the great men and men had the enthusiasm of Mr. Liu, even if there were ten more sandalwood and stone locust trees in the northern desert, how could they cause disaster?"

Then he raised the wine bowl and signaled to Liu Zhouyaoyao.

Liu Zhou hurriedly got up and walked to the aisle. He was about to thank him, but suddenly he fell to the ground with a "thump".

Gongsun Zan was shocked and hurriedly stood up: "Mr. Liu!? Why is this?"

Liu Jian was also shocked and hurriedly got up and ran to Liu Zhou!

Didn’t you die of drinking after a moment of excitement?

"A Father, A Father!"

Liu Jian picked up Liu Zhou with his face facing down from the ground and reached out to pinch others.

Before he could meet him, Liu Zhou's snoring sounded slightly.

Liu Jian's hand stayed in the air, revealing a helpless expression.

My father actually drank and fell asleep on the spot!

I turned around and let my mother know, but I didn't know how to deal with him.

He's done something wrong today.

Hu rushed over after hearing this, cursing Liu Zhou was useless, but he was still concerned that someone helped Liu Zhou back to his room, and cooked himself to make sober soup for Liu Zhou.

...

After the banquet, Gongsun Zan should say goodbye.

However, before leaving, he had to go to the toilet to clear his pickled food. After all, he drank a lot of wine today.

"A Jian, I'm sorry to accompany you to the toilet for me." Gongsun Zan specially greeted Liu Jian.

Gongsun Zan left the table and went to the toilet. Even if he didn't say hello, Liu Jian, as the host, should accompany him.

At that moment, he personally led Gongsun Zan to the Hou House.

The toilet in the Liu family was a pit of one person. Two people entered the door respectively, with wooden boards between them. They could hear each other's sound of opening the gate and releasing water next to each other.

"My brother!"

Suddenly, Gongsun Zan's voice came from the other side of the door panel.

Liu Jian was stunned and thought to himself that Gongsun Zan was going to ask himself if he wanted a toilet.

"Here, please give me instructions."

On the other side of the door panel, Gongsun Zan was silent for a long time, and said:

"Why should you and my brothers be so polite in private?"

Liu Jian frowned, feeling a little unhappy.

Listen to Gongsun Zan's meaning... Is it necessary to have a heart for yourself?

Since you want to chat, there is nothing wrong with it. The question is... why do you want to choose such a territory? Is this a heart-to-heart talk?

"The county lord and I have a huge gap in identity and are frugal and dare not cling to it."

The person in the toilet next to him seemed to be thinking about the sentence. When he was young, he finally heard Gongsun say:

"Do you think that I have entered the official career over the years and have a smooth career. I have long forgotten that you old friends and classmates, and have fallen into the mud path like those aristocratic families in the Central Plains?"
Chapter completed!