Hailing is the Hailing District, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province in later generations.

It began in the Western Han Dynasty and was known as the "Ancient County of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Famous Districts of the Jianghuai River". One thousand and eight hundred years later, the rivers and seas meet and are magnificent. However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Hailing County was still an insignificant county, with a population of only 5,000 households.

Lu Dai and Duke Lu Ding lived in this small county town.

He was originally a poor man, and although he had an excellent knowledge, he had no background, so he was always depressed and unsuccessful.

He was thirty-seven years old (I was thirty-five in the Han Dynasty), and was still a county official in the county. With a salary of eleven hu a month, he could only take care of the family's food and clothing. However, he was a stubborn person and was unwilling to collude with the gentry in the county, so he was even more rejected. Most of the most tiring and hardest things in the yamen were thrown to Lu Dai for responsibility, but he never received half of the reward.

Even, openly and secretly, Lu Dai was repeatedly suppressed, making it almost impossible for him to gain a foothold in Hailing County.

What a strange thing happened!

When it was almost time tonight, Lu Dai was working in the yamen. A group of servants, like wolves and tigers, suddenly broke into the public housing. Without saying a word, he pressed Lu Dai to the ground, tied the ropes and pulled them to the lobby of the yamen.

"Duke Lu Ding, you are so bold."

The Hailing County Magistrate was aggressive and scolded him sternly in the lobby, "I think I treat you well and don't want you to be shocked and collude with water thieves."

Collusion with water thieves?

Lu Dai was stunned!

Where should we start with this?

He shouted for justice, but the Hailing County Magistrate ignored him at all. Seeing that he refused to admit it, he whipped Lu Dai's skin and made him furious.

Then he threw Lu Dai into prison and imprisoned for a whole night.

The next day, the two prisoners sent Lu Dai out of the prison. "Lu Zuoli, the county magistrate has found out that the collusion with the water thieves was just someone deliberately framed and had nothing to do with you. The master felt a little embarrassed, so he asked me to let Lu Zuoli go home... Haha, it's okay!"

"father!"

The two teenagers had been waiting outside the prison for a long time. When they saw Lu Dai coming out, they ran up crying.

"Two brothers, what's going on?"

Lu Dai still couldn't figure it out, so he endured the pain and asked the prison officer for advice, but saw the two prison officers and shook their heads repeatedly.

In desperation, he had to walk home slowly with the help of his two children...

Behind him, there was a whisper from a prisoner, "Mr. Lu Ding really doesn't know how to make trouble for the second master. How can the county magistrate give him a good face?"

Lu Dai's body stiffened, as if he hadn't heard it, and he slowly walked back.

The second master mentioned by the prisoner is actually the brother of the magistrate of Hailing County.

Last month, Lu Dai was responsible for counting the Ku Mansion, but found that the amount of food and grass in the Ku Mansion was very different from the accounts. The Ku Mansion was under the responsibility of Hailing Cangcao. As for Hailing Cangcao, it was the brother of Hailing County Magistrate. For this reason, Hailing County Magistrate also severely rebuked it.

At that time, Lu Dai felt that the Hailing County Magistrate was a righteous person, so he did not take this matter to heart.

But after a month, this happened.

It was obvious that this was the trouble of the Hailing County Magistrate looking for Lu Dai... Lu Dai suddenly felt discouraged and walked back home with the help of his two children.

"Ding Gong!"

When Lu Dai returned home, he accidentally discovered that there were guests at home.

He is not unfamiliar with one of them. It was a school student he met when he was studying at the Kaiyang Academy in Langya County a few years ago.

"Wen Xiang?"

Lu Dai was also very surprised when he recognized the person, and was even more happy.

He struggled to let the two children go out of the way and greet Xu Sheng. But after only two steps, the severe pain in his thighs almost made him fall.

Xu Sheng hurried forward and helped him.

"Why did Ding Gong come to this?"

"Oh, it's hard to describe it."

Lu Dai smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying softly: "Wen Xiang is not studying in the school, how did he come to Hailing?"

"I'm also saying that if Wen Xiang hadn't come in time, you would have almost died in prison."

Lu Dai's wife came out of the kitchen with the drink in her arms. When she heard Lu Dai's question, she couldn't help but complain: "I've said that I shouldn't do this errand, but you don't listen. Since you did this errand, you just follow everyone, but you are showing off and almost offended everyone in the yamen.

This time you have an accident, I am looking for someone to plead for you, but no one is willing to stand up for you.

If Wenxian had not been able to help clear the relationship in time, otherwise you would have to be in prison now, and God would know if he could come out alive."

When Lu Dai heard this, his face suddenly turned red.

It’s just that he feels guilty about his wife and children, so he doesn’t get angry.

"Wen Xiang, how did you clear it?"

"How can I clear it up... Wen Xiang came to our house last night. After hearing that something happened to you, he brought fifty gold coins to ask for help. The county magistrate released you."

Lu Daiwen was shocked, "Wen Xiang, why bother you to spend so much money?"

Xu Sheng smiled and said, "Some small money is a big deal... My brother took good care of me in the school, so I worked hard for me, which is reasonable.

However, the money is not mine, it is paid by my son."

Only then did Lu Dai notice that there was another person beside Xu Sheng.

Logically speaking, this person's figure is easily discovered by him. He is nearly eight feet and two inches tall, with a round face, big eyes and thick eyebrows.

He is a little fat, but he is not bloated. He always has a simple smile on his face, which makes people unable to help but feel like he wants to get close to him.

"This one is..."

"This is my son."

As he was talking, Lu Dai's wife had already arranged the wine and food and greeted Lu Dai and the other two for wine.

Only then did Lu Dai realize that today's food was extremely rich, with wine and meat, and his favorite little yellow lamb. He couldn't help swallowing, and he wondered: "How come today's food is so rich?"

"Young Master Liu said, you were wronged in prison, so you paid for wine and meat to suppress your shock."

"How can this make it? How can this make it..."

When Lu Dai heard this, he shook his head repeatedly and said with shame: "Young Master Lao is spending money, and he is too ashamed to take responsibility. How can you let the young master spend money again and again?"

"Hey, why did Mr. Ding become so unhappy?

Think about the boldness I was when I was having a drink with me in Kaiyang Academy, where are I now going?”

"well!"

Lu Dai sighed, shook his head, and stopped refusing.

But he had injuries in his thighs and could not sit down, so he could only lie on the table and eat wine.

"Wen Xiang, how did you come to Hailing?"

It is said that one cannot enter the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. Although there was no such statement in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Dai could understand this truth.

He is stubborn but not stupid.

Therefore, after sitting down, he did not ask about the origin of "Young Master Liu" first, but asked about Xu Sheng.

A look of loneliness flashed in Xu Sheng's eyes and he said softly: "I am no longer studying in the school... At the beginning of the year, the powerful people in my hometown occupied my fertile land. My father argued with him, but was beaten to death by the bird. After that, I returned to my hometown in anger and killed the bird more than twenty people. After that, I fled from Langya, and planned to go to Jiangdong to take refuge, but I didn't want to meet the young master on the way..."

"Is this happening?"

Lu Dai's heart skipped a beat and looked at the "Young Master Liu".

Mr. Liu, of course, is Liu Chuang.

Xu Sheng told him that he had a friend in Hailing, named Lu Dai.

Liu Chuang was stunned at the time, and felt that the name seemed familiar... Later he remembered that Lu Dai did not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he was indeed an extremely powerful figure in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This person was once appointed as the Grand Sima of the Eastern Wu and was also one of the few longevity masters among the Three Kingdoms. He was able to serve the Grand Sima of the Three Kingdoms, no matter which country he served, this person was not casual.

However, Liu Chuang always believed that Lu Dai was a native of the Eastern Wu.

Unexpectedly, he was from Hailing and now works in Hailing... Xu Sheng meant that he tried to find a ship through Lu Dai and then quietly crossed the river. However, Liu Chuang had the intention of recruiting! He must not be able to recruit those famous scholars, but Lu Dai...

You should know that in the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan once made such an evaluation of Lu Dai: Lu Dai was born thousands of miles away and worked hard for the country. He was in trouble at home and did not know it early. How could his responsibility be?

That is to say, Lu Dai did so many things for me, but I didn’t even know that his family was poor.

These ministers around me have always been known for my strengths and ears, but none of them told me that it was a dereliction of duty.

This doesn't sound like anything.

But you have to know who Sun Quan is?

The Lord of the Eastern Wu, who was able to stand in three ways with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, said this sentence enough to show Lu Dai's ability.

Lu Daitou followed Sun Quan, and is said to be in his forties.

Such a poor and unbacked person is the talent that Liu Chuang can attract now. As for what is the young man, Xu Shu, Meng Jian and others are still missing. In short, Liu Chuang can recruit very few people. Even if he returns to his hometown in the future, how could those real talents, such as Guo Jia and Xun Yu, betray Cao Cao and run to his command to serve?

Liu Chuang believed that he could not reach that level even after the tiger's body was shocked.

Judging from his current situation, even if he recruits Lu Dai, it will take some trouble.

So when Xu Sheng was about to come to find Lu Dai, Liu Chuang immediately asked to come together. For this reason, Liu Yong and others expressed their opposition, but Liu Chuang was determined to come, so everyone had to give up.

But when I arrived at Hailing, I learned that Lu Dai was imprisoned.
To be continued...