Chapter 60 Zheng Xuan: Who is Liu Bei? Why did he confuse my disciple so much that he couldn't walk? (Please order first)

Qingzhou
North Sea Country

Gaomi County.

The rooster crows at dawn and the sun rises.

The convoy coming from afar had been waiting at the city gate for a long time. The city gate was opened and under the command of the officials, everyone entered one after another.

As the convoy entered, the entire county seemed to come alive.

The roads in the county town are not very wide. If three or four vehicles are driving side by side at the same time, pedestrians on both sides have to move away.

But the road is clean and tidy.

There are rows of shops on the street. The owners of restaurants are busy running around; the owners of inns are welcoming customers with smiles; the owners of butcher shops are shouting their wares; the owners of rice shops are writing down the prices of grain on wooden boards with charcoal; and the owners of wine shops are sitting happily in their shops. After all, there are few wine shops in the county town, so he has no worries about sales.

The most eye-catching thing on the street is the students wearing turbans on their heads, walking with their heads held high and looking confident and assertive.

Even ordinary county residents have a different spirit from residents of other states and counties, and their faces are filled with pride.

After all, Gaomi County belongs to the Beihai Kingdom of Qingzhou. Qingzhou is already prosperous, not to mention that it has not been affected by the Yellow Turbans.

Most importantly, Xia Mi County is the hometown of the great Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan, who gathered people here to give lectures!

Who is Zheng Xuan?
He annotated Confucian classics throughout the book and was a master of ancient and modern classics!
Most county residents did not know what the Modern Text Classics and the Ancient Text Classics were. They only knew that Zheng Xuan was a famous scholar, and the most famous among them. When they talked about Zheng Xuan after dinner, they would puff out their chests with pride.

However, what surprised the county residents was that

At this moment, a disciple of Zheng Xuan wearing a silk scarf was guarding in front of the shop. He had a dignified and handsome appearance, and even his classmates beside him were not as elegant as him in any way.

My classmate urged me, "Gongyou, we are almost late for the morning class! If we are caught by Master Zheng, we will be punished to copy scriptures! Why are you waiting here? Can't you come after class?"

"No." Gongyou said, "I'm really sorry, brother Wang, you go first. The store owner and I have an agreement that it will be delivered to me at dawn. It has been like this for the past few times."

"The previous times are the previous times! Right now he hasn't arrived yet, and even the store door is closed. Do you think there's still enough time left? Gongyou, Gongyou, don't be rigid. You have to be flexible. Who knows if something happened at home and he can't come?"

"Even so, I believe he will ask someone to tell me." Gongyou still sticks to his own idea.

The classmate gritted his teeth and looked at Gongyou. He really couldn't persuade Gongyou, so he had to wave his sleeves and said with determination: "In this case, Gongyou, I can only leave first!"

The classmate walked forward several steps, looked back at Gongyou, and saw that he was standing there motionless and nodded at him. So he simply didn't look back and strode forward.

Gongyou stood there and waited for a while.

Suddenly, a hand was placed on Gongyou's shoulder, and a breathless male voice sounded from behind, "May I ask, sir, is it Sun Qian, Sun Gongyou?"

Sun Qian turned around and bowed to the man, "Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

The man took a breath and said, "My name is not worth mentioning. I am a good friend of the owner of this store. His mother was injured at home today, so he had to take care of her. Therefore, he could not make it. He told me that he had an appointment with Mr. Sun and he could not break the appointment. He really couldn't get away, so he had to ask me to deliver it."

"I see. Thank you sir."

"What's there to thank for? Here, take it."

The man stuffed the letter into Sun Qian's arms, then without stopping, turned around and ran away.

Sun Qian carefully checked the cloth wrapped around the letter and found that it had not been opened. He breathed a sigh of relief. He opened the letter, took out the cloth, and saw the familiar handwriting on the cloth. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and he murmured: "My Lord."

Sun Qian folded the cloth and put it carefully in his arms.

Then he did not stop, but spread his legs and ran as hard as he could towards the place where Zheng Xuan was teaching.

Finally, just before Zheng Xuan came in, Sun Qian successfully sat next to his classmate.

Zheng Xuan: “.”

Zheng Xuan sighed. He was not blind, but he didn't say anything in the end and started today's class directly.

After class, Zheng Xuan coughed a few times and said to Sun Qian, "Gongyou, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."

"Yes." Sun Qian stood up and followed Zheng Xuan.

The two came into a room.

Zheng Xuan sat on the chair, looking at the disciple in front of him, feeling a little distressed.

He rubbed his eyebrows. There was something wrong with Sun Qian in recent times. As a master, how could he not notice it? He even asked other disciples specifically, and the result he got was just as Sun Qian said.

Zheng Xuan still remembered that it was an afternoon when Sun Qian, who was reading, fell asleep on his desk. He was worried that the student would catch a cold, so he took out his coat and put it on Sun Qian.

Never expected it.

Sun Qian suddenly stood up and opened his eyes abruptly. His eyes were bloodshot and he gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Quan, you villain!!!" After saying that, Sun Qian started crying again.

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Zheng Xuan was confused. What happened? Who was Sun Quan? Gongyou's brother?
Under Zheng Xuan's questioning, Sun Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Quan, it's just a vicious dog that I have at home. I dreamed that the vicious dog hurt people, so I will go back and cook him!"

Later, Sun Qian expressed his intention to go north to join a wise leader more than once.

Zheng Xuan was even more confused. Who was the famous ruler in the north?
Sun Qian avoided the question.

Fortunately, with the help of Zheng Xuan and other disciples, and even the guards at the city gate, they were able to stop Sun Qian again and again.

He guessed that he was afraid that he would clamor to join the so-called wise leader again.

Tired.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xuan rubbed his brows again and asked, "Gongyou, what have you dreamed about recently?"

Sun Qian was silent for a while, then said: "A hero's life."

"A hero's life?" Zheng Xuan was surprised. The person who knew Sun Qian best was his teacher. Sun Qian seemed to treat everyone the same. No matter who you were, Sun Qian would maintain superficial respect. However, he knew very well that his disciple still had a hint of pride in his bones.

Once you make up your mind, even ten oxen can’t pull you back.

It is really strange to hear such an evaluation coming from Sun Qian.

Zheng Xuan asked again: "Gongyou, tell me the truth, who is the 'wise leader' you want to support?"

This time, Sun Qian did not keep silent as he did in the past. "Master, I'm sorry that I can't tell you the specific things in the dream, but my master said that his name can be mentioned to others."

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Zheng Xuan felt his teeth ache, and he said unhappily, "Gongyou, you are so honest that you even used the word 'my lord'."

Sun Qian said seriously: "Master, you taught us that a person's life should be upright, and a person's life should be lucky to escape. A person's life should be upright, and he should not escape for the sake of luck."

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Man is born upright, and the net is born lucky to escape. Is this how it is used?
Oh no, my brows are sore again.

Zheng Xuan rubbed his brows. He decided not to care whether Sun Qian used the word correctly or not, and continued to ask: "So, who is the 'Ming Lord' you are talking about?"

Sun Qian replied forcefully: "Descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing, Liu Bei Liu Xuande!"

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Liu Bei?

Zheng Xuan suddenly thought of a person, Lu Zhi Lu Zigan!

Lu Zigan was his fellow apprentice, and in terms of seniority, Liu Bei was his nephew.

He remembered that Liu Bei had earned enough fame by "making a chair for his mother" and was appointed as the governor of Jincheng for his military merits. He seemed to be in the limelight. Even the local tyrants would call him "the Tiger of Youzhou" when talking about Liu Bei.

However, most of the noble families looked down on Liu Bei.

"Making a chair for the mother" is just a leftover from the aristocracy. You know, Kong Rong gave up his pears when he was three years old! Don't children from ordinary families know how to be filial?

This is essentially buying fame and inviting honesty!

Now he is going to the frontier again.
Zheng Xuan was in a complicated mood, "Gongyou, following Liu Bei is not a good choice. Going to Liangzhou will definitely be extremely dangerous. Alas."

Sun Qian clenched his fists and said firmly, "Master, there are things I must do. The immortal told me in my dream that Governor Liu will surely be able to pacify the troubled times. This is also what I want to do. Even if I die nine times, I will not regret it! And as you taught, people live uprightly, and those who are not wise are lucky to be spared!"

Zheng Xuan was silent. Even though he was old, he could feel Sun Qian's ambition, which was hotter than a furnace. He sighed in his heart, thinking that he was really getting old.

"But you haven't completed your studies yet. Even if you join a 'wise leader', how can you realize your ambitions without the ability?" Zheng Xuan advised.

Sun Qian bowed deeply to Zheng Xuan and said sincerely, "Please help me, my dear teacher, and wish me to complete my studies as soon as possible!"

After hearing these words, Zheng Xuan's frown finally relaxed. He said "OK, OK, OK" several times. The heart-to-heart talk finally paid off.

But Zheng Xuan still asked, "Gongyou, why did you change your mind?"

Under Zheng Xuan's expectant gaze, Sun Qian answered honestly: "I have been exchanging letters with Liu Fujun recently. He said that he regretted not studying hard and is now working harder. He said that if he doesn't understand something in the future, he can only ask me."

Zheng Xuan’s smile froze. Was it still for Liu Bei?

Oops, my brows are sore again.

But who exactly is this Liu Bei?
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