The twenty-fourth year of Jian'an.

March.

As the spring snow gradually melted, the top of Zhuyu Mountain in the west of Jicheng showed a green and yellow color. At some point, the weather became warmer, and a few stems of grass appeared in the outer wall corner of a certain neighborhood in the city on the cracked land the size of a palm between gravel and bricks.

Zhao Xuan stared at the weed that was floating in the wind and grinned.

He took out the water bag at his waist, poured some water on the ground, and then hung the water bag carefully around his waist.

"Ziying! Hurry!" another young official walking in front of him shouted.

"Here you come." Zhao Xuan agreed repeatedly, turning on the horse, and his movements were agile.

Zhao Xuan was a native of Ji County. According to him, his ancestors originated from the last king of Zhao State, Zhao Jia, who claimed to be the King of Dai. After Qin destroyed Zhao, he moved Zhao Jia's son Zhao Gongfu to Longxi to live, so Zhao Xuan's lineage was born.

However, except for Zhao Xuan himself, no one in and outside Jicheng regarded him as a descendant of a prominent family. The most proud thing in his life was probably a few years ago. He went to Hanzhong with General Anxi to join Jiang Xu and attended the ceremony of Duke Xuande ascending the throne of King Hanzhong.

Unfortunately, many of the experiences at the ceremony are not suitable for bragging to their companions.

Fake Liang Gong, General Ma Chao of Anxi, disliked his subordinates and their heads and rats. Whenever his subordinates took the salary of Fake Liang Gong, they kept talking about the Cao family and the Liu regime. If Ma Chao discovered it, they would be punished at the least, and they would be killed at the worst. The fate would be bad.

Therefore, after Zhao Xuan returned from Hanzhong, he never mentioned his experience and remained honestly his Excellency.

There are forty or fifty people in Jicheng like him. Usually there are not so many people in the county, but Ji County is the county seat of Hanyang County and is also a place where Liang Gong was stationed in the festival. Therefore, the documents are written more than other places, and there are more staffed by the number of scholars.

For example, during this time, the fake Liang stallion was in Ji County. But he was not stationed in Ji City, but instead led his thousands of Qiang and Hu cavalry teams to stay in Pingxiang, northwest of Ji City.

Pingxiang City was also a big city earlier, and it was the county governor. During the Chuping period, Han Sui and Ma Teng joined forces into Guanzhong. Li Jue, the general of the chariot and cavalry who controlled the court, dared not compete, so he appointed Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi and Ma Teng as the general of the western expedition. He also divided several newly established counties in Long, allowing Han Sui and Ma Teng to assign county magistrates.

Pingxiang City became the county seat of Yongyang County in a while. Later, the court moved eastward and Longshang continued to have disputes. This Yongyang County was no longer mentioned, and the former county seat became ruins.

Two years ago, the fake Liang Gong took a fancy to this ruin and used huge manpower to repair it into a military fort so that every time he came to Hanyang County, he could still live surrounded by the Qiang and Hu warriors he was familiar with.

As for a scholar like Zhao Xuan, he had to set out at dawn and catch up to 50 or 60 miles to the military fort to go to the military fort to worship the Duke.

Zhao Xuan and his parents lived in Yiwen on the east side of Jicheng. His neighbor was Liu Yue, a young man who called him in front of him. Liu Yue's name was Yuzhang, and he was also a scholar.

On weekdays, Liu Yue likes to claim to be the descendant of King Liu Xiao of Chu. However, this is generally the same as the descendant of King Dai who Zhao Xuan boasted about, and there is no evidence. In the final analysis, both of them are just small pen officials in the county who are struggling to survive in troubled times.

Zhao Xuan urged his horse to catch up with Liu Yue. The two of them rushed along the main road, crossing the Tianmen Mountain Pass where dozens of county soldiers were stationed, and then passing through Sandu Valley, not far from Pingxiang City.

The deep valley is a bit cold, with cliffs several feet high on both sides, and on the black cliffs, there are spots of snow that have not melted.

Liu Yue looked up and looked at the snow. He might as well step on the pebbles by the stream with his foot under his crotch, slipping continuously.

谷底布满了大大小小的碎石.拳头大小,浑圆的卵石是河水从上游带下来的.大如马车,形状嶙峋的巨石是两岸的山崖上崩裂下来的.若马匹打滑,人栽倒下马,很可能摔得头破血流,丧命也不是不可能.

Zhao Xuan suddenly reached out and pulled the reins.

Although he was a civil servant, he lived in Liangzhou, where the people were so popular, and he had good riding skills and strong physical strength. After he grabbed the reins, the horse leveraged the force a little, and sprayed a few breaths in his nose, and then stood firm.

"Thank you!" Liu Yue said gratefully.

Zhao Xuan waved his hand.

The two continued to ride their horses forward.

After a while, Liu Yue rushed over and said, "Ziying, I heard about something yesterday."

"oh?"

"The officials above thought that Ziying served for many years and was honest and diligent, and planned to promote you to be the chief minister in the county."

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Xuan was surprised and laughed: "Really?"

From the county's bookkeeper to the county's chief recorder, we crossed several steps, and then up there were officials like the county's chief recorder. Without talking about status improvement, we only talked about salary. The master's annual salary of 100 stones is several times more than the small small bookkeeper.

With a salary of 100 stones, the elderly in the family can eat well and wear well. Perhaps they can repair the yard and ask someone to bring a wedding...

When Zhao Xuan thought of this, she became more and more excited.

He asked in a low voice: "Yu Zhang, you didn't lie to me? Is this true?"

Liu Yue said: "I heard that Master Hu is recommending you. Master Hu, Hu Tai, the literary officer of this county, do you recognize him?"

"This is a teacher, how can I not recognize it?"

文学掾胡泰,是汉阳郡著名的儒生,少年时曾入太学习公羊春秋,又颇涉猎古学.初平以后,他辞病避难回乡,在西县授徒数十人.因其名高,历年来陇上军阀征战,多不侵扰.马超任假凉公以后,在部下僚属们的劝说下召胡泰为汉阳郡文学掾,以示尊重儒术.

Although Zhao Xuan is not a serious Confucian scholar, he has studied under Hu Tai and sent Shu Xiu.

Liu Yue continued: "This old man seems to be a nonsense, I guess there are almost no matter what."

"Okay, okay, I'll go to see Master Hu later and ask." Zhao Xuan said excitedly: "Yu Zhang, if this matter is done, I'll invite you to drink!"

Seeing Zhao Xuan so happy, Liu Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said anxiously: "Ziying, I must not report the good news to you!"

"What?"

“你傻了?郡中大吏是那么好当的?”刘樾勒停马匹,四顾谷底无人,这才道:“从去年开始,刘备一直在往汉中增兵,据说如今已经得了精兵十余万,并多方联络葱茈羌,白马羌,黄牛羌,青氐,白氐各部,意图不明.这事,你岂不知?”

"I have heard of this... many people say that Duke Xuande is going to raise an army to attack Guanzhong again!" Zhao Xuan said: "But what does this have to do with me?"

刘樾叹气道:“子瑛,你太懵懂了!我听说,玄德公以为,前次从汉中直入关中,沿途道路艰险,转运不利,故而致败.这一次,他们会经过武都,越祁山,西县,先取汉阳为基,再转而往东!”

"Go out of Qishan and take Hanyang first? Isn't this going to fight with the fake Liang Gong?" Zhao Xuan was surprised: "What happened?"

"The streets and alleys are everywhere! The fake Liang Gong also heard this rumor! The day before yesterday, he had sent people to Hanzhong to question him, and urged various Qiang and Hu troops to gather troops to prepare for change!" Liu Yue lowered his voice: "Do you know that our fake Liang Gong is prone to impatient when encountering things, and once he is impatient, he will always be..."

He crossed his palm and slashed his neck.

Zhao Xuan thought about it and was startled: "If I go to the record room, I will inevitably serve in front of him. I am a stupid person. If I say something wrong, wouldn't it be... Isn't it a dead end?"

Thinking of Ma Chao's fierce and cruel methods, Zhao Xuan's joy seemed to be extinguished by ice water, and his hands and feet suddenly became cold.

"Yes, Master Hu himself is not good at speaking. What should I do if I drag you into this muddy water?" Liu Yue hurriedly said, "You should go and meet Master Hu and tell him not to recommend you again! I remember that you and Bo Yigong, the military officer, have an old age, so I will ask for something quickly and avoid this time! At this time, whoever dares to wander in front of Ma Chao casually is looking for death!"

Zhao Xuan nodded repeatedly.

While talking, the two had already passed through Sandu Valley, rode a horse in a desolate wilderness for a while, and then arrived at the Pingxiang City Military Fortress. A few miles away, Hu Qi arrived.

The two respectfully handed over the wooden sign of identity, showed it to the knight, then followed the knight, continued to move forward, along the open road, crossed the city walls and the tower, and crossed the layers of military tents.

The two of them were just low-level scholars, responsible for copying some simple document orders, so they used a simple small tent. The small tent was tens of steps away from the end of the road, where Ma Chao was located, and there were many tents of his subordinates and the guard stationed in the middle.

Zhao Xuan was worried, tied up his horse and quickly stepped into the tent to sit down, but saw Liu Yue standing at the door with one hand and standing still.

"Yu Zhang?"

Zhao Xuan asked.

Liu Yue waved to Zhao Xuan repeatedly.

Zhao Xuan stood up and stood beside Liu Yue, and saw several Qianghu warriors dragging a bloody corpse and walking along the road.

The blood in the corpse flowed on the ground, and a bright red path flowed out. When the Qiang and Hu warriors passed by Zhao Xuan and Liu Yue, they saw half of the face of the corpse as if they had been beaten by a giant bear, and were completely broken. But the remaining half of the face and the color of the body were recognized by him, which was Hu Tai, a literary clerk of Hanyang County.

The two were so scared that their faces were pale. A Qianghu knight rushed straight to the front of the small tent where they were, looked at them, and asked, "Who is Zhao Xuan?"
Chapter completed!