The thin man really didn't understand the value of the book, so he thought over and over again, "It's only ten taels of silver anyway. Well, it won't be sold for less than ten taels of silver! You see this elder brother likes this book so much, ten taels of silver is not expensive at all."
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Zhou Yuanfu was about to ask Cui Niupi to pay for it, but Cui Niupi said first: "Just ten taels for such a broken book? You are too evil-hearted. Look at you, you are pitiful. You only have five taels of silver. If you keep nagging us, we won't take it."
You can take the book back yourself."
The thin man looked happy, then stopped. Before he could nod, he heard someone outside say loudly: "This book is made of fine Caihou paper. It took my father a long time to copy it. Don't say
You can’t buy even a hundred taels of gold for just ten taels of silver.”
Then the door was pushed open, and a boy of six or seven years old pulled a scholar in, followed by several healthy servants.
"Father, I told you that this dog slave was unreliable, and we really caught him."
As soon as the thin man looked at the person, he knelt down and trembled with fear.
The child stepped forward and stretched out his little feet to kick the thin man, but it was obvious that he had no strength.
The man was really good at mischief, pretending to be in pain and shouting, "Master, please let me go. Master, please have mercy on me. My mother-in-law is sick, so she steals books and sells them..."
When Zhou Yuanfu heard this, he immediately felt embarrassed. He finally bought the book but it was stolen goods.
"Ashamed, we didn't know it was a stolen book."
Guan Yu reluctantly handed the book to the scholar. Just as the scholar was about to take it, Cui Niubi grabbed it first.
"We have already bought this book. Here are the ten taels of silver. No matter which of you takes it away, the book belongs to us."
Cui Niubi was obviously cheating and threw ten taels of silver on the ground.
Before the scholar could say anything, the child got angry and said, "You are really shameless. It's obviously our book, but you still want to buy it and sell it! Besides, I heard clearly from outside the door just now that you haven't bought this book yet.
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The child is not very young, but he is very articulate.
"Brother Cui, don't be ridiculous. This book belongs to someone else, so give it back to someone else." Seeing that Cui Niupi still wanted to deny it, Guan Yu said categorically, "Although Guan has little education, he has heard someone say that Confucius stole springs too much and became thirsty.
If you don’t drink, you will get a bad reputation. I will not ask for such a stolen book, otherwise I won’t learn any loyalty from reading it.”
Zhou Yuanfu nodded secretly after hearing this. Cui Niubi knew that Guan Yu had a temper, so he didn't say anything more.
The scholar who was leading the child brightened up after hearing what Guan Yu said, "Seeing that this little brother is tall and majestic, with a fighting spirit between his brows, he must be a soldier, right? I didn't expect that the warriors on the battlefield also like to read.
.That’s all, this book is destined to you, so I will give it to you.”
Guan Yu refused to accept his resignation.
The scholar added: "My surname is Wen and my name is Shu, and I am from Qixian County, Taiyuan. I have always respected those who fight for the country. A book may not matter, but a strong man should not shirk it."
"Yun Chang, please don't refuse. This book is given to you by Brother Wen. It is not a stolen book. As the saying goes, swords are given to heroes and pink powder is given to beauties. This good book is also given to the destined ones.
There is no telling if it will be a good story in the future." Zhou Yuanfu also advised.
When Guan Yu heard this, he did not refuse, "Thank you Brother Wen for the book. I am Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang. If I have a chance in the future, I will definitely repay the favor of giving the book today."
Seeing Zhou Yuanfu's elegant words, Wen Shu couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Then he took the child and asked the servant to escort the thin man away.
After leaving the house, the child was still unhappy, "Dad, you worked so hard to copy this book and even made the annotations yourself. In vain, you took advantage of this rough guy. It's really a secret."
Wen Shu smiled and said, "Hui'er's words are wrong. What is a book worth? Because it is worth meeting several heroes in a book. I think these people are extraordinary people!"
This child named Wen Hui has been smart since he was a child. Hearing his father's words of Wen Shu, he couldn't help but think deeply.
"Let's talk about the red-faced man who bought the book first. His words reveal the spirit of loyalty. Judging from his burly figure, he should be a warrior. Such a majestic man is submissive to the black-faced man, which shows that the black-faced man is the leader.
There must be something extraordinary about him. This black-faced man looks rough and arrogant, but he speaks very elegantly. Although the Yellow Turbans are defeated for the first time, chaos has emerged in the world, and people's hearts are floating. Don't talk about a book, if there is really a big chaos
When the time comes, I won’t hesitate to spend all my wealth to win over people’s hearts. In prosperous times, you rely on money to live, but in troubled times, you can only survive on the support of everyone, Hui’er can remember it.”
Wen Shu cultivated his son with great care.
Wen Hui seemed to understand, and bowed and said, "My child has taken note of it."
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After Guan Yu got the book, he was very happy and started reading it carefully. Zhou Yuanfu and Cui Niupi did not disturb him. Zhou Yuanfu woke up several times at night and saw Guan Yu still reading at night, stroking his beard while reading. Zhou Yuanfu
I thought to myself that it was a good thing that this book was finished, otherwise the allusion of Master Guan reading the Spring and Autumn Period at Night would have been lost.
When he woke up early the next morning, Guan Yu was still reading, and he had been reading all night. When he saw Zhou Yuanfu getting up, Guan Yu realized that it was already dawn.
"Confucius heard Shao music in Qi State and said, 'I don't know the taste of meat in March.' I look at the clouds growing like spring and autumn, and I don't know the day and night in March." Zhou Yuanfu joked.
"This "Gongyang Chunqiu" is indeed easier to understand than what I have read before, and Wen Shu also wrote a lot of annotations, which is so hard to put down. Wen Shu is also a talent, and now is the time to employ people.
Brother, do you want to make some friends?" Guan Yu admonished.
"What's the point of making friends with a rotten scholar? We have to rely on our brothers to conquer the world. Shouldn't we go meet that Lu Bu today?" At this time, Cui Niubi also woke up.
Wen Shu's name was not famous in later generations, but his son Wen Hui was somewhat famous. Unfortunately, Wen Hui was still young at this time, and Wen Hui's name was not mentioned in the fight yesterday. Therefore, Zhou Yuanfu regarded Wen Shu as a scholar.
Well, scholars like Xindao are of little use now, and it won’t be too late to recruit them when they have a territory in the future. So he also agreed to go find Lu Bu, and Guan Yu no longer insisted.
After several people asked the store clerk about the address of Lu Bu's house, they went together. On the way, Zhou Yuanfu asked Cui Niubi to buy some gifts and bring them with him.
Lu Bu's mansion was not big, and there was an old man guarding the door. Zhou Yuanfu stepped forward and simply said that he came to visit Lu Bu and presented him with a gift list.
The old man went in to report, and several people were waiting at the door. After a while, they were welcomed in.
A big man more than two meters tall came out. This big man was really majestic and majestic. Zhou Yuanfu had to look up. Guan Yu was also close to two meters tall, but he was still half a head short of Lu Bu. No wonder he was the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms. No matter how detailed he was,
Looking at this man's appearance, he has a white face and no beard, eyes like bright stars, and a face like Pan An, no, his face is like Guangbei. Zhou Yuanfu thought in his mind, obediently, this Lu Bu really looks the same as in the old version of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
"Brother Guangbei, it's been a long time."
With this thought in his mind, Zhou Yuanfu said it smoothly.
Everyone was stunned. Lu Bu raised his hands with a smile on his face. They were also stunned when Brother Guangbei said, "This is Lu Bu, whose courtesy name is Fengxian. I don't know how to call this brother? What does Guangbei do?"
Solution?"
Zhou Yuanfu felt embarrassed and said bravely: "My surname is Yuan and my name is Cang."
Cui Niubi said with a playful smile behind him: "My surname is Cui and my given name is Pi."
Zhou Yuanfu glared at him and he hid aside.
"We brothers are all traveling merchants. We heard Brother Lu's name in the wine shops, so we came to visit him."
When Lu Bu heard this, his face turned slightly red, wondering what kind of good reputation he could have in a wine shop. If these people hadn't brought such heavy gifts, he would have really suspected that the other party was deliberately teasing him.
"You're welcome, you're welcome, please come inside and talk."
"I heard that Brother Lu is from Jiuyuan and came here to avoid disaster. I guess he is thinking about regaining the Northland all the time, so just now he called Brother Lu Guangbei without hesitation."
Everyone sat down, and Zhou Yuanfu explained in order to ease the embarrassment.
"Guangbei, regain the Northern Territory, um, very good, very good." Lu Bu nodded frequently after hearing this, "I have been here from the North for more than eight years, and I often miss my hometown. My father gave me the word "Fengxian", which is
Let me serve my ancestors and not forget the wishes of my ancestors. It is a pity that I did not have the chance to return to my hometown since Xianbei."
Everyone sat down separately, and Lu Bu also looked at the three of them secretly. The man who called himself Yuancang was thick and thick, with a dark face. He was indeed a man. He seemed to be the youngest among the three, but he was obviously the leader. He called himself Cui.
The skinny man must be a pseudonym. He looks quite strong in physique, but his face looks very vulgar. The red-faced man was silent after he came in, but his eyes were quite hostile. He was the only one among the three who looked majestic, but he seemed to be just a man.
Followers, what a pity. These three people have different appearances, but they all have a charlatan spirit. There is no philistine spirit in them. I don’t know why these three people are here.