Gongsun Zan's words attracted Liu Jian's attention.
Although they were in the toilet, the other party suddenly put down his body, revealed his thoughts, and threw them directly in front of the two of them. This could basically be said to be frank and frank.
And being open and honest, no matter what era, is a taboo for people in officialdom.
Unless you are extremely trusting, or you have some agenda.
But thinking about it carefully, I seem to have little to do with these two points.
Liu Jian pondered for a moment and finally made up his mind.
Okay, since you want to be candid, then I will talk to you candidly once.
You are worth thousands of stones, and I am nothing. If the deal breaks down, I have nothing to lose.
"The man from Border County doesn't hide his evil thoughts, so what if I tell the truth? What my senior brother said is that I have some grudges in my heart."
Liu Jian had no worries and admitted it frankly.
"Ha ha!"
Gongsun Zan, who was in the toilet next door, laughed immediately after hearing this: "Okay, okay! You are still the same as when you were at Fengshi Mountain, you are blind and outspoken, and you don't say anything on weekdays. If you want to say something, just leave it alone."
Who are you talking to! Don’t say that I am just the county magistrate. Even if I am the prefect of two thousand dan, you will not give him any face!"
Opposite the door panel, Gongsun Zan finally put down his disguise, and his bloody heroic spirit as a northern man was fully released in this small toilet.
Liu Jian was also a man from Yanzhao in the border area. Although he had a delicate mind, his bloodline and heroic spirit could not be erased.
With Gongsun Zan's honesty, he no longer pretended.
In the toilet, the two Yanzhao men were honest with each other.
"Bo Gui, to be fair, Xuande and I faced each other hundreds of miles away and captured Hulu alive. I think you can understand how much hard work it took. If you really have other intentions, you can say it bluntly. You can't be so oblique.
By covering up, you have lost your heroic demeanor in the North."
Liu Jian spoke candidly, but Gongsun Zan did not shy away from it. Instead, he said to him: "You don't have to blame everything on me. I beat around the bush and kept things secret. How can Junior Brother Liu be so honest?"
"How could I not be honest?"
Gongsun Zan's voice came from the opposite side: "You think I can't tell? That day you and Xuande were meeting me on the road. You deliberately ducked aside and just let Xuande talk to me. In fact, you just wanted to test me through him!
After you returned to the county town, you deliberately spread this matter in the market. Isn't this a clear plan for me?"
Liu Jian thought to himself: This is my ability, and I didn't lie to you. How can I be dishonest?
"The problem is, brother would rather break the holiday and come here to give gifts than fall into my trap."
"Hahaha! It's a joke. I, the magistrate, allow you to succeed in vain. If word spreads, how will the name Gongsun Zan be able to gain a foothold in the counties of Youzhou in the future?"
"That being the case, congratulations to Brother Bogui, you finally got the better of me with your official status, so I win."
"Brother, since you have already won the victory, why are you still talking to me here? Please go back to the county office as soon as possible to do your important work."
There was a sudden silence in the toilet opposite the wooden board.
Liu Jian smiled faintly, said no more, turned around, opened the toilet door and left.
But as soon as he opened the toilet door, he saw Gongsun Zan standing in front of him with an angry face.
Why is this blocking the door?
Before Liu Jian could protest, Gongsun Zan lowered his head and rushed directly into Liu Jian's toilet.
"Brother Bogui, what are you doing?! How can two people squeeze into the same room!" Liu Jian was a little angry.
Gongsun Zan refused to accept his trick: "Liu Deran, you have to piss me off to death! Is Gongsun really such a powerful person who only cares about officialdom and does not care about the friendship between classmates?"
Liu Jian couldn't help but laugh when he saw Gongsun Zan rushing into the toilet to complain to him with an angry look on his face.
It has to be said that Gongsun Zan's skills have indeed been improved a lot in the officialdom, but no matter how deep the officialdom of the Han Dynasty was, it could not wash away a person's inherent arrogance and character.
This is his advantage, and perhaps also his shortcoming, a fatal flaw.
It's just... isn't his behavior of complaining a bit too much?
Liu Jian was amused in his heart, but his face remained calm.
He stood to the side, leaving some space between him and Gongsun Zan, so that the two of them would not get too close and fall into a trap due to a physical conflict, which would be too disgusting.
"I just have something to say. Brother, if you think about it carefully, if you were me, I would be more than just talking, right? Brother, you can also guess how much effort Xuande and I went to capture the Xianbei man alive that night. It can be said that
It is to disregard life and death. In that village, there are no less than a hundred people in Xianbei alone, and there are thousands of Taihang thieves, but there are only fourteen of us!"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Gongsun Zan exposed him mercilessly: "My men checked all the footprints, houses, and stove pits. Whether they are Xianbei or bandits, the total number is no more than fifty!"
"Okay, even if what I said is a little different, it's fifty people, then you can ask yourself, are we putting ourselves at risk by doing this?"
The veins on Gongsun Zan's forehead were throbbing.
This can be considered a bit of a discrepancy?!
He took a deep breath to calm down.
"You shot several Xianbei, drove them all away, and even captured a leader alive. It's really not easy."
"The one we captured alive is the leader?" Liu Jian was surprised when he heard this.
"but!"
Gongsun Zan's face turned cold, and he put on a righteous tone: "If you want to become an official, this alone is not enough! You need to have real ability and talent! You can't just rely on luck, and you can't just rely on being a certain person.
Classmates!”
Gee, who cares?
"Then according to brother's wish, we send a living Xianbei leader to you. Is it luck?"
"At least now it looks like it is!"
Gongsun Zan raised his voice and said:
"Junior brother, do you know how many people Tao Qian alone has arranged for me to enter the county office before the county magistrate has taken office? Nine! This does not include people recommended by local prominent families and scholars!"
"I know that they came from the outside and did not rely on their ability. However, the foundation of you and A Bei is far inferior to these people. How can I make special appointments?"
"Forget it! If you can prove that you are indeed a talented person... If you can really tell me one, two, three, Gongsun is willing to imitate the ancients, wear thorns and vines, come to the door of your Liu residence, and then personally hold the whip and drive the car for you, thinking that
Sorry, how about that?"
In fact, before today, Liu Jian had already eliminated Gongsun Zan in his mind.
He has his own plans in mind, and he can't be too shameless in life. He does everything over and over again.
He didn't want to talk to Gongsun Zan, but he never thought that Gongsun Zan's last words would actually arouse the desire for supremacy in his heart.
Listening to what he said, do you really think that I can't come up with anything that can suppress him?
Well, it doesn't hurt to let you know.
Liu Jian's mouth was frivolous, he straightened his back, and raised his hands to Gongsun Zan: "Okay, then I will make a bet with my senior brother and ask him what his ambition is?"
Gongsun Zan said loudly: "Although I am committed to officialdom now, I am by no means a person who covets fame and power. I was born in a border county. My lifelong wish is to drive away barbarians, clear up border troubles, worship generals and become marquises in my lifetime.
Show your lintel!"
"But if you want to become a general, you have to take the official career path. I won't hide it from you. This is what my father-in-law suggested to me... I want to achieve this ambition within ten years!"
Speaking of this, Gongsun Zan narrowed his eyes: "What, you think I can't do it?"
"Why not? Haha, ten years is too long!"
Hearing that Liu Jian was so capable of bragging, Gongsun Zan felt a bit of contempt in his heart... He was really capable of bragging!
This guy is worse than Liu Bei!
"Then how long do you think it will take for me to achieve this goal? Three years?"
"Why three years? It's just a matter of days and nights.