In the post house, Liu Jian and others packed their bags the next day and prepared to continue westward to Jinyang.
When they went to the stable to pick up the horses, they found a man standing next to the stable.
The tall and straight Guan Yu stands beside the stable, like a door god, looking proudly to the east.
Although he is young, his long beard reaches down to his chest and floats in the wind, showing his handsome appearance.
Yes, he is handsome and elegant.
The aesthetic concepts of this era are quite different from those of later generations. The Han people seem to think that if a person has no hair on his mouth, he will not be able to do things well. Those who do not have a beard are either ugly or useless. People with a beautiful beard are generally more popular.
People with abdominal muscles, white skin, a high nose bridge, big eyes and double eyelids can at best be said to look like that in this era, but they will definitely not be promoted to the level of idols.
Only those with beards and beards on their faces are worthy of being called handsome men.
But even if you have a beard, not all beards can be called handsome.
In the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, beards were something more than nothing.
Zhang Fei's appearance is actually quite handsome, especially his big eyes. It can be said that he has scary eyes, or he has thick eyebrows and big eyes. In short, in terms of facial features alone, Zhang Fei looks like that.
Station, you basically can't find any major faults with him.
But the ruin was the hair on his face...oh no, the beard.
Although his face is covered with beards, the beard is as hard as a steel needle and wraps around the jaw and cheeks, making it look quite messy. Although it is very impressive, it is not the most ideal type of beard in the eyes of the Han people.
The long beard on Guan Yu's face was the standard feature for handsome men in the Han Dynasty.
Not only is it as thin and soft as silk, it can be hung on the chest, like a black waterfall, and can sway with the wind. It looks so majestic, and the most important thing is that it is long.
But Liu Jian himself was opposed to growing a beard, and he was unwilling to grow a long beard. As far as this matter was concerned, he couldn't get along with the people of the Han Dynasty. He just didn't like growing a long beard.
Each era has its own aesthetic values, and even people of the same era will have different aesthetic concepts at different ages.
The practice of killing horses, washing, cutting and blowing, which was popular in the vast land of China in the past, is now gradually disappearing.
Seeing Liu Jian and others coming to the stable, Guan Yu, who stood with his head held high, bowed his hands and saluted them, and then stroked his long beard from top to bottom with the tiger's mouth of his left hand, with a very charming gesture.
Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu's long beard jealously, and then subconsciously touched the beard on his chin, as if he was a little angry with himself, and then pulled it off forcefully.
Liu Jian looked at Guan Yu standing next to the stable and wondered, "What is Guan Jun doing here?"
Guan Yu saluted Liu Jian and said: "My father died early. When he died, I left the word "immortality" as my cousin. My brother can call me my cousin."
Liu Jian smiled and changed his name to "immortal".
"Is the immortal here waiting for me?"
Guan Yu's face straightened, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm really grateful for the shelter from the rain last night and the gift of food. Guan came back to his hometown this time to do a big thing. I don't know if I'll have the chance to see you in the future, so I'm here
I will take care of your horse for one night as a token of my gratitude."
He actually stood here and showed Liu Jian and the others a horse all night?!
Liu Bei whispered to Liu Jian: "The land of Bingzhou is close to Taihang. There are many horse thieves who escape into the mountains. Even near the post house, there are often refugees stealing horses to make a living. Even the post officials can do nothing. Guan Changsheng's move
They really do think about us."
Liu Jian nodded suddenly.
He strode forward and said gratefully: "Changsheng is really a loyal person. Jian just did it casually last night. Why did Changsheng stand outside the stable all night? You didn't sleep at all that night, okay?"
Guan Yu shook his head: "I'm looking after horses for others, so I can't even talk about sleeping. But it doesn't matter. It's just for one night, so it's not worth mentioning."
"Changsheng just said that if I go home to take care of it, I'm afraid I won't be able to repay my kindness in the future. What does this mean?" Liu Jian changed the topic and suddenly mentioned the topic that Guan Yu just said.
Don't blame Liu Jian for being careless. Guan Yu's words just now seemed to contain a hint of emotion.
Guan Yu was quite hesitant and didn't want to say anything.
"It's just a small matter in the countryside, don't worry Brother Liu."
Liu Jian reached out and patted Guan Yu on the shoulder. He was too tall and Liu Jian found it difficult to pat Guan Yu on the shoulder, but he patted him anyway.
"Changsheng, although you and I have only known each other for one night, Liu has always respected people who value righteousness the most. You and I have both read the Spring and Autumn Annals, and we know that respect is the gathering of virtues. To be able to respect you must be virtuous. I respect you as a human being, so I ask you.
, If Changsheng regards Liu Jian as a trustworthy person, why should he deliberately conceal it? Why not speak frankly? "
After hearing Liu Jian's words, Guan Yu looked ashamed.
He immediately handed over his hands and said apologetically: "What Brother Liu said is true. Since you are a magnanimous person, Guan should not conceal some trivial matters. It is true that Guan returned home this time for no other reason than for others."
For killing people!"
Liu Bei and Jian Yong on the side were quite surprised when they heard this, but Zhang Fei was a little eager to try.
Liu Jian said to Guan Yu: "I just want to ask, why does Changsheng kill people, and who does he want to kill?"
Guan Yu sighed and immediately said to Liu Jian slowly.
The man he wanted to kill, whose surname was Zheng, was his fellow villager in Hedong County, and he was also the local No. 1 wealthy man in Jie County, Hedong. He had fields, a disciple, a fort, iron tools, and some hidden horses, money, and food.
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There is no doubt that people who have so many things can walk sideways locally.
On weekdays, he can forcibly annex a family's fields to see whose fields are good, buy a good-looking woman as a maid, and take away a family's horses by force. In short, he is a bullying county-level right-winger in Jie County.
A story of bullying.
It's so silly and so common.
Bullying is not a problem in this era. This happens in every county. The problem is that this son of the Zheng family is a little too outrageous! It completely exceeds the bottom line of bullying and domination.
The legitimate son of the Zheng family is called Zheng Bao. He is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, but he has been cultivated by his family to be violent. He not only bullies and dominates the market, but also prefers to kill!
He didn't just kill pigs and dogs, he killed people.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, even though the wealthy families were frozen to death due to the smell of wine and meat, the laws of the Han Dynasty were still there. No matter how arrogant the wealthy family was, they still had some scruples when it came to killing people.
Of course, if they are really determined to kill someone, there will naturally be ways to make up for it later, but the cost is too high, so most people should try to avoid such things as much as possible.
But the problem is that Zheng Bao is not afraid of causing trouble and is willing to kill people.
And he kills people not out of hatred, but for fun.
Real killing for fun!
As for the method of killing, it was to drive the bought slaves or gather unregistered gangsters to the wild woods. Then a group of villains headed by Zheng Bao rode on horseback and held bows, hunting deer and antelope.
Kill them.
After the hunt is successful, the head will be cut off to show off, and it will be used as the head of a wild beast, shouting and showing off.
A completely perverted behavior.
These ordinary people in Guizhou lost their land and had no choice but to rely on local tyrants. Many of them had their household registrations hidden and became empty households. They became actual slaves of the landlords, doing more work than cattle every day.
, but ate very little.
The people at the bottom can no longer be described as having a dish-colored appearance, but can be said to have an earth-colored appearance.
But even so, the upper-class dignitaries were still not satisfied, and perverts like Zheng Bao appeared suddenly, plunging the poor people of Jie County into deeper fear.
He completely transforms living people into primitive beasts.
Han law is more enlightened than Qin law, but it is not so enlightened that it would condone behavior like this, unless...unless there is a big background behind it.
Coincidentally, the Zheng family in Jie County is the natal family of the main wife of the son of Cao Poshi, the younger brother of Cao Jie, the minister in charge.
A very tortuous relationship.
He is a brother-in-law who cannot be beaten by eight poles, but just relying on this relationship, the Zheng family and Zheng Bao can do whatever they want in Jie County.
That is to say, under such circumstances, Guan Yu, a native of Hedong Jie County, was not happy!