"What are you happy about?"

Lu Ren almost said the sentence "Happy not to think of Shu" in his mouth, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and closed his mouth in time, and the last word "Shu" did not come out of his mouth, after all, Liu Chan, the protagonist of the idiom allusion of "Happy not thinking about Shu", was not born at this time. In the face of Guo Jia's curious questioning, Lu Ren hurriedly changed his words temporarily: "Don't miss Wu!" Lao Guo, you know that I am a member of the Lu clan in the fourth surname of Wu, Wu is my hometown, and I have always wanted to go back. But now I'm living quite well here, and if I really go back, I probably won't have anything, so I'm a little bit happy. ”

Guo Jia heard Lu Ren mention Lu Ren's "hometown" Wu County, and after laughing twice, he asked, "I heard that not long ago, a group of Lu clan people traveled thousands of miles to join you, but is there such a thing?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. This kind of thing can't be hidden, and there is no need to hide it.

Guo Jia lowered his head, rolled his eyes a few times, then raised his head and asked with a smile: "Since the children of the clan are far away, have you ever planned to set up another branch and leaf of the Lu clan of Wu County between Ying and Xu, and really settle down in the Central Plains?" ”

Of course, Lu Ren himself would not have such plans, but Lu Ren was not stupid, and from Guo Jia's questioning, he could hear that Guo Jia was trying to test him. In Lu Ren's view, Guo Jia was also helping Cao Cao test him, and then in connection with Cao Cao's consistent style of talent, in order not to get into some unnecessary trouble, Lu Ren deliberately pretended to be stupid:

"I said I was a little happy, and I didn't think about it, and I didn't have any heart or lungs. Now that the little overlord Sun Ce has swept Jiangdong, there is a tendency for those who follow it to be rampant and those who go against it will die. My Lu clan has a feud with him, although he can be temporarily settled under his rule, but the clan bloodline is still like a hanging egg...... It's impossible to predict what will happen in the future, but at least I don't dare to go back now, go back and give Sun Ce a head? In this case, it is not bad for me to lead a clan bloodline to mix in Xudu for a peaceful life, and maybe the matter of returning to the roots will have to be handed over to the descendants of my generation to do. ”

Guo Jia looked at Lu Ren's expression for a long time, and suddenly smiled with a bit of mockery: "Are you talking from your heart?" Why do I think you're a little insincere? ”

"......" Lu Ren suddenly reacted, with his pitiful level, wanting to play a little trick in front of a generation of ghost talents is simply humiliating himself. But the words have already come to this point, Lu Ren can only hold on, and then his brows are tightly furrowed, his face is a little sad, and he snatches the bamboo cup in Guo Jia's hand and says: "You dead old Guo, why do you poke the sore spot in my heart if you have nothing to do?" Insincere? I had planned to work hard for a few years and return to my hometown, but now that I heard that it is unlikely that I will be able to return to my hometown, of course I will be a little disappointed! Who is not attached to the homeland? You think they're all like you? How far is Yang Zhai from Xudu? It's okay to ride a horse and go back, but I'm ......."

Guo Jia saw that Lu Ren was angry, and hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Lu Ren's words: "Okay, okay, okay, I admit my mistake, can't I admit my mistake?" I shouldn't have touched the sore spot in your heart! I'll punish myself for three cups, and I'll punish myself for three cups to make amends to you, right? ”

Lu Ren acted to the end, and he was unforgiving: "Get out of your ball!" I didn't expose my scars if I had nothing to do, and I was so sad that I was still talking cool words! Still want to drink my wine? There are no doors! From now on, you dead old Guo don't want to get a glass of wine from me again, I will also send a message to the Qingguo Wine Shop, and the wine will not be sold to anyone! ”

Guo Jia saw the anger on Lu Ren's face, and felt that Lu Ren should be a little really angry, so he quickly got up and left the table, waved at Lu Ren again and again, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Lu Yihao, Brother Lu Xian!" Don't be so serious! I can't count the jokes I made when I was drunk, didn't I? Rest the wrath, rest the wrath! Just apologize to you for your brother......"

Lu Ren snorted and turned his head, but after a while, Lu Ren couldn't help laughing, and handed the wine bottle and glass back to Guo Jia and said, "Okay, okay, don't make it so disgusting." ”

Seeing this, Guo Jia hurriedly snatched the wine, sat back at the banquet and poured himself a drink, looking at the cautious posture as if he was afraid that Lu Ren would snatch the wine back again, he felt a little funny.

Lu Ren shook his head and smiled, and said with a pretentious sigh: "But Lao Guo, let me tell you the truth, don't mention my hometown when there is nothing to do...... When I think about what my hometown has become, I feel really sad. ”

Guo Jia turned sideways, glanced at Lu Ren a few times from the corner of his eye, and said sullenly: "Hometown? Where is your hometown? Why have I never heard you mention it? ”

"......" Lu Ren almost vomited blood. Guo Jia's ability to pretend to be stupid and laugh is a little too much.

After a few rounds of drinking, Lu Ren also remembered that there was still something serious to ask, so he put down the bamboo cup in his hand and asked, "Lao Guo, you should have come to Meng Village with Man Boning, right?" ”

Guo Jia said: "That's right, I came here with Man Boning. But before I was about to enter the village, I said that I was looking for you, and I separated from Manboning. ”

Lu Ren said tentatively: "Are you deliberately avoiding Liu Bei?" ”

Guo Jia stopped drinking, played with the bamboo cup in his hand and smiled at Lu Renyin: "You can avoid it, why can't I avoid it?" Yihao, you can hide many things from others but you can't hide them from me, do you think I don't know that you are avoiding Liu Bei? But why did you avoid Liu Bei? You must know that today's Liu Bei has a reputation in the world, and now he is forced by Lu Bu to be lonely and exhausted, and he has come to Xu Du to defect to the lord, but you just received it casually and avoided it, and it is inevitable that you will lose your hospitality, right? Be careful that you'll be scolded by someone pointing at your back in the future! ”

Lu Ren remembered that when Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, many people persuaded Cao Cao to take the opportunity to kill Liu Bei, but only Guo Jia agreed with Cao Cao's use of taking Liu Bei in to enhance his reputation, and after a little silence, he had a statement: "Come on!" I'm looking at Mi Zizhong's sake, I didn't beat the water dog, so it's good to give him Liu Bei a knife! Lao Guo, you don't want to think about how I was forced to leave Xuzhou in the first place! ”

Guo Jia also paused when he heard this, because Guo Jia had expected that Lu Ren would come to Cao Ying, and Guo Jia's expectation was that Lu Ren would probably be intolerable to the people of Xuzhou at that time, and later knew that something happened between Lu Ren and Zhang Fei, so it was normal for Lu Ren to be a little dissatisfied with Liu Bei, so he smiled and deliberately opened the topic: "Sometimes I think, if you are recruited by Liu Bei at that time, maybe Lu Bu will not have a chance to capture Xuzhou at all?" ”

Lu Ren frowned and thought for a while when Guo Jia said this, but in the end, he shook his head silently and said, "I think it's unlikely." At that time, the Xuzhou bureaucrats treated me coldly, and I had no reputation at all, even if I was an official under Liu Bei, most of them would be excluded by others, because they didn't listen to me and didn't follow them. However, I think it shouldn't be difficult to have a peaceful life among the people, but it's really not good, and when I have enough of it, I will go south and go back to my hometown in Wu County. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "I think it's about the same." But then again, why don't you just give Liu Bei a knife to avenge your previous incident? ”

Lu Ren's heart suddenly burst, and he quickly put on his usual smiling face: "Damn! Lao Guo, do you think I look like such a stupid person? Kill Liu Bei? I don't want to find scolding for myself, but for the world. ”

Guo Jia chased after him: "How do you say this?" ”

"......" Lu Ren glared at Guo Jia fiercely and said, "What do you mean by that, old Guo?" ”

Guo Jia laughed and said, "I want to see if what you think in your heart is the same as what I think and what the lord thinks." ”

Lu Ren tilted his head and thought about it for a while, feeling that the words of these "opinions" should not have a big impact, maybe Cao Cao was just looking for an excuse for himself not to kill Liu Bei to support his views and convince himself? Psychologically speaking, if people are hesitant and indecisive many times, they hope that someone can use strong reasons or evidence to help them strengthen their confidence. Thinking of this, Lu Ren read out the idea that Cao Cao and Guo Jia did not approve of killing Liu Bei.

After hearing this, Guo Jia nodded vigorously and said, "Sure enough!" The thoughts in your heart coincide with the lord and me, Liu Bei is not something that can be killed easily......"

Lu Ren took the time to ask, "By the way, Lao Guo, why are you avoiding Liu Bei?" ”

Guo Jia rolled his eyes at Lu Ren, and said in a weird manner: "You idiot? As soon as the news of Liu Bei's escape to your Meng Village reached the lord's side, only the lord and I insisted that Liu Bei could not be killed, and I and Cheng Zhongde and the old man Cheng argued for a long time about this matter. That's the way it is, I'm not afraid of others saying that I'm currying favor with the lord, but I'm afraid that others will say that I have a personal relationship with Liu Bei. ”

"......" Lu Ren was speechless for a while before he smiled dryly: "I suddenly feel that you are cheating on me." You and Liu Bei don't have any friendship at all, but I have dealt with Liu Bei a few times. Now that I don't advocate killing Liu Bei, will anyone say that I have a personal relationship with Liu Bei? ”

“……”“……”

The two were speechless for a while, Guo Jia suddenly shook his head a few times, picked up the wine glass again and smiled at Lu Ren: "Don't talk about this." By the way, stinky boy, when are you going to go back? ”

"Go back? Where are you going? Lu Ren didn't react at once.

Guo Jia was angry and waved his right fist at Lu Renkong and said, "Don't pretend to be stupid in front of me!" ”

Lu Ren reacted but laughed: "Lao Guo, you drank too much, right?" It's not up to me to decide when I go back to work, it's up to those people who hate me when they are willing to let go. Besides, how long has it been since I was removed from office? What are you anxious about? ”

“…… That's right. Guo Jia was also a little helpless: "But then again, do you know that since you were removed from your official position, how many people have been desperately recommending friends and cronies to serve in the Dasi Nong's Mansion?" This is what the lord and Xun Wenruo have always managed to suppress, just waiting for the opportunity to re-serve with you. But Yihao, don't really squat in this little cute village and do nothing, it's better to get some movement out......"