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  Liu Ba...

  Liu Feng rubbed his temples with his hands, making his mind even clearer, and his thoughts flew back as he gradually recalled the memories associated with this name.

  I vaguely remember that there was indeed such a person in history, who seemed to have appeared after Liu Bei entered Shu, and Liu Bei had a high appreciation for this person. It seems that later Zhang Fei tried to get close to this Liu Ba by inviting him out of retirement, but ended up sleeping at his house for a night, only to be ignored and scolded by Liu Ba, which infuriated Liu Bei. However, in the end, Liu Bei suppressed his anger and repeatedly summoned Liu Ba, until finally Liu Ba reluctantly came out of retirement to serve under Liu Bei.

  Liu Bei's ability to identify people was still admired by Liu Feng, who could make him so concerned about a person, naturally there must be his unique talent, but he didn't expect that it would be right under his own eyes, why not use it for me?

  "I've heard of Liu Zichu's name, but I didn't expect him to be in Changsha. I wonder where he's going after leaving the city?" Liu Feng temporarily did not reveal his thoughts, turned back into the house, and asked while washing his face.

  Ma Chao followed him into the house and handed a handkerchief to Liu Feng: "I've already inquired about it, this Liu Ba was originally ordered by Cao Pi to come and surrender the four southern counties. Now that Cao Pi's army has been defeated and Changsha has been obtained by us, Liu Ba is likely thinking of escaping south to Jiaozhou."

  Ma Chao's words, however, aroused Liu Feng's strong curiosity. In this era, the emphasis was on stability and settling down, and scholars like Liu Ba, who had a family and property in Jingzhou, would often serve whichever lord occupied Jingzhou.

  It was like when Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou in the past, local scholars all treated him as their master. When Cao Pi captured Xuzhou later, the scholars naturally turned to serve under Cao Pi's command. Later, Xuzhou changed hands several times, and whether it was Cao Pi or Liu Bei, it did not affect the career advancement of the local scholars in Xuzhou.

  A celebrity like Liu Ba, if only to avoid the war disaster, had no choice but to escape to Jiaozhou. Now that Changsha has been taken by Liu Feng and the war is over, why would Liu Ba want to leave his hometown at this time and flee south to Jiaozhou, a remote place with little prospect of development?

  Liu Feng wiped his face clean with the towel, and the cold sensation made him thoroughly sober. Suddenly, he thought of something and curiously asked: "Why did Liu Ba choose to flee south at this time? Is there some unspoken secret?"

  "Marquis said it right. In my opinion, Liu Zi initially wanted to escape to Jiaozhou, mostly to avoid a person." Ma Cai laughed and said.

  Liu Feng had already guessed the truth, but he still asked knowingly: "As a renowned scholar of Jing and Xiang, many people want to make friends with him, yet who would make him so fearful?"

  "This is the lord." Ma Chao replied succinctly.

  Indeed it is.

  Liu Feng pretended to be puzzled, with a look of confusion on his face: "This is strange, my father has always been courteous to the virtuous and talented, and in recent years, the scholars from Jingzhou have been eager to attach themselves to him. This Liu Ba, even if he didn't want to surrender to my father, it's fine, but why must he be so afraid, to the point of having to escape?"

  "It's a long story."

  Ma Su told Liu Feng all the details he knew, and only then did Liu Feng suddenly realize.

  Originally, Liu Ba came from a prestigious family and was extremely talented in his youth. He had always been proud of his abilities and looked down on others. However, despite being surrounded by many arrogant geniuses, there were few people who looked down on Liu Bei. This Liu Ba, for some reason, particularly despised Liu Bei.

  When Liu Ba was the chief clerk in Lingling, Liu Bei admired his great reputation and let his distant nephew Zhou Buyi, who had come to join him, go to study under him. As a result, Liu Ba did not give Liu Bei any face at all and flatly refused.

  Months ago, Cao Zhen's army marched south, and when Liu Bei retreated south, many famous scholars in Jingzhou followed Liu Bei to Jiangnan. The remaining scholars who did not leave stayed in Jingbei, waiting for Cao Zhen to arrive. However, Liu Ba, a scholar from Jingshan, went against the current and ran all the way to Jiangbei to surrender to Cao Zhen. This move by Liu Ba clearly had the suspicion of avoiding Liu Bei.

  "Although I've heard that the lord is very angry with Liu Ba for surrendering to Cao Cao, but the lord has always admired him. Now he doesn't want to run into Liu Ba in Changsha. If the young master can present him to the lord, it would be a great achievement, enough to make up for past mistakes."

  Ma Chao is referring to the time when he himself wrote a letter of persuasion to Liu Bei, this kid is quite meticulous, and as soon as he has the opportunity, he thinks for Liu Feng.

  A great talent that makes Liu Bei love and hate, and is also a great talent that extremely despises Liu Bei. For Liu Feng, this is simply a big pie falling from the sky, just in time to solve an extremely important matter that has been lingering in his mind. Liu Feng would not be stupid enough to let this person go to Liu Bei for nothing.

  At this, Liu Feng smiled and said: "Since this Liu Zi is so talented, how can I let him go easily? Hurry up and prepare my horse for me. I want to meet this Jiangnan genius in person."

  Liu Feng rushed out of the governor's mansion in a flurry, galloping his horse wildly all the way to the south gate of Linxiang City.

  At this time, the sky had just dawned, and those who left the city were some early-rising ordinary people to collect firewood. From a distance, Liu Feng saw that at the city gate, a Confucian scholar wearing a green robe was arguing with the military officer guarding the city. The scholar must be Liu Ba.

  The soldiers saw Liu Feng arrive and hastily came forward to pay their respects.

  "How dare you be so presumptuous to Mr. Zi Chu, retreat quickly!" At the time of rolling off his horse, Liu Feng drove away a group of soldiers and came before Liu Ba, cupping one hand in the other: "These soldiers didn't know your great name, they offended you, I apologize for them."

  The young man in front of him, twenty-five or six years old, wearing a green shirt and a linen scarf, with a slender figure and a dignified appearance, was no different from the usual young hero. However, there was an undisguised air of arrogance between his eyebrows, which gave people a bad impression at first glance.

  "Is it Liu Xuan's adopted son?" Liu Ba glanced at Liu Feng with a hint of disdain in his tone.

  Liu Feng didn't think it was strange, and smiled lightly: "It's really you. I've long admired Mr. Zichu's great name, but I didn't expect that the master would also be in Linxiang City. I wonder if the master can move to my humble abode, I just want to ask for your guidance."

  Liu Ba's sleeve brushed away, coldly saying: "No need. I know, it's just that you want to advise me to serve my father, but I advise you to give up this idea. I avoid my father as much as possible, even if you forcibly keep me here, you can keep my body, but don't think about keeping my heart!"

  In front of everyone, Liu Ba dared to be so "disrespectful" to Liu Bei, it seems that he had a huge grudge against his own uncle.

  "Heh heh, great, extremely good, the more I dislike Liu Bei, the more I like it."

  This Liu Ba is to Liu Feng's taste, now what he needs to do is how to keep this person for himself, in the future if he turns against Liu Bei, this Liu Ba must work hard to death.

  With his thoughts turning, Liu Feng had already made up his mind and smiled: "Since the gentleman's intention is so firm, I really can't persuade him to stay any longer. However, can the gentleman follow me to see someone? If after seeing this person, the gentleman still insists on leaving, I will certainly open the city gate wide and send the gentleman off with courtesy."

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