Li Mengxi could tell the merits and demerits of a march with just a baby. From Guan Yu's point of view, he was quite good at it.

Yesterday, we were still half a day away from Zhuozhou County. Due to the food distribution in the morning, we were delayed for half a day, leaving only half a day in the afternoon.

He hurried and hurried slowly. Finally, as the sun set, Li Mengxi saw that the road was getting wider and wider as he walked.

The children did not dare to get close and looked at it curiously from a distance.

We know that the county seat is close, but looking back at the setting sun is far away.

After walking for another three or five miles, I suddenly saw a square small town ahead.

Under the setting sun, there were flags fluttering on the yellow mud walls of the small town, and some soldiers looked over.

In a moment, they arrived at the city. Liu Bei came to the city on horseback and shouted towards the city, "Liu Xuande has returned from asking for the yellow scarf. Please open the city."

The old soldier at the head of the city looked down and smiled, "It is indeed Mr. Xuande! Can Mr. Xuande win?"

"A great victory! The Yellow Turbans in Zhuo County have been defeated, and the military crisis has been resolved!" Liu Bei responded loudly.

"Okay, okay!" The old soldier at the city head laughed.

The city gate opened with a creak, and the rebels filed in.

Li Mengxi saw that the civilians did not enter the city, but were led westward by Zhang Fei.

Li Mengxi hurriedly stopped Guan Yu who was passing by and asked the civilians why they didn't enter the city.

Guan Yu said that there were few places to live in the city. He said that Zhang Fei had a manor outside the city, and the people arranged to live there.

It’s not just a matter of deceiving the common people into traps and killing them, Li Mengxi thought.

Get on the carriage and enter the city with the carriage.

Li Mengxi saw the ancient city for the first time. Before he could take a closer look, he raised his head and saw a plaque with a simple font like "Zhuozhou" in front of the city gate. Without taking a second look, the carriage drove into the city gate.

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Zhuozhou is the capital of Zhuo County.

In Zhuozhou County, in front of Zhang Fei's house.

Even though ancient technology was underdeveloped and productivity was underdeveloped, the clothing, food, housing and transportation of ancient people were completely incomparable to those of modern people.

But Li Mengxi was still shocked when he saw Zhang Fei's house.

A large area of ​​buildings.

To the left of the center of the city, there is a large courtyard wall, the diameter of which is the same as the length of the street. At a glance, you can only see the road turning, not the curve of the courtyard wall.

Looking again, the wall is two feet high and is made of green bricks. The bricks fit tightly together, with white clay filling the gaps. There is not a single brick missing, and no unevenness can be seen in the brick wall.

There are long rows of tiles at the top of the wall, and if you look closely at the tiles, they seem to have patterns on them.

Li Mengxi suddenly realized that everyone said that the tiles of the Han Dynasty were exquisite and highly valuable for collection. This was the tile of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at the door of Zhang Fei's house, it is wide and high. It is painted with tung oil and painted with vermilion lacquer. There are two brass buckles on the door. The copper color is old and not new.

There are two bluestone steps in front of the door. Although the steps are not spotless, there are no grass, soil or fallen leaves or other debris. It seems that they are cleaned every day.

After looking at the whole place, I don't know what it is like inside, but from the outside, although there are no cornices or brackets, it is solid, rich and spacious, which shows that it is quite heroic.

Li Mengxi was as curious as a baby, looking here and there. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were waiting in front of the door, saw it with smiles in their eyes.

"Xi'er, what do you think of the third brother's mansion?" Liu Bei asked with a smile, holding the sleeping little brick.

Li Mengxi thought for a while and answered sincerely, "I have little knowledge and have never seen what a wealthy family looks like. But in today's world, there is no roof to cover everyone. In comparison, General Yide's house is vast, which shows how wealthy he is."

We have seen many rich people like Li Mengxi, but they are the rich people of later generations, and even in an era of advanced information technology, the luxurious life of rich people is hard to see even for the poor Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi didn't even know how rich the rich people were in ancient times.

Although Liu Bei and Guan Yu were already at the door, Liu Bei and Guan Yu did not open the door and let the people inside open the door and go in first to sit down. Li Mengxi was doubtful, but he knew that Liu Bei must be right, so he did not ask any questions.

Just wait quietly and see what Liu Bei does.

After waiting for a while, the clatter of horse hooves sounded and Zhang Fei came back.

When he saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu waiting outside the door, Zhang Fei got off his horse and complained, "Big brother and second brother, why don't you come in and what are you doing waiting for?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Your master has not returned home, how can we get ahead?"

Zhang Fei groaned. Liu Bei said this, which made Zhang Fei dissatisfied and even said it was a foreign policy.

Li Mengxi, who was observing carefully, suddenly realized this.

He somewhat understood why Liu Bei and Guan Yu waited for Zhang Fei to come back before entering Zhang Fei's house.

Of course, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were sworn friends in Taoyuan and were as close as brothers.

However, even so, there must be respect and etiquette between each other.

It doesn't mean that if you are as close as brothers, you don't need to be polite.

Zhang Fei is the master. If the master has not returned yet, Liu Bei and Guan Yu will enter the room first, which is disrespectful.

Li Mengxi lamented that the ancients paid so much attention to etiquette.

Besides, when Zhang Fei saw his eldest brother, second brother and Xiao Meng standing outside and no one was opening the door, he angrily banged on the door and yelled at them, asking the people inside to die to come out and open the door.

His voice was so scary that Xiao Bian burst into tears.

When the younger brother woke up, he looked for his elder brother. Li Mengxi hurriedly took his younger brother from Liu Bei's arms.

After Zhang Fei called the door, there was the sound of messy footsteps behind the door, and with a creak, the door opened, revealing several servants dressed as servants, holding swords, guns and shields in their hands, with fearful expressions on their faces.

What they were afraid of was not the thief, but Zhang Fei.

"You guys, why don't you open the door for my brother?"

Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he rolled up his sleeves to beat someone.

The servants were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that they didn't hear anyone calling the door.

"How dare you quibble!" Zhang Fei became even more angry.

"Third brother!" Liu Bei grabbed Zhang Fei and admonished, "We did not call the door, why bother the servants?"

Guan Yu also held Zhang Fei down and prevented him from using his fists.

Zhang Fei was not just showing off. After pulling for a while, Zhang Fei finally calmed down his anger. He really wanted to beat someone up.

Li Mengxi frowned as he was so harsh on his servants.

Zhang Fei led Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Li Mengxi and some small bricks into the main hall. In the main hall, there is a main seat for the main seat, two rows on the left and right, with seats on both sides, and there are low tables in front of the seats.

Zhang Fei returned home, completely like a master. He happily greeted Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others to sit down while he went to get wine and meat.

At this time, Liu Bei was like a guest, "Yide! Don't bother, just get some rice to wrap your belly!"

This surprised Li Mengxi again.

Why did Liu Bei say something like this when he went to visit relatives during the Spring Festival? He said politely, "Ah, there are enough dishes, don't worry about it!" This statement has the same meaning.

Is... is Liu Bei hypocritical?

Not really.

Liu Bei knows etiquette.

While they were talking, Liu Bei took the main seat, and Guan Yu took the second seat to Liu Bei's left. This matter made Li Mengxi nervous. In ancient times, seating was very particular.

If you do it wrong, you may be beheaded on other occasions.

Liu Bei invited him to sit down, but did not specify where to sit.

Li Mengxi thought quickly and went to the seat where Guan Yu started, the remaining seat in the row with Guan Yu.

When Liu Bei saw this, he didn't say anything.

After sitting down, Liu Bei gave Li Mengxi a brief introduction to the layout of Zhang Fei's residence, and then, as if he had something to do, he left after speaking for a moment.

Li Mengxi saw this and asked Guan Yu why Liu Bei left in such a hurry.

"My eldest brother is leading the troops to fight against the thieves. He will return today. I'm afraid it would be a bad idea not to meet with Shangguan."
Chapter completed!