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"Oh? So good.*,,"

Dong He responded in surprise. Although he was suspicious, he saw Li Li being gentle and kind, smiling warmly, and speaking with emotion, which was extremely contagious. He was definitely not a traitor and blackmailer. So he felt relieved and whispered to Li Li while walking.

Just one meeting, Dong He felt that he and Li Li were very promising. The key is that Li Li was very talkative, especially because he gave a very high evaluation of the government orders that Dong He is currently implementing, which made Dong He like to talk to him very much, at least it would be much happier than talking to Wu Yi, a reckless man.

The talk was so harmonious, but Dong He didn't even know Li Li's name at this moment, but Li Li knew him very well and had been paying attention to him for many days.

Dong He, the current Chengdu Ling, is a Chengdu Lingling, whose courtesy name is Youzai. He is upright and simple, has great ability to govern and is honest. After taking office, he practices it himself, advocates diligence, frugality, and resists luxury. For this reason, the major families in the city have complained about him, but why are he respectful? Since he took office as Chengdu Lingling, he has not dared to have a grand ceremony for the wedding and funerals of the city's wealthy families and gentry families. Even when traveling on weekdays, he must be restrained to avoid being caught by Dong He and losing face. He has to bite the bullet and listen to Dong He's preaching. It is extremely embarrassing.

Because of this, in more than a year when Dong He served as the Chengdu Order, dozens of officials slandered Liu Zhang, secretly slandered Dong He, hoping that Liu Zhang would replace Dong He and sent him to the southwest county and far away from the city capital. Liu Zhang accepted the suggestions of the officials and wanted to remove Dong He as the Chengdu Order. Dong He asked in a hurry: "What are the faults?"

Liu Zhang was speechless immediately, feeling that it was indeed unconvincing to replace Dong He for no reason, so he ordered people to collect Dong He's faults and check them in detail. However, the little official of the law went over and over again and again, but he couldn't find the problem. Instead, he collected a bunch of political achievements that were deliberately covered up. Fortunately, Liu Zhang was not a very stupid person. After seeing the "evidence" of Dong He that the assistants finally collected, he was moved and kept him.

However, Liu Zhang was a person who attached great importance to face. After such a fuss, although he recognized Dong He's political talent in his heart, he still didn't like Dong He. He always felt that it was harmful to face, so Dong He rarely appeared in front of him. Dong He was excluded from every routine discussion.

Now, the city of the prefecture is surrounded by the Xiliang army, and Dong He, the Chengdu order, which was never favored by the aristocratic families and Liu Zhang, has also become important. Liu Zhang allows him to come to participate in the prefecture affairs.

It is said that he was participating in military and political discussions. In fact, Dong He was a listener most of the time. He was humble and was not favored by the provincial officials. He was single and powerless. Even if he advised Liu Zhang, he would not be valued or adopted. It would be useless to say that he was summoned by Liu Zhang because Liu Zhang admired his integrity from the bottom of his heart. He was not afraid of the powerful and upright. Therefore, although he rarely advised him, as long as he spoke, his words would be very pertinent, providing a strong reference for Liu Zhang's final decision. I am afraid that Dong He would not know this and he did not know his own value at all. So he always wanted to "study with the prince" and was ordered to come to serve as a spectator, listen more and talk less, so as not to make Liu Zhang unhappy.

Relatively speaking, the reason why Dong He was able to enter Li Li's sight attracted Li Li's high attention was that Dong He set an example and changed the luxury atmosphere of Chengdu and even Yizhou.

As we all know, Shu was rich in resources, and the atmosphere was prevalent at that time. Business families dressed like kings and princes, and had a meal and a meal. When they were married and funerals, they almost spent all their money to handle it extravagantly. Dong He set an example for everyone with his own frugal behavior, and vegetarian food was in line with the etiquette everywhere. The local luxury atmosphere changed greatly, and everyone was afraid of him and did not dare to offend him.

Last year, some powerful people in Chengdu were afraid of Dong He's harshness, so they encouraged Liu Zhang to transfer Dong He as the commander of the Padong vassal state. However, in addition to the lack of evidence, what Liu Zhang and the powerful people never expected was that there were thousands of officials and people in Chengdu County who helped the elderly and the young to retain Dong He, so Liu Zhang had to let Dong He stay for two years.

These are all things that have happened. In addition, Li Li's memory of foresight, he also knew that Dong He was thrifty and simple throughout his life. Historically, after the Left General Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he recruited Dong He as the general in charge of the army, and co-organized the affairs of General Zuo and the Grand Sima Mansion with General Zhuge Liang. They made suggestions and worked together and had a deep friendship. Since Dong He was a member of the official position, he has governed and appeased the border minorities externally and participated in military and national affairs internally. He has been working for more than 20 years. When he died, he did not have a single stone of private wealth in his family.

This is unique among the officials of Shu Han in history. After Dong He passed away, Zhuge Liang, who was then the prime minister of Shu Han, deeply missed Dong He and once bluntly praised him in public: "The diligence of the young master, loyal to the country, and fails to do things. As for the ten rebellions, Liang will be less likely to be miserable." Zhuge Liang was cautious in his words and actions throughout his life, and was full of talent in heaven and earth. Few people could point out his shortcomings and finally received his recognition and sincere praise from him. Dong He was one of them.

Perhaps most people don’t have much impression of Dong He, but if you mention Dong Yun, who was later called one of the “Four Prime Ministers of Shu Han” by the Shu people, you must be familiar with him. Dong Yun is the son of Dong He. (Note: The Four Prime Ministers of Shu Han: Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and Dong Yun.)

Because of this, when Dong He came out of the main hall of the provincial muslim palace, Wu Yi suddenly mentioned Dong He's name, and Li Li asked Wu Yi to come forward to stop him, so as not to be affected by the upcoming upheaval. It is not difficult to see that Li Li valued Dong He very much and did not want to see such a rare "clever and good official" involved in the fight, so he tried to keep him in the provincial muslim palace and follow him.

Backyard of the State Prefecture, inner hall.

When Li Li, Wu Yi and Dong He arrived at the second hall, they happened to see Zhang Song and two eunuchs helping Liu Zhang, who was half drunk and half awake, into the backyard, so they followed in and followed Zhang Song and others into the inner hall.

"Huh, why did the young slaughter come back?"

Just as he helped Liu Zhang to the hall to sit down, Zhang Song was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he turned around and saw Dong He who had just left appeared at the door of the inner hall. Zhang Song was surprised and asked casually about the reason. Before he finished speaking, he saw Wu Yi and a tall and handsome young man crossing the threshold and strode into the hall.

"General Ziyuan is here too. I don't know this young master is." Seeing Wu Yi bringing a stranger to the inner hall late at night, Zhang Song's expression changed, and he pretended to be nothing. When he talked about a handsome man, Zhang Song's eyes suddenly shrank, his eyelids twitched violently, and he stood up with a scream. His surprise was speechless, his face was full of horror, and his words stopped abruptly.

Dong He, who was pushed into the inner hall by Wu Yi, did not notice Zhang Song's shocked expression. He focused all his attention on Liu Zhang, who was leaning against his head and slept in a slumber. He quickly walked into the hall and bowed and said, "Report to the lord, General Wu Yi has something to ask for, and recommend a talented talent in the world." Obviously, in less than a quarter of an hour of conversation, Dong He determined that Li Li was a great wise man of the world. So before Wu Yi could speak, he took the lead in recommending it, as if he was afraid that Liu Zhang would miss such a talent.

However, just as Dong He was talking, he saw a scene that made him shocked: Li Li, who had been following him and Wu Yi, stepped into the inner hall without any intention of stopping. He suddenly walked past Wu Yi and Dong He and walked straight to the upper steps of the inner hall, and sat side by side with Liu Zhang. Then, he saw him pick up the teapot on the table table, poured two cups of tea slowly, picked up one of the tea and took a sip, and pushed the other cup of tea in front of Liu Zhang.

Seeing this scene, Dong He's expression suddenly changed and he said anxiously: "In front of the lord, don't be rude, hurry up."

Before Dong He could finish his words, Li Li raised his hand to signal him to silence. Then he pointed to the desk on the left, signaling Dong He to sit aside and watch the change without saying much.

At this moment, Dong He found that Li Li's expression and behavior were very different from before. His eyes were deep and firm. His expression was calm and he had an indescribable majesty of the superior. He seemed to be not angry but powerful. A light wave of his hand had an irresistible deterrent effect. So much so that when Dong He saw Li Li's gesture, he swallowed his words back, then stood up and retreated aside, and sat down slowly in surprise.

"The rain and wind are strong outside the door. Ziyuan closed the door. I have been away from Ji Yu for many years. I have been traveling thousands of miles this time to reminisce with Ji Yu. You and others will sit down and have a tea. No matter what you hear, you must not interrupt, otherwise you will not blame Li for being merciless!"

The words that snatched the main character from Li Li's mouth were so natural that Zhang Song, who was originally stunned and lost, woke up from the sound, and nodded in agreement and sat down at Dong He without any mind. Then, Zhang Song stretched out his right hand and grabbed the teapot tremblingly, poured Dong He a cup of tea, and then poured two more cups; one cup was Wu Yi's, and the other cup was his own. Dong He, who was sitting beside him, finally saw a clue, knowing that Zhang Song must have known the man sitting next to Liu Zhang, and Wu Yi was not trying to recommend the man to his lord Liu Zhang at all, but the man's confidant follower.

At this point, Dong He couldn't help but guess who this extraordinary man was, which could make Zhang Song, who had always been above the top, be silent. He dared not say a word, and could also subdue Wu Yi, a veteran general of Yizhou, and bow to him and let him go. What surprised him the most was that this man dared to sit side by side with Liu Zhang, and his expression was calm, with a majesty and momentum of being in the upper position for a long time between his eyebrows, and his manner and majesty were still above Liu Zhang.

Just as Dong He was thinking to himself, Li Li's careless voice sounded again in the hall: "After separation for many years, old friends reunite, shouldn't Ji Yu have enough friendship with the landlord?"

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