Chapter 56: Liu Bei: Yingchuan Academy is closed

The barrage in the broadcast room increased.

"My Brother Fei is truly right. Liu Big-Ears just dislikes those miscellaneous affairs delaying him from playing poker!"

"Miss Gan's blushing look is so cute; the Liu thief is hateful!"

"Top-tier strategists? What kind of daydream is the Big-Ears thief having!"

"That's right. He's just a tiny Cavalry Commandant, and Yingchuan Commandery has many great clans—the Chen family, the Xun family, the Zhong family—which one would be willing to serve someone like him with no background and no connections!"

"Liu Bei picked up Zhang Fei and Guan Yu at a stall; maybe he can pick up a top-tier strategist on the street too."

"I really don't believe it!"

Yingchuan Commandery had green hills and clear waters, and fertile land. Although it had gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was still much more prosperous than other places.

Liu Bei let his thousand soldiers stop outside the city, and he took Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Lady Gan toward Yingchuan Academy.

Yingchuan Academy was built against a mountain. The academy was located in the suburbs; it was originally a villa of the Yingchuan powerful clan, the Xun family, which had been brought out to serve as an academy.

"What? Due to the war, the academy is temporarily closed?"

"Many students have gone to Xiangyang for exchanges?"

Liu Bei had just arrived at the academy gate when he was hit with a blow to the head. Everyone seemed to hear the sound of a heart breaking!

He had wanted to shake his tiger-like body and trick a few people like Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun, or the Xun brothers!

Zhang Fei laughed loudly.

"Big Brother, it seems you have to organize the documents yourself again."

Liu Bei was speechless at this kind of plastic brother.

"Yide, you have also studied with Teacher Lu for a month. From now on, the matter of organizing documents depends on you!"

Zhang Fei stopped talking immediately. Making him do this work was worse than making him run dozens of laps around the city!

The gatekeepers of the academy were chatting there.

"Xiangyang is so good; there's no war."

"That drunkard Guo Fengxiao actually missed the departure time. Now that it's a time of chaos, he can only stay in the city and drink himself into a stupor alone."

Liu Bei's eyes lit up. If one spoke of top-tier strategists of the Three Kingdoms, the one he liked most was Guo Jia—resourceful and decisive. Guo Jia's plans never missed!

Guo Jia was a pure strategist with extremely high strategic vision and an extremely strong ability to analyze people's personalities.

"Forget it. Since we're here, let's go stroll around Yingchuan city."

Yingchuan city was still quite prosperous.

The hawkers' cries and the people's chatter were endless.

Liu Bei and his group found the restaurant with the best wine in Yingchuan city, sat down, and ate and chatted.

"Big Brother, this restaurant was the right choice; the wine is truly good!"

Liu Bei waved his hand.

"Yide, today we won't stop until we're drunk!"

Lady Gan persuaded him.

"Husband, don't be sad that we didn't recruit any strategists this time. Your reputation is so good that famous scholars will naturally come to join you."

Liu Bei patted her jade hand.

"Wife, rest assured. Maybe, while we're drinking, we'll run into one."

The broadcast room naturally mocked him again, saying the Big-Ears thief was dreaming!

Liu Bei and his group drank until the afternoon.

A young man with disheveled hair came to the restaurant.

"Innkeeper, give me five catties of wine."

He was somewhat sloppy, his eyes hazy with drunkenness, as if he had never woken up.

The innkeeper was in a difficult position.

"Young Master Guo, you have already owed me wine money for several days..."

The man waved his hand.

"Innkeeper, who am I? A good friend of the young masters of the Xun and Chen families—could I not pay you this little wine money? Fill it up quickly; I still have to go to Yicui Pavilion to chat!"

Zhao Yun couldn't help but shake his head.

"There's actually such a drunkard."

Zhang Fei also laughed loudly.

"If you can't drink, don't drink. You're really bad at it but love it!"

The man frowned and walked over. He intended to slam the table, but after taking one look at the burly Zhang Fei, his heart skipped a beat, and his tone was inevitably softer.

"What's the matter? Which law states that I, Guo Fengxiao, cannot drink?"

"Bang!"

Zhang Fei slammed the table.

"What? Want to fight?"

The man was startled, and half his drunkenness vanished. If this fierce man punched him, he would probably be lying on a board!

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he pulled Zhang Fei back.

"Yide, do not be rude!"

"Innkeeper, bring me ten catties of wine and five catties of mutton!"

He smiled at the man again.

"Brother, we brothers are new to Yingchuan. If you don't mind, let's drink together."

Guo Jia swallowed his saliva and sat down without ceremony.

"Then you've found the right person. I am a true Yingchuan expert. I know where the good wine is and where the most popular girls are."

Lady Gan frowned. This man was dissolute and unrestrained—wouldn't he lead Husband astray? Husband already knew too much! It was worrying!

Liu Bei laughed loudly and poured wine for the man.

"Come, come, let's drink and eat meat!"

The man was also unceremonious and shouted to the innkeeper,

"Innkeeper, bring a few jars of that best osmanthus wine!"

Zhang Fei was angry.

"Mooched wine is one thing, but he wants the best!"

Liu Bei waved his hand.

"Innkeeper, serve it quickly. This Brother Guo is a man who understands wine—it's worth it!"

Guo Jia nodded.

"You are a reasonable man."

After three rounds of drinks,

Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei. ===== CHAPTER 57 =====