Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

The sky is bright and clear, and the sun hangs high.The ancient city wall cast a huge shadow on the ground. I stood in the shade and watched the captain of the city gate slowly open the gate.

With the sword firmly in hand, halberds and spears lined up everywhere, soldiers lined up at the gate of the city, the soldiers all over the city are waiting in formation, as if they are facing a big enemy.

While the sword was on the verge of holding his breath, Shao Chan's untimely cold snort came from afar: "The princess is so courageous! Xing Hao is strong and mighty, with extraordinary physical strength. He can easily take the head of the enemy with a knife in his hand, and the princess is not afraid of murder." Collision?"

"If you don't have it, sir, I'm not afraid." My heart fluttered, and I heard concern from the strange sarcasm, and suddenly felt that Shao Chan, who was bearded and staring, was not so annoying.

Although Shao Chan is stubborn and stubborn, since Liu Bei can sigh that "Chai Song and Shao Chan alone can secure the world", it is naturally impossible for him to be an illiterate idiot.Even though he had no knowledge of the plots of the Central Supervisory Army, he thought that Shao Chan's friend and foe were unknown on this trip, and that my hastily decided to go out of the city to meet him was out of consideration.

"A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall." Probably thinking that he felt an advantage in IQ, he was full of sarcasm, and his attitude was cold and arrogant, "Oh, I forgot, the princess is not a gentleman. Women always act carelessly and don't care about their heads." tail."

...Old man, the wise and mighty Prince Pingan in your heart is also a woman at heart.When I see Liu Xi, I will definitely convey your words to her verbatim. I think she will be happy to help you treat your terminally ill straight male cancer.

"Sir, be careful!" I glanced at Shao Chan and reminded, "Mr. just made an oath not long ago to 'not say a word, not say a word, not say a word', and you still hope to keep your promise, from the beginning to the end. People ridicule."

"You!" Shao Chan flicked his sleeves angrily, but due to the situation, he didn't turn around and leave after all.

very good!

Guo Jia was really skilled. After persuasion overtly and secretly during this period, Shao Chan somehow learned to take care of the overall situation, suppressed his anger for the time being, and did not tear himself apart with me on the spot.In fact, despite his smelly and hard temper like a stone in a latrine, Mr. Shao is diligent in his work, honest and upright, and his loyalty to the Han Dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth.Even if he disapproved of my recklessness in personally welcoming Shao Chan, he did not abandon me. Instead, he was willing to risk himself and accompany me to stand under the city gate to face the possible hail of bullets. "As a minister, the king worries about the labor of the minister, and the king humiliates the minister to death", I have no doubt that if Xing Hao turns against each other, Shao Chan will definitely be the first to scold without fear of death, citing scriptures to condemn Xing Hao for being unkind and unrighteous, Just because at this moment I represent Liu Xi, and the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty flowing in my veins.

One of the characteristics of the internal conflicts among the people is that they can fight each other for [-] rounds behind closed doors, but when a strong enemy strikes, they must let go of their stereotypes and agree to the outside world. .

However, the transformation of feudal ideology has a long way to go, and both I and Liu Xi still need to continue to work hard.

In my thoughts, the far away guest who didn't know the enemy or us has already come to the front, held the memorial high above the top, bowed down to me and said: "General Xing Hao pays homage to the princess, the princess is a thousand years old! Finally, I will bring [-] iron coins on this trip Baht, [-] bolts of fine satin, and [-] dou of grain trekked from Shengyang, the journey was long and difficult, but luckily we arrived safely, fulfilling our mission!"

"It's hard work, general." I watched him graciously hand over the half-man long sword to the city gate waiter, and the soldier behind him also took the initiative to put the sword into its sheath, and let out a soft breath.Withdrawing the hidden arrow that was already sweating in my hand back into my sleeve without a trace, I said with a pleasant face: "The general has come from a long distance, and the journey has been hard. Why don't you go to the post station to rest for a while. Wash the dust."

"I will do everything according to the princess' orders." Xing Hao did not refuse, thanked him with a salute, and the soldiers who were responsible for escorting him came out and led him to the station to rest.

All the guards looked at me and I looked at you, only to feel that the grass and trees are soldiers just now, and it is ridiculous to measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Shao Chan snorted coldly: "The blind cat catches the dead mouse, the princess better not be complacent."

I can't help but laugh: "Luck is also a kind of strength."

I really can't tell the reason why Xing Hao must have come here to contribute. Even the moment he stared at me on the horse just now, my hairs stood on end, and I almost fainted on the spot from fright.But I eventually made it through.Those gunmen who had ambushed around the city gate beforehand didn't come in handy, Xing Hao entered the city smoothly without any surprises, and I returned to the Princess Mansion with a group of civil servants and generals, carefully preparing for the reception banquet in the evening.

Guo Jia reminded: "The heart of defense is indispensable, Xing Hao still needs to observe carefully, the princess must not be taken lightly."

"Thank you for reminding me, sir, I have ordered people to set up hidden defenses around the post station. Once any abnormalities are found, I will never let you go lightly." I nodded in agreement, "Just now the scribe has checked the memorial submitted by Xing Hao. The official seal is clear and does not seem to be forged. It should indeed be written by Xing Ju. I have expressed my sincerity to Xing Hao, and I only hope that the father and son will cherish their reputation and not disappoint me."

I could have forced Xing Hao to disarm and enter the city, but that would be tantamount to telling the world my distrust, so I thought twice, and finally decided to gamble on the character of the Xing family and his son.

Xing Juyuanzhi is the cousin of Zhu Jun, the former Hussar General. He was promoted to Xiaolian in the second year of Guanghe. He made great achievements in suppressing the bandits and moved to the governor of Shengyang County.He is resolute and upright, just as Mr. Shui Jing said, since Shengyang was used as the princess's food city, he has never stopped contributing tribute, and he is not fooled by my stupidity.Although the imperial court has always used the reason that I was young to "keep custody" of the fief income, compared with Wannian County, where my sister, Princess Wannian, has never paid tribute for several years, Xing Ju's honesty is simply touching.

According to regulations, foreign ministers can only exchange tribute outside the palace, and cannot enter the inner palace, so I have never met Xing Ju once.But one year I pretended to be crazy and passed by the north gate, and happened to bump into an internal official returning from receiving tribute.At that time, the fat father-in-law picked out an orange from the wooden cart with a smile, and teased me: "Does the princess like sour? This orange was brought to the palace by Xingju, the official of your fiefdom. How about a princess?" "

I chuckled, threw the orange on the ground and trampled it to pieces in a disrespectful manner, but remembered Xing Ju's name in my heart.

The fiefdoms of princesses in the Han Dynasty were mostly limited to one county. There is a saying that Cao Cao considered that Cao Pi was going to be the Lord, so he assigned the huge Shengyang County to me. This is completely nonsense.Shengyang's land is barren and its economy is backward. If Cao Cao sees it in his eyes, it is too small to underestimate the vision of this powerful and powerful minister.I was able to get Shengyang, in fact, it was all thanks to the loving care of the little emperor Liu Xie.Liu Xie once said: "Shengyang is innocent, pure and innocent, but it is a pity that in troubled times, like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, I am afraid that life will be difficult in the future." I tried my best to promote the county to a county, and I only asked Cao Pi to be tolerant because of my generous dowry. Cao Cao was just pushing the boat along the way.

Xing Ju was the prefect of Shengyang whom Liu Xie had kissed in his early years. At that time, what he liked was his "honesty and integrity, richness and unyielding".

At the evening banquet, I asked Xing Hao, "The imperial court issued an obituary a few years ago, telling the world that I and King Ping'an were buried in the earth. Now that you have come to Xinye from afar, if Cao Cao finds out about it, your life may not be safe." Knowing that Liu Xi and I are still alive, but in the official statement, we are fakes that everyone deserves to be punished.The Xing family and their sons are in the Cao family's base camp but openly befriended the "rebels". Wouldn't it be true that Cao Cao's black hands killed the whole family?

Xing Hao replied: "Cao Cao's wolf ambition is well known. My father has properly settled the family members. If Cao Cao is angry and persecutes, my father and son will die rather than surrender. In the name of loyalty." The implication is that he is willing. Sacrifice your life to justify my name.

I couldn't help but feel ashamed of my secret suspicions.The Three Kingdoms is an era when integrity still exists. Although I come from the 21st century, I can’t understand the regrets of “If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening”, but the people of insight in this era are indeed defending the integrity and integrity of scholars with their lives. dignity.

"General Gao Yi, Sheng Yang solemnly thank you!" I stood up in awe, and toasted Xing Hao, "I am a big man like the general who is not afraid to sacrifice his life for righteousness, so why worry about the big things not being done?

Xing Hao also raised his wine bottle and slammed loudly: "People's hearts are for the Han, and if the will is united, the Han Dynasty will prosper!"

All the generals at the banquet followed suit and shouted in unison: "The hearts of the people are for the Han, and the will of the Han will be fortified, and the Han Dynasty will surely prosper..."

I was the first to drink the wine.The moment he put down the wine bottle, his gaze shifted, and he happened to see the Central Superintendent sitting fourth on the right handily emptying the wine bottle, as if he had infinite ambition and pride in his heart.

After all, it is still impossible to distinguish loyalty from traitors with temporary words and deeds.

Because I had something on my mind, I drank for a long time with the soldiers of Xinye that night, and then pretended that I couldn't drink enough, and Xia Liang and Qiu Shuang jointly carried me back to the house to rest.

With my eyes closed, I heard Xia Liang and Qiushuang whispering: "It's okay for the princess to be drunk. Sister Chunxiang can't sleep because of her wounds these days. She wants to ask me to ask the princess for a few boxes of ointment...she won't think that I'm so drunk. Did you deliberately not mention it to the princess?"

"Hasn't Chunxiang already confessed her fault to the princess, and has the princess spared her?" Qiu Shuang's voice came from beside her ears, looking very calm in the silence, "If you want the ointment, you can ask for it yourself, and I will push you out." What kind of?"

"The princess is so fierce, I dare not speak to her." Xia Liang's voice trembled, as if she might cry out at any time in fear, "But sister Chunxiang is not easy to mess with, she entrusted me, If you don't do it, I'm afraid there will be a good meal."

"She is also a maid and you are also a maid. What are you afraid of her doing?" Qiu Shuang couldn't help but say a few words to her, telling her to keep Chunxiang's affairs as small as possible, and then turned around, "Princess didn't like maids keeping watch at night in the past, but today I don't know about the people in Zuidi, I'm afraid I need someone to serve tea and water at night, so let me stay with you tonight, you go back to your room early to rest."

Xia Liang responded casually, her mind seemed to be completely out of serious business, and Qiu Shuang walked out the door while talking about Chunxiang.

When Qiu Shuang came back from the outside with the washing utensils in hand, I had already decided to release Chunxiang and Xia Liang out of the mansion, and went to Renshi to choose two maids who needed to supplement them.

"Princess, everything is ready." Qiu Shuang didn't know what was going on in my heart, and reported in a low voice, "Princess, please move and go to the maidservant's room for a night of grievances."

I nodded slightly, and followed her lightly to the wing.