Han Dao world

Chapter 406 Hold your hand and stand together through thick and thin

Xun Wenqian quietly looked at Liu Xie in a daze, feeling uneasy.

What she cares about is not Liu Bei or Guan Yu, what she cares about is Chen Ji, Chen Qun and his son.

Although the marriage contract was terminated and Chen Qun ridiculed him a few words, the friendship between the Xun family and the Chen family is still there, and the friendship between Chen Shi and Xun Shuang is still there.Liu Bei proclaimed his minister to Yuan Shao, and what role Chen Ji, Chen Qun and his son played in it can be roughly guessed.

Unknowingly, the Xun family and the Chen family came to opposites, somewhat sad.

After a while, Liu Xie withdrew his thoughts and said, "Is there anything else?"

"There is news that Yuan Shu intends to become a minister and pay tribute to His Majesty, and wants to make a woman a nobleman."

Liu Xie was taken aback again.Yuan Shu is not only willing to become a minister, but also wants to send a daughter into the palace?He did know that Yuan Shu had a daughter who later entered Sun Quan's harem, but she was sterile all her life.

But he never expected Yuan Shu to have such an idea.

It's strange to say, Yuan Shi has been in business for so long, why didn't he think of sending his daughter into the palace, making Yuan Shi a foreign relative and holding great power?With Yuan's status, no matter how ugly this daughter is, she can still be a queen. Why did a butcher like He Jin become a general.

Liu Xie asked Xun Wenqian this question.

Xun Wenqian said softly: "My concubine is stupid and knows very little about the Yuan family, so I dare not answer."

Liu Xie turned to look at Cai Yan.

Xun Wenqian knew little about the Yuan family, but Cai Yan should have.The Cai family of Chenliu and the Yuan family of Runan are good friends.

Cai Yan bowed his body and said, "I heard from my late father that the Yuan family came from Yushun, and they are fire virtues. They are suspected of replacing the Han Dynasty. Because of Xiaohuan's secret edict, Yuan's daughters are not allowed to fill the sixth palace."

Liu Xie was stunned and laughed dumbfounded.

It seems that Yuan Shu felt that he was young, uneducated, and there were no ministers around him, so he might not know about this matter, and wanted to sneak in and fish in troubled waters.It's like he took the prophecy "He who replaces the Han Dynasty, the road is high" as the destiny.

Alas, feudal superstition kills people.

"Did your father say how I should deal with Yuan Shu's actions?"

Xun Wenqian shook her head. "My father-in-law said that these are just rumors. Your Majesty just needs to know something, and you don't have to take it too seriously. In terms of the current situation, your Majesty has his own queen. Even if Yuan Shu's daughter enters the palace, it may not be able to endanger the big man. If Yuan Shu can be appeased by this, the It is also beneficial to the imperial court to join forces with Cao Cao and Sun Ce and reject Yuan Shao in the Central Plains."

Liu Xie nodded slightly and said nothing.

Since Xun Yu felt that there was no need to make a fuss, he didn't care much.The five virtues have always been said to be made up by people, so don't take it seriously.

Xun Wenqian immediately mentioned another matter, Zang Hong wrote a letter to Xun Yu.Although he had opinions on the emperor's promotion of "Mencius", he was not worried, but Zang Hong was very disturbed by the disapproval of the sages in the words of the emperor, so he wrote to Xun Yu specially.

Xun Yu didn't know about this before, and hoped that Xun Wenqian could ask him face to face to find out what the emperor's attitude was and whether there was any misunderstanding.

After hearing this question, Liu Xie suddenly realized that it was probably not accidental that Xun Wenqian arrived at Xingzai at this time.

She has been in Hedong for several months and has not left. Now she has come all of a sudden day and night, which may have something to do with Zang Hong's letter.

The attitude towards sages is related to the essence of the kingly way, and is closely related to Xun Yu's ideal.

In short, Xun Yu was nervous.

Liu Xie didn't answer Xun Wenqian immediately, but after thinking for a moment, he asked, "How is your attainment in Confucian classics?"

"The concubine is proficient in writing and ink, but not in scriptures."

"Then let me tell you a story."

"Tell... a story?" Xun Wenqian was stunned, and looked at Cai Yan for help.

Cai Yan didn't know what Liu Xie wanted to do, but she had been by Liu Xie's side for a long time, and she was not surprised when she got used to Liu Xie's leaping thinking.

Liu Xie took a sip of water and moistened his throat. "A long time ago, there was a boy in the Taihang Mountains. His family lived in the mountains for generations. Every day he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by mountains. He really wanted to see what was outside the mountains, but he didn't know where the road was and how to get there. .”

Cai Yan understood what Liu Xie meant, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised.

Xun Wenqian also somewhat understood that this young man should be the emperor himself.

"There is an old man in the village who has lived for decades and knows the situation in the village like the back of his hand. He spent his whole life drawing a map and writing down every plant and tree in the village in detail." Liu Xiedun After a pause, he continued, "But he never left the village."

The corner of Xun Wenqian's mouth curled up slightly.

"He was very happy to learn that the young man wanted to go out of the mountain. He brought his life's hard work and gave it to the young man as a guide. Do you think the young man should accept his guidance?"

Xun Wenqian bowed and said: "Although the old man has never been out of the mountains, his experience is still useful. After all, the roads outside the mountains are also roads, which are not much different from the roads in the village. If you can generalize it, it will be better than It’s better to start from scratch with nothing.”

"You're right." Liu Xie raised his thumb, and said again: "The young man thought the same way. He accepted the old man's map, took some companions, and embarked on a journey. After walking not far, they got lost in the mountains. Because they found that some roads in the map of the old man did not match the actual roads, and it is likely that he himself did not travel.”

Xun Wenqian frowned. "How can a road that has not been traveled be drawn on a map?"

"Maybe it's what I heard, maybe it's the map left by the predecessors, maybe I just think it should be so."

"This is not..." Xun Wenqian blurted out, halfway through the sentence, she realized that Liu Xie was not simply telling a story, but a metaphor for the classics left by sages, so she quickly shut her mouth.

"The boy and his friends had disagreements. Some said that the map of the old man was correct, and they had made a mistake. They should go back to the starting point and walk again. Some said that the map of the old man was wrong, and they should abandon the map. , to explore by yourself.”

Liu Xie looked at Xun Wenqian. "If it were you, how would you choose?"

Xun Wenqian was silent for a long time. "The concubine will bring the map and continue to explore."

"I think so too." Liu Xie ended his story and extended his hand. "Welcome, fellow traveler."

Xun Wenqian looked at Liu Xie blankly, at a loss.

Liu Xie grabbed her hand and shook it gently. "With the hand of a son, we will stand together through thick and thin."

Xun Wenqian understood Liu Xie's meaning, held Liu Xie's hand shyly, and shook it gently.

Liu Xie's hand was very warm, although it was rough, it was full of strength.

"The luck of the concubine is also the luck of the Xun family." Xun Wenqian said in a low voice.

Liu Xie held not only her hand, but also Xun Yu's.

What they want to explore is not only the way of life, but also the way to explore and realize the kingly way.

(End of this chapter)