Dahan first prince

Chapter 268 Putting on a Peiyi!

"Is there any report from Handan?"

Sitting in the chariot, looking at the unfamiliar and inexplicably familiar field scenery outside the car, Liu Bang smiled and nodded to the Fengpei people kneeling on both sides of the straight road, not forgetting the business.

Hearing Liu Bang's inquiry from the carriage behind him, Xia Houying also turned sideways slightly, taking advantage of the situation to slow down the speed of the car a little.

"Qu Nihou reported: Wuyang Hou heard that His Majesty allowed him to commit crimes and perform meritorious deeds, but he did not act inappropriately."

"Only Jianghou said that if the soldiers gathered in Handan are used to attack Chen Xi first and then attack Yan, it may be a little insufficient."

"Jiang Hou's intention: Temporarily use the soldiers of Handan to encroach on Chen Xi's troops; when Huainan is at peace, the soldiers previously dispatched by the prince will go north to join them, and then seek Yan."

"Another report from Chang'an: Marquis Yu Wuyang was first bound and then released, there is no rumor in Weiyang Palace..."

"Ah!"

"Unknown rumors..."

"What an unknown rumor!"

Listening to Xia Houying's report in a calm tone, Liu Bang's complexion quietly twisted together, and finally he simply put down the car curtain.

"Empress, she is clearly confident, she is not worried about Fan Kuai's safety at all!"

With another heavy sound, Liu Bang moved his body forward, and raised the two-foot-square window curtain between the carriage and the imperial carriage.

"Hey, Xiahou."

"You mean this Fan Kuai, huh? It's at stake; but the queen, why isn't she flustered at all?"

"Ok?"

"I issued an edict clearly, Xu Chenping and Zhou Bo acted cheaply, and even killed first and played later?"

Hearing Liu Bang's question, which seemed to be full of doubts, Xia Houying subconsciously turned her head.

After seeing clearly the meaningful sneer on Liu Bang's face protruding from the car window, Xia Houying stopped talking when he rushed to his mouth, and Xia Houying swallowed it back abruptly.

"Xu, even the empress knows that Wuyanghou's crime is unforgivable..."

"Hey!"

"Unforgivable sin..."

"hey-hey!"

After a few more strange laughs, Liu Bang finally put down the curtain again, and got into the emperor's chariot with the yellow silk as the cover and the left side of the scale decorated with yak tails.

And at the Yumatai in front of the carriage, just as Xia Houying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Bang's seemingly meaningful soliloquy came from inside the carriage again, which made Xia Houying's heart hang high again.

"With the queen's protection, there are still people in the world who can say 'unforgivable crime'?"

"Hey······"

"hey-hey··········"

"Today's queen is nothing more than a queen..."

"In the future..."

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"Son! Greeting Father!"

"Minister, welcome Your Majesty~"

"Min and others, I would like to pay homage to Your Majesty, and welcome your Majesty to come~~~"

There is no too grand ceremony, nor too complicated etiquette.

When Liu Bang's imperial chariot appeared five miles outside Fengyi, what caught Liu Bang's eyes was only a head that could not be seen from the outside.

——The person kneeling to greet him raised his head carefully.

"Prince, General Gonghou, Fengyi people..."

"No gift, no gift~"

Before the ceremonial official sang the salutation of "So-and-so prostrates to Your Majesty, respectfully greets His Majesty" according to the procedure, a high-pitched "Wai Li" sound came from the imperial chariot.

Then, Liu Bang's pale face and slightly thin figure appeared outside the chariot accompanied by his hearty laughter.

"No courtesy, no courtesy, ah, flat body, flat body~"

"Oh~ hurry up and get up~"

"what?"

Greeting in an extremely accommodating tone, Liu Bang didn't stay idle. He walked two steps to the left and three steps to the right outside the chariot, helping all the old people around the chariot with white hair and beard to stand up.

After these old men who were over half a century old and straightened up with a silly smile, Liu Bang bowed his waist slightly regardless of the emperor's demeanor, and bowed his hands to these old men again and again.

"I'm just old and homesick. I went back to my hometown to take a look while I was still able to walk with a handful of bones. I didn't expect it, and I surprised a few old people..."

"Your Majesty, don't do this. The little old man can't wait for the peasants in Qianshou. Fortunately, His Majesty has favored you..."

Leading Wang Ling, Zhang Cang and other generals, as well as Liu Jiao, Liu Fei and other clan princes, as well as officials of all sizes from the Chu land to kneel on the ground, but saw that the old man ignored him directly, and instead became polite with the old fellow villagers, Liu Ying There was also a little stiffness on the face.

Fortunately, not long after, Liu Bang, who had his back to everyone, scratched his buttocks, and waved to Liu Ying and others behind him. Liu Ying then stood up as if amnesty, and then put on a cute smile and walked away. step forward.

After coming behind the old man, listening to the old man chatting with these old farmers about "is the harvest good?" "Is the body strong?" Interjected, only accompanied by a smile and stood one step behind Liu Bang's side.

Liu Ying didn't dare to put on airs, but those old farmers were also rude. When the conversation got aroused, they seemed to be chatting with old friends. They took Liu Bang's arm and whispered to Liu Ying who was beside him.

Xu Shi returned to his hometown that he had been thinking about day and night, but Liu Bang didn't feel that there was anything wrong. He even grabbed an old man's shoulders and began to criticize Liu Ying together.

Being stared at by such a group of little old men, looking up and down from time to time and pointing fingers, even Liu Ying who claimed to have "seen a big scene" was a little panicked for a while.

Fortunately, in the end, the slightly disgusted look that the old man glanced at him gradually turned into a seemingly reluctant "approval" under the persuasion of the "friend" beside him.

However, this 'recognition', in Liu Ying's view, actually has a hint of 'make do'...
"Um······"

"It's not bad... not bad?"

"After all, there seem to be very few people in the world today who can make the old man feel 'good enough'..."

Thinking like this, Liu Ying's uneasy mood also calmed down a little. She was about to raise her head, but she saw that her father who was still in front of her just now was walking shoulder to shoulder with those old men, and walked to the side of the imperial chariot.

Before Liu Ying opened her mouth to ask, Liu Bang seemed to think of something, his body froze, and he turned his head suddenly.

"Well, almost forgot."

"Show off Peiyi!"

Carelessly throwing down an order to 'drive to Pei County', Liu Bang turned around again, put his arms around an old man and got on the imperial chariot.

In the laughter of the old man, Liu Ying could clearly hear a few laughing voices such as 'have a good drink', 'be drunk and rest', 'not go home if you are not drunk'.

At this moment, even if Liu Ying is a "visitor from later generations", she has already anticipated what will happen next.

Flowing water banquet······

It lasted for [-] consecutive days, drinking and eating meat wantonly, going to sleep after drinking and eating, and waking up to continue drinking and eating meat feast...

"Hi~"

"I've been an emperor for so many years, and I still have this temperament..."

Smiling wryly and slandering her belly, Liu Ying finally could only turn around with a stiff smile, communicated with the welcoming team, and then walked quickly to her prince's chariot.

——Liu Ying's current location is five miles west of Fengyi.

And Pei County, where Liu Bang planned to hold a water banquet, is more than fifty miles away from here...
As a son, Liu Ying must arrive in Pei County one step earlier than his father, and even try to put the banquet on the table before his father wanders over.

It's ridiculous that there are more than a hundred clansmen, princes, generals, soldiers, and Chu officials behind Liu Ying, who originally came to welcome Liu Bang, but at this moment, they have to "march" towards Pei County dozens of miles away...

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A few hours later, the sun was setting, and at dusk, the main roads in Pei County were already illuminated by fire like dawn.

One square high table was arranged in a long row on the street, and jars of fine wine were brought out from the warehouse, but they were not placed on top of the high table, but placed under the high table.

——Thousands of altars of wine, if they are all placed on high tables, they will not fit at all...
The wine was served, all the people arrived, and all kinds of dishes were brought out by the chef, filling up the "wooden table track" that stretched for several miles.

In an instant, the entire sky over Pei County was filled with bursts of laughter.

As the 'organiser' of this running water banquet, Liu Ying was busy without touching the ground. Although she didn't need to do anything with her own hands, she was busy with the 'logistics supplement' of the running water banquet.

As for the 'organiser' Liu Bang, surrounded by a group of fans, he sat down on the side of the head of the 'wooden table track', drank two bowls of dirty wine, and forgot who he was.

Liu Ying even saw with her own eyes that the emperor's father punched a cook serving food twice!

But in a corner that Liu Bang and Liu Ying didn't notice, the old men gathered together by coincidence. On the cheeks that were still flushed just now, there was no trace of 'alcohol' at this moment.

"Your Majesty's return home this time is the first time in several years!"

"Extremely extreme! Last time, it was the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, when Xiang Ji committed suicide in Wujiang River!"

In a few or two sentences, everyone reached an agreement very quickly. In the end, it was an old man with an extremely kind face who raised his hand, and the discussion of the crowd subsided.

"Your Majesty is old, and in my opinion, I'm afraid it's..."

After saying a meaningful word, the old man turned sideways mysteriously again, and pointed at Liu Yingyao, who was commanding the cooks in the distance.

"Although the crown prince was born in Fengpei, he doesn't miss his hometown as much as His Majesty does. After waiting for His Majesty for a hundred years, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to welcome the emperor again in a hundred years..."

As he said that, the old man raised his head again, and looked at the several meritorious officials not far in front of him, who were accompanying Liu Bang to exchange cups.

"However Marquis Wuyang and Marquis Jiang are not here. My Peiyi Yuancong, now I have Marquis An Guo to accompany His Majesty."

"Everyone should know: the mausoleum of the Marquis of Anguo was born in Fengyi..."

"I think back then, His Majesty only regarded Peiyi as the place where Longxing was, but turned a blind eye to Fengyi; at that time, it was Wang Ling who came forward to persuade him, and that's why he said 'Fengpei Longxing'... "

Following the old man's words, anxious expressions appeared on the faces of all the old men gathered around.

"yes······"

"Your Majesty is old, and the crown prince is not like His Majesty. In the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult to welcome the emperor for a hundred years..."

They were talking with complex expressions, and everyone's eyes intertwined, and finally they quietly focused on the old man before.

Seeing the hidden meaning in everyone's expressions, the old man didn't shirk it, and after a moment of contemplation, he waved to everyone, motioning them to listen.

After more than a dozen little old men stood up, pouted their buttocks and put their ears to the opposite side of the wooden table, the old man lowered his voice and spoke out his plan with pride.

"The current prince, although he is the eldest son of His Majesty, is not the eldest son, but the second son."

"Although he was born in Fengpei, he was only two or three years old, so he entered the pass with His Majesty as the crown prince of the Han Dynasty. He has no friendship with me in Peiyi."

The old man's words immediately caused all the old men to nod their heads in approval.

The old man continued: "Although the crown prince was born here and grew up in Guanzhong, your majesty's eldest son grew up in Peiyi until he was seven years old!"

"The eldest son of the emperor was seven years old. The second emperor was established and the world was in chaos. The mother of the eldest son of the emperor was killed by the rebels. His majesty accepted the eldest son of the emperor into the genealogy and raised him under the knees of the current empress..."

As he spoke, the old man's voice became lower and lower, but his expression became more and more joyful.

"In my opinion, the prince has no friendship with me in Peiyi!"

"In the past few years, there were many rumors in Guanzhong that His Majesty does not like the crown prince and wants to be stored easily!"

"Since that's the case, why don't we take advantage of our drunkenness to persuade Your Majesty to abolish the crown prince and install the eldest son?"

As soon as the old man mentioned 'Advising Your Majesty to easily store', all the old men's faces showed a look of bewilderment.

Whether the prince has feelings for Pei County, although everyone is not very clear, but the age of the prince is something that no one in the whole world is ignorant of.

Just counting with your fingers, it is not difficult for everyone to find out: when Liu Bang rebelled against Qin, the crown prince Liu Ying was less than one year old; Three or four years old.

As for the fact that "the eldest son of the emperor lived in Pei County until he was seven years old", although everyone is not sure, the news that "Liu Bang wants to be easy to store today" has a long history!
In this way, it is indeed a good way to use Jiuxing to mention something that Liu Bang originally wanted to do.

At least there will be no problems. Even if Liu Bang's horse legs are photographed, he can pretend that he has drunk too much, and just say 'drunk gaffe'.

Go up to the sky, that is, 'self-punishment three cups, no exception'······

"I have also heard about His Majesty's desire to store easily."

"I just don't know, the one your majesty wants to establish is the eldest son of the emperor, or someone else?"

Hearing this, the old man just waved his hand irritably.

"And no matter who you want to establish, as long as your majesty wants to store it easily, that's enough!"

"As for who to establish, if His Majesty is still hesitant, we just have the right to speak."

"If Your Majesty has something to belong to, we can also inquire about some news, and when we arrive in Chang'an in the future, can we walk around with that person?"

Hearing this, there was no longer any hesitation on the faces of the old men.

——Opportunity without risk is simply a five-book deal.
Anyway, in the end, a title of 'Shandong Elder' is enough to keep his head.

The benefits of success are huge, and the cost of failure is negligible. This abacus, these old men, can obviously make it very clear...
(End of this chapter)