Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 210 Autumn Wind Wuzhangyuan

Even after seeing so many delicious meals, instant noodles and hot pot are still Liu Bang's favorite foods.

He is a nostalgic person, which can be seen from the fact that he always thinks about the elders of Peixian County.

Not only the people are not as good as before, but also the food.

Since Liu Bang wants to eat hot pot, he will eat it today.

Considering that the ancients were not very intolerant of spicy food, I still chose Beier’s authentic Lao Baijing Hot Pot.

The people of the Han Dynasty who had never experienced the baptism of delicious food were instantly conquered by hot pot.

"You have to pay attention to how you eat this hot pot. This hairy tripe will be squirming up and down, otherwise... you will be old." Liu Bang explained there, stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of beef louver, rinsed it in the pot, and cooked it for Liu Bei and the others. Teaching.

On another table, Zhang Fei took out a large plate of meat from the pot, poured it with sesame sauce, and slurped it down. He was so satisfied with the big mouthful.

"We are warriors, and we don't pay attention to so many poor ways of eating." Xiang Yu glanced at Liu Bang, who was still explaining the way of eating, and also picked up the mutton and started to eat it fiercely.

That is, eating in a comfortable way. All of you here are either emperors or generals, and at the very least, you are all princes. Who do you want to show us all the red tape?

Driven by the atmosphere here, the emperor's table could no longer sit still, and they all followed suit and began to grab the mutton on their plates.

Eat phase? Who cares about food and appearance? It's good to eat well, but if you're hungry, isn't that a big loss?

After all, everyone here is a big-bellied man, so it’s not easy to grab them.

Xiang Yu stood up, holding the snack in his hand, and ran to the emperor's table.

Logically speaking, he is King Xiang, and there is nothing wrong with him sitting here.

But he did not sit down, but stood behind Liu Bang. He would grab whatever Liu Bang picked up from his chopsticks.

"Hey! Big guy!" Liu Bang said anxiously: "You want to take Naigong's meat too, right?"

"The one I'm robbing is this guy." Xiang Yu was happy. As long as he could cause trouble for Liu Bang, he would be happy without any bottom line.

"You are ruthless, shameless, and unreasonable!" Liu Bang screamed, and Xiang Yu took away the meat he held.

"Then you are not ruthless, shameless or unreasonable?" Xiang Yu said while snatching the food from Liu Bang's chopsticks. His bowl was almost piled up into a mountain, a whole mountain of fat sheep.

Xiang Yu didn't bother to think about the curse words. He knew that he was clumsy and his talk was not as good as Liu Bang, a little hooligan. Then it is better to retaliate in the same way as the other person. Whatever he scolds, just return it.

It saves worry, effort, and brain... What did the immortal master say? Yes, save brain cells.

Yu Ji was sitting with her family members in the distance, smiling as she watched Xiang Yu and Liu Bang playing around.

She never dreamed that the King of Han and King Xiang, who were fighting for life and death, would one day sit together and eat together. It seemed that their relationship was... actually quite good.

If someone had told her this before, she would definitely not believe it.

The only time I had a chance to sit down and eat in peace was when Xiang Yu wanted to cook and kill Liu Taigong and Liu Bang wanted a share of the pie.

"Drink, you two have such a good relationship." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Who has a good relationship with him!" Xiang Yu and Liu Bang retorted in unison.

However, this statement is not convincing at all. If the relationship is not good, you can still refute it so neatly?

Yu Ji suddenly felt that she seemed a bit redundant.

Except for Liu Bang, everyone was satisfied with the meal. Liu Bei and Cao Cao also saw the power of hot pot. Their bellies were full after eating, and they slumped in their seats and didn't want to move.

"Oh, it's a pity that the military advisor is far away in Yizhou, otherwise he would definitely be able to eat such delicious food..." Liu Bei patted his belly, squinted at the sun, and kept thinking about his military advisor.

To be honest, Liu Bei had unadulterated true feelings for Zhuge Liang. The words "If that kid is too shameless, you can be the emperor yourself" when he was entrusted with the task in Baidi City were not a joke at all.

He really meant this, if Liu Chan was really the kind of person who would destroy the Great Wall.

Fortunately, Liu Chan is not Liu Yilong or Wan Yangou, so he would never do something that would make his relatives angry and his enemies happy.

But then again, it is enough for Liu Chan to be a conservative king. He knows his own level and trust, and he hires people based on their experience.

If Zhuge Liang knew anything, he would definitely give Liu Chan a few more lists, lest he run out of names and no one would be able to use them.

He was criticized for nothing more than being too fond of Shu, and the blame for the surrender was not entirely his fault. After all, the entire Yizhou gentry at that time were die-hard surrenderers.

The idea of ​​​​the gentry is also easy to understand, right? It is just a matter of changing a leader to govern Yizhou. When the time comes, won’t we still have to rely on us?

The Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty also thought the same way.

"You really never forget your military advisor, your military division commander, your military advisor is so short that his ears are almost calloused." Cao Cao was so jealous that his teeth were sore, "Tell me, besides your family, Military advisor, can't you think of others? For example, Sun Quan's sister, Sun Shangxiang?"

Liu Bei immediately became alert: "Why are you asking for my wife?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed: "Hahahaha... you and I are brothers. Don't worry, friends' wives cannot be bullied. Cao will definitely not have any ill thoughts towards my wife..."

Dabaobei proudly hugged his arms, crossed his legs and leaned against the pillar, looking at the clouds in the sky.

"Xuande, you are going to be the emperor soon, don't you have anything to say?" Cao Cao also looked at the clouds in the sky and asked casually.

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled: "I have nothing to say. I just want to thank the Immortal Master for his trust, Emperor Taizu for his cultivation, and my family's military advisor..."

"Can you please stop mentioning your military advisor?" Cao Cao became anxious and Gulu sat up.

"Hey, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm thinking about my military advisor." Liu Bei twirled his beard and smiled.

Cao Cao stood up abruptly, glanced at Liu Bei with disgust, turned around and left.

Forget it, I won’t spend more time chatting with this mat weaver and saleswoman.

After another three days of preparation, the abdication ceremony was officially launched.

Liu Xie was not very resistant to abdicating the throne to his uncle under the auspices of Taizu.

After all, they are all from the Liu family, and the meat on the left and right is rotten in the pot. Besides, he has been a puppet for more than 20 years and is already tired.

He was even a little impatient and wanted to get rid of this hot throne as soon as possible.

Besides, Uncle Liu Huang's ability is obvious to all. Under his leadership, there is no need to worry about the Han Dynasty not being prosperous.

Liu Xie comforted himself in this way, highlighting that if the wind blows the egg shell, the wealth will be gone and people will be happy.

After Liu Xie abdicated, Liu Bei and Liu Bang discussed it and decided to make Liu Xie King of Qi. There is no feudal state, only a settlement, which is the same as a prince, not a vassal king. However, all the etiquette specifications are the same as those of the princes and kings. Liu Xie can still be called a lonely Taoist and a widower, and he has the Queen of Qi and the Prince of Qi.

Of course Liu Xie was also very satisfied. He was really used to being frightened when he was in Cao Wei. Although he knew that Cao Cao was not the kind of person to kill the king, he could not guarantee that one day Cao Cao's subordinates would kill the king after getting too drunk. Now that he could escape unscathed, and even get a hereditary and irreplaceable king, what else could he be dissatisfied with.

He also knew that he was not qualified to be an emperor due to his own level, so forget it and let the emperor's uncle do it.

As a result, Liu Bei officially ascended the throne as emperor, with the reign title Zhang Wu.

Since Zhuge Liang is still on the way, Cao Cao will serve as prime minister for the time being. Anyway, I couldn't take Cao Cao with me to Wuzhangyuan, so there was nothing to say.

After Liu Bei ascended the throne, he still lamented that he ascended the throne too quickly and was a little too impatient. He did not let the prime minister witness his ascension, and he always felt that something was missing.

Even Zhang Fei was disgusted by this, and kept muttering that brother should go find your water.

Under Liu Bang's leadership, Liu Bei also granted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei the title of county prince. Anyway, our ancestors swore an oath to kill the White Horse Alliance and said that no one other than the Liu family could be king, but they didn't say that our ancestors couldn't break it themselves.

So after the abdication ceremony was completed, the group was ready to set off to Wuzhangyuan to meet the elderly prime minister.

Originally they planned to wait, but Li Shimin and the others really couldn't wait to meet their idol Zhuge Liang, so they had no choice but to decide to set off as soon as possible.

Especially Li Shimin, after hearing that the destination was Wuzhangyuan, he blushed and wanted to go there, and even hugged Li Qing and begged.

What can Li Qing do? Brother Li is already like this, so let him do it.

In fact, he could understand it. After all, in countless public occasions, Li Shimin praised Zhuge Liang more than once, and even organized court officials to learn from Zhuge Liang's advanced deeds. In this way, Li Shimin should be the first to elevate the personal behavior of chasing stars to the national level.

Not only Li Shimin, but also Zhu Yuanzhang, a man who extremely hated the official position of "prime minister", wanted to drag Zhuge Liang back to be the prime minister.

For you, I am willing to make an exception! Zhu Yuanzhang was waving flags and shouting in his heart.

The same goes for Zhao Kuangyin. For Zhuge Liang's sake, he was even allowed to lead the troops without even having to drink.

You know how petty Lao Zhao is, even Li Qing, an immortal, wants to have a drink with him.

Being so petty to this extent is really... not easy to evaluate.

Of course Cao Cao was also upset. While he was upset, he also envied Liu Bei for having a minister like Zhuge Liang.

If Sima Yi had been replaced by Zhuge Liang, I am afraid he would have unified the country long ago, and there would be no need to worry about whether the leader would be weak and the ministers strong after death. After all, Zhuge Liang did not have this ambition.

It is hard to imagine that there is such a person, and everyone is praising him.

After all, everyone here is a monarch. Who doesn’t want a minister who is as loyal and capable as Zhuge Liang?

On the second day after Liu Bei officially ascended the throne, the group officially set off for Wuzhangyuan.

……

In the twelfth year of Jihan's founding, Wuzhangyuan was established.

Years of fatigue have already crushed the body of Zhuge Liang, the great Han Prime Minister. Now he has been in bed for many days, and his health is getting worse day by day.

In August, Sima Yi held out with Zhuge Liang for more than a hundred days with the instruction of "refuse to defend the wall and wait for work at ease". Zhuge Liang challenged Sima Yi several times, but Sima Yi remained stationary, waiting for him to change. Zhuge Liang sent someone to send women's clothes to Sima Yi in order to encourage Sima Yi to fight. However, Sima Yi refused to accept this at all and still said that he would not fight.

At the same time, Sima Yi was not in a hurry to attack. Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to ask for war. Sima Yi did not talk about military affairs, but only asked the envoy some irrelevant questions, such as "How is Duke Zhuge's daily diet? How much rice can he eat in a meal?" . The messenger answered truthfully, three or four liters. Then when asking questions about political affairs, the envoy was also very honest and said directly: "Punishments of more than twenty military sticks are all approved by Zhuge Gong himself."

After some casual questioning, Sima Yi and his colleagues made a conclusion, saying that Zhuge Liang "had little food and many things to do, how could he last long?"

Of course his judgment was correct, so he decided to delay the war by waiting for work.

The longer it takes, the better for him. As long as Zhuge Liang is dragged to death, Ji Han's army will definitely retreat without a fight.

It is better to do less than to do more. Not only Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi was also very cautious in his life.

Zhuge Liang tried many times to provoke Sima Yi into fighting, but failed. In addition, in order to quell the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, Sima Yi specifically petitioned for war and secretly explained the situation to Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui. Cao Rui sent Xinpi to be Sima Yi's military advisor with a staff.

Every time Sima Yi wanted to go to war, Xinpi always stood at the military gate holding a staff. As the two sang and reconciled, Sima Yi had an excuse to calm the public's anger and transfer the conflict. No matter how angry his subordinates were, Sima Yi had enough reasons not to go to war.

Jiang Wei detected this situation and reported it to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang could only sigh. He knew that it was impossible to provoke Sima Yi to fight.

Knowing that his time had come, Zhuge Liang supported his illness and came to the case, intending to write a memorial to Adou who was far away in Chengdu.

"Your Majesty, we launched the Northern Expedition but failed. How could we be seriously ill and dying..."

"I wish your Majesty to be pure in heart and have few desires, to love yourself and the people, to show filial piety to the late Emperor, and to be benevolent to your Majesty..."

The words were sincere and full of expectations for Liu Chan.

Zhuge Liang's eyes were dim at this time, and he needed to concentrate to see the words on the memorial clearly. His hand holding the pen trembled, but he tried to write neatly.

Jiang Wei was watching from the side, his heart pounding.

"Prime Minister! Stop violating yourself!"

"Prime Minister, for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the three armies in the camp, you should take care of yourself..." Fei Yi stepped forward to persuade him and reached out to take the pen from Zhuge Liang's hand.

"Prime Minister, I beg you on behalf of the soldiers of the three armies!" Jiang Wei knelt on the ground with a plop, speaking sincerely.

Zhuge Liang sighed, lifted up the big cloak he was wearing, and sighed: "This illness is different from usual. My life is in danger. I want to write down what I have learned in my life into a book and leave it to future generations... "

Having said this, Zhuge Liang raised his hands tremblingly.

"Look at my hands... ugh..."

Jiang Wei immediately stepped forward and helped Zhuge Liang away from the table and onto the bed.

"Prime Minister, just rest in bed and have a good rest. This big man can't live without you..."

After writing a memorial, Zhuge Liang was already exhausted. He lay on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, and wanted to take a nap.

Unknowingly, he seemed to see the Han cavalry galloping across the plains. Under the leadership of Jiang Wei, they were overwhelming and attacked several cities.

The chubby Liu Chan wore the twelve crowns of the Emperor on his head, smiled kindly, and climbed up the steps to the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

He sat on the high imperial throne, while Sun Quan and Cao Rui knelt below and proclaimed themselves ministers.

It was his lifelong wish to revive the Han Dynasty and restore the old capital.

Having made his long-cherished wish, Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan sitting upright above him with a smile, thinking that it was time to retire.

I never thought that Liu Chan would suddenly disappear as soon as I had this idea. At the same time, all the civil and military officials, Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, and Cao Rui, the Lord of Wei, who were kneeling on the ground, also disappeared.

Zhuge Liang wanted to search anxiously, but Weiyang Palace was very big. He ran all over the hall, but could not find even a single figure.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister..."

Anxious voices rang in his ears. Zhuge Liang slowly opened his eyes and found that he was still lying in the military tent in Wuzhangyuan, with Jiang Wei's anxious face in front of him.

Zhuge Liang slowly closed his eyes, and after a while, he said to Jiang Wei: "What I have learned in my life has been written into twenty-four chapters of the Military Book, which contains the eight tasks, the seven commandments, the six fears, and the five methods of fear. I have observed all the generals. , only you can pass it on, and you must study it carefully..."

"Prime Minister..." Jiang Wei couldn't help but burst into tears.

He knew that Zhuge Liang's end was probably coming.

"Go ahead and let me rest for a while..." Zhuge Liang said, slowly closing his eyes.

He wanted to enter that dreamland again and take a look at Liu Chan who was still in the old capital, even if it was just one more look.

But he never thought that as soon as he closed his eyes, he would be woken up by the noise.

"This gentleman is so arrogant! The eldest brother is standing on the porch, but he can't sleep! Hmph!"

A rough voice came from outside the tent, and Zhuge Liang, who had closed his eyes to rest in bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Third brother!" Someone immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"I'll go and light a fire behind the house to see if he can get up!" the rough voice said again.

"Third brother! You are so stupid!" The man seemed to be blocking him.

"Third brother! You!" Another voice sounded.

Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and breathed rapidly.

He would never forget that voice in his life.

He used all his strength to stretch his hand forward, and his originally dim eyes suddenly burst into bright light.

Tears rolled down his cheeks, but Zhuge Liang's face showed a long-lost smile.

"Who is the dreamer... I realize it first, in my life I... I know it..."

"The thatched cottage...sleep enough in spring, the window...outside the window the sun...is late...is late..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and then, a man with a gentle temperament walked in, with his hands hanging down below his knees. Behind him were two people, one with a face like a jujube and a beard seven feet long; the other with a leopard head and ringed eyes. Beard. All three of them looked at Zhuge Liang on the couch with tears in their eyes.

The leader stepped forward and cupped his hands: "I am a late man in the Han Dynasty and a foolish man in Zhuo County. I have heard of Mr. Sir's name for a long time and it is like thunder in my ears. I have been to the Jin Dynasty twice and have not been able to meet each other. I have left a letter. I wonder if you have ever read it?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes on the couch became brighter and brighter. He struggled to get up regardless of his illness. When he saw the man in front of him, his face actually glowed with a look he had not seen for a long time.

"The barbarians of Nanyang are lazy by nature. They have been repeatedly visited in vain by generals. They are extremely ashamed..."

(End of this chapter)