Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1625 The gradual change of the mind

   Just when Hussar General Fei Qian was worried that Jizhou and Yuzhou might have a plague because of this war, Yang Xiuxiu slowly left Luoyang and headed towards Xu County.

   It’s not that Yang Xiu doesn’t have safety awareness, but Yang Xiu thinks more about whether he will be intercepted and killed by some “unknown” bandit on the road...

  Anyway, this kind of thing happened a lot in the Han Dynasty. Not to mention, even Yuan Shao did it a few years ago, so Yang Xiu couldn't be sure that Cao Cao wouldn't do it.

   After all, this time with the so-called Daqin and the poisonous envoy, although it is also good for Cao Cao, but more is actually causing trouble for Cao Cao.

  So Yang Xiu was very cautious, and it was precisely because of this that the entire queue traveled very slowly. Especially after the 3,000 soldiers and horses were taken away by Cao Caohao, Yang Xiu became even more slow. This slowness also made Fu Dian really unbearable, and unable to persuade and order, he could only leave on his own.

  As for the worry about the plague, to be honest, Yang Xiu has no awareness of this aspect. After all, for the gentry born and raised in the Han Dynasty, everything in front of them is so "Han Dynasty". Whether it is war or hygiene habits, perhaps only under the rule of the slightly clean hussars general Fei Qian, there are so many specialties. "Food inspection" to manage excrement and urine.

Because these retired veterans served as patrol inspectors in the city, they were not only responsible for arresting thieves and culprits, but also corrected hygiene habits, and even fined them for defecation in the street. , For such a title, Yang Xiu just smiled at first and didn't take it seriously, but after arriving in Luoyang, Yang Xiu suddenly felt that these "dung inspections" under Fei Qian's men were actually really necessary.

  At least the streets won't smell so bad!

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. This is basically the case. Before the strict inspection and implementation of the "dung inspection", people would contribute some yellow and white things from time to time on both sides of the street and in the corner of the alley, because It is a public place, so except for some laborers who will be sent to clean it up at the 30th and 14th, the rest of the time is basically left alone.

  Why at thirty and fourteen?

  Because the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year is the imperial court's grand court meeting, it is customary that county guards from all over the country will also hold meetings on this day. Cleaning the ground one day in advance has become a better choice.

Of course, even in later generations, street corners and inconspicuous bushes, especially at night, often become places where some people wantonly spew excrement. This living habit is actually passed down from the ancestors of…

Yang Xiu saw it and thought about it, but he didn't say anything. Most of the time he was smiling, looking like a gentle gentleman, but Marcus was relatively talkative, and he originally wanted to be a big man. The capital city of the dynasty, to meet the emperor of the Han Dynasty, inevitably had higher expectations. As a result, when we arrived at Luoyang, the capital of the Daxing Dynasty, it was full of devastation and had not yet fully recovered. This gap inevitably stunned.

Going further to Xu County, Marcus became a little uncertain, leaned close to Yang Xiu, and said in a low voice: "Wo said, Ni is sure to go to that big, big and good place where the mud door returns to the ground." ?”

  Although the intonation of what Marcus said was not very good, Yang Xiu still understood, nodded and said, "That's right, I'm going to see His Majesty the Emperor..."

   "But Xi..." Marcus turned his head to look left and right, and said hesitantly, "The mud door is on the ground, and Xi Huan's foot is in the eye... The mud door is ringing the ground, Xi Huan is close?"

  Yang Xiu smiled slightly, noncommittal.

  Marcus couldn’t get an answer from Yang Xiu, so he smacked his mouth twice, shook his head and muttered, “…it’s better than San Anhao, Shen An and Hao…the general and Xiang returned to the ground…”

  Yang Xiu frowned slightly, rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything.

  He went back and forth, and finally approached Xu County.

  Already there were greeted soldiers who came on horseback, and then some of them reported back, and some of them followed Yang Xiu and the others, unfurling banners...

Marcus looked left and right. He had seen the elite cavalry of Hussar General Fei Qian. He naturally looked down upon these men wearing leather armor and riding skinny horses. right?

   After seeing Xu County from a distance and estimating the size of Xu County, Marcus was completely dumbfounded.

   "Aha?" Marcus looked at Yang Xiu, couldn't believe his eyes, pointed forward and said, "This... this... this is fine..."

   "Small, just fine..." Yang Xiu also imitated Marcus's pronunciation, then paused slightly, and added in a low voice, "This is just a palace... a temporary palace, do you understand?"

   "Oh..." Marcus nodded in a daze, "Then the mud door is still there and you have to go back? Back to the general?"

  Yang Xiu said vaguely: "Maybe..."

  Marcus clapped his hands, "Understood, then Nimen still went to the front line to fight against the barbarians, and had a look at the great Caesar... Nimen is still very brave!"

Yang Xiu's eyeballs were almost protruding, and he couldn't explain to Marcus that this was actually the most prosperous and affluent area in the Han Dynasty, and these emperors were not fighting some barbarians, so they could only be vague. After fooling around, he led Marcus and his party into Xu County under Man Chong's welcome.

After lowering the psychological standard from the Han capital to the front-line barracks, Marcus obviously felt that it seemed much better, and he couldn't help but say a word about Man Chong who came to greet him: "The nest brought a lot of valuable things to Nimen. Will returning the mud door to the ground be more valuable to the nest... Is that Jiaosen... Anyway, come back more?"

   "..." Man Chong was speechless, so he had to pretend that he didn't understand, and arranged for Yang Xiu and others to stay before talking.

  No matter what, having an envoy from a foreign country come to have an audience is a big event. Naturally, it is impossible to meet casually and then end it like this. So there are still a lot of things to be arranged, and even the etiquette of the audience needs to be discussed with these envoys from Fanbang, so as not to make any jokes.

  However, judging from the first impression, Man Chong has a headache, and seems to have a bad premonition...

  Man Chong had a headache or not, Liu Xie didn't care at all, he was immersed in the joy of Fanbang Chaohe these two days, and even the smile that rarely appeared on his face during this period of time appeared from time to time.

  Nine years of Xiping, now five years of Yanping, how many years have passed...

  However, there is a word "flat", isn't it?

   Maybe this is the instruction given by God?

  As for the big man who sent these foreign envoys, Liu Xie couldn't help but heaved a long sigh as he thought about it, all kinds of thoughts in his mind were mixed together, it was too complicated to describe...

  ...Here is an indifferent dividing line...

   Liu Xie is not the only one who has complicated thoughts about the big Han hussars. Liu Biao in Jingxiang is also full of emotions and complicated thoughts. This feeling, perhaps to a certain extent, is similar to that of teachers in the Foreign Language Department of West Lake Teachers College.

  Thinking back then, that cat and dog were just one of my soldiers...

  The vicissitudes of time make people grow old.

  I am old.

   Liu Biao sat quietly, looking up at the sky.

   During this period of time, he asked people to remove the bronze mirrors in all the rooms, and even wanted to remove Cai's vanity mirror at one point, but in the end he still kept one piece.

  Because Liu Biao discovered that his aging face was so ugly and unsightly. He didn't want to admit that he was old, but he had to accept this cruel fact.

  When people age, the speed is very fast, so fast that it seems that people are caught off guard.

  Last year before last, Liu Bei and Liu Bei seemed to be able to touch each other’s thighs, expressing that they hadn’t been on a horse for a long time, and they had grown fat, but this year, they suddenly found that they were struggling even to ride a horse…

  When the seasons changed, Liu Biao couldn't sleep all night because of the soreness between the muscles and bones of the limbs, shoulder blades and knees.

  The soreness is like countless bugs hidden in the gaps in the bones. It is sore, swollen and painful. It creaks when you move, as if your limbs may fall off at any time.

  Liu Biao liked to drink before, and the Sanya Drink was once a romantic affair in Jingxiang, but now, it seems that it has not been held for a long time...

  Don't drink alcohol, my muscles and bones hurt, after drinking alcohol, I can only be paralyzed for a while, and then the pain becomes more severe, and I can't even get up from the bed. Forced to do so, Liu Biao had no choice but to quit drinking.

  The energy level is also gradually weakening, and sometimes I even doze off in the government affairs hall during the day! (Note to this chapter)

Liu Biao sighed and put the tiara back on. The hairpin got stuck several times but could not be fixed. Finally, it was almost inserted into the scalp before he put the tiara on. He walked out of the side hall and came to the main hall .

   "Come here, go and invite Gongti to come..." Liu Biao ordered his subordinates.

  The fact that General Dahan Zhengxi was officially conferred by Emperor Liu Xie as Dahan Hussar has always been like a heavy stone, weighing on his heart.

  The key is that this stone will grow bigger by itself!

  Before it was General Zhonglang, then General Zhengxi, now it is General Hussar, what will happen next...

  Liu Biao was a little overwhelmed.

After all, Feiqian was married to the Jingxiang Huang family, and then the Jingxiang Huang family was married to the Cai family. In addition to the Pang family who has a master-student relationship, Liu Biao even sometimes dreams at night, dreaming that there is a rise above the top of his own city. Tricolor banner!

   Then he turned over and sat up, dripping with sweat.

From the day Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he consciously began to use other personnel to suppress and split the huge Jingxiang gentry group. As the guards of Xiangyang, etc., on the one hand, they used the Jingxiang gentry, and on the other hand, they also guarded against and suppressed the Jingxiang gentry.

  But now, this balance seems to have been completely tilted, and it is almost unbearable...

   Not long after, Fu Xun arrived and bowed his hands to Liu Biao.

"My brother is here, please take a seat..." Liu Biao smiled and asked Fu Xun to sit down, and then ordered some hot soup and dried fruit snacks, and asked some matters related to official affairs, and then said slowly, "Recently, someone came to the table to persuade a certain to have an heir... I don't know how the public treats this matter?"

Fu Xun has been with Liu Biao for a long time. It can be said that after Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, even if he joined Liu Biao's political group, he knew Liu Biao's temper and the situation in Jingzhou very well. Therefore, Liu Biao As soon as he asked, Fu Xun realized almost immediately that there seemed to be some changes in Liu Biao's thoughts...

  Liu Biao originally didn't like Liu Qi, but preferred Liu Cong. This is not a secret, and Fu Xun naturally knows something about it. After all, it is human nature for parents to love their youngest sons. The requirements for the eldest son are stricter for the sake of the family. There is no problem with these, but Liu Biao wanted to pass the throne to Liu Cong before, so there has been no clear indication of his heir. Who is it? Although according to the usual practice, Liu Qi is the default, but Liu Biao has never made a clear statement on this issue, whether in public or private gatherings, and his attitude has always been vague.

  So after Liu Qi led the troops to Sichuan and Shu, especially after the military affairs in Sichuan and Shu went unfavorably, most people thought that there was nothing to say about this matter, and Liu Qi was obviously not qualified to be the lord of Jingxiang.

  Although Liu Cong may not have much military or political talent, but half of his blood is the blood of the Jingxiang gentry, so...

  But now Fu Xun feels that Liu Biao seems to be more inclined to Liu Qi now. It's just because it is passed to Liu Qi, and there is a possibility of confronting General Hussars, but Liu Cong basically doesn't have to think about it.

   "The matter of the heir, you should be very careful..." Fu Xun pondered, and said slowly, "If the lord makes a decision, Xun will follow it..."

   "Don't hide it from me, I'm hesitant..." Liu Biao sighed slightly, "I know the sincerity of my brother, so I asked him... I hope you don't have to worry about it, just tell me the truth..."

  Fu Xun cupped his hands and said he didn't dare. After a moment of silence, he still said: "If the lord chooses an heir, he should think about the long-term... After all, the heir will inherit the inheritance..."

In fact, Fu Xun also feels sorry for Liu Biao. Some people may not agree with Jingxiang if it is a very good land, but it is not bad if it is bad. to fall into the hands of outsiders. Liu Qi was trapped in Sichuan and Sichuan, and it was clear that General Hussars was preparing for rare goods to live in, while Liu Cong, who stayed in Xiangyang, stood closely with the Jingxiang Cai family...

  So Fu Xun can only talk about it roughly, and let Liu Biao decide which one to pass on...

  Anyway, the two sons seem to be their own in name, and they seem to be safe for the time being, but in fact, it seems that no matter which one is given, it is very likely that they will fall into the hands of others in the future.

"Besides, if my lord is interested, don't hesitate to give it to..." Fu Xun glanced at Liu Biao, and said in a low voice, "Send a letter to General Hussars... After all, there was some kind of friendship back then..." Your son is holding it in the opponent's hand , even if you have any ideas, you have to solve this problem first...

   Liu Biao closed his eyes, took a long breath, and exhaled slowly.

  This big man rides...

   Liu Biao couldn't help feeling bitter.

   Very bitter.

   Note: In the Han Dynasty, taking a nap during the day was a very serious behavior that represented laziness...

   That's why Liu Da'er brought his brothers to see Brother Zhu taking a nap, which made Mr. Zhang so angry...

  (end of this chapter)