Taking advantage of Xun Chen's efforts to look down at the Book of Poetry, the young emperor straightened up and secretly looked at his teacher.

After Yuan Shao set out in the name of the Son of Heaven, he left two capable subordinates in Chang'an City to preside over the overall situation and sit in the rear, one was Situ Chang Shi Fuzhu, and the other was Shangshu Ling Xun Chen, these two people also undertook the heavy responsibility of lecturing for the emperor, and there was originally a Tian Feng, but he was imprisoned by Yuan Shao.

In Yuan Shao's words, His Majesty was ill-fated when he was young, he was exiled from place to place, patronizing and fleeing for his life, and he did not have the conditions to receive systematic teaching, but as an emperor without culture, how could he govern the country well? Now that the situation has settled down, let's invite a few learned ministers to give lectures to the emperor.

Yuan Shao asked the emperor to choose his own teacher, and Liu Xie originally wanted Yang Biao to teach him, because in the first half of his life, Yang Biao had always been the one who unswervingly supported him, and Yang Sikong's knowledge was enough.

But Yang Biao told Liu Xie that he couldn't do this, and that he had to choose Yuan Shao's people.

Even if a simple child can survive in the competition of several forces for so many years and trembling, he has long lost his original innocence, although Yang Biao did not say it directly, Liu Xie understood his words.

According to Yang Biao's secret guidance, Liu Xie obediently selected Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and Xun Chen.

Yuan Shao didn't say anything after reading it, just smiled and instructed his subordinates to do it according to the emperor's choice.

From here, it can be seen that Yang Biao's old fox really made a good calculation, and his choice sent a signal to Yuan Shao's subordinates: His Majesty is inclined to the people of the Jizhou faction.

Yuan Shao's men consisted of three major factions—the Nanyang faction, the Jizhou faction, and the Yingchuan faction. Among them, Yuan Shao was born in Nanyang, and the Nanyang faction followed his basic team from the beginning, and his status was naturally very high; Then there was the Jizhou faction, when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were fighting, the Jizhou faction made great contributions to the planning; Finally, the Yingchuan faction, the status of this faction is somewhat delicate, when Yuan Shao flickered from Han Fu to Jizhou, it was Xun Chen, the leader of the Yingchuan faction, who personally lobbied, but afterwards the Yingchuan faction did not get the reward it deserved, which indirectly led Xun Yu to lead the Xun family to withdraw from Jizhou and defect to Shen Xian's Yizhou, taking most of the Yingchuan faction away.

Therefore, the Yingchuan faction is the weakest one, the Nanyang faction and the Jizhou faction do not take them seriously, for so many years, the Yingchuan faction has relied on an eight-sided exquisite Xun Chen to support the field in Yuan Shao, and the rest of Guo Tu, the Xin brothers and others have also been reused, but they are far from being compared to the backbone status of the other two factions.

For the sake of the development of the Yingchuan faction, Guo Tu and others hit Yuan Shao's heirs.

But Xun Chen never participated in these, he was like a lone ranger who was not familiar with anyone, he only faithfully carried out the orders issued by Yuan Shao, did not crowd others, and did not easily stand in line, and only silently fished from behind when others in the Yingchuan faction were in danger. This is why although everyone looks down on the Yingchuan faction, Xun Chen can still be judged and respected by Tian Feng and others, and can achieve such a transcendent position as Shang Shuling.

In the eyes of others, Liu Xie chose Xun Chen only because of his high knowledge, and he chose Tian Feng and Fu Zhu to throw an olive branch to the Jizhou faction - even the Nanyang faction thought so, and after learning the news, the judge was so angry that he almost didn't smash the tea bowl at hand.

This is one of Yang Biao's goals: to intensify the contradiction between the Nanyang faction and the Jizhou faction. When your subordinates are not aligned, it is easy to find flaws and cause them to disintegrate internally.

But in this matter, Yang Biao has another purpose that has been ignored by people, that is, Xun Chen, who no one expected to have problems.

The Yingchuan faction was indeed depressed under Yuan Shao, but it was doing well under Cao Cao, and it was even more prosperous on Shen Xian's side - not counting Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, the two special people, Shen Xian's four major strategists, Guo Jia and Xun You were from Yingchuan, Cai Yan married Xun You, in addition to Xun Yu, who was deeply trusted by Shen Xian and sat in the Yizhou base camp all the year round to handle all the political affairs and dispatch everything, was also Yingchuan's.

If Liu Xie can brush up Xun Chen's favorability, when Yuan Shao collapses and Shen Xian takes over in the future, with Xun Chen mediating in the middle, Liu Xie will not be too sad, and even if Liu Xie wants to reduce Shen Xian's power and concentrate power in his own hands, it is not impossible.

But although Yang Biao planned well, he ignored one thing: Liu Xie's mood.

Liu Xie hated the Yingchuan faction more than the Jizhou faction and the Nanyang faction, because it was his sister's right-hand man.

Especially Xun Chen...... Liu Xie knew that Xun Chen obediently carried out every order of Yuan Shao, but he was actually Shen Xian's person, and it was because of Xun Chen's existence that Shen Xian knew Yuan Shao's actions well.

Liu Xie didn't quite understand, the two were obviously born to the same parents, but they were different in age, and their future life experiences were so different.

When Shen Xian led one side to fight on the battlefield in high spirits, Liu Xie hid in the dark corner of the palace and shivered, crossing his fingers to calculate how many days he could live.

Why? Why? Why? Obviously, I am the emperor, why is my life not as good as a princess who is not recognized by the genealogy?

Dark thoughts spread out of his heart, growing like weeds, enveloping Liu Xie's heart and strangling him breathlessly.

Yang Biao told Liu Xie that since Shen Xian and you are close by blood, you must support each other, be good at using her, turn her into the sharpest blade in your hands, and get rid of your common enemy; Turn her into the most solid shield and protect the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that belong to the Han family.

Liu Xie agreed with Yang Biao's words, but on the other hand, he was afraid: he was afraid of Shen Xian, and everything Shen Xian had should be his Liu Xie's! She has taken away his freedom, his territory, his connections...... And in the future, they will seize his supreme power!

How many nights when I couldn't sleep, Liu Xie, who woke up from a dream, dragged the quilt and said to himself over and over again: If I were her, I would live better than her, and she would definitely be more miserable than me.

Sometimes Liu Xie even felt that a great motivation to support him to live was to watch Shen Xian have to kneel in front of him and bow and kowtow one day.

Liu Xie began to feel that he might have a problem, but he couldn't tell what the problem was, so in such a trance, he found Wang Yue and gave him a secret mission.

Shen Xian is a woman, and there is no possibility of threatening his throne for the time being, but what about her children?

As long as Shen Xian has no children, she will give up her heart to seize the throne, and she will wholeheartedly help her younger brother guard the country, right? After all, we are all family.

Liu Xie thought silently, he didn't see the complicated eyes that Wang Yue threw at him after receiving the task.

The mission failed and was discovered, but it is said that Shi Ah helped the Tiger Camp to clear up the relationship, as for Shen Xian to believe it or not...... Anyway, she didn't go to the book to ask Liu Xie if all this was true, and she didn't even know that Liu Xie was her own brother.

Shen Xian didn't say that Liu Xie didn't think she had found out, he continued to send one tiger guard after another to Shen Xian's side, and later this matter was discovered by Yang Biao, just when Taiwei Ma Riyan handed over his resignation, and also recommended Shen Xian to succeed him as the captain, Shen Xian's request for Cai Yan has just been delivered, Yang Biao asked Liu Xie to push the boat down the river, and named Shen Xian as the captain, and Cai Yan as the captain of the long history.

Liu Xie was reluctant at first, but Yang Biao sighed and persuaded him, to the effect that he had beaten someone and was discovered, so he had to give some sweet dates to make up for it, right? If □□ really worked, and Shen Xian couldn't get pregnant anymore, wouldn't you, Your Majesty, be afraid of forcing her to take revenge?

Not long after the holy decree of sealing Shen Xian as a lieutenant was sent out, Yuan Shao came. After so many years under the fence, Liu Xie has calmed down, he skillfully greeted and appeased Yuan Shao, rewarded him with money and rewarded him with his official position - Yang Biao himself gave up the position of Situ and returned to Sikong in a low-key manner.

The failure last time did not stop Liu Xie's footsteps, after learning that Shen Xian was pregnant, he was so angry that he smashed the vase decorations in the palace, and even Yang Biao did not notify him, and directly sent the tiger guard to Xiangyang.

Since his good sister dared to go deep into the enemy camp to die with her stomach, then he would fulfill her.

I don't know what the situation is in Nanyang now...... Why hasn't Shi Ah come back yet?

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? ”

Liu Xie's thoughts were pulled back, he coughed to hide his wandering, and cast a pleasant look at Xun Chen: "It's me who lost my temper, what did you say, teacher?" ”

Xun Chen didn't show the slightest dissatisfaction, he kindly repeated his question just now: "The minister wants to ask Your Majesty what questions you have about this?" ”

On the surface, the Book of Songs, the Wind and the Owl, tells the story of a lonely and helpless mother bird, who was ransacked by the owl and snatched the bird, she dragged her sick body and rebuilt and strengthened her nest to prevent the owl from attacking again, after doing all this, the mother bird was full of courage but very difficult to live, but in the face of the owl, she was able to rebuild the nest and continue to live, but in the face of the storm of nature, she did not even have the courage to fight, she could only tremble in horror.

"Doubts don't count, I'm just a little emotional," Liu Xie folded his hands on his knees, tilted his head and smiled at Xun Chen: "The mother bird can resist the threat of the owl, but when it faces the wind and rain, it is terrified and trembling......"

Liu Xie's voice became lower and lower, he picked up the warm tea bowl and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Xun Chen was silent and listened to Liu Xie's somewhat upside-down words.

Liu Xie put this article forward to Xun Chen separately, and the question should not be what the meaning of "The Owl" itself wants to express.

You must know that the author of "The Owl" is Zhou Gong, and he wrote this poem in order to express his ambition to King Cheng.

Now the point is, who is the "Duke Zhou" that Liu Xie wants to ask?

Yuan Shao? Or is it Shen Xian?

Liu Xie always looked at Xun Chen hintively after sighing, as if expecting him to say something. But Liu Xie gave too few clues, and Xun Chen didn't allow Liu Xie to ask Shen Xian or Yuan Shao, or Liu Xie was simply playing Xun Chen's handle. No matter which it was, Xun Chen didn't have any plans to expose himself for the time being, so he simply pretended to be stupid and didn't say a word.

Didn't the emperor say it, he wasn't puzzled, but he felt a little emotional after reading it, so just feel emotional, as an upright courtier, Xun Chen said that he would listen carefully.

Xun Chen understands Liu Xie, maybe because of the tragic experience of his childhood, or because of his personality, the emperor is a special face-saving person most of the time, if Xun Chen pretends to be stupid and doesn't speak, Liu Xie can't do anything at all.

Liu Xie knocked on the side for a long time, but he still didn't pry open Xun Chen's tightly closed mussel shell, compared with the old fox, he was not good enough after all. After the rain stopped, the emperor had no reason to keep Xun Chen anymore, so he let him go.

If Shen Xian came to ask, she would definitely choose to stubbornly fight regardless of her face, or simply let Xun Chen explain her understanding of "The Owl", she could always see some clues, and it was better than Liu Xie being busy for a long time and doing useless work.

Xun Chen left Mingguang Palace under the guidance of the Yellow Gate and went to Shangshutai to order something, and he could go home if he had nothing to do. Although it is wartime now, due to his position, everything outside the palace is in charge of Fu Zhi, and Xun Chen, the Shang Shuling, is not so busy.

As they crossed a quiet path that was deserted, Huangmen secretly stuffed Xun Chen with a note.

Xun Chen stopped and looked at the yellow door without speaking.

"Xun Lingjun," Xiao Huangmen looked nervous, it might be the first time to do this kind of thing, he rolled up his sleeves and flashed a token at Xun Chen, and said in a hurried tone: "Yang Sikong, please come over tonight." ”

Xun Chen snorted slightly, and said loudly: "If there is something important, Chen Zi is going to visit, and it is not too late, just now." ”

After Xun Chen finished speaking, ignoring Xiao Huangmen's hint of squeezing his eyebrows, he left him alone and walked in the direction of leaving the palace.

As soon as he left the palace gate, Xun Chen met frustration, and the two stopped to communicate for a while.

Although they belong to different factions, he knows that Xun Chen is a real talent, and he is not like other gangsters in the Yingchuan faction, but he is willing to say more words to Xun Chen.

"Youruo, is this trapped in the palace?" Fu Zhi smiled slightly, and his eyes swept over the hem of Xun Chen's rain-soaked clothes.

Xun Chen nodded: "The rain is too heavy, and it is useless to use an umbrella, so Your Majesty left me for an extra moment." ”

Seemingly unintentionally, he asked, "What did you say?" ”

After staying for so long, you can't be silent with each other, right?

Xun Chen said in a low voice: "Owl." ”

Fu Zhi was slightly stunned, then shook his head and chuckled: "Your Majesty has grown up...... But he would never say that to me. ”

Xun Chen walked to the frame and gave an innocent look back: "Probably the prince and you...... Too fierce? ”

Frustrated and half-truthful, he said angrily, "...... Let's go! ”

When the coachman habitually casually asked Xun Chen if he wanted to go home, he received a different answer.

Xun Chen shook his head: "Go to Sikong Mansion." ”

"Your Excellency?" The coachman was a little confused. Xun Chen generally does not engage in some kind of unofficial entertainment with his colleagues, except for Yuan Shao's banquets, he only goes to other homes when some people with good relationships celebrate their birthdays.

Xun Chen said lightly: "There is something I want to ask Yang Sikong." ”

The driver knew that he had lost his words, so he stopped asking and obediently drove the car.

After Xun Chen left, a man wearing a straw hat standing on the corner of the street casually picked up a pear in front of the stall and put it in his hand: "Do you need your subordinates to follow?" ”

"No need." The man selling pears said lazily: "Let you monitor the movements of the palace, what are you doing with Xun Lingjun's car?" We have no evidence, in case he is discovered, it is not easy for him to get angry. ”

"The subordinates still think he ......" The young man did not say directly, but made a secret gesture: "The Xun family is that person, can he still run alone?" ”

"Do you dare to say this to your lord?" The peddler's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glared at the young man sharply, implying a warning: "Don't be smart, what do you know?" For a hairpin family like the Xun family, it's always right to find a few more families. People just have the ability to make the lord's heart not twist the knots, this is the ability of a scholar. ”

"Not all scholars have this ability," the young man wiped the big pineapple with his sleeve and bit it down: "Don't you ...... Master Tian?"

Before the young man could finish speaking, the vendor suddenly kicked him out, and at the same time scolded: "If you don't buy it, you will eat it for nothing? Lao Tzu, you dare to mess with it! Roll on! Get out of here! ”

The young man glanced at the peddler with some aggrieved grievances after falling to the ground, and then he picked up half of the pear that had fallen into the dirt, carefully wrapped it in his sleeve, got up and limped away.

The peddler spat at the young man's back under the watchful eyes of everyone: "Phew! What is it! ”

When the onlookers saw that there was no good show to watch, they all gradually dispersed. The peddler sat down at the back of the stall, stared at the poor figure of the young man in the distance, frowned and said, "Where did you send this stupid boy?" Who trained him? With so many words to ask questions about the east and west, even Lord Tian's affairs dare to discuss rashly, and sooner or later he will have to die on that mouth!

Xun Chen drove slowly to the door of Yang Biao's house.

The old servant guarding the door opened a crack in the door, and he glanced out vigilantly, as if judging whether Xun Chen was a dangerous person. Xun Chen didn't care, he handed over the sticker and said with a pleasant face: "Uncle, in Xia Xun Chen Xun Youruo, if you have something to discuss, you can discuss with Yang Sikong." ”

The old man took Xun Chen's greeting sticker and said in a low voice: "Adult, please wait for a while, and the little one will go to pass it on." Then he closed the door again.

After a while, the door was opened, and Yang Xiu hurriedly ran out: "Lord Xun! ”

"Dezu." Xun Chen touched Yang Xiu's head, and instructed the coachman to follow the people of the Yang Mansion to park the car, and he walked in with Yang Xiu first.

After walking into the mansion and confirming that no one was eavesdropping, Xun Chen asked, "What's so urgent?" ”

I was so anxious that I had to risk my life in the palace to deliver a letter, and I had to come out to meet in the middle of the night, for fear that others would not know that I was doing something bad.

At the mention of this, the expression on Yang Xiu's face instantly became indescribable, and he held it for a long time before he said with great difficulty: "Actually, it's nothing...... Cough! Mrs. Liu has come to the city. ”

Xun Chen nodded and walked forward, after taking two steps, he was suddenly stunned, he didn't pay attention to stepping on the pebbles, his feet slipped and he almost didn't fall, and was held up by Yang Xiu.

"What did you say?" Xun Chen rarely lost his temper: "Who?" ”

"Taiwei Liu," Yang Xiu's expression stiffened: "She came in person." ”

It's still holding up a belly.

Don't let me know who did this to my goddess, or I'll bite him to death.

Yang Xiu thought silently.

Yang Biao was drinking tea with Shen Xian in the tea room, this was the first time the two met, Shen Xian had a big belly, and there was Diao Chan who had betrayed Yang Mansion standing behind her, and the atmosphere was very embarrassing.

But fortunately, Sun Ce also came with him, he has always been nervous, and he definitely can't see it when he shouldn't see the atmosphere stagnating, so he acts as a mediator between the two sides - commonly known as muddying the water.

"Speaking of which, it's the first time I've come to Chang'an, and I didn't come in for so long outside Hangu Pass last time." Looking at the dripping rain outside the window, Sun Ce sighed: "Although I have been looking forward to it for a long time, it seems to be no different from Chengdu." ”

Shen Xian smiled slightly: "It's just a matter of mentality, it's the same everywhere." ”

"Why don't we eat first?" Yang Biaomu said with a face. He has been controlling himself not to always look at Shen Xian's stomach, which is too strange: "The time is about the same, it should be ready." ”

Sun Ce, who had long felt hungry, wanted to say yes, yes, but Shen Xian was a step faster: "Don't be busy, let's wait for Xun Lingjun together." ”

Sun Ce glared at Shen Xian angrily, and Diao Chan silently pushed a plate of pastries to Sun Ce's hand.

Yang Biaoxin said that the old man asked him to come over in the middle of the night, and he wouldn't come now, so he heard Shen Xian say, "Hmm...... He'll come. ”

The Xun family is like that, they do bad things frankly, and climbing over the wall in the middle of the night is definitely not their family's style.

Sure enough, before Shen Xian's words fell, a servant came to spread the legend that Lord Xun had visited.

Yang Biao had nothing to say, and Yang Xiu, who had been holding back his chest for a long time and was short of breath, took the opportunity to stand up and volunteer to run out to meet Xun Chen.

The tearoom was quiet for a while, and after being silent for a long time, Yang Biao suddenly asked, "Lord Liu is really brave and fearless, dare to come to Chang'an City at this time." ”

In Chang'an City, there is not only Yuan Shao, who is definitely an enemy, but also the emperor who has an ambiguous position, no matter from which point of view, it is full of dangers. The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the child still knows to stay away from danger, as if only Shen Xian ran to find death again and again.

said that she had never had an accident, and she was lucky against the sky.

"It's not the first time I've done this kind of thing, I'm used to it." Shen Xian was very calm: "Actually, I don't want to toss around, but there is something I have to do personally." ”

Shen Xian paused, raised her head and looked at Yang Biao with a smile: "Besides, didn't Lord Sikong write to invite me to come?" ”

Facing Shen Xian's questioning, Yang Biao fell silent.

The cause of the incident was a secret letter received by Xun You. 166 Reading Network