Luoyang Xiguo, Yanxili.

The mansion of Ouchi official Cheng Huang. Early this morning, Mrs. Cheng rushed back from the palace to meet her adoptive father.

Although Mrs. Cheng is His Majesty's mother-eater, after His Majesty's Yuan served, she rarely ate human milk. Therefore, Mrs. Cheng's identity as a mother is mostly in name only. Mrs. Cheng still has **. Previously, he and Yongxiang Ling Xu Feng formed a pair of foods. He let Xu Feng eat. Now Xu Feng colluded with Tianping to fight against thieves and absconded after the incident. It was useless to stay, so he simply fed many "palace children" in the court.

Bi Lan, the court order, is selecting those of appropriate age from the many "palace births" and sending them to Yongle Palace. For the ghost boy. This matter was learned by Mrs. Cheng when she was feeding.

"Father." Seeing that Cheng Huang's complexion was as usual, Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

The so-called old beast is dying, and the aftermath is still there. Cheng Huang does not die for a day, and Mrs. Cheng is worry-free for a day. In this deep palace, no one dared to touch her in the slightest.

"Why are you out of the palace today?" Cheng Huang asked.

"Recently, there are two things that I don't know, and I want to ask my father." Mrs. Cheng said bluntly.

"I don't know."

"The Empress Dowager Dong of Yongle selected the two-year-old 'palace child' of Yeting, and it was one of them to be the 'ghost boy'." Mrs. Cheng said: "Last night, the Empress Dowager Dou ordered me to go to Yuntai, asked about many old news in the palace, and gave this thing as the second. ”

"Oh? What is it for you. Cheng Huang asked.

"A round one." As he spoke, he took out a pair of round jade earrings.

"The name of this thing is 'Acacia Yuanju'. When he became the emperor, Zhao Zhaoyi (Zhao Hede) gave the queen (Zhao Feiyan) something. When the first emperor got married, he gave it to the Empress Dowager Dou. It is an antiquity in the former Han Palace. "It is worthy of Cheng Huang, and he can tell it at a glance.

"What is the price?" Mrs. Cheng asked hurriedly.

"Priceless." Cheng Huang replied with a smile. But in his heart, he thought about what the Empress Dowager Dou meant by giving away the queen's things.

"If you go to the gold water quality house, how much can you sell?" Mrs. Cheng blurted out.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

"Hiss-" Cheng Huang couldn't help but gasp. As the adopted daughter said, the only place that can be converted into money is gold and water. In other words, the Empress Dowager Dou gave priceless treasures, but implied that the treasures could be realized. Could it be that this matter is still related to the King of Thistles?

"Could it be that Empress Dowager Dou knew that Xu Feng had absconded and met me to eat in pairs?" Mrs. Cheng said.

"Why did my daughter say that?" Cheng Huang was stunned.

"This thing is called 'Acacia Yuanju'. Isn't it the right way to take the meaning of acacia? Mrs. Cheng replied.

Cheng Huang was stunned again. shook his head categorically and said, "Empress Dowager Dou, this is definitely not the intention. ”

"How did Father know?" Mrs. Cheng was puzzled.

Cheng Huang smiled: "The so-called 'eating marrow knows the taste'." If you can't stop, you will taste the sweetness. Empress Dowager Dou entered the palace in the eighth year of Yanxi (165) and was named a nobleman. After the establishment of the same year. Although she was a queen, she was not favored by the first emperor. In the first year of Yongkang (167), the first emperor died, and he was honored as the queen mother. It is precisely because the first emperor had no children that he established the Marquis of Xie Ting as the new emperor. ”

"Father is saying that the first emperor has never shared a bed with Empress Dowager Dou." Mrs. Cheng was shocked.

At that time, the first emperor indulged in sensuality and had long since lost his shape. Terminally ill, everyone is in ruins. Although they have shared the bed several times, they have not been husband and wife. It is expected that the Empress Dowager Dou is still in perfect shape. Speaking of this, Cheng Huang couldn't help but sigh: "I am the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, how can I be the Empress Dowager Dou alone." ”

"Who else is so miserable?" Mrs. Cheng asked in surprise.

"Empress Hyo-hye." Cheng Huang replied again.

"In that case, why did Empress Dowager Dou send me Hehuan Yuanjue?" Mrs. Cheng asked.

"Those who are 'together' are also called 'rejoicing together'. The sages of the former Han Dynasty had the saying 'the two countries are together, and Yan Qi is peaceful'. Speaking of this, Cheng Huang has already understood his meaning: "Tomorrow I should enter the palace to meet His Majesty, the Queen and the two Queen Mother." ”

"The two countries are together, Yan Qi is safe." Mrs. Cheng seemed to have an understanding.

"My daughter didn't want to think about the meaning of this thing. Just know that the Empress Dowager Dou borrowed this thing to ask her father to enter the palace to meet. Between the words, Cheng Huang seemed to be ten years younger.

"Does Father want to be in power again?" Mrs. Cheng suddenly woke up.

"Daughter, wait and see."

"The two countries have been together, and there is only one country left, what should we do?" Cheng Huang sighed: "The momentum of the peak is complete." ”

What the old father said, Mrs. Cheng seemed to understand. But there is still one thing in mind: "Why did Yongle Palace choose a two-year-old boy?" ”

"Or to chase away ghosts, or to chase out 'real ghosts.'" Cheng Huang also said with deep meaning.

Mrs. Cheng wanted to ask. Before he could say anything, he stopped again. Father never spoke halfway. It is futile to ask again. After all, I don't understand.

As my father said before. Let's see. There will be a day when the water will come out.

Dongguo, Su City.

The secret room hidden under the shop was finally revealed.

"Report to the captain, there is no one in the secret room!" The soldier will report it.

"Search again!" He Miao, the captain of the Yue Cavalry, was disappointed. Someone must have leaked the news. The eight passes of Luoyang are all in the hands of He Jin, and Xu Fengding has not been taken off. If it's not in Sushi, where is it?

"I thought I was going to get my hands on it. But unexpectedly, it was also a chore. He Miao looked up at the towering granary beside him and sighed.

Longshan, the great earthquake Guancheng.

Taking over from Han Sui, it was built in a few months, and the Xiongguan was first completed.

Guancheng is located on the top of Longshan Mountain, and the lower city is surrounded by the east and west two mountains. Along the rolling hills of the mountains, Nishisaka is being terraced. Higashisaka is a Guanshan pasture. In the Banzhong Valley, a row has been built, and guest houses, mansions, soup pools, and wine barns have been built. If you pass through Longguan Valley Road, go west from the "East Exit Station" entrance, and come from the east through the "Water Dividing Station" entrance. Then climb over the earthquake pass to come and go.

Since Liu Bei was stationed here. The people of Xiliang, who had fled to the Guanzhong before, also gathered under the Guan, unwilling to go west. Liu Bei then ordered the man-made dry fence to rebuild the building, so that he could live in peace. The mountains are not suitable for farming, and fruit trees such as "Qiang peach (walnut)" and "sea buckthorn" are transplanted, and horse farms and sheep prisons are built in circles. It also deliberately introduced many famous products of the thistle country, such as gold silk blankets, Lousang bedding and other skills. So that they can leave the farmland without worrying about food and clothing. Silk Road flowing gold. Guanshan has to rush, and there are many people who can make money on the left and right.

In particular, Liu Bei identified the "sea buckthorn tree" that was later called the "holy fruit" and "made the horses shine". Feed the war horse in moderation, when it has a miraculous effect. Not only the horses love to eat, but the soldiers also love to eat. Squeeze into juice and put it into a bamboo tube for sale, called "thorn juice". Later, it became a best-selling drink in Xilin Racecourse and "Qinggan".

Guancheng, Yunxia Palace.

The five masterminds are rarely idle. It was Tian Feng, who was the busiest, and also handed over the affairs of the Qiang people and Han people to the shogunate Shi Gaixun who came from Luoyang and Fu Xie, who was engaged in Langzhong.

The 50,000 allied troops in the Western Regions cannot stay for a long time. In the spring after the year, when it was handed over to the two protectors, the army returned. Prepare for the establishment of a standing coalition army in the Western Regions, and garrison it in other cities for a long time. Troops and financial resources all come from 55 countries. It was handed over to the Western Regions Protectorate for unified training and command. Fifty-five kingdoms and fifty-six kings will respond enthusiastically. The establishment of the coalition army, the Metropolitan Protectorate and the fifty-five countries, comparable to the conclusion of a military alliance. The kings first married the king of the thistle, and then the nations formed an alliance with the imperial protectorate. Under the double bond, integration and unification are just around the corner.

As for the Longyou garrison, Liu Bei has ordered the shogunate generals to recruit new soldiers as appropriate.

Received a handwritten letter from Luoyang for 600 miles. Knowing that the country of Ji has added three more counties, how can the conspirators not like it.

"Flowing fire in July, giving clothes in September."

The old country was sealed, and Longyou was safe. Li Ru, the right man of the Metropolitan Protectorate, proposed, why not feast on the ministers and have fun with the people.

Liu Bei nodded happily.

The day of the Double Ninth Festival. The shogunate generals, the western officials of the capital protection government, the officials of Liangzhou, the right of the Xizhou Hao, the thirty-six Qiang Canal, the twelve chieftains, and the Qideng Great Earthquake Pass.

Go to the Thistle King Banquet.