Chengdu City.

Since the Han army recaptured Chengdu, Liu Yao has been the shopkeeper, from Fucheng Pass to now, he has been worried that he has been tired for too long, and he can finally be idle for a while.

However, this experience made Liu Yao grow up very quickly, he gradually transformed from an idle prince who did not know military affairs to a real general, he also had his own subordinates, his own political allies, and his own henchmen.

Meng Yining has obviously become the mistress of the Anding Palace, and the palace that has endured this war is quite deserted as it once was, but Meng Yining likes it here very much, and only occasionally thinks about Nanzhong, and I don't know how Nanzhong's family is now.

At this time, two young people kneeling in the temple of Emperor Zhaolie sat in front of the portrait of Liu Bei, the atmosphere was very depressing, and both of them were silent, these two people were Liu Yao, the king of Anding, and Liu Ji, the king of Anping.

After a long time, Liu Yao moved his lips, and finally spoke: "Liu Chen...... Worthy of the first emperor. ”

The two of them quietly looked at the other seat under the portrait, and Liu Bei in the portrait looked down with a trace of blood on it, as if he was smiling with relief.

Liu Ji pointed to the sitting plate and said, "I heard that the king of Beidi cut himself here, killed his wife and children before he died, and defended the dignity of the Han royal family in front of the first emperor. ”

Liu Yao nodded, he originally thought that his brothers were all Liu Rui and Liu Xun's generation, but he really didn't expect that Liu Chen, the king of the Northland, would be so bloody, if he was Liu Yao, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.

Looking at the sitting plate with traces of blood, Liu Yao knelt down and bowed to the ground, kowtowed heavily, and kowtowed to Liu Bei's portrait, and said: "Grandfather, brother Wang, you can rest assured, now that the Wei army has been defeated, the land of Shu has been preserved, and Your Majesty will soon return to the court. ”

After that, Liu Yao stood up, his face was solemn, he knew that the current Han was still in crisis, if Wei took a breath, wait until the next battle of Shu, would the Han still have such good luck, and he had to make some changes, otherwise he could only wait for death.

Liu Ji also stood up, patted Liu Yao's shoulder, and said in a gentle tone: "Brother Wang, don't think about it anymore, it's better to come to my house to drink today, the concubine knows that you are back, and she has been thinking about you several times." ”

Liu Yao calmed down a little, thinking that she had been back in Chengdu City for a while, and she hadn't visited Princess Ma yet, so she had forgotten all about it, and said with some self-reproach: "I forgot about this matter, go, I won't go back to the house today, go and see the old lady." ”

After getting Liu Yao's reply, Liu Ji showed a hint of a smile, and his mood was obviously relieved a lot from the depression.

The two came out of the temple of Emperor Zhaolie, Liu Yao followed Liu Ji towards the Anping Palace, and then looked at the streets of Chengdu along the way, which was much better than when he first entered Chengdu, and the business on the street gradually returned to normal, but it was still a little worse than before, after all, he had just experienced the war.

Soon, the two rushed to the Anping Palace, and as soon as they arrived at the gate of the palace, the little guy in front of the palace immediately bowed his head and ran over, saying, "Your Highness is back!" ”

Liu Ji didn't pay attention to the little guy, just pulled Liu Yao and walked straight to the mansion, as soon as he entered the mansion, Liu Yao saw the luxury and grandeur of the Anping Palace, and sighed slightly, he didn't expect that the King of Anping was still so rich after the war.

"Ah Ji, after the war, the lives of the people have been more or less affected, but you King Anping, I think your life is getting more and more nourishing!" Liu Yao stopped and said to Liu Ji with a serious face.

Liu Ji scratched his head, smiled a little embarrassedly, and replied: "After the war, the people of Chengdu were short of food and clothing, so I put some inventory, but I also made a small profit. ”

He knew that Liu Yao wanted to persuade him to be a little more restrained, but this was the money he got from doing business, and it was not ill-gotten gains obtained by squeezing by power, even Liu Yao couldn't control anything.

Sure enough, Liu Yao just nodded and didn't say anything more, what he didn't know was that an idea of developing a commercial economy came spontaneously in Liu Yao's heart.

This era is still dominated by agriculture, the status of Shinong industry and commerce, and merchants is very low, and if they want to develop a commercial economy in the Central Plains, they will be rejected and resisted by the other two countries, but now Liangzhou has been about to belong to the Han land, and it is not impossible to reopen the Silk Road.

The more she thought about it, the more Liu Yao gradually became a little stunned, and Liu Ji on the side looked at Liu Yao's sluggish expression, quickly shook him, and reminded: "What do you think, Brother Wang, go, I'll take you directly to see the concubine!" ”

Liu Yao woke up like a dream at this time, quickly came back to her senses, and said embarrassedly: "I may not have slept well yesterday, and I lost my mind a little!" ”

Liu Ji immediately laughed when he heard this, gave Liu Yao a look that I understand, and joked maliciously: "Yes, with such a stunning beauty as Sister-in-law Wang, it is normal for Brother Wang to have a bad rest, but you must pay attention to moderation!" ”

Liu Yao's face was a little embarrassed suddenly, to be honest, he hadn't touched Meng Yining yet, who didn't like her such a beautiful woman, but Liu Yao's mind was temporarily placed elsewhere.

Liu Yao was just about to explain something, but just now the little guy at the door heard that Liu Ji was going to see Princess Ma, and the little guy hurriedly ran over and whispered, "Your Highness, the concubine is ...... There is a guest in the house today, claiming to be a relative of the concubine, and the concubine is now meeting guests? ”

As soon as the little girl's voice fell, Liu Ji frowned, and asked with some doubts: "The relatives of the concubine, could it be someone from Liangzhou?" No, how could there be people from Liangzhou at this time? ”

Liu Yao was also confused, he had never heard of Princess Ma having any relatives, but since Princess Ma was meeting guests, he didn't want to bother now, so he arched his hand towards Liu Ji and said, "Ah Ji, or I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Liu Ji waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you're not an outsider, let's go and see which of the concubine's relatives is it." ”

It just so happened that Liu Yao was also a little curious, so he didn't shirk anymore and followed Liu Ji to the back hall of the mansion.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the back hall, I heard the laughter of an old woman inside, who seemed very happy, and a hearty and rich voice was tirelessly talking.

"I heard that the concubine has a guest today?"

Liu Ji shouted outside the hall, and then took Liu Yao directly into the back hall, only to see Princess Ma sitting on the main seat of the back hall sipping tea, chatting happily with a young man.

He had never seen that young man, but he was quite temperamental, and he was not an ordinary person at first glance, seeing Liu Ji walking in, Princess Ma quickly got up and said, "Ji'er is back!" ”

Liu Ji smiled and said to Princess Ma: "Who do you guess the child brought?" ”

Princess Ma was a little confused, Liu Yao walked out from behind Liu Ji, saluted Princess Ma with a smile, and said, "Liu Yao, the king of stability, has asked the concubine for peace!" ”

Princess Ma immediately showed a happy smile, hurriedly stepped forward to grab Liu Yao, and said excitedly: "Today is really a happy event, even Yao'er is here!" ”

Liu Yao couldn't help but be a little stunned, although Princess Ma was very good to herself, but now she is too enthusiastic, so she won't be so happy.

Princess Ma didn't feel anything, and pulled the young man who had already stood up over with a smile on her face: "Come on, come on, Yao'er Ji'er, let me introduce you two, this is the nephew of the palace, called Ma Kang." ”

Ma Kang smiled slightly, walked forward and arched his hand at Liu Ji, "It must be His Royal Highness King Anping, Ma Kang is polite!" ”

Liu Ji hurriedly returned the salute, and said in a cold tone: "Liu Ji, King of Anping, I have seen Your Excellency." ”

For this sudden cousin, Liu Ke didn't feel cold at all, but was polite for etiquette reasons.

Ma Kang also felt Liu Ji's coldness, but he was not angry, after all, it was the first time to go to someone's house, and this situation was normal.

Then Ma Kang turned his gaze to Liu Yao, and immediately laughed happily: "His Royal Highness the King of Anding, don't come unharmed!" ”

Liu Yao was also very surprised how Ma Kang could be here, but then he reacted after thinking about it, it had long been rumored that Ma Kang, the envoy from Liangzhou, claimed to be the grandson of Ma Chao, the general of Shenweitian, and it was not surprising to see Princess Ma call Ma Kang a nephew at this time.

"General Ma, don't come unharmed!" Liu Yao also smiled back.

This time, Liu Ji showed a surprised look, and asked dumbfoundedly, "You know?" ”

Ma Kang immediately laughed out loud and replied: "It's not just acquaintance, the dignified Han prince dug up my subordinates, this thing is not authentic!" ”

The atmosphere was aroused, and Liu Yao was also in a good mood at this time, and immediately retorted with a smile: "Wen Yang is a person of insight, is it possible to let him go all the way to the West Sea with you?" I didn't dig it up, it's a good bird that chooses a tree to perch on! ”

Since that day to Chengdu, Liu Yao has left Wen Yang under his command, temporarily letting him be a military marquis in Luo Xianling's barbarian army, Ma Kang didn't say anything, he was originally going to introduce Wen Yang, since Wen Yang has found a home, why not.

At this time, hearing Liu Yao's rogue rebuttal, Ma Kang shrugged his shoulders, threw a ruthless look at Liu Yao, and said no more.

Princess Ma was even happier when she saw that Ma Kang and Liu Yao still knew each other, when she saw Liu Yao just now, she was still worried about whether to entertain Liu Yao or Ma Kang today, and she was a little hesitant, but at this time it was easy to solve, since everyone knew each other, there was no etiquette conflict at the same banquet.

"Yao'er, Kang'er, don't leave today, stay in the house, and drink a few more drinks with the old body, especially Kang'er, the last time I saw you, you were still a stinky child, and now you are a handsome adult, and you will have to stay for a few more days this time." Princess Ma enthusiastically pulled Liu Yao and Ma Kang and said.

Ma Kang saw that he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

On the same day, in the Anping Palace, under the auspices of Princess Ma, Ma Kang, Liu Yao and Liu Ji drank at the same table, and they were drunk and happy.

But no one knows whether they will become undying opponents in the future, and who can say for sure what will happen in the future?