Liu Xi just walked to the door of the Cihe Palace, and heard laughter coming from inside, Liu Xi looked at Qi Yue on the side with some surprise, Qi Yue hurriedly said: "Country, just now Princess Raoyang came, the country does not allow others to disturb...", Liu Xi nodded, did not say anything more, walked into the Cihe Palace, the palace maid hurriedly greeted, the laughter in the hall also stopped, Princess Raoyang turned her head.

"Meet my aunt!"

Liu Xi hurriedly saluted, but Princess Raoyang said unhappily: "How can there be a person like you?" The queen is about to give birth, you are still busy with your own affairs, and you don't come to visit one or two, and your daughter, don't you ignore it because of your daughter? In the face of this tough aunt, even Liu Xi was still a little panicked, he sneered and couldn't speak, but fortunately, there were no outsiders around, and he couldn't see the Son of Heaven like this.

Lu Ji hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't say it, Your Majesty also loves Xin'er very much, and has come to visit me a few times before, but I ordered him not to let him come...", she lowered her head, Princess Raoyang was also a little helpless, Liu Xi also walked over with a smile, took her daughter, and sat aside, Princess Raoyang asked: "Fiefdom, have you thought about it?" Liu Xi shook his head and said, "It hasn't been decided yet." ”

"Let's settle it as soon as possible..."

"Got it."

Liu Xi teased the child, and asked with some doubts, "What about Zhan'er?" Why didn't you bring him? Princess Raoyang shook her head and said, "He has already enrolled in school, alas...", Liu Xi smiled and asked again: "I don't know who the apprentice is?" Princess Raoyang said with some embarrassment: "It's just that in the official school, I originally wanted to find him a great Confucian, but this guy can't make it, he is extremely lazy, he buries his head in sleep, and he is angry and walks away four or five great Confucians, so he can only be sent to the official school."

"Hahaha, the official school is no problem, the sacrificial wine in the official school is also some outstanding scholars from Taixue, aunt don't worry..."

Rao Yang nodded.

They exchanged pleasantries for a while, Princess Raoyang decided to leave, Liu Xi saw that she had something to say to herself, so she took the excuse of farewell, and walked out of the hall with her, just out of the hall, Princess Raoyang hurriedly asked: "I heard, you sent Xiuyi to investigate your uncle??" Liu Xi was stunned, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I sent someone to investigate the situation, and I don't have much to do with my uncle..."

"Hmm..."Princess Rao Yang didn't ask any more.

Liu Xi continued to talk to her while walking, and suddenly, Liu Xi opened his mouth and asked, "Who told my aunt about this?" ”

"My uncle..."Princess Rao Yang whispered, Liu Xi nodded.

At the same time, Yuan Shang and Xun Yu have also left Luoyang and went to Jingzhou, along the way, neither of them said much, Yuan Shao's matter hit Yuan Shang hugely, and he gradually became less talkative, and Xun Yu originally intended to talk to Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang did not accept his kindness, but was a little cold, Xun Yu also understood in his heart that it was indeed not a good thing for the two to get too close, so he gave up.

Yankang three years, June

Yuan Shang and Xun Yu rushed to Jingzhou, along the way, they walked very slowly, almost every day, Xun Yu could see the pigeons flying in the sky, and Yuan Shang was dealing with these carrier pigeons every day, important news from all over the world, or had to reach him, occasionally, there were pedestrians who would cover their faces, blocking in front of everyone, all of them came to find Yuan Shang, belonging to the secret agents of embroidery.

Everywhere you go, it seems that there will be spies to tell you.

This made Xun Yu a little frightened, this was also the first time he appreciated the power of the embroidered messenger, when he was about to arrive in Jingzhou, these flocks of carrier pigeons, secret agents coming and going, there were a lot less, Yuan Shang was no longer so busy, looking at Yuan Shang who was picking up a pen to record what he was looking around, Xun Yu was really a little curious, walked to Yuan Shang's side, cleared his throat, Xun Yu then asked: "Xianfu?" In my house, there are such secret agents?? ”

Hearing him ask, Yuan Shang raised his head and looked at him indifferently, but did not reply, just picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the paper, motioning Xun Yu to come and see.

Xun Yu poked his head out and looked at what Yuan Shang had just written, but he couldn't laugh or cry.

"In the third year of Yankang, on June 13, after Xinye, Xun Yu asked: Is there a secret agent in my house? If there is any ill intention, it should be taken precautions. ”

The group finally arrived in Xiangyang, and before they entered the city, they saw a group of people waiting, Yuan Shang had no words, but Xun Yu frowned, in such a busy time, if Sima Yi came to greet him in person, then Xun Yu had to think about whether it was time to play the Son of Heaven and change someone to come here.

Xun Yu frowned, but Yuan Shang on the side just glanced at him and said, "Later, you follow Sima Lang back to Xiangyang, I have other important matters, so I won't go with you..."

"Huh?? Sima Lang?? Xun Yu's eyes widened, and he looked ahead seriously, the group of people slowly approached, and they could see their faces clearly, and it was not Sima Yi who walked in the front, and the one he led was not the Jingzhou officials.

The person who came was Sima Lang, he led a group of domestic servants, came to greet him, saw Yuan Shang and Xun Yu, he hurriedly saluted the two, and then said with a smile: "Sima Lang, the grass people, because of the request of his brother, specially came to greet the two... Jingzhou is busy with the canal, and the officials can't pull away, and the same is true for Assassin Shi and Situ Gong, so I will lead the two of them to rest in Xiangyang for a day, and go to see Situ Gong tomorrow... I don't know how? ”

Yuan Shang didn't reply, turned his head, looked around, Xun Yu endured the shock in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Youlao!" Sima Lang didn't even dare to say it, and looked at Yuan Shang again, Yuan Shang squinted his eyes and said: "I still have important matters, so I won't go back with you..", Sima Lang said with some surprise: "Several places in Jingzhou are digging canals at the same time, if no one leads the way, I'm afraid..."

Xun Yu said with a smile: "You don't have to pay attention to these, just take me back to Xiangyang." ”

Sima Lang nodded helplessly, bowed to Yuan Shang, and then left here with Xun Yu, watching the group gradually disappear in front of him, Yuan Shang looked at both sides of the avenue, on both sides of the avenue is a piece of cultivated land, the cultivated land is full of hard-working old farmers, and there are wives on the side, helping to harvest, Yuan Shang looked at them, and the old farmers who were plowing carried farm tools and walked in front of Yuan Shang.

"Meet Jioji!"

Yuan Shang nodded, waved his hand, and the group returned to the cultivated land under the leadership of these farmers, sitting on a ridge, Yuan Shang drank the water they sent, and asked in a low voice: "Did Sima Yi interfere in the military?" ”

"Never."

"What about Cao Cao?"

"Never."

Xun Yu followed Sima Lang back to Xiangyang, went directly to Sima Lang's private house, and did not go to the Assassin's Mansion, Sima Lang greeted him as a private person, not an official body, therefore, Xun Yu did not put on a stand in front of him, changed into a Confucian robe, and the two talked about the scriptures, Xun Yu originally did not pay much attention to this one, but when it came to the scriptures, Xun Yu was surprised to find that this person has a way of learning, even if he is in Taixue, he can be regarded as the kind of leader.

After talking about it again, Xun Yu learned that this person had won the crown of scriptures, no wonder.

The two spoke very happily, and Xun Yu asked with some doubts: "I heard that Jun also has a brother, but I don't know where it is?" ”

Sima Lang paused for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "He is in Jingnan and has made a county order. ”

"Jing Nan?? But that's not... Ahem, I thought Zhong Da and Kong Ming didn't get along very well..."

"Xun Gong, this.. After all, as officials in the same dynasty, there is naturally friendship. ”

The two chatted until late at night, if they weren't worried about delaying tomorrow's business, they were afraid that they would have to talk at night, as for the next day, Xun Yu changed into an official uniform, and in the face of Sima Lang, he was no longer so close, Sima Lang understood in his heart that Xun Yu came this time to inspect the place for the Son of Heaven, so naturally he couldn't be too close to him, and changed into an official uniform, which means that he is now an envoy of the Son of Heaven, and he has to do things thoroughly.

Get into the car, under the guidance of Sima Lang, Xun Yu rushed to meet Situ Gong, the carriage traveled for nearly half a day, before arriving, Xun Yu got out of the car, listening to the noise in his ears, the officials came and went around him, but no one stopped to meet, in the distance, countless people were waving the iron hoe in their hands, among these people, he also saw some unclothed slaves, tortured prisoners.

Sima Lang led him to a simple thatched hut, pointed to the house, and stopped, he couldn't follow Xun Yu inside, Xun Yu nodded at him, and walked directly into this burrow, this thatched hut didn't even have a door, leaving a vacancy, and in the house, there was no decoration, only a wooden case, and three people kneeling around the case, Xun Yu walked in, and the three people slowly stood up.

Cao Cao walked over with a smile, directly held Xun Yu's hand, and pulled him to the front of the case, Xun Yu didn't even have time to bow and salute, he was pressed and sat down, Cao Cao also sat down, and Sima Yi on the side said: "Meet Xun Gong!" On the other side was Yuan Shang, who also bowed lightly to Xun Yu, Xun Yu arched his hand, and was about to return the salute, when Cao Cao roughly grabbed his hand.

"Wen Ruo, take a look..."Cao Cao pointed to the map on the case.

"Luoyang is close to the big river, and the big river leads all the way to Qingxu, so you don't have to spend energy thinking about how to make Luoyang connect with the surroundings, the main thing is how to connect the river with the big river, you see, if we dig from Jiangxia to Yuzhou, and then to Xuzhou... Do you want to be more convenient? Or directly through Yuzhou to Yanzhou, directly to Baima, in this way, Luoyang and the south will be closer, but the amount of work is huge! ”

Xun Yu looked at the map a little blankly, thought seriously for a long time, and then said: "Situ Gong, I think it is better to go from Yuzhou to Qingxu and reach Luoyang through the big river, so it is more labor-saving, and the Central Plains are connected by galloping roads, so there is no need to dig a canal... Well... Situ Gong, I want to ask, what does this line mean on the map? ? You're going to dig a canal to Yizhou?? ”

"It's worthy of Wen Ruo!! Great talent! Great talent!! So what did Wen Ruo think in his heart? ? ”

"Situ Gong.. I'm here to patrol the place... I don't know about the canal. ”

"I understand, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with you, no matter what you want to check, I will let them cooperate with you, by the way, do you think, is this Yizhou Canal feasible?"

"If there is enough water to connect them, the south is one, and the north-south canal makes the north and the south one, which is naturally a good thing. But ah, Cao Gong, this Yizhou is full of mountains and rivers. It is not an easy task to dig a canal... If Situ Gong is interested, he may be able to go from Jingnan to the south of Yizhou... So you can! ”

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and listened to Xun Yu's suggestion, and his face bloomed with a smile.

"But, Situ Gong, I'm really not here to help you dig the canal, I'm here..."

"I know, I know, you'll go on patrol later, Wen Ruo... What do you think is the method of borrowing some money from local families to dig the canal, and when the canal is completed, exempting them from ship tax for one year, and then repaying the principal? ”

"Good idea! Cao Gong can even hand over the excavation of a section of the canal to these people, and let them contribute their own money and efforts, but it must be done well enough, if it is delayed, or if there is a bad pool, it will be punished, if it is done well, they will be rewarded, and in addition, after the canal is completed, certain benefits can also be given, such as exemption from taxes and allowing overseas trade..."

Cao Cao's eyes shot a fiery light, Xun Yu was talking, and thinking about how to get the clans to agree, at this moment, he suddenly reacted, no, I'm not here to inspect? ? Why do you want to think about this??

Sima Yi on the side looked at Cao Cao quietly, he finally understood why Cao Cao was so happy and excited when he heard that Xun Yu would come.

It turned out that the envoy of the Son of Heaven was misplaced.... Ahem.