In the "No. 1 Restaurant in the World" Tianlai Restaurant, Liu Xie invited the harem beauties to dinner.

The next day, he took Cai Yan and Lu Qiling, as well as some Wenchen military generals, west out of Luoyang, to Huashan for an outing, the entire travel team of 10,000 people, basically cavalry, to ensure the safety of the royal family.

Set off in the morning and arrive at the foot of Mount Hua that night.

Xiyue Huashan has been famous in the spring and autumn period, but in ancient times, it was not as good as it is now to develop tourism resources.

That night, they camped at the foot of Mount Hua. Since this is an outing, not an expedition to fight, there are more accompanying service personnel, and the palace maids, grandmothers and eunuchs have brought a lot, as well as a lot of items such as tents.

After camping, Liu Xie reviewed the recital in the imperial camp, and vaguely heard the sound of the piano outside, melodious and euphemistic, like crying and complaining. Then he called Xiao Luozi and asked where the sound of the piano came from.

Xiao Luo Zi said: "It's from the direction of Lord Cai." ”

Liu Xie said: "Cai's house is deeply affectionate, and her deceased husband has been gone for more than three months, but she still can't forget it."

Xiao Luo Zi said: "Wei Zhongdao, he has always been riddled with diseases, and he relies on precious medicinal materials to continue his life, otherwise he would have died a long time ago." Therefore, the slave felt that the death of Wei Zhongdao was a relief for both himself and Lord Cai. ”

Liu Xie sighed and said, "I want Cai Fuling to be happy for a lifetime, but I still can't achieve my wish." ”

Xiao Luo Zi said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, Your Majesty does not have to worry too much." ”

Liu Xie put down the file, got up and said, "Let's go, accompany me to have a look." ”

Liu Xie walked out of the imperial camp and walked to the tent where Cai Yan was, arrived in a moment, lifted the curtain and went in. Seeing the emperor come in, Cai Yan stopped the piano and got up to salute.

Liu Xie said: "Auntie doesn't have to be polite, please sit down quickly." ”

The two sat down, and Cai Yan said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming to visit the courtiers." ”

"Auntie, you have to cheer up."

Cai Yan said: "Zhongdao is not in good health, how difficult it is for the courtiers to serve him, this is suddenly gone, and it is difficult to adapt for a while." In fact, the courtiers also understood that his departure was a relief for him and me. Maybe he's happy in another world now, and he's no longer sick. ”

"It's good that my aunt can think like this," Liu Xie said, "This time I came out to relax." ”

Liu Xie stood up as he spoke, pacing back and forth in the tent: "In this world, I have two close relatives, one is the imperial grandmother, he loves me very much, and he depends on me for his life. Her departure left me in grief.

"The second closest relative is the half-brother Liu Wei, who is now being held hostage by Yuan Shao. I used to resent him, but now that I think about it, he is actually a very poor person, showing that he is not Dong Zhuo, then Yuan Shao, and then Cao Cao, and now he is held hostage by Yuan Shao again, he has no freedom, he lives a life of fear, and he can't even shoulder his wife and children. ”

Cai Yan asked, "Does Your Majesty still plan to bring King Hongnong back?" ”

Liu Xie said: "The emperor's grandmother died, the filial piety period was half a year, and at the end of the spring of the coming year, I planned to crusade against Yuan Shao. As for King Hongnong, if he can hold on, I must welcome him back. The Imperial Grandmother is gone, and now he is my only dearest relative in this world. ”

Cai Yan said: "But you can't give him too much freedom, just like Cao Cao." ”

"But he's my brother."

Cai Yan said: "He may not have any objections, but there are too many people with ill intentions, who dares to guarantee that no one will fight him again?" In addition, the courtiers believed that the freedom of the king of Hanzhong was too great, and he and Cao Cao were both anti-ministers, but they were much higher than Cao Cao's treatment. ”

Liu Xie said: "I am also thinking about this issue, but he is the emperor's uncle, and he is not too fierce in rebellion, I can't convict him, and my aunt has a good plan?" ”

Cai Yan said: "Actually, it's not difficult, the concubine has a plan, but I don't know if it can be done?" ”

"Auntie, please speak."

"Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan are not in harmony, the world knows, when the former attacked Xuzhou Lu Bu, in order to contain Yuan Shao, His Majesty issued a secret decree and ordered Gongsun Chan to attack Yuan Shao, so the courtiers guessed that it would not be long before the two of them would have a battle, and Gongsun Chan was definitely not Yuan Shao's opponent."

Liu Xie listened to her analysis, and Cai Yan continued: "When Your Majesty crusades against Yuan Shao in the coming year, the courtiers estimate that this Gongsun Chan must have been destroyed. At that time, His Majesty will take Yuan Shao, and then continue to go deep into the north and take Beiping and Liaodong. Liu Bei can be appointed as the Taishou of Beiping, and other henchmen can be appointed as the Taishou of Liaodong to defend Goguryeo. ”

Liu Xie asked, "And then?" ”

"When the army returned to the division, Liu Bei's generals, including Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, were brought with them, on the grounds that the generals needed to help subdue Yuan Shu and Sun Ce. made the three of his righteous brothers separate, and after a long time, their relationship naturally faded. ”

"Auntie is very strategic," Liu Xie said, "isolating Liu Bei in Beiping County can not only prevent him from fleeing north, but also prevent him from rebelling again." However, I made him the king of Hanzhong, and I feared that he would ask to lead troops to the expedition under the pretext of crusading against Zhang Lu of Hanzhong. ”

Cai Yan smiled and said: "This courtier thinks it's easy to do, Your Majesty just needs to say that everything is focused on the overall situation, and Yuan Shaocai is the focus, and then discuss after Yuan Shao is finished." And when His Majesty finished cutting down Yuan Shao, it happened that Beiping and Liaodong needed people to do their duties, and then used various reasons as an excuse to order him to stay in Beiping and never come back. ”

Liu Xie said: "After the unification of the world, he wants to go to Hanzhong to be his king of Hanzhong, it doesn't hurt to let him go, and his wings will be gone at that time." ”

"Exactly."

"Auntie, you can be my advisor."

"The courtiers are just making random plans, which is far from Guo Jiajiaxu and others."

"You're not talking nonsense, it's a good plan, and I'm going to do it."

Cai Yan said: "Your Majesty's foresight is beyond the reach of his subjects. ”

"Visionary?" Liu Xie said, "When my aunt said this, I suddenly wanted to come to the next night. ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is Yeden?"

"It's night climbing, we talked very happily tonight, I'm in high spirits, it's better to climb the next night, I don't know if I dare?"

Cai Yan said: "The courtiers have followed His Majesty to the expedition, but now they are just climbing the mountain, why don't they dare?" ”

"Then let's start now, Xiao Luozi, tell you to go down and prepare for the night board."

Xiao Luo Zi said: "Your Majesty, Huashan is dangerous, and it may be inconvenient to climb the mountain at night." ”

"What's inconvenient? Just pick a mountain peak that is not too dangerous to climb, and you don't have to climb to the top, prepare more torches and tents, the wind is strong at night, and you may not be able to get down and camp on the mountain. Hurry up and get ready, don't grind, protect the Dharma in half an hour! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie and Cai Yan came out of the tent together, only to see that in the camp, the guards and entourage began to get busy.

Half an hour later, the boarding team was assembled, and the torches began to climb at night.

(End of chapter)