Chapter 139: The World Is Settled (Part II)
Later, after the end of the Xichuan War, Wen Han returned to Hedong and asked Xi Zhicai about Huang Zhong, and Xi Zhicai told Huang Zhong about scolding Liu Bei. Wen Han was overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that Huang Zhong had not yet surrendered to Liu Bei, and the lord of his loyalty should be Liu Qi. Wen Han guessed that with Liu Bei's temperament, he would definitely not tolerate Liu Qi for a long time, so he sent someone to investigate in Jingzhou.
At the same time, Wen Han personally went to Huang Zhong's house to pay respects. Huang Zhong was angry at the beginning and almost killed his son Huang Xu with his own hands, but he didn't necessarily mean that Huang Zhong was a ruthless person. On the contrary, Huang Zhong regarded Huang Xu's only son as his life, and in the past, because Liu Biao had spent a lot of money to invite Huang Xu to treat his illness, Huang Zhong felt his kindness, so even if he knew that Liu Biao was not the master, he tried his best to complement each other and never give up. After Huang Xu was rescued back to Hedong by Cheng Dong, his malignant illness was cured under Hua Tuo's treatment. Under this premise, Huang Zhong did not speak ill of Wen Han, but he was still unwilling to surrender. Wen Han was not in a hurry, he made friends with Huang Zhong, and even promised Huang Zhong to send someone to Jingzhou to inquire about Liu Qi's recent situation.
And just half a year ago, Jingzhou suddenly changed. Liu Qi drank too much, and in the end there was no cure, so he lost his life. At this point, the power of Jingzhou fell into the hands of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also justifiably led Jingzhou Mu. Before Liu Qi's death, he had contact with Cheng Dong in Fengyue Place. At that time, Cheng Dong saw that Liu Qi was thin, but he still indulged in wine and persuaded him kindly. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi laughed and cried, and reacted abnormally. After the two became friends later, after Liu Qi learned of Cheng Dong's identity, he actually wrote a letter and taught him to transfer it to Huang Zhong. Cheng Dong received the paperwork, and not long after leaving Jingzhou, he heard the news of Liu Qi's death along the way.
Later, Cheng Dong returned to Hedong and handed over the documents to Wen Han. Wen Han seemed to have roughly guessed what was written in the letter, sighed, and summoned Huang Zhong to meet him that night and deliver the paperwork. Huang Zhong heard that it was Liu Qi's letter, and hurriedly opened the letter to view it, his face changed continuously, and finally he was in tears, scolding Liu Bei for being a traitor who stole the country.
It turned out that Liu Qi mentioned in the book that since Liu Bei secretly seized the power of Jingzhou, he searched for all the beauties of Jingxiang for him. At that time, he had not yet learned of Liu Bei's evil intentions, and thought that Liu Bei had promised him that he would return power after the situation in the world stabilized. And he unconsciously indulged for several years, Jingzhou Wenwu saw it, and they were all chilled, and they gradually distanced themselves from him, and they surrendered to Liu Bei one after another. When he found that people's hearts had deviated, and he had been addicted to wine for many years, his body had long been empty, and he was riddled with evil diseases. Half a year ago, he heard that Liu Bei had obtained Xichuan, and sent a letter to Liu Bei asking for his life, asking him to return power. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei said that he was ill and deliberately excused himself. At this time, he finally woke up to Liu Bei's evil intentions, but he was powerless to return to the sky. He knew that his life was not long in coming, so he implored Huang Zhongnian to be kind in the past, a master and servant, and avenge him.
After Huang Zhong finished reading it, he beat his chest and cried, crying until he fainted. A few days later, Huang Zhong went to see Wen Han in person, knelt down and surrendered. And in this, the two made a gentleman's agreement. Wen Han finally won the fierce general Huang Zhong, so far Wen Han's prestige is even more victorious, and the prosperity of the soldiers under his command is terrifying. At that time, coupled with the prosperity of the northwest, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the people were outstanding. So all the generals had the heart to respect Wen Han as the emperor, but they didn't dare to go straight to it, but they came to tell the drama Zhicai.
Xi Zhicai laughed with everyone, if you want to succeed, you need three people. Those three people are themselves, Zhou Long, Guan Yu, and Xu Huang. Xi Zhicai led everyone to see Guan Yu first. Governor Guan Yu smiled and replied at the moment. Looking for Xu Huang again, Xu Huang's expression froze, and his chin agreed. Then everyone came to see Zhou Long together, and now Zhou Long is nearly sixty years old. Recalling that he was an ordinary person, but he did not expect to save a person of unknown origin, and since then he has changed his life, enjoying most of his life of wealth, worry-free food and clothing, and is even more respected and superior. After many years of experience, Zhou Long is not what it used to be, and he is a little more spicy. Zhou Long had long been aware of everyone's intentions, and when he saw that Xi Zhicai led Guan, Xu and a group of civil and military officers to meet him, he quickly guessed the meaning and sighed.
"The world is impermanent. In the past, when the third brother made a great wish, the old man guessed that there might be something today, but he didn't expect that in the old man's lifetime, he could see that the third brother ascended the throne of God. ”
Zhou Long sighed and said to everyone.
"For today's events, the old man has been prepared. A year ago, the old man secretly ordered someone to build one outside the city of Anyi, called Jinlongtai. The old man knew that the third brother was strict with himself and did not want to be wasted
Indulgence, labor and money. Therefore, this platform was built by the old man at a great cost, and the kindness of the third brother and the old man has been reported. Presumably, at this time, the Golden Dragon Terrace had already been built. The princes can invite the third brother to the stage in the coming day to discuss the establishment of the emperor. Xi Zhicai listened to the words, covered his palms and laughed, which was a promise.
The next day, Xi Zhicai, Zhou Long and others invited Wen Han to Jinlongtai. Wen Han had already heard that Zhou Long funded the establishment of one outside the city, which can be described as magnificent. Wen Han thought that Zhou Long built the platform to enjoy his old age in that line, but he didn't expect Zhou Long to give the Golden Dragon Platform to himself. Wen Han heard that Zhou Long had almost exhausted all his life savings for the construction of the Golden Dragon Terrace, and he wanted to refuse. But Zhou Long knelt on the ground, insisted on giving it away, and said in his mouth.
"The third brother has worked hard all his life, and has made countless achievements, and this stage is a heart for the brother, and the third brother's achievements have been shown. I hope that the third brother will not refuse!! ”
Wen Han saw Zhou Long making such a big gift, and hurriedly helped Zhou Long up. Xi Zhicai laughed and said on the side.
"The so-called elders give indispensable. Zhou Gong has a heart, and the lord should laugh and accept it. What's more, with the merits of the lord's life, he deserves it!! ”
As soon as Xi Zhicai's voice fell, the generals echoed one after another. Wen Han is not a person who does not distinguish between good and evil, so he should be down, so he led Wenwu to choose Jichen on the stage and set up a banquet to celebrate.
Its platform is facing the Longteng River in the east, there is a golden dragon in the center, up to ten zhang, a famous jade tiger platform on the left, a fierce lion platform on the right, each eight zhang high, the two bridges on the upper horizontal are connected, thousands of households, the gold and green are shining, the majestic and gorgeous. On the same day, Wen Han wore a gold crown with inlaid treasures, a black brocade and gold robe, and a jade belt and beads, leading a group of civil and military officers on the stage. Wen Han saw that the Golden Dragon Platform was so gorgeous, and said with everyone in mind.
"The golden dragon is shining, towering and majestic, the portal is tens of millions, and the brilliance is gorgeous. In my opinion, my brother gave this platform, which is not inferior to Cao Mengde's Tongque Platform in Ye County. ”
When everyone heard this, they praised it one after another. But only Xi Zhi kept silent, Wen Han saw it and said with a smile.
"This stage is so majestic, is it possible that it is not in the eyes of the Zhicai Law?"
Xi Zhicai listened, smiled brightly, and bowed his hand.
"Definitely. A certain golden dragon is at the moment, but it is difficult to compare with the power of the lord, the lord is better than the golden dragon, and he is actually a dragon among people. ”
When Wen Han heard this, he laughed, and led the crowd to climb the high platform, and under the central golden dragon, he explored the scenery and watched. Xi Zhicai then cast a look at Guan Yu, Guan Yu understood, and then admonished Wen Han.
"I heard that in the past, Cao Mengde took the stage and gathered his generals to test bows and arrows to show the courage of his soldiers. The third brother is on the stage of the golden dragon today, why not also set up a competition, one can help the fun, and the other can also anger the soldiers, see that they have recuperated this year, and there can be abandoned martial arts. ”
As soon as Guan Yu's voice fell, Xi Zhicai echoed it.
"Guan Gong's words are very good, why don't you follow it?"
When Wen Han heard this, he also felt that it was good, so he ordered the attendants to fetch the three pairs of armor from the military marquis's mansion, and hung them on wooden stakes a few miles away from the stage. I saw that the three pairs of armor, the one in the center, were shining with golden light, and they were engraved with dragon patterns, which were very powerful. The left pair is shining silver and also engraved with dragon patterns. The one on the right, bronze emerald green, also carved with dragon patterns. The three pairs of armor were invaluable at a glance, and all the civil officials on the stage were surprised for a while.
After a while, a group of military generals under Wen Han's command straddled the saddle and reined in the horses, each holding a weapon, lined up in a line, and waited for the command. Wen Han was on the high platform, shouting loudly, and gave orders.
"Five miles away, there are three pairs of armor, you wait but fight for it with your ability, if whoever wins it first, you can't fight again. During the struggle, the point will be stopped, no harm to people's lives, and if there is a crime, it will not be spared. Anyone who goes to win the armor will be punished with a glass of wine if he returns without success. ”
Wen Han gave the order, and the generals responded sharply. Wen Han smiled happily, and then ordered the sergeants around him to bang the gong.
Boom~~!!! Gongs sound together. Several soldiers burst out and quickly rushed towards the three pairs of armor. In the eyes of everyone, those people are, E Huan, Gao Ding, and Zhou Cang. The high-end Pegasus galloped wildly, but Zhou Cang did not ride a horse, a pair of scud legs galloped like the wind, and rushed over with a knife. Both of them wanted to snatch the bronze dragon armor, Zhou Cang shouted, and slashed Gao Ding's back with a knife. Gao Ding was startled and hurriedly turned around to resist. E Huan flew over from behind and rushed past the two in an instant. Zhou Cang was in a hurry, and hurriedly abandoned Gao Ding, pulled his legs and hurried, and slammed into E Huan's horse in a slanted stab. Unexpectedly, E Huan was knocked over by Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang laughed, rushed with a knife, E Huan got up suddenly, picked up Fang Tian's halberd, and rushed to Zhou Cang's back with an angry shout. At this moment, Gao Ding's horse arrived and swept towards Ehuan with a gun. E Huan's eyes were sick, he grabbed the Gaoding gun with one hand, shouted and fell off the horse, jerked it off, and then looked at Zhou Cang, roared, and threw the gun away. Zhou Cang was running away, and suddenly heard E Huan scolding behind him, and hurriedly echoed to see that a gun flew over, and he was suddenly frightened, and he blocked it with a knife.
With a loud bang, E Huan's strength was extremely strong, and this flying gun could knock Zhou Cang to the ground. Seeing this, everyone on the high platform applauded. The golden drums beat in unison. Wen Han held his chin and beard, but his face was unmoved. Wen Shun, who was beside Wen Han, looked quietly, his face was flat, but his expression was somewhat similar to Wen Han. Suddenly, a few horse whistles rang out, and Wen Shun's eyes suddenly rippled. I saw that under the golden dragon stage, three more flying horses rushed out, and the three generals were Gao Shun, Zhang Xiu, and Cheng Gongying. Gao Shun rode a black horse, led by a grim face, staring at the silver dragon armor with tiger eyes. Zhang Xiu patted his horse to catch up, drank loudly, raised his gun and stabbed Gao Shun in the back, and the gun speed was extremely fast. However, Gao Shun had already prepared, drove in a flash, turned around sharply and swept towards Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu's reaction was extremely sensitive, and he withdrew to avoid it quickly. At that moment, a bowstring burst out, and arrows flew in an instant. Zhang Xiu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly dodged, and the arrow flew through the gap and shot towards Gao Shun. Gao Shun snorted coldly, swept out a shot, and broke the arrow immediately.
At this moment, a flying shadow rushed past between Gao Shun and Zhang Xiu. The two looked at each other and saw Cheng Gongying straddle the carved bow and gallop on his horse. Gao Shun snorted coldly, and a shot suddenly swept up, Zhang Xiu hurriedly dodged, and then came back to his senses, only to see Gao Shun patting the horse and looking at Cheng Gongying chasing after him. Zhang Xiu laughed, and Pegasus chased after him. Seeing that Gao Shun was about to chase after him, at this moment, Cheng Gongying suddenly turned around and pulled his bow, and an arrow sounded, and when Gao Shun opened his eyes urgently, the arrow came quickly. Gao Shun didn't panic and pulled out to avoid it. The arrow flew by, but it shot at Zhang Xiu again. Zhang Xiu's expression froze, the tiger's eyes widened, and he roared, and suddenly pierced the arrow. said that it was too late, and between the lightning and flint, Gao Shun had caught up with Cheng Gongying, stabbed with a gun, and Cheng Gongying hurriedly dodged. Gao Shun's offensive was extremely fierce, and he killed Cheng Gongying in danger. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and Zhang Xiu rushed to the scene, and from the gap between the two, the flying spear rushed in. Gao Shun and Cheng Gongying slammed their horses almost at the same time to avoid it, and Zhang Xiu flew by, laughing loudly.