The first year of Jian'an. In 196 A.D., the eighteenth day of the lunar month, it was nearly the end of the year, the imperial capital Luoyang, the two brothers Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun and Diao Chan and Ma Yunlu were married.

The sky is not yet bright, the whole Luoyang has been boiling, all the officials and the people's homes are dressed in red and hung colors, every household is carrying the red light of the word "Xi", in the early morning sun, the sky of Luoyang is extraordinarily bright, regardless of the officials and people, the men, women and children in the family, as soon as possible out of the house, are full of joy, looking in one direction, waiting for someone to appear.

The people of Luoyang were able to settle down and live a peaceful life, almost all of them relied on Zhao Xu's strength, in the hearts of the people, Zhao Xu and Liu Bei were the saviors, and the people often talked about Zhao Xu's deeds when chatting on weekdays, and even overshadowed Liu Bei. Coupled with the encouragement of the Son of Heaven and Liu Bei, the people of Luoyang couldn't help but snub themselves.

Although there is still a difference between the rich and the poor at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Luoyang will inevitably have noble families and poor families, but the beggars are gone, under Liu Bei's proposal, Liu Xie opened Luoyang and Qing, Hebei, You, and, Xu and Xianbei and Xiongnu trade, Luoyang Dasheng, its prosperity has exceeded the former Guangwu Emperor when he was extremely prosperous, and no matter how prosperous Linzi is, after opening up trade, seeing the wealth of merchants, as well as the subsistence of farmers, Luoyang's beggars have sought to make a fortune, no longer begging. Those who farm can reduce the tax burden, and those who do business can live a rich life, so under the competition, everyone is busy and happy, where is there a way out when a beggar?

With a chance to eat and make a fortune in vain, who wants to beg?

Today, it is not only the day when the people are preparing for the New Year, but also the day when the hussar general Zhao Xu and Wang Yunwang are happy with the righteous daughter Diao Chan, and at the same time, his younger brother Zhao Yun, the auxiliary general, and Huwei Hou Ma Teng's daughter Ma Yunlu held a wedding together. Zhao Xu brothers are famous all over the world, the power of China, the merchants and peasants in the northern states and counties are not without admiration, there are many people who come and go to congratulate each other, although Luoyang is big, but it is difficult to accommodate these many people, Luoyang is crowded all over the avenue, gift-giving, gratitude, thanksgiving, busy. Because Liu Bei and Liu Xie said that Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun were the fourth and fifth brothers of their union, they were like brothers, and the righteous brothers of the imperial uncle were naturally also royal relatives, and the wedding scene was set up in the square outside the palace gate for the first time.

At this time, the marriage process of men and women, especially the marriage process of princes or royal relatives, is extremely cumbersome, originally according to Zhao Xu's temperament, it is enough to directly cancel the redundant process, but, taking into account the wife and brothers, Zhao Xu also had to go through the etiquette procedures one by one, and finally waited until the auspicious time to worship heaven and earth, thank the emperor for his grace, etc., after sending the two brides into the cave room, the rest is the world of the groom and other guests.

Because there are too many guests to celebrate, the scale of this wedding banquet is also very large, in order to ensure the normal serving of the banquet, Liu Bei invited all the cooks in Luoyang and the nearby suburbs to come, plus the congratulatory products sent by the merchants have many melons and fruits, Zhao Xu by the way outside the wedding venue opened a flowing water banquet that only exists after a thousand years, regardless of the identity and status of the person, regardless of the importance of the congratulatory gift, everyone can taste it. It can be described as an unprecedented banquet, starting from the gate of the inner city, winding to the gate of the palace, the scenery is clustered with flowers, the sea of wine and meat, and many wealthy businessmen who come to congratulate are smacking their tongues, obediently, how much gold and silver do you have to spend on such a scale? It is worthy of General Zhao Xu's wedding, so grand.

Zhao Xu was dressed in red, and wearing a bright red Xichuan Baihua robe, accompanied by his brother Zhao Yun, who was also the groom's official, stood at the gate of the inner city to greet the businessmen and civil and military officials who came to congratulate......

Zhao Xu married Diao Chan and Zhao Yun married Ma Yunlu, because both men and women were noble, and the brothers got married on the same day, which was more lively than Zhao Xu marrying Zhao Xue in the past.

Zhao Xu has a prominent status, benevolence and righteousness, Zhao Yunren treats people well, the two get married, and the civil and military officials and people in the city are all vying to congratulate. However, not only that, Liu Bei's subordinates belonged to the prefecture and county, except for Guan Yu who wanted to guard Xuzhou but did not arrive, even Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw, who guarded the state, and Zhuge Liang and others, who were far away in Qingzhou, also handed over all the affairs to the deputy and rushed over overnight; Huang Zhong, Chen Zhi and others, who were close to Sizhou, also pushed all the things on Jia Xu, and rushed back from Sizhou with Jia Xu's congratulatory gifts, which annoyed Jia Xu, according to Jia Xu's words: "I have a very good relationship with Boxiong and Zilong, and their brothers are married. But under the persuasion of Huang Zhong, Jia Xu and others, there was no one to manage Sizhou except Jia Xu, and Jia Xu could only reluctantly accept the reality.

Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei and other civil and military and Zhao Xu, Zhao Yun brothers have a deep friendship, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu Ge is the eldest brother, they are more elated than others, especially Chen Zhi, seeing his wife who has been absent for a long time, double happiness is coming, and he is even more excited, and he repeatedly advises to drink and celebrate. Only a few young generals such as Guan Ping and Huang Xu, although Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun are not very old, they are uncles for them, and in front of their elders, they naturally dare not be presumptuous.

It is worth mentioning that one of the main marriages, Liu Xie, and Liu Bei, the big media, one is the king of Zhongxing, and the other is today.

"Report! Your Majesty, King Zhongxing, Jingzhou messenger has an urgent report! ”

Just as everyone was drinking happily, there was a sudden rush from the guards. disturbed everyone's drinking, naturally not very happy, but even if it is an urgent report, there will be a war, everyone is responsible, and everyone can't help but ignore it, Liu Bei and Liu Xie glanced at each other, frowned slightly, and said: "Let the Jingzhou messenger come in." ”

When I was young, I saw a dusty man rushing in, and there were still blood stains on his body, needless to say, there must be an urgent battle.

Jingzhou urgent? Could it be ......, Zhao Xu, as the groom's official, was disturbed by the wedding, of course he would not be happy, but when he heard the words at this time, his heart couldn't help but tighten.

Before Liu Xie and Liu Bei asked, the messenger trembled and said: "Report to Your Majesty, King Zhongxing, my lord governs Jingzhou, thriving, the people live and work in peace and contentment, I don't want that Yanzhou Cao Cao, suddenly attacked Jingzhou, my Jingzhou soldiers were caught off guard, lost four counties north of the Yellow River, Cao Cao was not reconciled, continued to attack south, although my lord took the lead, led the Jingzhou soldiers to resist hard, but it was still difficult to resist Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao broke through the city, my lord was sad and sick, seriously ill...... Dead! Then he burst into tears.

"What... What the? Liu Xie and Liu Bei shouted in unison, both of them were like five thunderbolts, never expected Cao Cao to dare to raid Jingzhou, such an act, although there is no name for anti-Han self-reliance, but there is a rebellion.

"How can this be true? I treat Cao Cao well, how can he... How dare you be so rude. Liu Xie was most afraid of war, and when he heard the news, he calmed down and even stammered when he spoke.

Liu Bei had seen the world when he fell to the ground, calmed down, and asked: "Liu Jingsheng is a clan relative of the Han family, and we are brothers of the same clan, Cao Cao is so rude, he should be defeated for His Majesty, by the way, why didn't you send a messenger to ask for help before?" ”

"Report to King Zhongxing, my lord sent dozens of horsemen to Luoyang for help, and I didn't want Cao Cao to set up checkpoints on the road in Yanzhou, and the messengers sent by my lord were all stopped by Cao Cao. The villain is from Xuzhou, the city of Jingzhou was broken that day, General Wen Ping protected the eldest son Liu Qi to kill out of Jingzhou, the villain also followed, after escaping from the death battle, before resting, General Wen Ping ordered the villain to come to Luoyang to report the matter. ”

"Where are the sons Liu Qi and General Wenpin?" Liu Bei stepped forward and asked.

"General Wenpin has gone to see General Guan Yu with his son."

Liu Bei frowned, and several cronies said to the messenger, "You go down and rest." The messenger wept and walked away.

"Uncle Huang, Cao Cao rebelled, how should I deal with it?" Liu Xie was so frightened that he panicked and asked Liu Bei.

Liu Bei frowned, silent, and was about to ask, Zhuge Liang stepped forward and said: "Lord, Liu Qi's son fled to Yun Chang, and he has no worries for the time being, but now that the window paper has been pierced, Cao Cao will definitely not give up so well, and when he rests, he will definitely raise troops to attack me, according to Liang's opinion, now it is time to prepare food, prepare soldiers and horses, and prepare to resist Cao Cao's army." ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What Kong Ming said is true. Without further ado, Your Majesty, come with me, Brother Shoucheng! Kong Ming, Xiaozhi, Yuan Hao, you also come with me. ”

"(Good) No!" Ma Teng and Zhuge Liang obeyed the order, and Liu Xie also nodded hurriedly and responded.

Liu Bei turned back to Zhao Xu and said: "I'm sorry, Boxiong, Zilong, you two got married today, you should drink to the fullest, but the situation is urgent, Cao Cao has now captured Jingzhou, and it is getting stronger and stronger, I need to formulate a countermeasure as soon as possible, I'm really sorry." ”

Zhuge Liang and others also apologized repeatedly, Ma Teng felt even more sorry, his daughter got married, and as a father, he should have had a good time drinking with his son-in-law, but as a minister of the court, the lord of Xiliang, he was responsible, and he couldn't help but think about it. Although Zhao Xu said that he was not in a good mood, he was helpless, this Cao Cao, he would not attack Jingzhou sooner or later, he had to make trouble when Lao Tzu got married, damn it, Zhao Xu scolded secretly, and said to Liu Bei helplessly: "Since the situation is urgent, then I will also help." ”

"This is not necessary, marriage is a great joy in life, Boxiong, you and Zilong got married, how can you be disturbed by these things, although you can't abolish the public with private affairs, but with us, you can rest assured. If you are busy with business today, will you not chill the bride's heart? Zhuge Liang hurriedly persuaded.

Everyone also felt reasonable, and nodded in agreement, but Zhao Xu couldn't beat everyone, so he had to give up. "Oh well! Kong Ming, Xiaozhi, Yuan Hao, oh! There are also in-laws, but I bother you to do more! Zhao Xu reluctantly put on a smile and said.

"Don't worry, where the responsibility lies, it must be serious, then we will leave for the time being." Everyone responded, and went to the palace with Liu Bei.

"Oops! This Cao Cao has to find trouble at this time, make people unhappy, disturb the interest, and disturb my brother's wedding, if he lets me catch it one day, he has to stab him 10,000 transparent holes. Zhang Fei put down the wine bowl heavily and scolded angrily.

"That's it! Abominable Cao thief. Dian Wei, Zhou Cang and the others were also vicious and vicious.

Zhao Yun sighed, approached Zhao Xu's side, patted Zhao Xu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Big brother! As you said, this is troubled times, so we have to end this troubled times as soon as possible! ”

Zhao Xu also smiled slightly, and smiled at everyone: "Zilong, you are right, you have to end this troubled world as soon as possible." But today is the day of great joy for our brothers, how can we be disturbed by this, come, let us drink on. Zhao Xu raised the wine bowl and saluted everyone.

"Uh......" Everyone was also stunned, this Zhao Xu's mood changed too quickly! I really don't understand, but I still involuntarily raised the wine glass and bowl, saluted Zhao Xu in return, and drank it all.

The banquet scene was lively again, but how rudeness was lively, how happy everyone laughed, the atmosphere could not be compared with just now, and everyone was like a big stone pressing in their hearts, especially a cadre who was close to Zhao Xu, such an atmosphere was really not enjoyable.

Anyway, Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun were still happy when the night cave room was full of flowers, after all, the wives of the two brothers are one of the few peerless beauties in this world, but all men, under the urging of male hormone instinct, will temporarily leave everything behind.

After this wedding, Zhao Yun became the brother-in-law of Ma Chao, Ma Teng's son-in-law, and Zhao Xu became Wang Yun's son-in-law. Invisibly, the Xiliang Army and Liu Bei's subordinates and the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court were closely linked.