Chang'an City. []

Pang Tong walked to Liu Bei's bed and said softly, "Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bei opened his eyes slightly, looked at Pang Tong, and said weakly: "It's Shiyuan, sit down!" ”

"Your Majesty, Yongzhou is a great victory. Just now the news has come from Tanma, the Hu army was wiped out by the flood, the whole army was annihilated, the central Xianbei Shan Yu Kebineng, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao was drowned, the western Xianbei Budugen was captured alive by His Royal Highness the Prince, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is escorting Budugen, and he will arrive in Chang'an City tomorrow. ”

"Good! Very good! In twenty years, you don't have to worry about the Hu people on the grassland! Liu Bei's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and his face was slightly flushed because of excitement, which could be seen that Liu Bei was in a very good mood after hearing the news.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask Your Majesty for permission to let the Chinese martial arts officials and family masters of Chang'an City go out of the city for ten miles to welcome the return of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Pang Tong said.

"Ten miles out of town? Is this necessary? Liu Bei was slightly stunned. Let the civil and military officials and the head of the family in Chang'an City go ten miles out of the city to greet him, I am afraid that the emperor does not have such a big shelf.

Pang Tong did not answer directly, but turned around. He asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

"Both civil and military, far better than me, with this son, yes. My blessing. Liu Bei replied.

"What Your Majesty said is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe. Bang, Wu can determine the country, good at strategy, proficient in military affairs, as a pawn, can be taken from the general level in the army; For generals, soldiers can be ordered to charge into battle and attack the city; is handsome, can strategize, and win thousands of miles away; But if it is a king, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a little worse. ”

"What do you mean by Shi Yuan?" Liu Bei asked.

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a king, he owes a little to people!" Pang Tong replied.

"Human?" Liu Bei looked puzzled, obviously not understanding what Pang Tong meant.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a masterpiece in the world, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too young. Light! Those children of the family may be unconvinced, especially in Yongzhou, many families have been inherited for nearly 400 years from the Gaozu period, how can they be convinced by His Royal Highness the Prince, so the minister believes that he should take advantage of this time to build momentum for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Build momentum!" Liu Bei finally understood what Pang Tong meant at this time. Liu Bei himself. His health is getting worse and worse, and now he can't be a normal director. And with such a large territory, and it is surrounded by strong enemies, there needs to be someone to come out to lead, and this best leader is naturally the crown prince Liu Chan. However, Liu Chan is too young, and I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress those big families with a long history, so Pang Tong proposed to build momentum for Adou.

Let the civil and military officials of Chang'an and the heads of the family go out of the city ten miles to greet them, which is a step to build momentum.

Liu Bei closed his eyes. Eye, I thought silently for a long time, and then said slowly: "Since it is to build momentum, let's come more thoroughly, let's have a prisoner sacrifice ceremony in front of Weiyang Palace, and I will personally preside over it." ”

"Your Majesty, your body ...... You can't go! ”

"It's okay, what is my body, I know in my heart. Shi Yuan, my time is numbered, and while I can still walk, I need to do more. I don't want to die in bed all my life......"

Looking at the resolute eyes on Liu Bei's pale face, Pang Tong opened his mouth slightly, sighed helplessly, and then said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will take care of everything." ”

……

The sky is cloudless, but the sun is born and emits a dazzling light, which makes people dare not look up, there is not a trace of wind in the sky, and in the grass in the distance, the insects are constantly chirping, which exacerbates the irritability in people's hearts.

On the official road ten miles away from Chang'an City, hundreds of people are standing in the middle of the road, looking west. For the three people, the middle one is more than sixty years old, nine feet tall, with a face like a winter date, lying on the eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a long strand of beautiful hair hanging down; The one on the left is a strong man, also about sixty years old, with round leopard eyes, a large beard, and a face like black charcoal; On the right is a scribe in his forties, dressed in a blue-gray scribe's robe, holding a feather fan in his hand, but he does not dare to compliment his appearance, with small eyes and a flat mouth and a flat nose, but his eyes are shining.

These three people are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Pang Tong.

Adou will be able to reach Chang'an today, and he is still betting on the single step of Xianbei in the west. Pang Tong carried Liu Bei's holy decree, and the hundreds of officials of cultural relics and the heads of dozens of big families in Chang'an had to go out of the city for ten miles to greet him.

On a hot day, no one wanted to run to this wilderness to stand and wait for someone, but Pang Tong had a holy decree, and no one dared to resist the decree. And many family heads also want to see what kind of character His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is at a young age.

As time went on, the sun became stronger and the temperature became higher and higher, and beads of sweat continued to flow down people's faces.

Zhang Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the feather fan shaking in Pang Tong's hand next to him, swallowed his saliva with envy, and then said, "Shi Yuan, how about lending me your fan?" ”

Pang Tong glanced at Zhang Fei, and was about to speak, but Guan Yu next to him interjected at this time: "It's here!" ”

Pang Tong and Zhang Fei immediately looked forward, and sure enough, there was a group of people in front of them, all of whom were wearing rattan armor, and they were really rattan armor soldiers led by Adou.

"It's finally here!" The people in the back who had been sunburned and covered in sweat breathed a sigh of relief, Adou is here, everyone can finally go back to Chang'an without being exposed to the sun here.

……

In front of the gate of Weiyang Palace.

At this time, Liu Bei was sitting upright on the dragon seat of Weiyang Palace, and the left and right sides below were full of civil and military officials. Today, in order to build momentum for Adou, there are many more officials than in the past, even if they have a little fame, they have the opportunity to come to Weiyang Palace, and the original huge Weiyang Palace hall is a little crowded.

The officials of the Han Dynasty were all recommended, and many filial piety in Chang'an City were recommended from the children of the family, and the core disciples of the great family basically had fame. So now in the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the children of the Yongzhou family account for six or seven percent.

"Chuan Xianbei is single in the temple of Budugen!" The eunuch's shrill voice sounded, and the guards outside the hall had already prepared, and when they heard the eunuch's shout, they immediately escorted Budu up.

"When you see Your Majesty, don't kneel yet!" The guard next to him pushed violently, and Budugen was pushed to the ground and knelt a little.

Liu Beiqiang stood up, opened his eyes wide, worked hard to make a very majestic appearance, and said slowly: "Bold alien bandits, dare to offend my Han Dynasty Tianchao Tianwei, you have this fate today, do you regret it?" ”

"Hmph, if it weren't for the great flood, how could our Xianbei army be defeated! This time, our Xianbei people were not defeated by you Han people, but by this God! Budugen roared, and his hoarse voice echoed through the hall.

"Hmph, strong words!" Liu Bei snorted coldly: "This is God bless my big man, you Hu people's unrighteous teachers, naturally you can't escape the punishment of days!" ”

After Liu Bei said these words, he had already begun to pant slightly. Liu Bei knew that his physical strength was about to run out, so Liu Bei waved his hand: "Come on, let's take Budu down first!" ”

The guards escorted Bu Du down, and then Liu Bei looked at Adou below, and said, "Prince Liu Chan stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”

"Erchen is here!" Adou immediately came out of the ranks.

"Named Liu Chan as the supervisor of the country, commanded all military and political affairs in Yong, Liang, and Yizhou, gave him the jade seal of the country, and allowed him to grant the right to grant the holy decree." After Liu Bei said these words, he gasped a few more times before he spoke: "Retreat from the dynasty!" The crown prince Liu Chan and I went back to the inner hall to discuss matters. ”

The Chinese martial arts official looked at Liu Bei's departing back in amazement. It is not uncommon to have the crown prince as the prisoner, but what Liu Bei said later was to allow Adou to grant a holy decree, this right is not ordinary.

As a manifestation of the supremacy of power, the decree has always been issued only by the emperor. Others, even the crown prince, do not have the right to issue holy decrees. Otherwise, it is a false proclamation of the Holy Decree and a great sin of treachery. And the emperor of the Han Dynasty either became the emperor until death, or was abolished, and the power to issue holy decrees has never been possessed by anyone other than the emperor.

Even Pang Tong didn't expect that Liu Bei would give Adou so much power.

"Could it be that Your Majesty's body is dying?" Pang Tong muttered.

……

Liu Bei returned to the inner hall, his face had turned pale, and he was panting heavily.

Seeing Liu Bei's complexion, Adou had already noticed the abnormality of Liu Bei's body. Adou hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to Liu Bei's wrist.

"Father, how can your body be like this?" Adou was shocked, and then Adou hurriedly transmitted a soft internal strength into Liu Bei's body, and at the same time, Adou also felt that Liu Bei's body was almost to the point of running out of oil and drying up.

Liu Bei felt a stream of heat coming from his wrist, and the heat flow changed all over his body, making Liu Bei feel that his body was suddenly much more relaxed, Liu Bei took a slight breath, and then said to the guards outside: "Pass Jian Yong here." ”

Jian Yong seemed to have known that Liu Bei was looking for him, and had been waiting outside, and when he heard that Liu Bei was calling him, he immediately walked in.

Liu Bei looked at Adou and said to Jian Yong: "Xianhe, give the things to the heir!" ”

"Yes." Jian Yong nodded respectfully, took out a booklet from his arms, and handed it to Adou.

"What is this?" Adou asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this is a list. The people inside are all the people we have planted in Xudu and Soochow. Jian Yong replied.

Adou nodded and opened the first page, and the person on top immediately caught Adou's idea.

"Mr. Qiu! It turned out to be Mr. Xu! Adou snorted softly.