The Zhen family in Hebei is a wealthy family, and for such a family, the princes generally adopt an attitude of wooing, and marriage is the most common means.

The Yuan family is a famous family, and the Zhen family is just a businessman with a lot of wealth, it stands to reason that the door is not right at all, the household is not right, not to mention that Yuan Tan is the eldest son of Yuan Shao, marrying the daughter of the Zhen family as his wife, it can even be said to be a humiliation to the Yuan family. However, if this marriage is mixed with a woman who loves her son, then everything is possible.

Yuan Tan was not born to the Liu family, and the Liu family is now Yuan Shao's wife and gave birth to a son, Yuan Shang. For the sake of his precious son's future, Yuan Tan has become a thorn in Liu's side and a thorn in his flesh. Yuan Shao also favored the Liu family too much, so much so that the Liu family's rhetoric was blinded, and all he saw was the Zhen family's money and food, but he ignored the Zhen family's businessman's identity, and even sent someone to the Zhen family to propose marriage despite Yuan Tan's own opposition.

The Zhen family has a big business, and although the helmsman is Mrs. Zhen, the other rooms of the Zhen family have shown strong interest in Yuan Shao's proposal. Mrs. Zhen didn't dare to offend Yuan Shao, so she pushed the matter to Zhen Jiang and let Zhen Jiang make up her own mind. Zhen Jiang was shocked and angry when he found out, and he was worried that Yuan Shao would be angry and angry with the Zhen family, so he found Liu Xie.

Liu Xie understood Zhen Jiang's thoughts, but he was also willing to take care of this matter. Since the Zhen family has cooperated with him, his wealth has increased a lot compared to the beginning, and if the Zhen family is allowed to marry the Yuan family, the money that originally belonged to him will flow into Yuan Shao's pocket. Why didn't Yuan Shao do anything, he only needed to pay a son to be able to eat ready-made? Yuan Shao took his son as a treasure, but Liu Xie would not take Yuan Shao's son as a treasure.

"Miss Zhen, don't worry, you immediately let someone notify your mother, and directly reject the Yuan family's proposal, just say that the Zhen family has no daughters to marry, and they have all been booked by the imperial court, if Yuan Shao is dissatisfied, let him come and talk to me directly." Liu Xie waved his hand and said to Zhen Jiang.

"Pre-booked, booked?" Zhen Jiang said with some surprise.

"That's right, from you to Zhen Mi, the five are all from the imperial court, and the Yuan family has none."

"This, this, what do you mean by this?"

"I don't understand this, your marriage will be assigned by me, the Yuan family wants to marry the daughter of the Zhen family, wait for the next life."

"Then, I don't know how the Holy One intends to appoint it?"

"There are many young talents in the court, how many do you want, you send someone to take your sisters to Chang'an, I don't believe that Yuan Shao dares to come to Chang'an to rob his relatives."

“…… Holy Lord, this, this is not appropriate, right? Zhen Jiang said with some hesitation.

"What's wrong? I'm not a three-year-old child, it's not that I can't see the purpose of Yuan Shao's marriage with the Zhen family, and your Zhen family, I think it's time to stand in line, you always want to be left and right, and in the end, I'm afraid it will only end up being a result of people inside and outside. Speaking of the back, Liu Xie's expression became serious.

Zhen Jiang understood the meaning of Liu Xie's words, and she had told her mother about it more than once, but the old lady of the Zhen family was not the only one in the Zhen family, and the clan elders elected by each room always ran counter to the old lady's ideas.

"Holy Mingjian, my mother and two brothers are all interested in the imperial court."

"I know...... This is the internal affairs of the Zhen family, and I, as an outsider, should not talk much, but there is a sentence I still want to say, when it is interrupted, it will be chaotic. Miss Zhen, sooner or later there will be a battle between the imperial court and Yuan Shao, once the war starts, the Zhen family will inevitably become the first object that the Yuan family and the imperial court will deal with, and no one will allow someone around them to fight with the enemy. ”

“…… It seems that I have to go back to Zhen's house in person. Zhen Jiang thought about it and said to Liu Xie in a deep voice.

"Well, it's okay for you to go back, tell the old lady for me, as long as I, Liu Xie, are here for a day, the Zhen family can prosper for a day. But there are some things that the Zhen family must give a clear answer. ”

……

Zhen Jiang left Chang'an with someone the next day, and Liu Xie took someone to Hanzhong, no one knew about the conversation between the two last night, and as a party concerned, he would not publicize it everywhere.

Liu Xie arrived in Hanzhong and met the Hanzhong County Shouyan Garden. The Yan family is a big family in Hanzhong, and when Xun Yu came to Hanzhong to serve as a county guard, the Yan family was the first to express support, which played an irreplaceable role in Xun Yu's rapid control of Hanzhong. And Xun Yu also reciprocated, and when he left office, he elected Yan Pu to succeed him as the county guard of Hanzhong.

After Yan Pu took office, Xiao Gui Cao followed and continued to follow Xun Yu's governance policy towards Hanzhong, making Hanzhong County more prosperous than before. Under the rule of the imperial court, Hanzhong County has become an extremely important granary of the imperial court.

For Liu Xie's arrival, the whole of Hanzhong County was extremely excited, and Yan Pu was even more nervous for Liu Xie's personal safety at this time. Because of the arrival of the Son of Heaven, the people of Hanzhong watched from the road, and after the Son of Heaven learned about it, he not only stopped his plan to let the people drive the people, but instead asked people to tear down the four walls of the carriage and stand on the carriage so that the people around him could see him more clearly. In case someone hides in the dark and releases cold arrows...... The consequences are unimaginable.

"Holy Lord, the body of a daughter......" Yan Pu wanted to persuade Liu Xie to pay attention to safety, but was interrupted by Liu Xie: "Yan Junshou, these people are my Han people, as the son of the Han Dynasty, how can I avoid my own people." I don't have to worry about my safety, with General Anbei and Master Wang Yue here, it will not be easy for others to kill me. ”

Maybe Liu Xie calmly infected Yan Pu, and looked at Liu Xie for a while, Yan Pu gritted his teeth, and simply accompanied Liu Xie to go crazy, urging the horse to the carriage, and made up his mind that if there was something wrong with the Son of Heaven, then he didn't plan to live. Seeing Yan Pu's actions, Liu Xie nodded secretly in his heart, and only then did he completely recognize Xun Yu's recommendation. Yan Pu's ability is obvious to all, and this courage is indeed enough to take on big things, Hanzhong County handed over to him to govern, Liu Xie can indeed rest assured.

Liu Xie did not stay in Hanzhong for long, and after spending a day meeting with the officials in Hanzhong, he set off for Jiameng Pass. Yan Pu also knew that he couldn't stop Liu Xie, so he simply didn't stop him, but he added three thousand elite soldiers when Liu Xie was immediately, which was not discussed, otherwise he would follow Liu Xie to Jiameng Pass by himself.

Liu Xie will generally be careful to put away the kindness of others, and Yan Pu will send troops to accompany him, which is also out of responsibility for his own safety. Liu Xie did not refuse, accepted it gladly, and arrived at Jiameng Pass with a group of people.

Knowing that the Son of Heaven personally came to reward the army, the defenders of Jiameng Pass were naturally overjoyed, while more people were curious about what the Son of Heaven looked like. When Huang Zhong ordered the whole army to line up to be inspected by the Son of Heaven, Liu Xie looked at the curious faces in the audience, looked left and right, and then moved two wooden boxes to stack them together, and stood on the wooden boxes again, and then said with a smile: "Okay, now all of you can see me, and I can see you." ”

Everyone originally didn't understand why the Son of Heaven was moving the box, but when they heard the words of the Son of Heaven, they suddenly felt a burst of laughter in their hearts, and they felt a little close to the easy-going nature of the Son of Heaven.

"My name is Liu Xie, and I am the current Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and I am also the object of your allegiance. I don't like to talk too much nonsense, and I can only say to you for your hard work for the big man, thank you, thank you. Liu Xie looked at the soldiers in the audience and said sincerely.

Most of the soldiers are not from high backgrounds and cannot read a few big characters, but this does not mean that they do not have their own ideas. Although he was educated to be loyal to the monarch on weekdays, who this monarch was was very vague in the soldier's impression, and he belonged to the ethereal category. And now that they have seen the Son of Heaven and received the gratitude of the Son of Heaven himself, the soldiers suddenly feel that all the hardships they have suffered before seem to be worth it.

In fact, the pursuit of a sense of identity is something that everyone will have, and there are not many things that soldiers want, some are for promotion and wealth, and some are for supporting their families, but everyone wants to be recognized by others and recognized for their contributions. Now that he has been thanked by the Son of Heaven, this is undoubtedly the best recognition in the world.

Looking at the scene of the soldiers in the audience looking excited, raising their arms and shouting long live, Huang Zhong and the others did not expect this scene. Before, when I saw the Son of Heaven personally thanking those soldiers, some people were still secretly worried that the Son of Heaven would damage the royal face by doing this, but now it seems that this worry is somewhat superfluous, and no one has a sense of contempt and disrespect because the Son of Heaven is just a teenager.

Liu Xie is not a person who likes to talk nonsense, he did what he said, and after thanking these soldiers for their lives, he ordered people to set up pots and stoves and prepare to reward the three armies.

Wine can only be eaten per person, but meat can be eaten as much as you want. What is the purpose of being a soldier, in addition to some personal ideals, it is more to eat and drink well. There was wine and meat, and it was immediately welcomed by the soldiers of the whole army. And Liu Xie is also an idle person, and he mixed in the army with a bowl of meat without a shelf, so that the seats specially arranged by Huang Zhong and others became decorations.

At first, everyone was still restrained because of Liu Xie's identity, but as Liu Xie's conversation box opened, that kind of identity barrier quickly disappeared, especially when Liu Xie talked about how important soldiers are to a country, more and more people surrounded Liu Xie.

……

The arrival of Liu Xie had an obvious effect on the Han army, and the next day the whole army went out of the customs and came to the camp of the Yizhou army outside the customs to challenge. During this time, the two armies have been at peace with each other, and the Han army suddenly came to challenge, which made Zhang Ren have a hunch that something would happen today. Originally, Zhang Ren did not agree with this dispatch, but it was difficult to disobey the order, so he could only lead the troops to come. And when he saw the banner erected in the Han army to represent the presence of the Son of Heaven in person, he was immediately stunned.

Yizhou Liu Zhang did not publicly claim the emperor, even if he is now the king of Shu, then he is still a Han Chen, and since he Zhang Ren is a Yizhou general, he is naturally a Han general, so how can this battle be fought?

had the intention not to fight, but after learning that the Han army was preparing to attack the camp, Zhang Ren knew that he would not be able to go out. did not order the whole army to leave the camp to set up a formation, Zhang Ren took dozens of personal guards out of the camp and came to the front of the Han army.

Seeing this, Liu Xie took Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to the front of the battle, looked Zhang Ren up and down, and asked, "You are Zhang Ren, who is known as the famous general in Sichuan?" ”

"The last general will visit the saint, and ask the saint to forgive the last general with armor on his body, and he cannot give full worship." Zhang Ren was neither humble nor arrogant and saluted Liu Xie on the horse.

"You don't come to that set, I'm not so easy to fool. Zhang Ren, let me ask you, do you still think you are Han? ”

“…… Zhang Rensheng was a Han and died as a Han ghost. ”

"Okay, then do you still think you are Hanchen?" Liu Xie nodded and asked again.

"Zhang Ren is naturally also Hanchen."

"Then as a Han Chen, why did you help the gang and lead the army to attack the imperial court? Zhang Ren, do you want to rebel against the court with Liu Zhang? Liu Xie asked sharply.

"Of course, the minister is not a rebel, he led his troops to come this time, just to arrest the leader of the cult, Zhang Lu. The Holy One must not be deceived by a traitor and harbor a thief. Zhang Ren stubbornly argued.

"Hmph, who is right and wrong, justice is in the hearts of the people. Zhang Ren, I respect you as a man, and this kind of lie that can't even be deceived by a three-year-old child should not be used to show off. Liu Xie sneered and said: "Zhang Ren, now that I am here, if you still recognize yourself as Hanchen, then you can withdraw your troops and return to Yizhou." Otherwise, a war is inevitable, and then the time will not be to blame me. ”

"......" Zhang Ren was in a dilemma, and at the same time, he was a little puzzled by what Liu Xie said about the friendship of the same family? Just when Zhang Ren was confused, Zhao Yun, who was hinted at by Liu Xie, reluctantly stepped forward and said to Zhang Ren: "Junior brother Zhao Yun has seen senior brother. ”

“…… Who did you study with? Zhang Ren asked with some confusion.

"The younger brother studied under Tong Yuan and is the third disciple of the master, while the saint is the new disciple of the master." Zhao Yun replied helplessly. In fact, Liu Xie had never seen Tong Yuan at all, but there is a saying in this world that the substitute teacher accepts apprentices, and Zhao Yun was "coerced and tempted" by Liu Xie, so he had to agree to cooperate with Liu Xie to open his eyes and say nonsense.

Zhang Renjiu was in Yizhou and didn't know much about things outside, and after listening to Zhao Yun's explanation, he believed it. But in front of the two armies, it is not the time to talk about the friendship of the same family, whether to return or not, Zhang Ren is in a dilemma.

"Zhang Ren, I don't want to be difficult for you, for the sake of the same door, today I will ask the third senior brother to compete with you, if you win, I will hand over Zhang Lu to you, but if you lose, then immediately withdraw the army and restore the Bashu trade route. How is it? ”

“…… and according to the Holy One. Zhang Ren thought about it and nodded and agreed to Liu Xie's proposal. But before he could raise his gun and go into battle, he heard Liu Xie shout again: "Wait, I'm in a hurry today, I don't want to win, you go back to eat and drink enough to nourish your spirits, and it's not too late to fight again." After speaking, Liu Xie didn't wait for Zhang Ren to speak, and immediately turned around and returned to the military formation.

Seeing this, Zhang Ren had to go back to the camp first and tell the generals what had happened. The generals were also shocked when they heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, don't look at the usual people who are not interested in the Son of Heaven, but when they learn that the Son of Heaven is really here, they will no longer dare to be as presumptuous as usual.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think should be done in response to the Holy One's proposal?" Zhang Ren glanced at the generals and asked.

"General Zhang, the last general thinks that the general's response is very appropriate, to be honest, except for retreating, the last general also feels that there is no other way, and he can't really face the saint sword soldiers, right?" Yang Huai immediately nodded in agreement.

“…… General Zhang, you said that if we wait, we can take this opportunity to invite the Son of Heaven to Chengdu......" Zhao Wei on the side suddenly asked Zhang Rendao.

Zhao Wei is Liu Zhang's close minister, and the proposal to send troops to Hanzhong this time was also put forward by him, and he himself volunteered to serve as the supervisor of the army and came to Jiamengguan with Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren didn't like Zhao Wei, he always felt that this person's heart was not right, and his hand was stretched too long. Now that he heard Zhao Wei's proposal, he couldn't help but be secretly angry, looked at Zhao Wei and asked, "Lord Zhao wants to trap the lord for injustice?" ”

"Why did General Zhang say this, Zhao's loyalty to the lord can be learned." Zhao Wei immediately defended when he heard this.

"What is holding the Son of Heaven hostage, isn't it trapping the lord for injustice?" Zhang Ren asked uncompromisingly.

“…… General Zhang, Zhao is a close confidant of the lord, everything he says and does is for the sake of the interests of the lord, but General Zhang, you are dedicated to defending the Son of Heaven, isn't it really as others say, are you scrupling about the friendship of the same family and intentionally favoritism? ”

"You fart!" Zhang Ren was furious when he heard this.

"Why should General Zhang be annoyed and angry, could it be that he is a thief and has a weak heart, so that Zhao Mou said that he was in his heart."

"You, you, today Zhang beheaded you as a flattering villain for the lord." Zhang Ren was furious and drew his sword to kill Zhao Wei. However, in front of everyone, Zhang Ren couldn't kill Zhao Wei, and was stopped by everyone, and Zhao Wei also took the opportunity to run out of the camp. When Zhang appointed someone to look for it, he learned that Zhao Wei escaped from the camp directly with people after running out of the camp.

"General, this Zhao Wei will definitely say bad things about the general to the lord when he goes back. It's better to let the last general take someone to chase ...... now" Gao Pei was a little worried, and couldn't help but propose to Zhang Ren, but as soon as he was halfway through the words, he shut up under Zhang Ren's gaze.

"He likes to talk about anything, and the great lord dismissed me from office." Zhang Ren said to the generals in a deep voice.

……

In front of the two armies, seeing Zhang Ren appear in front of him energetically, Liu Xie said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't be nervous, I have already reminded the third senior brother to be merciful." ”

Zhang Ren couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart after hearing this, not to mention whether the current saint really worshipped Tong Yuan, but what he said just now made people angry, what does it mean to show mercy to his subordinates? As if he was going to lose.

It's useless to say more, and you'll see the truth under your hands! Zhang Ren didn't talk nonsense, stepped forward and said a request to Zhao Yun, and then stepped forward with a gun. Of course, Zhao Yun would not deliberately lose to Zhang Ren, and when he saw Zhang Ren make a move, he immediately unleashed the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Spear Technique.

Both of them studied under Tong Yuan, but when it came to the Hundred Birds and the Phoenix Spear, Zhang Ren was really not as good as Zhao Yun. After Tong Yuan left, Zhang Ren apprenticed with Jia Long to learn the art of war, and this spear technique naturally did not have the hard work of Zhao Yun, who was dedicated to studying. At the beginning, the two of them were still back and forth, but after thirty or fifty times, Zhang Ren just defended more and attacked less, and fell into passivity.

Although Yang Huai, Gao Pei and others who were watching the battle had the heart to step forward to help in the battle, as soon as they saw Huang Zhong, who was known as a divine marksman on the opposite side, staring at them with a bow and arrows, they had to stop, and secretly felt anxious for their own general.

Another twenty and twenty, Zhang Ren dialed the horse and left, Zhao Yun hurriedly urged the horse to chase, but only after two steps, Zhao Yun stopped the horse, put the gun flat in the saddle, took out a hard bow and put an empty string on Zhang Ren's back, and shouted loudly: "Senior brother go slowly, junior brother will not send it." ”

Hearing the sound of empty strings behind him, Zhang Ren knew that the horse return gun he was about to use had been recognized, and when he heard Zhao Yun's shout, Zhang Ren didn't reply, and directly urged the horse back to the camp.