"Drink! Drink! Don't get drunk today! ”

In the military tent, the noise and cheers were incessant, almost overturning the entire camp.

Three years later, in April. It has been a year and a half since Liu Xiu crossed north to Hebei.

After arriving in Hebei, Liu Xiu received the support of Shanggu and Yuyang counties, and received Shanggu Taishou Geng and his son Geng Yi, and sent the two counties to attack Handan and kill Wang Lang who was entrenched in Handan. So far, Liu Xiu has become a decisive force in Hebei.

When Liu Xiu grew stronger and stronger in Hebei, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng felt uneasy, and they sent an envoy to Hebei in the name of Liu Xuan, the first emperor, to make Liu Xiu the king of Xiao, and ordered him to hand over his troops and horses and return to Chang'an to receive the reward.

With his own strength in his hands, which was enough to fight against the court, Liu Xiu no longer needed to obey the orders of the Green Forest Army. He first killed the envoys sent by Emperor Gengshi, and then defeated Youzhou Mumiaozeng, who was sent to Hebei by Emperor Gengshi, as well as Wei Shun and Cai Yun, who were Taishou in Shanggu and other places.

Even if this meant a break between Liu Xiu and the Green Forest Army, Chang'an had no choice but to let Liu Xiu grow up in Hebei day by day.

Three days ago, Liu Xiu sent out the ten counties of Youzhou to ride and fought with Tongma and Youlai, the two largest separatist forces in Hebei. After three days of fierce fighting, he finally broke through the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Tongma Youlai, forced him to surrender, and reorganized into his own subordinates.

Today, Liu Xiu has become the largest force in Hebei. Even compared to the Green Forest Army, which has moved the capital to Chang'an and occupies the entire Guanzhong and Jingzhou in Yuzhou, it has long been not far behind.

And tonight, it is to break the celebration banquet of the bronze horse Youlai.

Liu Xiu looked at the tent, the warm atmosphere of everyone cheering and drinking, and the wine was already a little drunk.

But his gaze inadvertently swept to a figure in the corner.

Although he also held a wine glass in his hand, he always took a small sip on his own, without the slightest smile on his face. His eyes looked at the white cloth of the tent, but it seemed to pass through the white cloth, and he looked somewhere.

Liu Xiu stood up, walked towards Wang Mu with his hand, sat down beside him gently, and gently touched the wine glass in his hand: "Why do you drink alone?" ”

"My lord." Wang Mu turned his head and saw Liu Xiu, showed a faint smile, and also touched the wine glass in Liu Xiu's hand, and then drank the wine in the cup: "It's just that I remembered some things from the past." ”

"What was before? Let's talk about it. Liu Xiu smiled: "Except for Li Tong and Ren Guang here, you have followed me the longest." ”

"Today...... It happened to be 20 years ago when my teacher took me as an apprentice. Wang Mu's faint smile showed a hint of nostalgia.

"Ahh It's the old man who called me up to drink in the Chang'an wine shop! Liu Xiu remembered that past incident and nodded: "Speaking of which, he is indeed a learned person!" ”

"That's right." Wang Mu smiled wistfully.

Liu Xiu stood up, took a pot of wine from the table behind him, poured it for the two of them, and asked Wang Mu, "Wang Mu, what do you think...... Am I a hero? ”

Wang Mu took a glass of wine and drank it, nodded and said: "The lord Kunyang fought a battle, defeated my father and son with 5,000 soldiers and horses and 400,000 people, and at this moment he took Hebei into his palm, so he is naturally a hero in the world." ”

Liu Xiu laughed: "In that battle, I was just lucky to get help from heaven." Now that I think about it, I'm still scared. So ......"

He suddenly looked at Wang Mu: "You were a servant before, you should have seen Wang Mang." In your opinion, how am I compared to Wang Mang? ”

Wang Mu suddenly stared at Liu Xiu for a long time before he sighed softly: "Your lord...... Indeed, he is a hero of the world. But Wang Mang can no longer be measured by secular standards. In terms of talent, he is ten times better than the lord. ”

"Ten times?" Liu Xiu smiled dumbly: "If this is the case, why would Wang Mang lose the world?" ”

"Because ......" Wang Mu smiled lightly and bitterly, his eyes helpless: "Because the destiny of heaven is in you, not him." ”

"Destiny...... On me? Liu Xiu looked at Wang Mu, and her heart fluttered.

That's what my brother often says, but my brother ...... But after all, he died in Wancheng. And the hail in Wancheng before, the broken Huang Chunshui, and ...... Meteorites that fell outside Kunyang City......

"Could it be...... That's really not my brother? ”

Liu Xiu muttered to himself in the lowest voice, and his palms were already sweating.

"So...... In the past, when I went north to Hebei, why did you come to vote for me? At that time, the world was full of heroes, why did you think that I was the one who had the destiny of heaven? Liu Xiu took a deep breath and continued to ask.

"It was the teacher who asked me to do this before he died. He said, "I must see the day when you take the world." Wang Mu smiled lightly, and the teacher's face appeared in his mind again.

"Who is your teacher?" Liu Xiu finally couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked.

"Haven't you guessed it to this day, my lord?" Wang Mu smiled and raised his head to look at Liu Xiu: "He...... It's Wang Mang. ”

Liu Xiu's face was stunned, and the wine glass in his hand couldn't hold it for a while, and slipped on his legs, wetting a piece of wine.

He lowered his head, looked at the wine stains, and only raised his head for a long time, looking at the tent still cheering and drinking, drunk and drunk, and had no time to take care of the generals in this corner, and whispered to Wang Mu: "So...... I'll be the emperor. ”